29 DECEMBER 1838, page 10

The Surer Dore And Golden Ladder, At The Adeiphi, Are

the only brilliant items in the introduction, and the pantomime is unusually de- ficient in transformations ; but the venerable practical jokes of smashing Pantaloon and cutting......

Christmas Theatricals.

THE Pantomimes, taken altogether, are inferior to last year's ; and even Covent Garden's, by far the best, is unequal to its predecessor : the fate of Fair Rosamond is by no......

Jack Frost, At Drury, Will Soon Turn To Thaw—the Ice

is very thin already, and cannot long hear the weight of the harlequinade. The burlesque opening is vulgar and coarse, and the ,,grotesque masks are characterless exaggerations......

The English Funds Have Evinced A Derided Tend-amy To...

dur- ing the neck ; the purchases on behalf of the Saving- Banks baying, by treating a demand for stock, counteracted the gloomy effects of the war in Ca- nada and India. anti......

Ma,,ard Has Not Yet Made His Appearance At The Olympic

; VESTED.: not having had time to make up her mind to wed so formidable a poly- gamist ; but we dare say he and his scimitar will be forthcoming next week, and meanwhile his......

O'flanniyan, At The Haymarket, Proves To Be An Old...

; but not the less welcome even to the few who have seen him before. in the likeness of POWER. HOW he breaks his vow If tee-totalism and temperance, (in the use of the......

Army Reforms.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 17th December 19:3. SIR-1 have twice or thrice troubled you with thoughts touching " Army Ref o rm s ;” and shall now again venture to encroach......