The Theatres, &C.

THE THEATRES , & c .

HAYMAEKET .-A FAIR ENCOUNTER , HOME and THE SERIOUS FAMILY . ADELPHI .-This evening at 7 . 0 , SARAH'S YOUNG MAN , NICHOLAS NICKLEBY , anil the BELLES OF THE KITCHEN . PBINCESS'S .-ROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS . LYCETJM .-At 6 . 50 , FISH OUT OF WATER . At 7 . 15 , HAMLET .

OLYMPIO .-At 7 . 0 , TWENTY MINUTES WITH A TIGER . AT 7 . 30 , THE TWO ORPHANS . STRAND .-At 7 . 0 , FARCE . At 7 . 20 , OLD SAILORS . At 0 . 15 , LOO AND THE PARTY WHO TOOK MISS . PBINOE OF WALES'S—At 7 . 15 , SWEETHEARTS and SOCIETY . GAIETY .-This evening , SELECTIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE . G-LOBE .-LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET anil BLUE BEARD .

ST . JAMES'S Will open Saturday , 27 th inst ., under tho management of Miss Litton . BRIGHTON and CONRAD AND MEDORA . BOYALTY .-At 7 . 30 , A GOOD NIGHT'S REST . At 8 . 0 , CRYPTOCONCHOIDSYPHONOTOMATA . At 9 , LA PERICHOLE . VAUDEVILLE . —At 7 . 0 , A WHIRLIGIG . At 7 .-15 , OUR BOYS . At 10 , A REGULAR FIX . GEARING CBOSS .-At 7 . 30 , MR . JOFFIN'S LATCH KEY . At 8 . 15 , THE NEW MAGDALEN .

OPEBA COMIQTJE .-This evening , at 7 . 30 , FAST COACH and COMIC OPERA . ALHAMBBA , —This evening , at 7 . 15 , THE TWO BONNY 0 ASTLES . At 8 . 0 . WHITTINGTON . On Monday , Mr . J . Baum ' s Grand , Farewell Benefit .

CBITEBION .-LES PRES SAINT GERVAIS , & c . COUBT .-At 7 . 30 , SHORT AND SWEET . At 8 . 30 , LADY FLORA . I SUEBEY .-This evening , THE TWO POLTS , ARRAH-NA-POGUE , aud CRUSOE THE SECOND . PHILHABMOUIC .-OPERA . HENGLEB'S CIBQTJE . - EQUESTRIAN PERFORMANCE . This evening , last of the season .

SANGEB'S AMPHITHEATRE . - TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK , ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP , 4 c , every Evening until Wednesday ( last night ) at 7 . 0 , and Monday , and Wednesday at 2 . 0 . CBYSTAL PALACE .-This Day , CONCERT , BILLIARD MATCH , & c . On Tuesday , OTHELLO . On Good Friday , Sacred Concert . Open daily , AQUARIUM , PICTURE GALLERY , & c .

POLYTECHNIC . — STAR WATCHING AND THE TRANSIT OF VENUS ; THE MYSTIC SCROLL ; CHEMICAL MARVELS ; THE ISLE OF WIGHT AND ITS LEGENDS , & c . Open at 12 . 0 and 7 . 0 . EGYPTIAN ( LABGE ) HALL .-Dr . LYNN , at 3 . 0 and 8 . 0 . EGYPTIAN HALL .-MASKELYNE AND COOKE , at 3 . 0 and 8 . 0 . BT . GEOEGE'S HALL , Langhain Plaee .-Mr . and Mrs . GERMAN REED at 8 . 0 . Thursday and Saturday at 3 only .

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THE MASONIC AND MILITARY ORDERS OF THE RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE , K . H . S ., AND ST . JOHN THE EVANGELIST . THE SECOND ANNUAL RED CROSS BALL will take place , under tho iuisi > iccs of the Grand Council , at WILLIS ' S ROOMS , St . James ' s , on WEDNESDAY , the 31 st March , the surplus funds to ho devoted to tho Masonic Charities and tho Grand Almoner ' s Fund . COOTE AND TINNEY'S BAWD . Dancing to commence at Nino o ' clock . Double Ticket ( to admit a Lady and Gentleman , or Two Ladies ) , 30 s ; Lady ' s Ticket , 16 s ; Gentleman ' s Ticket , ISsb'd ; to include Refreshments during tho evening , and a Champagne Supper . FRANCIS BURDETT , Grand Viceroy , President . R . WENTWOKTH LITTLE , G . Treas ., Treasurer . H . A . DUBOIS , G . A . Treas . ) -rr r , „„ ,. •„„ C . F . HOGARD , G . V . Chan , j ' Secretaries . Offices : 17 GREAT JAMES STREET , BEDFORD ROW , AV . C . 10 th March 1875 .

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Weekly Record.

WEEKLY RECORD .

ONCE in the full swing of work , and there are few assemblies which get through their duties more thoroughly or more expeditiously than the British Parliament . Fancy motions occasionally obstruct the performance of more useful labour ; but we need not grudge noble Lords and Honourable Members a certain

amount of latitude , so that they may have at least an opportunity of airing their special theories about nothing in particular . It pleases them , it pleases their friends or constituents , and it harms nobody . In the House of Lords on Friday last , the Duke of Richmond introduced a

measure in connection with agricultural holdings in Ireland , which was subsequently read a first time , and the second reading of which is set down for an early day after Easter . On Monday the Land Titles and Transfer Bill advanced a stage further ; the report of amendments

relating thereto being accepted . Lord Selborne endeavoured to get a clause inserted to the effect that registration on sales of fee-simple should be made compulsory after three years , but he failed in his attempt , being beaten , on division , by 39 non-contents to 15

contents . At Tuesday ' s sitting , the Earl of Carnarvon moved the second reading of the Pacific Islanders Protection Bill , the object of which is to regulate the labour traffic in the Pacific , and put an end to the atrocities which have been committed there by unscrupulous persons . After

a few words of approval from the Earl of Kimberley , the motion was accecfed to . The rest of the evening was devoted to Lord Lyttelton's Increase of the Episcopate Bill , which passed the final stage , after a long and somewhat straggling debate . On Thursday Lord

Chelmsford brought up the subject of the Marriage Laws , and suggested that the Report of the Royal Commissioners on those laws should not be consigned to the limbo of embryo legislation . The Lord Chancellor pointed out that

certain of their recommendations would meet with opposition , and declined to hold out any prospect of immediate legislation . Lord Selborne offered a few remarks , and the House shortly after adjourned .

The House of Commons had , as usual , a somewhat prolonged sitting on Friday , a day set apart for the discussion of all kinds of odds and ends of motions . Thus Mr .

Rathbone brought under notice the necessity there is for a better consolidation of Acts of Parliament . Then Sir J . M'Kenna introduced the subject of the incidence of Imperial Taxation in Ireland , but the Government and the House failed to participate in the honourable baronet ' s

views , and his motion therefore fell through . Next came the question of Marine Insurance , anent which Mr . Brassey was desirous that a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the subject should be appointed , but the Government saw no necessity for any such appointment and the subject dropped . Then Ireland came again to the front . Mr . O'Connor Power