The Sun.
London, England, 1834-03-24 00:00:00

FITZR 0 Y.

On Saturday night this theatre closed for the season.
The following were the entertainments of the evening :
The Revolt of the Workhouse, The Lion, The Son of
the Sun (a mythological burletta), and The Wandering
Minstrel. Mr. MITCHELL delivered the following fare-
well address:—

" LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,-In closing the theatre for the
brief recess, the proprietors have deputed me to express to you
the sincere gratitude they feel for the patronage you have be-
stowed on their exertions since they have had the pleasure of
catering for your amusement.
`` They are happy in being able to refer with pride to what
they have already done, and attributing as they do, the unpre-
cedented prosperity of this establishment to your kind apprecia-
tion of their exertions, they are encouraged to continue with
increased spirit those efforts which have been so liberally re-
warded by very general and, in some cases, very illustrious
patronage.

" It is a pleasant reflection to the present lessees that in the
short space of two months this house has risen from a most
contemptible grade to a rank equal to that of any minor esta-
blishment in London; and, indeed, the distinguished company
thlt now nightly assemble within its walls forms a striking and,
to the proprietors, a most flattering contrast to the audiences
that congregated in this house under the preceding manage-
ments. They attribute this high degree of favour entirely to
the sterling talent of the company engaged, and to the rapid
production of original pieces, which, without one exception,
have been most warmly received, while many of them have en-
joyed a run far beyond what is usually attained by the
productions of other establishments. Of those pieces every
one has been entirely original, and, in fact, it is the intention
of the management strictly to adhere to the pledge given in the
address at the outset of the season—

' British pieces and actors alone to produce.'
It will be the aim of the proprietors to render this both an en-
tirely English and strictly a family theatre, by producing the
works of only native authors, and observing in every case that
decorum which the recent introduction of foreign taste has so
greatly tended to violate; they will also take care that, by
dropping the curtain invariably at an early hour, a visit to this
house shall never interfere with the arrangements of the most
domestic and most regular of private families ; while the care-
ful avoidance-of every thing that might offend either the eye or
ear will maintain for this stage at least the merit of never being
the medium of conveying anything contrary to the purest mo-
rality. The proprietors desire me to say that during the brief
recess their energies will be directed towards both the amuse-
ment and comfort of their visiters ; and in addition to the grand
and entirely novel fairy spectacle that will be brought forward
on Easter Monday, it is the intention of the lessees to receive
their friends in a house which, for beauty of decoration and
general comfort, will be, they trust, found worthy of the distin-
guished patronage they are honoured with. Ladies and gentle-
men, the managers, the actor's, and the authors, desire me to
express, generally, their gratitude to you ; and most cordially do
I add my own to their acknowledgments."