Regei t's Park— was puz/led to decide which wastht" most beautiful, St. Peter's,
or the Village of Thiers — both exquisitely painted — the pictorial illusion com-
plete 'the water flowing, smoke ascending, sun shining — quite nature itself. —
Had <'ifliculty to persuade a fair lady next me, that we were really viewing
merely pictures. Shall put off my journey to Italy, as I'm told, sub rosa, we
shall liave other views from that classic soil : and if as good as St. Peter's wiW
sati-jtv me.
On my return through Regent Street I step in to see the Wonders of Nature,
displayed by Arts, at the Cosmo?ama. — The Palace of the Grand Seignor, The
City of Grand Cairo, Grand Temple of Edfou in Egypt, Cherbourg, Cape St.
Vincent, Mont St. Gothard, with the Devil's Briige and the Falls of the Reuss
in motion, and the last tenific Eruption of Mount Vesuvius-«*truly awful ! —
with othe'S not less interesting ; forming togeiher 14) Views, being the largegt
ever exhibited in London.
On Tuesday, £ dr(»p into the Exhibition of Sculpture, in Old Bond Street,
to^icw the figures, life size, of Tarn O'Shanter and Souter Johnny — work of
as(U-taught artist, James Thom — delighted beyond measure — ftdly f xpecteci
to liear Tarn's u^iroa isus laugh — the expression so perfect; posse of figures
adn iiable. Whoever has read Burns, (and who has not?) must see them— This
veiy ingenious Exhibition closes in the course of a few weeks.
<'n Wednesday, previous to visiting 'Change, I step into the Paul's Head
As>eubly Rooms, Cateaton Street — inspect the mairnificent Exhibition of Mu-
sical and Mechanical Automa -Two Automaiun Trumpctera, as large as life.
Musical Lady, Juvenile Artist, Rope Dancer, Magician, Walking Figure^ %
magniScent Vase, made by order o/ Napoleon, Kirda, Beasts, &c.
*»ii Friday, I drop in to examine Miss Linwood's curious NeedIe-Work» in
Leicester Square.
I vlaily, between 1 and i, qualify Mrs. Pry's discordant notes with some har-
miMiy divine, and may be found at The Apollonicon, lOl, St. Martin's Lane. —
Mfiket and Fiahermen's Chorus, from the Opera of Masaniello, enchanting !
but I intrude — hti^ pardon. Your's, PAUL PRY.
Printed nnd t^ublished by E.Thomas, Denmark Court, Exeter-street, Strand.
All Communicatiuus muat be post paid. — Printlcg in Qeaeral*
Theatre Royal, Covent Gardezu
This Eveiiii)ff the \ ragedy of
Venice Preserved.
With new Scenery, Dresses and Decorations.
Scenery painted by Messrs GRIEVE, T. and fV. GRIEFM.
Thp Dres.es by Miss Abbott ai>d Mr Head.
Duke of Venice, Mr BAKER,
Priuli, Mr EGERTON, Bedamer, Mr DIDDEAR,
Jaffier, Mr WARDE,
Renault, Mr EVANS, Spinosa, Mr IRWIN,
Pierre, Mr C. KEMBLE
Eiiiot, Mr HORREBO W, Mezzana, Mr SUTTON,
Captain of the Guard, Mr MEARS,
Theodore, Mr J.COOPER, Durand, Mr GRANT.
Belvidera, Miss FANNY KEMBLE,
Hew Scenery.
St. Mark's, the Ducal Palace, &c. taken from the Grand Square—
(VV, Griei^e)
The Rialto. and Canal Grande, by Moonlisfht— (T. Grieve)
Piazza of the Senate House — (Grieve)
A Street in Venic*» (W. GricTe.)
To conclude with, the Nautical Drama of
Black Eyed Susan.
Admiral, Mr EGERTON. Captain Crostree, l\Tr DIDDEAR,
Raker, Mr HORREBOW, Hatchet, Mr EVANS,
Doggrass, Mr ELANCHARD, Jacob Twig, Mr TURNOUR,
Gnatbiain, PrU MEADOWS, Seaweed, Mr HENRY,
Blae Peter, Mr WOOD, in which Character he will sing the Ballad of
*• BLACK EYED SUSAN.
William, (tvith an introduced Song) Mr T. P. COOKE,
Lieutenant Pike, Mr BAKER^ Second Lieutenant, Mr IRWIN,
Quid, Mr FULLER. Ploughshare, Mr MEARS.
Black Eyed Sasan, MissE.TREE. Dolly Mayflower, Mrs J. HUGHES.
Scene 1 View near Deal ( T. Grieve)— 2 The Town of Deal-~3 Black
Eyed Susan's Cottage (Grieve) - 4 Country near Deal {W.Grie?e)
6 Smuggler's Cave (Griete)~6 View of the Downs — 7 View near
Deal (T. Grieve)— 4^ Double Hornpipe, by Mr T. P. Cooke and
Mrs Vedy—S The State Cabin (Finley)— 9 Naval Court Martial -
and Trial of William— 10 Between Decks (Pinley)— 11 The Quar-
ter Deck, with the Scaffold, rigged out between the Cat«Head and
Fore Rigging (Grieve).
On Saturday, The Royal Fugitive, with (first time) a new Grand Co-
mic Paatoa imc; called Harleejuin and Cock Robin ; or; Vulcan afid
veflus.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
This Evening, the Tragedy of -r sr
OTHELLO. ^
Brabantio, Mr YOUNG E, Gratiano, Mr FENTON,
Duke of Venice, Mr THOMPSON,
^: Ludovico, Mr AITKEN, Montano, Mr LEE,
Othello, Mr KEAN,
Cftssio, Mr COOPER, Roderigo, Mr BROWNE,
lago, Mr YOUNG,
Antonio, Mr CATHIE, Julio, Mr SHERIFF,
Paulo, Mr Honner, Marco, Mr S, Jones,
Giovanni, Mr Eaton, Leonardo, Mr Brady,
Luca, Mr Walsh, Messenger, Mr C. Jones.
EmUia Mrs FAUCIT,
Desdemona, Miss PHILLIPS.
After which, the Farce of
My Wife I What Wife?
Simon Pyni, Mr HA RLE Y,
Capt. Hector Tempest, (of the Navy) Mr FARREN,
Capt. Hector Tempest, (of the Army) Mr JONES,
Blunt, Mr W. BENNETT,
Staunch, Mr BROWNE, Thomas, Mr Y ARNOLD,
AUsauce, Mr SALTER,
James, Mr HONNER, Jeweller, Mr C. JONES,
Lady Longpurse, Mrs C JONES,
Nurse, Mrs WEBSTER, Milliner, Miss GOULD,
Louisa, Mrs NEWCOMBE.
On Saturday, Jane Shore, with (first time) a new Grand Ct»mic Pan-
tomime, called Jack in the Box ; or, Hailequiuand the Princess of
the Hidden Island.
THE
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Daily Bills of the Play.
"Nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malico." — Othello.
No. 2508 Saturday^ Dec. 26, 1829. Piles id.
" The Play's the thing r*— Ask for Thomas's Observer,
The two Royal Theatres re-open this evening with very attractive
Bills of Fare, for the particulars of which see our play-bills.
Adelphi. — Fndeper.dent of the groat attraction of the Elephant, the
Proprietors have incurrd a very serious expecce, to produce a splendid
Pautomi.ne this evening.
Olympic. — This evening will be revived the Burletta of Rochester,
in which Watkins Boroughs, and his u sfe, will appear, after which
will be produced a Grand Pantomime eiiiitled The Pular-star.; or,
Harlequin King of the Golden Fountains.
Tottenham Street. — An entirely new Fairy Tale, the M ^ by
A. Lee, will be produced this evening.
Surrey. — The Foundling of the Forest, and a new con^*: Panto-
mime, called A Apple Fie ; or^ Harlequin's JJlphabet, arvai^Q enter-
tainments for this evening.
Sadler's Wells.—- A new Comic Pantomime, to be called The Hag
of the Forest Raven ; or. Harlequin and the Persian Rose, will be
performed to-night, with other eirtertainments.
Pavflion — The Christmas Pantomime to be brought forward at this
house to-night, is entitled Harlequin and Mother Carey s Chickens ;
or, the Enchanted Cape,
PLAY BILLS.
So early as 1587 there is an entry in the books at Stationers* Kail,
of a licence granted to one John CharlG^,ood, " for the onlye imprint-
ing of fill manner of bills for pioyers.*'
In the play- bill that announced the opening of Drury Lane^ in 1603,
the actors' names were then, for the first time affixed to the characters
tliey represented ; and " J^ivanl Re^ et Regina'* was appended to the
foot of the bills, as at the piesent day. A century ago. the bills were
sold in the 'J'heatres by young women called " oraiige-giils," some of
whom, Sally Karris, and others, obtained considprahie notoriety. For-
merly they were admitted in the dross circle of boxes ; for, in Ho-
garth's print of the Laughing Audience, one of these girls is irtro-
duced. The " girls," however, have been succeeded by starch, married
or matronly women, who pay for their privilege, and derive most pro-
fit from the sale of the * book of the play," or the " songs' of the
eveuing. Box-women are not admitted to the front of the house, but
they carry a few oranges, &c., in a small basket, which always remiods
THE THEATRICAL OBSERVER.
us of orancre-venders at a masqnoiade. In the saloons, coffee, wine,
frnit, and other refreshments, may be purchased ; but the galleries
are supplied with the redolent luxury of porter, &c., without the com-
pany loaviiig their scats.
I'he old cry of •* Choice fruit and a bill of the play — Drury Lane or
Covent Gardi'n/' is now seldom heard ; but within the walls are heard
the* cries of grosser luxuries, as " Bottled porter and cider, spruce and
ginger beer." The usual hills of the Theatres are termed house hills ;
but /or e"ght years past, Thomases *' Theatrical Observer," with bills
of each patent Theatre has been printed, with critiques on the per-
formance of the precedinji: evening ; and a pleasant little work it forms
in yearly volumes, Thi? plan was probably from the French. — (^From
the Compa?iion to the Theatres.)
-To. the Editor of The Theatrical Observer.
Dk.ar Mr. Editoh, 1 address yon from the (Iffar Divan, Kinfr-street, Covent
Gan^eii, baTins, just popt in to take a cup of Coffee, whiff a true ITavannah,
kill a \ h:n\Y over one or two of the MorninDr and Eveninsf Paper?— fkim tha
Ma^ilnes, and play a game of Chess — delightful place — —Just wish to say a
wo. -be.T pardon, hope 1 don't intrude — but will you excuse me — I have t«
ms »n, \(iat I've arranged so as to rub shoulders with my friends, and the
fashionable world, at one or other of the Grand Lounges about town.
Oil Monday, musi take anotVier peep at the two grand views, at *he Diorami,
Regei t's F^ark -was pux/led to decide wlucl) wastbe most beautiful, Sr.I'eter's,
ortlie "^''lage of Thiers — both exquisitely paintod — th<j pictorial illusion com-
plete -.«t water flo—ing, SiBoke ascending, sim shining — quite nature itself. —
Had ( iftir^alty to persuade a fair lady next me, that we were really viewing'
merely pictures, rjha'.l put off my joumey to Italy, ?.s I*m told, sub rosa, we
shall have other views from that classic soil ; and if as good aa St. Peter's will
satisiy lue.
On my return through Regent Street I step in to see the Wonders of Nature,
tiisp ayed by Arts, at ttic Cosmoh ama. — The Pa!acp of the firand Seignor, The
City of Grand Cairo, Grand Temple of Edfou in JEgypt, Cherbourg, Cape St.
Vincent. Mont St. Golhard, with the Devil's Hridge and the Falls of the Reus*
in motion, and the last lenific Eruption of Mount Vesuvius— truly awful ! —
vthh others not less interestirsfj ; forniiiig togeiher 14> View«, being the largest
ever evi-ibi'ed in London.
On Tuesday, I crop into tho Exhibition of Sculpture, in Old Bond Street,
to view (he figures, lifesize, of Tara O'Slianter and Souter Johnny — work of
asdt'taught artist. .Tames Thom — delighted beyond measure — fully expected
to l-itar Tanj's nproa iiiiiG laugh — the expression so perfect; pose of figures
adniiable. Whoever has re; d Burns, (and who has not?) must see them— This
very ingenioi:s Exhibition cioses in the course of a few weeks.
<>n Wedr.3sdiiy, prcvicuG to visi'ing 'Change, I step into the Paul's Head
Asse nbly Kooms, C»teaton Street — inspect the magnificent Exhibition of Mn-
sical and .Viechanical Automa — Two Automaton Trumpeters, as large as life,
Miis"('a' Lady, Juvenile Artist, Rope Dancer, Magician, Walking Figure, n
magniPcent V^ase, made by order oi Napoleon, !',irds. Beasts, &c.
«i!. Friday, I drop in to examine Miss LinwooiVs curious Ne«dle-Work, iq
Leicester Square.
1 daily, between 1 and 4, qualify Mrs. Pry's discordant notes with some ha4-
mciiy divine, and may be found at Tfis Ajwilonicon, 101, St. I^Iartin's Lane. —
Hr iket and Fishermen's Chorus, from the Oi)era of Masaniello, enchanting!
but I intrude— ottg pardon. Vour's, PAUL PRY.
Printed nnd Puhli.ehed by E. Thomas, Dcnnnark Court, Fxeter-sfreet. Strand.
All rnuimnnirations must bi» poaf o«id — PrintSrg in Oenpral.
0:3'*Th*! Observer Is delivered daily nt the Reaidencesof the^Subscribert at
2s, per Mczith,
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.
J. Ills rjVL'uiiig^, iiiu jnisiurii"ii i/raiiin vi
The Royal Fugitive,
Duke William. Mr EGERTON, Sandy, Mr J. RUSSELL,
Colonel Cope, Mr BLANCHARD, Gpnoral Campbell. Mr WOOD,
Prince Charles, Mr WARDE. Duke of Athol, Mr DIDDEAR,
Duchess of Athol,\iVIiss E. TREE, Flora Macdonald, Miss CAWSE.
To conclude with (first time) a new Grand Comic Pantomime, called
Harlequin and Cock Robin;
Or Vyiean and Venus.
With new Music, Scenery, r.Iacliriury, Dresses, and Decorations. The whol«
produced under the diitction of Mr FAhLEY.
Vulcan, I\rr FULLEH, Cyclops, Messrs. Pnrday, iUusford. Tett, &c.
JE^op, xMr MEARS. Clout, the Farmer, Mr HENRY,
Hobnail, his Apprentice, (afterwards Whirligig) Mr E. J. PARSLOE,
Cuddie, (afterwards Harlequin) Mr SLLAR,
Clown Mr PAULO, Pantaloon.. ..*. Mr F. SUTTON,
Sally, (afterwards Columbine) iMi?s EGAN,
Widow Wipgins, Mr MILLER, Dame Dovepigbee, l\Ir TURNOUR,
Fat Farmer. Mr Griffiths Spirit of Firer I^Iaster B^^Jey,
Mons. Suiphuriate, (the Fire King) IVicns. Arsv'^nic,
Doctor, Mr Simpson, The Black Family, b^ the Mt ssrg. White,
Venus, Mi<?s RVALS, Cnpid, xMiss F. MARSHALL.
New B-ple^d,'ld. Scos?.3r;5r.
Scene 1 The Palace of Volcau (Grieve) — 2 The Village of Robin's
Nest on a Frosty ^Mornii^g (Grieve) — 3 A Landscape, with uEsop's
Cottage (Grieve) — 4 The iiuins of the Eagle To'.ver by Moonlight,
in whi(h is the Court of the Birds sitting in Judgmer.t (Grie?e) —
The Star of Venus— 5 The Moving Palm-Tree Grovf. (T. Grieve)
6 Cottage of a Market Gardener (W. Grieve)— 7 The Outside of
the Green IMan Inn (W. Giieve) — 8 The luciosure of St, James*s
Park, and the Royal Palace (T. Grie've) — 9 The Sprsad Eagle Ta-
vern, and Baker's Shop (Fi-dey) — 10 The Bake House (Finlev)
11 The Fire King's Exhibition Room (Finley) — 12 Covept Garden
Market (Pugh) — 13 New Covent Garden P-lr.rket, by Moonlight,
(Pugh)— 14 The Watch House (FinleY)~15 View on the Rirer
Thames, 'viih Westminster Abbey, from the Boat-House (T.Grieve)
16 The Picture Gallery (W. Grieve) — !? The Oaloon of the New
Bazaar, Oxford Street (Fin'ey) — 18 Ror>ERTs's TvIoving Diorama
OF THE Polar Expkdition, representing the progress of the Hecla
and Fury, in their endeavours to discover a North West Passage,
beginning wr{h - ~l Deptford— 2 Discovery Prison Ship — 3 Green-
wich— 4 Long Reach— 5 Gravesend — 6 A Linc-of-Battle Ship off
Sheerness — 7 1 be Nore — 8 7'he Ocean, by Mooitiight — 9 Hecla
and Fury off Cape Farewell— 10 Hudson's Bay— 11 Baffin's Bay,
12 Melville island, with Loss of the Tury— 13 Final arrival of the
Hecla in the Bay of Jeddo. 19 Tl;e Cave of J^mna (Grieve)-—
20 The Palace and Bower of Venus (Grieve).
Eoyal, Dr ury Lane.
This EvcDiDg, the Tragedy of
JANE SHORE.
Duke of Glo'ster, Mr J. VINING, Lord Hastings, Mr WALLACK,
Duraont, Mr COOPER. Belmour. Mr YOUNGE,
Jane Shore. iMiss PHILLIPS, Alicia, Mrs FAUCIT.
To conclude with (first time) a new Grand Comic Pantomime^ called
Jaek III the Box ;
Or» Harlequin and the Princess
OF THE HIDDES ISLA^^D,
The Music hy T. Coohe. The who's Invented by J\lr fV. Barrymore,
Flickerflame. the Goblin, Miss LANS, Glimmer, Mr SHERIFF,
Jack in the Box. Mr RICHARDSOfJ, Bhiebiazo. Mr S. JONES,
Pecp-Ho, Guardian of the Adanaant Bqx, & Pantaloon. Mr BARNES.
High-ho, a Knight on a love-errand, & Harlequin, Mr HOVVEltL.
Rum-go, his ^Squire and Follower. & Closm, Mr J. S GRI.MALDI,
Luciana, Princess of the Hidden Islacd, 8: Columbine, Miss RYAL,
Ho-fua: the Giant Genius, MrAltesse, Hi-fum, Mad«me Treslong,
r'nm she, i\\c Giant's only Child. iMr WIELAND,
Maremi Pappi, her Nurse,. Mr 'Jaillott, Kee-loc, Mr Brady,
Stoo-I'an, the Giant's Head Cook, Mr CHIKINI,
Hon. Mr Trifietime, with a Song, Miss POOL, first JJppcarance,
Doctor Syntax, Mr Eaton. P-l aster Griskin, TJr Wif-land,
Old Flying Dutchman, Mr Salter, New Flyinj? Dutch.nan, MrLapwIng,
Siamese Youths, with an united Pas Deux, Mess.Wieland & Chikini,
Fisherman, with a Parody, IMr Eaton,
Mushapng, the Monkey, the Phrenonoenon, Myn. V02>J KLFSHNIG,
Nevir Grand Scenery.
Scene 1 The Enchanted Grove ajid Goblin's Abode (Stnnfield) With
Fairy Vision of the Hidden Island. 2 Exterior of Ho-Fsira's Pa-
lace (Andrews) 3 The Giant's Dining Parlour (Mnrinari) 4 Ascent
to the b(iri;ing Mount, with Reacon Liglit (StanfioH) 5 The Cra-
ter, by Moonlight, (Stanfield) C Splendid City of the M^sts in the
Hidden Island (Stanfield) 7 Lirce-kilns, near Gravesimd (Andrews)
8 New Post Office at S A. M. (Mari^iari) 9 The \yest End at
A. M. (Marinari) 10 A little Way out of Town (Andrews) II Ve-
luti in Speculum (Andrews) with a Pas do Deux by Mr Howell &
Miss Ryal, LesOmbies, Mr Chikini & I^liss Macdouaid. 12 The
Half-Way House (Andrews) 13 Cheesemonger's Shop and Wine
Vaults (Adams) 14 Mount Edgecombe (Stanfield) 15 Gloucester
Coffee House — Snowy Night (Andrews).
StanfSLeld's Grand Ziocal Diorann&a,
Displaying— Windsor— Town and Caslle of Windso:— The IJiver near Bro-
cas Meailow, Sunset, with Katon, by Mooiiliglit — Windsor Great Park — The
Castle— Plantaiions near the Royal Lodge — Virginia VVaors — The Royal
Pavilion— The Upper Lake — The Dry Arch — To conclude wi:.h u grand Dis-
play of t'e Falls of the Virginia Waters, in which o9 tons of Water will be
introduced.
THE
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Daily Bills of the Play.
"Nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice." — Othello,
A^o. 2509 Monday, d7c.2S, 1829. Pike Id.
' " The Play's the thing !"— Ask for Thomas's Observer. '
€tbmt €Jar6ert Cfieatrc^
On Saturday eveniDg after the play of The Royal Fugitive, the
Christmas Pantomime was produced at this Theatre. It is entitled
Harlequin and Cock Robin ; or, Vulcan and Fcnus . Like all the
late Pantomimes, this] depends upon its scenery for success ; much
of this is very beautiful, but a Pantomime should be mado more amus-
ing than this, or any of its late predecessors ; but we fear this will be
found even duller than any of its * buried ancestry ;' whatever m jy be
said of the march of intellect there is eridentlv no march of Panto-J
mime. All our readers will remember the pathetic nursery story of
the death and burial of Cock Robin ; except that the catastrophe is
produced through the agency of Vulcan, wlio instigates the bparrow
to commit the murder, to annoy Venus the protectress of the Robin,
the story in no respect differs from the celebrated nursery version ;—
there are the same agents, the sparrow, the fly, the fish and the bull;
Cock Robin is shot, and immediately afier his funeral the usual Pan - .
tomime tricks commence, and go on, until finally, Vulcan, Venus, and
the rest, meet in the bower of Venus, and are made happy. Early in
the Pantomime, a cry was raised for Mr. Parsloe, when Mr. Hartley
came forward and stated, that in consequence of an accident which
occurred to him at rehearsal on Thursday he was unable to appear,
but would do so as soon as sufficiently recovered. The raacliinery
worked uncommonly well. — The house was not full.
HDrurp lane oll^catre*
After the Tragedy of Jane Shore, the new grand Christmas Pac-
tomirae was produced at this house on Saturday night ; it is enliiled
Jack in the Box ; or, Harlequin and the Princess of the Hidden Ja^
land, and was completely successful, for though many of the tricks
would not act, the audience was in such perfect good humor and de-
light with the beauty of the scenery that scarcely a note of disappro-
bation was heard. It has been the fashion of late years to make the
snccess of the Pantomime entirely depend npon the painter and the
machinist, aud the magic pencil of Stanfield was never more efficiently
exerted than on the present occasion ; but the genius of Pantomime
has fled our stage ; formerly this species of amusement abounded with
so much drollery and good humored satire on the prevailing follies of
the day, that shouts of laughter attended its whole progress ; the lo-
ver also, as a living caricature of the fopperies of fashion, tended to
greatly heighten the fun, but he, alas ! has been discarded.
But to return to Jack in the Box, the opening of which discovers
to U3 the entombing of Jack in an adamant box by Peep-hOj (Barnes)
THE THEATRICAL OBSERVER.
for disclo'^ng the secret of the Hidden Islaud to Heigh -ht*,- (H<iwell)
who, with his servant, Rum-go, (Grinaaldi) is in search of ih&T'rin*
cess LncifiDa, (Miss Rjal). We are then transported to the Palace
of the Giant, (who, with his wife, were figures 18 or 20 feet high, and
admirably managed) ; at dinner his giantship takes a drop too much,
when Heigh Ho cuts off his hand, and thus secures the magic signet,
which enables him erentnally to rescue Jack from the box, who, in
gratitude, leads him to the City of the Mists, where he finds the
Princess, and they are, by a coup de main, converted into Harlequin
and Columbine, and the usual bustle of the Pantomime commences.—
There was no novelty in the tricks, and, as we said before, the ma-
chinery moved but clumsily. The grand feature of the pi<^ce, and
that which called forth the most enthusiastic cheers, was the Dioiaaia,
which in itself is worth the price of admission, ending with a stupea-
dous fall of real water. — The house was quite full at second price.
To the Editor of The Theatrical Observer.
Dkah ^Ir. Editok, I address you from the ("ic^ar Divan, Kin^-street, Covent
Garden, haring just popt in to take a cup of Coffef', whiff a true Havannah,
kill a i^ hour over one or two of the Morninsr and Evening- PaperF — skim the
Mafia^.ines, and play a game of Chess — delightful place Just wish to say a
wor I -be? pardon, hope I don't intrude — but uill you excuse rae — 1 have to
mentivm, Ihat I've arranged so as to rub shoulders with my friends, and tb©
fashionable world, at one or other of the Grand Lounges about town.
Oil Monday, must take another peep at the two grand views, at ♦he Diobama,
Regei t's Park was puz/led to decide which was the most beautiful, St. Peter'!",
oir the Village of Thiers — both exquisitely painted— the pictorial illusion com-
plete -the water flowins:, smoke ascending, sun shining — quite nature itself. —
%i2n\ ('ifficulty to persuade a fair lady next me, that we were really viewinf
merely pictures. Shall put off my journey to Italy, as I'm told, suh rosa, we
shall liave other views from that classic soil ; and if as good as St. Peter's will
8ati-*/v me.
On my return through Regent Street I step in to see the Wonders of Natare,
dispayed by Arts, at the Cosmorama.— The Palace of the Grand Seignor, The
City of Grand Cairo, Grand Tempie of Edfou in Egypt, Cherbourg, Cape St.
Vincent, Mont St. Gothard, with the Devil's Bridge' and the Falls of the Reusg
?n motion, and the last tenific Eruption of Mount Vesuvius— truly awful !—
with othes net less interesting ; forming together U Views, being the largest
ever ex' ibi'ed in London.
On Tuesday, I drop into the Exhibition of Sculpture, in Old Bond Street,
to view the figrures, lifesize, of Tarn O'Shanter and Souter Johnny— work of
n sdf-tauirht artist, James Thom — delie^hted beyond measure— fully expccteol
to liear Tarn's uprca i'lus laugh— the expression so perfect; pose of figures
adn i\able. Whoever has read Burns, (and who has not?) must see them— Thi«
veiy intrenious Exhibition closes in the course of a few weeks.
<M« Wednesday, previous to visiting 'Change, 1 step into the Paul's Head
As'eiibly Jlooms, Cateaton Street— inspect the magnificent Exhibition of Mu-
sical and Mechanical Automa— Two Automaton Trumpeters, as larsre as life,
Musicat LaiU, Juvenile Artist, Rope Dane r, Mas^iciftn, Walking Figure, a
magnificent Vase, made by order ol Napoleon, Birds, Beasts, &c.
Or Friday, I drop in to examine Miss Linivood's curious Needle- Work, \m
Leicester Square.
I daily, between 1 and 4, qualify Mrs. Pry's discordant notes with some har-
mony divine, and may be found at The Apo'Unnicon, 101, St. Martin's Lane. —
Mnket and Fishermen's Chorus, from the Opera of Masanieflo, enchantinar !
but 1 intrude— bee pardon. Vour's, Py\UL PRY.
Printed aiui Published by E. Thomas, Denmark Court. Exeter-street Strand.
AHCoramunicaliong musi be pest paid.— Printing in General.
â– f
Theatre R oyal, Cove nt Garden.
This Evening, the Tragedy of
The Earl of Essex.
The Earl of Es?ex, Mr G. BENNETT, (first, ap. these four years,)
Earl of Southampton. Mr ABBOTT, Lieutenant, Mr IRWIN,
Lord Burleigh, Mr EGEJITON, Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr EVANS.
Queen Elizabeth, Miss LACY,
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To conclude with (2d time) a new Grand Comic Pantomime, called