The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-27 00:00:00

ROYAL COLOSSEUM.

The last season of the existence of the Colosseum, as at
present arranged, will certainly be the most successful on
record, and the next question naturally asked is, how has
that success been achieved ? The answer is extremely
short, viz , by the untiring, persevering, and indomitable
energy of Mr. A. Nimmo. Since the establishment has
been under his superintendence, novelty has seconded
novelty in quick succession. He has not been satisfied with
engaging artistes, the gloss of whose performance has been
and experience
taken off by their appearance at other places in the metro-
polis, but from his extended knowledge
he knew exactly where to get that which he required,
and, moreover, that which he was certain would
hit the taste of the metropolitans. His
introduction, last
Herr Maju, the prestidigitateur, is a wonder.
His tricks are now, neatly and cleverly performed ; and the
whole audience nightly leave the magnificent theatre with
the firm conviction that their "eyes are made the fools
o' the other senses." We must especially point out the
wonderful trick he performs with two plates of cotton
wool. Having eaten the whole in small quantities, and
blown forth immense volumes of smoke and fire whilst
doing so, he next produces from his mouth hundreds of
yards of coloured ribbons, to the immense astonishment of
the audience. This is succeeded by another equally as
clever, but of a different description, which shows most in-
contestibly that whether 5 or 50 halfcrown-pieces arerequired
he can produce them all from his 16 magical coins. At the
conclusion of the WizcifTl's performance Mr. George Buck-
land gives his Musical Gleanings. This is followed by an
exhibition of the magnificent panorama " Paris by Night,"
then follows the ever-pleasing dissolving views, and the
whole is brought to a conclusion by the wonderful repre-
sentation of the " Destruction of Lisbon by Earthquake."
Although this picture has been exhibited for years, yet it
still preserves all its beauties, the colours, effects of light,
shade, and the storm at sna are now as beautiful as ever.
What with Stalactite Caverns, Swiss Scenery, Statuary,
Conservatories, &c., the Colosseum is certainly one of the
best and cheapest exhibitions ever presented to the public.

THE SULTAN has given orders to construct at
Maelak a camp, on the model of that of Chalons, to
manoeuvre there 40,000 men in the spring.
REVIVAL OF THE OLD GAME OF TENNIS.—The
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Prince of Wales is a very expert tennis player, and
we believe (says one of our weekly contemporaries) that his
Royal Highness will extend his patronage to the London
tennis courts, of which there are three. Others will, how-
ever, soon spring up when the game becomes as popular as
it was wont to be. Tennis, as an indoor amusement, can-
not be excelled. It promotes mans sans i,z corpore sans.
There are only a few of the ancestral halls of England that
can boast of a court; perhaps the best are those of Good.•
wood and Woburn. We are surprised that such should be
the case, because there are few more scientific games than
tennis; in addition to which, those that cannot play at this
game can always pass a few hours at rackets, or even that
play of our early years—fives. Tennis appears to have been
introduced into England in the beginning of the 13th cen-
tury by the upper ten thousand, who erected courts for the
performance of it. The origin of the name is doubtful.
The celebrated oath of the " Jen de Paume" was taken by
the members of the National Assembly in a teanis court at
Versailles, May 20, 1789 (when the doors of the hall had
been closed against them by the Royal command), binding
themselves never to separate until they had given a con-
stitution to France.
" THE QUEEN V. WHITEHURST."—This case,
which was removed by writ of certiorari from the Central
Criminal Court, stands the second for trial the sittings after
next term, commencing en the 26th November. The case
has been pending nearly twelve mouths,