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The Week.
sonable demand for " all ornone /' amongthoseby whomit was evinced . Mr . Traill , the Greenwich magistrate , who , with Captain Harris as nautical assessor , lately held an official inquiry into the loss of the steam ship Paramatta , has just made his official report to the Board ' of Trade . The Paramatta was one of the Royal Mail Company's ships , and was wrecked on her first voyage , on the Horse-shoe Reef , near St . Thomas's . It is considered by the commissioners , as stated in their
report , that Captain Baynton , who commanded the vessel at the time of the wreck , did not exercise a proper degree of caution under tho circumstances , and iu consequence his certificate is suspended for twelve months . A traveller , named Robert Pluckwell , who had been fourteen years in tlie service of Mr . Penson , of Snow Hill , was charged at the Guildhall Police-court , with embezzlement , amounting to between . - £ 200 and £ 300 . The prisoner was committed for trial . The charge of perjury bthe Hon . Hugh Rowley against his late wife
y , founded on her evidence in the Court fin- Divorce , has been resumed before BIr . Paynter at AA'estminster Police-court . The cross examination of the prosecutor occupied the entire sitting , the substance of it being of the same abominable character as on former occasions . BIr . Paynter , in again adjourning the inquiry for a week , intimated that he did so in the hope that means would bo taken to bring about a withdrawal of the charge , as its further investigation could be beneficial to no one , and it would rather be to tlie public advantage that no more should be heard of
the ease . The Blervie Castle , emigrant ship , which sailed from Gravesend for Adelaide , on the 15 th of the . present month has been lost . The first intimation of this calamity was by a considerable quantity of her cargo being picked up on the French coast . Her crow numbered thirty-four , and it is believed there wore on board about forty passengers . The total loss is probably £ 50 , 000 Tho aggregate number of patients relieved at the Metropolitan Free Hosdital , Devonshire-square , City , during the week ending December 21 th , was
medical , 481 ; surgical , 2 S 8 ; total , 709—of which 213 were nciv cases . In the Divorce Court , Sir C . Ci-esswell has given judgment in the case Sopwith v . Sopwith . Tliis was a , petition on the part of the wife for divorce , on the ground of her husband ' s adultery . The evidence showed a very discreditable course pursued by the petitioner and her friends to get up evidence , His lordship gave it as his opinion that gross perjury had been committed , besides that there were glaring inconsistencies and discrepancies in the statements of tho petitioner ' s witnesses ; he . believed there was no substantial proof in support of tliis charge ; he therefore dismissed the petition , and decreed that the respondent should be indemnified in costs .
Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
DRURT LANE THEATRE . —On Monday last the performances commenced with the quaint and fanciful drama of " King Rene ' s Daughter , " produced for the first time under Mr . Smith ' s management , and rendered by Mr . Emery , BIr . Vomer , Mr . Peel ( who played the Moorish physician , Ebn Jahia ) , and Bliss Page , a debutante from the provinces , and whoso efforts it would be unjust to criticize in a boxing night spirit . The Christmas novelty presented to his patrons by Mr . E . T . Smith , is a new grand magical , comic pantomime , entitled " Jack and the Bean
Stalk ; or , Harlequin Leap Year , and the merry pranks of the good Little ^ People . " The author of the burlesque opening is Mr . E . L . Blanchard , . who has adhered with commendable fidelity to the old nursery tale , but he lias superadded to it a most ingenious meteorological induction , in which the weather , and the signs of the zodiac , and the twelve months of the year , and hail , sleet , snow , and rain , and the almanacks of Raphael , Zadkiel , Dietriehsen and Hannay , are all mixed up in a manner that would be confusing were it not very skilful and lucid . The scenery
is very beautiful ; a stalactite grotto in particular is most gorgeous , presenting a long vista of caves within caves , in which the ' -good little people" are disporting themselves in the blue sea ; and anything more complete than the illusion we never witnessed . Signori Malano and St . Blaine were the Harlequins ; Harry Boleno and Flexmore , Clowns ; Messrs . Tanner and ' Beckingham , Pantaloons ; and Madame Boleno and Bliss Sharp , Columbines . It was a late hour when the performances terminateda circumstance ivhich was partlowing to an occasional
, y hitch in the scene shifting department , and which will of course be corrected after two or three repetitions . The audience were as good humoured and tolerant as ever assembled within the walls of a theatre ; and during tho transformation scene called Mr . Blancbard , BIr . Beverley , and Mr . Smith before the curtain , to receive the usual meed of approval . ROYAL ENGLISH Orrau , COVKXT GARDEN . —After the performance on Monday of BIr . Btellon ' s " Victorine" the pantomime of " Puss in
Boots" was produced . The opera went off exceedingly well . BIr . Haigh got a well-deserved encore , and all the singers ivere called at the conclusion . The introductory part of the pantomime is very well written , and acted with great spirit . BIr . AA ' . . 1-1 . Payne is not only a a first-rate pantomimist himself , but is the father of a most talented pantomimic family . In " Puss in Boots , " BIr . AA ' . H . Payne and Payne appear in tlie opening , and in the second part BIr . F . Blr . H . Payne play respectively the characters of Harlequin and Without describing the introduction scene by scene , we may observe that the tableau of the " Com Fields ' " is painted and
Public Amusements.
with much taste , that the Ogre ' s residence ( entitled "Gulpemdown Castle" ) , and " Fingal's Cave by moonlight , " are also most effectively represented , and that the transformation is one of the most gorgeous tableaux ever produced at any theatre . AA'ith considerable curtailment , especially in the second part , the Covent Garden Pantomime will doubtless meet with considerable success . No work of the same kind has ever been more splendidly put upon the stage , and it is not a great
accusation to make against it that at present there is rather tod much of it . The last tableau of all , " The Fairy Hails of Peace , " surpasses even the transformation scene . The tricks were good , and all went well . Tho fun went fast and furious , and the truly legitimate nature of the whole affair may be assumed from the important fact that the traditional red-hot poker was in requisition . An excellent Punch ' s puppet-show and a most laughable duet on violins , by the Paynes , junior , among numerous other amusing feats , kept the house , ivhich was filled in every part , in a constant roar . Tho music throughout was well executed , of course , but was also selected with good judgment ancl admirable taste .
HAYMARKET THEATRE . —One of the most charming of all the Christmas entertainments and one of the most successful of the author's efforts was produced on Monday last . It is entitled " Valentine ' s Day . " An exceedingly elegant , not to say pretty-looking , woodman , named Sylvanus ( Bliss Eliza AA'eeks ) must needs devote that portion of his time not engrossed by the laborious duties of his vocation to falling in love with the daintiest of milkmaids , called Belphcele ( Bliss Louise Leelercq . ) On the face of it there would seem to be no reason why these two young
persons should not at once proceed to some sylvan Doctors' Commons , and take out a licence . Slander ( BIr . Clark ) , and Gossip ( Mr . Coe ) , are jealous of the happiness of the young people , and spare no pains to estrange them . For a time poor Belpha . be and Sylvanus are sadly tormented by those malicious persons , aided , it is almost needless to say , by Hate , Spite , Malice , Venom , and Jealousy . The lovers quarrel with each other until they are reconciled by a most amiable and beneficent prelateBishop Valentine (
MrCullen-, . ford ) , who has all along been watching over the persecuted pair . They are taken to the bower of the good fairy , aud there , of course , tho transformation occurs . Sylvanus is changed to Harlequin ( BIr . Arthur Leelercq ) , Belp / uebe to Columbine ( Bliss Fanny Brown ) , Slander to Pantaloon ( Her Cole ) , and Gosssip to Clown ( BIr . Charles Leelercq ) . This was most admirably acted by all ; there was some very graceful dancing by a numerous corps de ballet , and a large number of humorous " properties " introduced . Of the scenery , it would be difficult to speak
in terms of too great praise . The "Spring Flower Dell , " with its " conservatory of many-coloured crocuses , " was an exquisite fairy home , with coloured lamps of glass to representthe flowers which adorned it on every side . The transformation scene was even more gorgeous and poeticglass being again employed to a great extent , and with the most admirable effect , and when , at last , the fairy temple was completely before the audience , such loud and long-continued shouts arose for BIr . Fenton —the artist who hacl produced these scenic marvels—that that gentleman , led on by Mr . Buckstone , made his appearance , and bowed his acknowledgments . The demands upon our space , this week , compel us to defer our other theatrical notices .
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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
SECRETAOTRS OI ? LODGES throughout the country are requested to forward , as early as possible , the place , day , and . hour on which the Loclge will bo held in 1800 . " A ' " is thanked . His communication shall be attended to , It is impossible at a distance to test the accuracy of every statement forwarded us without the assistance of the brethren .
" J . AA ' , "—It is not tho province of a Journalist to interfere in private disputes . " P . Bt . " —A'ou wore in fault in the first instance . Practical jokes are not admissible in Lodge . Surely you cannot bo what you sign yourself ; or yon would be bettor informed on the customs of tho Order .
LODGE No , 90 , AA ' INCHESTER . —AA'o have received a report of the last meeting o £ this Lodge , which wo are compelled to postpone until next week . " HACG . U . "—Usually speaking , anthemsave only used in consecrations , is no law to prevent their introduction into tho ceremony of
if appropriate . AA ' e doubt , however , whef ^ er tlie singers rllle > b / i "blamed . ' ft > r tbe Board of Jfefceys , There is no j ? e-Grand Officer's presence during the ncrforwiinee ¦ - ' : ¦ ' . '' ¦ , ¦ ¦ , , ' . " .
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The Week.
sonable demand for " all ornone /' amongthoseby whomit was evinced . Mr . Traill , the Greenwich magistrate , who , with Captain Harris as nautical assessor , lately held an official inquiry into the loss of the steam ship Paramatta , has just made his official report to the Board ' of Trade . The Paramatta was one of the Royal Mail Company's ships , and was wrecked on her first voyage , on the Horse-shoe Reef , near St . Thomas's . It is considered by the commissioners , as stated in their
report , that Captain Baynton , who commanded the vessel at the time of the wreck , did not exercise a proper degree of caution under tho circumstances , and iu consequence his certificate is suspended for twelve months . A traveller , named Robert Pluckwell , who had been fourteen years in tlie service of Mr . Penson , of Snow Hill , was charged at the Guildhall Police-court , with embezzlement , amounting to between . - £ 200 and £ 300 . The prisoner was committed for trial . The charge of perjury bthe Hon . Hugh Rowley against his late wife
y , founded on her evidence in the Court fin- Divorce , has been resumed before BIr . Paynter at AA'estminster Police-court . The cross examination of the prosecutor occupied the entire sitting , the substance of it being of the same abominable character as on former occasions . BIr . Paynter , in again adjourning the inquiry for a week , intimated that he did so in the hope that means would bo taken to bring about a withdrawal of the charge , as its further investigation could be beneficial to no one , and it would rather be to tlie public advantage that no more should be heard of
the ease . The Blervie Castle , emigrant ship , which sailed from Gravesend for Adelaide , on the 15 th of the . present month has been lost . The first intimation of this calamity was by a considerable quantity of her cargo being picked up on the French coast . Her crow numbered thirty-four , and it is believed there wore on board about forty passengers . The total loss is probably £ 50 , 000 Tho aggregate number of patients relieved at the Metropolitan Free Hosdital , Devonshire-square , City , during the week ending December 21 th , was
medical , 481 ; surgical , 2 S 8 ; total , 709—of which 213 were nciv cases . In the Divorce Court , Sir C . Ci-esswell has given judgment in the case Sopwith v . Sopwith . Tliis was a , petition on the part of the wife for divorce , on the ground of her husband ' s adultery . The evidence showed a very discreditable course pursued by the petitioner and her friends to get up evidence , His lordship gave it as his opinion that gross perjury had been committed , besides that there were glaring inconsistencies and discrepancies in the statements of tho petitioner ' s witnesses ; he . believed there was no substantial proof in support of tliis charge ; he therefore dismissed the petition , and decreed that the respondent should be indemnified in costs .
Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
DRURT LANE THEATRE . —On Monday last the performances commenced with the quaint and fanciful drama of " King Rene ' s Daughter , " produced for the first time under Mr . Smith ' s management , and rendered by Mr . Emery , BIr . Vomer , Mr . Peel ( who played the Moorish physician , Ebn Jahia ) , and Bliss Page , a debutante from the provinces , and whoso efforts it would be unjust to criticize in a boxing night spirit . The Christmas novelty presented to his patrons by Mr . E . T . Smith , is a new grand magical , comic pantomime , entitled " Jack and the Bean
Stalk ; or , Harlequin Leap Year , and the merry pranks of the good Little ^ People . " The author of the burlesque opening is Mr . E . L . Blanchard , . who has adhered with commendable fidelity to the old nursery tale , but he lias superadded to it a most ingenious meteorological induction , in which the weather , and the signs of the zodiac , and the twelve months of the year , and hail , sleet , snow , and rain , and the almanacks of Raphael , Zadkiel , Dietriehsen and Hannay , are all mixed up in a manner that would be confusing were it not very skilful and lucid . The scenery
is very beautiful ; a stalactite grotto in particular is most gorgeous , presenting a long vista of caves within caves , in which the ' -good little people" are disporting themselves in the blue sea ; and anything more complete than the illusion we never witnessed . Signori Malano and St . Blaine were the Harlequins ; Harry Boleno and Flexmore , Clowns ; Messrs . Tanner and ' Beckingham , Pantaloons ; and Madame Boleno and Bliss Sharp , Columbines . It was a late hour when the performances terminateda circumstance ivhich was partlowing to an occasional
, y hitch in the scene shifting department , and which will of course be corrected after two or three repetitions . The audience were as good humoured and tolerant as ever assembled within the walls of a theatre ; and during tho transformation scene called Mr . Blancbard , BIr . Beverley , and Mr . Smith before the curtain , to receive the usual meed of approval . ROYAL ENGLISH Orrau , COVKXT GARDEN . —After the performance on Monday of BIr . Btellon ' s " Victorine" the pantomime of " Puss in
Boots" was produced . The opera went off exceedingly well . BIr . Haigh got a well-deserved encore , and all the singers ivere called at the conclusion . The introductory part of the pantomime is very well written , and acted with great spirit . BIr . AA ' . . 1-1 . Payne is not only a a first-rate pantomimist himself , but is the father of a most talented pantomimic family . In " Puss in Boots , " BIr . AA ' . H . Payne and Payne appear in tlie opening , and in the second part BIr . F . Blr . H . Payne play respectively the characters of Harlequin and Without describing the introduction scene by scene , we may observe that the tableau of the " Com Fields ' " is painted and
Public Amusements.
with much taste , that the Ogre ' s residence ( entitled "Gulpemdown Castle" ) , and " Fingal's Cave by moonlight , " are also most effectively represented , and that the transformation is one of the most gorgeous tableaux ever produced at any theatre . AA'ith considerable curtailment , especially in the second part , the Covent Garden Pantomime will doubtless meet with considerable success . No work of the same kind has ever been more splendidly put upon the stage , and it is not a great
accusation to make against it that at present there is rather tod much of it . The last tableau of all , " The Fairy Hails of Peace , " surpasses even the transformation scene . The tricks were good , and all went well . Tho fun went fast and furious , and the truly legitimate nature of the whole affair may be assumed from the important fact that the traditional red-hot poker was in requisition . An excellent Punch ' s puppet-show and a most laughable duet on violins , by the Paynes , junior , among numerous other amusing feats , kept the house , ivhich was filled in every part , in a constant roar . Tho music throughout was well executed , of course , but was also selected with good judgment ancl admirable taste .
HAYMARKET THEATRE . —One of the most charming of all the Christmas entertainments and one of the most successful of the author's efforts was produced on Monday last . It is entitled " Valentine ' s Day . " An exceedingly elegant , not to say pretty-looking , woodman , named Sylvanus ( Bliss Eliza AA'eeks ) must needs devote that portion of his time not engrossed by the laborious duties of his vocation to falling in love with the daintiest of milkmaids , called Belphcele ( Bliss Louise Leelercq . ) On the face of it there would seem to be no reason why these two young
persons should not at once proceed to some sylvan Doctors' Commons , and take out a licence . Slander ( BIr . Clark ) , and Gossip ( Mr . Coe ) , are jealous of the happiness of the young people , and spare no pains to estrange them . For a time poor Belpha . be and Sylvanus are sadly tormented by those malicious persons , aided , it is almost needless to say , by Hate , Spite , Malice , Venom , and Jealousy . The lovers quarrel with each other until they are reconciled by a most amiable and beneficent prelateBishop Valentine (
MrCullen-, . ford ) , who has all along been watching over the persecuted pair . They are taken to the bower of the good fairy , aud there , of course , tho transformation occurs . Sylvanus is changed to Harlequin ( BIr . Arthur Leelercq ) , Belp / uebe to Columbine ( Bliss Fanny Brown ) , Slander to Pantaloon ( Her Cole ) , and Gosssip to Clown ( BIr . Charles Leelercq ) . This was most admirably acted by all ; there was some very graceful dancing by a numerous corps de ballet , and a large number of humorous " properties " introduced . Of the scenery , it would be difficult to speak
in terms of too great praise . The "Spring Flower Dell , " with its " conservatory of many-coloured crocuses , " was an exquisite fairy home , with coloured lamps of glass to representthe flowers which adorned it on every side . The transformation scene was even more gorgeous and poeticglass being again employed to a great extent , and with the most admirable effect , and when , at last , the fairy temple was completely before the audience , such loud and long-continued shouts arose for BIr . Fenton —the artist who hacl produced these scenic marvels—that that gentleman , led on by Mr . Buckstone , made his appearance , and bowed his acknowledgments . The demands upon our space , this week , compel us to defer our other theatrical notices .
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BIr . F .. Payne aficb QUM ^ jfe / lly * aiSft / gfcdi -iwtthero -t » 4 pfeii , ^ W &^ Vi x-essity \ fl ) l a ° Q e in id BIr . F ~ 4 wiHiero ii ITc ^ r ^^ H "' lySyG SW / fM " # feWqldT | p ] X ^ O N - ^/
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
SECRETAOTRS OI ? LODGES throughout the country are requested to forward , as early as possible , the place , day , and . hour on which the Loclge will bo held in 1800 . " A ' " is thanked . His communication shall be attended to , It is impossible at a distance to test the accuracy of every statement forwarded us without the assistance of the brethren .
" J . AA ' , "—It is not tho province of a Journalist to interfere in private disputes . " P . Bt . " —A'ou wore in fault in the first instance . Practical jokes are not admissible in Lodge . Surely you cannot bo what you sign yourself ; or yon would be bettor informed on the customs of tho Order .
LODGE No , 90 , AA ' INCHESTER . —AA'o have received a report of the last meeting o £ this Lodge , which wo are compelled to postpone until next week . " HACG . U . "—Usually speaking , anthemsave only used in consecrations , is no law to prevent their introduction into tho ceremony of
if appropriate . AA ' e doubt , however , whef ^ er tlie singers rllle > b / i "blamed . ' ft > r tbe Board of Jfefceys , There is no j ? e-Grand Officer's presence during the ncrforwiinee ¦ - ' : ¦ ' . '' ¦ , ¦ ¦ , , ' . " .