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moe or less seriously injured. 1t feared 'na' '"'o'
fhcm VIII die.
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA IN lONDoN.
BAD BUSINESS DUE TO THE sLVthT wa ''i'''
OSCAR wILDE's NEW PLAi
sTTTT'S WTETNtE'

rordor reh On Tho return Of severe weather.
heavy SHOWS and nten-e cold IS greatly ahco''"s 'o
receipts Of the theatre, here. some ~ "'
axe considering the advi-abity oil 9usP "'.'H a.,
the return Of better times. Thomas -t., r.
Vaudeville Theatre. where "salrt- an" ''
been PLAYED for time has aire"1N a'no"', '. a.,
tne theatre viii remain closed antll the prospect nn
proves When the Vaudeville is reopened hof"c'
comedy The Last straw" win be The aur'ouoh'
Tho lycenm and iIaymarict theatres are 10" l"ni
gated after every performance This l. 9o'c u nun
mize the rsl, Of spreading influenza niho"B INV ''O'
enCcs At these houees. ~ .,,, Gov
\ report Is widely circulated that " Inc Hcnoo' ~.
scandal" Will supcrSede " hlhe Hen'S W.
bo tvceum Int ills report Is denied. The great sue
os nj King Henry WIZ has piecluded any idea o
cha Immediate Withdrawal Of that play Mr. HVlHB
i, poyr considering one Of Mr. Wiiiss pays' VIM" !"
& M, unlikely will follow the present produCl'h'
Tbe nrinripaI occurrence OF the week VIII be 'he
production tonight, at the ~ 'anieS i"'''' -
oscar Wnde's play. Lady Windermerc ran
f. the first Oi his plays to be prouuocu !" ''7 ',
tbcr, f. much interest manifctcd In theatfca ehcc9
a. IN the reccpuon If Mr. Wildcs first venture. Ihc
o,,nIcto cast will include George Alexander u. W.
Gardner Nutcombe Gould. Ben. Webster H. H.
Vincent. Alfred HOLES and Vernon oahspu''
Marion Terry, Miss Lily Hamburg. Miss fahhs Ou0
nan and MIS- Laura Graves are among the "o'lc"
,vhoso names appear In the cast. If Lady Wlhde
padua" will probably be pioiuced soon
! Tod. +. rchear,ing Mr. Barre''s new pay
which was originally entitled The liouseboat' ~"
mis- tile was already used, the name was chahseu 70
49, WALKER London The play Is announced ioF pro-
duction next Thursday. ,.,,..
s,r Auq,stus Harris has failed to get Hans hicaer
. rdrct the German opera he Is to produce IN Lon
don next season. Richter has received the royal 'ol
mand to r.lrain In Vienna during Nay 10 d'i"r' III.
conco,ts at the Musical and Theatrical Exhbiion ana
m u toreffe be obliged 10 curtall his usual series oi
concerts In London. ~
N,scaoni.s latest OPERA L'Amco Fritz. has iallco
~ attract the musical public Of Milan. ms no"
over * suspected be due to Jealousy because inc
on,r was first played in Venice. The Partisan crluc'
mint 10 the practical failure in Milan as PROOF Of 'hr
assertions that the work was ovcrrated
VI Was,enct's opera, "Werthcr,' was gwen P'
tho first time on Wednesday last at the Imperial
O,cra House in Vienna The part Of WERNER was sn5
nv Van Dyck and Nile Refard sang the laf1 oi Lolc'
Tho In,reo adhcrcs closely Goethes novel ana has
ma other characters or incidents. All the children ap
bear I'm IT, from Sophy. fifteen years old' 10 inc
ho,v and approprnic music has been written for
Them Mas,cnct {, busy an important opera In rye
octs called Thals~ which he hopes Will be performer
I'm Parl, within year.
1.-THE Academy says We hear that the trustees
Of the British Museum have appointed DIR. Ernest y.
p " Ridge TO be keeper of Egyptian and Oriental
ANTIQUITIES I'm succession 10 7. lie Page Etnoni VINO
re- ire, under the operation Of the order IN council
which fixes seventy gears the limit OF age IN inc
cvil service Mis- Amelia b. Edward. who is slowly
recovering from a Illness. has been Obliged to
cancel al her lecture engagements for The current
month. McSsrs. Longmans will soon issue. under The
title Of Last Words Of Carlyle volume containing
the Excursion 10 Paris and also the mover NHt'"h
Rclufrcd' both Of which have been appearing In The
New Review The first part Of Or. II. sweets Ne"
English Grammar Logical and Historical. VIII shortly
he published in the Clarendon Pre- .cr,s. IL j. N
tended 70 supply the want ol n compendOuE EnghSH
grammar founded the latc,t results 81 philology
special attention being given to the definitions OF ue
part, Of speech. ETC.. 10 the principles # Linguistic
development to the chronology and dAlectology o
English aud to phonol,gy The hfth and ciuline
volume OF The Ncmor- OF Prince IHilcyrand win M
exhaustive irdcx 10 the whole work. WIN he issued by
Mc~>rs. Griffith Farrcn a Co.. on April q. II VIII bt
published simultaneously IN Paris. Germany ana New
York