. Punch . ing^. desirous of making the most he could of the state> visit of Her Majesty, retained the fittings of theroyal box as one of the attractions for the nextevenings entertainment. It was announced in thebills that, in addition to the Bride of Lammermoor,in which Duprez would appear, the state-boxwould remain as on the previous evening., We understand it was originally the intentionof the lessee to have represented the entire sceneof the state visit, the various royal and distin-guished individuals who were present being per-sonated by the members of the company. Thelate Mr. Ellisto
. Punch . ing^. desirous of making the most he could of the state> visit of Her Majesty, retained the fittings of theroyal box as one of the attractions for the nextevenings entertainment. It was announced in thebills that, in addition to the Bride of Lammermoor,in which Duprez would appear, the state-boxwould remain as on the previous evening., We understand it was originally the intentionof the lessee to have represented the entire sceneof the state visit, the various royal and distin-guished individuals who were present being per-sonated by the members of the company. Thelate Mr. Elliston created an immense sensationas George the Fourth, in the spectacle of the Coronation, and wasallowed on all bauds to have made a better, or at least a more effectivemonarch than the actual Sovereign ; so that Mr. Bunn has, at all events,a precedent for making his actors represent living royalty. We think a very strong bill, as the players term it,mightmade by announcing the highly successful farce of the. ight have been ROYAL BOX. With all its splendid decorations, appointments, and Characters by Miss Romer, Miss Betts, Miss Rainforth, Mr. Bunn, Mr. Harley,Mr. Howell, and Mr. W. H. Payne. THE STATISTICS OF SOAP. Mr. Hutt, with a laudable desire to ascertain how his county is off forsoap, has moved for and obtained a Parliamentary return embracing allthe statistics of this very interesting subject. It seems that, in England,the quantity of soap manufactured is considerably larger than the quantitymade in Scotland. Perhaps the increase in the manufacture inBritish soap may have arisen from a rumour that sevoral of the oldTories intended to wash their hands of Peel ; and as some of thosehands have had a finger in matters not particularly nice, it was naturallythought that a great quantity of soap would bo required for the operationalluded to. We understand that Mr. Williams seconded Mr. Hutts motion, onthe ground that we ought to know how we stand for soap,
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