The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-13 00:00:00

COMPLETE HISTORY OF TILE CHINESE WAR,
Now ready, in 2 vols. S vo., with Maps and Plates, 325. bound,
NARRAT IV E of the VOYAGE
and SERVICES of "THE NEMESIS,"

From 1840 to 1843;
And of the combined Naval and Military
OPERATIONS IN CHINA;
Comprising a Complete Account of the Colony of HONG-KONG, and
Renaurks on the Character and Habits of TIIE CIIINESE, &C.
From the Notes of Ccaunander W. H. HALL, R.N., with Personal
O/7-'r atten,-., In- 7". D. FsERNARD, Esq., A.M., Oxon.
" This is probably the most important publication that has ap-
peared respecting our late contest with China. In all that relates to
the Nemesis especially, and to the naval operations of the expedition,
It is replete with the most lively and stirring interest. The author
grasps a subject which many others have only been able to play
with:'--Naval and Military Gazette.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TOMORROW EVENING, MAY 14,
Will be pertormed Herold'e Chef d'oeuvre,
ZAMPA.
Camill I, Madame Persiani; Rita, Madame Bellini ; Zampa, Sig-
nor °marl ; Alfonso, Signor Corclli ; Daniel Capuzzi, Signor
1. Lablache; and Dandola, Signor Lablache.
To conclule Kith the Grand Ballet,: in Six Tableaux, by M.
Perrot,entit led

ONDINE, ou, LA NAIADE.
The Scenery b; Mr. W. Grieve. The music composed by Signor
Pugni.
Principal cl•aractcts by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Scheffer, Mille. Fer.
dinand, Mdlle. Plunket, Mdlle. Barrille, and Mdlle. Adelaide
Frassi ; M. Pertot, M. Montassu, and M. St. Leon.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box
Ott,c..„ Opera tv,lcunade. Doors open at Seven. The Opera will
commence at Halt.past Seven.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re-.
included
in informed that there will be an extra Night (not
in the Subscription) on THURSDAY NEXT, May 16, when will
be performed Mozart's chef dceuvre
IL DON GIOVANNL
Donna Anna, Madame Grisi ; Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Favantl;
Zerhna. Madame Fersiani ; Don Giovanni, Sig. Fornasari ; Le-.
paten°, Sig. Lablache; Masetto, Sig. F Lablache; II Comman-
datore, Sig. Felice ; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario.
To concaide with ALMA. Alma, Madame Cerito.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-
office, Opera-colonnade.

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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANF-
FOR THE BENEFIT OF MISS CLARA WEBSTER.
THiS EVENING, MAY I;
Will be performed the opera of the BOHEMIAN GIRL Count
Areheim, Mr. Barran': Thaddeus, Mr. %V. Harrison ; Devilshoof.
Mr. Horocastle ; Arline. Miss Rainforth ; Queen of the Gipsies,
Mi•s Betts.
After the Cpera, tl.c Last Scene of LUCIA DI LAMMER-
MOOR. FAlgardo, Signor Salvi ; Raimondo, Mr. Boranni.
To eonclude with the revival Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled THE
REVOLT OF THE HAREM. Mahomet, Mr. Howell; Ismael.
M. Silvain ; Myssouf, Mr. W. H. Payne, Zulma, Mdlle. Lucile
Grahn ; Zebka, Mdlle. Clara Webster ; The Genius of the Harem,
Madame Giubilei.
Ureas Boxes 75.. Second (rice 3s. 6d.; Upper Circles of Bozes
Second Price as.; Pit as :lecond Price Qs.; Middle Gallery
Second Price ls. ; Upper dallery Is., Second Price 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE.
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THIS EVENING, MAY 13,
Will be revived the Comedy of LONDON ASSURANCE, Sir
Harcourt Courtly, Mr. W. Farren ; Max Harkaway, Mr. Strick-
land; Dazzle, Mr. Charles Mathews; Mark Meddle, Mr. Webster;
Mr. Spanker, Mr. Buckstone; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett;
Grace Harkaway, Miss Julia Bennett; Pert, Mrs. Humby.
I o 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. Mathews,
Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and
Miss Lee.
To conclude with TOM NODDY'S SECRET.
Orchestra Stalls, be. ; Boxes, he. ; Pit, 3e. ; Gallery. Is.; Upper
Gallery. Is. Half-price—Boxes, 3s. ; Pit 2.5.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper
Gallery, 6tl. Doors opened at Half.past Six, and the Performances
euvnine.Ace at Seven
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box-
()Ince, from Ten till Five.
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PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, MAY 13,
Will be performed LA SO NNAM BULA. Amina, Miss Grant;
Lisa, Miss 1.; Homier; Elvino, Mr. Allen.
Tu. which will be added GONE TO TEXAS.
To be followed by a New Farce, called CUT FOR PARTNERS.
Alto which, BOMBASTES FURIOSO.

THEATRE ROY LYCEHUM,OUSE LATE ENGLISH OPERA.
Under the Sfanagement of Mrs. KEELEY.
" Open Sesame; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves," continues to
be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and
fashionable audinces
THIS EVENING, MAY 13,
Will be repeated an Original Comic Drama, entitled THE
THREE WIVES OF .1 A DRID. Principal Characters by Messrs.
Keeley, Diddear, F .oritthews, Emery, Wigan, Craven, Turner,
Yariiold, Miss Woolgar, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Miss Turner,
Mrs. W.gan, and Ms Kteley.
After which, will be pioduced a new Comic Drama, called THE
LOVE BIRDS. Filecipal Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews,
'Yonne, Mrs. W ge, Mrs. Usher, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Chaplin,
Miss Grove, and Miss bort.szue.
To be followed by its Apropos Bagatelle. called POLKA MANIA
Characters by Mr. F. Mat-hews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss
Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. 4
To conclude with a (it eel Burle=que Fairy Extravaganza, called
OPEN SESAME; or. a Night with the Forty Thieves. Cha-
racters by Miss Woolgrtr, Alias E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss
Yurner, Miss Grove, Airs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother,
ani2 Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan,
yam old, and Chaplin.
PRICES OF A DMISSION.—BaIcony Foxes, 41.; Upper
Boxes,•; Pit, 25.; Gallery. 6d.oSecond Price—Balcony Boxes, 25.;
Upper Bozes, Is Cid.; Pit, t. Private Boxes on the Balcony pier
(holding eight persons). twcv Guineas Private Boxes on the Second
Tier (ho dint eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private
Boxes on the Olt I icr (holding six persons), One Guinea.
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ASTLEYQ OY AI. AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS:
Proprßietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY.
o:and Attraction,.

TIES EVENING, MAY 13,
Will be repeated the .1-14.tot,cal Spectacle of the INVASION OF
ENGLAND BY WILLAA M THE CONQUEROR ,• or, the Battle
of Hastings. With al: the affects of the Norman Conquest, Death
of Harold, &c.
Entire Change nl thz Splendid Scenes of the Circle.
To conclude with tl.o Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET
I%IINE ;,_or, the H ncloo o' the Ruby Cliffs.
The donri will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performance&
eommence at-seven. Box. °thee opened daily from ten till four. The
private boa:es have been re;onstrueted and decorated with care and
splendour.
Actitzg and stagean t.tager. Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.
tr On Monday, May 20, M. Plege will re-appear, for the last week of
his Engagement, and will take his Benefit on Friday, May In.

OA. C IOGN'S ROYAL SURREY THEAI RE. • 1
THIS EVENING MAY 13,
Will be performed a New Drama, entitled HUGH, THE GIPSY.
Supported by Messrs. E. P. Saville, H. Hughes, R. Honner, Neville,
•Va e, Mrs H. Vining, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. Lewis.
Atter which, a New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLKA.
To conclitie with an entirely New Drama, embracing all the
strong effects of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRIARS,
in which the entire Company will perfornt:
I' and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box-
o hee. from Eleven to Four.
THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL
OPEN EVERY EVENING.
With the astounding Wonders of the Extraordinary Being the
GREAT VIAZARD OF IHE NORTH, nut the ARAB
BROTHERS, aged seven, nine, and twelve years of age, whose
Clas•ic Groupings, and Surprising Feats of Strength, are the theme
of general admiration !
A Trick worth Knowing! How to fill a Theatre by Magic!
This is the Fourth Season of the Great Delusionist in London!
He has coo Vitcd the '1 hirtieth Night of his present Season ! His
Miracles have been witnessed by upwa:ds of rice Hundred Thou.
sond Spectators! still his Magic Temple is nightly hononred with
most brilliant and crowded audiences ; thus proving to the world the
ecli sing superiority of his u,paralleled Entertainments. He nightly
excite.; the astonishment of Hundreds, by his Scientific Experi-
ments ; t:,e peculiar effect of which beggars descriptierr. His new
t)lusiens, THE FLYING RINGS, and THE ENCHAN TED
HAT, are wonders Which have no equal ! ! ! And, Novelty being
at present the''.age, the GREAT WIZARD intends MAKING A
WITCH! Therefore, any Lady, desirous of appearing as the
Great Witch, in cot;)unction with the Great Wizard, is informed,
that the latter will be happy to initiate her in the Mysteries of his
.Art. A Frisch, Germany
.or Italia') Lady would be preferred.
Boxes, 35.; Pit. Is. f).1.; Gallery, Ed. Reserved Seats, and
Private Boxes can be secured at the 'theatre, and of all the Agetits.
bees and Price at Nine o'clock.
Daors open at Half.past Seven•—the Wizard appears at Eight.

EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU-
SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo-
teal Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed
oy One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a
cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely Illustrate, in the most in-
structive 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 IS2I. This unique Museum has been visited often,
during 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 line
pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of
ItISS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other
t,uriosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said It
ot4;ltt to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it,
and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS
have stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admis•
sion is reduced to ONE SHILLING.
The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian
gall," Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk.

TILE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, MAY 13.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 48 ; Highest, 68 • Noon, 68.
BAROMETER, 30.4.—W1ND,
NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
freezing point; and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
),:,,uallv placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

MI WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
hionitsq, 18 minutes after 11 I Evening 45 minutes after 11.

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