The Reform League.

THE REFORM LEAGUE .

We have received the following notice from the Executive Council of tho Reform League .- — 8 , Adelphi-terrace , Strand , W . C . Tire REI-CIM LEAGUE . Residential and Registered Manhood Suffrage and tlie Ballot . National Itcfor-m Conference .

The Executive Council of tho Reform League , after mature deliberation , deem it their duty to convene a national conference , to be held in London at the opening of Parliament , to consider tho question of electoral reform , and to adopt such measures as may be deemed expedient for the settlement of this question , on a broad and equitable basis , satisfactory to the whole people .

With this view they submit for consideration the following resolutions .- — 1 . The Conference shall assemble in London , one day at least , previous to the opening of the new Parliament . 2 . Such Conference shall consist of delegates specially deputed from branch associations of the Reform League , and other reform associations—trades' benefits ,

temperance societies , and other organised bodies—or appointed at public meetings called for that purposD , and , by local , district , and ward committees , organised to promote the above movement in Great Britain and Ireland , and ot members of both Houses of Parliament . 3 . The business of the Conference shall bo as follows : firstla resolution affirming tho princiles of the lleform

y , p League ; secondly , the adoption of some plan of organisation embracing the whole country , so that every constituency roa } -assist in the agitation for electoral reform ; thirdly , to consider the Queen ' s speech , and adopt , if necessary , some resolution thereon ; fourthly , to hold a public mooting in the metropolis to receive and adopt the report and resolutions of the Conference .

4 . Tho Prime Minister shall be requested to receive the members of the Conference as a deputation , for the purpose of communicating to him tho wishes of the country on the subject of Parliamentary Reform , as expressed by the people at public meetings , and through their delegates in conference assembled , and to urge on him the necessity of speedily introducing a bill into

Parliament in accordance therewith . 5 . The Conference shall petition tho House of Commons that a certain number of working men , not less than twelve , being non-electors , and appointed by the Conference , be heard at their bar , on the rights of the unenfranchised classes to vote for members of that House .

G . The Conference shall adopt addresses to Earl Eussell , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Sir George Grey , and other members of tbe Government , urging upon them the necessity of supporting measures for parliamentary reform satisfactory to the people . Notice of the day fixed for the Conference , and of tho lace of meetingshall be given by advertisements in

p , the public papers and by circulars , as soon as possible after the day fixed for tho assembling of Parliament ; shall be made known . All communications to bo addressed to the secretary , Mr . Geo . Howell , 8 , Adelphi-terraoe , Strand , London , W . C .

Notes On Music And The Drama.

NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA .

Air . Boucicault is engaged on a new romantic Irish drama , the basis of which is the present Fenian conspiracy . Verdi is said to bo engaged in composing- a now French opera , and preparing ' his "Simon Roc ' canegra " for the French stage . The German papers announce the discovery of a rival to Adclina Patti , who is named Madamegella Castri , and is to appear in Paris in ' -Linda" and "Martha . "

Notes On Music And The Drama.

The wife of an actor iu Chicago has just fatall y shot her husband in tho green room of the theatre because he would not withdraw an allegation of her infidelity . Welsh music seems to be progressing backwards . At the last Eisteddfod , Messrs . Brinley Richards and Mr . John Thomas , the umpires , though both enthusiastic sons of the principality , found all the cantatas so bad

that no prize was awarded . Mr . Sims Reeves has been singing a new ballad at Liverpool with marked success . The composer is Mr . Brinley Richards , and tbe ballad , entitled "The Chieftain ' s Wife , " describes the story of the death of Anita , the wile of Garibaldi , who fell from exhaustion during Garibaldi's flight from Rome in 1849 , after they had

escaped their pursuers by retreating across tho Appenines with a few followers . The ballad recites the story to the end where Garibaldi is Forced to leave his unburied wife in the care of tho peasantry , and to continue his flight . The election of a professor of music in Edinburgh University took place on tho 2 nd of November .

Among tho candidates are Mr . Hullah , Mr . J . F . Duggau , Mr . G . A . Macfarron , and about twenty others , including several foreign professors of music . The salary is £ 420 , supplemented by class fees . Mr . J . C . Cowper , the leading tragedian of the Liverpool Theatre Royal for the last eight years , is about to appear at Sadler ' s Wells Theatre as Claude Mehwtte . A piece of music by Handel , under the title of "Partita , " discovered by M . Martin de Fontaine , has been published at Leipsic .

A now comic opera in two acts , by Hcrr Meyer Lutz , entitled "Felix , or the Festival of Roses , " has been produced at the Hew Royalty Theatre . Every one will regret to hear ( says the Athenceum ) that Madame Lind-Goldschmidt is obliged to pass the winter in the south of Europe for the benefit of her health .

It is said that Mr . Sothern will "act" an entirely new drama , by Mr . Tom Taylor , at the Prince of Wales ' s Theatre , Liverpool , early next month . Mr . Sothern has attracted such crowds in Belfast that the accommodation was found quite inadequate , and the " Northern Whig calls for a new theatre . The Orchestrasays that a performance will shortlbe

, y given at one of tho London opera houses , for the benefit of the widow and children of the late Mr . Vincent Wallace . A portion of his latest work , the unfinished opera of "Estrella , " will be included in the programme . Captain Mayno Reid's new novel of the "Headless Horseman" is spoken of as about to be dramatised for representation at Astley ' s . The prairie hunter capering

about without his head will , it is thought , prove tho greatest theatrical sensation at present announced . Mr . Fechter announces that the Lyceum Theatre will open for the season on Monday next , on which occasion he will appear in anew drama entitled "The Watchcry , " supported by Messrs . Widdicomb , Emery , and Miss Elsworfchy .

Public Amusements.

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .

DETJRY-LAIs E THEATRE . After a protracted run which emphatically refutes the parrot cry that the legitimate drama has lost its hold upon popularity , " Macbeth" and " Coimis" have been withdrawn , and pending the revival of " King John" announced for to-night' - ' Julius Cassar" lias

, , been presented , -without any pretension to scenic display , but with a general completeness worthy of very cordial praise . Mr . Phelps has rarely been seen in tragedy to greater advantage than in the character of Brutus , wliich he plays with natural ease and genuine