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

ROYAL STANDARD.

Mr. Douglas, the spirited manager of this thea-
tre, has presented a rich Christmas treat to his
numerous visitors. His pantomime is so full of
that fun and jocular sayings and doings, so much
in vogue at this season of the year. The title of
the pantomime is Harlequin and the Enchanted
Milkmaid : or the Fairy Queen of the Golden Alpha-
bet. Mr. J. W. Doughty was an admirable Clown,
while Mr. Bird, as Pantaloon, and Signor Charl-
toni, as Harlequin, did their work admirably.
Columbine and Harlequina were well sustained by
Pauline and Luiga. The pantomime was well re-
ceived, and bids fair to have a long and successful
run. There were some of the scenes, such as that
where the transformation takes place, of the most
splendid description. Other scenes followed of an
equally splendid character, and, upon the whole,
the pantomime has been put before the public in
the most superb manner. No better evidence of
the manner in which the public appreciate it could
perhaps be stated than that Mr. Douglas, the
talented author of it, was called before the curtain
several times in the course of the performance of it,
and received the cordial an enthusiastic plaudits of
a crowded house for this additional effort he has
made to contribute to the enjoyment of the citizens
of the east end of the metropolis.

FINE ARTS.

Portrait of William Samuel Woodin. Drawn by
A. Stanesby.
Cleverest and merriest of mimics William
Samuel Woodin—is precisely the very man about
whose likeness the public might be supposed to be
curious. He who can "hit off" so admirably
everybody else, ought surely to have his own Fit.
peculiarities of feature, his own tricks of countenance
in some sort hit off by the pencil of the artist or 158
the beam of the daguerreotype. One longs to
have the Proteus for once pinned down to 10
his own proper—the word is not ours, but
--pinned down to his own proper 10
" visnomy." Here, then—thanks to the magical t.,25
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hand and eye of Mr. Stanesby—is the visage—not 1.001
of little Mrs. Nuddle in her coal-skuttle bonnet,
not of lady-like Mrs. Lapsus Linger in her ringlets St.
and her lace lappets, not of Martha the hoUsemaid, 20
or of the facetious beef-eater, or of the blustering 12
Major, or of dear old Jonathan Oldstyle, but of I
the representative of them all—William Samuel St
Woodin. He has just stepped before the footlights
in evening costume, speaking thus—" When un- 11
folding before you the budget of this evening, turn-
ing over the leaves of my little sketch-book, and
unpacking the contents of my miniature carpet
bag." Yes : there is no longer any mistake about it.
This is the veritable " Man with the Carpet Bag."
We thank the farce-writer for teaching us that
phrase—thefarce-writer whohastumedmetropolitan
magisizate. Here is, at least, in proprid persona, 1(
the " man with the Carpet Bag"—W. S. Woodin—
woodin, however, by no means in face, but plastic •
to the utmost extent of flexibility. It is an admi-
rable likeness, drawn by A. Stanesby, and pub-
lished by J. S. and A. Stanesby.

Simonau's Crayon .Portraits.
We have recently seen some portraits executed
by Monsieur Simonau, a French artist, residing at
55, Great Russell-street, opposite the gates of the
British Museum, which struck us greatly by their
extraordinary fidelity to the originals, and the ex-
pressive style of drawing they present, clear, mas-
terly, and bold. M. Simonau, who is a veteran
painter, was the master of the late Madame Soyer
(the wife of the celebrated chef), the productions
of whose pencil attained so much celebrity. We
can recommend a visit to his studio to any who may
desire an admirably drawn and correct likeness, at
a small expense of time and pocket.