... The reconstructed Assembly Rooms were opened on Boxing Night by a grand invitation ball, given by the contractor, at which the Mayor and about four hundred guests were present. The new rooms may now be con- sidered as amongst the finest and handsomest in the kingdom. The ball-room has been increased in length from 87ft. to 111ft , and with its commodious new gallery at the High-street end ...

... SATURDAY, AUG. 30, 1890. AClROBATS AND ACCIDENTS. The accident to WVILLIAMi HANLON at the New York Academy of Music last Saturday has already drawn a few hysterical protests from silly shriekers ; and these we may expect to be followed by the usual grandmotherly groans at all dangerous performances. The facts in this particular case are reported at length in another part of the paper. ...

... I SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1892. HOW TO WRITE A GOOD PLAY. Though in the intelligent reader the advertise- ments of racing tipsters only evoke an incredulous smile, and a mental query why these gentry do not utilise their valuable information for their own benefit, the young and ambitious playwright still purchases with freedom and peruses with avidity books professing to teach him how to do it. ...

... AS JEANNE, IN SERGE PANINE. Bliss Estelle Burney gave a strikingly emotional representation of Jeanne, whose weakuess is the occa- sion of the tragedy.-Standard, June -5th. Serge Panine at the Avenue on Thursday served to introduce in Bliss Estelle Burney a dibbutalte of more than average promise, and of much iu')re than average melodramatic power-obsCrsrf, Julne 7th. Miss Estelle Burney ...

... M1OZART ESTIVAL. On Saturday last the one hundredth anniversary of the death of the immortal composer was worthily cele- brated at the Albert Hall by the Performance of the Requiem and other works, including the Jupiter I Symphony. In front of the organ the name of Mozart was inscribed in letters of gold, and the dates 1791 and 1891. It was Dec. 5th, 1791, that Mozart died, not living ...

... - -rw ALADDIN (MILTON-RAys).-Grand T., Nottingham. A BIG FoRTUNE.-Avenue Theatre, Sunderland. BANDMANN-PALMER, MRs.-Boston. BATEMAN, ISABEL.-Her Majesty's Theatre, Carlisle. BEATRICE, MDLLE.-Theatre Metropole, Birkenhead. BELLS OF FATE.-Public Hall, Warringon. BEN GREET COMPANY.-Torquay. BENSON, F. R.-Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. BLACK FLAG.-Theatre Royal, Birmingham. BLUE BEARD (DOTTRIDGE). ...

... I B SE N IL I TY. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-Your correspondent, Mr Barrington Bott, mis- apprehends, I think, the reason why Mr Fryers (whose meaning is perfectly clear) and others oppose Ibsenism. Mr Bott imagines it is because the dramas of Ibsen teach. This is not so, but because we believe them to teach falsely. No doubt the author suffers severely at the sands of his exponents. The ...

... Some of the Dickens letters published in Harper for October contain references to his Readings. In one letter be says: We have done exceedingly well since we have been out-with this remarkable (and pleasant) incident, that wherever I read twice, the turn-away is invariably on the second occasion. They don't quite understand beforehand what it is, I think, and expect a man to be sitting down ...

... The members of the London School of Voice Cultiva- tion were heard on Wednesday evening at Exeter Hall in a series of songs and recitations, giving as a whole a satisfactory idea of the training they have had. There was naturally a great variety in the style and quality of work done. In some eases the evident ability of the students made the work of the teacher comparatively easy ; in other ...

... NEW PAVILION AT LYTHIAM. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Lytham for a number of years has been regarded as a watering-place a long way behind the times in the matter of amusements. The town has many natural attractions, among which may be included the fine length of green sward, extending from one end of the town to the other, for a distance of at least a mile, and the large number of trees ...

... At the meeting of the London County Council, on Tuesday, the Parks and Open Spaces Committee reported that they were in communication with the Middlesex County Council and other bodies, and were considering the terms upon which the Alexandra Palace estate could be obtained as a public park. Meanwhile, as the Council decided to oppose the Bill now being pro- moted by the owners of the ...

... As briefly mentioned in our last, the Trocadero has undergone alterations, redecorations, and refurnishing at a cost of about 1,000, and Mr Sam Adams now boasts as beautiful a hall as there is in London. The old entrance in Windmill-street, facing Shaftesbury- avenue, has been taken down and replaced with an imposing stone-built front, fitted with bevelled and cut plate glass, opening into an ...