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mHEATEES. — THE BEST PRIVATE BOXES 
-L FOR EVERY THEATRE IN LONDON, may be secured by ap- 
plication to W. R. Sms Royal Library, St. James's-strekt. 
mHEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— 
_I Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. 
The last two weeks of MR. G. V. BROOKE'S engagement. Great 
attraction this week— Tragedy, Opera, Bullet, ami Farce- 
On Monday, MR. G- V. BROOKE as HAMLET, with the very 
successful Farce of MY COOK AND HOUSEKEEPER. 
Tuesday, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS, with an entirely new 
Itnllett called THE BARBER OF CADIZ, in which Therese and 
Annie Cnshnle, M. Milano, Misses Mars, M. Charles Pearson, and full 
corps de ballet, Mill appear. 
Wednesday, RICHARD THE THIRD. Richard, MR. G. V. 
BROOKE; with MY COOK AND HOUSEKEEPER. 
Thursday, first time, a New nnd Original Opera, called LEONI. 
The Music by .1. F. Duggnn ; Libretto, by G. II. Drayton Principal 
clinractci-s by Miss Lowe, Miss Featherstone. Mr. Elliot Gnler, nnd 
Henri Drayton. To bo followed by the NEW BALLET nnd FARCE. — 
On Friday, the Opera of LEONI ; the BALLET nnd FARCE. 
On Saturday, OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. G. V. Brooke; lago, Mr. T. 
Mend. And conclude with the New Ballet of THE BARBER OF 
CADIZ. 
In Rehearsal, a New Play, called WALSINGIIAM. Principal 
character, Mr. G. V. Brooke. 
mHEATRE ROYAL, H A YM ARK ET.— Under the 
JL Management of Mr. Buckstone. 
Monday, March 13.— An entirely New Play will be acted for the 
first time, entitled DUCHESS ELEANOR, in which Miss Cushman 
will sustain a new character. Mr. J. Vatidenlmfr, Mr. Howe, Mr. 11. 
Corri, Mr. W. I'nrren, Mr. Rogers, Mr. E. Villlers, and Mrs I.. S. 
Buckingham, will also appear After which, third time at half price, 
THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY; characters by Mr. BncUstonc, Mr. 
Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Fnrrcn, Mr. Rogers, Mrs. L. S. 
Buckingham, Miss Grcig, and Mrs. Fltzwilllam. 
Tuesday - ( I.' th time) the New Comedy of RANELAGH; Sir 
Robert Rosclv, Mr. ,T. Vandenhoff; Dr, Coddletrec, Mr. Buckstone; 
Lord rrylngton, Mr. W. Fanen ; Lady Iiosely, Miss Reynolds; Mrs. 
Coddletrec. Mrs. litzwilllarn. After which (fourth time at half price) 
Till HOPE OK THE FAMILY; and MRS. WHITE 
Wednesday. — (If approved), DUCHESS ELEANOR; and THE 
HOPE OF TIIE FAMILY. 
Thursday— (Mth time) RANELAGH. After which (for the first 
time I an Original, Pathetic, nnd Heart-rending Trngedy, entitled 
WILLIKIND AND IIYS DINAH; Willlkiml, Miss Louisa Howard; 
the Lord Pcllmelle, Mr. Buckstone; the. Stern Furient, Mr. II. Corri; 
Dinah, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; the Tender Pnrient, Mrs. Caulfield. After 
which will be revived THE PORTRAIT OF CERVANTES; Sanclio, 
Mr Compton. 
Friday— A New Play, nnd other Entertainments. 
.Saturday— RANELAGH, and other Enterlnbunents. 
Stage Manager, Mr. Chippendale- 
rpHEATRL ROYAL, ADELPIII. — Proprietor, Mr. B. 
JL WKnsTKit. — Directress, Madame Celeste. 
Novelty and Attraction. Last Three Nights, at present, of the 
THIRST OF GOLD AND THE SEA OF ICE. THE SERIOUS 
FAMILY, a great hit, every night. 
Monday, Tuesday, nnd Wednesday, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, nights of the 
popular Drama, by B. Webster, of THE THIRST OF GOLD, or THE 
LOST SHIP AND THE WILD FLOWER OF MEXICO, with the 
grand effect of the Sen of Ice. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, 
Keeley, Paul Bedford, Parsclle, C. Selby, Garden, Lee, &c. ; Madame 
Celeste, Miss Mask ell, and Miss Stoker, with the celebrated Comedy, 
powerfully cast, of THE SERIOUS FAMILY, nnd can only be per- 
formed in this Theatre. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh 
Murray, Keeley, Pnrselle, and Waye, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. 
Leigh Murray, F Maskcll. 
Thursday, Friday, nnd Saturday, will be produced a new and 
original Drama, in 4 Acts, by Mr. Tom Taylor nnd Mr. Charles Reade, 
Authors of " Masks and Faces," called TWO LOVES AND A LIFE, 
with new Dresses, Scenery, and Appointments. Characters by Messrs. 
B. Webster, Keeley, Leigh Murray, 0 Smith, C. jSelby, Parsclle, 
Garden, Rogers, C. J. Smith, Ronicr, Saunders, Woolgar, nnd 
Hastings. Madame Celeste and Miss Woolgar, with THE SERIOUS 
FAMILY. 
Stage Manager, Mr. Leigh Murray. 
A STLEY’S.— EUROPE’S NATIONAL AMPHI- 
-f 1 THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cookf.. 
The splendid nnd interesting Spectacle of the WOODMAN’S HORSE 
continues nightly to increase in Public favour. The reiterated and 
continued bursts of applause that greets ils progress, and the en- 
thusiasm which the sagacious Steed calls forth when he liberates the 
Prisoners, are unmlstakcable evidences of its most complete success. 
On Monday, March 13th 1854, and during the week, the new, grand, 
chivalric, Spectacle of THE WOODMAN'S HORSE, or THE FALSE 
KNIGHT, the Steed BEAUTY expressly Trained by Mr. Win. Cooke. 
Followed by Mr. Wm. Cooke's Incomparable SCENES of the 
ARENA, selected from the Royal Programme. Concluding with 
THE WHITE FARM. Box-office open from 11 till 4. 
■DOYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. — Lessee, Mr. 
11 Alfred Wigan. 
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will be performed, TO OBLIGE 
BENSON. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson. Emery, Leslie, Miss 
Wvndlmm, nnd Mrs. Stirling. After which, THE BENGAL TIGER. 
To conclude with TIIE FIRST NIGHT. 
On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, a new Musical Comedietta, in 
two Acts, called THE WRONG BOX. Principal characters by Miss 
P. llorton, Miss Wyndham, Miss Turner, Mr. Alfred Wigan, nnd Mr. 
Robinson, of the Lyceum Theatre, his first appearance at this theatre. 
After which, TO OBLIGE BENSON. To conclude with THE FIRST 
NIGHT. 
]> OYAL M ARYLEBONE THEATRE.— 
II Lessee, Mr. J. William Wallace. 
Great combination, on Monday, March 13th, Tuesday nnd Wednes- 
day, Sir T. N. Tul fourd' s Trngedy in Five Acts, entitled, ION. Sup- 
ported by Messrs. J. W. Wnllnek, Vandenhoff, Cooke, Edgar, Bender, 
Wullis, Sennett, Mesdnmcs J. W. Wallack, Horton, Markham, &c. On 
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, first time here, THE HUNCHBACK. 
Characters bv Mcsms. J. W. Wallack, Vnndenhoff, Shnlders, Wallis, 
Edgar, Bender, Sennett, Mesdnmcs .1. W. Wallack, and H. Gordon, 
o conclude with, every evening, Mr. E. Stirling’s unceasingly attractive 
Drama, THE STRUGGLE FOR GOLD, AND T1IF. ORPHAN OF THE 
FROZEN SEA, Introducing the magnificent effect of the breaking up of 
the Ice, and the Danish Ship in full sail, also the Hull of Countless 
Chandeliers, pronounced to be the most gorgeous scene ever presented 
to the public. 
N.B. The public are respectfully informed, that this Trcatre is to 
let for Passion We- k, for entertainments, concerts, &c. On Monday, 
March 20th, ROMEO and JULIET, with new Scenery, Dresses, and Ap- 
pointments Romeo (First time', Mis J. W. Wallack'; Miss Cleveland 
will make her first appearance in the character ot Juliet. 
Acting Manager, Mr. Edward Murray. 
HUNGARIAN C O N C E R T S.— ROYAL 
11 M Alt I 0 N E TT E T II K A T II E, every night Eight to Ten. 
Admission Is. The very high and extended patronage bestowed 
upon these Musical Entertainments encourages the Lessee to muke 
them Increasingly interesting. The compositions from which the pro- 
grammes arc arranged will be found to be those of the most favourite 
Masters, both ancient and modern ; and the new National Melodics 
will be characterised by the passing events of the day. Herr Kul- 
rr/d v. Leader of the Hand; Sarkozy, 1st Violin; Horuynl. 1st Eugel 
Hrr.i; Augarilo, Clarionettc ; Vocalists, Mis. C. S. Wallack; Misses 
Brougham, Mi vs Wortley, Mr. A. H. Percy, aiul Mr. Hamilton, who will 
render some of the most approved Quartettes, Trios, Ducks and Solos 
extant, nnd Miss Julia Warman’snew Piano Forte Solos, will combine 
Novelty and Brilliancy. Telotows overture Martha, the Brilliant 
Fantasia Hongrois, I'atrios Mazourkn, nnd Royal Marionette Quadrille, 
every evening. Programmes of each day may be seen at all the princi- 
pal Libraries and Music-shops. Morning Performances, Wednesday and 
.Saturday, ut 3. Box office open from J I to 5. 
MELL GWYNNE TAVERN, near the Adel phi 
T.V ire. Table d'Hole at hulf-pasl five every duy. Chops, 
Steaks, 6'C , o’ltil one in (lie morning. 
EGYPTIAN HALL. 
pONBTAXTINOPLK IS NOW OPEN EVERY 
\J day at Jialf past 2 o'clock, and every evening at 8. The Lecture 
i- delivered by Mr. Charles Kenney, and has been written by Mr. 
Albert -Smith and Mr. Shirley Brooks. Admission 1*. Reserved seats 2». 
THE FIELD. 
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“ Dick Dlminy " will be reviewed in our next. 
Flu men, who will have received our communication ere this, will, per- 
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COURSING. 
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occasionally attacks old dogs. There is no cure for it. 
A Young Conner. — Your questions are too numerous to answer 
seriatim, nnd would occupy a column, at least, of our paper. We 
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forming through the medium of your paper.”— Nuthatch. 
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Where lie may buy n dozen eggs from true Spanish breed, nnd a 
dozen ditto Pencilled Ilumburgs, and the price per dozen. 
THIRD EDITION. 
* :X * For Latest, vide 'page 236. 
SAT UR DA Y, MARCH 11, 1854. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
There is a certain popular saying’, which is some- 
what opposed to the Shaksperian idea of “ the piping 1 
times of peace.” Without quoting it, further than to 
intimate that it is in the times of war that the per- 
former on the indicated instrument has most largely to 
be paid, we may proceed to mention that the most im- 
portant topic of the week was introduced to a tax- 
contributing public, on Monday night, by the Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer. The tact that large military 
and naval expenditure, rendered necessary by the 
proceedings of the Emperor of Russia, is to be provided 
for by a doubled Income Tax, has-been for some days 
sufficiently well known to the country. It seems also" 
to be pretty generally admitted that the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer has taken the course which is most 
acceptable to the nation. It is clear that the money 
must be found, but it would have been with something 
stronger than reluctance that the country would have 
seen a retrograde policy manifested in a return to 
abolished taxation, or a recourse to the unworthy, 
and, we may add, unjust system of loans. He wants 
2,840,00(m*that, at least, ‘being the amount of the 
deficiency which he calculates will be shown at the end 
of the approaching financial year. The proposition is to 
increase the Income Tax by one-half, and to levy the 
whole addition for and in respect of the first moiety of 
the year, thus doubling the tax for the half-year. 
Under the present rate the income tax for the 
coming financial year, namely, from April 1854 to 
April 1855, would produce 6,275,000/. The moiety, 
which is but merely half, because the expenses of col- 
lection vary inversely, as in the case of indirect taxes, 
in the case of increase of imposition, Mr. Gladstone 
estimates at 3,307,000/. The whole amount for the 
financial year is 9,582,000/. He estimates the income 
for the year at 56,656,000/., and the expenditure at 
59,189,000/., thus obtaining a small surplus of some- 
thing under half a million. Such are the leading 
figures of the War Budget. It may interest our 
readers to know the way in which the expenses of the 
Oriental expedition are calculated. Mr. Gladstone sets 
the army at 25,000 men, and charges 50/. a head, or a 
million and a-quarter in all. He further demands (and 
this was at once acceded to) power to issue Exchequer 
bills to the amount of 1,750,000/., as might be necessary 
for immediate outlay. 1 1 is impossible that the country 
should not be reminded of the difference between 
this Budget and that which it was our pleasanter duty to 
analyse hist Spring, with its numerous actual remissions 
of taxation, and its promises of more. But the blame of 
the contract, of course, rests with the sovereign of 
Russia, whose audacious treachery and unblushing 
ambition liavo forced the nations into a collision 
against him. The Budget has little else in it, except 
a new arrangement regarding the stamps on bills of 
exchange, by which about half a million is expected 
to accrue to the Exchequer. The statement is other- 
wise satisfactory, shewing an improved revenue on 
almost every item of the national balance sheet. But 
unless the war be brought to a speedier termination 
than the most sanguine vaticinators dream of, it cau 
hardly be very long before the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer makes his appearance again in the charac- 
ter of a suitor for money. The temple ot Janus once 
open, who shall presume to calculate the sacrifices 
which must be made at his altar Y 
The most interesting event which has occurred ip 
[Saturday, 
the metropolis during the week has been the banquet 
given by the Reform Club to Vice-Admiral Napier 
the commander of the Baltic fleet. Lord Palmerston 
took the chair, and gave the series of toasts with his 
usual and unequalled tact, and the First Lord of the 
Admiralty and the First Commissioner of Works also 
represented the Ministry. Foolish cavils have been 
raised touching the absence of other Ministers, the 
simple answer to which is, that the present is a Coali- 
tion Cabinet, and that most of the other leading niem 
bers of it do not happen to be also members of the 
Reform Club. Had the banquet been given at the 
Carlton or Conservative Club, the .absence, from the 
same cause, of Lord Palmerston, Sir James Graham, 
and Sir William Molesworth, might as properly have 
been complained of. We advocate, of course, the 
views of no political party in these columns, but have, 
perhaps, a right to protest against any demonstration 
of party feeling under circumstances in which the 
nation feels as one man. 
Parliament is sufficiently occupied with the great 
and absorbing topic of the day, to abstain with 
considerable determination from minor discussions. 
On Friday last Lord John Russell announced, that 
instead of proceeding 1 with the second reading- of 
the Reform Bill on Monday, as had been proposed, 
he should not take it until the end of April. 
It seems generally understood that this delay, 
with which the party known as “the Whigs” i s 
chiefly to be credited, is almost equivalent to throwing 
over the measure for the present session. Indeed Lord 
J. Russell’s reason for delay can hardly point to any other 
cause, for his lordship excuses the postponement on 
the ground that the public mind and that of Parliament 
is too much engaged with the war question to render 
any discussion on electoral reform at all desirable at the 
present time. If this be so while we are in a state of 
comparative quietude, and war is undeclared, what will 
be the condition of the popular mind when the struggle 
is just beginning’, and Napier and Raglan are opening 
fire 1 / Reform, therefore, may he. considered as rele- 
gated until next year. An announcement by Lord 
Palmerston that her Majesty has graciously granted 
a pardon to Frost, Williams, and Junes, the Newport 
convicts, in the same manner as to Mr. Smith O’Brien • 
and also, to extend her clemency to Martin and 
O’Dogherty, transported for the minor offence, has 
been made ; and M r. Locke King has been defeated by 
a very large majority, in an attempt to do away all the 
law which gives an elder son the real estate of an intes- 
tate father.'' The “last ray of protection” has been 
done away by the passing the Coasting Trade Bill. 
England and France so completely take the lead in 
European politics, and what is done by one, in relation 
to the great questiou of the day, is so much a counter- 
part of what is done by the other, that there is little 
to add on continental affairs. It is finally decided that 
the Marshal St. Arnaud is to be the Commander-in- 
chief of the French expeditionary army, and M. de 
Bourquenel, the French Minister at Vienna, will re- 
place General Baraguay d’Hilliers at Constantinople. 
The Duke of Cambridge, Lord Raglan, and our other 
Generals are expected to be in Paris about the 20th — 
II.R.H. will be lodged in the Tuileries. France raises 
ten millions sterling’, by means of a loan, to meet the 
present emergencies. Austria appears to adhere with 
good faith to the great powers as against Russia, and 
overtures recently made by the Czar have been un- 
hesitatingly rejected by Francis Joseph; but the con- 
duct of Prussia is still marked by a mystery and 
uncertainty, which it is to he hoped, more lor the sake 
of that nation than for that of allies which can easily 
do without her, may speedily be abandoned. There 
seems to be a kind of storm in a puddle in Spain. The 
Queen is stated to be so indignant at the strictures ot 
the English newspapers upon her and her government, 
that there is even talk of Lord Howden’s being requested 
to withdraw from the capital — a blow which it is hoped 
England may, by a strong effort, survive. Meantime, 
rebellion is by no means put down in the Peninsula. 
The state of the weather is believed to have prevented 
any important movements on the Danube, but the 
threatened attack upon Kalafat may have been made. 
One of the most respectable London daily prints pub- 
lished, on Wednesday, an appalling account of the 
taking of that place by the Russians, the massacre of 
all its defenders, and our own Queen’s being actually 
delayed three-quarters of an hour from the theatre her 
Majesty visited on the night of the alleged arrival ot 
the news, in consequence of the melancholy tidings, but 
the evening prints declared quasi officially that there 
was not one word of truth in the whole story. 
The deaths of the Marquis of Londonderry, and ot 
the Bishop of Salisbury, will be found in the obituary 
of the week. 
LORD PALMERSTON AND THE METRO- 
POLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. 
The unlooked-for announcement of so decided a change in the 
views of Lord Palmerston with respect to the Sewerage of the 
Metropolis, demands more careful investigation than our limits 
will permit during the present week ; we may, however, inquire 
whether, before taking a step which rendered necessary the re- 
signation of the entire body of Commissioners, his lordship had 
well ascertained the amount of confidence to be placed in the en- 
gineering skill and experience of the Mr. F. O. Ward; on the faith 
of whose letter the somewhut extraordinary step was taken ; " l ' 
say extraordinary, because after his lordship had given his full 
concurrence to all the previous proceedings of the Commission, 
it does appear extraordinary to arrest all proceedings at the 
eleventh hour. 
There must he something more in all this than meets the 
eye, as Mr. Ward’s letter to his lordship was singularly weU 
timed; just before the appearance of the able “Report upon 
the Main Drainage North of the Thames,” by Messrs. BM"' 
Drainage and Water supply of the towns of Rugby, Sundgau . 
Tottenham, St. Thomas, Exeter, and Barnard Castle. * 
