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for" k VI II T THEATRE IN LONDON, may he secured by applied- 
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rjIHEATRES.— THE 
tjOYAL GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND. 
II The Nobility. Gentry, and Patron* of till* Inutltution are reapertfiilly 
info mi ed that the N I NTu ANNIVERSARY PE8TI VAL will take place at 
• h,, London Tavern, Biiliopwate-slreet, on Monday, April the loth. 
RICHARD MONCKTON M I LNES, E*q , M P., In the Chair 
The Musical nrrnnrcmrnta will conalatof flrst-rate Vocal and Instrumental 
talent, under the personal direction of Mr. Alfred Mellon. 
Tickets (including trill") one Guinea caoh, which may be had of the Trea- 
mir r .1 II Huekatone, E«'i., Ilrompton ».|iinre ; T. J. Jcrwood, Ksq, 17, Ely- 
plaei',' Ilolhorn ; Mr. Lacy, Wellliurton-alreet, Strand ; Mr. II Butler, Thea- 
trical Went, lloiv-ntreet ; of the Directors at theyarlou* Metropolitan Theatres , 
M Mr. Sams’s Koval Library, St James Vstrrct ; at the har of the London 
Tavern ; and of tfie Sei rotary, Mr. Oullonford, Theatre Royal, llnymarket, by 
whom donation* will be most thankfully received. A limited number of 
Ladies tickets, price s». each. Gentlemen wlthlng places to lw reserved are 
respectfully rcyucJtod to eend their name and nddreM to the Secretary. 
rn II EAT HE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— 
1 L casco, Mr. E. T. Smith. 
9 ASTOUNDING NOVELTY— NEVER BEFORE OFFERED TO 
THE PUBLIC! 
First Appearance of the Great Chinese Magician*, twelve In number, whose 
Wondrous I'nrforiiianres have excited the greatest enrtoiity ill the Celestial 
Empire and the United Slates, attracting hundreds of thousands of persona 
l'or Twelve Nights only. Reduced Prices as usual. 
Opera ami New Ballet, On Monday, and during the week, the highly suc- 
cessful Opera of LEON IK diameters by Miss Lowe Miss Fcatlierstone, Mr. 
Elliot Galer, and Henri Drayton. After which, THE FEAST OF THE 
DRAGON, and MAGICAL PERFORMANCES of the CHINESE TROUPE. 
To conclude with a New Ballet, entitled THE STAR OF THE RHINE, 
Introducing those favourite artistes, Meddle Thorese and Annie Ciishnlc, 
Mrs* M. Charles, Mon*. Milano, and the Grand Corps de Ballet. 
Btngo Manager, Mr. E. Snnusu. 
SHEATHE ROYAL, H A YM A RK ET.— Under the 
A Management of Mr. Buckjstonp.. 
Monday and Wednesday, GUY MANNERINO Meg Merrillcs, Mis* Cush- 
Tuesdav, MONEY. Thursday and Saturday, 1IANELAOII. Friday, 
* Cushman, her last night 
>*cry evening. 
limit. i •iiw'tiiV, I. i , » min itiuui 
HENRY Till: EIGHTH. Oocen Katharine, 1 
hut two \V I LI. I KIN D AND HY8 DINAH e 
milEATRIO ROYAL, ADELPJ 1 1. —Proprietor, Mr. B. 
I Wr.nsTi u.— Directress, Modatno Celeste. 
FIRST RATE NoVRLTY-FIRST ItATE COMPANY FIRST-RATE 
ACTING AND ADEL PHI EFFECTS I 
Unprecedented Sucre-. of the New Dmmn of “ Two Loves and a Life."— 
Mi. n In. Turmlay, and Wednesday, last three nlglita of "The Serious Family." 
Find Night of a New and Original Faroe (Thursday next), enlled TIlE 
MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT, by R It. Brough, Esq. 
Monday, ami during the week, the highly successful New and Original 
Drama, In Four Act# by the Authors of " Masks and Fooe»," Ac Messrs Tom 
Tavloi and Charles Itevle, called TWO LOVES AND A LIFE, with New 
Scenery. Dresses, and Appointments Principal Characters by Mcurf. II. 
Webster, Kcolcy, Leigh Murray, 0. Smith, 0. Selby, Parsellc, J Rogers, C, J. 
Smith, Lee, Garueu, and Madnmo Celeste and Miss Woolgar. With, Monday, 
Tue.iUv, Wednesday, and Inst times at pre*cnt, tlic Celebrated and Popular 
Comedy of THE SERIOUS FAMILY, thus powerfully east. Character* by 
Messrs. B. Webster, K veiny, Leigh Murray. Paracllo, Mrs. Kecley, Miss 
Woolgar. Mrs Leigh Murray, and Miss F Masked 
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday will ho produced n Ne<v and Origins! 
Apropos Faroe, by It. B. Brough, Esn . called TIIF. MOUSTACHE MOVE- 
MENT. Character* by Messrs Kcolcy, O. Smith, Garden, I'araclle, Mrs. 
Koeloy, and Ml** Kecley. After which a POPULAR FARCE, 111 which 
Mows, Paul Bedford and J. Rogers will perform. 
Stage Manager, Mr. Leiuii Mrnnu 
A STLEY’8. — EUROPE’S NATIONAL AMPIII- 
Jl THEATRE. 
Mr, Wii.i. mu Coom: (Proprietor) rcspoolfu’Iy announces to the Nohllltv, 
Gentry Ills Friends, and Ur I’uhlie gcnorn'ly, that his FIRST ANNUAL 
•'o.VI Plil M I! N I ARY BENEFIT will lake Place on MONDAY, APRIL :nd, 
l»n— under in oat Dlstliijulslod Patronage —The Entertainment* rommcnelnu 
"ith n GRAND SPECTACLE Followed hv an incomparable routine of Mr. 
Wn. i,i mi 1 'on k i *n SCENES oF THE ARENA Introducing (by Dnaiiel Mi»» 
K m Book r, I he noknoaleilgcd Favourite of the Haute Eeole of the Mam's" 
{STf/FA s. I I R0P1 s \ \TI0NAL AM PHI- 
- » THEATRE. Lemon and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. 
Last week hut one of performing befo e the Kastw llolldav*. for which 
occasion Great Novelties nro In active preparation Thirty a xlh night of t' e 
immeii*?!i -ueerKifnl Speetaelo of THE WOODMAN'S llitKSE, which eon- 
linuo* to ho re -rived with Increased outhiisinsin, pronounced the most Interesting 
andnia/nlrteont lllnpo.lraina over witnessed In (he Amplillhcalre. 
On ilon lav A ,-rll : 1 1 - 1 . i --I, under distinguished patronage. Mr AVILLIAM 
E 'ORE'S FIRST ANNUAL COMPLIMENTARY BENEFIT Itrillinut 
00(‘)1?K m° °f Kntorta, " nicl,,J, i Bn, l ro-nppoaronoo (by doilro) of Ml** KATE 
Oil Monday. March SPth, l»u, and during the week, the Chlvalrle Spectacle 
•''.THE WOODMAN’S llollsK or, TIIF. FALSE KNIGHT, in which Mr. 
William Cooks'* Morse, IIKAUTY, appear*, ami achieve*, with unerring ccr- 
tvuty, the astonishing feat of III* ’rating the urlnononi, and wtili h nlilitiy call* 
f.rlh re(l-'ralcv| apidvuse. Foil wed hy Mr William (hmke's p . rlc** SCENES 
OF THE Cl ItC 1,1:. Concluding with the Domestic Drama of BESS OF THE 
BELL.— Box-ouloo open from eleven till four, 
Stage Manager, Mr. W. AVer. 
fAL OLYMRD' TH RATHE. — Lessee; M 
Alfred Wioan. 
Monday, and during the week, will be performed a New Musical Comedietta. 
Ill Two Acts, called THE WRONG BON Principal Character* by Mia* p 
Horton. Ml** AVyndham, Mi** **- ** -■ 1 - - * 
.jo.w.,1 -ii». ...vmihani, Mix* Turner. Mr, Robinson lof the Lyceum I, and 
Mr Mfred A\ kmu. After which a New Comedietta, called TO OBLIGE 
Character* hy ,Mr««n Emery, F. RoUoii, Leslie. Mr*. Stlrlun- 
u l Mw AVyndham. To conclude with THE FIRST NIGHT. Chnrnctci* 
’ wile, Frank*, U. Cooper, Vincent, Mis* I*. Ilorton. 
]> 0 Y A L M A H Y L E IK) N E T II E A T R E.— 
■*' Lessee, Mr. J. William AVai.l.vck. 
Brilliant 8ucce«* of Shakespeare's " Romeo and Juliet," which will be re- 
prated on Tne.ilav, March SHtli, and during the week, with New Seenerv 
Drone*, and Appointments. " 
J’!*. THE WIFE, in which Mr and Mrs. J. W. 
i ru ,"i uVwSril’?’ " •*». TH E poor SOLDIER 
i! C -r ' T . K **’-C0!TD. being for the Benefit of Mi*, Gordon 
On Tm-*day and during the week. ROMEO AND JFI.IET Supported hy 
''’T •' 'V; l!,, r k ' Walll*. Darn- lllron, Robertson. 
Render , Seinietl , Meulames J AV AVidlaek, Clevolaud, Roborteon, AValcot ami 
Mfi'kli I a eoucimle with other ENTERTAINMENTS 
r»^J'»!rariiu "! "UJ ivprcsci'tatlon of the Highly SuoeeesfUl 
lirainn w ilti all it •* M.iiinnl-nl and Scenic Kffreta entitled THE STRUGGLE 
FOR (Joi.D, AND THE ORPHAN OF TII E FROZEN SEA RUGOLt 
Drew Clrale, 3a ; Fit. l» , Gallery, nd 
Acting Manager, Mu. Euwaiid Murray. 
II 
tlic 
I NG A III AN CON ( EllTS 8 to 10. Admission* Is 
(.ART AN BAND inrinimenlnllte, i u tlic most elTeotlvo eiyle! the ftneetob 
FaoC , ia i0 n "I °f> nndraned luilllant uiorveaux. including the Nei 
V?,au.. V,? • s AV. 1 iiW' "n-lKoyal Marionette Ouadrille, 
. , . 1 . " ollnek, R A Mim AVortley. and the Mlucs llrough in 
nlghtlv who reuder the newest and moil popular songs of the day. PianUU- 
Mim Julia Wnnnnn. Morning Performame AVcdiiesday and Satunloy. Bo> 
olhce open from It to 3. 
MK BEItT SMITH’S MONT BLANC, indudini 
r 1 v ,h " l,K | t ? V SK , 0 “ KIU ; ).. N U ?" d „ 1 !'" »*MPLON, every evening at oigh 
« . si rr l “ • ““J Tiie*.^ Thuradoy, and Satur.iay moroiium n 
5', ' y ’* ’ '»' h CAU l,c ,nW *'" “* the Box-olBce every day from eleven t 
four : Area, 2*. -. Gallery, la. Egj ptian Hull. PieendUly 
:,t 1,10 Epvptian-lmll, is now 
, L .^ < ' u .' v . r '! t<n . *’> Mr Albert Smith and Mr Shirley Brook*. 
; reserved neats, a*.' 
DOYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION 
It PATRON :-H.R II. PRINCE ALBERT 
DITRfVU U VT .. y^rv..1*.w ! LTTIMIP . . ' . * U ‘ 
■eiV, 1 ' ‘ • on WILKINS NKAV PATENT I'M \> 
11(1 ri.I.M.Il^FII- Descrintiiiii of Rust’s Pateni Tubular piomifort*"*n".,' 
of T rest rall e Patent Method of Jlaming Sunken Vo»«U^ <K«55Sn3Si5S 
IiiW 0 **’ A ' lnl ’ ,:k " 1 ' **• ■ ^'hool*. and children under ten year* of age, hall 
THE LABORATORY of the ROYAL POLY 
under of Puplt, 
( urvful AruilvM-d and uf 8oil». Mlnrralu Wfttcra Mcrcnntiltk . 
RE AT GLOBE, Leicester-square. — Turkey ii 
and .ASIA, and the Surroundmc Coun*tri^‘o'f ^ RUSSIA anTpERSlA 
am. to in r m. AdmSelon la 6^wU t^ r nce PEKSLi 
from Id a 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
RACINC. 
A Subreriber from the flrU . — If wo knew the name of the writer al- 
luded to, It would be quite contrary to newspaper etiquette for ua to 
"communicate it to you, publicly or privately. 
A. F — Epsom Spring on the 6th April, and Epsom Summer on the 30th 
May. 
Vigilant . — Declined with thanks. It lies for you with our publisher. 
COURSING. 
Fairplay.— The length of a slip must depend upon the nature of the 
ground. Some think that two hundred yards Insures the beat trial 
of speed; but In the run up, so long a slip affords great advantage 
to a large dog over a small one. From acventy-flve to a hundred 
yards laid, we think a good average distance. 
A Judge in Error — The decision may be Just as you sny, “wrong In 
the opinion of nineteen out of 1 wenty who saw the course," hut there 
Is no appeal from It. Every public courser, of the smallest expe- 
rience, could allege many similar complaints, and if you cannot 
submit to the disappointment of being “unjustly beaten, " you hud 
much better not enter your dogs lor any kind of stake for the fu- 
ture. 
A Young Sportsman. — Yes. Mocking Bird was beaten six times In 
forty courses. 
Dou'd —When an allowance Is made from a dog getting unsighted, 
or from any other cause, It Is always deducted from his opponent's 
scoro. 
ANGLING- 
M .— The flics have been forwarded. 
Float.— See the first paper iu March last year. 
AQUATICS. 
8. 8. (Gravesend) The Club-list for the present year has not yet 
been Issued. 
Argus.— Your letter on “Shifting Ballast” never reached our offlee. 
CHESS. 
F. J. F..- Mr. Harr wit* Is still abroad. We suppose, however, that he 
has seen the challenge In our Illustrated contemporary, mid will 
hasten to ncccpt It. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
T. 8. (Manchester.)— We have not been able to find room for the 
County Court Report. 
A. If. /. — All passengers are bound to obey a captain’s orders when 
a ship Is really In dangor; nnd may be put In Irons for disobedience. 
Subscriber (Dublin.)— Wc shall print an Index to “Tub Field” 
twice a year, viz. : — at Slidsummer and Christmas. 
Datiister. — The allusion mude in the last "Field,” to a bet touch- 
ing Mr. Justice Talfourd’s visiting the representation of Ion at a 
Country Theatre wus copied from a contemporary, and had, wc now 
believe, no foundation In fact. 
ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. 
if. /’.—Ismail Pasha, who so distinguished himself nt Citatc, Is 
decidedly an Osmanll, and not a renegade Pole. 
Tgro. — Wc can't sr.y on what "day ” hunting will ‘'altogether close " 
for the season. You will find fixtures In “The Field " for a mouth 
to come or more. 
Taiidermti -To Mr. G. T — Sir, — I sendyou the copy of the title-page 
of the lltMo book on Taxidermy, now before me:— “The Ait of 
Taxidermy.” By Peter Boswell, Greenlaw. Published by G. Nodes, 
331, Strand. I obtained my book at Pocock's Library, Bath. 
Let me hear again If you cannot obtain It, and I will assist you — 
Yours, Ranokk. 
SECOND EDITION. 
# # # For Latest , vide page 284. 
SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1854. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
We miblished in our late Edition last week the 
telegraphic despatch announcing that the Emperor of 
Russia had rejected the ultimatisgimum of England 
and France. A formal confirmation of that intelli- 
gence is now waited for, and when this has been 
received— and many hours can hardly elapse before it 
arrives — it is supposed that war will be declared. 
Meantime the most extraordinary set of documents 
which, perhaps, ever excited the indignation of a 
country have been laid before Parliament, — the secret 
correspondence connected with the negociations 
referred to so unblushingly by the St. Pctersbw'g 
Gazette. From them it appears that early in last year 
the Emperor personally apprised our Ambassador at 
his Court, that Turkey must soon fall, and that a re- 
distribution of her territories must take place; and he 
invited the Government of England to join with him 
in arranging a plan for that purpose. Foiled in his 
first demonstration, he actually offered a bribe to 
England, intimating to the Ambassador that if his 
Imperial plans were assented to, he should not 
object to England’s seizing Egypt, nnd the island 
ol Candia. Lord John Russell first, and then Lord 
Clarendon, having given a decided negative to the un- 
righteous proposition, the Emperor declared that he 
was satisfied, and that he perfectly understood the 
feelings of our government, and would, of course, 
keep faith with them. There was, for the time, an end 
of the affair. Subsequent events are in the recollec- 
tion of every one, and it was only last week that, in 
the face of documents which he knew could be pro- 
duced at any moment, the Emperor] had the audacity 
to declare, in the St. Petersburg paper, that the 
British Government was ouite aware of his intentions 
in regard to Turkey, and that it was hypocrisy in them 
to nlfect surprise, and a brutal outrage to characterise 
his behaviour as it deserved. A more singular set of 
paners it is scarcely nossible to conceive. They will 
well repay close perusal ; and it is gratifying to observe 
that our representative, Sir G. Seymour, conducted 
himself, in very difficult circumstances, with a remark- 
able mixture of courtliness and sagacity. The be- 
haviour of the government at home will elicit "eneral 
approbation. 
There are no news from the seat of war. Sir Charles 
Napier has been followed by Admiral Corry; and wc 
presume that Sir James Graham’s “permission" to 
the former, of which so much was made, will speedily 
be ratified. The I* rench army has, in part, embarked, 
and the remainder will probably be on shipboard 
about the time these lines reach our readers. At 
Marseilles, preparations are being made to give a 
warm reception to the Duke of Cambridge, on his way 
to Turkey. Much interest has been excited in p a ■. 
by the hasty suppression of a pamphlet, generaM* 
assigned to the Emperor himself (who is troubled with 
an occasional cacoethes scribendi), iu which are contain l 
proposals for a remodcdling of the map of Europe ^ 
Austria is said to be on the point of an actual r U n 
ture with Russia ; but Prussia, through her Minister* 
has made a confirmatory declaration of neutralit 
and alludes somewhat piteously to her condition as n' 
object of attack, and to the necessity of standing 1 , 
the power who may be in the condition most assimif a t L !a 
to her own. 
Parliament has been very active rather than noisy 
and various bills have been disposed of. A rather un- 
expected field-night occurred on Tuesday, when in 
formal stage of the income tax bill, battle was "h en 
led by Sir Henry Willoughby, the point, however’ 
being restricted to the question, whether the tax should 
be paid, with the proposed addition, during the first 
half of the coming year. Mr. Disraeli made one of 
his remarkable displays of invective ; and in a speech 
of two hours and a half, terminating at one in tlic 
morning, inveighed against the policy of Mr. Gladstone 
and of Ministers generally, and declared them to have 
no confidence in one another, and thus he was saved 
the trouble of bringing in tlie vote of no confi- 
dence, which otherwise he should have proposed. Mr. 
Gladstone answered him much more briefly, but with 
effect, and the original government resolution was car- 
ried without a division. 
On Thursday the Attorney-General introduced a 
bill for the suppression of gaming-houses. Its provi- 
sions are very stringent. Fortifying a house against 
officers is to be a substantive offence ; the keeper of a 
house so fortified is, also, to be compelled to take on 
himself the onus of proving that it is not a gambling- 
house ; a magistrate is to have the power of assortin'* 
those who are captured in such a place into witnesses 
nnd culprits, so as to compel the former to give evi- 
dence against the latter ; and it is to be an offence in 
any one captured to give a false name. The bill has 
avowedly been framed under the advice of police- 
officers, and is likely to be as effective ns the measure 
for putting down betting-houses. 
The approach of war dwarfs other matters into 
insignificance, and this may account for the paucity of 
general topics of summary. We must not omit to 
record that the manager of the Times newspaper, Mr. 
Mowbray Morris, having been summoned before the 
Parliamentary Committee on Irish Corruption, and 
questioned as to certain matters connected with that 
journal, refused the required information, denying the 
right of any but a legal tribunal to take cognizance 
of the acts of a newspaper, — a courageous and honour- 
able course, for which the gentleman in question, and 
the Times, deserve the acknowledgments, not only of 
the press, but of all lovers of constitutional freedom, 
of which a free press is the best guardian. 
FIRE-ARMS FOR THE TROOPS. 
The adage, that “great bodies move slowly,” is well 
exemplified iu the present proceedings of the Government, 
relative to tho supply of fire-arms for the troops. During 
the whole period of peace enjoyed by tho country, no 
attempt lias been made to even equal the productions of tho 
riuitiiiental armourers, and when the French troops take tho 
field beside our regiments, the latter find themselves very 
inefficiently armed, oven ns compared with the Russians, to 
whom they are to be opposed. Now, with the habitual 
resources of England, and the vaunted skill and enterprise 
of tho Birmingham men, this does appeur disgraceful ; hut, 
to understand the position, it is requisite to look back u 
little. Whenever the army estimates have been brought 
forward, certain political economists and Utopian apostles 
of peace liavo assured the House that ihe tranquillity of 
Europo would never he further disturbed than could be ull 
arranged again hy arbitration (after the fashion of a dispute 
as to the delivery of a parcel of goods) ; thus, in 6pite of tho 
warnings of men of experience, few experiments were tried, 
and no change of arms was made, until the war-cry was 
heard, and the persuasive voices of the three “ whispering 
angels” having failed at St. Petersburg, our troops wcio 
nearly compelled to face the deadly needle-gun and the 
minie rifle with no better weapon thun old “ Brown Bess.” 
Then was Birmingham skill and energy called into play, and 
something liko an armament was provided for our gallant 
fellnws, but not so effective us might have been given if time 
had beeu “ taken by the forelock.” 
Now, with what does appear somewhat like perverseness, 
just at this time a proposition emanates from tlie Govern- 
ment to establish a small arm factoiy, and to manufacture 
by machinery nil the small nrms for the troops. 
The grounds for this proposition would appear to be, that 
some gentleman, having the ear of the authorities, lias in- 
vented (or imagined) certain machines, which may, or may 
not, be very effective in producing arms at incredibly cheap 
rates. Also, that the system of division oflabour pursued 
nt Birmingham does not insure uniformity in the parts 
of the several arms, nnd that the strikes among tlie work- 
men mevj at any moment prevent the delivery of nrms for 
he troops according to contract. 
Now, it would be but good sense to have proved these 
said machines iu detail before establishing a factory ; hut 
presuming them to be extra good, there is nothing new in 
the system or the machines. Colt nnd many others have 
used, and are daily using, machines at least as good, and 
have the advantage of long practice, nnd at least as much 
skill ns the Government inventor. Yet in this case of 
Colt, it has occupied full two years in the preparation of a 
factory, where he can now only produce arms of two sizes 
at most, although the machinery was imported complete 
from America. Any of the Birmingham houses would, 
it is tme, have got up a factory in one quarter of the lime, 
and they must always possess the advantage over ihe 
Government of competition of intellect, whereas the Govern- 
ment depend s on one head for each department, and that 
sometimes not the clearest. Any machinery or system of 
division of labour adopted by the Government would be 
much more successful in the hands of individuals; and if 
Colt and all the arm companies of America lost immense 
