The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-25 00:00:00

SADLER'S WELLS.

Last night Mr. Love appeared on the boards of
Sadlet.% Wells Theatre, and presented the holiday
tolks with an exhibition of his unrivalled ventrilo-
quical powers, in a series of amusements, which were
given under he title of " Love's Entertainments and
Lucubrations." Part the first represented a full
length portrait of Mr. Sombre Dismal, who was
described as a character who hated laughing, and
made the reverses of his life the sources of his plea-
sure. A Mr. Cornelius Chockfull, with his juvenile
grandson and the man-cook Peter, were next intro-
duced, in which INlr. Love exhibited the extraordinary
power he possesses, in associatiag the vocal organs to
the different stages in life of youth and old age. The
representations of a young lady, a Miss Lexicon,
who is always talking, was a portrait accurately
delineated, exhibiting an aspiring female, who, from
unavoidable circumstances, had been placed in a
situation to obtain a livelihood by teaching " the
young idea how to shoot." The imitation of a gen-
tleman, a Mr. B. Hind, " who is always in the rear,"
caused continual laughter, as did also the impersona-
tion of a Mr. Patchkettle, " a genuine living London
character," or "a classical, poetical, sentimental, and
march-of-intellect tinker," who was always discours-
ing upon political economy. The amusements con-
cluded with an entertainment, on a novel construc-
tion, with new costumes and arrangements, written
and arranged by Mr. H. Hall, which was entitled " The
Wolf in Sheep s Clothing." The plot arises out of a
mistake' from an admission having been obtained into a
dentist's shop by Mr. Wolf, when he practices the art
of tooth-drawing upon his master, Mr. Grampus, who
submits to the operation, he, at the time, being sup-
posed not to be aware that the operator is his own
servant. Mr. Love represents, cn propria persona,
Mr. Grampus, Mrs. Grampus (who accompanies her
husband to support him while the unfortunate tooth
is being extracted), and the Dentist, Mr. Crackjaw.
The transformations of the characters, and the won-
derful power of counterfeiting the voice of each
person, was done to the life, and elicited the most
Unbounded applause. Throughout the various re-
presentations, Mr. Love maintained the most perfect
identity of the character he pourtrayed, and the de-
ception was rendered the more complete by the adap-
tation of the dresses to the parts. in the course of
the evening Mr. Roberts, the Welsh harpist, played
several celebrated Welsh airs. The whole of the en-
tertainments gave the highest satisfaction to a
crowded house.

SURREY.
This house, as a matter of course, was crammed
from the floor to the ceiling with a somewhat noisy,
but, upon the whole, good-humoured audience; and
the new season, under the direction and management
of Mr. Kerschner, has commenced with every pros-
pect of success. During the short recess, various
improvements have been made; a considerable portion
of the theatre has been re-embellished and renovated,
thus increasing the comfort of the frequenters of this
favourite place of amusement. The performances
commenced with a drama, acted some five years ago,
entitled " The Bohemians; or, the Mysteries of
.Crime," which served for the reintroduction of
several old favourites, including Messrs. E. F. Saville,
an T. Hicks, Dale, Lewis, R. Honner, Mrs. Ho
and Miss Eliza Terry ; who, at the conclusion of the,
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great attraction of_the evening was " an entirely new
fairy comic pantomime," foundedo on the well-known

Easter has always been a great time for holiday-
makers and sight-seekers, and Easter Monday has
always been a day chronicled with great reverence
by the proprietors of Astley's : Astley and Dteerow
were always wont upon this festive day to dress
themselves in their best attire, in order to please
those who were seeking for recreation and amuse-
ment ; and Batty, the present proprietor, has right
merrily followed so excellent an example. He has
newly decorated and fitted up his theatre in the most
tasteful style to welcome Easter and its wonted pets-
times. To us it created a pleasing sensation
as we entered the theatre to find everything around
us wearing a cheerful and holiday aspect, and know-
ing the persevering Spirit of Batty, in catering fee
the amusement of the public, we were prepared for
corresponding exertions having been made by him
both on the stage and in the ring for our entertain-
ment. Our expectations, gentle reader, were no t
disappointed. Van Amburgh and his lions, leopardle
and tigers, were the great attraction of the night, an d
in order to introduce his wonderful feats, a piece was
produced entitled " Morok, the Beast Tamer,"
founded on Eugene Sue's celebrated work, "
Tfie
Wandering Jew." The plot is as follows :—Arniand
Dugard (Mr. Van Amburgh), " Hunter of the
Pyrenees," is the rejected suitor of a village girl,
Cecile Le Brun (Mrs. H. Montagu), whose affections
are bestowed on Edward Blanval (Mr. J.
Fredericks), to whom she is ultimately mar-
ried. Armand Dugard, in despair, leaves his
native land for India, and buries himself in
the solitude of the woods. The favoured rival
and his bride shortly afterwards emigrate to the serve
colony, where the former is raised to the rank of
lieutenant, entrusted with the escort of the Raja Of
the colony, who leads the unsuspecting subaltern into
an ambuscade, where his companions fall victims to
this treacherous conduct. Edward Blanval escapes
to the settlement, where his wife has been left for
security. This asylum is attacked by the Raja's
troops. Blanval, and several of his companions, made
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termines to save the life of his mistress. In this he
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succeeds, and bears her to his own retreat. In the
meantime Blanval and his companions have been con-
prisoners,
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signed to the tender mercies of the wild beasts as an
offering to the Hindoo Deity, Bramah. As they are
borne to their doom Cecile rushes in, receives her
husband, and expresses her determination to share
his fate. At this juncture Armand makes his ap-
pearance, and the Priest having announced that the
Deity would be appeased by the sacrifice of one
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Deity, and all the prisoners are set at liberty. So
for the exhibition of the wonderful
powers of Mr. Van
Amburgh in taming the fiercest of the brute creation,
the lion, the panther, and the tiger, made as docile in
his hands as the domestic animals seemed to appear
before the curtain. Mr. Van Arnburgh repeated his
usual feat with the lion, which elicited considerable
applause. It would be superfluous to particularise all
his feats, which gave universal satisfaction. The scenes
of the circle were unusually brilliant, and in this
sphere of the performances Mdlle. Onsinago made a
debut as an equestrian, performing all the operations
which a lady devoted to the cultivation of flowers
might be expected, even to the autumnal result of
producing bouquets, , which she liberally scattered
among the company. Signor Chiarrini also made a
first appearance, in the feat of riding six horses. lie
got through this difficult performance with great skill
with five horses, but the sixth, though he formed one
of the group in the gyrations round the circle, -was
not actually under rein. It was, however, admiribli
performed, and elicited general applause. Mr. J.
Cooke's transitions and evolutions, in the equestrian
representation of an interlude, founded on Mr.
Dickens' popular Sketches by Boz, in which
were represented, with great dexterity and
dramatic effect, Mr. Bumble, vain yet cal-
culating—Fagan, the deep designing Jew—the Artful
Dodger, with his comic tricks—Oliver Twist, the poor
innocent workhouse boy—concluding with Hippo-
crates, the God of Silence, bearing the horn of plerr:y
round the world. This gentleman's feats were most
enthusiastically applauded. Mr. Adrian, as clown,
and Mr. Rochez, as grotesque—the one by his piquant
humour and repartee, and the other by his well-known
feats—elicited laughter and admiration in succession.
The entertainments concluded with the farce " It. he
Jealous ?" which was admirably performed, to the
perfect satisfaction of the company. The amphi-
theatre was crowded throughout, even the stage lent
its aid to accommodate a portion of the holiday folks
during the scenes of the circle. It was a complete
bumper, tilled to the brim and overflowing.
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