He has, therefore (though at cost of much pain to himself), resolved on a measure which he trusts will prevent any repetition of this annoyance. Mr. Kean deeply regrets that Her Majesty, having lately visited the Haymarket Theatre, was observed (no doubt, in an unguarded moment,) to laugh at Mr. Braid's offensive (and most unsuccessful) imitation of Mr. Kean's performance in the Corsican Brothers, which Mr. Buckstone has had the bad taste to sanction in a ridiculous and entirely unsuccessful burlesque or extravaganza, called the Ascent of Mount Parnassus. This having been brought to Mr. Kean's ears (as most acts of the same kind are sure to be), he has, in consequence, struck Her Majesty's name off the Free List of the Princess's Theatre, exclaiming, in the manner of Richard, and in a tone of dignity which so over-powered the prompter and stage-manager that he has not yet recovered the shock—
"Off with her name! so much for Royalty!"
Evanescent Art.
The most remarkable exhibition of Dissolving Views is that of the National Gallery, where, through various chemical processes and mechanical means, the pictures of the ancient Masters are undergoing dissolution.
THE PUBLIC'S ADDRESS TO HIS CABMAN.
(IMITATED FROM THE ARAB'S ADDRESS TO HIS STEED.)
My insolent; my turbulent! that stands crest-fallen by,
With the recent Cab Act in thy hand, and tear-drops in thine eye,