The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-22 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of A
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
After which, a new zrand Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE RING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin Prince
Diamond and Princess Brighteyes.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Miss Amy
Bedgwick, Mr. Buckstone,
After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled
UNDINE; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer,
Re-engagement of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, will be produced a New Drama, by
J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled THE LAST HOPE.
To be followed by a Grand Ballet and Scene from THE
SIEGE OF TROY. Miss Rosina Wright, Miss Harriet
Dalton, Miss Jenny Lauri. Mr. John Lauri, and Corps de
Ballet.
To conclude with THE CHILD OF THE WRECK.
Madame Celeste and Mrs. Keeley.
Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; 'Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit,
U. • Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, Is.
Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half -past
6 to commence at 7 every evening..

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Powerful Novelty.—Crowded Houses.—Last Six Nights of
MASKS AND FACES ; Triplet, Mr. B. Webster. Trium-
phant reception of Mr. Wright. Glorious success of the
INVISIBLE PRINCE.
-THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with
MASKS AND FACES ; Mr. B. Webster, C. Selby, Mr. Bil-
lington, P. Bedford, Miss Woolgar, Miss H. Sims, Mrs. Bil-
lington.
After which, WELCOME LITTLE STRANGER. Mr.
Wright.
To conclude with THE INVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L.
Toole.
Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box
Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to
servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan are engaged. Due notice will
e given of their appearance.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE,
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING, WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING
IN EARNEST.
After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or
Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne.
And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.

Lessee and Manager fir. William Cooke.
THE SCOTT COMMEMORATION.

THIS EVENING, and during the week, the revived Ira-
matte Romance from Sir Walter Scott, entitled KENIL-
WORTH, re-produced with original effects and additional
splendour.
To be followed by SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, intro-
ducing* Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Bridges, Mr. A. Cooke, &c.
Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Maddlle. Fleurette, and
Emily Cooke, together with the Star Riders. and Astley's
unrivalled Troupe of Equestrian Artistes.
To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques-
trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN-
CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB
CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin,
Mr. 11. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley; Clown, Mr. A.
F. Forrest, the Grimaldi of the day; Columbine, Miss Julia
Weston. Brilliant and unsurpassable Transformation Scene,
with dazzling effects of Colour and Fire. Gorgeous Scenery,
and every incident in bustling reality, from Regent-street to
the "New Palace for the People, at Muswell Hill."
Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 35..; Pit, es, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper

Gallery, 6d.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips.

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CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
Proprietor --C. MORTON.
The üblic is most respectfully informed that the Firm:
ARTSGALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW
OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec-
tion oPPictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also
devoted to Art productions generally. Tfie Proprietor feels
he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist-
Ina: Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently
added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether
as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them-
selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations
within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the
Kingdom.

The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at
Seven o'clock.

In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET
FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied
instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa-
tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will
perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, FEB. 22.

THERIIO3IETER, IN THE SHADE.
56—highest since noon yesterday.
48—lowest this morning and during the night.
52—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-30'38.
WIND, Westerly ; light and fine. Some rain in the
morning.

A glance at the Sale of Poisons Bill is of itself
sufficient to encourage us in the hope that before
the present session shall have elapsed the hon.
member for Birmingham (Mr. SCHOLEFIELD) will
have carried triumphantly through the House his
promised measure for the prevention, or, at any rate,
for the punishment, of adulteration. The two
projects are obviously of a kindred character. First
of all, however, in regard to the Sale of Poisons
Bill, which was printed on Friday week—a Bill the
introduction of which we ourselves have so often
and so earnestly advocated.
The enactment, it is in the first instance worthy
of particular notice, is to come into operation on
the, 31st of next December—an arrangement which
will afford ample time for preparation to the ven-
dors of medicine generally throughout the country
—chymists, druggists, and apothecaries. Another
particular in reference to the bill is most especially
deserving of notice—medical prescriptions are to
be in no way affected by the enactment. Neither,
for that matter, will wholesale dealings in poison
be interfered with in consequence. The police
authorities, however, will be empowered at all
seasonable times to enter the shops of vendors of
poison, druggists, &0., for the purpose of
discovering whether or not implicit obedience
has been accorded to the regulations marked
out by the act of Parliament. This enact
ment, after successively repealing the 14 and
15 VICTORIA, chap. 13, will require, after 31st
December, 1859, that all authorised vendors of
medicine shall keep their poisons in vessels (boxes,
bottles, or what not), carefully and conspicuously
labelled with the word POISON ! That they shall
never, upon any occasion, or under any emergency
whatever, supply minors with poisons ! That they
shall never vend poisons to any adult customer un-
known to themselves, saving and excepting in the
presence of some adult witness known.to the vendor,
and who is himself acquainted with the purchaser !
That even then they (the vendors of poisons) shall
enter a formal and explicit statement of each sale
of poison in a book kept exclusively for that pur-
pose ! That the poisons thus sold by them shall be
as carefully labelled as the vessels in the shop or
wareroom containing the poisons with the warning
! The same label being also
affixed to poisonous medicines for external applica-
tion ! All this, under severe penalties for either
neglect or disobedience—for the first offence, £5; •
for the second, £2O ; for the third, £lOO ! Employers
being held fully answerable for the acts of their
servants and assistants, shopboys and apprentices !
Beyond this, arsenic, after the 31st of December,
will have to be coloured with soot or indigo, in
proportions necessitating its instant detection, the
required proportions being one ounce of soot or
half-an-ounce of indigo for every pound weight of
the deadly mineral. It is more than simply ink_
resting—it is in the highest degree important__
that we should particularise what those prepara.
time of the pharmacopoeia are which the bill

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TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1859.