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THE FIELD. 
Madame Qrtsi. 
Signor Lablache. 
A 
Slimisniiiite. 
STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— 
In ohrJIci 
lessee ami Manager, Mr. Wili.iam Cooke 
r lo rcorairil •olklUtlou*, Mr William Cooke aimouncu Ibc conlinuniite of 
TIIE COSSACKS fur a .lion Unie; vhn the new E<|iii«irlan Burlesque, which l*a* T 
» Ion* time In preparation, will lio produced In all Hi iimunlflccncc. 
MONDAY, Augu«2J,andn)l III.’ *rck, Till. COSSACKS; or. VIVE LA FRANCE! 
AfUr which, nii. n^i’lix-ullni of Fqultollon In the SCENES IN THE CHICLE, » E 
nrecuiirraH-.il> w illi. nl parallel. Dm nlctl, orraiiri il, and directed by Mr William Cooke. 
HEItR CnillSTOFF will rejiral Itl* litrrcdlbl” (terfortnance on llio TIGHT ROPE, 
willi feau never Jet allemplcd. The whole lo conclude with an Kqucilrian llallet 
d'Acilon, by Mr. S, G. Healer -TIIK KNIGHT AND T1IK WATER LILY; 
LOVE AMONG THE MERMAIDS, Ac Ac. Ac. 
I > OYAL SURREY THEATRE.— Under the 
V Direction of Miss KOMFR, 
Tiiiimplianl career of the Grand Opera of THE PROPHET. The public nliniulion 
nnd i-iilliii.nmn conllnur* lo lucreiuo nRdilly. mid Ihli truly splendid production com 
tinea imiilc of llie lilgliol order willi drnuinlk- ifTccl* on a «cnlc of magnitude never before 
olicmpted. Cpaanli of 5*00 jioraom engaged l>> Hie procosaloni, coronailou, and skating 
•croc* Elm rale Engl Mi ankle* Ill a** hand on the stage, and unrivalled ballet 
Erory owning until further nollco Roiial of Blanche* Uurlaquc of HEARTY AND 
THE I1RANT. 
MONDAY, August SI, THE PROPHET. John of Leyden, Mr. Augustus Itrahain ; 
/acharlkli, Mr llorranl ; Oherthvl, Mr. II. Corel; Fldcs, Mix R.imcr ; Bertlin, Mim 
R ebecca liaara. Grotesques, Mr. Floimore and Mdllc. Aurlol. BEAUTY AND THE 
ItEAST Uiaiily, Villi songa, Mia Julia Si George; The Ifrut, Mr*. Si, All.yn ; Jingo, 
Mr Yamdd . Pump, Mr o Summer*; The Sitter*. Ml« Fanny Reeves and Mb* John 
•Ion; Fairy. M I** Vernon. Mdlle. Aurlol anil Mr Flcxmore, and thirty Corps do ltall.t 
In preparation, a popular Fairy Burlaquo, THE GOLDEN 111! A M il, with new 
hcsnery, Urtaa, Ac. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Srini iM. 
stolU, 3a, Ui which todlca arc admitted In Ilonneta lk>»<>, Si Pit, 1*. Gallery, lid. 
I > OYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.— 
IV GRAND HOLLYHOCK AND MISCELLANEOUS 
> LoWF.lt show, on TUESDAY nc»l. Apt. P.ST 29, anil Visit of the lloy* of 
Greenwich Hospital School a Ills their Juvenile Hand, on Wednesday, 23r.l Iml On 
Monday lint, Auguu 21, and four following day*, all the mnnerous culertalnmenli ai 
usual, Danmn's .cdo-vil I'lcturcof Chilian ; Hie ualctulvo Menagerie, Marino Aquarium ; 
Hand of the Colditream Guard*; Vocal and Inctnunmlal Concert; Mix Poole, Mlu 
itaruford, and Mr. Maiivrri ; the whole concluding with the ’’ Feast of Lantern*." Horn- 
hardment of Cbiuan. and brllllanl Diapluy of Firework* by Soutlibj. OnTuctdiii, the 
tint Holl.hu. k show ever held In London will lake place. 'The Hand of the 2nd I, If. 
Guard* will attend, conducted by Mr G ration Cooke. And on Wednesday the lloy* of 
the Rojal Hospital School, Greenwich, the future 1 1 croc* of the HrllMi Navy, will pay 
their annual dill, accompanied by Ibcir Jiiicnllo Hand. Concert, half post Su , l ire 
work*, half past Nine A ael.ct Hal) each evening. Full quadrille Hand. Ac — 
Admlaion, 1 1 
l’ATItON— H.tt.H. PRINCE ALBERT. 
T> O Y A L POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.— 
IV UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT. 
OIURSE Of MONDAY EVENING LECTURES, SPECIALLY ADDRESSED 
to the INDPSTRIAL CLASSES, lo which they and Hu-lr Eamill.w will ha AD- 
MITTED on PAYMENT of SIXPENCE each, on producing a Ticket itgnod by the 
Foreman or the Superintendent of the Works to which they belong, 
The SECOND LECfl'URE of thli COD Its K will In- delivered by J. 11. PEPPER. 
Eaq on Monday evening, ilia 21.1 lust,, at Eight o’clock, on tile CHEM1M UY of 
the NUN -METALLIC ELEMENTS. 
GREAT SCIENTIFIC NOVELTIES. 
NATURE PRINTING, by Dr It ACIIHOEEN till 
EXHIBITION of the MODERN GREEK FIRE, and of DUnoSCQ'S IL 
Lt MINA’I ED CASCADE. In addition to all the Dally LECTURES, b, M, 
PEPPER and BACHHOFENER. ' 
OPTICAL EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGR APHIC PORTRAIT GALLERY, Ac.. Ac. 
A HAND of MUSIC, under tha direction of Mr. WAL'D, of the Royal Italian Opera 
The Gas lighting ha* been rv -ar rang. .1 by Joinr Lull*. E*q. 
EOSiPS PATENT HAND PRINTING APPARATUS explained dally, nlth many 
other InrauUona 
I > OYAL PANOPTICON OF SCIENCE AND ART, 
t LEICESTEK-SQUARE 
Cbemiilry, by Mr. G. E. ^n». II, Monday, 2 ; Tu.vday, 3 ; Tburaday, 2; Friday, ’.I 
Frictional KUcirictlf, Monday, 3. to; Saturday, 2 Shoollug Man. rxplatimi by Mi. 
AA tt Dirt, Tueaday, 7-43. Natural Magic, by Mr. Malcolm, Monday, 7,o0 ; Wc-ducodav, 
7510 A'olulc Electricity, Tuesday, 2, Friday, i Mechanics, by Mr. P. F. Pariluftun, ' 
Thuriday, 3 15; hat unlay. 3 10 Nuiigi and Saying* ui Samuel I.orcr.ljy Mr. E. 1* I lime. 
Tuesday, 3.1 f. ; Friday, 7.30 ; Icolb.imal Lm.a. liy Mr. Hugo Retd, M e .rus.lor, 2 F* 
planallon of Machinery and Manufacture* dally, at I and “ 1 & Miam HtiokeN | U i 
P ruled Doing Apparetu* In the Cryital Cittern, 346 and 7,30 ; Tuesday and Thumb.*, 
Hi. Dkl.ii’. Elutct Horn Union at !> , Fountain at High 1'n.oiure ol 413 and 023 
Performance on the Grand Organ. l.y Mr At T Ural, ut Interval* 0.13, Dloramlc 
Mlacvllany, Including ' lew* of Verona. O.c Piluuailc like. and brilliant Chrwmatrv.plc 
affect* Hours of Estilblllou Morning, 13 to 6; Evening. 7 10 10 (Saturday evening .. 
copied). Admission. 1* School*, and Qilldrtn under ten, half price 
WEBSTER’S NATIONAL ACTING DRAMA.— 
No. 194. Tin: DISCARD!:!) SON. 
Tbt* edition contakx all Ihe best dram** of modem lime*, by Sheridan Knowles, Iliuk 
stone, C. Mathew*. Tyrone Power, Mark Lemon, J.ll. Plan.be, T. II. Ueyly. H. AYebaler, 
Mrs. I Gore, T. J Serle, II H. Peake, Itourdcaull. Coyne, J M. Morton, T Morion, 
Poole, Kenney, Lovell, Maivton, < Dan. e, l over, Dayle Bernard, Mrs 8. C. Halt, Okui- 
ford, M Barnett. T. Parry, At Each Number 1* llluitralcd, and each A ultimo lias a 
highly flnl.bed Portrait of a popular Author. Among the writ* will he funnel — The 
Se-rto.1* Family, the Wreck Athurr, Green limbo, Rory U'Morc, the llrklal. Ollier 
Twix, White llorsc of tho Peppers. Mcholu* Mcklcbt, Married Life, Grace Darling, 
luxe AA'allon, Dr. DUworth, School for Mrandal, King O’Neil, III* I, rut I-cg*. Virtoriue. 
Hrian Ho roc hi nc, the Fortunn of Snilkr, Grandfather AVbllclicad, l a tar do Paran, Pel. r 
AVilklni, (rlcketon the Hearth, Old Head, snd Youm Hurt*, l„d Up, Hamlet, hocel- 
hrwrl. and AA'Ieca, Hearts arc Tnini|.c, the Vicar of AVakrtleld, Itelnln-gor the Motinle 
hank, Tartuffe, the Stranger, the Man of Law. M hid your own Htulllea*, Slave Ltfv, or 
I nch Tom'* Cabin, the Caiup at I hubharn. Price Gd. 
AV S JOHNSON. 00, St. Martin's Due. 
I PUBLIC SPEAKING. — Members of Parliumunt, 
riergymen. Barrislfra. Ac., arc INSTRUCTED privately in 
ELCKT'TION, by FREDERICK WEH'TEB, ITofooor of Elocution to tho Royal Aca- 
demy of Musk, on a principle which combines grace with cloqucuce, eradicate, all dch. t. 
of sjm*. b. wulats the memory, and Impart* flueruy and a skllfuf arrangement of the tdeg* 
lo c»lcmj»,r»noou* orator/ - i*. Weymouth itrcct, Portland plat 
A\700DBR1DGE REGATTA will take place on 
> V MONDAY, AUGUST 28tli, 1854 
SAILING MjM'CII for a Purse of Ten Sovereigns, for Yachts 
not exceeeding lytons. Time, three minutes per ton 
SAILING MATCH for a rursc of Ten Sovereigns, with Five 
Pounds added by the Dcben Yacht Club, for Yachts not exceeding 
f. (nnc Tima TTliniltl'H rn*r toil. 
ROWING MATCHES — A Purse of Ten Sovereigns, for 4-oared 
Hunts of any length. A Purse of Seven Sovereigns, for l-oarcd 
Boats not exceeding 25 feet, and other Races. 
No entrance-fee for any Match. Three to start, or no race. Boats 
to be entered by letter, addressed to the Secretary of the D. 5 C., by 
12 o’clock ou Saturday, the 2Gth instant. 
Further particulars in handbills, to be had on application to Mr. 
B. I). Gall, Hon. Sec., Woodbridge Regatta Committee. 
|)OOLE YACHT CLUB REGATTA will take place 
1 on Tuesday and Wednesday, 29tli and 30th of August, 1854. 
Commodore Lieut -Col. W. I*. WAUGII. 
Vice-Commodore. Mr. ,J. RICKMAN, juu. 
First Day.— 1st prize, 30 sovereigns, for cutters not exceeding 10 
tons. O M. 2nd prize, 20 sovereigns, for cutters not exceeding 25 tons, 
O.M. 3rd prize, 15 sovereigns, for cutters not exceeding IS tons, O.M. 
Second Day. —A prize of 50 sovereigns, lor schooner-yachts 
belonging to a lt.Y.C . added to a sweepstake of 5 guineas each, to 
be paid at time of entry. No restrictions us to sails. No time The 
course for this racu will bo outside the Harbour, to start from off the 
Bar, and proceed as directed on the day of sailing. 
Three yachts to start in each race, or no prize given. The Com- 
mittee reserve the power to make such alterations as may be desirable 
to ensure a race. Mm. BOUND, jun , Hon. Sec. 
Poole, August 10, 1854. 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
RACING. 
J. E , Slinihrcll, Leeils. — Attention will be paid to his request. 
<1. f - — Mathematician was the Avinner of the Iibor Handicap in 1847. 
Jr , Neicaiitle — Dervish never encountered Andover as a 2-yeur-old. 
They met for the first time in the Derby. 
II. /’.-The bet is oft. 
P. .1 —Acrobat carried 5s* ]0lb, and was third for the Chester Cup. 
York U' tct —Yes: Inheritor Avon the Liverpool Cup in 1834, and uguin 
in 1S37. 
T II — Wtr believe Roiardo tins been backed at au outside priee. 
/'»• rtioii — Write to the clerk of the course. 
,v. s.. ShrJfiAJ. — Three days’ races at York, and four at Doncaster, 
AQUATICS. 
II I' S. (Cowes).— The Mosquito, Cutter-yacht, belonging to Mr. Faye, 
and now under Norwegian colours at Boumrsund (Foam in company), 
is the same celebrated Mosquito which Avon so many cups in the 
Thames. 
ANGLING. 
Will Dr. K— x call on us? 
M. II. II . — Go to Cheek, Farlow, or Auderson. Either can supply the 
articles you require. 
CRICKET. 
V— Any question touching cricket at Cremorne will be answered by post, 
if you address Mr. Adams, at that establishment. 
M. R.— Too late lor this week. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Inquirer — 1. Batoum and Tcflis in the north, and Erzeroum and Ararat 
to the south, are the fourpolnts of the square, while Kars stands in the 
centre of them ; the whole, ti9 to position, may be compared to the pips 
on the five of clubs. If the Hussions defeat Guyon they will soon be in 
Kars, and Batoum also. English men-of-tvar steamers ought already 
to be at Batoum ; but 2, Sebastopol is immediately opposite to the 
seven mouths of the Danube; Odessa is higher up, and forms the apex 
of the triangle. 8. There is no such work. 
J Sullivan . — 1 The Russian proposition to the Cabinet at Washington is 
for them to purchase the Russian-Amerieon possessions, and also Van- 
couver’s Island, from England. The latter is a cool proposition, very. 
Parmer — Yes. Asparagus has been said to be a cure* for hydrophobia. 
— " Here is what I observed in three similar eases, where 1 had before 
administered asparagus in the madness. The patients wore Avomen. 
All three hud been bitten by dogs certainly mad. The two first, in the 
island of Candia, had been perfectly cured by the sole use of asparagus ; 
but in both eases, the symptom of hydrophobia was wanting, and my 
conscience would not allow me to withhold the employment of tin* 
asparagus longer than the period of the manifestation of the numbness 
of the bitten part, the incessant ptyalism and acerbity iu the throat, 
accompanied with the usual expression of sufl’ering. I conclude all 
which 1 have said with my advice, that every physician, having nothing 
better to apply, should try the asparagus against the madness before, 
as well, also, as soon after, the appearance of the hydrophobia in the 
manner I have just described: that is to say, administering to the sick 
Anting sprouts of common asparagus ( aiparagui qfficinalu), in the 
largest quantity it is possible for them to consume.” — Signed at Athens, 
in Greece, June 3rd, 1861. A. Chaiuetks, M.D., Inspector of the 
Royal Botanic Garden. 
II s, Hmlmiii.—Wc do not add the names without permission given 
by the aitist who so favours us. 
Subicribrr. — “ The Highlands of South Wales " n our next. 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1854. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Parliament was prorogued by the Queen iu person, ou 
Saturday last, our anticipation that the session would not 
be abbreviated having thus been justified. Her Majesty's 
gracious speech was as follows: — 
My Lords and Gentlemen, 
I am enabled, by the state of public business, to release you from a 
longer attendance in Parliament 
Gentlemen of the House op Commons, 
In closing the session, it affords nte great pleasure to express my 
sense of the zeal and energy you have shown in providing means for 
the vigorous prosecution of the Avar in which, notwithstanding my 
efforts to avert it, avg arc now engaged. This liberality in granting tho 
supplies for the public service demands my warmest thanks ; and, 
although 1 lament the increased burthens of my people, 1 fully recognise 
your Avisdont in sacrificing considerations of present com'eniencc, ami 
in providing for the immediate exigencies of the war, without an 
addition being made to the permanent debt of the country. 
My Lords and Gentlemen, 
In cordial co-operation with the Emperor of the French, my efforts 
""ill be directed to the effectual repression of that ambitious anil 
aggressive spirit on the part of Russia,' which lias compelled us to take u|> 
arms in defence of tut ally, and to secure the future tranquillity ol 
Europe. 
You will join with me in ndmiration of the courage and perseverance 
manifested by tho troops of the Sultan in their defence of Silistria, and 
in the various military operations oq the Danube. 
The engrossing interest of matters connected with the progress of 
the war has prevented the due consideration of 9ome of those subjects 
which, at the opening of the session, I had recommended to your atten- 
tion ; but 1 am happy to acknowledge the labour anil diligence with 
which you have perfected various important measures, well calculated 
to prove of great public utility. 
You have not only passed an Act for opening the coasting trade o! 
the United Kingdom, and for removing the last legislative restriction 
upon the use of foreign vessels, but you have also revised and consoli- 
dated the whole statute law relating to merchant shipping. 
The Act for establishing the direct control of the House of Com- 
mons over the charges incurred In the collection of the revenue, will 
give more complete effect to nn important principle of the Constitu- 
tion, and will promote simplicity and regularity in our system of public 
account 
1 rejoice to perceit'e that amendments In the administration of tho 
law have continued to occupy your attention ; and I anticipate grout 
benefit from the improvements you have made in the forms of proce- 
dure in the superior courts of common law. 
The means you have adopted for the better gOA-ernment of the L' Di- 
versity of Oxford, and the improvement of its constitution, I trust will 
tend greatly to increase the usefulness and to extend the renown ol 
this great seminary of learning. 
I have willingly given my assent to the measure you have passed for 
the prevention of bribery and of corrupt practices at elections , and 1 
hope that it may prove effectual in the correction of an evil which, It 
unchecked, threatens to fix a deep stain upon our representative system. 
It is my earnest desire tliot, on returning to your respective counties, 
you may preserve a spirit of union and concord. Deprived of the 
blessings of peace abroud, it is more titan over necessary that wo should 
endeavour to confirm and increase the advantages of our internal 
situation; and it is with the greatest satisfaction tlmt I regard the 
progress of active industry, and the general prosperity which happily 
prevails throughout the country. 
Deeply sensible of these advantages, it is my humble prayer that we 
may continue to enjoy the favour of the Almighty; and that, under His 
gracious protection, we may be enabled to bring the present contest to 
a just and honourable termination. 
The reference to the zeal of the Commons iu providing 
means for the prosecution of the war with Russia, and the 
well-earned tribute to the gallantry of the defenders of 
