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THE THEATRES , & c .

DRURY LANE . —REBECCA and ALADDIN . HAYMARKET — A FAlR ENCOUNTER , HOME and THE SERIOUS FAMILY . ADELPHI .-This evening , at 7 . 0 , THE LANCASHIRE LASS . At 9 . 0 , LOST IN LONDON . PRINCESS'S .-This evening , THE LOTTERY TICKET , THE

LANCASHIRK LASS , and THE IRISH TUTOR . tiYdEUM;—At 6 . 50 , FISH OUT OF -WATER . At 7 . 15 , HAMLET . OLYMPIC .-At 7 . 0 , TWENTY MINUTES WITH A TIGER , AT 7 . 30 , THE TWO ORPHANS . STRAND . —At 7 . 0 , INTRIGUE . At 7 . 20 , OLD SAILORS . At 9 . 15 , LOO AND THE PARTY WHO TOOK MISS . PRINCE OP WALES'S .-At 7 . 15 , SWEETHEARTS and SOCIETY .

GAIETY—FAST COACH and MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM . GLOBE . —LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET and BLUE BEARD . ROYALTY . —At 8 . 0 , CRYPTOCONCHOIDSYPHONOTOMATA and LA PERICHOLE . VATTDEVILLE .-At 7 . 0 , A WHIRLIGIG . At 7 . 15 , OUR BOYS . At 10 ,

ROMULUS AND REMUS . CHARING CROSS .-At 7 . 30 , MR . JOFFIN'S LATCH KEY . At 8 . 15 , THE NEW MAGDALEN . OPERA COMIQUE .-At 7 . 30 , OPERETTA . At 8 , AS YOU LIKE IT . COURT .-Tuis evening , at 7 . 30 , DREADFULLY ALARMING . At 8 . 0 , GOOD FOR NOTHING . At 9 , BRIGHTON .

ALHAMBRA . —At 7 . 15 , THE TWO BONNYCASTLES . At 8 . 0 , WHIT TINGTON . CRITERION .-LES PRES SAINT GERVAIS , & c . AMPHITHEATRE , HOLBORN .-Thia evening , SHYLOCK . SURREY . —ARRAH-NA-POGUE , & c . PHILHARMONIC—MARITANA , & c . HENGLER'S CIRaiJE .-LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD . ic .

SANGER'S AMPHITHEATRE . — TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK , ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP , Ac , every Evening at 7 . 0 , and Monday , Wednesday and Saturday , at 2 . 0 . CRYSTAL PALACE . —This Day , CONCERT , & c . OS ' Tuesday , MONEY . Every Tuesday and Thursday , till 16 th March , STANDARD ENGLISH dail

PLAYS . Open y , 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 ( LARGE ) HALL .-Dr . LYNN , at 3 . 0 and 8 . 0 .

EGYPTIAN HALL . —MASKELYNE AND COOKE , at 3 . 0 and 8 . 0 . ST . GEORGE'S HALL , Langham Place .-Mr . and Mrs . GERMAN REED at 8 , 0 . Thursday and Saturday at 3 only .

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DURING the past week Parliament has been doing good work quietly , and it is worthy of remark that in both Houses have been introduced even thus early in the Session several important measures . For many years it has been subject of complaint that the work of legislation

was carried on only in the House of Commons till Summer set in . Then Bills were sent up to the Lords , and had to be disposed of in a hurry , or the fruits of the Commons ' labours would have been lost , for that year at all events . This cannot be urged against the conduct of public

business this Session . On Tuesday , in the House of Lords , the Supreme Court of Judicature Act ( 1873 ) Amendment Bill , and the Land Titles and Transfer Bill were read a second time , as also was the Increase of Episcopate Bill introduced by Lord Lyttelton . The importance of at all

events two of these measures it is impossible to overrate . On Thursday the second reading of the Church Patronage Bill was moved by the Bishop of Peterborough , and , after a somewhat lengthy debate , in which several other Bight Rev . Prelates took part , was agreed to . In the

House of Commons on Friday last , Mr . Sclater-Booth moved the second reading of the Adulteration of Food and Drugs Bill . This was agreed to , and the Committee fixed for the 4 th proximo . On Monday the Secretary of State for War moved the second reading of

the Regimental Exchanges Bill , urging , in the course of his speech , that he had taken up the question on the recommendatin of the Commission appointed by his predecessor , Lord Cardwell ; that it would promote contentment in , and be of benefit to the army , and that it would

involve no expense to the country . The motion was opposed by Mr . Trevelyan and others , but was carried by 282 to 185 . On "Wednesday afternoon a very useful Bill passed its second reading , —the Bank Holidays Act ( 1871 ) Extension Bill , the object being to extend that Act to officers

of Customs and others whose connection with the shipping trade prevented their sharing its benefits . Mr . Ritchie had charge of the measure , which received the support of Mr . W . H . Smith , the fiuancial Secretary of the Treasury , but was opposed by Mr . C . Wilson , member for Hull , and

others . The second reading , however , was agreed to by 90 to 64 . On Thursday the second reading of the Friendly Societies' Bill was agreed to , and Mr . Cross obtained leave to introduce a Bill to amend the law with respect to manufacturing , keeping , selling , carrying , and importing

gunpowder , nitro-glycerine and other explosive substances . To complete this summary of the week ' s Parliamentary history , it remains to add that Mr . Marling has been elected by a majority of more than 200 over his opponent ,

Lord Bury , to fill the vacancy at Stroud , and has taken his seat , and that convict Mitchell is again a candidate for Co . Tipperary . There are also vacancies at St . Ives by tho unseating of Mr . Praed , and at Norwich , one of whose members , Mr . Huddleston , Q . C . has been raised to the Bench .

On Monday afternoon , a Levee was held at St . James ' s Palace , by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen . The Dukes of Edinburgh and Cambridge , Prince Christian , the Duke of Teck and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar were present . Both the

Diplomatic and General circles were numerously attended , and presentations to His Royal Highness , to the number of some 150 were made , such presentations boing , by tho Queen ' s pleasure , deemed equivalent to presentations to Her Majesty .

In connection with the lock-out in South Wales , Mr . Macdonald , M . P . for Stafford , has addressed a conference of the Council of the Miners' National Association , held on

Wednesday , in Manchester , in terms strongly condemnatory of the action of the mine-owners . Mr . Macdonald ' s utterances on the subject of everything relating to mining is entitled to respect . Condemnation of one party to a