The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-27 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1856. (Stamped ld. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

dines (by the Clews) es crinotrie. There is some admirable
emu, by Mean. Oordons and Lloyds, especially the
flyMg pekes, which descends at Aladdia's biddies, and the
appeannes of the gent* of the rise most he 'sanitised Si
• brilliat piece of illuminated effect. The Sikhs and
meelmaalial chums us anmetoes, and Mlle of Wm vary
ingenious, sad only wand's that certainty sag rapidity
which nothing bat repetition as give. Jut preview to
the last sons Mow. Decants' doge and meakeys are
ietrodoced sad go through their elleollll 'sties; and the
piusteminte is wound up is the weal style by the assemblies
el all the characters is " The Wks of dulling light," see
of times briniest combisatious of blue Am, gold and silver
(writher their theatrical repriesetaUses), which form the
established elms: in thew cane.

The palomino was derndedly and deservedly noonefid,
notwittstandiag roue or two little conrrifsespe, which mast
alway be allowed as a first night. No doubt ropes, wires,
and Magee will soon get lute good working order, sad 's-
tead's' visitor, to the Princess's Theatre may safelp ream
oa amp attraetive Christmas eatsragaseat.

Wing of Zephyr. Rarely has Mr. Robins thrown men
energy tato • part. He came in 'muscling like a Cork* or
a TagUoni in the lint sows is which he appeared ; sad the
audisace were for a loosest dimmed to applaud ma tits
gram of the performance. Bat the exquisite absurdity of
the display was seen whim the fees was observed. It
@hewed all the serioussem of the professed dancer when en-
naiad is those lights whisk Mem aerial—all the self-
satisfied smirk of coateiessams while aaticipation apples,'
the proud scemictioe tif Imolai achieved a envies for
win% • grateful public was inns/ten to him. But seder
ail this there was sontethiag more. It was not
• sere imitator of a belie of the ballet you

maw before you—it wee the impassive, aelf.satie-
led, gauge& demigod of the old mythology, with
ao pertioaler wish of displeyieg a power whisk could
set be smelled. It is Ibis appeaream of reality, set off by
and seat:sated with the strange dupery of alms sad
hansom which sews panies it, that essedtatee the unnr-
passable drollery of Bobosn's betlesque sating. No other
eater that we have seen hes readied the dignity of Me
boriesque.

The team together of sob', mity saibsirgoaery,
risk at dam whet la theft way, produces • complicated
mak, Ise whisk Is art ws have se tem. It may be under-
steel when we wry tbst it redeems mask We .saw elfin es
this. mimes la Byron Is whisk be adegies the gra
Mime sad ski sublime. mad Mahar passages ia Madan.
Swift, sad ikons. It is bemuse the NM is so Weasel,
*meat is the real basis of to Manner that we mainland
the sugaileent aboardity of the ementraseure. 'quay
great was he fa the sem tame he awes • pee de
foidastice with Yount mad liandieese. He Moths as
to bloilaning of the seem We sort of Medea el modem
whisk is a privilege of his gedilip. B. forgets that hie
facial:Win is goes sad that be is new " ma air appireet."
But;ke coos soirees himself aid pate OS the digegf,
treating, arsenal sirs it a French sausuis et the ell
regime. Ia the doses be amnion • kkid et demonised
power over his parteer that is at saes terrible and ridisseleas.
When his tart to be Jealous semis, aotbiag OS be mere
rmsokabis this the setts,. The asap of MB leeks mod
mei madly* to Waite depths et distress, smiles& with
IMS eriafimetal eatemegeme of peatontimie aids. obi& be
dm
estileg, and whisk is aster so mamma bat it
smiglableme bola eadmilinil la eaten, is Tay 04. Is
Mee M it kngenable le see Renee is a etanalme el this
mime and net led that be is oily tensing bowies aillowe
sit idly fa eses bet I. par--the he has • peehmi bier
aye set may et the ',slides et husse Joy sad sinew,
at their poosibilithe. Hew admirable I. his is-
Mese feu that In tang • bass body " be has got
• keen that der sot it him." Hew Indiana. his rage
whim be lads "a looks mom wins he skald leek
spin." Hew intone his disgust sad misery whoa he sea-
femme the test that he is "dews ea his leek," sad adds:

If I bay's, &kart rft id DO -.

His deseisg is mina, Michael. He letters away ths
Weisserlike Arms osi the Eames me if he were really a wish
palsy tle highs mews. AM they Neat W seeoplie
the pewee :
VicL es tail &OM resew vitensher wrists
ir& papaw, st leak swat NEM

Tlio IMMO ;1 titoploot wia plat lay► to NNW t►a
alit *new of goa peat aim V..IN, wish boz autatioes
beauty. ha f abilaat ISM% aa4 DM grasisaa dowawsto
11144 aka boom ovary slew It was l• Gym roapeat a
tam* The fastavy awl anuses wan risk sad tastafaL
Okay of the mass looked Ms livise nproisstior at
Wausau.

The mixture it balsam sad pethianiese, co
caber the benages spates with the peatendmeeseelaiist,
whisk poweilso seesseefel lest Chatters at die Adaphi. bee
Wirt boss revived. sal Mr. Meek Imam Is mesa la
west This Ow he has made • plasma 1104111•14 Oil
wakes bin lapNy werhingthees up a wit m purpose.
seed a atlases these ladies mai matlemes whose appear-
wee Is • sew pa nos with as Adel* miaow.
The We of the eateraismest le "Maher Maples,
leer Wager, or Berleguis Kalght s/ LON seed
tie Km% Thiel*" sad the story 'mediae to
this shot :—Mother Ohioan (Kim Anise) Ma Katie
(Kies Kate Kelly) the ie masa awsaaure II ma
perseeleg Is lte letarrlty the safeshiseable vistas
el Malty. This wages Media wept', sad hem Ks
denial retest Isms air Beau (Kahane Celeste). who et
the Ant Week falls desperately Is Lew with Consteseo
(Kiss Wyedham), daughter of • Nermeady Ishomeas,
who, fa her part, Is wally mattes with Ica admirer.
By the stsehlaations .1 Mother Intiptas, however, who,
while he sleep., asolate hle ops with • males " Lova
is• idioms.," es wails', be mediates his plaboiss
awl pays mart to Um dmighten a the Dabs of Nonsamly
(Kr. Jima Bleed). Disarmed at this amusemest, be le
!wished for twelve eseethe. sal is shipwreeked es Me
his a Num, duly Weeded by the faithful Coastwise,
who has Maws& him is the disguise of • per.
Uses dwells Leda (MM Mary Keeley), • desseedat of the
MOW " Bra Avis," sad with her the volatile Mr Beau
of awes [elle desperately le low, thereby preveklag the
wroth if her salter Kahane (Ks. Pal Bedford), who
with his bead ealemoors to slay as Ben, bat is with.
held by the pawn of • ale whistle, wash Is played by
CAMIUMIIO. to whom it has been presseted by the Madly
Mails. Ks Beau at length reams a Nonseedy, barks
reamers& his erase sad his love fa Conatesee slashes*.
eady, sad the peetemime sheep takes plugs—liadame
Celeste sad Kies Wysalbane beesmisg respestively the
"Watteau" Uarl.qula sad Casabas; Kr. Oardes,Clows;
Kr. llerelaud, Pastas's; sad Kr. Le Bar, Spate. Be
far, se good. The bylaw laseug• Le smut, sad the
opals& shoe • little asespressies, will Is wry elketive.
Mediae Celeste sad Mies Myrna= has. bah emu
maw sad pletereeque chases, sad leek mat eitermially.
Miss May Kooky shags delightfully, sad the beam of
Messrs. Paul Bedford sad Bleed is appresisted by the
maims; bet—the male pat is • dull this, I At last it
was last eight. Net we teak—literally, set fee—waked
as it should; sad what is teeludeilly tamed the "believe"
was slew. dreary, sied esevestiesal. Mr. Gerdes les
midway • proper sales of • Mews's feu, bat haled
eppertunly to display it; sad Kr. Konlad was salledeet
to gash the mills K Orisaddi himself. Maser, the
preiepter's head, though doubtless • saki amber to Km
ladivideally, does ea loch well whoa at the end of • brew'
sleeve it Is, mama& hem the wag sad waved sesegetk
sally shut; seal Mama II•411 WO may applied the bead'
sees of as eve Is fades sea sal Weems who 'Kited
deliberately as to the sage is the middle of see et the meet
tplamild eases for the papas of stealylag • plea of
nasitiory, wo sass be weaned tosperties his jedgmest.
N. money, boomer, has bees spared le the peedesties M
the Adelphl Christmas setertaisseent, and the sulky has
has gelded by tests; it wily masa' to thaw Is • Bah
midi fee, ad le sat set a few el the Oldie, sad it will Is
desinedi suesessfeL

bus IMO impatiently waiting for the expulsion of the
Austrians. He was frequently applauded, a liberal share
being also given to a young lady amsd Wilton
who Wad the boy with as estreordicary amount of Went
sad iodinate. At the condssion of the play, Mr. Dillon
sad Mir Warta was celled before the curtain. The
grand Christmas piece of the yeas is of rather ruralist eon-
'traction, it being an eaperatent, the abject of which is to
get rid of the mourrons auks of the old paradise
operas', sad for the usual grotesque introductioa to sort!.
ate • burlesque of the old Lyman school. We nut say
that, as a question of judgment, we have our doubts as
to the wisdom of the Maar. Oar pausal., lo aa ea-
siest thititatios, bequeathed to us by the Lord of Misrule,
the mystery players, the mania Maws, and Maven
knows whoa besides. Its gigantic sant ere bound
up la our mantories with the emaciation of life's
pleasantest years ; we like to see them at every
retrain Cheraw, and the larger sad uglier
they are, the better we like dim. We dreamt of Una
whoa we slap, and when ear poddiag disagrees with us
oar neighbours mute eggravated ramblers" of the " old
fusilier fres." We hope that Mr. Stough will take this
pert tate his onions consideration whoa mat he writes a
Christmas pros i sad in the assatieme we skill ontravour to
of the purr • little troths fatrimoiss Ohio present clever
prodsetiow. " Conrad and Medlars; or Hatiequlit Corsair,"
it used Maly be said, does sot strictly follow the story
of Byrea's poem in the construotios of its plot. Our
Costal is not a dark, 'mysterious, mdersised in-
dividual, but as eareadingly sprees sad dapper
young ran, wbo, whoa personated by Mies Wool-
ger, hoeseses mart sad dapper beyond the anthree
fondest satisipations. Modem, by a slight dramatis llesase,
berms the mire of • Tanks* slave dealer, who sent her to
Boyd, lamely girth, her is to fail deamestely la len with
Oared, Misr she awe in the slave market. The gab-
swum flirts of Caned to get her, sad of Boyd to keep
Mr, rustiest' all the faa of the introdoeties, mad afford a
Joker of Mr. Brough's wit and supersets a full opportsaity
foe arra kits at British Banks, garotte rsbhuy, ortholiae,
and What dark features la the history of the tia. Bone
of the Jokes were examined, said were applauded for their
quality, sad ethers ware a dreadfully bad us to be equally
*Mtn. of risibility. Oa the whole, the opening went
of " liko a 'Mt tress a eulveria," sad seemed
t• aim wary one Wirestiss. The katleqslamde whisk
followed seemed to haw been especially get up he
the sat jars& portion el the sedienek being tamest of
the slightest politkril aUusica, or my of those wart Wimp
whisk wan west to enliven the dull Mal of lidding in
previous years. Om down stag dreary Nags, and the
other played on a peony whistle, bat soldier of them rim
bled, which we take to be the proper Mather of down.
The ealeablaes were eseeedingly sparing of their dancing.
sad the pastorali hardly teen his fall sad fair share of
pualsbaess, but there wore lets of "pastorate rows," lit
whirs turnips sad carrots played the lading business, sod
the Mildre• were Masmeely amisrd. Of the wanner is
whisk the pros Ms boon get up, as regards sessery, it
mold be inepossible to 'peak too highly. The Lyons has
a• old romitatien far wpm" swain asses, bat the
espeadiog setae of last might's peatessism wee to,
, bored any of Iles previous triumphs The stage is laid out
as • quoins& respleadriat with gilding, sad sonars of
gelder tasilkwerk stud it on every side. Mow soar is
beard, sad the &Melia OM gradually else, disdain( in
r insh temple • grasofaUy plasma gaup of the rest faserat-
lag brim TM &Misses Midi Sher Meath' ha weals; mad
Om buntline • maillems sheer I, bat these is a good deal_ _

rem to ems TM whole bosh rd the OPIS• sat qty ht
Issonelve &dee reeplesdest allvvry ligho greed
tableau: me nee la the ohm. mad the power et gold. Mims
sad the death light ma g• so hothart. TI;
sedleets IMO ride,- era Kr. Pays • h lof out
spas. the stage to melee tits eemplhaeste et 1
the rime. Is the memellese mews el Me week.
The Merles Aguatima r ahe • well•paisted siese,
sad the Kethet.plase at &embed le above media
atty. The loaadarbag et the phases ship bee. we think,
dew duty betty la • Sore brought oat by Kauai Vie-
Ma The pity will revive a geed deal of esmailmeat to
oak the keen of lb. puss folk% but it will a• doubt have
• toe, es then is Is it a very lair Mlewaest tad tallies Jan,
NOW Wing by KW Woollier sad Mr. Twin—a yeses
ester who I. rapidly maids. Ka way Is phi', 'Missiles—
end, ea we have attempted to deserlbe, wow), of a spies-
does mob se hoe sot betty bees spelled eves I. the
Lyseum,se tamed eta he amnia triumph. Is that dinettes.

curtain rue upon the pantomime, " Tit, tat, toe; or Hark-
gate N. B. W. S. and the Fairy Elves of the Fourth
Estate," discovering in the first place the Dark Depths of
Stupidity, tainted by the slaves thereof. The Depths, how-
ever, speedily gave plan to the Realms of Intelligence,
when the Newspapers of the (ley reigned supreme. Here
a pentoralme was proposed by the coryplif es in a slow
seconded by the premiere danseou in a pas soul,
and finally carried now. die. by the entire corps de ballet
Ice a dashing gallopade. The:isolation being immediately
acted upon the eatranganza opening at eine cos-
messed. Is it Williams Caxton was the stern old man—
Wyakyn, hie amiamat, the fond lover; Alderman How
blessmatumblearn the elderly and despised ditto; and a
file haired deserter of the ihnion (though what particular
Saxon he was we could not make out) the inamorata of
the last named pair. For a time the founts of the Alder-
man an in the aseendant, sad be is heedless of his rivaL
♦ dularstin made by the lady that she loved "like
Wynkyn" blimp Mai to h a senses is this respect, and.
sotwitheteadimg aa elopement, the semen of his suit old.
mutely beseming probable, through the death of Wynkrie
the Realms of little's, east of the dusters shove men-
tined Utmost*, sad in a wry churning scene brings
alma the sensionse4 transformations. 3d,. Saunders

the takes the pert of Reflood& ; Peal Hellen° is Clown;
Allied Relies., Futile=; Henri Hellen°, Sprite; fddllmr.
Beaune Eit.Clair,Colutaldne; and Miss Collins, Heriequins.
From this paint the pantomime is, as us all pantomimes,
though it is bat jut to say that it is good of its class.
Clews is miseltievous sad thievish ; Sprite, amazing is his
lithissmadlims; Pantaloon anvils and foolish, while Harle-
quin douse gaily through life, apparently bat little troubled
by the duality of his spoessl time—at one moment amiable
M Harlequin, at soother, tender with Columbine. The
pines coadades at the Temple of Typographies, in the
demalaiese of the Prem. The asesesity for oar being at a
reasonable hour withia the Temple of Ty/mimesis*
especially dedicated to this journal prevents u from stating
whether this seem was, in the language of the bills, " one of
the most gorgeous ever witnessed." From the elegance of
the °peeing seems we do not doubt bat that the promise of
the bill was duly carried oat, sad that the ekes of the panto-
mime was as gowns Y spangles, gold leaf, and ft ;loured
Ire mid sake lt.