Mr Thatcher's Entertainment.— On Saturday night the Odd Fellows' Hall was well filled by an audience eager to welcome " Thatcher" back to Wellington and listen to his first entertainment. The programme was an excellent one. Madame Vitelli executed several songs with much taste, her rendering of the ballad " I cannot mind my -wheel Mother" being de servedly applauded, while another song " The Volunteer," received a recall when the lady sung "The Mocking Bird." Mr Small, that old Wellington favourite, was as usual excruciatingly funny as " The Unfortunate Man," a ditty which never seems to pall on the taste of a Wellington public however, | often heard, and which elicited roars of laughter on tlie occasion in question. Mr Small fully sustained his reputation by the style in which ho sung " The Lady of Lyons" and " Hamlet," both capital burlesques, as well as some Irish songs. Naturally enough, however, the chief attractions of the evening were "Thatcher's locals." The "inimitable" favored his audience with " The Nelson Gaol," and a ditty telling how the steamer Prince Alfred, commanded by one " Pon derous Ponsonby," contrived to jam up the steamer Wellington, whereof one " Feeble Francis" is skipper, at the Auck land wharf. These being very much relished, were succeeded by the "locals" pertaining to Wellington, the first of which, yclept the " Savings Bank," told in comic strain that lamentable history with which our readers are already familiar through these columns. The Managers, .Directors, Com mittee, but more than all, tho unfortunate Accountant, got smartly touched up, though in a way by no means malicious, and every body grinned with delight except perhaps the victims. The " Photographic Sketches" followed, one or two hits in which told well, and the audience heartily echoed the senti ments that for personality they far beat Thatcher himself. In the final song " Tho Seat of Govei'nnient Commissioners," a de cided hit was made, the spoken part des cribing the procession with which it was pro posed to welcome theso gentlemen being a rich bit of humour from beginning to end. One or twofcatures we give as specimens ; — ■ " Mr Commissioner Martin carrying a large shovel at the head of the prison gang ;" " The Siamese Twins" carrying a banner, and Messrs Duncan and Bcardman ai*m in arm. 