The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-03 00:00:00

COMBINATION OF CHEAP NEWS ♦ND CHEAP
LITERATURE.

THE GREAT WESTERN ADVERTISER,
henceforth to be called THE GREAT 'WESTERN ♦DVER-
TISER AND CHRONICLE, will be issued To-morrow (Saturday),
the 4th of January, in an enlarged and novel form. The pages de-
voted to News and Advertisements will consist now of seven instead
of six columns each ; and a portion of the paper will be set apart for
literary matter, arranged in forty pages of a foolscap octavo size,
which may be divided from the rest, and folded in parts, and which,
in the course of the year, will form five volumes *fan average thick-
ness of 416 pages. With the First Number will be given 40 pages of
" KOHL'ii TRAVELS IN ENGLAND," a new translation, executed
expressly for this purpose by Thomas Roscoe, Esq. ; and this work
will extend to about thirteen numbers, and be completed about the
end of April next. One week in each month will be devoted to a
" Western Miscellany," consisting of Tales, Essays, Sketches, Re-
views, and Poetry, Edited by T. H. Scaly, Author of " The Porcelain
Tower," &c. The Newspaper, with 2,800 pages of literary matter,
consisting chiefly of valuable Standard Works, will be supplied fur a
subscription of only fifteen shillings per annum, paid in advance. Of
the "Great Western Advertiser" FIVE THOUSAND copies are
printed Weekly* and, the greater number of them being circulated
gratuitously, 4,000 are re-oollected, after their distribution In Bristol,
Bath, and Plymouth, and circulated a second time throughout four-
teen counties of the south-west of England and South Wales, thus
raising the entire circulation to NINE THOUSAND ; whilst the
average circulation of 54 papers published in the districts through
which the "Great Western- Advertiser" is distributed, Is only 1,051,
and one only among them rises to a circulation of more than 3,000.
The columns of the " Great Western Advertiser" are devoted to
General and Local News, Commercial Intelligence, Literary Notices,
and Advertisements. Party politics are scrupulously avoided.
The principal Office of the Paper is at
8, BRIDGE-STREET, BRISTOL.

THE STEP-MOTHER.
By G. P. E. JAMES, Esq.
The EDITOR of the SUNDAY TIMES has the pleasure of au-
flouncing that on the sth of January, 1845, will be published, in the
columns of that Journal, the First umber of a new Romance, of
Times within our Memory, entitled THE STEP-MOTHER; or,
Evil Doings. Written exclusively for the Sunday Times.
By G. P. R. JAMES, Esq.
In the Sunday Times of the ith of January will also appear, THE
COMIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY of the Year Eighteen Hundred and
Forty-four. Edited by " YOUNG FORTY-FIVE."

Printed and published by John Kemble Chapman, 103, Fleet-
street, to whom ail communications (post-paid) are to be addressed.

THEATRE ROYAL,• DRURY-LANE.
Immense lieliday Attraction.
THIS EVENING will be performed Bolfe's grand Opera, THE
DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK.
After which will be repeated the Grand Christmas Harlequinade,
called PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe.
The principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime artistes,
Messrs. W. N. 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 or King Oberon, with powers to pro-
vide the usual Christmas fun 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 I how
Messrs. Pack 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 and dry, the ocean slumbering in the back ground, the
crabs, &c, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusoe, Mr.
W. 11. 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 in a
passion with everybody else), Mr. T. Matthews; liankipanki (his
club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace-bearer to the Right lion.
the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howell ; Prince Parramatta, after-
wards " Friday" (King Pariboo's young brother, and old rival, con-
temned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland ;
erincess Tsoraloora (intended by Pariboo for himself, bat intending
ierself for his brother), Mr. Johnson. How, preparations being made
for a Caribee Pic-nic, Crusoe, fired with indignation, fires a volley—.
how Pariboo and Hankipanki jump out of the frying-pan into the
tire, i.e., the water. -
SCENE 4.—Exterior of Cavern on Sea Shore. San Domingo Billy
(the celebrated Pacific 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 3.—lnterior of Cavern, with ?Ant'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. Y.B. The premises
may be viewed nightly with tickets, apply to Mr. Parsons, Ha:m-
ot/ice, 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 lemon in " Mrs. Glass's Domestic Cookery"—how the jollifica-
tion within is suddenly interrupted by the Indians from without ; in
;Dort, 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, here
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 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 better than a skin in holes.
SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison ; Remember the
poor Debtors; Knockers- mil bells versus thieves ; Somebody's
corning ; Poor debtors and heardhearted creditors ; the tables
eui-
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
here ; Arrival of " the trades of London, with their respective young-
ones ;" The bell invites us ; Wives go to dinner ; Husbands go to bath;
lioillng water versus cold water cure ; The washing-tub in a storm,
.mid general conftsion.
SCENE 12. Lamp and Chandelier Shop and Lodging-house ;
Catch him who can," or Harlequin here, Harlequin there, Harle-
quin everywhere ; Bagged at last ; " Off with Ins 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 Stenos Quarry ; A monster meeting, with a tail and
without one ; How 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.

THE WITHER.--Sus OFFICE, JAN. 3.

THERMOMETER, Lowest, 28 ; Highest, 37 ; NOOD, 36.
BAROMETER, 30.—WIND, S.

`OTC.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and
" Highest" denoto 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 generally placed opposite to 30, and
" Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather
when the mercury falls below 30.

ERRATUM.—In the Weather Table yesterday the state
of the Barometer was incorrectly given. It marked
30.10, net 31.10—a point to which the mercury seldom
or nerer rises in this country.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON.BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Non In ... 11 minutes after 8 1 Evening ... 47 minutes after S.

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