WITHDRAWAL OF THE GHOST FROM THE LONDON
NEW MUSIC HALL.
It is with unfeigned regret that I have to announce to
my numerous patrons the withdrawal of the Ghost from the
London New Music Hall. The reason is as follows:—My
engagement with Mr. King, to whom a large sum of money
was paid down, was with the understanding that he should
personally superintend the first representation of the
“Great Optical Illusion, the Marvellous Ghost,” which,
however, he failed to do, and to which is attributable the
failure and disappointment which ensued. I also distinctly
understood that his representation was free from any
infringement of the right of patent, and that it was in
every respect equal to the original production of Professor
Pepper. I beg, therefore, in order to acquit myself from
the odium of disappointment which may have been felt by
the unusually large attraction which it has occasioned to
“The London” during the past week, to state that I have
received an intimation from Professor Pepper that Mr. King’s
representation is an infringement upon his own, and that
I have no course left open to me but at once to bear the
disappointment, and allow its immediate withdrawal. It is my
intention, however, to seek redress in the proper quarter.
I therefore trust that my numerous friends will see the
predicament in which I have been placed, and readily acquit
me of all blame; assuring them that I am at all times,
regardless of expense, anxious to secure the most sterling
talent that can be procured, and to avoid anything in the
shape of disappointment.
JAMES HARWOOD.
I now introduced a Miniature Ghost of a danseuse, which, being only
about fifteen inches high, danced on the stage to the great amusement
of my very numerous kind patrons.
I took out a provisional patent for this addition to the Ghost
Mysteries, and shall reproduce it this Christmas at the Polytechnic.
A Manchester man, under the _nom de plume_ of Kit Skewift, thus
ridicules the efforts made by King to produce the Ghost at Manchester:—