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London, England, 1844-05-11 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, MAY 11,
Will be performed Herold 's Chef d'ceuvre,
ZAMPA.
Carnal', Madame Persiani ; Rita, Madame Bellini ; Zampa. Sig.
nor F r nasari ; Alfonso, Signor Corelli ; Daniel Capuzzi, Signor
Lablache; and Dandola, Signor Lablache.
To conclu.le with the Grand Ballet, in Six Tableaux, by M.
Perrot, ent it kxl
ONDINE, ou, LA NAIADS.
The Scenery b i Mr. W. Grieve. The music composed by Signor
Pugni.
Principal cl aractcrs by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Scharer, Mdlle. Fer.
dinand, Mdlle. Plunket, Mdlle. Barville, and Mdlle. Adelaide
Frassi ; M. Perrot, M. Montassu, and M. St. Leon.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box
°lnce, Opera Cokninade. Doors open at Seven. The Opera will
commence at Half past Seven.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re—
spectfully informed that there will be an extra Night (not included
in the Subscription) on THURSDAY NEXT, May lb, when will
be performed Mozart's chef dceuvre
IL DON GIOVANNI.
Donna Anna, Madame Grisi ; Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Favanti ;
Zerlina. Madame Persiani ; Don Giovanni, Fornasari ; Le-
poi ello, Sig. Lablache •' Masetto, Sig. F tblache; II Ciamman-
datore, Sig. Felice; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario.
To conclude with ALMA. Alma, Madame Cerito.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-
office, Opera.celennade.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANB.
'l'lllS EVENING, MAY 11,
Will be repeated A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES
OF VENICE. Count A‘berto, Mr. W. Harrison • Count OnoSoranzo, Mr. Omani; Naiiina, Dirs.-Ai-lied Shaw; Geraldo, Mdlle.
Albertazzi ; Francesca, Miss Romer.
To eonclude with the revived Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled THE
REVOLT OF THE HAREM. Mahomet, Mr. Howell; Ismael,
N. Silvain ; Myssouf, Mr. W. H. Payne, Zulma, Aldlle. Lucile
Grahn; Zehka, Mdlle. Clara Webster ; The Genius of the Harem,
Madame Giubilei.
Dress Boxes 75., Second ['rice 3s. 6d..; Upper Circles of Boxes 55..
Second Price 2s. • Pit 3s I•econd Price Qs.• Maidle Gallery 25.,
Second Price Is.;' Upper Clattery Is., Second Price 6d.

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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE.
THIS EVENING, MAY 11,
Will be performed Shakspeare's Comedy of THE TAMING OF
THE SHREW. Petrucio, Mr. Webster; Grumio, Mr. Buckstone ;
Christopher Sly, Mr. Strickland; Katharina, Mrs. Nisbett; Bianca,
Miss Julia Rennctt.
To be followed by a New, Os iginal, 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. Island, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and
Miss Lee.
To conclude with a New Farce, entitled LOVE IN A SACK.
Orchestra Stalls, 55.; Boxes, fs. ; Pitt Is. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper
Gallery, is. Half.price—Boxes, Os. ; 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper
H
Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at halt past Six, and the Performances
Curnmexce at Seven
Tickets and Places to be, had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box-
office, from Ten till Five. •

PRINCESS'S THEATRE,: OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, MAY 11,
Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled CROWN
DIAMONDS. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss ; Don Hen-
riques de Sandoval, Mr. Allen; Rebolledo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; La
Caterina, Madame Anna Thillon; Diana, Miss Grant.
To which will be added, the Farce of the SPITALFIELDS
WE AVER.

After which, BOMB ASTES FURIOSO.

THEATRE ROY ~. LYCEUM,SE LAIE ENGLISH. urErtA.
HOU
Under the %!anagement of Mrs. KEELEY.
" Open Fesamo; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves," continues to
be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and
fashionable audinces
THIS EVENING, MAY 11,
Will be repeated an Original Comic Drama, entit'ed THE
THREE WIVES OF A DRID. Principal Characters by Messrs.
Keeley, Diddear, F. -fiatihews, Emery, Wigan, Craven, Turner,
Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Miss Turner,
Mrs. Wigan, and Me . Keeley. •
After which, will i.;epioduced a new Comic Drama, called THE
LOVE BIRDS. Fkiiicipal Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews,
Youngs, Mrs. Woall•ge, Mrs. Usher, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Chaplin,
Miss Grove, and Mi,s i•ott)setic.
To be followed by in Apropos Bagatelle, called POLK AMA NIA
Characters by Mr. F. Mathews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss
Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley.
To conclude with a (i•:nal Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called
OPEN SESAME; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves. Cha-
racters by Miss Woulgrx, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs.- Woollidge, Miss
Turner, Miss Grove, Atm. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother,
and Mrs. Keeley, Mcs3rs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan,
Yarnold, and Chaplin.
PRICES OF A DIVIISION.—BaIcony fears, 45.; Upper
Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. • Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, us.;
Upper Boxes, Is 6d. ; Pit, r). Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier
(holding eight persons). Tao Guineas Private Boxes on the Second
Tier (ho ding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private
Boxes on the Pit Fier (holding six persons), One Guinea.
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ASTLEY'S ROY AI. AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY.
brand Attraction.

11115 eV ENING, MAY 11,
Will be reputed the i.tot,cal Spectacle of the INVASION OF
ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR ; or, the Battle
of Hastings. With all the ()Recta of the Norman Conquest, Death
of Harold, &c.
Entire Change of the Splendid Scenes of the Circle.
To conclude with tl.o Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET
MINE; or, the Il•ndeos ot the Ruby Mts.
The doors will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances
commence at seven. Box_office opened daily from ten till four. The
private boxes have been re:onstructed and decorated with care and
splendour.
Acting and stage an wager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

DAV !DOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAIILE.
Wonderful Attraction—The celebrated General Tom Thumb, Twelve
years of Age, weighing but Fifteen Poun,!s, and only Twenty-five
Inches in Height, who has twice performed before her Majesty
the Queen, and the entire Court, is engaged, at an enormous
expence, to appear This Evening; his immediate departure for
Paris will prevent his being seen on any S age again.
THIS EVENING MAY 10,
Will be repeated a New Tragedy, entitled OCTAVIA BR A-
GALDI ; or, The Confession. Supported by the Entire Company,
Lid Miss Charlotte Barnes, from New York.
After which, a New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLKA.
To conclwie with an entirely New Drama, embracing all the
strong effects of the celebrated work, eutitled WHITEFRtARS,
in which the entire Company will perform.
Pieces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box-
office, from Eleven io Four.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL
OPEN EVERY EVENING.
The GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH is getting more
and more mysterious. He nightly introduces new wonders.
His Mystic Temple is thronged with most brilliant audiences,
who proclaim him to be the only legitimate Professor of
Modern Magic, the very " ne plus ultra" of Cabalistic
Phenomena. He performs more vt raiders in one night, than all
other Professors could accomplish in a month. The " Great Wizard
of the North" has no rival, no equal in Europe or the world. He
will be fouhd nightly " at Home," Plucking from his Mystic Caul-
dron NEW Al AGICCOPICA L EXPERIMENTS of Natural Phi.
osophy, bringing from any Gentleman's Hat a Feather Bed and the
Gifts of Flora.
Between the parts of the Wizard's Performances, Mr. SMITH
will perform on his new instrument, the CRYST A LOPHION.
Mr. r'iIILIPS, the Banjoist, will nightly appear. The THREE
INFANT ARABS, Seven, Nine, and'Twelve years of Age, go
through anew and original Performance':
Dress Circle, 33.; Pit. Is. 6d.; Gallery, ed. Reserved Seats, and
Private Boxes can be secured at the Theatre, and of all the Agents.
Second Price at Nine o'clock.
Doors open at Half.past Seven—the Wizard appears it Eight.

EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

ONE SHILLING Admission to v TILE NAPOLEON MU-
SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo-
rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed
by One
,Person,. during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a
cost of 1,0,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in-
stractive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro-
pean history, viz.—CIIARLES 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,
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 fine
pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of
MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relies, and other
curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it
ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it,
and TIIIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS
have stated that it ought to be seen by every oae. The price of admix.
sion Is reduced to ONE SHILLING.
The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian
nail," Piccadilly, daily il-om Ten till Dusk.

THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, MAY 11.
'THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46 ; Highest, 62 ; Noon, 60.
BAROMETER, 30.—WIND, N.E.
NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
Ecezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
u 'sally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

ti: GU WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIES DAY.
Morning ... S minutes after 9 Evening ... 41 minutes after 9.

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