gh heavy jungle-mire,
These two came later every night
To warm them at the fire,
Until the Captain said one day:
'O seaman good and kind,
To save thyself now come away
And leave the boy behind!'

V.

The child was slumb'ring near the blaze:
'O Captain let him rest
Until it sinks, when GOD'S own ways
Shall teach us what is best!'
They watched the whiten'd ashey heap,
They touched the child in vain,
They did not leave him there asleep,
He never woke again."

Half an hour for Refreshment.

To conclude with
The Guild Amateur Company's Farce, in one act, by Mr. Crummles
and Mr. Mark Lemon;

MR. NIGHTINGALE'S DIARY.

Mr. Nightingale MR. FRANK STONE, A.R.A.

Mr. Gabblewig, of the Middle Temple }
Charley Bit, a Boots }
Mr. Poulter, a Pedestrian and cold }
water drinker } MR. CRUMMLES.
Captain Blower, an invalid }
A Respectable Female }
A Deaf Sexton }

Tip, Mr. Gabblewig's Tiger } MR AUGUSTUS EGG, A.R.A.
Christopher, a Charity Boy }

Slap, Professionally Mr. Flormiville, }
a country actor }
Mr. Tickle, Inventor of the Celebrated }
Compounds } MR. MARK LEMON.
A Virtuous Young Person in the }
confidence of Maria }

Lithers, Landlord of the Water-lily MR. WILKIE COLLINS.

Rosina, Mr. Nightingale's niece MISS KATE DICKENS.

Susan her Maid MISS HOGARTH.

Composer and Director of the music, MR. FRANCESCO BERGER, who
will preside at the pianoforte.

Costume makers, MESSRS. NATHAN of Titchbourne Street, Haymarket.

Perruquier, MR. WILSON, of the Strand.

Machinery and Properties by MR. IRELAND, of the Theatre Royal,
Adelphi.

_Doors open at half-past seven. Carriages may be ordered at a quarter
past eleven._

It was from Tavistock House that Dickens received this startling message
from a confidential servant:--

"The gas-fitter says, sir, that he can't alter the fitting of your gas
in your bedroom without taking up almost the ole of your bedroom floor,
and pulling your room to pieces. He says of course you can have it