The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-01 00:00:00

PROJECTED RAILWAYS.

(From the London Grzette of last night.) la
Railway Department, Board of Trade, Whitehall, 11
31st December, 1844.
Notice is hereby given, that the iloard constituted by
the Minute of the Lords of the Committee of the Privy
Council for Trade, of the 24th August, 1844, for the
transaction of railway business, having had under con-
sideration the following schemes for extending railway
communication in the district comprising the counties of
Cornwall and Devon, viz.:—
The Cornwall and Devon Central Railway,
The Cornwall Railway (Plymouth to Falmouth),
The Great Western and Cornwall Junction Railway,
The West Cornwall Railway,

The Saint Ives Junction Railway,
The North Devon (Crediton and Barnstaple) Railway,
The Exeter and Crediton Railway,
The Torquay and Newton Abbott Railway.
Have decided on reporting to Parliament in favour of
The Cornwall Railway (Plymouth to Falmouth),
The West Cornwall Railway (up to the junction with

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the Cornwall Railway),
The Saint Ives Junction Railway ;
Against
The Cornwall and Devon Central Railway,
The Great Western and Cornwall Junction Railway ;
And recommending the postponement until a future
period of
The North Devon (Crediton and Barnstaple) Railway,
The Exeter and Crediton Railway,
The Torquay and Newton Abbott Railway.
And the Board having further had under considera-
tion the following schemes for extending railway com-
munication in the districts of Berkshire, Hampshire,
Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, and Devon, lying
intermediate between the Great Western, Bristol and
Exeter, and London and South Western Railways, viz.,
The Reading, Basingstoke, and Hungerford Railway

(Great Western), -
The Wilts and Somerset Railway,
The Bristol and Exeter—Durston and Yeovil Branch,
The Southampton and Dorchester Railway,
The Basingstoke and Didcot Junction Railway (London
and South-Western),
The London and South-Western—Salisbury to Yeovil.
The London and South-Western--Hook Pit Deviation,
The Salisbury, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway,
Have decided on reporting to Parliament in favour of
The Reading, Basingstoke, and Hungerford Railway
(Great Western),
The Wilts and Somerset Railway—subject to the con-
dition of apply ing to Parliament in a future session for
an improved line of communication towards Bath and
Bristol,
The Bristol and Exeter—Durston and Yeovil Branch,
The Southampton and Dorchester Railway ;

And against
The Basingstoke and Didcot Junction Railway (London
and South-Western),
The London and South-Western—Salisbury to Yeovil,
The London and South-Western—Hook Pit Deviation,
The Salisbury, Dorchester, and W
lEeymouth Railway.
DALHOUS
G. It. PORTER.
J. CODDINGTON.

S. LAING.
D. O'BRIEN.

METROPOLITAN DRAPERS'
ASSOCIATION.

A public meeting of the Regent-street district
branch of this Association was held on ➢londayeven-
ing, December 30, at Lloyd's Rooms, Regent-quadrant,
when interesting information, relative to the progress
of the " early closing" movement was detailed, and the
evils resulting from the present protracted hours of
business in shops were forcibly depicted by the
several speakers, who clearly proved that the present
system was the great barrier to the assistant-draper
rising in the social, moral, and intellectual scale.
Public feeling was stated to be getting unanimous in
favour of the change sought for, and the efforts of the
Association were beginning to be felt, in convincing
all that evening shoppers were nqw the sole cause
and support of the "late hour system," as the em-
ployeri, as a body, were most desirous to grant
reasonable hours to their young min.

lIAR WICH, DEC. 24.—The Admiralty have ordered
a life-boat for Harwich, to be built forthwith, the neces-
sity for it being powerfully suggested by the late me-
lancholy wreck of the Hero, off that part of the coast.—
Essex Herald.
THE DEATH OF A VETERAN.—An old soldier,
named Gattines, who entered the French army in 1796,
and was taken prisoner in the Russian campaign, and
sent to Siberia, which he left only in 1822, died a few
days ago, of a cold, in a garret. On his return to France
he came to Paris, and got a place as porter in a ware-
house, at No. 17, Rue Mauconseil, where he remained
till his death. When in Siberia ho alwap slept on a
board at his full length, with his arms straight down by
his sides, like a corpse in a coffin, and in this position he
was found dead.—Galignanes Messenger.

P:ichard Bentley, Yew Burlington-street.
11 (Publisher in Ordinary toher
111.11Nrpr Majesty.)
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SCENE
4.—Exterior of Caroni on Sea Shore. San Domingo Billy
'(the celebrated Pacific Shark, ,i-tted expressly for the occasion, in
hopes of his turning out " a great catch"), Mr. Longswallow. Hoe:
Pariboo and Hankipanki bolt from San Domingo Billy, and how
Billy bolts them—how Crusoe and Friday go out fishing—how
th
have a " glorious nibble"—and how, the fish being landed, land, its
two insides—and how the exterior of the cavern naturally changes to
SCENE s.—lnterior of Cavern, with Bird's-eye View of Robins,n
Crusoe's Farm. How Crusoe and Co. give the Caribees the go-he—
how Pariboo and his warriors, to the tune of " Follow, follow ov;
mountain," set off in pursuit—and how it is supposed they were lest
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 How Crusoe does the honours of his hut to
the great Princess and her little brothers--how he gives Friday leis
first lesson in " 'Airs. Glass's Domestic Cookery"—how the jollifica-
tion within is pAddenly interrupted by the Indians f om without ; in
short, how t' hut, and _
,AS appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of the
r...tert to the change of the Old Wreck to the Jolly Young
SC' nnd Crusoe's Departure for London-bridge.
~\E 7. Exterior of Music Shop and Artificial Arms and Legs
`" .nelfactory ; Duet, in two fiats, tune, " here we go up, up, up, lie
.re
ek
, go down, down, down ;" Roman Gladiator versus British Gladta-
•4l-; a blear stage and no favour ; patent violoncello, warranted to
/play on itself grand discord.
SCENES 8 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 bet' er than a skin in holes.
SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison ; Remember the
poor Debtors ; Knockers amt bells versus thieves ; Somebody's
coming; Poor debtors and heardhearted creditors; the tables sud-
denly turned by an Act of Parliament ; Change of the Premises to
SCENE 11. Baths and Washhouses for the Labouring Classes ;
•" Ladies of the Round Tub:" Soap at a premium ; Mangling done
Mere 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-housr, ;
"'Catch him who 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 ; How to convert a blockhead into a great man ; Art
aed Commerce lend their assistance to produce
SCENE 14. A most extraordinary 'Change, leading to a still more
extraordinary one, viz.,
SCENE IS. Grand emblematical and national tableau of her
:Majesty christening the Royal Exchange.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
IS
Will be perforrard a New EVENING
and Original Comy, in Acts, Called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HE ART&ed Colonel Five Rocket
Mr-Strickland ' • Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe s • Tom Coke
Mr. Webster ; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ;
The Countess of I p.n.pion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthor. Madame Vestris • Miss Rocket, Miss Julia
.ennett.
After which, 'a
New Grand Musical Fairy Extravagant • ,
entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINLT. Ring Uxorious. Mr. .1
Bland ; Princess Graciesa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P.
Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley.
To conclude wi.h a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; or, PIC-
TORIAL TOUR 1N SWITZERLAND.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each
Ilckets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-offi. e,
(rim To till Five o'Clock.

THEATRE RYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens,
..) a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story el. Sons
-Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck,
Alt. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilkin-
son ; Sir Joseph Rowley, Bart , Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mt.
Chris
kens on ; Richard, Mr. S k
atthews
elby ,• Meggy.
Veck, Hue Fortescue ; Mis.
tr Fran M
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, Mies Loos,.
dale ; Clown, Mr. C. J. mith ; Pantaloon, Mr. San ters.
Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Paints'', 41r. Pitt ; Leader of the
Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-ottlce open from Eleven till Four. Private
Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
HIS E
Will be repeated the EV
New DramaNlNG, called DON CIESA R DE
JIAZAN Don Caesar, Mr. Wallack ; Charles the Secont , Mr.
Walton ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling; Countess di Rotondo, Mra.
Fosbroke.
T. be followed by a New Grand Oriental Ballet, called THE
ENCHANTED BELL. Azolin (an Hindoo Peasant), M. Rousse ;
Palmira (the Sultan's Daughter), 51,111 e. Caroline Rousset ; Nairn,
(her Friend), Mdlle. Teresine; Ding Doug (the Genii of the LI1),
Miss Marshall.
After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rat'icr
Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE MILLER AND H MEN. Grindoir Mr. Compton; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kelma*,
Mr. Granby; Riber, Mr. Coral , Golotz, Mr. Walton; Claudine,
Miss E. Stanley ; Ravine, Mrs. Fosbroke.
Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden,
Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell.
Dress Circle ss. ; Boxes, 48. ; Pit, 23.; Gallo Is. Half-price at
Nine o'clock—Press Circle,2s. 6d. • Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 64.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce..
alum Boxes, Two (Staines' and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half_
past Six and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock.
The Box-otlice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingh am.
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
Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal
Characters by Messrs. F. Vining Meadows, Diddear, F. Matthews,
Collier, Emery, Turner. and Keeley; Miss Walcott, Miss Arde;,
Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO
MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker
Miss Arden,and Mrs. Wigan.
To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, 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 DMISSIO N.—Balcony Boxes. 45.; Upper
Boxes, 3s. • Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2.. ;
Vpper Boxes, la. fid.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the It'ilcemy Thy
(nolding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second
tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and arHalL Private
Boxes on the Pit tier (holding six persona), One °wren.
The Box.office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direr.
tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre.

Great Hit of the Equestrian Comic Pantomime at
ASTLKY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY,
THIS EVENING

Will be repeated a NewSpegracieTentiiled THE ROYAL PDX
HUNT; or, The Race-Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed ;
introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fnx-chase on the Stage
and in the Circle by living Foi and real Pack of Hounds, purchased
blosir. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production.
m Races and other Sporting Features.
New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse-
Manship.
To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime,
.c lied HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the
Black Witch of Edmonton. Harluin, Mr. H. Lewis' Columbine,
Mn.s J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury.
Acting any stage-manager Mr. W O. Broadfoot.
Box.oftlee open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Ridi rg,
by Mr. R. South daily. •
Mr. BATTY begs to aquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his
Patrons, that, in cornpli ince with numerous requests from the
country, and by special desire, he hag formed arrangements to pre-
sent, during the Christmas Hodday., a S rice of EQUESTRIAN
MORNING FETES and FASHIONABLE DAY PERFORM-
ANCES, to commence at Half-past One, and terminate at Half-past
hree : consisting of Batty's Sdlendid Scenes of Equitation in the
Circle.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SITIRREBE
As usual, the best Pantomime of the Season I A more brilliant
triumph than ever before achieved I Laughter, Wonder, a
nt
Everything ! ! The First Pantomimic Performers of the Age, and
Everything New!!!!
THIS EVENINti
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 }loaner, 1 ewis, Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. R. Homier, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W.
Daly, and Miss Martin.
To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, calird
POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN
L. S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; flown, Mr. T. Ridgway;
Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corri; Columbine, Miss Slaiter.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box
cdtke, from Eleven to Four.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE
Extraordinary Success of the New Comic Pantomime.
THIS EVENING
Will be produced MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity. al -
mrted br Mr. Osbaldiston, IFsnry Howard, J. T Johnson, T. H.
Higgie, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss E
Terre'', and Miss Treble.
After which, the laughable Drama, entitled WILFUL MURDER.
•To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled
HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ; or, The Little Old Wonsan and
tte Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapino ; Clown,
114 r. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney; Columbine, Mdlle.
Lc Vire.

-
DuNBAB.—On Wednesday, fifty-five ploughs
started on the farm of Brunt, lately let to Mr. Davidson,
of Manchester, to give him a day's ploughing, as a
friendly welcome into the county. The frost having
given way a day or two before, both men and horses
started in the finest order, and turned over from sixty to
seventy acres in grand style. A party of farmers and
others connected with the operations of the day after-
wards dined in Mrs. Sanderson's inn, Broxburn, when
the even ag was spent with the cordiality and harmony
by which these meetings are eyer characterised.

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. -
Immense Holiday Attraction.
HIS EVENING will be performed Balie's grand Opera, THE
-WAUGHTER OF ST. MARK.
After which will be repeated the Grand Christmas Harlequinn,l,,
'called PUCK'S PANTOMIME ; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crus,e.
The principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime arti,t, s,
Messrs. W. H. Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, Howell, and YiFS
Carson.

SCENE 1. An " Attic " Story. Author (in distress for many
things, but principally for a pantomime subject), Mr. Hance ;
fuck (Envoy from the Court of King Oberon, with powers to pro-
vide the usual Christina.s fun for " Children all, both great and sm,,i I,"
/Ills A. Payne. How Puck gives new life to the anchor by givin;,-
life to his attic, which occasions an extraordinary stir on the pre-
wises, and introduces an extensive circle of old acquLintances ; h ;xv
liessrs. Puck and Author form themselves into a Consmittee of Taste,
and decide in favour of Robinson Crusoe.
SCENE 2. Coast of the island on which Crusoe was wrecked, w:th
the ship high and dry, the ocean slumbering in the Lack ground, the
,erabs &c, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusoe, Mr.
W. H. Payne. How Cru,oe pays a morning visit to the wreck ; b:
private opinion of the useful and the useless ; how he is astonisbea
by an unceremonious visit from the Caribee Indians, and how he de-
termines In his turn to astonish them.
i',CE.NE 3. Interior of the island. King Paribo (Autocrat of all the
Caribees, having a passion for Princess Tooraloora, and being in a
'passion with everybody else), Mr. T. Matthews ; Hankipanhi (h:
'slab-bearer, an office equivalent to mace-bearer to the Right lion.
the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howell ; Prince l'arramatta,
afrer-
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 intendb,.;
'herself for his brother), Mr. Johnson. How, preparations being made
itht• 4 Carihee Pic-nic, Crusoe, fired with indignation, fires a volley—
beer Pariboo and Hankipanki jump out of the frying-pan into tliJ
Ift e, i.e., the water.