The Express.
London, England, 1855-12-24 00:00:00

TSB ROYAL PANOPTICON.

The advent of Chrietmee hes induced the committee
et the Paseptiers, Leieseeswequare to provide a modal
programme of eatertaiamais adept 4 to the okezweter of
this mirthful aurow. Oa Saturday ~is there wee a
rehearsal of the osairtaiasteote provided fer the Christmas'
seam. The bill of hre wee ample sad varied. It ean-
woad with as azhillition of Belo oko's diving apparatus
sad the eabeqweess 'lntik fight is a aped olden,
earempealed with and esplaastieee —ea apperatue by
news of whisk the diver le ambled to lowashe for boors
soder water, ..d the weight of which Name% marvellously
with the of the eld-heidooed hell, betas oily 12 Ito. Next

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&mensal swim" Juliann peritoneums se the urea
—ea instrument of eztreerdinary power sad varied capacity
—lrma raIIOVAIN sad theriu4saerd Ptiplarie, asp by Miss
Beale Dalian, aloes by tke Oephens Mee Union, eemprking
eigbt voiles, Bad soles, Os. This weetolowed by a series
of disesasis aM plestographie illustrmises, designed te form
the pleteriel yanks el ea eaternianiest, sanded "John
Ohioans. at Hems," te be umested by ler.Leiesiter Beek-
Isabela at tke sommesemearef the mew year, sad some-
thing ens befog subniested foe it is the Warns. Amos
the but amass embadted ere repressalaMeas of the
Emperor reviewing by gun* opium slacken, Is-
aac *ON kwato mid • &Ploy a lingua,. W.
have a sena of dissemie views, represeatiag the stories
of Whittington and Pass In 800 the muslin portion
being gins by Mr. L. Backinglume, with ones scum.
psalmists by Mr. B. T. Chipp. The first story Y conveyed
ia twelve gig's* sad, el their kind, admirable views, is
whisk Whiteman's'. life is traced from the door ef a village
ele hems to the Megan at which he entertained King
Hoary V. Hie ambitious drum in the ganetotad its
sadden dinipatioa by the intruding rate; his mitres!.
meat by his niaoterk cook, mad the Mot of Barbarys dime?,
with rat seeempaniments, are very humorously gnu;

sad, enlivened by the sarntive part, wilelt is fall of pun-
ning ccenialities, the entertainment salatainad teasbated
interest to the sloes. ." Puss to Boots " is represented in
eleven views some of which are strikingly anallant ; and
I. Pme's visit is the Castle of the Magician, occasion ie
takes to hit rather severely a certain wizard, whose magic,
has latterly plevailed, at least, to keep him rather promi-
nently before the pabile. The Sod scene—the Marriage of
the Killer's Son and the Pthlo96l.—la very finely given,
and, with the aid of a grand organ secompanlmant from the
Wade of the Afideemenew Nigh?. Dream, rises somewhat
above the sonde tone. The aveniag's programme termi-
nated with the playing of the liaises& sad chromatic foun-
tain sader the dome, whisk is really a splendid display.
This, for ea obvious Teases, can only be seen at
night, bat Um it is alone worth the shillieg
charged for admisidon. The water rises gesdually from
the ground door till it reaches the top of a doers 90 feet
high; it is made resplendent is its ascent by beautiful
leledrie ham allot from above ; and in its progressive
dement it amasses in its rapid and varied transition of
esker the appearance of showers of prsciou stones. The
diet is really magical. As a whole the exhibition may be
pronounced a happy lesion of art sod schemes with amuse-
ment, end mutat fail to prove satisfaotory to the visitor.