NOTES OF THE MONTH. 



An anecdote is related of this same distinguished regiment : In the 

 earlier part of their military career, it was customary with them to 

 practise their evolutions without the assistance of any of their officers, 

 except the adjutant, who gave the command, the other ranks being 

 filled by Serjeants and corporals. On one occasion, the military march 

 of mind was rather ludicrously exhibited: on the command being 

 given by the adjutant, that " the regi menl mil charge by 

 squadrons al ternately," it was repeated by one of the majors to 

 his bewildered comrades as follows : " the regi ment will charge 

 by squadrons to all eternity !" 



PRODIGIOUS ! Our country friends are always on the qui vive to 

 astonish us. They exert their ingenuity most industriously, and, so 

 far as amusement is concerned, to good purpose to wit, the follow- 

 ing : 



"A bullock, weighing only 26 stones Dutch, was on Thursday slaughtered 

 at Linlithgow, when the tallow inclosing the left kidney was observed to be 

 of prodigious size. On taking the kidney out, after leaving the usual propor- 

 tion, it weighed five stones imperial ! The bullock was three years old, and 

 quite healthy/' 



Fancy a kidney seventy pounds I If the readers of the talented 

 paragraph |above, had swallows equal to alligators, they would not 

 find them a whit too large for this kidney. Again : 



" Last week, a sea cob, kept in the garden of J. Lloyd Williams, Esq. of 

 Alderbrook-hall, Cardigan, swallowed a mole alive, which after a considera- 

 ble time, worked its way out through the breast of the bird, and made its 

 escape. The bird is still alive and doing well ! " 



We are quite sure that our respected friend, Captain Cram, has 

 lately been on a visit to Mr. Williams ; and it was he, who doubtless 

 forwarded the account to the Editor of the paper when we took it. 

 If that be the case, we are not so much surprised, as our travelled 

 friend has certainly witnessed more extraordinary things than any 

 man in England. Had it been related by any other, we should 

 hardly believe it. 



THINGS THEATRICAL. 



A great clamour has been raised about the right of Mr. BUNN to 

 unite the two houses under one management a question which solely 

 involves the interests of manager and actors, but in which the latter 

 have very ingeniously contrived to inveigle the public. Now what 

 the public have to complain of is simply this the high prices of 

 admission, and the inferiority of entertainment. And the reason ? 

 Why, the enormous salaries given to actors by a ruinous competition, 

 precludes the possibility of encouraging first-rate dramatic talent as 

 it deserves the consequence is, hashes from the French, and thread- 

 bare pieces, which the public are sick of seeing. 



Actors and singers are paid at a higher rate, in proportion to their 

 talent, than any other class of the community ; and because a manager 



