The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-24 00:00:00

THE WEST END AND THE CITY.

Sdott's Tavern, Haymarket, and Samuel Brothers, Ludgate-
hill—Measures and men—Hits and Skits at Everything and
Everything—lnns and Outs— Shoe-black Brigade—A Polished
Gentleman—Comic Duet between the Clown and a Blacking.
Bottle Howlett's Hair Dye—A Dyer's Material—A Dire Art
for Falsehood framed— Coloured Imitations—The Sydenham
Trousers—Height of Fashion—Genuine Malt and Hops—All.
sopp's Pale Ale—The East and the West—Scott's Lot, and a
Race for Public Favour.
NUMBER ONE, LONDON.

A visit to Dakin's Tea Establishment, St. Paul's—" In to
apes est"—Bohemians and Teetotallers—Great Drawing Mate-
rials—The Magic Chest and the Enchanted Teapot—Clown
gets Tea in it, and Pantaloon gots into Hot Water in conse-
quenoe—Omnibus Companies on the Old System and the New
System, and the System that don't assist 'em—Strong Opposi-
tion, and final discovery of the " Right Mon in their Right
Places"—Whack, bang, flip-flap, hey, presto, and Change to
" LAST SCENE OF ALL that ends this strange eventful
History."
Doors open at Half-past Six, and commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.—
Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of
the North, respectfully announces that this THEATRE will
open on WEDNESDAY NEXT, Dec. 26, under his manage-
ment. Ho has fortunately succeeded in arranging with the
Directors of the Royal Italian Opera for a short season, dur-
ing which he will produce many novelties at this the most
magnificent Theatre in the Metropolis, On WEDNESDAY,
Dec. 26, he will have the honour of presenting his Entertain-
monr of MAGIC and MYSTERY, on a new aad more ex-
tended scale, as performed by him 129 times at the Lyceum
Theatre, before an aggregate audience of 339,000 ; to be fol-
lowed by the Groat National, Historic, and Chivalric PAN-
TOMIME, which has been so many months in- preparation of
the BELLE ALLIANCE; or Harlequin rood Humour, and
the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Professor Anderson hopes
that the Nobility and the Public will appreciate his efforts to
open Covent Garden Theatre during the Christmas season.
Associated as the history of the house is with so many glo-
rious recollections of Chrietmasee that have long since passed
away, when " The Pantomime at Covent-garden" was the
town talk at Christmas-tide, and when to go and see it was
as much a matter of course as to place the holly over the
mantel, or hang the mistletoe in the hall. Mr. Anderson
trusts that a Pantomime reproduced on the same boards—the
boards whereon the fame of " Mother Goose" was acquired,
and the popularity of the " Groat Bed of Ware" was won, and
produced on these beards with more attention to details and
to scenic effect than has over been given to any Pantomime,
will certainly enlist the patronage, and those whose pleasant
memories of Covent-garden rendered to them the recognised
field of Pantomimic triumph, as It will attract the visits of
those who have heard only with curiosity of that which
the stage of Covent-garden can produce. As the Royal
Italian Opera, the house for years has been the most distin-
guished, as it is the noblest Theatre which London pos-
sesses. Since it has been rebuilt and remodelled it has been
comparatively shut up to the public generally. The
Theatre of Royalty, the house of fashion, the heavy expenses
of its directors, have rendered it impossible to open its doors
at the usual theatrical prices. Professor Anderson now sub-
mits his intention (in fall confidence that it will be understood
and duly valued by the public), to make the admission to the
Theatre Royal Covent-garden the same as that charged to
theatres of less pretensions and with loss capabilities to ac-
commodate an audience. The whole of the magnificent bal-
cony recently erected after the Continental model, and a pa-
rallel to which is not to be found in any theatre in Great Bri-
tain, will be retained, and present its unrivalled coup-d'oeil of
beauty every evening; the admission to it will be 4s. The Pri-
vate Boxes on the third tier will be removed to form a range
of Upper Boxes unequalled by any other theatre in London ;
the price of admission to which will be 2s, 6d. There will be
no pit stalls ; but the entire of the extensive and majestic
Pit, capable of holding more than 1,509 persons, will be given
to the public nt an entrance fee of 2s. Tho fourth tier of
boxes will be completely removed, and added to the Amphi-
theatre, so as to constitute one immense, commodious, and
most eligible gallery, the admission to which will be One
Shilling only, while it will command a view of every part of
the stage, and of the stupendous and elegant house. In.fact
no attention will be spared by Mr. Anderson to render Co-
vent-Garden Theatre, par excellence, the house for Christmas
Entertainment ; nor will ho forgot, while consulting the con-
venience of the public, to supply them with the best talent
that money can command for their amusement.
The inducements which have led him to undertake so large
a venture have been numerous, and were he quite sure that
the public would feel interested in learning them and his ar-
rangements for their entertainment, he would cease to speak
of himself in the third person, and address them most re-
spectfully somewhat in this style :—Ladies and Gentlemen—
Considering my-self deeply indebted to my generous patrons,
the British public, who, after several years of uninterrupted
favours, have recently thought fit to visit me nightly at the
Lycetut Theatre, leaving me such substantial proofs of their
friendship and munificence as I scarcely know what to do
with, it seemed obviously ray duty, in the commonest grati-
tude, to attempt something for the benefit and amusement of
that public, on a scale previously uaattempted either by my-
self or others. Tha question was—how to do it / Wizards,
after all, are but mortal men with restricted powers. The
public liked to see me ; they could lee no more of me than