... I The inaugural meeting and entertainment of this new estab- lished society took place on Wednesday evening, at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, and attracted a large gathering. Mr G. J. Rayner opened the ball with a well-played pianoforte solo, and was followed by Air Scott, of the Brooke Dramatic Club, who recited ITHans lretmann's Party. Then came Mr Newton, of the Ariel Club, with the ...

... MUSIC, I MSONDAY POPUrLAR CONCERTS Nfot. fhis week s evening concert brought forwzardi the -for the tims ue here-a peianoforte qluartetbyvr ,Anton Dvorak.' A sestet and a quartet-both for yest .stringed instrumnents-by The samne Bohemian corn- a m !poser had previoulsly been introduced at the Popular of I .Concetrts, and somae of his orchestral works have beene-- sheard at the Crystal Palaeo ...

... ,iE 'PALL MALL LIST OF ENTERTAINMENTS. DRURY LANE. ?? ,Niht or PLUCK (a Story of ?? The greatest Sensational Drama ever produced. t--rito by HENRY PETTITT and AtniSorUS HAIRIS. Produced under the direction of AUGUSTUS i5, Lessee and Manager. Box-office open from so A.M. till 3 P.M. Prices from 6d. to 5 Guineas. p {iS JEVENING, at , PLUtiC. Reappearance of Augustus Harris., Messrs. Augustus ...

... CUTTINGS FROM THE CO110 JOURNALS. (From Punch.) PUiNSATI5FACTORY CotLMEItCIAL RELATIONS.'-Otlr TIllO PrREuit F.R PAE.--Mr. Herbert Gladstone's pet namle for his fa'her. ON THE AI.z'Rr.-Potrson feateehisinox): Alid what is your duty o1iwards y our neighbour ?? Boy: To keep your eye on 'in, sir. NYo ONE IS A HERO TO 1US5 VAUl`T.-Sir Arthur Pillson, Port.. Mi)., . ?? &c., &c., &c.: And ...

... LITER AT U RE. Americanf Men of Letters: Henry D. Thoreau. ]3y F. 13. Sanborn -(anlp9enLow and o. 1882.) -That an early oppertenitY should be used for pub. lishing a voluine on Henry Thoreau iii a Series such as tee above is not to be wondered at. Thoreau is one of the uost remarkable figures in American lite- rature. 1-fe liRS been much wvritten about, for he has the advantasco of being ...

... PUBLIO AMUSEMENTS. Cj05R1 THEATlIE. During the recess this house has undergone im- portant structural alterations, tending much to the comfort of the visitors, and the interior has been thorounhly renovated and refurnished in tasteful l style. On the re-opening on 'Tuesday Mr. Godfrey's X Paro-crIt was revived with the original cast. This ( comedy is perhaps one of the best of the Robert- E ...

... uAL S. dulAT r ?? ?? . ?? _ _ _ _ lV5bRONI 0011 OWDN CORBRESl'ONDENTS,) A BER D EEN, .IER MA 5'f J ?? THfi'T1E-Les ?? thr 'ni. MoFarland nel-al lfhsa gor, Mrfuglly ls ldeges.-qr Wliams Callder, ia ntie of bereen bu beterknown. in America than bare as an actor of established roputlation, made lis tirst ape'arlince ?? ciii' stage on Mionday evenling, in the character of Flip Van Winkele. It was ...

... THE BOARD OF WORKS AMl) TIIE THEATRE S. I Among the recommendations of the Building Act Committee of tle Metropolitan Board of Workcs, which were considered at tie weekly meeting ?? on the 3d inst., were a number having regard to several London places of amusement. SOUTH LONDON PALACE-The committee reported that the solicitor had been authorised, as a matter of emergency, to retain counsel to ...

... ?? TASSO (Blackwood), for most of us, is much more of a mere name than Dante. Leonora, too, real flesh-and-blood princess though she was, is somehow a far less substantial personage than the more doubtful Laura or Beatrice. The reason is that Jerusaleni Delivered is not only less read, but less talked about, than the D ivina Commedia. Petrarch and Dante, again, can hardly be passed ...

... C' 71 - THEATMES EVERY one has now heard of the disastrous failure of Mr. Tennyson's new rustic dramna, li2 J>reoeiw of' JI/aj', at the GLOBE Theatre, and nobody who reads the papers can fail to have some notion of the chief caures of a mishap which every admirer of the author of 'It Alemoriam and The Idylls of the King rouat sincerely deplore. True, nrinorreasonsunconinectedwith the ...

... MUSI0. Tht accomplished pmasait, MYdli.. Janotha, maed her fial apernces hero this seasonl at the atroon conoeart of last week anid thea eein per- ?? of this wreek. Hercxhief perfraces wetI on the fonmer occasion in Beethoven's solo sonata ^Appeesionata and MWendelsshnl's Second Trio; her solo piece on Monday eening havinig ben Ohopin's roatio Polonaise in P sharp mior, the programe having ...

... a,;? ,f. I C Tr I . r : The !ua-lto4the ?? pefo iaco SamoUEOd o:tis toobip oa at ht. Jne4iltwi: 6L.Y pyeyg$ -Tha pbjqtoj the ?? - gq adedi t hat it t> &uu'k'9¶tra d t aieM 06oitha '5ii t orceska eaa9 Sthus re- boied, whbfl' Otr3 pat, ioi the in eyiaed by the l .failnfe of the, Gernonh ,Opoezaz- formances at ?? TIore :ip 1*znrwAl qpq last. Tuesday'p progjwx=g' -01#4uined but one anpropah to ...