The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-21 00:00:00

ADELPHI THEATRE.

Madame Celeste took her annual benefit last night at
the above theatre, which was crowded to the ceiling on
the occasion. This accomplished lady's claims to public
patronage, whether as actress or directress, are too well
known and generally admitted to need our advocacy ;
and stronger proofs of this could not be wished than
were afforded last night by the multitudinous assemblage
of her admirers, and the enthusiastic welcome which
greeted her first appearance upon the stage.
Madame Celeste not only personated her celebrated
characters in the dramas of Foreign Affairs and The
Pretty Girls of Stilberg with her usual ability, but also
rained a new and irc,,ortant success in a piece by Mr.
Tom Taylor, called Helping Hands (presented for
the first time on this occasion), in which, however, Mr.
Benjamin Webster's inimitable delineation of a distressed
old musical enthusiast, who loves nothing in the world
so much as his Straduarius' violin, and his busts of Bach
and Beethoven, which are seized for debt, and ultimately
restored to him by "helping hands," was the most pro.
minent feature. Mr. Webster, one of the greatest and
most versatile actors that our modern stage can boat,
has never, perhaps, appeared to greater advantage than
in this character, his performance of which would alone
suffice to keep the drama of Helping Hands before the
public for some time to come.

The entertainments were most agreeably varied by
the pretty dancing of Mesdames Maraquita, Beaoni,
and Spar].

COURT CIRCULAR.

Major-General Torrens was presented to the Queen at
an audience yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace
by the Earl of Clarendon.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince
of Wales and Prince Alfred, rode on horseback in the
morning, attended by Captain the Hon. D. de Ros.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince took
a drive in the afternoon in an open landau and four, at-
tended on horseback by Lord Alfred Paget and Captain
the Hon. D de Ros.

Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa
took a drive in an open carriage and four.
Colonel Sir Thomas Troubridge was presented to the
Queen yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace by
Lord Byron, Lord-in-Waiting.
Her Majesty gave a concert in the evening, at which
the following musical artists—viz., Mesdames Bosio,
Ney, Castellan, and Didi6e, Signors Lablache, Tam-
burini, Gardoni, and Lucchesi, and Herr Formes, at-
tended and performed a selection from the works of
Mozart, Mendelssohn, Weber, Rossini, Meyerbeer,
Paer, and other composers.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the
Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary; the He•
reditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and
the Duke of Cambridge were present, and a party of
400, including the whole of the foreign Ministers were
honoured with invitations.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived
at half-past nine o'clock, attended by Lady Anna
Maria Dawson, Baroness de Spaeth, and Sir George
Couper.

Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert were conducted by the Marquis of Bread-
albane, Lord Chamberlain, to the Grand Saloon, accom-
panied by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent,
the Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, the Princess Mary of
Cambridge, and the Duke of Cambridge, and also by
his Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh, and fol-
lowed by the general company assembled in tht picture
gallery.

The concert commenced in the saloon shortly before
0 o'clock.

At the conclusion of the concert the Queen and
Prince with the Royal family left the Music-room, fol-
lowed by her Majesty's guests, to the State Dinner-room,
where supper was served with the usual magnificence.
Refreshments were also served to the company between
the parts of the concert in the Green Drawing-room.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday in the Council-chamber. The appeal from Bom-
bay, " Nusserwanjee . Pestonjee v. Meer Mynoodeen,"
was concluded, and an appeal from Bengal, " Gunesh
Dull Sing v. Moheehur Sing," was part heard. The
Lords present were—The Lords Justices Knight Bruce
and Turner, the iChancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall,
Su. J. Patteson, and Sir E. Ryan.

Mr. IIuLLAR's CONCERTS.-Mr. Hullah's eighth and
last concert this season took place last night at St. Mar-
tin's Hall. He relied on this occasion chiefly up on his
choral resources, for there was no instrumental band,
nor any principal vocalists of celebrity. The concert
was, nevertheless, highly interesting, and appeared to
give perfect satisfaction to a very numerous audience.
In another part of our paper, it will be observed
that criminal proceedings are being instituted against
the partners in Strahan's Bank. Sir John Paul,
it appears, has lately been in Paris, whither he pro-
ceeded several days hack for the purpose, it is stated, of
making some arrangement in connection with existing
as9ets. A multitude of rumours are in cirulation re-
garding the extent to which individuals have been plun-
dered of securities especially deposited with the firm for
safe custody, and there can be little doubt that
the cases are numerous and of considerable mag-
nitude. In those which have at present trans-
pired, the property seems chiefly to have consisted
of India Bonds, Dutch Certificates, and other things
of that class, which were left open in order that the
firm might be able to collect the periodical interest
or dividends on account of the owners. Whether
any securities are missing from locked boxes is not
stated, but the law as it applies to bankers and
agents makes no distinction in such cases. Another
meeting of creditors of the house was held yesterday at
the office of Mr. Brandon, a solicitor in Essex-street, at
which many instances were narrated of the heartless sys-
tmi the partners have so long deliberately pursued.
After the meeting of yesterday, however, it was not con•
sidered necessary to pass any resolutions, and the dis-
cussion terminated with the expression of a determination
to exercise the greatest vigilance in order that no undue
influences should prevent the necessary legal investiga-
tions from taking their proper course.