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The Theatres, &C.
THE THEATRES , & c .
COVENT GABDEN .-At 7 . 0 , THE ViVANDTERE . At 7 . 15 , THE BABES IN THK WOOD . DEXTBY LANE .-At 7 . 0 , TEN OP 'EM . At 7 . 30 , ALADDIN . HAYMABKET :-At 7 . 30 , OUR AMERICAN COUSIN and THE LOAN OP A LOVER . ADELPHI .-At 7 . 0 , THE PRAYER IN THE STORM ami TIIK CHILDREN IN THE AVOOD .
PBHSTCESS'S .-At 7 . 0 , LOST IN LONDON and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST . LYCEUM—At 6 . 50 , FISH OUT OF AVATER . At 7 . 15 , HAMLET . OLYMPIC—At 7 . 0 , TWENTY JIINUTES AVITH A TIGER . AT 7 . 30 , THE TWO ORPHANS . STBAND . —At 7 . 0 , INTRIGUE . At 7 . 20 , OLD SAILORS . At 9 . 15 , LOO AND THE PARTY AVHO TOOK MISS ;
PBINCE OP WALES'S . —At 7 .-45 , SWEETHEARTS and SOCIETY . GAIETY .-AT 7 . 0 , BENGAL TIGER . At 8 . 15 , MERRY WIVES OF AVINDSOR . GLOBE .-At 7 . 0 , A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINEES . At 8 . 0 , BLUE BEARD .
VAUDEVILLE .-At 7 . 0 , LEGACY LOVE . At 7 . 15 , TAVO ROSES . At 10 , ROMULUS AND REMUS . CHARING CKOSS .-DRAAVING THE LINE and THE NEW MAGDALEN . OPERA COMIOJJE .-At 7 . 0 , AVAR TO THE KNIFE . At 8 . 15 , 1 XION RE . WHEELED .
COFRT .-At 7 . 30 , PEACOCK'S HOLIDAY . At 8 . 30 , BRIGHTON . ALHAMBRA . —At 7 . 0 , THE TWO BONNYCASTLES . At 7 . 13 , WHITTINGTON . CRITERION .-LES PRES SAINT GERVA 1 S , & c . AMPHITHEATRE , HOLBORN .-At 7 . 0 , CINDERELLA . SURREY . —At 7 . 0 , FORTY THIEA KS . PHILHABMONTC .-At 7 . 30 , FARCE . At 8 , 10 , LA F 1 LLE DE MADAME ANGOT and the GREAT DORSTS .
ALEXANDRA , Park-street , Camden-town .-At 7 . 0 , PERFECTION . At 8 . 15 , VALENTINE AND ORSON . HENGLER'S CIRQUE .-At 2 , 30 and 7 . 30 , LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD . SANGER'S AMPHITHEATRE . —At ' 2 . 0 ami 7 , 0 . ALADDIN AND THE AVONDERFUL LAMP .
CRYSTAL PALACE .-Open Daily , PANTOMIME , AQUARIUM , PICTURE GALLERY , & c . POLYTECHNIC—STAR WATCHING AND THE TRANSIT OF VENUS ; THK MYSTIC STATUK j CHYMICAL MARVELS : THE ISLE OF AVIGHT AND ITS LEGENDS , CONJURING , & c . Open at 12 . 0 and 7 . 0 .
EGYPTIAN ( LARGE ) HALL .-Dr . LYNN , at 3 . 0 and 8 . 0 . EGYPTIAN HALL .-MASKELYNE AND COOKE , ; it 3 . 0 and S . O . WESTBOURNE HALL , Bayswatev— MRS . HOWARD PAUL AND MR . AVALTER PELHAM at 8 . Saturdays at 3 only . ST . GEORGE'S HALL , Langliam Place . —Mr . and Mrs . GERMAN REED at 8 . 0 . Thursday and Saturday at 3 only .
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The Political Situation In Europe.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN EUROPE .
IN addressing a constituency composed of men of every shade of politics , the discussion of political questions is impossible . Yet are Ave not therefore debarred from laying
before our readers a brief account of the present aspect of politics in Europe . The time for this is opportune . We are at the commencement of a DBAV year , and at no other season can Ave better take stock of the political
eventualities in store for us . Home politics demand onv first attention . Happily , as regards these there is everything to hope and nothing to fear * Our condition is a prosperous one , and , as far as can be seen , there is not the slightest prospect that the
current of this prosperity will be in anyAvise disturbed . ^ In a few Aveeks Parliament Avill re-assemble , Avhen Her Majesty , in person or by deputy , Avill address her faithful Lords and Commons , telling the nature and extent of the legislative measures that -will be submitted for their deliberation
during the Session . The object of these several measures will , for the most part , be the improvement of our home government . Legal reform , the better organisation of our army and navy , and the question of local government and local taxation , will probably be the questions to Avhich the
attention of Parliament will be chiefly directed . But then , though they will doubtless give rise to long and animated debates , they are not , in one sense , burning questions . They Avill not create in us any feeling of uneasiness as to
our relations Avith foreign poAvers . We cannot , of course , foresee Avhat the morroAV may bring forth , but present appearances justify the belief that another year of peace is in store for us , and that our commercial and industrial energies will be as great and as productive as ever .
If we turn our attention to the other poAvers of Europe , AVC shall find much to cause a feeling , if not of alarm , at all events of extreme uneasiness . The condition of our immediate friend and neighbour , France , is still unsettled , and there is every evidence that it will so continue , even if it does not become more unsettled still . The various
political parties into Avhich the country _ is divided—the Legitimists , the Orleanists , the Buonapartists , the Republicans—are absolutely irreconcilable ; to that extent , indeed , that any form of government seems well nigh impossible . The strength of parties is such , that neither
Monarchists nor Republicans can secure a working majority . Hence it is that every attempt to constitute the present provisional form of government becomes impracticable . Even at tho moment of Avriting a ministerial crisis has occurred , and what will follow , Avhether a new
reconstruction of the Ministry , a dissolution of the Assembly , or a coiq > d ' etat , is highly problematical . We are so accustomed to surprises in connection Avith French politics that he Avould be a bold man who should even attempt to
prognosticate the issue of the present crisis . Two things only can be affirmed with safety , that the government of the country is in good hands , and that its material prosperity is greater than it has been since the close of the
Avar . The pOAver of the German Empire seems greater than ever , yet the Emperor and his advisers have their Avork cut out for them . What may be tho issue of the struggle Avith the Vatican remains to be seen , but the contest is one which
cannot fail to create uneasiness , even in the firm , relentless mind of Prince Bismarck . Then the necessity there is for maintaining large armies must , sooner or later , press heavily on the various parts of the Empire . Hitherto , the French
indemnity has relieved the Imperial Parliament of the duty of providing Avholly for its maintenance out of the Imperial revenues . But , sooner or later , an increased demand on the national purse must be made , and this will invoh'e increased taxation . How this demand will be received remaius to bo sccu , Germany may acquiesce in tlie iaeri '
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The Theatres, &C.
THE THEATRES , & c .
COVENT GABDEN .-At 7 . 0 , THE ViVANDTERE . At 7 . 15 , THE BABES IN THK WOOD . DEXTBY LANE .-At 7 . 0 , TEN OP 'EM . At 7 . 30 , ALADDIN . HAYMABKET :-At 7 . 30 , OUR AMERICAN COUSIN and THE LOAN OP A LOVER . ADELPHI .-At 7 . 0 , THE PRAYER IN THE STORM ami TIIK CHILDREN IN THE AVOOD .
PBHSTCESS'S .-At 7 . 0 , LOST IN LONDON and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST . LYCEUM—At 6 . 50 , FISH OUT OF AVATER . At 7 . 15 , HAMLET . OLYMPIC—At 7 . 0 , TWENTY JIINUTES AVITH A TIGER . AT 7 . 30 , THE TWO ORPHANS . STBAND . —At 7 . 0 , INTRIGUE . At 7 . 20 , OLD SAILORS . At 9 . 15 , LOO AND THE PARTY AVHO TOOK MISS ;
PBINCE OP WALES'S . —At 7 .-45 , SWEETHEARTS and SOCIETY . GAIETY .-AT 7 . 0 , BENGAL TIGER . At 8 . 15 , MERRY WIVES OF AVINDSOR . GLOBE .-At 7 . 0 , A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINEES . At 8 . 0 , BLUE BEARD .
VAUDEVILLE .-At 7 . 0 , LEGACY LOVE . At 7 . 15 , TAVO ROSES . At 10 , ROMULUS AND REMUS . CHARING CKOSS .-DRAAVING THE LINE and THE NEW MAGDALEN . OPERA COMIOJJE .-At 7 . 0 , AVAR TO THE KNIFE . At 8 . 15 , 1 XION RE . WHEELED .
COFRT .-At 7 . 30 , PEACOCK'S HOLIDAY . At 8 . 30 , BRIGHTON . ALHAMBRA . —At 7 . 0 , THE TWO BONNYCASTLES . At 7 . 13 , WHITTINGTON . CRITERION .-LES PRES SAINT GERVA 1 S , & c . AMPHITHEATRE , HOLBORN .-At 7 . 0 , CINDERELLA . SURREY . —At 7 . 0 , FORTY THIEA KS . PHILHABMONTC .-At 7 . 30 , FARCE . At 8 , 10 , LA F 1 LLE DE MADAME ANGOT and the GREAT DORSTS .
ALEXANDRA , Park-street , Camden-town .-At 7 . 0 , PERFECTION . At 8 . 15 , VALENTINE AND ORSON . HENGLER'S CIRQUE .-At 2 , 30 and 7 . 30 , LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD . SANGER'S AMPHITHEATRE . —At ' 2 . 0 ami 7 , 0 . ALADDIN AND THE AVONDERFUL LAMP .
CRYSTAL PALACE .-Open Daily , PANTOMIME , AQUARIUM , PICTURE GALLERY , & c . POLYTECHNIC—STAR WATCHING AND THE TRANSIT OF VENUS ; THK MYSTIC STATUK j CHYMICAL MARVELS : THE ISLE OF AVIGHT AND ITS LEGENDS , CONJURING , & c . Open at 12 . 0 and 7 . 0 .
EGYPTIAN ( LARGE ) HALL .-Dr . LYNN , at 3 . 0 and 8 . 0 . EGYPTIAN HALL .-MASKELYNE AND COOKE , ; it 3 . 0 and S . O . WESTBOURNE HALL , Bayswatev— MRS . HOWARD PAUL AND MR . AVALTER PELHAM at 8 . Saturdays at 3 only . ST . GEORGE'S HALL , Langliam Place . —Mr . and Mrs . GERMAN REED at 8 . 0 . Thursday and Saturday at 3 only .
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NOTICE . rpHE FREEMASON'S CHEONICLE can bo ordered of any - * - Bookseller in Town or Country , but should any difficulty be experienced , it will be forwarded direct from the Ottice , on receipt of Post Office Order for the amount . Intending Subscribers should forward their full Addresses to prevent mistakes . Post Office Orders to be made payable to W . W . MORGAN , at Barbican Office . Cheques crossed " London and County . " The Terms of Subscription ( payable in advance ) to THE FBEKHASOX ' S CHRONICLE are-Twelve Months , Post Free £ 0 13 0 Six Months ditto 0 7 0 Three Months ditto 0 3 G To the United States and France , 4 s 3 d per quarter , and to Germany , 4 s 9 d per quarter . AgeiiU , from whom Copies can ah ' . 'ui / s be had : — SIcssrs . Cl'imcE and Co ., 12 Catherine Street , StrancL Mr . T . Dniscor . r ,, 87 Farringdon Street . Mr . G , AV . JoidUN , 1 G 9 Strand . Messrs . MARSHALL and SONS , 125 Fleet Street , E . C . Mr . U . Snti'so . v , 7 Ecd Lion Court , E . C . Messrs . SMITH aud SONS , 183 Strand . Messrs . SPENCER and Co ., 20 Great Queen Street , JV . G . Messrs . STEEL aud JONES , 4 Spring Gardens , Charing Cross . Mr . G . ViCKEits , Angel Court , 172 Strand . Mr . H . VICKEKS , 317 Strand .
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SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS , Advertisers will find THE FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE an cxcepfcicmally good medium for Advertisements of every class . Per Page ; CS 0 0 Back Page \ £ 10 0 0 General Advertisements , Trade Announcements , & t \ sinjjfw column , 5 s per inch . Double Column Advertisements l ' s ' per line . Special Terms for a Series of insertions oiy application . Births , Marriages awl Peatiis , 6 d per ling ,
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g ^^^^^ yl ^^ g 67 BARBICAN , E . C .
The Political Situation In Europe.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN EUROPE .
IN addressing a constituency composed of men of every shade of politics , the discussion of political questions is impossible . Yet are Ave not therefore debarred from laying
before our readers a brief account of the present aspect of politics in Europe . The time for this is opportune . We are at the commencement of a DBAV year , and at no other season can Ave better take stock of the political
eventualities in store for us . Home politics demand onv first attention . Happily , as regards these there is everything to hope and nothing to fear * Our condition is a prosperous one , and , as far as can be seen , there is not the slightest prospect that the
current of this prosperity will be in anyAvise disturbed . ^ In a few Aveeks Parliament Avill re-assemble , Avhen Her Majesty , in person or by deputy , Avill address her faithful Lords and Commons , telling the nature and extent of the legislative measures that -will be submitted for their deliberation
during the Session . The object of these several measures will , for the most part , be the improvement of our home government . Legal reform , the better organisation of our army and navy , and the question of local government and local taxation , will probably be the questions to Avhich the
attention of Parliament will be chiefly directed . But then , though they will doubtless give rise to long and animated debates , they are not , in one sense , burning questions . They Avill not create in us any feeling of uneasiness as to
our relations Avith foreign poAvers . We cannot , of course , foresee Avhat the morroAV may bring forth , but present appearances justify the belief that another year of peace is in store for us , and that our commercial and industrial energies will be as great and as productive as ever .
If we turn our attention to the other poAvers of Europe , AVC shall find much to cause a feeling , if not of alarm , at all events of extreme uneasiness . The condition of our immediate friend and neighbour , France , is still unsettled , and there is every evidence that it will so continue , even if it does not become more unsettled still . The various
political parties into Avhich the country _ is divided—the Legitimists , the Orleanists , the Buonapartists , the Republicans—are absolutely irreconcilable ; to that extent , indeed , that any form of government seems well nigh impossible . The strength of parties is such , that neither
Monarchists nor Republicans can secure a working majority . Hence it is that every attempt to constitute the present provisional form of government becomes impracticable . Even at tho moment of Avriting a ministerial crisis has occurred , and what will follow , Avhether a new
reconstruction of the Ministry , a dissolution of the Assembly , or a coiq > d ' etat , is highly problematical . We are so accustomed to surprises in connection Avith French politics that he Avould be a bold man who should even attempt to
prognosticate the issue of the present crisis . Two things only can be affirmed with safety , that the government of the country is in good hands , and that its material prosperity is greater than it has been since the close of the
Avar . The pOAver of the German Empire seems greater than ever , yet the Emperor and his advisers have their Avork cut out for them . What may be tho issue of the struggle Avith the Vatican remains to be seen , but the contest is one which
cannot fail to create uneasiness , even in the firm , relentless mind of Prince Bismarck . Then the necessity there is for maintaining large armies must , sooner or later , press heavily on the various parts of the Empire . Hitherto , the French
indemnity has relieved the Imperial Parliament of the duty of providing Avholly for its maintenance out of the Imperial revenues . But , sooner or later , an increased demand on the national purse must be made , and this will invoh'e increased taxation . How this demand will be received remaius to bo sccu , Germany may acquiesce in tlie iaeri '