... F. B. CHATTERTON'S DRURY-LANE COMPANY. The little comedietta Of Delicate Ground forms a pleasing lever de rideau to introduce Watts Phillips's melodrama. The two chief parts are well played by Mr Lablache and Miss Emmerson. The melodrama or domestic drama which followed developer an inte- resting story in a telling manner. It would be difficult to say why Tibbetts is reduced to reveal ...

... .z. ROY'AL ITALIAN OPERA.-The debzt of Madame Sembrich being postponed on account of indisposition, the opera on Saturday was Changed from Lucia to the Roi de Lahore. The Dresden prima donna, however, is announced to appear this evening as the forlorn 'Bride of Scott and Donizetti. On the night previous, for a similar reason, Madame Valleria being unwell, the Hluguenots replaced the ...

... The inaugural supper in connection with this newly.etab lshed Club was held on Monday evening last, at Laencatkr House, Savoy, in a room lent for the purpose by Mr John Hardeastle, to whom the members are very much indebted for the loan of some very choice pictures. The chair was occupied by Mr HENRY IRVING, who, when justice had been done to the really admirable repast provided, proposed, ...

... which situated in the Upper Avenue-road, St. John's VV'ood, was held yesterday afternoon St. George's Hail, Liangham-plaee, George Hamilton, 34.P., in the chair. There a very numerous attendance of the friends and supporters the institution. According the annual repot present number the institution is si>, whom are males and are females. The v.ere engaged baskc-t--making, chair-caning, brush ...

... HIGH CJOUIiT OP JUSTICE. - CHANCERY DIVISION.— 12. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) GREAT EASTERN OLACIARrtIJt COMPANY (LIMITED). This company was incorporated in October, 1877, for the purpose of acquiring licence from M. Pietet use his patent ice-making apparatus in tho Presidency of Bombay. The nominal capital of the company 15,000/., in 16,000 shares 1/. each. About 7,000 ■hares bad been ...

... pledge of good faith. oeg: leave to state that it impossible for to return rejected communications, and to this rulo can make exception. ...

... D UTCH COMED Y. SOMETHING like a protest against the practical exclusion of Dutch litera- ture and some forms of Dutch art from the European concert seems to be implied in the visit of the Rotterdam Dramatic Company to London. So far as the charge of indifference to the Dutch language is concerned Englishmen in general may plead guilty. A portion at least of the responsibility belongs, however ...

... Here on Thursday evening (3d inst.) there was a large audience assembled to witness the performance of Shakespeare's admired comedy The Mferchant of Venice by the members of Mr Charles Ward's Dramatic Company. Who Mr Charles Ward may be, or what is the raisoni d etre of his dramatic company, we are not in a position to state. But we may, in all fairness, say that, judging by his ...

... MODERN GREECE. odern Greece: Two Lectures delivered before the Philosopz Institution of Edinburgh; with Pafiers on The Prooressee Greece and Byron in Graece. By R. C. Jebb, LLND. Edin., Professor of Greek in the University of Glasgow Macmillan and Co. In spite of the daily increasing facilities of communiQ. tion, the little kingdom of Greece still lies decidedly off the beaten track of ...

... THE BUTCH PERFORMANCES AT THE IMPERIAL THEATRE. The courage of the Dutch company, who under the direction of Messrs. La Van Zuylen, and lias pels made first appearance England last evening Imperial Theatre, is only to bo appreciated on due consideration of all tho difficulties which they necessarily encounter. They present themselves before an audience which must composed in great part of ...

... THE ROTTERDAM COMPANY AT THE IMPERIAL. The announcement that a Dutch company was to appear at the Imperial Theatre was received with some amusement in theatrical circles, and those who, only knew Rotterdam from having passed through it enl route to the Continent, wondered how there could be any theatre in that vulgar Venice worthy of the name. But even as the Dutch in old days held their ...

... MaS KENDAL will make her reappearance at the St. James's Theatre on Thursday next, as the Countess D'Autreval, in The Ladies' Battle. A Regular Fix is also to be revived, with Mr Kendal as Sir Hugh De Brass. MIa JOSEPH HATTON, the well-known novelist, dramatist, and journalist, is announced to read a dramatic version of his popdar novel The Queen of Bohemia, at Steinway Hall, on Tuesday ...