Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Play not acted:
theatres closed for death of
Augusta Princess Dowager of Wales. [For comment
Theatrical Review, II, p. 93 attaches to
the evening of 7 Feb.]: Ano
ther additional scene was introduc'd this evening, for
the first time in which
Mr Dunstall, in
the character of a Female Ballad Singer, entertained
the audience with
the following new song, relative to
the tricks of
the Stockwell Conjuror, which it exposes with some degree fo humour, and which has a good effect, from
the manner in which it is introduc'd; but from such poetry, Heaven delvier us!@
The Stockwell Wonder@Ye beaux, belles and flirts, who
the Pan
theon stock well,@Come and see
the renown'd Pandemonium at Stockwell.@Where
the house and
the furniture's all in bon ton@And
the pewter and crockery dance cottillon. Derry Down, down, down Derry Down.@A pickling-pan first, which exceeds all belief,@Jumps and skips to
the tune of old English Roast Beef;@While a barrel so lively, it cannot be said,@That
the beer that is in it can ever be dead, Derry Down &c.@ @
The tables, chairs, jars, frisk about too, and soon@
The pestle and warming-pan move to some tune;@
The clock too chimes in, and we very well know@That a clock that don't stand must undoubtedly go, Derry down, &c.@But let not amazement your fancies perplex@
The enchantment arose from th'enchanting fair sex;@A sweet girl was
the cause, and girls wonders are rich in@For we all know sweet girls-are extremely bewitching.@Derry down, &c.