, 1870-01-23
West Azdi,on q, { OF New Oakley e, $ r,
IunrfE4 south to p2lY Point road: Jan.
Winter Amuseraents In London.

The following letter from London gives SUM.
mary OF The winter smusemen1s there:
.The rnmbes Of psntanr L below ne average.
The tendency rns been N the onscuon o. dlnio.
70 be accounted foff bsneve It 4 owing y tho
usRntncent enoEt1 Of Co1eut Gazden and Drury
ter The scenery and tbs ha1lequlnade, are got up
With sucn elaboration. and q such enormous ex-
psnss that ne snass5a Of fe.s5 ss o,as' o. tSs
ides Of couptuuon. In none Of tho other theatres
-Her Ma}e7zJ1 only excepted-8 there 6ucn
stege room Il tho mana2eEs Of Coyens aardsn
ard D1urY Lane have At their command. For the
txat mx or seren years their pautom1Hes nave 30
fsl exoeled all oahers produced IN London that
s rns tess t9 81 e. ossss sa a vida i
clown Is On tho bos1dA Accordingly, n she
Pr.reesses ard other esranlisomentz pantontue
a. 81 10 anhKe;J KY 1hss at re11 G 3ear there x Be isti
feNer pat tomtmes than VIC haVo this seato1- CO.
vent Garden haa made asplsnd!d eao.t; & To-
~ anything of its 1lnd that has ever ooan pro-
drced IN London. Thern aze also aeserN osaer
n shs o
bicycle raee, ii whicn tne ve!oslpedism OF some
scne laa1ea who ride Their bcycles nde ssddlo
| btyle, running them tn ctrc'ea And mating tho
trrrs IN rntner limited c!Eeuoeie1enee. But
the champion u boy about II or - yeaf1 OF xGe-
satdle and sometimes on one foot upou the end
t. a tae.e Is ecsc,s as
uave Ing at rapid rate. have seen soNe very
cle1er ptrtormsnces On the n!eJe!e IN France:
peafs AZ, sning hare kuo u to be accomplished
! In this way elseHhe,e. Tne pa!sce ITSELF 1he
| terraces, and portion Of the grounds, are 90 wen
The oitginaH. The pantonlne At Coyent Carton
| Ia . Euceest. The only new extravaRtnzA q any
fson tae tane fertile PEI rs that nom which tue
| Cogent Garden pantomlne Of this season, and 10
nanJ osneE panEomlnes AID o1rie.9a&ss. & naye en-
eon as we'll ~ IN tptr1t Evesy night he = playing
I SIR S,meA S.mple, IN tSot sucn Fool As be
Look 1ee,e a,s so%s Esnd ID, sGsuon1 T.
rank ao.urd.ste-. unen Tho curtain closes On 'hs
stand why Nj. Sothern cecllred to plsy tne cn&r.
nc1er which, IS MI. SorneEn would not hare had
II, MI. Byron haa taken himself. Sow, regarded
decidedly w, Nj: B.ton pla,a remarkably ven:
Bu. he 4 only copJAt, There y not BIZ Of
eEepa,,Sy aooG5 a. e. IT, tls Ra @eds!
Indifferent copy Of his model Imitation. IN
actlIz ls seldom note than traytstte, even when
rot mimic Ii. sosaeln IN ridiculous senIe. but
IN the sensa Of an lmitation rhlch ls almoGs aaV.
ibn, be folloxs him IN toue and gesture. In L31c
n ia p1Is, nsny ~ ot Vnicn .ss a. eEecsaole & ny
ever penned BY Wi1ter Of oullelque Miss Fanny
the letsee Of the theatrt critic nAy b pAldo1ed
for 7entu1ing 70 suggest thas sne 4 no g.eas
things Ii this style Of trea:rtcal Representation.
u.s,es III aIs ssncson' H. sC Clafse cenes eat
10 considerable adgantage as Turkish lady.
FAMED tho Fall sepnls. and other nemoers or the
the piece run sutlc1ently emooshly and am11lngly
| to lcsuse it, sGccess, III. Carte an
s1sesdtnsg gala1ee p - member o. ~ aloos eoW
It nay be queltioped whether the pnncpl char.
acter Ia mot ench Fool n he Looka' has lad
ps5s a9 Fa ss az sse1ss eee
ger. This ta admirable piece of iox comedy IN
the quiet style as any play goer could Wlah % see
s1nEt19 in he bur!esque; bnt It the ses.on were
! rot Christmas time II would scarcely b. sof1.
cently attractive 10 i'll small theatre At nAl
"The cryatal Palace psntom,mes have been get.
tirg better and better, aud more tneaStioA each
Mordsy an aodlence oI iurty thousand assembled
within the large gIsls nouse. Of oourse oae- ha'i
Of the nunler conld neither see nor hear'
The reserve seata we're taken as soon ~ tbs bay
1less winch surround them were opened, anl only
The pefHoDs On tnose ptlEteged benches c1uld
prcpe1ly eDjoJ the panton1me. There was. now
wor,h Reeirg bes'dea what Was On TO 1tage-
1ot TO speaE Of the hundreds Of Cnrlatmas ueel
AID fhe .tDtetmtnatte and admirably arranged
oe a@s,e4Ssm iii eaasnaes, 81:
fust ns esiea ssoes,es @ Ja1 Tns Is demon-
slrs,eI By mtans Of tho nghtptpg 'tndnc .ortum.
which ,s a1 tnctently powe1tul 70 charge ne iar.
Wnh ne il Il very nmnslns. Another
poyeiiy 10 Iue 'Nourocrtpt' an autouason,
which is made to perform extraordinary sections,
1t n owes lis NECK. eyes. and hanns, and With ths
sss!stance Of ventr1oqutsm 4 might bo made tc
seem IN MI respects Nkon .thlpE q ute.' Efon
the ceiling OF tne central hall theta hang6 trape
1luu upon which the ngurc Ut Z RymnAnt pc1foE1n!
yurIous eyp1utions IN the air. believe this auto
maton IL worked by means OF an elecnc orRa7
Tnieh y played d1inE tas s1s5Sses Of me ~
mept under tho ute Of Christmas and Chrls,
.. . mas Customs Is given By one Of The Ae.sr'
Waroruper. The story IL illustrated eI mag1
Cbis,tlas songs, In sddllton TO theac there -
rev ehost piece, In which the professors late
| Illusions are shown. There Ere rw0 performance
tiaily, and exch appear TO be well attended"