The National Register.
London, England, 1814-01-02 00:00:00

TUE NATIONAL PFOISTFR.

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()it! not tar slistant by the time,
. When woeful war shall cease ;
Oli! may Close stars vf glory Abille,
peJee :
Then never more may restless hearts,
Disturb the trampiil rei4ll.
But (:ointneree, Sciences, and Atte
Their richest stores proclaim.
Anil as we celebrate the day,
May the same gentle feelings play,
The same unruffled calm diffuse the earth,
That nslier'd in a gracious SAvioun's birth.
Loudon, We. ;13, 18)3.

LUCIU J.

• See imp( ri,kl (!erree for rearinz a pillar, composed of the
callow' of tilt I..celm, left io their fliAit.

DRAMA I'IC REG ISTER.

DRURY LANE.

To gratify the play-going folks at Christmas, a new panto-
mime is usually • produced at each of the Winter Theatres.
and that brought forward on Monday night at the above
Theatre, was cal( ulated to answer the object. The title of
the piece was " llar.'cquin Dnepr, (1 a Jump from Japan."
The piece opens with a scene in Japan, which evinced much
taste on the part of the painter. The best change was that
of an enormous cat, by which the Clown was swallowed and
soon after disgorged. • The Clown and a Mr. PACK, who
appeared in the character ()fa Ida( k set rant, were competitors
in ; but to the latter we must give the palm. Ile is
scaly quite an extraordinary man. A Master Barnet, who
riade his first a: pearar ce, sung " The Death of Abercrombie,"
in w Lich he was loudly and deservedly encored. His voice
is sweet and strorg, and his execution peculiarly skilful.
Ile does not appeal to be above 14 years old. The Over-
ture by Mr Whitaker, is an excellent piece of music in that
department of the art.—:-.Amotig other novelties introduced
was one in which a school-master, whose sign-boat d had been
changed by the magic wand of •Harltrissiu from the inscription
d'Acachnul" to that of " A .Sc/too/,for ginwa Pappic.F," direct
a dog to perform a variety of evolutions, such discharging
a pi•tol, laying himself in pal ticular position‘, and other acts
of an extraordirary description fur such a petf,rmer. Both
the animal and his .master met with thunders of applause.
in a field of battle, a band of French soloier•, &awn op in
line, while an officer, intended as a iepre,entation of Buoria•
parte, holding by the hand a little infant, not more than
three years of age, dressed " a la King Joe," walked forward
and backward in their presence, excited consideiali!e in;r
which was liciAtened by the entrance of a Dutchman
who cat rigid off the poor little King, leaving his poor papa
disconsolate. This scene changed to a triumphal pillar,
bearing banners, with the titles of the places where victories
Lad been gained by British valour, and the arms of the
Allies.—The piece closed with a scene of the must dazzling
splendour. entitled " The Hall of that molly." It was an
trounced for repetition amid the loudest plaudits.

.T AN. 2.

chatacter of pantomime than some recent ones : but it is yet
a medley, though not a disagreeable one. Harlequin 1,130-
LOGNA), who appeals first as a Hermit, receives his magical
powers from IVini&ed, a fairy (Miss W 0 GM A Is), and is
introduced to the Court
,of kis.g Ma.timo Rotund() (NOR-
M AN. aftel wards Pantaloon), who is distinguished he his,
obesity, and his coot tiers by their noses, as.the round bellies
and long heads were in the two rival farces of last season.
A second Harlequin appears CELLAR), who is commissioned
by Glow Glimmer, a fire goblin. After a vast vaf iety of ad-
ventures at Bath, Bristol, C heltenham, Highgate, and Lon-
don, and many .immineut dangers, and ludicrous escapes, in
the manner of pantomimes, the 'firma Harlequin is finally ,
united to Zue, the Columbine, through the patticular inter-
position of the Fairn, at the Well of St. Winifrtd. The
trio ks and tranaormations were pretty numerous, and some
of them were very amusing. The transfotming huts, pots,
and barrels in an alehouse garden, into so many marching
soldiers, was a divPrting display of G RIM At. Dl's power s.
The chopping up Harlequin in a cauldron, the nailing his
separated limbs against the wall, and the restoration to lire
of the-whole hardy, was very cleverly managed. The per-
for of the Iddinn .bureers were successfully carica-
tured by I; R St A Lin's appearing to swallow a sword of a
most immense size ; and his doet with an enormous oyster,
supposed to have been " classed in love," though so I oli-
eulous that it could find its place only in a pantomime, had a
certain sort of pleasaut absurdity in it, that procured it a good
reception. Some of the scenery is highly creditable to tbe ar-
tists. In the swan-pool, a tort ent of real water is introduced
which gushes over a paiikted cascade. Among the most beauti-
ful and picturesquesceves were the following:—The Swans'
Pool, with the Bath of Beauty —Bristol I Ice wells—Montpelier,
Cheltenham--Strand Bridge, as now building, ard as it will
be when built—Grand At chwav at Highgate—St. James's
Park —The Horse Guaids &c. Mrs. Pat ker
and Mr. Bologna, jun. as Columbine and Harlequin, kept up
the spit it and vivacity of the scene throughout the evening.
A Mr. ELLA R made his first appearance as Harlequin Bull:
Ile is a very smart active yen og man; and, with due atten-
tion, most succeed in the profession which he has adopted.
The pantomime was received with the utmost applause, and
"gas announced for a second representation amidst the loudest
acclamations.