... AMATEUR AIr, To-day. the sixteenth annual exhibition of the Dublin Sketching Club will be'formally, opened,; the works as usual being hung in the spacious and comfortable saloon of tu~e Leinater Hall, Molesworthi treet, Theanmateurs have this year made ...

... AMATEURS AT THE NOVELTY. For more than one hundred and sixty years West- minster Hospital, we are told, has enjoyed the confidence and support of the inhabitants of the district in which it is situasted, and a fresh proof of this has been given by their ...

... Amateurs in Hackney. The members of the Hackney Rowing Club imeet for practice, at the Anglers' Tavern, Lea-bridge, every Tuesday and Friday evening during the summer season. Yo practice what ? We are Jed to ask this question by the announcement, which ...

... AMA 7EUR THEA TRICALS. hlip Last evening a party of amateurs, under the direction of late Mr. CHARLES DICKENS, gave a theatrical performance at ock Campden-house, Kensington, the residence of Colonel ier, Waugh, oa behalf of the Bournemouth Sanatorium-a ...

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... AMATEURS AT BLACKHEATH. The 1st Kent Artillery Corps gave three dramatic perform- ances on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, at the Alexandra Hall, Blackheath, but whether their programme was not sufficiently stimulating, or that there were other attractions ...

... THE AMATEUR POACHER. IV.-THE TURNPIKE. THE rabbit when feeding or moving freely, unless quickened by alarm, has a peculiar way of dwelling upon his path. It almost resembles creeping; for both fore feet stop while the hinder come up-one hinder foot ...

... The Thespian Amateurs, Tkb q 'A I toe gentlemanly comedians connected with the abovs-named Club gave a performance at the Polygraphic Hall on Wednesday last to a fashionable circle of friend and acquaintances and the business of the evening began withs ...

... Amateurs at Ramsgate. On the l6th inst. an amateur performance, inaid of the Sailors' Hoemo, evasgiven at the Granville Theatre. The lanagers are to be con- gratulated upon the success of their efforts, and all thanks are due to thc four ladies and one ...

... THE ERRATIC AEATRUum The above-named amateurs gave a dramatic entertainment at St. George's Hall, on the 6th inst., in aid of the funds of the Western General Dispensary. Nearly the whole of the area of the Hall was converted into stalls, the charge ...

... Amateurs at the Prineeea's. On Thursday evening the society of Amateurs known as The United Thespians gave a dramatic performance at this Theatre, on which occasion the house was filled by a very full and highly respectable audience, evidently comprising ...

... has been said that everything the amateur attempts is bad, whether it be pie-crust making, portrait painting or play-acting. The dogma is a sweeping one, and we hesitate to accept it. Heaven knows, however, that amateur acting as a rule is bad enough. Its ...