The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-31 00:00:00

COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LIFE.
On Saturday next will he published, post Bvo., 109.64. cloth,
THE COLLEGIAN'S GUIDE; or, Recollec-
tions of College Days : setting forth the Advantages and Temp-
tations of a University Education. By - 31.1., - Col-
lege, Oxford.
London : Longrnan, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Immense Holiday Attraction.
MN EVENING will be performed Balie's grand Opera, THE
AI:OUTER OF ST. MARK.
After which will be repeated the Grand Christmas Harlequinade,
ailed PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe.
Ile principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime artistes,
Messrs. W. H. Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, Howell, and Miss
'arson.
SCENE 1. An " Attic" Story. Author (In distress for many
things, but principally for a pantomime subject), Mr. Hance ;
Puck (Envoy n'om the Court of King Oberon, with powers to pro-
vide the usual Christmas fun for "Children all, both great and small,"
Miss A. Payne. How I'uck gives new life to the author by giving
life to his attic, which occasions an extraordinary stir on the pro-
mises, and introduces an extensive circle of old acquaintances; Is ,w
Messrs. Puck and Author form themselves into a Committee of Taste,
and decide in favour of Robinson Crusoe. •
SCENE 2. Coast of the island'on which Crusoe was wrecked, with
the ship high and dry, the ocean slumbering in the back ground, the
crabs, &c, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusoe, Mr.
W. H. Payne. How Crusoe pays a morning visit to the wreck ; his
private opinion of the useful and the useless ; how he is astonished
by an unceremonious visit from the Caribee Indians, and how he de-
termines in his turn to astonish them.

SCENE 3. Interior of the island. King Paribo (Autocrat of all the
Caribees, having a passion for Princess Tooraloora, and being in a
passion with everybody else), Mr. T. Matthews; Hankipanki (his
club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace-bearer to the Right Hon.
the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howell ; Prince 1 arramatta, after-
wards " Friday" (King I'ariboo's young brother, and old rival, con-
temned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland ;

?rlnce.ss Tooraloora (intended by Parit;oo for himself, but intending

terself for his brother), Mr. Johnson. How, preparations being made
for a Caribee Pic-nic, Crusoe, fired with indignation, fires a volley—
how Pariboo and Hankipanki jump out of the flying-pan into the
fire, 1.e., the water.
SCENE 4.—Exterior of Cavern on Sea Shore. San Domingo Billy
(the celebrated Pacific Shark, netted expressly for the occasion, in
hopes of his turning out " a great catch"), Mr. Longswallow. how
Pariboo and Hankipanki bolt from San Domingo Billy, and how
Billy bolts them—how Crusoe and Friday go out fishing—how they
have a " glorious nibble"—and how, the fish being landed, lands its
two insides—and how the exterior of the cavern naturally changes to
SCENE s.—lnterior of Cavern, with Bird's-eye View of Robinson
Crusoe's Farm. How Crusoe and Co. give the Caribees the go-by—
how Pariboo and his warriors, to the tune of " Follow, follow over
mountain," set off in pursuit—and how it is supposed they were lost
in fog, which will account tbr their not arriving earlier at
SCENE 6.—The House that Crusoe built. N.B. The premises
may be viewed nightly with tickets, apply to Mr. Parsons, Box-
office, from ten till six. How Crusoe does the honours of his hut to
the great Princess and her little brothers—how he gives Friday his
first lesson in " Mrs. Glass's Domestic Cookery"—how the jollifica-
tion within is suddenly interrupted by the Indians from without ; In
short, how the appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of the
hut, and then to the change of the Old Wreck to the Jolly Young
Waterman and Crusoe's Departure for London-bridge.
SCENE 7. Exterior of Music Shop and Artificial Arms and Legs
Manufactory; Duet, in two fiats, tune, " Here we go up, up, up, here
we go down, down, down ;" Roman Gladiator versus British Gladia-
tor ; a clear stage and no favour ; patent violoncello, warranted to
play on Itself grand discord.

SCENES 8 and 9. Curriers and Fancy Leather-dressers, and Throne-
room in the Palace at Morocco ; bow to leather Morocco and how to
dress its leather ; how to hide yourself to avoid hiding by another—
a whole skin is better than a skin in holes.
SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison; Remember the
poor Debtors ; Knockers an 1 bells versus thieves ; Somebody's
coming ; Poor debtors and heardhearted creditors ; the tables sud-
denly turned by an Act of Parliament ; Change of the Premises to
SCENE 11. Baths and Wa.shhouses for the Labouring Classes;
" Ladles of the Round Tub:" Soap at a premium Mangling done
here; Arrival of" the trades of London, with their respective young-
ones ;" The bell invites us ; Wives go to (Eimer ; Husbands go to bath;
Boiling water versus cold water cure ; The washing-tub in a storm,
and general confusion.
SCENE 12. Lamp and Chandelier Shop and Lodging-house ;
" Catch him who can,".or Harlequin here, Harlequin there, Harle-
quin everywhere ; Bagged at last ; " Off with his head, so much for
Harlequin ;" Eight heads better than one; Patent self-lighting
Chandelier.

" The happy family we all know so well,
" The still happier family we all love so well."
SCENE 13. A Stene Quarry ; A monster meeting, with a tail and
without one ; How to convert a blockhead into a great man ; Art
and Commerce lend their assistance to produce

SCENE 14. A. most extraordinary 'Change, leading to a still more
extraordinary one, viz.,
SCENE 15. Grand emblematical and national tableau of leer
Majesty christening the Royal Exchange.

THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKLT.
Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31,
Will he performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts,
called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket
Mr. S. rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Nfathe••• Tom Coke
Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ;
the Countess of I on•pion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn
Madame Veatris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia ;:eniu.tt.
After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza,
entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINI T. sing Uxorious, Mr. J.
Bland ; Princess flra.:icsa, Miss Jul a Bennett ; Percinet, Miss I'.
Horton ; Duchess Groguon, Mrs.
To conclu!e wi,h a Grand MOVING DIORAMA ; or, PIC.
TORIAL TOUR lN S IVITZERLAND.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each.
ticktts and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office,
er-uh Fen till Five o'Clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER al,
Will be repeated ;by specialpermission of t'harles Dickens, Fsi.)
r New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some
Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck,
Mr. 0. Smith ; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright ; Tugby. Mr.
soil ; S r Joseph Bowley, Rart , Mr. Paul Redford ; Will Fern, Mt.
Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs.
Chickenstalk2r, Mrs. Frank Matthews.
To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX
AND THE GOOSE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson,
Paul Bedford, and Mrs Fitzwilliam.
To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas
Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the Ki g
of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr T. Ireland ; ('olumnine, Miss Loos.
dale ; Clown. Mr C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. San 'era.
Prompter, Mr. Gallot; Principal Painter, -1r Pitt; Leader of the
Bunt, Mr. Alellon.—Box—odice open from Eleven till Four. Private
/Fixes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING. DECEMBER 31,
Will be repeated an Engli h Version of the ce'ebrated Opera
Buffa, in Two Acts, called I'HE ITALIAN IN ALGIERS. Ihe
Music by Rossini. Muttapha, Mr. P. Corri ; Lindor' Mr. Allen
Taddeo, Mr Leffler; Haly, Mr. Mattacks ; brabella,Mdlle. Helen
C:ndell ; Elvira, Miss Grant; Zu!rna, Miss Brentnall.
To be succeeded by a New Cotnedietta entitled THE WIDOW
BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival, Mr. \Wier Lacy; Mrs.
Lorimer, Mrs. Stirl.ng
After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather
Operatic Burlesque Extravag .naa, called JOE MILLER AND HIS
MEN. Or indoff, Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry ; Kelmar,
Mr. Granby; Riber, Mr, Corri , Golotz, Mr. Walton; Claudine,
Miss E. Stanley ; Ravina Mrs. Fosbroke.
Stage Manager, Mr. re I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden,
Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell.
Dress Circle, sg. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallo Is. Half-price at
Nine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. lid. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Pd.
Private Boxes. Uwo Guineas And One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce-
nium Boxes, Two guineas and a-1-fa. Doors to be opened at Half_
oast Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock.
The Box-ottice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham.
Private Boxes and Free Adatisnons fur the Season to be had at the
Cheat-e.

Iift:AIRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA.
HOUSE.

Under the Management ot MTS. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31,
Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal
Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, F. Matthews,
Collier, Emery, Turner, and Keeley ; Miss Walcott, Miss Ardc•i,
Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, a New larec, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO
lie ARR v. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker
M 43 Arden, and Mrs. Wigan.
To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historic il, Romantic,
Pantomimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE
AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews;
Meadows, Wigan, Collier, f urner, Kinloch. Yarnold, and Keeley ,
Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs
Usher, Miss James, Miss Tamer, and Mrs. Keeley.
PRICES Or A .oxen. 45., Upper
Boxes, ;;e. ; Pit, 2.5.; Gallery, rid. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2.. ;
Upper Boxes, Is. f3d.; Pit. Is. Private Boxes on the 14-31c,iny Tier
rt.olding eight persons). Tao guineas. Private Boxes on the Second
rier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private
.area on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guirea.
T .e Box.olice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direr.
teen of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre

Great Hit of the Equestrian Comic Pantomime at
ASTLe:Y'a ROY AL AM PHI'l HEATitE O ARTS,
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W BATTY.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31,
Will be repeated a New Spe3tacle, entitled ThE ROYAL FOX
HUNT; or, fhe Race- Flor>e arid Life's Course of Man and Steed ;
introducing unequalled Natioi al Fete, Real Fox-chase on the Stage
sod in the Circle by living Co and real Pack of Hounds, purchased
by Mr. Batty of Mr Tatter.all, to realise this novel production.
Epsom Races and other Sporting Features.
New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse-
manship.
To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime,
e. lied HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY G+LPIN'S RIDE; or, the
Black Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine,
Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury.
cting ana stag...menagar, Mr. W tsroaatuot.
Box-office open from Eleven till Five. I essons in are Art of Riding
by gr. R. gmith
Mr. BATTY begs to a'quaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his
Patrons, that, in compli,nce with numerous requests from the
country, and by spacial desire, he has formed arranvernents to pre-
sent, during the Christmas Ito idar,,, a S ries of EQUESTRI AN
5.10RN,N0 FECES and FASHIONABLE DAY PERFORM-
A NCEi, to commence at Half-past One, and term;nate at Half-past
""hree: consisting of Batty's S lend id Scenes of Equitation in the
Circle. The Next Morning Performances will take place In-morrow,
Jac. 1, and Fr day, Jan. 3.