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found in the camp of the 'Volsci, and what 130 Members
could not do, backed up by a good cause, and standing
in defence of a great principle, Lord Palmerston
achieves by two small and comparatively unimportant
words. Is the battle reel, or is it feigned P_ Le it
a concerted warfare between two chiefs, both of whom
know extremely well what they are about, though the
abused public looks on it all with good faith, and be-
lieves their swords are sharpened and their blows in
earnest? Is there between the dismissal of Lord Pal-
merston, his eulogistic defence, and his present vic-
tory, any rational bond of connexion; or is 'all this
to pave the way for a decent fall of the Whigs; is it
to save them the confusion of a surrender to any one
of their own body? If so, the acting has been ad.
mirable, and the.play has been well played out to the
last. The blushes of the Premier, and the virgin mo-
desty of his inexperienced colleagues have been spared.
However, the play is done, and the curtain has fallen.
The Ministry cannot, like the great Emperor, exclaim
Ves valete et plaudite ! It cannot leave the stage it has
SO long, so tediously, and FO profitleesly occupied, with
thunders of applause; not like a well graced actor, but
as a tedious envoi., whom, if we do not hiss, it is
because to be rid of such an incumbrance is a
sufficient satiscaction for our spleen ; and because
our interest is far more than all concentrated on
• him that shall enter next. Who that next shall be it
will not require much sagacity to descry. If we can
road the wishes of the country—if we can interpret. the
unmistakeable evidence of its intentions in the election
of East Kent, where Sir Brook Bridges has been re-
turned by an overwhelming majority—those wishes are
not hard to read. The watch- words of that election
were Protestantism and Protection. Upon these
grounds only Sir Edward Dering was defeated,
notwithstanding his enormous advantages in the
outset of the contest; and these aro now the watch-
words of the nation. We recognise in that contest on
a smaller scale what soon will be enacted on a much
larger one, and in which no party in the State but
one can take the lead. Naturally, all those who feel with
the majority in that election will turn to Lord Derby
as their leader, as the only statesman on whom they
can rely to carry out those principles which they feel
to be so vitally and intimately connected with the
prosperity of the nation. Doubtless, before these re-
marks shall have reached our readers, that Noble Lord
will have been informed of the result; before, in fact,
the ink on this paper is dry. He will be prepared to
act that part, and to carry out those councils to which
the Sovereign and the nation shall have called him.
Unprepared, he cannot be, for, though sudden, this
event is not unexpected; and those councils will be
carry out with that generous and chivalrous devotion
to a great purpose for which he is distinguished. The
wishes of the nation go with him; the good wishes
of all who aro sick of empty promises and vain words
—of all who desire a temperate guiding and concilia-
tory hand to draw us out of the mass of social evils
by which we ars beset—of all, in short, who long for
the peace, the prosperity, and the happiness of this
great country.

(From the Chronicle.)
The Russell Cabinet—triumphant on Thursday night
by a majority of upwards of ninety, on a question of
first-class importance, and defeated on Friday night by
a ~majority of less than a dozen, on a question of no
practical moment—now talk of resigning. Long as the
country has been prepared for this inevitable catas-
trophe of an Administration which for years has been
sinking from one depth of feebleness and decrepitude to
another and a lower—which passed through one " crisis"
just twelve months ago, and which barely survived
through a recess that deprived it of its ablest and nest
popular member—the announcement will, after all, take
the nation by surprise. The resolution which Lord
John Russell intimated to the House of Commons last
night, after the division on Lord Palmerston's motion,
was so obviously uncalled for by the circumstances
of the case, that the public will find it impossible
to regard the ostensible ground of the Ministerial
decision as the real one. The Cabinet have
long been inured to Parliamentary defeat; they have
never shown any indisposition to accept modifies.-
tions, even of their most important measures, at the
hands either of their friends or of their foes; and the
particular question on which they were outvoted
yesterday evening was about the last ou which one
would have looked for an extreme assertion of the prin-
ciple of Ministerial autocracy. So far from the majority
declaring or implying, by last night's vote, any want of
confidence in the Government, it actually gave them a
larger confidence than they had asked. The difference
between the Premier's proposal, " to amend the laws re-
specting the local militia," and Lord Palmerston's reso-
lution, to " amend and consolidate the laws respecting
the militia," amounted simply to an extension of the
powers and resources of the Executive. Moreover,
when Lord John Russell consented to add the word
" consolidate" to his own resolution, he virtually gave
up the whole question—it being little better than a con-
tradiction in terms to talk of " consolidating" the Acts
relating to the local militia, which are only two or three
in number, whilst those relating to the regular militia are
exceedingly numerous. Nor was the vote of the House dic-
tated by any secret and unavowed feelings of hostility;
for it will be found, when the division lists are pub-
lished, that the not very considerable majority which
affirmed Lord Palmerston's. amendment included no
small proportion of the habitual supporters and friends
of the Government. A Ministerial resignation, under
circumstances so strangely disproportioned to such a
result, carries with it its own interpretation, and irre-
sistibly suggests a pre-formed determination to relin-
quish office at the first plausible opportunity. The
country will be at no loss to divine the true cause of that
determination, when it is remembered that on Tuesday
next the House of Commons was to have been called
upon to pronounce its judgment on the policy which has
led to the costly and disastrous Kafir war. We offer no
opinion at present on the prudence,
the temper, or the
patriotism which Lord John Russell has manifested in
this proceeding. The country will judge of the conduct
of a statesman who throws down the reins of Govern-
ment at a moment when the whole business of the year
remains to be done—when the gravest questions
of foreign and domestic policy are pressing for
a prompt solution—and, moreover, under circumstances
which will inevitably convey to all the Powers of Bit-
rope an impression alike groundless and pernicious, as
to the real cause and the practical import of the event.
It is certainly unfortunate that, with so many opportu-
nities before him of retiring from a post which he has
long since been incapable of occupying with credit to
himself or advantage to the country, he should have
chosen an occasion which, in the eyes of every Conti-
nental Government, will apparently identify the Parlia-
ment and people of Great Britain with the foreign policy
of Lord Palmerston. But we have little inclination to
dwell on these topics. It is of infinitely more moment
that the country should prepare itself to enter on the
grave struggle which now awaits it, for the defence of
the great principles of a just and liberal commercial
policy, than that the merits or demerits of a defunct
Administration should be precisely appreciated. The
formation of a Protectionist Administration will
probably be the result of Lord John Russell's abdication
of office; so that the time has arrived for the final ter-
mination of that mischievous class controversy which,
for the last six years, has disorganized political parties,
obstructed all useful legislation, lowered the tone and
character of Parliamentary discussion, and rendered s
strong and efficient Government au impossibility. We
need not say that we look forward to the result without
fear or a misgiving. Of the issue of such a struggle it
would be folly to affect a doubt which it is impossible for
any one to feel who knows how deeply, and widely, and
solidly the principles of Free-trade are rooted in the
convictions, the interests, and the necessities of the great
mass of the community. The conflict may
be a severe,
though scarcely a protracted one; but it is a necessary
stage through which the country must pass in order to
arrive at a definitive solution of that intolerable political
entanglement which has brou
legislation to a dead lock. ght all Government and
(From the Advertiser.)
Though no one will feel surprised, and few will regret,
to learn that the Whig Ministry are among the things
/
that were, few persons, we suppose, had the slightest
idea of the circumstances under which the downfall was
to be brought about. Little did Lord John Russell
imagine when he dismissed Lord Palmerston, that in the
brief space of two months, the " Expelled Minister"
would be the means of turning himself and his collergues
crop and heal out of Downing-street. There is at least
poetical justice in this. No novelist could invent a
denouement more in keeping with the incidents of his
work of fiction. We say nothing just now
are ejected. W
e which illustrates
and confirms, in a remarkable of the merits
of the question on which the Whigs
manner,ll all that we ever
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are merely recording a great fact-
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was the. exclamationo of the poet, more
Lord Palmerston.
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could have believed that the
thmportant circumstance of Lord
Palmerston proposing as
an amendment to the Ministe-
be substituted for
destruction of a Governmeent
rial scheme,
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a respectinglocal militia, should result in the
declared at Perth, but ten or twelve days before, to be
The Inevitable Government ?"
The Ilinister(sFhrtovule the. DaAily .News.)
resigneo—not up n a broad ques-
tion of national policy or of Parliamentary reform, but
upon a difficulty whether the forty-second or the forty-
eighth of George the Third should be refurbished for
present use! There was a significant muster on the
Tory benches in the House of Commons yesterday even-
ing, and the habitues of the place scented the mischief
in the wind. In due time Lord John Russell rose to
propose his militia plan. He desired to have what he
considered a constitutional means of defence for the coun-
try, and thought that a local militia was the best mode
of providing it. With much ingenuity he put his propo-
sition before his hearers, but through the whole expla-
tion there shone out two great errors of policy—two
stillone potent for evil in the eyes of the
more fraught with mischief in
gr
Liberals, at
m ist
the mistakes—the
the Tory view of the subject. The economists could see
the broad absurdity of making bad soldiers of useful
mechanics, to be ready three months hencee to meet a
danger said to be imminent; whilst practical Members
of the Tory party saw the insufficiency of a weak local
force, when compared with such a militia as England
boasted during the last war. And far more than that,
Lord Derby's followers saw also, in the dispute before
them, a chance of upsetting the Whigs, and getting
their places. With an audience to a large extent thus
mentally prepared to resist his arguments, the Minister
went on detailing his plans, and when be had finished
his story, upstood his ex-colleague, Lord Palmerston, to
kncck down All he had striven to raise. Lord Palmerston
had no official reserves to check him, and on he went, ap-
pealing to the fears of those who dream of an invasion,
and to the patriotism of such as desire such " glory " es
the French are fond of. His address might be called a
genuine " Rule Britannia oration, well adapted to his
audience, well sprinkled with cleverness, and eminently

" telling "in its effect. He was cheered loudly, espe
cially—as an Honourable Member remarked—by the
landlords behind him, who lived in Kent and the soath
counties. Lord Palmerston, with glezey compliments
and well•turned sentences, declared his respect for the
Minister and his plans. All he wished was to sub-
stitute ono statute of George DI. for another;
to make the militia really an efficient force; moveable
from .one part of the kingdom to another. It was only a
word—forty-two for fifty-eight. But that word was
fated to upset the Ministry. The speeches that followed
Lord Palmerston's told for nothing. " Divide, divide,"
was the muttered interruption from the well filled Tory
benches; Lord Marcus Hill was industrious, but unsuc-
cessful; the Whigs were not at their posts, the bell
rung, and on the desired division—in a House of 261
Members—Lord John was left in a minority of 11. A
few hasty words of inquiry, explanation, and rejoinder,
and then the loud cheers of the Tories told how gladly
they receiveri from the Prithe Minister an intimation
that ha felt bound to resign. " The last feather breaks
the back of the camel," says the Arab. His last folly
broke down Lord John Russell's Cabine'. Ile tam-
pered with the patience. cud tried the endurance, and
scorned the ctenosel of the men who advised him
wiseiY, whilst they refused to flatter his mistakes. What
right had he to ask for militiamen, when the country
was paying many millions a year for regular troops,
ships, and seamen ? To these paid forces the people are
entitled to look for national defence—to the mighty
ships, and the good seamen, and the gallantry that, in
the hour of peril, has ever been ready and true—to the
drilled soldiers of tho line, officered by the men who
have seen service abroad in the last war and in the
many colonies of. Great Britain. And if this navy and
this army are not ample, when properly stationed near
the coast, then the Minister should have accepted the
free offer of those thousands of young men who prof-
fered their services in the national defence as members
of rifle corps. But no. Lord John Russell would try a
militia. The country in the present state of Europe was
not s,cure, he thought. At, any moment we might be
in danger, and to stave off what might affect us to-night
phrisobpalabnlywbaes
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a few months'
who would
months' time.
Fight they doubtless would, and as well as any raw
muster could do—for they would be Englishmen; but if
the danger said to be in our neighbourhood be real, the
enemy might sack London twice over before local
mili-
tiamen could be ballotted for, enrolled, clad, armed,
drilled, and be made ready for fighting and elefeatingea
disciplined invading army. The House saw. The Minis-
ter's ease was weak, and his enemy strong. But he
would have a militia—and he has already got enough of
it. But why was the enemy strong, and why should
Lord Palmerston seek to establish a general militia force
instead of a local one? and, why, on a defeat of such a
character, should a Ministry resign? The Cabinet break
down was so sudden—so unanticipated—that there is
little time for investigation cf circumstances, but on the
first blush of the subject there are certain evident proba-
bilities involved in the affair. To take the last point
first, it is just possible that Lord John Russell might
prefer a crisis on this subject to one on the impending
Cape debate, where the feeling might be more unitedly
unfavourable to him than on the subject of militia; and,
left in a minority of eleven, he may offer the " resig-
nation which her Majesty might nut think it necessary,
under the circumstances, to accept." Should this be
so; and should Lord Palmerston hot join Lord Derby
in forming a Cabinet, Lord John, ccming back to office,
may turn to the Liberals with the exclamation, " If you
do not support me as a party I shall hand the reins to the
Tories." Such calculations may have rendered him less
unwilling to meet the event of last night than the world
might imagine. Be this, however, as it may, the Tory
muster in the House last night to do the work they et-
tected is explicable upon the knowledge of the fact that
Lord Pelmerston and the Peelites were ready to sup-
port any attempt for damaging the Ministry, They
could scarcely have expected how successful they
would be. The tactics of the ex-Foreign Secretary
are clear enough. He will have no local militia—not
for the reasons that urge the Liberals to reject it—bat
from a widely different motive. A local militia is, as
Lord John Russell declares, a constitutional force. It
might be called. indeed, a body cf armed county special
constables. It is a force raised in a locality to be em-
ployed in that locality, with local prejudices and local
inefficiencies. If good for anything it would be—when
drilled—useful only for local contest. A general militia,
on the other band, is in truth an addition to the stand-
ing army of a mats of indifferent troops, from which
the line could be recruited—a reservoir from which an
efficient fighting army could be fed. Such was the mi-
litia during the last war—a contest the very naming of
which points out what Lord Palmersten had in view in
all probability last night. If that long and bloody con-
test which left the bones of tens of thousands of English-
men to whiten on the fields of Spain, of France, and of
Belgium, and left us millions of debt to cripple our
energies and finance—if that long and sanguinary
story of foreign war teaches anything, it teaches
how fond English Governments have been of
interfering with the business of foreign nations.
We interfered to overthrow a Bonaparte to put up a
Bourbon in his stead, at the cost of millions sterling, and
from the days of that costly intervention we have ever
had some small job of the sort on hand—Syria, Porta-
ge], Spain—nay, even Lagos to wit. No man more ready
at this work than my Lord Palmerston. No man more
prompt in launching the forces of England against whom-
soever happened to do aught which seemed inimical to
his " foreign policy." In the presence of the danger
said to exist from France, with the possibility of Gallic
legions marching upon Savoy or the Rhine, or.of the
cliques of the Tuileries seeking, es la Brother Jonathan,
to " annex" Belgium for the glory of modern Gaul—in
the very presence, we say, of such probabilities in Eu-
rope, what would England be—in the thought of a man
like Lord Palmerston—without troops available for
foreign intervention? How could England make her-
self felt without soldiers for service in Flanders, or in
Portugal, in Hanover, or in Spain? And should the
great misery of war on the Continent arise, our present
English army—even with the English fleet and English
volunteers—would all be needed for the protection of
England herself. We could spare nothing—no mimed
interventions could be tried. On the defensive, and the
defensive alone, must we act; so far as armies were con-
cerned. But were a general militia organized, how dif-
ferently should we stand! Two hundred thousand
e d y
question thetrhinagtra
Eng-
lish conscripts would soon have many men forward
enough for drafting into the line; whilst the rest would
be deemed amply sufficient for home defence. Our re-
gulars would cease to be necessary to our home safety.
They could be sent abroad—if " honour" or " interven-
don" required it. Once across the seas all the former
fight would fight it out as of old.
and perish; the regiments,
drama might be enacted again. England thoroughly
would be filled up again and again
as gra-
dcw'rouihi ml
yliinteeudws militiaeot doumi audepngw:fi great
tm
home. Battles and glory might
be won—as before at the old price of English blood and
English treasure
—and bother great and " glorious"
organized general
national debt. Let iet not be supposed that this is an
Minis-
terial crash of last night.
all men, knows it. And he
knew it right well whenAhne
means—the capacity for engaging
imaginary tionalwavri
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Lord Palmerston, above
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nnin-
smallgde last night in the Housetalked
of Commons of the
difference—the mare word " general" for " local"
—that stood between himself
and his late colleague,
Lord John Russell. The Whig Ministers may return
not. Lord Derby, with Lord
Palmerston, may
people insist Upon *
possibly. take office. But let the
ships and being guarded by their own good
their own tried soldiers, and not allow them-
selves to be taxed
pocket or in person for either local
or general militia,

hTh_
EAST KENT ELECTION,
poll :
e following were the numbers at the final olose of

Ahford
Canterbury ...
Ramsgate
Romney
Sittingbourne...

291
958
663
199
373

- 2,484

- 2,286

... 198

ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE,
ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND.
Continuous Novelties—Continuous Success—Continuous APPIaUSe—
_ . .

and Overflowing Audiences.
Great Hit of the Bottle Imp.
The performances THIS EVENING and daring the week will
commence with an Occasional ADDRESS, by Mr. Albany Brown.
After which, a new scene of Apropos, entitled the MANAGER'S
ROOM, with Signor Bath Tone's new Scene, The French Commenta-
tor on Shakspere, and Grand Italian Aria, by Signora Barbiere Al-
lent.
With a new Infinitesimal Operetta, entitled THE TIN.ITED SER-
VICES, written expressly for the Marionettes, hY
tesque Divertissement,
To be followed by a new Neapolitan fro
entitled ARLECHINO FORTUNATO, with Frolics of Saltarello
and Pierrot.
And the grand romantic Spectacle of TIIE BOTTLE IMP.
Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock.
Private Boxes, ii. Is.; Balcony Stalls, 35.; Lower Stalls, 2s. ;
Balcony, 25.; Amphitheatre, Is.
Private Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal
Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sam's Royal Library, St.
James's-street ; Mr. C. 011ivier, New Bond-street ; at all the prin-
cipal libraries; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, Adelaide-
street, West Strand.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE.
THIS EVENING,

Will be produced the Opera of IRA DIAVOLO. Fra Diavolo,
Sims Beeves ; Lord Allcash, Mr. Whitworth ; Lorenzo, Mr.
3,fany2rs ; Giacomo, Mr. Dehaga ; Zerlina, Mrs. Sims Reeves; Lady
Alloash, Miss P. Horton.
Auer which, A DIVERTISSEMENT.
To conclude with a new Farce, entitled TOO LATE FOR THE
TRAIN. Doctor Littlejohn, Mr. F. Vining ; Mr. Banbury Kidd,
Mr. C. Selby; Mrs. Littlejohn, Miss H. Coveney.
PRICES OF ADMISSION.
The itbrrner scale of prices has been revised, and a rate of admission
adopted suitable to the convenience of all classes of society:—
Dr6s
Upper Boxes
Pit
Amphitheatre
Gallery

.. 2s. 64L

Dress Circle
Upper Boxes
Pit
Amphitheatre • • • • _ is.
Gallery • •• •• •• •• Os. 6d.
Private Boxes, £3• 35.,,E2 25., and £1 lls. 6d. Orchestra Stalls, Sc
Box-office open daily from 10 to 4.
Stage Manager, Mr. J. M. MORTON.
The whole under the management of
Mr. BUNN, LESSEE.

Is. 6d.

THiATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed WOMAN'S HEART. The Marquis of Albritzzi,
Mr. Vandenhoff ; Angiolo, Mr. Barry HEARTS.
; the Lady Giulia,
Miss A. Yining; Isolina, Miss Vandenhoff.
Atter which the Farce of THE RIFLE BRIGADE. Mr. Doddle-
ton, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Peter Simple, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Dod-
dieton, Miss A. Vining; Mrs. Major Masterman, Mrs. Fltzwilliam.
To conclude with the Farce, called THE TWO BONNYCASTLES.
Mr. Bonnycastle, Mr. Backstone ; Mrs. Bonnycastle, Mrs. Buck-
ingham.

THEATRE ROYAL, A.DELPHI.
Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celesta.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed the Farce of THE MOTHER AND CHILD
ARE DOING WELL. Lieutenant O'Scupper, Mr. Paul Bedford ;
Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Maxwell, Mr. Worrell ; Emily, Miss
lemma Harding.
To be followed by THE LOTTERY TICKET. Wormwood, Mr.
Emery ; Susan. Miss E. Chaplin.
After which A LEGHORN BONNET. Characters by Messrs. P.
Bedford, Wright. Worrill, Miss E. Harding, and Miss Courteney.
io conclude with a new and original Christmas Tale, called LIT-
TLE RED RIDING HOOD. Wolfram, Baron of Burliburg (Sur-
named the Wolf of Biberich), Mr. Paul Bedford ; Scraggenh eim, Mr.
Butler; Trudchen (commonly called Little Red Riding Hood), Miss
Kathleen Fitz william.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Mana mentof Mr. C. Keats.
THIS EVEICLNO,
Will be performed, the Play of THE IRON CHEST. principal
characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Harley, Ryder, Addison, Meadows,
C. Fisher, and Cathcart ; Misses Mary Keeley, Murray, and Frank.
land.
To be followed by TO PARENTS and GUARDIANS, in which
Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, and Mr. A. Wigan will perform.
With a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN
BILLY TAYLOR; or, The Flying Dutchman and the King of Ra-
ritoasp. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Panta-
loon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclercq.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management or Madame Vestris.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed
THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by
Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C.
Horn, and Miss M. Oliver.
To conclade with

A new and original Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq.,
entitled THE PRINCE OF HAPPY LAND ; or, The Fawn in the
Forest. Characters by Madame Yestris, Miss St. George, Miss
Lanza, Miss Martindale, Miss Grove, Miss Ellis, Miss Rosina Wright,
Messrs. F. Matthews, B. Baker, Suter, Horncastie, Maier, and
Vernon.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W . Farrell.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed A CONSPIRATOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF.
Mr. Inigo Inkhorn, Mr. Farren Tiffin, Mr. Compton ; Hastings,
Mr. W. Farren, jun., Bertha, Miss L. Howard ; Margaret, Mrs
Bartlett.
After which AN ORGANIC AFFECTION.
After which MATRIMONIAL, &c., &c., in which Messrs. Comp-
t n, Shalders, G. Cooke, Mesdames Phillips and Bartlett will appear.
To conclude with RED RTJFUS ; or, Harlequin rant, Fiction, and
Fancy. Red Rufus, Mr. Shalders; Clown, Mr. Edwards; Harlequin,
Mr. Forrest; Pantaloon, Mr. Tanner; Columbine, Miss Lees.

r uNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THLAT.K.N.
Lessee. Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool.
The Warmest Theatre in Lendon.
T3LS EVENING
Will be presented THE RIFLE CLUB. Characters by Messrs.
Romer, Rogers, Attwood, Miss Sanders, and Miss Maskell.
To be followed by THE TWELVE L&BOURS OF HERCULES.
To be followed by a new Chinese burlesque, called THE MANDA-
RIN'S DAUGHTER , or, Willow Pattern Plate. Characters by
Messrs. J. Reeve, Rogers, Romer, Attwood, Hudspeth ; Mesdames
Marshall, Sanders, Bell, Eglinton, and Maskell.
After which. The JUVENILE PARTY.
Boxes, 39.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is.
Private Boxes One Guinea and a Hail each.
Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling.

ASTL-EY'S ROYAL AMPIIITREATRE.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
The moat successful and popular Theatre In London.
Last Week of the Pantomime.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed a Magnificent Spectacle, entitled BLUE
BEARD ; or, Female Curiosity, in which will be introduced a pair of
highly-trained Elephants, male and female, allowed to be the most
docile pair ever brought into Europe.
With Ratty's Inhnitable Scenes of the Arena, combining talent
of the highest order, both Native and Foreign.
With the most popular and only Equestrian Pantomime in London,
entitled MR. and MRS. BRIGGS; or, Funch's Festival—Mirth,
Wit, and Jollity. Harlequin, Mr. Harvey ; Columbine, Miss Avery ;
Pantaloon, Mr. Buckman; Clown, Arthur Nelson, who will in the
course of each evening play a number of favourite airs on the
Bock Harmonicon.
Tickets to 6e had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily.
Stage Manager. Mr. T. Thompson.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TWA DAY 2 min. after 3 I Evening 17 min after 3
To-Mointow—Morning 5 min. after 4 I Evening 19 min after 4

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 21.
Trouuktowsrum, Ii TIM Sturm.
3i—highest since noon yesterday.
22—lowest this morning and during the night.
37—this day, at noon.

BAROMETER, 30.34.
WIND W.N.W.—Morning, fine frosty weather; Afternoon,
cloudy.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.
State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
era arranged in order of latitude.

Pt:mourn —Wind N., calm—snow.
less.
Poor —Wind N.W., hard wind—cloudless.
ud
ess.
Buicrrox—Wind N., strong breeze— o
lisirrnms—Wind N., fresh breeze—cloudless.
511313TRA3crroN—Wind N.E., strong breeze—cloudless.
twauncrofig—Wind N.. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
lulTnumog--Wind N.E., strong breeze—cloudless.
GREENWICH—Wind N., gentle breeze—cloudless.
""400, D•••• Wind N., gentle breeze—cloudless.
'°":"Kw—Wind N., light airs—frost.
LaturrroN_Wind N.W., strong breeze—cloudless.
C°L'ealtantn—Wind N.E., strong breeze—snow.
`""`nall'Gn—Wind N.W., strong breeze—cloudless.
Y_ARmotTn—Wind heavy gale—snow.
mnsfasinuast--Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
LANCASTEII--iN ind N., gentle;,breeze— principally clear.
WHITBY—Wind N., strong breeze—snow.
DAnuxoTon—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless, frost.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Thursday morning at nine
o'clock
Lareffic.K—Wind R, calm cloudless, frost.
LsiowroN—Wind N.W., Strong breeze--overcast.

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