Holiday Arrangements.

HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS .

THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY hava made arrangements for the issue of ordinary ns well as Excursion tickets at th « ir Ciry and West End Offices , viz ., 19 S and 407 Oxford Street , 23 New Oxford Street , Holborn Circus , 29 Charing Cross , 2 fi Resent Street , 5 Arthur Street E . is " , Loudon Bridge , b 2 Queen Victoria Street , 43 and 44 Crutched-Priars . 07 G'l'slmm Street , t Cheapside , and 269 Strand , at

any of which places ticktts can bo obtained during the whole week preceding Easter for use on any day up till 28 th March . Tickets can also be obtained at Victoria , Kensington ( Addison Road ) , Aldgate , the stations on the Hammersmith and City Line , and at most of the stations on the Metropolitan and District Railways . Tbe Booking Office at Paddington Station will be open for the

issue of tickets the whole day on the Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday and Saturday before Easter . Cheap tickets at special low fares , and available from 26 th Maroh to 1 st April , will be issued from London to Bath , Bristol , Exeter , Plymouth , Falmouth , Penzance , Yeovil , Dorchester , Weymouth , and certain other stations in the South and West of England . On Thursday , 26 th Maroh , an excursion reaching Exeter in 5 $ hours ,

and Plymouth in 7 i hours , will leave Paddington at 8 * 5 a . m . Exoursions will also be run on the same day to Oxford , Birmingham , Shrewsbury , Chester , Cirencester , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & o . On Good Friday and Easter Monday , cheap trains will run to Maidenhead , Reading , Oxford , and other riverside stations ; and on Monday , excursions will also be made to Bath , Bristol , Cirencester , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & o . In addition to these excursions , cheap trains will also be run to London from most of the provincial towns

and between the principal centres of population . On the Wednesday and Thursday before Easter most of the long distance trains will be duplicated ; the first portion , as a general rule , will take passengers for the longer distances , and the second those for ' ess distant places , but both trains will stop at the usual

placet . On Good Friday , the trains will run as on Sundays , except that the 5 * 30 a . m . Newspaper train will run as far as Oxford , Exeter and Swansea , calling at the usual intermediate stations , and connecting at Oxford with trains to the Worcester , Birmingham , and Wolverhampton districts .

THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY announce that the ticket offices at Euston , Broad Street , Kensington , and Willesden Junction will be open throughout the day , from Monday 23 rd Maroh to Monday 30 th Maroh , inclusive , so that passengers wishing to obtain tickets for any destination on the London and North Western Railway can do so at any time of the day prior to the

starting of the trains . The tickets will be dated to suit the convenience of passengers . Tickets for all the principal stations on the London and North Western system and its connections can be obtained at any time ( Sundays and Bank Holidays excepted ) at the town receiving offices of the Company . The tickets obtained at these offices will be available from either Euston or Kensington

( Addiaon-road ) , and will be issued at the same fares as are charged at those stations . They can also be obtained at Gaze and Son's Tourist Office , 142 Strand , at the same fares as at Euston Station . On Thursday 26 th March , a special express will leave Willesden at 2 " 45 p . m . for Bletohley , Northampton , Rugby , Trent Valley Stations , and Stafford ; a special train will leave Birmingham for Northampton

at 4 * 5 p . m ., calling at Coventry and Ruuby , and passengers for those places will not be conveyed by tho 4 ' 0 p . m . express from Birmingham ; the 4 * 10 p . m ., Enston to Kendal , will be extended to Windermere , and have a connection to Morecambe ; a special express train will leave Euston Station at 4 ' 25 and 6 ' 55 p . m . for Birmingham , calling at Willesden Junction , Rugby , Coventry , and Stetchford , arriving at

Birmingham ( New-street ) at 7 0 and 930 p . m . j the 120 midnight train from Enston will be extended from Warrington to Preston on Good Friday morning . The 105 p . m from Glasgow to Carlisle will be extended to Liverpool and Manchester , at the following times : — Leave Carlisle 1 * 15 a . m . ( Good Friday morning ) , arrive Oxenholme 2-29 , Carnforth 2-48 , Lancaster 259 , Preston 3-30 , Wigan 3-58 ,

Man-Chester 4 * 45 , and Liverpool 4 * 45 p . m . This train will not run on Saturday morning 28 th March ( Good Friday night from Scotland . ) On Good Friday 27 th Maroh , the 5 ' 15 a . m . newspaper express train from London ( Enston Station ) will run to Northampton , Rugby , Nuneaton , Tamwortb , Lichfield , Rugeley , Stafford , Crewe , Birmingham , Shrewsbury , VVarrington , Runcorn , Liverpool , Manchester ,

Wigan , Preston , Lancaster , Carnforth , Oxenholme , Kendal , Windermere , Tebay , Penrith , Carlisle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Perth , and Aberdeen . A train will leave Manchester at 930 a . m . for Wigan , where passengers for Preston and the North can join the newsplper train . The 430 p . m . train , Carlisle to Preston , will be extended to Wigan , Liverpool , St . Helens , Tyldesley , and Manchester . The

10 * 40 a . m ., Crewe to Holyhead , and 11 * 40 a . m . Holyhead to Crewe , will not be run . An additional train will leave Workington for Penrith at 95 a . m ., in connection with the 8 * 45 a . m . train from Whitehaven . The return train will leave Penrith for Whitehaven at 5 * 55 p . m . The 10 * 5 p . m . train from Glasgow ( leaving Carlisle at 1 * 15 a . m . on Saturday , 28 th March ) for Preston , Liverpool , and

Manchester , will not be run . A train will leave Whitehaven for •_ ciiermonth at 7 * 30 p . m ., returning from Cockermouth at 840 p . m . ( for intermediate times , see local announcements ) . A serv : < ; of trains will also be run on tbe Cleator Joint Line between Whitehaven , Marron Junction , and Sellafield ( for particulars , see local announcements . ) With the above exceptions , the trains of the Company on Good

Friday will ruu as on Sundays , On Friday night and Saturday morning , 27 th and 28 th March , the 11 * 41 p . m . and 12 * 5 a . m . trains from Carlisle will run as usual ; the 12 * 10 a . m . Holyhead to Crewe , 4 \ 30 a . m ., Holyhead to Chester , and 2-o a . m ., Chester to Liverpool , will not be run on Saturday morning , there being no boats from North Wall or Greenorc on tho evenin" of

Holiday Arrangements.

Good Friday . Passengers for Belfast ( via Lame ) and the North of Ireland on Good Friday will leave Enston by the 8 * 50 p . m . train , instead of the 80 p . m . from Euston . On Bank Holiday , Easter Monday , 30 th Maroh , the express trains to and from the City , St . Albans , Watford , and Kensington , will not be rnn . Numerous residential trains will be discontinued on Bank

Holiday , Easter Monday , 30 th Maroh , the particulars of which will be advertised locally . The Company also announce that they will run excursions , to and from , London and Wolverhampton , Leamington , Coventry , Walsall , Leicester , Macclesfield , Stoke , Stone , Liverpool , Manchester , Chester , North Wales , Shrewsbury , Hereford , Oswestry , Preston , Wigan , Blackpool , Morecambe , Carlisle , the Lake District , Scotland , and other places .

The Theatres. &C.

THE THEATRES . & c .

Lyric . —It was with pleasure we recently witnessed Messrs . F . F . Bnrnand and Ivan Caryll's opera comique " La Cigale , " which we fonnd going as smoothly as could be desired . Everything seemed perfect •actors and actresses worked with a will to please their audience . During the temporary absence of the Chevalier Soovel a capital substitute for the part of the Chevalier Franz de Bernheim

has been fonnd in Mr . Grant Fallowes . This gentleman has a splendid tenor voice , and knows how to make the best of it . His singing is of a class that can be appreciated , while his acting is also good . Messrs . Lionel Brongh and E . W . Garden are very amnsing , as also is Mr . Erio Lewis . A capital piece of character acting is given by Mr . George Mndie , while Mr . Michael Dwyer sings well .

We were glad to hear Miss Geraldine Ulmar in such fine form ; her Martou snits her splendidly . Miss Annie Rose and Miss Effie Clements render good service , while the dancing of Miss M . St . Cyr is most graceful . The ohorus is efficient , good work being done by Mr . IJohn Stedmau ' a choir * , while the ladies orchestra , under the

direction of Miss Lila Clay , performs some attractive dance music in the last act . " La Cigale" is likely to remain with us for some time to come judging from the reception it received on the night of onr visit . An amusing operetta , in one act , entitled " Love and Law , " precedes the piSce de resistance , and is well acted .

On Wednesday evening next , 25 th March , at 8 * 30 o ' clock , a three act comedy entitled " The Bookmaker , " by J . W . Pigott , will be played at the Globe Theatre , with Mr . Harry Panlton in the title role . Other members of the cast comprise Messrs . William Farren jun ., Charles Cooper , A . E . Drinkwater , Frank Vanorassen , J . W . Pigott , and Mesdames Violet Raye , Mary Ansell and Leslie

Bell . There will be a Matinee of " The Bookmaker " on Easter Monday

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