THE FIELD 
[Saturday, 
15 
“ LA CACCIA ” IN IT ALA 
In the course of a trip, during which I have been 
to all manner of places, ‘.ml kept withal manner of 
singular companions (chiefly mules and chickens), 1 
became fearfully interested m cer- 
tain companies I wns continually 
falling - upon in the country about 
Naples ami Rome. Companies 
of sportsmen, mustachioed and 
beanied. usually about six strong - ; 
e -ot up in a most sanguinary and 
alarming - manner — immense mus- 
tachios, prodigious beards, jet 
black hair, incredible boots, fear- 
ful sombrero hats, and imitation 
English shooting-coats with cuff- 
like gauntlets. " They wore im- 
mense shot-belts, carried prodi- 
gious game bags, slung on one 
portly shoulder, and under the 
other arm heavy double-bar- 
relled guns, and well supplied on 
an average, each man, with four 
to live pounds of gunpowder. 
They were always eating great 
meals at little rustic public-houses ; 
clinking their glasses tunefully 
together d pi'OpOS of fierce toasts; 
sitting with the legs as wide apart 
as they could be conveniently got, 
and talking about the pleasures 
of La Cuccia — the chase. It was 
in these hostelries that I invari- 
ably saw them, and I could not 
conceive what their game was. 
I never saw any flying thing 
(dragons having gone out before 
my time) nearly large enough for 
their pretensions ; lions I knew 
there were none in Italy; wild 
hoars of a sufficiently aspiring 
breed I had never heard of. It 
really preved upon ray mind, and whenever I came 
upon a new knot of these hunters, ever invariably 
talking of La Caccia, 1 looked in the yards, and behind 
the doors, and in the vineyards, and everywhere for 
the carcases of the slain, which I never found. About 
a week ago, I went into a beastly little tavern within a j 
dozen miles of Pompeii, and again 
‘Going with the Stag Hounds this morning, IuM; 
• Well, I don’t know— perhaps I may catch em up when I ve fetched m leitlu- 
amazing men. This time they were six in number— 
ammunition quite stupendous in quantity, ‘ No quarter 
legibly inscribed in their faces, destruction in then 
manner, ns they clinked the glasses, and talked about 
La Caccia! Still La Caccia, always La Caccia. 
era wuum a . Now, when I went into this house, I had seen sitting 
found these under a grape vine outside, an extremely sleepy peasant, 
who had rested a long pole against 
i the house itself; on the top of 
this long pole, and tied to it, 
was a dismal owl — laid with one 
cheek against the house, without 
the slightest regard to liis being 
alive — whitewashing one of his 
large eyes ih an involuntary and 
heart-breaking - manner, and luok- 
ing on the whole like an English 
judge, in full costume, drunk, 
penitent, and drooping. As I 
passed this sleepy peasant and 
this dismal owl, 1 wondered what 
on earth they could be there for. 
Coming in and sitting down 
among the sportsmen, it occurred 
to me, by inspiration, that they 
belonged to one another. I went 
out with a tumbler of wine, too 
weak to be further mentioned, 
gave it to the sleepy peasant, and 
spoke with him. Thereupon I 
learnt that La Caccia was this : — 
The party go out in great dignity, 
following - the peasant ana the 
owl. IV hen the peasant comes to 
a place where there are numbers 
of little birds, he hoists up the 
pole and exposes the owl. The 
insane little fools immediately 
gather together from all quarters, 
to deride" the owl. The sports- 
men then let fly with all possible 
barrels, right and left, and blow 
the idiots to pieces, occasionally 
shattering the owl instead. If 
any piece of a bird large enough 
to cook, is left hanging together — which is not often — 
it is subsequently dressed and eaten. The owl catches 
cold, I believe, and dies. 
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rp II EAT EE ROYAL, DRURY LANE— 
1 Lkmf.k, Mr. E. T. Smith. 
GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PANTOMIME on 
. h i -i iv n - 1 , January 11th. Extraordinary success of the grand 
J, V mini., J! ' f.’LEQl IN KING HUMMING TOP and the LAND of 
o' i i ' > J 'r- in’ of numerous families of distinction the morning 
• iriurif /• i i i f.ik *- j.Iiiw on Wcdniwday next, January 11th. and 
. r> Wednesday, at two o'clock In tin ufternoou. (' hlldrcn under 
Tin . ut- nl nji>- admitted i>t half price oil the morning performances 
i , b ’M i. j>P. and lower gallery. Doors open at hulf-pust one, uud 
yrniiicn- c * ( i o o'clook pi ' ciscly. Reduced prices, ns usual. 
rrHEATEE ROYAL, DRURY LANE— Lessee, 
1 Mr. E. T. Smith. 
Enormous attraction and increased novelty 1 
The Gorgeous Christmas Pantomime universally pronounced tone 
the best produced on the English stage for years. Delighted crowds 
nightly attest ils merits. New effects each representation The Hy- 
ing wonders, or Women of the Air, trom Pans have created a sensa- 
tion on the public mind without parallel; their graceful ascent must 
be seen to be believed. A new romantic Drama, with entirely new 
scenery, dresses, and powerful situations, written by Mark Lbmon, 
L Monday, January Otli, and during the week. PAULA LAZARO; or 
THE LADROVE S D aughter. Messrs. 1. Mend (his first appear- 
ance here), G. Bennett. Belton, G. Wild, Kinloch 11. Lee. Mes.lames 
Lewis, Morgan, Miss Fcatherstone, Ac. T oj 
Comic Christmas Pantomime, HARLEQUIN KING HUMMING TOl , 
VXD THE WORLD OF TOYS. Clown, Mr. T. Matthews; Harlequin, 
M. Milano; Columbine, Miss Annie Cushnic: Harlequma, Miss 
Charles; Prince, Miss Louis Blanche; Happiness, Miss Fanny 
Williams; Novelty, Miss Fcatherstone; Delight, Miss I hcicse Cushnic, 
Bluebell, Miss Marian Lees. 
Reduced priees as usual; and arranged to conclude early. 
A morning performance every Wednesday, at 2 o clock. 
Mr. G. V. Brooke w ill make his first appearance this season, on 
Monday, January 30th . 
Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. 
fn HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARK ET— Under the 
I management of Mr. Buckstosk The New Ntajime of 
HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE .BEARS, or LITTLE SILVER- 
HAIR AND THE FAIRIES, every evening. Till; HOPE OF THE 
FAMILY, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; on Thursday 
ibv desire). THE LADY OF LYONS; a juvenile night on Tuesday, 
Jnnuary 10th, when the Pantomime will conclude at a quarter to ten. 
Monday. — THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY, by Messrs. Buckslom\ 
Chippendale, Compton, AV. Forren, Rogers, H. Corn; Mrs. L. S. 
Buckingham, Mrs. Stanley. Miss Ellen Grey, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. 
Fiizwilllun.; with HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEARS, or. 
LITTLE SILVKRHAIK AND THE FARIES.-SUverhalr, Miss Lydia 
Thompson; Harlequin, Mr. J. Marshall; Columbine, Miss Mary Brown; 
Pantaloon, Mr W. A. Barrie*; Clown, Mr. Harry Marshall. 
Tuesday— T he Juvenile night, when the performance will com- 
mence at a quarter to seven, the Pantomime will conclude at n quarter 
to ten. and all over by eleven. On that occosmn the ROUGH DIA- 
MOND! Cousin Joe, Mr. Buekstone ; Margery, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, with 
the Pantomime and A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS, by Mr Howe, 
Mrs. lluckstone, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Mrs. 
Fitzwilliuin. 
Wednesday.— THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY and the Pantomime. 
Thimisday.— THE LADY OF LYONS, Claude Melnolte, Mr. G 
Vundenliotr; Pauline, Miw Remolds, and tho Pantomime. 
Friday and Saturday. — THE HOPE OF THE FAM1LA, and 
the Pantomime. 
THEATRIC ROYAL, A DELPHI. —Proprietor, Mr. 
J. B. W bbstf.r; Directress, Madame Cf.lf.sti-.. 
Continued attraction ? Extraordinary effects ! 
THIRST OF GOLD. Sea of Ice (one of the sights of the season i, every 
night until further notice (Thursday excepted, Mr. B. W ebster liiivlrig 
to perform at Windsor Castle). NUMBER NIP; or, THE SPJR11 
BRIDE, every night. 
THE DISCARDED SON, on Thursday. 
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, and every 
evening until further notice, the populur new Nautical Melodrama, In 
five grand tableaux, including the extraordinary effect of the Sea of 
Ice, culled THE THIRST OF GOLD: or. THE WILD FLOWER OF 
MEXICO. By Messrs. B. Webster, Kecley, P. Bedford, Parnellc, C. 
Selby, C. J. Smith, Garden, Romer. Mesdames Celeste, Leigh Murray, 
F. Musk ell. Stoker, Ac. With the magic Spectacle of NUMBER NIP , 
or, THE SPIRIT BRIDE, lly Mesdames Celeste, Kecley, Woolger, 
M. Kecley, Cutbbert, Ac. Messrs. P. Bedford, J. Rogers, Romer, 
Lee, ike. 
Thursday (In consequence of Mr. B. Webster having to perform at 
Windsor Castle), THE DISCARDED SON. By Messrs. Leigh Murray, 
Keeley, P. Bedford, C. Selby, Parnclle. Mesdames Kecley, Woolgur, 
F. Maskell, ike. And N UMBER N I P. 
Stage Manager, Mr. Leigh Murray. 
TN consequence of the Rrilliant and fashionable 
1 Assemblage of the First, n SECOND GRAND MORNING PER- 
FORMANCE will take place on Thursday next, January 12th, at 
AST LEYS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. 
Continued and Brilliant career of unequalled Holiday Attractions! 
Superb Spectacle ! Incredible Feats of the Wondrous Elephants! and 
the most gorgeous and successful Pantomime of the season. On 
Monday, January 9th, 1854, nnil during the week, to commence with 
the Greatest Wonder in London, the PERFORMING ELEPHANTS. 
Followed by a recherche routine of scenes In the ARENA, supported by 
the elite of Kuiopo’s Equestrian Artistes. Concluding with Mr. William 
Cooke's Immensely successful Equestrian Comic Pantomime (written 
by Mr Nelson Lee), entitled, HILLY HUTTON'S 
BRENTFORD, or. HARLEQUIN AND THE LADIES IA\Ol U IF.. 
New scenery, dresses, and appointments. ‘'The Ladles Favourite by 
Mr. William Cooke's pet steed “ Jlouuty Box-ofllee open from 11 
till i. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wi.yr. 
pOYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE.— 
lii Lessee, Mr. J. William Wallack. 
Confirmed and increasing success of KING UGLY MUG with its 
magnificent transformation every evening. On Monday, January 9tli, 
and during the week, the Drama In two Acts, called THE DEATH 
FETCH, or, THE FATAL WARNING; principle characters by Messrs. 
H. Vandenhoff, Shatters, E. F. Edgar, Charles Wallis. Mesdames H. 
Gordon, E. Horton, and Gnrtliwaitc, to conclude with the acknowledged 
best Pantomime of the season, entitled 1IALEQU1N KING UGLY 
MUG and my LADYE LEE of OLD LONDON BRIDGE. Splendid 
Scenery; superb Dresses; beautiful Music, selected from the most 
popular Operas of the Day, astounding Tricks ot Vaulting, Tumbling, 
Posturing, Ac.; wonderful Dogs which jump through hoops of real 
fire. Every pantomimic requisite employed Interspersed with brilliant 
pyrotechnic displays. 
N.B.— The public is respectfully informed that during the holidays, 
the performances will terminate at a quarter past eleven. Dress 
Circle, 3 j., Fit, Is., Gallery, 6 <1. Children under ten years of age half 
Acting Manager, Mr. Edward Murray. 
Ci TRAIN’D THEATRE.— Sole Lessee, Mr. F. W 
U Allcroft; Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. 
To-morrow evening (Monday) will be presented, owing to its great 
success LA SONNAMBULA. Principal characters by Messrs. Mauley, 
GlenviBe, Miss R. Isaa s, Ac., after which THE IRISH TUTOR. Dr. 
O'Toole, Mr. G. Hodson, the only legitimate successor of the lute Tyrone 
Power. The whole to conclude with the successful Pantomime of 
HARLEQUIN KING NUTCRACKER, OR, THE WORLD OF TOYS, 
in which the inimitable Flexmore will appear as Clown, assisted by 
Messrs Bologna, Griffiths, and Miss Coward, as Harlequin, Pantaloon, 
and Columbine. On Tuesday next there will bo a Grand Morning 
Performance of the Pantomime, commencing at two o'clock. Boxes, 
3s. ■ Pit, Is. G//.; Gallery, Gd . ; Stalls, 5s. ; Private Boxes, 1/. 11s. 6d. 
pOYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, Adelaide- 
H gii'iiet, West Strand. Immense success of the Hungarinn Prome- 
nade Concerts, introducing the performances of the Renowned 11UXGA- 
HIAN BAND, with other Musical attractions, Vocal and Instrumental, 
of ),jgii novelty and Interest. Second week of the Tyrolese Minstrels, 
Madame Kramer, Madlle. Marie, and Herr Uekers, whose performances 
have been honoured by the presence of Royally. Every evening nt 
eight and on Wednesday and Saturday nliernoons, at three. Dress 
Stalls, 2s. (I cl.; Lower dilto, Is. Cd.; Balcony, Is.; Boxes, W. Is.— Box 
Office open daily. 
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ll PATRON : — II. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. 
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surface of 35 feet by 28, with an entirely new series of DISSOLV- 
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LECTURE bv Pr. Baciiomnik on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT 
UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 
LECTURE by J. II. Pepper, Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION, 
with Brilliant Experiments. • 
LAST WEEK of an HISTORICAL and MUSICAL LECTURE, 
illustrated with DISSOLVING SCENERY, entitled “THE ROAD, tho 
RIVER, and the RAIL," by J. E. CARPENTER, Esq., assisted by Miss 
Blanche Youngc, every evening, except Saturday, at Nino o'clock. 
Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is. ; Schools, and Children 
under Ten years of nge, llulf-prico. 
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CELEBRATED ANATOMICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL MU- 
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Artec Lilliputians. Open daily. Admission, Iron. 11 a.in. lo 5 p.m., Is. 
and from 5 to 10 p.m, , Oil. Fur gentlemen only. 
mill-; LABORATORY' of the ROYAL POLY- 
I TFCHNIC INSTITUTION is always open for tho reception of 
rmpils, under J. H. Pepper, Esq , 1 .CVS. A.C.E., ike Careful 
Analyses and Assays of Soils, Minerals, W aters, Mercantile or Agri- 
cultural Products are performed With despatch, accuracy, und 
i.ionoiny^ or termg n p p , y tQ Mr j { L Lonqbottom, Secretary. 
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