The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-28 00:00:00

20 guns, Commander Thomas Spark Thompson, will be LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY
taken into dock for the same purpose. COMPANY.
The Retribution steam-friga t• , ordered to arrive a` Notice is hereby given, that a SPF:C lAT. OE `ZER AT. MEET.
Chatham to be fitted for service on Saturda), ax, -, INS „d 'l. • (Ol' z'A NY will t:e held Al th.' `.ondoii Tavern,
28th inst., will not arrive, on accouut of the culatractor Bishopsgate-street, London, on WeDNESDAY, the Bth lay ofJenuery
not having completed her engines, next, at Twelve o'Clock precisely, for the purpose of • ..-- eiving and
The Eagle, 50 guns, Captain G. B. Martin, is still in considering a Report on the subject of a proposed branch
dock fitting, aid fast progressing in her equipment. railway from the Stepney station of the London and Blackwell
tf Railway through Straord Leytonstone, Wanstead, Woodford,
The Janus steam-vessel is still in dock fitting. Ship- '•
, Loughton, andridge, to pping, d adopting
',rights, engineers, and boiler-makers, are all actively Chigwell Ab
ures respecting the proposed branch ivan mayfor be deemed ex_
employed in completing this extraordinary vessel for pedient.
service.

THE FIRST NUMBER FOR THE NEW YEAR OF
COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY
MAGAZINE AND HUMORIST,

_
Contains the following interesting articles :
I. Discovery of the Island of Afesmeria.
2. Passages in the Lives of the Celebrated Statesmen of Europe—

M. le Comte de Sainte Aulalre.
3. A Discourse on Puppies in General, and Particularly on the Pup.
pies of the Present Day.
4. Launcelot Corby. A Tale. By Agnes Strickland.
5 Asop Illustrated. By the Author of " Peter Priggins." The Cock

and the Jewel.
6. Zurbano and Aviraneta. By one who has known them both.
7. Speechmaking.
8. The Robertseson their Travels. By Mrs. Trollope. Chapters

XXII., XXIII., and XXIV.
9. The Man who is always Consistent.
10. Lights and Shades in the Life of a Gentlemen on Half-pay. By
W. H. Mafwell, Esq., Author of " Stories of Waterloo." No. 7.
Life in a Madhouse—Confessions of a Weeper.
11. Twelve Days at Tiflis. By the Hon. S. Saville.
12. Traits of Corsican and Sardinian Character. By George Bur-

dad, Esq.
13. An Excursion up the Oronooko.

The New Year being a favourable opportunity for commencing a
Periodical, those who may desire to take in the NEW MONTHLY
MAGAZINE are requested to give their orders, without delay, to
their respective Booksellers.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Now ready, at all the Libraries,
THE COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON'S
NEW NOVEL,
" STRATHERN; OR, LIFE AT HOME AND ABROAD."
A STORY OF THE PRESENT DAY.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough•street.

Just ready, in 3 vols., post gyo.,with numerous Illustrations by

Leech.
The FORTUNES of

THE SCATTERGOOD FAMILY.
By ALBERT SMITH, Esq.,
Author of " The Adventures of Mr. Ledbury." " The Wassail

Bowl," &c. . .
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

I. N. DANIELL, Chairman.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Immense Holiday Attraction.
THIS ETENING will be performed Balfe's grand Opera, THE
DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK.
After which will be produced the Grand Christmas Harlequinade,
called PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe.
The principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime artistes,
Messrs. W. H. Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, Howell, and Miss
Carson.

SCENE 1. An " Attic" Story. Author (in distress for many
things, but principally for a pantomime subject), Mr. Hance ;
Puck (Envoy from the Court of King Oberon, with powers to pro-
vide the usual Christmas Ain 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; how
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 which Crusoe was wrecked, with
the ship high ani dry, the ocean slumbernia in we Wick gtvund, the
crabs, Esc, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusoe, Mr.
W. H. Payne. How Crusoe pays a morning visit to the wreck ; his
private opinion of the useful and the useless ; how he is astonished
by an unceremonious visit from the Caribee Indians, and how he de-
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 hi a
passion with everybody else), Mr. T. Matthews; Hankipanki (his
club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace-bearer to the Right lion.
the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howell ; Prince Farramatta, after-
wards " Friday" (King Pariboo's young brother, and old rival, con-
temned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland ;
Princess Tooraloora (intended by Pariboo for himself, but intending
rerself for his brother), Mr. Johnson. How, preparations being made
for a Caribee Pic-nic, Crusoe, fired with indignation, fires a volley—
how Paribot and Hankipanki jump out of the frying-pan into the
fire, i.e., the water.
SCENE 4.—Exterior of Cavern on Sea Shore. San Domingo Billy
(the celebrated Pacifie Shark, netted expressly for the occasion, in
hopes of his turning out " a great catch"), Mr. Longswallow. How
Pariboo and Hankipanki 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
Crusoe's Farm. How Crusoe and Co. give the Caribees the go-by—
how Pariboo and his warriors, to the tune of " Follow, follow over
mountain," set off in pursuit—and how it is supposed they were lost
in 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. How Crusoe does the honours of his hut to
the great Princess and her little brothers—how he gives Friday his
first lesson in " Mrs. Glass's Domestic Cookery"—how the jollifica-
tion within is suddenly interrupted by the Indians from without ; in
Short, how the appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of the
hut, and then to the change of the Old Wreck to the Jolly Young
Waterman and Crusoe's Departure for London-bridge.
SCENE 7. Exterior of Music Shop and Artificial Arms and Legs
Manufactory; Duet, in two flats, tune, " Here we go up, up, up, hero
we 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-
room 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.

60, Fenchurch-street, Dec. 24, 1844.

THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, DEC. 27.

SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison ; Remember the
poor Debtors ; Knockers ant bells versus thieves ; Somebody's
coming ; Poor debtors and heardheartsd creditors ; the tables sud-
denly turned by an Act of Parliament ; Change of the Premises t•
SCENE 11. Baths and Washhouses for the Labouring Classes ;
" Ladles of the Round Tub :" Soap at a premium ; Mangling done
here ; Arrival of " the trades of London, with their respective young-
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 ;
" Catch him whe can," or Harlequin here, Harlequin there, Harle-
quin 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 ; Now to convert a blockhead into a great man ; Art
and Commerce lend their assistance to produce
SCENE 14. A most extraordinary 'Change, leading to a still more
extraordinary one, viz.,
SCENE 15. Grand emblematical and national tableau. of her
Majesty christening the Royal Exchange.

rHERMOMETER, Lowest, 28 ; Highest, 43 ; Noon, 43,
BAROMETER, 30.03.—W1ND, N.E.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARLET.
Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER-

Nom.—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 geaerally 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.
Vorning ... 56 minutes after 8 I Evening ... 13 minutes alter 4.

THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 28,
Will he performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts,
called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HE.A RTS. Colonel Rocket
Mr. S. rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe' s ; Tom Col:a
Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farrell;
The Countcu of t..ilaion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthori,
Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia ilennett.
Atter which, a Orani MOVING DIORAMA; or, PICTORIAL
TOUR 1N S IVITZERLAND.
To conclude with a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza,
entitled GRACIOSA. AND PERCINET. Ring Uxoriou,s Mr. .1.
Bland ; Princess Graciesa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss I'.
Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stsnley,
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and On : Guinea and a-Half each.
tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box.office,
trirn fen till Five o'Clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER VI,
Will be repeated by special permission of t. harles Dickens, Fsl.)
a New Drama , entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some
Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Tobv Veck,
Mr. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Will:in-
to t • S,r Joseph Bowie'', Bart , Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mr.
Hudion ; Richard, Mr. Selbr , Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue; Mrs.
Chickenstalker, Mrs. Frank 3latthews.
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 arid the Ki g
of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lons.
dale ; Clown. Mr C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. San tors.
Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter dr. Pitt; Leader of the
B .Mr. Mellon.—Box—odice open from Eleven till Four. P:rpr.tc
Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries.

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