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WHITSUN AMUSEMENTS.

ORLEANS, TOURS, AND BORDEAUX
RAILWAY.
Capital 45,010,000 of Francs, in 130,000 Shares, of 500 Francs
each (1,000,0001., in Share. of 201.),
Of which 70,000 are subscribed in France, and the Deposit paid ;
the remaining 60,000 to be subscribed in England.
Deposit—One Pound per Share,
To provide the usual Caution.money, or Deposit. required by the
French Government, and which will be returned, without any de.
duction whatsoever, bat without interest, upon the production of
the Banker's receipt, if this Company shall not become the Lessees
of the Railway, pursuant to a Law of the present Session of the
French Chambers.

tent, relating to the traffic of every description. The details are
founded upon official documents, obtained from the Government
office in Paris and the local authorities in the provinces, under the
sanction of a Royal Ordonnance. The Tables are complied upon
the plan pursued by Mr. Robert Stephenson, in his able Report
upon the Line from Paris to the Belgian frontier. They exhibit
the actual traffic only, computed at rates under the Tarif autho.
rised to be charged. They will be communicated in due time to
the Shareholders.
Applications for the remaining Shares, and only In the printed form
prescribed, may be made to Mr. W. P. Needham, at the Temporary
Offices of the Company, 27, Austin.friars, Landon, of whom, and
at the Company's Bankers in the country, Prospectuses and the
Form of Application for Shares may be obtained.
London, 10th May, 1844.

HAI MARKET.

The Sempstress, a domestic drama, from the pen
of Mark Leman, and founded on the humanity-
moving " Song of the Shirt," by T. Hood, was acted
for the second time to a very crowded house in the
Haymarket last night. The piece opens with a coun-
try scene, in which Mercy Goldring (Miss P. Hor-
ton) is discovered at the cottage door of her grand-
father, a pedlar (Mr. Strickland), making a shirt for
one of the neighbouring farmers, while Plainwood
(Mr. Stuart), her lover, is nailing some rose trees to
the cottage wall in which the grandfather has the
,produce of his industry and self-denial concealed.
Goldring returns home after a successful excursion
in the way of his calling, and deposits an ad-
ditional sum of money in his hiding place,
but is watched by Gusset, a draper, and his half-
starved servant, Bobbin (Mr. Buckstone), who pre-
sently make off with the treasure. Bob Debit (Mr.
H. Hall), a cockney, is staying at the village
and spending the money of his father, from whom
he has fled, but seeing an advertisement in the news-
paper, stating that if he should return he would meet
with forgiveness, he accordingly returns, and takes
with him Lydia Sparkle (Miss Julia Bennet) as his
other self, and they take lodgings in the house of
Gusset. In the course of a few years, Debit, who
continues his gambling propensities, is involved
in difficulties, and becomes a borrower of
some of Gusset's money. In the mean time, Plain-
wood and Mercy Goldring are married, and remove
to London, together with the grandfather, whose
wits are affected by the loss of his money. Here
they are reduced to the greatest distress, to alleviate
which Mrs. Plainwood seeks for employment from
Gusset, who tells her, that " business is business,"
and that she must not expect more than other
people. She returns to her forlorn home, "to ply
her needle and thread," and consoles herself by
singing " the Song of the Shirt." Mean-
time the villany of Gusset is discovered by
means of the notes lent to Debit, and the confession
of Bobbin. The result is that the Plainwoods
are again made happy, and Gusset is left in the hands
of the proper officers. Such is the outline of the
piece, and we confess it failed in touching us as we
should anticipate such a subject in such hands would
have done. The shirt scene was much too long for
so painful a one. The air of the shirt song was not
what we would have been led to imagine from the
words, and the main design, or that which should be
its main design, is subordinated to the acting of Mr.
Buckstone. We know the moral intended is to
impress us with the duties we owe to our common
suffering humanity, and an abhorrence of crime,
but the form and pressure of the scene are too real to
be elbowed by broad laughter and diversion. This
piece was followed by the extraordinary performances
of Professor Risley and his sons. Were it only to
see the wonderful perfection to which Mr. Risley has
attained in his art, and imparted to his children, a
visit to the Haymarket would be amply re-
paid. There is not, we verily believe, a single
posture of which the human frame is capable,
which these boys do not put themselves in with
a grace and lightness that impart something of
the beautiful to an art generally esteemed low.
The audience gave evidence of their satisfaction at the
feats of agility by repeated—almost continuous—
plaudits ; and at the close they camein front of the
stage, and were most cordially received. The enter-
tainments of the evening closed with the extrava-
ganza of the "Fair One with the Golden Locks."

RELIGIOUS TRUSS and DISSENTERS'
CHAPELS BILL.—For the more public exposition of the
important objections to this unprecedented and • injurious attempt to
subvert the security of charitable property, and to promote the Uni-
tarian heresy, it has been determined by many Members of the Es-
tablished Church, by the Wesleyan Methodists, and by Dissenters of
all denominations, that a GENERAL MEETING of the opponents of
the Bill shall be held at Eleven o'Clock precisely, on WEDNESDAY
next, May 29, in the Great Room at. Exeter Hall, and at which the
Right Hon. the Earl of MOUNTCASHEL will preside.
Capt. VERNON lIARCOURT, R.N.,

countssioNatatts OR NEVANEANTS OP THE lti►M '
It LI. ALPHONSE LAURENT, Banker, Blois;
♦NTOINE LUZ ARCHIE, Chateau de Clavierist and Berry;
WILLIAM MACKENZIE, of Liverpool and Paris.
STANDING COUNSIL.
M. de Haut, Avosat of the Cour Royale, Chevalier of the Legion
of Honour, late Chef de Cabinet to the Minister, and now
Standing Counsel for the Department of Public Works.
(The Directors in France will comprise some of the most dis-
tinguished Members of both branches of the Legislature, locally
connected with the districts traversed by this Line, when the law
shall have been voted by the Chambers.)

MUSIC OF RUSSIA, POLAND, AND HUNGARY,
Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The Directors have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver
A SERIF.S of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different
NATIONS. The MUSIC of RUSSIA, POLAND, and HUNGARY,
commences on the 27th instant, and will be continued daring the
week, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Eight
o'clock ; and en Tuesday, Thursday, and Saterday, at Three o'clock,
witk VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All the
other LECTURES and EXHIBITIONS as usual. LONGBOTTOM'S
PHYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW DISSOLV-
ING VIEWS, ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, &c.
Admission, ls. ; Schools, Half-price.

May 22, 1844. Chairman of the Provisional Committee.
The admission will be by tickets only, which may be obtained of
Mr. Hatchard, Piccadilly ; Mr. Nisbet, BernerS-street ; Mr. Seeley,
Fleet-street ; Mr. Ward, Paternoster-row ; at the Congregational
Library; and also at the (hikes of the Record, Patriot, Watchman,
Wesleyan Chronicle ; and at the Committee-Tooth, No. 3, Exeter Hall,
where the Committee for opposing the' Bill meet daily.

MONEY.— GRAN D DISTRIBUTION of
70,1701. sterling, AUTHORISED and GAURANTEED by
his IMPERIAL MAJESTY anu the GOVERNMENT of AUS-
TRIA. The NEXT DRAWING of 35 Series, containing 700 Bonds,
each of which must obtain one of the 700 Prizes of 23,600/., 5,0001.,
Sze., the lowest 50/., will take place at Vienna, on the Ist JUNB
NEXT, and be paid in British money.
A few Series Tickets, 31. each ; fifths, 12s. (six tickets, 151.), with
Prospectuses may be had of Messrs. F. E. Field and Co., Bankers and
Receivers-general, Frankfort ; or, by inclosing a Post-office order, to
their office, 26, Bouverle-street,. Fleet-street, London.—Government
lists of the draWing will be sent to each purchaser. Office hours
from Twelve to Three.

i MPERIAL RUSSIAN- POLISH LOAN of
1 150,000,000 Florins (of 1835), IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN
of 30,000,000 Florins (of 1539), guaranteed by their Majesties the
Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of Russia.
GRAND DISTRIBUTIONS AT WARSAW AND TIEYNA.
In the Russian-Polish Lean the following Dividends will be re-im-
bursed:—Oue of 1,000,0001., one of 300,00011 , two of 150,00011., six of
25,00011., eight of 14,0001., &c., together 7,004 dividends, gaining
7,970,0005. Smallest dividend 7509., largest 1,000,00011.
In the Austrian Loan 704 bonds will obtain 701,70011 , in lots of
230,0101., 10,00011., 15,1100f1., 10,0008., &c. Smallest dividend 5001.
10 florins are equal to 11. sterling, a trifle more or less, as per day's
exchange. The prices are-
-1
1 Russian-Polish Scrip for £2 II 1 Austrian Scrip for £3 0
4 do. do. do. 10 0 I do. do. 15 0
9 do. do. do. 24 IP 13 . do.
_do.. 30 0
. .

Payable by bank notes, remittances, or drafts. Dividends re-im-
hursanle at Frankfort, Paris, London, or New York, at the option of
the holders
T )save portages, foreign subscribers may apply to his houses in Paris,
New York, and at Mr. A. Schwarzschild's, 1, Plough-court, Lombard-
street, London, by letter only. Prospectuses, with full particulars,
ind Lists cf tie Distribution, promptly forwarded to every share-
holder abroad
J. A. IiCHWARZSCHILD, Banker and Receiver-General.

Frankfort-on-Maine, April, 1844.
*.* A Florio being 25., it follows that a fifth share at 12s. in the
Austria' Government Distribution is relatively much more valuable
than one Red Bond is tke private speculation of the 25th.

ALE BY SHARES,
OF THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE PROPERTIES :-
1. A PRINCELY CHATEAU, with the Grounds and Ap-
purtenances belonging thereto, situate on the banks of
the Lake of Geneva, Switzerland, valued at . .. £32,000
2. A SPLENDID MANSION, and Its Dependencies, situated
.. in the town of Vevay, Switzerland, valued at
3. A FINE BATH HOTEL, and its Dependencies, with a
very abundant Spring of Mineral Water, situated on the
banks of the Lake of Geneva..

5,000

3,000

Forming a Total of
The Sale will positively take place in the town of Sion, Canton of
Valais, Switzerland, on the 16th of SIITTEMISSII, 1844. The value of
the Shares sold will be deposited in the hands of a Banker in London
until the transfer of the property to the new Proprietors.
For Particulars and Conditions of Sale, and for Inspection of Title
deeds, Plans of the Grounds and Buildings, Valuations, Prospectuses,
&c., apply, to Mr. Frederick Quin, No. 25, Southampton-street,
Strand ; and to Mr. Joseph Thomas, No. 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill,
London.

EMPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time
to spare are apprised that ♦gents continue to be appointed in
London, and country towns, by the East India Tea Company, for the
sale of their celebrated teas.
offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street.
They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a
pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but
little trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only I Is. per
annum, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con-
siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss.
Application to be made (if by letter post paid) as above.

LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and
18, Chancery-lane, London.
The indisputability of the policies granted by this Company ;
The obligation to pay the sum assured although the debt for which
the policy was taken may have been paid before the claim arises ;
Whole-world policies not confined to the limits of Europe ;
Option of half-premium payment for the first seven years.
These form e combination of advantages which can be obtained
only from the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Company.
ALEX. EMIERTSON, Manager.

DISEASED AND TIEALTIIY LIVES ASSURED.
MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL
LIFE OFFICE.
25, ?ALL-MALL, LONDON.
Capital, £500,000.
This Office is provided with very accurately constructed Tables, by
whica it can ASSURE DISEASED LIVES on Equitable Terms.
The Extra Premium discontinued en restoration of the .Isstsred to
permanent health.
INCREASED ANNUITIES granted on unsound Lives, the amount
varying with the particular disease.
Meatlsere of CONSUMPTIVE FAMILIES assured at Equitable
Rates.

lIEALTUY LIVES are Assured at Lower Rates than at most
other einces.
Policies of twelve months' standing are not affected by Suicides,
Duelling, &c. ; and Assigned Policies are valid fl'om the date of the
Policy should death ensue from any of these causes.
F. G. P. NELSON, Actuary.

WATCHES, CHRONOMETERS, AND CLOCKS.
TO BE SOLD, considerably under the original
cost of manufacture, the extensive and superior finished
STOCK of Mr. HARRIS, of CORNIIILL, Chronometer maker
to the Honourable East India Company, who has retired from
business. The establishment having continued more than half a
century, the sacrifice, though considerable, will be made, as the re-
maining Stock must be shortly removed, the Premises being let for a
different business. It consists of every description of superior
watches and Chronometers, manufactured to suit every class of
persons, all of which arc warranted perfect. The small, fiat, elegantly
engraved Watches, for Ladies, with those for Gentlemen, are particu-
larly reduced in price, with the Regulators, Clocks, Dials, Marine and
Pocket Chronometers
Purchasers will be referred, for attention and regulation, free of
charge, to one of the oldest houses in London, whose guarantee will
be given as of their own manufacture. Apply, 76 Cornhill.

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
34, BRIDGE-STREET, ILAC KFRI ARS, LONDON.
E.stalaished 1R23.
Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV.
DIRECTORS.

The Right Hon. THONt 4S FltA )(LAND LEWIS, Chairman.
HENRY FRE )ERICK STEPHENSON, Esc] , Deputy Chairman,
Ltncelot Baugh Allen, Esq Thomas Edgar,
Stephen Nicolson Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart.
Henry Barnett, Esq. Archibald Hast,e, Esq., M.P.
Robert Riddulph, John Mendham, Esq.
Robert Davies, Esq. W?lliam Routh, Esq.
♦UDITORS.

Francis Dumergue, Esq. I Charles Morris, Esq.
Capt. Robert G rdon, John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq.
PHYSICIAN— .ohn Ayrton Paris. M D., F.R.`., 27, Dover-street,
President of the Royal college of Physicians.
SUMMON—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R S., 12, Bruton-street.
SOLICITOR—Henry Young, Esq., 12, Essex-street, Strand.
Besgtes—Messrs. Hankey, Fenchurch-street
ACTUARY—James John Downes' Esq., F.R.A.S.
SECRETARY—Campbell James !Downer, Esq.
The following are among the advantages offered by this Society:—
LOWER RATES of Premium than those of any other Office,
which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and con.
sklerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society.
Ni) PROPRIETARY to participate in the Profits, the WHOLE
being divide.l among the Assured.
The first, in 1831, averaged .£l6 par rent. on the Premiums paid.
The second, 1839, ditto £3l ditto since the ist division.
The third, IS4t, ditto £3 ditto since the 2d division
In addit,m to which all Policies entitled to the absolute bonus will
receive a contingent prospective bonus of Xi per cent. per annum, on
the sum assured. on becoming claims before 1849.
Assurances effected on the equal scateW premiums in the year
18:4, will participate in the Bonus to be declared in 1849.
No extra charge for residence in any part of Europe, nor for pro-
ceeding (in a decked, sailing, or steam-vessel), from any one port
thereof to another during peace, to Assurers not being seafaring
men by orofession. Licenses are granted to go to any part of the
world upon terms proportionate to the risks.
Policies on the lives of persons dying by suicide, duelling, or by
the hands of justice, are not void as respects the interests of parties
to whom they may have been legally assigned.
Assurances may be effected on any and every day.
By order of the Board of Directors,
• CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM-
PANY, 1, PRINCES-STREET, BANK, LONDON.
This Institution is empowered by Special Act of Parliament,
(IV. Victoria, cap. 9,) and is so constituted as to afford the benefits
of Life Assurance, in their fullest extent, to Policy Holderi, and
to present greater facilities and accommodation than are usually
offered by any other Companies.
Among others, the following important advantages may be enu-
merated :
A most economical set of Tables—computed expressly for the use
of this Company, frost authentic and complete data, and presenting
the lowest rates of Assurance that can be offered without compro-
mising the safety of the Institution.
DECREASING RATES OF PREMIUM.
By this Table the "olicy.holder has the option of discottinuing
the payment of all further Premiums after Twer.ty, Fifteen, Ten,
and even Five Years; aiid the Policy still remaining in force--in
the fiat case, for the full amount originally assured ; and in either of
the three other cases, for a portion of the same according to a
fixed and equitable scale endorsed upon the Policy. •
Increasing Rates of Premium on a new and remarkable plan for
securing Loans or Debts ; a less immediate payment being required
•n a Policy for the whole term of Life than in any other Office.
CREDIT TABLE.
By this Table the Premiums may remain unpaid for five years,
upon satisfactory security being given for the liquidation of the
same at the expiration of that period.
Premiums payable either Annually, Half-Yearly, or Quarterly, in
one sum, or in a limited number of payments.
A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'Clock.
Age ef the As.ured in every case admitted in the Policy.
Medical Attendants remunerated it all cases for their reports.

EXTRACT FROM INCREASING RATES OF PREMIUM,
FOR AN ASSURANCE OF £lO9 FOR WHOLE TERM OF
LIFE.

Annual Premium payable during
Age.
Ist Five 2d Five &I Five 4th Five !Remainder
,
Years. Years. Years Years. ;of Life.
1:0 El 1 4 £1 510 El 10 II £1 16 9 £2 3 8
30 1 1 6 4 112 2 1 19 1 2 7 4 217 6
40 1 1 16 1 2 4 4 214 6 1 3 7 3 4 3 4
50 216 7 3 9 4 4 55 , 5 6 3 613 7

PETER MORRHON, Resident Director.
A Liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents.

PORTS, SHERRIES, and other WINES, of
first-rate shippers.
The following unprecedented terms for genuine wines aro quoted
only for cash on delivery, which will he found from 15 to 20 per cent.
under usual credit prices :—Sherries, pale and brown, at 255., 275.,
305., Us., 425., 485., 503. ; Ports, from the wood, 265., 303., 345. ;
crusted, in bottle, from 365. upwards ; ditto, very choice, highly
flavoured, from five to ten years old, from 455. to 545. ; Clarets, 333.,
405., 70s. ; Champagne, sparkling and creaming, 485., 605., 725. ;
Ilocks a
Moselles, 405., 505., 605., 70s. ; Marsala, 233., 260. ; and
all other wines equally moderate ; in quantities not less than one
dozen; delivered free in London.
All country orders, accompanied with a remittance or a reference
for payment, will meet with immediate attention from J. SC lIWEP PE
and 1, Berner's-street, London, importers of German Geltzer
Water, Co.,in quarts and pints.

FOR, BILE, INDIGESTION, AND DISORDERS OF THE
STOMACH AND LIVER.
DR. A. A. HA RVEY'S ANTIBILIOUS and
FAMILY APERIEN r 'PILLS have long been prescribed
and found eminently useful by one of the most experienced
members of the t °liege er Surgeons, who, from his extensive
practice since he has resided in Bath, and in the East Indies
while Surgeon in the Honourable East India Company's Ser-
vice, has had innumerable instances brought under his notice
of the relief afforded by these Pills. They have been found of
great service in restoring a healthy action to the Liver, and in pre-
venting and also curing the Jaundice • and passing off Gall Stones
and other affections of the Liver ; and being prepared from the
simplest and purest drugs, may be taken with safety by the most
delicate female ; are mild in their operation, and their occasional
usewill preserve the organs of the stomach in perfect health.
These Pills are a good Preparatory Aperient to Sea Bathing, and
likewise previous ti, and while drinking the Bath, Cheltenham, and
other Mineral Waters, or using the Warm Bath, as they prevent
Giddiness and other unpleasant sensations of the Head. 'They are
also an excellent Median • for all excesses of the table.
Dr. Harvey's patient-, and.the public in general, are informed that
his Pills are to be obtained genuine of Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-
yard, London ; also of Sanger, 150, Oxferd.street ; White, 24, Corn.
ill; and most respectable Chemist

CHARACTERS CONINGSBY."—In noticing Mr
D'lsraeli's new work, " Coningsby," the Morning Pos
observes:—" It must not be supposed that in selecting
personages for his romance, the author has gathereu
simply from the stores of his imagination. The leading
persons are full length portraits from actual life. No
one can fail to recognise the amiable, philanthropic Lord
Henry, nor the easy, sagacious, gentlemanly Lord Esk-
dale, nor the hearty, open, impetuous Buckhurst, nor the
good-natured, affectionate Milbank. These are characters
that will be assigned to the respective owners instantly,
and may be appropriated with honour. But then there
are others—Rigby. the shallow party scribbler, the
doer .of dirty work, and the toady of the rich and profli-
gate Marquis of Monmouth ; Tadpole and Taper, the
small hacks of the Carlton Club, working through thick
and thin for small places ; the Marquis of Monmouth
himself—requie&eat in pace—who will be hardy enough
to point out the originals of these portraits ? And yet
we could lav our fingers on the very men—and so the
reader will be able to do ere he has perused the second
volume. The original. of Lucian Gay every one will
recognise. In deciding who sat for Coningsby himself,
or for that greater Jew than Rothschild, the enormously
rich and surprisingly accomplished Sidonia, we find
greater difficulty, though, sooth to say, we have our
suspicions as to the men intended. Who sat for the
portraits of Madame Colonna and the Princess Lucretia
we dare not say ; but no one who studies them can deny
that they are drawn with a master hand."
THE LATE W. BECKFORD, Elsg.--WP understand
that the June Number of Colburn's New Monthly Ma-
gazine will contain some very interesting and remark-
able personal " Recollections" of the .Author of "Vatiaek,"
now for the first time made public.
The following ships belonging to the General
Steam Navigation Company arrived in the River during
yesterday and this morning :—William Jolliffe, from
Rotterdam ; Caledonia, from Hamburgh ; Clarence,
from Edinburgh ; Water Witch, from Hull ; City of
Hamburgh, from Newcastle ; Attwood, from Sunder-
land ; Mercury, from Ramsgate ; Sir E. Banks, from
Ostend ; Harlequin, from Boulogne ; and Belfast, from
Calais.
MESMERIC PROPHECY.—We are informed that
a patient, while under the mesmeric influence the other
day, was asked what would be the result of the South
Lancashire election ? His reply was, that Mr. Brown
would be returned. When asked by what majority? he
replied, "By about twenty"--Manchester Guardian.

THE BEST MEDICINE FOR INDIGESTION
TVORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
L recommended as a simple, but certain remetty, to all
who stiffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Bilious and Liver Com-
plsints ; they act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, imparting
strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system.
Soil in bottles at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 11/. each, by A. Willoughby
and Co., late B. G. Wiadus, 61, Bishopsgate Without; and nearly
all Medicine Vendors.

-BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS.
The decided superiority of this Medicine over every other
hitherto offered to the public for the cure of those dreadfully painful
diseases, gout, r'eumatic gout, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, &c ,
is so fully manifested hy the increasing sale, and the testimony of
thousands in ,very rank of life, that those who are aware of the ex_
istenc of such a remedy, and have not availed themselves of trying
its efficacy, cannot truly b, objec sof sympathy. The testimonials of
the astonishing effects of this medicine are universally accompanied
by the fact that no inconvenience of any sort attends its administra-
tion, but that the patient, without feeling the operation of the medi-
cine, is universally left in a stronger and better state of health than
experienced previous to being afflicted with this disease ; and in all
cases of acute suffering great relief is experienced in a few hours,
and a cure is generally effected in two or three days.
Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and, by his app Ant-
ment, by all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the United
Kingdom. Pr ce 9d. per box.
Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe
the name and address of "Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London,"
impress upon. the Government Stamp affixed to each /fox of the
Genuine ModicAno.

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

THE LYCEUM.
The enterprise of .the Keeleys as managers, and
their ability as artists, were alike displayed last night,
in a new piece for the Witsuntide holidays, which
was well got up, well played, and—a greater merit than
either—completely successful. It was announced as
an " original comic drama ,•" if it is not misnamed it
displays much more cleverness of construction, and
command of stage effect, than are usually found in
pieces that do not owe their plot, if not their dialogue,
to a French original. The author has drawn his
subject from one of the many incidents of the
life of that eccentric sculptor and worker in
metals, Benvenuto Cellini—an undoubted genius, but
with something in him of the =annul, and not a lit-
tle of the ruffian. The scene is laid during the resi-
dence of the artist at the court of Francis the
First, where the Chancellor, Count Poyet (Mr. Did-
dear), is conspiring against his King, in favour of the
Duc de Bourbon. He has also a ward under his care,
who is emphatically a ward in Chancery, flir he has
confined her, with the intention of compelling her to
marry him, being an heiress, and lovely withal. The
fa,ir Seraphina (Miss Chaplin) pines, as may be sup-
posed, under this treatment, of which the end is
nearer than she imagines. Cellini (Mr. Emery) on
his way to the Court, leaves his favourite pupil
Fidelio (Mrs. Keeley) under the lady's garden wall, to
await his return, and he, to beguile the time, sings a
serenade on speculation, which draws the beautiful
heiress to the balcony, from whence a contract is
made between the pair, with all the promptness, if
not all the poetry, of the engagement between Romeo
and Juliet in the same situation. They are over-
heard, when about to fly, by Francis himself, who
has strayed from his retinue while hunting, and, so
far from spoiling the plan, he assists them, by aiding
to heat off the attack of Captain Sangfeu (Mr. J.
Collier) and Peupeste (Mr. Keeley), a gasconading
militaire and a cowardly tailor, who have been left
by the Chancellor, in charge of his ward. The
capital acting of Keeley in this scene, well seconded
as he was by Mr. Collier, produced roars of laughter.
It is only exceeded by the last scene of the first act,
in which he is required to tell the story of the elope-
ment, and to do justice to his own valour in the pre.
sence of the King. His puzzled perplexity and terror
when he finds that the King and the unknown from
he has received considerable " punishment," are one
and the same, may be conceived, but hardly described.
The poor tailor is further mixed up with the plot by
having offered, at the suggestion of the Chancellor,
to give evidence of the diabolical character of a cer-
tain gigantic head of Mars, on which Cellini is at
work, and which Peupeste can observe from his
garret window; the object being to ruin the artist
with the King by accusing him of sorcery. It hap-
pens that Fidelio and his bride, having no means of
setting up housekeeping on their own account, and it
being impossible for them to live in Cellini's dwelling,
have fixed their habitation, for the want of a better,
in the interior of the gigantic head. Cellini, to clear
his character, brings the King to inspect it ; the
Chancellor and his confederates choose the Monarch's
visit to the artist 'as a favourable opportunity for
seizing his person ; but Fidelio, warned of their trea-
son, conceals a body of armed men within the head,
who, at the moment they are most wanted, break
through it, overpower the conspirators, and give the
King cause to be as grateful to his deliverer, as the kings
of comedies always are, by confirming his union with
the heiress, and making all end as it ought to do.
The materials of the piece are slight, but they are
made the most of, and the parts played by Mr. and
Mrs. Keeley, being exactly suited to them, told
admirably. The dresses and scenery were new, and
the whole getting up unexceptionable. The court-
yard of Cellini's house, with the gigantic head, was
peculiarly effective. The applause was frequent during
the performance, and was renewed so generally and
so heartily on the fall of the curtain, that we cannot
doubt but Two Heads Better than One will be a fa-
vourite trifle for sometime to come. The evening's
performances closed with Polkamania and the Forty
Thieves. The house was very fully attended.

ASTLEY'S.
This favourite Amphitheatre of Arts was last night
filled with holiday people, and Mr. Batty provided for
them a copious bill of fare. The Chinese Wars, pre-
senting a grand, naval, military, and equestrian spec-
tacle, founded on the recent events of both services
in China, was the first and best piece, and
everything that could render its representation
perfect was added. The principal personages in the
drama were Sir Henry Pottinger, Sir Hugh Gough,
and the Chinese Commissioner Lin.
&c. A vie w
the
of
Portsmouth, with the shipping, gun-boats, , in
first act, was very beautiful, and formed a t
splendid tableaux. second, the Chinese Feas
of Lanterns, presented a variety of scenes, such
as an array of cavalry, Tartar soldiers, Mandarins,
British troops, with festive sports of peace, dancing,
and artistical skill in gymnastic wonders. The third,
and closing one was the destruction of Amoy, with
all the bustle of shouting, cheering, firing, &c., conse-
quent on an engagement. It was well received
throughout. Mr. Batty, finding that the " Podia-
mania had seized the minds of the good people
of Lambeth, produced it last night, when
it was danced in excellent style by Made-
moiselle Cushnie and Signor Milano. Madame
Annette and Signor Germani performed won-
derful equestrian acts and surprising feats ; and the
humours of- Mr. Barry, the clown of the circle, with
his clever impersonation of six different characters in
a farce entitled A Dv after the Fair, in which he was

well supported by bliss Pettifer, varied the amuse-
ments. The house was well and respectably filled by
an audience who evinced their acknowledg:nents of
Mr. Batty's enterprising efforts with several rounds
of hearty applause.