The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-18 00:00:00

ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.

The annual benefit of Mr. Win. Cooke, the enter-
prising lessee of this world-renowned theatre, will take
place o-' Teesd iy, the 221 inst. Mr. Cooke may
well revert with pleasure to the congenial results of
, .

his untiring efforis during the past, for he basre;-
dered the Royal Amphitheatre a scene of increased
and increasing triumphs. Since his connection
with the theatre he has conducted it in a
manner that reflects the highest credit upon him as a
manager ; and the public, we rejoice to know, have not
been stow to acknowledge the deep debt of gratitude
they owe him. That the tide of prosperity may long
continue to flow we most ardently desire, for no mana-
ger better deserves the patronage and support of the
play-goingipublic than does Mr. Cooke. The entertain-
ments he has selected for the occasion of his benefit are
of the most attractive character. They embrace a new
grand spectacle ; a classical melange of equestrian per-
formances in the circle, including the appearance of his
wonderful mare, Raven, and the celebrated equestrian
act of Miss Kate Cook on her milkwhite charger, Snow-
drop, and a variety of other amusements. We feel
assured that had Mr. Cooke merely announced his bene-
fit, and made no alteration in his issued " bill of the
play," the Royal Amphitheatre would present a scene
that would delight the heart of any manager ; but add-
ing to the announcement the promised attractive enter.
tainment, an early application for seats, we should
fancy, will become absolutely indispensable.

Her Majesty has invited Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons,
the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean fleet, &c.,
to be her guest on board the royal yacht at the review.
It has been notified by the general commanding the
troops in camp at Colchester, that his Royal Highness
Prince Albert will inspect the whole of the regiments on
Monday next.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady
dy Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Sir
Tuesday evening. Her royal highness
wente
yesterday, attended by Lady Fanny
hr presence
George
to Cowper,
rrog
omn honoured the Haymarket Theatre with
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Howard and Sir George Couper, and returned to her re-
sidence, Clarence House, St. James's, in the afternoon.
MONUMENT TO JOHN WESLEY.—At a public meeting
held at Epwortb, the principal town in the Isle of
Axholme, North Lincolnshire, and the birth-place of
John Wesley, the founder of the sect of Wesleyan
Methodists, it was unanimously resolved----" That a
statue, in accordance with a design submitted to the
meeting by Mr. Henry Tilbury, artist, Doncaster, be
erected in some convenient place in the town of Epworth,
the birth place of the late John Wesley ; the requisite
fund to be raised by a national penny subscription. A
committee was formed, with Mr. G. Dunn; M.D., cf
Doncaster, at the bead, for the purpose of carrying out
the object of the meeting ; and, in furtherance of the
foregoing resolution, a lithograph ,of the intended mo-
nument was ordered to be prepared, and arrangements
were made to facilitate the collection of subscriptions by
dilly authorised agents. The design of the proposed
monument represents John Wesley attired in a gown,
with a Bible in his band, preaching, from a tombstone,
he having once delivered a sermon from a stone over his
father's grave in Epworth churchyard.