The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-14 00:00:00

HOLBORN AMPHITHEATRE.

This excellent and well-appointed circus is still
in the hands of the celebrated American company, who
announce the last four weeks of their engagement, and
who, we believe, will be replaced by the great Japanese
company now pirforming in Birmingham. No acrobatic
fiats, trick horses, or daring riding that have been seen in
England ever surpassed. if they ever equalled, the perform-
armee of the riders, acrobats, and horses now exhibiting in
Holborn, and the famed Ducrow himself, if',
alive, would yield the palm to equestrians like
Mr. Robinson. There is one good, and, we are sorry to my,
a rare feature in the entertainments at the Holborn Circus,
they are worked with the utmost possible rapidity. With
the exception of the ten minutes allowed between the first
•n 1 second parts of the programme, there is not half a
minute's "wait" between any one of the "acts"
The clowns are not tedious, and the programme
is so arranged as to give the greatest variety
within the compass of a single evening. A new
feature was introduced last night in the shape of •
"shadow pantomime," called Shadows is the Avg, or
Trip to 111, Loon, supported by mules and ponies as well
as men. This form of pantomime, in which the figures
are represented by black shadows of a gigantic size throwg
on a white curtain, has a spectral humour •boat it which
is as original as it is impressive. This pantomime eon-
eludes the performance.

FREEDOM OF NATIONAL IDIICATION. —The follow-
ing resolutions will be moved at a public meeting to be
held at liVillues-noins on February 12. The dis mmion of
the resolutions, when moved and seconded, is to be open
to all present ; the mover in each ease to have the right of
reply :-1. That it appears to this meeting that it ia neces-
sary that aid be given out of public funds towards building
and maintaining sufficient schools for the education of the
poor. 2. That such aid be, not by rate local or general but
by parliamentary grant, to be administered by the Com-
mittee of Council on Education as parliament shall direct.
3. That such aid be applied to smut in building schools of
all religious bodies upon sites legally conveyed, secured for
the purposes of edimetion, and open to ell children whose
parents are willing to accept the education and to comply
with the rules and regulations of the school. Religions
teaching therein, and manner of regulation connected
with it. to be left unconditionally free to the managers of
each school. To assist in maintaining schools by annual
grants. rie amount of such grants to be proportioned to
secular results, as these are ascertained by her Majesty's
inspector,. Tire manner of producing such results to be left
unconditionally free to the managers of each school. 4.
That, where desired, such aid be applied to asset in build-
ing and maintaining purely secular schools. The bon.
Charles Lindley Wood is announced as chairman of the
meeting.
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PATENT-OFFICZ MUBIII7II, SOUTH KENSINGTON.-
Number of vieitore for the week eliding Jan. 11, 2,341.
Total another since the opening of the Kamm free daily
(12th /d6r, lbr.e;), 1,229.1.96.
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boa, low spirits. 40,000 manual awes which had redoes& all
wedlebess, tneludine that of his Holism, the Pops. It woe
afty times Its cost In other rentsillea.—Tins, id.: ISb.,
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quadrant, London ; Also Fortnum and Mason, Piccadilly, and at
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