The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-27 00:00:00

To commence at 7.

NEW TIIEATRE-ROYAL;
Tole rroprl.tor and Alanagvr, at:. Ls. Webster.

THIS EVE \ING (by d sire), MASKS AND FACES ;
or, Before and Behind the Curtaia. Mr. Benjamin Webster,
Messrs. Paul Bedford, Billington, Ashley, Stuart, C. Smith,
Mrs. Stirling, Miss H. 5h11111.3. and Mrs. Billington.

After waich, 15th time, a new Extravaganza, entitled
PAN; or, The Loves of Echo and Narcissus. Messrs. J. L.
Toole, Paul Bedford, a J. Smith, R. homer, Miss Woolgar,
Miss K. Kelly, Miss Lillian Bruce, and Miss A. Seam .n.

To conclude with THE STEEPLECHASE; or, In the
Pigskin. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford ; Miss K. Kelly.

Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING.
Messrs. C. Horaman, Collett, M'lntyre, iftet. ; Mesdames C.
horn= and G. Leigh.
After which, at halt-past Eight, THE MOUNTEBANK.
Belphegor (the Atnntebank). Mr. Fechter ; Paul (his son),
Master Fechter ; supported by Messrs. Widdicomb, Ryder,
S. Emery, Fitzpatrick, E. Garden, C. Horeman, Raymond,
Moreland ; Miss C. Leclercq, Mdlle. Beatrice, and Mrs. C.
311 ors man.

To conclude with THE LOST CHILD. 31r. Widdicomb.
Doors open at Hall-past Six.
The Box-office open daily from Elev,n till Five.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE,
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher,
entitled HEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS.
Atter which, ARRAY' NA POGUE : Messrs: Dion Bouci-
cault, J. Brougham, H. Vandenhoff, 1). Fisher, D. Murray ;
Mrs. Boucicautt and Miss M. Oliver.
To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanboroup:h.
It r, DEAF AS A YOST. Mr. Thorne.
Mesdames Johnston, Weston, and Hughes.

Alter which, at 8, ONE TREE HILL. Hems. Craven,
Stoyle, Jame., Belford ; Miss A. Swanborongh and Mies M.
Fahner.

To conclude with PATIENT PENELOPE. Miss Simp
son.

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THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS.

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ire such as must satisfy the most economical. This depart-
ment is in a distinct part of the premises, which will be found
a gre4 convenience for ladies and children,

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well-assorted

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LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1865.

Last week we gladly and eagerly transferred to
our columns from those of our leading contem-
porary the remarkable programme of a very noble
and beautiful enterprise. To-day we seize the ear-
liest opportunity we have found for referring to it.
And we do so with peculiar satisfaction, in this Age—
as we may, surely, with only too much reason, term
it---of daring and, to our thinking at least, detes:
table Iconoclasm. An age in which, so to speak,
not simply the effigies or presentments of great
truths, hitherto held in believing reverence, but
those very truths themselves are being so very con-
stantly and pertinaciously assailed with a view to
their abasement, to
seem, if
possible, to their total and absolute detruc-
tion. It is something, surely, in these days of M.
RENAN and other kindred writers,
to note precisely
such an enterprise as that to which we are here
desirous of directing att •
ention. A scientific en-
terprise, undertaken in no invidious spirit, with
no insidious arriere pensee, but wit • h -
a view to the
furthering systematically of researches, hitherto
adventured upon quite casually and intermit-
tentally, by private individuals—mere chance
travellers—now in one part, now in another, of
the Holy Land ! The marvel is that a Society,
precisely of the character
thus projected should
never before have been thought of—a Society, that
is to say, organised expressly and avowedly with a
view to the Exploration of Palestine, with a view
to the more accurate illustration and we might
almost say elucidation of Holy Writ, archaeologi-
cally, topographically, geologically, botanically,
zoologically, meteorologically, and otherwise. An
association, we would here add—so far as we can

THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE,
&tanagers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, Shakespere's Play of HENRY
MH
TE
EIGHTH, terminating with the fall of Wolsey. essrs.
Phelps, Walter Lacy ; Miss Atlynson.
After which, on a scale of great splendour, Blilton's
Mask
of COMUS : Messrs. Walter Lacysta, Wilbye Cooper,
Thomson, and Mrs. Henti
Drayton, Miss Yoole, Miss Augu IL
Vezin.

THEATRE-ROYAL, YA L, }IA:MARKET.
Lessee. Mc. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING the performance will commence with
THREE WEEK'S AFTER MARRIAGE. Mr. Chippen-
dale, Mr.W. Farren, Mr. Gordon, tlw.; Mesdames Fitzwilliam,
Snowdon, dm
Atter which, THE WOMAN IN MAUVE. Messrs.
Sothern, Compton, Howe, Farrec, Braid, Sac ; Mesdames
Stuart, Lovell, Buckstone, Icc.
Followed by LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND
DONE FOR Dundreary, Mr. Sothern.
And FAMILY JARS. Mr. Compton, &D.