At the Middlesex Sessions, on Tuesday, before the Assistant Judge, Bdwvard sicire aend Thsonas Persisos, who pleaded guilty last sessions to an indictment charg- ing them with stealing a diamond necklace, of the value of between 300 and 400, the property of Nellie Addington, wer

The members of the Liverpool Dramatic Lodge (1,609) were summoned to an emergency meeting at the Masonic Hall, Hope-street, on Friday, the 2d inst., and the suc- cess attending the special gathering gave very emphatic indication that the coming year will be in many respects the

GRAND TREATRE, DOUGLAS. The past season at the above establishment having proved so extremely successful, we feel compelled to devote a few lines in praise of the energetic catering which has led to such a pleasant result-pleasant alike for lessee and public, for if Mr Hemming ha

I H E; F F I EL . D MI SIC HALL, I SURREY-STREET (Newvly Painted ald Decorated), TO BE LE U for Concerts, LectureS, Mteetings, and Entertainments of all kinds. Holds 1,800. t Apply, Mr FRneHsessAE, Secretaryp 247, Western Bank. 1HREWSBURY, THEATRE ROYAL.- 1 Mrs M&Imox will he ple

THE- LONPI"Q- M4-JSIP HALLS. li,. aesiria s !. ai Teie'r- AE OXFORCD. - Ma E 3J. &Nti~hbbii BihEnIT.-The fifteenth annual benefitof tlibbopli Thaniger and musical director of the aboveciiamed establsbhment'took place on Wednies. day evenieg'ae . t ''da5"atteOded with the usual gr

The American public does not take kindly to skilfully veiled Gallic impropriety, to judge by the following:- " It is useless to deny that Judie's repertory, thus far, is intolerable by an American audience. Even our French residents will not take their wives and daughters to suc

A NEW O PBRETTA. At the Town Hall, Hove, on Thursday evening, a New Operetta by Charles Thomas, Music by tHarrietYoueg, entitled "WHEN ONE DOOR SHUTS ANOTHER OPENS." Colonel Sylvester, it.A ?? Mr GEORGE Pown Captain Carden ?? Mr LEIsH BRNNETT Mrs Carden .Mrs PFRTWi3D Miss Laura L

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. B EASE.7-T1e deaths was announced in our issue of Sentantr 296th. FAUS-T-YOU -itt fictz ott tele ateriaZ you require in the columns of The Era. T IV. K.-The drama is not yet published, and the acting rights are still reserved. R. S.. ?? a matter of tast

A writer in an American paper has invented a number of theatrical " don'ts." We present a few of them for the approval of our readers. DON'T-be a "theatre party," or an "opera party,' in its ordinary form, like theatre parties who take pos- session of places of amusement for soc

The extreme popularity of the drama of late years, extending to its exponents, has led to much -perhaps a little too much-attention being bestowed on the private lives of actors and actresses, and to an admiration for them personally which has not always stopped short on this si