(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MONTREAL, OCTOBER 16.-We had fully expected ere this week to have been able to chronicle the fast that the Montreal dramatic season had commenced, but the smallpox epidemic still continues to such an extent that, although the minor theatres have mad

TO TEE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-My offer to send my MS. to " Playre Fayre" on receipt of his name and address has received no response up to date of writing. I must infer, then, that " Playre Fayre " is ashamed of his name and the assertion he made anonymously in respect to my. d

I A special session was held on Monday at the Court- house, for the purpose of hearing the application of Mr W. R. Waldron, lessee and responsible manager of the Theatre Royal, and of Mrs Catherine James, proprietress of the theatre, for a theatrical licence. On the Bench wvere

LIVERPOoL DB AATIC iLODGV ?? The first reg lar meeting of the "Dramatics n'of Liver- pool after the most successful installation'gathering last month took place at the headquarters of the order, Hope- street, last Tuesday afternoon, when there was an attendance which was expressi

Still "'Prominently Pre-eminent."' H B P I N A U D 5' If Nyew Entertainment, J' grand success, Day's Concert Hall, Birmingham, emphatic grand success. Their Entrede a marvel of brilliancy; Costumes beyond arisen, the stage setting the finest ever mounted for a eOprOity, their Thr

The Bird King. L E 0 N I C L A R E E, Ithe only Acknowledged Champion Pigeon Charmer of the World. Always something New. Greet success Alhambra, Belfast. Monday next, ST. JAMES'S HALL, MANCHESTER. The Bird King. 11 E 0 N I C L A BKE E. li Look out for LEONI CLARiKE. Surprise. The

TO THE EDITOR 01 TRE ERA. Sir,-I read with much surprise Mr Mervyn Dallas's letter in your last issue." I really did not want a gratuitous advertisement for my play, but under the circumstances I cannst help myself. As you may recol- lect, my drama was produced on March 11th, 18

Production at the Vaudeville Theatre, on Friday afternoon, October 30th, of a new and original Drama, in Five Acts, by Wilkie Collins, entitled, ` THE EVIL GENIUS." Catherine Linley ?? Miss MIfARI CARR Miss Sydney Westerfield . M.. Mrs asHrorI Mrs Presty ?? Miss FoLLIorr Mrs McE

"LADY OF LYONS " AT. THE MYLEBONB. The annual benefit of Mr Alfred Loveridge, the lessee and manager of this theatre, which celebration took place on the evening of Wednesday last, served to attract a considerable number of the public, for whose entertainment, a most ample progra

MR. IRYVING'S NEW PIECE. On the first night of the recent revival of Olivia at the Lyceum Mr HENRY IRVING gave substantial form to the rumours that had previously been floating about with respect to the subject of the new play on which Mr WILLS was then engaged. The theme thus au