The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1849.

THE
csignJAS ENTERTAINMENTS
DRURY-LLNE.
behieraiht" scdiesoe is always a actiey one;
I_, bass mai mbar ever to have witneseed. even
banamhas minor thistle, each a mese of uproar
lee 17-Atihmeel in this great temple et the It giti-
-0.111; which, OA 041' readers are aware was
00 jot maim/ fix the first time, ender the new
Ms. James Aadesitm. He Mad suinoeaced
0 do hereeemesses ma this onset= would cola-
onot baf.past , Willa a the usual
ses. Large were sollected at all
▪ " emmaistly those of the pit and galleries,
igliP•iiihs the semi time, and were kept entitle at
Wimesill agar seven o'clock, whew& ire
Isisibb h. seise the be
guise et seemed So be filled in
pper eagle.. wee
, The bared began to play, and we comb
some soles of Weber's overture to " The
log hog Spirit,;" bat it idled to tale the par-
ots above. Who* the curtain roes the
spiri
temsbiestesecd ; etch was the dia of roaring,
Sell-
hatolieg, the claptjece mat* and stamping
a ser, that sot asy of the play (The Nes.
'anee) wan heard beyond the foot-
-0 V r
Las. The players " bed their exits and their
Mose sad the recweamees had quite the ap-
"-- pantomime. NothMg had any effect in
Vigo sterm—rent even the appearance of him
moms at sue the hero of the rem and the hero of
oemeraMard.
his iiideoerm actedrades
son the core,
steadily
eehiegly, till the first act was about to close
ma Mr. Asiersoc, finding it ascessary to do Nene-
, mopped short and showed by his gestures that
masa to address the audience. After some
he was able to atter audibly the words,
• team tied gentlemen," but the rest wes
weed uthe uproar. He they addressed him-
si le the " gentlemen in the galleries," and found
one to tell them that, from thew having come there
both &embers, he sincerely believed they wished
mell, but that he must say they took an odd way
sbetrieg good-humoored remonstrance which
mly male matters worse. The second act, like the
Ire. Mug is dumb show, Mr. Anderson making no
hew attempt to obtain quiet. The third act was
m.sekag is the same way, when he again addressed
tcgehmies, and, making himself heard with diet-
mot, mid that prams who felt themselves
imsnedri by the crowd, if they chose to
ems should remise back their money; at
no Nam time remarking, that the persons
the hid the best places were making the greatest
pea This offer had no effect; nobody seemed to go
the coefusian was as great as ever. Spar
Hutches (real or pretended) were got up, each
MI watre of a clamorous circle; and it became a
grotothrnerants.teoretleteoirstrip shoulders
scarves ant
labia sad fling them into the pit. Some twenty
agingices of dress were seen fluttering and
in the space of a couple of minutes. By
Retire the fourth sot began they had become a
go weary of their fun, end we were able to hear, as
Id es us, the judgment scene, which was acted
eith each spirit, considering the circumstances, and
meek applauded by the pit and boxes. The fifth act
rod off in comparative quiet.
It was impossible to form any opinion as to the
eseformanoe, but we are inclinen to think that, had
it Ism sadists:bed, it would have been very agree-
able. Mr. Anderson looked the part of Shylock,
thseglthe gave it too much of the feebleness and de-
ammo& of old age. In the great scene of the fourth
set he acted with energy and passion ; but all the
are delicate traits of the character were, of course,
let Miss Laura Addison's Portia is well known to
tea graceful and intellectual performance. Of the
sew performers we must speak on another occasion,
whoa we tare nen them under more favourable
aspires. The play was exceedingly well put upon
the stage. Some of the scenery was beautiful, and
ell the costumes and sonic accessories were elegant
ad is excellent taste.
After the play Mr. Anderson addressed the
sensate. He expessed his sorrow for the intolerable
searryance they had suffered; an annoyance which he
would take measures to prevent in Rican : he was
grateful he said for the great kindness which be had
experienced from so great an audience, and hoped. to
be 'sallied to restore -Drury Lane to its old position
se the first of the Enghsh theatres. This address was
well heard, the apper regions being now quiet, and
received with great applause.
The play was followed by a" New grand historical,
mataph"rical, allegorical, and diabolical pantomime,"
ealled Harlequin and Good Qua* Bees, or Merritt
England in the Olden time. Wrist relates to Queen
Ens and the olden tines forms a very inconsiderable
portion of the piece, which is a very farrago—a'
jumble, without beginning, middle, or end. After
some allegorical scenes too deep for our comprehen-
am, we have some ranges in the life of the virgin
Qin, introducing some of the notabilities of her
time—Borleigh, Essex, Bacon, Leicester, and Amy
Robert—all made grotesque by pasteboard wizards,
and talking the most extravagant nonsense. Then the
sisal transformations take place : Leicester becomes
limktioin, Essex the Clown, Burleigh Pan'aloon, and
Amy Hobart Columbine. The personarego to work in
the old way—Harlequin and Columbine pursued by
Patellae and Clown through &variety of emus, and
with the usual quantum of dancing, skipping,
tumbling, posture-making, and head-beething. Some
of the rimes ere exceedingly well painted, especially
Chariaterom and the Strand, and a " Flo-t-fair on
the Thames," a spectacle of great bustle and anima-
tion. But the incidents and tricks are of a thread-
bare kind, and show a barren invention; and the jokes
an of the precticel kind, consisting mostly of kicke,
Our, and cuffs. M. Dentin is an agile Ha Aerial*
Male. Theodore, as Columbine, dances very prettily ;
sad Mr. Stilt, the Clown, executes feats in posture-
makiag that are quite wonderful. The piece is of a
preposterous length. We left it, not finished, at one
o'clock in the morning.

BAYKARKST.
The Christmas offering at this theatre was called
The Ninth Statue : or, the Jewel. and the Gem, a
rue of Injouterie. as it is called in the bills, by the
brothers Brough, the authors of "The Sphinx," "The
Eri.thatt-d 1.1 e," and other burlesques, another of
which these prolific authors produced at the Adelpti
theatre last night. The scenery of the Ninth
Statue ; or, the Jewell and the Gem, is effective, the
dresses are brilliant, and the acting is entitled to the
highest praise, but the "words" which are put
tato the mouths of the principal characters are
not quite so sparkling as the subject of the
piece. To attempt a description of the story
upon which the piece is founded would be
a difficult task. The plot is manifesoly borrowed
from one of those bees of the genii with which oar
etageres abound, and the heroes consist of certain
myeteriony gentlemen whose adventures have often
been conjured up by the fertile imaginations of school-
boys. The characters comprise Rumfogi Di °
all the Genii) ; Zeyn Alumni, surnamed the Rapid
(King of Balsam) ; Loosfisch (his private secretary
and evil councillor) ; Mobanes (a fine old Eastern
gentleman of the olden time); Foodinah (a genuine
queen-mother); Zuleika (a faultless maiden) ; and an
extraordinary variety of genii, nobles, ignoble., de-
mon pages, guyed., courtiers, and other distinguished
Peelmnages usually brought together on similar owe-
doss.
The principal feature of the entertainment
was the debiit at this house of Miss Kathleen
Fitzwilliam, who was received with the heartiest de-
nionstratbas of applause. This young lady appears
to have studied the art of burlesque acting, and the
&adieus fully appreciated her exertions on this
occasion. Her costume was in the best possible
taste, her singing extremely pleasing, and her
enunciation suct as to render every word audible.
Notwithstanding the disadvantage under which Miss
F.itewilliam appeared, in being placed in juxtsposi-
tam with so favourite an actresses Miss P. Horton,
her success was complete, and she may be considered
a valuable acquisition to this establishment.
Oa the whole the burlesque put general eittisfac-
haae and it was announced for repetition amid con-
siderable applause. The house was well atten
more
ded,
Lod—strange to tell—the gods were much
silent than they are generally known to be on boxing

PRINCESS'S.
List night a new Chtistzaas pantomime, entitled
King how, or Harkqin and the Marc Bai,' wit?
peedneed at this theatre. Alerbelf =i -
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polio rule over his Wiens, who are rico jure
potentates themselves, deteneiees to spread cla-
med's through the kiegdoms of the earth,
and foe this laudable purpose esliste the
servisee of a red republican Guido Fawkes,
whir nukes his first trial, is the levellisg line in the
etas of pedantic Kier Jamie, his principal; is the
ementime, twang every endeavour to bewitch the
Lady Arabella dteart Miss Fawcett and bre
1 W at. Vont (Miss
)1
Love;
Mr. loges), with the villanelle
I dew. Lady Arabella Iwo boomer it aa:
flios.
thin it is better to adhere to the priaeiplei d
fliefinar, sad adopt the sold-water sere, and so indig-
ene* esteems the prollend beverage, and slakes her
thiestis the limpid etream,the Naiad of which rewards
bra slmilhiess with a aegis fiddle, of which Seymour
111 Me alga.
_lbis fiddle dispossess moat eloqueat
so& Mid en I. the nasal meaner it pats hie
sad mettle in the heels of all within reach of its mead ;
plaved ea the beck it Alien them with the Said
The combination of thin two
milers it not only a disturber of rural felicity in.
up a ple-nic ia which King Jamie and hie friend the
Inked Buthisgbam were enjoying, after a fine day's
sport be Epping Forest; making a batter of pigs,
gee., sad turkeys, but it also rescues the King from
the comedy of Guy and the other conspirators. The
fifth seise, by a slight but agreeable ausehrocisni,
repressed. Ting Jamie in prosenisa on his way to
open &naiad by piiisenteu, beefeaters,
GM 'Ashton el aisle. T m Tile artian@ are
Ler the saserstat lissuissrlallisal lard Brougham
is the simassilor. Lord John Reseal and the Wie of
Wellinglen are prominent figures in the scene.
At the transformation, which takes places after the
Gnat of Guy in the vaults of the House of Lords,
the king becomes Peatalemi (Mr. Paulo), Guy is
changed tato Clown (Mr. Reiman), Seymour takes
the appearance of Hulequin (Mr. Bologna), Lad
Arabs Steen that of Columbine (Miss Fawcett),
and as it has been found that neither pare water or
pare aleohol were attended with succem:in their separate
missions it is resolved that for the future they should
form the league of Grog, Water undertaking to
coanterset the more fiery temper of Alcohol ; who,
on his part, promise to destroy the mistakable of
the water, and as Bow is not at hand, the whole is
to be sweetened with the subsequent tricks of the
transformed characters. The pantomime is well con-
ceived, the tricks am amusing, and several random
shots are fired at the follies of the day. The Clown
and Pantaloon p!ay a new game
.at cards, the former
is tried for a breach of promise before a jury of
matrons, and is about to be led to durance vile, when
the Naiad re-appears sad restores the charac:ers.

LYCEUM.
Mr. Plancbt continues to extract morale from
the Countess D'Anois's stories. And a very pleasant
meats they are of telling people wholesome truths.
This year be endeavours to impress the folly of
listening to slanderous sugitestions and the fatal effects
of female curiosity. Toe moral is admirably pointed
by Madams D'Anois, in her stay " Serpentine Vert;
from which we have the grand Christmas
extravaganza of the Lyceum, under the
more pleasing title of Ties Island of Jewels.
The cast was nothing particular. The management
have had some losses recently, andof those whammies,
two of the best, namely, Charles Mathews and Harley,
are not in the piece. The weight of it rested entirely
on Madame Vestris and Miss St. George, who played
the Princess. The only other character which
told at all, was that of Giltgingerbread the Great,'
well burlesqued by Praia Matthews, and susceptible,
perhaps, of the introduction of still more hunioer.l
This performer had a little travestie of Lear throws
into his part, which we thought might as well have
been omitted.
Troth to tell, however (end we say it with every
affection of our old trend Plancht), it was the die.,
loges that was mainly deficient. We remember fier
pieces by the same author with so few " points " er
" hits." Except one hit at the Railway King (rather
a familiar topic) there were no slimness to the sub-
lime@ of the day. Some of the new songs to old tunes
win amusing : the best among them afforded
Kearns Vestris an opportunity of burlesquing Jetty
Tee& in her " Trab, Trab, Trab." The " Row
Polka " was also most amusingly cooverted into a
joke. But we remember very little else that occa-
mimed a laugh, and we know that we came away
eareelves with the *Miro conviction that every one
bad behaved all the evening with such extreme pro-
priety, that one might fancy there was no such time
as Christmas, no each night as boxing-night, and no
me whatever for the Druidical plant called mistletoe.
However, the Island of Jacele must be seen. Mr.
Planche's pieces have a sort of historical interest be-
longing to them. They constitute a sort of era in
dramatic art, and not to see one of them is to put
cue's self out of the pale. Madame Vestrip, too,
expects a visit. She says boldly that she intends the
public gold to pay for there jewels, and there cer-
tainly is no more agreeable jewel-box than her little
bijou theatre.

ADELPRI.
The Christmas novelty produced at this theatre last
night was a burlesque extravaganza by the Messrs.
Brough, whose previous efforts in this style have
stamped them as imam the most successful imitators
of s form which has certainly been brought to its
highest perfection by Mr.Planche.
The piece which we are now to notice is, according
to the bills. "a gram piece of ' Presumption' on the
port of the authors of 77w Enchanted Isle, The Sphiss;
&e., in the shape of an eutirely new Composite Poly-1
technic Extravaganza, entitled Fs ankenstein, or the
Model Mall." That the incidents of Mrs. Shelley*
semantic fiction have here been turned to the pet.
1 pests of the broadest fun, may be readily imagined 11
wimm we state that Mr. Wright represented Franke,. I
join and Mr. Paul Bedford the Monster, who is I
brought into existence by that student's occult paw
dee& The chief portion of the comic busies's, et
course, occurs in the scenes in which these char-
eaters are brought into contact, oommenciag with
Frankenstein's studio, where the monster drat
bewares animated, and indulges in
e=
poem plastiques more basements than d
After running through his headlong career, sad Ma-
in out a very bed young man, the Monster is is-
farmed and brought to a sense of his errors, ea, at
the sometime, to a police court, where be become
the &Oct et palls =laity, being gazed at through
tales rropes and epees glasses, and having his portrait
tikes after the manner of the most celebrated of ma-
lelheters. In this seem are some good strokes of se-
dn. Of course plot scarcely forms an element in the
eeselluedue of a *we of this description. There is
some sernatwal agency which devolves on Mr. 0.
Smith in the shape of a broken-down Untied
(the Demon of the Harts and &Maces), who is
in'roduced as the old original iepresentative ct the
part, and proves his title by sundry specimens of his
well-known interest "Hal ha I hat " This character
is rendered very amusing by the ludicrous pathos
with which be laments his diminished importance in
these days of hard reality. As a foil to this evil in-
fluetce we have Caine, the water-sprite, rising most
unromantically from a water-butt. This &meter
found a charming represeotative in Miss Enema
Harding.
Special mention must be made of Miss Woel-
gar's clever acting and singing as Otto of Bow
berg, the successful rival of Frankenstein in the saw,
tious of the heroics of the piece, Agatha, represented)*
This Harriet Co. easy, who appeared for tin first time.
is lady's personale is prepoeseming ; she sings well.
and will undoubtedly become a favourite with the
Adelphi audience. Frankenstein is perhaps scarcely
equal to some of the authors' previous productions—
the dialogue ocoasionally flags and wants point ; there
are, however, some good hits at the prevailing topics
of the day, some amusing parodies of popular songs;
and, with a little condensing, so as to act more
closely, it will no doubt prove attractive. The whole
of the slam en seine is excellent ; and, at the close at
the piece, the applause was unanimous.

BTILAND.
The ruling powers of this little theatre, fol'owing
the example set by their comparatively gigantic
neighbours, of a provident deference to the customary
requirements of the present merry season, have
cat.red, amply. and judiciously, for the votaries of
Moms. who, in spite of the many drag
rernens to
which this sulky year has given birth, seems to be
as numerous acd happy as ever.
The Christmas novelty. presented to the patrons of
this establishment last night consists of a mythologi-
cal extravaganza, entitled Diogenes and las Lantern,
or the Hap and Cry after Honesty, and is from
the pen of Mr. T. Taylor, a gentleman long
favourably known to the play-going public es
the author et many similar production,. la the

introductory portion of the busisiiiis the gods
are introduced, sitting "doff in awed Otte," with
Jupiter as chairman, wbo depions the =settled and
unsatisfactory state of the various tams kingdom%)
and requests advice from the attended deities 1.11
*petting the means by which they may be restored lel
tranquillity. War, wine. music, ime. sad other
equally Inefficient nostrums are resemeseeded. red
Jove, disgusted at the stupidity of his immiebas, de-
prime them of their various attributes, aalmedsmes
them to ammo charade(' the reverse et lbw in
which they bad previa* figured—Mars besses
member of a pie society. Venue a
Mercury a roguish haberdasher, abodes to eel his
goods at an "enormous merinos: and at the same
tae filching a large Memo from the wages of the
starring sempetresess whom he employs. Apollo,
the post of Home, Beeches, a tes.toteller, Wean,
the railway king, &a. Miasma is also appealed to
by Jupiter on thesubject of debate, but instead of
vouchsafing an answer she ridicules the pretensions of
the celestials to wisdom, and declares bee intention of
paying a visit to emit for the purpose of assisting
Diogenes, the cynic philosopher, in a search which be
is shoat to institute for an basest man.
She forthwith proceeds to Athens, where she meets
Diagonal, sad having got is:semi= of old Time's
lantern. because it affords the best light by which to
investigate the characters of men, she Introdsoss her-
self as a young pupil from the country, sad they set
out on their expedition together. In the meantime,
however, the god., nettled at the arrogance of tone
adopted by Minerva, resolve to thwart her in her
search for Honesty, and also proceed to Barth,
retaining the characters assigned to them
by Jove, who accompanies them in the guise of
a greedy and unscrupulous communist orator. They
manage to encounter Blossom and his Mentor at
every torn, and exhibit roguery, rascality, and hum-
bug under so many and such discouraging aspects,
that the search for an honest man is abandoned in
despair ; the Goddess of Wisdom returns to Olympus,
where she discovers that she has been "sold" by her
fellow-celestials ; and the pieos concludes with a di-
dactic tag, which informs as that the persons most
likely to be honest are those who act well the parts
allotted to them, however humble they may be.
The dialogue of the piece, which, according to
custom is written in rhyming couplets, is spirited
and playful, and the "bits" of fun, and hits at the
sogueries, absurd fashions, bubbles, and follies of the
day, with which it is plentifully sprinkled, are not 11
ouly fresh, pungent, and telling, but possess the
merit, somewhat rare in burlesques, of being
free from the spark,. alloy of coarse equivoque
and vulgar slang. The author wields the satiric
lash with an adroit but gentle hand, striking with-
out wounding the objects selected for castigation, and
he succeeds completely in avoiding the censure con-
veyed by the epigrammatic
qui doll& proesettate,*
" Non ea sewer Yin red Uelles."
Mrs. Stirling played Minerva ; Miss R.lsaace,Venus ;
Mrs. Bartlett, Jano; Mr. L. Murray, Jupiter
P. Emery, ; and Mr. H. Yemen, Apollo.
The house was well attended, and the extravaganza
was loudly laughed at, and applauded throughost.

OLYMPIC.
This new theatre, the interior and decorations of
which we have already described, was opened last
night to the public, to whom an attractive bill of fare
was offered. The effective company of artists en-
gaged, the novelty of the house, and the fact of its
being boxing night, produced a very large audience.
The play selected for the opening night was Shak-
speare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, previous to which
the royal sirloin we. sung, and an opening address
spoken by Mrs. Mowatt.
The address was received with considerable ap-
plause, which Mrs. Mowatt fully deserved for the
very excellent manner in which she delivered it. At
its conclusion the curtain rose upon the Two Gentle-
men of Verona, the principal characters in which were
performed by Messrs. Davenport, Conway, Compton,
Scharf, Ryder, and Belton, and Mesdames Fanny
Vining, Seymour and MarshalL To all these
ladies and gentlemen praise is due for the skill aM
judgment with which they performed their respective
parts, and not wishing to appear invidious by
praising any one of the number at the expense of the
rest, we content ourselves with commending them in
a body, satisfied that they fully deserve it. To the
audience likewise some little acknowledgment is due,
for the unusual patience and silence with which they
listened to the performance of the comedy ; in other
anniversaries of this kind, the opening piece has too
often been mere dumb show.
Laugh and Grow Fat is the title of the pantomime,
of which Mr. Nelsen Lee is the author. It contains,
of course, the usual number of practical jokes end
allusions to the topics of the day, one of the best of
which hits off Oen. Sir Charles Napier in the happiest
manner. Making due allowances for the stiffnees of
the machinery and the novelty of the whole, the per-
formance was creditable, and though some tricks
failed altogether the audience were in a mood to be
pleased, and greeted even the failures with hearty
laughter.

BADLERS WELLS.
Brandy is said to be latin for goon, and on the
same principle, we presume, tragedy is considered to
be latin for pantomime, as the authorities always se-
lect one, and that, too, the most lugubrious in their
repertoire, with which to usher in the glories of hex-
ing night. It is a custom which, in our opinion,
would be "more honoured in the breach than in
the observance," exciting, as it does, in the gal-
leries a temper something like what one might
I expect a day's forgethlasso on the put
1, of the feeder would produce in a menagerie.
The manes administered at Sadler's Wells yesterday
evening was Venice Preserved: and it is due to the
aborigines of New River Head, and its vicinity,
and
to
, say that they bore it with exemplary patience
resignation. Few cat-calls were heard, and little
whistling, nor did any premature demand for " Hot
Codlings" outrage tho dignity of the tragic
muss. The play was absolutely listened to,
1,
and often applauded, more especially that por-
tion of it which was sustained by Mr. George
Bennett,whose Pierre is a performance of well-known
and appreciated excellence. The other characters
were sustained with that evenness which disThetin-
gaisbes all the performances at Sadler'
s Wells.
e is a new setting of an old subject, The
/eraF" of Wantley, whom we recollect to have seen
Isame then once
In play and pantomime
Sent to the devil eamewhat are his time.
b the present instance an allegorical introduction pre-
mats to us Old Age, who was to have been surrounded
by gout, asthma, cramp, and rheumatism, bat
des sprites, detained, we suppose, at home by their
lavourite complaints, did not make their appearance.
!oath, fitly and prettily represented hy Miss Bolles,
awns with him the propriety of having a Christmas
ime, and of course carries the day. Folly ,1
also Austin) then steps in, and names the Dragon
Wantley sa a fitting subject, and the legend
proceeds. We will not insult the literary at-
tainments of the most juvenile of oar readers
ysitsisupposing that he or she is not as in-
y acquainted with the story of Moore of
Moore-Hall as we are ourselves, and shall therefore
merely say that the dramatis persona wear the usual
grotesque masks, go through the conventional comic
and at last cast off visor and wickerwork to
=Harlequin, Columbine, Pantaloon, and Clown.
The wit from thenceforward, depending as it
did principally on the carpenter, sometimes hung
fire, but there were fewer mishaps than we have
ever seen on boxing night. One or two hits told im-
mensely. Compensation to the Palau Court lawyers
was typified by a member of the long robe in
ond
the
stocks, and the audience cheered as if every sec
man had defended a suit before the moribund tri-
bunal. The Smithfield nuisance was the subject of a
mese complicated series of wooden jokes, some of
which told, while others were inoompreheneible ;
but the strong point was palpable enough,
and it was, that the cattle market should be forthwith
transferred from Smithfield to Islington-green. Of
course the pantomimist was not thinking of local
interests when he exploded this joke at New River
Head. After a series of limner pleasantries, the
while concluded, at put one o'clock, with a grand
finals, fairy palace, lots of red and blue fire, and the
*Waters receiving the reward of virtue and constant
love from a benignant spirit in silk tights
and a glittering tunic. A Mr. Thorne, whofilled the
part of a supernumerary clown, won general applause
by feats of agility, which would have done hoooar to
the Bedouins. The house was crammed in every
put, and the audience applauded everything to the
echo.

)u aYLBBUNE.
This theatre was opened ye.terday evening under
die management of Mr. E. Stuling, hi. predecessor,
Mr. Watts, having migrated to the New Olympic.
Long before the mkt, of the curtain, the house pre-
sented that sort of appearance which indicated that I
the denizens of the north-west of the metropolis were
not disposed to allow the occasion to pass by without
due honour. The pit and gallery were both densely
crowded, and the letter exhibited mach noisy impa-
tience for the commenctsvot. Them was only one
piece before that which belonged peculiarly to the
evenin.
This gwas a new thrsoast drama, written by Mr.
W. Collier, and entitled (Ars Cleareite, or a Danyk-
ter's Sacrifice. Even had the gods been silent, in-
stead of uproarious, throoghoat the performanos, it
would have been dialer& to understand the plot, or
at least the moral of this drama, which is remarkable
for nothing unless it be an =usual defi-
ciency of invention.
After 4 came the pantomime, under the designation
Harks/Ws Fairy Land, or the Princes' Zeta and the
Wis Ass Three ; the Prioress being represented by
Mime A. Brown. Mr. Moreland was Harle-
quin, Mr. Lynch Psntaloos, Mies S. Hea-
ley Columbine, and Mr. Paul Pietro Clown; and
an addition was merle to this ordinary complement
in the person of a golden sprite, an emanation from
California, well represented by Mr. Bowen. The
scenery, machinery, property, and dresses, were ex-
cellent. One of the best parts of the ppiece was scarcely
legitimate, but not the lees deservedly applauded,—
an adult performer going through a wonderful sense
of balanciogs with a little fellow about two
feet high, termed I, Lilliputian Tom," which
terminated by the poising of a ladder on the elder
performer's chin, at the top of which the little urchin
stood on his head. This last feat, though manifestly
dangerous, and on that account hissed by a few of
the more apprehensive, elicited rapturous expressions
of delight from all parts of the house. As a panto-
mime, nothing could be better than this plea; and
such improbably the opinion of the entire audience.

FINE ARTS.
Engraving. Portrait of the late Quern Dosoagor.
Mr. Hogarth, of the Haymarket, has on his inter-
estiog lists cf portraits one of the late Queen Dowager,
which now appurs with her last touching behest,
engraver' in golden letters.
It may be questioned whether the golden letters
are compatible with the strain of humility which per-
vades the text.
This belongs to the clue of portraits in which the
beholder rowdy fancies that the character of the per-
sonage may be traced from the perfect mould in
which the features are east, from the skill of painter
and engraver is seizing the expression of core who
lived in peace, and inutile simple costume which de-
notes the absence of pomp
.or vanity.
This admirable portrait is from the pencil of Mr.
Richmond.

BOSTON GRAMMAR SC/MU—There appears at
the present time to be a hope that this richly-endowed school
will once more be opened to the public. Arrangemeste have
bees entered into by the relators and trustees, sad the kng
contended " friendly suit" now appears likely to have •
friendly termination, thank.to the judicious interposition of
the town council. But the present arrangement has many
faults, end is open to anfmadunion. This school, which was
flelelieany intended for the education of the poor, will Dow,
by ths high capitation fee, be only used by the children of
Illbe =Mat classes. 63 ample is the revenue, that, judiciously
waged. it *tight to be sufficient to build schools and pay
=Win for every boy in BAltoo. at a nominal charge. When
• liberal member of the town council proposed that the
apitsties fee should be greatly reduced, he was answered by
seeffisse, who said, "Oh, if we do that we shill have an in-
animate, of scholars, the schoolroom will never hold them."
Owe answer woald be, all the better, build soother, and an-
setest, if the two would not suffice. Is an inundation of
knowledg, of light, of educatioa, of increased happiness and
prosperitye an oraerrenos to be dreaded? We are surprised
that at the cimicenoemest of the let half of the nineteenth
century we shota have heard such • remark. By the pee-
seat arrangement, 100 boys, who would, were this school
not °pelted, be taught elsewhere, will be taught at this
sae& Judiciously
.managed, 600 boys who will not be edu-
sated elsewhere, might receive this hie= at this school.
We will explain this—the salary of the master is 2001.
per year, with a house rent-free worth 301. per year, 11. per
year from each day scholar, calculating them at 120, this
produees 1201., he is allowed to take borders, who, it is cal-
'skied, will yield him • profit of 1001. a year, thus his in.
some may be fairly set down at 4601. per year. The salary
of the second master is 1271., he receives 11. from each day
scholar, and 41. per year from each boarder, this will bring
him in rather more then 3001. per year. The English mas-
ter's salary is 1001. per annum, without any extras. Thus
the united income of these three gestlemen will be 8601
and about 140 boys will be educated at an expense of W. per
boy. lied the capitation fee bees, instead of 31. r
of w per yearle?'
,
3d. per week. or 2s. dd. per quarter, the numbeho
would have been 600, and would chi, Ay have consisted of
children of smell tandem's and mechanics, who are, from
the heavy expense, prevented enjoying the blessings li
ef
a
firse-rate canceler. Even by this aunt gesesni the salaries
of the masters would have been sakiently asuge. The 600
boys at 10s. per year would have paid 2601., 1001. of which
might have ban given to the heed master, 601. to the second
master, and the remaining 1001. would have well supported
• school for the children of those who could not afford to pay
ewes the 31. pot week. The public school, where 300 boys
are regularly edecated, does not cost so much as this. The
public will see by this of what they have been deprived, but
it is not yet too late, the schemes have not yet been laid
before the Master in Chancery. If the small trod
emses and
thee
to of Bodo* eland quietly by and see their birthright
thee taken from them, they have only themselves to blame.
• public meeting ought instantly to be convened, to outsider
what steps ought to be taken with lafrranu to this matter.
If the relaton end trustees saw that the pubis mind w
as
as
aroused to this subject, they would not dare is
mind
pass their present partial and inefficient scheme.—Linoobt-
Ours Timor.
THE MIDDLETON FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—The
exposi by the Rev. Robert Whiaton, M.A., master of the
Rochester Fees Grammar School, of the misapplication
of the funds of the ancient foundation, has natually di-
rected public attention to other free grammar schools, and
indulged inquiries which will have at least this beneficial
effect, if no other, that any abuses which may be found to
exist is them will be dragged forward to the light, and ar-
raigned at the bar of public opinion. When these revela-
tions are sufficiently flagrant and numerous to excite puinblic
iadlgnation, and to cell forth the expression of a strg
opinion from the legislature, we may perhaps hope to see
some mature of reform introduced whkh shell restore their
mum usefulness, with all the additional aid of
the enlarged
fends which the vastly increased value of 'real property will
supply. It is not a little remarkable that within some 6 miles
of llancheeter, there ezu grammar school,whieh to some
utast, smothered by the neglect of its trustees ; though
these trustees are themeless a learned incorporation for
the purposes of eduation—we mean the pincipel and fel-
lows of Briaellaell College, Oxford- So far hem this school
being a grammar *chord, in the ordinary seeeptation of the
term, it has beets suffered to degenerate into • mere pri-
mary school, for the teaching of the moat elementary sad
mainmast's', pane of education, upon the plan so well known
by the name of its fnder, Dr. Bell. Such • primary school
le doubtless
an is Middleton ; but it should be a eepa-
rata, though ancillary institution to the grarnstrr school.
The oommiadocers for baptizing into charities state, in their
19th report, that the principal and fellows of Brasenue Col-
lege, ll)sford, being the trustees of Middleton Grammar
School, that institution doge not fall within the scope of
their Inquiries. The state of the school only shows that it
would have been much better for the institution if it lied
been inquired into and reported upon by the charity cost-
missionen.—Maischseer Guardian.
A EWELL-FISH WAR.—LANCASHIRI V. CUMBER-
IANII.—The mussel gatherers of Duddon Sends have bad a
Pseud battle during the past week, after the fashion of the
k roses " of olden time, for disputed territory, and which,
though not attended with loin of life to any of the
belligerents, has left several in the position of pensioners
upon the rate-paying inhabitants of the dietrie. It ap
puss that the eockkn of Deacon. hauls, ot the disturb-
' anise in France, were determined to have a revolution
of their own, or. • small scale, somewhere shout eighteen
mouths ago, and accordingly • lIIIMOTOUS body of Poulton
I and Bsycliffe fishermen assembled to wsge war spinet the
inhabitants of the Cumberland side of Duddon. The
occasion of this dissgreemest was the encroachment,
Or unposed encroachments of the Lancashire side fisher-
tun within the limits Waimea from time immemorial
by the residents in ausbeeland. After a lengthened
and dreadful fight, during which very severe injuries
were WHOA on each other, such as broken limbs,
broken heads, and maimed bodies, nearly resulting fatally
to three or four of the belligerents, the Cumberland party
retained victorious possession of the San
parties on Tue.
ds. Not satisfied
with this decisive onslaught, the defeated
day last returned to the sane of warfare, where they
discovered the enemy's foram had been increased by
upwards of 80 persons, accimpanied by horses and mats,
r the purpose of contesting and defending. the exclusive
right claimed by the Cumbrians ; considering, however,
that the better part of valour is discretion, the oppoping
party retired in the most perfect order. Oar advi stiedis
matter would be that the disputed point • hould be as
speedily and amicably as partible, for two reasons—first,
that the mussel being of • very sensitive nature, might week
• resting-place somewhat farther north ; andsonaly, that
should the matter reach the ears of twojs comman-
der of the forcee, he might withdraw or three regiments
of the line from Ireland to protect the disputed territory,
and by levying a tax upon the inhabitants of the district
for the support of this "shell fish expedition," • feet a
remedy which might be worse than the disesse.—Csonber-
lased POOpiet.
THE Till: SD DRAGOON GUARD..—We have mason
to believe that all differences have been made up In this
reniAen and that Colonel Arthur is to continue in the
ezi