The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-28 00:00:00

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DRURY-LiNE.—TheTrazedy of Gennv Barn-
well was performed on ;4 thirdly night, ac.
cording to established cusintn, sad the house was
crowded as usual upon such occasions. Mr. 11. K en-
six, as Geoile.Barnreell, Mr. Bateaux, as True-
man, and Mrs. W. WEST, as Milzzoorl, we re all ex-
cellent in their parts. The Play appeared to have
been welt got up, and to here merited the applause
for the most part with which it was occasionally
honoured.
It wee succeeded by another customary (offering to
the amusement of the holiday folk, a new Christ-
mas Pantomime, entitled Harlequin and the IPady
Club, or 1818, was produced for the first 'time.
—The Dandier, as the title intimates, form
the chief subject of mirth, nor would it be . easy
to select one more likely •to prove attetteive;
we are not, however, prepared to sees, that
much invention has been displayed in coureiving the
incidents and arranging the chances by which they
are exposed to laughter. The piece opens • *ith i
view of a dandy dressing-room, and exhibits ttitit in.
dustry of a dandy taylor, shoemaker, stay-Welter,
&c. In dressing ttp their iictima to meet the public
contempt. A gentleman enters while they see -thus
occupied, and the fairy genius of pantomime hiving
, descended from a cloud, this gentleman Is trans.
formed into Harlequin, the hero or the night: 'Mr.
Simesoa was the Harlequin, and Miss HoLtronb the
Gencus. Columbine (Miss Intr)heitig introduced to
her old favourite, they are pursued tw the if
(Mr. ElliWORT11), Pantaloon (Mr. lIARTLAND).'enet
the Clown (Mr. BRADBURt). The latter .was' ex-
tremely well received, arid acquitted hinnetflitrOC,,h-
out :eritia great activity and spirit. In the civilise
of their miraculous flight Harlequin transrtrrois a
i hank into a boat, in which he trot Cotrimbine
este pe from their purseers. The Chian falls•intrithe
water; :he is est, icated from his peril by Prinfakton,
and recoveird from the shock by the st,iii ore lily.
sician, el.° draws a fish from his meuth, and restores
him to health and activity by the isperations4 tapping.
The shops of n wig-maker st,Jd tailor breams ;the
scenes of other trivia. Tile Clown steals tire Offense
of a sheep (roes a butcher's shop. he aftyrwards steals
a he,l(l. a 11; It he phces on the hod), tipots which
Harkgrein :aver life to the animal, who nses it to ruts
a way from the thit,f. Tl e transforntstimi of a hay
slack iutn a cottage, the movement of a large held
on the application of .11::r 1, quite, Irsifil, and the hu-
morons ablution of the Chtzso. who washes himself
with a mop, in order to ss in the heart of an interest.
ing housemaiii, are amen, the princip:d events of
this piece. Though it was. not without producing
amesemerrt in many parts,. some dissatisfaction was
mileiftsted towards the close, and. it was with diffi.
culty that Mr. BuAnautts• succeeded in announcing
it for .reptititiiin. An eccentric Gentleman, whose
name is‘ we understand, NIACNADGIITEM, was very
vociferous and impatient to address the audience, but
he cosidaot be distinctly heard.
Cr:4114'1..6 tanem.—Ou Saturday night, after the
Trsgedy'of Charge Barnwell,. a new Pi titomime was
paodaclide called Harlequin Vanchnusen, or Tire
Porrateio of Love. The title of this Pantomime,
like "Obit • Which wait brought forward at the other
41Viess141431,4ketAr audience in a great measure fur
the events which they were to be exhilarated.--s
The name of the illustrious Baron of wondrous
memory operated as a sort of pledge that their
amusement should be prodigious. Mr. FARLBY,
to whose skill the Public sae iodel•ted fir this and
many other works of the same kind, has selected
the most remarkable and dramatic parts of this au-
thentic history for his Pantomime. It commences..,
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with a scene in which the mountains of snow art.— •
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represented as in a thaw from the effects of the lova. . :
of Mount Etna, which is seen at a distance. 'iltat .f' • !A::
' Baron's horse is then discovered hanging by thetieirlie -;;...
from a steeple, but is soon released by the dexterity \kir S, -
of Iti master, who breaks the bridle that suspend, ,b. 4.64rA
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ed the animal with a pistol shot. The glee wiala
which he rode away, after performing this feat,
gave rise to much laughter. 111 the neat scene Sir
Ililaro Frosticas, afterwards Panto/iron (Mr. Non.
Mae), makes his appearance. Ile is about to force his
daughter, Columbine, to marry Lard Hunspey
Dandy (afterwards Clown), Mr. Gitistscui. The
Baron, who has intimation of this intent, rides in
at the window, relieves the distressed damsel, and
carries her to the forges of Vulcan, from whence its
a little time his restless spirit breaks into the boo..
! doir of Venus. She, with her son Cupid, favour
Munchausen's love, and transform him into liar.
lequin, Lord Ilumpey Dandy and his Haar° be-
coming Clown and Pantaloon. Then commences the
! pursuit of the loving pair by the Father and the
iLorer. They are hunted with inimitable persever.
ance from the esrth to the moon, from the moon to the
bottom of the sea, and spits returning to dry land,
I they make a tour, of which the following scenes intro-
duced into the Pantomime will afford same idea :-
1 Constantinople, Dublin, France, Alexandria, a Uri-
! tisk ship of war, the Pyramids, and the Fountain of
Love, where Harlequin and Columbine are united,
with the concurrence of all the Ileareoly Powers
who took an interest in their adventures. The tricks
are numerous and sometimes very laughable, and the
scenery is splendid. Mr. Stamina performed the
partD of Munchausen with great humour, until the ac-
tive
properties required in Harlequin warned him to
I give place to Mr. ELLAR. Miss F. DENNET dis-
played considerable grace arid activity as Columbine;
and Mr. GRIMALDI, as Clown. together with Mr.
NOHMAN, as Pantaloon, acquitted themselves its the
tree broad style of this broadest cast of humour.;--•
The music, which is selected and composed by WARE
has some merit to recommend it; and the whole
piece was so favourably recited as to promise a suc-
cessful carve, when it is somehat curtailed of its pre.
sent extravagant proportion.

The Royal carriages and horses used by the Earl of
HAncouur, as Micter of the Horse to the late
Qor.c.r, are to he sold by Auction, with those of (bpi
late QUEEV• The coacli-horses of her late MAJESTY
amount to 60. Some of tne Royal carriages appro.
printed to the use of the Royal attendants are of re.
markably large size, well calenlated to hold viz per.
sons sitting at their ease.