The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-27 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

This place of entertainment, after having been re-
fitted and decorated, opened last night to the lovers of
melodrama, and forms one of the prettiest of the
minor theatres. The entertainments provided for last
evening's amusement were The Saxon Maid ; a moving
and dissolving panorama; and Mother Bunch ; or
Harlequin and the New House that Jack Built. The'
Saxon Maid is a drama of the Victoria sch° a Itale
of abused affection, abduction, and revenge.°— --The
principal characters were supported by Messrs. Freer
and Stirling, with Mesdames Camp-bell and. Mel-
ville, who were the heroes and heroines of the
piece. This piece, afrer some delay, was suc-
ceeded by the Views. The pantomime followed.
Mother Bunch was played by Mr. Attwood.
After the transforMations had taken place, the fun
commenced. The tricks, though not new, are carried
on with an active spirit of bustle, which never for a
moment allows the merriment to flag. If the laughter
and delight of the younger portion of the audience,
and smiles of the ekter, are tokens of success, the pan- I
tomime of this theatre was eminently so, and bids fair
to have n successful run. It ends, as usual, in the
happiness of the lovers. and the splendour of the
scenery. The wonderful Arabs are introduced, whose 1
feats of strength and grace of attitude, added not a
little to the success of the evening. The theatre was
full, and the audience passed, to appearance, a merry
and agreeable evening.

SURREY.
The pitoprietors of' this enterprising and successful
establishment, have for years been noted as excellent
caterers for the amusement of the public on this side
the water, at the merry season of Christmas, and the
present management determined not to be out-dene
by their predecessors. Last evening produced two
entirely new pieces, one entitled Richard Savage, or
the Disowned, and • the other that invariable accom-
paniment to the amusement of Christmas, a panto-
mime. Of Richard Savage it is impossible for us to
say more than that it is a drama from the Fen of Mr.
Whitehead, founded on his work of that name, pub-
lished in Bentley's Miscellany, in consequence of the
noise and confusion (a circumstance incident to
boxing nights), that existed during almost the whole
of its representation. it is, however, unnecessary to
enter into its phut, as the work has been so recently
before our readers, the main facts of which were em-
bodied in the drama, and the characters in which
were very well sustained, by Mrs. R. Honner, Mr.
W. Smith, Mr. H. Hughes, Mr. Hicks, Mrs. H.
Hughes, Mrs. H. Vining, and others. Of the panto-
mine n e cannot say too much ; it is excellent for its
scenery and its tricks ; is called Harlequin Puck E?fin
Changeling, and the Enchanted Statue of the Crystal
Fountain, and its main incidents are founded on a
fraiciful tradition in Shakspeare's ". Midsummer
Night's Dream," an elfin riddle in Spencer's " Faery
Queene," and Chaucer's " Canterbury Tales." Among
the scenery, we were much delighted with Oberon's
bower in the New Forest, the fairy palace of Titania,
and the Palace of Fountains. After the transforma-
tions of the different characters bad taken place, and
the real fun of the pantomime had commenced, we
could not restrain a in( et hearty laugh at the scene of