The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-02 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S THEATRE.

This theatre has been entirely remodelled: the
boxes, pit, galleries, and ceiling have been altered and
greatly improved. It will be remembered by the visitors
of last season that the boxes were inconveniently
narrow, which objection has been completely removed,
and they are now both elegant and comfortable. New
private boxes have been built on a greatly improved.
plan ; and the whole theatre has a very elegant appear-
ance. We were much struck with the beauty and
elegance of a new dome ceiling amongst the other many
improvements, which greatly adds to the effect and
beauty of the house, rendering the improvements per
fectly unique, from the centre of which a
splendid glass chandelier is suspended. The dress
circle will be lighted by fourteen elegant glass
lustres. The outlay by the spirited proprietor must
have been very great : the word expense, we should say,
does not belong to his vocabulary; and we cannot refrain
from wishing him the success which he so well deserves, ,
for having in the first place, at an enormous outlay, built
the theatre ; in the second place, for the spirited way in
which he conducted it for a season of longer duration
than ever was attempted by any other manager before
him ; and, thirdly, for the promise which he gives, by
his present improvements, that he never loses an oppor-
tunity of catering for the public amusement. The house
will open on Easter Monday, when will be produced ft,
grand historical spectacle founded on the Norman con-
quest, supported by a very powerful company ; after
which the usual business of the circle, the dames of the
menage will be led through various cavalcades by Mrs.
Batty.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL' S-7YESTERDAY.
Cif ESTER. CUP.
12 to 1 agst Mr. Bristow's Pharaoh
14 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Cattonite
16 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Pagan—taken
18 to 1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn
20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Bramble—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Stanley's Vakeel
25 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Scalteen
25 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Merry Andrew
33 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's General Pollock—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Igoe's The Broken Dewn—taken
50 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Emma—taken •
Very little general betting on the above race, the only
horses backed with any spirit were Vakeel and Alice Haw-
thorn, the first at 20 and 25 to 1, and the mare at 18 and 20
to 1.

mitnv.
9 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lot—taken
18 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot
30 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken
6 to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan
6 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck
14 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando
16 to 1 agst Mr. A. Wood's Running Rein
22 to I agst Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo •
35 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Campanero
40 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Akbar—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Thonrhill's Apprentice—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. John Scott's Bay Momus (Sister to
Grey Momus colt—taken •
40 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Qui Tam—taken
66 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles—taken
100 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Sir Diggory Diddle—taken
100 to 1 agst Mr. Warwick's Phalaris
2000 to 15 agst Mr. Death's Radnor—taken
1000 to 25 each agst Campanero and Akbar, in one bet—t
1000 even between Mount Charles and Apprentice.
A considerable outlay upon Rattan and 'Ugly Buck at 6
to 1, and two bets of 500 even between them, followed by
repeated offers to take 13 to 2 about either, enables ns to re-
turn them equal favourites. We may add, however, that
the Ugly Buck was backed for the largest amount, and (speak-
ing from impression) had a shade the best of it at the Mush.
600 to 200 was laid against them jointly early in the day.
Offers to take 15 to 1 about Orlando, and to lay 16 to 1 agst
Running Rein. Akbar and Bay Momus (the sister
to Grey Momus colt) were backed in several quarters
at 40 to I—Campanero at 35 and 40 to I—Apprentice
at 1,000 to 20, and 1,000 to 25 several times—Qui Tam freely
at 1,000 to 15, and towards the end at 1,000 to 20—Sir
Diggory Diddle and Phalaris at 1,000 to 10 each (after-
wards offered),--Mount Charles at 2,000 to 40 and 2,000
to 30—Colonel Peel's lot for about 300/., at 28 and
30 to 1 (this lot includes Qui Tam, Sir Diggory Diddle
Chuckfarthing, Barley Sugar, and Phaligis). The betting
commenced early, and was kept up with a good deal of'
animation to the close.

OAKS.
10 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken to 650
12 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barricade—taken
15 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Fanny Eden—taken.

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ac-
companied by the Princess Mary, arrived in town yes-
terday from her residence at Kew. and visited her
Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians at Buckingham
Palace. _ _

The American Dwarf, General Tom Thumb, accom-
panied by Mr. Barnum, his guardian, attended at Buck-
ingham Palace yesterday, and had the honour of giving
his "Imitations" before her Majesty and the Queen of
the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
and the Royal Family.
Major-General Wemyss has relieved Colonel the Hon.
Charles Grey in the duties of Equerry in Waiting on
her Majesty. .
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes-
terday evening included her Royal Highness the -Duchess
of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Earl of Aber-
deen, Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Mr. George Edward and
Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Sir George Couper.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the
Dowager Lady Clinton and the lion. Miss Boyle, left
her residence, Marlborough House, in a carriage and
four, at twenty minutes before three o'clock yesterday
afternoon, for Bushy House, BushyTtrk.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House.,
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
honoured Sir William Newton with a sitting yesterday,
at his residence in Argyle-street, for his picture of the
Marriage of her Majesty and Prince Albert.
A numerous meeting of Members of the House of
Commons took place yesterday afternoon at the official
residence of Sir Robert Peel in Downing-street. Sir R.
Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir J. ehraham, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Sir H. Hardinge, Lord Eliot., and Sir
E. Knatchbull were present. Among the Members who
attended the meeting, were the Earl of March, Earl Jer-
myn,Viscount Clive, Viscount Adare, Viscount Marsham,
Lord Saudon, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Ossulston, Lord
J. Manners, Lord Granville Somerset, Lord Charles
Wellesley, Right Hon. G. Dawson Darner, Right Hon.
F. Shaw, Hon. C. E. Law, Hon. Francis Charteris, Hon.
H. Manners Sutton, Hon. W. B. Baring, Hon. R. Scar-
lett, Hon. G. Rice Trevor, the Attorney• General, Sir
John V. Johnstone, Sir Horace Seymour, Sir John
Yarde Buller, Sir William Codrington, Sir Howard
Douglas, Sir James Flower, Sir Walter James,. Sir
J. Walsh. General Lygon, Colonel Hugh Bernie,
Colonel Wood, Co'onel Thomas Wood, Colonel
Sibthorp, Captain Gordon, Captain Meynell, Cap-
tain Reus, Colonel Wyndham, Mr. Alderman Cope-
land, Mr. Thesiger, Messrs. Balfour, G. W. Hope,
Milnes, Arkwright, Baskerville, Beckett, Borthwick,
Buck, Colquhoun, Eaton, W. Tatton Egerton, Estcourt,
Plumptre, Montague Gore, Ormsby Gore, Greene,
Hogg, Ketnble, Lyall, Maclean, Marton, J. Masterman,
Mundy, J. Neeld, O'Brien, Palmer, Wilson Patten, John
Round, C. Round, Smythe, and Cresswell.
The meeting broke up soon after three o'clock. .
A deputation, including Sir Robert Inglis, Mr. Foster,
and the Rev. E. Hawkins, had an interview with Lord
Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
A meeting of the Commissioners for the government
of Pentonville Prison was held at the Counoil-office on
Saturday. The Commissioners present were Lord
Wharnclitfe, the Earl of Chichester, Lord John Russell,
the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Benjamin
Brodie, Dr. Fergusson, Major Jebb, Mr. Crawford, and
Mr. Russell.
A deputation respecting the Duchy of Cornwall, in-
eluding the Earl of Falmouth, Earl of Lincoln, Lord
Eliot, Sir Charles LemOn, and Mr. Buller, had an inter-
view with Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
and Mr. George Hen-
nie ArldPS'tanley yesterday at the
S,
Colonial-office.
iirladWilinliteamrviCelovdsriNnzthonLo,
Lady Peel and family left town yesterday fcr Dray-
ton Manor, Staffordshire.

_ .
The Duke of Wellington visited Mr. Burford's Pano-
rama of Hong-Kong yesterday. The Noble Duke ye-
mauled a considerable time at the exhibition. The Earl
of Aberdeen, Sir Edward Codrington, Sir G. Staunton,
and Sir Geo. Cockburn visited the panorama laid week.

Mr. Lever's new work; "Arthur O'Leary," illus-
trated by Cruikshank, is just published, in three volumes.
The Wanderings and Ponderings of Arthur O'Leary cannot
fail of affording all the entertainment expected from a new
work by the lively author of " Harry Lorrequer." It is ad-
mirably diversified, full of adventure, rich in character—a
rattling, dashing, narrative; now touched with genuine inte-
rest, and now with humour, equally new and striking, and
possessed of a degree of variety that must supply amusement
even to those most difficult to please. The hero escapeafrom
the cut-throats of Paris:--to be cheated by the' blacklegs of
Brussels—partakes of the enjoyments of the chase with Bel-
gian islimrods—shares in all the pleasures of the Brannens of
Germany—falls into the power of Dutch smugglers—has an
extraordinary adventure in the mountains of spa—and be-
comes acquainted with all sorts of strange .persons and sin-
gular incidents upon the Rhine. Every description of cha-
racter likely to fall in the way of the tourist in his continen-
tal trips, and more than all the anecdotes, escapes, perilS,
marvels, and pleasures the most adventurous or experieteed
traveller could hear or meet with, will be found chronicled in
the Wanderings and Ponderings of Arthur O'Leary, in a style
that must render this work one of the most popular of the'
Season.
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