The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, JAN. I"
Being New rear's-day, the band of the Royal 11?:14
Guards assembled on the east terrace at seven o'o
this morning, and played a selection of favourite flirt'
Her Majesty's annual gifts to the poor were dui
buted in the Riding School of the Castle this raornit
The recipients consisted of about 600 poor person'
siding in Windsor and Clewer parishes.
At ten o'clock the Queen and Prince, accompanied bj
the Royal children, attended by the ladies and gel
men in waiting, left, the Castle, and proceeded
gallery of the Riding School, to witness the distil,
tion, which took place under the superintendence 0,1
clergy of Windsor and Clewer and the district viol
of the poor.
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The gifts consisted of joints of meat, coals proles
tioned to the various families, and clothes divided Woo
the members of the clothing club established under ri,
patronage of her Majesty—all members receiving AO
ing to their contributions, with the additions made
the Queen's bounty.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent breakAltiii
with her Majesty this morning. >Ol
Major General the Hon. C. Grey and Colonel F.
Seymour have succeeded Major General Bouveris
Captain Du Plat as Equerries in Waiting to the Cir
and Prince.
Lord Cowley, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert:4ll(i:
Lieut. General Sir George Bowles have been invited•
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The dinner party this evening included her 011
Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Hightl2
the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary,
Fanny Howard, Lady Suffield, Lady Caroline BarL,
ton, Baroness De Speth, Lord Cowley, the Riglalil'v
Sidney Herbert, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps,
General Sir George Bowles, Mr. Glover, and the G
man in Waiting to the Duchess of Cambridge.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards played t 1
dinner, _

A performance of choral music was given in the elll
ing in St. George's Hall by an orchestra of nearll;
pe rfo rm era. lY
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied Kty
Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, 8,044
Princess Mary, and the five elder Royal childrellf:
dinner circle, the evening company, and the ladle 01
gentlemen in attendance, entered the hall abowr, i
o'clock, when the performance commenced. •
The first part consisted of Beethoven's cantata,
ranged for English words, entitled "The Prais%
Music ;" the second part comprising Mendeloo",
" Walpurgis Night."
The solo vocalists were Madame Clara Novell°, Ilf!
Weiss, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Weiss.
The band com prised her Majesty's private band, b •
by M. Sainton, aided by a selection from the Prita
performers of the Philharmonic Society and the'''.
Italian Opera.
The chorus, 75 in number, was selected froc,laiii
Royal Italian Opera and the amateurs of the P"
Harmonic Society, Exeter Hall.
The performance was conducted by Mr. And...,f6111
the director of her Majesty's private sand ; Mr.
Cusins, organist of her Majesty's private chapel, P
ing at the organ.
The following received invitations to the ef
party :—Ths Dowager Marchioness of Downshith
Dowager Countess of Mansfield and the Ladies 30 01
the Rev. ord and Lady Wriothesley Russell, ,
Emily Seymour, Vice. Admiral Sir G. Seymour sod
Misses Seymour, the Ron. and Rev. Mr. Caste 10
Anna Maria and the Misses Cost, the Right 1121;1
and Lady Mary Labouchere, Colonel .the Right illtfoi
Forester (commanding officer Royal Horse 611:001
Colonel the Hon. N. and Lady Mary Hood, the 14-130;
of Eton, the Hon. Mrs. Grey, Mrs. Clive' 312°
rington, the Hon. Mrs. and Miss Phipps, .sf
Miss Bathurst, the Rev. W. and Mrs. Canning,
and Mrs. Craufurd, Major Cavendish (Royil BO* diog
litia) and Mrs. Cavendish, Captain Sykes (cororlaeef
officer 94th Regiment), Mrs. Codrington, MO'
the Misses Codrmgton, and Mr. Gibbs.

Lord Cowley had an interview with the Earl of A;
deen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-°t
Despatches for the Governors ef the Cape O. CI
Hope, the Gold Coast, and also of the West Ine;‘,,
louies, were sent last evening from the Colonial-ow

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS AUGUSTiI
SAL!-COBURe GOTHA.

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Their Royal Highnesses the Prince Auguattli,olo
Princess Clementine of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, accool.s,
by their youthful family, and attended by a 070 Gfj
suite, arrived at Dover on Saturday evening, irlpf;
tend, in one of the Belgian mail packets. The..ool
Highnesses, on landing, proceeded direct to 011,,!
ham's Royal Ship Hotel, where they passed the 04,1
On Sunday morning the Prince and Prinoelt4,ori
their family and suite, left Dover en route for 011"
on a visit to the ex-Royal family of France.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

Last evening a petite drama from the pen of Ofitd.
cault, entitled Eugene, was produced for the first f)
The plot may be described in a very few worclOot
Englishman named Tarleton, while travelling in
betrays a lady, her sister Giulia vows reveogy
arrives in England for that express purpose. ALtatitl!
of her arrival Tarleton is about to become the 110Mej
a fond and doting girl, Eugene. Giulia susc`idgfi
gradually withdrawing the love of Tarleton from "
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and fixing it on herself, purely for revenge. Tarl 4
in honour bound to Eugene, but she overhearieet
versation between Tarleton and Giulia, learns te,
owes his affection to his honour, not his lovh',l,
under the discovery. Eugene, to secure the hal)! trA
of Tarleton, resigns her place at the altar to Gitilisio
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after the marriage has been performed Tarleton Oboe
the object of Giulia, she elopes with the brot
Eugene, and Eugene dies of a broken heart.- Ae„lobitt
to our notions the whole story is utterly frePrvgbor
and we are rather surprised that Bourcicault
have made such a mistake. There are parts
drama of considerable merit, but these are out.-bV,,
by the other extreme. The drama or sketch *Pro
us to be the climax of a long play, the plot of
have not the remotest idea, the sympathiootOv
audience being worked upon to a great extent 'AVtli tio:0
slightest preparation. If we cannot congratall;
Smith upon the success of Eugene, we can heart:llg 01
congratulate and compliment him for introd 110 to,
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London audience, such a talented, natural, ao--
fected actress as Miss Marriott. Had the rat V,
Eugene fallen into other hands, we doubt whotu.;oll,l
audience would have borne the infliction so pact 0
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The magnificent pantomime of Jack and aill
destined to fulfil our predictions of its succooo.
house was filled in every part.

The Earl of Derby's new residence in St. Ji
square (the late Earl of Dartmouth's) is nearly rer"
the reception of the family.
The Marchioness Dowager of Londonderry i.e ?ft
the holidays in comparative retirement in VirnA_A
Park. Letters, we understand, hero been rectiiO4/
Lieutenant• Colonel Lord Adolphus Vane 07,0
M.P., announcing kis arrival at the head-cl Or—t
his regiment, the Scots Fusilier Guards, at the
war, from Constantinople. Lord Ernest TeseP
doing duty with his regiment, the 2d Life Guards,ooi
The Earl of Strathmore has arrived at Glananis
from the south. ltr
The Earl and Countess Spencer are passiag Waal
days in retirement at Althorp Park, in consequtill
the recent demise of Colonel Seymour at the ""

war.
The Earl of Aberdeen, the Duke of Nesicltit4tl
Wm. Molesworth, and Sir James Graham into°
remain in town during the recess.
The Marquis of Lansdowne is entertaining It
party at Bowood-park, Wilts. The noble =Null(
to town to day.
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The Earl of Clarendon is seeing a select ci 0
friends at the Grove, near Watford, where the.'
earl has been staying since Friday.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left toli
Saturday afternoon for Broadlands, near 1t°,.„1
Hants. The noble viscount will come to town wte
(Tuesday), to attend the Cabinet Council. Viscolo
Jocelyn and family are remaining at the residence °
,lordship in Piccadilly.
The Lord Chancellor left town on Friday for lw
near Bexley, Kent.
The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the EX°„";.7
continues, with Mrs. Gladstone and family, at $
phen Glynne's, llawarden Castle, Flintshire. 17,
Lord John Russell returned to town•yesterdaf.
noble lord and Lady John Russell and family retol
Pembroke Lodge, Richmond, from visiting the DIM
Duchess of Bedford at Woburn Abbey.
We regret to learn that the latest accounts front ill
andria announce but slight improvement in the beflAi
Lard Haddo, M.P. Hes lordshipis not expected' 1.11
turn to England before April.
The Riel,t Hoe. Sir Charles Wood left town on Yfilti
evening fur .I.lackletou-hall, near DoncastLr, for
days only. Oft
The Earl Granville left town on Friday for the CO
The noble earl will be in town to-day.
The Duke of Argyll is with the Duchess and fa-
Bedford-lodge, Carapdan-hill.

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