The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-28 00:00:00

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ADELPHL,
The wren/lancet, en Monday at this,pmelar place
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of,ptblic ftniuSeinent, commenced,with 'the- burletta 0,31
the Merchant and his Clerks, which has already ha
a successful run. of some nights. Mr. Rice, the' ort"
ginat " Jim Crow," then made his boW in ' a 'new
farce; from the pen of Mr. Sterling,
Notes for English. Circulation. - The piece was,
xcr
course, written especially for
.Mr. Rice, and the e
e
hibition of his peculiar powers. entitled Yanlite:.
The character 1
Th
e
assumes is that of a nigger help at.
at Saratoga Springs, and his name Julius -Cwsat
Washington Hickory Dick. He is enamoured of one
Miss Zip Coon (Mrs. Grattan), a mulatto help in the!
boarding-, ouse
same establishment, and the humour of the piecechiefly consists in the droll results of the jealous,v
with which his black bosom is excited by the atten-
tions which the copper-coloured object of his devotion
receives at the hands of several inmates of the boarding..
house, and in the manner in which he insinuates him"
self into the secrets of the ladies and gentlemen in quesci
tion.• These principally consist of Mr. Bilberry Wra
(Wilkinson), a "liberty" boy, and loco-foco ; Timothy
Pippin, alias Silas Solomon Sprowl, Sen. (Wright)'
a down easter, and a hyperbolically vulgar Yankee,,
Major Dowbiggin, of the United States army, Sprov l
jun., Miss Emma Wad (Miss Chaplin), &c.
thing in the shape of an intended plot is worked ow
by these respective personages, under various Pllates,,
of transatlantic character; a runaway husband meet'
a runaway. wife at the Springs, who bribes his privertf:
to aid her in a scheme by which the America'i 31sj,t
is to elope with Miss Wad, and so frath ;
,
all this was entirely subservient to th.e sole an
simple purpose of affording " the n; gger" every
possible vantage-ground for the disp',ay
tion
of his cer-
tainly most amusing and inimitabl.e representa
of the peculiar attributes, r.ienners, Chuckles'
and giggles of a "no common " gentienlar:
of the African species of our varied geti
The farce was followed by a new pantomime.
The Children in the Wood, or Harlequin
The opening was good, the incidents were well air-
' ranged, and the scenic effects were more than nos
effective. " Nobody" was played by Mr. Wilt;
Nobod.q.
who gave ample proof that he was somebodY• „„
H. Beverley was the Clown. This gentleman n"s'
vast deal of humour, the result of imagination ni..4,1
long experience, and was quite at home in his Pf,
The Harlequin was Mr. Frampton, the Pantaloon
Sanders, and the Columbine, Miss Bullen,
whom played well. The piece is good in its 4:1"."
but, like most others of the present day, wan, cur:
tailment and compression. There are some • good
jokes and some tolerably good political hits, and te
will appear more brilliant from being shortened. else
house was a perfect crowd--every seat and ever,
place for standing being fully occupied.

MARYLEBONE.
This place of entertainment, after having beefl re,..";
fitted and decorated, opened on Monday to the lovers;
melodrama, and forms one of the provided minor theatres. The entertainments Maid
'''.. ,
evening's amusement were The Saxe ,n Maid; a me'v'n''
and dissolving panorama • and.
...ii rrAg
Harlequin and the New 'Huse that Jack Bunt- - - tale
of Maid is a drama. of the Victoria school--a ttee
of abused affectior, abduction and revenfii.e. lur
principal charaP:Lers were' supported by Mr a Free
2ssr • ,ei.,
and Stirlir-
-gl with Mesdames Campbei:i and 01-
the
ville, who were the heroes and hP,roines of
c,
p' ::co. This piece, afrer some rl.lelaY) Iva!, sued.
Mother Bouchs; or.
ceeded by the Views. The
Mother Bunch was played. by Mr. Attvve,u.,n
After the transformations head taken Once, thei Ted
commenced. The tricks, tl%ough not new, are ea;,...1.1. 5
on with an active spirit of: bustle, which never -.-
moment allows the merrir.bent to flag.. If the laughterce,
and delight of the
Pu'ager portinu of the audio__
and smiles of the elder, are tokens of success, the Pf7i,
Pantomime foliovv_d.
tomime of this theatre was; eminently so, and bids two
to have a successful run.. It er:ds, as usual, in, tip./
happiness of the lover; and tb.e splendour °rues,.
scenery. The wonderful Arabi 8.-... e introduced, w"ot $
its of strength and grace of attitude, added nwas
little to the success of the evening. The theatre _.r,
lull, and the audience passesl, to appearance, a we' j
and agreeable evening.