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The Line will commence at an date ; the exact day to be fixed in a latter announce ent. To load in the Victoria Docks. c } t i nr freight or pass age a p p ly t o th e C om p an y' s A g ents, red Laming and C 70 , Cornhill. TO Tim B O v DTIOLDERS OF THE ATLANTIC AND ISSUE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. OF SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS. PAYABLE IN LONDON. 1 8 ,it' ° ,7° dollars (XlBO,OOOl New York Division—Due in 1881. "" , u0 dollars (L225,0)0) Pennsylvania Division—Due in 1882. the by a Registered Mortgage, constituting a lien on ch; income and all cororate rights, privileges, lands, f ran plant and property of the Pennsylvania and New York divisions of the Railway. !ars e p e Bonds are redeemable in New York or in London at d ur Per dollar, and are trangerable iihout stamp or en "ement ; 4 per cent. of the gross amount will be drawn yearly T Lona' -utY commencing in 1865, to be pad off at par in Interest Coupons are attached to the:Bonds, pay the'fls. en li - aunti ally, at the Consolidated Lank in London, at zed rase of 4s. to the dollar. lae Bonds will be issued at 70. viz. Bonds: — of 100 Bola. at .£l5 155., with interest fr3m April, 1,1864. , „ £7B 155., „ 11 The £157 10s., „ " Coupons represent £l4 per annum on each bond of ~p 1 dollars (£225), or nearly 9 per cent. ,„ - u,ne privilege of subscribing will remain open until the 6th t l e l r Pri, , _ 1 for the:present bondholders, either directly or through urokers sTbe terms Of issue are ss follows :- 10 Per cent. on application, being Lit 5 0 per Bond of LOCO dol. 15 al otment „ 22 0 0 „ „ 20 1, .: 2d May 33 15 0 „ „ ~ 18th May „ 45 0 0 „ „ n Ist June „ 45 0 0 „ £157 10 0 841 , m ' , wipers have the option of paying the insta•ments in vat t"e, and will payment be allowe s. a discount of 6 per cent. per an lira on such pre-d obq,,atter allotment Scrip Certificates will be leaned to "bearer." ese Certificates will be exchanged for Bonds to " bearer" - JaYment of the final instalment, .0e early completion of the works ef this great Railway ill_stifies the Company in making this additional issue of Pnds, following the financial policy adopted at the outset, D.,...!. 8 _ 11 ing securities to the public only after the actual pro ft..B of the Railway ha' secured the necessary income for , Iding the interest. There will remain only the Second N . l 3l tgage of the Ohio division to be disposed of hereafter. ell the total of the Bonded 'Debt will be only £6,000 per at the me appl'cation may be obtained of the Bankers ;or e Offices of the Company. vul ees of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company, March 23, 186ld Broad-street, London, R.C. Icl E ALBION BANK (Limited). Capital £1,(00,r00, in 20,00 shares of £5O each. Dem o , n First issue, 10,000 shares. 4 .1 per share on application, and XI per share on allotment. It is not intended to ()all up more than £l5 per ba "il e a M No call will be made for three months after allot nt Three months' interval at least will elapse between fw Incorporated nd no call will ex-eed /..5 per share. whereby under the Joint Stock Companies Act of 1862, each shareholder's liabilit is limited to the am ount of his s h ares. y Tho m . DIRECTORS. T -14 C Esq , Sheriff of London and Midd'esex. enchurch .._• Pritchett, Esq (firm of J. T. Pritchett and Sons), 131, - street.. Newer Masters Esq. (firm of W. F. Masters and Sons), Bente-rnarket. ernio Baugh, Esq Bradford-street, and Balsall-heath, Th orn r nlingham. Pe —as 49 :ga, Esq (firm of Thomas Aggs and Co.), 155. _nchurch-street, tter, Esq. i r tre e t ° (firm of R. F. Potter and Co.), 25, Newgate- The With power to add to their number. PrivateDrovielor al arrangement for merging the old-established bank of Messrs. Challis and Son with the Albion ~71Vc the has been confirmed, and the active partner "- 1 be the general manager of the Bank. GENERAL MANAGER Thomas M. Chal is, Esq. BANKERS. g a ,1 1 %. Challis and Son, 16, West Smithfield. Thn of London, Threadneedle-street. '•*l,olidon and Northern Bank, 2, Bank-buildings, London ; nd XeWeastle, Leeds, and Huddersfield. BROKER, James Shepherd, Esq., Auction Afar'. SOLICITOR. C I W. Cuming Dean, Esq., 27, New Broad-street. WM; AUDITORS. hi all Cooper, Esq , Public Accountant, 13, George-street, ansi)n Ileuse " Andre Es • graph c on ci Manager United Kingdom Electric Tele pany. SECRETARY, PRO TEM. Mr. IL L. Price. Temp mry Offices-2, Bank-buildings. Alt PROSPECTUS. bit , / 1 014. h the system of joint-stock banking has been esta tred4ned to meet the require ments of most departments of e e i t e , it has t ot b een i ntroduced for the b us i ness o f t h e agri th ural and cattl e mar k ets of the metropol i s ; an d t h oug h e Population has doubled within the last 25 years, and, con ntly, the necessary quantity of suppl,es, yet the whole 4 'nelgs, amounting to 15 to 2 millions per annum, is lett in ha,,,ds of a few private firms. aAThe Albion Bank is introd uce d to pro d 'e increased facill s for this Cr, de by establishing an office in the City, as well l'nat Smithfield and the Metropolitan Cattle Market ; and equently. should it be f ound desrable, by opening branches the agricultural districts. t o ' , Le value of t' , e rapidly-increasing commission business eatbe t ransacted by the Albion Bank can be readily appre d by a knowledge that the m e th o d in which dealings are riled on at the Cattle Market consti utes the Bank the der°sit of all the moneys passing f.om the buyer to the , (I ,tl t o " . „ne !detropollia n M ea t or P ou lt ry M ar k e t i n i n S m ithfi e ld, ./ e 'i n i il course of erection, is destined, by the terms of the tens Parliament, to combine and supersede all other mar tent_ ar meat in the metropolis. To this market will be con- Dou r,ated all transactions for the supply of butchers' meat. p e i i "rY, and other produce to the inhabitants of the metro va and a circle of 14 miles round it. am l n i e Directors having confirmed the provisional agreement and Purchase of the lucrative busine , s of Messrs. Challis ce im 'ari, the advantage of commencing upon an established Viti ,c,etion, under competent and experienced ~.anagement, bn e 4 s ecured to shareholders front the commen.em nt of that t b" , by Which the directors are warranted in expecting liret - "eY Will be enabled to declare a dividend during the Th Y t ar. tl4eonsithe number of joint-stock banks may be _advan r - - eu lost tY increased (more particularly under special c he mAlbio eta such as have led to the formation of _ as st n Bank , , is d emons t ra t e d by th e fact that, so late In i's• Years ago, wh en th e num b er of joint-stook banks r l did —°ndari was not more than six, their total deposits of theOt exceed £2?,000,000 ; while, now that the number alr e ,,,,se hanks h as b een dou bl e d , th e j o i n t d eposi t s are The"li More than trebl e d, amou nt/1g to a total of . 71.792,300. Cent ", Nri dends of the older b an ks range from la to 30 per andlS.tl ac cordance with the dies of their establishment : tent. t: Premiums on their shares are from 200 to 300 yrr °I th e . 4 precisely similar ratio. The deposits and dividends grey e j°_tat-stoat banks recently formed show a rapid pro s identical results. tnr oe s',lut no allotment take place, the deposits will be re- Tha n "in full. Should a less murnber of shares be allotted warde re ~aPplied for, the deposit will be made available to rete `ue Payment on allotment, and the balance, if any, ,Ited to the a plicant. themb l cation for shares 'lisp be addressed to the bankers. e directors of the Company, and to the secretary at of the Company. 1 1 11 _ AL B EION BANK (Limited). 4 , )I“he Dire c t ors h ave to ann ou n ce that the PROVI- Est AGREEMENT for the PUReHASE of the Old "(It b iished. BANKING BUSINESS of Messrs. CHALLIS tozether with their B ink Premises, No. 16, West has ,field, and B an k Buildings, Metropolitan C a t t l e M r k e t , f"e.e?l CONFIRMED; and that Mr. Thomas M. Challis, tkAlbion Bank active par (Limited).tner in the firm will be the General Manager of ge 1 .1 1 1- 1,,, LI B ALBION BANK (Li m it e d) O FURTER APPLICATIONS f:Jr SHARES in Apri?.ank will _be RECEIVED after 'TUESDAY, the 6th ROYAL ALHAMBRA. MORNING PERFORMANCE on Monday, Wednes day, and Saturday, at Two. Every Evening at Half-past . 1 / 4 _ , even o'clock. IADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL K_ GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. RECENT .ADDlTlONS.—President Lincoln and Presi dent Davis ; Ancient Effigies of Henry Iv. and his Queen Joan. in magnificent costumes of the period (1399); and in the Chamber of Physiognomy is a full-length model of Geo. Victor Townley. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROO M S, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open at Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission is. Manager, M. GRENET. 44A, MADDOX-STREET, REGENT-STREET, W. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Astees ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang - , the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, &c. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One shilling (tor Gentlemen only). LDR ID GE'S BALM of COLUMBIA, established upward° of 40 years, is ~c knowledged to be the only ccrta n remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the Hair, Whiskers, or Moustaches, and preventing them turning grey. Price 3s. 6d , Gs , and 115.—C. and A. 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MADAME RACHEL hens leave to say that ladies who would preserve their beauty and youth should use Madame RACHEL'S CIRCASSIAN WASH and ALABASTER POWDER. It removes all diseolourations from the complexion, and renders he skin lair, soft, and brilliant. The great name she bears will be a sufficient guarantee that it is free lrom imperfections. All articies bearing the above name are dangerous and spurious unless obtained at Madame Rachel's, 47A, New Bond-street. Madame Rachel forwards her preparations three times a week to Brighton. THE EMBARRASSED in Town and Country should read "THE PLAIN GUIDE TO BANK RUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS," showing what can be legally done, and the exact cost. To l'e htd gratis and post free of Mr. Wetherfieid, Solicitor of the Court, 25, Moorgat , . street, Bank. N.B. —Debts recovered on commission, without law ex pences to clients. -.IL. 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THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur onaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. Now ready at all the Libraries, in li vols., THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting el Soup,. Fiah, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, &c., is served daily from. 3 to 9 p.m , and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m. Private Rooms for large or small parties. SECOND EDITION of BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELIA. B. EDWARDS. From the Times, March 28. —"lt is not often that we light upon a new novel of so much merit and interest as' Barbara's History.' It is a work conspicuous beyond the average for taste and literary culture, and felicitous in its delineation of some very delicate and refined shades of character. It is a very graceful and charming book, with a well manaied story, cleariv cut characters, and sentiments express-d with an ex quisite elocution. The dialogues especi illy spa kle with re partee. It is a book which the world will like, and which those aho commence it will care to finish. This is high praise of a work of art, and so we intend it." Hurst and•Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. .Tarnes'a-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. EASTER AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-L &NE. Whatever may be the style of the performances at Stratford-upon-Avon on the celebration of the Shakspere Tercentenary, they will not for certain exceed in magnificence Messrs. Falconer and Chatterton's revival of the first part of Henry IV., which was performed last e7ening in presence of one of the largest audiences that ever assembled within the walls of Drury-lane Theatre. During the management career of Macready at Covent-gar den many years ago, he astonished the metropolis by the production, in a style of unsurpassed splendour, the exciting play of " Henry V.," but since that time nothing of the kind has been attempted at eithe r of the national establishments until last evening, when with the combined abilities of Mr. Phelps, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Walter Lacy, and Mr. R. Roxby as the principal actors; Mr. W. Beverley, the celebrated scenic artist, and Mr. Keene, as designer, the Managers of Drury-lane Theatre made their Easter offering at the shrine of Shakspere. The reception of Mr. Phelps, who sus tained the part of Sir John Falstaff, was enthusi astic, and on his rising to acknowledge the compli ment the cheering seemed to increase in intensity. When the fat knight stood erect we had an opportu nity of admiring the artistic: manner in which Mr. Phelp's dressed the part. The make-up of the head and face was a masterstroke of art, while the other peculiarities of the portraiture were brought out with the utmost skill. Who but Mr. Phelps now a-days could be found to represent Sir John, the boon companion of "Madcap Hal," and most cer tainly he never appeared to enter so heartily into the character as last evening. From the first line of the part, "Now, Hal, what time of day is it, lad?" down to the closing speech in the fifth act, " follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewardst me, Heaven reward him I If I do grow great, I'll grow less ; for I'll purge and leave sack and live cleanly, as a nobleman should," he was in the best of humours, and chuckled with the highest relish over his sins and follies. Perhaps the culminating point in the performance was the relation of the part he had taken in the robbery of the carriers on the road by Gadahill. The audience fairly gave vent to the heartiest laughter during the recital, but on the discovery of now ready, in post 8 , 10., with 2i Illustrations, 1 0 8. 6d„ LEGENDS OF ICELAND. Translated by GEORGE E. J. POWELL and ETRIKUR MAGNUSSON. " A well-chosen and excell mtly-rendered selection of Icelandic national stories, accompanied with excellent illus trations."—Examiner. • ' VURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and JIL FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stook to select corn, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLE RGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. 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James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. James Goodson, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. 'ohn G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. William Steven, Esq. Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. 'ORS. MID: Lewis Loyd, Esq.. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. Noel 'Whiting, Esq. Thos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Sami. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In -urers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the A mount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Life Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, independent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon every description of property at home and abroad at mode rate rates. No expense is incurred in effecting a new Insurance be yond the paym3nt of the Annual Premium and Duty, when the Premium amounts to ss. Claims liberally and promptly settled. NOTICE IS M HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE Policies which expire at Lady Day must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's — street, corner of Pall-Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. --- Application for Prospectuses and Agencies to be made to the secretary. the-mountain of falsehoods, the exclamation by Falstaff of the well-known words— " By the Lord, I knew ye as well as he that made ye," the mirth of the audienee burst all limit, and for some moments the action of the play was stopped by the tremendous applause that followed. Mr. Walter Montgomery, as the firy and impetuous Hotspur, won great applause by his acting, and Mr. Ryder supported the part of King Henry with becoming dignity. Although Mr. Walter Lacy played the part of Prince Henry with much care, it was by no means the best thing we have seen him do. However, he did his best, which, we are bound to say, pleased the audience; but, notwith standing, we must honestly confess, we should have wished to have seen a more juvenile actor sustain the character. Mr. Robert Roxby's Poins was a capital performance, and Mr. Edmund Phelps, as Sir Richard Vernon, acquitted himself with much ability. The first scene in the third act, in which the disa pute arose between Hotspur and Owen Glendower, has been restored, and with it the Welsh song, by Lady Mortimer, which was prettily sung by Miss Edith Wynn. Lady Percy was well sustained by Miss Rose Leclercq, and the part of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess of the tavern in Eastcheap, was given with great point by Mrs. Edmund Falconer. The scenery, which was entirely aew, was of the most splendid description, and often as we have had to compliment Mr. W. Beverley, we never did so with more pleasure than on the present occasion, for certainly a more remarkable production has never been contributed to the stage than his moon light view "On the Road to Gadshill." The battle field of Shrewsbury is, however, the great scenic effort of the play , a nd it will l ong be remembered by those who witnes sed it. The devastation and i s vividly repraesseenntseadti,oanndscewnehaits knights, waving pennons, bands of that has yet been c w o i n th lus a i r o m n o o u f r e w d a r bowmen,at producedtempte smoke,att e mpted h o that t ae nx ye a e n sl d ts age o ev n . e f r u y s i th con, n g The suacess of the revival was decisive and un mistakeable, and we cordially congratulate Messrs. Falconer and Chatterton on the triumph that has crowned their production of " Henry IV." o~s 0~ • ' • • . .-• I 'PSI4 Th K• 4 • 111 , - 4 7 1 4 k ., • 4 ;724 • • • • ' l 6 td IM;^ '7 4 4t 1 11111M- A 4. • # 4 l A TI j , e ig• • , 4111111 • , aßilli t .;,„ orr . 4 sr 4. 1: A DIE V '4l4gtH • ' • , 'l6 4 t, • audiences at this theatre that the management has not found it necessary to produce any important novelties for the Easter holidays. But, by way simply of complying with custom, a new farce, by Mr. J. M. Morton, was last night played fot the first time, " Drawing Rooms, Second Floors, and Attics" is the title, and it treats of the adventures chiefly of Triptolemus Brown, a chymist's assistant, who is brought up from Cambridge by an ucele, Mr. Cockletop, to be married offhand—after the manner of uncles and nephews in farces—to Miss Bunny, the daughter of an old friend. Pursued by an in furiated rival, be makes his way up a chimney to an attic, where he meets the real lady of his affections, Phoebe Fur below, a laundress. Thence he is forced to take another flight down the chimney, which lands him in the second floor, inhabited by Miss Hardaport, a fascinating milliner, with 38 male cousins, and finally, precipitated through the win dow of the second floor to a balcony below, be makes his appearance battered, and tattered, and grimy— unrecognisable even by his uncle—in the greatest confusion among the inmates and amusement to the audience. The piece is written in Mr. Morton's usual sparkling style, and the part of the luckless lover—who is at last made happy—is exactly suited for the versatile and energetic Mr. David Fisher. Nothing could be more unreserved than the verdict of approval which rewarded both author and actor. STRAND. The Christmas burlesque of " Orpheus ma id Eury dice" continues to be so attractive that it retains its place in the Easter play bills. A new comedietta, by Mr. I. P. Wooler, was, however, produced for holyday visitors, entitled " A Hunt for a Husband." Mr. Poppleton (Mr. H. J. Turner), a retired furrier and susceptible old bachelor, has proposed to a fair widow, Mrs. Courthope (Miss K. Carson), who consents to accept a husband as soon as her young niece, Sophy (Miss L. Weston). is married. That capricious young lady, however, rejects all the swains whom the indefatigable Poppleton brings to her feet. An anonymous letter at length ap prises him that she is privately married. The widow now seems to be his own, for he has only to tell her of the match, as he thinks, to win her. But Sophy is not the only young married female in the house who is believed to be a spinster. Mr. Poppleton's servant Mary Ann (Miss F. Hughes) is secretly married to Jack Sharp (Mr. A. Wood), groom to Mr. Arthur Stanley (Mr. D. James), the favoured lover of Mrs. Courthope. Jack Sharp comes to visit his Mary Ann, and is hid in the bedroom of Miss Poppleton, Mr. P.'s ancient and romantic sister. When detection seems inevitable he reappears in feminine guise, having arrayed himself in Miss P.'s " front" and other garments. Jack Sharp is the real hero of the piece, but another comic personage presents himself in Chicory (a young grocer), who writes love-letters to Sophy, which are picked up by Miss Poppleton. Jack Sharp finds one of these letters in his Mary Ann's apron, and, becoming jealous of the grocer, bastes him freely with a culi nary ladle, and is admirably seconded by Mr. Pop pleton, who, having a spite against young Chicory, wears out several pairs of boots in kicking him about the house as often as he sees him. Jack Sharp, in his female habiliments, is successively claimed by Miss Poppleton and Sophy as their dis guised lover, but he is taken possession of at last by his lawful spouse Mary Ann. Arthur Stanley appears at the right moment to claim the widow's hand, and Mr, Poppleton having remembered that, although Mrs. Courthope promised to marry when her niece took a husband, she omitted to say" whom," is persuaded to live on terms of amity and friend ship with everybody, and to consent to the ladies being happy in their own way. Mr. A.Wood played Jack Sharp in petticoats with great humour and drollery ; and, in a character admitting of great exaggeration and presenting some temptation to coarseness, had the good taste to tone down the part, and to divest it of everything objectionable. The piece, although light in structure, was amusing and successful. The curtain then rose upon "Orpheus and Eurydice," in which Miss Marie Wil• ton, Miss Ada Swanborongb, Miss M. Simpson,Mr.G. Honey, Mr. A. Wood, and the other characters in this popular burlesque exerted themselves with more than their accustomed vigour. The scena of " Polly Perkins" created the usual furore. It appears to be the custom to encore this song five times every night ! The entertainments concluded with " Mar.. gate Sands." The house was well attended. I 7 g B - 7 , L.-14 C I charm to the Alhambra, E;rypti,ln, and 4 - CrX.b . - ana here it was that the crowd chiefly gathered *atelora noon. The amusements in the transept, under the direction of Mr. Nelson Lee, opened at 1 o'clock with the performances by Orville Parker, the " negro vocalist." They were fol lowed by a comic entertainment, or pantomime, in which harlequin, harlequin junior, and a third performer, repre senting a tortoiseshell cat, performed a number of sur prising summersaults with stilts on. A dance by the D'Aubans was much applauded, but a more startling enter tainment succeeded—that of " lee Quatres Pierrots"— four French clowns, each with a fiddle, who went through all the evolutions of acrobats without ceasing to play and keep time, although in attilules which seemed to render ouch operations absolutely impossible. The performance was well worthy of the favourable reception it met. Various other entertainments followed, among which the most re markable was perhaps that of the infant Poland us, specially intended for the young, Lut amusing to every one. One of the most interesting objects exhibited yesterday in the Palace was a model of the house at Stratford-on-Avon in which Shakspere was born. Occupying a conspicuous piece in the great transept it was during the day constantly sur rounded by a group of visitors. It appears that Mr E. Parris has been engaged for some months in constructing, in wool, plaster, and canvas, a copy of the house of the exact size of the original. Oa the 23d of next month, the day of the great fete, it will be placed in that part of the great transept yesterday occupied by the small model. Several parts of the large copy were to be seen yesterday on the basement. These gave ample evidence of the care and fidelity with which the monument will be represented. Very judiciously Mr. Parris has imitated, without the slightest deviation, the house as it now appears. The building has been restored or rebuilt without any attempt being made to give the newer patchwork the tints of age, and the appearance so produced has been faithfully repeated in the great model. The cracks and farrows and blisters, which the beams exhibit, have been carefully imitated with the chisel and paint-brush. The small size of the building will surprise many of those who are familiar with the wood cuts representing it, It is 60ft, long, but the whole height is 25ft. from the ground to the roof of the red brick roof, and it will form but a small object when placed under the lofty roof of the transept. The more interesting part of the interior of the house, including the room in which it is said the poet was born, has also been reproduced, even the cracks in the old-fashioned window panes, on which visitors have scratched their names, having been carefully imitated, as far as it is possible to do so by stucco moulds and photo graphs. The visitors to the Palace a few weeks hence will thus have it in their power to form quite as correct an idea of the appearance of Shakspere's house as they would have after ajourney into Warwickshire. As a guarantee of the correctness of the reproduction, a photograph of the house by Negretti and Z ambra is to be presented to each visitor on 23d proximo. In the grounds yesterday there was little doing. This year, however, the booths of Edmonds' (late Womb well's) menagerie have been erected in the grand walk of the Palace gardens, and yesterday they were visited by immense crowds. It was amusing to see how gently the elephants pushed their way through the closely packed crowd, and how familiarly they were stroked and patted by the ladies and children, who would have rushed in terror from a drove of bullocks cross ing Blackfriars-bridge. The performance of an African, who enters the cage of full grown lions and leopards, and makes them perform tricks which would be surprising in dogs, were repeated yesterday every hour, and seemed to excite more interest and wonder than any other part of the day's entertainment. .~ PRICF 4d. STAMPED sd. but the forerunner to a Eeries of demonstrations of scarcely less uproarious claart.cter. SURKEY. This theatre, in accordance with unvarying CuEr tom, presented its patrons with a novelty for their Paschal enterZainment, and in accordance also with their unvarying custom, the patrons of the theatre assembled in overflowing strength to welcome the novelty. Tee ardour of Surrey eudiencfs for the drama cannot be doubted, for none but the most devoted enthusiasts would undergo such bodily agonies, such physical pressure, as were endured last night for nearly six hours by the occupants of the pit and gallery of this theatre. While it cannot truthfully be said that they endured their sufferings uncomplainingly or unresistingly, yet it marked an advanced stage in civilisation to notice how much good humour and how little angry feeling was dis played among so vast a mass of persons. The novelty presented last evening bore the promising title of " The Soldier of Fortune, or the Devil's Death Tower," and was stated in the bills to be a translation from and adaptation of a French piece, by Mr. J. Anderson, one of the managers of the theatre. The story, as dramatised, although his torical as history, as represented in Dumas's novel is exciting, and to a sensitive mind startling, if not revolting. Marguerite of Burgundy, the Queen of Louis X., during her husband's absence from Paris, indulges her and her sisters' guilty passions by receiving lovers in the Death Tower, on the banks of the Seine, and, at the conclusion of each evening's revel, their unfortunate paramours are assassinated, and their bodies cast into the river by a band of ruffians under the orders of one Guido Malatesta, a creature of Marguerite's, and ostensible keeper of an auberge adjoining the Tower. At this auberge meet Leander de la Croix, an orphan, who has come to Paris to his twin brother Lionel, who is Captain of the Queen's Body Guard, and high in Marguerite's favour, and one Captain Ber trand, the soldier of fortune. The latter oppor tunely interferes to save Leander from a cowardly attack by an envious Paris mob—a noble action, which elicited the loudest applause of the Surrey audience, probably because their English notions favoured the man who ventured to fight one against nine, as was the case in this instance. The two be come intimate, and from their mutual confidences it appears that they have each received an assigna tion to meet an unknown lady that evening. Lionel, the captain, who appears, endeavours to dissuade his brother from keeping the appointment, but in vain. In the next scene, the circular room in the Devil's Tower, the Queen and her two sisters are seen masked and retiring from the tower ; but Lionel, after in vain essaying to obtain a glimpse of his fair companion's face, determines to insure re cognition by puncturing the cheek with a silver pin. This act alarms and enrages the masked Queen, and she revokes some exceptional orders which she had previously given for the safety of the young man, and accordingly he and another victim are mur dered, and their bodies cast into the river. Ber trand is more fortunate, for although doomed to the same fate he finds in Jacques Sangnoir, the chief assistant of Malatesta, an old comrade, who per mits him to escape. In the second act Bertrand appears at the Queen's Court in the disguise of a Bohemian fortune-teller, and by his subtle hints so works upon Marguerite's tears that he extorts from her the promise to meet him at Malatesta's tavern. At the interview which there takes place Bertrand threatens to acquaint Lionel de la Croix with the fact that his brother had been assassinated by the Queen's order,to avert which disclosure Marguerite gives Bertrand a warrant appointing him chief minister of the realm, which she subsequently nul lifies by another warrant for his arrest, which imme diately takes place. He is visited in his prison by the Queen, who comes to gloat over his suffer ings, and to taunt him with his prospective fate, but by a disclosure that he is her lover of past times, Bertrand de Longueville, the parent of the twin children and the murderer of her father, he ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S GARDENS, REGENT'S- PARK. In spite of the gloomy aspect of the weather, which did not promise much enjoyment for those engaged in outdoor amusements, a large concourse of holyday makers resorted to these gardens yesterday morning, and continued to do so during the greater part of the day. The entrances up to the time of the closing of the gates amounted to 15,250, a large number, but less than those that have visited the gardens on several previous Easter Mondays, when that national holyday has fallen later in the year, and the weather has turned out more genial. It is satisfactory to be able to edd that the behaviour of the pleasure-seekers, a large proportion of whom were young people, was most ex emplary, and that no injury was done to the society's valu able collection of living animals. THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, GREAT GEOR 3E-STREET. invokes her fears anew, and to prevent certain cri minatory letters from reaching the hands of the King, she agrees to release Bertrand, and to carry out her former promise to make him chief minister. Notwithstanding this arrangement mutual distrust exists between the two principal characters, and a plan is laid whereby each plot the death of the other at the Devil's Tower. Lionel, drawn thither by his infatuation for the Queen, is murdered by her creatures, and Bertrand, who has learned too late the identity of the two La Croix with the off spring of himself and Marguerite, arrives only to acquaint her with the dreadful fact that she has been the murderer of both her children. She in despair stabs herself, and Bertrand, re sisting a Royal order for his arrest, is mortally wounded. The piece thus terminates, if not pleasantly, at least intelligibly, as none of the prin cipal characters remain to invite speculation as to their future earthly career. The drama, full of in cident and of horrors as it was, seemed to afford satisfaction to the large audience, who warmly ap- This exhibition, which is not yet so generally known as it deserves to be, attracted 1,184 people in the course of the day; last year there were 912: in 1862, 670; in 1861, 279; and in 1860, 771. It is the property of the nation, as its name imports, and is exclusively devoted to the portraiture of eminent British worthies of all classes, by the first masters. It was opened a few years ago with about a score of rare portraits and busts, presented by private indi viduals as a beginning, which have now increased to 182. The collection is vested in a body of trustees com posed of noblemen and gentlemen, and is free to the public ordinarily on two days in the week, and on Easter Mondays and Tuesdays. Among the latter additions to the gallery are portraits of Lord Mansfield, William Woodfall, the first Parliamentary reporter, Archbishop Laud, Lord Heathfield, and a bust of Dr Arnold. The whole collectiou is made up of contributions by about 40 donors, at the head of whom is the King of the Belgians. plauded the most striking passages, and with a slight curtailment it will probably be found attrac tive for some time to come. Mr. J. 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Smith for his patrons last night was on a more than usually liberal scale. Two new pieces were pro duced, and both, with respect to scenery and ap pointments, in:a style:of splendour and completeness with which even a transpontine audierce would have been more than satisfied. Of the first—" Ro salie ; or, The Chain of Crime"—we must be con tent to say at present that it introduced the clever Miss Furtado (from the Royalty Theatre) in the part of the heroine, brought for ward Miss Fanny Clifford in a character well suited to exhibit her gracefu' talent as an actress to much advantage. and comprised one of the most vivid, lifelike, and picturesque representations of a shipwreck ever exhibited on the London stage. The specially cha racteristic attraction of the evening was a fairy ex travaganza, written and constructed by Mr. T. H. Higgie, with music, both spirited and characteristic' by Mr. J. H. Tully. "The Trap of Gold" is a bona fide piece of the good old stamp, with a plot not very ea sy nor very necessary to unravel; personages, natural and supernatural, whose actions are fre quently rather fantastic than accountable, rather diverting than logical; costumes and scenery more calculated to puzzle the eye by their variety, and dazzle by their magnificence, than to conciliate the understanding by their propriety or fix the identity of time and place—an Easter pantomime, in short. The chief character—Roprecht Schampt, "student and libertine," a sort of cross between Faust and Don Giovanni —at the instigation of the Bhargeist, head of the tribe of Kobolds, enters into a compact, by force of which, in return for the privilege of be ing allowed to pursue his career of dissipation end profligacy under t he guise and possessed of the attributes of one of those malignant sprites, he is, at the termination of a certain period, either to send a substitute, or go to perdition himself. In the end, after a series of adventures, during which he enjoys the power of becoming invisible at will, poetical justice is done; and, at the critical juncture —when the pseudo-Kobold fancies he has caught a deputy, by the sacrifice of whom he will be entitled to a new lease of immunity—he is entrapped him self through the unexpected failure of his own de vice. His intended victim, Pipelee (Miss Booth), a sprightly and handsome village maiden, is under the protection of a beneficent fairy, called Nixa (Miss Grace Eaton), an avowed enemy of the Bhar geist and frustrator of all his demoniacal plans. The personages grouped around these principal fi g ures are sufficiently varied and consistently gro • tesque. M. Milano, who represents the character of Roprecht Schampt, besides exhibiting a consi derable amount of humour, is a model of agility. His invisible co-operation in the progress of a Danish rustic dance (the scene takes pl ace i n Schleswig, on the banks of the Eider) leads to endless diverting incidents ; while his " grand pas fantastique'' with Miss Fanny Brown (a dancer of more than ordinary skill) is in its way a master piece of saltatory burlesque. The entire scenic business is admirably arranged ; and the last tableau " the Fairy Transformation and Fiery Denoue ment"—in which the supernaturally transformed libertine is caught in his own trap and consigned to the nether regions, raised a storm of approbation. An audience more determined to be pleased has seldom assembled together on Easter Monday ; and the transport of enthusiasm with whim Mr. E. T. Smith was summoned after the wonderful exhibition of the shipwreck, in the first piece, was HAYMARKET. thological extravaganza The novelty which Mr. Buckstone has provided forfroC. Burnand entitled " Venus and Adonis." The playwright's treatment from is E theastepr e p n at r o o f n . si4sra..mFy. Olympian divinities on the whole o divinities are is sfr very h t theme ueumcpceoe upon s s ftcertainly stage The veryino the h e the drollest guise, and made to speak and act in most ludicrous i fashion. Th e presiding sprits o f t h e net h er world also mingle in the scene, and seem to carry on a keen rivalry with the upp er Powers as to which shall " carry on' most extravag ant l y _ . But that is not the only species of rivalry which exists between them. Venus ( Miss Nelly Moore) neg l ects h er ill-favoured sp ouse Vulcan (Mr. Compton) to cu ltivate the favou rs of the hand some Adonis (Miss Louise Keeley), but her penchant for the youthful mortal is shared by Proserpina (Miss Lind ley), and the two goddesses contend, as goddesses only can, for the exclusive possession of his affection. This is, as it were, the pivot of th e p i ece on which all the other characte rs and incidents are made to turn. It is not, indeed, a lways easy to trace the thread of connexion between the different parts of the action ; but that is of the less c onsequence, inas- I much as the mere story is but a very subordinate affair in all such works of art. Th eir chief interest is derived from the music and dancing, the gorgeous or grotesque costumes , t he g rand scenic effects, the rattling action and dialogue, and the lively pl a y of wit. In all these essential respects it is but fair to say that a high pitch of excellence lb attained in the new Easter piece, which alternately dazzled and convulsed the audience. Perhaps the most exqu i s i te scene of all was " The Forest Primaeval," in which Venus is seen reclining on a flowery bank, near a beautiful cascade. The v i e w of a fashionable water ing place at Paphos, w hither Venus and Vulcan repair to spend their honeymoon, is greatly enlivened by the terpsichorean feats of the sea-sea-nymphs. Her e the corps de ballet is introduced with great effect, the whole scene being strikingly piatureeque an d animated. The gardens of Adonis, in which the action of the play culminates, are a perfect blaze of spectacular art. The p i e ce is of course, like all its class, thickly sown with puns and hits at the follies of the day. These are considerably above the average in quality; although certainly that is not saying a great deal. The acting was thronghout spirited and effective, Miss Louise Keeley as Adonis and Miss Nelly Moore as Venus (her first appear ance at this house), both acquitting themselves with especial credit. The curtain fell amid loud and reiterated applause, and Mr. Burnand was called to receive the tribute due to his undoubted success. The extravaganza was preceded by " Our American Cousin," in which Mr. Sothern appeared for the 455th time as Lord pundreary with as much ' apparent freshness as if the part of the half-witted lord were new to him. PRINCESS'S. Mr. Watts Phillips' new play, " Paul's Return," and the drolleries of the Brothers Webb in the Comedy of errors," continue;to attract such largo ST. JAMES'S. Mr. Planche's burlesque, the " Golden Fleece," revived at the Haymarket last autumn, when Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews reappeared after tlaeirreturn from Paris, is brought out at the St. James's with the same excellent artists in the principal characters. ADELPHI, Easter brings back Miss Bateman, and the celebrated American actress again comes forward as the persecuted Leah. OLYMPIC. As Christmas was powerless to remove the " Ticket o Leave Man" from the Olympic bills, so likewise is Easter. THE EXHIBITIONS. The day being raw and cold throughout, the number of visitors to the various exhibitions was much less than usual, There was, nevertheless, a goodly company at all of them• some of the more popular were crowded at intervals. POLYGRAPHIC HALL ENTERTAINMENT. Mr. Woodin had his full share of visitors last evening. His little hall was crowded to suff)cation, and laughter and applause greeted him throughout his entire performance. GRACE EGERTON'S ENTERTAINMENT. The "Drawing Room to Let" drew a large audience last night, and all present seemed thoroughly gratified at the exertions the accomplished Grace Egerton made to please her many visitors. ARTHUR SKETCHLEY'S ENTERTAINMENT. Mr, Sketchley received his full share of Easter holiday visitors, and we mistake very much if those who went further afield for Easter amusement fared as well as those who passed the evening at the attractive emtertainment in the Eg) ptian Hall. THE CRYSTAL PALACE: Yesterday a large crowd assembled, as is usual on Enster Monday, at the Crystal Palace. The day was co ld an d gloomy, more than onc e threatening rain, so that the visitors were less scattered over the grounds tha n i s usual at th i s season. But the attractions within doors are at present so much greater than those without that the absence of sun shine was not n ecessary to explain th e pre f erence shown for the interior of th e building. It was delightful to leave the frost-nipped lawns ane leafless landscapes for the perpetual summer of the south nave and transept, in which the vege tation is now particularly brilliant. In the southern nave, before the band began to play, the chief attra etion seemed to be the dazzling beds of tulips, hyacint'as, dialetrias, deutsias, and cinerarias which have been fort )(Id round the crystal fountains. In the north transept, thc,se who had not been at the Palace for some time noticed fate increased size of the tree ferns and palm trees, many of which now exceed 30 feet in height. The orchideous plant s, with their bright pink purple tipped flowers, at present give an additional THE POLYTECHNIC. This institution, which has flourished during a period of 25 years, was re-opened yesterday with several fresh attrac tions, conspicuous among which were the interesting optical illusions and a new ghost entertainment by Professor Pep per, with a lecture. Many novel scientific improvements and arrangements have been introduced into the ghost illusion by the professor, and hundreds of people assembled yester day to witness the entertainment, which took place at 3 o'clock, and was repeated in the evening. The piping bull finch warbled at intervals during the day. There were also dioramas and dissolving views, most of them new; exhibi tions of glass working, and of the oxy-hydrogen microscope, experiments in magic, buffo songs, anl an entertainment in ventriloquism, besides experiments with the diving bell. MADAME TUSSAITD'S. As usual on a great holiday, this popular place of recrea- tion attracted a crewd of visitors, especially in the evening. Although upwards of half a century has elapsed since the exhibition was first opened, it is still as great a favourite with the public as ever, and being wholly unique in its kind it remains without a rival. Of late many new figures of dis• anguished and historical personages have been added to the collection which greatly enhance its interest. Among these are all the principal members of the Royal family, in appro priate groups, the late King of Denmark, and other Royal personages ; while Presidents Lincoln and Davis, Messrs. Slidell and Mason, Count Cavour, Garibaldi, and Cardinal Antonelli are conspicuous among the political and histori cal celebrities. The part of the exhibition familiarly known as the Chamber of Horrors is now designated in the pro• gramme as the Chamber ci Physiognomy; and there, among the latter additions, is to be found a figure of the murderer Townley. THE EGYPTIAN HALL. Here there was a morning exhibition of the magnificent moving panorama, illustrative of the tour of the Prince of Wales in the Holy Land, Turkey, and Egypt, comprising 17 pictures painted by Telbin, with a lecture by Mr. Arthur Matthison, and at intervals a musical accompaniment by Miss Fosbroke. The exhibition, which is one of great inte rest, was repeated in the evening. THE OXFORD AND CANTERBURY HALLS. The Oxford and Canterbury are not, like the gentlemen of the Oxford and Cambridge, in competition, and we can at Easter time also put them under one head, both doing their best, although not in rivalry, to gain the suffrages of the public. We have very recently had occasion to speak most favourably of the way in which the grand selection from "Faust" has been presented at the former establish ment, and if we may judge from the applause bestowed upon the performance last night, the audience fully ratified the good opinion to which we lately gave expression. The o ht t rh h gi h eut morea h r e t e greatsti addsosmoothly solo ho v ll e oy a y da r m tsh u ef c o li cri toor choruses Faust,tsl a e e the moree aux are rendered. m fgmoor o ;c r pe e wh t iha h s nitelodssptehfil familiarity h u: wiw g ai Miss Russell, who has had many roles to play during the period she has been the distinguished prima donna of both. the Oxford and Canterbury, has seldom been better suited with music, or had more scope afforded for the display of her undoubted musical talents. The choruses reel off without hitch, and when the full vocal and instrumental strength of the company is called into requisition the effect upon the ear is equal to that produced by some of the finest representations of the opera itself we have yet had in this country. Still, speaking of the Oxford, here it is that Unsworth revels in those irresistible sallies of mock•oratory that have quite removed his name from the category of ths mere Nigger Entertainer. In his way, Unsworth is a teacher, who contrives, under the rough exterior of a stump orator, invested with all due absurdities of costume, and descending to every extravagance of gesture, to preach an amount of home-spun philosophy, and scatter an amount of good advice, seasoned with banter and even denunciation against shams of every kind, that may often be looked for in vain from speakers who take ethics under their especial care, and are more free in the distribution of the pains and penalties which a tt a ch to error. Here, too, Eugene, by the beauty of his soprano voice, and the splendid apeing of the female reanner,limives half his audience in doubt as to his sex. Maclagan (whose “Bittar Bee-bar" song ought still further to spread the fame of Bass throughout the world), W. Randall, Jester, and little Nelly Power bring up the rear of an amount of comic talent seldom equalled, even under Mr. Morton's management. Of the Canterbury Hall we have also rec en tl y had to speak in terms of es pecial praise in a notice o f th e brilliant Ghost illusion, called "Prince Blossom ; or, the Fairies of the Magic Fountain and the Forest of Shadows." Its present representation more than confirms the jnag:rraent we then passed, namely, that it is the most ex t raor di• aar y and powerful representation to which the invention first produced at the Polytechnic has given rise. It cor tainly eclipses everything that has preceded it in the ' way of ece , i „fle v t, whilst the beautiful illusion of " Fay l e pass- //I a I