The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-14 00:00:00

THEATRICAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

Tut advertisements of most papers are not the
least amusing and instructing part of the letter-
press. and tho advertisements in our !expected and
valuable theatrical contemporary, the Era, are
always worth reading for the glimpses they afford
of " professional'. life. The following very sug-
gestive advertisement appeared in the number
published last Saturday :

WANTED to place out an ACTIVE LITTLE
BOY, aged FIVE MARE, for any period, to be brought
up in any branch of the profernua.

This probably points to a gymnastic tutorship,
and a future in which " ground and lofty
•• tumbling•' will be studied at the expense of
other accomplishments. The following cha-
racteristic and somewhat pettish announcement
also appeared in the Pomo. paper :

I.IIANITERS'Sr (:RANI, NATIOSaI STAR MENAI.I.3III:.
WANTED. nntnediat..ly, an intelligent PER-
SON as DESCRIBER. and who will not ohjeet to make
Liras if generally useful. One possaes.-ing a little knowle.lge
of Natural History and the Queen's Eugli-h pretorred
many applying for, and being allowed to occupy, similar
positions being woefully defierent of either qualification.
Strict inquiry will be made as to antecedents. A liberal
safely and a pen anent and comfortable situation to one
who tau mind I.ls business, and study his employer's in-
termit to a greater degree than the quality of the beer at
the nearest public-housir. An extra re.simpense will be
given to one who can produ. e his Temperance Pl.l.lge (ler.
tificate. and who is prepared to offer a guarantee that he
will faithfully observe the same. It is requested that no
person will apply whose character will not bear close in-
vestigation, as Mr. Menders is determined to mecume dews
who know their business.

The ativerti%er hiar evidcntly befit iuu,:h troubled
with convivial " WPM.-

A sTATEMENT is made by a contemporary rela-
tive to a metropolitan constituency which we
hope to hear is founded on a misapprehension.
The Lambeth Lodger Franchise Association, it is
mild, have " resolved to ask the candidates for the
" representation of that borough for assistance in
•' liquidating the expenses of preparing lodger
•• claims, and in defending them before
•' the revising barrister." This is a species of
corrupt influence in elections. It is petty
bribery in disguise. By asking for a dona-
tion the persons concerned in effect place the can-
didate who cannot or will not subscribe at a dis-
advantage. There are small boroughs now
limited to one member who at the present
moment groan at the thought that local
pillaging may be diminished by the absence
of the competing rival ; but for a body of
London citizens to take such a view of political
We would be discouraging. We expect them
rather to set the example of sparing their can-
didates as much as possible the humiliation of
feeling that they are paying for their seats.

THE QUEEN'S JoCRNEY TO THE Nom-B.—Ar-
rangements have been made by the authorities of the
Great Western and North Western Redeem for her Ma-
jesty's journey to Scotland, an follows. The Queen, with
the Priuce and Princess Christian, the Princesses Louise
and Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, attended by their royal
suite, will leave the Windsor station of the Great
Western Railway at 6.50 this evening for the Bushhury
Junction (Wolverhampton?. The special train is timed
to arrive at Oxford at 8.6, and depart thence at 8.11,
arriving at Leamington at 9.18, where the royal party will
stop 20 minutes for refreshments. Bushbury Junction will
be reached at 10.50. There the royal train will be
taken under the charge of the London and North
Western authorities. The Boar's Head JunAion will
be reached at one o'clock on Tuesday morning,
where the engine will take water. At Kendal Junction
the engine will again pause to take water. At 2.37 a.m.
the journey will be resumed to Carlisle, which is expected
to bereached by 4.12 a.m. From Carlisle the route will
be as usual over the Calelonian Railway; the Queen ar-
riving at the Summit at 5.37, and Perth at 8.35 a.m. At
the latter city the royal party will alight and breakfast,
BH7-five minutes being allowed for the purpose. The
train will then proceed on its journey, reaching the
Bridge of DWI at 10.46 a.m., and Aberdeen at 11.59 a.m.
From Aberdeen her Majesty will travel by the Deeaide
hallway to Aboyne, where the royal party will arrive at
1.10 p.m. on Tuesday, and pod the remainder of the way
to Balmoral. Every precaution has been taken by the
railway authorities to ensure the conduit and safety of the
royal travellers.
PROBABLE VISIT OF 1-11 E PRINCE OF WALES 'l'o
AFRICA.— It is halt that the Prince of Wales contemplates
a visit to the African continent, and that, should his royal
highness carry out his intention, he will must likely visit
Egypt and the cataracts of the Nile.