The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-28 00:00:00

MORTALS.

Cool Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Amy Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ;
Her Lovely Ba,-)by, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester,
M. Dculin ; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak-
able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr.
Barry; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The
Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapin;
Maids of Honour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers,
Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons, and other sores, by the rest of the
company.
CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR,

But although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm
reception—bat where is he going ? Why, to pay his yearly visit to
the Spirit of John Rich, in the
GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN.

This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes—
" who's dat lu.ocking at der door ?"—Come and see —" J. Andersen's
my Joe, John." and " I am Rich," that's more than every one can
say; we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime?—" that Is
the question"—bat the answer, it is hoped, will i.e satisfactory—
Poor Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, so we fly by night" to
A SPLENDID HALL IN THE PALACE OF GOOD
QUEEN BESS.
We now come to Histerical Facts, therefore, as the Clown at
Astley's would say, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fact,
that the Earl of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess,
therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a conspi-
racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be pat out—Bacon gets
quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—but there's
nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary.
It is an historical fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her
toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the
GRAND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE

is introduced, in which the-Royal Wig! the Royal Ruff! ! the
Royal Blushes ! and the Royal Petticoat I! I I will make their
first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of
a British Public." These are followed by
GOOD QUEEN BESS

ea deshabille, as she is represeuted in a picture at Hampton Court.
—What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen
GOOD QUEEN BESS

In all her royal sple,idour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good
Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she
scarcely knew upon wh'ch to deckle"—and it is an Historical Fact
that the following were a few of them.
THE REJECTED ONES :
Philip of Spa'n, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anjoa,
Prince Altaigon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden,
Henry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William
Piekering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen
Bess appoints a meeting of these " wonderous proper men" at
Kenilworth, but declares, that on her way, " A. hunting she will go"
—and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to
CUMNOIt HILL BY MOONLIGHT—WiIson.

"Coming events cast their shadows before"—" Rest thee,
my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ket.ihy—" Put out the light,
and then "—enter the Earl of-Leicester on his way to Kenil-
worth— He stops at Love's half-way hou,e, the Robsar Arms—" Oh,
Susanna," or rather " 01,, Amy!"—lt can't be said, "he makes no
bones abut* it"—They part, more in sorrow, than in anger," but,
" being gone, Amy is herself again "—tint Is to say, a rather jealous
young lady, who in her "deep despair," introduces her Lovely
Ilabby, to whom she sins the following ;:athetic stanza :
" Come my babby, come along with me
We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth,
Your naughty dal to see."
And so they do.

KENILWORTH CASTLE
As it appeared on the occasioa of Good Queen Bass's Royal Visit.
For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori-
cal fact that Good Queon Bess paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and
" paid the piper." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there-
fore we pity his fate, but must admire his wondrous generosity, for
all he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-crown. The Earl fore-
stalls Shakspere, by discovering" that the course of true lave never
did run smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " competi-
teurs," and to him they do come " petit oars," for they prove per-
fect bears, or, more prowwly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel
on a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the million," takes place, which,
although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of