i;O- WILL NEVER GET BETTER, i Y CAROLINE. k Y ht,1 that w-ane strikes me I shall be washed away and d j r, d a sailor. clinwing to a half-sunken wreck, as he saw 3 trIC 55 'dxOs sn arolling towards him. Yet he lived to tell the ?? , on qhure.t ELI t sre thio timi next week I shal

THE LONDON MUSIC HIALLS. THE ALHAMBRA. a There has not yet been put on record the answer to t the poet who was anxious to know whether there was i living anywhere the man with soul so dead whose heart t had ne'er within him said, " This is my own, my native a land; " and whose so

THE STA&NDARD. The consistent enterprise of Mr R. Wake at the Standard Music Hall, Pimlico, which he has certainly transformed into one of the most comfortable ancd elegant variety resorts in the metropolis, is now meeting with the reward of crowded houses. Even on Lord Mayor's

PROVINCIAL THEATICALS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) A CC'RINGfl'UN. Parrcz's TuIATRAE.-Propri.tor, .r J. 3B. Ormerod; Busi- ness Manager, Mr J. Ormeurod,-'Ahc BeItlice company have paid a return visit this week, appearing ill A Riiw oet hen, W5agies of Sin, and A Uasil Marriage

1 , ..w -S (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THEATRE ROYAL.-Lessees, Messrs Beryl and Hatton; r Acting-Manager, Mr W. Hollister.-Mr Robert Court- . neidge, actor, author, and now manager, comes here J d this week with a capital company, including that 1 favourite actress Miss Maggie

(FsOM OUR OWN coRscSPONDMiTS.) A&LDERSHOT. ENGIkiEERS' THEATRE.-Responsible Manager, Mr Clarence Sounes.-This week Mr Grafton's company have appeared here with great success in Monte Cristo. Mr Grafton sustained the title-r6le, and had a hearty welcome. SALTER'S THEATRE or VARIE

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1889. GROANS FROM THE PIT. It is said to be an Englishman's privilege to grumble ; and certainly the complaints which have recently been put into print of the imperfec- tions of the pit-entrance arrangements at certain theatres suggest the existence of a vas

THE ROSEMARY BRANCH. On Tuesday last, at the weekly meeting of the London County Council at the Gjildhiall (Lord Rto-.F BERY in the chair), Mr BASSETT HopKINS, took exceptio0 to the confirmation of the Minutes of the previous meeting. His objection, he said, had reference to the

HEF M A X WV E L L S, T mondv Twt o I( c v F~iii. (Tko Weeksh), NIot'flllt1L.N.( AiQ th~, AmIt i ' Notivi l ottit atid Dancer, Mt \li~~itl.Nl.\ ?? Si Adtlrt- ?? . , ttIlt, iiartitr Miod CO. ~* N ' id A' 1Ai] ?? iil ir usuo tisuvc~tss lit I J NI\N,\IHESTER. TIiiIt<t t It tiuilitin

The Livermore Brothers' Court Minstrels commenced *lon a seven nights' engagement at St. George's Hall, Brad- Patr ford, on Saturday evening. The return of the well-known Rc and talented troupe was welcomed by a large audience. Man The company numbers twenty-five performers, who