The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-20 00:00:00

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FREDERICK THE GREAT.
HIS COURT AND TIMES.
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LEVER'S ARTHUR O'LEARY,
HIS WANDERINGS AND PONDERINGS
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MR.

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, APR:L 20,
Will be performed Rossivi's Opera, entitled
SEMIRAMIDE.
Sernitamide, Mad. Grisi ; Arslce, Mdlle. Favanti ; Idrene, Sig.
Corelli ; Assur, Sig. Fornasari ; and Oroe, Sig. Lablache.
To conclude with the Ballet of GISELLE.
Principal Characters.—Giselle, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Bertha,
Madame Copere; Bathilda, Mdlle. Ferdinand; il•lyrtha, Mdlle.
Scheffbr • the Prince of Courland, M. Gosselin ; Hilarion, M. Conlon;
Wilfrid, Gouriet ; Noblemen, MM. Venafra and Bertram; and
the Duke of Silesia, M. St. Leon.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box
Oflicl, Opera Colonnade.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 20,
Will be paTformed the opera of the BOHEMIAN GIRL Count
Arnheim Mr. Borrani • Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison • Devilshoof,
Mr. Stretton ; Arline, 'Miss Rainforth ; Queen of the Gipsies, Mi

Betts: "
After which will be repeated a New Ballet, entitled LADY HEN.
RiErrA4: or, The Statute Fair. Lyonn,l, Pi. tiftvain ; Walter,
O
Howell ; Sir Tristram, Mr. O'Bryan ; Queen Anne. Miss
O'Bryan ; Lady Henrietta, Mdlie. Lucile Gratin; Nancy, Miss C.
Webster; Mina,•Miss Carson.
Dress Boxes 75., Second Price Ss. dd. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 5‘..
Second Price 3s. • Pit Ps , Second Price Ss .• Gallery
Second Price Is.;' Upper Gallery la, Second Price 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTEII. LESSER.
. • • THIS EVENING, APRIL 20,
Will be performed the Comedy of SPRING AND A U rumN; er
The Bride of Fifty. Sir Simon Slack, Mr. Strickland; Mrs. Gene.
ral Da'tmouth, Mr•,. Glover.
After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir
Charles Coldstream Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis
Leech, Mr Tilhury Wurzle, Mr. James Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia
Bennett; Lady Clutterhuck, Mrs
To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra-
vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or,
An Evening with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Math
aews.
Mr. J. bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and
Miss Lee.
To conclude with the Extraordinary Pertbrrnances of Professor
RISLEY and his INFANT SON, surnamed " Petit Mercute."
Orchestra Stalls, bs. ; Boxes, ss. • Pit, t"s. ; Gallery. 28.; Upper
Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes,_36'. ; Pit 29.; Gallery', Is. ; Upper
Gallery, fid. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances
ermimerce at Seven
Mr, W. Farren will appear on Monday, April 22, as sir Peter
Teazle, in the School for Scandal.
rickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box.-
o!tice, from Ten till Five.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.ST BEET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 20,
Will be performe I GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Swellington, Mr
W. Lacy; Abs. Swellington, Miss Noel ; Betty, Miss Brooßs.
After which, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR.
To be followed by a New Farce, in One Act, entitled THE
YOUNG SCAMP; or, My Granchnother's Pet. Joseph, Miss
Fortescue; Mildew, Mr. Morris Barnett.
To coticludewith a new Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, called FAIR
STAR ; or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DANCING
WATERS. The princial characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul
Bedford, Oxberry, Mrs. IL P. Grattan, and Miss Fortescue.

THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM LAM ENGLISH OPERA.
HOUSE.
Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 0,
Will be repe the New Comedietta, in Two , entitled
HASTY CONCatLUed SIONS. Principal Characters by MessAcrsts . Diddear.
F. Mathews, F. Vining, Emery, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs 'Keeley.
After which. MY WIFE'S OUT. Principal Characters by Mr.
Keeley, Mr Wigan, Miss ChapMl, and Mrs. Keeley.
To he followed by a New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST
OF HONOUR. Characters b 7 Messrs. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch,
J. Collier, Stanton. Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the Theatre Royal,
Adelphi, her first appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Grove.
To conclude with an entirely now Grand Burle,que Fairy Extra-
esganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. Cha.
Violets by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss
Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother,
and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge. Wigan,
Yarnold, and Chaplin.
PRICES OF ADMISSION.—First Price—foxes, O.; Upper
Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d.Second Price—Balcony Boxes, es. ;
Upper Boxes, Is 6d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony 1 ier
Molding eight persons), Two Guineas Private Boxes on the Second
Tier (ho'oing eight persons), One Guinea and a.Half. Private
Boxes on the Pit Fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad-
mission Tickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly
Transferrable Free Tickets (for the first forty nights), Three Guineas.
Doors open at Half-past Six. Performances begins at Seven o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BArrY.
Triumphant Success of the Grand National Spectacle.
THIS 'EVENING, APRIL 20,
Will be repeated the Hi.torical Spectacle of the INVASION OF
ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR; or, the Battle
of Hastings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death
of Harold, .te.
Monsieur Plege on the Tight Rope, New Scenes in the Circle, by
eminent Francis and Bri ish Artistes.
To conclude with a Favourite Fare'.
Kr. Batty (the Proprietor) begs respectfully to vcquaint the
Nobility, Gentry, and public that, encouraged by the flattering
success during the past year, and finding the Theatre not suffi-
ciently. commodious for its umerous p aions, he entered into an
extensive arrangement with Messrs. Haward and Nixon, the emi-
nent builders of Lambeth, for the re-constructing on a magnificent
and novel principle, the whole of the interior of the Theatre,
which has been rebuilt, dress boxes enlarged, upper boxes widened,
and pit and galleries extensively improved. Fourteen glass lustres
are added, and a Grecian dome ceillog, with entirely new sp'endid
classic decorations, and gorgeous apppcsntments, which, with the
first-rate talent to be offered, he presumes cannot fail of obtaining
Mat support so liberally bestowed on his endeavours during the
last season. Thegrand Easter national Spectacle will combine all the
splendid historical effects of the Nonnan Conquest of England,
produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Olympique will in-
troduce un quailed equestrian talent, and the dou)le company com-
prise talent of the highest order.
The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances
sommence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The
private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and
(splendour.
Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

DA V IDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
This Establishment again takes the lead—Whitefrisrs, • with its
splendid effects, and the Scapegrace of Paris, are the thetne of ad.
=ration. The Theatre has been more crowded than any former
Easter Holidays.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 20,
Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, embracing all the
strong effects of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRIARS,
in which the entire Company will perform.
After which; THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup Arted by all
the leading Favourites of the Establishment.
To which will be added the Wonderful Performance of Herr
/FIENGLER on the Cprde Elastique, and the Carlo Family in their
Unrivalled Gymnastiques.
To conclude with, a New Drama of peculiar construction, entitled
BARAK JOHNSON; or, The Blind Witness.
Paces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.
Alice, from Eleven to Four.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING. APRIL V,
Witt be p rformed Sha'tspeare's Tragedy of OTHELLO.
Othello. Mr. Freer; lago. Mr Dale • Cassio, Mr. Osba!diston ; Dee.
demon, Miss Vincent ; Emilia, Mrs' G. Lee.
After which, a New Drama, called THE FELON OF NEW
YORK. Anhatt (the Felon). Mr. Freer • Lisette, Miss Arden.
With the Grand Fairy Ballet of ONDINE; by Mr. Frampton
and his Pupils.
To conclude with A BUMPING LEGACY.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING, APRIL O.
If crowded, fashionable, and brilliant audiences every night, are
syrneorni of success, the Performances of the WIZARD OF THE
Nolan has made the greatest hit of all the EASTER NJVEL-
TIES, for the Adelphi has been crammed to the ceiling; his mighty
wonders are of so staitlivg a nature, that the brill ant multitudes of
delighted .pectators sit, as if spell-bound, gaze with wanner and
anvitement at the seeming superhuman miracles of the
MODERN FAUSTU.
If the loversmild Ireland," Irishmen, and Irish Music, wish
to evjoy a treat, they will spend
AN HOUR IN IRELAND
iongwith Mr. MALONE RAYMON
he Dat the Adelphi, whose tales,
s, and anecdotes of t " Greenlsle" have been nightly received
with bursts of laughter an I applause. He will appear nightly, be-
tween the parts of the Wizard's performances. assisted by Mrs.
MALONE RAYMOND and Miss LINLEY.
The GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH will nightly prove
that there are " more strange things in heaven ant earth, than are
dreampt of in mortals° philosophy."
Boles, 3‘, Pit. Is. 6.1. Gallery, ed. Second Price at Nine o'clock,
MM. open at Seven, the Performances commence at half-past.

EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU-
SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo-
rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to hove been formed
by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a
cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in-
stractive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro-
pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and
LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR
NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often,
daring the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of
Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies,
also many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and the Pro-
prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine
pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of
WS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other
curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it
might to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it,
and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS
Pave stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admis-
sion is reduced to ONE SIIILLING.
The
~.N,.APO..LEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the " Egyptian
daily from Ten till Dusk.

THE WEXMIER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 19.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 39; Highest, 61; Noon, 56.
BAROMWTER, 30.42.—Wmn, N.N.W.
NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
f eezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

Trail WATER AT LONDOIT-BRIDGE THIS DAT.
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