The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-05 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

The furore excited by the re-appearance of the Queen
of Spanish dancers, the incomparable Perea Nena, in-
creases nightly. The Gallician pas, which she executes
with Senor Diaz, is one of those terpsichorean tales of court-
ship that every foreign country can supply, but the ren-
dering of it by the bewitching Neua is quite unique.
The companions of Perea are far superior to those who
last year appeared with her, and each one appears to
have her peculiar step, which, in a great measure, pre-
vents the attention of the observer being wholly engrossed
by one artiste. The Haymarket is now looked upon as
one of the " Lions of London."

ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE,

The indefatigable manager, Mr. W, Cooke, has added
another act to his justly celebrated Battle of Alma. We
have now "The Charge at Balaklava " and " The Battle
of Inkerman." Both tableaux are highly effective, and
add greatly to the attractions of the piece. The whole
resources of the establishment are brought into requisi-
tion, and an effect—which could only be witnessed at
Astley's—is producel of the grandest possible! descrip-
tion. The taste and libera!ity of Mr. Cooke, we are
glad to see, are duly appreciated.

80E.4L _ITALIAN OPERA.

Rumour says that the Royal Italian Opera will re-
open on the 10th of April ; that Madlle. Fanny Ney,
prima donna of the Royal Opera of Berlin, will appear
early in the season, probably inlierdi's " Il Trovatore,"
and in conjunction with Madame Viardot Garcia, whose
performance of the contralto part in that opera has re-
cently made a great sensation in Paris.
We also hear ,that Mad Sophie Cruvelli is re-en-
gaged for one mouth ; that there are to be no less thaw
three tenors, the most celehzated on the Italian stage,
namely Mario, Tamberlik, and Gardoni ; Fanny Cerito,
Angiolinaßosio, Carl Formes, Borghi Mamo, a contralto,
of great celebrity in Italy and France, and Meyerbeer's
" L'Etoile du Nord," most powerfully cast, and put upon
the stage with extraordinary splendour, are likewise pro-
mised by the above-mentioned authority.

LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SDN.

SIR,--I shall esteem it a great favour if you will
kindly insert in your widely circulated journal that, hav-
ing enlisted the number of men (upwards of 400) required
from the London district, I am ordered to beat up the
eastern counties, and my head-quarters will be at Nor.
with, in Norfolk, where I shall be most happy to receive
all candidates for the Laud Transport Corps. I deem
it necessary to make this publicly known, to prevent
numerous applicants incurring the expense of coming to
London under the idea that I shall be here to receive
them.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant,
WILLIAM MAYNE,
Captain and Recruiting Officer,
Land Transport Corps.
14, Warwick-street, Charing-cross, March 5.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of
Wales and Prince Alfred, accompanied by the Duke of
Cambridge, and attended by the Viscountess Canning,
the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Major-General Bouverie, Capt.
Du Plat, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, Colonel the
Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Wood, C. 8., Assistant Ad-
jutant-General, and Major Clifton, Equerry to the Duke
of Cambridge, proceeded at half-past 9 o'clock on Satur-
day morning, escorted by a detachment of carbineers, to
the Bricklayers' Arms Station, and thence by North
Kent Railway to Sttood, where her Majesty was met
by Colonel Eden, and the heads of the medical and other
departments. Au address Wag presented to the Queen
by the Mayor and Corporation of Rochester.
Her Majesty and the Prince, with the Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, and the Duke of Cambridge, attended by
the General Commanding in Chief and the ladies and
gentlemen of the Royal suite, then proceeded to Fort
Pitt,.and subsequently to the Invalid Depot, where her
Majesty visited the wards occupied by the wounded and
invalided min lately returned from the Crimea, inquir-
ing into the cases of the different patients. Her Ma-
jesty visited 450 sick and wounded men.
Her Majesty, with the Royal party, then returned to
the S•,rood Station, and arrived at Buckingham Palace
about thres o'clock in the afternoon.

An address was presented to the Queen at Fort Pitt,
from the Court Leet of the Borough of Chatham.
The Queen had a dinner party in the evening ; the
company included Prince Ernest of Leiaingen, the Sar-
dinian Minister, Marquis d'Azeglio, General Della
Marmora, the Marquis aid Marchioness of A.bercorn,
and the Ladies Harriett and Louisa Hamilton, the Earl
Cardigan, tke Earl of 'Elgin, Lord Pantnure, Lord
Stanley of Alderley, Lord and Lady Overstone, and
General Vivian,

The Duchess of Kent and Prince Ernest of Leiuingen
are staying at Buckingham Palace, on a visit to the
Queen.

The Hon. Lucy Kerr and the lion. Mary Bulteel
have succeeded the Hon. Matilda Paget and the lion.
Mary Seymour in their duties as the Maids of Honour
in Waiting to the Queen;
Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince
of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the.
Princess Alice, with the ladies and gentlemen of the
Culla and the domestic household, attended Divine
service in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace ;
the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor offi-
ciated.

The Duchess of Cambridge ani the Princess Mary
visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Buckingham
Palace.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor,
Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of
Argyll, Sir George Grey, Lord Paninure, the Right
Him. Vernon Smith, Sir William Molesworth, and
Viscount Canning. The Earl of Clarendon was not pre-
sent, having left town at eight o'clock in the morning for
Boulogne to visit the Emperor of the French. The
council sat three house.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Satur-
(lay morning for New Radnor.
A deputation of inhabitants from a portion of the new
road from St. Pancras Church to Hamilton-place had an
interview on Saturday with the President of the General
Board of Health at his office, Whitehall. The deputa-
tion consisted of Messrs. Kemp, Fuller, Kirkham,
Whi,son, and Strong.
Despatches were received from the Governors of the
Cape of Good Hope and Natal yesterday at the Colonial-
office.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerstou gave the third
of a brilliant series of entertainments on Saturday night,
at their residence in Piccadilly. There was a select
dinner ,party of about 20, and a numerous evening
assembly, given by her ladyship to several hundreds of
the nobility and gentry, including the Commander-in-
Chief of the Sardinian contingent, General Della
Marmora. _

THE SPEAKER'S DINNEIL—Tbe Right Honourable the
Speaker's fourth Parliamentary dinner took place on
Saturday last, on which occasion the following gentle-
men were present' Monck, Viscount Ebring-
ton, Lord Hen 6 Cholinondeley, the Right Hon. Sir
Wm. Somerville, Bart., the Right Hen. Henry Corry,
Sir James East, Bart., Mr. Bowyer, Mr. John Abel
Smith, Mr. M. T. Smith, Mr. Edward Egerton, Mr.
Roundel' Palmer, Mr. Layard, Mr. Pigott, Mr. Bon-
ham Carter, Mr. Portal, Mr. Samuel Whitbread, Mr.
Compton, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Brotherton, Mr.
Thornely, Mr. Beaumont Coles, Admiral Walcott, Mr.
Fagan, Mr. Miles, Mr. Sergeant Shoe, Mr. Cairns, Mr.
Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Melina. The following gentle-
men were prevented being present :—Mr. Francis Scully,
through indisposition ; and Mr. Keating, absent from
town. The Rev. Mr. Garnier and the secretary were
present.
An accident happened to the Earl of Antrim, at
Glenarm Castle, on Tuesday evening, the 27th ult., by
which his lordship's thigh was fractured.
The Bishop of Durham is progressing favourably to-
wards recovery from his late accident.
His Excellency Herr Von Usedom arrived on Friday
afternoon at Hake's Lord Warden Hotel, Dover, from
Calais, and proceeded to London by train at 7.30.
BERLIN, Feb. 27.—Apartments have been taken for
Lord Jelin Russell and his suite at the Hotel de Russie,
while the Russian Plenipotentiary to the Vienna Con-
ferences, Councillor Von Titoff, is staying at the British
Hotel, a circumstance that fills our witlings with ad-
miration at the delicacy of this diplomatic courtesy.
The Court of Directors of the East India Company
have invited a distinguished party to meet at dinner, on
Saturday next, at the London Tavern, Major-General
Vivian and the officers of the Turkish contingent, about
to take their departure for the East.
MM. Scribe and Legeuvis comedy, Bataille de
Dames has been translated into -Italian, and has been
given with success at Padua under the title of Battaglia
di Donne.
A new opera by Maestro Sanelli, Gusmano it Prode,
has been rather unfortuuate at Mantua—no mention
whatever is made of the singers.
Mr. Mitchell is daily expected in Paris, with a view to
making engagements fur a brief season of French plays
at his theatre (St. James's). Mlle. Rachel will perform
for a month at Mr. Mitchell's before her departure for

America.
The cJmmittee of the Theatre Francais has accepted a
comedietta in two acts, from the pen of M. Octave
.Feuillet, in which Mmes. Allan and Fix, with Ros,gnier
:and Delauuey are to take the principal parts.
An Italian operatic troupe is now singing at Odegsa,
Ej •,e principal :rtistes being Mmes. Gordosa, Ferravilla,
ai d MM. Zaceni, C,umnaranno and Solieri. The last
op .era was "Linda," which, it seems, went off swim-

ngly.
MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXIIIDITION.—Two new and
hi gbly-interesting figures have lately been added to the
war group in the large room of this establishment. The
portrait models represent Marshal St. Arnaud and
Prince Menschikoff. Both figures are considered good
L :LienesseP, and are certainly of a popular character--the
firs t from the fact of his having died in the execution of
Isis duty, and the other for his obstinate defence of his
ition. We pnderstand several figures are in prepara-
aon, and will soon be ready for public iaspectioe.