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Fdtablished in Paris, under Acts of the 4th and 17th Decem-
ber 1855, as a " Societe en commandite," by which the
liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount sub-
eeribed.
Oepttal- —Twenty-five Millions of Francs—One Million Sterling,
In 250,000 Shares of 100 francs, or 4/. each.
La Two Series.—The First, 200,000 Shares (800,0001.)
The Second, 50,000 Shares (200,0001.)
The First Series only will be issued at present.
lIVAITTe Or THE COMPANT—liKentannrn, Carteret, Willing,
sad Co.
•
• • AMON! hONDON.
Awl. John Wilson, Messrs. Richard Hartley,
„ John Barber, I „ John Trevett.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF SURVEILLANCE.
Pebert Keating, Esq., M.P., Director of the London and
County Bank, London.
Le Comte De Lantivy, Paris.
Yecossin, Administrateur de la Compagnie d'Assurance l'Ur-
be.ine, Paris,
Frederic Tech', Banquier, Paris.
ildwin Chadwick, Esq., C. 8., London.
Augustin Dubois, Administrateur des Forges de Moatataire,
ansion, Directeur-Gerant de l'Union Maritime, Paris.
'fl. Harriseon, Esq., Loudon.

BANKIIRS.
In Paris Messrs. Greene and Co.
In Londola..• 1 Tho London and County Bank.
Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Co.
FOLICITORB.
la Paris Mr. Petit Bergonz, ATOIIO au Tribunal de Pre-
miere Instance.
In London Messrs. Wilkinson, Gurney, and Co.
The andoubted advantages produced by the amalgamation
et the omnibuses of Paris have originated the plan of concen-
trating in one great enterprise the several associations now
Working the omnibuses of London.
If in Paris thin amalgamation has made the capital con-
booted with it the most productive of any employed in loco-
luotioul it is destined to produce iu London effects of still
treater importance. ,
Not only will large savings be effected in the present cost
of working the omnibuses of London, by a system which,
being Well organised in all its 'details, and at the same time
amply supplying the wants of the public, will enable the Com-
pany to withdraw duplicate and :n some cases triplicate ve-
hicles running over the same ground at the same time, but
important improvements, alike advantageous to the public
and profitable to the Company, will be introduced.
As rwards the•publie .A complete regularity in the ser-
vice, wVeh will confer all the advantages that iu this respect
Paris piiiiesses over London, combined with speed ; the
adoption' of Alois, -scale of charges, and the certainty that
there will be no frequent and sudden changes in their
amount : the departures and arrivals taken place at precise
times, and in aecordance with a time bill, which will be pub-
!Med monthly, on the plan of the railway time tables.
As regards the Shareholders: The receipts of the London
omnibuses average 2/. 7s. a day each, and the expenses, in-
cluding wear and tear, about 2/. ls. 6d. ; this gives in the
present state a net profit of about 1001. a year per omnibus.
Under the improved system of working, this profit would be-
yond doubt be considerably increased. The average receipts
*teach of the Paris omnibuses before the amalgamation were
about V. Bs. a day ; ;since the amalgamation their daily aver-
age is 21. 17s. 6d. _ .

In England, horse keep—the most expensive item con-
neeted'with omnibuses —cost■ less than in Paris.

The raris Omnibus Company is liable, whenever the profits
reach a .cortain percentage on the capital, to have the annual
tax, to,which it is subjected, increased by order of the Go-
vernmint. No such power exists either with the English
Goveriment or with the municipality of London.
The purchase of a Loudon omnibuscomprises, as in Paris, the
omnibus, its appurtenances, as well as the good-will or
" times" or the omnibus.
In Paris the Government compel the running of the omni-
busermitabe nearly the same at all seasons. In London, on
the clitrary, the omnibus proprietors can proportion the
ntimbit of vehicles to the season of the year and the hour
of the *j, according to the wants of the public only. Hence
411 admotage in London denied to the Omnibus Company n
ia.doznpelleel ko run as many vehicles late at
kiglitAid:orrly.in•the`horning as in the most -tittsy pegiods
Of throe; in theAiinteilli well, fts in summer.
40105 the 'outside fare is only half the inside—fare. In
Lowit4ihey arethesami, and the outside of the omnibus is
os mita' Used as the inside. .
indicator, as used in the Paris omnibuses, is unknown
..n 7 itt adoption cannot fail to add largely to the
rood sof this Company.

As soon as the present•omnibuses are unfit for use, they
will? -.replaced by opera, affording more comfet and bet-
ter inhciatiOn trilassenigt.
Win the foregoing advantages both for the public and
the shareholders of this Company, the services of the most
experienced and intelligent omnibus proprietors have been
secured, under whose management the business of the Corn-
Pally will be conducted.
Contracts have been- entered into for the purchase of the
greateknumber of the 810 omnibuses now working in Lou-
don, end it is expected that arrangements for the remaining
Parties will be completed at a very early date.
Thejlrst Series of 200,000 shares only (800,0001.) will he
hieueitlil the first instance. The capital so raised will pay for
the 820 omnibuses, the leases of stables, yards, and other
ProperWrequired for the working the omnibuses, as well as
for a irorkinehnd. reserve fund. Tho latter, amounting to
about 100,0,frOL, will give strength and security to the Corn-
Pany.t•
TheSeasond Series of 50,000 shares can only be issued with
the sanction of a General Meeting of the Shareholders of the
ComilLny, and will be used to increase the business of the
Company whenever circumstances shall render it necessary.
Baal shareholder will have the right to this Second Series
of simitos, at the rate of one for each four of the First Series
of w Inkeli he is the possessor.
The-duration of the Company is for 60 years.
With' the present imperfect system of working, each of the
Londcfn omnibuses gives an average profit estimated at 1001.
Per annum, representing upon 810 omnibuses an annual pro-
fit of 81,0001., which alone would be sufficient to secure a di-
ridend of 10 per cent. upon the 800,0001. first subscribed.
Assuming, in London, with the new system, an increase of
ss. peg. day (instead of Sc., as has been the result of the atual-
gamation in Paris) to each omnibus, the result would be, on
the tilaffic of 810 omnibuses, an annual profit of more than
150,0001., and upon the capital of 500,0001. would insure a
dividi'nd of nearly 20 per cent.
The Paris Omnibus Company is now paying at the rate of
15 per cent, per annum.
It the intention of the Company to publish every week
the traffic returns.
984:yer cent. of the dividend of the Company will belong
to the Shareholders-11 only being appropriated to the ma-
nagement.
Out of the capital subscribed a limited number of shares
Lave been reserved for distribution in England, and may now
be applied for.
The applications for shares should be made in the sub-
joined form, and must be accompanied with a deposit of it.
Per share with they bankers of the Company, on the number
of shires applied for. The remaining 31. per share must be
paid ',upon allotment, on the number of shares allotted.

,401 7ORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHIRRS.
To tlia,Gerants of La Compagnio Generale des Omnibus do
4,qudres (the General London Omnibus Company).
Geitlemen,—l request you will allot me shares
id 414 each in tho above Company, and I engage to take t'ae
sameir any lOss number that may be alloted to me. I have
paid the deposit of It. per share, required by the prospectus,
to the bankers of the Company, and I engage to pay the re-
tnainittg 31. upon allotment, on the number of shares allotted
to me:

!Kerne
Profession
Residence
Date
Thei, above application must be forwarded to the London
and'County Bank, with the deposit of 11. per share on the
smatter of shares applied for, against which the bankers will
turniiiii a receipt.
N.B.—Forme of applications for shares may be had at the
Company's Temporary Offices, 47, Old Broad-street, London.

TL RE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH.
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Acting Manager, Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS.
Stage Manager, Mr. ROBERT ROBBY.
The Box office open daily, from Ten till Six o'clock, under the
superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton.
The REDUCED PRICES at this Theatre as follow :—Pri-
Tate boxes, to hold two persons, 10s. 6d. ('s. for each person
extra); on the grand tier, one guinea ; proscenium and stage
boxest,•2/. 2s. ; galleries, 6d. and Is. ; pit, 2s. ; upper boxes,
la fide; first circle, 2e. fid.; dress circle, 3s.
MOONING PERFORMANCE EVERY WEDNESDAY,
et Two o'clock.
Mr. Charles _Mathews in Two Pieces.
On-WEDNEWAY, Dec. 26th; Thursday, 27th; Friday,
118th: and Saturday. 29th,
LrriTE TODDLEKINS.
Prideipal character by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank
Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver.
• To be followed by (first time at this theatre)
TRYING IT ON,
in which Mr. Charles Mathews and Miss M. Oliver will ap-

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After-which will be produced an entirely Novel and Original
Ind,uaive„,lnstrustive,..Anti-Hypochondriacal, Periodical,
Episodical, Magical, Tragical, Logical, Chronological, Gra-
phical, Chorographical, Philosophical, Cryptographical,
Paiabolical, Symbolical, Rhythmical, Mimical, Academical,
Mechanical, Technical, Pyrotechnical, Historical, Harmo-
nical, Heroical, Typical, Allegorical, Metaphorical, Chime-
rical, Satirical, Historical, Metrical, Symmetrical, Lyrical,
Musical, Practical, Poetical, Whimsical, Fantastic, and Side
Shakespearean new
GRAND COMIC CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME,
Which for many for many weeks past has engaged the ex-
tensive and unrivalled resources of this establishment, and
which will now appear under the additional, traditional,
and peculiarly suggestive title of
BEY DIDDLE DIDDLE ; or, Harlequin King Nonsense
and the Seven Ages of Man.
The Sceneryleutirely New, painted by and under the super-
intendeuce of Mr. William Beverley, assisted by Messrs.
James, Wilson, Gompertz, and numerous assistants.
The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and assistants. The Pro-
perties, Decorations, &c., by Messrs. Needham, Glindou, and
others. The Tricks by Messrs. Roo and assistants. Tho
Choregraphic Arrangements under the direction of Madame
Louise; The Masks and Personal Appointments designed and
executed by the celebrated Dykwyukyn, Artist in Panto-
mimic Physiolognomy, and Photographic Delineator of
Elves, Sprites, and Goblins to the Court of Fairy Land. The
Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H.
Tnllys. ,The Comic Scenes by Harry Boleno, Glindon, and
Z. L. Blanchard. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening in-
vented and written by E. L. Blanchard, Author of " Harle-
quin Hudibrai,", " King Humming•top," " Jack and Jill,"
the. ;..and the whole arranged and produced under the super-
intendence of Mr. Robert Roxby.
Firßt of the Seven Ages—' The Infant."
.• HALL OF NURSERY RHYMES,
In,the dominions of King Nonsense.
Heroes of Nursery Literature.
Jack Sprat, Mr. Eatnofat ; Simple Simon, Mr. Tom Noddy ;
Little/Jack Homer, Master Plummy • Little Bo Peep, Miss
Fortywinks ; Little Tommy Tucker, Master Singsong ;
Humpty Durepty, Mr. Eggshell ; Little Boy Blue, Master
Blowi?ora a co. -Mother -Hubbard, Mrs. Leayeabone ; The
Cat and'the flare (tiom an original Kit-cat Portrait), by a
distinguished Player ; King Nonsense (the Ruler of a great
many Lines), Mr. Gliwice ; Spirit of Common Sense (on an
occasional visit), Miss Fanny Reeves; Baby in Cradle, Little
Teddlekins ; Routine and Redtape (banished to Nosodledom),
Messrs. Musty and Rusty ; Old Friends and Now F 3.008 -
" They have their Exits and their Entrances.."
Second Age—" The School Boy."
" Then the whining school-bey with his satchel .
Ind shining /morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly
to school."
VILLAGE OF PRETTYWELL,
with distant view of the Village Church and surrounding
4••• • country. —Early Morning.
Young Hopeful (afterwards Harlegnin),-Signor Vernal.' ;

Hobbedyhoy (his schoolfellow—afterwards Clown) Harry Bo-
leno ; Dr. Birch (the Village Schoolmaster—afterwards Pan-
taloon), Mr. G. Tanner; His Pupils, Masters Fagg, Bragg,
Wagg, Nagg, Legg, Magg, Stagg, and Tagg ; Rosa (Ward. to
" The Justice," and afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ;
Miss Starch, Governess at " Mrs. Howdydo's Establishment
for Young Ladies," in the Village of Prettywell-cum-Thankye).
Miss Buckram ; Her Pupils--Misses Prattle, R tittle, Giggle,
. Sniggle, Goggle, Joggle, Fangle, Dangle, Sidle, Ogle, Romp,
Flirt, Slypuss, and Simpervroll ; Hobson (the Village Carrier),
Mr. Packer ; Bun-woman, Mrs. Goody.
Sums summed up somehow—School Forms and Ceremonies,
Lessons not Lessened, and Cartoons for Young England—The
Plum Cake and the Seedy Schoolmaster Working the Oracle
and Playing the Truant How Young Hopeful wants to catch
a Fish, and how Hobbedyhoy contrives to book it—How the
Schoolmaster tries the rod, and how well somebody catches
it—How Young Hopeful blows his own trumpet, and the
Young Ladies Establishment comes cut all two, to, two too
—a Game at Cricket and Dr. Birch bowled out.
Third Age— " The Lover."
" Then the Lever,
Sighing like furnace with woful ballad
Made to his Mistress's eyebrow."
BLACKSMITH'S FORGE AND ROAD-SIDE INN (Sunset).
Hobb and Nobb (the Village Blacksmiths), Messrs. Batter
and Clatter; afterwards Sprites, Tho Brothers Elliot;
Doublestout (Mine Host of the " Leather Bottle), Mr. Arra-
narf ; Cuminsir (Head Waiter), Mr. Readytongue ; Yesser
and Noser (his Assistants), Messrs. Cut and Run ; Cook, Mr,
Basteivell ; Boots, Mr. Tizzy ; Chambermaid, Miss Bobaday ;
Serjeant Kite (a Recruiting Officer—afterwards Pantaloon),
Deulin Johnson ; " The Justice" (ono of the " Great Un-
paid"—afterwards Clown), Tem Matthews ; Flipper and
Flunkey (his Footman) Messrs. Cringe and Crawley ; Re-
cruits, Messrs. Gawky, Gaby, Grimm, Gluinm, Gabble, and
Grinaway ; Fifer, Mr. Tootle ; Drummer, Mr. Rowdydow ;
Clodhopper and Chawbacon (Agricultural Labourers), Messrot.
Bumpkin and Joskyu.
The sparks from the anvil amorous and hammer-us—The
Iron struck whilst it is hot—The Lover's Sonnet—The Jus-
tice's tongue and course of True Love—neither running
smoth—" List, list, oh, list l"—which he does—The cense-
quendes thereof, and how Serjeant Kite, being the Author of
a great Military Work, gets a good Review.
Fourth Age—" The Soldier."
" Then a Soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation, even in the cannon's mouth,"
OLD ABBEY RUINS (Evening).
The Try-sting Place and tho Lover's Reverie—" Oh, there's
ilothing half so sweet in life as Love's young dream,"
" Dream on, good youth, and show the world awake,
The wondrous charge that only love can make."
The Spirit of Love, Miss Wadham—Cupid (her Messenger),
Master Mischief.
Hape, Joy, Desire, Happiness, Truth, Delight, Rapture,
Romauce, dec., by Misses Richardson, E. Richardson, L.
Honey, &c.
Rapid, Mechanical, and Marvellous Scenic Metamorphosis,
revealing
THE ABODE OF LOVE.
Illumined by the Electric Light of One Hundred Bright Eyes.
Grand Ballet d'Amonr—Principal Dancer, Miss Rosina
Wright, assisted by Mdlles. Therese, Marian Lees, Scc.
Fifth Age—" The Justice."
" And then the Justice,
In fair round belly, with good capon lined,
With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances ;
And so he plays his part."
JUSTICE HALL IN THE OLD MANOR HOUSE,
TWILIGHT.
Farmer Whackstraw, Mr. Grumblewell ; Constable, Mr.
Hardstaff; Villagers, Messrs, Gape, Grin, Stare, Shiver,
Tremble, Delve, die. A memorable Sentence and a recent
Period put to it - The Country Squire and the Effects of a
great Cause—How the Justice loses his Heir, and how the
Fugitives become bawled after.
sixth Age " The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon."
The Ruined Cottage of Old Age—Winter—Firelight. Old Ago
(sans teeth, sans eyes, sans teeth, sans taste, sans everything),
Mr. rentonarian.
Seventh Age—sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every-
thing."

Sudden Talismanic Dissolving of the Snow to the
IRIGHI REALMS OF PERPETUAL SUMMER.
Double Pantomimic Transmogrification.
'wo Harlequins ... Signor Verroni and Herr Furth.
'wo Columbines Mine. Boleno and Marie Charles,
'lvo Pantaloons Messrs. Tanner and Deulin Johnson.
.'wo Sprites The Brothers Elliott.
'wo Clowns ... Harry Bolen° and Tom Matthews.
SCENE OF INTEREST—TWO TO ONE—Boleno.
Buttered Peas—Cheese it—Taking the Plodge—Pop't up—
pop't in, and pop't out—Equal Division—Principal and In-
terest—flow to evade the Act—Betting versus Cigars—
" What's the odds so long as you're happy ?"—The Right Tip
to raise the Wind—The Odds to the Hod—List, oh,
list !—Wrong to-back-her, and no Returns—Settling Day, a
regular Settler—Gone for the Leger—ln for the Oaks—A
Bankrupt's Stock, and a Case of Bale, concluding with a
regular Smash.
A SCENE OF INDUSTRY.—BoIeno.
A sweet Place—flonesty the best Policy-Honey and Whacks
(Wax)—Rising Steps and Steps Rising—Catching Bees all a
Hum—lt Beehoves you to Bechave. when you attack a Bee-
hive—Swarming and Warming—Enlarged Heads upon a New
Principle—Domestic Bees—Long Needles—Royal Summons
—Arrival of Queen Bee and Suite—Grand Charge—Tableau.
SCENE OF EXCITEMENT—PARIS EXHIBITION—A

CAFE BESIEGED.—BoIeno.
Th•:Meeting of All Nations (Russian oxcepted)—Fraternisa-
tion—Cordiality of the Allies—" All the World's a Stage !"
—Arrival of the World and his Wife, and the whole of his
Family, commencing with their Eldest Daughter, the " Fa-
shionable World ;" followed by th• " Sporting World ;" the
" Dramatic World ;" the " World upside down ;" the "Wide
World ;" the " Wicked World ;" and the " World in Arms."
Lodgings at a Premium—Not a bed to be had—" My Lodging
is on the cold (coal) Ground"—Clown and Pantaloon go Down
to Bed—" A Sweet Good Night to all."
A SCENE OF CONFUSION (LAID IN BEDS).
"To bed, to bed"--"'Tie when to Sleep the World retires"
—The Night Mare, which makes Clown a little hoarse—As
Thick as Three in a bed—A Night Concert., which dis-concerts
the Lodgers—" We won't go borne till morning"—Putting
them on the Shelf—Natives and a Settler—The War Whoop,
the War Dance, and a Warming-pan Accompaniment—Fire
Fire! Fire!—The House in an Uproar - Speedy Exit of some
of the Lodgers, which finishes with " Confusion worse con-
founded."
THE WEST END AND THE CITY.

Scott's Tavern, Haymarket, and Samuel Brothers, Ludgate-
hill—Measures and men—Hits and Skits at Everything and
Everything—lnns and Outs— Shoo-black Brigade —A Polished
Gentleman—Comic Duet between the Clown and a Blacking.
Bottle Howlett's Hair Dye—A Dyer's Material—A Dire Art
for Falsehood framed— Coloured Imitations—The Sydenham
Trousers—Height of Fashion—Genuine Malt and Hops—All.
sopp's Pale Ale—The East and the West—Scott's Lot, and a
Race for Public Favour.
NUMBER ONE, LONDON.

A Visit to Dakin's Tea Establishment, St. Paul's—" In to
apes eat"—Bohemians and Teetotallers—Great Drawing Mate-
rials—The Magic Chest and the Enchanted Teapot—Clown
gets Tea in it, and Pantaloon gets into Hot Water in conse-
quence—Omnibus Companies on the Old System and the New
System, and the System that don't assist 'sm—Strong Opposi-
tion, and final discovery of the " Right Mon in their Right
Places"—Whack, bang, flip-flap, hey, presto, and Change to
" LAST SCENE OF ALL that ends this strange eventful
History."
Doors open at Half-past Six, and commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GA.RD EN.—
Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of
the North, respectfully announces that this THEATRE will
open on WEDNESDAY NEXT, Dec. 26, under his manage-
ment. He has fortunately succeeded in arranging with the
Directors of the Royal Italian Opera for a short season, dur-
ing which ho will produce 111.11 y novelties at this the most
magnificent Theatre in the Metropolis. On WEDNESDAY,
Dec. 26, he will have the honour of presenting his Entertain-
menr of MAGIC and MYSTERY, on a new and more ex-
tended scale, as performed by him 129 times at the Lyceum
Theatre, before an aggregate audience of 339,000 ; to be fol-
lowed by the Great National, Historic, and Chivalric PAN-
TOMIME, which has been so many months in reparation of
the BELLE ALLIANCE; or Harlequin ;Good Humour, and
the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Professor Anderson hopes
that the Nobility and the Public will appreciate his efforts to
open Covent Garden Theatre during the Christmas season.
Associated as the history of the house is with so many glo-
rious recollections of Christmases that have long since passed
away, when " The Pantomime at Covent-garden" was the
town talk at Christmas-tide, and when to go and see it was
as much a matter of course as to place the holly
over the
mantel, or hang the mistletoe in the hall. Mr. Anderson
trusts that a Pantomime reproduced on the same boards—the
boards whereon the fame of " Mother Goose" was acquired,
and the popularity of the " Great Bed of Ware" was won, and
produced on these beards with more attention to details and
to scenic effect than has ever been given to any Pantomime,
will certainly enlist the patronage, and those whose pleasant
memories of Covent-garden rendered to them the recognised
field of Pantomimic triumph, as it will attract the visits of
those who have heard only with curiosity of that which
the stage of Covent-garden can produce. As the Royal
Italian Opera, the house for years has been the most distin-
guished, as it is the noblest Theatre which London pos-
sesses. Since it has been rebuilt and remodelled it has been
comparatively shut up to the public generally. The
Theatre of Royalty, the house of fashion, the heavy expenses
of its directors, have rendered it impossible to open its doors
at the usual theatrical prices. Professor Anderson now sub-
mits his intention (in fall confidence that it will be understood
and duly valued by the public), to make the admission to the
Theatre Royal Covent-garden the same as that charged to
theatres of less pretensions and with less capabilities to ac-
commodate an audience. The whole of the magnificent bal-
cony recently erected after the Continental model, and a pa-
rallel to which is not to be found in any theatre in Great Bri-
tain, will be retained, and present its unrivalled coup-d'oeil of
beauty every evening; the admission to it will be 4s. The Pri-
vate Boxes on the third tier will be removed to form a range
of Upper Boxes unequalled by any other theatre in London;
the price of admission to which will be 2s. 6d. There will be
no pit stalls ; but the entire of the extensive and majestic
Pit, capable of holding more than 1,500 persons, will be given
to the public at an entrance fee of 2g. The fourth tier of
boxes will be completely removed, and added to the Amphi-
theatre, so as to constitute one immense, commodious, and
most eligible gallery, the admission to which will be One
Shilling only, while it will command a view of every part of
the stage, and of the stupendous and elegant house. In fact
no attention will be spared by Mr. Anderson to render Co-
vent-Garden Theatre, par excellence, the house for Christmas
Entertainment ; nor will he forget, while consulting the con-
venience of the public, to supply them with the best talent
that money can command for their amusement.
Tho inducements which have led him to undertake so large
a venture have been numerous, and were he quite sure that
the public would feel interested in learning them and his ar-
rangements for their entertainment, he would cease to speak
of himself in the third person, and address them most re-
spectfully somewhat in this style:—Ladies and Gentlemen—
Considering myself deeply indebted to my generous patrons,
the British public, who, after several years of uninterrupted
favours, have recently thought fit to visit me nightly at the
Lyceum Theatre, leaving me such substantial proofs of their
friendship and munificence as I scarcely know what to do
with, it seemed obviously my duty, in the commonest grati-
tude, to attempt something for the benefit and amusement of
that public, on a scale previously unattempted either by my-
self or others. The question was—how to do it 1 Wizards,
tafter all, are but mortal men with restricted powers. The
.pnblio liked to see me ; they could toe uo more of mo than