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LAMERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL
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London, England, 1844-10-15

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GILES' CASTLE IIoTEL (LATE SWEET'S), TAUNTON,

•
ROBERT GILES gratefully acknowledges the
liberal support and patronage bestowed by his numerous
friends, and the public generally, during a residence of many years
at the GEORGE INN, and respectfully informs them that he has
taken the Hotel, known as " SWEET'S HOTEL," in Castle Green ;
and hopes, by unremitting attention in every department, to merit a
continuance of their patronage.
Giles' Castle Hotel will undergo a complete renovation, and lee
found replete with every comfort. First-rate Apartments, &well.
stocked Larder, superior Wines, well-aired Beds, and every other
requisite calculated to insure the comfort of his guests, at mode-
rate charges.
The arrangements of this first-rate Hotel will enable R. 0. to acco-
modate the Nobility and Gentry with Suites of Apartments of a very
superior character.
N.B.—The Commercial Room (exclusively for commercial gentle-
men) Will receive especial attention ; and R. G., whilst thankfully
acknowledging past favours, respectfully solicits increased patronage
in this department.
The Posting will be conducted In the first-rate style, steady horses,
modern vehicles, together with careild drivers.

Lock-up coach houses, &c., &c.
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October 1, 1844.
London, England, 1844-10-15

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STUEET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 15,
Will be repeated a New Drama, called DON C2ESAR DE
BAZAN. Don Cmsar, Mr. Wallack ; Charles the t. econd, Mr.
Walton ; Maritana, Mrs. Stilling; Countesi di Rotondo, Mrs.
Fosbroke.

To be followed by a new Divertissement, called The SLAVE
MAN KET, in whleh M. J. Rouser, Mdlle. Caroline Rousset, Mdlle.
Teresine, Mr. Gilbert, and Miss Marshall will appear.
After which a New Farce, called TAKING THE PLEDGE.
Augustus Larkins, Mr. Oxberry ; Alexander raps, Mr. Walter
Lacy; Emily Gussett, bliss Emma StAnley.
To conclude with THE LOST LETTER.

Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallach. Stage Director, Mr. Emden.
Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell.
Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit Gallery, Is. Half-price at
Nine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. 6d.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.
Private Boxes, two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce.
nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-ifilf. Doors to be opened at Half-
pest Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock.
The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingh am.
Private Boxes and }Tee Admissions for the Season to be had at the
Theatre.
London, England, 1844-10-15

QUEENS THEATfIE.

The tragedy of Pizarro was produced last even-
ing at this theatre, and was very effectively put upon
the stage. Mr. Hudson Kirby sustained the cha-
racter of Rollo with 'Admirable effect. His person-
ation of this difficult character was energetic and
true to nature. The address to the Peruvian army
was very effectively delivered, and drew forth ap-
plause. The bridge scene, too, in the fifth act, was
exceedingly well managed. We should not omit to
notice how well Mr. Parry played Alonzo. It was a
very creditable performance. Miss Rogers, as the
gentle, loving Cora, was a delightful representative
of Alonzo's doting wife. The tragedy was received
throughout with much applause by a crowded
audience.
London, England, 1844-10-15

now far more general than the Young England
coterie would appear to suppose. Had his Lordshin
filled the bellies of the labourers of Bingley, before
he " doffed his coat to bat Jem's ball," he would,
we doubt not, have had to deal with more active
and cheerful competitors. To provide cricket for
men who are engaged in the most fatiguing
occupations during the whole day in the open
air, is, surely, a work of supererogation. A
good supper, without a lord for a competitor,
and a comfortable " settle," would be much more
germane to the matter. As for the poor operative of
the cloth or cotton factory, his cramped limbs and
exhausted frame would hardly be provoked to such an
exercise as cricket, even with the temptation of a Lord
for a batman. Such suggestions sound well enough
in oratorical displays of the kind usually supplied by
Young England, but are they practical ? Certainly
not, until accompanied by much more substantial
alleviations. The novelists and poetasters of whom
this ambitious little clique is composed are not much
better political economists than they are litterateurs,
and have as much defied the axiom of Pope (" drink
deep or taste not"), in one capacity as they have in
the other. We know not the motive which has
prompted the adoption of the generic designation they
have selected; but if a perfect ignorance and obli-
viousness of all that was accomplished before they
arose on the political horizon, be considered their qua-
lification, they are young enough in all con-
science.. We respect benevolence of motive, be
the proposed panacea ever so eccentric ; but there is
something so impudent in the attempts of these five
or six old and young gentlemen to persuade the peo•
ple of England that they are the only scions of the
aristocracy (?) who care a straw about them—some•
thing so exquisitely absurd in what the Morning
Chronicle 'happily calls their " solemn dishing up 01
philanthropic odds and ends," as to render any grave
contemplation of their proceedings wholly out of
place.

THE LONDON GAZETTE
(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, OCT. 14, 1844.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dig-
nities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable,
Edward Lord Ellenborough, and the heirs male of his
body lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of
Viscount Southam, of Southam, in the county of Glou
cester, and Earl of Ellenborough, in the county of Cum-
berland.
London, England, 1844-12-27

STRAND THEATRE.

Happy Christmas ! Well is it that one short week
in the weary fifty-two is devoted to happiness, or the
o'ertaslied workman's life would be indeed one con-
tinued misery. Ere these practical days had cast
their shadow over our country, poets had feigned that
years of love, hours of unvaried sunshine, brightened
our horizon, and that all the multitudinous figures
so copiously interspersed in the works of our own
earlier writers, had " each a local habitation and a
name." Is it so now ? We fear not, excepting at
Christmas time ! The above theatre has produced the
Feast of Lanthorns, solely, we, suppose, for the pur-
pose of introducing the scenes by Philips—scenes
which at once evince living nature, the artist, and
the scholar. We cannot too much praise them, for they
are emphatically real, and an evening spent for the mere
purpose of analysing them, %ould be wasted to no good
purpose. The Knight and the Sprite furnished an
interesting close, and, if we might judge from the
self-satisfied cour'tenances of the audience, they highly
approved of Mr. Roberts's catering for Christmas.
London, England, 1844-12-27

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DEPARTURES.

Major-General Hodgson and family, for Cheltenham ;
Mrs. George Wombwell, from George•street, Hanover-
square, for the Steyne Hotel, at Brighton ; the lion.
Mrs. Greville, from Lower Belgrave- street, for Brighton;
Mr. Brinsley Sheridan, for the Victoria Hotel, St. Leo-
nard's-on-Sea ; F. W. Hastings, Esq., from the Waterloo
Hotel, Jermyn-street, St. James's. on a tour.
London, England, 1844-12-27

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An important step towards the complete occupy•
tion of this edifice by its former tenants was accom-
plished yesterday, by the great commercial establish-
ment known as Lloyds taking possession of their
splendid and commodious apartments. It is now
seven years, within some ten or fourteen days, that
by the destruction of the Old Exchange by fire on
the 10th of Januar", 1838, they were deprived of
these apartments. I'hey certainly have gained most
materially by the change, though in the interval they
have been exposed to great inconvenience by the
narrow accommodation afforded to them at the Old
South Sea House. The rooms they now occupy have
been so recently described, that it is unnecessary to
notice them now in much detail. The great room in
which the banquet was given is now fitted up with
three ranges of mahogany tables and seats, each table
accommodating four underwriters. At the north
end is a lobby entrance, divided from the great room
by a screen, having a small room or inclosure, right
and left, for hats, great coats, &c. The warming and
lighting of this room are considered for business
arrangements as perfectly successful, whilst to pro-
vide against the inconveniences of dark and gloomy
weather, two Bude lights are suspended from the
ceiling. The only, remark we have heard made
against these occupiers was, that the chandeliers are
considered too plain and slender for a consistent effect
with the room in which they are hung.
The Commercial- room and the Captains'-room are
fitted up with seats and benches of mahogany, and
richly carved mahogany stands are placed all round
the room for the reception of newspapers from all
parts of the world.
The Captains'-room is the coffee-room department
of the establishment. Here there is a bar, with
kitchen and, offices attached, for supplying merchants
and the subscribers with coffee, sandwiches, &c.
Lloyd's Committee, under the superintendence of
Mr. G. R. Robinson, their respected chairman, met
for the first time in their Board-room on Saturday
last. In consequence of the holidays, not much busi-
ness was transacted in Lloyd's yesterday, but their
rooms were a good deal crowded by the subscribers
and their friends, and the increased accommodation
and convenience are subjects of much satisfaction and
congratulation.

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING SU N, DECEMBER 27, 1844.

PRICE sd.
London, England, 1844-12-27

STRAND THEATRE.

happy Christmas I Well is it that one short weel,
in the weary fifty-two is devoted to happiness, or the
o'ertasked workman's life would be indeed one con-
tinued misery. Ere these practical days had cast
their shadow ovor our country, poets had feigned that
years of love, hours of unvaried sunshine, brightened
our horizon, and that all the multitudinous figures
so copiously interspersed in the works of our oval
earlier writers, had " each a local habitation and a
name." Is it so now ? 'We fear not, excepting at
Christmas time ! The above theatre has produced the
Feast of Lanthorns, solely, we suppose, for the pur-
pose of introducing the scenes by Philips—scenes
which at once evince living nature, the artist, and
the scholar. We cannot too much praise them, for they
are emphatically real, and an evening spent for the mere
purpose of analysing them, vi ould be wasted to no good
purpose. The Knight and the Sprite furnished an
interesting close, and, if we might judge from the
self• satisfied countenances of the audience, they high])
approved of Mr. Roberts's catering for Christmas.
London, England, 1844-12-27

ADELPHI THEATRE.

The talented lessee of this favourite theatre has de-
termined to follow the taste of the public (instead of
leading it), and, therefore, finding the Chimes the
latest, though not the best, production of Charles
Dickens (take the " taste" at the present hour), he,
with a praiseworthy prudence, introduces it on the
stage, certain that its intrinsic merits will
insure it a triumphant reception, even if the
stage's appreciation should fall short of the origi-
nal conception. The Fox and the Goose, a comic
operatta, followed, and was most enthusiastically re-
ceived. The grand feature of the night—the panto-
mime itself—y'clept Cat's Castle, or Harleiptin and
the King of the Rats, passed off, as all pantomimes do,
with universal applause. The tricks—for,
albeit they were far-fetched, certes, smart
tricks they were intended to be, exhibited
a thorough knowledge of state mechanism.
The Clown (Mr. C. J. Smith), assisted by his brother
London, England, 1844-12-27

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE

ARRIVALS.

The Duke of Devonshire, at Devonshire House, from
a visit to the Earl and Countess Granville, at Kemp
Town, en route to Chatsworth ; the Rev. Lord and Lady
F. Beauclerk, in Lower Grosvenor-street ; Mr. Cecil C.
Slartyn, in Whitehall-gardens, from Brighton ; Kin.
near, Esq.f and Mrs. Kinnear, at the Brunswick House
Hotel, Hanover-square, from Yorkshire ; --Campbell,
Esq., and Mrs. Campbell, at the Cavendish Hotel, Jer-
myn-street ; F. Hodgson, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Hodg-
son, in Charlton-gardens, from Brussels ; Charles Coch-
rane, Esq., is Devonshire place, from Madrid ; Sir Wil-
liam and Lady Chatterton, in Berkeley-square, from the
Continent.
London, England, 1844-12-27

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

Yesterday evening the season again commenced
it this theatre, by presenting to the holiday folks a
revival of the old drama of George Barnwell, upon
.vhich it is needless to enter more into detail than to
:rate our conviction—(as well as it could be formed
roin what we caught amidst the din and confusion
.ncidental to "boxing night")—that the part of
George Barnwell was admirably pourtrayed by Mr.
Roxby, and that the merits of Mr. Waldron as Thoro-
good, was well appreciated. The character of Alin-
wood was supported by Mrs. W. West, with all that
-alent by which she gained her present high standing
'is an actress. The grand feature of the night, how-
ever, was the pantomime, which was styled Old
Bogie, or Harlequin Lazy Dick of Leadenhatl, and
Mather Luddlehanz, the Witch of Epping. It was
what might be termed a lively—perhaps, more truly, a
volatile—production ; there was all the dancing,
knockings-down, "prigging," incidental stuffing
,f pockets, and testing of the insentience
of the nether end, which induces even in after
And searer years a schoolboy laugh. We were,
however, sorry (for the sake of the management) to
see, that so far as some of the mechanical arrange-
ments of some of the " tricks" were concerned, there
was what might by an " old stager" be termed care-
lessness on the part of the subordinates. However,
hose who know the many contretemps which may
occur behind the scenes on the first night of a new
pantomime, can well pass over such mishaps. The
point in the pantomime which seemed to tell most with
:he audience was a very happy hit at the ready-made
clothes establishments, the effects of which were well
shown by a harlequin transition from a crammed
puffing shop to one full of " dummies," and eventually
ending with closed shutters, the latter finale eliciting
roars of laughter arid loud cheers from the gods. We
are glad to be able to say in favour of the manage-
ment of Miss Davenport, that her efforts to please the
public have been, by that most eccentric monster, fully
Appreciated, as the house was crowded from the
seat behind the orchestra to the hindermost benches of
the gallery.
London, England, 1844-12-27

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

Yesterday evening the season again commenced
at this theatre, by presenting to the holiday folks a
revival of the old drama of George Barnwell, upon
;which it is needless to enter more into detail than to
state our conviction—(as well as it could be formed
from what we caught amidst the din and confusion
incidental to " boxing night")—that the part of
George Barnwell was admirably pourtrayed by Mr.
Roxby, and that the merits of Mr. Waldron as Thoro-
good, was well appreciated. The character of Mill-
wood was supported by Mrs. W. West, with all that
talent by which she gained her present high standing
as an actress. The grand feature of the night, how-
ever, was the pantomime, which was styled Old
Bogie, or Harlequin Lazy Dick of Leadenhall, and
Mother Luddleham, the Witch of Epping. It was
what might be termed a lively—perhaps, moretruly, a
volatile—production ; there was all the dancing,
knockings-down, " prigging," incidental stuffing
of pockets, and testing of the insentience
of the nether end, which induces even in after
and searer years a schoolboy laugh. We were,
however, sorry (for the sake of the management) to
see, that so far as some of the mechanical arrange-
ments of some of the " tricks" were concerned, there
was what might by an " old stager" be termed care-
lessness on the part of the subordinates. however,
those who know the many contretemps which may
occur behind the scenes on the first night of a new
pantomime, can well pass over such mishaps. The
point in the pantomime which seemed to tell most with
the audience was a very happy hit at the ready-made
clothes establishments, the effects of which were well
~hown by a harlequin transition from a crammed
puffing shop to one full of " dummies," and eventually
ending with closed shutters, the latter finale eliciting
roars of laughter and loud cheers from the gods. We
are glad to be able to say in favour of the manage-
ment of Miss Davenport, that her efforts to please the
public have been, by that most eccentric monster, fully
appreciated, as the house was crowded from the
seat behind the orchestra to the hindermost benches of
the gallery.
London, England, 1844-12-27

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George Pearkes Barclay, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq.
Alexander Colvin, Esq. John Henry Pelly, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq.
John Deacon, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Riversdale Wm. ('renfell, Esq. Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.
William 'Fellow Hibbert, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
Lancelot Holland, Esq. Robert Thorley, Esq.
sir George Larpent, Bart., Henry Warre, Esq.
John Christopher Lochner, Esq. Octavius Wigram, Esq.
sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Charles Young Baring, Feb.
ALEXANDER GREEN, Secretary.
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John Bradbury, Esq. Samuel Hayhurst Lucas, Esq,
William Cash, Esq. Joseph Janson, Esq.
1 homas Castle, Esq Samuel A. S. Lucas, Esq.
James Crofts, Esq. Charles Lushington, Esq,
John Feltham, Esq. John St. Barbe,'Esq.
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The following statement shows the progress of the Institution
om the commencement, in Dec., 1835, to the 20th 2.1,v. last :
London, England, 1844-12-27

PRI.VCESS'S THEATRE.

The twenty-fourth presentation of Balfe's Castle of
Aymon was as well received at this favourite theatre
last evening as if it were produced for the first time,
and as the new piece after Christmas. But, however,
the " immense attraction for the holidays" was de-
scribed in the bills as a " New Grand Romantic, and
rather Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, in two acts,
taken from the old melodrama, and called Joe Miller
and his Men." The piece is further said to be written in
measure to fit the company, by Gilbert A. a'Beckett,
Esq., and the scenery, which no poet could paint in
words, has been done in colours by Messrs. Beverley,
Nichols, A glio, &c. When we add, that the artistes
have tried to cut each other out in cutting out the
dresses, and that the machinery has been
cleverly contrived to raise expectation very
high, we have given a pretty fair account
of this commodity, which has been produced upon a
scale that must have its due weight. The dances,
which employed extra hands, and additional feet,
exercised the former rather more than the latter, and
created as much laughter as the burlesques on " Joe
Miller" with which the dialogue abounded. The de-
sign of the extravaganza, as it is very aptly termed, is
to hold up to ridicule and reproach the neglect of
the modern English drama; and, whilst the witty
author spares not the devotees of foreign art, he is even
more severe upon those who have been making some-
wha questionable attempts to adapt, as it has been
presumptuously pretended, the old English drama to
modern times, by the destruction of its character. In
the introductory scene, which represents the Celestial
Court of Bankruptcy, at its evening sitting in the
clouds, Mercury (Miss Somers), as messenger of
the Court, announces to Apollo (Mr. A. Harris), the
Chief Commissioner of the Court, that Thalia and
Melpomene are bankrupt. The Commissioner ex-
presses his distress at the intelligence, and having
learned from the messenger all the shifts to which the
unlucky muses have been put of late to support their
tottering credit, he suggests that as a last effort they
should try what could be done by adopting to modern
taste and manners "the ancient melodrama." The
famous Miller and his Men is chosen for the first ex-
periment, and a merry and successful one it has
proved. The audience was kept in a roar of laughter
from the commencement, and much of the acting,
burlesque though it was, merited and received very
great applause. Oxberry, as a melo-dramatic hero,
and Mr. Fitzjames as the "impersonation of Young
Bohemia," were first-rate.

Pantaloon (Mr. Sanders), endeavoured to realise these
to the utmost. The scenes were well painted. The
allusions, political and anti-political, were well timed,
and many of them told well with the audience. The
management deserves great credit for the care with
which the pantomime was produced ; and the over-
flowing house will, we trust, be a preliminary evi-
dence of success for many weeks to come.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY ET-ENTNG, DECEMBER 27, 1844.
London, England, 1844-12-27

THE ABOVE HEADS.

Total. Weekly Average
of Five Years.
Consumption 146 147
Scarlatina 42 34
Pneumonia ..........
Dropsy .. ... .. .. ............
Hooping Cough .... ....... ..
Typhus 35 31
Small Pox

Disease of the Heart
Measles 52 28
Apoplexy
Diseases of the Brain ll 9
Diarrhem..
Sudden Deaths ... 17 15
DISTRICTS.

West

North
_ __

Central
East 303 207
South 382 242

Total ..... ....1393 946

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
There were just enough subscribers present to "make
a house," and just enough business to admit of a short
quotation. The principal bets were 1,300 to 200 agst
Scot's lot ; 16 to 1 to 100/. agst ldas ; 1,000 to 30 three
times, and 1,750 to 50 once, agst Old England ; 1,000 to
25 agst Pantasa; 2,000 to 30 agst Lycurgus ; 1,250 to
25 agst Cabin Boy; and 2,000 to 20 agst Fuzbos.
CHESTER CUP.
1000 to 30 agst Winesour—taken
30 to 1 agst The Era—taken.
DERBY.
13 to 2 agst Scott's lot—taken to 2001.
11 to 1 agst Mr. Grevills's Alarm—take 12 to 1
16 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—taken to 100/.
18 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger—take 20 to 1
18 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—take 20 to 1
30 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt
33 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England
35 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o'Cockpen
—take 40 to 1
40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—taken
2000 to 30 agst Lord Eglintou's Lycurgus—taken
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Coleman's Fuzbos—taken
1000 to 20 agst Cobweb colt winning Tuesday's Rid-
dlesworth, 2,000 Guinea Stakes, and Derby—taken.
London, England, 1844-12-27

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXIII.,
will be published on Wednesday next, January I,

CONTENTS :
I. LORD BROUGHAM'S POLITICAL PHILO 'OPITY.
11. TOOKE'S EDITION of CHURCHILL'S POETICAL
WORKS.
111. PROGRESS and PROSPECTS of SCIENTIFIC AGRICUL-
TURE.
IV. LORD CHANCELLOR ELDON and the CHANCES of the
BAR.
V. THE CHIMES ; a GOBLIN STORY, by CHARLES DICKENS.
VI. LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE of DR. ARNOLD.
VII. MEDICAL REFOM.
London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black.
London, England, 1844-12-27

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London, England, 1844-12-27

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

Yesterday evening the season again commenced
at this theatre, by presenting to the holiday folks a
revival of the old drama of George Barnwell, upon
which it is needless to enter more into detail than to
state our conviction—(as well as it could be formed
from what we caught amidst the din and confusion
incidental to "boxing night")—that the part of
George Barnwell was admirably pourtrayed by Mr.
Roxby, and that the merits of Mr. Waldron as Thoro-
good, was well appreciated. The character of Mill-
wood was supported by Mrs. W. West, with all that
talent by which she gained her present high standing
as an actress. The grand feature of the night, how-
ever, was the pantomime, which was styled Old
Bogie, or Harlequin Lazy Dick of Leadenhall, and
Mother Luddleham, the Witch of Epping. It was
what might be termed a lively—perhaps, more truly, a
volatile—production ; there was all the dancing,
knockings-down, " prigging," incidental stuffing
of pockets, and testing of the insentience
of the nether end, which induces even in after
and nearer years a schoolboy laugh. We were,
however, sorry (for the sake of the management) to
see, that so far as some of the mechanical arrange-
ments of some of the " tricks" were concerned, there
'was what might by an " old stager" be termed care-
lessness on the part of the subordinates. However,
those who know the many contretemps which may
occur behind the scenes on the first night of a new
pantomime, can well pass over such mishaps. The
point in the pantomime which seemed to tell most with
the audience was a very happy hit at the ready-made
clothes establishments, the effects of which were well
shown by a harlequin transition from a crammed
puffing shop to one full of " dummies," and eventually
ending with closed shutters, the latter finale eliciting
roars of laughter and loud cheers from the gods. We
are glad to be able to say in favour of the manage-
ment of Miss Davenport, that her efforts to please the
public have been, by that most eccentric monster, fully
appreciated, as the house was crowded from the
seat behind the orchestra to the hindermost benches of
the gallery.
London, England, 1844-12-27

ADELPHI THEATRE.

The talented lessee of this favourite theatre has de-
termined to follow the taste of the public (instead of
leading it), and, therefore, finding the Chimes the
latest, though not the best, production of Charles
Dickens (take the " taste" at the present hour), Iw,
with a praiseworthy prudence, introduces it on the
stay, evrtain that its intrine ie merits will
insure it a triumphant reception, even if the
stage's appreciation should fall short of the origi-
nal conception. The Fox and the Goose, a comic
operatta, followed, and was most enthusiastically re-
ceived. Tlie grand feature of the night—the panto-
or Harlequin and
thernilliKe igtseol ffle'cßleaPtst ,Cpasll' passed edeaofts;g: s' all pantomimes do,
with universal applause, The tricks—for,
albeit they were filr.fetched, certes, smart
tricks they were intended to be, exhibited
a thorough knowledge of stay mechanism.
The Clown (Mr. C, J. Smith), assisted by bis brother
London, England, 1844-12-27

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

The twenty-fourth presentation of Balfe's Castle of
Aymon was as well received at this favourite theatre
last evening as if it were produced for the first time,
and as the new piece after Christmas. But, however,
the " immense attraction for the holidays" was de-
scribed in the bills as a " New Grand Romantic, and
rather Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, in two acts,
taken from the old melodrama, and called Joe Miller
and his Men." The piece is further said to be written in
measure to fit the company, by Gilbert A. a'Beckett,
Esq., and the scenery, which no poet could paint in
words, has been done in colours by Messrs. Beverley,
Nichols, Aglio, &c. When we add, that the artistes
have tried to cut each other out in cutting out the
dresses, and that the machinery has been
cleverly contrived to raise expectation very
high, we have given a pretty fair account
of this commodity, which has been produced upon a
scale that must have its due weight. The dances,
which employed extra hands, and additional feet,
exercised the former rather more than the latter, and
created as much laughter as the burlesques on " Joe
Miller" with which the dialogue abounded. The de-
sign of the extravaganza, as it is very aptly termed, is
to hold up to ridicule and reproach the neglect of
the modern English drama; and, whilst the witty
author spares not the devotees of foreign art, he is even
more severe upon those who have been making some-
wha questionable attempts to adapt, as it has been
presumptuously pretended, the old English drama to
modern times, by the destruction of its character. In
the introductory scene, which represents the Celestial
Court of Bankruptcy, at its evening sitting in the
clouds, Mercury (Miss Somers), as messenger of
the Court, announces to Apollo (Mr. A. Harris), the
Chief Commissioner of the Court, that Thalia and
Melpomene are bankrupt. The Commissioner ex-
presses his distress at the intelligence, and having
learned from the messenger all the shifts to which the
unlucky muses have been put of late to support their
tottering credit, he suggests that as a last effort they
should try what could be done by adopting to modern
taste and manners "the ancient melodrama." The
famous Miller and his Men is chosen for the first ex-
periment, and a merry and successful one it has
proved. The audience was kept in a roar of laughter
from the commencement, and much of the acting,
burlesque though it was, merited and received very
great applause. Oxberry, as a melo-dramatic hero,
and Mr. Fitzjames as the "impersonation of Young
Bohemia," were first-rate.
London, England, 1844-12-27

CHANGES.

The Rev. Lord and Lady John Beresford, from a visit
to the Archdeacon of Ardagh, and Mrs. Beresford, for
the Palace, Armagh ; the Hon. G. S. S. Smythe, M.P.,
at Brighton, from a tour ; Lady Mary Leslie, at Shrub
Hall, Dorking, from Brighton ; Mr. J. Young, M.P.,
and Mrs. Young, at Ballyburough, County Cavan, from
the Archdeacoa of Ardagh's ; the Dowager Countess of
Buckinghamshire, at her villa, Blackheath, from Lord
Chichester's, S:anmore Park, Sussex.

SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.—On Monday morn-
ing the sum of 251,, bequeathed by the late Earl of Liver-
pool, to be given annually to five poor deserving families
of the town of Kingston-on-Thames, was distributed to
persons who were considered by, the committee to be
entitled to it, by Mr. How, the Mayor of Kingston. The
names of the parties were—Francis Howell, Matthew
Waters, Mary Wellbeloved, Thomas Haines, and William
Millis ; and the Mayor, after making some appropriate
remarks, handed to each the sum of 51, at the same time
expressing a hope that it would be the means of making
them and their families happy at this festive season. On
the same day the sum of 221., the result of a subscription
among the tradesmen of Kingston, was distributed to
fourteen poor deserving persona belonging to the town.
The first mentioned gift of 251., in accordance with the
will of the late Noble Earl, has now been given for up-
wards of twenty years.
VANGUARD STEAM a.—We are happy to be able
to announce that there is a fair prospect of getting- the
above steamer out of her perilous situation. Through
the skilful and persevering exertions of Captain White,
J.P., and of the Company's agents, steam was got up on
yesterday to aid in having the water pumped out of her
hold. These efforts succeeded to a certain extent in
removing a quantity of water that had accumulated pre-
vious to the getting one of the leaks permanently stop-
ped, and it is now confidently anticipated that the other
means about to be resorted to will have the effect of to-
tally removing this beautiful vessel from where she is
now embedded. Mr. Asle (Secretary to the Dublin Un-
derwriting Club) is at present in Cork. He has applied
to Mr. Pike for the use of the Victory steamer to assist
in floating the Vanguard ; Mr. Pike, with his usual
courtesy, at ()pep granted his steamer, and offered any
other assistance in his power that might be required.
The Victory is provided with wedges, 141045, pullies and
beams, and we hope that our next announcement will 4,e
that the Vanguard steamer is herself again.
London, England, 1844-12-27

CITY OF LONDON THEATRE.

A crowded audience assembled here last evening,
to assist, as the French would say, at the production
of the new Christmas pantomime, which is entitled
The Fairy Gnomes of the Golden Caves, or Harlequin
and the Imp of the Giant Mountain, and in the intro-
ductory scenes which we were glad to regognise our
old friend Number Nip, who is to the full as
" spry and active," as Jonathan would say, as
he was some fifteen years ago, at Govent-garden.
This is a pantomime of the old school, full of prac-
tical fun, such as can be understood by children, and
the youngsters seemed thoroughly to enjoy it. Har-
lequin, Columbine, Pantaloon, and Clown, are hard at
work from the rising to the falling of the curtain, and
knock-down blows and astonishing leaps are the order
of the day. The piece, however, is not deficient in
witty . allusions to passing events, almost every
" notability," from Peel and O'Connell down to
Gibbs and the Polka, comes in for a hit. The scenery
is very pretty, and the pantomime was completely
successful. It was preceded by the play of Pizarro,
during the representation of which an unfortunate
incident occurred, which at first, it was anticipated,
might prove serious. Rolla (Mr. F. Phillips), with
the child, were passing the bridge in the last act,
when the structure gave way, and they were both
violently precipitated to the ground. Rolla, however,
appeared before the curtain with the child, and
assured the audience that not the slightest injury had
been received by either.
London, England, 1844-12-27

SURREY THEATRE.

On " boxing night" one usually visits the theatre
for the purpose of witnessing the scenery, the gro-
tesque figures, the allusions to the events of the times,
and the antics which have remained to us from a
simple antiquity displays of Harlequin and
Columbine Clown--one usually expects to see
such things on this long-looked for night—but at the
Surrey, besides an excellent pantomime, which has
been got up with great skill and effect, there was an
and in the
original performance, called The Seven Ages of
Man, or the End of Crime. This piece has one con-
siderable merit, that it has a moral object, which, if
the piece does not exhibit very well, it at least illustrates
it very clearly. It shows how a person badly brought
up becomes a prey to his own uncurbed passions, how he
readily falls into the vices or crimes of society, till he
at last terminates his career by the gallows, transpor-
tation, or his own hand. Such a character is John
Heartless, who has been, successively, seducer,
gambler, deserter from the army, and robber; he
has, in fact, run round the whole circle of crimes,
from youthfuldrunkenness to murder in old age, when
the scene drops upon him, and we would hazard no
dangerous conjecture in saying that an Old Bailey
jury found him guilty, and that there was no chance
for a reprieve. We have allowed this piece its best
merit in saying it has the moral object of deterring
people from the commission of crime. The drama is
stated to be founded on Shakspere's Seven Ages.
Poor Shakspere ! We can more readily ap-
plaud the comic pantomime called Pounds,
Shillings, and Pence, or £. S. D. It has been
got up and written by Mr. Nelson Lee, and the
scenery and dresses were really very creditable.
Like the first piece, the pantomime had the very
good object of teaching the audience the value of
pence, and the certainty of those who take care of
them getting ,into the palace of sovereigns. The
copper scenery was done by Mr. Brown, and was
very well executed. Harlequin (Mr. W. H. Harvey),
Clown (Mr. T. Ridgway), Columbine (Miss Slater),
and Pantaloon (Mr. H. Corri), were acted in a manner
reflecting great credit on the performers of those
parts. Throughout the piece there were some very
happy allusions, principally of a local character,
which were duly appreciated by the audience,
and caused great delight. In a scene repre-
senting the Surrey Zoological Gardens, Herr
Von Joel appeared, and gave some of his sur-
prising imitations of birds and beasts, which were
received with great gusto and applause. On the
whole, the pantomime was very good 'and successful,
' and we shall be surprised if S. D. does not turn
out very prolific, and reproduce its own name abun-
dantly. The house, on the present occasion, was
crowded to overflowing.
London, England, 1844-12-27

ADELPHI THEATRE.

The talented lessee of this favourite theatre has de.
termined to follow the taste of the public (instead of
leading it), and, therefore, finding the Chimes the
latest, though not the best, production of Charles
Dickens (take the " taste" at the present hour), he,
with a praiseworthy prudence, introduces it on the
stage, certain that its intrins is merits will
insure it a triumphant reception, even if the
stage's appreciation should fall short of the origi-
nal conception. The Fox and the Goose, a comic
operatta, followed, and was most enthusiastically re-
ceived. The grand feature of the night—the panto-
mime itself—y'clept Cat's Castle, or Harlequin and
the King of the Rats, passed oft; as all pantomimes do,
with universal applause. The tricks for.
albeit they were far-fetched, certes, smart
tricks they were intended to be, exhibited
a thorough knowledge of stage mechanism
, The Clown (Mr. C. J. Smith), assisted by his brother