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Bst 71h; and fillies Bst 311)'; tbe4ecpnd saves his stake.
Straight run in. (2 7'Subo
Mr. W. Allen's Neasham ... (Holmes) 1
Mr. J. Scott's Presto ... ... (Simpson) 2
Mr. Dawson's hr cby Trueboy ... (Cartwright) 3
Mr. Jaques's (Prince) 4
2to 1 agst Neasham. Won by a neck.
Second yen. of the First Ensby Triennial Produce
Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, ler 3 yrs old colts Sst
71b, and fillies Bst 31h; the second to save his stake.

EASTER AMUSEMENTS.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

Mr. Aiderson seems determined to revive the legi-
mate and national theatrical entertainments at ttis
the national theatre. He commenced his .teason at
Christmas, with a legitimate five act play and a legi-
timate Christmas pantomime, the very best that has
been produced of late years, and the run of which
exceeded, by some weeks, that of any of its competitors.
And now, at Easter, wisely eschewing the dangerous
ground of burlesque, he gives us a regular, legitimate,
magical, gorgeous, Easter piece, which will be to the
full as attractive as was his pantomime. It is so
many years since a regular legitimate Easter piece
has been produced, that the performance of The
Devil's Bing ; or, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air
(for such is the title which Mr. Rod well
has given to his fairy spectacle) has all the attraction
of nuvelty to the more juvenile playgoer, while to
those who remember the national theatres in their
palmy days, it recals pleasant reminiscences of by-
gone times, when from Easter to Whitsuntide
Thierna na Oge:reigned supreme Prince of the Lakes
at Drury-lane, and Peter Wihins was carried away
through the air, by the Flying Indiana, every night,
at Covent-garden. The Devil's Ring is not only a
perfectly legitimate Easter piece, but it is one of the
most gorgeous, one of the moat effective, one of the
most wonderful of its sort. It is far and away the
best fairy spectacle that has been pro-
' duced since Cherry and Fair Star, and the effects.
are so marvellous as to really merit the name of
magical. Indeed, your ancient magician must have
been a very clever fellow indeed if he could approach
your modern theatrical machinist in the performance
of wonders. The Devil's Ring is a tale of pure en-
chantment. The heroine, the Princess Eveline (Miss
E. Nelson), has been carried off by Go•dah (Mr. C.
Fisher), the wizard of the elements, and with her
singing-maid, Leila, imprisoned in the centre of
Mount Etna, and the drama opens with a beautiful view
of the city and harbour of Catania, in Sicily, with
Etna smoking in the back-ground. This beautiful scene
is one of the most beautiful productions cf I3running's
pencil, and, considered as a work of art, is exquisite ;
We here find divers knights who have failed in ob-

To start at the end of the straight run in, and go once
round and in. (28 Subs.)
Mr. Meiklam's The Italian (Templeman) walked over.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—BETTING.—Mr. John Moore,
the Sporting- Publisher (established 1819), continues to
lay the raarket odds agiinst all hors,s for the Nor-
thamptonshire Stakes, Althorp Park Stakes, Earl Spen.
cer's Plate, Bath and Somersetatnre Stakes, Newtn-iKet
Handicap, Chester Cup, Derby, and Abergavenny
SteeplechaFe. Commissions from the country faithfully
attended to on the remittance of a post-office order,
Payable to John Afoore, Charing-cross, London. All
bets paid the day after the race.

SPORTIN G NOTES.
No. 11.
" In nature's infinite book of secrecy,

A little I can read."
" Make thee a fortune from me."
SHAKSPERE.

Sits,—ln No. 1 of these notes I committed a most un-
accountable error respecting the Column Stakes, which
I will at once rectify; I stated, that " the race for the
Column Stakes will lay between Mickleton and Har-
dinge, Cariboo third; Pontifex and Longinus, I presume.
will be non est." It should have been—" the race for
the Column Stakes will lay between Mickieton
and Longinus, Cariboo third; Pontifex, I presume,
►will bo non est." The error, however, must
have been palpable to any one versed in
turf matters, as Hardinge is not entered.for the stake.
Alonzi's victory for the Trial Stakes at Warwick, had
but little effect upon the Derby 'vetting, beyond advanc-
ing Clincher (who is said to be 211bs better than his
stable companion, Alonzo) from 20, to 14 to 1 takers; it,
however, sent the chances of the Knight of Gwynn',
Brennus, Torpor, and Oabaldeston, if they ever had
any, to the rightabout, and confirmed the Goodwood
cracks in their positions.
Warwick started, and the present week f iirly precipi-
_ _

tales us into the racing season of 1850, for from Cat-
teriek. Bridge to-day, to the Newmarket Houghton at
the latter end of October next, it is one unbroken chain
of meetings.
Collingwood, I fancy, will be the first trump card
played off at Northampton on Wednesday, his principal
opponents for the Trial Stakes being The Swindler and
Mark Tapley. The second event on the card is for the
Great Northamptonshire Stakes, for which the
following will in all probability start, viz :—Wanota,
6 yrs Bst 71b—Halo, 6 yrs Bst 21b Sylvan, 5 yrs
7st 101b—Ballinafad, 6 yrs, 7st 121b—Belus, 4 yrs,
7st 51b—Iron Rail, 6 yrs, 7st 21b—Grief, 4 yrs, 7st—
Osterley, 4 yrs, 7st-wChantrey, 4 yrs, 6st 131b—Moun-
seer, 4 yrs, 6st 131b—Tophana, 5 yrs, Est 131b—Giselle,
aged, 6st 121b—Velox, 4 yrs, bat 11Ib—Mahratts, 4 yrs,
sst 111b—Harriott, 3 yrs, sat 101 b—and Bastinado, 3 yrs,
4st 61b. I shall summarily dismiss their pretensions by
declaring it to be my firm belief that Osterley has all the
top-weights saf., as Harriott and Mahratta all the light
division, and that OSTERLEY will be the first to catch
the judge's eye, Chantrey, Dlounsecr, and Harrioti
in attendance. \\7cre Flatcatcher or Wanota at
their respective weights of Bst slb and Bst 7lb meant, I
should say, over the Northampton course they would be
highly dangerous.
Boa Hunter will win the Harlestone P:oduce, and
Watch Dog the Open Stakes.
Harriott (41b extra) will not be a bad speculation, I
take it, for the Pytchley Stakes, although opposed by
Impression, Compass, old Give-and-Take.
Mark Tapley ought to win the Northamptonshire
Cup, if intended for that event; if not, I must look to
Priestess or Quiver.
The 10 Soya. Stakes to Blackcoek; and Lord Spen-
cer's Plate, out of a field of twenty, may probably show
Alonzo, 3 yrs, sst 10Ib, and Crucible, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b, in
front at the finish; the Bishop of Rumford's Cob handy.
The Althorpe Park Stakes, by the betting, (7 to 4
being taken about Buckhound, and 2 to 1 about Prestige)
seems to be a certainty for the Danobury or Goodwood
cracks, but it would not surprise me to see Olivia a-head
of Prestige and Buekho!md at the judge's chair, with
Forlorn Hope and Mr. Merryman in close attendance.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

taining possession of the-Devil's ring, by the posses-
sion of which alone can the Princess be rescued. The
ring can only be seized from the Brazen hand by one
who has never been untrue in honour nor false in
love; and Herbert, the Minstrel of Cassel (Miss. F.
fluddart), undertaking the adventure, enters the
caverns of the Brazen Hand, mixes the ring, and has
bestowed on him, by the Spirit of the Ring (Miss
A. Lonsdale), a golden wishing-branch, and Whir-
liburg (Mr. Seymour), the slave of the ring, and the
most grotesque and active of posturers, to attend
him. Herbert then summonses his brother Franco,
the charcoal burner (Mr. S. Artaud), to attend him,
and together they proceed to seek out Eveline ;
France, who is the " funny man" of the piece,
being stimulated thereunto by his love for Leila (Miss
Rafter) the Princess's singing girl. The scene now
changes to the Realms of Fire, in which the Princess
and Leila are confined. Herbert and his party arrive
and rescue them, and they ascend with the Princess
Ind Leila through liquid flames to the earth ; the
.second act opens with a magnificent view of the falls
of Niagara, and here the wizard weaves his spells to
recapture the Princess by the aid of the second element,
water. In this he succeeds, and they descend through
the falls to the City of the Fountains, the coral home
of the Naiad Queen. This is an exquisitely beautiful
and gorgeous scene, and a ballet by the.
Naiades is very gracefully executed. The
Princess is again rescued by Herbert, and the
.linchanter has recourse to the third element,
earth. The scene is laid in the diamond caves of
California, and here the Wizard by an earthquake
gets Herbert and the Princess in his power, and Her-
bert having lost the magic ring, is with the Prin-
..

cess in danger of perishing, when Franco by aid
of the wishing-branch, discovers their prison, and
by wishing their pursuers may remain where they
are until he sends for them, enables them to reach

April 1, 1850.

the upper world by a gigantic staircase, when they
emerge in a Sicilian vineyard at the time of vintage.
This Sicilian vineyard is another exquisite specimen
of beautiful landscape painting. The fourth
element is air; here the Wizard has impri-
soned the Princess in the Palace of Rainbows from
which she is rescued by the faithful Herbert, and
the drama ends with the gorgeous wedding procession
of Herbert and the Princess, and their triumphal
entry to the Hall of the Hundred Knights in a car
drawn by real horses. This last scene is the most

ENGLISH DANCING.—AII the rooms were thrown
open, and the crush was so great in the appartment devoted
to quadrilles and waltzes, that the dancers were shut up in
little rings, with hardly space enough to poise themselves to
the time of the music. The pursuit of dancing under diffi-
culties is a lugubrious and equivocal pleasure, and to judge
from the solemn faces of the young people who dedicate
themselves to this amusement, a looker-on, who happened to
be ignorant of the gravity that lies at the bottom of our en-
. .

joyments, might suppose that they were performing some
kind of painful sacrificial rite.—" The Ladder e sold" in
Bentley's Miscellany for April.
DEATH OF THE EARL OF MACCLESFIELD.—
Thomas, the fifth Earl of Macclesfield, died on Easter
Sunday, at Enaham-hall, one of his seats in Oxfordshire, in
the 87th year of his age. He was the father of the peerage
of England. His Lordship was but little known in public
or political lite, having succeeded to the earldom only eight
years ago, when he was at the advanced age of 79. The
tenor of his life was that of a quiet, elegant English gentle-
man. When (on the death of his veneroble brother in
1842) he emerged from the position of a commoner to the
fortunes of the family earldom, he retained, unaltered, the
unostentatious and amiable bearing which endeared him to
all who were connected or acquainted with him. His Lord-
ship was born on the 9th of Jane, 1763. As a young man be
for some years held a commission in the Foot Guards. He
married first on the 16th of March, 1796, Miss Edwards,
daughter of Mr. Lewis Edwards, of Ludlow, by whom he
had four daughters, three of whom are living, and are—
Lady Amelia Montgomery, Lady Matilda Montgomery, and
Lady Louisa Parker; and on the 19th of March, 1807, his
Lordship married the present Dowager Countess, who was
daughter of Mr. William Breton Wolstenholme, of Sussex,
by whom he left a son and two daughters—Thomas
AugustusWolstenholme Viscount Parker(now the sixth Earl
of Macclesfield), the Countess of Antrim, and the Lady
Lavinia Dutton. The present Earl (who is in his 40th
Mar) is married to Lady Mary Frances, daughter of the
arquis of Westminster, and has a family of four children.

gorgeously magnificent over exhibited on any stage.
and brought down the curtain amidst thunders of ap-
plause. The music by the author, Mr. Rodwell, is
essentially dramatic, and the piece is interspersed
with various songs and duetts, and concerted pioces,
which were very effectively rendered by Miss Racer,
Miss E. Nelson, and Miss F. Huddart. At the con-

elusion Mr. Anderson was called for, and announced

HOLIDAYS AT THB COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—
Yesterday a provision in the Bankruptcy Law Consolidation
Act took effect. Hitherto there were no holidays in Easter
week, but they are now specially ordered, and further, the
commissioners in London can regulate the sittings in vaca-
tion. The following is quite a new provision in bankruptcy,
and appears in the Bankrupt Consolidation Act, section 10,
" That the Court shall sit for the dispatch of business daily
throughout the year, Sunday, Christmas..day, Good Friday,
Monday and Tuesday in Easter week, and the days appointed
for public fast or thanksgiving excepted, and in London ana
in each district in the country the commissioners of the
court, or such of them as occasion may require, shall attend
for that purpose; provided always that in each district in
the country in which there is only one commissioner of the
court, such commissioner, or in his absence from illness or
other reasonable cause, the registrar of the court in such dis-
tricts shall so attend; provided also that during the time ap-
pointed by order of the Lord Chancellor for vacation in the
several offices of the Court of Chancery, the commissioners of
the court in London and in the several districts in the country
respectively shall have full power and authority to regulate
the sittings of the court, and appoint the attendance of such
as vacation commissioner or commissioners for that purpose
as shall appear fit and necessary for the administration of
justice in the said court."

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The
engine-drivers upon this line have appointed deputations
from the several locomotive stations to wait upon the loco.
motive superintendent, for the purpose of obtaining redress
of certain alleged grievances. One of the grievances is an
alleged unaccountable delay in the payment of the premiums
they are entitled to for good conduct.
PRESENTS TOR HER MAJESTY.The Rosamond
steam-vessel, which arrived at Plymouth from Tangier on
Saturday, has landed at the Royal William Victualling-
yard some native African animals and birds, sent as presents
from the Emperor of Morocco to her Majesty the Queen of
Great Britain. They consist of a lion, lioness, tiger, five ga-
zelles, and two pair of ostriches. The three former are con-
fined separately in strong close wooden boxes, with small
iron gratings on either aide to admit light and air. The lion
and lioness are young, and appear to be good specimens. The
Spots on the tiger are not yet distinct, and it thus has for the
present a leopard-like appearance. The gazelles, so called,
seem rather to be an intermediate species between an ante-
lope and a goat, combining the graceful agility of the former
with the vigorous strength of the latter. They are of a rich
tan-brown colour and in fine condition. None of the animals
are arrived at maturity. The ostriches, when erect, carry
their heads nearly seven feet high; their plumage is of the
ordinary black and white but they are not at present in
perfect feather, and the bodies of two are cased in clothing
to protect them from the uncertain temperature of
a northern climate. Having had a comparatively
short passage by steam, both the animals and birds
retain their native freshness. Two intelligent Arab keepers
who speak Spanish, have come to England in the Rosamond.
They approach without fear the lion, lioness, and tiger;
and these ferocious beasts allow their swarthy attendants to
fondle them and to handle with impunity their formidable
teeth and powerful jaws. The feline animals are placed in
the Saw-mill Store, the others are in the Melville Store.
They will remain at the Victualling-yard until orders are
received from her Majesty, who, it is expected,will send down
a royal messenger to take charge of these gifts.
THE LATE COLON:SL WEARE, K.H.—Last week
this distinguished offie,n. died (27th ult.) in Herefordshire,
having lately retired from the office of commandant of the
provisional battalions at Chatham. He entered the army as
an ensign in the 35th Foot in the year 1804, and the follow-
ing year served with the British and Russian army in Italy.
Lieutenant Weare served in Egypt in 1807, against the
Turks, and was present. at the second attack on Rosetta, as
well as the capture of the enemy's guns and camels on the
banks of the Nile and i a the retreat to Alexandria. In 1809
the Lieutenant served a I the reduction of the islands of Ischia
and Prosida, at the tal dug of the lonian Islands in that year
and 1810, and during ithe siege of Santa Maura he acted es
an engineer officer. • Afterwards he proceeded to the Benin-
sala, and in the campaigns of 1812, 1813, and 1814, was aide-
de-camp to Sir John Oswald, who then commanded the fifth
division of the army. During these campaigns he was pre-
sent in the severe affair of Villa Muriel, in the retreat from
Burgos, the advance of 1813, affair of Omas, the battle of
Vittoria, both assaults and sieges of San Sebastian, battle of
Nivelle, and some of the affairs at the mayor's house on the
Bayonne-road. The laze Colonel Weare had received the
war medal and three clasps for his services at Vittoria, St.
Sebastian, and Nivelle. In 1836 he was nominated a knight
of the Hanoverian Gueaphic Order,
and appointed major of
in 1838 he was appointed Lieu-
tenant-Colonel; battalion, and from that time till the
tt
eh
he
aProvisionaln t ..c olohel
of Battalion
th e
present held the appointment of Commandant. He was also
one of the aides-de-ca alp to the Queen.
A man should li re with his friends on such terms
that no change of fortune may oblige him to alter his con-
duct towards them. -- ..Eliza C'ook's Journal.

SAYING' .BANIL .s.—Thc :Sellout 1/e1)1:
siuners have called 'upon the unenrolled friendly societies, of
every description, to forthwith be certified by the Govern-
ment barrister, or else -withdraw their amounts deposited, in
savings' banks. Another stir into those bastiSutiong!

the piece for repetition amidst enthusiastic applause,
The house was well attended.

HAYMARKET.

The after season set in last night at this favourite
theatre with its wonted success and brilliancy.
Having survived the Dogberry of Keeley, who was
throughout the hero of the evening, we awaited the
rising of the curtain for the Easter piece with an
anticipatory confidence in the witty powers of the
Brothers Brougb, which were by no means disap-
pointed by their new spectacular burlesque. The
brilliant romance of " Ivanhoe" has so few characters
for whose ultimate welfare one cares a single doit—
none, indeed, except the noble-minded Rebecca, the
chivalrous Cceur-de-Lion, and the faithful thralls,
IVamba and Gurth, for the hero and Rowena savour
of the mawkish, and the rest are brigands, ravishers,
gormandisers, &c., that we felt that no flagrant
sacrilege was committed against the manes of the
Ariosto of the north, by perpetrating a travestie of
his knightly chronicle. In " the late" edition of
improvements,
there with all the newest
there was nothing outre in the costumes,
which were perfectly correct, and little in
Templar,
Wilfred, action, save the achievements of the
Wilfred, and the Black Knight in the Tournament,
nor was there any very striking scenic effect. The
entire force was thrown into the dialogue and songs,
and in that essential department never was a more
deservedly successful effusion of this nature produced.
In the accessaries of scenery, costume and ballet, the
lovers of the modern burlesque may find a far richer
treat at the Lyceum, Princess's, or Adelphi, but
neither the georgeously mock-majestic Honey, the
ferocious Wynn, nor even the piquant and melodious
Vestris, or the all- accomp!ished and fascinating
Woolgar, can carry off the palm from the Keeleys,
Priscilla Horton, or J. Bland. If we do not include
Buckstone, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, or Selby, in the pre-
sent category, it is only because their casts in Ivan-
hoe were hardly equal to their talents. Wamba and
Robin Hood were but secondary parts, and, in our
opinion, the portrait of Brian de Bois Guilbert, how-
ever admirably the conception was carried out by
the red-cross Selby, was the least felicitous
bit of the talented Germini. The opening
scene was " the Saxon mansion" of Cedric (Mr. J.
Bland), in which that " fine old English gentleman"
gave an excellent parody of the popular ballad of that
tame, and capped his patriotic prejudices by getting
royally intoxicated. Then follow in succession "The
Cheap Clothing Establishment" of Isaac of York
(Keeley), which afforded scope for some smashing
allusions to the present puffing system of certain dens
of habilimentary humbug, and where Ivanhoe (Mrs.
Keeley) gave a famous account of a Jew discounter
in a parody on " I do remember an apothecary ;"
" The Tournament of Ashby de la Zoucb," which
elicited roars of laughter ; Life in the Merry
Greenwood," developing Robin Hood (Mrs. Fitz-
william) as a flagrant land-schemer; "The Turret
Chamber," in which Miss P. Horton, as Rebecca,
sang a grand scena with wonderful power and exe-
cution ; " The Dungeon," in which our old friend
Isaac of York (Keeley) came out with inimit-
able effect, most Faginslike in appearance, and
haunted by the ghosts of a ground-down needle-
woman, a " gent," pitifully taken in by
the purchase of a rotten Paletot, a bill-ac-
ceptor poisoned by the villainous wine which
he had to stand from Isaac in addition to 60 per cent.,
and the phantom of Wilfred, to whom he had supplied
such vile armour that it fell to pieces in the lists, until
the Israelite vows to take a dose of " do-reform" and
utterly mend his extortionate ways—and, finally, "the
Castle ramparts," where, after deadly combat, the
tyrannous Templar is overthrown, and the coal-black
and victorious Richard (Mr. Braid) discloses himself
to the loyal lieges; the whole terminating by a toler-
ably effective scene representing " the Grand Exhi-
bition of all Nations." Ivanhoe very properly gives
the preference to Rebecca over the Saxon lady, and
Prince John is spared, else, as he justly pleads, " I'Vho
would there be to sign Magna Charta ?" It would be
quite impossible to convey a fitting idea by a few ex-
tracts of the exuberant witticisms which in continuous
volleys excited the hilarity of the audience without
the slightest flagging. The performers without ex-
ception acquitted themselves admirably. Bland por-
trayed the groggy bull-headed Thane in capital style.
That most talented artiste, Miss Horton, was " great"
in the Jewish maiden, especially in the scene before
mentioned. In giving full point, without the remotest
'approximation to vulgarity to burlesque dialogue.
Mrs. Keeley stands unrivalled, and must have glad-
dened the authors' hearts as much as she delighted her
hearers ; and Keeley, whose parody on " Sam Hall,"
was deliciously woe-begone, fairly immortalised him-
self by his delineation of the rascally old Jew.-
Those who der to Lear an ineeesant fire of
liumortx,ities said and sung, re:pont-I,d to by the
sympathising eachinations of an extatified auditory,
should beware how they-fail paying a visit to the
Haymarket during the run of this clever and

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENTING, APRIL 2, 18.50

for the Sultan's honour, should it be committed to her
keeping. To punish her, the Queen of Roses ordains
that whoever kisses her shall receive a box on the ear,
and that any one "popping the question" he shall
receive a sound flogging•. Poor Aboulfaris, receives,
accordingly, abundance of blows, nod when, at last,
he makes his declaration, innumerable birches start up
from all parts of the stage, and bestow an unmerciful
flagellation on him. In vein he attempts to escape; they
meet him onall sides,yet never hit the wrong one. This
novel effect was highly surprising, and convulsed the
audience with laughter. Nerilha falls in love with
the Sultan, who equally adores her. 13:Avg pressed,
she confesses her love—and instantly returns to the
slavery of the sorcerer in caves below the sea. His
anger knows no bounds, and he changes her into
au old woman. From this state she can never
escape till she shall prevail on a lover to kiss her.
Atalinac then leaves her, but again she obtains his
magic book, and by its power transports herself to the
Court of the Sultan, whose nuptials with Gulnare are
about to take place. She presents to him a magic white
bouquet, which, if his " intended.' is faithless to him,
will turn red, and claims as her reward a kiss from
Bade' liadour. Gulnare receives the bouquet, which
instantly turns red, and the old woman asks the
Sulta❑ to kiss her,—this he does, though not without
much reluctance, and in a moment the wrinkled
old hag is changed into the blooming and lovely Ne-
rilha, who marries the Sultan, to the discomfiture of
the magician. Guipure is given te the Vizier, and every-
body is, of course, a very great deal more than happy.
The scenery was magnificent. The enchanted gardens
iu the Vale of Cashmere, the Valley of Desolation,
the Sultan's Palace and distant view of Jelhi, were
masterpieces of scenic art, and reflect the highest
honour on Mr. Gray. The dresses were gorgeous—
in fact, the whole play has been "got up regardless
of expense." Tne dances were short and pretty,
and the success of this graceful Persian tale wns as
complete as it was merited. The Queen ref the Roses
will have a long reign at the Princess's.

triumphant novelty. The house was col apletely
crowded, and, to the credit of its occupanr be it
spoken, they had the good taste to abstal rA from
exacting an encore throughout the piece, so that all
went off smoothly and rapidly, and the pertly, Inances
xvere over by twelve o'clock.

NEW STRAND.
The Vicar of Wakefield continues so attractive
here as to supersede the necessity to which, under
ordinary circumstances, managers submit, of an Easter
specialty. It was followed last night by His First
Champagne and Out on the Loose. The house was
crowded. The already very strong company has been
still further strengthened by the addition of Mr.
Compton.

SURREY THEATRE.
The bill of fare at this theatre presented two no-
velties on its re-opening last night—The Adventurer,
a romantic drama, in three acts, by the author of The
Secretary, and a fairy extravaganza, entitled The
Three Princes, from the pen of Mr. J. Kingdom
(author of the Old Ferry Rouse, &c.) The plot
of The Adventurer is laid in Spain, in the time of
Philip the Third, and his Minister, the Duke de
Lermes, both of whom figured prominently on the
stage. Pequillo Alliaza (Mr. Creswick), the Ad-
venturer, a sort of Spanish Japhet, is engaged in
search for a father, in which he displays all the energy
and perseverance of his English type, accompanied by
the generous bravery and insouciance of Don Cre,ar de
Bazsn. This search is the chief object of his life,
and he prosecutes it through a variety of adventures,
in which it is his fortune to cross the intrigues of the
Duke de Lermes (Mr. Raymond), and Don Escobar
(Mr. Butler), the chief of the Inquisition.
Philip the Third (Mr. J. Mead)' by the
arts of his Minister and the Inquisition, has become
estranged from his wife, Marguerite of Austria
(Miss Daly), and is pining for some one to share his
heart without his throne, when theyortrait of Carmen
(Madame Ponisi), the daughter of a Spanish rene-
gade noble, then imprisoned in the dungeons of the
Inquisition, is thrown in his way, and shortly after-
wards, by the same machinations, he meets the origi-
nal herself; his heart is lost, but he is obliged to leave
her before he can declare his passion. The fortunes
of Pequillo and Carmen are in some sort interwoven;
she, like him, is in search of her father ; he has saved
her from drowning at Valencia, and in the second sc.
we find them together in the dungeons of the Inqui,
sition, she disguised as a male novice to assist her
father's escape, and he a prisoner on a charge o
sacrilege, on which he has been arrested by the fami.
liars of the Inquisition, just after his fourth adven.
ture, where he helps the King to escape from the un-
pleasant situation into which his pursuit of Carmel
has led him. Delascar de Alberique, the renegade,
and Pequillo escape; but the sex of Carmel is disco-
Vered, and she is condemned to be burnt at the next au-
to-dale, from which she is rescued by an insurrection
of the mob of Valencia, led on by Pequillo, and con-
nived at by the King. The third act opens with
Carmel at the palace, protected by the King,
Delascar restored to fortune, and a decree for the
restoration of the Moors is planning. Tais does not
suit either the minister orthe Inquisition. A plot for the
poisoning of Carmen is set afoot, which is discovered
by Piquillo, in the course of one of his adventures,
and intercepted by him just as the King is about to
drink off tle cup which had heen prepared for Carmel
at an entertainment in the royal gardens. The
King's gratitude makes Pequillo Prime Minister in the
room of the Duke de Lermes, but, what is of more

consequence to him, he dis Covers his father in the

person of Delascar de Alberique. A. powerful scene
follows between Pequillo and his sister Carmen, in
which she declares to him her love for the King, and
implores Pequillo to save her from dishonour. As
Prime -.Minister Piquillo issues a decree, ordering ail
Mahomedans to remove from the Spanish territory.
Carmen has confesed her Moorish faith, and she pre-
pares to obey the decree. The King's passion op
poses her, but Pequillo's manly and patriotic expos-
tulations restore him to his better self,
and the play concludes with the full re-
conciliation of the King and his wife, and the
departure of the Adventurer and his new found family
to Algiers. The dialogue of the piece throughout
was very good, and the parts well cast. The Three
Princes, like most pieces of the sort, has but little
plot. The Princess Brighteye (Miss Bromley),
daughter of Hi Ski Cloudy (Mr. IViddicombe), has
been stolen away by an evil genius, which sets the
whole court in a state of consternation. A proclama-
tion is issued offering the lady's hand to her rescuer,
and three princes—Prince Jealous (Miss Daly),
Prince Blush (Miss Laporte), and Prince Faithful
(Miss Jane Coveney)—set out on the expedition,
which is attended by numberless horrors and perils.
Prince Faithful, however, having secured the assis-
tance of the fairy Good-friend, is the only one who
can obtain entrance into the Enchanted Castle, where
he arrives only in time to save the other two princes
from being set down to the fire to roast for the En-
chanter's dinner. He penetrates into the chamber
where the Princess is confined, pops the question to
her, puts an end to the Enchanter's power, and
restores the young lady to her parents only to de-
prive them of her himself. Into this plot
is interwoven a running fire of jokes, witticisms, and
clever allusions, the interest of which never flags, and
the application is never obscure. Every passing event
furnished a mark, and none were allowed to pass by.
The political hits were very clever and told remark
ably well with the audience. Of the scenery and me-
chanical effects we cannot speak in too high terms.
The last scene, the Lake of Gems, was one of great
magnificence and splendour. Throughout the whole
piece the audience were kept in a state of alternate
admiration and laughter. Messrs. Shepherd and
Creswick have certainly produced one of the best ex-
travaganzas on the stage, and they have no cause to
be dissatisfied with its triumphant reception. We
must not forget to mention the many adaptations of
popular melodies which were given in the course of
the piece. They were well arranged and sang with
great spirit. A trio by the three princes was de-
servedly encored.

and had an infallible ordeal before which all
must go who claim.Al to be his daughter. This is no
other than a crown which strikes to death those who
approach it with no untruthful intention. The fair
damsel of the Valley of Roses, rescued from death in
a thousand hideous shapes by the gallant Roland, son
of Aymon, has already stood the test, and challenges
Mangis and his daughter to follow her. They ac-
cept the challenge, and, accompanied by their four
familiars, are 811 at once dispatched to Orcus. Odette
is then acknowledged by Charlemagne ; Roland
is received as her affianced, and in the royal
tent of Charlemagne the triumph of the four sons
of Aymon is accomplished amid a glorious tableau.
The splendour of the decorations, the gorgeousness of
the costumes, the magnificence of the spectacle, and
the novelty of the effects, far surpasses anything that
has been hitherto achieved even at this, the trieatre,
par excellence, of spectacle. The applause was en-
thusiastic, and the Four Sons of .Aynton will no doubt
draw crowded houses for one hunured nights to come.
Scenes in the Circle followed, of which the novel and
brilliant entrée of the dames of the foxhunting chase
pleased us most, but each scene had its admirers. Lie
re-appearance of the Young Hernandez especially
created an immense furor. Astley's, under 11.1 r.
Batty's management, more than sustains its well-
earned reputation.

THE EXHIBITIONS.
THE !VALHALLA.
The Earl of Carlisle, at a recent Belgravian assem-
bly, convened to assist the mighty gathering of 1851,
congratulated the age in which we live upon its free-
dom from superstition or brutality, denouncing with
nervous energy the dismal ceremonies of the Romans,
and the sanguinary struggles of the gladiator ; but
" out of evil sometimes cometh good," and while we
lament the terrible incidents which characterised the
amusements of old, we should never forget the advan-
tages we derive from the imperishable mementos they
have left behind. Emmersnn, the American lecturer,
tells us somewhere that sculpture owes its origin to
architecture. Doubtless the magnificent structures
of the ancients served to promote, encourage, cod
develope that divine art, but it is in the gladiatorial
struggles within the amphitheatre, rather than in its
external wells, that we must look for its cradle. But
what has all this to do with the Walhalla of Leices-
ter-square ? Why, a good deal, for the Walhalla not
only recals to the reflective mind the games and
pastimes of a race of men whose genius, if not their
deeds, will live in history for ever, but it serves to
bear out the opinion which some of Emmerson's
opponents have advanced in America upon the origin
of sculpture. Painting and sculpture are but the sha-
dows of existing scenes and animate beings, and if
they afford amusement and delight to the man of
taste, no wonder that the originals, not as they are
seen in the artist's studio, but, assisted with costumed
illusions, gives him equal pleasure. Anything more
complete in its way, anything more removed from
the vulgarity of a mere model, or anything more
classical, can hardly be conceived than Madame Whar-
ton's Tableaux Vivans, and it is therefore not at all
surprising that her gallery comes in for a fair share
of patronage at this festive period of the year.

ARGYLE ROOMS.
M. Laurent, jun., still waves his baton at this
magnificent salle de daose, the appearance of which
has been greatly beautified by the erection of a costly
and brilliant chandelier. There is always a mania
of some sort prevailing, and dancing seems to be all
the rage at the present time. From the prince to the
peasant, dancing has its charms, and a holiday
never occurs now-a-days without a plentiful accom-
paniment of balls, routs, and quadrille parties ; and if
you happen to see a man struggling through his steps
clumsily depend upon it he is fast sinking into "the
sear and yellow leaf "—he is of a bygone age. The
young spark performs his evolutions with the ease
and skill of a professor, and you may judge, by the
perseverance with which he pursues the pleasure of
dancing, that it has become part and parcel of his
existence The Argyle Rooms are, therefore, im-
mensely patronized just now, and the scenes which
they nightly present are highly diverting. The grave
and gay, the young and old, jostle together in won-
derful confusion, and there is not a set made up in
which you cannot find some fine specimen of the sur-
face life of the great metropolis. Here you have the
bearded, chattering Frenchman—there the pale-faced,
spectacled German or Yankee. Here you see the
undoubted " Gent. out on the loose," with his stunted
imperial and ponderous watch-chain—there the fiercer
mustachioed militaire ; in fact, every conceivable
species of West-end idler, all twisting and twirling
round gaily-attired ladies, with languishing looks and
masculine paletota. He, then, who wants to dance
in a mob, or study► the manners and customs of men
upon town, should, go to the Argyle Rooms, which
were last night thronged with holiday-seekers,
country cousins, and provincials.

CASINO DE VENICE.
This admirably conducted Casino still continues to
draw nightly a most crowded and fashionable com-
pany. We know of no other place of entertainment
in the metropolis that we would recommend to the
rotaries of Terps:',chora sooner than the Casino of
Venice, for there they enjoy a quiet and uninterrupted
dance. The naur•ic is excellent, and let us, re
passant, just make mention of Mr. O'Brian's new
piece entitled the "Donnybrook Quadrille." Since
it was first played it has been rapturously encored
every night, and for ourselves we may truly say that
it is the prettiest quadrille music that we have heard
for many a long day. We are satisfied that it has
only to become known to be universally sought after
and its musical talent duly appreciated. The ar-
rangements on the whole fur the accommodation of
the visitors are quite complete ; and, indeed, nothing
whatever is wanting to render this saloon one of the
most attractive lounges in that quarter of the town.

LOVE'S ENTERTAINMENT.
We were delighted to find that the Music-hall,
Store-street, was again crowded last evening by a
highly fashionable audience. The public wilt cer-
tainly never tire of the entertainments which Mr.
Lore can place before them. Each visit we make
we become more and more amazed at his extraordi-
nary polyphonic talent, and as a ventriloquist he
certainly stands unrivalled. His personifications of
the agreeable old man, the chatty young lady, the
spark, &c., are inimitable, and the rapidity with w hich
he changes his dress is truly startling. In short,
whenever we go to these entertainments we are
satisfied of being at least amused, if not instructed.
We would advise those country folks who are spend-
ing their Easter in town not to leave the metropolis
without paying Mr. Love a visit. As before stated,
the hall is crowded at every entertainment by a
highly respectable company.