Public Amusements.

rate tyrant hewing his way among them , made tbe curtain fall upon a highly-imposing tableau . The tragedy has , indeed , been in every way produced with great care and unrestrained expenditure , and it will evidently occupy , as it deserves , a prominent place in the bills up to Christmas at least .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COURT . —Her Majesty and family continue at AA'indsor . The Prince and Princess of AVales arrived at AA ' oolwich on Monday afternoon from their long-extended tour in the north of Europe . Their Royal Highnesses appeared in excellent health , and were warmly received by a considerable crowd collected near the landing-place to receive them . The Royal party

drove to Marlborough . House , and on Tuesday proceeded to AA'indsor . AA ednesday was the birthday of the Prince of AA ' ales . His Royal Highness ' s tradesmen in the West End illuminated their premises in the evening . The day was observed as a holiday at AVindsor , and the principal streets ivere gaily decorated , while tho bells of the churches rang merry peals , and the

boom of artillery in the Long AA alk was answered by the guns of the frigate on Virginia AVater . At the Castle the morning was ushered in by the splendid band of the 2 nd Life Guards , serenading the Prince and Princess , by special command of her Majesty . Next week their Royal Highnesses will visit the Earl of Derby at Knowsley , and also pay a visit to Liverpool .

GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The mortality in the metropolis lias reached a high point . Iu the last week in October it rose to 1 , 409 , last week it rose still higher to 1 , 515 . The average of ten years is only 1 , 239 , so that there was an excess of 215 deaths last week over the estimated average . Scarlatina and typhus appear to be the most fatal diseases . The births for

the week were 2 , 017 , or 116 above the estimated average . The increase of pauperism in the cotton manufacturing district last week was 2 , 290 ; but two important unions appear not to have furnished the Poor Law Board with information of any

changes that have occurred in their relief lists , the returns from Blackburn and Bury having , from some cause , miscarried . The largest increase was recorded in the following unions : — Ashtoii-uuder-Lyne , 210 ; Haslingden , 550 ; Manchester , 330 ; Oldham , 320 ; and Preston , 310 . The adult able-bodied paupers now amount to 28 , 450 , irrespective of any alteration in this

class which Blackburn and Bury may have experienced last week . The Guardians increased their out-relief expenditure by £ 281 , bringing the total disbursement under that item up to £ 6 , 475 for the last week of October . Mr . Maclure presented a rather gloomy report at the meeting of the Central Executive Relief Committee on Monday . In January last the

number of the unemployed operatives was 158 , 653 ; in July and August tho number had fallen to a little over 100 , 000 ; in September it rose to 135 , 821 ; and last month it stood at 1 V 1 , 5 G 8—the highest ' figure , so far , for the present year . Tho number on full time last mouth ( 155 , 170 ) was less by 57 , 350 than tbe number so employed in September , and 55 , 569 below

the return for January . It is pointed out that the pressure of the times is being severely felt outside the operative class . Between the 1 st and 31 st of October no fewer than sixty-eight Bpinners and manufacturers , almost entirely the hitter , have been compelled to suspend payment ; and in this number many are not included who , by private arrangements , have been

enabled to prevent their difficulties being publicly known . By these failures it is estimated that at least 13 , 600 operatives will be or have been , for the time entirely thrown Out of employment . The manner in which the money

borrowed under the Public Works Act is being expended by the Manchester Corporation gave rise to a long discussion , but no resolution was come to upon the subject . — The statue of the late Prince Consort , erected by public subscription in Peel Park , Salford , was on Tuesday unveiled in the presence of a large number of people . The statue is by Noble . The funeral of the late Mr . Leech took place on Friday at

the Kensal-green Cemetery . It was conducted in a private manner , only the relatives and a few very intimate friends of the deceased accompanying the body from the house ; but a large body of friends and admirers of his genius attended in the cemetery , and witnessed , deeply moved , the solemn rites of his burial . The Gazette contains an announcement that her

Majesty has conferred the Victoria- Cross on an officer of the 43 rd Regiment , and a Serjeant of the 68 th Regiment , for the distinguished bravery both showed in the engagement with the insurgent Maories at Tanranga on the 21 st of June . Lord AVodehouse , the new Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , made his public entry into Dublin on Tuesday . Lord , Russell ' s eldest son ,

Lord Amberley , was on Tuesday married , at Alderley , to the Hon . Katherine Stanley , fourth daughter of Lord Stanley of Alderley . —¦—On Tuesday the retiring Lord Mayor performed his last public official act , by opening Southwark Bridge free of toll . Those taking part in the ceremony were afterwards entertained to luncheon at the Mansion House . Dr . Livingstone ,

the great African traveller , attended a meeting of the friends of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel , at Nottingham , on Friday night , and , with the Bishop of Lincoln and the Bishop of Oxford , pleaded the cause of Christian mission in foreign lands . The Hebdomadal Council of Oxford held another meeting on Monday , when a motion to consider the best means of obtaining a permanent endowment for the Greek chair was

submitted to them . As this very general proposition was so framed as to exclude any bearing on the Jowett controversy it was agreed to , and a committee , consisting of members of both parties , was appointed to conduct the inquiry . The pier erected at Deal was formally opened on Tuesday , Mrs . Iiugessen , the wife of one of the Cinquo Ports representatives , having consented to perform the ceremony . The day was one of general

rejoicing in the little town . The dinner which followed the opening was attended by Lord Clarence Paget , Mr . Iiugessen , Sir Brook Bridges , and Sir Edward Dering , the borough and county members , and ' the various speakers congratulated the townspeople and the shareholders on the successful completion of this important undertaking .

The Industrial Exhibition , which was opened at the Islington Agricultural Hall some time ago by Lord Russell , was closed on Monday evening last by the Chancellor of the Exchequer . Mr . Gladstone said he attached great importance to such exhibitions , and doubted whether wo had as yet reached theperiod at which we could comprehend their entire significance .

It was a great sign of social progress to see the labouring population of the country bring together such a collection of the products of their leisure hours , and it was something to remember that four or five policemen were all that was considered necessary for the purpose of keeping in order the 200 , 000 people who had visited the Exhibition . Mr . Ferrand ,

M . P . for Devonpoit , last week addressed a meeting of his constituents at the Town Hal ) . So keen was the eagerness to hear him , and so densely were all the entrances packed by the crowd , that Mr . Ferrand himself , when he arrived at the doors , could not obtain admission , and it was more than half-an-hour befor the lion , member could force his way through the crowd to the platform . AA'hen he did gain admission and stood on the platform he was vehemently cheered . The lion , member