The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-07 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.

'iNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRI:-;
THIS EVENING. DEC. 7.
Will be repeated Shakspere's
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

Theseus, Mr. Cooper ; Quince, Mr. Bartley; Bottom, Mr.
Harley ; Flute, Mr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows ; Snug,
Mr. F. Matthews ; llermia, Mrs. Niibett ; Oberon, Madame
Vestris ; Titania, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First
Fairy, Miss Rainforth.
The Interval between the Play and the Afterpiece will be oc-
cupied by
A COMIC SCENE between Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS

and Mr. KEELEY, entitled
TWO IN THE MORNING.
To conclude with Cobb's Farce of
THE FIRST FLOOR.
Whimsey, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Whimsey, Mr. Charles
Mathews ; Monford, Mr. J. Vining ; Tim Tartlett, Mr. Har-
ley ; Fnrnish, Mr. Meadows ; Mrs. Pattvpan, Mrs. C. Jones ;
Charlotte, Miss Cooper; Nancy, Mrs. Ilumby.
To-morrow, The Spanish Curate, with The Critic.
On Wednesday, the Midsummer Night's Dream, with a New
Farc• , entitled Brother Ben.
On Thursday, the Midsummer Night's-Dreatil, with The
First Floor.
On Friday, The Midsummer Night's Dream, with The Critic.
Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to
I,,,rimence at Seven o'Clock.
Tilkets and places for the BoxiLs to be taken of Mr. Grogan
the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tinkets
may ne had upon application.
Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr, And. a es, bookseller
167, New Bond-street.

Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 33. Gd.; First and Second
Circles, 53. ; Second Price, !Is. Gd. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price.
23. ; Gallery, Is.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURV-LANII.

.Jr. ELIASON begs leave most respectfully to announce that
the above Theatre is now OPEN EVERY EVENING
with the Grand Musical Entertainments, entitled
THE CONCERTS D'HIVER.

Last Week but One of Mons. Musard'sPresent Engagemen
Leader, Mons. NADAUD—Conductor, Mons. MUSAIII)

PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING, DEC. 7.
FART FIRST.
Over tore—Fernand Cortez— Spontini.
Valses—Aurora—Labitzky•
Overture—La Gazza Ladra—Rossini,
New Quadrille—La Fine dv Regiment—Musard.
Solo Fluto—llerr Frisch.
Romanee from Guido et Gmevra—Solo Cornet a Pistons•

Herr Koenig.
Locke' celebrated Music in Macbeth.

PART SECOND.
Grand Scene Satanique, selected from Robert le Diable, ar.

ranged by Musard.
Now (.Quadrille--Rendezvous de Chasso—Musard.
Concerto Ophicletde—Mons. Prospere.
lses—Les Dentelles de Bruxelles—Strauss.
Serenades Espagnoles.
NOW Quadrille—Postillon Mam'ablou—Musard.
lop—La Belle Anglaise—Eliasou—Solo Cornet a Pistons
b) Herr Koenig.
Prices of Admission :—To the Promenade, Is. ; Dress
Circle, :Is. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, ls. 6d
Visitors to the Boxes have the privilege of passing to and
from OP Pi'omenade.

'l'44 Mr. Eliason, in compliance with numerous applications,
begs leave to announce that the Lower Gallery will for the fu-
ture be opened at tits admission of is. to each person.
Mora upon at half-past Seven o'Clocic, to commence at
light precisely.
Private Boxes can only be procured of Mr. Mitchell, Rol al
Library, No. 33, Old Bond street, and at the Box-office of the
Theatre. Prices' 10s. 6d., 1/. Is., and 1/. I Is. 63. t3oxes
and Places in the Dress and Upper Circles may be secured on
'pplication to Mr. Parsons, at the Box-office, daily, from Ten
till Four &Clock, and those in the Dress Circle will be kept
during the whole of the evening, if required.

PRINCESS' THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
this splendid Theatre is OPEN EVERY EVENING with
PROMENADE CONCERTS,
Under the Direction of Mr. WILLY.
In addition to the Solo Performers who have already ap-
peared at these Concerts, Mr. Willy has great pleasure in an-
nouncing that he has n.ade arrangements with M. Delabarre,
(Oboe), of the Academie Royale, Paris; M. de Folly, (Pic-
colo); and M. Baumann, ( Bassoon).
THIS EVENING, DEC. 7.—PROGRAMME.

PART I.

Overture—Romberg.
QTuadrille—Falstaif—Negri.
altz— Soph ien—Labitzky.
Solo on the Flute by Mr. Carte.
Overture to King Lear—Berlioz—First time in this cnuntrf.
Selection from the Mountain Sylph, introducing the Brida
Chorus, Farewell to the Mountain, and the Fortune-telling
Scene.

RT
Selection from Meyerbeer' TA s
Ope 11.
ra, Robert le Diable, arranged
with Solos for Bassoon, Harp, Corno-Inglese, and Clarinet,
by Messrs. Baumann, Ireland, Delabarre, and Herr Nen.
Quadrille from Oberon—Tutton.
Solo on the Violin by Mr. Joseph Banister.
Waltz—La Bassinol—Solo. on the Piocole by M. De Folly.
Les Bouquet des Dames, or Musical Wreath—Strauss.
Promenade, Is.—Dtes's Circle, 2s.—Upper Boxes, Is. 6d.
Private Boxes, 11, la. and 10s. 6d. each, may be had at the
Box-office, and of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Mr. Butler and Jim along Josey for another Week—Change of
Pieces every night.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 7,
Will be acted,
HENRY THE FOURTH.

Hotspur byi%lr. Butler.
To be followed by JIM ALONG JOSEY, and Piccaninny
Colman'4 Visit to the Maiquerade.
To which will be added,
THE WET NURSE.
To conclude with
THE NIUTINY AT THE NORE.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Under her Majesty's Immediate Patronage.
This highly popular and interesting resort is OPEN DAILY
from Ten till Dusk.
~?Tushetaill:ifeenleaggaenriteb,
which
with the. nearest possibleg
Ind beauty of the specimens it contains, occupies several spa-
sassicomfortablymilation to
is unequalled in the number, variety,
the animals. The most important additions recently received
are the rare and beautiful blank Leopard, le Mignon Elephant,
a pair of the scarce Curassows, cawed Cusliew Birds, the Sacred.
lois, the Bush Cow (the only specimen in Europe), a pair of
heated,
te (l
naturaland Labile eel
Cassowaries, the Monster Boa (the largest ever seen in confine-
ment), Sze.
The splendid collection of Carnivora are fed at Four o'Clock,
vaativs,xlglicel: timeAdrnthisesiofner,oocinoeusshatiltiriinbgu.tes and amazing muscular
p )wers of these forest monarchs are displayed to the utmost ad

It will be seen, from the London Gazette, that
Captain Charles Napier, of the Powerful, has been raised
to the degree of K. C. B. It is unusual to confer so
high an honour on any naval officer below the rank of Ad•
mirai, and therefore this mark of his Sovereign's favour
must be regarded as a signal acknowledgment of his dis-
tinguished merits and services. But why talk of mere
rules and regulations of any order of merit in the case of
such a man as Charles Napier ? He breaks through all
rules himself, and it is in this instance most pleasurable to
find that their just appreciation has so speedily followed his
dashing achievements.

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