The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-08 00:00:00

APPOINTMENT.

WoOLWICIT, JUNE 7.—Assistant-Surgeon George
Mason, M.D. (1849), to the Albion, 90, at Devonport.
The Samson steam•frigate left Woolwich this morn-
ing for Devonport, and the riggers employed to take her
ditcher are to bring round the Polyphemus, 3, steam-
sloop, of 200-horse power, from Portsmouth, to be fitted
for sea at this port.
The Inflexible steam-frigate is now in an advanced
state, and instead of being taken to Sheerness as an ad-
vanced war-steamer, as originally intended, is to be
brought forward immediately for commission at this
port.
The Firefly steam-vessel, Commander Tudor, is to be
paid off here to-morrow, and it is said she will be again
commissioned in the course of next week.
The Retribation steam-frigate is under the shears,
having her masts put in, and will soon be ready for
trial.

LONDON IN THE SEASON.
There are few things more calculated to attract the
attention of a stranger visiting the metropolis than the
apearance of the West End in the height of the season.
The crowded stt eats, the brilliant and well- appointed equi-
pages, and all the appliances of wealth and distinction,
are to be seen in every variety and in every direction.
One might at first suppose there was a succession of
brilliant fetes going forward, and that the tank, beauty,
and faslitun of the metropolis were wending their way to
some scene of unusual gaiety. Few would suppose, as
they mark the long line of carriages in Bond-street,
Regent-street, Piccadilly, and Pall-mall, that their fair
occupants were merely lounging in some fashionable em-
porium i f taste, and that the bustle and excitement was a
thing of every day occurrence. The growing require-
ments cf commerce and the onward progress of the
civilisation of trade is no where so apparent as at
the west end of London. The stately mansions of
the nobility in the neighbourhood of Carlton-
gardens, St. James's Palace, and Piccadilly, are
gradually giving place to the clubs of the merchant and
the warehouses and showrooms of the trader. Club-
houses and fashionable repositories of luxuries of every
description are to be found where Royalty once re-
velled, end there are not a few instances in which the
former residences of the most renowned in station,
lineage, and wealth have been devoted to these purposes.
The late residence of the Duke of Buckingham in Pall-
mall, the saloons of which, ere now, have boasted the
presence of a galaxy of rank and beauty unparalleled in
any country in the world, is about being converted into
a club-house, to be called the "Park Club;" and a little
higher up, and within a door or two of the Ordnance-
office, the mansion which was once the residence of the
Duke of Schomberg, who lost his life at the battle of the
Boyne, and in later years was the residence of the re-
nowned Duke of Cumberland, is now the establishment
of Messrs. Harding and Co., and the most unique and
elegant lounge in the metropolis. This eminent estab-
lishment can scarcely be said in the present day to
enjoy a reputation less extended than that which
it possessed when in the occupation of its noble
owners, for the saloons have lost none of their beauty.
by the purposes to which they have been adapted ; nor
are the visitors less exalted in station than those who
in bygone days assembled beneath its roof. The display
of ancient tapestry, pictures, and household effects are
not, indeed, to be found as of old, but in their stead the
rarest and most exquisite fabrics of the native and foreign
loom are piled around in rich profusion, and there is
nothing which the most correct judgment and refined
taste can suggest that is not to be found within its walls.
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tries.

lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE
The nobility, patrons of the Opera, and the public are respectfully
informed that THIS EVENING, June 8, will be presented,
for the first time, an entirely new grand Opera by Halevy, the
Poem by %crib°, founded on " The Tempest" of Shakspeare, and com-
posed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, entitled
LA. TEMPESTA.
The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall ; the Incidents/ Dances by
M. Paul Taglioni ; the Costumes by Mr. Combes and Miss Bradley,
under the superintendence of 3fme. Copere ; the Machinery by Mr.
D. Slogan; the Appointments by Mr. E. Hradwell.
Dramatis Persona—Alfonso (King of Naples), Sig. Lorenzo ;
Prospero (Duke of Milan), Sig. Coletti ; Antonio (his brother, the
Usurper), Signor F. Lablache ; Ferdinand (Prince of Naples), Signor
Baucarde ; Trinculo, Signor Ferrari ; Stephano, Mdlle. Parodi ; Sy-
corax, Mdlle. Ida Bertrand; Spirit of the Air, Miss Catherine
Hayes; Ariel, Mdlle. Carlotta Grist; Caliban, Signor Lablache ; and
Miranda, Madame Sontag.
Courtiers, Soldiers, Mariners, Elves, Sprites of the Air and of the
Deep, Sze.
To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mdlle. Amalie
Ferraris, Millie. Marie Taglioni, M. Charles, and M. P. Taglioni will
appear.
♦pplications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box
Office of the Theatre.