The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-23 00:00:00

IIEl; MAJESTY'S THEATRE,

Siznor LABLACIIE has the honour to iniorrn his Friends, Sub-
scribers to the Opera, and the Fublle, that his BENEFIT will
take place on

THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 28,

When will be perforuid(for the first time these two years), Cima-

rosa's Chef d'tEuvro, in Two Acts. entitled,
IL 3IATIMIONIO SEGRETO.

Carolina, l‘ladame Grsi ; Fklalma, Madame Swichioll (her first ap-
pearance in that character) Elisetta. Madame Castellon ; Paolino
Signor Mario; Count Robinson, Signor F. Lablache; Geronimo,
Signor Lablache.
Lli val ions Entertainments in the BALLET Department.
Comprising the talent of 3ldlics. Cerito, L. Taglioni, Moncelet, De-
mellsse, Cassan, and Lucile Grahn ; M.M. Perrot, Gosselin, Di
,tattia. and St. Leon.
Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box
office. Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com-
mence at half-past Seven o'clock.

lIIEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING
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Will be performed THE EOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim,
Mr. Be,rrani ; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ;
Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Arline, Miss Rainforth.
A.tter which, the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. Duke of
Silesia, M. Mathis; Bilarion, Mr. W. 11. Payne ; Prince of Cour-
and, Mr. Howell ; M. Adrien; Giselle, Mdlle. Sall; Mirtha,
Lou!so ; Princess Bathilde, Mdlle. St. Louin ; Bertha, Mrs.
Payne; Principal Willis, 3fesdames Adele and Giubilei.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Mr. nutsass, Box Book-keeper, :espeetfuily announces to the
Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that his BENEFIT is fixed for

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MONDAY NEXT, MAY 25,
When will be performed Benedict's Grand Opera of THE CRU-
SADERS. One Act of 'the popular Ballet of CASELLE ; in which
Madame Sall and Mons. Mathis will-appear. To conclude with
(last time this season) the two first Acts of DER FREISCHUTZ.

Private !loxes, Stalls, and Places may be secured on application
at the Box-office.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING

WEI be performed a New Comedy, called MR. PETER PIPER ;
or, Feund Out at Home. Mr. Peter Piper, Mr. Farren ; Sir C.
F..i-sex, Mr. Tilbury ; Major Garry Owen, Mr. Hudson ; Facias,
Mr. Bu kstone ; Mrs: P. Piper, Mrs. Glover ; Busk, 2lrs. llumby.
Land will perform the Overtures, "Cenerentola," and " Duc
d'Olonn,-2,” the " St. James's Polka," " Philomel Waizer," and the
" Chtisworth Quadrilles."
Af.er which, the Comedy of MY WIFE'S !MOTHER. Uncle
Foozie, Mr. W. FArren ; Mr. Budd, Mr. Roll ; Mrs. Qulekfldget,
Mrs. Clover ; Mrs. Budd, Miss Julia Bennett.
To be followed by the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST.
In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Glover, &c.,
will appear.

To :conclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE MIL-
TIN OS. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buck.3tone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury;
Cart. spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major I'hobbs, Miss P. Horton.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.

Another brilliant Triumph ! " Robin Hood and Richard Coeur de
Lion" every Evening.

THIS EVENING-
Will be performed a New and Original Farce, entitled, A FRIEND
INDEED! _ .

Altar which, the Comedy of HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin-
cipal characters by 31essrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan,
Dlddear, and Keeley; Miss Villars, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley.
To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec-
tacle, founded upon certain St,rtling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas-
sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD C(EUR
DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M.
Rdelcy, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley
Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews,
Mr. Kee:ey, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL
THIS EVENING

Will be performed a new Drama, entitled THE MEMOIRS OF
AN UM :IRELLA ; or, The Silent Observer. In which Messrs.
La nber, Howe, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, R. Ryan, P. Bedford.
Selby ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. F.
Mathews, &c., will perform.
After which a new and Original Farce, called, WHO DID I r ?
or, W HAT'S IN THE WIND ? Vandyke Brown, Mr. Wright ;
Laniona Peewit, Miss Woolgar.
To ac followed by the Burlesque, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or,
The I oads:one Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters
by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr.
Pau; lledicrd, Mr. Mull:, ard, Mr. Mitchenson, &c.

l'lt'.:A_Ez;S'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
THIS EVENING

WIN be pei funned Shakspere's Comedy of AS YOU LIKE IT,
Jacques, Air. Walla& ; Orlando, Mr. Murray ; Adam, Mr. Cooper ;
Tottch,done, Mr. Compton; William, Mr. Oxherry; Rosalind, Mrs.
Stirling ; Audrey, Miss Emma Stanley.
To be followed by an Original Comedietta, entitled THE COLO-
EL'S lIELLE ; or, the Non-Marriables. Count de Ruse, Mr. J.
Msjor Vitiate, Mr. Murray ; Capt. Fonfaron, Mr. RoxbY ;
(-11 e, Miss E. Stanley.
To coliciale with a New Ballet, entitle: LES CONSCRITS
DU V I I.LAGE. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, Flexmore,
Harris; Miss Ilallin, Miss Marshall, &;c., will appear.

AsTLEY'A ROYAL AMMITHEA;
rroprictor, Mr. W. Batty.
Untkr the tiFp,cial patronage of her most gracious Majesty, and
their Royal ii glinesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and
the rrimcess Alke. Glorious triumph of the present attractive
novelties. First Week of the celebrated equestrian, Mr. Selim
Ist idge., and the highly popular artiste, Mons. Leonard Houck.
THIS EVENING
Will ie performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB
AN i 1 11;S DESERT STEED ; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates.
Wit!; 1:1;u:101 ent effect-i, and introducing the double stud, &c.
:••(;!.N:7,, cat tho CIR!._;LE will he of tie mist varied and
dt•:;rrip' introducing the whole of the equestrian troupe.
En:i•rtt:timenlA will terminate with a laughable AFTER-

PIECE.
Pox rpen Irorn eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six
cc:i.n)zi:re at seven o'clock.

P. STI:.t.:.I)IIIEATRE.
'IIIF INENING

M. Pll if.LTI'PE will repeat his display of Scientific Skill and
Modern Ma :c.
M. ihi 1.1,p aLxions to procure fo: his friends and supporters in
general an en,crla)Ling and gratify-1w; diversion, has the honour to
annonnee that he has engaged, at great expense, Signor CORY',
from Mi :in, V. hit his most extraordinary Monkeys and Dogs, who
have oty,ah ed in Paris and other larga cities unbounded success, and
Which canwt t ii to create the most interesting amusement ever
witness .1.

While tack novelties are exhibited in the STRAND THEATRE,
M. Phillip w give his Magical Performances In the STANDARD
Trig •t• t 1,„ where they will commence on MONDAY, June 1.
1,4,0 rs open at a Quarter past Seven ; to commence at a Quarter
before El•ght weteck.

1 to
yt.1,..,
t.,uPatronagetlt__ ofr her Most Gracious Majesty.
Under -
F.VF.RY MONDAY, TUP.IsDAY wEDN'-E:..3DA.7..
EY ZOOLOGICAL C kl'I)EN'
TIII_TRSDAY AND
Vlr.'.V of NAPLES, ERUPTION eizlspvius, DEsTntic-
intheye
110 N of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, year 79. 79. This
Istati!fleent speetaae is revived in an unprecedented
tran.leur, the picture being more than twice he size of th:cfoale of,
a t t represent*, :IS accurately as can possibly be done, the Greater
Erupt:4li of Vetivius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her-
eili:tne;!:ll and Pompeii took place: produced under the direction
of 3i r. Dauseif. •
A ?lob::: ornamented GOTII IC BRIDGE of STATUES has been
constraet,cl, wirch will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night.
Tin, PROMENADE CON...:ERTS are again confided to Mr. God-
frey. ':he Band is most complete in all Its departments, and includes
• - eminent frill— and foreign musicians.
ufal,.. •• •-•
'I he PYROTECII NIG DISPLAYS, by Mr• Southby, are on the
mJs. complete and effective scale.
Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be
intro-
duced, represaitin the Descent of Phcehus in the Chariot of the Sun.
g
Atolls. Farinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in
height, to the suratee of the lake, where a Natatfs Car will rise to
receive him, and hear him to his chrystal home. .
An Illuminated Mantle Cave, and the Glass COnservatOrn sPien-
dk:iy .r. narnented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to
view thi matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light.
Feeling of the Carnivora at live ; the Pelicans, Bcc., at half-past
Svc ; C.,neert at six ; aa.l: Ile Eruption at dusk. Admission. 15.

SOCIETY FOR THE IMPRO4E.MENT OF THE LABOURING
CLAsssc.—Yesterday, the Rain& 411nual meeting of this society was
held at the Queen's Concert Room's; Hanover-square, Lord Ashley
presiding. A letter was read fromdkis,ltoyal Highness Prince Albert,
who hid sed 100/, as his contribution tcfwards the funds. The Chair-
matt explained that the society was established for preparing models,
&c., by which poor men would benefit, and from which those who
Invested their capital would reap no small advan' age. The report,
which was r, ad h, the Secretary, stated that the Bishop of London
had presented 103/., Mr. Samuel Gurney It Of., the Bishop of Nor-
wich 201., and that ninny other donations had been received. The
Socis ty had expended its funds in the erection of its dwellings,the in the
Bagnlgge Wells-toad. Sir Digby Mackworth, in movingre adop-
t of the re:oft, referred at some length to the allotment system,
winch he had tried on I.is own land. He had found it to work ex
ce,lingty welt, wadi the exception of some apprehension our the part
of the farmers, who thou ht that their labourers might become too
in'ep,mient. The Lord II:shop of Norwich. the Rev. Thomas Dale,
ntiary of St. 'NM's, and other gentlemen, addressed
the .veeting, tore testimony to the disorklers occasioned by bad
drol.age, ventilatian, add narrow donticiies. Feveral
gentlemen s uhstrairtit'y addressed the meeting, and resolutions ex-
prei 4s ire of comic
in the operations of the society were unani-
mi tiny atiO:PeC,l.
THE ('LOGIC AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE.—The
which is the time regulattir at tire
eloek th,.. General I.4,st"ilize,
several po.it-oille-.s throughout the country, has just been renovated
outside :111 Ceased within, it being now Jour yuar, since it was
simil trly elf ansed. This extraordinary piece of mechanism has not
varied one minute :dace it was put up eleven years since. The curious
in sue.nuatters will be interested to learn that the diameter of the
tare is six feet, and that the Roman numerals denoting the hours aye
twelve inch's in length. The bob of the pendulum weighs, as the
Inscription states upon it, 4 cwt. 1 qr., 7.45., and the bar of the pen-
dulum, is Pilbs. 12oz. in weight—total, 4 cwt., I qr., 191bs. 12 oz.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCRIPTURE READERS' A:SSOCIA-
VON. - Ye.sterday the annual general meeting of tire members and
frienis of this Institution, established two years since under the
auspices of the Bishop of Condon and the Bishop of Winchester, was
held at willies ROOMS. The Bishop of Winchester presided, and was
supported by the Marquis of Cholmondeley, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord
Bandon, M.P. ; Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. ; the Hon. W. Cowper,
Arland, Sir ir H. R. Dukinfleld, Bart.; Sir Thomas Dyke
R. TI. Inglis, &e.
I ..M.,rin4r.
zepgiandarlearoyD_:!icltcens (Roz) and family are about
zerlatul for twelve months.

MR. MAXWELL'S NEW WORK,
Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
CAPTAIN O'SULLIVAN';
Or,
ADVENTURES, CIVIL, MILITARY, AND MATRIMONIAL, OF

.
A GENTLEMAN ON HALF'-PAT.
By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq.,
Author of " Stories of Waterloo," &c.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street,

COMPLETION OF THE STANHOPE MEMOIRS.
Now ready, In 3 vols., post Bvo., with numerous Illustrations,
31s. 6d. boUndi ;
TRAVELS of LADY HESTER STANHOPE.
Forming,
THE COMPLETION OF HER MEMOIRS.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
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