The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-31 00:00:00

A SHARK HUNT AT CURACOA.

The reader will understand the scene which oe-
curl ed one evening a short time after I had witnesses
a large troop of sable nymphs gamboling in their
favaurite element, and playing their national game
" b my neighbour's head." This can be
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pla at only by swimmers, such as they are, wino
verily surpass the otter in familiarity with the water.
The joke appears to consist in making a kind of so-
merset dive, so that the heels come up in sight, and
strike the surface forcibly; and the skill of the game
is to time and aim the manoeuvre so dexterously that
they hit the head and neck of another swimmer, who
may, that moment, have just emerged from a plunge,
and is then forcibly, and before breath can be taken,
ducked down again. TI-is feat is sure to raise loud
shouts of laughter from the other porpoises, who are
seen tumbling about, with their tawny soles flickering
above water, in all directions. In a land where cloth-
ing is very scanty, and the sensations produced by
cold water are pleasant, spectators in thousands being
close to the scene, it is no wonder, where all are ex-
pert, that 150 or 200 are excited to plunge in and
partake of the sport, After witnessing from the
balcony the scene just described, I had gone in to
dress, when old Mynheer Van Starkenburg, the
fiscal, or chief justice of the island, came in, request-
ing my company in his boat, to go up the harbour to
his country house, called Buitenzorgh, where I had
not yet been. I was just going to ask for some ex-
planation, when a sudden yell arose, such a confusion
of shouts and screams, as made me instantly start up
and grasp my sword, intending to rush down and turn
out the guard ; for there evidently was some terrible
disaster in occurrence. Before I reached the ante-
chamber, forgetful of the worthy fiscal, I met his
orderly (garde de chasse), a mulatto, adorned with
sword and belt. " Het is een Haayvisch, mynheer,"
said he, taking off his hat, and speaking Dutch, the
official language of Curacoa, the vernacular being
l'apiemento, a kind of broken Spanish—" Het is een
Haayvisch" (it is a shark). " Ja," interrupted
Markus, the fiscal's waiting-boy, " een Haayvisch,
oudu de vrouwen" (a shark among the women).
" The devil," quoth I; " Mr. Fiscal, what can be
done to save these poor girls?" I wondered at the
quiet gravity of my good-natured friend, on this, to
my mind, dangerous occasion. He smiled, and said,
" Oh ! captain, don't be uneasy; but go and see, f,sr
it will be a scene you shall never forget !" and with
these words he came with me to the head of the bal-
cony stairs. It was certainly an exciting moment ;
not a man or woman was to be seen on shore ; all
were in the water ; all were vociferating and utter-
ing the most discordant noises imaginable. The
punts were already run on shore, in order to enable
the scullers to partake of the sport ; the harbour was
everywhere studded with human heads above water,
forming a kind of shoal ; and a whole dense line of
swimmers barred the entrance from the fort to oppo-
site my house, chiefly and most numerous in the
deepest water, which they beat with their hands, and
incessantly diving and plunging, presented a tu-
multuous belt from shore to shore. Some negro
boys and girls attempting to enter, were driven
back by the others, and it was some time before
the real object of excitement could be made out.
I had asked repeatedly, " Where is he ?" " Wagt
een heetge, mynheer" (wait a little), was the re-
ply ; and I now perceived, as the fiscal pointed to
the spot, another belt of human swimmers, who had
been roused on the first cry to take the water, and
still more violently engaged. Advancing from the
upper end of the harbour, they prevented the monster
reaching the great ;lagoon, where he would infallibly
have escaped, and drove him down within the narrow
space between the houses. There were troops ofvocifer-
ous swimmers divided into bands, advancing and pur-
suing, until my eye caught sight of the groat dorsal
fin of the fish, which, it was now evident, was in
-utter dismay, shooting rapidly from space to space, en-
deavouring to swim low beneath the surface; but
even eight or nine fathoins of depth left him no pas-
sage. Men and women, in whole masses, darted
down in the deep and scared him upward. Once he
made a dash to pass under the piles of Mr. Basden's
wharf, and got entangled. I could see him struggle
to get free, and effect it; but, furious in his rage, it
was visible that he was blown. He now made
no further efforts under water, swimming half his
back high above the surface; once or twice he lay
motionless, his snout and eyes quite visible, and
seem'ngly deliberating upon a fierce resolve. But
soon he was roused by a troop coming on him ; he
started like lightning, his tail quivering; and now
and then lashing the water into foam, he dashed
-sill the middle of the seaward belt, which instantly re-
doubled his*mour and in diving, while all from above
harbour came down in full cry. The shark plunged
isfe"then rme, shooting in the violence of action his
Wilsole length above the surface, which glittered like
a flash of silver in the sloping sun. Down again he
went, darting along the line, to the deepest side,
under Fort Amsterdam : but here the crowd and
noise, the beating of the water with sculls and bars,
was most intense. He came up again, turned
towards the upper harbour, floundered, un-
certain of his purpose, and then started
again, with rapidity to the side where we stood.
Here he nearly grounded, but he fought off; his
speed, however, was exhausted ; he ran a short
way upward, and then, in rather a lubberly way,
came on shore on our side, at a little distance off,
and hardly moved a fin before an axe was lifted, and
his tail cut off. This was the signal for a univer-
sal shout of triumph. He was by no means one of
the largest, measuring something less than 11 feet
in length, but was a true squalus carcharias, or raging
shark, most dreaded by seamen. With all his vora-
city and fierceness, this shark is a real coward, as I
had long before witnessed at Dominica. A
drunken man, floating on the water, was about
to be devoured by one of great size one morn-
ing, while our people were washing the decks, when
four men sprang overboard, and scared him away,
towing the drunken fellow on shore, where they gave
him a sound thrashing by way of? caution fur the
future. Boats or punts must be kept on shore during
the battle with a shark, because in the violent exer-
tions used, their oars and bottoms might strike the
swimmers or protect the fish.

THE UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE, AND NAVAL
AND MILITARY JOURNAL FOR JANUARY, 1845.—The
most marked difference between this magazine and
most of its contemporaries is, that while they are filled
in a great measure with tales of fancy, which are perused
but to be forgotten, it is a record of facts and occur-
rences, and of the results drawn from reflection and ex-
perience in reference to many of the most practically in•
teresting questions regarding the professions which it re-
presents, and through them to the peace, prosperity, and
security of the nation at large. The truth is, we know
of no periodical published in this country more deserv-
ing general patronage, and certainly no one containing
anything like the same amount of information. Nor is
what may be regarded as light reading wanting in its
pages, for it abounds with narratives of the most inte-
resting and exciting kind—stranger than fiction, with
the additional recommendation of their being true. The
articles in the present Number that may be considered
the most striking are—The Social Wrongs of the
Soldier—Hints for National Defence, addressed to the
people—The Experimental Squadrons—Reminiscences
of a French Prison—A Record of Indian Warfare and
Passages of Indian Adventure—Notes on Eastern Africa
—A Chapter of Reflections on the Military Art—The
Theatre of War in the Caucasus, &c. &c.
THE COMMISSION OF THE PEACE FOR DURHAM
—The names of the following gentlemen have been
just included in the Commission of the Peace for the
county of Durham, viz. :—Viscount Seaham, William
Standish Standish, Esq., of Cocken Hall ; John Eden,
Esq., of Beamish Park ; and the Rev. Henry Douglass,
8.D., Canon of Durham. The whole of these gentlemen,
with the exception of Viscount Seaham, qualified at the
late adjourned sessions of the peace to act as magistrates
for the county.
POLLOKSHAWS. SCENE IN A CHURCH. Con-
siderable excitement was occasioned here on Sabbath
last, in consequence of an occurrence which happened in
the Rev. Mr. Smith's church. The managers of this
church had for some time past been considering the
most suitable method for heating the church, and in the
course of lat week two small stoves (constructed on the
consumption of smoke principle) were placed in the
body of the church, and on Sabbath morning were
lighted with charred wood. No bad effects were felt
until about the close of the forenoon service, when nearly
twenty individuals were so much overcome by the vapour
from the stoves that they fainted ; one of the elders
was dangerously affected, so much so, that he was
obliged to be carried home in a chair. The Rev.
Mr. Smith was also affected to a very considerable
extent. When the congregation met in the afternoon
(although the stoves had been previously removed), it
was found that the vapour was still so powerful as. to
compel the congregation to remove to a neighbouring
schoolroom, where Divine service was performed by. Mr.
Smith, who was so far recovered as to be able to officiate.
The most remarkable circumstance was the fact, that in
the afternoon a great number of the congregation were
affected in the schoolroom in the same manner as the others
had been affected in the fore part of the day in the church,
and upwards of a dozen fainted, or suffered so much as to
be obliged to be carried home. It is supposed that this
was occasioned by the noxious vapour or gas adhering
to their clothes, and the heat of the schoolroom caused
it to produce similar effects to those felt in the forenoon.
A good many of the congregation were still so much
indisposed as to be prevented from attending their
respective occupations on the Monday. We are glad,
however, to learn that all are now fairly recovered.—
Renfretvshire Advertiser.

FANG OF THE RATTLESNAKE.—A man had been
bitten through his boots by a rattlesnake, and died.
The boots afterwards descended into the successive pos-
session of two other persons, and killed them both • and
it was then ascertained that an envenomed fang had' re-
mained sticking in the leather.—llogikin's Australis.

C°l,Lg.'4E AND UNIVERSITY LIFE.
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- mct will be published, post Bvo., 10s. 6d. cloth,
THE CeJLLEGIAN'S GUIDE ; or, Recollect-
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THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE.
Immense Holiday Attraction.
THIS EVENING will be performed Balfe's grand Opera, THE
DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK.
After which will be repeated the Grand Christmas Harlequinaoe,
called PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, Harlequin and Robinson Cnisee.
The principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime artistes,
Messrs. W. H. Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, HoWell, and Miss
Carson.

SCENE t, An " Attic " Story. Author (in distress for many
things, but principally for a pantomime subject), Mr. Hance ;
"tick (Envoy from the Court of King Oberon, with powers to pro-
vide the usual Christmas fun for "Children all, both great and small,"
Miss A. Payne. How Puck gives new life to the author by giving
life to his attic, which occasions an extraordinary stir on the pre-
mises, and introduces an extensive circle of old acquaintances ; I,w
Messrs. Puck and Author form themselves into a Committee of Taste,
and decide in favour of Robinson Crusoe.
SCENE 2. Coast of the island on whicliCrusoe was wrecked, with
the ship high and dry, the ocean slumbering in the back ground, the
crabs, &c, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusoe,
W. H. Payne. How Crusoe pays a morning visit to the wreck ; is
private opinion of the useful and the useless ; how he is astonisiwd
by an unceremonious visit-from the Caribee Indians, and how he ck.,-
termines in his turn to astonish them.
SCENE 3. Interior of the island. King Paribo (Autocrat of all the
Caribees, having a passion for Princess Tooraloora, and being in
passion with everybody else), Mr. T. Matrilews; Ilankipanki (his
club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace.:bearcr to the Right H.ll.
the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howe'',; prince I arramatta, after-
wards " Friday" (King Pariboo's ye;ung brother, and old rival, con-
demned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland ;
rincess Tooraloora (intended by Pariboo for himself, but intending
ierself for his brother), Mr, Johnson. How, preparations being made
for a Caribee Pic-nic, Crnsoe, fired with indignation„ fires a volley—
how Pariboo and Ilankipanki jump out of the fryinf-pan into the
211 re. i.e., the waken
SCENE 4.—Exterior of Cavern on Sea Shore. Sak.Domingo Billy
(the celebrated Pacifle Shark, netted expressly for the occasion, in
'hopes of his turning out " a great catch"), Mr. Longsvvallow. How
Pariboo and liankipanki bolt from San Domingo Billy, and how
Billy bolts them—how Crusoe and Friday go out fishing—how they
have a " glorious nibble"—and how, the fish being landed, lands its
two Insides—and how the exterior of the cavern naturally changes to
SCENE s.—lnterior of Cavern, with Bird's-eye View of Robinson
Crlasoe's Farm. How Crusoe and Co. give the Caribees the go-by—
New Pariboo and his warriors, to the tune of " Follow, follow over
-mountain," set off in pursuit—and how it is supposed they were lost
an fog, which will account for their not arriving earlier at
SCENE 6.—The House that Crusoe built. N.B. The premises
may be viewed nightly with tickets, apply to Mr. Parsons, Box-
office, from ten till six. llow Crusoe does the honours of his hut to
the great Princess and tier little brothers—how he gives Friday Ids
Brat lesson ir, " Mrs. Glass's Domestic Cookery"—how the jollifica-
tion withir, is stenenly interrupted by the Indians from without ; in
short, ho-.v the appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of
hut, ar.xl then to the change of the Old Wreck to the Jolly lung
Wat.exman and Crusoe's Departure for London-bridge.
`SCENE 7. Exterior of Music Shop and Artificial Arms and
Manufactory- ; Duet, in two fiats, tune, " Here we go up, up, up, le re
Ire go down, down, down;" Roman Gladiator versus British Gladia-
tor ; a clear stage and no favour ; patent violoncello, warranted to
play on itself grand discord.
SCENES S and 9. Curriers and Fancy Leather-dressers, and Throne-
roe in the Palace at Morocco ; how to leather Morocco and how to
dress its leather ; how to hide yourself to avoid hiding by another—
a whole skin is better than a skin in holes.
SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison; Remember the
poor Debtors; Knockers ant bells versus thieves ; Somebody's
,c"ning V0.,0r debtors and heardhearted creditors; the tables sud-
uenlY tr:cried by an Act of Parliament ; Change of the Premises to
6(7.e:NE 11. Baths and Washhouses for the Labouring Classes ;
-Ladies of the Round Tub :" Soap at a premium ; Mangling Clone
tere ; Arrival Of " the trades of London, with their respective yonng-
ones ;" The bell invites us ; Wives go to dinner; Husbands go to bath;
Boiling water versus cold water cure ; The washing-tub in a storm,
and general confusion.
SCENE 12. Lamp and Chandelier Shop and Lodging-house;
11' Catch him who can," or Harlequin here, Harlequin there, Ha-le-
'min everywhere ; Bagged at last ; " Off with his head, so much for
Harlequin;" Eight heads better than one; Patent self-lighting
Chandelier.

" The happy family we all know so well,
" The still happier family we all love so well."
SCENE 13, A Stone Quarry; A monster meeting, with a tail and
without one ; how to convert a blockhead into a great man ; Art
and Cor.dmerce lend their assistance to produce
SCENE 14. A most extraordinary 'Change, leading to a still more
exiraordinary one, viz.,
SCENE 15, Grand emblematical and national tableau cf her
lifajesty christening the Royal Exchange.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31,
Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts,
called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket
Mr. Strickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathei s s Toni Coke
',Hr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ;
The Countess of Ph', pion. Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthori.
Madame Vestris ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia i,ennett.
After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza,
entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. Ring Uxorious, Mr. J.
Bland ; Princess Gracicsa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P.'
Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley.'
To conclude with a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; or, PIC.
TORIAL TOUR IN S WITZERLAND.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each.
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office,
tinm Ten till Five o'Clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31, •
Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Eickens, Est.)
a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some
Berms that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck,
CAr. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilk in.
son ; Sr Joseph Bowley, Bart , Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mr.
Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby ,• Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs.
Chie.kenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews.
To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX
AND THE GOOSE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson,
Paul Bedford, and Mrs Fitzwilliam.
To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas
Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the Ki g
of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lons_
dale ; Clown. Mr. C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. Sanoers.
Prompter, Mr. °allot ; Principal Painter, 'dr. Pitt; Leader of the
M
Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Private
Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-ST R E ET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31,
Will be repeated an Engli.h Version of the celebrated Oprra
Etifia, in Two Acts, called I'HE ITALIAN IN ALGIERS. Ihe
Music by Rossini. Mustapha, Mr. P. Corti ; Lindor, Mr. Al:cn
Taddeo, Mr. Leffler; Haly, Mr. Mattacks ; Isabella, Mdlle. Helen
Condell ; Elvira, Miss Grant; Zulma, Miss Brentnall.
To be succeeded by a New Comedietta, entitled THE WIDOW
BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs.
Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling
After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather
Operatic Burlesque Extravag inza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS
MEN. GI indoffl Mr. Compton; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry ; Kelmar,
Mr. Granby ; Riber, Mr, Corn , Golotz, Mr. Walton; Claudine,
Miss E. Stanley ; Ravina, Mrs. Fosbroke.
Stage Manager, Mr. H. L Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden,
Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradvrelL
Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ,• Pit, 25.; Galle Is. Half- price at
Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas 2nd One Guinea and a-Half ,• Prosce-
nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-HalE Doors to be opened at Half.
past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock.
The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massinglizon.
Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the
Theatre.

THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA.
HOUSE.
__ _

Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31,
Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal
Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, Matthews,
Collier, Emery, Turner. and Keeley ; Miss Walcott, Miss Arde
Miss rove, and lklrs. Keeley.
After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO
M ARR Y. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker
Mss Arden, and Mrs. Wigan.
To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historic.], Romantic,
Pantomimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE
AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews;
Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley ,
Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs
Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley,
PRICES OF A DMlSSlo4.—Balcony boxes, 4a.; Upper
Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. Gallery, Bd. Second Price—Balcony Bes, ;
tipper Boxes, Is 6d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Kaie:any Fler
(holding eight person), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Secopd
Pier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private
B axes on the ;It Tier (holding six persons), One Ouirea.
T :e Box-odice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre.

Great Hit of the Equestrian Comic Pantomime at
ASTLEY'S Itoii AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTI.
Proprietor ar.d Manager, Mr. W. BATTY.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31,
Will he repeated a New Spe:tacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX
HUNT; or, The Race- Hor,e and Life's Course of Man and Steed ;
Introducing unequalled National Fetes. Beal Fox-chase on the Stage
end in the Circle by living Fo, and real Pac:: of Hounds, purchased
by Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production.
Epsom Races and other Sporting Features.
New Scenes of the uircle, and entire change in the Feats of Hors:-
Inansh ip..

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To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime,
c• Bed HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the
Black Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine,
Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury.
Acting aria stage-mmager, Mr. W D Broadfoot.
Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding
by Mr. IC Smith daily.
Mr. BATTY begs to a-quaint the Nobility, Gentry, and h's
Patrons, that, in compliance with numerous requests from the
country, and by special desire, he has formed arraneements to pre-
sent, during the Christmas Ho'idays, a S ries of EQUESTRI A N
MORNING FETES and FASHIONABLE DAY PERFORM.
ANCEi, to commence at Half-past One, and terminate at Half-pant
Three : consisting of Batty's Solend id Scenes of Equitation in the
Circle. The Next Morning Performances will take place lb-morrow,
Jac I, and FrAay, Jan. 3.

DAVIDGE's ROYAL SURREY I'HEATRE
As usual, the best Pantomime of the Season ! A more brilliant
triumph than ever before achieved ! ! Laughter, Wonder, and
Delight !!! The First Pantomimic Performers of the Age, and
Everything New!!!!
THIS EVENING. DECEMBER 31,
Will be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End
of Crime. Principal Characters bY Mr. Henry Corri (from the
Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H Hughes, Neville, R Honner,
Lewis, Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs, W.
Daly, aed Miss Martin.
To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called
POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN
S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway;
Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corri; Columbine, Miss Slaiter.
Places arid Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.
office, from Eleven to Four.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE
Extraordinary Success of the New Comic Pantomime.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31,
Wlll be produced MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity. Su--
ported by Mr. o,baldiston, Henry Howard, J. T Johnson, T.
Niggle, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss E,
Terrey, and Miss Treble.
After which, the laughable Drama, entitled WILFUL MURDER.
To conclude with a New Grand Chri,,tmas Pantomime, entitled
HARLEQUIN HOT COD (ANS ; or, The Little Old 'Wonsan and
the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapin° ; Clown,
Mr. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney; Columbine, Mdll,
Le Vite.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We cannot insert th;leiier;igne,l:isl;ella Lloyd," as
it contains explrle statements in relation to a matter
which may be again brought before a court of justice.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 30.

THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 46 ; Noon, 35.

BAROMETER, 30.08.-WIND, N.

Nor.—The figures which follow the words " Lowest" and
"Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the
Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All
the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at
32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on
Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and
" Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather
when the mercury falls below 30.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Ig4rnirtg 44 minutes after 5 I Evening... 5 minutes after 6.

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