... A suburban playgoer has just been making complaint concerning the hours at which the performances at some London theatres begin and terminate. These perform- ances, he holds, are given in the interest, mainly, of the late diners-the occupants, for the most part, of the stalls and boxes and drees circle-and to the detriment and annoyance of the less well-to-do patrons of the theatre who occupy ...

... Last night Mr George Chute took his ann tul 3>,e - and the large house which assembled in -site ei hot weather testified to the widespread ;ol.).ublS the management. The performance w Un uvler i patronage of the Mayor and Mayore-s, wi-h1 ?? 1 the front seats in the drcss circle. The rozr3 !i2 consisted of the play of .oths.' ?? irL Ouida's work by Mr H. Hamilton. .wh pliyek tiv part of the ...

... Flower Show and Sale ,of Work at Winston.. Adjoining to the Winston rectory grounds-in fact formning part of them-is a large and park like ineidow, where' one a year at lenst, a ?? number of the inhabitants of the parish and the district assernble under the auspices of what hals come to bhe known as the Winston Flower Show. Some of the word aetive spiriti in the locality have advocated an ...

... On Monday evening the third of the eeries of pro. monade concerts in connection with the Ipswich Conser- vative Club was hold at the Royal William Gardens. Mr. C. Cullinglhm again opened his pioturesque gronnds and gardens adjoining, and the weather fortunaielyheld. dine, but the attendance was comparatively. small. Another andndable programme was provided, including the excellent string band ...

... DARLINGTON HORSE a-I - ° SOW. The twenty.eighth annuaI exhibition of homes and the dogs, under the auspices of the South Durham and Nor'th ?? Yorkshire tiooieity, was held yesterday in ?? Bf Park, Darlington. This lies been regarded asi one of the re' most important shows of the kind, in the north of Mtt Englaud, turd happily there was little or7 no falling off M yesterday in either department ...

... A BOOK FOR ORATORS AND SINGERS. - THOUGH there must by this time be in existence almost as many hand- books for singers and speakers as a fast reader could skip through in a lifetime or so, publishers still find them safe investments. Young people who are born into that fringe of the musical and theatrical professions from which we draw our great stock of deadheads are generally much at a loss ...

... BROTHER JONATHAN INTERVIEV'WED. IN PrLA9TONr TO OUR TRANSATLANTIC VISITOCR. Who of all creation stands First and foremost preacher ? Guess, a rhyme suggests the man- Henry W. Beecher. As a spout-drip to our Falls, Or bison to a barker, As Yosemite to Wales, So to Beecher, Pzrker! 111. What's your Thames to Mississip ? What's a sprat to sturgeon ? Wellington to Washington ? That to Beecher, ...

... iLTWERMorn' AY.* ti the last number of John B abkiuit ?re- knrit there is a charming accout of his' utruggle, long ago, with tua wonderful bok of I Fiahes. That book gmveto the world the-Silt' of the lifetime labours of em own great} h hile, and has done as much to ecte an interest in the study of the history of life on the planet as any oter book of its teiia The sage of Coniston failed to ...

... THE PALL MALL LIST OF ENTERTAINMENTS, ?? nflt'-T ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA., COVENT GARDEN. EXTRA PERFORMANCE, TO-NIGHT (Monday,.rJ for the COMPLIMENTARY BENEFt of the Director, Signor, LAGO. In consequence of its great success Rossini's opera IL RARBiRE D SI VIGLIA WVill be given, commencinlg at 8.30. Mdlle. Ella Russell, .Mdllc. Florensa; Signori Dr Falco, Carbone, Pinto, Ughetti Fille, and M. ...

... I r BY RANGER. No. XXX. the VItI.-ETH CONENG OF TIM BIRDS. the Whenever a beautiful or rare bird comes to our to shores it is immediately done to death, and usually is before it gets far inland. This is an ornithological It fact long established; and the beautiful blon bird, or bul blue-ftroated warbler, has proved no exception in the It treatment which it has received. Only a very limited ...

... t I (Fi-OU 0010 owVxN REPOsRTER.) I Itn weather whicho rather resembled thle bittorisess ofI~ Marcha than the joyful wvarmith of July, the fourteenth V annuail meeting of the Milliron Agricultural 0ooiery toolt place yesterday. The show strengthened th6 j. reputation p~reviously attained by the society. The a numbur' of nmaswas not quite so large as beg been scsil, bust it was noct bolow the ...

... HULL AND EAbT RIDING HORSE AND DOG SHOW. The first exhibition of tie Hull and East Riding Horse and Dog Show Society was continued yesterday, on the ground of the Hull Football Club, in Holderiess-road. The success which has attended the efforts of the society has beau so great that the noeeting may now be looked upon as an annual fixture. Fortunately, the weather on both days was very ...