... FREBMASON BRY. Royal Masonic Benvolent Institution. The CommitteeofManagementof ?? Wei- neoday at Freemasons' Hall, Dr. JABRZ HOGG, P. G.D., in the chair. The other brethren present were C. J. Percival, C. A. Cottebrune, J. S. Pierce, Fredk. Adlard, James Brett, Robert P. Tate, Edgar Bowyer, A. H. Tattershall, J. M. Case, H. Massey, Thomas Cubitt, G. L. Moore, J. E. Gordon Robbins, and James ...

... Mir, Irving took his benefit and brought another brilliantl successful season at the Lyceum to a close on the evening of Saturday last, when the house was crowded from footlights to ceiling by an audincne whose enthusiasm knew no bounds, the said enthusiasm sprinting, doubtless, from a desire to manifest keen appreciation of the grand and un tiring efforts of the actor- manager to satisfy the ...

... SABAH BERNHARDT'S COFFIN PORTRAITS. Two years ago it took Mdlle. Sarah Bernhardt's fancy to be photographed in the famous silk-lined coffin which the members of her household have so long been accustomed to. It was certainly a fantastic idea; but, inasmuch as the cele- brated artiste's peculiar fancies were already beyond number, the photographer, Mr Mlelandri, agreed to take the likeness as ...

... JI.E lPIIILO-TIJESPIAN.S AT OXFOtll). This amna teil inecictv ?? memulfrs of ?? Utti'csity, whteh Il ais ui etiigu tlii i feel f o22i s rae i ?? oCCicasiOniS by its perforiii;ltca'; 0 oiil an'I elsewhere, acl which iti the neafil~ ra ljirifl 'It see Ivs to teae bri'ige A. 1). , gave enter- ta imentiutS inl {lie Unill. lo ' 'll tile aftertiois altii titi of F^'ril day sil SatIurday ]a t w'eek ...

... M1ADAME DORVAL. -4 The present epoch may almost be called one of remi- niscences, and, without intending to make any comparisonrs, which, after all, serve no practical purpose, it is perllitted to us to remark that the French stage of the present daly has not the same splendour to boast of that it enjoyed in the first half of this century. At the Comedie Frarqaise there are uudoubtodly a few ...

... FREE l A S ON Pt . Royal Masonic Institution for Girls. Ois Monday evening the 235 girls in the Masonic Girls' School at St. John's-hill, Battersea Rise, were treated to an entertainment by Br Michael Mullen, of Bradford. The enter- tainment, which is styled 2sMirth, Music, and Mimicry, and received a favourable notice in The Eta of March 21st, 1880, consists of some capital delineations of ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE EIRA. 8ilr,-leferring to the statement in TYhe Era of the t8th inst., that there is no truth in the report that Madame Ristori will shortly appear at Drury-lane Theatre, I beg, as Madame Xistori's solicitor, to state that it is her intention to comn over to England at the commencement of July next, having made arrangements with Mr Augustus Harris to take Drury-lane Theatre ...

... ROYAL GENERIAI E WIIETRICAL FUND BENEREIT. The annual bouedt of the admirable fund named above, which has for its objcet- ts all intercsted ii theatrical matters doubtless know-the welfare of actors and actresses who have found old age,'incapacity for work, or poverty overtaking them, and which is therefore entitled to the most liberal support, took place at Drury-lane Theatre ol the afternoon ...

... MIIS A7sTERS AND THE NE W RULE. I' s bard to understand the state of mind of those politicians ehcxpected the Cabinet to make up their minds on Satur- da, afteriloon to withdraw the Rule which they had deliberately l on the table of the House only four days before. *yv csaid on Saturday, so we say to-day. If the Ministers had syrreoclered the principle of their Rule, after having formally and ...

... There is much uncertainty when the debate on the new Rules will begin, but It is thought probable that they may be introduced either on Thursday or Friday. The Standard ?? was ?? in the Liberal Clubs yesterday that Ministers anticipate securing a majority in the division on Sir Stafford Northcote's amendment to the first of Mr. Gladstone's resolutions on procedure, inasmuch as that amendment, ...

... MEETING OF TURKISH BONDHOLDERS.-STATENIENT BY MR. BOURKE, A meeting of the Turkish bondholders .vas held yesterday in Cannon- street Hotel for the purpose of hearing a statement from Mr. Bourke, M.P., as to the result of his mission to Constantinople with the view of effecting an arrangement of the Turkish debt. The Right Hon. E. P. Boiuverie presided. There was a large attendance. Mr. B~ourke ...

... 'f1LE DIFFICULTIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAAT So many influential people have an interest in fishing in troubled Mediterranean waters that it is only right to take this morning's telcgrams with a good deal of caution. But though the details may be mpore or less over-coloured, there can be little doubt that they represent pretty faithfully the true character of an extremely delicate and even ...