Star.
London, England, 1822-12-27 00:00:00

THEATRES.

Dnuav-LANE.—Last night, according to ancient
p-
. • •vdege. and almost immemorial custom, the holi-
'
eiav folks, and especially the London apprentices,
were treated with the awful warning of George Barn-
„it to deter them from falling into the snares of im-
modest women, to the neglect of their business, the
de.truction of their morals, and the ignominious and
untimely end consequent upon breach of trust, lead-
mC
to robbery, and sometimes even to murder itself.
It 1, sufficient to remark, that Mr. COOPER played the
apprentice with much feeling and effect; but
dela.:ed a
mei. WEST was placed out of her sphere, by having
to personate the meretricious and inhuman Millwood,
character so totally opposite to that of her modest
a•td sweet self. The great holiday attraction of the
evening was an entirely new and splendid Pantomime,
e;:tituled Gog and Magog; or, liarleynii: Antiquary;
71.1.ineced, so splendid was it, in scenes, dresses, de-
c..7ations, and all the extravagances which should
.:end such pieces of stage representation, that had
it :let been for some unavoidable defects usually at-
tendant on the first representation of a Pantomimes
it would have been the most effective Piece of the sort
i!A has been offered in the annals of this kind of exhi-
hition. The scenery was of the most beautiful descrip-
tion ever witnessed ; the most striking were two views
of London as it was in;1666, immediately before, what
emphatically called the Great Fire, and as it now
appeals in renovated and greatly extended beauty ;
,nd a beautiful shifting scene of the whole of Vaux-
aall Gardens, concluding with a most correct repre-
!entation, by a moveable mechanical figure, of Ma-
,' Ime SAQUes grand ascent on the tight rope, amidst
fireworks, similar to what used to play around
fat aspiring genius. Cheapside, with Paul's Cross,
;1( it was in 1600; St. Paul's itself, as it was in 1540,
a.7tl as it now stands, the' noble monument of Sir C.
n a, were also charming scenes. The Overture and
as composed and arranged by Mr. T. Coou.a,-
.. c pleasing, and well adapted to the business of the
• e and there were some good comic songs, by
:•• •-srs. FITZWI LLI A 3,1, and G. SMITH. But, notwith-
all these excellencies, and the admirable
ci:act:ll: of Miss TREE, as Columbine—the acti-
iitv of llinowav, as Harlequin—and the gro-
t. ene capering of Sourinsv and BA RTLETT, in the
4,wn and Pantaloon—" the gods were wroth r
indeed, scene-shifters, stage traps, moving pannels,
milk-pails, and joints of all descriptions,
•evated to have conspired, not to shift at all, or,
wa. as bad, to shift at ally other than their
:lined period, and consequently to prevent the
:,:ess of that which, it appears to its, would, under
:Tier influences, have been a most attractive spec-
These things ate, however, the result of a

. pei fort mince, which, in matters of this
.!, i. a sort of trial of the different parts, which
:.i;: ir t work well, or simultaneously, until they are
4,ougllt into easy and uniform play " by the aid of
The behaviour of the Gentlemen in the upper
:tgions was, as usual at this period of the year in our
.ce,, of amusement, boisterous and noisy, but ap-
-I..ti 2.sly pre-eminently good-!iit mon ted, only that they
and the pelting of the audience in the pit with
t. ,nve-peel and nuts, to somewhat too great a length.
"lleff'aotomime was given out for repetition, amidst
rt. snit noi-e and confusion.
Cuvz:•:r-GAtinEN.—The Ttagedy of Douglas pre-
the neve Pantomime at this Ilousc last night:
is hen Mr. MASON, the Gentltman who some tine ago
made ddmt in the character of Lady Randolph's
repeated the character. The audience, as usual,
sere too impatient for the appearance of their fa-
the Heroes and Heroine of Ilarlequinade,
: iiste . • ,uietly or patiently to the effusions of the
Awe, however beautiful or sublime they might
aid to attempt a criticism on a performance
v.hich was every moment i—Jrrupted by a call for
It or GRIMALDI, would be at once unjust and
ridiculous. The curtain fell at a very early hour;
and the gods were soon after gratified by the com-
mencement of the Overture, which was to introduce
:o them a new favourite, under the title of Hark-
: tin and the Ogres; or, The Sleeping Beauty of
Wood. The source from which this holiday treat
derived, is that inexhaustible one, the Fairy Tales.
'lle story of the Sleeping Beauty is familiar to al-
most every juvenile mind. In the present instance
:)nt a small portion of the story is preserved, and that
-:irtion is only introductory to the Harlequinade.
—We are first introduced into an Egyptian cavern,
•- here Windier, Trindlet, and Spindlet are employed,
;:der the di: ection of the Ogress, in spinning a thread,
which Leing tied iound the wrist of the sleeping Prin-
cess (an o'leet of jealousy to the Ogress), is to prolong
;.er sleep for another century. While this operation is
.e:-forming the following Stanza is sung;
" While the wheel it is twirling,
A the thread we are hurling
t,t ,ireful mischitl and woe ;
When the wire is all spun,
Then our task will be done,
Aud rest from our toil we shall know," &c.
The scene then changes to the Enchanted Cedar
(;iove, where Prince Azoff, and his faithful attendant
Abnab, are directed by a fairy sptight unseen, the
Fait y Blue Bell, to seek the Princess. The various
changes which take place in the form and appearance
of the Cedar Grove are beautiful is the extreme, but
are totally eclipsed by the succeeding one, which
displays to the view of the audience, the outside of
the Sleeping Beauty's Castle by moonlight. Prince 11
Azoff and his attendants succeed in eluding the vigi-
lance of Grim Grubber, the mischievous guard placed
the entrance of the Castle by the Ogress. The
Prince and his*Squire penetrate to the Chamber of
Sleeping Beauty ; the charm is broken, and the
incess awakes. In this scene the artist has exerted
his skill most successfully. I'he ornaments of the
loom ale pink, but in an instant are changed by the
• the mechanist to a blue; and that which was
• elei;ant room, containing a splendid bed, becomes
it an instant a brilliant audience-chamber, the bed
izavtng given place to a magnificent Throne.—
T:,e Fairy Ogress here appears, and is about to im-
ruse new punishments on her victim, but is pre-
vented by the interposition of the more powerful and
betii:ficent sylph Blue Bell, who, to punish the Ogress
(Ltaitszs), transforms her into Pantaloon—gives to
Gum Grubber (GRIMALDI) the fotm of Clown—be-
stows on the Prince and Ptincess (E_LLatt and Miss
lin ',ism() the characters of Harlequin and Colum-
bine—Abu:at (young GRIMALDI) becomes Whirli-
;i4—aird the business of the Ilarlequinade com-

menses. All then becomes bustle, - confusion, *nd
activityt The scene changes in the twinkling of
eye ; one moment the parties are amongst the prof-
4,
mids—the next in the harbour of Rosetta; and again,
qnicker than the wind which blows, they are waft"(
to the happy shores of Britain, and we find their 'A
gamboling in front of the Monarch's Palace at Brigh-1
ton; here Harlequin changes, with a touch of his
wand, a fish-stall into a post chaise and pair, in which
himself and mistress are quickly conveyed to London.'
Tire Clown left behind With his patron, Pantaloon, with
great ingenuity constructs a carriage out of two velo-
cipedes, a baker's basket, a sign-post and sign-board,
with various other articles which fortunately come
within his reach, and having completed his vehicle,
attaches it to a fish-cart, and thus pursues the lovers.
A variety of changes follow. Waterloo-bridge, a
beautiful scene, changes to Hyde-park, and the Sta.
tue of Achilles; Achilles and the Park are in an
instant changed to Brook-green Fair, the Irish Giant,
&c. and these again give way to a most romantic and
picturesque representation of a village near London.
Pall-mall, the Tread-mill, a pastry-cook's shop in Pic-
cadilly, and a variety of scenes succeed, till we .have
Greenwich and the River, as it appeared on the oc-
casion of the Royal Embarkation for Scotland ; after
which is introduced moving panoramic views along
the River, and until the Royal Squadron arrives in
Leith Harbour. Upon this portion of the piece the
scene-painter has exerted his utmost skill; we are
persuaded we are justified in saying, the art cannot
be carried further; we are imperceptibly carried
from meridian day to evening twilight ; from twi-
light to the shade of night. We have then the
moon rising in a cloudless sky; and this succeeded
again by the splendour of morning. Gravesend, Sheer-
ness, the Nore, and all the objects along the shore,
being represented with the greatest accuracy, and
partaking of the character and colouring which the
different shades of light prevailing at the time they
pass in review before the audience, may he supposed
to bestow upon them. The applause which this scene
called down was enthusiastic. Harlequin and Colum-
bine are present at the landing of Scotland's Royal
Visitor, and they subsequently experience many
changes of fortune, but are ultimately led to happi-
ness by their patroness and protectress, the Fairy Blue
Bell, with a splendid view of whose Palace the Piece
concludes. The tricks in the Piece are numerous,
and several of them extremely ingeni sus, and we
never recollect any first Right's representation in
which the machinery went so free from error. Miss
Bittasaic, who played Columbine, as we understood,
for the first time, performed her task with consider-
able effect—her figure is, however, too heavy for the
heroine of Pantomime. The Piece went off with com-
plete success, and was announced for repetition amidst
loud applause.
SURIIILY TUEATRE.—This establishment, which,
under the management of its present spirited lessee,
has again assumed the lead amongst the minor thea-
tricals (if the metropolis, was last night thronged to
a bumper. Mr. BURROUGHS, not to be behind hand
with his contemporaries in his endeavours to provide
amusement for his holiday friends, produced two new
Pieces. The first an historical Melodrama, under the
tide of Massaniello, Me Fisherman of Naples. The
Piece is got up under the stiperintendance of Mr.
DAVIDGE, recently Stage-Manager of the Coburg and
Royalty Theatres. The story is well told, and in its
progress excites considerable interest in the minds of
the audience. The part of the hero, Massaniello,was
well sustained by Mr. H. KENIBLE. DAVIDGE, as
Popoloni Aniello, cousin to the hero, contrived, with
the aid of his steed, Julius Czsar, the most sagacious
ass that was ever exhibited on the Stage, to keep the
holiday lads and lasses in a broad grin, from the
commencement to the end, whenever they appeared.
Mrs. Pore, as Leone, the wife of Massaniello, and
the heroine of the Piece, played with a degree of force
and feeling which gave full effect to a part infinitely
superior to the characters usually found in Pieces
ranking as Melo-drames at the Minor Theatres. Nor
ought the excellence of Mrs. DAvinoe, as Teresa
Anielle, the wife ..of Popolin ; or that of Mr. Bari-
um:cm, as Guilo Genovino, an outlawed Monk, to
be passed over without notice ; the performance of
each se as excellent, and fully merited the applause
bestowed upon it. The other characters of the Piece
were ably sustained. The scenery is,of the most
splendid and beautiful description ; especially the Bay
of Naples by moonlight, with an Eruption of Mount
Vesuvius; a Rocky Defile in the Mountains, in which
the band of outlaws, horse and foot, are introduced,
so as to have a most surprising and imposing effect.
A view of the Market-place at Naples, and the Court-
yard adjoining the Viceroy's Palace: in this scene is
introduced a splendid procession of horse and foot,
to give the greater effect to which, a platfo:m has
been extended over the pit, and the procession enters
from the back part under the boxes. Along this
platform passes the splendid state carriage of the
Viceroy, drawn by six horses ; the Grand Officers of
State on foot and on horseback ; and the hero Massa-
niello, mounted on a war-horse, richly caparisoned.
This Procession, for magnificence and splendour of
decorations, and for the numbers of individuals in-
cluded in it, surpasses anything we have ever wit-
nessed
at a minor Theatre; and rivals all the recent
pageants of the Winter Houses. In the third Act
the Funeral Procession of Massaniello is introduced,
with a repetition of ecse-tt ian spew and magnificence;
and here the sagacity displayed by a horse, which
seems to fall dead at the tomb of his deceased master,
is truly extraordinary. The concluding Scene, the
Citadel of St. Elmo, with the attack of horse and
foot, and the blowing up of the fortress, is truly
grand and magnificent. The success of the Piece was
complete; a circumstance at which we cannot but re-
joice, since the bringing it out must have cost the,
Proprietor a very considerable suns. -The concluding
Piece was a farcical Extravaganza called The Royal
Signet ; or, The Fool and his Cousin ; which gave
much satisfaction. The whole of the performances
were of the first description, and will, no doubt,
amply repay the Manager for the very liberal manner
in which they are brought forward.
A DELPHI THEATRE.—After the performance of the
well-known Burletta of Tom and .Jerry, at this Theatre
last night, a new Comic Pantomime, intitled Harle-
quin's Hoax, was presented to a full House. It con-
sisted of a series of views of bakers', tailors', and bat-
hers' shops, including an exhibition of another Mer-
maid, and of the Brixton Trend-aiill. Most of the
scenery was new, and aloes credit to the artitls. The,
Piece was occasionally telicved by some sprightly

The KING'S Theatre will open on the 4th of Janu-
ary, with liosstNt's Opera of II Toucredi, in which
Madame BORGONDIO makes her first appearance in
this country. The Opera has been already twice re-
hearsed. It was at first intended to commence the sea-
son with MOZART'S La Clentenza di Tito, but the Ma-
nager has, on second consideration, thought it more
expedient to give Madame BORGONDIO the earliest
opportunity of making her debut before a British
Public. We may take this opportunity of stating,
that among the improvements made at the Kmo's
'Beate during the recess, is that of a new stage.

SPORTING lATELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT TATrERSALL'S, DEC. 26.

DER BY.
7 to 1 agst Emily colt 11 to 1 agst Talisman
7 to 1 agst Folly 12 to 1 agst Pantina
11 to 1 agst Web 20 to 1 agst any other
OA KS.

7to 1 art Zaida I Bto 1 agst sister to Sultan
9 to I agst sister to Sailor LO to I ago Olivera
CLARET.

41 to 1 agst Posthuma
7 to 1 agst Wanton
DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
1010 1 agct Sherwood I 18 to i apt Mandane
11 io 1 agst Miss Fanny I 20 to 1 agst any other

3 to 1 apt Moses
4 to 1 apt Swap

HUNTING.
Mr. bleynell's Fox-hounds meet on Monday, at • Sudbury
House; Thursday, at Markeaton ; Saturday. at Hulland.
Mr. Chaworth s Fox-hounds meet on Monday, at Fox Hill;
Tuesday, at Harrowden ; Wednesday, at Reining's; 'Thurs-
day, at Brockhall ; Friday, at Buttock's Booth.
Sir E. Smythe's Hounds meet on 'Tuesday, at Shawbury
White Gates; Thursday, at Condover Hail; Saturday, at At.
chum Bridge.
The Ludlow Subscription Fox•bounds meet on Tuesday, at
Ashton ; Friday, at Onibury
The Cheshire Hounds meet on Monday, at Norton ; Wed-
nesday, at Weaver Hall; Friday, at Barr Bridge; Saturday,
at Duddon Heath.
Sir R. Puleston's Hounds meet on Monday, at Emrat ; Wed-
' nesday, at Twemlovi.;
PETERSHAM COURSING MEETING.
The Matches not having been run out on Saturday there was
a full morning's diversion yesterday.
MATCHES TOR TIN
Mr. Bean's bl. b. beat Major Owen's Random.
Capt. Hall's Flirt beat Mr. Jones's wh. b.
Mr. Iloneymaa's Juno beat Mr. Talbot's Peg.
Mr. Russell's brind. d. beat Mr. Moorhouse's Trusty.
MATCHES TOR FIVE GUINEAS.
Mr. Howard's Hawk beat Mr. Pine's Fly.
Mr. Goodison's Pi-ter beat Mr. Holliday's Fury.
swintrirraxes O► THISZ GUINTAS WITH THE WINNING DOOR.
Capt. Hall's Flirt won in two runs, beating Juno and Hawk
in the ties.

' amok and darning.—The House was croided, as 1 EDINBURGH, DECE MBER ft•
1 , •
• Mum, an every part. ,
I WEST I.ONDON TaBATElir--4 new entertainment, 1 -.• • •.,
Monday evening, about twelve o'clock, ITegb
Statue, called The Giving e.atue, was presented at this elegant
i2i and Walter Joiveson left Ardrossah for 1\
little Theatre, Jost, night. tte story is founded upon Kills ide, the place of their residence, when, owing
the old nursery tale of a great King fallen deeply
the darkness of the night, they went dff the road,
into love with an imaginary being, who, finding all the end of Glasgow. street, and both were precir•
human means of obtaining the object of hi.; tlesii es into the free-s.,one gum ry, a depth of thirty feet,
fail, is driven to the expedient of calling in super- about ten feet %sour at bottom. Hugh Mill?
natural aid. He consults a magician, famed for much bruised by the lA, but managed to swi,
his occult skill, and by the dazzling offers which t'.le other side, and got oit ; but Walter Jameson
he makei, prevails upon him to take his case fallenon his head, sun!: in the water, and
into conside thowned. The body n.:.s 1..t.n.d next r o ling.
r ation. The stream of tree I,we never
had arrived at Ardrossan that day Kith the
yet ran smooth, and the accomplishment of the
Two Mothers, of G.asgow, front Loch Strevan,
love-sick Prince's wishes is, therefore, hampered tip
--. ..
with conditions difficult and dangerous of execution. cliarc(Qi,
As the price of his concession the sorcerer requites rite body of William Davidson, shoemaker
that the Prince shall search for a In ide of unble- Kit knialme, who has been missing upwards ofa
mished purity; bus to assist hint in his search after . u 35 washed ashore last week, .opposite the
an object so difficult to be found, he suppiles him wood embankment, in a very putrified state.
with a mirror, which has the magic power of making appeared no mai ks of violence on the body,
any face look deformed where the mind was not of . dottht is felt that his death was purely accidental.
the purest cast. The Prince having, without success, Sir Davto NloNctuarFe, Bait. has presented
applied this ordeal to the Ladies of his own country; l• Literary and Antiquation Society of Perth
visits Bagdad. in the same pursuit, but with no better very handsome donation of two beautiful gol
fortune. At length, in the daughter of one of his rot- ROBERT IL two gold (St. Andrew's) of Roy
Officers, whose obscure condition had for a long time 1111 and six-silver coins of ROBERT 111.
—two
prevented her from being exposed to this difficult test, hitter struck at Perth, and all in the finest pr
he finds such a woman as the Magician pointed out, tion. They were turned up by the plough,
and the natural result is, that all his troubles end in i farm of Balcony, in the parish of Abernethy,
his being united to this. obscure fair. The Oulicer, , ing to Sir DAVID.
whose daughter the Sultan thus espoused, turns out
to be an Irishman, the archness of whose blunders
gave considerable interest to the Piece. The whole
Concluded with the descent of the Genius in a cloud
of sulphur. The parts were well performed, and the
representation wanted nothing ()Idiot glare and bustle
so necessary to a holiday entertainment. The House
filled well, and the folks in the gallery forgot all
their cares in joyous uproariousness.

STATE OF MANNERS IN XNGLAN,
BEFORE 1678.

FROM A.MANUSCRIPT OF AUBREY'S, IN THE A.
LIBRARY, OXON.
In the days of yore, Lords and Gentlemen
the country like petty Kings; hadjura regalia
ing to seignories ; had castles and boroughs; 1
lows within their liberties, where they could I
demo, and execute; never went to London
Parliament time, or once a year to do their
to the King. They always ate in their Gothi
at the high table or orsille (which is a little room at
the upper end of the hall,where a table stands), with
the folks at the side table.
The meat was served up by watch-words : jacks
,are but of late invention; the poor boys did turn the
spits, and licked the dripping for their pains. The
beds of the men-servants and retainers were in the
hall. In the hall mumming and loaf-stealing, and,
other Christmas sports, were performed.
The hearth was commonly in the middle, whence
'the saying " Round about our coal fire."
In the halls and parlours of the great houses were
written texts of Scripture, on painted cloths.
The first dish that was brought up to table on
Easter-day was a red herring riding away on horse.
back:—i. e. a herring ordered by the cook, some-
thing after the likeness of a man on horseback set in
a corn salad.
The custom of eating a gammon of bacon at
Easter (which is still kept up in many parts of Eng-
land) was founded on this: viz.—to shew their ab-
horrence of Judaism at that solemn commemoration
of our LORDS resurrection.
Before the Reformation, there were no poor-rates;
the charitable doles given at the religious houses and
the church ale in every parish did the business. In
every parish there was a church house, to which.be-
longed spits, pots, &c. for dressing provisions. Here
the housekeepers met and were merry, and gave their
charity. The young people came there too, and had
dancing, bowling, shooting at butts, &c. Mr. A.
Wood assures me there were few or no almshouse;
before the time of Henry VIII. That at Ozon, op-
posite Christchurch, was one of the most ancient in
England.
In every church there is a poor's box ; and the
like at great inns.
'fhe lawyers say that, before the time of Henry
VIII. one shall hardly find an action on the case, as
for slander, &c. once in a year rod note:.
At the parish priest's house in France, especially in
Languedoc, the table-cloths were on the board all
day long, and ready for what was in the house to be
put thereon for strangers, travellers, friars, pilgrims :
so it was here, I have heard my grandfather say, in
his grandfather's time.
Public inns were rare, travellers were entertaincd
at religious houses for three days together, if occa-
sion served. The meetings of the-gentry were not at
taverns, but in the fields or forests, with their hawks
and hounds, and their bugle-horns in silken bawderies.
In the last age, every gentlemanlike man kept a
spar row-hawke, and a Priest kept a bobby, as Dame
Julien Barnes teaches us (who wrote a book of sports
in Henry the Seventh's time). It was a diversion for
young gentlemen to man sparrow-hawks and morline-:
Captain Silas Taylor says, " that in the days of
yore, when a Church was to be built, they watched
and prayed un the vigil of the dedication, and took
that part of the horizon when the sun arose for the
east, which makes that variation so that few stand
true except those built between the equinoxes."
The use of your humble servant first came into Eng-
land in the time of Queen Mary, daughter of Henry
IV. of France, which is derived from 44 votre tres
humble serviteur." The usual salutation before that
time was " GOD keep you," " GOD be with you:"
and amongst the vulgar, " How d'ye do," with a
hearty thump on the shoulder.
Till this time the Court itself was unpolished and
unmannered. King James's Court was so far from
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An Ox fatted by Mr. LEECH, of Longparish-house,
Hants, on hay and tut nips only, was lately killed,
which weighed nearly sixty score. The Ox had ten
score of fat in him.

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