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THE FIELD 
[Saturday, 
Indeed, throughout the week the Adelphi has been 
crowded, and “ Number Nip,” the Dew spectacle, nightly 
increases in public favour. 
Asti.ey's. — The performing ele phants have not lost a 
whit of their sagacity, and night after night are received 
with uiuliminished applause. And the scenes in the circle, 
also have, despite the late bad weather, been witnessed by 
delighted crowds. As to the pantomime, there is a rapi- 
dity of incident and a dash in it which carries it through 
most triumphantly. Ast ley’s, like most other theatres, 
has little reason to complain of present patronage. 
Strand Theatre. — Miss Rebecca Isaacs, and Mr. 
Flcxmore, are nightly attracting two very different classes 
of Her Majesty's subjects to this theatre, but each of a 
higher stamp than one has been ’accustomed for years to 
see wiihiu its walls. Great praise is due to the lessee, 
Mr. Allcroft first for the unusual cleanliness of the house, 
and secondly for its improved decoration. This lie has 
effected, and we are glad to sec that having thus insured 
the comfort of his audience, he is gradually improving his 
company. The Pantomine, through Flexmorc’s popularity 
will yet run, and as to Opera or Burlesque, Miss Isaacs is 
a host in herself. The theatre, so rapidly rising in 
character, has become a necessity to the neighbourhood. 
Britannia (Hoxton). — The pantomime at this theatre 
is being played first, and no less than eighteen thousand 
persons have paid at the doors during the present week. 
The omnibuses from the Bank to Hoxton Church — a good 
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. 
BIRTHS. 
O.v Jan. 4th, at St. Giles's, Oxford, the wifo of James Morrell, Jun., 
l.sq., of a daughter — 8th Inst., at Thaoklcy Rectory, near Woodstock, 
the wile of the Rev. L. A. Sn.vnrK, of a son 9th lust , at Boxlev-house, 
StockweU-park, the wifo of Mr Samuel Moses, of a son.— 9th Inst., at 
Stourton-hall, Lincolnshire, (lie wifcofJosF.ru Livrset, Esq., of a son. 
—10th last., at Lee, Kont, Mrs. Wallroth, of a daughter 10th inst 
at 20, Sussex-sQuare, llyde-park, the wife of Robert Haxbcey, Jun.! 
Esq., of a son. 
MARRIAGES. 
On the 3rd inst., at Herdrlngcn, Westphalia, at the Chateau of Count 
do Eurstcnbcrg. according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church- 
afterwards, on the 6th inst., at the English Consulate at Cologne, Jonx 
Torriako Moulton, of Earlclgh Castle. Somerset, and 4 Chealiam- 
E. Ncvtllc-Rolfe, Lovell Reeve, Esq., of Honrietta-street, Covent- 
garden, and West-hill, Wandsworth, to Martha, second daughter of the 
late Stephen Reeve, Esq , of Twyford, Norfolk.-Ou the loth inst . at 
Nt. Johns Church, Paddington, by the Rev. M. T. Faner, Thomas 
Hknry Karrkr, of the Board of Trade, Esq., to Frances, third surviving 
daughter of the late William Erskiue, Esq , and granddaughter of the 
Right Hon. Sir James Mackintosh. 
HEATHS. 
good 
landmark — are reaping a rich harvest from the playgoers. 
Citv of London Theatre. — The pantomime here, 
“The Ocean Queen and the Sleeping Beauty of the Deep; 
or, Harlequin and the Mystic Branch,” is in full play, 
drawing crowded houses day and night ; for during the 
week there has been a morning performance each day. 
Mr. Nelson Lee, joint proprietor of this pretty theatre 
with Mr. Johnstone, has exerted his facile pen to some 
purpose in the production of this Christmas piece, and it 
is no small blame to him to say, that of the many panto- 
mimes he has — as is liis wont — written for numerous me- 
tropolitan and provincial, he has secured the best one for 
his own theatre. The scenery and effects introduced in 
the “ Ocean Queen’’ are of a style well calculated to excite 
the admiration of the numerous visitors. A detail of the 
pantomime would he unnecessary, we shall confine our 
remarks to one tableau — the most effective of the whole — 
namely, “The Enchanted Palace of Oriental Pearls.” 
The palace is by the most ingenious mechanism made to 
move forward, and when at a certain point, it opens, dis- 
closing a splendid temple of . coral and glistening spars, 
sporting in which are to be seen countless fairies ; the en- 
semble of this scene when illumined by means of coloured 
fires, is of a yery striking description. We understand 
that this scene was commenced as far back as August last, 
a proof that it is an affair of some magnitude. The harle- 
quinade is lively, and the tricks laughable. The pnuto- 
mimisLs successfully exert themselves, and carry their 
portion of the levels out with effect. 
The Ladies’ Hour. — M rs. C. S. Wallack having re- 
frrvm o nPArinr.Ul C 
On Monday, the 9th inst., at Eggesford, Devon, the Right Hon. 
Newton, Earl of Portsmouth, in his 82nd year.— 8th inst., suddenly, 
in ins (.6 tli year, Samuel Jowitt Bihchai.l, Esq,, of Leeds 9th 
inst,, at No. 16, Seymour-jilacc, Eus ton -square, of fever, in the 30th 
year of her age, Jake, the beloved wife of J. T. Kentish, Esq mid 
youngest' daughter of Henry Groombridge, Esq., deceased. -ath inst , 
at 25, College-street, Islington, John Taylor, Esq., aged 60, upwards 
of 10 years of the Bank of England.— 9th inst., at her residence. Great 
Dover-read, Borough, Mary, widow of the late John Saunders — 9th 
inst., at Brighton, in his 69th year, Thomas William TnoMPBOW, Esq., 
lute of Halesworth, Suffolk, for many years a resident at SoutlnvolU 
and a magistrate of that borough.— 10th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Mr.’ 
Charles Tomlinson, of 36, Feathcrstone-strcet, City-road, in her 70th 
year, 40 years an inhabitant of the parish of St. Luke, Middlesex, 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
“ Nu ii G btt. ” — This word lias been claimed for Perthshire, ns 
well known there. “ Jf is twenty years,” save n Perthshire man, 
“ since I received a culloch of cheese and a nugget of pnisy from 
my grandmother, e. a small piece of cheese and a largo piece of 
pea bread.” 
Hydrophobia.—' The Friburg Gazette says— A woman of 
Bouian hns just been attacked with hydrophobia, from having 
used a pocket handkerchief with which she hnd, a year back 
wiped away the foam from the mouth of a child who had been 
bitten by n mnd dog. 'I he child died in terrible convulsions, 
but the woman, not apprehending any danger to herself, felt 
no alarm ut that circumstance. She' was quite unexpectedly 
attacked m her turn a few days bock, and expired in great 
agony. * 
The American Churn a Failure. — A correspondent of the 
Gardner s Cln-omcle says-“ Instead of ils producing (as is 
stated weekly in the advertising sheet of your Chronicle) more 
butter from a given quantity of cream that the old-fashioned box 
churn, the case is reversed, as from six quarts of cream the 
box churn obtains lbs. of butter, the snme quantity in the 
Amoncan giving only 4 lbs. 2 oz.” 
Boas.— Orpheus, Pythagoras, and their scclntors— good and 
r . . _ repetition. 
1 he Roman Theatre — The Giornale di Roma states 
that, with a view to encourage morality, and banish vice 
from the stage, the Minister of the Interior has issued a 
circular to the delegates of the provinces, recommending 
them not only to prevent any breach of morality or decency 
in the theatres, hut also to invite dramatic writers to com- 
pose pieces either in verse or prose in that spirit. Prizes 
are to be granted tp the most successful. 
Etiquette in the Pit. —A letter from Vienna says : — 
For some time past the public has been strangely abusing 
in the theatres of this city, its right to encore, not only 
calling for a repetition of songs and cavatinas, hut even of 
long concerted pieces. The police has at last interfered 
by publishing an order interdicting the repetition of any 
piece of music or portion of a ballet. For the future, also, 
no performer can he recalled until the curtain has fallen 
between the acts ; then, an actor can he called to appear 
once, and after the piece has finished, an artist can he 
called for three times at most. 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
RACING. 
•V— A printers eiTor rendered, in our last number, “Autocrat’’ out 
ox Express instead of Express. 
HUNTING. 
A i.lTTfr /rom A lhe Beginnina.—" A borse having splents, and not 
lame, is he sound or not ?”— Sound. ^ 
him r t tl,er low - and P ve bim plenty of work. Wc have 
heard of rearing 'horses being ‘"cured” by knocking them down 
th£ ™ backwards; but we cannot recommend either 
of such violent expedients. See that he is mildly bitted 
cSS^"S!S ftUe ‘ 6haU * altended t0 ' 
71 '£3; b2£ lJ 52£ Company may bc addre6scd at 18 > 
. _ „ , COURSING. 
J. It. Manchester.) -We are obliged for your communication. 
T< £% J 6 •°U‘ The , Greyhound, by Stonehenge,” you will 
down h smfnfd n J be varlous ®r the distemper ably laid 
lown. Should >t be Inconvenient for you to refer to the volume 
we will give an extract in our next number. ’ 
aquatics. 
,mn S f~ We 8haU bC glad 9t lhC * kclch 01 the Proposed new Club- 
Ii * Th « Liverpool Yacht Club goes steadily along. At two 
rew-nt meetings, seven candidate and eleven were admitted. The 
Commodore is a most efficient ofti. cr, and is ably supported. The 
clbelo 
it ton 
, ft, am 
!>«n 100 members on its books. The aim Is to beneflfthe 
turned from a provincial tour in the West of England, pe . ople , n f . ev *f lived— unceasingly recommended in their 
gave a new entertainment under the above title at Ilia- whiel^nmre^m^LrinTd f^V 11 0, ' d f r “Ot to destroy a germ 
grove’sRooms, on Weda^dayfevening. The entertainment Slowed 
sketo !r.ff ar i 1US,n f an . CC f dotes and sparkHn S and satirical unpardonable crime if they had eaten a th\V 
sketches of character, interspersed with numerous songs of eggs. Many of the most learned philosopher held ™ fj a £ 
all nations. It was exceedingly well received, and will we of respect approaching to veneration, because (Lev saw in them 
“paging prove ^ttractive on many a repetition. ll| c emblem of the world and the four clement* The shell 
they said, represented the earth; the white, water; the yolk’ 
“2 WaS tpU - r ! d und * r ,l,c skell -Soger's Fanfrojdteoii. 
Good Morning ” at New Yonx-Everybody says •• good 
morning in New lork till— after dinner. The higher the circle 
a man moves in, the Inter ho dines, and the longer he save “good 
morning, ibis salutation is a sort of sliding scale of people's pre- 
cise position ; the later he dines, the higher he stands. The man 
who says good evening” to you at exactly one minute past 12, 
0— zer0 - De P end wpon it, he works 
tor a living, ho foots it down town mornings, and carries his 
dinner in a small tin pail with a young tin pail inverted upon the 
top of it. I he sun reports himself not more regularly at the 
meridian than that man’s appetite. There’s another that bids 
you “ good morning,” and all the bells, little and big, have told 
struck, and rung 2 o clock. lie’s " well to do,” and well fed— 
and dines at half-past— steps gently into the omnibus (faro six 
cents), and is set down somewhere, to walk gcntlv a few stens 
and in a chair with arms and cusliions medjtatingly ministers to 
“ al V, The™ comes 0lle a( fix full , who e 
good morning still He’s up to 212“ on the ecale-the very 
boiling point of respectability And there, on the kerbstone side 
of the walk, s cals a poor devil, who for the matter of dining is 
not on the scale at all. Ho never dines; he could say ‘-good 
morning all day long were there any such thing in his almanac, 
or any inquiry for beggars wishes. The thermometer doesn’t 
go up into Ins circle ; the TO be isn't long enough ; water vaporises 
before t gets there, as at 7 p.m. lie stands at one of the park gates, 
hat in hand lor a copper, and murmurs ns you scowl at him 
TriZe le> depreca,0l J “ e ° od corning.”— Hew York Daily 
Grecian Quarries.— A Idler from Athens slates that a Germon 
sculptor named feiogel Jins discovered the long lost quarries of 
red and green antique marbles; the red antique on the Southern 
pnit of the chain of Taygete, and the green on the Northern side 
of the Island of Tinos. 
Baptimko an Esquimaux.— Killihirua Kolliessn, a young 
Esquimaux, who has been for some time undergoing a course of 
instruction at St. Augustin’s College, was publicly baptised in the 
ancient church of fct. Alurtin, Canterbury, on Sunday week, before 
VoZ l £TH e0nBre P}' 0n ' TJ,is • ou,, » 1,10,1 brought to 
^ i g ^ d , « i t i C t i Xpedl l ° U 8< ; nt r 00t in Wflrcbof Sir John Franklin 
in 3848, under Hie command of Captain Austin and Captain Om- 
ninncy, who discovered in hit. 70 deg. a small tribe of Esquimaux, 
and selected Killihirua ns pilot for lus intelligence and knowledgo 
of the line of const. He subsequently accompanied them to this 
country, and the Lords of the Admiralty, in consideration of the 
services rendered by turn, consented to defray tbc expenses of his 
education at the missionary college in this city, where his conduct 
and progress have been so creditable that he was considered sulfi- 
cienHv qualified to become a candidate for Christian baptism — 
South Eastern Gazette. 1 
Abad Calculation.— The utmost exactitude is required nt 
TnS^n-f? C ll CC A ki ", g } ho nu, !! l>cr ° r boxes which forms the 
India, China, and Australian mail jinssing through Egypt The 
illiterate Arabs who take charge of the mails in that country 
have a unique and unerring method of keeping an account of tl.o 
number of boxes and which is done by a string of beads ; as each 
box is passed before the eye of the Arab a bead is thrown over 
ins shoulder, where one end ol Ibe string rests. Tbc power of 
mental abstraction possessed by the Aral., together with the 
simplicity of Ins numerical operation, enables him, amidst cou- 
[Zs nTirfi i \ Cep , ? ( f ct occount of number of 
mistake^ ' ° * ' C i8 UkC har H°> witliout any chance of a 
AjroTUBn Antiquarian Discovhrt nbati Naples.— Wo learn 
from Naples that another ancient town has been discovered 
several feet underground, between Accrno and Scaffori. It is 
Stated that it does not resemble Herculaneum or Pompeii in any 
TChpccl, •* 
iiJriL 'T , °® CCT - a '' (1 is ably supported. The 
descend below fifteen tons, and tl.e 
a6Ct M d « on » The Llveipool pro- 
' , **• ,,"**?*• f(jr anoH.cr class of craft, and doing w., l.oi already 
Hi T 100 ,Mtn,be " 0,1 1,8 hooks. The aim Is to bweflttoe 
JdCTsey * t * UW: ’ DOt t0 SuJurc olLer cl “h, especially In the 
SHOOTING. 
’on- eome Itll6,ake - vour letter contoincd only 
one half of be account you wished us to publish. •• jh C y bagged 
‘weiity.Mrveii in four shots.” T he birds so bugged 
must have been described i„ u.e missing half. Write again. 
TtVnV ? “ r '“form me on what grounds prizes 
for silver-laced bantams? 
JriSSf rt 1 10 Mr4 » of a P ure k’old and black. 
MrSf r « white and black feathered 
% b jsur!&; zszr 
. „ . ^ ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. 
A a Daring snowy weather nothing is so good to, „„ 
application to horses’ feet to prevent Uielr b5uiDg.-Iul g ^x. P 
T ii k Forest ut Whitburn Sands, near Nowcnstlc, is again laid 
bare by the shifting of the sands. The fanners and others havo 
been loading away somo hundreds of cart londs of tho decayed 
forest for manure. The trees have been oak, birch, and hnzol 
hut they are in n complete stnto of decomposition. Tho placo 
where they are is about 300 yards from tho main land, tho soa 
having gained upon the spot. 
Deaths at Sea. — Willi reference to mortality on board 
emigrant ships, the Acrv York Ilcrald says-" The packet-ship 
American Union winch hns arrived, left Liverpool with 029 pas- 
sengers, out of which number no less tlmn 75, besides five of tho 
crew, died on the passage, of cholera. Tho packet-ship Centurion, 
also arrived from Liverpool, out of 373 passengers lost 33; and 
he ship Statesman, arrived from Antwerp, out of 272 passengers 
lost 2o, supposed by the same discaso. This makes a total of 113 
dea hs in three vessels, out of 1,274 souls, exclusive of the scomen 
ol the Amoncan Union. ’ 
A Pilgrimage.— The quay at Marseilles, a few days since, 
presented a very picturesque and singular appearance, from tho 
presence of n large body of Mussulman pilgrims, who l,nd returned 
Jrom Mecca and landed from the stenm-pneket Louqsor. They 
had pitched their tents during the night on tho quay, and remained 
there wrapped up only in their burnouses, and at daybreak pre- 
ceded to their religious ceremonies, nnd prepared and took 
their morning meal of cuscoussou. Tho calmness with which 
they went about tl.e.r occupations contrasted in a singular manner 
with the bustle which prevailed on the quays, but which did not 
prevent them from tranquilly sipping their mocha nnd smoking 
their clnbouks. Among this caravan was only ono woman, who 
was of an advanced age, hut who was carefully concealed by tho 
Arabs from the gazo of tho Christians. The party, tho majority 
°t whom arc from Morocco, have left by a steamer for Algiers. 
Malta, December 2.— Malta was visited by a severe storm of 
bunder on tho morning of Tuesday, 29th November. Somcof tho 
hailstones measured two, and two nnd a-half, inches in circum- 
ference— n fact hardly crcdiblo by those who hnd not seen and 
measured thorn. 
Green Jugs usbd by tub Templars.— I n clearing out the 
ground ior tho foundation of Hnymond-huildings, in Gray's-inn 
about thirty years since, two earthen green jugs were dug up! 
which are preserved by the benchers ns n memento of “ the olden 
times. Ihev will hold very little more than half n pint of 
„S r ; , n ' C ° °i ,d gond Proportion*, but so small at tl.o top ns 
almost to preclude their being used to drink out of, nnd having a 
! ? i„ l l S Sl,nn,sc * 1 V ,at n,e - v 1,old 1,10 Portion assigned to each 
«»»' 0 “WS* "“ h » 
iZ I i a D F ° MN Diggings,— T l.e correspondent of the Bathurst 
Selv witk tKr ‘ TUorc , hnve ])CCn Cent disturbances hero 
iL ‘I , tb , °hi n nmen, nnd many of them have beon marched 
to tho watch-house with broken heads and disfigured features 
ri aVrilTl^ ' 18 h 2 Ve b i eei ? 80 “'Ji' 01 ' anno 3'“ nc e to the authorities 
that they have ordered them off tl.e diggings. So much for 
Chincso immigration.” “ ‘ or 
JiAFFAELLE’6 Sfosalizio. — T he reason why the ring is nloeed 
on tho / tlm'd fing e r <.t the right hand of the' Blessed^Yirgin in 
Ijoflaellc s Sposnlizio ” nt Milan, and in Ghirlandaio’s fiasco of 
2 tCXf^r tbe ,?\ nta ??*’ at P1 ^»ea, is to be foSnd 
in the fact that the right hand has always been considered tho 
!ri? fP r er ° r d , ,gn "- V ’ and 1,10 ]eft lliind of inferiority or sub- 
jection. A married woman always wears her ring on the third 
Bntu has been f e 'to ' ^ l ° ,ier - 8,ll, j cction ,0 h or husband. 
But it hns been customary among artists to represent the Blessed 
P i f ° m llcr sur P a88in E dignity of Mother of God 7 
ahv °y. 8 "Presented so, for in Beato Angelico’s 
eives tho 
Legends 
irgin, by 
-From “NtosandQM&H 0,1 tLe Ieft Lu,ld ' 
;7® ucl ‘ i8 llie ( extraordinary demand for whisky in 
Galway that i s two extensive distilleries cannot furnish the 
requisite supplies, A local paper, while regretting this manifest 
prog \ eeB 01 ’"tcinperaiico, finds consolation in tho 
.A lliut 1 ! c ni tide can now compete in strength and flavour 
with any other made in Ireland. In Cork the price of whlky 
has been reduced 3d. per gallon. DruiSn S'SBsdT 
not declining in tho “ beautiful city;” on the SEES ? [ 
terrible vice . is becoming daily more wide-spread, nnd all 
precepts of Father Mallo w nnnnn* (o I . . ftM ‘ 
tho 
thc 
rsrfeitv-towLS oppcor to ,,avc bccn utt ' er,y 
to»l« 
Torregon de \clnsco, near Madrid, it hns lately hecomo tho 
practice to dress the bodies of young men, who die before mnr- 
JK?' J" ^"‘oallire, to deck them with flowers, nnd to pi 
a branch of palm in their hand, though that is the attribute of 
virgins nnd martyrs. The clergy have energetically prmhed 
against this latter custom; but iu vain ; and i) l0 policef in con- 
Rpniieiien. n/n v n ii.., v I.. . ... . 1,1 *-on- 
r^ges with the great wonders of tho wo°rid, Vu" itfls 
not a ' loa ? «» J in 
tho course of five years it was destroyed by 7 , y^t Tl^ois 
ns lnagnilicent as i ft. had never suffered by that element It 
lies mostly on sand-hills, which are covered with houses nnd 
Sats: m w -sroS 
artificial piece of tolerably fiat ground p^ciu^d up £ 
baj with sand to the extent- of one-third of nil Bnglifh mile 
Here you would see a bustle as in the city of tl,I KnX m £ 
polls where (here is a driving, riding, vunning. n hosS and 
Wry as in a disturbed ant-hill, llousesof brick arc huiltin an 
lncrcdibh short time, so that streets are often not recognised 
or .f' vo ' ( Whi |0 in the luxury and splendour which 
is to be seen in the interior ol tho houses, San Francisco rivals 
fl l . b willl0ut n,ld *>»« ^atc of tho slreots 
jeucrally far exceed Constantinople. These, forming ns they 
do tho common receptacle for all kinds of rubbish anf filth, are, 
in the first instance, covered with a layer of dust and sand, upon 
which may be seen heaps of broken boxes and casks, crockery 
and bottles, cast-off elothcB, linen, and old shoes, together with 
the dead bodies of dogs nnd rats. To walk through the streets i« 
a punishment, nnd to extent your walk to the country around s 
much an additional punishment — your legs soon becomin 0 
fatigued by the deep Bond, and your eyes not tl.o less so b" 
viewing' the monotonous dreary landscape. Tho bay, it must l/ 
owned, is fine, and imposing, by thc great number of vessels® 
from all purls of the world; to which I must add, that in tho 
rainy season, ns I uin told, tho wliolo country assumes quite n 
different aspect, it being then richly clud in a green sward, and 
covered proWly wit . many benufifulflowers-this season begins 
a few months hence.” ° 
NEW Book.— Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe hns lost no timo 
J "ft tV 11 A°n ilUp , ; es8 '; d p 8 ol ', I!l,r 1 0 I , ° , om b' for publication, under 
the title of Records ot Travels Abroad.” 
How to make Canaries, Goldfincubs, Linnets, Ac., Fami- 
iJAit.-n you wish— as all who truly love birds must wish-to 
make your ‘pots foi.iihar, give them, every now and then, a 
small quantity of -\p lk of egg, boiled hard, and a small quantity 
of ‘ German pusle mixed with a stale sponge cake. l»ut this, 
lovingly, into a little ‘ exclusive” tin pan, lilted in a sly corner 
ol the cage, and tho treat will have u double charm. There inno- 
cent little creatures love to flirt with any nice pickings thus mys- 
teriously conveyed to them ; and they will keep on chattering to 
you in a language of their own for ninny minutes, while viewing 
the operations in which you are actively engaged for thoir pur- 
ticulor bonoflf ,— Kidd 9 Journal qf Future, 
