The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-19 00:00:00

SURREY.

This favourite place of amusement during the short time
it hag been closed, has been tastefully decorated in a nautical
style, for which the artist deserves great praise. The ceiling
represents nautical designs, emblematical of England's naval
heroes, Nelson, Howe, Duncan, &c. The most beautiful
additions arc to the front of the boxes, which are divided into
beautiful marine vignettes. The entertainments of the even-
ing commenced with a nautical drama, called Admiral Ben-
bow ; or, the Earthquake of Jamaica ; which has been got
up with great taste aad spirit. It was well supported by the
excellent performance of Messrs. Dale, Penner, D. Pitt,
Heslop, Saville, and M. W. Smith. Between the first and
second piece we were much pleased with the extraordinary
performance of Monsieur Plege and his son on the tight-rope.
The second piece, entitled Black Friday ; or, the Natal
.Star,
founded on an Eastern romance, is as full of bustle, dancing,
singing, and fighting, as any lover of these amusements could
wish. The house was crammed to the ceiling, and the
audience, judging from their applause, were much delighted.,
Owing to an oversight this notice was omitted on Tuesday.

A floating pier,-projecting only a short distance into
the river, has been lately formed on the north-east side of
Waterloo-bridge, in front of the public plying-place, for the
embarking and landing of passengers by the steamers ; and
the proprietors of two elegant and fast steam-boats, the Eagle
and the Falcon, have availed themselves of it, to run their
vessels from that place to Gravesend, and with much succees,
great numbers of people having availed themselves of the
accommodation, instead of being put to the inconvenience of
peoceeding from the west end through the city to London-
b:idge wharf. Some persons, however, have complained
of the pier at. Waterloo-bridge as a nuisance, and the City
Solicitor has forwarded a notice to the nroprietors (ten
poor watermen, plying at Waterloo-bridge), directing its
removal. It will scarcely be believed that the Hunger-
ferd Market Company have a floating pier, extending one-
third across the river, which really is a nuisance, and has
been long suffered to exist by the conservators of the river,
without any complaint being made : and, more over, there are
several other floating piers above bridge, belonging to the
London and Westminster Steam-boat Company, and formed
where they aee more leconvenieet than at Waterloo-bridge.
which have beet, for some time allowed to remain, and where
passengers area constantly embarking and disembarking. It
is a curious fact, that directly after the small floating pier was
fermed at the Somerset House corner of Waterloo-bridge.
the Hungerford Market Company, through their clerk, Mr.
Leith, endeavoured to obtain permission to run out a pier
from the causeway at the end of Arundel-street, to
which the watermen plying there would not consent.
Directly aftewards a complaint was lodged against the
Waterloo-bridge pier as a nuisance, and its removal is or-
dered by the City sol'eitor, although nuisances of a
much worse description (if any of those piers can be so
denomioated), and which unquestionably are a glee ter ob-
stracf.on to the navigation, have been allowed to remain by
the City authorities. The :.Bair is the subject of mech con-
veteation -on the river, and the ten poor watermen of Wa-
terloo-bridge complain that they have been singled out as ob-
jects of persecution, for merely doing that which powerful
bodies and capitalists, under the names of the London and
Westminster Steam-beat Company, and the Hungerferd
Market Company, who are closely identified with each other,
have long done with
.impunity. The poor venternieu at Wa-
terion-bridge are, however, determined to keep theie-floating-
rier in existence while those at London-bridge (Surrey side)
Westminster-bridge, Dyers' Hell Wherf, Queee'eithe, and
Hengelfo:d-market, belonging to the capitalis:s, are allowed
to remain ; and they are auppotted in this by the Eagle and
Falcon Steam-packet Company.
The natives of Belgium are not usually considered
to be largely inde'oted to nature for personal advantages, and,
in Brussels, a, stranger would probably be generally correct if
he conclir.led. in a large majority of cases, that all the nicest-
looking persons he may meet are either English, French, or
Qe.0141114. ---jlO/Ithly Magazine.