The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-30 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, SATURDAY.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Pricco Albert,
Recompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess He-
lena, Princess Louisa, and Prince Arthur, drove out
yesterday afternoon in the direction of Newport. Lord
Colville attended on horseback.
Lieutenant-Colonel the lion. A. Gordon has suc-
ceeded Colonel Bouverie as Equerry in Waiting to
Prince Albert.
Lord Cowley arrived yesterday from London on a
visit, and dined with her Majesty. Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, and Mr. Gibbs, also had the honour of re-
ceiving invitations.

SUNDAY.
Yesterday, her majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert gave their annual fête in honour of
the Prince's birth-day to the labourers and work-
people employed on the estate, and their wives, also to
the seamen and marines of the Royal yacht, the Coast
Guard, and the Trinity House men, and the detachment
of the 88th Regiment, quartered at East Cowes.
Their Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
and Princess Mary visited her Majesty in the afternoon,
and remained to witness the rural sports.
A large tent was erected on the lawn near the house,
ornamented with laurels and flags, in which were laid
tables for the dinner. extending the whole length.
On ono side the Royal marquee was pitched for the
use of the Queen and the Royal Family, in the front of
which three 114 pies were erected for the Royal Stan-
dard, and the standards of his Royal Highness Prince
Albert and the Prince of Wales. The whole of the
party invited being assembled a little before three
o'clock, 70 seamen and marines from the yachts were
marched to the Royal kitchen, and, together with her
Majesty's servants, preceded by tree bands of the Royal
Marines and 88th Regiment, playing " The Roast Beef
of Old England," carried the eatables to the tent in pro-
cession, her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert, with the whole of the Royal children, standing in
front or the house to see them pass by. The party
having taken their places, her Majesty and his Royal
Highness, with the Royal Family, attended by the
Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, proceeded to the
tent, the band playing " God save the Queen," and
passed down between the tables. Grace was then said
by Mr. Toward, her Majesty's bailiff, and the dinner,
which consisted of roast beef, mutton, lamb, and plume
padding, with ale, commenced.
After dinner her Majesty's health, and those of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales,
and the rest of the Royal Family, having been drank,
the sports commenced by a country dance, foot races for
prizes, and different games and dances were carried on
with great spirit, her Majesty and the Royal Family
witnessing them from the marquee.
Soon after seven o'clock her Majesty and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert retired, the bands again playing
" God save the Queen."

The royal dinner party yesterday included the Earl
of Ilchester, Lady Caroline Barrington, Baroness Speth,
and Captain Crispin, R.N.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
On Saturday, the last night of the e b 'ation, the
prologue to Lucrezia Borgia was given,e subscription, succeeded
the opera of Ernani. The first of these erf by
was the great attraction of the evening, notti
thosrteemanpes
that we had two nearly new singers in the second Peg
haps never was a leading operatic artist so well fitted
with a part as is Grisi with Lucrezia. When one is not
actually hearing and seeing her terrible Norma, the im-
pression remains that Lucrezia is her best character, and
that impression fades only while that stormy Druidess is
pouring out her wrath and her woes. At other times,
the Borgia is the part which identifies itself with the re-
collection of La Diva. The announcement of even so
limited a portion of the opera as was given on Saturday
caused the house to fill before the curtain rose. Both
Grisi and Mario were in splendid voice, and took their
leave of the subscribers in strict adherence with the so-
cial rule that a last impression should be agood one. The
insulting chorus was superbly executed, and it was one of
the great sights of art to behold the proud and raging
woman vainly struggling against the accumulated storm.
The curtain fell, and the loudest plaudits called the two
great artists to receive the valedictory volley of greet-
ings, which the flushed and smiling prima donna ac-
knowledged with her best graciousness. Ernani was
got. up, we presume, chiefly to enable Signor Negrini to
mikes" his continental reputation on his second ap-
pearance. The tremendous power of Signor Negrini's
lungs was certainly displayed on Saturday in a marvel-
lous way, and we could not help feeling that he was in
that respect precisely the artist to deal with the vigorous
music of Verdi. The honours of the night, however,
were seized by Angelina Bosio, who acquitted herself
admirably. Her Elvira is a thoroughly artistic per-
formance, and well worthy of the boards on which it
was given. She warbled the aria d'intrata (with the
chorus of ladies who congratulate her on her mar-
riage), " dolce it veto ingenue," so
.charm-
ingly—the sentiment being adhered to without
damage to the brilliancy of the air—that the house
brokeinto loud universal plaudits, which came
down even more heartily at the end of the second
verse. Ease and finish marked the whole feat. And
after doing ample justice to the intermediate music, she
gave her share of the great duet, " Fino al sospiro,"
towards the close, and the terrible finale, with true ar-
tistic fire and meaning. Angelina Bosio has succeeded
in leaving an impression which the public will not be
sorry to renew another season. The opera was in all
other respects more than satisfactorily performed, and
its thoroughly dramatic music, as usual, laid firm hold
upon the attention of the house. The usual " musical
honours" were awarded. The season is over. But to-
night and the two following nights there will be per-
formances at reduced prices, and then the theatre will,
we are apprised, finally close. The Prophete, Pietro,
and Les Huguenots are the three announcements.

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.
This well-conducted little theatre was re-opened for
the season on Saturday night, under the continued ma-
nagement of Messrs. Phelps am? Greenwood. The house
has undergone a thorough cleansing during the recess,
and the hand of the decorator is visible in the renova-
tions to which the boxes and ceiling have been subjected.
The company chosen for the ensuing campaign appears
to be of the same professional calibre as it has hitherto
bean. A uniform respectability is observable; and the
frequenters of the house may consequently look for a
series of representations characterised, as before, by con-
siderable histrionic merit, general rather than individual.
This it has hitherto been the object of Mr. Phelps to
secure, and the performances at Sadler's Wells have
consequently been remarkable for that kind of excellence
which, if it does not surprise always, at least claims re-
spect. The play which was selected for performance on
Saturday night was The Man of the World. Mr.
Phelps,whose embodiment of Sir patin
a
Macsycop t
han
is replete with ability, was received with loud and en-
thusiastic cheers. Be was supported by Mr. H. Marston,
Mr. Barrett, Mr. Mellon, Miss Cooper, Mrs. H. Marston,
and other artists, who have long been reputably known
as members of the estahlisbmel

LIVERPOOL ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
The engagement of Madame Celeste and that refined
comedian Mr. Webster, of the Haymarket, has been in
all points of view satisfactory. These distinguished
artists have been received with the favour justly merited;
and none can have been disappointed who went to the
theatre prepared for the style of pieces in which Madame
Celeste has been long facile princeps. It may not be
that style which to us is most agreeable, but we are
bound to say the work has been well done, and there is
greatness for an artiste even in melodrama.
Mind Your Own Business, a comedy which has won a
somewhat unexpected local celebrity, through a curious
trial in the Nisi Prius Court, was produced tor the first
time on Friday. Engagements prevented our seeing
more than the opening, but with Mr. Webster in his ori-
ginal character of Mr. Verdon, Madame Celeste as
Fanny Morrison, Mr. Baker as Mr. Smythe the foot-
man (who in his marriage bartered riches for con-
nexions), and Mr. F. Younge as Mr. Oddiman, it must t
disappointedtiming table
be a great treat. We observe that the piece is to bere-
peated to-night. The leading plot is simple i
couinnt rion
don gentlemanasol beingaee a
the
affaireloxvtemeA
seeks
and in drinking, but is fortunately restored to virtue by
the sister of her whose hand was
promised
He returns home and is wedded to hisdeliverer. to another.
lie
underplot is more complex, and what The
with
the acting, this comedy has obtainedth the story and
considerable cele-
brity. Mr. Mark Lemon is the
pro-
duced at the Haymarket. author, and it was
On Monday night Bel h
Pride of Birth, an Pegor, the Mountebank, or the
Dennery and Fournier, altered
version of Paillasse, by MM.
Mr. Webster and !was played before a great hous.;
ginal characters ofMadame Celeste sustaining their
..?v_-.
Baker playing the part Bel he or and Madeleine;totiaftd':;
Mr. Frederick Younge
that
the Baron do 31_ ,?
Mr. Ca°ibLirt that
of the Duke de Montbat at
of
Ajax; ed father of the
Mountebank; miss
Fanznon,mthaeskdelicto;iraert
of Nina Flora
Stilt; and Henri, the son of Madeleine and. l:eslPehnengo°trt:
ad a beautiful representation in little I-I, shining
The sterling qualities of the Moneta
most forcibly
through his professional buffoonery, '''
haerraecter was admi-
and
feelingly depicted. The enti
sre c
r.
1,1 Webster in the
rably drawn, and certainly P
-lacifejo scene alone was suf-
fore ranks of his profession. /, is in the second act,
ficient to establish his farnek-0
do Montbazon are enjoying
when the guests of the Du at
his chateau, and Ajax is
the amusements of abfiglethe piece of mind of his lather,
ever and anon disturr gide,
by masquerading tricks, and
the Baron de Mon! °entertaining the company in the
when Nina Flora
"rives, wearied and hungry, and more
Belphegor Arrives,
dance, e his garments torn and worn—and
heart-broken ;ban are
, . tenderly leading his child, who is even
then be en'er-',l b the father, and •
exhausts,. t an
while he tells the
wore
misery and asks for bread, the company receives
tale of
a masquerader like themselves, and laugh and
him 65 o Mounteb were therea k''
jeer as if the . n for their umuse-
tont. But Nina Flora, the wife of Ajax, who might be
, fiyurante, is touched by the display of parental love in
the midst of all this suffering, and obtains the timely aid
ere it is too late to save a child perishing for want.
Then comes the interview with the Chevalier de Rolae '
"'"
(Mr. R. Younge) with its stirring action, the conle '
of the place whither Madeleine had been borne, and
the
forcible delivery of the documents. All this is powerfully
written, and excellently act( d ; and, as we have already
said, is sufficient to establish Mr. Webster'a r
reputation.
We write, be it observed, not as favouring mcludram3'
but simply as testifying to the excellence of the acting
iu melodrama.—Liverpool Courier.
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