The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-11
WHAT rs oOINo ON IN EUHORE

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cotra, are taking steps for occupying Now
Guinea. and are discussing tho financial Judi.
cial and police reforms TO DO introduced
throughout the curtailcd dominions OF the Sul-
tan.
Tho hustrinns have had sorno skirmishcs
with the Bosnian Insurgents hut nobo Is has
ever expected n perfectly unopposed oocupa.
ton. After Il hundred or two NJ the insurgcutl
have been shot or hanged. the white and sky.
blue uniforms win be Just IN much at homo in
Bosnia md herzegovina M thoy woro some
years ago in Venice and in Lonbarly.
After the adjournment " Parliament. Qnoon
Victoria j. f. leave fnr Germany. She IL 10 pas
visit TO Princess Alec at Darms,adt. and thon
40 to Schlos- Hoscnau in SaNc-Coburg Gotha
Eoscnau is the birth place of her lato husband.
The Parliamentary dis euseions over tho grant
~ money 10 the Duke Of Connausht have
brough, out half forgotten figures Of what tho
royal family cost England The annual charges
arc:
The Duchess % cambfiitc ceVlO Princess Anrr'a
Nocklcubursi -trchtN Liuv Duke Of cambsdnc ti2
rrn.sii csnn Princes Ai.' Ns't dics.cl cOVce The
rTT@mecgC IirCi 6nt. o' r,,,gS q ~. r.nss ~
thur. Duke ot 'onuqu4ht ti'np. Princess nclcna oi
Narchionc.' d i,ora, t1t1o rrincc Leopold el5cpo
The Prince Of Wacs also receives io1cJon ", De ny
OF Cornwall
Queen amounting To- G3s5 600 aud somo Gao
600 which she receives from tho Duehy Of Lam
caster The grand total IL -. $4,000 per an
mum.
Tho English season 10 now rapidly drawing
TO its close, and n survey Of this years Italian
opera in London j. interesting.
The great novelty was Bi2ets " Carmen" II
was very successful, aud WIS admirably put on
the stage by Mr.. Maplcson. This opera was
first brought out in Paris. at the Opera
Comiduc. with Nine CALI Marie aa Lorurn.
and Mile. Chapuy as NcIdoh. II brought
Bi1ot at once into prominence The success Of
the work at Vienna. Brussels. and finally at
London has confirmed the verdict " Paris. On
the London stage Miss Minnie lIauck undertook
the Interpretation Of the vivacous and thor
oughly Bohemian rolo OF Carmen and acquitted
herself Of the task in most crcltabo manner.
Mr. eyes now venture. Flotow's opera OF
Alma l'Incantatrico." was much less success
full. II would probabl, have proved failure
but for the admirable singing aud acting Of
Nile. Alban and Mile. Bclocca. Tho wholo
opera is n pat hwork Of dance tunes. some Of
which do not even sound new. tnpOul took tho
part Of the poet Cdn,otns, but proved unable to
make much Of it.
Paul ct vrgnic" had n much botier fate nj
Mr.. eyes theatre. but here again most Of the
SUCCESS was due 10 Mile. Albani.
In the way Of revya- the great cvcnt WAS tho
production ~ Somirami1c. with Adclina Patti
in the part II tho heroine. II was risky under
takins for the little dird To- appear in n part i'm
moralizod 10y stately art 81. like Grisi Maj
chesio. and Titiens hut tho London public
seems io have bocn perfectly satisfied with the
little ana tiny S,,udu.do In alludinR to tho
fact the Ti'dh cven tries 90 ho ioaoso at the *
pcn-c Of large artists.
Nine A'clrl Para ha- alA au.Mer egteM-h.
10 mt tr siru' fnro f ilmr h't great abilities have
gr,et Dos H'~.nins Oh, ,ilt oi Nri t. ~ "it, unqu.h
singer O.m hc MA r.ut,ily Mya..nncd Without tsiug
g i, i o ss ar, e 1sias. , TSo 1y 1 N
IT'D tan that iraeic ,olrang must a,c.ssery b. fat
grow lat when they hrcac famous, mi. ,issc sims M
inter .l'l lry 10 the inHu,nc, % tic
porcal TISSUES
Tho contralto part. .lrsdce. was admirably
sustained by Nine Sc1l nj. an old iayorito Of
the London public. Maurcl was the Ass"r. and
sang almost withou, any voice.
The great tenor of the season proved To- DE
Gayarrt. a Spahard. who would be the ilr-t
tenor Of the day but for his 'cei,oio. His sue
cess in the " Prophet" was UNREASONABLE. and
it looks rs If he was going t. take Tafnhorlik r
place The ola fayorito used tho trcinolo still
moro freely than Gayarrt docs aud 1t was with
it that he drew tears from thousands OF eyes
"a few weeks ago at the funeral Of Queen
Mercedes
An interesting revival nj Maple-on'- house
was tho production Of Ii 1alismuno' with
Nine. Gerstor.
The now names which have almost suddenly
risen 10 fame are those Of Nine. Cep, da. trali,
soprano and Mile. Tromcli contraito. and q
formidable rival Of that accomplished artist
Mmo. Trcbcll. Nicolini il steadily losing Pros
tiGr. while Fanccli is gaining it. A new and
admirable acquisition has been made by Mr.
Mapleson in tho person Of VI. Thierry. a Ar-t.
class hasso-hutfo. infusinG genuine humor into
parts like Lopol' 20 and IN, Bu-to'o
To lovers Of Apollinaris wator tho following
paragraph from the Whitehall Hor,oc will be OF
interest:
Ai'hnan, .1ru. NJ Il mcn, m, orieinlg h,i,n.,,i 10
r.r.or tour hr tlrr, These were housht uui b, The
m -nl .n my 40 - '1'' zach, MIN -anmfd uipuni
mont, o., man9-in- tl.cioi. ~ addition Th' company
T. now IN ngnu'hine condition. ami quite lakes mo
su" uut ui fi' Htf man .,it/lr water trade. which,
beng Government property, i, not made the
Russia has had a great SUCCESS in the Art De-
pnrtment of the Paris Exhibition. Three Of hor
artists have oltain"d first medals -Antokoi-ky,
Siemiradsky and Rcdlich. True, that none OF
them is Russian. in the proper sense OF the
word. The nrst is n Polish jew the second a
Lithuanian the thirda German. But thoy were
all brought up in Russia. and obtained Their,
their first nrtisti' inspiration. The works of
Antukolsky wcro spoken of in these columns
months ago, when he first brought them To
Paris from Rome. He is, unquostionaby ono
81 the greatest ~ou'ptors Of the age. His three
great works. Christ b sforo tho People. %" Ivan.
the Terrible" and Tho Death Of Socrates "
command tho unqualified admiration Of tho
seNercst critics.
Slomlralshy has several pictures but M ono
which has attracted the most attention and
brought linn the media il Tho Live Torches
OF Nero II IL an immense canvas represent.
in.s tine burning Of Christian martyrs
The onJ Spanish pniutor who obtained n
medal, senior fradilla, has selected no less Ia.
guhr."us subject. His large canvas represents
Juana IN lo'a' GUIANA tho Mad. in one Of hol
royal Progresses. standing before the coffin Of
her young and handsome husband. which sh,
carried about with her everywhere. The pie
turc created much sensation in Madrid. when
with the rest of the painting intended ful
Paris, il was exhibited in January last tn,
first appearance in publi" II poor bona Nor
o"dos after her marriage was at ,lis ,Nhi
buon.
Excellent. however, n tho ant department is