The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-24 00:00:00

—The Public are informed that LETTS'S HE A TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. on their receipts—viz., the professional men,
1857
orAtttE,, eocKE-I-80, 'I(S, I IcUS, I:EPFhS, , and SATURDAY, On FRIDAY, Dec. 26, Y, clorks, &c., he will still have to satisfy the de-
from 6d. to 14s. each, and (*a a- Kuragra 1,, ; ny to commence at Seven with the comedy of wand of those who have advanced a portion of
bookseller in the kingdom, an ; Lettb, 5en,11,4 (20,, 5, ao, „I v-- e.
THE HONEYMOON.
that stock on credit, and is, therefore, scarcely
In consequence of Mr. Mnrdoeh's success he is reingaged for
a few nights and will appear as the Duke Aranza.
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Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by
M r W.The Times, in its money article of this day,
riosrtraHasarleq Panuitnoanmid
na
Callcott. The music composed andnrrangedby Edward Fitz- tells us that the " pressure on the Bank is ex-
william. The pantomime produced under the direction of
M. Milano. Harlequin, M. Milano; Columbine, Fanny cessive ; the amount of bullion withdrawn to
Wright (her first appearance in that character)
; Pantaloon,
Ireland, coupled with the largeness of the revenue
Mr. Mackay' and Clown, Mr. Driver (nis t. appearance
collections, having continued to exercise a power-
iana cce hat characterthe
p aPantomime
tha tmtihmi this t 111 t r
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eTvheen fiotn• s tTllhuror:dianyg,pLrfo7l:
and continue every Thursday throughout the holidays : com- ful influence." This is the time when the Income
mencing at 2, concluding at 1. Tax collectors are peculiarly active. Indeed, it
11 HEAT RE ROY A L, ADEL PH I. would seem as if they desired to aggravate the
Great Attraction for the Holidays. unpopularity of the impost by the stringency of
BOXING NIGHT (Friday, Dec. 26), and Saturday, Dec.
27, for two nights only, its enforcement. And yet the Times itself would
PAUL PRY: By Mr. Wright.
persuade the people to submit to a gross fraud,
After which will be produced anew and original union of
modern burlesqUe and old English pantomime (as originated by enduring the iniquitous burden for another
year, because, forsooth, the Chancellor of the
thing, with entirely new scenery, dresses, transformations,
at this theatre), by Professor Wordspinner, Member of Every-
&c., called Exchequer may like to postpone the trouble and
annoyance of anticipating the inevitable period cf
attempting to render the assessment more just
and equitable. Should they acquiesce in that
unwise and injudicious policy they will
deserve all that may be inflicted on
them, and which they will inevitably
have to sustain. We tell them not only to
" agitate" strenuously and indefatigably, but to
put on the steam to the utmost point. Let every
person insist on " freedom to industry,"—that
property should bear its just liabilities, recollect-
ing that property has its duties as well as its
rights. By so doing they will insure the success
of the movement, and obtain that for which they
can scarcely hope on the present occasion a
merry Christmas and happy New Year in 1857-8,
with the oheering prospect of many returns thereof
during a protracted period.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRI LAN;:.—
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
Acting M•tnager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R.
Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley.
GREAT ATTRACTION for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
First Night of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the most
magnificent ever produced on the English stage.
The First Morning Performance of the Pantomime will take
place on WEDNESDAY, Dec. :,1, at 2 o'clock.
The great Comedian of the age, Mr. Charles Mathews, and
a powerful Dramatic Company.
On BOXING-NIGHT, Dec. 26, and following Evenings,
her Majesty's Servants will perform
AGGRAVATING SAM,
In which Mr. Charles Mathews and the talented Dramatic

Company will appear.
After which will be produced an entirely new and original
symbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and extra-physiog-
nomical grotesque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic
Christmas Pantomime, which for some time past has employed
the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, and
which will be called or entitled as it is entitled to be called,

SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ;
0 r,Harlequiu Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs.
The scenery entirely new, painted by and under the direc-
tion of Mr. William Beverley and numerous assistants. The
machinery by J. Tucker and assistants. The properties, de-
corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs.
Needham, Glindon, &p. The masks, models, and physiog-
nomical devices designed and executed by. the celebrated
Dykwynkyn. The overture and music composed and arranged
lty Herr Anschuez. The choregraphic arrangements under
the personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con-
structed by and under the direction of Harry Bolano. The
peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L.
Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and the Seven Ages of
Man," " Jack and "Humming Top," " Hudibras," &c.,
and the whole arranged and produced under the direction of
Mr. Robert Roxby.
Ye anciente and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime
its story is founded :
" See, saw, Margaret Paw,
" Sold her bed, and laid upen straw."
MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum.
Region of Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs. " Yea,
the Great Globe itself."
" Here we go up, up, up, •
" Here we go down, down, down ;
" Here we go backwards and forwards,
" And here we go round and round."
Juvenile Chorus of the earliest period, supposed to belong to
the One. Up, Mr. Topham ; Down, Mr. Low; Opera.
box, Kid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, and Porte-monnaie
(attendants upon Up), Signor Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt,
Master Sau,ebox, and Monsieur Chiuque ; Hard Up, Dupli-
cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Friz-
hard, Mr. Pop4ll, Mr. Quodham, and Mr. Patchwell. An-
nual appearance of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Holyday
(the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and
Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelaugh and Lightheart ;
Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by
particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Daughter
of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of the
story, while Holyday invites both Up and Down to enjoy

MOTHER SHIFTON ;

or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle.
Harlequin and Columbine (h, la Watteau), Madame Celeste
and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr.
Moreland ; Scaramouch, Mr. Le Barr. Characters in the bur-
lesque by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. R. Romer,
Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss
Kate Kelly, Miss Arden, &c.

OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
all) On FRIDAY, Dec. 26, will be produced
a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called.
ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP;
or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr.
Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Saline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co-
lumbine, Miss C. Adams.
Preceded by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS.
Saturday, the Corsican Brothers and the Pantomime. On
Monday, Dec. 20, will be presented A :Midsummer Night's
Dream and the Pantomime.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
LA_ Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
A. NEW GRAND EQUESTRIAN PANTOMIME FOR

BOXING NIGHT.

THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of MACBETH,
with Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian Illustrations. Macbeth, Mr.
James Holloway.
After which, the inimitable Equestrian SCENES in the
CIRC!,E.
To conclude with sntertainments of Novelty and Variety.
Doors open at half-past six ; commenee at seven o'clock.
ux•ofce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr.
V. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

It may not be out of place to say a word or
two on the threatened revival of the slave trade.
The subject is not one we have selected for its
cheeriness, but a few remarks on it seem to us
alike apposite and necessary. All seasons are
good for the discharge of an exigent duty, and no
time, we submit, can be more appropriate than
the present to deprecate the revival of a traffic
so revolting to humanity, so charged with the
direst horrors, and invoking so piercingly the
DIVINE vengeance, as the trade in question.
Next to tbe' enforced contemplation of such a
revival far on to nineteen centuries after the
appearance of that Gracious Benevolence whose
advent we are about to celebrate, the fact that
those by whom it is menaced are of our own
stock, and possessed of like means of self-cultiva-
tion with ourselves, is the most painful feature
of the case with which we have to deal.
Yes ! It is no tribe of a nation of savages
—it is no portion of a worn-out, tyrannically
governed European race, but citizens of
the United States—members of one of the
greatest of free countries, Englishmen by descent,
from whom the threat emanates. With the curse
of slavery upon them, wasting their pith and
marrow, and curtailing hourly the extent of their
resources, the Southern planters, instead of endea-
vouring to get rid of the curse by emancipation,
recklessly seek to avert their fall by an aggrava-
tion of their guilt. Not content with holding
their black brother in cruel bondage, and breeding
up his offspring, like cattle, for the home market,
they long for newer ♦ictims, and threaten to let
loose the ferocious slave-trader, with his blood-
hounds, on the inoffensive sons and daughters of
Africa, in order to lay on the abject misery of the
unhappy captives the foundations of future pros-
perity. The impiousness of the thought speaks
conclusively as to the wisdom of the desire. The
past history of the Southern States and contem-
poraneous annals are not without warning against
the attempt. Do the Southern slaveholders not
know what it would involve ? Are they entirely
ignorant of the peril to which the attempt would
expose them ? If the Presidential election, more
recent events, and England's perseverance in
putting down the traffic, have not opened, or do
not open, their eyes to a right understanding
neither would they be persuaded though one rose
from the dead.

CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunel, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F.
Jonghman., R. Grover, T. Ettino. T. Farrant, S. Jones, J.
Barker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin, Ben-
nett, and Corn ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. Piano-
forte, J. Harroway, B.A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ;
;lirector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre
z.sely. Suppers, &c.. until twelve o'clock. In addition to
the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH
MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven
o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourit selec-
tions.

themselves. Holyday's Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe
and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe (the Fairy
Queen), Miss E. Wadham ; Fairy Spirits of the Kisses that
have been given under the Mistletoe, by upwards of 100
ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Grand Ballet —Miss
Rosina Wright, Mdlles. J. and E. Osmont, and the Co-
rypbees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of
Hugg,amugga. —Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr.
Hornogold ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffueck, Headsup,
Eyesright, Shoulderarms. Stand-at ease, and March-
well ; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend; Blatk-
smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards
Columbine), Madame Boleno; Shilly and Shelly (her Maids
of Honour), Misses Ditbery and Dothery. How Margery
Daw has no no, ion of work herself, and the contempt she
shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of
King Huggamugga. King Huggamugga (Sovereign of the
Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr Daavking; Hurly- Burly (Lord
Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig; Niminy-Piminy (the Lord Cham-
berlain), Mr. Noodledom ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Goldstick in
Waiting), Mr. Muddle ; other Members of the Court, Messrs.
Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tageag, Merrywag, Perriwig,
and Hatband; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing
Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music
Master, Signor Hurdigurdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet-
temper ; Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook Prince Popinjay (of
the Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue,
Messrs. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cutashine. How
the Princess is taught a wholesome lesson by Necessity, and
of the change that takes place in consequence. Cottage of
Necessity, with a Prospect of Hard Work in the Distance.
The Enchanted Woi kbox—The Sampler and the Exemplar,
and the pretty piece of work that Margery Daw makes of it.
Inhabitants of the Workbox : —Row of Pins, Messrs. Sharp,
Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, &c. ; Regiment of
Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Sraalleve, Longsix,
Splitup, Snapoff, &c. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ;
Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea-
sure, Mr. Inchbald; Hook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some-
bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypnrly; Scissors; Mr.
Shearsteel. How Margery Daw makes an important discovery
and the audience also, and how, led. by Necessity, she is com-
pelled to alter her opinions and change her position. The Mine
of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wealth,—Labour (the Parent
of Health, Wealth, and Happiness), Mr. Strong'i'th'arm.
What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re-
ward that Holyday bestows Grand Scenic and Mechanical
Effects, exhibiting (in process of construction) the Fairy Fac-
tory of Fancy, completed with the assistance of Labour sad
Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. The Transformation ,:—Two
Harlequins, Herr Deulin and Signor Veroni ; two Sprites,
the Brothers Elliott ; two Pantaloons, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G.
Tanner; two Clowns, Messrs. Harry Boleno and Flexmore ;
the Gent, Mr. Halforcl ; two Columbines, Madame Boleno
and Miss Honey. The Ups and Downs of the Harlequinade.
showing the Ins and Outs and Turns About of the Pantomime
Rally ; Toy Warehouse, Butcher's and Baker's Shop
(Bolenos, Deulin, Tanner, and Halford).— A pink of polite-
ness—Clown very toyish—Getting a nutcracker, which turns
out a nobby toy—First and last toys for gambling—Marbles
versus dice—Despatches, loaded, and off they go—Harlequin
takes a private box—Clown takes Chatterton's situation as
boxkeeper —Kite-flying—A game of Cs;icket, by which some
of the players get bowled out, awl afterwards stumped,
which turns out a long stop—The uses and abuses of the crin-
oline—A Jack in the box—A box of regular British toys and
a basket of French bread (bricks)—Aldershott a size smaller
—Grand review of infantry—A military ball—Going in for a
buster—Coming out with a roll—Clown make a peel to
baker's feelings—List, oh, List—Squaring a round of beef—
Clown takes a steak and gets a chop in return—Pantaloon
tries his hand at a game and loses by it —Cut and come again
—Clown takes a butcher's shop, which Harlequin makes too
hot to hold him. Tailor's Shop and Perfumery Warehouse (Ve-
roni, Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor—
A suit that is quite the ticket—Tire Oude wrapper—Railway
wrappers--Transfer depot--Washing machine—extraordinary—
Something that won't wash—Cleaned out—Scent in and sent out-
Foreign versus English toothpowder Hungary water—A
Frangipani bouquet—Wonderful effects of the Pistachio nut-
powder —A case of real distress—Pantaloon in a fix—Fur
nished Apartments for Single Men (Bolenos, Deulin, and
Tanner).—Clown and Pantaloon in high life—A domestic re-
volution—Turning the tables—To bed, to bed—A drop too
much Clown now begins to reflect —The looking-glass follows
his example—Two heals better than one—Clown takes a turn
on the sofa, which also takes a turn on its own account—
Multiplication altercation, which ends with a regular row in
the house, Judkia's Gas-regulating Machine and General
Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and
Honey.)—Clown, being iu Fleet-street, goes the pace rather
fast—The language of the eyes (I-talian of course) which
everybody understands—Bath post versus London post—Re-
gulators Wanted : railway regulators, army regulators, gas
regulators, smoke regulators—Sewing, cutting, washing,
pressing, and ironing done by a turn—Clown makes a shift
which makes Pantaloon a little shirty—A. box of com • on
scents —A fresh supply of blacks from America A Dred-ful
scale ensues. Mechi's Model Farm (Bolonos, Deulin, and
Tanner )—Harvest-home —A rakish dance by rustic lads and
lasses —The milky way—Harlequin makes a pump of himself
—A strong smell of game—A farm-yard visitor—Clown finds
the pig a very great bore—Pantaloon finds the dog gets
greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry—Cochin China and
couch in England —Novel hatching—The old mail—Full in-
side--Clown off by the Express and Pantaloon by the
Keket— Mappin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse,
ng William-street, City (the whole of the double
4'T:l.ll:Any will appear in this scene )—Pantaloon proposes
‘—" r- lte a bus—Present and future—Weight of public opinion
fool
change for the better—The people's own bus—When
smaa eets , fool then comes the tug of fun—Collision, crash,
ment— nm , and dash—Garotte preventive —Moustache move-
a. •
case forr l)mr of sharp blades—Clowns prove themselves a
wentf:—Thsentditteref
—A Hocut direct lloway stopped
Forewar by
ned, Holloway
forearmed 's t-
Public nuisances of—
1856-oh, my Crinoline—A high wind,
a regular blow
Downs in Holidttal) and glorious termination to Ups and
h
The reduced gePairY Home.
as follows, varying throughout the
Circle of Boxeuse to suits, eveis!s es
Ed, :—Galleries, 6d. and is. ; Second
d
; Pit, 2s, ; First Circle of Boxes,
2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes
10s. 6d., 1 . le., 1/ , 33. • Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes,
. Ils.
and 2/. 2s.

Appealing to their selfishness, and, for the
moment, overlooking an important aspect of the
question, we ask—how should they, even if suc-
cessful in reviving the infamous traffic, be gainers
by so glaring an outrage on the feelings of nearly
all Christendom ? The slave is mainly prized by
them for what he produces, and the value of that
produce chiefly depends on having a steady remu-
nerative European market. Where, in a few
years, would that market be if the slave trade was
opened ? Indomitable England !—are they such
fools as to believe she cannot learn to do with-
out their tobacco and cotton ; and that having set
her heart on the abolition of the slave trade, she
wont take this, the most likely, way to make the
trade unprofitable ? Has she not colonies she can
turn to good account—is there not a countless
population, industrious and free, to till the cotton-
bearing districts of India ? Cannot she, in
one or more of her many possessions, find
space for the growth of all the tobacco
and other Southern produce she consumes ?
And what is there to bar her from supplying the
wants of the remainder of Europe in course of
time ? Will the Southern planter turn to the
Northern States for succour—the North that
can't help him if it would, and in its indignation
would not if it could ? Where then would be the
luxuries without which life to him is undesirable ?
Gone—never to return. It is a miserable life
he would then discover to live for bare bread.
But the revival of the slave trade means war with
England, as well as the loss of a remunerative
market. Are they prepared for a war, and what
it may entail? The gallant blood that used to
mantle so bravely their cheeks as they stalked
among their human cattle, does it not pale as the
horror of their dreams comes to their recollection ?
A servile war, a black jacquerie—the blunt in-
struments of their good pleasure, hacking and
hewing remorselessly the living branches of their
family tree, the slave population, mad with
oppression, and credulous or reckless as to the
future plying the devouring brand, and flitting
like demons to their murderous task, amid
the crash of burning timbers and the
shrieks of wretched women and children.
Who does not know that the thought of
that terrible retribution fills them at the present
time with unutterable dread—that the bravado
of discovered plots and effective measures of self-
defeece but ill conceals the coward heart that
beats so tremulously in their bosoms? The North,
if inclined to help them, would send its succour
ton late, supposing the North to have acceded to
the war, and not to have its hands full with its
own defence. The very loss of a remunerative
market the continuance of a war would occasion
might lead to an outbreak of the slave population,
quite irrespective of the provocation the hope of
liberty from such hostilities must give rise
to. Turn which way the Southern slavehold-
ers may, the only way of escape from im-
mediate personal peril and utter ruin is being
as quiet as possible, and accustoming them-
selves to the contemplation of and preparing
for a gradual emancipation to be complete at
distant period. The more reckless they are

ROYAL L -y---6-----------------,,
-.. U NI
Lessee,2,jecer.
1?-. -Dillon.
TiIEATRF4.
On BOXING NIGHT,
entirely new and original corabiaa,e! 26, will be produced an
tomime, entitled ',ion of burlesque and pan-
CONRAD AND liEbot.
ue
opening byn7Wat the Bottom of
or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fa-";
the Sea; The burlesq
xr.d.uced at Her
founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, a Brough, Esq.,
Majesty's Theatre. The harlequivade qv%
L. Tool
raft. The new and magnificent scenery "Ings• in gene.
painted by Mr. F.
Fenton. Characters in the opening :
Conrad (the Corsair) Miss Nvonigar
4: Birbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. .l.
Seyde Pasha Mr. Barrett e
• Sing Smart'.
Yussiff Mr. S. Calhaers'
,Medora
,Gulnar
Zuliem
Submarina,...(her first appearuce) Miss Jessie Ryder
Serena . MisS Marie Wilton
Clowns Mr. Torn Matthews and
Mr. H. Marshall
• Pantaloon
Harlequin ... .
Columbine • ..Miss Clara Morgan
On Boxing Night, and on Saturday, Dec. 27, the historical
play of WILLIAM TELL will commence tile performances.
William Tell, Mr. C. Dillon. A Morning Performance of the
Pantomime every Sat:aril:ly, at 2 o'clock, commencing on Sa-
turday, Dec. 27. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5,
under the superintendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun.
Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set
down at the State entrance is Burleigh-strect.

STRAND THEATRE.—Muiager, Mr, T.
PAYne.--THIS EVENING bo performed
THE OLD CO ‘IMODORE.
To'conclude with the Burlesque Pantomime of THE MAGIC
MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of Lon-
don. Clown, Miss Cuthbert ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ;
Columbines, Miss E. iaeobs and Mdle. Collison.
Commence at Seven. Stalls, ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ;
Gallery, 6d,

UTAL OLYMPIC. THEATRE.
L*4Ree, Mr. Altr..(l Wigan.
On FRIDAY, Dec. 24, DELICATE GROUND.
G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling,
A new Fairy Extravaganza, by J.
he Esq., called
YOUNI-: AND HANME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers,
Leslie, G .Cooke Danve DS--O Ifisses Swanborotr-h, Thirlwall,
St. Catse (her firza, Cas%;eten, romlty, 3/4skell,
and Mrs. Ylelfort.
After which. CRINOLINE.

Messrs,

Comwene

at hal-past Seven.