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ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining Revival of " After Dark." THIS EVENING, THE SECRET. After which, Dion Boucicault's Great Drama, entitled AFTER DARK: a Tale of London Life Mr Vining, Mr Walter Lacy, Mr Dominick Murray, Mr J. G. Shore, C. Harcourt, Edmcnds, Holston, and Gresham; Miss Emma Barnett, and 31iss Rose Leclereq. • Concluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. This EYEznxG, at 7, THE MAN OF TWO LIVES: Mr. C. Dillon. 'to conclude with PUSS IN BOOTS. V MOSES and SON. EXCELLENCE WITH CHEAPNESS. EVERY ARTICLE of CLOTHING, READY-MADE or MADE to MEASURE, FOR ALL CLASSES. pßrcEs BASED ON READY -MONEY SYSTEM A N UNF,QUALLED in EVERY DEPARTMENT, STOCK A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT for BOY'S CLOTHING. OVERCOATS_ IN EVERY STYLE AND MATERIAL. OVERCOATS from 19s. to £5. BOOTS and SHOES. H OSIERY and DRA PERY. A ND HATS and CAPS, IN GREAT VARIETY. A LARGE STOCK of BLANKETS, at unusually Low Prices. COMPLETE OUTFITS for ALL CLIMATES. ALL GOODS MARKED in PLAIN FIGURES ARTICLES NOT APPROVED OF EX CHANGED or the MONEY RETURNED. AN easy and accurate System of Self-measure, introduced by E. MOSES and Son, has served to extend their connection to all parts of the kingdom, ORDERS by POST promptly and carefully attended to. T!ST of PRICES, with Rules of Self-measure, Patterns and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. 11 MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS A• are CLOSED every Friday Evening at sunset till Satux•day Evening at sunset, when business is resumed until 11 o'clock. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke • Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the London addresses of E. MOSES and --430 N CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATE 7, ALDGATE 88, ALDGATE 99, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. NEW OXFORD-STREET 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET 'OB, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. , SPECIAL NOTICE.—In consequence of frequent misrepre sentations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their nly Establishments are the above-mentioned. TROUVILLE SUR MER (NORMANDY) LOAN of £400,000, SECURED by MORTGAGE D 1 , BEN _ 'ruuEs of the T ROUVILLE ASSOCIATION (Limited). — Issue of 40,000 Mortgage Debentures to Bearer of £lO each Annual interest 7 per cent., payable half-yearly, in London and Paris. The First Half-Year's Interest will be payable the Ist September, 1869. These Debentures will be redeemable by annual drawings to negi. n .ClO +Una aivina a bonus of 20 per ueut. Applications for Debentures. accompanied by a deposit of x: per Debenture, will be received in London by Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., Bankers, St. James's-street, London; Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., Bankers, Lombard-street, London. And in Paris, at the offices of the Association, 51, Rue de Cardi nal Fesch. The affairs of the Association are under the direction of The Itiv,ht Hon. Viscount Bury, M.P., Director of the London and South-Western Railway, 66, Prince's-gate, London, Presi dent. The Hon. William Ashley, Stable-yard, St. James's Palace, Lon don. Blonsieur Jacques Adolphe Cordier, Ancien Depute, 124, Boule vart Haussman, Paris, and Chalet Cordier, Trouville, Nor . pandy. _ _ Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., 45, Snssex-ra,rdens, London. Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Charles H. Lindsay, M.P., Winch field, Hants. Morudeur Dumond de Montcelz, Administrateur des Mines de Zinc de la ,t.ilesie, 44, Rue de Luxembourg, Paris. Sampson Lucas Sanville, Esq. (Messrs. S. Oppenheim and Sons) 13, Old Broad-street, London. Debentures, £lO each. The Subscription is payable, £2 on ap plication, £2 on allotment, £2 on the Ist of May, £2 on the 15th June, and £2 on the Ist August. Or the whole £lO may be paid up at once, in which case dis count at the rate of 7 per cent. will be allowed. BANKERS. Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-street, London, BROKERS. Mesas. Seymour and Elwyn, 38, Throgmorton-street, London. ABRIDGED STATEMENT. ADVANTAGES OF THE DEBENTURES. --- . ---. ------ - Mortgage taken in the joint names of Trustees on behalf of the Debenture-holders. Each £lO Debenture: Will be secured upon Freehold Land, by mortgage or hypothe cation. Will be redeemable at .£l2 per bond (thus giving a bonus of 20 per cent.), by annual drawings, after the third year. Will have coupons for interest, payable half-yearly, at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum attached, and— Will be accompanied by a warrant certificate, entitling the holder (in addition to the above bonus) to a distributive share in half of the surplus profit arising from the ultimate realisation of the entire property comprised in the mortgage. Applications for fully paid-up Debentures will be entitled to priority of allotment. If no allotment - 13e made the whole of the deposit will be re turned without deduction. If the whole amount applied for be not allotted the excess of deposit will be applied to the future payments due upon such number as may be allotted, but interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum will be allowed and paid as above thereon. An opinion of the soundness of this security, and of the value of the distributive share of surplus profit offered to the Deben ture-holders, may be formed from reports annexed to the printed particulars, and the consideration that Trouville is one of the choicest marine resorts in France, where the noblesse spend their summer. It lies on the coast of Normandy, opposite to Havre, directly south of the Isle of Wight, and possesses one of the largest and most comfortable hotels in France, public rooms, gardens, walks, slopes green to the water's edge, and sands superior to those of Scarborough or Ramsgate. From London Trouville may be reached via Dover and Calais, For lkestone and Boulogne, or via Southampton and Havre. From Paris it is only five hours and a half distant by railway. Plans of the properties and reports of architects and sur veyors may be obtained at the Offices, or will be forwarded by post__ Full printed particulars of the Loan and forms of subscription may be obtained of the Bankers, Brokers, and at the Offices of the Association, namely:-26, Old Broad-street, E.C.; 6, Whitehall, Westminster, London; and Paris, 51, Rue de Car dinal Fesch. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatti.rton. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock , a new Drama, THE MAN OF TWO LIVES: Mr Charles Dil lon ; Messrs Ryder, J. Rous e , F. Moreland, Barrett. F. Wilson, Barrett; Mesdames Heath, Edith Stuart, Hudspeth, and Mrs Vandenho!f. To eonclude with the grand Pantomime of PUSS IN BOOTS, Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 t ill 5 daily. THEATRE - ROYAL, DRURY - LANE.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. chatterton. Great Combination of Attractions for th 3 Faster Holidays. A New Romantic Drama and the Grand)Pantomime of "Puss in Boots." THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform (for the 2d time) a new romantic Drama, in three acts and a prologle, entitled THE MAN OF TWO LIVES, founded on Victor Hugo's celebrated novel, "Les Miserables," adapted by 13Ityle Bernard, adapter of "Faust." Principal character by Mr. Charles Dillon, supported by the entire strength of the company. To conclude with the Pantomime of PUSS IN BOOTS, terminating with the Grand Transformation Scene. Stage Manager, Mr Edward Stirling. Musical Director, Mr W. C. Levy. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7 o clock. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. -SPE CIAL MoRNING PERFORMANCES TO-MORROW (WEDNESDAY) and SATURDAY, April 3. t Two o'clock, the Royal Original Chrysty's Minstrels (from the St. George's flail) will give Selec tions from their celebrated Entertainment. At Three o'clock, the Grand Pantomime of PUSS IN BOOTS, terminating with the Grand Transformation Scene. At half-past Four, a Musical Folly, entitled THE GIRLS OF THE PERIOD: At Five, the Deck of a Man-of War in Miniature—Three Hundri d Infant Sailors and Marines. Carriages to be ordered at a quarter-past Five. Doors open at half-past One, commence at Two o'clock. Children and Schools at reduced prices to the following parts of the house, viz., First Circle, Dress Circle, and Stalls. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, RAISING THE WIND: Messrs. Ken dal, Clark, Rogers, Buckstone, inn., and Mesdames Laws, Dal ton. eze After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp len, A stley, &c, ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. Followed by BOX AND COX: Box, Mr Buckstone; Cox, Mr Compton. Concluding with the Spectral Illusion of 3IY HUSBAND'S G HOST. • Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. 11HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPII I. L Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. rTHIS EVENING, at 7. A DAY'S FISHING: Mr G. Belmore. kt 15 to 8, 2nd time, BLACK AND WHITE. Mr Fechter, Miss Carlotta Leclercq, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr R. Phillips, Mr Atkins, Mr Stuart, Mrs. L. Murray, Miss Lennox Grey, &e. To conclude with WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. Mr Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murray. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. n Sole I.essee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7, A WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. "..iltrke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bolton and Maitland. After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne, James, Fen ton, Turner, Chamberlaine; Mesdames Barton, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEAFRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN EAST ER HOLIDAYS - Entire change of performance.- New A cts, fresh novelties, and additional attractions.—The best and only entertainment of the kind in the metropolis. Town and country holiday-makers will find no other Tbeatre in London offering a programme so replete with variety, amusement, and excitement. THIS EVENING, first appearance of the greatest wonder of the day—the Salamander Horse! ONRA, the world renowned, in his unapproachable and extraordinary double so mersaults and pirouettes from the FLYING 'TRAPEZE. The magnificent stud of Fifiy Performing Horses, and the matchless SCENES in the ARENA, by MM. Bradbury, ()scar Carre, Salamonsky, Adolphe Carre. Maitrejean, and Mdlles. Salamonsky, Montero, A malls, and Krembser, The most com plete combination of equestrian talent ever brought together, Positively t e Last Four Weeks of the Equestrian Season.— Those who have not yet seen the wonderful and beautiful horses should lose no time in doing so, as they leave London for the Continent on the 26th of April. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. I nILOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. \- , 9 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING. at 7, THE HAPPY FAMILY. At 8, H. J. Byron's new and original Drama. MINNIE ; or, Leonard's Love: Miss Lydia Foote, Mrs Stephens, and Miss Brennan ; Messrs David Fisher, Vernon, Marshall, and J. Clarke. To conclude with BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs Marshall, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames Lydia Foote, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Hughes, and Stephens. ROY A L CHRISTY'S. GREAT ST. GEORGE'S HALL, REGENT-STREET. Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain. EASTER NOVELTIES. Fresh Engagements, in addition to the most powerful Ethiopian Troupe in the world. First Appearance of the celebrated American Comedian, Mr. Harry Leslie. Pro nounced by the Press to be the genuine sensation, and the only Company of Christy Minstrels who have performed by express command before her Majesty tho Queen and the Court at Balmoral. Arrangements for the Easter week : CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. 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Phillips, Stuart: Carlotta Leclercq, Miss Lennox Grey, &c, And WHITEBAIT AT GREP NWICH : Mr Atkins. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. This EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Bufton. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton: Mesdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Baton. To conclude with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Tam EvErriNG, at 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.45, MINNIE, or, Leonard's Love. And BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, .l. Clarke ; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Fountain, and Stephens. ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To he followed by CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Dewar, Sc. To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton This EvsNING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. 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Children under twelve, Cd. y• • Slin LONDM, TUESDAY; ILIAIICII 30, 1869. -- Iu one of Mr. CHARLES LEVER'S later novelettes, called " A Rent in a Cloud," that most amusing and prolific of Military Romancists describes the bad hero of the story—who has been depicted, by the way, in the earlier portions of the narrative as a subaltern in an English Regiment—the author of " Harry Lorre quere" describes, we say, this imaginary scoundrel as going over to the enemy in midst of the Indian Mu tiny, and associating himself and his fortunes with those of NANA SAHIB and his followers. Incidents THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1869. like those, one reads of in fiction—but happily not in history—as disgracing the army of England. It is otherwise in regard to the foremost army in the world, the army of France. Instances are on record in the annals of that army— instances patent to the whole world —in which soldiers of European reputation have deserted their colours and gone over to the enemy. The fact that it is so, or rather that it has been so, has within the last few days been recalled to the world's remem brance by the death, in his ninety-first year, of one of the greatest military historians of France—the French Sir WILLIAM NAPlER—General HENRI JOMINI, the writer, in Fifteen Volumes, of the Histoire Critiques et Militaire des Guerres de la Revolution. A Swiss by birth—that is his only excuse, if, indeed, it can be regarded as one in any point of view—born as he was on the 6th of March, 1779, at Payerne, in the Canton de Vaud, HENRI JOMINI served in the French army, received the pay of a French soldier during a long series of years ; ob tained, in 1804, the grade of Chef de Batallon ; was, in 1805, nominated Colonel ; was, in 1806, created a Baron of the Empire by NAPOLEON ; be came, in 1807, Chief of the Staff of Marshal NET ; in 1808 accompanied that illustrious patron of his fortunes into Spain ; was, in 1811, promoted to the rank of General of Brigade, besides having conferred upon him, about the same time, the title (unused since the time of MARMONTEL) of Historiographer of France ; was, in 1812, made Governor of IN ilna— but—for all that—in 1813, in the midst of the war between France and Russia, somewhere about the time of the great battles fought at Lutzen and Bantzen—deserted to the enemy, forsook his colours, went over to the foe, took rank, money, patronage from the Czar ALEXANDER. From the field of Bautzen on the 16th of August, 1813, NAPOLEON wrote to the Duke of BASSANO :—" Gene ral JOMINI has passed over to the enemy.'' On that same day the EMPEROR wrote to the Duke of FELTRE :—" Brigadier-General JOMINI, Chief of the Staff to a the Prince of the MOSKOWA, has deserted to the enemy without having previously re signed his functions." Baron of the Empire, Briga dier-General in the Imperial Army, Governor of \Vilna, Historiographer of France, Chief of the Staff of Marshal NEY—it mattered nothing to him what the benefactions he had received from his adopted country, from his individual patron, from the Sovereign to whom he had sworn allegiance-- HENRI J oMINI, deserted to the then arch-foe of France, to the foremost of the many antagonists of NAPO LEON, and entered the service, and assumed the uni form—wore the livery, as one may say—and received the honours, and obeyed the mandates of the Emperor ALEXANDER. General J °MINI, as it happened, however, stood not alone atthat time in the infirmity of his desertion. There was another soldier of France, and not simply like JOMINI, " another soldier," but one of the greatest Captains of the French Army, a great Captain second only in genius as a Commander to the Great NAPOLEON himself—General JEAN VICTOR MOREAU, the hero of Hohenlinden —who had yet more infamously gone over just about the same time and taken service in the army of the Allies. It is only fair to the memory of General JOMINI to add that he at least had the decency to decline accepting any active command in the Russian Army, as against France, until the war was over. Not so was it with MOREAU, who personally joined the army of the Allies and fought against France, against his own countrymen, at the battle of Dresden, when—as one of the most memorable lu.i , a.cca of poetical iustice recorded in history—he received his death-wound before Dresden, having both his legs shot away by a cannon ball discharged from a gun which had been, strange to say, pointed by the hand of NAPOLEON ! From that wound MOREAU died in great agonies soon after wards, thereby passing away by one of the most infamous deaths ever recorded as having befallen a great soldier. JOMINI, at any rate it should be said, however, :never went the length of taking arms against France. But he was, for all that, on the side of the enemy. He had deserted from the French t a mi r i eu m me y bo a fe r n i d n hisghdatedhs ea t rt a t k ni on e nne fact, t r h a e n r k ei t a w m iesr o ela n nga all kinds nc ß ide u rs s s ot i hf a a n rtu s , n at o ': t u the tF a o s r e no hise hbbi benefactor t en treachery nn td , t o t so ot his ie e sr ep F i ag r tn e r n nt e nh h eA a lE r a m rms y hp ae a lr nd oNr E to , A al , t n h o d e - N LEON. mt l tiao t yffn ‘ t v , h a o e s uf p s Fi ‘ a. itr i to the Marshals ts by ehhhea l s pt o il Nma m nEe e tofhf was his he a operations ha desertion a d d d ow i d t have disclosed vs o eswce ren dered nee which oh t h fi s e thr e en n s e si a :q h u is ain eh te a d r . aet F er ro sn m f a th r, is th c e h r a e r f g n e re, h v e i nwdais whom ? By the Emperor NAPOLEON, at d S eddaee t t . freeednd li —d e eh l bd e ini n y, a—NAPOLEON there observing, in regard to it—magnanimously, but a t t h e same time it al most seems to us contemptuously_t, It is an err or to accuse JOMINI of having disclosed to the Allies forr did not ege know general ral the secret of the operations of th e campa i gn, and the situation 3f r rnR 0 0 , s f NET'Splans. The corps.order j ' N th the E movement, which was sent to each of the mar shals, had not been communicated to him ; and, even bad he known it, the EMPEROR would not accuse him of the crime imputed to him." NAPOLEON even added, in speaking of JOMINI, "He did not prove a traitor to the flag, as others did. He had to complain of the great injustice done him. He was led aw ay by an honourable sentiment (!) ; he w as not a Frenchman ; and the love of country could have no hold upon him." The exculpation thus, as it seems to us, extravagantly, accorded to JOMINI by the Great Captain from the ranks of whose army he had deserted, meant simply, as we conceive, the more sternly implied censure of the arch-traitor of all to the flag of France, the Conqueror of Hohenlinden. THE strike at Preston threatens to be very wide spread and obstinate. It is a quarrel on which there is a good deal to be said for both sides. On the part of the masters there is this strong argument—they are working at a serious loss, and rather than con tinue to incur, it it would be better for them to stop working altogether, and lose their rent and the interest on their capital. The ope ratives are by no means silenced even with the strong logic of necessity against them. They say that as they do not share the master's gains at a time when he is making large profits, they ought not to be called upon to share his losses. The rate of wages is fixed upon an average of good times and bad times, and they have no intention of being treated like " lives " by an insurance office, which, havin g formed its scale of premiums upon the bills of mortality, rejects all the unhealthy applicants, and pockets handsome bonuses. The operative s clai m e ith er a s h are i n the prosper i ty, or to be relieved from participatioh in the adversity, of the masters. Moreover, they assert—and there seems some ground for the assertion—that the present depressed state of the cotton trade has been brought about by unskilful trading. There has been unhealthy speculation in the raw material, which enhanced the price for a time; and now that this is over the material has fallen so much in value that it is impossible to obtain for the manufactured goods a price which will yield anything like a suitable return upon the original cost. Independently of this, the masters have been over-manufacturing, and turning out goods with reckless indifference to the state of the markets. The consequence is just what it was some dozen years ago, a state of " glut " which renders manufacture unprofit able. Then the glut arose from the extreme cheapness of the raw material ; now the case is, in one respect, even worse, for the over manufacture has taken place at a time when the raw material is dear. Nor is there any hope of im provement for some time to come. Since the American War came to an end a large number of new mills have been built, so that the manufacturing power largely exceeds the demand, and competition will be sure to keep down profits. The millowners cannot hope to find new markets for their goods. To them, for the most part, we owed the China and Japan Wars. There are no more of these worlds to conquer ; to say the truth, they are not much worth conquering, for Manchester goods do not go down well there. Were they worth ever so much, it is scarcely a Ministry having Mr. GLADSTONE and Mr. BRIGHT for its chief members which would under take the conquest. The prospect, therefore, is very gloomy for both parties, and it is not surprising that each should be endeavouring to mitigate the evil for itself at, the expense of the other. The Preston operatives know well that a reduction accepted now will have to be borne for a long period, and they will not agree to a loss of income which perhaps may never be restored. They have, indeed, made an offer to the masters, and have expressed their willingness to accept a reduction of 5 per cent., instead of the 10 per cent. whereof the masters have given notice, but the masters have rejected the proposal. Unfortunately another offer has met with no better reception. The operatives have suggested that the dispute shall be referred to arbitration, and the masters have also declined this reference. There is always a prima facie supposition that the party refus ing arbitration is afraid of it, and is, therefore, in the wrong. We do not assert that this is the case in the present instance, but there is at least an appearance of it. 4ny way, it is much to be lamented that in these days, when the relations between capital and labour are better understood than they ever were, that in these days of courts of conciliation there should be no means of preventing a conflict a outrance between employers and employed in our chief industry. We have, happily, found some way of settling international quarrels, though these are always far more difficult of adjustment because arbi tratorsarefar less easily obtained. We have, by means of conferences, prevented the Luxemburg dispute from leading to a war between France and Prussia, and the Cretan dispute from leading to a war between Turkey and Greece, and so have spared Europe seas of blood. We have agreed to refer our very serious and complicated misunderstanding with the United States to arbitration, and so have avoided a fratricidal war. Is it impossible to devise some means for preventing the misery and the suffering which must overwhelm Preston as it did in 1854, and all Lancashire, if, as is not im probable, the strike should become general ? Such a calamity would be far worse than the cotton famine of six years ago, for then all classes came to the help of the sufferers. In the present instance the sufferers would have only each other's help, with the prospect of having to yield at last for want of funds, as they yielded on that dis astrous May day fifteen years ago. And after all a strike, like a duel, proves nothing so far as the main question is concerned. It is the more weak, not necessarily the more unreasonable, of the two combatants which has to give way. A bully may murder a saint in an encounter with swords; the operatives may have justice wholly on their side, and yet be forced to capitulate. LATEST INTELLEGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, March 29. The Guion steamship Nevada, from Liverpool, arriveu CV QUEENSTOWN, March 30. The Cunard Royal Royal mail steamship Tripoli, from New York, arrived here at 7.50 a.m. to-day, with 41 passengers. She landed 7 passengers and despatches, and proceeded at 8 a.m. for Liverpool. All well. CROOKIIAVEN, March 30, 10.30 a.m. The Inman steamer City of Baltimore, from New York on the 20th inst., is now passing Browhead Signal Station, en route for Queenstown. INDIA. BOMBAY, March 29. The Viceroy returned the visit of the Ameer Sheere Ali at Umballa to-day, presenting his own sword to the Ameer. Earl Mayo declared that the British would always be friendly to hitn. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (nom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT:, PARIS, MONDAY, March 20. We have had a queer Easter. Sunday was bright and brilliant, and everybody was rejoicing at the advent of spring. The crowds that thronged the public promenades were enormous, especially at the Place du 'Prone, where the annual fair of spiced-bread always goes on at this season. But to-day all is changed. We woke up to see a white world, and the thermometer at about zero (freezing point). Since then the sun has come out, and we are in a state of slush, most unpleasant to everybody, especially to holiday-takers. From other parts of Europe we jiave news of far more severe weather even than we have been visited with. A letter from the Col de Tende says that snow has fallen to the depth of three metres (nearly ten feet), and that even the poles set up to mark the road have been covered. On the Simplon twenty-one Piedmontese masons were overtaken by an avalanche, and only seven of them escaped alive. The Pyrenees are covered with snow, and bears have been coming down into Pau, and carrying off the cattle in the neighbourhood. In Algeria, even, there have been severe snow-storms. In fact, winter has come three months' after date. In spite of the Easter festival there has been not a little political excitement. A large number of arrests were made here on Saturday, and the inference is that the Government has discovered a conspiracy. The nature and the extent of it are not known. The election campaign is becoming active, albeit no one knows when the elections take place. If the session is allowed to continue until the end of May the Corps L6gislatif ex pires by efflux of time ; but if it should be dissolved before then the Emperor has the right to postpone the elections until six months after the dissolu tion, so that it is possible they may not take place until the autumn. Is the meanwhile the Govern ment is beating up candidates, many of them very obscure men. The Democratic party in Paris are discus sing what they shall do as regards the deputies for the nine districts into which the capital is divided. It is under stood that in five the sitting deputies will be re-elected, that MM. Darimon and 011ivier will be opposed if they offer themselves for re-election, and that the attitude to be assumed towards MM. Thiers and Gu6roult has not yet been determined. 011ivier has received a re quisition, inviting him to stand, from the electors of He',rault, and he has consented in a letter thoroughly characteristic of the man. He says : "As to the success which you promise me, I hope for it without disquieting myself about it. Some souls have no need of victory ; to deserve it is with them more important than to obtain it." Need I say that, in the opinion of M. Emile 011ivier, that gentleman thoroughly deserves success. Still speaking of him, I may say that the publication on M. 011ivier's pamphlet of the Pope's letter to the Archbishop of Paris has led to serious complaints an the part of his Holiness. The semi-official Etendard announces in its largest type that " the Pope has informed the Emperor of the painful impression made upon him by the publicity given through M. 011ivier's pamphlet to the confidential letter, and without any bearing on the events of the day, which His Holiness wrote several years ago to Mgr. Darboy. This regretable indiscretion, useful perhaps in order to bring the pamphlet into notoriety, will be the object of a minute investigation ordered by the Vatican." The Emperor is obtaining no little laudation from the semi-official journals because he has graciously deter mined to distribute some of the surplus treasures of art which belong to the Crown, among the museums in the departments. It appears that during the last fifteen years these treasures have been' increased by no fewer than 43,000 works, consisting of pictures, statues, antiquities, &c. The Louvre, even now that it is all but finished, will not hold these, the Imperial Museums in Paris are well supplied, so it is resolved that the works shall be sent to the various museums in the other towns, and thus spread there the taste for art. Queen Christina of Spain, mother of Isabella, has arrived at Paris, but her arrival excites very little atten tion. Far more noticeable a person just now is the " Nabob of Bengal." A great crowd of persons on Satur day blocked up the entrance to the Grand Hotel, where his Highness is staying. The Nabob is accompanied by one of his wives, by his two sons, and by a daughter, whose beauty has caused quite an excitement in the Bois de Boulogne, by four great personages of his Court, by his secretary, Mr. Fox, by Colonel Layard , and by a cloud of attendants. He is only 40 years of age, but his hair is so white that he looks 60. He has thirteen wives (only three of them recognised by the British Government), and nineteen sons and twenty daughters. He speaks English very' well, and also other European languages. He performs all the rites of his religion with great fervour. TT:loenn bAre at the grand mass in the Tuileries yesterday. The Emperor, the Empress, and the rriuce Imperial were present. A very important work is announced. It is entitled the " Grand Dictionnaire Universel," and will be an encyclo paedia of the nineteenth century. It is under the direction of Pierre Larousse. It is said to be entirely written from the letter A clown to the article " Zwingle." It will appear in half-yearly volumes, and to subscribers the whole work is offered at 120, with the assurance that tc non-subscribers it will be at least twice that amount. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 29.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows :- 4i per Cent. End of month... Ital'an Fives 56 10 3 per Cent Eud of month 7O 40 Mexican Loan ... 24 75 Credit Mobilier End of month... 260 Spanish Threes 32i Credit Foncier ...1483 Dome Debt — End of month... Deferred — Cash Orleans Northern ............................. Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... Western Eastern • • Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman RAILWAYS. The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 27th of Feb. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same Period, and the average cir *lllation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the 24th of Feb. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : Jan. 30, I Feb 27. Increase. 1869. 1869. Decrease - 1 Bank of England... ; 23911,118 23,275,893; £635,225 Private Banks Joint-stock Banks 2,351,516' 2,323,2131 23,333 Total in England ‘.9, 1 1:2,81 71 28,342,. 06; 78' 1 ,751 4,614,945 4,5347Y51 _... Scotland 110,1r)0 , Ireland 6,701,3 2 . , 605,586 . 39,781 United Kingdom 40,473,161 39,512,477 1 .£930,6:7 And as compared with the month ending the 29th of Feb., 1868, the 'above returns show a decrease of £99,560 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £6-18,378 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation: — The English private banks are below their fixed issue £1,299,6.11 Tho English joint-stockbankstVre below their fixed issue 415,422 Total below fixed issue in England £1,715,063 Tho Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 1,785,524 The Irish banks are below their fixed issue 311,092 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending 24th of Feb. was £ 18 ,415,473, being a decrease of £249,017 as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £3,060,310 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 30th of Jan. : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,788,270 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ... 2,515,993 £5,301,2133 Being a decrease of £97,186 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of £179,502 when compared with the corresponding period last year. Although the music performed at the Leeds Fine Art Exhibition cost uo loss than £5,000, of which sum Mr. C. Halle, the director, received 600 guineas, it seems to have given great dissatisfaction.—Musical Standard. ,RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN IRELAND.—Yesterday afternoon the 2.40 p.m. passenger train from Waterford ran Into a goods train near the town of Clonmel. Several persons were injured very much, but no one was killed. AN ENGLISH STATESMAN ON THE STATE OF EUROPE. A curious article, purporting to be by "An English Statesman," is published in the semi-official .Nord-deutsche Allgenzeine Zeitung of Berlin. The writer, referring to the re port of an alliance between France, Italy, and Austria, says that such an alliance would bo utterly impracticable. "lf France with such support were victorious in a war against Prussia, this would place the whole of Europe, from Cadiz to tho banks of the Memel, in the power of Napoleon III." But the Italians have too much sense and experience, thinks the "English Statesman," to desire such a state of things, " and, even if the Government at Florence were caught in Napoleon's net, the Italian army would cer tainly never draw the sword against its ally of 186i3." As to Austria, the " English Statesman" cannot believe that any politician of note at Vienna could wish to obtain revenge on Prussia for Sadowa by the subjection of Southern Germany to France. "Can Austria not see," he asks, "that victorious France would afterwards lay down the law to those who helped her to gain a triumph over her northern neighbour ? Let us suppose, which is probable, that Northern Germany, with Russia for its ally, should break up the Franco-Austro- Italian coalition. Who in that case would have to bear the costs of the conflict but Austria, the natural scapegoat of both France and Prussia ?" The " English Statesman" concludes from these considerations that peace is certain, as France is without an ally, and cannot make war alone, while "the development of Northern Germany is not only a menace to no one, but is a guarantee of peace for the rest of Europe."— Pall Mall Gazette. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN. A melancholy affair occurred on Saturday morning at the King's Baths, attached to the pump-room at Bath. Soon after seven o'clock a gentlemanly-dressed man hired a private bath, and appmred to be in good health. Au hour is allowed to each prviate bather, and a few minutes after that time had expired the attendant went and found the bather lying insensible in the bath. He was immediately removed to the Bath Royal United Hospital, where life was found to be extinct. The clothes of the bather afforded no clue to his identification, as none of his linen was marked. A policy of insurance was, however, found in his pocket, which it is hoped will lead to his discovery. The deceased was apparently between 50 and GO years of age, rather thin, and of middle height. He had a short-cut beard, inclining to grey, thin mous tache, very thin whiskers, and blue-grey eyes. An empty phial was found in the bath, and a post mortem examina tion sheaved that death resulted from the deceased having' taken prussic acid. The Bishop of Salisbury, it is stated, though waking a little progress, is still in a precarious condition. The President of the Poor-law Board has sustained :t severe domestic affliction in the death of his sister, Miss Fanny Elizabeth Goschen, who was in her 26th year. She was the fourth daughter of the late Mr. William Henry Goschen. The death has been announced of Lieute nant-Colunel Bernard W. A. Sleigh, who was the founder ~nd first proprietor of tho Daily Telegraph. Ho was formerly connected with her Majesty's 77th and 2d West Indian Ile ;iments. Ho was a brother of Mr. Sergeant Sleigh. The Wicklow r ecrage case is beginning to excite considerable attention. Mr. Octavius O'Brien states, with reference to tho letter of " Ellen Howard," that the late Earl, as protector of the title and estates, with an anxious desire to ascertain the status of the alleged child, did all ho could to induce this lady to satisfy him of what she now publicly states, and, finally, he invited her to proceed in the Court of Probate to prove the legitimacy ; he offered to pay all the expenses, irrespective of the result, and further, should a decree of legitimacy be made, his lordship undertook to contribute to the proper maintenance and education of the alleged child. This and all information was refused by the lady ; his lordship sought through every other means to learn the particulars, when, being perfectly satisfied on the facts, he came to the conclusion and solemnly declared that Charles, the present Eq.) WAS his heir and successor. • CETI' 1111 R HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 29. ller Majesty, attended by the Duchess of lox burghe, went out this morning. Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice also went out. EASTER AMUSEMEN7S: DRURY-LANE. The long-promised drama, by Mr. Bayle Bernard, "The Man of Two Lives," was produced last even ing at this theatre with unequivocal success. The drama is founded upon Victor lingo's celebrated "Les Miserables," rendered familiar to the public by Mr. 11. Neville's clever adaptation, entitled " The Yellow Passport," at the Olympic. The version under notice is much more lengthy and elaborate than its predecessor, the prologue and three acts occupying nearly four hours in repre sentation ; therefore, to complete the success of the piece, a curtailment of some of the scenes is highly necessary. The part of Jean Valjean is one pecu liarly suited to the versatile powers of Mr. C. Dillon, who pourtrayed each phase of the convict's career with great pathos and artistic power. Mr. Ryder, always a careful and judicious actor, infused into the character of Javert, the Commissary of Police, au amount of dry humour which somewhat softened and neutralised the effect of this otherwise repul sive individual upon the audience. It was a highly effective impersonation, and well deserves the eulo gium bestowed upon it. Mr. Barratt enacted the part of the benevolent curd very impressively, and the other characters were well sustained. Mr. Dillon was called for repeatedly between The acts, and at the termination received quite an ovation. The performances concluded with the gorgeous Christmas pantomime of " Puss in Boots." ADELPHI. The first representation of the new drama en titled " Black and White," the joint production of Mr. Wilkie Collins and Mr. Charles Fechter, was a genuine and well-deserved triumph. The audi ence assembled on the occasion was a highly dis tinguished one, embracing, as it did, numbers of the most distinguished personages both in literature and art. The play is most artistically constructed, the writing is particularly beautiful, and, taken as a whole, a better drama has not been placed upon the stage for many years. The plot of the piece, briefly told, is as follows Miss Milburn, an heiress, is engaged to be married to Stephen Westcraft, a rich planter; but she has been on a visit to Europe, and in Paris has met a French gentleman, Maurice de Layrac, who has made a dangerous impression upon her heart. She believes she has merely been flirting with M. de Layrac, and in this spirit she has even invited him to conic to Trinidad to her birthday party, little expecting that he will cross the sea to accept her invitation. But the French gentleman has pro mised that he will do so, and he keeps his word. Miss Milburn is of course annoyed and delighted at such devotion, and her indifference to Stephen Westcraft, which has gradually been increasing, now becomes even more manifest than before. Stephen Westcraft on his side, at once sees that he has a rival in the French gentleman who has so unexpectedly joined the birthday party. Events soon arise which give him an opportunity for revenge. Maurice de Layrac is mysteriously summoned to the deathbed of a quadroon, Ruth, who tells him that he is her son, and that he was born in slavery. Maurice de Layrac was over whelmed by this revelation. The owner of the quad roon in dying years before has left a document behind him emancipating Ruth and her child. The original has been intercepted, but a copy remains, the place where it is deposited being indicated by an enigmatical entry in a pocket-book. A room n the " old wing ul a wiapia,,,a 1... q been shut up for many years, has to be searched. A faithful servant of A!aurico, David Michaelmas, goes on this errand. For a long time he is unsuc ccssful. " Six by three," which is almost all the the clue to the whereabouts of the document, may be a measurement in yards or feet, may apply to the floor or to the walls, or to so:ne piece of fur niture in the room. Everything that Michaelmas can think of is measured, at last he thinks of counting the patterns of the paper on the walls, and beneath one near the bed on which the old man died, which is " six by three," the missing letter is found which produces the freedom of Ruth, the quadroon, and her son Maurice. Westcraft, the unrelenting vil lain of the piece, of course, is thus frustrated, and the two lovers of course are united. The acting of Mr. Fechter, as de Layrac, a French gentleman, was perfection ; nothing could equal the case and grace with which he sustained the part, and then again where the bright hopes of his life seem destroyed for ever, he infused into the character a pathos that made the waters well up to the eyes of many of the stronger sexpresent, who gladly took advantage of the pocket handkerchief to hide the tiny drop that would not be controlled. Miss Leclercq deserves the highest praise for hervery beautiful embodiment of the part of Miss Milburn, and Mrs. Leigh Murray as the quadroon was excellent ; it is certainly one of her greatest successes. Mr. A. Stirling, as the villain Westcraft, was a little too rough and demonstra tive, but yet his was a performance too good for any great fault to be found with. Mr. Belmore, Mr Atkins, and Mr Phillips sustained the respective parts of Plato, Michaelmas, and Wolf very effi ciently. In short, the play was well acted in every particular. The scenery was remarkably good, and and altogether the piece was mounted with a care and completeness that showed plainly the author actor's directing hand. The applause at the fall of the curtain was enthusiastic, in fact it became tumultuous when Mr. Fechter led forward Mr. Wilkie Collins to bow his acknowledgments. An extraordinary successful career may safely be pre dicted for " Black and White." QUEEN'S. A new drama, " Won by a Ilead," by Mr. Tom Taylor, was produced last night at the Queen's Theatre with triumphant success. The play is founded on the well-known history of Tom Ward, who rose from the position of a trainer's boy and jockey, in Yorkshire, to the post of Mibister of Parma. The Archduchess Herrninia (Mrs. Stirling), whose reception at this theatre was very flattering, was a fine piece of acting. Miss Hodson and Mr. S: Emery sustained the other leading parts of the play; and the curtain fell amidst the loudest ap plause. TIIE GLOBE. The successful play, " Cyril's Success," which has lasted over a hundred nights at this pretty little theatre, has given way to another drama by the same author Mr. Henry J. Byron—entitled " Minnie ; or, Leonard's Love." From the recep tion which it received last night there is no doubt that it will prove equally as popular as most of Mr. Byron's other successes. The acting through out had been carefully studied, and at the fall of the curtain the thunders of applause testified to the favourable reception with which the drama had been received. Mr. J. Clarke was thoroughly at home as David Latimer, whilst Miss Lydia Foote (her brat appearance at this theatre) acted the part of Minnie with feeling and pathos. Mr. Byron was loudly called for, but he was unable to make his appearance, in consequence of his being out of .own. The farce of " The United Happy F am il y " preceded the play, which was followed by the ex travaganza of " Brown and the Brahmins." STRAND. The performances commenced with the laughable comedy "A Widow Hunt," in which Mr. J. S. Clarke's impersonation of Major IVellington de Boots seemed to be thoroughly appreciated by the public, who greeted every fresh eccentricity of character with shouts of applause. A new historical burlesque, entitled "Joan of Arc," written by Mr. W. Brough, followed, and if one might judge from the burst of applause that was accorded to every song, pun, and break-down, the piece bids fair to eclipse its predecessor, " The Field of the Cloth of Gold." It is admirably put on the stage, the dresses are most gorgeous, the puns not too far fetched, and the introduction of manly of the popular airs of the day afford intense satisfaction to the not too critical gallery. There were one or too hitches in the movements of the burlesque, which will cease no doubt after a few performances. On the fall of the curtain the principal actors were severally called for, as was also the author, who received a most enthusiastic reception. PRINCESS'S. Mr. Boucicault's "After Dark," was revived at this theatre last night. It drew a large audience and much applauded as usual. LYCEUM. At this theatre the performances last evening consisted of Dr. Westland Marston's romantic verse play entitled " Life for Life" ; and a classical burlesque entitled " Hyperinnestre," which pleased the audience very much. OLYMPIC. At this theatre the spectacular drama entitled " The Thirst of Gold," which was revived in anti cipation of the Easter holidays a few days ago, was the chief feature in last night's performance. The great scene on the ice was received, as usual, with the loudest expressions of satisfaction by a crowded house. SADLER'S WELLS. This theatre re-opened for the Easter season under the management of Mr. W. Sidney, of the Richmond and Norwich Theatres, with a drama of the sensational stamp, entitled " Light in the Dark, or Life Underground." The story is laid in the Rack Country, amongst the miners. It is well placed on the stage, and the scenery, especially that of the explosion and burning of the mine, is extremely good. The burlesque of " Cinderella" followed, in which the character of Cinderella was sustained by Miss Jenny White, and her two sisters by Messrs. Arthur Williams and Fred Hughes. ASTLEY'S. This theatre reopened last night under new' management. " London Assurance" was the play selected for the opening, and Miss Marian, the directress, played Lady Gay Spanker, with a g ood deal of spirit, and Miss Fitz-luman made a charm ing G-race H.arkaway. Mr. F. Thomas, as Dazzle, has ease, but wants gentlemanly bearing. Mark Meddle, the lawyer, was admirably rendered by Mr. G. Yarnold, and Mr. Frank Seymour in the character of Dolly Spanker. Following the comedy was a musical entertainment, in which were intro duced the ballad-operatic and serio-comic voca lists, dancers, negro grotesques, and gymnasts. The evenicg's entertainment concluded with a ballet, which gave general satisfaction. ROYAL ALFRED. Mr. Boucicault's popular drama, " The Flying Scud," was produced for the first time at this theatre last night with all the effects, scenery, and appointments used in its original production at the Holborn Theatre. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, HOLBORN. The entertainments at this establishment Wall maintain its high reputation. The Carr troupe, which will shortly leave London, is still one of the principal attractions of the amphitheatre, an d the admiration nightly excited by the " trick acts," in which Herr Oscar Carre and his splendid trained steeds take part, seems to be increasing rather than diminishing. The re-engagement of Onra, whose performances on the flying trapeze are not even second to those of Leotard himself, is another highly popular feature of the holiday entertainmen t provided by the management. The novel scene called " Salamander, or Fire Horse," brought the entertainments to a close. In the latter the spec tacle of a horse under fire of the most trying de „,,„1,,10n is presemeu, mill tt.. to VV hicll it is possible to bring the training of this noblest of animals is demonstrated in a manner which even the dullest cannot fail to appreciate. ST. GEORGE'S 'TALL. The Royal Christy Minstrels still continua to attract crowded and fashionable audiences nightly, hence it is not surprising that their capital Easter holiday programme should have drawn an immense throng to listen to their sweet songs and comic recitations. It would be difficult to say whether this excellent troupe excel the most in their pathetic ballads, of which "My Spirit Star," 44 Wh e n the Roses Blow, &c., are charming specimens, or is their irresistible extravagances. The shouts of laughter and applause which greet these efforts ao doubt compensate for the absence of more genuine appreciation ; but the really fine acting, admirable singing, and comic versatility of the Royal Christy Minstrels, would not disgrace any stage, and " black faces" are evidently not their only attrac tions. ST. JAMES'S BALI.-011RISTY MINSTRELS. The hall was crowded, and the excellent singing and capital comic pas grotesque of this talented troupe were received with all the delight which 3 good-humoured Easter holiday audience could testify. MADAME T USSAUD 'S. This exhibition, which is identified with the sights of the metropolis, was visited yesterday by 3 large number of holiday folks. The fame of thi s exhibition is now so well established, and its cha racter so highly appreciated by the public, that a lengthened notice of its contents is unnecessary . The enterprise of the proprietor never flags, and 1 10 expense is spared to make it the most complete wax-work exhibition in the world. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Here Professor Pepper was in great force with his new induction coil, by means of which b e w as enabled to exhibit electrical phenomena of the most startling kind. With the experiments exhibited last night the audiences were delighted. A chain, some 50 feet in length, was, through the influence of the coil, made to sparkle as if it were studded with diamonds, and by the same means a wonderfully correct optical resemblance to real lightning was produced. The effect of the electric fluid upon a spinal phial eight feet long, contained in a long glass tube, was hardly less imposing. But besides the great induction coil there were plenty of other novelties to instruct and amuse the numerous visitors to the Polytechnic. The parlour magic of Mr. Matthews, the flute-like performances of Signor Ferravia, in which the only instrument employed was the human voice, and the vocal en tertainment of Mr. George Buckland, called Robin Hood and Little John," gave unqualified satisfaction, especially, though by no means ex clusively, to the juveniles. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. The two Easter novelties which Mr. German Reed provides are of the usual excellence. "NO Cards" is admirably calculated to display the talents of Mr. and Mrs. Reed, no less than to afford : a good oppo r t un i ty f or the d isplay of Mdlle. D'Erina line voice and Mr. Cecil's spirited acting. " Cox and Box" introduces some bright popular music by Mr. Arth ur S u lli van, and altogether the entertain: ment is as full of mirth -provoking hilarity as it IS " high class," refined, and interesting. THE ROYAL 3IUSIC HALL. A very crowded company assembled to enjoy the very excellent entertainment provided for them by Mr. Sweasy The hall has been redecorated, and Mr. P. Corrie, the musical director, made up a programme that elicited uni versal applause. The Royal is now the best of our Mu sic Halls ; in fact, it is nearly the only one true to its name , as frivolous ballet performances have occupied the plac e of harmony. The Easter entertainments will be repeated every evening until further notice. Vice-Chancellor l'lalins proposes, on the 14th of April, to make a call of X 5 per share on the Con tributories of the General Provident Assurance Co_npany (Limited). MON COMM] Consols a count, 931 New Three /1,000, 1 5 India St( ditto 5 per Cent., Oct. 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