... Billiard Match for £1,000 A match, 3,000 up. for £300 a -side, took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, between William Cook and William Mitchell, on one of Cox and Yeman's ordi nary tables. Mitchell, who was in fine form, was, on the con clusion of the first evening's play, at 1,300 to Cook's 770-- the game, according to the conditions, being suspended when the half total had been reached. At the ...

... . Pictures of this exhibition and full description will appear in our next. ...

... . THE sliglitness of the interest taken by the English public in French plays and performances is well indicated by the poor attendance which has been vouchsafed during the week to the representations of Divorçons and La Cigale at the Gaiety. These are, both of them, extremely witty comedies of the farcical kind, and they have been admirably performed-- especially the latter piece, which has ...

... . Phantom Fortune. By the Author of Lady Audley's Secret. London: J. and R. Maxwell and Co. IF we remember rightly, this novel was first published in one of the Lancashire newspapers, and the fact that much of the story passed on the borders of Cumberland and Westmorland must give it a peculiar attractiveness to Northern readers. Not to them alone, however, do Miss Braddon's admirably ...

... . THE dead season for London amateurs of music may be said to commence with the final performance of the Royal Italian Opera, and terminate with the first of the Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts. The latter event took place on Saturday last, and. although we have seen larger audiences on such occa sions, a considerable number of musicians and amateurs assembled to witness the first concert ...

... . A Christinas Pudding for Younn Eaters. Bv L. C. Skey. Grif fith and Farran, St. Paul's Churchyard. MRS. SKEY dedicates this book to her twelve children, and it may be inferred from the dedication that the lady is experienced in the likes of children. The first and longest of the stories in the book is called A Crown of Roses, and describes a visit paid to Fairyland by a little girl called ...

... Chiswick Saileno Club.- The postponed Time Race of September 8th was sailed on Saturday last. There was a moderate breeze from tbe S.S.W. which increased towards the close. The following boats crossed the line to a flying start Ruby, Mr. E. Allen Vixen, Mr. R. Frost-Smith Ethel, Mr. T. W. Thompson and Puck, Mr. R. Davey. The Ruby was first across the line, closely followed by the Puck and ...

... . THE good old-fasliioned type of burlesque which, some years back, was so identical with the fortunes of the Strand Theatre, and which was so completely swept away by the appearance of opera-bouffe, seems to bo awakening again in several portions of the theatrical world. The genuine caricature of The Silver King, which Mr. Warren Wright judiciously and fortunately opened his management of the ...

... . THERE can be no doubt that in Glad Tidings, by Messrs. Willing and Stainforth, a genuine hit has been scored at the Standard Theatre. The completeness of the success is in no wise diminished, albeit altered in character by the circumstance that it is secured in a great measure by the sensational realism of the representation. This has been the case with many another domestic melodrama, and ...

... . The Cream of Leicestershire. Eleven Seasons' Skimmings, Notable Runs, and Incidents of the Chase. (Selected and re-published from The Field.) By Capt. PENNELL-ELMHIRST (Brooksby), with illustrations, coloured and plain, by John Sturgess, and portraits and map. London: George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate-hill, 1883. Captain Bunnell- Llmhikst is modest. tie craves tnat nis volume ...

... THOSE who know Mr. Toole personally do not require any suggestion made as to the indefatigable spirit that he is possessed of. The restless, never-ceasing go of the man can be discovered with very little research. The outer world can judge of the same by observing the rapid changes of programme and the variety of entertainment offered at his little theatre at Charing-cross. A night seldom ...

... MUSIC. MONDAY POPULAR CONCERTS. HERR JOACHIM has for many years enjoyed great popularity in England, and the announcement of his rentree, after an unavoidable absence, attracted a very large audience to the Monday Popular Concert on the 26th ult. Long before the concert commenced every available seat was taken, and when the great violinist appeared on the platform, enthusiastic cheer ing ...