154 THEATRICAL ECCENTRICITIES. [November, 



One authority however had not been consulted it was 

 too late it was the Clerk of the Weather ! I am informed 

 that the very same mistake occurred "last cruise," on 

 this identical clay too ; therefore the " old hands " were 

 to blame. One thing however settled the matter it 

 could not be put off it was to open on the occasion of 

 the anniversary of the birth of His Royal Highness the 

 Prince of Wales and Duke of North Cornwall. Blow it 

 might, and do its worst, and blow it did. 



As the Play-bill intimates, the subjects selected were 

 ' The Irish Tutor' and ' The Silent Woman.' 



The theatre was got up with considerable taste, and 

 every character admirably supported, even to a most 

 troublesome one-eyed pie and ginger-beer man, who 

 most pertinaciously chose to present himself at the Royal 

 Box. He knew full well Her Majesty and the Prince 

 could not travel this weather ; indeed, he had heard the 

 apology from the Lord Chamberlain read by the Sole 

 Lessee, explaining the cause, and intimating her most 

 gracious pleasure that the men should not forget Mr. 

 Allsopp, which latter sentence was received with thun- 

 ders of applause. As to hearing anything, Boreas had 

 it ah 1 his own way : it lay principally between him and 

 a Woolwich waterman politely intimating that " the last 

 boat would start j05-TiVE-ly at eleven." 



As we were unable to hear, it is almost needless to 

 add that the excellence of the acting entirely superseded 

 the noise of the tempest ; and between it and the music, 

 of 'which 'Cease rude Boreas' could not be heard, and 

 but imperfectly understood by the tremulous fingers of 

 the musicians, the evening terminated satisfactorily. The 

 manager, being most loudly called for, at length appeared, 



