The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-22 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Amongst the distinguished individuals honouring tho per-
formancei at her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening
with their presence we remarked his Grace the Duke of Wel-

lingten, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Lady Henrietta
Somerset, Lady Emily Somerset, Lady Edith Somerset and
party, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Duke and
Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta "'inlet, the Duke
and Duchess of Leeds and Miss Elizabeth Lane Fox, the
Prince Troubetskoi, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster and
Lady .Jane Lepton, his Excellency the Russian Miaister, the
Baroness Brunnow, Mdlle. Olga de Lechner and party, the
Marchioness of Ely and Lady Caroline Loftus, the Mar-
chioness of Douro, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailes-
bury, the Marquis of Clanricerde, the Marchioness of Drog-
heda, the Marquis of Donegal!, and the Marquis of Huntly.
HertMajesty's box was occupied by Lady Camoys, the Hon.
Misses Stonor, the Hon. F. Stonor, the Hon. E. Stonor, Mr.
and Lady Caroline Townley and party. There were also pre-
sent the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury. the Earl Mount-
charles, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl and
Countess of Glengall, the Countess of Chesterfield and Lady
Stanhope, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer
and Lady Wood, the Earl Gifford, the Earl of Shelburne, the
•Earl of Chesterfield, the Viscount Enfield, the Viscount Rane-

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lagh, the Viscount Clifden, the Viscount and Viscountess
Dupplin, the Baroness (Dowager) de Rothschild, the Baron
and Baroness de Rothschild, Lady E. Stanhope, Lord Ernest
Bruce, Lord Gardner, Lord Cranstoun, the ount Chabot
and Mdlle. de Chabot, Lord and Lady Foley, Lady Thorold,
Lady Lushingtcn, Lair Elizabeth Repton, Lady
W. Warnford, the Baron Vidal, Lady Mary Bentinck, Lord
and Lady Frances Gordon, the Hon. Robert Bourke, Mr.
Repton, M.P., the Honourable Fitz. Stanhope, Colonel
the Honourable P. Lowther, General the Honourable A.
Upton, M. Bellora, the Honourable A. Fane, the Ho-
nourable Claude Lyon, the Honourable Cecil Forrester,
Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., and Lady Howard, the
Count de Barke, Sir John Lowther, Bart., the Aide-
de-Camp to the President of the French Republic, Co-
lonel Fleury; Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Woodford,
Bart., Lady and Miss Woodford, Sir Thomas Barrett Len-
nard, Bart., and Lady B. Lennard, Sir A. Clifton, Bart.,
the Hon. F. Mandeville. the Hon. D. Bingham, the lion.

W.
A. ' Cunningham Sir Seymour Sadler, Mr. W. Rose, Mr. and
Airs. Richard Arabin, Mr. Baillie Cochrane, and Mrs. Coch-

rane, Mr. 11. Broadley, M.P., Mrs. Shelley, Mr. Crombie,
Mrs. E. Sutton, Mr. Dashwood, Captain Ryder Burton and
the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, Mr. Parkins, Captain Cooke,
Mr. G. Campbell, Major Seaton, Captain Lyall, Mr. Sackville
Lane Fox, M.P., Mr. Attwood, Mr. Leary, Captain Phibbs,
Mr. Montague Gore, Mr. Rickards, Mr. C. J. Palmer, Mr. and
Mrs. Tudor, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, ➢T.P., Mrs. Western, Mr.
C. Arthur, Captain Montgomery. Colonel Villebois, Sir Au-
gustus Clifford, Sir R. Vyvyan, Bart., lee.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,
COVENT GARDEN.

On Saturday night, her Majesty's box was occupied by
the Hon. Lady Kerr, Lord William Scott, Sir William and
Lady Gomm, Sir G. Walter, Sir John Gregory, and Mrs.
Hammond. Amongst the other fashionables present we ob-
served the Duke of Devonshire, the Duchess of Richmond
and Lady Augusta Gordon Lennox, the Duc d'Aumale, the
Marchioness of Hastings, the Marchioness of IVestminster
and the Ladies Grosvenor, the Marchioness of Westmeath,
la Marchesa and Madlle. Brncaleoni, the Earl of Cardigan,
the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnson, the
Earl and Countess Beauchamp, the Earl and Countess Gran-
ville, the Earl and Countess of Bessborough and
party, Earl of Airlie, Earl of Durham, Lady Glent-
worth, Viscount Mandeville, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount
Maynard, and the Hon. Miss Maynard, Viscount Maldoti,
Viscount Sidney, Viscount Sudeley and the Hon. Miss
Hanbury Tracy, Baron Koher, Lady Napier, Lord H.
Gordon Lennox, M.P., Lord A, Gordon Lennox, tsLP.,
Lady Sykes, Lady Leeson. Lord Ward, Lady Shelley, Lady
Molesworth, Lord Cosmo Russel and Lady Rachell Russell,
Lady Brougham, Lady Georgians Codrington, Lady
Elizabeth and Miss Butted, Lady Caroline and Miss Maxse,
Count d'Alton, Major-General and the Hon. Miss Gage,
Colonel the Hon. R. Dundas, Major the Hon. F. Macdo-
nald, the Hon. Colonel Fitzgibbon, Hon. Thomas Forester,
Hon. Mts. Dudley Ward, Colonel the Hon. F. Seymour,
Honourable P. Sydney, Honourable Mrs. Baring, Honour-
able Colonel Dawson Darner, M. P., Honourable J. Stuart
Wortley, M. P., Hon. J. Fortesque, Hon. Miss Blake and
party, lion. Spencer Ponsonby, Hon. H. Rowley, Hon. T.
Dillon, Hon. Mrs. Lester Stanhope, Sir John Walsh, M. P.,
Sir G. Armytage, Sir H. Deering, Sir C. Marshall, Sir John
Harrington, Sir Edward Antrobus, Sir F. Lawley and Miss
Lawley, Colonel B. Knox, M. P., Colonel Blane, Captain,
Lady Sarah, and Miss Cholmondely, aptain Robert
Olivier, Miss Burdett Coutts, Mr. Baldock, M. P. Mr.
Baring W all, M. P., Mrs. C. Cavendish, Mr. and Mrs.
W. Brougham, Mr. H. Greville, Mr. Mandeville, Mr.
Standish, &c.

DEATH OF MRS. IV. CLIFFORD.—Another talented
actress has gone. Mrs. W. Clifford, who for many years held
a prominent position on the boards of the Haymarket The-
atre, and appeared in most of the old comedies where the
prudish lady bad to be personated, expired on Friday.
DEATH OF MR. MUNYARD, THE COMEDIAN.—
Among the gaps which death has caused in the theatrical
circle, the blank which " little Munyard" has left at the
Adelphi Theatre will not be readily tilled. On Monday
nigtt, the 15th inst., not more than an hour before the time
the veteran actress, Mrs. Glover, breathed her last, this
clever comedian expired, after A tedious and painful illness.
People seldom learn economy, till they have little
left to exercise it on .—Eliza Cook's Journal.
VAUXHALL GARDENS.—A new essay in aerostation
is to take place this afternoon, with Mr. Hugh Bell's loco-
motive balloon, in which he purposes making an ascent. On.
the 9th of Maya curiously constructed machine was observed
passing over London, which elicited extraordinary conjec-
. mores It appears that Mr. Bell has so constructed his bal-
loon-liWte possess full power over its destination, and to
Sde-
scend at any determinate spot. The interest which the
in-
vention has excited amongst men of science will doubtle
attract a crowded assemblage.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Tenth Appearance of Madlle. RACHEL,
And Last Night but Two of her Engagement.
THIS EVENING,
The Entertainments wlll commence at Met o'cloek, with
ADRIENNE LECOITVREIIR.
Adrienne, Madlle. Rachel.
Boxes ant Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library,
33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which
is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
The best ventilated Theatre in London.

Mr. Batty begs to inform his patrons that the Tournament at Vaux-
hall does not interfere with the amusement at Astley's, as the com-
pany leave the Gardens at Six, to enable them to open at Seven,
at Astley's every evening.
Crowded Houses to witness the attractive and magnificent Spectacle
of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties la the Wonders of the
Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the
Metropolis.

THIS EVENING,
Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA
and the WILD HORSE.
To he succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of
Equitation in the Cirque Olympique.
To conclude with the Ballet of LOVE IN THE HIGHLANDS.
Box-office open From Eleven. till Four
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.

Lader the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Roya
Highnesa Prince Albert, &c. &c.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and
TIIURsDAY.
Re-Engagement of M. JULLIEN.
VISIT OF THE NEP AULESE AMBASSADOR.

In consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather on Friday
last, his Excellency the Nepauiese Ambassador and Suite will visit

these Gardens THIS EVENING

TO-MORROW, July 23, the Royal South London Floricultural
Society will hold their Third Grand Miscellaneous Flower Show, on
which occasion an extra Brass Band, with all the other attractions
of the Gardens. The Nepaulese Ambassador, his Brother and Suite,
will honour the Gardens with their presence. Doors open at One.
The new Irish Quadrille, the " Hibernian," composed by M. Juilien.
" The Derby Galop," composed expressly for these Gardens, is one
of the most successful of Monsieur Jullien's compositions; and in
consequence of the nightly encore, will be repeated till further

notice.
The Grand Ghorka March, performed for the first time before the
Nepaulese Ambassador.
Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Dioramic Pic-
ture representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his
Army ! the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving
Figures the size of life. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr.
Denson and Son, assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. &c. The
Picture has occupied the Messrs. Dawson for many months, and it is
confidently submitted to the Public as a chef-d'oeuvre of art, and not
inferior to any production of the day.
The Splendid 'MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several
valeable Presents from the Queen.
The Musical Department will be conducted by Mons. julllen and
Mr. Godfrey. It will be the aim of the Establishment to offer
for the gratification of the Subscribers and the Public, the
most Splendid Military hand in the Kingdom ! ! Selected
from the Bands of her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the
most eminent Artistes in the profession.
The following list of engagements will, it is hoped, convince the
Public, that the long-acknowledged excellence of the Band or this
Establishment will be fully maintained ! The Repertoire of Music
ill be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular
Operas in this and other countries. Solo-Players—Messrs. Koenig,
Lazarus, Prosperre, Colinet, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers,
and Winterbotham.

During the evening a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic
Tableau illustrating the celeisrated Picture by David, of Buonaparte
Crossing the Alps!. Showing a general view of the Region of the
Alps, stretching from the small mountain lake in the foreground to
the distant snow-clad mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount
St. Bernard and Its far-famed Monastery. A portion of the Trench
Army is first seen •• en bivouac," presently the drums beat to arms,
and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, the Troops
commence the Ascent. The Soldiers are aeon dragging the Artillery in
Trunks of Trees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and
traversing the most Terrific Ravines, but all difficulties are overcome,
and the Gallant At is seen pursuing its course to the Fertile
plains of Italy.
The whole to conclude with a Gorgeous Di splay of Fireworks, by
Messrs. Southby, lntr 'Juicing, amongst various novelties, the most
admired feux d'artifice of former seasons, jets (Veda, water rockets,
revolving pieces, a ntagniticeat Transparency fifty feet in height,
isaintod by Kessrs. Danson, representing Buonaparte on Horseback
cheering on his Troops, surrounded by warlike emb:ems, insignia of
honour, (Lags, trophies, &c., amidst a cerruscation of various coloured
Ares.
rhe complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the
picture under the direction of Mr. Thos Lowe. The extensive gas
fittings by Messrs. Botcherby and Dixon, 23, King-street, Covent-
garden.

Admission. Is.