... THE ACTORS' ASSOCILTION SCHEME. A well-attended meeting of the members of the Actors' Association was held at Her Majesty's Theatre on Friday afternoon, for the purpose of considering a scheme for the selection, training, and registratation of actors. Mr H. BEERBour'TREE pre- sided, and amongst those present were Messrs Wilson Barrett, Lionel Brough, John Hare, Forbes Robertson, Acton Bond, ...

... Very curious is the existence, in the midst of our Engehsh population, of a number of aliens-an empire within an empire-speaking for preference a language of their own, and having their national dramatists and composers. Yet this is the case as regards the Yiddish tongue, a n ixture of German and Hebrew, in which the German greatly predominates ; and we are informed that this Yiddish ...

... Omair Rhayvvm. ,ESSs-. M&cm-l' An' have pub- i lished in a sumptuous, and at the sane tine a handy, Volume the e _ . 1 I -. ,. _- - I four editions of the Rubai-;!t, translated by Edward Fitzgerald from the famous poet and, I astronomer. -No translation in the world, ex-| cept the translation of the Bible, has achieved. such popularity. TAis is no doubt partly &de to the fact thst the original ...

... MILI'rAux FESTI[VA], AT THE I ALIBERIT h1,lt1 \tirlT GE1 THE, PRINCE, OP WALES TiK: VLTI -t ?? Iun it) vost'rtlay I I, und, r eit taito zo 0 tich Ufi~c-ps L) 'I 'ZI . C LI- I '1 n t'i ?? Iti 11 Ilit, prc'seuoe of ii 'ho ~ 'A and a brilliant dioiiinci 1,t1i hot Vorriss wuki AUr. tattlo tug i[ Ito ?? noI Iii >0' 'I(f jI L ?? I tlmII o kl iiul lit, pa tt 41r Lk-!Wd er't gllt' LI I ?? Il~inlto ru ...

... SUNDAY IN L0NDONI CILIIROII, CHAPEL & Tilt MESSAGE OL? CHRISTMLAS.1t SERMON BY TIlE B11i[O1P OF IS LiNGTO N. Tho TILihop of Islingt~on waw theo preacher yo~t-ktday morning at. St.. Paul's, and hi4s or- 11(1 ?? sotin view oif the' communlion. ?? followed. Thura is seine santul but titstc(1- ful Christmais decoration with loaves ?? berries atid ribbons, ?? than this is ?? jto-.si srnblo iii ...

... PRINCE OF WALES AM) THE GRENADIERS& PRESENTATION OF MEDALS AT WINDSOR. SPEECH1'J B'Y HTIS R11OYAL 1 lOWN71S, 11li puraill grt-iiidit of th0o Victoria Ilatrniik;, \VitNol )t--iiI~-t inwmut- Wintry Miltvt V0e-- 1 rkdax when,,1 i-l1i'i- n-riw of Walles, IIoltunijlpalilttd l'i- tl-ivitili,i dieirikuodbi ito f-int Jst lbatt)l I01(t i f t ht S I-titti ?? ( hf ilis t inut nivi ftleitdtyor illt-ti ...

... METEOROLOGICAL REPO2T. , I R& cs TRIS U W5 BY i N- AGiTT AN)D ZAXBR&'S BAssMTI C o r - d d t seces - iett - a d r d cd *5 5 d e. ?? ?? show the belch: o .te brsear at s' Sds* thc t an d Ib e ore e sm rtn Fa T he do me m i t * eaterme rars stc~ ti ming 'ner'-r aad br ro peuS a s-c zg. T h m i t . 4 3 l e . 4t t e b o t e i r e Da i o f t e w n Ibe Mescv:! fils 'or Baja, with~ . san W-. - I ~t ...

... NOM CNT THE WAR. ?? -- n- | BY OUR MIiJTAflY EXPElt in_ O ON WHICH BANK OF THE MODDE es ENCLOSED LJADYSMITIL. COLD BLOODED CRITICS. Pit - ro T THE LOSSES INCURRED. ke r wish to observe that I did not yesterday cy ro-nmit myself to the assertion that during at Lord Methuen's action on the Modder River ry the Boors were at first on the further side. s Frankly I do not know, and I think that ...

... THIE WAtR. evcrL ou F Srel ?? oE this Lme ga lvo GoonRAPHC DTee.S I A DlEIXiG,' OF LEAD. ThE HIELD 1I1 12 A RA1X4WHE1 I II( P N 1). ISCP I rl o ll` LlEI'.It AND STAFF. 110Y TIlE CENTRE FOUND COVERL SIIMUNL TlA 1±, OvF BRLUIIS GALLANTRLY. Frrher st'rritug ?? of the battle at Cooltuso are eolitinocki in a ttiogmru front C~hhveley, f Saturday's date. ?? below. So | terrible, says the Corr ...

... I THE FIGHTT KATEA S KOP. SHARP CRITICISM. IIGW KFrl-F ALCONEJIL WAS SHOT. TH3E COlllt lS PON I) ENT AND THIE CO UNTIRS l: N. ?? ?? frotm the correspondents on tho Wv:*5ririi froutior fotrntisli somo iiterxrsting rend- ing. 1etnter's agent, writing from OniAwgC Piver on the 12th uIt., doscribeis the reorinnais- t snmco on itsI llthi, during ?? Colonal .Kvitlt- !i'alconor ?? kiliiled. I 11 says ...

... Messrs. Cassell nnd Co. bave jitimt ?? l thoir sumnptuoui edition ?? Milt;on's P par;adiso ].ost, with Guatavo Dor'is weird an' inpice- SiVt£ illustrtiorn. It it liot ia hoa.ly voluljne for thv reader, hiut its bulk, of ?? is ien. derod absollutely niecrsiary to give duo effcct to thn pictilre:4. It must not be buppl.st!d howevor, that those pictures bave beeu tho olle ejnsidoration to which ...

... ;. 'i _ :i DEATfi : Eof A ;CLAIMANTsTQ~t A £6,000,000-ES.TA±'-. s 0 EARL-Y on Thursday Loing Mrs n'thlee' Davey, the W*ell n'ow 'Wi'bfeA 'ark claimant, died idt her ressdenai- Gray's Inn Road, &fteriabout a fo3irtmiiit illnes. Death is assigned to syncope, closely: fol- lowod upon an attack of paeuminia and acuta bronchitis. ?? s .Davel denth will remove a familiar re bo'fr'o£',hit.- hall ...