27 OCTOBER 1838, Page 9

BONN has got VAN A MBI:RGH and his lions and

tigers, and Decaow and his horses, at Drury Lane ; and as a penalty, people who go to see the beasts are condemned to sit out a tedious and dingy pageant, digni- fied with the chivalric title of Charlemagne, and spun out by a quantity of superfluous dialogue. The infliction is patiently endured by the half-price visiters, who (putting out of consideration the no-price por- tion of the audience) are by far the most numerous.