"QUITE NEW AND ORIGINAL." [Illustration: Infants in Arms.] The fencing Lecture, entitled, _The Story of Swordsmanship_, seems to have been so great a success, last Wednesday, at the Lyceum, as to have aroused the ire of some Music-hall Managers, who earnestly contend that the Stage of the Theatre, that is, of the Drama _pur et simple_, very pure _et_ very simple, should not be used or misused for the purpose of giving an entertainment, which, though given without scenes, was yet "illustrated with cuts." It is highly probable that this offensive and defensive subject will be followed by other lectures more, perhaps, in keeping with theatrical tradition. We will not give our authority for this statement, but may intimate that that eminent professor of the P.R. and P.M.N.A.S.D., known within certain circles as _The Slogger_, will, at no very distant date, give at one of our most popular theatres a lecture, the first of a series, on _Pugilism and the Drama_. Tickets, of course, to be obtained at the Box-office. The subject of the first Lecture will be _Box and Fighting Cocks_. Among other things the eloquent professor will draw the attention of his audience to what a change in the history of the Stage, nay, perhaps, in the history of the world, would have occurred if to _Box's_ inquiry as to his pugilistic capacity, _Cox_ had replied, "I can!" and had there and then thrown himself, like _Mr. Pickwick_ "into a paralytic attitude," and exclaimed, "Come on!" an invitation which the challenger would have been bound in honour to accept. The Lecturer will practically show how "to make a hit," and give an example from the life of the "early closing movement." The Lecture will be interspersed with songs, such as "_Black Eyes and Blue Eyes_," "_Hand and Glove_," "_Ring! Ring!_" "_The Hymn to Floorer_" a part-song, by four choristers, and "_Me-fist-O's song_" from _Faust_. Perhaps the next Lecture on the some subject will be given at _The Umpire Theatre_. * * * * * AN OLD CRY REVIVED (_unpalatable to the French Painters and Patriots).--"À Berlin! à Berlin!_" * * * * * SHAKSPEARE AND THE UNMUSICAL GLASSES.