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London, England, 1842-01-26 00:00:00

THE NEW ROMANCE.
HENRY DE POMEROY.
By MRS. BRAY.

Author of " Wbitehoods," " Trelawney," &c.
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Memoirs of Lord Edward Fitzgerald—Practical Men—Ad-
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Masons' Strike—Sketches of Arnold, the Traitor, and Major
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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 26,

Will be performed the Tragedy of THE GAMESTER.—
Beverley, Mr. Macready ; Lewson, Mr. Anderson ; Jervis, Mr.
Elton ; Bates, Mr. G. Bennett ; Stukeley, Mr. Phelps ; Mrs.
Beverley, Mrs. Warner; Charlotte, Miss Ellis.
After which will be repeated the New Christmas Pantomime,
called HARLEQUIN AND DUKE HUMPHREY'S DIN-
NER ; OR, JACK CADE, THE LORD OF LONDON
STONE.

Doors 14 be opened at Half. past Six, and the Performance
to begin :t Seven o'clock. Boxes 55., Second Price, 2s. 6d.
Pit 35., Second Price 2d. Lower Gallery Is. 6d., Second
Price is. Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS
_ _ _

THIS EVENING, JAN. 26,
Will be repeated Mrs. Inchbald's Comedy of WIVES AS
THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE.—Lord
Priory, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir William Dorillon, Mr. Cooper ;
Sir George Evelyn, Mr. G. Vandenhoff ; Mr. Bronzely, Mr.
Charles Mathews ; Miss Dorrillon, Mrs. Nisbett ; Lady Mary
Raffle, Mrs. Glover ; Lady Priory, Miss Faucit.

After which will be repeated -the New Grand Christmas
Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR,
HARLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW.

Doors .to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to
commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.;
First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.;
Second Price. 25.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the
Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten
till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application.
Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller,
167. New Bond-street.

To-morrow, Norma, with the New Pantomime.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE

AND MR. WILLIS JONES.

Amazing attraction. First appearanWYKirs. Norma, and
crowded Houses to witness Harlequin and the Ice Queen,
the best Pantomime of the Season.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 26,
Will be acted Haines' wonderfully successful Drama, enti-
tle4l ELIZABETH LAZARUS, THE JEWESS, founded
oe Ceil!ain Glasscock's " Land Sharks and Sea Gulls."

After which, MRS. ORNI A, with Bellini's Music.

To conclude with a Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled
HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN; OR, JACK
FROST AND KING SHAM.—With gorgeous and charac-
teristic Scenery, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint
Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by Brun-
ning, &c. Hallequin, M. Huline ; Patch, M. Rochet ; Pan-
taloon, M. Lehman; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo; Clown, Mr.
Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe.
Private and Public Boxes can be had of Messrs. Sams, Ebers,
Mitchell, Andrews, and Seguin, during the run of this popu-
lar Pantomime.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON.
Splendid success of Domestic Drama, for which this Theatre

stands ucrivalled and alone.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 26,
Will be performed, a New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts,
entitled THE STORY OF GERALDINE ;. OR, THE
TWIN ORPHANS OF ST. PRE.—Henri, Mr. E. F. Sa-
ville ; Huntingdon, Mr. Dale ; Claud, Mr. Seaman ; Jemmy
Cottle, Mr. Gardner ; Davy, Mr. Paul; Geraldine, Miss Vin-
cent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Drama.

After which, THE WILD IRISH GlRL.—Shelah o'lllay,
Miss Vincent, in which she will dsnce her celebrated Donny-
brook Rant, and sing several humourous chaunts, and a new
Alsailey Epilogue.
To conclude with the Grand Romantic Aerial Comic Pan-
tomime, entitled HARLEQUIN PETER WILKINS ;. OR,
THE KING OF THE AIR AND THE FLYING IN-
DIANS.—With new and extensive Scenery, Dresses, Decora-
tions, Tricks, Transformations, and Effects—A new Nautical
Panorama, to be entitled " Our Native Sea-girt Isle !" con-
sisting of Maritime Views along the Coast of England. Also,
a new Grand Dissolving Diorama, by Childe, the Great Illu-
sionist ; and the Opening of the Pantomime supported by the
Comic Talent of this—the Popular Theatre of London.
Boxes, 2s.—Pit, ls.— Gallery, 6d.—Half-price to the Boxes
only, at Half-past Eight.

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STREET.

THE IVORY MODEL OF THE TAGE. 111UHAL,
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" There is at present an Exhibition at 209, Regent-street,
as elaborate a Model as was ever perhaps presented to pub-
lic view. It is a copy, in 'ivory, of the celebrated Tags
,Muhal, one of the most remarkable edifices in modern Agra,
erected in 1650 by Khaa Shah Jehan, the fifth Great Mogul,
as the cemetery of his favourite wife, Sultana Mehd
This mausoleum is built entirely of white marble, and some
.dea may be formed of its splendour, when it is stated to have
cost in its erection 60 lacs of rupees, or 756,0001 The Model
occupies a space of nine square feet, and its height is six feet.
It is the work of Indian artists, and while in point of extent it
is unmatchable, it is also one of the finest specimens of that
minuteness of detail and delicate manipulation for which Indian
ivory working is so noted. The amount of labour bestowed on
this model must have been immense. It is not 'the hasty pro-
duct of a day,' but the result of many years' patient applica-
tion. All the multitudinous carvings and inlayings of the ori-
ginal building are expressed in the copy with every appearance
of 'exactness ; nor is the resemblance limited to the outside
alone : the interior is also finished in the same minute style,
and contains the tombs of the Shah and his Consort, exqui-
sitely and elaborately worked. On the whole, this model pre-
sents a surprising and beautiful effect, and forms one of the
most interesting exhibitions in the metropolis. "—Morn. Chron.
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caution be observed, with infinitely more safety
than in former times. The events of yesterday
placed these facts in a striking light, for among
the vast crowd that flocked by railway to wit-
ness The ceremony, we believe not one accident
occurred. The ceremony altogether passed off
most auspiciously, and we trust this circumstance
will be an omen of good to the Illustrious
Infant—the Heir Apparent to the Throne—
and to the country which, under the bless-
ing of PROVIDENCE, he is destined to govern.
It was gratifying, considering the distress which
prevails, to see the affection evinced by the
people to the reigning family. Everywhere
marks of respect were exhibited in the metropo-
lis, and all accounts from the provinces agree in
announcing the same loyal demonstrations
throughout the United Kingdom. There is but
one cause of regret. The name given to the
Prince of WA LES is, we may say, universally
objectionable. All expected that he would have
been christened by the name of his grandfather,
rendered so illustrious in English annals by the
deeds of the EDWARDS, and the public will not
be satisfied till assurance is given that when he
mounts the throne he shall have the title of
EDWARD VII.

The Christening of the Prince of WALES,
henceforth ALBERT EDWARD, is a national event.
It will be recorded in all our books, and be the
theme of comment hereafter. It is an epoch in
the life of one of those beings whose biography
is the history of nations. Accordingly, it has
for some days excited, and will, for some time
to come, excite the interest of the public.
If the ceremony were merely to give a name
to a child, it might be appropriately inscribed in
the parish register, and, for dignity's sake, he
might have a page to himself. It is much more
than this. Christian names were, we believe,
first given to converted Heathens; they were the
marks of the admission of barbarians into a
more civilized and advanced community; and
their sponsors, like the witnesses with which
our remote ancestors were wont to be prepared
to repel accusations, were those who pledged
themselves for the continuance of the Pagan in
Christianity.

But whether such be its origin or not, it is
appropriately described at present as the admis-
sion of a child, or a Heathen, into the community
of Christians. The great importance of yester-
day's ceremony to the people springs from the
fact that the young Prince is by it enrolled un-

der the banners of CHRIST, and is to be guided
in all his actions towards the people by Christian
morality. Christianity has accompanied civilisation
in its progress, and is endeared to mankind as
the sign of humanity and to make the Prince
of WALES a Christian is to vow for him a life of
mercy, love, and justice.

Under such an aspect we certainly could have
wished that the ceremony had been performed
by other agents than the clergy of the State
Church. If they are the successors of the

Apostles, their lives are totally at variance with
the moral precepts of the Gospel. The Standard
has lately informed the world that no faith can
be placed in two-thirds of them. Oxford nio-

rality is, in fact, a bye-word. A more selfish,
idly set of men—a set of men more un-
Christian in their greediness, more intent on
preserving power and dominion, to the injury of
the community, more opposed to its moral im-
provement, does not exist ; and after-ages may
regret that the Prince had not been introduced
into the Christian community under more fa-
vourable auspices.

The clergy of the State Church, we cannot
forget, make it the first duty of the Prince to
preserve their power and property, and use
Christianity for their own aggrandisement. It
would seem as if they lay hands on him to make
him the instrument of priestcraft. Unfortu-
nately for the community, his christening makes
him a sectarian, and separates the infant, who,
till now, was united to the whole family of the
nation,: from the majority of the people. When
he comes to the Throne he will reign over
Christians of many denominations, and the clergy
will try, henceforward, to make him exclusively
the member of one sect, to narrow his heart and
fill it with jealousy of those who do not profess
his limited creed.

We are not, at the same time, aware of any
means, according to custom and precedent, by
which all the denominations of Christians in the
empire could have been made participators in
the ceremony. The invention of those means is
1 the business of sagacious and far-seeing states-
men. If they are always to follow routine, of
what use are those high and commanding facul-
ties with which they are said to be endowed?
Any well•dressed mutes, to walk in procession, I
would answer that end as well as men of great
talents. Statesmen are to make precedents suit-
able to the wants of the age. The Sovereigns of
England ought no longer to be sectarians, and
their Ministers should devise means for making
all the ceremonies of State conform to the new
character which the Monarchs have been com-
pelled to assume since 1829.

Some Tory writers, in their zeal to uphold the
Corn-laws, object to the exertions which are
continually made to lessen the cost of producing
commodities. They overflow with tirades
against cheapness. They are desirous of keeping
at the highest the trouble and difficulty of
clothing and feeding the people. They may be
right in this view, but they are opposed to the
wishes anti exertions of mankind in all ages. At
every period and in every country, men have
desired to be fed and clothed by the least
trouble, and to that end have thought, devised,
planned, and executed. They have even com-
mitted many crimes to attain their object. The
whole detestable scheme of slavery grew from
the wish of some men to be supplied with the
necessaries of life with the least possible labour.
The substitution of agriculture—and the con-
tinual improvements made in that noble
art—for hunting; the premiums given for new

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discoveries and inventions, which produce more

by less labour; and the modern employment
and extension of powerful machinery—itself the
result of a wish to abridge labour, are all speci-
mens of the general desire and general exertions
to lessen the cost of production. If such a wide
induction, though we have stated comparatively
few instances, does not prove that the Tory
writers alluded to are writing and wrangling
for a despicable party purpose, against a law of
nature, as exemplified by the continual opera-
tions of the mind in all stages of society, then is
the use of the words " Law of Nature" alto-
gether, erroneous, and no such law can exist.
In obedience, however, as we say, to this law
of nature, and certainly in conformity to the
general disposition and general struggles of man-
kind, the machine-makers and manufac-
turers, the inventors, discoverers, and pro-
jectors with whom our country abounds,
since the first happy application of steam-power
to lighten human toil, have exerted themselves
most assiduously and most successfully to devise
and bring into use machines for abridging
labour in manufacturing clothing, instruments,
and utensils, necessary or useful to man. They
have succeeded so well that they have stimu-
lated all the other nations of the world to imitate
them ; who, thereby confirming our general
position, practically rendered a profound homage
to that pursuit which the ignorant and factious
Tories describe as pernicious. We do not say
that, in the eagerness to get money, schemes
have not been tried, and projects urged, which
are valueless ; we do not say that no man has'
been too eager to promote his own interest at the
expense of others; but we affirm, on the whole,
that this striving and struggling to lessen the
cost of production, by extending the use of ma-
chinery, is in accordance with a law of nature,
and has been eminently honourable to our coun-
trymen, and beneficial to mankind at large.
One necessary consequence of the continual
struggle to lessen the cost of production has been
a continual lowering of the price of all the
goods which our manufacturers have to sell.
The price of cotton twist, of caiAlo, of cutting

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