The New York herald., 1876-01-23
THE DRAMA AND MUSIC. f.

must be spontaneous.
THE DRAMA AND MUSIC.
Dramatic matters are quiet. At Liverpool,
in Carl Rosas English Opera Company,
Santley appears in the principal role, and
his daughter as Angelina, in Cheru-
bini's "Les Deux Journees." Salvini
is in Florence, studying Macbeth, his
principal role next season in London. Miss
Genevieve Ward is preparing grand sur
prise on the 4th of February, and will give
morning performane as Lady Macbeth
in aid of the United States Centennial
Fund The proposition was origin
ally made to Colonel Forney, who,
on consultation with Minister Schenck and
General Badeau, gave it their cordial sup
port The cast will be:-Miss Ward, Lady
Macbeth; Herman Vein, Macbeth; George
Clark, Macduff. jefferson promises to take
part in the witch scene. Chatterton loans
Drury Lane gratis.
1t will be interesting to musical people to
know that the King of Holland will give
great musical festival, and that Felicien,
David Gerard, Liszt, Vieuxtemps and other
vited. Minnie Hauck gains immensely in
Berlin. She is gradually assuming Lucca's
4 T6a
presented her with a costly bracelet
MRS. THoMAssEN AND HER CHILDREN.
the dynamite assassin, and her children
left Hamburg on Wednesday for New
York. She has been universally consoled.
The Americans in Dresden subscribed
and presented her $1,000. 6 tely
refused to permit the adol y her
children by German notabilih9 smsm
THE GERMAN INQUIRY cLoaer ~
The District Court at BremeJida has
closed its investigation concely., the
dynamite explosion. The Court vii. !, ,blish
its report after it receives the repi.{ o in
quiries addressed to New York
THE PoPEs ILLNESS.
From Rome learn that the Pope's last
attack of illness was very serious He was
seized with an epileptic fit, but is now better.
RUSSIAN HONOR TO SCIENTISTS
At the annual meeting of the Imperial
Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg the
following gentlemen, among others. were
elected corresponding members:-Profes
Newcomb of the Naval Observatory at
Washington Professor Gould, of the South
American Argentine Republic; Professor
Whitney, of New Haven, and the historian
Freeman, of Oxford.
THE DOLLS SHOW CLOSED.
The shov.of dells at the Alexandra Palace
closed to-day. One thousand dolls were dis
tributed to sick children in the hospitals--a
good conclusion to an attractive show.
EARL DERBY AND THE ABo11T1oN1srs.
Earl Derby has been addressed by the
members of the British and Foreign Anti
Slavery Society with reference to the media
ton proposed by the American government
for the pacification of Cuba by the abolition
of slavery. The society stated that Spain is
willing TO make great change respecting
the relations of Cuba to the mother gov
ernment in Madrid, provided slavery is
maintained in the colony. America will not
agree to this, nor will England stoop to such
dishonor. The memorialists in conclusion
commended the question to Lord Derby's
able management
THE ENGLISH sEcRETARY's REPLY.
Earl Derby replied that the subject will
receive the attention which it deserves at the
hands of Her Majestys ministers.
A MEDICAL ALARMIsr
London has been somewhat frightened this
week by the delivery of an address before
the medical officers of the Department of
Public Health by j. Netten Radcliffe, on the
subject Of the prospect Of a reappearance Of
the plague which ragged on the Continent
and in England, from Jaffa, in the year 1865.
The Lancet ridicules his fears, and is thus
making US happy.
ON THE ICE.
Rinkeralism increases in public favor. A
new and fashionable Langham rink is to be
built opposite the Langham Hotel, on a cap
ital Of s37, 500
A DRAWBACK.
Accidents on the ice are serious and of fire.
nnent occurrence. and medical writer's dis