... DIPERIAT, PARLJIAMEN h1OUSE OF COAUTONS9 FlUDIAY. Tho SPEAK{ER iook the chair shortly after threo l~~~SUBJEMCS IN THlE TftANSVul.. Mr. LTAdI GRIFFIlTH nskod then Secretary of I~t'm foer tho Colionit.s whothar he had reooodivaxy te11-1ioation or rovort frora Sir Alfrvd Mijiner thosibiot~tatw~r of tho petitioll reutl~ de, c for p aatnwik>1I to hier l e ?? SlbjOI rddont in the ¶l'ronsv.l end11 i ...

... NEW TEMPERANCE MOTVEENT. THE JAPANESE IN CANADA. SIR W. LAURIER'S ATTITUDE. (OU OUR COR10SPlONDBT.) OTTAWA, Nov. 14. Caauadian politic$ are about to becoam vcor- plitiated by the &pp,,arace of a new party, iui tho shape of a prohibition party. The ultra- prohibitionist, have uerer been contout sinco the plobiscito of 1S78. Now an appeal hs. been issued, signld by all the leaders of the ...

... ALADDIN AT THE PARKHUJRST. (sECOND NOTICE.) Perhaps the jolliest little hero in Christmas enter- tainments is Aladdin, and the extraordinary story of his adventures and his suddenly acquired riches appeals more readily to the hearts of callow youth than many of those chosen for the skeleton of a pantomime plot. The history of the Pekin urchin has been most deftly utilbsed for the Parkhurst, ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-Paragraphs which have appeared recording the pulling down of the old Theatre Rojal, Swansea, seem to me to require correction. Charles Mathews could not have appeared in that theatre in 1795, because it was not opened until 1806. The theatre referred to in Mathews's letter of 179:5 was an earlier house on a totally different site. Mathews did, however, in 1816, ...

... TO THlE EDITOR OF IRE BRA. Sir,-The letters you published last week sufficiently disposed of Mr Thomas's claims to rights in an unauthorised dramatization of For the Term of His Natural Life. As solicitors acting on behalf of Messrs Macmillan, the owners of the copyright in the novel, we have written to Mr Thomas's solicitor, and await his reply. Meanwhile, as Mr Thomas has, through the ...

... e ALONE IN LoNDON. -Theatre Royal, Scarborough. I, AN EVIL LIFs.-Grand Theatre, Maidenbead. is AT DUTT'S CALL.-Royalty Theatre, Llanelly. - AT THE FOOT OF THE ALTAR.-Lyceum T., Newport. I. BANDMANN.PALMSIL MEs.-Pier Pavilion, Lytham. . BATEMAN, FRANK -Surrey Theatre. f BRACE OF PARTRIDGES.-Jubilee Hall, Weymouth. a BRIXTON BURGLARY.-Theatre Royal, York. e BROTHER OFFICBRS.-Weat Cliff Saloon, ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) GRAND THEATRE. - Managing-DireCtOr, Mr Jto. Hart; General Manager, Mr Fredk. Vioeent.-Me8,es Morell and Mouillot's company is making a welorme return visit here in The Geisha, the popular conic opera having a big reception before a crowded house on Monday night. Miss JessicaLait isO Mimosa San, and her interpretation is a very charming one, whilst she, too lacks ...

... A MUSIC HALL. ARTISTS AGREEMENT. In the Westminster County Court, on Tuesday, at action was brought by Messrs Didcott (Limited), before his Honour Judge Lumley Smitb, Q.C., to recover £11 13s. 4d. commission from Mr Leonard Barrv, for obtaining certain engagements for him. Mr A. H. Cannot was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr G. 5r. Cohen, instructed by NVm Smith Gufton, of 16, Mlark-lane, E.C ...

... AMMUSEMENTS IN BIRMINGHAM. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THEATRE ROYAL.-Lessae and Manager, Mr Charles Dornton.-Cinderella is leading a merry existence. What else could be expected, indeed, with a Cinderella so attractive as Miss Lilv B. Sinclair and a Prince of the charms of Miss Vera Patey ? Miss Margaret Ruby is a splendid Quillini and the Dandini of Miss Ada Willoughby is sprightliness ...

... C 0 L I N E T T E. (FROMa OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT.) Colinette,with Miss Julia Marlowe in the title-role, was presented for the first time in this city at the Knicker- bocker Theatre last Monday. and was accorded a very favourable reception. The piece was first performed in Philadelphia last February. Cohinette is a translation by H. a. Carleton from the French of Le No re and Martin. The ...

... ROBESPIERPRE. Volumes could be written about Robespierre, the man of the sea-green complexion, the implacable and impotent, for he has been represented and misrepre- sented by many authors, fascinated by the subject of the First Great Revolution. Carlyle seems to have gone out of his way to vilify him in The French Revolution, for bad as Robespierre was he was not altogether devoid of good ...

... With one consent the project of a farewell compli- mentary benefit to Mr Jolly John Nash was taken up by the heads of the theatrical and variety professions, with the result that the Tivoli was thronged on the afternoon of Monday last by a very large number of the admirers of the doyen comique of the music halls. Mr Nash was in the hey-day of his fame when the world went crazy over the old ...