has left his castle to assume the name of Robin Oakapple in a little village, leaving the estate and the privilege of committing crimes to Sir Despard Murgatroyd, a younger brother. The latter discovers Robin and compels him to return and accept the curse. In the mean time Robin has fallen in love with Rose Maybud, but is too bashful to declare his passion. His foster-brother, Richard Dauntless, a bold sailor lad, undertakes to woo the maiden for him. He, however, falls in love with Rose in his own behalf, proposes, and is accepted. Subsequently Rose discovers Robin's ardent love for her, and changes her mind. This induces Richard to put Sir Despard on Robin's track. His scheme succeeds, as Rose, after all, prefers him to a wicked baronet. The scene of the second act is the portrait gallery of Murgatroyd Castle. Sir Ruthven, alias Robin, is considered effete by his ancestors, because his crimes are not up to their standard of infamy. They step out of their frames to reprimand and torture him. He promises to abduct a virtuous lady, and gives orders to seize Dame Hannah. The dame turns out to be of a pugnacious temperament. Sir Roderick Murgatroyd, a recently deceased ancestor, recognizes in her an old sweetheart, and comes to the rescue. Sir Ruthven then comes to the conclusion that since a baronet of Ruddygore can only die by refusing to commit a daily crime, and since all the ancestors committed suicide, itself a crime, out of dread of the curse, they need not have died, and are practically alive. The original wicked baronet is forced to resume the title, while Ruthven, alias Robin, recovers Rose. Richard makes up to another lass, while Sir Despard becomes a subdued and benevolent Methodist, having married Mad Margaret, a provincial maniac converted to district visiting. Death of Mme. Persoon Dumaine, actress, at Rouen, France.

23. Marriage of John W. Coffey and Eva Cartwright, at Philadelphia, Pa.

24. Production of "Sybil," drama by Clay M. Greene, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; with the following cast: Brown Madder, an artist, Harry B. Bell; Horace Paxton, hermit, Geoffrey Hawley; John Dart, attorney, William Herbert; James Benson, W. J. Constantine; Crooked Mike, R. M. Carroll; Mark O'Donnell, E. H. Thayer; Rachel Pendleton, Emily Maynard; Grace Pendleton, Annie Evelyn; Bessie, Little Ada Terry; Sybil, Frankie Kemble.

Revival of Dion Boucicault's "Arrah-Na-Pogue," by Bidwell's Star Dramatic Company, at the St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans, La.; with the following cast: Shaun, the Post, Osmond Tearle; Beamish MacCoul, W. A. Whitecar; The O'Grady, Charles Wheatleigh; Major Coffin, Hart Conway; Michael Feeny, Luke Martin; The Sergeant, Barton Hill; Oiny Farrell, Edgar Selden; Lanigan, Louis Mitchell; Patsey, H. Brown; Moran, H. C. Brincker; Regan, Junius B. Booth; Lanty, J. Murray; Corporal, A. Scroggin; Arrah-Na-Pogue, Minnie Conway; Fanny Power, May Brookyn; Katty Walsh, Emma Maddern.

Production of "Myfisto," extravaganza by Vere Montague and Frank St. Clare, at the Theatre Royal, Colchester, England.- -Nat C. Goodwin appeared as Prince Lorenzo in "The Mascot" at the Bijou Opera House, New York.- -Grace Hawthorne leased the Princess's Theatre, London, for one year, with the option of renewing the lease for five years.

25. Production of “L'Amour Mouille," comic opera in three acts, libretto by Jules Prével and Armand Livrat, music by Louis Varney, at the Nouveautés Théâtre, Paris, France. -Death of Rudolph H. Strong, actor, at Hot Springs, Ark.

26. Revival of "La Sirène," comic opera in three acts, libretto by Scribe, music by Auber, at the Opera Comique, Paris, France.

Production of "Nordisa," a romantic opera in three acts, written and composed by F. Corder, by the Carl Rosa Opera Company, at the Court Theatre, Liverpool, England ; with the following cast: Count Oscar Lydal, Edward Scovel; Lieutenant Frederick Hansen, J. Sauvage; Andreas Brand, Max Eugene; Halvor. Aynsley Cook; Pastor, Henry Pope; A young Shepherd, Miss Vadini; Baroness Nymark, Henry Pope; Minna, Georgina Burns; Nordisa, Julia Gaylord; Margit, Kate Drew. The old

French play, "La Bergère des Alpes," supplies the main fabric of the story of “ Nordisa,' the scene being transferred from Switzerland to Norway, and the period fixed at 1750.

27. Passage of Inter-State Commerce Bill.

Production of " Dandy Dick," farcical comedy in three acts, by Pinero, at the Court Street Theatre, London, the cast including John Clayton, Arthur Cecil, Laura Linden, W. H. Denny, and Mrs. John Wood. The chief part of the plot turns upon the fact that the triner-widow has a pious brother, the Dean of St. Marvels, who, having promised, while he is short of money, to give a thousand pounds toward the restoration of the spire of the local cathedral, is tempted into putting "a pair of ponies" (that is, about $250) on Dandy Dick for a forthcoming race, in order to try to win the money for the spire. The horse, owing to a fire breaking out, is brought to the Dean's stables the night before the race, and the Dean, fearing the animal has caught a chill, mixes a bolus for it, in order to give the horse (and consequently the spire) a better chance next day. The Dean's butler, however, having backed another horse, secretly puts strychnine into the bolus, and the Dean is arrested and taken to the local lock-up just as he is about to dose “Dick." This arrest and the many dodges tried by the Dean to escape punishment give rise to no end of amusing complications before peace and harmony are finally restored. "Harbor Lights," melodrama, by Messrs. Sims and Pettitt, was presented at Wallack's Theatre, New York (the piece having run over a year in London, and one hundred nights at the Boston Museum); with the following cast: Lieut. David Kingsley, R.N., Kyrle Bellew; Mark Helstone, Herbert Kelcey; Capt. Nelson, Harry Edwards; Nicholas Morland, E. J. Henley; Tom Dossiter, Charles Groves; Jack Larriper, Daniel Leeson; Frank Morland, Creston Clarke; Dick Hockaday, Herbert Ayling; Capt. Hardy, R.N., W. S. St. Clair; Solomon, an old servant, W. H. Pope; Dora Vane, Annie Robe; Lina Nelson, Helen Russell; Mrs. Chudleigh, Mary Barker: Peggy Chudleigh, Carrie Coote; Bridget Maloney, E. Blaisdell; Mrs. Helstone, Alice Grey; Polly, Evelyn Granville.

First representation, at the Court Theatre, Dresden, Germany, of "Junker Heinz," opera in three acts, composed by Karl von Perfall.First representation of "Egypt," a revised version of Laura Don's "A Daughter of the Nile," at the Park Theatre, Cleveland, O., with Effie Ellsler in the principal rôle.- Production (by amateurs) of "The Conspiracy of Pontiac," libretto by Stanley Wood, music by Carl Meyer, at Detroit, Mich.

-Partial destruction by fire -Robert C. Hilliard was given a -Judge Browne, of the City favor of William Parry against

Destruction by fire of the Opera House at Mercer, Pa. of Bowersock's Opera House, at Lawrence, Kan.benefit at the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N. Y. Court, New York, rendered a verdict for $150.75 in the National Opera Company. Mr. Parry had been engaged for the season as assistant stage manager, at a salary of $75 per week, and discharged on December 11th, 1886, on the ground of alleged incompetency.- —— Death of Hilarion Ballande, manager, at Paris, France.

28. Death of Olive Collins, actress, at New York City.

29. Marriage of Challoner Hartley and Nellie Patrick, both of Dora Wiley's Opera Company, on the stage at Crawfordsville, Ind. Death of Estelle Potter, actress (Mrs.

Ashley), at Cleveland, O.

30. Henry Irving gave a dinner to his friends at the Burlington Hotel, London, England; covers being laid for sixty-two guests.A benefit entertainment was given at the Star Theatre, New York, in behalf of the Sick Relief Fund of the United Council, American Legion of Honor.

31. Production of "McNooney's Visit," farcical comedy in three acts, by Edward Harrigan, at the Park Theatre, New York; with the following cast: Martin McNooney,

Edward Harrigan; Ely Umstead, John Wild; Clara Grizzle, Dan Collyer; Lionel Mellan, M. J. Bradley; Judge Halzweiser, Harry Fisher; Mary McQuirk, John Sparks; Henry Mellan, George Merritt; Melissa Umstead, Peter Goldrich; Ferdinand Skully, Richard Quilter; Cæsar Grizzle and A Lunatic, William West; Pedro Giovanna, Solomon McQuirk, and Singleton Slinger, Joseph Sparks; Dexter Twigem, Charles Sturges; Doctor Gargle and Adam Beausant, G. L. Stout; Nora Gilmartin, Annie Yeamans; Adele Spoonful, Amy Lee; Mary Mellan, Anna Langdon; Doctor Hilaria Spoonful, Nellie Wetherill; Rosy Daisy and Norah McGovern, Emily Yeamans; President Good Samaritans, Kate Langdon. Martin McNooney, an Irishman, comes from Yonkers to Squattertown above the Park to spend a week with his friend the Widow Gilmartin, who keeps a nursery and sells goats' milk for babies. Martin gets entangled in a number of complications and is arrested by a Yonkers detective on suspicion of burglary. The second act opens in the Court of Special Sessions with Judge Halzweiser on the bench. The prisoners are brought in and the humors of New York police courts are amusingly illustrated. The queer fish hauled in a raid on a concert garden are cast from the net, and the Judge's desire to ascertain the nature of the performers' business gives them the opportunity to exbibit their specialties. McNooney is discharged, owing to the arrest of the real Yonkers burglar, and an escaped lunatic from the Island clears the court-room. The second scene is outside the Tombs in Centre Street, with the offices of the various shysters that infest that savory neighborhood in view. There are passages at arms between negro and Irish applewomen, the Black Maria is loaded with passengers for Blackwell's, and the act ends with a rough-and-tumble fight between police, prisoners, and a gang of toughs. In the last act Martin engages as rubber in a female massage manipulator's establishment, and exercises his muscles on the patients with dire effect. Then there is a darkeys' séance, interspersed with songs and materializations, effected by Ely Umstead. Production of "Princess Carlo's Plot," adaptation, in three acts, of Ouida's story, "Afternoon," by Hilda Hilton, at the Novelty Theatre, London England; the cast including Louise Moodie, Minnie Bell, and Dolores Drummond. An English nobleman has married Claire, a peasant-girl, and being disgusted with her gaucherie, has, after a year of married life, placed her in a convent to be educated. She objects and is supposed to have drowned herself. Twenty years after she becomes famous as an artist, and her husband falls in love with her de novo. Princess Carlo, who was a fellow-boarder with Claire at the convent, is the medium of their bringing together, and her "plot" is to enable the wronged wife to revenge herself on her proud husband. Instead of which Claire falls in love with him again on her own account, and is only too ready to let bygones be bygones, when her identity is disclosed, and so all ends well. Production of "Mynheer Jan," comic opera, libretto by Harry Paulton, music by Edward Jakobowski, at Birmingham, England; the cast including M. Marius, Camille d'Arville, Kate Munroe, Mme. Amadi, Frank Wyatt, Harry Paulton, and Violette Melnotte. The scene is laid in the Netherlands-1550. Bombalo, the Spanish governor of Krootzdam, is disliked by his subjects, and held up to ridicule and contempt by a young man named Karl, whose nom de plume on these occasions is Mynheer Jan. Don Diego, coming to marry Bombalo's daughter, Camilla, is mistaken for Mynheer Jan and arrested, Karl meanwhile persuading Hans (a local butcher) to represent himself as the Spanish noble on matrimonial thoughts intent. When the real Don is able to explain, Hans disguises himself as a scarecrow and hangs himself up on a pole in the Governor's garden. Subsequently Karl is identified as the longlost son of Donna Tralara, who, having set her cap at old Bombalo, carries him off in triumph. Francis, the Governor's son, who has been deputed by his father to make love to Katrine, Donna Tralara's daughter, on the paternal account, varies his instructions and wins the girl for himself.

Helen Dauvray appeared as Peg Woffington in Tom Taylor's "Masks and Faces," at

the Lyceum Theatre, New York; supported by the following cast: Sir Charles Pomander, J. E: Whiting; Ernest Vane, E. H. Sothern; Colley Cibber, Joseph Wilkes; Quin, G. F. Devere; Triplet, John Howson; Snarl, J. G. Saville; Soaper, Frank Rodney; Burdock, William Payson; Colander, Walter Osmond; Hunsdon, Gus. Brooke; Call Boy, Master Brown; Lysimachus, Daisy Dean: Pompey, Master Stevens; Mrs. Vane, Ellie Wilton; Kitty Clive, Enid Leslie; Mrs. Triplet, Isabella Preston; Cleopatra, Bijou Fernandez.

Rose Coghlan presented "London Assurance" at the Union Square Theatre, New York, appearing as Lady Gay Spanker; supported by the following cast: Richard Dazzle, Esq., J. H. Gilmour; Sir Harcourt Courtly, Charles Walcot; Charles Courtly, A. S. Lipman; Max Harkaway, Verner Clarges; Mark Meddle, John G. McDonald; Adolphus Spanker, G. Herbert Leonard; Cool, Charles Edwin; Solomon Isaacs, Malcolm Bradley; James, W. F. MacNichol; Martin, Adolph Bernard; Grace Hark. away, Clyde Harron; Pert, Maude Peters.

Revival of "The Marble Heart," by Bidwell's Star Dramatic Company, at the St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans, La.Robert Mantell essayed the rôle of Raphael in "The Marble Heart," at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York.- -James H. Wallick appeared for the first time in New York in a melodrama entitled "The Cattle King," at the Windsor Theatre.- -Herr Anton Schott, the German tenor, appeared for the first time during the season in the opera of "Rienzi," at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.Death of Carola Rahmig, German actress, at Panama, aged 30.

First representation at Hamburg, Germany, of " Merlin," romantic opera, libretto by Siegfried Lipiner, music by Karl Goldmark.

FEBRUARY.

1. Production of "Franc-Chignon," parody in three tableaux, by William Busnach and Albert Vanloo, at the Palais Royal, Paris, France.- -Opening of the new Academy of Music, at Danville, Va.-Opening of the King Street Opera House, at Lancaster, Pa.

2. First representation in London of "After Long Years," comedy-drama in three acts, story by Mrs. Herbert Purvis, construction and dialogue by Arthur Law, at the Criterion Theatre. First production at the Theatre Royal, Torquay, England, October 20th, 1886. Fin Maccool," comedy, by Dion Boucicault, was performed at the Elephant and Castle Theatre, London, England, for copyright purposes.First representation at the Residenz Theatre, Munich, Bavaria, of "Alexandra,“ drama by Richard Voss.-———————————— ` `` Faust," which was being sung at the Opera House, Paris, France, was heard by the Queen of Belgium, at Brussels, Belgium, through a telephone.- Death of George Unger, operatic singer, at Leipzig, Germany. 3. THE NEW YORK MIRROR announced, editorially, that the $2,500 needed to complete the Memorial Monument for the Actors' Fund Plot, in Evergreens Cemetery, had been subscribed, the total amount of subscriptions sent to the Editor of THE MIRROR reaching $3,191.20-just $691.20 more than was actually needed to pay for the shaft. The success of THE NEW YORK MIRROR in collecting the necessary sum to complete the monument was announced at the monthly meeting of the Actors' Fund. Production of "FinMaccool" (revised version of "Belle Lamar'), drama in four acts, by Dion Boucicault, at the Hollis Street Theatre, Boston, Mass.; with the following cast: Isabel Bligh, Georgia Cayvan; Cuba, Julia Stuart; Philip Bligh, H. J. Lethcourt; Little Phil, Lulu Pendleton; Chauncy Lamar, W. J. Ferguson; Dr. Merryweather, Mr. Padgett; Uncle Dan, Dan Maguinnis; Jakey, Fritz Williams; Schuyler, Fred Corbett; Rhett, Walter Treville; Poindexter, Mr. Colby; Sentinel, Mr. Jones; Pat Dwyer, Mr. Welch; Katie, Marion Elmore; Fin, Dion Boucicault; Doris, Lou'se Thorndyke.

Production of "Ned Knowles," comedietta, by T. G. Warren, at the Opera Comique Theatre, London, England.- ———“ Der Vagabund," a comic opera, with music by Carl Zelber and libretto by M. West and L. Held, was presented for the first time in America at the Thalia Theatre, New York.

4. Production of " 'Mädchen von Schilda," comic opera in three acts, libretto by Rudolf Bunge, music by Alban Förster, at the Court Theatre, Neustrelitz, Germany.First representation, at Schwerin, Germany, of 'Der Räthselhafte Liebhaber," farcical comedy in three acts, by Maria Günther.

Mme. Fursch-Madi commenced a suit in the Supreme Court against Charles E. Locke, manager of the American Opera Company, for $3000 of unpaid salary.-- A benefit entertainment was given at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in behalf of the Actors' Fund of America, under the management of A. M. Palmer, H. C. Miner, W. E. Sinn, Edwin Knowles, and John P. Smith. -Death of Hal Louher, actor, at London, England.

5. "Otello," lyric drama in four acts, adapted from Shakespeare's tragedy, with music by Giuseppe Verdi and libretto by Arrigo Boi o, received its first representation at the Teatro Della Scala, Milan, Italy.. --Production of Um Kopf und Herz,"