1 APRIL 1854, page 13

Topics Of The Day.

THE WAR PROCLAIMED. THE suspense of a twelvemonth is at last ended ; diplomacy has retired, and leaves the vindication of European law and order to righteous indignation......

.at The Adelphi, An Attempt Is Made To Satirize The

Moustache Movement, in a farce named after the object of satire. - The - lash wielded is, however, not of the strongest ; and it requites Mitre exertion on the part of Mr. and......

Parusiew Tu.seernmais.

M. Victor ejour, author of that vety French version of itichard the Drird which made Parisians shudder and English visitors roar with laughter, has illustrated the proverb that......

Co Chaim.

The story of the jealous husband, who disposes of his rival by cement- ing the door of a closet in which he is concealed, is worked up with g reat power in a short drama......

3i1 Usu.

Benefit concerts are rarely possessed of musical interest. They are— or rather used to be, for they are now comparatively rare—a way adopted 'by professional musicians of......

The Ethnologist, Who Delights In Comparing The...

races, will learn from the performance of Some Chinese jugglers at Drury Lane ' that the Mongolian race indulges in much the same' displays of manual dexterity as that branch of......