The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1865.

MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with' Mr.
JOHN PARRY, will appear in their new entertain-
ment, entitled A PECULIAR FAMILY, by William
Brough. New scenery by T. and W.Grieve. To conclude
with MRS. ROSELEAF AT THE SEASIDE, by 'Mr. John
Parry. Every Evenine, except Saturday, at 8. Wednesday
and Saturday afternoons, at 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF
ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street.
Unreserved seats, lit, 28. ; stalls, 3s. ; stall chairs, ss. May
be secured in advance, without fee, at the Gallery.

• OPERA DI. CAMERA, every Tuesday and Thursday
at 3, and Saturday at 8.

OXFORD,
6, OXFORD STREET; W.

The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
ADELIA , by Donezetti, in which Miss RUSSELL will
make her appearance, and the BROTHER AND SISTER.
by Sir Henry Bishop, will be performed during this week.
Principal artistes : Signor Spagnoli, AL Marini, Mr. Green,
Misses Russell, Barrie, and Millie. D'Auria, with lull Band
and Chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans.

. . . - .
MIRIAM (VEnfante Pianiste, aged 8 years) will play
"Blue Bells," par Oesten, and "La Priea d'une Viijrge, '
par Leduc, This Evening.

Comedy, by Mr. George Hodson (the celebrated Comedian
and Mimic), Little Bob, Miss Kate Balfe, Les Freres Talliott,
the urotesque, D'Aubans, Madame Ramsden, and Les Freres
Stonette.

Conductor, )fr. F. Jonghmans.
This Evening at Half-past Seven. Admission—area, 43d.;
stalls and balcony, is.; private boxes, 105. 6d.

CANTERBURY, HALL.
Sele3tions from MARTHA and THE BROTHER
AND SISTER, supported by Miss RUSSELL, Miss Barrie.
Miss Hays. &c. ; Messrs. ST. ALBYN, Green, &c., with Full
Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jongmans.

Comedy by Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, Little Bob,
Miss Kate Balfe, and the Grotesque D'Aubans.

HODGNI POlfloGE.—This wonderful Illusion will be re-
peated for a short time longer, to enable country visitors to
witness this most beautiful of the London avbfbitione;

N.B.—Visitors to London during the Whitsun Week
should not fail to see the above.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S-
Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street,
London.

Pull-length Models of the late President LINCOLN,
basely assassinated ; also President DAVIS. of the Confe-
derate States; the late lamented RICHARD COBDEN,
Esq., and JOHN BRIGHT,Esq , may be seen at the Gallery.

NEW ADDITION.—A full length Portrait Model of
JOHN WILKES BOOTH, the reputed assassin of the late
President Lincoln, taken from a likeness presented by him-
self to Mrs. Stratton, wife of General Tom Thumb.
Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence.

AR GY L L ROOM S, Windmill - street,
Piccadilly.

PROMENADE, CONCERT, and DANCE every Evening.
This admired Band, under the direction of Signor LUIGI
CURTI, will perform at 9 o'clock a Grand Overture, at 11
o'clock a Selection from a favourite Opera, and a series of
novel Dance Music till 12 o'clock.

Open at half-past 8. Admission, Is.
Manager—M. GRENET.

BONUS YEAR, 1865.

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.

The SIXTH SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of PROFITS
takes place on 31st December next
The Fund then to be divided will consist of the Profits
which have Accumulated since 1858.

All partlcip iting Policies opened before that date will share
in the Division.
During the six years prior to the last Divi-
sion the Annual Average of Sums assured
amounted to
Dur ng the last six years-1859 to 1864 incht-
sive—the Annual Average has amounted to 701,655 0 0
Being an increase of 133 per cent.
During the years 1863 and 1861 the Company has issued
2,311 NEW POLICIES, assuring very nearly

TWO MILLIONS STERLING.
In 1864 alone 1,240 Policies were issued. as-
suring £1,034,578 0 0
NINETY PER CENT. of the whole Profits divided among
the assured.

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EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.

GUILDHALL, .Ist June, 1865.• The
COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS
will meet at GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th
June next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive PRO-
POSALS for LETTING the following HOUSES, viz. :
No. 78, Basinghall-street ; Nos. 2,3, 4,5, 6,7, Hanover-place,
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street; No. 21, Hill-street, Nos. 102 and 103, Paul-street;
and Nos. 1 to 20, Paul-square, Finsbury.
Plans of the Property may be seen, and Forms of fender
obtained, upon application at the Architect's Office, Guild-
hall.

FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller.

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REDUCTION OF 6D. PER LB. IN THE TEA DUTY.
The PRICES of ALL OUR TEAS are this day REDUCED
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LESS than the price previously paid.
We hope to give IMPROVED QUALITY at the RE-
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June 1, 1865.

QEVERE HEADACHE, LANGUOR, LOSS
of APPETITE, and general DEBILITY often prevail
at this period of the year. Two or three of PARR'S LIFE
PILLS will produce immediate relief, and restore the system
to a happy and natural state.—May be had of any Chemist.

MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52,
Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip-
tion of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires,
or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth
as not to be distinguished fro n the originals by the closest
observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will
be found superior to any teeth• ever before used. This
method does not require the extraction of roots, or any pain-
ful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are
loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica-
tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful
in mastication.

52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5.

WHITSUNTIDE AMUSEMENTS.

It is very questionable whether that somewhat
mysterious individual << The Oldest Inhabitant,"
could conjure up in his recollection any Whit Mon-
day on which so many individuals of all ages and
sexes, and of all grades and classes, were to be seen
abroad as crowded the metropolitan thoroughfares
yesterday morning. Nal., perhaps, could he say that
he had ever seen a happier multitude ; for what with
the loveliness of the weather, the thought of the en-
joyment of a country ramble free from the smoke
and dust and diturevalent in the localities in which
a large majority of that multitude are located, joy
beamed on every face as they sped along the streets,
and the cares of life seemed to have been put aside
for the day.
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appropriate, and enables some duets, quartetts, and
choruses to be effectively introduced. Whether it
shows any of the genius of burlesque which would
be required to perform for music what has been so
long done for our great poets we cannot say; and
we imagine that much as music has progressed in
this country we have not arrived at that musical
state when the people would appreciate a humorous
burlesque of the finest music. We do not see how
a parody of " God save the Queen" is to set the
people laughing, or the most pathetic part of Lucia
or Margeurite to be so mimicked that the people
shall have comic instead of tragic emotions when
they hear the grand scenes parodied. Mr. Mukirave
nay have given some sly jokes of this sort at
Meyerbeer and Gounod, but our critical acumen has
certainly failed to detect any such subtle satire.
What we have discovered is in common with the
rest of the audience, including a crammed gallery
of holiday boys ; that the music is lively, the dresses
splendid, the scenery picturesque, the dancing
abundant, and the efforts of all concerned un-
ceasing to make fun, and to keep it up when it was
concocted. The plot is nothing in such matters, but
it may give some idea of the piece to say that it un-
folds an episode in the love of Henry the Eighth for
Anne Boleyn which even Mr. Froude's researches
have failed to reveal. Henry is here represented on
the eve of his marriage with Anne Boleyn, as falling
in love with a country lass named Mabel Linwood,
with whom a very desperate boor is also in love, and.
who uses Herne, the Demon Hunter of Windsor
Forest, to aid his suit. This is not a very rich
material for verbal burlesque, but it does very well
for operatic.

There is little room for acting, the singers carry-
ing off the applause. Miss Raynham has literally
nothing to do as Henry the Eighth, but was exceed-
ingly well made up for the Royal swell. Mr. D.
James played the chief jester Will Somers, as a
clown, doing the usual business with a good deal of
skill and mostpersevering good humour, for thd part
is not a very brilliant one. Mr. James Stoyle played
the low-born lover sold to the Demon Hunter, with
a sternness, not to say a fierceness of manner, that
seemed to subdue criticism, and inspire terror rather
than any sense of humour. As a buffo singer, how-
ever, he certainly showed capacity and was justly
encored, with Miss Ada Swanborough, in a mock
heroic duet.

Miss Ada Swanborough is indeed the chief per-
sonage in the burlesque, and her spirited singing,
her very fine suggestive face, indicating 'a power
that neither her training nor her acting has ever
yet fully revealed, and her clever performance as
the country girl, all make her the foremost person-
age in this new class of burlesque.
Mr. Thorne contrived to get a little fun out of
Anne Boleyn, and he was capitally made up, though
we are never reconciled to a burly man represent-
ing a comely young woman. The best notion
attached to the part is her singing some French
nonsense verses, which are execrably bad.
Miss Maria Simpson as Sir Thomas Wyatt,
Mr. H. J. Turner,' as a silly old man, Miss
Holt as the silliest of lords, Miss Fanny Hughes
as a smart young nobleman, Miss Louisa
Weston as a very pretty Lady Geraldine, and Mr.
Fenton as a clever Herne, the Demon Hunter, all
lent their aid to bring about a perfect success for this
new effort in the burlesque line. If managerial effort
can make it popular it will be eminently so ; but it
will be as a musical, dancing, and scenic spectacle
rather than a literary production that " Windsor
Castle" will hold its place in the play-bills of the
Strand Theatre.
We must not omit to mention that two of the
Gunniss family are introduced into an elaborate
ballet, and were much admired and applauded; and
that the piece is admirably put on the stage hand-
somely costumed, and in every way rendered as at-
tractive as possible.