VAUXHALL.
TRE scenic exhibition at Vauxhall of Captain Ross's Adventures at the North Pole, is really well worth seeing. It is a most in- genious and successful attempt at realization on a large scale. Huge floating icebergs shift to and fro, undulating with the swell of the waves : the steam-vessel, the Isabella frigate, and the boats, manned with living crews, tack about with great facility, pitching up and down as if at sea: the scene of the winter encamp- ment, with groups of Esquimaux, is represented to the life; and the flag is planted on a snowy peak of the continent of Boothia, amidst the cheers of the navigators. Nor should we leave un- noticed the proper accessories of white bears, personated with quadrupedal character by well-dressed bipeds; and an enormous pasteboard whale, that oars himself across the sea with his tail, considerately showing his whole bulk on the surface, and spouts up a jet of real Thames water. A vivid imitation of the aurora borealis and a colossal figure of Captain Ross are also announced; but we missed the sight of both these marvels. The grove of trees that peeps up behind the icebergs, and the halo of fireworks that closes the scene, alone reminded us Oat we stood on the bard gravel of Vauxhall, and not on the frozen plains of Boothia.
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