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London, England, 1823-05-20 00:00:00

THE MARRIAGE ACT AMENDMENT

" The Report recommended the discontinuation especially
all taking of oath.; before marriage!"—Aacuatseorof
31..1Y --(See Lords, illy 1).)
Hear this, 0, ye Lovers! and mind.
In courtship you're henceforth forbearing—
. Declare that you'll love and he kind,
But let us have " non: tf your sw...ariag r
..-lefore, then, no swearing an oath,
In Jove, though occasion of laughter ; •
But Dishops and PaNiontent both
In Vain would prohibit it after !
• Sea Hor. anti Romeo and Juliet--
" At Lovers' perjuries Jove laughs they say!"

VAuxHALL 4ARDENS. A'

This fascinating summer resort opened bait sight.
for the season. The Public have not forgotten the
spirit with which the ,airmsements were conducted.
last year by the Tim Proprietors, and the rotaries of
pleasure will be delighted to find that success has not
made the Managers negligent, but, on the contrary,
increased zeal, and still more costly efforts to please
than heretofore, meet the 0-chili/very direction, and
promise a season of unexampled splendour.
The whole of the boxes have been newly embel-
lished—the trees replanted—the walks fresh gra-
velled—and,' in a word, no expense has been spared
to elevate and, diversify the scenes here prepared to
gratify the eye and the ear.
Several perfectly new erections have been con-
structed during the recess. Among these is a come
plerely formed stage of very large dimensions, co.
veredin at top, with dressing-rooms, and other suit-
able conveniences in the rear, on which, it appears,
ballets, under the direction of a regular ballet-master,
are to be performed by a set of dancers engaged ex-
presly for the purpose.
The ballet of last night was Cinderella, or the Little
Gloss Slipper. Nothing could be better managed
than the Whole of the performance. Cinderella found
a very agreeable representative in Miss L. Count.
The ball was admirably arranged, and the elegant
equipage of the fairy-favoured Cinderella, drawn by
two remarkably pretty ponies, called forth shouts
of applause.
Previous to the ballet, Mr. BLACKKOIIIt exhibited
'with infinite grace and agility on the slack rope.
Reside the Theatre which we have mentioned,
tllere is an erection for the ascent a /a-Saqui. This
terminates the grand south walk, and may be truly
called from, its vast heighti.size; sosd'solidity otbon-
stritction, a noble fintOthefine -Vista beret It re-.
presents a isE
fortress or palate 'in the Mood:4. ityk,the
front of which is composed of an embatiled.parapet,
Banked by two circular towers, and the bat* by an
apprOpriate.centre building, crowned at top with an
open co arch, through whieh iscaata
on
the rope are made. • .
There is also a made..
Tensple, constructed by a
Mr: Plitttata, at an expeise. of folitteen hundred
poUnds. This is a antist ingenious piece of *workman--
ship. It is of cciasideraWe dirneusionS, and assnme#,
various forms, embracing the fire orders of architer....
_ ture; and 'snfincivated.bys.'dome, on which
is edeya-
ted'a figure of Fame: The body, steps, fce. are of
mahogany, and the compartments of each 'ration of
the
.varied building
,aie 'occupied with paintings by
Ho 'ants, STOillAnp, and Town. •
1l tidag (be improvenients we must not forget the
nee entrance from Kennington-lane, opening ibto
the Chinese, walk. The Mechanical Theatre has been
heightened and improvEdi there is a variety of new
chandeliers and lamps (and the Gardens being now
Royal), are all surmounted with elegant crowns. A
grand view of Mount Vesuvius by moonlight, occu-
pies the large space of the Sub-marine Cave. Seve-
ral new Cosmoramasi viz. one of Paris, Rotterdam
by moonlight, North Pole, Bombardment of Algiers,
an 4 Artificial Fireworks. Two neW Octoedrical
suf--rtioms ; from 'one the company can see the
Bal Hydraulics, Slack Rope, &c. and from the
other, the Tight Rope, Ascent, and Fire-works.
A Concert, Vocal and Instrumental, was given in
the course of the evening, in which the following per-
forsisers assisted
Miss Tunstall, ail.. Noel, Miss A. 11. Wyllie, Muter Long.
hurit; Mime Wiliam., of the King's Concerts; Mr. CoUyer, Mr.
Gooildes, Mr. Clark ; Mr. Manama, from Bath ;—Composer,
Mr. Parry ; Leader, Mr. Wagstaff; Organ, Mr. Watson;
Leader of the Military Band, Mr. Flopkinr.
Their united exertions were all that could be wished.
Several pleasing imitations were supplied by Mr. H.
. BROWN, from the York and Newcastle Theatres. A
supeik display of beautifully varied fire-works took
place at twelve o'clock, accompanied by the ascent A
la Salmi. This, from the wetness of the night, it had
been teared, must be dispensed with. It was, how-
ever, successfully accomplished: By some accident,
the lights were extinguished when he was near the
top; but this, though it caused momentary apprehen-
sion, produced no accident, and Mr. BLACKsfollit
went through the difficult task in excellent style.—
It is impossible to enumerate all the arrangements
made for public accommodation, as it is a subject on
which the young and the fashionable, with those
who delight in these charming shades, " for auld lang
sync," will take care to inform themselves.
An accident had nearly occurred in the ascent: the
tope was observed to be remarkably slack: it turned
out that-the carpenter, thinking it could not take
place, bid:loosened. it. llr. BLACKMORg, however,
as we have ali.e4dy stated, went up to the top—an
ascent to such a height on a shack-rope was perhaps
never seen before.—The company was numerous.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.—Last night M. ALEXANDRE
recommenced his very amusing performances at this
Theatre in a new Piece, entitled 4sreo4eus in Lando!,
written expressly fur the purpose of displaying his
extraordinary powers of Ventriloquism, and no less
extraordinary rayidity of Transformation, into the
numerous characters introduced. Tlire incidents, a;
might be expected, differ very materially horn those
of LE SAGE'S Diable Soikux, and the Author has I,
done much to brin4 Nt. 44.9 9.9,101:4. verb versatile
Lowers into action. the r464o9tlPAilint liKlaßtioAs
transformations is aston:mbsag, and mast ha sees tat
be believed. Many of the characters and situations
arc exceedingly
.whimsical atyliwAsi:ng, theLe-r7
icuri444c4 JAM *jib gre* ciffretsti VRIAI44- -40b0
House was well filled, and at the conclusion.,the aa-
die lice manifested theif decided approbation at its an-
nounccureut for repetition.