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o RLEANS, TOURS, AND BORDEAUX
RAILWAY.
gapital 65,000,000 of Francs, in 130,000 Shares, of 500 Francs
etch (,600,0001., in Shares of 201.),
Of which 70.000 are subscribed in France, and the Deposit paid ;
the remaining 80,000 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, but 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.

tant, relating to the traffic of every description. The details are
founded upon official documents, obtained from tin 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 aisle Report
upon the Line from Paris to the Belgian frontier. They exhibit
the actual traffic only, computed at rates under the Tariff autho-
rised to be charged. They will be communicated in due time to
the Shareholders.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFAL-
GAR. SQUARE.
The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN.
Admission (front Eight o Clock till SeYCH) One Shilling. Catalogue
One Shilling.
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WHITSUN AMUSEMENTS.

HAY 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 his 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 Ms 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 3 hirt 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. I'Ve 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 came in 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."

IiEiRY HOWARD, R.A., Sec.

RELIGIOUS TRUSTS 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'Cloek precisely, on WEDNESDAY
next, May 29, in the Great Room at Exeter Hall, and at which tho
Right Hon. the Earl of MOUNTCASHEL will preside.
Capt. VERNON lIARCOURT, R.N.,
May 22, 1844. Chairman of the Provisional Committee.
The admission will lie by tickets only, which may be obtained of
Mr. Ilatchard, Piccadilly; Mr. Nisbet; Berners-street ; Mr. Seeley,
Fleet-street ; Mr. Ward, Paternoster-row ; at the Congregational
Library; and also at the Offices of the Record, Patriot, Watchman,
Wesleyan Chronicle ; and at the Committee-room, No. 3, Exeter Hall,
where the Committee for opposing the Bill meet daily.

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, London, 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.

60UMISSIONAIRES OR DEMANDANTS OF wiz mass.
MM. ALPHONSE LAURENT, Banker, Blois;
ANTOINE LUZ ARCHE, Chateau de Clavieres and Berry;
WILLIAM MACKENZIE, of Liverpool and Paris.
STANDING COUNSEL.
M. de Haut, Avoeat 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 dls.
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 at the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The Directors have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver
A SERIES of LECTURES on the MUSIC et BIGHT 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 on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Three:o'clock,
witk FOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All the
other LECTURES and EXHIBITIONS as usual. LONGROTTOM'S
riirsroscorE and OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW DISSOLV-
ING VIEWS, ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, Ike.

Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

MONEY.—GRAND DISTRIBUTION of
70,1701. sterling, AUTHORISED and GAURANTEED by
his IMPERIAL MAJESTY and 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 23,0001., 5,0001.,
&c., the lowest 501., will take place at 'Vienna, on the let JUNH
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 inclosiag a Post-office order, to
their office, 26, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, London.—Government
lists of the drawing will be sent to each purchaser. Office hours
from Twelve to Three.

IMPERIAL RUSSIAN,•POLISH LOAN of
150,000,000 Florins (of 1835), IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN
of 30,000,000 Florins (of 1839), guaranteed by their Majesties the
Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of Russia.
GRAND DISTRIBUTIONS AT WARSAW AND 'VIENNA.
In the Russian-Polish Loan the following Dividends will be reim-
bursed:—One of 1,000,0001., one of 300,00011., two of 150,0008., six of
25,0008., eight of 14,0001., &c., together 7,000 dividends, gaining
7,970,0001. Smallest dividend 75011., largest 1,000,00011.
In the Austrian Loan 700 bonds will obtain 701,7008 , in lots of
230,0008., 50,0000., 15,00011, 10,0001., &c. Smallest dividend 5008.
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 1 I 1 Austrian Scrip for £3 0
4 de. do. do. le I 6 do. do. 15 I
9 do. do. do. 20 I 13 do. do. 30 0

Payable by bank notes, remittances, or drafts. Dividends reim-
bursable at Frankfort, Paris, Loaden, or New York, at the option of
the holders _ . _

T )save postages, foreign sabscribers may apply to his houses la Paris,
New York, and at Mr. A. Schwarzsclaild's, 1, Plough-court, Lombard-
street, London, by letter oily. Prospectuses, wits full particulars,
and Lists of tks Distribution, promptly forwarded to every share-
holder abroad .
J. A. iCHWARZSCIIILD, Banker ant Recoiver-General.

Frankfort-on-Maine, April, 1344.
**Al A Florix being is., it follows that a fifth share at 12s. In the
Austrian Government Distribution is relatively much more valuable
than one Red Bond ill the private speculation of the 25th.

SALE 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 • 532,000
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 .• •• • • ...... ....... 3,000

5,000

Forming a Total of •
. .

The Sale will positively take place in the town of Sion, Canton of
Valais, Switzerland, on the 16th of SEIPTEITIIIIII, 1844. The value of
the Shares sold will be depolited in the hands of a Banker in London
until the transfer of the property to the.new Proprietors.
For Particulars and Conditians 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. I, Fineh-lane,
London.

FMPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time
A to spare are apprised that Agents continue to bo 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 hare realised con-
siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss.
Application to be made (if by letter post paid) as above.

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 madman, 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, for he has
confined her, with the intention of compelling her to
marry him, being an heiress, and lovely withal. The
fair 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
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 beat 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.
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LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
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the policy was taken may hare been paid before the claim arises;
Whole-world policies not confined to the limits of Europa ;
Option of half-premium payment for the first seven years.
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only from the Londoa, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Company.
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they may procure GENUINE TEAS direct from the Company, of
their Agents, i• nearly every town and village in the kingdom,
packed in Lead, and warranted Genuine by the Company.
Spurious and English made Tea being now commonly sold by
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Observe the Company's seat on each package.
Applications for Agencies for the sale of the above Genuine Teas,
by which a considerable income may be derived, to be made to the
Company at their Warehouses, 2, Lawrence Pountney.hill, London.

IIEALTIIT LIVES are Assired at Lower Rates than at moll
other offices.

Policies of twelve months' standing are not affected by Suicides,
Duelling, &c. ; and Assigned Policies are valid from the date of the
Policy should death ensue from any of these causes.
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WATCHES, CHRONOMETERS, AND CLOCKS.
TO BE SOLD, considerably under the original
cost of manufacture, the extensive and superior finished
STOCK of Mr. HARRIS, of CORNHILL, 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 are warranted perfect. The small, flat, elegantly
engraved Watches, for Ladies, with those for Gentlemen, are particu-
larly reduced in price, with the RegUlators, Clocks, Dials, Marine and
Pocket Chronometers

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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 Comhill.

p OUTS, SHERRIES, and other \VINES, of
first-rate shippers.
The following unprecedented terms for genuine wines are quoted
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under usual credit prices :—Sherries, pale and brown, at 255., 275.,
,
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Ports, from the wood, 265., 305., 345 ;
crusted, in bottle, from 365. upwards ; ditto, very choice, highly
flavoured, from five to ten years old, from 455. to 545. ; Clarets, 335.,
405., 70s. ; Champagne, sparkling and creaming, 485., 605., 725. ;
hocks and Mooches, 405., 505., 605., 70s. ; Marsala, 235., 265. ; and
all other wines equally moderate; in quantities not less than one
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and Co., 51, Berner's-street, London, importers of German seltzer
Water, In quarts and pints.

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STOMACH AND LIVER.
DR. A. A. HARVEY'S ANTIBILIOUS and
FAMILY APERIEN r PILLS have long been Prescribed
and found eminently Useful by one of the most experienced
members of the College of Surgeons, who, from his extensive
practice sinco he has resided in Bath, and in the East Indies
while Surgeon in the Honourable East India Company's Ser-
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of the relief afforded by these Pills. They have been found of
great service in restorin
venting and also curing the Jaundice ;
g a healthy action to the Liver, and in pre-
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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
use will preserve the organs of the stomach in perfect health.
These Pills are a good preparatory Aperient to Sea Bathing, and
likewise previous to 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 Medicine for all excesses of the table.
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his Pills areas) be obtained genuine of Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-
yard, London ; also of Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; White, 24, Corn.
ill; and most respectable Chemist

CHARACTERS IN " CoNINGSBY."—In noticing Mr,
D'lsraeli's new work, " Coningsby," the Morning Post
observes:—" It must not be supposed that in selecting
personages . for his romance, the author has gathered
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 thicl
and thin for small places ; the Marquis of Monmouth
himself—reguiescat in pace—who will be hardy enough
to point out the originals of these portraits ? And yet
we could lay 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, Esq.—We 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 4,‘Vathek,"
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 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 ; Harleqinn, 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.

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

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. A view of
Portsmouth, with the shipping, gun-boats, &c., in the
first act, was very beautiful, and formed a
splendid tableaux. A second, the Chinese Feast
of Lanterns, presented a variety of s cenes, su h
c
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 " Polka-
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 .Day after the Fair, in which he was

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

SURREY.
The inhabitants of the Surrey side of the Thames;
and not a few on the opposite side, naturally expect
an extraordinary treat at this old resort for thea-
trical entertainment during the various holiday sea-
sons of the year. The house last night afforded a
spectacle of unusual interest, both as regards the
pieces announced and the manner in which they
were produced. We have seldom seen so large an
audience. It may safely be said that there was not a
single seat in the galleries, the pit, or the more aris-
tocratic parts of the theatre, which was not occupied
at the commencement of the performance. What be-
came of those who had determined to patronise it at
half-price is a question which we leave them to
answer. But we must say a word or two as to the
bill of fare which created so eager an appetite. The
first piece was a new and original domestic
drama (in three acts) by an author of celebrity
(they might safely mention his name in future at the
Surrey)--entitled The Instrument of Torture ' • or,
The Needle and its Victims. As will be guessed from
the title, the plot of the piece was founded chiefly on
the sufferings of a sempstress, and many allusions
were scattered through the piece to the various facts
which have recently been made known in connection
with the distressed needlewomen of the metropolis.
A worthy old gentleman, named Abraham Bags, an
old clothesman in the Minories, of the Hebrew per-
suasion, is the employer of the heroine of the play,
whose adventures, though they extend beyond the
needle, are closely connected with that " instrument
of torture" up to the close of the piece. By the bye, this
old Bags puts forth a remark which may be worthy of
being remembered, namely, that himself and his frater-
nity are, after all, not so guilty as respects this matter as
some who profess to pity the case of the sufferers, or
at least that they share the guilt with those who are
' not willing to pay a remunerating price for their
garments. A word to those who profess pity should
be as weighty as a word to the wise. The piece was
listened to throughout with marked interest ; and on
the falling of the curtain the announcement of its
repetition was received with cheering from all parts
of the theatre. Next came a new tragic-comical,
operatic, historical burlesque, in one act, entitled
Georgy Barnwell; or, the Unfortunate London Ap•
prentice, a very pretty burlesque, indeed, and one
which told well with the audience. In order to avoid
the incongruity of a real murder, the uncle was stabbed
with a pair of tailor's scissors, which, instead of killing
him, entered a box of Holloway's pills, which he carried
in his pocket ; and this contrivance prepared the way
for a very satisfactory termination, as a part of
which the repetition of the piece was announced. A
Grand Visionary Fairy Spectacle, in two acts, en-
titled The Spirit of the Snow Drift; or, the Frozen
Charm, concluded the entertainments of the evening.
Mortals and immortals, fairies, sylphs, ruined towers,
and old oak chambers, in turn, varied the scene, and
did their best to, make the beholders forget the mo-
notony of their every-day occupations. We cannot
speak too highly of the getting up of the above pieces.
The acting, too, was excellent, and afforded, to all
appearances, universal satisfaction. We have little
doubt that this theatre, while conducted as it is at
present, will maintain its long-standing popularity.

VICTORIA THEATRE.
The holiday folk assembled last night at this well-
known house in great numbers, but unfortunately,
through the peccadillo of one of the members of the
corps dramatique, they were doomed to be disap-
pointed. A piece, which was not produced, had been
for several days previously announced in the attrac-
tive phraseology, and conspicuously varied type of an
unusually large-sized playbill, to be in preparation
for commencing the evening's entertainments, and of
course much was anticipated, and, as a natural
sequence, many were disappointed. The piece was
stated to be " a new historical drama, in three acts,
preceded by a prefatory introduction in one act, en-
titled Hugo Mauracert, or the Poison King ;" but as
the chief character had been entrusted to a gentleman
who had, within a few hours of the opening of the
doors, eloped, as it was rumoured, with the fair pro-
prietress of the saloon attached to the theatre, the
audience were treated to the following notice instead
of the historical drama :

" The public are respectfully informed that in conse-
quence of Mr. Freer having so suddenly and unjustifi-
ably withdrawn himself from the theatre, even at the
notice of a few hours only, it will be impossible to per-
form, for the present, the drama of Hugo Ilfaura-
vert, as already advertised. The manager, therefore,
throws himself on the indulgence of the audience, and, in
giving this public notice, begs to announce that on this
evening, Monday, May 27, will be performed the cele-
brated play of the Stranger."
This at first produced a slight convulsion ; but the
excellent acting of Mr. Osbaldiston and Miss Vin-
cent soon restored order, and the evening passed
away with animation and good humour. Subse-
quently to The Stranger, two pieces were presented,
the first called Ccrsar, the Dutch Dog of the Castle,
and the second The Parting Kiss. Of the former,
the less said the better. It reflects no merit on the
author, while its incidents are a libel on the taste and
general good judgment of the indefatigable manager.
The last is a two act nautical drama, of the old
school, being plentifully interspersed with music,
broad-sword combats, and abounding largely in ma-
rine scenic effects.

QUEEN'S.
Mr. C. J. James, the enterprising lessee of this
popular little house, has brought several novelties be-
fore his Whitsun-holiday patrons. These comprise
every range of character, from the melancholy mur-
derer, the admired of the gods, to the " gay Lothario,"
the delight of the little ladies in the boxes. The
amusements of the evening commenced with a new
piece, written by Mrs. Hallett for the Queen's, entitled
Chester Fair, or the Prophecy. The play is cast in
that troubled age, when Wales was as yet uncon-
quered by England, and it opens with a view of the
fair in Chester market-place. The bustle of such a
scene is well enacted, and the diversified groups of
jongleurs, harpers, glee-maidens, and dancing-girls,
come up to our ideas of a merry-making in the
olden times. Sir Roger Dutton (Mr. J. Parry), the
High Steward of Chester, mixes with the motley
crowd, and is by a fortune-teller informed that he
will fight a duel for a dancing-girl, that by so doing
he will render his ladye love jealous, but that ulti-
mately " he will win her by timely rescuing her from
the Welshman, with a tattered army." The doughty
Knight fulfils the first part of the prophecy by res-
cuing Marian (Miss Stoker), a peasant girl, from the
hands of Chief Justice Glanville (Mr. Rogers), thus
securing the gratitude of her lover, Allan (Mr. Rey-
nolds), a minstrel, who has considerable influence
with the mobocracy of the fair. So far so good; but
unfortunately the hero's ladye love, Mary de Lacy
(Miss Rogers), fired by her lover's supposed unfaith-
fulness,, flies her father's castle, and takes refuge with
Earl Randolph (Mr. Renard), in his castle of Rothelan,
on the borders of Wales, the very worst place, as it
happens, to which she could have fled, as it is imme-
diately afterwards invested by the Welsh moun-
taineers. This calamity has its advantages, however,
for it gives Sir Roger Dutton an opportunity of ful-
filling the last link in the prophecy, by defeating her
enemies with the very ragged gentlemen whohad
been enjoying themselves at Chester fair. Such is
the outline of the plot. It was a bustling thing
throughout, and the actors seemed at__ home
in their parts. Mr. Parry and Miss _Romer,
with Mr. Hodson, who personifies a drunken
Irish fiddler, were particularly happy. The
unities were not always well preserved by the
authoress, but, as a whole, the piece was very suc-
cessful. This was followed by "a drama of intense
interest," called The Vision if Death, or the Post-
house on the Heath, which seemed to go off rather
flatly. The amusing burletta of Devils in the Room
succeeded; and the bill of fare was wound up by a
melo-drama, by Mr. Barnett, entitled The Skeleton
Hand, or the Demon Statue. The name will give the
reader an idea of the " glamourie" compressed into the
two acts. We have forests and caves innumerable,
banditti above number; interesting gallants in cloaks
and dominos; supernatural appearances and---the
Polka dance! The performances throughout the
evening seemed to give general satisfaction ; the
house was respectably filled, and the audience in the
upper tiers much more quiet than might have been
anticipated on a Whit Monday.