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IIFATREvS — THE BEST PRIVATE BOXES 
11 „ ripttTTBEATHE JN LONDON, may be wcured by applico- 
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l> TTY A L OPERA, DRURY - LANE. 
IV . nirecior* hive t lie honor to announce that Mr. and Mra 8im» Reero 
* ,, Th . Wffii appearance on Monday, in Auber » Open. Fra Dlayolo. 
n,l! n M k ,n, i\- fflila AuWeOpora. FRA lilAVULO Fra fiUvolo, Mr 8Lm» 
,, <>n i ! .° Wdf Alluih, Mr. WeU» ; Giacomo and Beppo. Mis* Setter and Ml m 
Jf“ v 'iti.- l.aly Allcv.li. Madame Wetu; and Zcriina, Mra Sims l«ee y «J. ^ 
' ' ' opera DON JOAN Donna Anna. Mo-lame Kuderedorf . 
^rh^'K-ne ® Agnes Bury ; Don Juan. Herr ^u DonOoUrto. 
,1 fi, phartil and Leprrello, Herr Form™ On Wednesday, FRA 
l AVOLO Uo Thun. day, DuN iUAN Friday (Brit time). 8EMIBAMIDE. 
■Vi SaUf£r. LUChSSH BORGIA. To eonolude with erery ereniM, the 
new BoBet 1)1 vertlMflment, UNE FETE EN Ol-YMpfe, In which Millie. 
Upper Bore., 3a ; Pint Circle. 4. : Drew Circle Sa; 
Stalls, 7a"; Private Boaee, One, Two, Three, and Four Guinea*. 
open from ten till six daily, where places may sccure.L I rirote Boxes a 
Stalls to be had of Mcwra. Leader and Cock, 63, New Bond street 
rjlHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.— Under the 
1 
Munugcmcnt of Mr. IIuokstonk. 
, icnimr the new Drama of Til K K NIGHT* » "L 
TABLE and the new Bxtmvnjraiim of Mil SOOUnOKVa VOYAGE 
hoi: i> t 1 1 k GUI I1K IIN li;i« i:- ri ll tQOARfcj. 
rnUEA l RE ROY AL, ADELPHI.— Proprietor v Mr. D. 
I Wkdotkii.— D irectress, Madnme Celkstk, 
i in I. , ii Jon A grand new Drama of peculiar Interest and 
e(T tiVe MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT and l.oltli BATEMAN every 
"Tm M. ii lay mid during the week will 1>« produoed, for the first lime, a Brand 
n il iininvi with new S.vnrry, Drews, and efforts, called THE MARBLE 
HI AKT or THE SCULPTOR'S DREAM. Characters bjr . Messrs. U 
\\ , i.,i, , ‘l.cigli Murray, Paul Bedford, C. Selby. Parselle, Ac. ; Madaine Celeslc, 
Mi. wJolaar. Ml- V' Maikcll, Ml«« B llardlug, Mto Cuthb^Mto Laid- 
law c With, every evening, the borcamlnjt Faroe of T1IL MOUhTACIlE 
MhVf.MF.ST By Messrs Kerley O. Smith, Mra Kye ley. and I Mlsi ■ M. Keeler. 
To e, 111. dude with the splendid llurlewiue in ,1,01111 BA rhMAN S OVKIt 
1.AN1) JOURNEY To CONSTANTINOPLE. AND TH .H i It SOI HJA. 
Uy M cm tames Kceley, Woolgar, M Keclcy, P ,'ioskell, cuthbert, Messrs. laul 
Bedford. C. Selby, Ac. Ac. Lxion Muhbat. BUpe Manager, 
UOYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. — Les ? ee and 
ji Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. 
On Monday and during the week, will be presented tbe Comcdlettn. called 
THE M \pPiEHI' DAY OF MV LIFE. Principal characters by Messrs 1 
Robson ,i 11 White, Leslie, Vincent, Franks. Rivers Mrs. Chattcrloy, Mias P. 
Horton and Mias Mnrsfon. After which. tfuE M’UMMY. Characters by 
u, v . r . i Kohsmi, II Wigan. Leslie. White, Cooper, Hirers, Miss Mors ton, and 
j; Turnor To conclude with TO OBLIGE BENSON. Characters by 
M, .,,,, Emery. F. Robson, Leslie, Miss Marston, and Miss E. Turner. Mr. 
Alfred Wig .n w II ro-appeor on Monday next, In THE FIRST NIGHT. 
|>OYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, Adelaide 
Ji Street, West Strand. 
HUGO VAMP'S MIRROR OF LIFE, AND TOCll OF BABEL ON 
THAMES, being o comic and scenic cutortAinmcut, illustrative of men aud 
milliners. A GMAND MUSICAL MELANGE, in which Mins E. Jncobs, 
.Mis. Kate O'Neill, Mr. and Mrs. It. Timpus, and Mr. H. Glover will appear. 
To conclude with HUGO VAMP'S VERSION OF THE TALE OF A TUB. 
with dieioli mg Illustrations hy Mr. W. Cox. Evenings at Eight: Saturday 
afternoo ns at Throe 
'aSTLEY’S.— EUROPE’S NATIONAL AMPHI- 
THEATRB. Leasee and Manager, Mr. William Cookk. 
The 
Nan' leal Dnuna nightly Increases in public estimation. The efforts 
lories, who In vain struggle with the deep, and the Prei 
of the Drowning I , ,., 
llou of the Captain by bis noble steed— llurry Ittguoid, the British Tar— tl._ 
St inn— the llui rli'ani' the total niilmieraloii of tho I.lm nf Battle Ship— all 
tlirsi' arc niglitly witnessed with lii'eutlih-rs uttentlon, and hailed with tumultu- 
ous plaudits. The Skilful, Elegant, and Clas-lcal 
SCENES OF THE CIllOLE 
are under the Direction and Superintendence of Mr Willlnm Cooke, and will 
be chnngcd every evening, introducing tlic following brilliant Company of 
British and Foreign Artistes- Mr. Allred Cooke, Mr. J. Barlow, Mr. W. Bar- 
low. Mr. Thomas Lee, Mr. A Bridges Mr. Crowlmist, Master Gee, Muster 
Bradbury, Ac ; Miss Kato Cooke. Miss Emily Cooke, Mrs. Alfred Cooke, 
Madame Bridges, Madame Lee, Mis* Clarissa Cooke, MudlL Blanche, Madll. 
Itoalio, Madll. I .abulia, Miss Avery, Miss Goc, Ac. Ac. 
On Monday, May grind, and during the week, A TALE OF THE SPANISH 
WAll. or. THE HOUSE OF THE WRECK, a Nautical Drama, in Two 
Ael* by Mr. Nelson Lee. After which a series of novel FEATS OF F.QUI- 
TATION, sum or/,. illr In which the Wondrous Perfection of tho Art wifi be 
fully demonstrated, Bliss Emily Cooko will nppenr every evening. To conclude 
with the Ballet of THE STAR OF THE ItlflNE. 
Notice to the Public. On Whit Monday will be produced, a Peculiar and 
KxtmordlnarUy-ConstriicUsi N|ieotoolo, founded on the all-absorbing Conti- 
nental events of the period 1*1 c with Nmv .Seen cry. Dresses, and Decorations, 
entitled FRENCH REVENGE; or DEATH TO THE COSSACKS, umi 
VIVE 1/F Ml’KllEC It i ho E'tuoslriiin Introrluotlons and Arnuigenieuts by 
" Box office open from 11 till 4. 
Stage Manager, Mr W, Wen. 
Mr William Cook 
flREMORNE. — This delightful anil rational place of 
V/ amusement is open every day and evening, wet or dry, an arrangement 
ex p'c -rly made in order that tho public who have so liberally pn ronlxed this 
favourite pin re ort may undenitnnd Dial no disappointment will be the 
result of n visit to tins delightful snot. The rccoss has given the proprietor an 
opportunity <d proving to lus friends and tho public lie has not licen unmindful 
or the unbounded pulronr go bratowol ou hi* liumhle effort* In catering for their 
amusement. Amongst tile variety of entertainment* will be found the beautiful 
Ballet of LU Hi, El N K. supported hy Mdlles, Thereseauil Annie Cushuie, and 
Mon* Milano. Grand Terpslohorcau Fete outlie Oriental Platform to Signor 
Bo»e ia‘s unrivalled Baud, conducted by Mr. Hayward. The whole to conclude 
with a grand Pyrotechnic display, l.v Chevalier Mortram. Wednesday, the SUUi, 
being the niinivenuny of her Majesty's birth, there will lie a grand GALA, in 
honour of the dav. Omnilmsses f oin all parts of town direct to the gates every 
ten minutes Admission, One shilling. Sunday", hy refreshment card, Six- 
pence. Tat'' - d ilute every Sunday at six o'olook, at ka. fid. caclu 
]) OYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 
The Season will commnnee on Monday, May Mnd, and Tuesday Mav 
iV" ' w ‘"’, ", V.' ! . ANI * >KTK , A r f . 1 ? PANCV I'AZAAH. under the most 
Distinguished Patronage, in aid or the St George's Ladies Visiting Sooiety, 
and to assist the Wives ami Families of the Sold, cm ordered to the East! 
nHIfNAV !' f | C Ll " Llf " 'im'v l* will attend. The Dloramte Panorama of 
« HUSAN has been re painted hy the Messm. Dskjok. The Zoological Col- 
» l 1 ,"" 1 !l M re vived many Interesting additions. The .Military Band 
r.nrA»»IUhm®nt J* oonduetea by Mr tJodfrvv (JHAND VOCAIi A\*n 
IN ST IIU M ENT A L CONCERT | u Which Mi® Poole, NIm RuuffordT and Mr 
Wunvers Will appear Marine A nuarlum- Promenading Elephant -Working 
Be j,- CanleUo « Egg-hatching MacUino— ReiniinrUm'* Aerial Bridge and 
▼rmoiiM ^ovel VmmrmcnU Conoludinw' with THE ATTACK ON TUP 
BR TIS11 FLEET. Explosion of Flre-rafts, and Grand Dlsploy of 
M«l^^ura5 one y 8htt U * M# ‘ W ° ^ ftt 0ne °' ulook 
M K ALBERT SMITH’S MONT BLANC, including- 
■I JI 1 * ? 9 a °? E,l ^AND and the SI M PLOW, every evening at cleft 
lour : Area, »s. ; Gallery, U. KgypUan llaU, 1‘lccadUlj ® Tcn W 
Constantinople, at the Egyptian-haii, is now 
OPEN erery day at half-|>ast two o dock, amt every evening at eight The 
Lecture u de iicred by Mr CHARLES KENNEY or Mr J. iPmAK 
IT It 4i rut hru hnon wriHan Kn M> i jil . _ , as .... . 4 
..-.im.v an uvmvivu ... i » II AIVI,r.N lYri^^bl OT J 
QCKI.KIt, and has been written by Mr. Albert Smith and M 
Admission. Is ; reserved seals, S* 
Shirley Brooks 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
CHESS 
TV-U — Your contribution conic too late to hand for notice last week, 
Many thunks We hope to find room for It, 
F O.r (Aylesbury).— Tho problem sent Is neat enough, but too easy 
for our standard. 1 
A Learner -The K n Is rather more valuable than the Q B, but only 
in what are termed open guinea, that Is, those commencing with K I’ 2 
the'othcr W0 ' lH tll ° Mclll “ n °P eu,n S> wc ,,1,nk 11 of leas worth than 
A ! “, G , r f ‘ Nor ‘ hern Co,,ntles Chess Association » will 
^; le , * ,lls y°" r ftt Liverpool, most likely next month; but wo have 
not yet been informed of the exact time 
\^^r , ' ) - Y0U ,U “ y fl, ‘ J ,,lcn,y 0f g00d °PP onen * 8 at tho 
R A C I NG 
Theon . — She Is In foal, we believe, to John o' Gaunt 
Alpha. Ho declined making an engagement with any one but Ur H. 
Dorking — \\ e quite expect to see him “up" for the Derby 
8.D — Wc think most favourably of her chance. The starters nre most 
uncertain; hut Rosaline, Bribery, Diana, Horde, Meteo r ^“7omoo 
will be among them 1 urther wc cannot say, except tlmt we expect 
to see vory few ut the post. expect 
„ v AQUATICS. 
•y achtsinen are well awure that Greek piracy is again ramnont 
In the Archipelago But any oasc report- d to you would still be 
acceptable new® in our columns. 
•^ o,oured "‘•'i!* ,ir ° uRcd ■* n ^ ht but not i n . 
vui iably Favour tu with your address at length 
Sh&eraortT - Why “ 0t st “ rt on thttt P ' rtlcular occasion from 
• • w„ v. MISCELLANEOUS. 
^orr^ondeiubrposL 4 fr ° m WMlt ° f 8paCe t0 an8WCr vcr y maD P 
NOTICE TO OUR READERS. 
In compliance with the wish of many of our Sporting 
Friends, we shall, in the week preceding the Derby, 
Ascot, and such other meetings, give— and gratis— 
a second, or PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT to 
ii The Field,” containing maps of the course, 
portraits of the winners of last year, &c., &c. This 
plan will place in the hands of our Subscribers an 
interesting Snorting Record, which can be either 
bound up with or kept separate, in a portfolio, from 
the rest of the paper. 
SECOND EDITI 
* t * For Latest , vide page 47< 
ON. 
1 S^ITt 
SATURDAY , MAY 20, 18 54. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
The Chancellor of the Exchequer lms gained the first 
battle on the war budget, the resolution for making a 
large addition to the malt-tax having been carried, on 
Monday night, by the large majority of 303 to 195. 
The debate was not characterised by much smartness. 
Mr. Gladstone himself was absent, owing to a domestic 
affliction, and this circumstance prevented certain 
smart sparring which would otherwise have edified 
the House. The cause of the farmers was fought by 
the Authors of Pelham, and of Vivian Grey , but 
neither distinguished fictionist could succeed in causing 
the tf?ars of the Commons to flow for the agriculturists ; 
and Mr. Wilson, for the Government, explained that the 
griefs of the cultivator were premature, inasmuch as 
that very day barley was at from 38s. to 41s. 
per quarter, while the brewers, having raised the price 
of beer, lmd decided that the tax should be borne by the 
public at large. The next conflict will have taken place 
too late for record in this part of our columns ; ana al- 
though it is not supposed that the Government will 
command so large a majority upon this as upon the 
preceding division, there is little doubt of the result. 
There is .-till no important news of the war for which 
all this Parliamentary strife and material outlay be- 
comes necessary. There seems no reason to doubt that 
an attempt of the Russians to cross the Danube, near 
Nikopoli, has been repulsed, with much slaughter, by 
the Turks. The Russian army, in the Dobrutscha, is stated 
to besuffering terribly under the sickness generated in that 
region, and the bad food and wretched medical attendance 
afforded to the Russian soldier when at a distance from 
the capital, have no doubt tended to increase the mor- 
tality. Meantime the clouds seem gathering thick and 
fast around the despot. Austria would seem to have 
resolved, at last, upon active measures. An enormous 
force is being prepared for the frontier, and the recent 
withdrawal oi the Russians is regarded in its true 
light, os merely a device to delay Austria from taking 
a part in the quarrel. A Turkish fleet, with more than 
a thousand guns, has sailed for the coast of Circassia, 
and the demonstration will no doubt have its effect 
upon those gallant mountaineers, whom the Russians 
have never been able to subdue. Lord Raglan is at 
Scutari, still waiting for his cavalry and artillery ; but 
in such a position, that should Omar Pasha call upon 
him for aid, a few hours will bring our troops to Varna, 
or elsewhere on the coast, as may be desired. Prince 
Napoleon had arrived in Constantinople, and had been 
received with great distinction. The Greek rebellion 
had been everywhere put down ; and France, after a 
strong remonstrance to the Greek Government, is un- 
derstood to have determined to occupy Greece, who 
may find her even a more resolved visitor than the 
fleet with which Lord Palmerston, under the pretext 
of vindicating the wrongs of Pacifico, made a demon- 
stration to Russia that was not misunderstood. 
The Emperor of Russia has published his own ver- 
sion of the Odessa affair. We need hardly say that it 
does not much resemble that of the French and English 
admirals. He considers that the united forces were 
beaten oft, rewards the officer who prepared 
that imaginary exploit of imagination, aud re- 
cords that the cannon of Odessa caused great 
destruction in the enemy's vessels, — another 
allegation wherein the supposed sufferers do not concur. 
It is to be hoped that the next time an operation like that 
of Odessa is attempted, it will be performed in a style 
which will render the duties of the St. Petersburg fabu- 
list even more embarrassing. By the way, the Czar is 
a Knight of the Garter. In the old times a dishonoured 
knight lmd his spurs chopped off by the cleaver of a 
menial servant. We are not aware of the precedents 
for expelling an unworthy member of the Order, but if 
its royal patron chose to make a precedent, for the 
Emperors benefit, no one coula complain of the 
innovation. 
In the absence of more stirring news, people have 
been half amused, half indignant, at the proceedings 
at some Irish Roman Catholic gathering^. At one 
of these, a Dr. Marshall gave utterance to great wrath 
at the Protestant sentiments expressed by His Royal 
Highness the Prince Consort, in his admirable speech ‘at 
the Sons oftheClergy festival. The Irish critic intimated 
in the plainest language, that if the Prince presumed to 
sj>eak as he had done of the Romish Church, he would 
expose himself to be driven out of the kingdom. The 
indecent behaviour of the individual in question caused 
much disturbance ; but we do not find that the more 
respectable body with whom he was associated hav e 
disclaimed participation in his disloyal and offensive 
conduct. A desperate row between Messrs. Reynolds 
and Lucas, in the course of which the lie was given 
with the theological prefix supposed to give it strength* 
is only remarkable as a new display of the innate vul- 
garity of the political organs of tne Roman Catholic 
priesthood. 
Another mitre lias fallen. The Bishop of Bath anil 
Wells is no more. The week’s obituary also contains 
a record of the death of Lady Glynne, mother of the 
wife of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 
PERTIN ENT^QUESTIONS. 
Arc me at marl If so, why are apologetic despatches 
requisite for destroying Odessa ? 
If the Russians had not ignobly fired on our flag of 
truce, arc we to understand that the fleet would not 
have molested Odessa, though belonging to a pro- 
claimed enemy, and openly fortifying its forts against 
us ? 
Has our fleet in the Baltic received instructions not 
to proceed to extremities ? 
Is there not a powerful and influential knot of Rug. 
siau diplomatists skilfully intriguing in Brussels at 
this'moment, under the very nose of King Leopold, the 
proprietor of Claremont-house, and the residence of tbe 
Orleans family ? 
Is any secret influence at work ? 
Have we a patriot bold enough to sift the matter? 
Have we a minister who can truthfully deny it? 
BOMBARDMENT OF CRONSTADT. 
Our readers will remember a report on 'Change which 
we published (not as from our own corresponaent) last 
week, still it was from a source we hud considerable 
confidence in. By letters from St. Petersburg, dated 
the 9th, the British fleet hail been seen within 25 or 30 
miles of Cronstadt, and had captured a number of Rus- 
sian gun- boats. Hence the mistake, — the cannonading 
supposed to have been the bombardment of Cronstadt 
from the proximity of the fleet. 
HOME NEWS. 
The Court.— The Queen’s State Ball. — The Queen 
gave a State Ball on Wednesday evening, in Buckingham 
Palace. The entire suite of Slate saloons were opened, and 
were brilliantly lit with chandeliers, girandoles, and magni- 
ficent crystal lustros, containing wax lights. All the fire- 
places were filled with the choicest specimens of flowering 
plants in full bloom, and opportunity was taken of every 
architectural void to display beautiful groups of flowers bear- 
ing the most brilliant blossoms. The staircase from tho 
Marble Hall was also profusely decorated by flowering 
shrubs and plants of the most fragrant species. The arch- 
way fronting the first flight was filled with a perfect screen 
of flowers to a very great height, and the walls were adorned 
in a similar manner. The Ball-room and the Throne-room 
were prepared for dancing, orchestras being erected and 
ornamented in a manner similar to the decorations of tho 
apnrtmonts, within alcoves, for the use of tho quadrille bands, 
Haul pas were erected in both rooms for the use of the Queen 
tho Prince, and the Royal Family. They were covered with 
crimson Utrecht velvet, and on each was placed a chair of slatn 
for the use of the Sovereign, and chairs of figured crimson silk 
for the accommodation of the Priuce and tho royal visilors. 
Behind each haut pas, alcoves were formed, in which 
were placed fine specimens of azaleas, cacti, geraniums, 
fuschias, and other plants, the background being lined with 
white silk embroidered with flowers, and having draperies 
of crimson velvet in the Throue-room, and draperies of 
amber-coloured silk in the Ball-room, to correspond with 
the furniture of tho respective apartments. The Picturo 
Gallery was set apart for the assembling of the general com- 
pany, the Queen receiving the members of tho Royal 
Family in the White Drawing-room, which is one of the 
State rooms in the garden front of the Palace. The invita- 
tions to the reception comprised tho members of the Royal 
Family, the whole of the diplomatic corps, with their wives 
and daughters, foreigners of distinction now in this country, 
and a numerous circle of the ladies and gentlemen attending 
the Queen’s court, in all numbering about 1,700. 
The Queen wore a dress of white erfipe lisse, 6pangled 
with gold bouillons, with white tulle, and trimmed with 
wreaths of green bay leaves and red berries, ivy leaves and 
ribbon grass. Tho dress wa9 ornamented with diamonds. 
Her Mujesty wore a headdress to correspond with tho 
flowers, ornamented with diamonds. 
The Duchess of Kent wore a dress of white silk, brocaded, 
with silver of British manufacture, trimmed with white lace, 
and having the stomacher ornamented with diamonds. Her 
Royal Highness's headdress was formed of sky-blue velvet, 
ostrich feathers, and diamonds. 
Tho Duchess of Cambridge wore a dress of grey satin, 
trimmed with white Honiton lace; the stomacher of dia- 
monds und emeralds ; the necklace of diumonds and emer- 
alds. Her Royal Highness wore a diamond tiara. 
The Princess Mary wore a dress of apple green crape, 
over a rich glac6 silk petticoat of tho same colour; tho 
bottom of the dress was trimmed with crape and garlands 
of white roses. The Princess lmd an over-skirt of crape, 
looped up with garlands of white roses ; the 6tomacher was 
ornamented with diamonds ; the necklace was pearls and 
diamonds. Iler Royal Highness wore round her head a 
wreath of white roses and green leaves, with diamond stars 
in front, and diamond and carbuncle stars at the hack. 
Immediately after the entrance of her Majesty and the 
august party into the ball-room, a quadrille was formed, at 
a-quarter before 10 o’clock, and the Queen opened the ball 
with Count Collorodo, tho Austrian Minister, the vis-a-vis 
being his Royal Highness Prince Albert and her Royal 
Highness tho Princess Mary of Cambridge. The supper 
was served in the State Dinner-room. A lofty buffet was 
erected opposite the entrance ; it was lined with crimson, 
and brilliantly illuminated by wax lights from Bilvor gi' 1 
girandoles and sconces. On it wa3 displayed a matchless 
collection of ornamental gold plate, designed by tho most 
accomplished artisU, ancient and modern. Some of tho 
