... a PRESENTATION TO 3MIR. OSMOND TEARLE. A gratifying expression of the esteem in which Mr Osmond Tearle is held, not only in Sunderland, but in the North generally, and a fitting testimony to the well-known generosity of character which distinguishes him, was afforded by a gathering at the Empress Hotel on the 5th inst., when the talented actor was the recipient of three presentations. Mr John ...

... LIBEL AND CRITICISM, TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-The actions and verdicts that have recently been interesting theatrical people naturally lead one to the consideration of what is and is not, should be and should not be allowed in the public commentary upon public performances. In this matter, as in all things having to do with the law, wve are, of course, landed in that sort of unknown ...

... ITS HISTORY AND TRADITIONS, FROM1 1576 TO 1888. By H. BAnToN BAxBR. Two Vols. W H. Allen and Co. These two volumes are evidently the result of a great deal of industrious labour in the collection and compila- tion of data and information. There is a tendency to use the phrase book-making as if it were of the nature of a reproach; but the writer who condenses and brings together in a ...

... MIAMION DRAMAS. One of the many erguments which may beadduced in favour of the roucai~tic drama is that it tends to divert men's minds fron those matters that usually surrounild them. It need not be a matter for present inquiry as to its cause, but there cannot be a doubt about the sordid chanracter of oulr agle. In no time before wore money marriages so many nor love n:atches so few. Sons of ...

... MB. G. W. MOORE'S BENEFIT. The twenty-fourth annual benefit of Mr G. W. Moore took place on Thursday, at St. James's Hall, when a varied programme was supplied for afternoon and evening visitors, including not only the minstrel entertainment but attractive items by a number of popular performers from the theatres and music haUs. As on former occasions, the minstrel programme came first. Mr ...

... MOHTAWK MINSTRELS. Me A. POWER'S BENEFIT.-The annual benefit of Dlr Alexander Power took place on Thursday evening, when a large and varied programme was given to the satisfaction of an immense audience. Among the suc- cessful entertainers may be mentioned Mr Tom Costello, who has made himself acquainted with the mysteries of feminine costume so completely that his sketch was extravagantly ...

... AN EMIPInrE' P utLA U Eu 'UINBuGH. I (PROM OUR OWN CORItESIFONDDENT.T Mr H. E. Moss is to-day one of the most popular men in Edinburgh. He has played many good cards is bis time, and won honours galore, but the card he plays now trumps effectively and conclusively all that have ?? before. For some months past a number of influential gentlemen in Edinburgh have been consi- dering, and have ...

... MISS BESSIE BONERILL resumed work after her indisposition on Monday last, but the severe strain proved too much for her, and she was forced to give up after her second turn. She is now working, but only at two halls, her medical adviser having persuaded her to relinquish her third turn for the present. MR WILLIAM LUSBY, the popular proprietor of the Foresters' Music Hall, announces his first ...

... SETTINd(r F'j. nW Ak THATEE. At the Cireiui t Court, I) ti Ide,-, (o't the ' 'I 'h ill t. -Lord Youlnf otil tile Jhil Ti-,weaw,(, and A 7ttl( v Torntwia sev-re cliha r' lI wit havi Ig sil f (lly set fire t t th,, The-atre Royval tir (vial Thc ttae ill iiHunter- stret, Kirical;y, (,tI ic. :u-Il ?? liOt, ?? intent to defrail tk iie -'earal la-tittinc- ('Company, Limited. At a plb!atig dlt ?? 1. ...

... CONSTANCE BELLIAMy ABRIDGED PRESS OPINIONS. As Marguerite in the final act exhibited a d power and intensity tbat quite electrified hea rannatil -Birminghanm Times, Feb. 23d, lass, audience And with Mr Turner as Faust and C. Bellamy noted soprano, as Marguerite, such a musical the never been provided for Northamptonian ret has ?? Hgerald, March id,n this Constance Bellamy ie now one of the ...

... A1N OLD COMPOSERS 1REMINISCENCES. Professor F. Nicholls Crouch, the veteran composer, and the author of Kathleen Ilavournoen, has been writing his reminiscences. At the age of nine years ;young Crouch was able to earn twenty-five shillings weekly by playing the violoncello at the Coburg Theatre. Out of this sum his parents allowed him but sixpence for his personal use, while he was compelled ...

... On Wednesday evening the students of the Guildhall School of Music were beard in a new cantata, the music of which is by Mr R. Orlando Morgan, the libretto being written by Mfr D. H. Parry. Mr Morgan is a late student and associate of the Guildball School of Music, and the cantata proved to he an agreeable and tuneful production, which was received throughout with hearty praise. Mr Morgan is ...