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Even the services of the Hill Rangers of Col. O'Brien, Naz
who were considered a fixture at Dhurnisala, have been
called in to rerpO t-ist) ; they would be oOat!, to the Indus Ai
by this had mereli been c,:ustirsbis.ft,ll3'f-td/r,ki'4;4'7
sieliness, S:-;-;;s4 .
In the Cabul correspondence of the beihi Gaze*
dated Nov. 23, we read of some slight opposition
offered to the force :
Rumour says that the Commissioners and Brigadier
Chamberlain, Anderson, and Leslie have left Kohat and
reached the Koortim, and that on one occasion some
shots were fired from a fort on the said Sahibs, which
led to the commissioner then and there inflicting sum-
mary punishment. Having realised from the people the
revenue due by them, it was made over to Mahomed
Hossein, the servant of Mahoc.med Azzim Khan, the
Nazim or Deputy Commissioner of the district on the
part of the Ameer Dost Mahomed Khan. The servants
of the Dost entertained the said Sahibs just as they
ought to have done. The commissioner with the other
Sahibs, and a small party of troop., went from the halt-
ing ground at "Cbuhar Munzil" to Bu'aghien. After
the commissioner has visited Kobat and K.oorntn, he will
return to Peshawur. The advance tents of Dost Maho-
med have been sent outside of the town of Cabul, on the
road to Jellalabad, and (as it has before been said) it is
probable, or rather nearly certain, that there will be a
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also
be present. It is said that Major Nicolson, the deputy-
commissioner of Bunnoo, has issued stringent orders to
the sellers of grain regarding the disposal of their stores,
from which it is supposed that prices will be cheaper.
At hearing such good news, the poor have been delight-
ed, and they are inclined to bless the justice and bene-
volence of the noble Sahibs. Amidst other reports, it is
generally asserted here that four Sahibs and one Moos
scree will be sent to arrange the affairs of Kahan, Bok-
hara, and Kboorgunj.
The Bombay Telegraph publishes a letter (with-
out date) from an officer with the force under Bri-
gadier Chamberlain, who writes :
We ate now within 50 miles of Cabal, and for the
present ten days our route has lel us through a conntr
miserably uninteresting; roads bad in the extreme, to
accomplish a march of 10 mile requiring seven hours.
Sir J. Lawrence is now at Kohat—he possibly will have
had an interview with Dost Mahomed ere this can reach
you. We are as supremely ignorant as ever as to whi-
ther we are bound ; but one thing is certain, that before
many days we shall feel ourselves called upon to chas-
tise the •‘ Tyomosht" A ffehans, who are troublesome.
The whole force is remarkably healthy.

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The following important indications are found in
au article published by the Friend of India of Dec.
4, with the interrogative heading " Can we hold
Affghanistan ?"

Herat has fallen. Sir 3nhn Lawrence is to meet Dost
Mahommed in Khyber. Ten thousand men have been
demanded from Bengal to join the Persian expedition.
We are drifting fast into the shoreless sea of Central
Asian politics. The cmcle has come round once more.
We are embarked fur the second time in an undertak-
ing from which we must not again retreat without the
certainty of permanent success. Of that undertaking the
invasion of Persia is but one important sec ion. Are the
gates of Ind:a to be English or Russian ? Is the Tartar
cradle to be ruled from London or St. Petersburg ?
That is the question whicb, under petty disguises, seems
to be presented to the Government of India. It is too
often argued that the struggle with Russia will bo fought
out in Europe. This is the doctrine the Bombay Times
never wearies of expounding. Be the policy sound or
unsound, we submit that the quarrel will be fought out
here. Its unsoundness, however, is open to grave ques-
tion. By fiatiting in Asia, it is true, we may protract the
contest. But we repeat the policy v, hich has for the hour
xhausted European Russia. \Ve compel the Czar to
fight at a distance from his resources, to urge his
troops over half a world of steppe, to exhaust
in locomotion the strength scarcely adequate to the
day of battle. A❑ army lost in Finland may be replaced.
An army lost in the Suliman is the loss of a force, every
unit of which is the result of the expenditure of a dozen
lives. Russia has posts upon the Caspian. She may
have boats upon the Jaxartes. But her true strength is
thousands of miles away, and liable to all the incidents
of that length of land carriage. She must fight in a
country secretly hostile, and hampered by allies whose
predilection is for the stronger side. We, on the con-
trary, enter on the struggle supported by the unimpaired
strength of the military monarchy of India. We have
a great acclimated army. We have no press impatient
of a wise delay, no bourgeoisie to fling aside the fruits of
victory in its ignorant horror of taxation. Above all,
we have no alliances. There is no Louis Napoleon in
Asia to throw down his warder as the warriors warm to
the strife. The contest CACI be fought out without the
interference inseparable from alliances, or the vacillation
inherent in our constitutional scheme. We believe,
therefore, that the conflict, if the time has arrived, ought
to be transferred to Asia.

The second cloud has a darker lining. The popular
instinct, often more accurate than the calculations of
stattsinen, already reasons thus. If we are really em-
barked iu this great strife the occupation of Affghanistan
sooner or later is a necessity. To such a prospect there
was, till 1850, an almost insuperable aversion. The
Cabul war, with its fearful catastrophe, was too vividly
remembered. The horror excited by that event had
dimmed even our perception of facts. Affghanistan was
regarded as the Anglo-Indian Circassia. The absolute
success of Pollock's expedition was, as it were, ignored.
Affghanistan was held to be the limit set by nature her-
self to the advance of the Angle Saxon. The feeling which
produced these views has n'. . yet disappeared. The
Cabot catastrophe, it is true, has become the Cabul
blunder. Politicians acknowledge that with the annexa-
tion of the Punjaub the main difficulty has disappeared.
Soldiers allow that the Valley of the Indus is now a
safe base of operations, that Cabul is but five days'
march from our strongest camp. The public has lost
its dread of the mountain clans. It appreciates the
lesson taught by Sir John Lawrence, and knows that
like other wild beasts they can be tamed by hunger and
the occasional application of the whip. Yet in spite of
all this there is an undefined feeling that Affghanistan
would be a dangerous and expensive possession. Why ?
The population is not braver than that of the Huzara.
It is scarcely so numerous as that of ()vie. It is not
so fanatic as that of Malabar. There is no natural diffi-
culty in Affghauistan which does not equally exist in
Kohat. There is no want of experience on our side.
There are twenty officers now on the frontier who, it
ordered to hold Affghanistan, would know thoroughly
what to say, and how to act, how to conciliate the chiefs,
and how to einpl .y a half-starving population. The mere
danger indeed scarcely deserves discussion.
But at what expense would the occupation be main-
tain d ? The injury to the revenue is at least clear?
We venture with profound submission to question even
that assertion. Is it cheaper to guard the plain against
the mountain, or the mountain against the plain ? We
must do one or the other. If not, if Russia is not ads
vancing, if there is no danger approaching, we have no
business beyond the range or in Persia. \Ye are sending
a costly expedition to hunt a will-o'-the-wisp; but if, ae
we believe and as our actions prove, there is real danger,
the cheapest method of defence is to garrison the natural
fortress. It would be chesp even if we turned the
Affghans into our most faithful subjects by formally
exempting them from all taxation. Half the army now
coiled up in the Punjaub would turn Affghanistan into
an impregnable fortress. Every rock and mountain,
now a terror, would then be a defence. Every Khan of
the steppe, now half inclined to join the invader and
share the spoils, would take heart to continue a contest
of which we reap the fruit without the cost. With the
fortress in our hands, and its approaches always exposed
to a flank attack from Bushire, the Peninsula would be
absolutely safe. That quietude is not, even in the point
of view assumed by financial officers, a mean advantage.
Let us not be misunderstood. We advocate no insane
plunge into the passes, without a reason or a danger.
We simply point to facts which, if the danger arrives,
are necessary to a calm judgment on the appropriate
remedy.

THE PERSIAN GULF.
The Scindian says :—" A correspondent has kindly
placed at our disposal the following more recentintelli-
gence from the Persian Gulf, which will be found highly
interesting under the present aspect of affairs. The Bri-
tish Agent at Bushire has been ordered away from that
place, as well as all Christian residents, Armenians and
others, who might be supposed to be
favourable to Bri-
tish interests. A proclamation
was issued by the
Governor of the province, directing its subjects to remove
into the
egry of
interior,
it as the
the
empire, Shah
and to d
o battle
was determined
with
tain the integrity
the British. Most of the inhabitants have accordingly
moved out of the vicinity of the expected battle-field.
Troops are being rapidly collected about Bushire, about
40,000 soldiers of all arms having been moved towards
that point. Russian officers and even Russian troops
are said to form a portion of the Persian force at Bushire,
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island about two miles from Bushire has been fortified
with 80 guns."
We read in the Bombay Telegraph of Dec. 17 :
" From native boats which have arrived at Kurrachee,
we learn that the expedition had reached Bassadore in
safety ; and it is just possible that our first despatches
from the general commanding will contain an account of
the bombardment of Bushire. It is also stated by the
commanders of native craft that defensive works are
being extensively planned and vigorously executed all
along the Persian coast, but particularly at Bushire and
a small island in front of it, named Hallalay, on which
a fort has been constructed, and which is said to be well
manned with guns and men. The strength of the Persian
force prepared to resist us is estimated at 100,000 men,
which will be increased on the commencement of hostili•
ties by the addition of several Russian regiments, which
are now encamped near Tabreez, and are expecting orders
to move towards Bushire."

BEXLEY,—THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRIS.
TIANITY AMONG THE JEWS.—The Rev, Thomas Hard-
ing, vicar of this parish, preached the usual annual ser•
mon on new year's morning, on behalf of the above
society, when a liberal collection was made. We under-
stand it is very probable that the sermon will be printed,
as it was of a peculiarly intere,ting character, both for
its Biblical research and classification, as well as its
reference to the signs of the times.
THE Loss OF THE POINT OF AIR LIFE.BOAT.—LIVER.
POOL, THURSDAY.—The subscription-list in aid of the
wi,iows and orphans of the unfortunate men who were
drowned in the Point of Air life-boat while going
to
the rescue of the crew of a shipwrecked brigantine off
the Welsh coast, continues to till very fast, and up to
last evening upwards of 2,650/. bad been subscribed in
Liverpool, inclusive of 5001. from the doek committee,
1501. collected on 'Change by Mr. Daniel C. Buchanan,
and 1001., the contribution of the Liverpool Shipwreck
and Humane Society.

T HEATRE ROYAL, DIVCRI LANE.— -ID 0Y A L PRINCESS'S TIIEA T R E.
Lessee Mr. E. T. Smith. 1-4..) THIS EVENING will be performed
)
Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Maeager, Mr. R. THE CORSICAN BROTHERS.
Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. Fabien and. Louis dei Franchi by Mr. C. Kean.
Great Success of the Grand Christmai Pantomime, the After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called
most magnificent ever produced on the Engl!sla stage. ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP;
THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr.
• oC rmack ; Clown, Mr. Udine ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Co-
Followed by the laughable farce, TWO HEADS ARE lumbine, Miss C. Adams.
BETTER THAN ONE.
After which will be produced an entirely new and original
symbolical, byli,erbolical, parabolical, and extra-physiog-
nornical grotesque, statuesque. and picturesque Grand Comic
Christmas Pantomime,which for some time past bas employed
the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, and
which will be called or entitled, as it is entitled to be called,

SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW

TwtiNHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
T HIS EVENING, to commence at Seven,
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, with Mr. Murdoch as
Charles Surface ; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir
Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton;
Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers;
Ke:.K-,s, Mr. Clark; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ;
L•tdy Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ;
Lady Sueerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss E. Sabine.
After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel
Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Mr W.
. Callcott. The music composed and arrangedby Edward Fitz-
' William. The pantomime produced under the direction of
M. Milano. Harlequin, 11. Milano ; Columbine, Fanny
Wright; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver.
A Morning performance of the Pantomime will be given
1 every Thursday : commencing at 2, concluding at 4.

Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs.
The scenery entirely new,-painted by and under the direc-
tion of Mr. William Beverley and numerous assistants. The
machinery by J. Tucker and assistants. The properties. de-
coratinns, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs.
Needham, Glindon, &c. The masks, models, and physiog-
nomical devices designed and executed by the celebrated
Dykwynkyn. The overture and music composed and arrang,cd
by Herr Anschuez. The choregraphic arrangements under
tine personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con-
structed by and nader the direction of Harry Bolano.
L.
peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E.
Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and the SevenAsge,s,szeo
f
Man," " Jack and Jill," n Humming Top," " Finchb ra t'
and the whole arranged and produced under the direction of
Mr. Robert Bosley, e which ye pantomime
Ye anciente and truthful legend on y
is story is fonnded ;
" See, saw, Margery Daw,
" Sold her bed, and laid upon straw."
MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum.
R Tien of Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs. " Yea,
the Great Globe itself."
Here we go up, up, up,
e' Here eve go down, down, down ;
" Here we go backwards and forwards,
" And here we go round and round."
Juvenile Chorus of the earliest period, supposed to belong to
tine One. Up, Mr. Topham ; Down, Mr. Low ; Opera-
box, 'Kid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, and Porte-monnaie
(attendants upon Up), Signor Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt,
Master Saucebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupli-
cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Friz-
hard, Mr. Popill, Mr. Quodham, and Mr. Patchwell. An-
nual appearance of Holydny in her Emblematic Car. Holyday
(the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and
Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelangh and Lightheart ;
Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by
particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Daughter
of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of the
story, while Holyday invites both Up and Down to enjoy
themselves. Holyda,y's 'Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe
and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe (the Fairy
Queen), Miss E. Wadham ; Fairy Spirits of the Kisses that
hays been given under the Mistletoe, by upwards of 100
Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Grand Ballet —Miss
Rosina Wright, Mdlles. J. and E. Osmont, and the Co-
ryphees. Thb Golden Gates leading to the Palace of
Huggamugga..—Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr.
Hornogold ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck, Headsup,
Eyesright, Shoulderarms, Stand-at-ease, and Match-
well ; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend ; Black
smith, Mr. Anvil; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards
Columbine), Madame Boleno ; Shilly and Shelly (her Maids
of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery
Daw has no notion of work herself, and the contempt she
shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of
King Huggamugga. King Fluggamngga (Sovereign of the
Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking ; Huryl-Burly (Lord
Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig ; Niminy-Piminy (the Lord Cham-
berlain), Mr. Noodledom ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Goldstick in
Waiting), Mr. Muddle ; other Members of the Court, Messrs.
Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tagrag, Merrywag, Perriwig,
Arid Hatband; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing
Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music-
Master, Signor Hureligurdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet-
tmiper ; Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook ; Prinoe Popinjay (of
the Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue,
,Messrs. Glare., Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cutashine. How
the Princess is taught a wholesome lesson by Necessity, and
of the change that takes place in consequence. Cottage of
Necessity, with a Prospect of Hard Work in the Distance.
The Enchanted Woikbox—The Sampler and the Exemplar,
and the pretty piece of work that Margery Daw makes of, it.
Inhabitants of the Workbox :—Row of Pius, Messrs. Sharp,
Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, &e.; Regiment of
Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smalleye, Longsix,
Splitup, Snapoff, &c. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ;
Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea
sure, Mr. Inchbald ;' Hook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some-
hodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypnrly ; Scissors, Mr.
Shearsteel. How Margery Daw makes an important discovery
and the audience also, and how, led by Necessity, she is com-
pelled to alter her opinions and change her position. The Mine
of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wealth ,—Labour (the Parent
of Health, Wealth, and- Happieees), Mr. Strong'i'th'arm.
What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re-
ward that Holyday bestows. Grind Scenic and Mechanical
Effects, exhibiting (in process of construction) the Fairy Fac-
tory of Fancy, completed with the assistance of Labour and
Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. The Transformation :—Two
Harlequins, Herr Deulin and Signor Veroni; two Sprites,
the Brothers Elliott; two Pantaloor s, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G.
Tanner; two Clowns, Messrs. Harry Boleno and Flexmore ;
the Gent, Mr. Halford ; two Columbines, Madame Boleno
and Miss Honey. The Ups and Downs of the Harlequinade,
showing the Ins and Outs and Turns About of the Pantomime
Rally ; Toy Warehouse, Butcher's and Baker's Shop
(Bolenos, Dentin, Tanner, and Halforcl).—A pink of polite-
ness—Clown very toyish—Getting a nutcracker, which turns
out a nohby toy—First and last toys for gambling—Marbles
versus dice—Despatches, loaded, and off they go—Harlequin
takes a private boa —Clown takes Chatterton's situation as
boxkeeper Kite-flying—A game of Cricket, by which some
of the players get bowled out, and afterwards stumped,
which turn* out along stop—The usesand abuses of the crin-
oline—A Jack in the box—A. box of regular British toys and
a basket of French bread (bricks)—Aldersbott a size smaller
—Grand review of infantry—A military ball—Going in for a
buster—Coming out with a roll—Clown make a peel t 3
baker's feelings—List, oh, List—Squaring a round of beef—
Clown takes a steak and gets a chop in return—Pantaloon
tries his hand at a game and loses by it Cot and come again
—Clown takes a butcher's shop, which Harlequin makes too
hot to hold him. Tailor's Shop and Perfumery Warehouse (Ve-
roni, Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor—
A suit that is quite the ticket The Onde wrapper—Railway
wrappers- Transfer depot--Washing machine—extraordinary—
Something that won't wash—Cleaned ont—Seent in and sent out-
Foreign versus English toothpowder Hungary water—A
Frangipani bouquet Wonderfal effects of the Pistachio nut-
powder—A case of real distress—Pantaloon in a fix—Fur-
nished Apartments for Single Men (Bolenos, Deulin, and
Tanner).—Clown and Pantaloon in high life—A donrstic re-
volution—Turning the tables—To bed, to bed—A drop too
mach Clown now begins to reflect —The looking-glass follows
his example—Two heads better than one—Clown takes a turn
en the sofa, which also takes a turn on its own account—
Multiplication altercation, which ends with a regular row in
the house. Judkia's Gas-regulating Machine and General
Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and
Honey.)—Clown, beir.g in Fleet-street goes the pace rather
fast—The language of the eyes (Malian of course) which
everybody understands—Bath post versus London post—Re-
gulators *anted : railway regulators, army regulators, gas
regulators, smoke regulators—Sewing, cutting, washing,
pressing, and ironing done by a turn—Clown makes a shift
which makes Pantaloon a little shirty—A box of com-eon
scents —A fresh supply of blacks from America - A Dred-ful
scene ensues. 3.feehi's Model Farm (Bolenos, Deulin, an-1
Tanner )—Harvest-home —A rakish dance by rustic lads'ann
lasses—The milky way—Harlequin makes a pump of himself
—A strong smell of game—A farm-yard visitor—Clown finds
the pig a very great bore—Pantaloon finds the dog gets
greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry—Cochin China and
*ouch in England —Novel hatching—The old mail—Full in-
side—Clown off by the Express ann Pantaloon by the
Rocket—Mappin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse,
Xing William-street, City (the whole of the double
company will appear in this scene )—Pantaloon proposes
to take a bus—Present and future—Weight of public opinion
—A change for the better—The people's own bus—When
fool meets fool then comes the tug of fun—Collision, crash,
smash, and dash—Garotte preventive—Moustache move-
ment A par of sharp klacles—Clowns prove themselves a
case for cutlery Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint-
ment—The duel —A out direct Forewarned, forearmed—
Public nuisances of 1856—0 h, my Crinoline—A high wind,
a regular blow up, and glorious termination to Ups and
Downs irr Holiday's Fairy Home.
The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the
house to suit every one : —Galleries, 6,1. and ls. : Second
Circle of Boxes, is. kl. ; Pit, 2s. ; Cinele of Boxes,
2s. 6(1. ; Dress Bowe 3s. ; Stalls, ts. ; Private Boxes,
10s. fig., I'. ls., 1/. lls. 6d., and 2/. 2s,
A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every
Wednesday, at Two o'clock.

THEA.TRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Les.iee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
Great Hit of A Night at Notting-Hill.
THIS EVENING will be performed
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Paal Bedford will appear.
To conclude with the new and original union of modern
burlesque and old English pantomime (as originated
at this theatre), by Professor Wordspinner, Member of Every-
thing, with entirely new scenery, dresses, transformations,
dc., called

THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS.
Under the Management of Mr. Phelps.
THIS EVENING, TWELFTH NIGHT. Malvolio, Mr.
Phelps ; Vio!a, Miss M. Eburne.
To conclude with the pantomime, THE GENIE AND
THE FISHERMAN.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs.
G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling.
A new Fairy Eztravaganzl. by J. R. Planche, Esq., called
YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers,
Leslie, G Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborough, Thirlvrall,
St. Came, Castleton, Bromley, Maskell, and Mrs. Melfort.
After which, CRINOLINE.
Commence at half-past Seven.

AST LEY' S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.

THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of RICHARD
THE TH(RD, with Mr. W. Cooke's Splendid Equestrian
Illustrations. Richard, Mr, James Holloway.
After which, the choice SCENES of Equestrian Skill in
the ARENA.

111-10YAL LYCEUM TREATRE,
Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon.
THIS EVENING will ho produced an entirely new and
original combination of burlesque and pantomime, entitled
CONRAD AND MEDORA;
or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of
the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq.,
founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her
Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene-
ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F.
Fenton. Characters in the opening :
Conrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar
Birbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole
&yd.() Pasha Mr. Barrett
Sing Smaul Mr. Holston
Yussiff Hr. S. Calhaem
Medora • . Mrs. Charles Dillon
Gulnar ***
Zullem mrs. B. White
Mrs. Melville
seSurbetrina ....... •
Miss Jessie Ryder
C10wn5.....................
Miss Marie Wilton
...... Tom Matthews and
Pantaloe Mr. H. Marshall
Harlequin
............ Sjtiltrars
.........
Cnrites ~
......... . ....................
Brothers Columbines • h aNnelE,on.
........................Miss Clara Morgan and
••••••••••••••
Mies
Q/Illis Ladd,
To be preceded by THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D
tagnan, Mr. C. Dillon. 'Ar-
The
utendence of box-offiMr.Cce ophattertonen daily, ,
jun. from 11 to 5, under the super.
Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set
dawn at the State entrance in Burleigh-street,
A Morning Performance every Saturday, at 2 o'clock.

QTRAND
ger, Mr. T.
Payne.—This Evening will be performed
THE JEW'S DAUGHTER.
After which, the immensely successful novel Burlesque
Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin
Humbug and the Shams of London. The Fairy Christmas,
Miss E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norbury ; Mercury,
Miss Cameron ; Humbug, Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. Bolton ;
Baron, Mr. J. B. Johnstone • Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke ; Lord
Lovel., Miss Craven ; Addelpito, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo,
Master W. Edouin ; Lady Acmes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness,
;Av. G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Harle
quimade :—Clown, Miss Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Master W
Bdonin ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ;
Columbines. Miss E. Jacobs and Mdle. Collison ; Premier
Damns° Mdle. Mario Charles.
To conclude with THE INTRIGUE.
New and magnificent Scenery, dcc. New Curtain. New
Act Drop.
Commence at Seven. Stalls,. 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ;
Gallery, Bd.
A morning performance of the Pantomime every Monday
at two o'clock.

130YAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lesceps, Messrs, Srlepherd and Creswick.
THIS EVENING. THE LIFE CHASE.
After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER
QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr. P. Glover ; Clown, Mr. Luck ;
Pautaloots, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the Finis Fa-
atilYl Winabinao,'Meadames Marie and Agnes.

To conclude with the irresistibly fanny equestrian comic
pantomime, called PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK ; or,
Harlequin and the Magic Horseshoe, in which Mr. W. Cooke
will drive Eight Golden-footed Steeds attached to the re-
splendent Chariot of Gold.
Doors open at half-past six ; commence at a quarter be-
fore seven o'clock. Sox-office open from Eleven till Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W.
Cooke, juu.

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1',.-mORROW Morn. 51 min. aft. 6—Evening 15 allr. ,ft. 7

VIE WEATHER--Sus °mom, JANICIIIIY 17.
HY.RIIQHETEB, It THY, SHADS.
47—highest Muse noon yesterday.
37 —lowest this morning and during the night.
44—:his day at noon.
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WrNl', W.S.W.—Light, with fine, sunshiny weather.
Sharp frost in the night.

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