The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-28 00:00:00

SADLER'S WELLS.

At this theatre the popular legend of the youth who
begun Arne Lord Mayor of Leedom was made the theme)
Mthe gonatomime which is entitled Whieissgant and Ais
Coe; er, Old Deine Fortune end Horlerniss Lend Marne
London. The mean opens in the mismanaged abode of
' Min Fortune by moonlight, the dame being attended by
Min Chief sad Mies Hap, two little devils ; also by
Min Adventure, Mies Take, Mir Anthrope, Miss
Chaser, Miss Management, and Mks NOOK, who
' are bewailing the present prosperity. Old Dante
Fortune appears and declares that the nwards the
lilefito6ooS, sad eine es an immune the career of Dick
Whittington, whose adventures she mamas& to be
t before her in the form of a pantomime. The
trielLeglag wheel of fortune in the Palace of Riches thea
' appear'. The scene changes to the tanks of the Thames,
and the exterior of Hugh Fitswarrnes general warehouse
is Mown. Dick appear', and some fanny remontree take
plats between him and latxuarrea's cook. As in the tale
so la the pantomime—he imagism his cat to Barbary in his
emeear'srPOSOl, sad himself runs away. On Highgate-hill he
sleep en a bank—the only beak ba says he can invest M—
ead he dreams of the pahisirlit Flibblekre Flobbidee in
Akio (et wbleli there is • seine). Then emu the treas.
fosemfilem The Wheel of Fortune is tamed into gold ;
Wlittlegirs been* Harlequin • Alice, Fitswarrea's
, berms Odeettlins ; haws/rem is eltanpd into
the Peenalese; sod the Cat bees*" • rinse i and all
three ehemeten, with the addltise et*, Char Arawith
esonsesee "reeking all Made et 'radial Ass and playing
all Renner of tricks. The hits were 11111111010, and they
were so semen* and so good, and seeeseied each other
so rapidly. Sbealisati litestudthe hews he • eon-
swat rear. liMatri-
eal numegens, hubegiring inerallsia,...Pedia 'heat-
hy wedswass, were all made bees. 1. Materials
*die Derby election," were tannsfenned the nuncio
Meek et the wand into "A. Frail, Berber," sad again tato
" wigs at a disevant." Out of "an opera*" cane Millis
Wagner, who was fought over, and who daring the fight
became enveloped in • "case," Whisk waslabelled " another
nit for the lawyers." " The Getting Uncle Tom" was
brought out, • very little fellow, but he wee immediately
followed by " the people's Uncle Ti.," the " old
1
Uncle Tom," and the ' author's own Uncle Tom,"
each larger than the other, andAhe laat a mincer giant,
aid with them was " the Old &wink Torn." in the shape of
• gin auk, labeVed the " real author of Eagliab slavery."
A servants' register office wee also made use of, out of
Iwhich to produce some sarcastic witticisms, and a heap of
labels, London tea, sugar, pickles, See., were transformed
into "adulteration." Emigratiou also was seised upon and
Imade to do service. Diddlem, the registration agent, is made
to appear is his real character of " a man of straw," and a
' pretty view is given of the English gold fields,—
the harvest field,, and the gold corn heirs led
1 away. _ At length the " end of- the cat's tail' wee
'' reached, and a beautiful scene of the Palace of Prosperity
cloned the pantomime, amid loud sad general applause.
Mr. C. Fenton made a good Harlequin, and Miss Caroline
Parkes aoquittel herself well as Columbine. H. Nicolo
Malin created lots of fun as clown' i and his gymnastic per-
torment:is, and those of the sprite, Herr Deem, were gait*
a feature.