The Theatres, &C.

THE THEATRES , & c .

COVENT GARDEN—At 7 . 0 , THE VIVANDIERH . At 7 . 13 , THK BABES IN THK WOOD . DRURY LANE .-At 7 . 0 , TEN OF 'EM . At 7 . 30 , ALADDIN . HAYMARKET .-A FAIR ENCOUNTER , HOME and THE SERIOUS FAMILY . ADELPHI—At 7 . 0 , THE DREAM AT SEA and THE CHILDREN IN

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STRAND— At 7 . 0 , INTRIGUE . At 7 . 20 , OLD SAILORS . At ! U 5 , LOO AND THE PARTY WHO TOOK MISS . PRINCE OF WALES'S .-At 7 . 15 , SWEETHEARTS and SOCIETY . GAIETY . —AT 7 . 0 , BENGAL TIGER . At 8 . 15 , MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR . GLOBE . —At 7 . 0 , A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINEES . At 8 . 0 , BLUE BEARD .

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COURT . —At 7 . 30 , DREADFULLY ALABMING . At 8 , MAGGIE'S SITTJA TION . At 8 , BRIGHTON . ALHAMBBA .-At 7 . 0 , THE TWO BONNYCASTLES . At 7 . 15 , WHIT TINGTON . CBITEBION .-LES PRES SAINT GERVA 13 , & c . AMPHITHEATRE , HOLBORN .-At 7 . 0 , THE HUSH EMIGRANT At 8 . 15 , BLUE BEARD . SURREY . —FORTY THIEVES and THE SECRET .

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ri a^^^^^^^a 67 BARBICAN , E . C .

Current Events.

CURRENT EVENTS .

WE cannot too heartily congratulate ourselves ou tho utter absence of excitement which marks the opening of the present Parliamentary Session . In no other country are the evidences of perfect contentment with the status quo so manifest as in England . France is in the full

heat of constitutional discussion , endeavouring to settle , if only for the next few years , what shall be her form of Government . The rule of Von Bismarck is endured , for Germany needs a strong arm and an iron will to guide it safely through the present ecclesiastical dissensions . The

several parts of the new Empire can hardly yet be said to have been welded together into one whole , certainly not into one harmonious whole . Bavaria , during the whole course of its existence as a State , has always been intensely Romish , aud Bavaria forms no inconsiderable section of the

Empire . Hanover , no doubt , will bide its time , and may yet struggle to regain its autonomy when a favourable opportunity presents itself . The rule of blood and iron cannot last for ever , for the rulers are not immortal . Had Prussia been Germanised , the stability of the empire

would have been more assured . As the case stands now , Germany is Prussia , Bavaria and the other small States being little more than conquered provinces . The old struggle to prevent the supremacy of any single power in Europe may be renewed at no distant date , and the

boasted German unity of to-day , may once again resolve itself into its original discordant elements . Then the goodwill of Russia is not always to be relied on , and

Prance will not soon forget her recent humiliation . Surely there is enough here to excuse any rejoicing that our United Kingdom is differently constituted from the Prussianised German Empire .

But still more satisfactory is it to feel that any serious party struggle is in the highest degree improbable . It is , of course , on the cards that the Ministry may commit some serious blunder . The sections of the Opposition may iind some common ground of action , and display unwonted

energy to the damage of the Conservatives . But at present , at all events , there is no sign whatever of any disturbance of the political atmosphere . The Session has commenced . The programme of the year's Parliamentary labours is before the country . It seems plain and business

like , and if the year 1875 may find nothing to boast of in the way of sensational legislation , we do not doubt it will be in a position to congratulate itself on a fair amount of good and useful work . After all a year's rest from serious political excitement will do us a world of good .

Of home news there is very little to record which is not equally gratifying . The health of Bro . Prince Leopold is so far restored , that we are told no further bulletins will

be issued . Everyone will rejoice at this intelligence , and none more than his brethren " of the mystic tie . " The knotty point who shall lead " Her Majesty ' s Opposition " is also settled . The Marquis of Hartington is the successor of Mr . Gladstone , and the choice , perhaps , was the best

that could have been made . The meeting at the Reform Club passed off admirably . Mr . Bright took the chair , and among the speakers were Messrs . Whitbread , Pawcett , 0 . Villiers , and S . Morley . The two former proposed a resolution of thanks to Mr . Gladstone for the services

he had rendered his party ; the two latter that his successor be the Marquis of Hartington . It is needless to add that both these resolutions were accepted nem con . The meeting then dispersed , after a cordial vote of thanks to Mr . Bright for presiding . It only remains to be seen

if the whole of the Liberal party will accept the newl y chosen leader . We sincerely hope so , for the reasons stated a week or two since , that a strong Opposition is

almost as necessary to the State as a strong Government . Death has been busy of late among our leading public men . Last week the Rev . Canon Kingsley , author of « Westward Ho , ' " aud " Alton Locke , " and Lord St ,