The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-28 00:00:00

the pantomime was. where the ClOwn turns quack dOctor,l
and proposes to cure a fat elderly gentleman of gout t
administering arsenic pills every ten minutes. The ‘‘it -,
flmedy, as may bd" surmised, was admirably effictiel s,,
for the invalid was speedily cured of gout, as Wt. 41.0
every other of eairth'S maladies: The last scenC4a4V
view of Woolwich dockyard, anWthe launch of the mah6f
of-war Trafalgar, which was, without exception, ona of
the most splendid spectacles We ever Witnessed a;t a
theatre. Altogether, the pantomime may be considered ,
a fair enough average one. It is not remarkableAN,te
humour or ingenuity of its tricks, which .11.4yeMNor42
novelty to recommend them ; but the scenery.iiirgpAxi-
out is uncommonly splendid, and no expense §anisilf?
have been spared in the getting up. it,WSB ttiosaarloht-f
ably received, and will, we doubt noW4W-elkillsPal
run of such entertainments. ? i :17'.1:.17/

HAY 111 A RKE T. - • •
The holiday entertainments at this elegant'and'eciuW•
niodious house commenced laSt night With Sheridines:.
once popular and still favourite ' school-boy- play
Pizarro. The vulgar reffianisfn of • Pizarro, the rant'4l
Rolla, and the mock sentiment of Elvira, were as"illed
sustained as such parts could be • by Mr. Wallack, Mr, ~
Wallack, and Mrs. Clifford. • 'Mrs. Stirling as Cora,
exhibited a depth of true pithoS, of which, we confeSs',-,•
we did not previously think .4o...capable. The play was'
followed by what the bills denoMinated "a New, Grand,
and Original Romantic, Legendary, Fairy Spectacle, in
two acts, called The World of Dreams; or, The Man of
the Moon ;" and, as a spectacle; nothing could be finer.
The first scene opens with a • view•of the Elf-King's
Oak, near which is the cottage of an old blind widow
(Mrs. W. Clifford), and her beautiful daughter Violette
(Mademoiselle Celeste). Now, pretty girls, from
time immemorial, have been troubled with a super-
abundance of lovers ; and, therefore, as a matter of
course, all the bachelors in the neighbourhood, iivin
eighteen to eighty, are running after the charming Vio-
lette. But Violette is as good as she is handsome -I' and
the village bell-man, Peter Hoop (Mr. David Rees),
and old Hans BrounwiaMr. Strickland), and the youth-
ful 'nephew of this last veteran wooer, are outbidding
each other for the heart of the sweet' Violette.
She refuses them all that she may take 'care 'of her blind
parent. Wearied, however, with the rejoicings On 'her
birthday, she lays herself down to 'slumber. undet4lie;
Elf-King's Oak, regardless of the following pithy legend
which had Jong attached to it—
" In the month of May, be warned by me,
Sleep not beneath the Elfin Tree,
For then the spirits that haunt the air, •
have power o'er the mortal that slumbers there."
No sooner is she asleep than Andgria the Spirit..Hof
Troubled Dreams (Mr. Mitcheson); and a host of imps,
assail her. Serena, Spirit of Happy Dreams (Miss Matt-
ley), and a host of her nymphs, and the female warriors
of the moon, come to the rescue of the sleeping mortal,
and of course, after a rather ungallant engagement on
the part of the male wicked spirits, they are defeated as
they deserve to be. Fazenheim, the Man in the Moon,
and Prince of the World of Dreams (Mr. J. 'Webster),
next makes his appearance, and falls desperately in love
with the slumbering mortal: - But on her birthday
Violette's mother had suspended a cross round the neck
of her daughter, and this proves now her talisman.. She
is returned to earth, with Andgrim to attend her, but not
before she reciprocates the Man in the Moon's passion.
Her venerable lover Hans Brounwig, however, resolves to

have her, and to compel her acceptance of his hand, bargains
with her mother's landlord to expel the old woman from her
cottage, and sell her furniture for rent. Violette cannot
bear to see her mother houseless, and, to protect her, ac-
cepts old Hans. While the settlements are preparing,
Andgrim plays all manner of pranks upon the bride-
groom, who, on his way to be married, is conducted
through a morass, loses the bride, and falls asleep under
the Elfin-Oak. So much virtue and filial piety
do not always go unrewarded, and Violette is
favoured with another interview with her super-
human lover. To him she explains the eause of

her apparent breach of constancy, returns to her mother,
whom a legacy makes rich, and having obtained from
old Hans Brounwig her marriage settlement, to all ap-
pearance dies, and is received by the Man of the Moon,
who carries her to

" That land of joy
Where bliss is every heart's employ :
Where all is beauty, love and light,
Within that valley of delight.
In this piece there was a good deal of very amusing bye
play, of which we have taken no notice. Miss P. Hor-
ton, as Rhoda, a village beauty, betrothed to Franz, was
exceedingly arch and lively; and Mr. Mitcheson more
than once reminded us of Wieland in his best parts.
The scenery and dresses were really splendid. The
house was very well filled, and the audience appeared to
bo highly delighted.