The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-03 00:00:00

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
GENERAL REDUCTION OF PRICES.
Boxes 45., Half-price 2s. ; Pit 25., Half-price ls. ; Gallery Is.,
Half-price 6d.
The Lessee of this Theatre,.in deferring to the opinion of many
of its Patrons, that a general reduction of prices would be highly
acceptable to the Public at large, begs most respectfully to state that
he has determined to make the experiment.
In announcing this circumstance he claims to himself the privi-
lege of directing public attention to the fact of such alteration oc-
curring at a period when all his engagements are made on a totally
different principle, and that the possibility of remuneration can
only be found in a corresponding patronage. In the hope that he
may meet with it, the Lessee begs leave to state, most emphati-
cally, that zyi curtailment whatever will occur in the representation
of the Entertainments of this Theatre. The same performers will
appear, the same engagements be entered upon, the Novelties
already announced will be produced on the same magnificent scale
which has ever characterised this Theatre, and altogether no reduc-
tion whatever will be made in the Establishment except in the prices
of admission. With this assurance the Lessee again begs to state
that he has taken the decisive step of reduciig the prices to the fol-
lowing scale :
Boxes 4s:. Pit 25., Gallery Is. Half-price—Boxes 25., Pit 1.5..,
Gallery 6d.
Observing, however, that every proper precaution will be *Olken
to prevent the possibility of any infringement on that comfort
decorum which has hitherto invariably attended the respecteale sup-
porters of this elegant National Establishment.
In hazarcFng this experiment the Lessee indulges a fula hope that
its success may render the contemplation of any return to the late
prices wholly unnecessary.

EDIT i'.l) BY THEODO:t.:E HOOK, Esq.,
And Illustrated with a Portrait of the LADY CHARLOTTE
BUP Y.
THE FIRST NU'ABER FOR 1837 OF

COLBURN'S NEW
MAUAZINE,

MONTHLY

EDITED BY THEODORE HOOK, Esq.
Who commenves the Number for January with
THE GURNEY PAPERS.
The New PubYication announced under the title of
'TH": HUMOURIST

Is, at the suggestion,nf Mr. Hook, incorporated with THE NEW
MONTHLY' and forms a prominent feature of Wit and Comi-
cality in that Ma7,azine, which is accordingly increased in quantity,
and contains var'.ous other improvements.
N.B. With 'the exception of an article promised to another
Journal, Mr.. -Hook will, in future, confine his periodical writing
to the New Monthly.

ER.NCIPAL CONTENTS OF THE JANUARY NUMBER.

Thu Gur.icy Papers, No. I. By
Theodore ':-look, Esq.
The Yfanagm's Room at Little
PeAllinguyo. By J. Poole, Esq.
Achatcs Di'gbv. ByAlfred Crow-
quill.
The Grrind Kentucky Balloon.
By line of the Authors of
" Vac Rejected Addresses."
The Disasters of Carfington
IP andel}, Esq. By Leigh
Pala, Esq.
So•.c4s of the Blacks. By J.B.

Retrospection: all 1 Anticipations
for 1837.
The. late Georg.: Colman, h's
Wit and Genius.
The Mother's Heart. By the
Hon. Mrs. Norton.
A Tale. of th' Voyage of Hen-
drick Hr. t scn. By N. P.
Willis, Esq.
Subjects for l'ic;ur:s. By
L. E. L.
Recreations rul Natural History,
No. I.

liiiekstone, Esq. 1. The New Memoir of the Lady Charlotte
Jim Crow. 2. A Nigger's Bury P..rtrait)ri
I Bensons. Notes on Literatup., the Arts,
Moralities for Families. By 1. &e.
Douglas Jerrold, Esq. State of A 7- Tenh-1.-e and Corn-
Club•Law—Christmas. &c. Iry
tneree.
Henri Colburn., Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
And to be had of all Booksellers in the. Kingdom.

11,,,01111.1(1H, DEC. 12.
CVN approach of the COMMENCEMENT of
1,5 JANUARY. all those who may have to Write to us before that
t;nle, are requested to do so without. delay, and to be particular in
dirtcting,
HEINE BROTHERS, in ITANIBITRGII,

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and to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postar..-e
only, but several inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus
101.;201., or 20/., for instance, if remitted in Otte Bank of Eng-
land. Note would only cause double Postage; .hut 101. remitted in
two uutes, would be liable to a much hig'as?r charge.. It is, there-
fore most advisable, for any Person hav;Dg.toreinit, Money to Ham-
burgh,. to forward the amount in One. Note; or having to receive
;honey trom Flanaburgh, to receive the same in One Note, whoa-
ever pos3ible. Of course remittances from Lramburgh to England.
surpassicx• the usual amount of One Bank of England Note, may
rather be made in Bins of Exchange, on London. We request not
to ov.rlook these particular,
lIFJ BROTHERS in HAMBURGH.
P,.S. To persons having to remit 81., on receiving a Ten Pound
Note, we return Two Pound in the cheapest,wav possible.

On inquiry at th'e Gazette Office this afternoon, we leant
that they b.ad received no notice of the Brevet Promo-
tions up tr., three o'clock, It will, therefore, not appear
to-night.

The publication of THS SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this (la;
at 10 minutes past Three o: Clock.

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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1837.

THE SIEGE OF BILBOA RAISED—
DEFEAT OF THE CARLISTS.
The Carlists have been driven from before Bilboa,
after keeping the city in a state of close siege for nine
weeks. Thanks to the intrepidity of Captain LAPID GE,
commander of the naval forces in the river, Colonel
WYLDE, Captain RICHARDS, Lieutenants PARKE,
LE HARDY, EL L ICOMBE, and the officers, and men of
his Britannic Majesty's Ringdove and Saracen, General
ESPARTERO, after an obstinate engagement which lasted
nearly the whole night of the 24th, drove the Carlists from
fort to fort, and finally entered Bilboa in triumph on
Christmas Day. The Spanish General behaved with as
much heroic greatness of mind as personal courage on
this occasion. His first act, on entering the
city, was to proclaim that he was mainly in-
debted
to the co-operation of the gallant British
marines, for the power of relieving it. Assisted by his
brave troops, he would have attempted to compel the
Carlists to raise the siege—he would have perished
under the walls—but success without British co-
operation would have been impossible. This magna-
nimity, on the part of ESPARTERO, will do much to
remove the unfavourable impressions to which too
many of his past acts gave extensive currency. As
we copy below an account of the whole affair by an
intelligent eye-witness, together with an official des-
patch of Captain LAPIDGE, addressed to the Lords
of the Admiralty, we shall merely glance at the impor-
tance of this victory, as regards the prospects of the
rival competitors for the Spanish Crown.
The whole power of the Carlists, moral and physi-
cal, was directed in the most concentrated form against
Bilboa. The siege was superintended by all the military
genius in Spain opposed to the QUEEN. The Car-
list Council of 'War, held before the city on the 21st
ult., was attended by :the Infante Don SEBASTIAN,
EGUIA, VILLA REAL, GOAIEZ, and every military
marauder of any note in the service of Don CARLOS,
with the exception of the redoubted CABRERA.