... LIrTER AT UR E. ThE Etvrn.1 N j\I'UDLU A Sp1ech by Alex- D nuder Baird, and H OD1JI5-PODGEE GLADDY A MD DUzLY, On, of. RIVALS. Alittl. omitTedy in two stts. REV~ I-laaL-ood a, Sons, Edinburghl and London, 1884i MJr Baird has done well inl publishing his speech delivered atA a Meeting hold in Glasgow under the auspices of the Glasgow Conservative Association on the state of affiirs in Egypt: Of ...

... rallnati RIA a1luskial. rSPECIALLY CONTRIBUTED.1 During last week Fedora drew good audiences at the Opera House, Leicester. Miss Laura Villiers was the heroine, Mr. Arthur Dacre the hero, and the other principal parts were played by Miss Marie North, Mr. A. M. Denison, and Mr. W. H. Day. Miss Villiers, evidently, not only has been well trained, but has special gifts for the stage, and she ia ...

... On Thursday, May est, a New Play, in Four Acts, by Dion Boucicault, jun., entitled DEVOTION. Due de Ohevreuse ?? Mr JollN CLAYTON Comte de Chalais ?? Mr H. B. CONWAY Abb6 de Gondi ?? M Mr D. BOucecAuljr, Jin. Due de Isonbazon ?? Mr EDMUND MAURICE Aubry ?? GesecER. TREST De Flesque ?? . Mr G. F. BLAcKiBOURNE De Sluze ?? Mr F. M. PAGEr Balagnir.M r TREsAHAR Seuhise ?? ?? -Mr WASrER RUssELL ...

... AMATEBUR G ONOERT -AT SAXMNDHAM. - JAn amateur concert of *a high character was success- fully given in the Mtarket-hall, Saxmundham, orThlrs- day evening. -The concert was promoted by the teachers of the district, who are to be heartily congaratulated upon Ithe manner in which the various items of their admirable programme were gone througb.. The soloists ?? H on. MrS. North, Mrs. Wilmer, ...

... THE IRRESPONSIBLES' PERFORMANCE. At St. George's Hall on Thursday evening last a young amateur dramatic society, who perform under the denomina- tion wx hich heads this notice of their doings, gave an entertain- ment in aid of the funds of the Girls' Home, Charlotte-street, Portland-place. The affair was doubtless a success pecuniarily, but dramatically it was weak, not to say inefficient. ...

... AMATiUAS AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL. *i t, l tfp! Ijtre! V.,ssdeville arid Stanley Dramatic sici'ti-z; coi'.iiled tlicit forccs on tie eveuing of TuIesday last, Itie ;r1!1 sorb tI l'imoent ?? ail of the funds of the conl- Howl'lwr ?? at Weoodford, established under the auspices of 31I 'Lear'. AIsettlthe satisfactory result of the venture filxl a 1,,iiiart 'uiut of view there should notbermuch doubt, ...

... Marly an actor iu old days must have said bitt'siy, as the hour approached for the c'urtain to draw up, Dash my Wig ! and possibly he added an anathema against the wig- maker as well, for wigs in those days were not what they are now, and some of the greatest actors occasionally complained that the wigs did not make them look like the character they intended to impersonate. We live in times ...

... MEASURIN-G THE BABY. We measured the riotous baby Against the cottage stall. A lily grew on the threshold And the boy was just as tall. A Roval tiger-lily, With spots of purple and gold, And a heart like a jewelr'd chalice The fragrant dewr to hold. Without the blackbirds whistled, High up in th5 old roof trees, And to and fro at the window The red rose rocked her bees. And the wee, pink fists ...

... LITER ATURI to sparkhP s--- -vg his entertaining events; v nan enduring interest. A NEW jiOVELI Theau1thorofi Abeifrk' ielkn an055iist'sstorytoariyrwi einn froimavery small orign selbydges, through all sot ftru sercy and torm channels, than widens out, and So changes, to the gratrele o iheas- gotar5i that whereas their business is tg rced, theiy clannot butyeanh ld tesb ed Fncyflots pona ...

... COENT GARPEl THEATRE. ie The Royal Italian Opera seasoal begarfo d- Tuesday to a full hoie 'with a most satiE )f factory performace . of La Giocoda,, th a chief operatic novelty of last season. Th id repetition of this work was .not., iarkq, 1- by any notable 'fresh fature' other tbhal If the ddilU of Madame 'Laterner;i r lady who proved to be fully 1qual to th d character of the false wife ...

... ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. A LITTLE DRUMMER BOY: A -NORTH COUNTRY SKETCH. ByI MRS HIBBERT WARE, - Autnor of LivE's SEVEN AGES, 'TaeE YaArLn TO-ANER,' His DEARtESSI WiSan, &C., &C. CHAPTER IV. Quantum mutatus ab iloe.-Aem, B. ii., v. 274. October with its vivid sunlight, its fresh autumnal breezes, and crisp frosty air has comne, and R&lph De OMerlay is in England, again at his late bome, wall and ...

... CF-4at4- feront MENU gaa6, HOW MS GEOPGE'S PLAN WORKS IN PAC-. One illustration, however. haopens to occur to us, wbich is eo singularly apposite and also so little known, that it mray be worth mentioning here, Mr1 George7s expedient for the abolition of poverty was actually tried in England, on a. small scale, some eighty years ago. A certain philan- thropic gentleman left an estate of four ...