... fBY OUR SPECIAL COMMISSIONER.) Mr Sleath, though not greatly familiar to the London public, has had several years experience in the theatri- cal profession both in town and the country, and in undertaking the management of the Adelphi Theatre he began with his eyes open to the enormous responsi- bility before him; for the Adelphi is no easy house to control. It has, perhaps, the most ...

... 1 FALL DOWNSXAIRS. Y'esterday, at St. Fartholomve's has- Dital. M\:r. h' S. l~anehaml hold an inquest cooching heo deatth of Mary Ann Hills, 47, the Vf £f Jannes Hlills. an hydrrulio enginzeer, residing at Joim-etreoc, CDom- mercial-roadl. On Sunday night deeoased fell downstairs. The stairs were steep and dark. She complained of being hurt, and a doctor attended, who expressed tbe osinion ...

... WILL VERDI ACCEPT THE COLLAR? FEROwI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.1 ROME, Tuesday.-On October 10, Giuseppe Verdi, considered the, greatest living glory of Italy, will celebrate his eighty-sixth birthday, and Professor Baccelli, Minister of Public Instruction, will propose to King Humbert to confer ipon him the highest Italian decoration, the Collar oi the Annunziata. Verdi will be the first, outside ...

... If the sympathetic lady from somewhere near Berkeley-square was present in the other square yesterday, she must have been deeply shocked. Of course, we are told that the transformation of an anti- English demonstration into something very different was an organized affair; and the rebuke is impressive coming from people who showed their own dislike of organized feeling by putting off their ...

... AN AMERICAN MUSICL4AN. PROFESSOR HORATIO W. PARKER INTERVIEWED. TiHE sincere interest which has been aroused by the production during the Worcester Festival of Mr. Parker's Flora Novissirna' induced me, writes a representative of the Pall Mlall Gazelle, to seek him out after the per- formance of his work in the cathedral. I was the more ready to do this because I had already received fiom ...

... Ihe 'cop of the {IIbornfng. THiE (QcsvE-S VISIT To BRISTOL. The date of the Queen's visit to Bristol to open the Royal Convalescent Home in honour of her long reign has now becen tinally Iixed for Wednles- day, November 15, two days after the Colston anniversary. YELLOW FI-EVi ItN THlL Sr~ris. A telegram of to-day's datc frontl Renter's correspoittent at ?? York savs three more eases of ...

... SHORT HAIRED CATS. Cat culture has become a very general pur- suit of recent years. That, great interest is taekoe in the breeding and rerrieg of our : ldomestic mrenser is evidencei by the beautiful epecimeng to be seen at shows and elsewhere. l introduction of the Persina cat into this coe ntry wab probably the start- iug pont Af the holby. lhrs has led to tire cultivation ol all Linds of ...

... VENEZUELA ARBIRATTJON., CLOSE OF THE ARGUM . FIFTY-FNE DAYS OF SPEECM AWARD EXPECTED ON MONDAY (THROtG3 MMUE3'S AG}:CT.) PARIS. Sept. 27. 'Mr. Harrison concluded his speech on ?? of Venezuela to-day-. He said that a liberal strip should be given to Venezuela. through which no speedy approach could be rane to the banls of Orinoco. The Tribunal had now to determine the rights of the two nations ...

... ART AND LEWERS. For the first time in tbree centuries, RlhIb Fitch's narrative of his expedition to India, Burma, and Malacca i,4 aout to be issued, pr ?? in full to the reading public. Ral Gp is the first Englishman of whom there is any T record to bare visited those coumtries. His m narrative, which is edited by Mr. J. Horton Ltyley, of the Hakluyt Society, for Mr. lisher Ic Unwin, goes ...

... IDEWEYS WELCOME KOM& I . NEW YOPRKS PREPARATIOMS MONSTER PARADES ON LAND AND WATER . WOLE CITY BEFLiGGE HOTELS ALL FULL. (FR02Lr OIrz CORtP.ZsrONDREN\ ) NEW YORK, Sunday. The city is given over completely to preparr tions for the festivities in honour of Admirl Dewey when he arrives on Thrursday or Friday. j Nothing else is talked of. The entire eity flM L be a mass of flags and bunting, ...

... TROOPS ON THIE WAY, FURTHER D1EPARLTURES. SCENES AT WATERLOO. The departure platform at Waterloo was again a scene of great bustle and excitement on Saturday morning, when the two special trains conveying passengers to Southampton for em- barkation on the Union liner Norman were pre- paring to start. The platform was strewn with uniform cases and other military impedimenta. and a glance at the ...

... | MR. STEAD'S POINT OF VIEW; SHALL I SLAY -1 :1lTOTllfl BUERV Shall I slay my ?? Beer ? An a&pl to the conscience of Great Britain, is a publi. cation of Mr. W. T. Stead's on the poli- tical controvprsy of the moment. It is issued from The Review of Reviews office. Mowbray House, Norfolk-street, E.G. Mr. St-ad begins with a prompt assumption . that the responsibi3ity of war will rest ...