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The Theatres, &C
THE THEATRES , & c
COVENT GARDEN—At 7 . 0 , THE AIVAXDIKRK . At 7 . 1-., Till BANKS IN THK WOOD . DKTJRY LAWE .-At 7 . 0 , TEX OF 'EM . At 7 .. "Si > , ALADDIN . HAYMAEKET .-At 7 . 30 , OUtt AMERICAN' COUSIN and THE LOAN OF A LOVKU . ADBLPHI . —At 7 . 0 . TIIK DREAM AT SEA and THK Cltlt . DRKX IN
THE WOOD . PBINCESS'S .-At 7 . 0 , THK LANCASHIRE LASS mid BEAUTY AND THE UKAST . LYCEUM—At li . 50 , FISH OUT OK AVATHR . At 7 . LA , HAMLET . OLYMPIC—At 7 . 0 , TWENTY MINUTES WITH A TIGER . AT 7 .. 'W , THE TWO ORPHANS .
STRAND .-. U 7 . 0 , IXTRIGUR . At 7 . 20 , OLD SAILORS . At li . tr > , LOO AND THK PARTY WHO TOOK MISS . PBINCE OF WALES'S—At 7 . ir , , SWEETHEARTS and SOCIETY . GAIETY . —AT 7 . 0 , ISKNGAL TIGEIl . At 8 . 15 , MEUUY WIVKS OF AVINDSOK .
GLOBE . —At 7 . 0 , A PKETTT PIKCE OF IHLSINEES . At S . O , LLUK BEARD . VAUDEVILLE—At 7 . 0 , CUl'ISOARD LOVE . At 7 . 15 , OUR HOYS . At 10 , ROMULUS AND ItF . MUS . CHASING CBOSS .-At 7 ,: J 0 , DRAWING THE LINK . At S . l . A . THE NEW MAGDALEN .
OPEBA COMIQUE .-At 7 . 0 , HOUSEHOLD FAIRY . At 8 . 15 , LADY OF LYONS . COURT—At 7 . 30 , PEACOCK'S HOLIDAY . At S .: , UIUGHTON . ALHAMBBA . —At 7 . 0 , THK TWO IJONXYCASTLES . At 7 . 15 , WHITTINGTON . CBITEEION .-LES PRES SAINT GERVAIS , & c .
AMPHITHEATBE , HOLBOBN .-At 7 . 0 , THE UEGGAR'S OI'KliA . At 8 . 15 , MADAME ANGOT . SUEEEY .-I-ORTY THIEA'KS and THE SECRET . PHILHARMONIC—At 7 .. "I 0 , THE WATKUMAX . At 8 . 20 , LA FILLE DE MADAMK ANGOT and tho GREAT DOIISTS ( lust night ) . Next week , THE BOHEMIAN GIRL . HENGLEB'S CIEQUE—At 2 . U 0 and 7 . 30 , LITTLE EED RIDING HOOD .
SANGER'S AMPHITHEATEE .-At 2 . 0 and 7 . 0 . ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP . CEYSTAL PALACE .-Opcn Duilv , PANTOMIME , AQUARIUM , PICTURE GALLERY , Kc . POLYTECHNIC . - STA R WATCHING AND THE TRANSIT t ) F VENUS ; THK MYSTIC SCROLL ; CHYMICAL . MARVELS ; TDK ISLE OF WIGHT AND ITS LKGENDS , CONJURING , Ac . Open at 12 . 0 and 7 . 0 .
EGYPTIAN ( LAEGE ) HALL .-Dr . LYNX , at : s . 0 imd 8 . 0 . EGYPTIAN HALL—MASKELYNE AND COOKE , at : ) . !> : HH 1 S . . WESTBOUBNE HALL , Bayswatev . —MRS . HOWARD I'AUL AND MR . WALTER I'KLHAM : it 8 . S : iliirdii . y . s lit : i only . ST . GEOBGE'S HALL , Langham Place . —Mr . and Mrs . GERMAN HEED at S . O . Thursday and Saturday at \ i only .
Ar00801
NOTICE . HTUE J ' ' . llKI'h \ lAXON'S CUKONMCLl'J can he DM ! , ml of any - * - liookseller in Town or Country , but should nny diliicully be experienced , it will be forwarded direct from the < Jiiiee , on receipt of Post Ollico Order for the amount . Intending . Sul . iscribers shuuld forward their full Addresses to prevent mistakes . Post Office Orders to be made payable to \ V . AV . MORGAN , at Barbican Office . Cheques crossed "London and County . " The Terms of Subscription ( payable in advance ) to Tin : TUKEJIASON ' CtiuoNicr . K are—Twelve Months , I ' ot- 't Free t'O V . i fi Six Months ditto ... ... 0 7 0 Three Months ditto 0 3 15 To the United States and France , -is oil per quarter , and to Germany , 4 s Od per quarter . Agents , from whom Copies con alv : nys be IKOI : — Messrs . Ctruricu and Co ., 12 Catherine ( Street , Strand . Mr . T . Diii . scoi . t ,, 37 Fnrriiigdon Street . Mr . (! . W . JORDAN , 109 Strand . Messrs . MAHSIIAM , and Soxs , 125 Fleet Street , E . C . Mr . II . Smi'sox , 7 Red Lion Court , E . C . Messrs . SMITH and So . vs , LSo Strand . Messrs . SI'K . . I ; and Co ., 2 !! Great < > ucen Street , W . C . Messrs . S'i'Kur , and JONKS , 1 Spring Gaulens , Charing Cross . Mr . G . Y ICKKKS , Alltel Court , 1 / 2 Strand . Mr . H . VtCKi- ' . its , oL 7 Stra . nd .
Ar00802
SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS . Advertisers will find Tire FIJEKMASOX ' G ' IIIIO . NICU : an exceptionall y good medium for Advertisements of every class . Per Page : fJS 0 0 Back Page £ 10 0 0 General Advertisements , Trade Announcements , & c . single column , us per inch . . Double Column Advertisements Is per line . Special Terms for a Scries of insertions on application . Bifthii , Marriages , aud Death . ; , 6 d per liac .
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czn a ^^ ra ^^ a grWraJtWJW ^ , fi ^ l jUwWAWW ^ 67 BARBICAN , E . C .
De Plurimis Rebus.
DE PLURIMIS REBUS .
riTHE interest of the moment centres about the resigna-JL tion by Mr . Gladstone of his leadership of the Liberal party , Avhich lie has virtually held since the death of Lord Palmerston in the autumn of 1865 . The event can hardly have been unexpected . It was freely mooted last
year , and it Avas only toAvards the very end of the Session that the Right Honourable gentleman resumed his place in the House and strenuously opposed certain measures supported by the Government . Moreover , in the ordinary
course of things Mr . Gladstone ' s retirement from active life must have occurred sooner or later . True , many of onr public men remain in office till a far more advanced a . « e than he has attained . Lord Palmerston died
in harness at 83 ; Earl Eussell succeeded him in the Premiership at 70 ; and Mr . Disraeli is , Ave believe , in his 70 th year . For this reason , doubtless , this AvithdraAval from the political arena , though freely canvassed , as we have said , last Session , has surprised and not a little
dismayed the Opposition , Avho are at their Avits' end to supply the vacancy . Not for lack of candidates though . Messrs . Goschen , Porster , LOAVC , Lord Hartington , and Sir W . Harcourt are said to be among the foremost claimants for the vacant honour of " Leader of Pier Majesty ' s
Opposition . " But has any one of these Aveight of character enough for so important a position ? Mr . Gladstone first entered Parliament in 1882 , and first took office as a Lord of the Treasury in December 1834 . He Avas a prominent member of Sir R . Peel ' s Administration
L 8 il-. lt ; , Chancellor of the Exchequer 1852-55 , under Lord Aberdeen , and again filled tho same office under Lords Palmerston and Russell successively , 1859-66 . He was a great administrator , a great financier , a poAverful speaker , and a ready debater , Avanting only , perhaps , more
tact and temper to have become the most eminent of modern Parliamentary leaders . Can the half of this be said of any one who is named as his probable successor ? Wo ask not this by Avay of disparagement to their talents , but rather to show the loss the party have sustained by
Mr . Gladstone ' s anticipated , yet , at the last moment , somewhat abrupt withdrawal from public life . Nor Avill this loss be felt by his party only . The country , likewise , will
suffer . A weak Opposition—the present is weak in point of cohesion , if not in numbers—has always been regarded as detrimental to the public interests . EA ' the strongest Government is all the better for an active and well
organised Opposition . Its measures are more carefull y prepared , and when they haA - e passed both Houses generally appear more ship-shape than vvheu opposition is languid and criticism somewhat feeble . The person who has created the greatest amount of
excitement after the ex-premier is undoubtedly the Clerk of the weather . We ought not , perhaps , to have spoken of excitement in this case . How can any one be moved to the expression of any kind of feeling Avhen the Avind IIOAVIS all night , and a drizzling rain is falling all day ? We have
had one or two glimpses of the sun ; the moon has struggled vainly to show herself , and the stars have been visible about as often as the sun . Otherwise onr chief outof-door enjoyments this year have been of a Avind and watervcharacter . We had almost forgotten the mud , though .
We have seen and felt that daily since the thaw set in on the morning of New Year ' s day . When Avill the vestries who rule the greater part of the Metropolis think it worth their while to keep th ? streets decently clean ? We should have far greater reason to boast of this London of ours if its
rulers—they of the City alone excepted—were just a little less incapable than they are—less officious in trumpery things , and more official in matters of importance . It is
said the government of London is confided to somewhere about 11 , 000 persons , formed into all kinds of odds and ends of sections known officially as vestries , local boards of Health and Works , and tho like . It occurs to ua wo might do better fchaa this .
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The Theatres, &C
THE THEATRES , & c
COVENT GARDEN—At 7 . 0 , THE AIVAXDIKRK . At 7 . 1-., Till BANKS IN THK WOOD . DKTJRY LAWE .-At 7 . 0 , TEX OF 'EM . At 7 .. "Si > , ALADDIN . HAYMAEKET .-At 7 . 30 , OUtt AMERICAN' COUSIN and THE LOAN OF A LOVKU . ADBLPHI . —At 7 . 0 . TIIK DREAM AT SEA and THK Cltlt . DRKX IN
THE WOOD . PBINCESS'S .-At 7 . 0 , THK LANCASHIRE LASS mid BEAUTY AND THE UKAST . LYCEUM—At li . 50 , FISH OUT OK AVATHR . At 7 . LA , HAMLET . OLYMPIC—At 7 . 0 , TWENTY MINUTES WITH A TIGER . AT 7 .. 'W , THE TWO ORPHANS .
STRAND .-. U 7 . 0 , IXTRIGUR . At 7 . 20 , OLD SAILORS . At li . tr > , LOO AND THK PARTY WHO TOOK MISS . PBINCE OF WALES'S—At 7 . ir , , SWEETHEARTS and SOCIETY . GAIETY . —AT 7 . 0 , ISKNGAL TIGEIl . At 8 . 15 , MEUUY WIVKS OF AVINDSOK .
GLOBE . —At 7 . 0 , A PKETTT PIKCE OF IHLSINEES . At S . O , LLUK BEARD . VAUDEVILLE—At 7 . 0 , CUl'ISOARD LOVE . At 7 . 15 , OUR HOYS . At 10 , ROMULUS AND ItF . MUS . CHASING CBOSS .-At 7 ,: J 0 , DRAWING THE LINK . At S . l . A . THE NEW MAGDALEN .
OPEBA COMIQUE .-At 7 . 0 , HOUSEHOLD FAIRY . At 8 . 15 , LADY OF LYONS . COURT—At 7 . 30 , PEACOCK'S HOLIDAY . At S .: , UIUGHTON . ALHAMBBA . —At 7 . 0 , THK TWO IJONXYCASTLES . At 7 . 15 , WHITTINGTON . CBITEEION .-LES PRES SAINT GERVAIS , & c .
AMPHITHEATBE , HOLBOBN .-At 7 . 0 , THE UEGGAR'S OI'KliA . At 8 . 15 , MADAME ANGOT . SUEEEY .-I-ORTY THIEA'KS and THE SECRET . PHILHARMONIC—At 7 .. "I 0 , THE WATKUMAX . At 8 . 20 , LA FILLE DE MADAMK ANGOT and tho GREAT DOIISTS ( lust night ) . Next week , THE BOHEMIAN GIRL . HENGLEB'S CIEQUE—At 2 . U 0 and 7 . 30 , LITTLE EED RIDING HOOD .
SANGER'S AMPHITHEATEE .-At 2 . 0 and 7 . 0 . ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP . CEYSTAL PALACE .-Opcn Duilv , PANTOMIME , AQUARIUM , PICTURE GALLERY , Kc . POLYTECHNIC . - STA R WATCHING AND THE TRANSIT t ) F VENUS ; THK MYSTIC SCROLL ; CHYMICAL . MARVELS ; TDK ISLE OF WIGHT AND ITS LKGENDS , CONJURING , Ac . Open at 12 . 0 and 7 . 0 .
EGYPTIAN ( LAEGE ) HALL .-Dr . LYNX , at : s . 0 imd 8 . 0 . EGYPTIAN HALL—MASKELYNE AND COOKE , at : ) . !> : HH 1 S . . WESTBOUBNE HALL , Bayswatev . —MRS . HOWARD I'AUL AND MR . WALTER I'KLHAM : it 8 . S : iliirdii . y . s lit : i only . ST . GEOBGE'S HALL , Langham Place . —Mr . and Mrs . GERMAN HEED at S . O . Thursday and Saturday at \ i only .
Ar00801
NOTICE . HTUE J ' ' . llKI'h \ lAXON'S CUKONMCLl'J can he DM ! , ml of any - * - liookseller in Town or Country , but should nny diliicully be experienced , it will be forwarded direct from the < Jiiiee , on receipt of Post Ollico Order for the amount . Intending . Sul . iscribers shuuld forward their full Addresses to prevent mistakes . Post Office Orders to be made payable to \ V . AV . MORGAN , at Barbican Office . Cheques crossed "London and County . " The Terms of Subscription ( payable in advance ) to Tin : TUKEJIASON ' CtiuoNicr . K are—Twelve Months , I ' ot- 't Free t'O V . i fi Six Months ditto ... ... 0 7 0 Three Months ditto 0 3 15 To the United States and France , -is oil per quarter , and to Germany , 4 s Od per quarter . Agents , from whom Copies con alv : nys be IKOI : — Messrs . Ctruricu and Co ., 12 Catherine ( Street , Strand . Mr . T . Diii . scoi . t ,, 37 Fnrriiigdon Street . Mr . (! . W . JORDAN , 109 Strand . Messrs . MAHSIIAM , and Soxs , 125 Fleet Street , E . C . Mr . II . Smi'sox , 7 Red Lion Court , E . C . Messrs . SMITH and So . vs , LSo Strand . Messrs . SI'K . . I ; and Co ., 2 !! Great < > ucen Street , W . C . Messrs . S'i'Kur , and JONKS , 1 Spring Gaulens , Charing Cross . Mr . G . Y ICKKKS , Alltel Court , 1 / 2 Strand . Mr . H . VtCKi- ' . its , oL 7 Stra . nd .
Ar00802
SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS . Advertisers will find Tire FIJEKMASOX ' G ' IIIIO . NICU : an exceptionall y good medium for Advertisements of every class . Per Page : fJS 0 0 Back Page £ 10 0 0 General Advertisements , Trade Announcements , & c . single column , us per inch . . Double Column Advertisements Is per line . Special Terms for a Scries of insertions on application . Bifthii , Marriages , aud Death . ; , 6 d per liac .
Ar00804
czn a ^^ ra ^^ a grWraJtWJW ^ , fi ^ l jUwWAWW ^ 67 BARBICAN , E . C .
De Plurimis Rebus.
DE PLURIMIS REBUS .
riTHE interest of the moment centres about the resigna-JL tion by Mr . Gladstone of his leadership of the Liberal party , Avhich lie has virtually held since the death of Lord Palmerston in the autumn of 1865 . The event can hardly have been unexpected . It was freely mooted last
year , and it Avas only toAvards the very end of the Session that the Right Honourable gentleman resumed his place in the House and strenuously opposed certain measures supported by the Government . Moreover , in the ordinary
course of things Mr . Gladstone ' s retirement from active life must have occurred sooner or later . True , many of onr public men remain in office till a far more advanced a . « e than he has attained . Lord Palmerston died
in harness at 83 ; Earl Eussell succeeded him in the Premiership at 70 ; and Mr . Disraeli is , Ave believe , in his 70 th year . For this reason , doubtless , this AvithdraAval from the political arena , though freely canvassed , as we have said , last Session , has surprised and not a little
dismayed the Opposition , Avho are at their Avits' end to supply the vacancy . Not for lack of candidates though . Messrs . Goschen , Porster , LOAVC , Lord Hartington , and Sir W . Harcourt are said to be among the foremost claimants for the vacant honour of " Leader of Pier Majesty ' s
Opposition . " But has any one of these Aveight of character enough for so important a position ? Mr . Gladstone first entered Parliament in 1882 , and first took office as a Lord of the Treasury in December 1834 . He Avas a prominent member of Sir R . Peel ' s Administration
L 8 il-. lt ; , Chancellor of the Exchequer 1852-55 , under Lord Aberdeen , and again filled tho same office under Lords Palmerston and Russell successively , 1859-66 . He was a great administrator , a great financier , a poAverful speaker , and a ready debater , Avanting only , perhaps , more
tact and temper to have become the most eminent of modern Parliamentary leaders . Can the half of this be said of any one who is named as his probable successor ? Wo ask not this by Avay of disparagement to their talents , but rather to show the loss the party have sustained by
Mr . Gladstone ' s anticipated , yet , at the last moment , somewhat abrupt withdrawal from public life . Nor Avill this loss be felt by his party only . The country , likewise , will
suffer . A weak Opposition—the present is weak in point of cohesion , if not in numbers—has always been regarded as detrimental to the public interests . EA ' the strongest Government is all the better for an active and well
organised Opposition . Its measures are more carefull y prepared , and when they haA - e passed both Houses generally appear more ship-shape than vvheu opposition is languid and criticism somewhat feeble . The person who has created the greatest amount of
excitement after the ex-premier is undoubtedly the Clerk of the weather . We ought not , perhaps , to have spoken of excitement in this case . How can any one be moved to the expression of any kind of feeling Avhen the Avind IIOAVIS all night , and a drizzling rain is falling all day ? We have
had one or two glimpses of the sun ; the moon has struggled vainly to show herself , and the stars have been visible about as often as the sun . Otherwise onr chief outof-door enjoyments this year have been of a Avind and watervcharacter . We had almost forgotten the mud , though .
We have seen and felt that daily since the thaw set in on the morning of New Year ' s day . When Avill the vestries who rule the greater part of the Metropolis think it worth their while to keep th ? streets decently clean ? We should have far greater reason to boast of this London of ours if its
rulers—they of the City alone excepted—were just a little less incapable than they are—less officious in trumpery things , and more official in matters of importance . It is
said the government of London is confided to somewhere about 11 , 000 persons , formed into all kinds of odds and ends of sections known officially as vestries , local boards of Health and Works , and tho like . It occurs to ua wo might do better fchaa this .