The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-18 00:00:00

THEATRE-YOYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE. 1

UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. SIMPSON

Last Night of the WIFE'S SECRET, which has met with the
most brilliant success, and continues to be received with
rapturous applause by crowded and fashionable audiences.
Positively the Last Four Nights of those distinguished Artistes,
MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN.
NOTICIL—In consequence of the great demand for Places to
witness the new Play, the Manager, to prevent disappoint-

ment, begs to intimate that the following will be tne arrange-
ment of Plays for Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mean's Last Nights :
Tuts EVENING (Tuesday)—Last Time, the WIFE'S SECRET.
'To-MORROW (Wednesday)— THE HUNCHBACK. Master
Walter, (first time,) Mr. C. Kean ; Julia, Mrs. C. Kean.
TuuusnAy—THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. C.

KeaniKrs. Haller, Mrs. C. Kean.
Oil FRIDAY—MONEY. For the Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. C

Kean, ;iid positively their Last Appearance

THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 18th inst.,
1 will be presented, last time, the New and Original Play of
THE WIFE'S SECRET.
This beautiful Play, which has been so eminently successful in
London, where it has been acted upwards of 50 Nights, will be
produced with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. The
New Scenery made by Mr. Gill, from Models sent expressly
from London, and designed and painted by Mr. Gordon; the
Dresses by Mr. Jeffries, and the Decorations by Mr. 11PCrum.

Sir Walter Amyott Mr. Charles Kean.
Lady Eveline &myott Mrs. Charles Kean,
(Late Miss Ellen Tree.)
To conclude with the laughable Farce, in two acts, of
A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER.
Doors open at Seven o'clock ; to commence at Half-past.
Stage Manager, Mr. ADDISON

THEATRE-ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE

MR. and MRS. CHARLES KEAN respectfully
inform the Public of Liverpool, that their BENEFIT,
and LAST APPEARANCE, will take place at the Theatre-
Royal, on FRIDAY next, the 21st instant, on which occasion
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's Play of " MONEY " will be re-
'presented, as lately performed by them, for their Benefit, at
the Haymarket Theatre, by the special desire of her Majesty
and Prince Albert.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
OPEN EVERY DAY FROM EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE

MORNING UNTIL DUSK

GREAT COMBINATION OF ATTRACTION

Most gratifying and unprecedented success of
MADAME WARTON,
who, ever anxious to meet the patronage which has been so
liberally bestowed upon her during her stay in Liverpool, begs
respectfully to announce, that,
This present TUESDAY EVENING, the Isth,
TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 19th, and FRIDAY next,
the 21st imtant,
A NEW AND MAGNIFICENT SERIES OF
TABLEAUX
'will be brought forward,TA inß addition to which (by particular
desire, and at the suggestion of several distinguished Patrons
of the Fine Arts) Madame WARTON has been induced to pre-
sent a truly classical and novel Entertainment, forming a
splendid Selection from the most celebrated
WORKS OF RUBENS.
From the high encomiums that have been bestowed upon
MADAME WARTON'S LADY GODIVA,
from E. Landseer's R.A. Picture, on every night of its repre-
sentation, it will be repeated THIS EVENING ; together with
THE MONSTER BOUQUET DE DAMES,
got up at great expense, in order to do honour to the patronage
-of the Earls of Sefton, Eglinton, and Glasgow, and Sir R. Pigot,
and which was received on Friday Evening with enthusiastic
applause. . . . . .

On FRIDAY next, the 21st instant,
A FASHIONABLE MORNING PERFORMANCE,
► To commence at Two o'clock precisely.

THIS EVENING, (TUESDAY,)
A NIGHT WITH RUBENS.
TO-MORROW, a beautiful Series of original Personations.:

To diffuse variety into the Musical Branch of the Evening's
Amusements, a great and novel treat will be presented, for the
first time in Liverpool, consisting of a
TROMBONE BAND.
The extraordinary talent this party evince in their surprising
Performances will amply justify the warmest panegyrics. The
most beautiful harmony results from their wonderful Perfor-
mances. -

Also, for the first time, ft

MOVING SHlffißointitaiiiiitillUDSON RIVER,
Which, in passing and re-passing, will prove very interesting.

The representation of
THE BIRTHPLACE OF SHAKSPEARE,
ENGLAND'S IMMORTAL BARD,
accurate in Size, Form, and External Appearance, contributes
its Attraction.

The CENTRIFUGAL RAILWAY, which excites the Wonder
and Curiosity of Visitors, retains its place.

The great and magnificent Picture of
THE CITY AND BAY OF NEW YORK,

ILLUMINATED BY ELECTRICITY;

AND A
MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS

The Band to commence at Half-past Four • Feeding of the
Carnivora at Five; and the Pyrotechnic Exhibition at Half-
Past Nine.
• Notwithstanding the incalculable outlay such additions must
znevitably ineur, there will be NO ADVANCE in the prices of
admission.—As usual, is.; Children, 6d.

EXHIBITIONS of FIREWORKS SUPPLIED by Mr. J
&nulls, from to £lOO and upwards.

NOW OPEN

IN ISLINGTON OLD MARKET, LIVERPOOL,
(Adjacent to the Railway and St. George's Hall,)
THE CELEBRATED CHINESE COLLECTION,
From Hyde Park Corner, London

WITH INCREASED SPLENDOUR! 11

During the last Five Years this unique and gorgeous Collection

has been honoured by the visits of

Her MAJESTY the QUEEN, H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT,
The QUEEN DOWAGER, And the ROYAL FAMILY,
'The whole of the Nobility—the Foreign Ambassadors—and the

Illustrious Strangers visaing the British Cour

and also by the

flattering approinl of all Classes, both in England and the
United States ; and so great was the popularity it possessed
whilst in London, that it was there visited by upwards of a Mil-
lion and a half Persons !
In the erection of this superb and noble structure, in which
,neither labour nor expense has been spared, will be seen the first
attempt of the kind in this kingdom, to convey into the pro-
vinces a SPACIOUS BUILDING in a portable form ; and when
the elegance and extraordinary grandeur of the interior is con-
sidered, may be justly admired as a novelty hitherto unseen in
Liverpool