THE GARDEN.

(By Hortus.)

Calendar of Operations, July 3rd. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

"Hortus" la willing to answer any queries. Correspondents must give their full name and ttddrosa. though not for publication.

TiAWN -It is still time to top dress; any time dudng the winter will answe.. But it would have been more effective if done in May. Peak —You can siill root prune any time during thu aoason the tree is at rest. In future sea- TOnsXwover, lot thiß operation bo performed in May, if possible. Vine.-Glvo all the air possible. If you couUi manage to take tho vino canes out ol the housotor the wintor it would have the eiroct of rlpuning tho wood hotter and tho bettor tho wood is ripened the better the crop the following season.

MAXIMS.

Shadod plants wUen exposed to tho action of lichl transmit moisture copiously through their Eoavee. Transplanted seedlings and cuttings should, therefore, bo Bhaded from tho sun until thole roots are strong enough to Bupply moiaturo as rapidly as it ia thrown olt". When. Bhruba produce an abundance ol foliage, but no flowers, either move them to another situation or root prune by outuug some, of the principal roots.

AH plants havo a season oC rest. Discover what season is peculiar to each, and chooso that season for transplanting.

In all cases o£ root pruning, cut towards you, beginning a little below a buii, but on Lho oppo site Bide, and ending Jll9t »uovo the bud; by this means the wood will bo kept alivo by the bud, and no wator will settle and rot it.

Planting streets.

IT is not necessary to enlarge on the many benefits to be derived from the planting of trees on the streets as well as making small or lurge parka in every available spot within the bounds ot towns or cities, and plantiDg them with trees or shrub". Iv addition to the pleasant cool shade which they afford in the hotted parts uf the day during the summer months, trees purify the air, and are the chief means of main taining it in its normal condition, and thereby rendering it better litted lor the support ot animal health and life, lv all the large cities of the continent of Europe, in America, aud latterly in Britain, w« hpc five avenues of beautiful trees ou each side of the principal streets, besides many small squares or gardens planted out with trees, shrubberies, aud flower plots. In u^w countries like New Zealand, where new townsi or cities are contiuuujiy being laid out, legislation should prohibit auy main Btrcets less than 120 teet in width, with the object of having a row of trees on caeli nide of the street, as such an arrangement would greatly promote the health of ihe citizens But ray object ia more to deal witii the practical port of the subject. Ibe trees moatlyuscdiu European^ America for street planting are of the dcoidaous kinds, viz., plauo trees, elm, chestnut, hickory, poplar, maple, butternut, falseaccacia, &c, and they are planted in a tasteful mauner, so as to produce varloty in foliage as much as pos sible. Those trees are specially prepared in tbu nursery before planting out in the street, Ia the neighbourhood of all the principal American and Contiuontal towns there are extensive nursories, i» which young treoa are reared specially for the pur po«o of tiam-plantiop into tbe streets. There Is one at Petit Bry, ncarNugent-sur- Marne, wbicn consists of about 45 acre* of ground. 'Ihe manner iv which the younj» trees are dealt with is aa follows:—the nurserymen rase the youug trees from seed in bed the first year. Second year, they are transplanted out into the ordinary nursery rows. Third year, the young trees are planted out in rows 3 feet apart and ! 3 feet apart, plant from plant, in rows; i and then carefully trained and pruned to a necessary height and strength before they , are removed to the streets. The height to which tbe young treo« are generally pruntd with a clean, bare stem is from 10 to 15 feet, with a nice compact, wull-baUnced head, with a straight leader, nead about one-third the heigtt of the stem ; stem about three inches in diameter at turec feet from the ground. Wheu the vount; trees have attained about these diiucimi iw, they are ready for planting out. All tho '. pruning on the stems of these trees is dove ; in the nursery, when the wood is younj;. The wouuus heal in one season, and in two years all marks of these wound* are entirely gone — that is to say —if the branches have been tut clean to the quick, or clean imo the bole of the tree, ma spurred. When a street is to be planted out, pits should be dug about from 25 to 30 feet apart, in line, on each side of the street. These lines should also be 12 to 15 feet from the houses, or that would in a measure depeod on the width of the footwalk. The trees should be planted about 3 or 4 feet oute.do of the kerb of the footwalk, Tho pit» for each tree should bo dug about 6' leec in diameter and 3 feet deep. It the soil be a gtilipobr clay, it should be carted away and replaced with good soil. Drain the pits with draining tiles with lapped joints, so aa to prevent the roots cl the trees from en. taring the drain*. Tbe pits ationld then be filled np, and the trees planted, Protect the tree* with wooden or iron guards till they are strong enough to do without them. Ihe trees will grow rapidly, and in a few years will soon overgrow the small space —comparativaly speaking-which can be allotted them in the streets'. To «unrd against this, they must be carefully looked after in the way of pruning, so as to keep them within duo boundi, find prevent them shutting out the light from the upper windows o! the houses and encroach ing on tho street traffic. When prun ing, caie must always be taken to leave nicely balanced hoada — pyramidal, or conical in form, if posfiulo. In all large cities where the streets have been extensively planted tbore are men called street foresters, whose duty it is to attend to those trees. The above state ments as to the manner in which tree planting in streets is conducted in America and tno Continent of Europe, are suiflicicnt to teach us that we are far behind in this department, If we only take up a book of photographs of some of the stroais of Kurope, and apply the compass to the trees shown thereon, and the objects under them, tho relative height and proportions giveu above will be found to bu correct. [To be Continued.)

Fruit Growing.

(Continued from Last Week.) PrUNINCI.—In pruutng young fruit trees, (irat determine the shapes which aro uatu rally best adapted for the different varieties of fruit trees to take. Then by systematic pruning eudeavour to assist the trees to at tain these shapes. PEABS. —Most of these do best as pyra mids, and to produce a well-balanced one gives a good deal of trouble and attention. The upper branches will always draw more upon the sap than the lower ones, conse quently, if left too much to themselves, tney would soon extend beyond the hoii zontal extension of the lower biahckcs, thereby spoiling tho symmetrical appearance of the pyramid. In pinching ana pruning, the regular standing out-hoo must be maintained. Under natural conditions, the tipper branches of a tree always draw more upon the sap, vegetation being much more

active iv the upper than the lower; there fore if such flow is not regularly distributed throughout the branches, the conditions favourable for producing a well-balanced pyramid have not been observed. The upper branches must be summer pinched, and regulated so that the quantity of foliage' they bear will be less than the lower ones. This pinching ot the branches will cause a greater flow of sap to the lower. Each series of hori zontal branches must be kept within due limits; all superfluous buds, which burst into growth, should be pinched back, eavincr only three buds; those in time will make spurs, and probably develope flower buda. Apples, Apricots, Pkach, S ectakinb, ANU PLUM.— When tho tree is one year old, cut back to about one foot six inches to two feet «ix inches from the ground. Ibe h'tst season allow three or four branches to come away from the stem. As those branches grow, try aud give tbcm a curve outwards trom the centre. Those branch.^ would form the frame or base from which to build up the tree. In the growing season pinch or cut back the branches to a bud pointing outwards when they have attained about nine inches to oue loot iv length. This would again cause these shoot* to produce two or more branches, which again cut back when necessary, aho thinning out or spuring. back where the branches are getting vei-crowded, and, after the second year's growth, if the tree is making too much wood, root prune. By practising the above system until the tree arrives at a full bearing condition, very little pruning will thereafter be needed, except to cut out superfluous shoots from the centre of the tree, and occasionally to thin out the top branches if they are inclined to grow too thickly, or cutting out branches which aredestroyingthesymmetricalappearance of the tree. With trees trained in the above system, it will seldom be found necessary to remove large limbs, which should be avoided as much as possible, except in the case of a tree which has become diseased or enfeebled iv growth, when it would do good to cut back severely the old wood, re ducing the head considerably so as to give the tree a chance to re uperate aad send out a new growth of healthy wood. The best time to cut old wood ia early in the spring, just before the sap is in circulation, if done while the sap is in motion, the wound is likely to bleed. In pruning peaches and nectarines, recollect that those trees bear their fruit on the wood of the preceding year's growth, and that the spurring system is not applicable to them. Iv pruning, always tiy and encourage a good supply of strong, healthy (not rank) young shoots, from which the tree will produce the crop the following season—some of thoso shoots diorten back, others cut out altogether, not al lowing too mauy,pieserving&symmetrical appearance, and leaving the centre of the tioe open. If in the summer a judicious course of summer-pruning has been pursued, very little rest-pruning will be required. When the tree is getting old. tind wants renewing, cut out a few of tho old limbs down near the base of the tree. The following spring a new growth will spring from those stumps, which will soon fruit; and if a few limbs are taken off every s asoD, you can soon renew the whole tree with new wood, immediately on the com pletion of the operation of rest-pruning, all winter washes used for killing inaoctu or moss should be put on. Where moss is prevailing to a great extent, make a thick mixture of lime aud water, and paint the b nuchen all over or even through, or dusting dry lime over the branches will have a beneficial effect.

Alice Lingard In London.

Her Performance of " Camille."

The following extract from a critique oa Miss Lingard's "Camille," which appeared in "Tiuth"of May 3rd, will doubtless be read wich interest in the colonies :— "Mies Lingard plays nothing ao well as Miss Lingard. That character she enacts to perfection. She is not a consumptive heroine, not a nervous, distracted creature, not a love-sick lass.not a sentimental aogel: theis merely Miss Lingard coughing,crying, loving,loathing, and dying. The new actress never divests herself of her personality, bhe Is never Camille, but only a clever lady acting Camille in some smart and well-fit ting dresses. She knows her business. She has been well taught. She has studied pose and effect. But she is ao. actress all through, and a palpably artificial one. Miss Lingard does not succeed in extract ing tho faintest whimper from her audience, She often wearies them, and once she made them laugh as discreetly as Knglish audiences ever will laugh at solemn moments. A Camille, to be worthy of the name, must have a new fashion of dying, Old playgoers will tell you how Doche ex pired, huw Modjeska flattered ont of existence, and how Sarah Bernhardt gave up the ghost. O«e dies stand ing, another sitting, and a third a nicking. Miss Lingard has a new method. Whi-n tho hour of her dissolution draws nigh, Camille, in her whito bed gown, cornea down to the tootlightp, and the astonished orchestra strikes up slow music. Ail the cbaiacters stare round in amazeox-nt-vulgarly speaking, like 'stuck pigs.' Then Miss Llogaid, looking wildly up into the gallery, seems to be beckoning tome little boy down to be rues moused, She canuoi find a good subject in the gallery. She seeks for him in the upper boxes, all round the house, and then, spin* ning like a teetotum, she expires with her face on tho ground. This etlect is called in America, 'looking for the angel','and is presumably accompanied by a Christy Min strel song. The irreverent people in Eng land laughed at it, and audibly asked Miss Lingard ' to get on with her dying.'"

An Election Anecdote.

SOON after the accession ol George 11. the Ministry found themselves so hard run in the election of a Scotch peer, that Sir iiobert Wnlpolo himself went into Scotland to canvass for votes. Amomr other noblemen, ho waited upon the late Lord lt—b—y, and when the glass was circulating after dinner, declared hia business. "I wait upon yon, my lord," said he, " to request you will not f.iil going to Edinburgh, and voting at the ensuing election, I shall consider it as a favour, and as the road is rather obscure, permit me to recommend yoa to examine a man which you will find under my glass." " I will most assuredly HO," was the reply, and they parted. Under the gliiss was a bank note for a thousand pounds. The peer went as he promised, but he gave his vote against the Ministry, and the wrong man was returned one of the sixteen peers. When Lord It—b—y soon after came to London, he waited upon the Minister, who very coolly asked him how ho came, to go against them, adding, "I am afraid there was some mistake in the map." " i\one at all," re plied the peer, " none at all; the map was upon a sufficiently largo scale, and very explicit; I went to Edinburgh, as you desired, but as you omitted to give me the name of the nobleman I was to vote for, 1 voted according to my conscience."

THE LAND LEAGUE PRELATE.

Sketch of Archbishop vroke.

As the name of Archbishop Croke, or " Tlip^ land League Prelate," has figured so prominently of late io the European c , grams published in " The Age," ft j ew particulars of the active career '^fthispio nounced political churchman ir be accept able at the present critical ' uncturo, when, according to the most recr flt i Q t e lligence,She has.esolv. d on se ting t , fle9upreme authority of hi* Holiness the P 0 t defiance. He is a native of Clovne i at V e County Cork, and is now in his 60 iQ year One oi b - w brothers became Vicr^^^ o{ tne arc h.diocese of San Uro^cisco, United States; a sister of his eu'^biished t Qe Convent of Sisters of MpvfCy in Bathurs', New South Wala; aud another sister is Superioress of a con vent jn Charleville, County Cork. It is a somewhat remarkable fact thatin early manhood the most uncompromising episcopal opponent of the Land League, viz., Cardinal MacCabe, ana its most un cumprimi-ing episcopal champion, Arch bishop Croke, WBre both connected with rhe Dublin press. The Cardinal contributed to the Dublin " Weekly Telegraph,1' which wan edited by hi* fattier, the late William Bernard MacCabe. author of the " Catholic History ot England," and " Floiine, Prin ces* of Burgundy," the latter being one of the most popular and widely read o! Catholic novels. Archbishop Croke wrote leading articles and patriotic poetry for the " nation." under the editorship of Mr (now Sir Cba les Guvan) Duffy. At page 630 of his recently published work, "Four Years of Irish History," Sir Charles narrates how Mr Crok>-, then a young priest, vUiied him in Newgate prison, ih 1846, and submitted what our ex-Speaker describes as a " gallant proposal." This was no other than to assume tha editorship of the " Nation," and continue the publication of that journal in defiance of the authorities. However, air Charles did not see his way clear to giving his sanction to the daring proposal of thu revolutionary priest. After tbi« it would seem that Father Coke, in common with thousands of others who were more or less compromised in the Young Ireland rebellion, abruptly quitted Ireland aud retired to the Contineat. He spent four years in Home, where he gained the degree of Doctor of Divinity, and won a gold medal for a public defence of Catholic doctrine. It was this latter achievement that brought him under the notice of the la'e Pope Pius IX., and as we shall see presently, the influence of tbat pontiff was exerted in a very unusual manner to secure for his protege' his present high position in the Church us Aichbisbopof Cashel. After some years oa the Continent, Father Croke returned to Ireland, and the academic honours he won during his absence secured him a vacant professorship in Carlow Col lege. We next hear of him as occupying the chair of dogmatic theology in the Irish college in Paris, a position he held for several years. Belgium was his next place of abode ; aud then he seems to have settled down at last to regular priestly duty in his native diocese of Cloyne, County Cork. He became Vicar-General of the diocese, foun ded St. Colman's College, Fermoy, and_ a9 principal succeeded in lifting it to a high position amongst the Catholic collegiate in stitutions of Ireland, But though his learuiug aud ability were universally re cognised, there was but little hope of pro motion to a bishopric in Ireland, as his politics remained unaltered. He was still the same ultra-Radical and fiery revolu tionist that he was iv 1848. He was, in truth, as unpleasant a thorn in the Bide of the late Cardinal Cullen as he is in the side of the piesent Cardinal MacCabe, It is to the fear and danger his fury presence and outspoken viewa then inspired in Ireland that we are indebted for having Dr. Croke 03 our next door neighbour for tour years. His ecclesi astical superiors thought a sojourn at the antipodes would have a cooling effect on his politics, and hence when the bishopric of Auckland, New Zealand, became vacant in 1870, he received the appointment, and with it a significant order to " proceed to his diocese with all possible speed." Cardinal Cmlen, it is well known in Catholic ciicles, always prided himself on this stroke of policy in shipping off the belligerent Croke to the autipodes; and with good reason toe, because during his four years' residence in New Zealand Dr. Croke kept his Irish poli tics in abeyance, and devoted himself steadily to the administrative work of his diocese. It was therefore reasonably inferred in Ireland that he bad become a changed, a moderate and a quiet man. How enormous was this inference, is now a matter of history. He ar rived iuAuckland towards the close of 1870, and in reply to an address of welcome he is reported to have said :—" The greatest curse sent upon Ireland had been whisky, and he thought that all the evils of Ireland might be traced to drunkenness He did not know how it wai in New Zealand, ai be did not know much about the country yet, but he hoped the people had the good sense when they got their wages to pat something by for a rainy dar. For his part he would disclaim any idea i>r feeling of bigotry, and if he knew himself, he be lieved he would be the last man living; who would wish to raise Dp a wall between him self and his Protestant fellow countrymen. He had lived on terms of the most cordial friendship with his Protestant neighbours at home, aud he intended to live in the same way in New Zealand." For the four years during which he held the «cc of Auckland, Dr. Croke laboured hard in the internal organisation of th; affairs of his diocese, establishing schools, building churches, and couvertiDg the Maoris, In this latter work he took the deepest interest, and it was with the object of securing a supply of Irish priests to work 1 his Maori missions that he returned home in 1874. He passed through Melbourne en route, aud preached one Sunday in St. Patrick's Cathedral. It is well known that at the time he had no intention of i leaving New Zealand for good, but, as it , happened, the Archiepiscopalsee of Cashel ; leaame vacant soon after his arrival in | Ireland, and, to the astonishment of every body, Pope Pius IX. conferred that high [ office, the government of the southern ecclesiastical province of Ireland, on the Bishop of Auckland. The name submitted ■to the Pope, in accordance with the usual ', custom, wai tbat of the Very Rev. Dr. j Ryun, a local clergyman, held in high ■ esteem; but that nomination was sum i manly set aside by the Sovereign Pontiff, | and iiishop Croke, of Auckland, became ■ Archbishop Croke, of Cashel. The secret ■ history of this extraordinary appointment in all probability will never bo known. Catholic opinion inclines to the belief that it was the outcome of the Pope's personal , appreciation of Dr. Croke's scholarly attain ments during his four years' residence in , Koine. As all the world knows, the Irish atmosphere soon revived the fiery political zeal of Dr. Croke, He became the stead fast ally ot Mr Parnell in building uu the Lauu Li ague, appeared on the platform iv its defence aud in tlie press in its ad vocacy, an swered every pastoral ot CardiuaiAlaeCabe'a denouncing the league with a counter pastoral justifying the principles and policy of that tody, and, in short, he has developed into the most violent and uncompromising

political r;«late of the CtfotaVy. Recently he was Fjummooed to Kome by Pope Lee XIII. and commanded to conform to the attit,ade of Cardinal MacCabe in political •flairs ; but the antipathy between the two 'prelates is of such a character as to render their recouciliation very problematical .in deed. They peraonify the poles of Irish politics. Cardinal MacCabe ia the embodi ment of tha principle of law and order; Archbishop Croke typifies the Bpirit of re volutionary discontent. Both still retain their early connection with the prcsa. The Cardinal speaks in Btately pro*e through the pages of the orthodox •• Dublin Ke view," the ArchVshop harangues in heated language and florid declamation in the columns of the "Freeman's Journal." What the ultimate issue will be, it would be difficult to predict. Pop<s have before now deposed prelate* from their sees for contumacy, but it in hardly likely that i co XUI. win take this extreme step vi.til ail other means have faile>i to induce Archbi-hop Coke to dssolve his poli'icat partnership with Mr Parnell. His last public act the inittut'ou of a national testi monial to Mr Parnell—aeems to have greatly annoyed the Pops, who has issued an eno\clicil letter commanding the faithful in Ireland aot to subscribe to it on any ac couat. Allegiance to the chair o£ Peter is the corner-stone of Catholicism, i-o that Archbishop Uroke has placed himself in a very anomalous position by the stand he has recently taken. The newspapers by tha incoming mail steamer will doubtless con tain full particular* of the Pope's encyclical letter, aud of Archbishop Croke's com pulsory visit to Home.—" Melbourue Age."

The Train and the Burning Bridge.

BY AN AMERICAN COLONEL,

AT the end of two years' service in the Indian Cavalry, I was coming home on my first furlough. From time to time, as the train stopped, tumours reached us of troubles brewing. At the stations v>v passed, groups of excited men were found discussing the respective rights of labour atid capital with an earnestness betokening that, with them, it was a question not of science, but of bread. As thoughtful people feared, the storm burst at last. A movement, begun by honest working men seeking justice, not by violence, though it may be by mistaken methods, was taken up by a lawless class of desperadoes whose motto is: " What you cannot steal, destroy." Night was setting in when we reached the town at which the news met us of the terrible railway strike affair at Pitts burg. The train was surrounded by a. howling mob. The engineer and fireman were driven from their posts. A rush was made through the cars. Passengers were mal treated and plundered. We were at the mercy of a troop of infuriated savages as barbarous as any to be found among the scenes of my late campaigning. '' Here's one of 'em, now 1" cried a brutal looking wretch, glaring at me from under a pair o£ hettle Virown ; " one »' them, •ogee chaps, on his way, no doubt, to shoot down honest men." Immediately I became the centre of an angry swarm, whom the sight of my uniform seemed to madden. " He won't go much furder, will he, boys!" added the man who had before spoken. 11 Not if we knows it," growled another of the gang. " Let's have 'im out, boys." I was grappled by as many hands as could reach me, and dragged from the car into the midst of a surging, clamorous crowd. I tried to explain that my presence had no connection with the existing troubles, but none listened. The dress A wore was enough. " Hang the murderin' butcher 1" " Tear his heart out 1" These and such like ex clamations drowned my voice. " A rope! a rope 1" yelled the crowd. A rope was speedily forthcoming; on such occasions one is always ready. " Now just Ut me manage it," said the man who seemed to act as ringleader, jumping on the locomotive, " Hist him up, boys." I was thrust forward and hustled up the steps, when the man who claimed the 11 management" began tying me to one ot the stanchion*. " What'er yer doing, Jim! queried one of the iliestJooking of the lot; "that's not th« way to hang a man." • II Don't you lam your granny how to milk ducks," was Jim's response, while going on with his work, which he continued till 1 was bound hand and foot, and fast secured to the stanchion, "Unhitchher, boys!" The bolt was drawn, *nd the engine un coupled from the train. " Goot-bye, Mr Soger-man," cried Jim ; " look out for the bridge f and, givinp the lever a jerk, he sprang from the engine, which shot forward under • full head of steam, and soon carded me out of hearing ot tbe yells and jeers wbich greeted Jim's performance. In vain I shugged to release «ay hands, they were held mm a vice. At length I discovered that the cord which held them could be made to slide up or down the stanchion. In this way I was able to reach tbe knots with my teeth. I tore at them with the fury of a wild beast rending its prey; but they might as well bare been rivets of ■teel for any impression made. I was on the point of giving up, from sheer exhaustion, when a slight slip in one oc the knots lent me courage. I redoubled my efforts, and—ob, joy I—one of the knots yielded. Others followed, and soon my hands were free. At this moment I cast a look forward. The light on the engine threw its glare ahead, rendering the line visible for a con siderable distance. It seemed unobstructed, and I was about beginning work on the re maining knots when a sight met my eyes at which my blood curdled. It was a thick cloud of ssaoKe, at whose border the bright lines of the iron rails abruptly ended. I remembered then the taunting caution, " Look out for the bridge J" It had doubt less been burnt by the mob, and the column of smoke rose from its ruins. iTo be drowned or crushed to pieces was the fate the villains had plotted for me. I had not time aaw to untie the remain- Ing knots. My knife lin robbing me the acroundrels may have forgotten that. I uttered a cry of joy at finding it safe in my pocket. A few seconds sufficed to set me free. It was useless to shut off steam. The mere momentum would now bear the ponderous machine with speed not perceptibly di minished to the fearful verge. A leap to the ground would have dashed my life out. I had but one cbance, and resolved to take it. I stood on the side step looking out sharply. ~ „ . , By the headlight I could see the river s brink, and that the water came up to tbe piers on which the bridge rested. Pray heaven it may be deep enough—my life depends on that. « The critical moment came. The engine bounded through the air many feet before plunging out of sight. At the same instant I sprang from the Bide, and was shot far out into the stream, whence I swam ashore unhwroed.

GOSSIP FROM STAGE AND STUDIO.

[Bt Eutbrpb.^ The numerous friends »La .j i learn that a volume of hUseWt ° i, shortly to be pabU ßhedin JtM^ rer. gentleman left v autob i™ . n»- MaS., bat there it ao j *",.° g k of publishing it. "nmedl*t«'mtenti, a

In Melooarne, RignoM . fromhi ß kingly Ms*J**»"** to "KomanyitM" |1B fleary V,,»,

The Polks are nlavtnn season with " lhegtJ!* g " TIP fc«cceßsfßl Mi BB Emelie Melrti,. " Bpleadid business at Bti»W bef n tioin caccio." She open, iiaS?,? 11* "Bws day next in ''Tfaeßoy»iS<l?,on Al™- Brown is the agent ywBll%" Monty-

Loo Chin Goon, a Chinene aL,^ won renown m Saa FraacitcTw r has L open a theatre in New York™*" *"* **> actors are to be " Celestials n c performer, will be permitted tomS*1 the stage. ■«*•> «H, At the Sydney Opera H<m.e, "Mannl»» has given place to ''TbeKin^SV a grand raihtary opera by Joha c! n V merits, the p aDelß disagree, rhe " Town and Counby"^f it is brimful of sparkling murtc fiomT ginmog to end. v ■ w *:'

Cbiarlni, the circus proprietor, has la stncken with total blindness. TiewiS* cause was a fall from a hor-a. ""sum Mr Jastin M'Carthy has in prepum™. " A Child's History of our Timen," Mr Loftie has completed the "HfaWAf Loudou " on which he has beeim^,£„ engaged, and it will be issued lyMigtuT foid very shortly. It fills two «stwo,d,*"

Miss Myra Kemble. an Australiaaa^ißa of repute, has been lately sojourning *Hv her husband, Mr White, at taehotipnw" but shortly resumes the sock and tmskfaL She was present at Miss Gieenwood'i ca.. cert on Monday night.

The Lynch Family of Bellringeta «», coining money in Western Australia,

Miss Annis Montague, the eminent operatic artiste, is a native ot Honolulu (sandwich Islands), and is a daughter of a& American missionary. Her husDand, Ctaj, Turner, hails from Notts, and began hi* public career as a cornet-player.

A waxworks exhibition in London shorn, 110 figure* in one group, representing s massacre'of Jews in Russia.

Johnny Hall was so very unwell during a recent sea trip to Adelaide, that he de clared on landing he had thrown np «erj« thing bat his engagement This fannyimt has now attained a respectable old age.

Mdlle. Claire Gambetta, niece of ihe late M. Qwubetta. W ms&«W AtVAk, on* the stage of a London music hall."

On the occasion of the hundredth per. formance of "Fedora" io Park an enor. mous caae was delivered at the Vaudeville Theatre. It contained five magnificent bouquets of violets, sent by M. Pardon, each addressed by the author to the fire lady artistes interpreting his play.

" The Realm of Tones," edited by Dr* Frederick Juouia Bitter, and published by Schuberth, > ew York, has just been issued* It contains the portraits and biographies of 3U2 of the most celebrated Europeaa musicians, with an appendix giving the portraits and short sketches ot the lira of the chief American musicians. " Patience " is being played at Sandhurst with Nelly Stewart in the title rdle; Fanny . Liddiardas Lady jane; and Howard V«« non as Bunthorne. The " Bulletin " ean't tancy Fanny Liddiard making up " igly," . Cest impossible.

The final examinations'for the first S(K open scholarship! in the Koyal Cellege of Music were decided when the last mail left London. The total numbar of applications was 1,588. These were reduced by r preluninaiy local tx&minaiions to 480,. ' divided as follow s—Pianoforte, 234 j. j , singing, 137; violin, 51; composition,, 30; organ, 21; violoncello, males, 3 y clarinet, male, 1; oboe, male, 1; flute, male, 1; harp, female, 1; total, 480. from these 480 selected candidates the profes'ors picked out the winners. The | majority were irom England and Ireland. Mr Carl Rosa engaged Miw Amy Sher* irin, without trial, at a salary of £40 per week. An English paper says this lady1* " small and really sweet voice is unsuited to Druty Lane, however pleasant it might sound in a drawing-room.'' j

Now that George DaneU'i "Naked. Truth" is withdrawn, the "Bulletin" recommendi him to bring oat a a«w piece entitled " The Foil-dressed lie." A very novel entertainment is now being organised in America, hy the notable characters l)r. Carver and Buffalo BllL It Is to represent Western life ,oa the prairies in a realistic manner, and will censist « •. I about 200 various animals, and the same number of men, including Indiani, »v queto*, cowboys, and scouts, also Captain. Bogardua, the ehot. King Ludwig, of Bavaria, has boußht WagneVs tomb Tin the garden of the villa f Wahnfried, and intends, undtr eertainre. strictions, to dedicate it to the public. Th« compeer's sister, Madame Brockhauas, baa just died. " The Glass of Fashion," by G. K. Suns and Sydney Grundy, has been produced at Glasgow, and met with tremendous sndj cess. The piece has a double plot, ok of them dealing with a mwmw r^.who starts a Society paper, and entangles him self in a libel action. Jennie Lee opened in Sjdnoy, with "Jo, to a £300 house. ; A concertis to be given about Christmu tide by Miss Mariebel Greenwood a three vouncer sisters, who are perfect Sies of musical talent. They played dv ear nearly as soon as they wereable to JrattTe, a^d they learn almost iatultively. Wilhelmj, the celebrated vioUn-player; who visited Auckland some little time ago, intend* «iving up travellms entirely, and establishing a\igh school of ™h° ; pMng at hia house In Bibench, near Wiw baden.

"Lakme,"anewopera by LeoDelibes, has beea successfully produced at the Paris Opera Comique. Among Flotow's posthumous works two nnerls have been found, one called Suntala 11 and the other "The MuS." The plot of the latter work is laS at the time of Mozarfs presence to Mannheim. ftt^Ll of charming tunes, invariably refined, and even wheu most Iwdy free ZfVX&iB founded upon B  per Mwlmee'a tale.

STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, JUKE 30, 1883.

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