The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-13 00:00:00

FOREIGN.

Our advices froth the Continent ar•e not of much inte-
rest this week, the Christmas holidays having, as usual,
interfered a good deal with the regular course of busi-
ness. The accounts from the north of Europe are not
of very recent ',dates. The frost appears to have been
severe about the close of the year, and as yet we have no
intelligence of a thaw.—Mark-lane Express..

PIG IRON lARKET.--:GLASGOW, JAN. 9, 1847.--
The market has been quiet this week, but prices havete
gratin illy stiffened—s.des having been done during the
week at 765. to 765. 6d. for three-fifths No. 1,
a Id tvro
fifths
mixedN N
No. 3. We
otethAr s.
the market firm at 775. 6d. cash
for
Th Court, it
WiNnson, MONDAY EVENINGE
t tctlN' is
fully expected, will return from arem tu"
Castle on Thursday next, the 4 b instant. Orders have
been issued to the proper officers to he prepared for its
return on that day, and the whole of the Royal Family
will remain at the Castle until the 17th or 18th instant.
PArfitnecrethe wilolpening
return
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Windsor
Castle,
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there Majesty and the
remain,
with the exception of occasionally proceeding to Buck-
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and,for aabdoauyt,thaes
mthidedlbouosifnemssarecfh the stnext,
Queen and Royal Family, with their Court, will again
e
take up their residence for a time at Osborne House, in
the Isle of Wight, to rerumo their superintendence of
the improvements they have projected there both in
planting and building, and which have been entirely
suspended for many weeks by the inclement weather.
Prince Albert, since the Court removed. to Claremont,
has almost every day been shooting in the preserves
there, attended by Lord Alfred Paget and the Hon.
Colonel Phipps. They have had great sport, and as
pheasants are very rare birds in Belgium, the whole of
those which have been shot in the preserves of the King
of the Belgians at Claremont, have been duly forwarded
to the Palace of Lacken at Brussels.
DEATH OF MR. CRIPPS, LATE M.P. FOR CIREIV.
CESTER.—We have to record the death of another ve-
teran legislator, Joseph Cripps, Esq., late M.P. for Cir.
encester, who died on the Bth inst., at Ashcroft, near
that town, aged 81. :In 1907 he was elected for Ciren-
cester, and continued to represent it until 1841, when he
retired, and was succeeded by his son, one of the present
Members. When England was threatened by a French
invasion, thiS gentleman commanded a body of volun
eery. ,

THEATRE ROYAL, DRUTIY-1-kNE.
The eminent PANTOMIME THEATRE, and the FIRST PANTO-
MIME COMPANY.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed lia:te's Opera. entitled THE BONDMAN.
Marquis de Vernon,:Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere,
Mr. Horncastle; Ardenford, Mr. D. W. King Mal-a-PrR. opo
Iss,aacs ;
Mr.
Barley; Madame Corinne,l Miss Romer ; Grisette, Miss
!rivole, Mrs. Hughes.
After which will be produced the Grand Comic Christmas panto
-1
Hahne, being a mixture of the historical and legendary, en
The
tRI
HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGN THE DRAGON.
AND
Overture and Music composed by Mr, B. Hughes ; the new and ex-
tensive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Telbin, and numerous as-
sistants ; the Tricks and Transformations by Mr. Blamire ; the Ma-
chidery by Mr. R. Sluman ; the Dresses by Mrs. Bovey, Mrs. Balls,
and a host of auxiliaries. The whole produceNd under the superin-
tendence of Mr. W. West.
Scene 1. AsODE
know ALTBA. TIIE ENCHANTREs:4.7I)ate and lo-
Malty not exactly , but considered by the Antb?Uarian Society
to have been discovered "somehow or other," "some tune or oltt alie,
her,"
Dear " somewhere or other " Kalyba (the Enchantress, net by
mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having
quite miscalculated her power), Mr H. Horneastle ; Fiends a:al Fu-
ries (illustrating a common expression of speech, with anything' but
a common expression of countenance), Messrs. J. W, Morgan, Bart,
Connell, and 11. Payne ; Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. (the flair Ele-
ments, with a strung love of mischief), by Dealers in each ; tile
March of Intellect (travelling "incog." as" Young England," a true
bit of British blood, by Intellect out of, Industry, dam by Science,
°tit of Perseverance, has never been beaten, and can be matched
against anything), Miss Annie Payne.—How the March of Intellect
nays a " flying visit" to Kalyba ; and how, being empowered by the
Committee
on National Education, he gives the old lady sudden no-
tice to quit, by as suddenly changing the premises to
Scene 2 - . Ifsrraws. or INFANT ScHOOL. Sh— c oo aster Mr M.,-

wig, who, at the request of his " Illur,trions 'Visitor," gives the boys
a Lalf-holiday on th,:. occasion.

Scene 3. -ExTEnlon AND BARBACAN OF COVENTRY CASTLE.—
The Earl of Coventry (Lord High Steward of England, and his own
into the bargain), Mr. Mazzoni ; the Countess of Coventry (a good
housewife, and supposed to have been the inventor of the celebrated
"Coventry Cake"), Miss Haines ; Head Nurse (with a good character
from her last place), Mr. Cheel ; Master George (afterwards cele-
brated for a battle he fought with a dragon, but at present without
any knowledge of " arms," except his nurse's), Miss Marks ; Masters
Andrew, David. Patrick, Denis, James, Anthony (very youthful
knights, but destined, with their " cousin George," to astonish the
natives by and by as " The Seven Champions of Christendom"), Mas-
ten Coyle, Savell, Dix, Welsh, Desborg, Francis.—How the youthful
St. George is feted on his birth-day--how he makes his" first," and
nearly lus " last " appearance in public on the occasion—how his
cousins " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, Tames, and Anthony
come tow ish him many hippy returns of the day—and how Kalyba
shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under
her wing."
Nothinge material to our historic" occurring during
a period of fifteen years, the author trusts that the audience will al-
low him to cut it, anti come again to
Scene 4. KALTBA's Hots,: OF CORRECTION !—St. George of Eng-
land (a rum'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. 11. Payne;
St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland
tit. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony
of Italy (all
pretty much of the
same kidney 1) Mr. Heath, Mr. Deuelas, Mr.
Marks, Mr. Chapin, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George
and his brother champions (considerably grown since their last ap-
pearance in public) are kept lu durance vile, and on " very short
commons" by Kalyba—how Kalyba pops her affections on St. George
who " can't abide her"—in short, how—but we won't anticipate—
merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and
the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom
Scene 5. Doyen. Roans.—How the Seven Champions of Christen-
dom set out for their respective destinations—" the management
having, in the handsomest manner," made special arrangements for
that purpose with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Corn-
panics."
Scene 6. BANKS OF THE NlLE.—Almanzor, King of Morocco (his
own Lord High Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, &e., on his way to
King Ptolemy's Court, to court King Ptolemy's daughter), Mr. T.
Matthews ; Ptolemy, Kim; of Egypt (rather a remote ancestor of
Ibrahmi Pacha, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr. I'riorson.
Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &e. How Almanzor
came to. Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec-
tiento tneir being " bound in Morocco ;" and how St. George, not
Laving even " dipped" into the question of " lights," runs his
steamer on shore, and saves himself on the funnel.
Scene 7. GRAND HALL IN THE PALACE OF PTOLEMY THE FIRST,
Musa or EGYPT.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to be mar-
ried to the King of Morocco, but patriotically devoting herself to the
digestive organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious
allowance of jaw enables him to speak fcr oitinself ), Mr. Wielvid.
How this " marriage in high life" is sui,ienly interrupted by the
Dragon, who, not only forbids the banns-; but elopes with the bride;
thereby plunging " her illustrious parents and several families of dis-
tinction at the west-end of the town into the deepest affliction," &c.
(vide Morning tapers).