I was curious to see how ALEXANDER "the (Getting) Great" would comport himself as the hero of light farce, associated as he has always hitherto been with heroes of romance and high comedy. The theatre-going public and his admirers--the terms are synonymous--may breathe again. ALEXANDER is surprisingly good as _Dr. Bill_, and the serious earnestness with which he invests the part intensifies the drollery of the complications. And to think that the adapter of this gay and festive piece should be none other than the sentimental troubadour, song-writer and composer, author of a Lyceum Tragedy and other similar trifles, Mr. HAMILTON AÏDÉ!! "Sir," in future will HAMILTON AÏDÉ say, when being interviewed by a Manager, "I will now read you my Five Act Tragedy entitled----" "Hang your tragedies!" will the Manager exclaim, "Give me a farce like '_Dr. Bill_,' my boy!" And once more will the poet put his pride and his tragedy in one pocket, and all the money which the Comic Muse will give him in the other. I back the _argumentum ad pocketum_ against the Tragic Muse. [Illustration: The Kan-Kan (-garoo) Dance.] How capitally it is played! Miss BROUGH excellent; and so also is Mr. CHEVALIER, who entirely loses his own identity in his make-up, and is not to be recognised at all, save for a few mannerisms. Charming housemaid is pretty Miss MARIE LINDEN; and the idiotic youth, _George Webster_, played by Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER,--two Websters rolled into one,--is very funny. But they're all as good as they can be. I congratulate ALEXANDER the (Getting) Great, who, for pecuniary reasons, I should like to be, were I not DIOGENES OUT OF THE TUB. * * * * * The Bitter Cry of the Dramatic Critic. 'Tis the voice of the Critic I hear him complain, "One more afternoon! Fools! they're at it again! These dull _Matinées_! Wretched plays I must see! But, alas, 'tis no play, And there's no peace for me!" * * * * * "Le Sport" in Bouverie Street. THE excellent columns of "This Morning's News" in the _Daily News_ the other day were endowed with fresh interest by an announcement made with respect to the Emperor of AUSTRIA. It runs thus:-- "When informed that on the Imperial preserves in the neighbourhood of Vienna the first snipe had been seen, _the passionate huntsman_ said, 'I am exceedingly sorry, but I've no time for them this week.'" Every one has heard of "The Hunting of the Snark;" but this is the first time reference has been publicly made to the hunting of the Snipe. * * * * * AT THE FIRST BOTANIC GARDEN SHOW. MARCH 26. HIMANTOPHYLLUMS and Cyclamens were there to be seen, And some pretty baskets full of strawb'rries from Englefield Green. * * * * * OUR ADVERTISERS. HIGH LIFE, COMMERCIAL, TRADING, AND OTHER.