... Qt Ogtra 5rnon As the two opera houses now have a seating accommodation of upwards of 5,ooo persons per night, it is hardly surprising that people are drawn less to the hackneyed than to the newer and more interesting items of the repertory. Donizetti and early Verdi have indeed been found impotent to attract, while, on the other hand, a somewhat perfunctory performance cf Lohengrsn at the ...

... SCOTTISH ROME INDtIJTRIJ P1 EXHII131TION. Tlic followving is thli Jlr0e list if: euoil 15 , 'd this exhIiibi tioni --Schedule 1. - jia, list. caujuet i~~~~~~~~~~~iilln cart vig Li iil set Ic -- Lcharks LeggetIt, Sikwul 'I I .1 highly commnilldedI, tcal tdLa .1. Reid, Rtoa~dside Cottlagc, Mid idal-t II Jllq 4A do. Tlhere were no entries in i,,,, award ill first, deparitmlllit of ChI't Il laid ...

... 94 t ' Yb Sp illg-gl~lit' AFTER an extraordinary success in France, Baroness S:taIc book, The Lady's Dressing-Room, has just been made access le to Englishwomen through a translation by Lady Colin Campbcll. The work is something rather more than a mere manual of tic little professional secrets of the competent lady's-maid, as it deall- with such subjects as the general care of the eyes, ...

... Et. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, )r Joux PORTER ?? f~rJNPRE Captain Corcoran ?? M r PERCY W55RLLOCR Ralph Rackstraw ?? Mr W. IH. POCIcLINGTON Dick Deadeye ?? lr EDWIN CARTER Boatswain's Mate ?? r T. S. WHITE Sergeant of Marines ?? M. r T. S. SMITH .Midshipniite ?? Master FFREDDY HASWELL Buttercup . . Miss MARIE KEIIREIN lebe ?? Miss EDITii BATLEY Josephine . . Miss GERTRUDE LOCxSLEy The North ...

... ON. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THEATRE ROYAL.-Manauing Director, Mr H. J. Infield; Acting-Maniager Mr A. Wheeler.-Miss For- tescue and her company opened a week's engagement here on Monday with The Honourable Herbert. Miss Fortescue invested the character of Mrs Doring with great charm. Mr E. H. Vanderfelt showed powerful acting as the Hon. Herbert Daring. Mr Fuller Mellish ?? Tenby. ...

... ALL MGRTS RESEf.VED. ; -By H1ENRY EVEIRSHED (Author of Early Maturity of Live Stock, Econcimi- cal Feeding of Stock, Cross Breeding in Sherp, &c). NO. VIII. BLACKFACED, HEATI. or SCOTCH MOUNTAIN SHEEP. This picturesque sheep is the favourite arnongst artists, and no descriptiori is neoded hereof the noble countenance of the rLm, his Romaa profile, and his eyes full of life and fie. ...

... THE MAGAZINE .MEDLEY. A Curious Scroll of Fame. Another of Mr. Harry How's Illustrated r Interviews -and a very interesting one it is- ,rappears in the current number of the -Strasidf e yilcgriazie' The Rev. J. E. C. Welldon, Read d Master of Harrow, is the subject of the interview, which gives a graphic sketch of life at the famous 0school in the uresent day and glimpses of its ohistory. ...

... LOS OF 113 LIVES. Lisbox, Friday, 10 p.a. (Renter).— A telegram has just been received here atating that the Britiah steamer Reumaaia, bound from Liverpool for Bombay, has been wrecked off the month of the Arelho, near Peniche, some fifty miles north «f this port. Later.—The vessel is a total loss, and 11} of those on board have been drowned. She carried 55 passengers, and ber crew numbered 67 ...

... Morritt's high-class entertainment, which is to be presented at a series of matindes at the above coin- modinus hall in Piccadilly, made a very fair com- mencement on Saturday last, when a very good audience found an abundance of amusement extending over about two hours, and went away thoroughly satisfied. Mr Morritt, as some of our readers may be aware, is one of the most expert of ...

... AMUSEMENTS IN SALFORD (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PRINCE OF WAALES'S.-Proprietor and Manager, Mr E. B. Goulden.-The biamnond Gang, by Mr Edward Darbey, has this week had possession of the boards here. The staging and acting have been exceptionally good. Jack Daryl was excellently represented by Mr J. L. Neville. Other members of the ?? C. Alan-Hineson as John Chetwynd, Mr Lewis Gilbert as ...

... titerart) Vateq, jorju?, xnv O-rttgtq. Tennyson's first book, Poems by Two Brothers, 1827, and his last book, issued yesterday by Messrs. Macmillan, are the only two volumes of the Laureate of which 1 large paper editions have been printed. That of The Death of Oenone is now at press. The edition will be limited to five hundred copies. It will be printed on hand-made royal octavo ...

... THE GRAND. On Monday, Oct. 24th, the Four-Act Play by C. Haddon Chambers, entitled THE IDLER. Mark Cross ?? GEORGE ALEXANDER Sir John Harding, hI.P. . M.. Mr NUTCOMBE GOULD Simeon Strong . Mr BEN W..Bsmi General Herrywveather. - - Mr H. H. VINCENT Bennett ?? Mr ALFRED HosLes Lady ?? Miss MARION TERRY Mrs Cross .Miss FANNY COLEMAN Mrs Glynn-StanniOre ?? Miss FANNY ENsoN Kate Merryweather ?? ...