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L IVES OF THE QUEENS
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BY AGNES STRICKLAND,
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THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXXV.,
Is this day published.

CONTENTS :-
1. LAMARTINE'S HISTORY of the GIRONDINS.
2. THACKER AY'S WRITINGS.
3. The DISCOVERER of the COMPOSITION of WATER.

WATT or CAVENDISH
4. The STATE of the NATION.
5. lIIIMBoLDT'S COSMOS.
G. The IRISII CRISIS.
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NOTICE is hereby given that a COURT of
SEWERS for the DISTRICTS known as
The Westminster and Part of Middlesex District.
The Holborn and FinsburyDivisions,
The Tower Hamlets District,
The Poplar and Blackwall District,
The Surrey and Kent District,
The Greenwich District, and
The saint Katharine's District,
will be held in a Committee-room of the House of Commons, on
THURSDAY, the 30th day of December instant, at Ten o'clock in the
Fornenoon precisely.

. LEWIS C. HERTSLET, Clerk of Orders, &c
23d December, 1847.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
'Haler the Management et Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
Si: Peter Teazle, Mr. Farren ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir
Beojamin Backbite, Mr. A. Wigan ; Joseph Surface, Mr. Cresivick ;
Charles Surface, Mr. Henry Farren ; Careless. Mr. H. Vandenhotf ;
Rowley, Mr. Gough ; Moses, Mr. Webster; Snake, Mr. Braid ; Sir
Harry, Mr. Caulfield ; Crabtree, Mr. Rogers ; Trip. Mr. Brindal.
Lady Teazle, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Glover; Lady Sneer-
well. Mrs. W. Clifford ; Maria, Miss E. Messent.

To conclude with the new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED
LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Vanden-
hoff ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley.
Stage Manager, Mr. Fanen; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster.
J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper.
Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is.
Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to eommence at Seven.

TIIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING

Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF
THE OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal cha-
racters by .Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Olennaire,
Cullenterd, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss
Ellen Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, asd Madame Celeste.
To be followed by a n.zw. Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE-
GACY. Turnem Green, Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ;
Lanty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock. Mr. Cullenford ;
Policeman, Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with the Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD
:the property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha-
racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Sraith, Paul Bed-
find, Mrs. Laws, &c., &c.
Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is.
Tutors ♦pen at Halt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
"rider the Management of Madame Vestria.
sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented new Comic Drama, entitled THE TRA-
GEDY QUEEN.
After which a new Comic Drama called PEGGY GRERIc.
To be followed with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX.
Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac.
WlTharkt.
To conclude with the Comic Drama USED UP.
Dross Boxes, ss. ; Upper ilexes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, le. N.
half-price to any part of the house.
The Sew Box-office, No. 2, Welllngtou-street, is open to the
Public every (lay, from Ten till Six.
The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W.
Bradwell or the Colosseum.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Madame ANNA TGILLON.
THIS EVENING

Al new Conde Opera, entitled THE A3IBASSADRESS. Duke do
Valberg, Mr. Bodda ; Benedict, Mr. Barker ; Fortunatus, Mr. Lef-
fler; Countess de Fierschornberg, Miss Villars ; Madame Barneck,
Mrs. Selby; Charlotte, Miss Anne Romer; Henriette, Madame
Anna Thillon.
To conclude with Shakspeare's Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET.
Romeo, Miss Cushman ; Mercutio, Mr. J. Vining ; Fria: Lawrence,
Mr. Ryder ; Juliet, Miss Susan Cushman.
Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.