THE OBSERVER, MARCH 28, 1875. there are rumours of approaching complications in the East the Emperor Fkancis Joseph should seize whom the writer of the epistle in question belonged the visit of the Prince cannot but exerciss C1RYSTAL PALACE. EASTER FESTIVI-J TIES. MONDAY to FRIDAY next, March SO to April ud, Mr. Buruand's burlesque ROBIN HOOD, with new aud elaborate scenery, ballets, and other effects.
Characters by Misses Caroline Farkes.Lynd, Kmily Dorllng, Marlborough. Ac; Messrs. Atkins. Frank Wood, George Yamold. Ac.
Principal Danseuses, the Misses Elliott. Grand PUBLIC AMUsem*nTS. T)OYAL ITALIAN OPERA, JJl COVKNT GARDEN. Tfc nebilitv. gentry, subscribers and the public.
are respectfully in-tmld Itot UlVOTEkA SEASON of l7S will COMMENCE On TUESDAY next, March SO. on which oculxn will performed Rossini's Grand Oliera, associations suggested by tbe coming interview is to show that it cannot reasonably be regarded in the light of a mere formal act of Royal courtesy. However fully the Emperor of Austria may have reconciled himself to the loss of his Italian provinces, however blunted his sensibilities may be by the hard usage of fortune, it cannot be other than painful him to visit the city where he has ruled as Sovereign, as the invited guest of the Monarch whose elevation is due to his own overthrow. We OYAL COURT THEATRE. Lessee ana Mumei, Mr.
EVERY evbsliu. AND SWEET. Mr. Mr. H.
Kembie, West aid Miss Hmbes (Mrs. Gaston Mumy). AwWch. now and otf irlSal comedy, In four ku. entitled written by Cnarlei F.
Cogblau. Characters will be ulayl by Miss Mr. John Clayton. Sir. C.
Mr. H. kembie. a id Mr. Hare.
Act 1. Morning room at TOnn NTC for hk ni seatsT Box-office open dally from to AcUng Manager and Treasurer. Mr. John Huy. T.ORP.
THEATRE. -Great Easter BLUE BEARD (rerlaed). by u. a. rarnie.
i.job rnompiun and augmented cat. New music, iww iiw Bisiuraei, new ETZ Redirection of Mr. Kltwerald. by a new drama, THE uuiNM sir, EVERY EVENINi uulll further notice. 1H1TERION THEATUE, Kegent-ciTcus, dllly.
rlplera and Pond, Sole Proprietors and Responsible Mf New Comic Olra ly Charlrt PKES 1 NT ana- EK- VAIS EVERY EVENING at limtfi night), adapted by It. Reece, and itiMi uTuiflr tti. illrArtioH of Aire. W. H.
Linton. Prlucinal artiste. Paulino Rita. Rose Keene (tier flrjl aliiwanince), Florenoa Hunter, Emily Thorne. Llllaii Adair Messrs.
I. V. tlrennlr, Perrlni, Co. nell, Loreilan, Hogan, Grantham, Manning. Conducwr, Mr.
F. Stanislaus. Cotnolete chorus aud augmented orchestra. Prices of admission i Prlrate boxes from 1 Is. 3 3s.
stalls. It. cd. dress circle, 5s. pit.
amphitheatre. Is. Doors open at 7:30, commence at t. tfox-omae open dally from 10 to 5. Free list suspended.
Acting Manager, Mr, Kawara sturray. FRENCH PLAYS. OPEHA COMIQTJE, strand. Manager, M. A.
Pitron. TO-MORROW (Monday), at and every evening during the week, the celebrated play, LA FA- the theatre nu Vaudnvlllo. Paris, and Millie. Andrce Kelly, of the MI LLE BENOITON. by Sardou.
In which will aipear Mdlle. Baitttg, theatre du Gyuuuue. Paris; the other characters ny Messrs. Kogur, James Schaub, Mnntlouls, and Mesdames Dealre Dagny, Jangfroy, time, the emusiHg piece LE-s 1 RENTE MILLIONS DB GLADIATOR. FaDert.
Ac. Ac On Monday, April 5, win do prooucea, lur ine nrsi which Mdlle. flbem will make her re-appearaace. Box oflloe 11 5. TRIAL BY JURY, ft novel and entirely original dramatic cintata, by Arthur Sullivan and Y.
S. Gilbert. Sllsi Nelly Bromley, Mr. waiter risner, Air. nuiiivaii, Mr.
Pepper. 4c EVERY EVENING, ROYALTY THEATRE. ITADAMK SKI.IXA as LA PRRT- C1IOLE sings the Grlserie Ariott," and a Sous le beau D'Espagne," iu FRENCH FARCE at 8:0. PEHIOHOLE at 8:30. Conclude with TRIAL BY JURY.
EVERY EVENING, ROYALTY THEATRE. ALHAMBRA T1TEATRE ROYAL. Manager, Mr. John Baurn. TO-MORROW (Ktar Monday), and during the week, great attraction.
Offenbach's grand opera boufte, WHIT-TINGTON. written by H. B. Pernio -Mosdaroos Kate Santley, Lennox Grey, Grace Army tage, and Julia Matthews Mescrs. H.
Paulton. Rouse, W. M.Terrotl, W. Worboys. C.
Heywood. The Grand Barbaric Ballet, the wOuder of Loudon. Mdlles. Pilterl, Pertoldl, Rldonfe, and M. lewfnue.
The magnificent dresses and costumes designed by A. Thompson, Esq. The increased orchestra conducted by Mons. G. Jaoobl.
Prices from ftt. to 2 Box-omce open from 11 a.m. till 1) p.m. Doors open at commence at 7:15. PHILHARMONIC TH EATRE.
Easter Mon-lay. Great-Art ran Uniis. Miss Nelly Power in a grand burlesque. Entirely new compauy. TO-MOltKOW (Kasler Mooday), aud during the week, THK OLD LOVK.
Followed by the new grand bur-ieatjue. THK TAU-SMAW Nelly Power, upiorted by popular artiits. Efficient corps ile ballet. PHILHARMONIC THEATRE. Miss NELLY POWER as SIR KENNETH, In thenew grand burlesque, THE TALISMAN, EVERY EVENING.
SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, W. Holland. Teople's Caterer. EVERY EVENING, HAMLET, at 8.
This great tragedy supported by a most no spared to place It on tho stage in the most complete (oriM ever witnessed. Hamlet, W. Crswick; King. Henry Forrester; Ghost. Henry Marst ul Polonlus, W.
H. Stephens; Horatio, F. Shepherd La.rtes, H. C. Sidney; First Graveiligger, h.
Nicholls; Gertrude, Eloise Juno; Ophelia, Marie Hendui-si n. Doors ofxm at 7, commence at half-jtasr, with laughable Prices, 01. to 3 guineas. Treasurer, CharKs Holland; Secretary, Thomas B. Warne; Musical Director, Sydney Davis.
RASTER HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS of the AND MINSTRELS. SI DURINf THE COMING WKBK Terforinances will be given as under: TO MORROW (KASTBR MONIAl) AFTERNOON at 3, (KASTER MONDAY NRillT at S. in acconlance with a lonircstiihllshed custom, tliere wi.l be two KoRcial poiforinances of the glorious holiday entertainment given lu tbe M. JAJlt.M IjKAll HA1.L. In order tli.t amnio acoommclatiim wav be afforded for the vast influx of holiday visitors arriving iu London by the various excursion trams, AN KX'I'RA DAY PERFORMANCE will be given in Messrs.
Mooi and Rnrgess's own Hall. Consequently there will bo fUlili LIAJ KlirOliAl A cit. tvl UUKINli THIS KA.MJSlt HOLIDAY WKBK, MON HAY, VVBDNK81.AY. and AKTJSRNOONS at 3. NATURDAY I IN ADDITION TO THE UKUDLAR PKRFORMANCES EVERY NIGHT at.
8. Doors open for the day norformance In the Great Hall on Monday at 8, for all other day performances at 51:30 door oien for the evening performances at THK11K ARU NO Hifl Or AN 1 llfciSUl'-l I'l ION. No charge for I'rograinmes. No charge for bookiuii resorved seats. TWO THOUSAND SHll.LINli SEATS IN THE (iREAT MALL.
ON EASTER MONDAY at 3 and 8. Balcony, Us. sofa stalls, 3s. fauteulls, lis. EASTER TUESDAY AFTERNOON at :5, THE MOORE ANU RUf.iJBsS MINSTRELS will give an EXTRA DAY PERFORMANCE of THEIR HOLIDAY PROGRAMME IN THKIR OWN HALL.
Doors odou at Fauteulls. is. Sofa Stalls. Area. 2s.
Gallery, Is. MOORE AND BURGESS MINSTRELS TENTH EASTER HOLIDAY FESTIVAL IN THE Sr. JAMES'S URAND HALL. TO-MORROW, at 3 and 8. THE MOST SPARKLING AND ENJOYABLE ENTERTAINMENT IN LONDON.
Ample accommodation for THREE THOUSAND VISITORS. Doors ooen at aud at 7. No fees. EVERY WEST-END OMNIRl'S RUNS DIRECT TO TnE DOORS I-IF THIS HALL. Area and Gallery (2,000 seats).
llalcouy, Sofa Stalls, rHiKuuiis. as. EXCURSIONISTS AND VISITORS TO THE OR EAT METROPOLIS DURINO THK EASTER HOLIDAYS will And Omnibuses at every ureal RallwayStatlon which will couvey loom uircci to me uoors ot 8T. JAMES'S HALL. Where the MOORE AND BUltOESS MINSTRELS Will CELEBRATE their TENTH ANNUAL EASTER FESTIVAL.
From tioGreat Nhern lTh9 Fsrmm or tne uxlngXoa anil Euatoii. Brompton Omnibuses. From the Great The Royal Blue and the Uethna! Green Hisnopsgaie. umniDiisos. North tTuidou Kulham Putney Omnibuses (both painted Hroad-street.
mlB- From the uUiWesteru, jTh6 WBterl00 Any of the Hammersmith, From Charing Cross Station, SHiCSm South Eastern. or lilclimond Omnibuses. Book from Pniod-atrei, Metropolitan Htatlun, which Is ini- mediately opposite the Great From the Great Western, Western Terminus, direct to riccauiny circus, augiitiug At tne- doors ofthefSt. James Hall. OORE AND RURGESS MINSTRELS' EASTER FESTIVAL.
VISITORS FROM THE NORTHERN DISTRICT Of IMK MhrlROrOLIS CAN REACH THE ST. JAMES'S HALL iu less than 30 minutes. Fares Sd. and 4d. From Holloway, Tho Favourite Omnibuses run direct Charlng- Canonbury, S- which Is but three minutes' walk from St.
Highbury. James's Hall. From T.iinirhm onii 1118 Is'lnRton ami Rronipton Omnibuses run From isnngtoii and nrcc. the of iles9ra Muor(J ouJ Holloway. nurgess's HiUl.
From Kail's Pond, 1 Kssex-road, I Islington Green, and The Angel. Favourite Omnibuses or Metropolitan Rall-From Clerkeuwell. way (Fftrringdon SiAfloii alrwot to the doors of the Hall In less than 15 minutes. THE MOOR AND URG ESS MINSTRELS' EASTER HOLIDAY PROGRAMME will embody all tbe new and delightful melodies first iutroduced with such signal success. NEW ADDITIONS WILL ALSO RE MADE TO THE ALREADY MAGNIFICENT COMPANY, comprising upwards of forty artists of known eminence.
ST. JAMES'S GRAND HALL, ON EASTER MON DAY at 3 and 8. ANOTHER EXTRA DAY PERFORMANCE will be given lu Messrs. Moore and Burgess's own Hall on EASTER TUESDAY at 3. EASTER HOLIDAY ATTRACTIONS.
Madame tit*SAUD'S EXHIMITION, Baker-street. ON VIEW, PORTRAIT MODELS of King ALFONSO XII. and VICTOR EMMANUEL, the Duke and duch*ess of EDINBURGH, the Emperor of RUSSIA, the SHAH of PERSIA, Sir SAMUEL BAKER, Uie late LIVINGSTONE, Mr. H.M. STANLEY, ll.
II. WARD BEECHKR, Sir GARNET YYOL3KLKY, Marshal MACMAIKIN, MarshBl I1A-A INE, M. THIERS. Ihe lata CHARLES DICKENS, and Dr. K.ENEALY.
M.P. Also superb aud costly COURT DRESSES; the cotnolete line of British Monarchs. from William the Couotinror yiieen Victoria and over sou irtmlt mo-ei of celebrated and distinguished characters. Admission Is. children uuder 12, 1'rd.
extra room, 6d. Oiwu rrom in a.m. 111110 ii.m. WHERE TO GO ON RANK HOLIDAY, SANGER'S GRAND EASTER GALA and TRIPLE FETE, Wormwood Scruhlis, Shephenl's Bush. THIS DAY (Saturday), M.vch 27; and EASTER MONDAY and TUESDAY, March and 30.
Each ilav at a o'clock. ONE CON-TISVsL PBRFORMANCE. SPECIAL TRAINS will run to WORMWOOD STATION, artjolulng the Grounds, every Ten Minutes, at REDUCED FARES. PROGRAMME. 1.
Grand Procession of Stud aud Conuny, Military Hands, 4c s. Flat Race (Two Miles), Six to Start. 3. Pony Race (Two ilea), Five to Start. l.
Roman Race oil Hare-ba'-k Horses (Two Miles), Six Horses, Kach Rider Standing upon Two Hurdle Race (One Mllej, Five to Start. G. Graud Chariot Race. Srts of the rtoman Aphi-theatre. Ttire tstart.
7. Dwarf Ponv Race and Liliputlarj Jickes (Oue Mllei, Five to Start. a. Flat Race (One Mile). Four to 8tati A Laughable Race by Milk-white ules, Ridden by Men of Colour.
10. Graud and Excltiug Roman Race. Ten Bare-back Horses. Ridden by Skilled Kquestriaiis. 1 1.
Grand Flat Race (Two Mites), Eight lo Start. An luterval of Thirty Minutes. li. The Earth Uouudere, or Sons of the Desert, their truly astounding feats. 13.
The Thrm Ctrcus Companies in Three Separate Rings at Oua Time. 14. Acrobatic Exploits by the Gymuasts. 15. Equestrian Mauceuvres by Eight iAilies and Gentleirjen.
16. Rouge Dragon, Pira-teer, and the Treachery Coll. 17. The Performing Elephaut. 18, The Great Troupe of Vaulters Taruing somersaults over Twenty Horses.
An Interval of Thirty Minutes. 19. Grand Bnllcm Ascent, i. Handicap 111. Flat R3ce (Two Miles), Twelve to Start.
xl. Rustic and Rural Sports, Ac js. The alamauJer and Fire Kiugs. 2t. GrAud Voumam-ui.
ah 1 2.. Magnltlcent Display Fireworks. a i.rand taua win oe trecteit ror the acoommoaatloa of 10,000 People. N.R. There will be also erectl a number ol Large Marquees capable of containing 30.100 persons.
ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. E. Proprf etor and Manager, Mr. John Uaum. OPEN on EASTER SEN DAY Admission by refreshmeut card, 6d.
Great aTtraoUona for Easter Week. On EASTER MONDAY GARDENS OPEN at 1. Negro Delineators. Acrotmu. Prestidigltateur.
Conv.c Itallet. Ikiughty's Perfonning Dogs. Messrs. Castling, Pearman, and Davis. The Chantrell Family.
Professor De Vero. Tbe Laurl Family. Daoclng on the Monstre Platform. Magnlflcent orchestra conducted bv H. Selbold.
Firework Display by Wells. Steam Roundabout, Aunt Sally, Swlugs, RlUe Gallery, and other outdoor attractions. Admission One Shilliu. "NORTH WOOLWICH GARDENS CProxA W. Holland, people's caterer) OPEN for GRAND EASTER FETES THIS DAY (Saturday).
March 17; Easter Monday. March 2S I Easter Tusd.v M.noh Mrch si! Easter Tuesday. March SO: Kairor VVtvlnMklav. March 31. On.
Thou. sand Amusem*nts, coromeuclni: at 12 each dav. Five Rands Dane Rilt. Four Couceris In tbe Theatre. Double Display of Fireworks.
ooiis, iiiuminauons, o. Admission or rail there and lAAtlm. l.i I Fire Balbxins, illuminations. Ac. Admission or rail there and wMuiwfuniM LtlHpgBie-SLrtl, inciutung and all entertatuuienw, Is.
All the Wolw(rh txmts call at th Gar. dens. Open on Easter Sunday prcmeuado. Manager, Charles Hoi- land. 3ecretexy.
ihoait3B.Wue. uasor, guinea mi Kf day. will ot line Is. A. by or lu lar on of in Ih to a I an opportunity for at once displaying his goodwill towards Italy, and for visiting the remote Adriatic provinces of the empire.
The coincidence may be accidental, but it is sure to give rise to comment. The announcement that the Prince of Wales is about to visit India is of a nature to awaken attention even among persons whom questions of Government and the ordinary movements of Royalty hardly interest at all. It does not need to bo either close observer of Indian affairs or a constant reader of the Caurt Circular to feel stirred by the thought that the future Head of the State is shortly to be brought face to face with the grandest of the dependencies that in the course of nature must ultimately obey his rule. The vast and ancient Empire in the East -which we have added to our dominions possesses a vivid claim upon the imagination. India is too venerable, too Btrange, too romantic to be vulgarised even by the railway and the telegraph and close as these agencies have brought her to our eyes she undergoes tbe ordeal without damage to her pris tine dignity.
The spell which enthralled the powerful mind of Burke retains its potency to this day. Nay, the growth of modern knowledge has given to this spell new and greater force. The dis jcovery of the lie which binds us and other European races to tbe bulk of the Indian people whose destinies fate has united with our own, has deepened the im pression which is produced on the imagination of the Englishman as he contemplates India. The mystery of the remote ages gains rather than loses in solemnity now that England and India can people antiquity with their common ancestors just as the mountain range which rises beyond our Indian dominions to the north has a new meaning of grandeur for us, as the ancient cradle of the Aryan race. Of the nearer and more material claims of India upon our curiosity and interest there is little need to speak.
All En glishmen who know little enough of India's more distant past are familiar enough with the story of 1857. Many persons' who could not put their finger on the Hindoo Koosh upon the map could tell the names and find the places of our battle-fields during the mutiny. Many who never heard of Tamerlanb or the Mogul Empire, could name and find the capital of that King of Delhi whose city is associated with the memorable siege. For the man whose mind is with the present, as for him whose thoughts are with the past for those who can be impressed only by greatness in action and power no less than for those who are more deeply moved by the relics of a valour and enterprise long since chilled in death India has a constant lesson and an abiding charm. To the students of tho past, as well as to the inquirers 01 the present, tne news that the Heir Apparent of the British Crown is about to visit the greatest of British dependencies will come as a reinforcement of that sentiment which is dominant in each.
To those who look on India as the theatre in which the greatest acts of our national drama have been performed, there is something dramatic in the appearance upon its stage of the future Chief of the English race, and, in virtue of his birth, the most powerful of India's rulers. Even those who think merely of tbe political results of the Prince's visit will be glad that it has been undertaken. We are apt to forget how much remains to be done amongst the people of India before we can claim to have accomplished our Imperial task. We are too prone to judge of the native races by European standards, and to credit them with sentiments and modes of reasoning which, in truth, are foreign to their nature. We know that our rule iu India is just, and that it aims with more or less success at being beneficent we know, at any rate, that it is immeasurably better for the bulk of the native populations than anything which could take its place we know that if India advances but slowly under the pax Romana," which the British power imposes upon her mutually hostile races, she would relapse into utter barbarism and anarchy if the power which keeps this peace were to be withdrawn.
All this we know and we infer from all this that the attitude of the native towards the dominant race must have become by this time one of grateful attachment and not rrJrely of passive acquiescence in our sway. But we doubt if this inference is correct. In a contemporary of yesterday there is quoted from the Revue des deux Mondes a remarkable comment on our Indian Empire, proceeding from a foreigner, M. de Walbesen, a warm admirer of English rule in India. "Marvellous Empire!" he exclaims "Marvellous Empire, with feet of clay! In this immense territory live millions of Asiatic popula- Hons, unchangeable in their habits and beliefs, wnere apacny, timiaity, ana tear, inucii more thau a loyal gratitude, retain them under the yoke of England.
For a hundred years, under a Government of progress, India has seen order and law succeed to disorder and auarchv but these benefits of conquest have left no impres- sion on the Indian race. The influence of the European master has not penetrated, even by a fissure, into the rock of native society. All has changed around it India alone has remained un-" changeable. A hundred years of Christian and liberal domination hare scarcely grazed the surface of the constitution of Indian society, and we do not go beyond the truth in affirming that the unquestioned power of England in India has not, and never will have, a more solid basis than Euro-" pean bayonets." We need not, perhaps, admit the complete accuracy of this description but we cannot affirm its total inaccuracy. That such a view of our position in India should be capable of being adopted with any approach to truth is a deeply discouraging thought.
Power cannot rest for ever upon bayonets, as all history, ancient or modern, goes to show and if we have not hitherto succeeded in winning the loyal attachment of the natives of India, we must try till we succeed iu so doing, uuder pain of ultimately losing our Eastern possessions altogether. The enigma must be solved, for it is the Spbynx who propounds it. We may well ask how we are to soive a question which will demand all the sagacity of our best statesmanship. We do not suppose that there is any royal road to a solution but our truest wisdom consists in not passing by anything which may even contribute to a solution. Such a journey as that which the Prince of Walks is about to take is one which is certain to produce a good effect upon the people of India, and an effect which we, in this country, with our inveterate habits of judging by European standards, are prone to under-estimate.
The mindof the Bengalee is peculiarly open to the sort of impressions which tbe Prince's visit is calculated to produce and those impressions can hardly be produced in any other way. To the native mind there is no effective substitute for the visible presence of his ruler. He cannot, as the Englishman can, after generations of slow constitutional development, respect the principle of authority vested in an abstract institution. He cannot, like the Old Cavalier, fight for the crown if it hung on a bramble bush." He can scarcely realise authority, we imagine, even in tbe person of so digni-fieda depository as the Viceroy of Ldia. An incident which occurred the other day the reception by the English Post Office of a tetter addressed direct "to theRANEK" the Qtjp.en from one of her humblest Indian subjects, wits touching and significant as well.
The writer was, we suspect, but typical specimen ot many of his countrv men who, accustomed for generations to their monarchs face to face in tbe visible exercise of their sway, are unable to believe in the reality of a vicegerent. Upon all the class to see powerful influence while the great native fenrl. lurioa, upon waose lovaity tne peace or inaia eo lartroi. depends, will be drawn more closely to the EngHti ruie Dy ine intercnange ot courtesies to which the i i rr- t- aiL ujujsb ioau. ao uia rugnnets himself the journey can be productive of nothing but advantage, xi is always well ror a nnce to mix with a people over whom he will one day be called upon to rule.
The gain in actual knowledge of their needs may ba slight; but the gain in thoa chief est of capacities for acquiring knowledge of any. ujjug eyiupniuy huu meres I may, ana we hop, will, be considerable, in short, the proposed visit ia in every way a welcome project and the EnffUsj, people we feel convinced will not grudge any outlay ueceasary iu ouauie tue -ritiNcn to mane nis progreti tnrougn tne country worthy alike ot tbe dependency he visits and of the country he represents. Most schoolboys are familiar with the old storv nf the Mutiny of the Bounty. Somewhere about a hnn. dred years ago, more or less, Commander Bliqh sawed trom inglana to the bociety Islands, with orders to take certain important astronomical observations, and to bring home a number of bread fruit trees.
Bligh, it is now admitted, was an officer of the very worst type, tyrannical, insolent, and over-bearing. At Tahiti his crew contracted close relations with the natives, and under the dreamy lotos, eating influence of the southern sky, planned tha scheme which they afterwards, put into executioB, The Bounty sailed from Tahiti on the 7th of Aprfl, 1789. On the 28th Commander Bliqh, with eighteen of thecrew who had refused to join in the mutiny, sjrn placed in tbe longboat with a very reasonable allowance of provisions and water, and so were cast adrift, the mutineers making their way back to the Society group. The. boat, after drifting about for forty days, was picked up by a Dutch ship off the coast of Timor, and a man of war was at once Bent out to Tahiti to bring back the mutineers.
Soma fourteen only of them were arrested, of whom four died on the homeward voyage, six were hanged in chains, and lour pardoned. The remainder, accompanied by their native wives and children, escaped from Tahiti to Pitcaim Island, where they burnt the Bounty, to lessen the chances of their discovery, unmolested. Here they stayed for many years, until eventually they outgrew their tiny territory. Stray vessels, putting in at Pitcaim Island, broubtg home their simple story time had long since condoned the original mutiny; and ultimately Norfolk Island, when it ceased to be a penal settlement in 18-56, was put at their disposal by Her Majesty's Government. With the exception of small remnant, which preferred to remain in Pitcairn Island, the majority of this strange little colony availed themselves of the offer, and there are at this moment in Norfolk Island some 340 inhabitants, the larger number of whom are the direct lineal descendants of the original mutineers and their Tahitian wives.
Here, under the patriarchal despotism of one of their own number, the Rev. Mi, Nobbs, a hale old man of some seventy-three yean of age, they lead a dreamy, peaceful, uneventful life, the gentle monotony of which is never broken except by the occasional touching of a stray vessel at Sydney Bay the only roadstead of the little island to take in fresh water and vegetables. With thk object Her Majesty ship Dido, bound from Fiji to Sydney, with old King Cacoban of Fiji on board, touched at oydney Bay some weeks since. The Dido also carried with her no less a person than a Special Commissioner, attached to the staff of the Mel-bounie Argus, and to this gentleman we are indebted for the latest and most interesting account that has reached us of the Norfolk Islanders and their habits. According to this gentleman's report, the life o( the Norfolk Islanders must be the very ideal of all that is best and most pleasant in tbe Epicurean philosophy, tempered by a mild infusion of communism under the direction of the Rev.
Mr. Nobbs, The island itself is about some twelve square miles in area. It enioys a deliciously equable climate, and although not of extraordinary fertility, is yet exceedingly beautiful. The country is gently undulating, and is covered with a carpet of the most exquisite turf, interspersed with tall palm trees and feathery tropical ferns, aud ornamented with all the luxuriant vegetation of the torrid zone. The general appearance of the land is lightly timbered and park-like, Here and there are magnificent groups of Norfolk Island pines.
The white mulberry grows in thick groves, and the scrub, which has a trim look, aa if it belonged to some well-kept garden, is chiefly composed of lemon trees, hanging out glorious clutters of golden fruit. The inhabitants are almost exclusively occupied in agriculture and whaling, and each adult has allotted him a little farm of some fifty acres. They dwell partly in the substantial stone cottages which are tbe relics of the old penal settlement, and partly in pretty little wooden buDgalows of more recent structure, round which stray at will small herds of sleek cattle. Whaling, to which the younger men. are passionately addicted, is the only occupation they pursue with any energy, the mild, soft climate reducing agriculture to an amusem*nt rather than a labour.
Their dark complexions unmistakably betray their mixed blood, but the women are good-looking and often eren handsome, while the majority of the men hear the appearance of respectable Australian or New Zealand farmers. No man is richer than bu neighbour, as no one desires to improve his condition; and the slight revenue which Mr. Nobbs finds it uecessary to collect for administrative and execuure purposes is derived from a poll tax of 10 a head imposed upon all young unmarried people, and which may, perhaps, be best described as partaking of the nature of a plenary indulgence of a somewhat singular kind. In the affairs of the great world that lies beyond the range of their horizon they evince as littlecuriosity as the Gods of Lucretius. There is a story, it is true, that when the Clio anchored off the island in 1873, in a perfect hurricane of wind, the islanders sent out a canoe to ask if there was such a thing on board as a spare copy of Lolhair.
But it is said that tbe Esquimaux of the Arctic circle preferred precisely the same request when the little Polaris steamed her way up Baffin's Bay and it is very doubtful whether the Norfolk Islanders are not far too happy in their own way to take the slightest interestin anything thatdoes not immediately affect their senses or touch their few simple wants. Of law they are absolutely ignorant, nobody ever takes the trouble to quarrel with anybody else and the absence of anything even approaching to wealth leads to a democratic sentiment of th( purest and most wholesome type, tempered only bj sincere reverence for Mr. Nobbs, their pastor anl chi-f, and a certain deferential respect for those few among the inhabitants whom the somewhat Is customs of the community aliow to trace their descent without dispute back to some one or other ot tbe original mutineers. One of these native noblemen, who offered the kindly hospitality of bis house to tbe visitors from the Dido, was the grandson of Mr. Yocno, a midshipman on board tbe Bounty.
His visitors, being asked to guess bis age, took bun for forty but he told them he was fiitj-eigb', remarking that there was nothing to age a man 10 simple, uneventful life of the Norfolk Islanders. It is impossible not to contrast the gentle, tranq lot of these happy lotos-eaters with the stormy tumultuoue life of our own creat cities. Island, down to the minutest daily detail) nugb nun tVinnB fT.nfT rinrU of th Blessea wu'. the imagination of ancient poets loved to paui on which the fancies of Greek philosophy fondly to dwell. Suchanexistencehasaboutital'l Lb really good and amiable in monasticiem, i naiiei oy M.
Esutnosa, 1.1 sii aahtkk, LitvK aiAn. ai.auo sabukuio St. Josset, the Mlssbs Elliott, Ac Captain Boy ton, in his exhibition of his newly-Invented dress tor sarlng llf at sea. Constant round of Amusem*nts, both in the Palace and Park, throughout the Crlcker, Boating. Archery.
Quoits, Croquet. Swings, Roundabouts, Ac. Open (ou Monday) from 0 till I. Special Traius at short Intervals throughout the day. ONE SHILLING.
OYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, Regent's Park. The FIRST EXHI BITION of SPRING FLOWERS this season Mk. lo tlm lanlmi on WKll.V RSH A next. March 31. 'tickets to be "bullion at the Gardens only by Touchers 10m Fellows lue wociet price oil, eacn.
oaLes open hwu ciqh. siNOVVUON BITION of VYl in vviiMiJiK summon. BAni- OltRS bv ELIJAH WALTON. Including too above picture, ami many new large Alpine. Eastern, aud other subjects.
BURLINGTON GALLERY, lvi, I'lccaullly. Adiulsslou and catalogue. HI to (I. GALLERY, 100, New Bond-street, W. The EXHIBITION of PICTURES by the old masters and deceased British Artists.
Including masterpieces by Mu-rlllo, L. Ua Vlncl. P. P. Rubens, F.
Mioris, G. Terburg, A. Cuyp, 1'. de Hoogb, Rembrandt. D.
Tenlers, A. Caualetto, F. Hals, rVynams, and V. Velde, J. Ruys-iaei, P.
Wouvermans, F. Francia, Botticelli, Ruisdael, Vau Goyen, Paler, W. Vanderveldo, J.Stark, Sir A. Calcott, R.A.; Sir J. Reynolds, R.
Sir T. Lawrence, R.A. J. F. Herring, sen.
A. Vickersi, sen. T. Btothanl. R.A.
Sir E. Land seer, R.A, W. Hogarth, J. S.Cotmau and Statues and Statuettes the best French Aitlsts. Open from 10 till 0.
Admission (tncludiug catalogue), one shining. DK. LYNN'S LADY PIANISTS. The Morning Post, March 23, says "Dr. Lynn, desirous of making the Intervals between his own performance as agreeablo as possible to his patrons, has secured the services of two Italian ladles, the slaters Gerbaldl.
whose peifonnauces of piaiiuforle music areof such a character that It Is only necessary that they should be known to be appreciated very highly. They are alike In the possession of all the qualifications locked for in pianists of the nrst-class. Theirexecution Is facile, their touch expressive. They have a selection of pieces, many written arranged for them, which they perform on two piant-tortes a style which exhibits their talents to the most favourable advan tage. In the executlou of similar passages on the two Instruments the quality of tone and touch is very equal, while the Intelligence and spirit Infused by them iuto the morceaux ttiey play awakeu the highest enthusiasm In thbir audiences, who are astonished and delighted at their musical ability." DR.
LYNN. Daily News: addition was mad: to the piorauit Last ere ink' au uro-srauiir of this HentlKinau'u popu entertainment at the Egyptian Hall iu the shape of a performance two piano by lady dunttlsta from Turin. These ladles exhibited their Ui luiiti mentation lu the tuterral between the Qrst and second parts of the entertainment, and In every respect showed them-selves worthy of tho apylausy triat waa liberally beswwed upon them fur an excellent rendering of a selection from William D1 R. LYNN. Daily TeWraph The exploits of this famous uroledfor of letcerdeuiain are by this time toler- auiy well kuowu to the wonder seekers of uie metrupolis, who have oeeu tor neany two years puzzien in coniprenonu ioe muuipiicauouoi brlmmtni? globes of water contain I ng gold and silver tlih out of a yard black cloth, and who have not yet learned the solution of tbe problem, nightly propounded, of the name written by any member vf we auuienoe oems aecipneret at a distance wiuiouLxno iiiauriueu inpor pasiina 6tbu between the lingers of the pparmtly clairvoyant con juror.
The latest marvel of the mutiUiion of a gentlemen brre tne entire audience is still more Inscrutable, and tbe Individual who is compelled to part wltb. each of hi limb a iu succession, aud ia nnany necapitaton, appears to enjoy nia aismemoQrmant as niucn as any of tbe spectators, amonv whom ne afterwards appears so suangeiy bis pnysuiai integrity, ino more aurprisiin? iuuon nas ever neen performed in this country, and the crowds flocking to the Egyptian HhII to sea this Aiinarent miraule mado iiuinlfeat ao awav as much as tf the secret of the occult art of FaUagenedla had utjvur en dijcunsed in aubatanuaj volumes or ow DiacK-iflTTgr mre, DR. LYNN, as a humorist (says the Times) used to compete on equal terms with Artemus Ward, aud Ma entertainment Is the most wonderful and amualug that ever composed an evenings entertainment. DR. LYNN.
TO-MORROW (Easter Monday), and EVERY DAY, at 3 and 8. EGYPTIAN LARGE HALL. Booking ill till a. and is. ASKELYNE and COOKE, EGYPTIAN HALL.
Hlccadlllv. DAILY', at 3 and 8. admission, from is. Bv RUYAL COMMAND. Messrs.
ASKELYNE and COOIUS gave ineir marvellous cis i r.iw ii.ur.. 1 hi- nftnoniooriAfli, Jan. 11, before H.It.H, tne Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and large iart.y ot nistinguiswpu guests. ASKELYNE aud COOKE. PSYCHO, the greatest wonder of 1875, and tho latest BOY PTIAN HALL MYM'ERY, is attracting the elite of London.
Psycho, a small me-chaulcal Hcurs oiilv 22 inches hleh. nlavs a game of whist, and per forms a series of conjuring tricks without the aid of confederates or the assistance ot Mr. MasKeiyue. TWICE ON EASTJCR -MONDAY, at 3 and 8. and MRS.
GERMAN REEDS En Mkt, tertainment. the ANCIENT ItKITONS, written by Gilbert A'Beckett, music by Germau Reed. After which a musical raiiy tale, called THE ENCHANTED PIANO, by Mr. oirney Grain. Concluding with THE THREE TENANTS, In which Mrs.
German Keen, Miss I'aniiy nouann, iiouora ttrauaiu, mt. v.oruey uraiu, Mr. A. E. Klshon.
and Alfred Reed will Auuear every evening lex. ceit Thursday and Satunlay) at H. Morning representations every Thursday and Saturday at 3. ST. GEOIlGE'M HALL, Langham-ulace, Oxford-circus.
Admission. 2s. stalls, as. and sg con now be secured iu advance without fee. THE LONDON PAVILION.
GRAND HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT. MaU-h leas Engagement for Eastor. Every Species of Talent, and all of the lrirat Order. Iht holiday programme at thy London Pavilion presents remarkable attractions, it being the proprietors' determination to carry out the fostivUled on wis occasin with greater effect than heretofore. Pleasure seekers ouly glance at tho names (a tower of strength) given below to convince Themselves the treat in s'ore for ttieru.
First, there is the appear-uiifuuf ANN IK ADAMS aud who can butadmlrotheadwirableeltu uf that deservedly called "Queen of Serfo-Comedy." Then there aro Cheevers and Kennedy those Itutfalo Boya' always amusing, in id such favourites; Lieut. Cole, the lucomprablo vontrlluiat, and Kyley aud itamuin, the humorous quakera, will also assist; as will the Han ion Midgets and Little Bob, ihe wonderful athletics. Miss Grace Harrington 'a English and Slguor Lebassi's Tyrolpse warbling will also furni agreeable items; and further, the appearance of the Misters Wobh, Sydney Knmks, the Murray aud White Family, Lotto, aisle, and Urace, and Fernandez will complete a bill second to none. Hall, (Kl. balcony, is.
stalls, Is. private boxes, 10s. PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY. Mr. DAVIS, Bruton-street, Ker el ev -square, receives SITTERS DAILY, for cartes, vlgnetttMi, nnd cabinet portraits.
Miniatures for jewellery or enlargements lu oil, from photographs taken here yr eisewhora. H. Bruton street, Berkeley-square, W. HIGH-CLASS fashionable CLOTHING for gentlemen paying cash, at a fractional advance only on the cost of production. Exclusively to order, and of the best quality, rrloe lists D.
PHILLIPS and MlUtary aud Court 'Ifellors, 13, Oeoiye-street, Hanover-sriuare, W. LAWRANCE D. PHILLIPS and Military and Court Tailors, a hlfrh-claas fashionable order for half a century on tho credit system, nut now doing solely for ready money payment. J3, (ieorge-street, Hanover-squaro, W. LAWRANCE D.
PHILLIPS and Military and O'lirtTallors. wish it to ba distinctly understood that they make only to measure, and that patterns of each customer are pre- Sred, corrected, and preserved for tuture guidance, as neroioiore. io, eorge-street, Hanover-square, W. LAWRANCE D. PHILLIPS and Military and Court Tallore, wish it to be distinctly understood that they only use materials of the best quality, aud employ workmen of tbe highest experience.
18, George-street, Hanover-square, W. LAWRANCK D. PHILLIPS and Military and Court Tailors, wish it to be distinctly understood that the treat reduction in their oricos is solely attributable to the absence of had debts and the risks and responsibilities inseparable from a credit trade. George-street, uanover-square, BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OK WALES AND THE ROYAL FAM ILY AND TO H.I.H.
THE CHARE- WITCH OF RUSSIA. tV 1 and NOTED PELLEGRINI" and VANITY FAIR" CIGARETTES. are made of Selected Turkish DitbfHi aud rolled by hand In Uie nuest rice paper. Can ouly be had at the manufactory, 11, AlR-MTRKET, REGENT-STREET, W. (optoslte St.
James's Hall). The only manufacturers In Euglaud who deal solely lu Turkish tobacco and cigarettes. Prize Medal International Exhibition. 1873. Arrangements have now been made by whicn This Observer can be delivered by the fixst poat ou Monday morning at any place situated outside of the London Postal District at which letters are delivered by the mails, leaving Paddkigton, Euston, Waterloo, St.
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Per-Bous, therefore, who desire to obtain Thk Observer, if forwarded iu this way, must make arrangements for its transmission from the station at which the paper is delivered. The payment for Thk Observer, if delivered in this way will be 5s. 6d. per quarter, payable in advance. THE OBSERVER.
LOXDOX, SUNDAY, MAIiCJI 2S. Iu tho course of the present week the Emperor of Austria will commence his Italian journey. There is a dramatic element in the visit, that Francis JosF.pi! II, is about to pay to Victor Emmanuel at Venice, which can hardly be overlooked. To those who have followed the strange vicissitudes, of which the Peninsula has been the scene since 1848, it is easy to picture any number of ''imaginary conver-il sations in the palace of the Doges between King and Emperor, the vanquished and the victor of Novara and Soli erino. We suspect, however, that neither of the two monarchs is much given to contemplation.
They are both men of action, who have led eventful lives, and have been forced by fate into positions which have taxed their energies to the ut-' most. Such men are not apt to trouble themselves about historic coincidences, and we should doubt whether the retrospective aspect of the approaching Zw noaBW ns 0960 8eriOUSI tH nf Rome Or Vienna Tt with "UUJC ur it-uiia. it 13 wim taken into account either the present and the future not with the past that statesmen have to deal, and the creat ininnrtanca of th vUil to enice lies in its political bearings. Indeed, .1 i in the for at all to ihe historic to Cl'OLIELUU TELU Matblldo ni- niANCHT Eduldgo Jemmy GuglielmoTell Walter Gesaler Melchtal Rodolfo LetitoMn Un Millie. 4UALCHI Millie, con INO M.
MACRKL Slgnor RAUAGIOLO SlgnorTAGLIAFICO Hlgnor FA LLAR Slguor UOrWI Hlgnor RAOUER Slguor SAIIATER and HlfrnorMARlNi Conductor. Slgior VIANE-ll. LA TYR0L1F.NNE will be danced by Mdlle. OIROD. Mdlle.
RICCI. and Mdlle. TBAVELLI. On THl'RSDAI next. April On lieu of the subscripUon for Uie last Saturday of the season.) Weber's Romantic Ouera, HER FRElSCBOTZ.
Mdlle. DANGER1 tnnetea' Mdlie. SMEROScHI Bridesmaid Mdlle. WTTINO nun. guor BAOAGIoixi A tauafico Eremite hlinor CAPPONI and Si Max NlgMOr Al A Klltl Conductor, Slguor REVlQNANI.
Debut of Rlgnor DE SANCTIS. On SATURDAY next, AprU 3, Verar Opera. UN BAI.LO IN MASCHERA. Amelia Mdlle. D'ANOERI Ulrica Mdlle.
RCALOHl fi.car Mdlle. BIANCHI Henato MgnorOKAZIANI Angrl SlgnorCAI'PONI Armando Hlgnor TAGLIAKICO and Jl Duca Siguor DE SANCTIS (Hl Flint Appearance In England.) Conductor, Hiauor VI ANESf. The INCIDENTAL IUVERTI.SsE.MENT will be supported by Mdlle. G1U01), and tbe Corp de Dallet. Debut of Horr SEIDEMAN.
On MONDAY. April 5. Meyerbeer Grand Romantic Opera, ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. Alice Madame VILDA Iiabella Mdlle. 8MBR03CH1 llena Mdlle.
GIROD Bertrams Rerr SEIDEMAN (His first appearance In England.) Balmbsldo Biguor SA HATER and Roberto Stgnor Conductor, Slguor VIANESI. On TUESDAY, April 6, Bellini's Opera, NORMA, Norma Madame V1LDA Adalglsa Mdlle. HM EltOsrHI Oroveso Signer BAGAGI0L0 and yoUlone Slirnor PAVANI. Conductor, Slgnor BEVIGNANI. On THURSDAY, April 8 (In Ueu of tbe SubBerf ptton for the lost Tuesday of the Season), Meyerbeor's Grand Opera, L'AFRICAINE.
Seliita Mdlle. D'ANGERI lues Mdlle. BIANCHI Nelusko Signer GRAZIANI Don Pedro Slgnor IIAGAGIOLO Grande Hlgnor CA KF0NI Don Alvar SUiu.r SABATER ill Diego RAOT7ER Gran Hacerdote di Braian SlgnorTAULlAFICO and Vaaco di Gama SignnrNAUDIN. Conductor, Slgnor VIANESI. Debut of Mdlle.
ZAKETHAI.1SEKG. OllSATUKIlAY. April 10, M.zafl?i Oi ra. DON GIOVANNI. Zerliua Mdlle.
ZARE THALBKRO flier ilrst appearance on any atairo.) Donna Anna Madame VIl.DA Donna Elvira D'ANGEIM DonOttnTlo Slunor MARINI Leporello SlgnorUIAMPI II Com raenda tore Hfgnor CAPPONI end DonOIuTannl M. MAUREI, fon.ln,:t"r. Slgn.pr VI AN list. The will tie danced bv Mdlle. GIltuDand Jl.lUe.
TBAVELLI. Doors jen at 8 o'clock, the ooera commences at half-past. The box-offlce under the portico of the tliratre is open from to .1. Orchestra stalls, Ci Is. side txes on the lirst Her.
13s. upper boxes, ra lis. 6d. pit tickets, 7s. amphitheatre stalls, 10s.
Ad. aud Ss. amphitheatre, 2. Kd. RITISII ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY, ST.
JAMES'S HALL. Patron, II FI, the Duke of EDIN BURGH. SECOND CONCERT, March 31. Vocalist, Lemmens-Sherrlugton flanoforte, Arthur Wllfonl violins, I'arrnlus, Amor, T. Watson, and Band of Conductor, GEORGE MOUNT.
Tickets at the usual agents', and Is. CACHED HARMONIC SOCIETY. EXETER k3 HALL. Conductor. Sir MICHAEL COSTA.
FRIDAY. April P. Handel's ISRAEL IN EGYPT. Madame i.oraiii, Mrs. Suter, Madame ratey, sir.
Sims Reeves, Mr. sautn, signer I'ou, Lewis nomas. Tickets ins. now ready at ft, Exeter HalL OYAL ALBERT HALL. EASTER MON DAY (Rank Holiday).
GRAND NATJONAL CONCERTS. Afternoon at 3. Evenlug at 8. Mdme. Lemmens-Sherrington, Miss Edith Wynne, Miss Antoinette Sterling, Mr.
Edward Lloyd, Slgnor Foil. Ac Solo organ. Dr. Stalner. Tickets Ss 2a.
a.fxKi admissions at is. Return tickets from any -datton on the Metropolitan and Disti let Railways, Incur fug admission. Is. or to reserved seats In balcony, 'is. Gd.
(scoud class). HANSVI)NlHJLOV will give TWO FAREWELL PIANOFORTE RECITALS (previous to his departure for ARierii-a), In MT. JAMES'S HALL, on WEDNESDAY April 7 and to emmence at o'clock precisely. 8ota stalls, 7s. balcony, admission.
Is. Tickets are now ready, and can be obtained of the usual ticket agents: at Austin's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall: of Mr. George Dolby, 62, New Boud-street; and of Messrs. Chappoll, so.
New ItoiM-streot, W. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Lord Dundreary, Mr. Hothera; Asa Treucbard, Mr. Buckstoue; Mary Meredith, Minnie Walton.
Doors open at 1:30, commence ata. orer at a quarter to 5. This performance will be reiieated every Saturday morning till further notice. TO-MORROW and during the w-ek, doors oiien at 7:80. wits OUR AMERICAN COUSIN Lord Duudreary.Mr.
Hothem. After which THE LOAN OF A LOVER: Gertrude. Miss Minnie Walton. DavM Garrick will be revived, with new scenery and dresses, ou Monday, April 3. David Garrick.
Mr. Sothern; Squire Chivey. Mr. Buckstoue Ingot, Mr. Howe; Ada, Miss Minnie waitoa.
Box-omce open nany from in mi a. Miage Manager, loe. CEUM.Il7vAlLET. MrVHEN It IRVING. JJ EVERY EVENING, at 7:45, HAMLET.
Characters by Moaarg. Henry Irving, T. Swltthourn). (Jhlipndalp, Otnpton, E. Leathes, O.
Ne-Tllie. T. Mtnvl.Hevorldtra, H. H. Conway, Webber, Beau mont, Collet t.
Tapping, IiraHscuibe, Norman, Chapman; Alias G. Pauncefort, M(ei3 HdrajxlL-o, an MUa Isabel Iiarenian. witn n.HH our of wai'KH: Mr. uompton. ox -o nice open 10 till 5.
itaata ma) be securtM one mouth hi a-lvmice. Doors open at 0:30. Sole lessee aitd manager, Mr, H. L. Bate man, KOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Great Holiday Attraction. TO-MOKROW (Mooday), and during the week at 7:30, the triumphant and unprec -dental sucoeas HOUND THE W0BL1 IN EIGHTY DA VS: Messrs. H. Britram Wrfrht, dames CarUiit, 0. Nott, Murray, LotoII and Helen Barry.
In spectacular grandeur thin drama has never beeu equalled In this country. The scenery and dresses are marrellous Vide Press. Viw of the Suez Canal, with steamboat worked by steam. Gand Indian Procession. SOO auxllfarle.
Serpents Grotto, strikingly realistic. The FeU of the Snake Charmers. Grand Ballet, the beat ever placed on the staff. Tht train attacked by Indians, explosion and total wreck of the steamer Henrietta. Doors open at 7.
KOYAL PRINCESS'S Til EATRE. Special WEDNESDAY nnd HATlRIAV in EA8TEK M'BKK MOKNING PERFOKMANCKH of HOUND THE "WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS will bo given. Children aud schools at reduced prices to ail prrn or the house excepted). Doors open at 1, commence at 1:30. BOY B.
(OYAL ADELPHI TEEATKE. Proprietor, Webster. Lessee aud Manasrer. F. B.
Chatferton. Ex traordinary combination of attractlous. Irnmeose success. Free Hat suspended. kvkuv kvksisu, at will be performed the drama of NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, written by Charles Dtckeus, dramatised by Andrew Halllday.
Characteristic scenery by F. Lloyds, with the following cast Nickleby, Mr. W. Terrlas: Ralph Nlckleby. Mr.
J. Feruandex; Squeers, Mr. Johu Clarke; Newman Noggs. Mr. Q.
Ilelmore; Johu Brodle, Mr. 8. Emery; lirooker, Mr. J. U.
Shore Snawley, Mr. O. J. Smith ismlke. Miss Lydia Foote; Mrs.
Nlckleby Mrs. Addle; Kate Nlckleby. Miss Bdlth Stuart; Tilda Price, Miss Hudspeth Miss Squnera, Miss Harriet Coveney; Mrs. Saucers, Mrs. Alfred Mellon.
Preceded by the farce of SARAH'S YOUNG MAN Miss Hudspeth and Mr. J. Fawn. To conclude witn the laughable Interlude of THE BELLES OF THE KITCHEN, by the celebrated Vokes family. Prices from Od.
to 3 3. Doors open at commence at 7. Box-ofllce open from 10 till 5 dally. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Responsible Manager, Miss Litton. EVERY EVENING, at. 7:45, will be presented tbe enormously successful comedy, BRIGHTON Miss Litton; Mesdames CbalHs, Murlelle, R. Kuan, and Mrs. (JUflord Cooner; Messrs.
O. Wyndham, Kilgar llruce. W. J. Hill, Ullford Cooper, 0.
rlteyne, Ac. ter which tllrsi time at this theatre). Broueh's extravairanza. CON KAD AND MKUORA. In which Miss Henrietta Hodson and MHs Litton will appear, assisted by Miss Millie rook, Mr.
E. V. Royoo, Mr. Carlos FlorenUne, and the whole of the late Court company. Notice: Pit, Ss.
Acting Manager, Mr. U. Wal'ar. OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr.
Henry Dhans. EVERY EVENING until further notice, at 7:30. THE TWO roie and Manager. iwtn or two or- ORPHANS (the most successful production at this theatre since the Ticket of Leave Man) Mr. Henry Neville and Miss Fowler as Pierre and Louise, assisted by Mrs.
Charles Vlner, Mrs. Huntley, Mrs.C. Har-eourt, Misses Haxlcton. Taylor, and Krnstoue; Messrs. C.
Harcourt, Ainns, Murnen. vouaire. Koiami, and v. ruuoui. rrecedea at 7 ny ai.iuA iiwucu, imtaiiu.
wmi TWENTY MINLTK8 WITH A TIOKR. Prices from Sd. to fS Ss. Doors open at Box office hours 11 to s. No book I ox fees.
GAIETY THEATRE, Strand. Sole Lessee and Maiuuter. Mr. John FIRST NIOHTS of the new romantic drama. ROSE K'HEL.
at Mrs. Mary Gladstone Messrs. Jlyder, Tenrle, Eiiirar, Hall. and J. Cowir Mrs.
Howard and Miss Holltngshesd iby permission of Mr. Hare). FARCE at 7. Prices from M. No foes.
VARIED MORNING PERFORMANCES EVERY SATVRTAY. ROYAL STRAND HE A E. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swauborouah. Last Five Nights of Loo.
On EASTER MONDAv, and during the (Saturday exceidAi). cummeuce at 7 v'clock, with the laughable farce, INl'RIGHE: Messrs. Oraliaine, Carter. St. Maur: Miss M.Jou-s.
At 7:10. a comedy. In three acts, by H. J. Byron, OLD SA1 LORS Messrs.
B. Terry. 11. Cox. Grahanie, C.
H. Stephenson, and W. H. Vernon; MUts Ada Swan borough. Mrs.
Raymond. Miss Marion Terry. To-on-clude (last five nights) with LOO, AND THK PARTY WHO TOOK MISS. Supported by Messrs. K.
Terry, H. Cox, Maiius, St. Maur, H. Carter, MebdamM AuseUna Claude, Venn. Maria Jones, Presoott.
Wllilms. mi S.nurVay, i ouimooc at 7. with afarce.foi. lowed by Old Sailors. After which a new bouffonnerie luusicale.
by H. B. Farnle, entitled Intlaridad or. the Lost Regalia. Secure your seats at the pox-otBca of at the libraries.
PRINCE OF VALES'SROYAl7THEATRE. Leasee and Manager, Miss Marls Wilton (Mrs. Bancroft). Last nights of Sweethearts and Swstety, arrangements having been made for the production, hortly. of Snakesivare's play.
The Merchant of Venice. EVERY' EVENING, puuetustly at a Quarter to (by which time It Is earnestly hoii the audieuce will find it convenient to be seatl, will oe acted (for tbe IIMh timel SWKETBKARTS, -written by W. S. Gilbert. Miss Marie Wilton (Mrs.
Bancroft) aud Mr. Coehlan. At 9:15. SOCIETY, a comedy In Uiree acts, by T. W.
Robertson Roi-offlre hours 11 Till s. No fees. AUDEVILLE TIHSATRE LesseesMessw. D. James and T.
Thorne. Enormous success of Our Boys. EVERY' EVKNINO at 7, A WHIRLIGIG. At 7:43 a new and original comedy, in three acts, entitled OL'R BOY'S, by Henrr J. Byron.
Concluding with the favourite farce, A REGULAR FIX. Supported by Meters. VVm. Farren, Thomas Thome, Charles Warner, w. H.
Ste-yjbeut. W. Garthorne, J. Benard. A.
Austin, and David Jame: Meadamea Amy Ruselle. Kate Uishop, Nellie Walters, Cicely Richards, Bophla Larkln, ic Free list autlrely suspended. Acting Mauagar, Mr.D.M'Kay. THEATRE ROYAL CHARING CROSS. Proprietor.
J. S. Clarke. Lessee and Maiuurer, W. R.
Meld. Enthu siastic recesuou of Iss Ada Cavendish. EVERY' EVEN ING, at 8:15, wimio 10111ns popular araroaric siory, i ne. rsv aauualk.i Mercy Merrick. Miss Ada Cavendish supported by Mesdames K.
G. Le Ttalere and Kate Rivers Messrs. R. Matkby. Leonard Hoyne.
David Kvans, F. 1L Macklln, Lewis Clarko. Lawrence, Coels, Ac Preceded at 71, by DRAWING THE LINE: Miss EdIUi I.ynd. Box-office open from lo to 5. Prices, la.
to 2s, Stage Managers, Mr. B. Herman uiMr.H.I.HItcbJiii. xs. 8, of In to 3.
may therefore assume that tbe fact of the visit affords evidence of the very high importance the Austrian Government attaches to the Italian alliance. The events, which preceded tbe downfall of the French Empire and the invasion of France by Germany, are relegated so completely into a bygone era, that the dominion of Austria, south of the Alps, appears to beloDg to a reniota epoch. Nine years, however, have not passed since Venetia was, in fact, an entrenched camp, occupied by an enormous army, whose presence was a standing menace to the existence of Italy and the memories of Austrian rule are still treuh and vivid throughout the valley of the Po. Irrational as the idea may seem to lookers on from a distance, there is still a rooted belief amidst ordinary Italians that the Tedescbi are on the watch for any opportunity of recovering their lost provinces. Nothing could do so much to dispel this illusion us the presence of the I Emperor of Austria in Venice rs a visitor to the King of Italy and, this being so, the visit is an earnest of the good faith with which Austria desires to consolidate her new relations with the Italian kingdom.
There are many obvious reasons why Austria should attach special weight at this moment to the good will of Italy. In spite of the loss of Lombardo-Venetia, the Emperor Francis Joseph still numbers a large proportion of Italians amidst his subjects. In the Southern Tyrol, Istria, and Dalmatia, the dominant nationality is of Italian origin and in all these provinces there is a more or less active agitation in favour of annexation to Italy. Tbe agitation, however, rests on no very solid basis of popular disaffection, and has no chance of assuming serious proportions so long aa it is not encouraged by the Government of the Peninsula. Internal quiet i9 esseutial for the reorganisation of Austria; and au entente cardiale with Italy is valuable to her if for no other reason for the protection it affords against any trouble arising iu connection with her Italian populations.
Then, again, both Powers have a common bond of union in their attitude towards the Papacy. Austria and Italy are alike Catholic countries with Liberal institutions. By virtue of their position they are compelled on the one hand to uphold the authority of the State above the Church while, on the other, they cannot afford to favour any open schism with the Holy See. In face of tbe war it entrance now being waged between Germany and the Papacy, it is an object to Austria to act in unison with Italy in her attempt to confine the controversy with Rome exclusively to its temporal aspect. How far this attempt can be permanently successful is more than doubtful.
But if with the aid of Italy, Austria can succeed for a time in upholding civil rights against the pretensions of tbe Church without stirring up a war of creeds, she may fairly reckon that, some years hence, the irrepressible conflict between Church and State may be waged with far less risk of tbe disruption of the Empire than could be the case at present. For somewhat similar reasons the foreign policy of the two countries has many obvious points of harmony. Italy, as well as Austria, is on friendly, if not intimate, relations with Germany. At the same time, neither ot these btateg can view with unconcern any prospect of the further aggrandisem*nt of the Northern Empire. It is not for their interest, that the power of France should be materially diminished while the incorporation of the German provinces of Austria with the Empire of Germany would constitute a grave cause of alarm for Italy.
The maintenance of Aus tria in her present position is as important to Italy as the independent existence of France is to Austria and thus, whatever formal engagements may exist between the courts of Rome, Vienna, and Berlin, the foreign policy of Austria and Italy must in the main be actuated by a desire to uphold the power of France us a counterbalance to the supremacy of Germany, The above causes, which tend to promote close relations between Rome aud Vienna, are of a per manent character, neither more nor less potent than they were a year ago, or will probably be a year hence. It is inevitable, therefore, that the world should look out for some more specific motive for the Imperial iourney and whether with or without due ground the popular interpretation will be that this visit has some relation to the new attitude of Austria with reference to the Eastern Question. There can be no doubt that of late the policy of Austria towards Turkey has undergone a change, In former days, when Austria was contending with Prussia for the hegemony of Germany, the guiding principle of all Austrian statesmanship was the maintenance of the status quo in Europe. After Sadowa had been followed by Sedan, the Austrian Government surrendered definitely all idea of recovering its old position in the Fatherland, and turned its attentions Eastwards. The well-known saying of Prince Bismarck that Pesth and not Vienna should be the capital ot Austria though, at the time it was uttered, it bore tbe appearance of a bitter taunt expressed a truth which Austrian statesmen have not been slow to recognise and act upon.
If there is a future in store for Austria worthy of her historic past, it must be as the reversionary successor to the possessions of Turkey in Europe. We have no idea that Austria is anxious to force on an early settlement of the Eastern question on the contrary, it seems to us probable on many grounds that sh would prefer to keep things as they are, till such time as her internal reorganisation is completed a work which it must require many years to accomplish. But if, as we are disposed to think, the idea of ultimately compensating for her losses in the West by an extension of her terntorv. or, at any rate, of her influence in the East, has become the guiding principle of Austria, it is intel ligible why she should be disposed to abandon her old attitude towards Turkey. There is grave reason to imagine that at no very distant period Russia will make some further attempt, not necessarily of an overt military kind, against the independence of tbe Ottoman Empire and according to a calcula tion of chances, it would eeem that in such an attempt she would have the support of Germany, If this is so, there ia no difficulty in' under standing why Austria should think it more for her advantage to take a lcadimr Dart in tha ndavour to deprive Turkey of her Western dependencies, and thus undermine her empire in Europe.
Austria may, and probably would, prefer that no such endeavour should be made at present but if it is to be made it is better for her to be an active accomplice than a neutral spectator. These speculations are possibly far fetched but it is haid, on any other to explain the encouragement given of late from Vienna to a variety of assumptions on the part of the Principalities and of Servia, all of which, whether desirable in themselves or otherwise, tend to endanger the union between Turkey and her Austrian provinces. If the Eastern Question is likely to be relived, Austria's possession of Dalmatia and the Adriatic sea bo.ird would give her a commanding position in any possible settlement which might eventuate from such a revival. In any operations, of which Dalmatia might be the base, the alliance of Italy would be all important to Austria. It is, therefore, significant that at a moment when a.
