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

AUGUST 3O. 1852

COURT CiRCULAIt.

OSBORNE, SATURDAY.

Pact Majekty and hip Royal Llighnehs Prince Abort,
v,ocompanied ny their Royal 114.,,Lneskea .Princess He-
lena, Princess Lotti.7t,, end Primo Arthur, drove eat
yetterday afternoon in the direction of Newport. Lurd
Colvilieattended on horschack.
Lieutenant-Colonc I
the lion. A. Gieon has sac-
needed Colonel Bouverie r.s Equerry in Waiting to
Prince Albert.

Lord Cowley arrived yesterday from 14,-.,,ndon on a
visit, and dined evitli Mjesty. Lord Adolphus
cEitzclarenoe•, and Mr. Gibbs, also had tho honour et re-
ceiving invitation!.

SUNDAY.
Yesterday, her Majesty
and bid RJval Highness
Prince Albert gave their annual fête iu honour of
the Prince's hirtb-day to the labourers and work-
people employed en the estate, and their wives, also to
the seamen and marines of the Royal yacht, the Coast
Guard, and the Trinity Howe teen, and the detachment
of the 88th Regiment, quartered at East Cowes.
Their Royat Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
and Princess Alsry
visited her Majevy in the afternoon,
and remained to witness the rural sports.

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A large tent was erected on the htwn near the house,
ornamented with laurels and flags, in which were laid
tables for the dinner, extending the whole length.
On one side the Royal marquee was pitched for the
use of tne Queen and the Royal Family, in the front of
which three tlAg poles were crewed for the Royal
(lard, end the stenclards of his Royal Hig,huess Prince
Albert and the Prince of Wales. The whole or the

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yachts were
a,wen uud marines from the
Iwrty d a before three
o'clock, 70 se
marched CO the Royal kitchen, end, together with her
Majestya servants, precethd by the bands of the Royal
IsLirines and 88th Regiment, playing "The Roast Be
of Old Eitgland," carried the eatables to the tent in
l:pre-
cession, her Majesty, his Royal Higbirss Prince A
bert, with the whole of the Royal children, standing in
front of the house to see them pasa by. The party
having taken their plices, her Kijesty and his Royal
Highness, with the Royal Faintly, 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 beet; mutton, lamb, and plum-
pudding, with ale, commencer.
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, baying been drank,
the sports commenced by a country dance, foot races for
prizes, and different p,,sines and dances were carried on
with great spirit, her Majesty and the Royal Family
witnessing them trom the marquee.
Soon after seven o'clock her Majesty and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert retired, the bands again playing
" God rave the Queen."

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

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

On Saturday, the last night of the subscription, the
prologue to Lucrezia Borgia was given, succeeded by
the opera of Ernani. The first of these performances
was the great attraction of the evening, notwithstanding
that we had two nearly new singers in the second. Per,
haps never was a leading operatic artist so well fitted
with a part as is Grisi with Lucrezis. When one is not
actually hearing and seeing her terrible Norma, the im-
pression remains that Luctezia 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 giveu on Saturday
caused the house to fill before the curtain rose. Both
Grisi aid 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 agoodone. 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 smilieg prima donna ac-
knowledged with her best graciousness. Ernani was
got np, we presume, chiefly to enable Signor Negrini to
vintitistce his continental reputation on his second an•
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), " M'a sluice it veto ingenue," so charm•
ingly—the sentiment being adhered to without
damage to the brilliancy of the air—that the house
broke into 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 this public will not be
sorry to renew another season. The opera was in all
. other respects more than satisfactorily performed, an'
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 Liuguenots aro 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 and 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
been. A uniform respectability is observable; and the
frequenters of the house may consevently 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 abysm at leastormanc claims re-
on
spect. The play which was selecttd for e
p erf
World. Mr.
Saturday night was The Man of the
Phelps,whose embodiment of Sir PertiIIIIX Macsycophant
is replete with ability, was received with loud and en-
thusiastic cheers. He 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 establishment.

LIVERPOOL ROYAL AMPULTJIEATRE.
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 aro
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 for 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 toot-
man (who in his marriage bartered riches for con-
nexions), and Mr. F. Younge as Mr. Oddiman, it must
be a great treat. We observe that the piece is to be re-
peated to-night. The leading plot is simple in
the
extreme. A country gentleman being disappointed ina
love affair seeks in London a solace at the gaming table
but is fortunately awti:lsy
restored to virtue by
promised to another.
theand sister drinking,of
whose her
He returns home and is his wedded to
underplot is more complex' and
what deliverer. The
the acting, this comedy hasi obtained considerable cele-
e
obt with the story and
brity. Mr. Mark Lemon is th
duced at the Haymarket.. author, and it was pro-
On Monday night r
Belphe9 o
Pride of Birth, an altered , the Mountebank, or the
version of Paillasse, by MM:
Dennery and Fournier
Mr. Webster and Madame
played before a great hrouosrei,.
ginal characters of cli3melehCeleste sustai_nizetihneei. their.
Baker playing the part of thegeoßraraonnd MIL.
de montroalacil
Mr. Frederick Younge that of Ajax; Mr. Cat"a6fair e
of the Duke do Montbazon, the discovered father
Flora
Mountebank;
Miss Fanny Maskell that a Nina.
A nelpnegor,
Stile; and Henri, -Madeleinean-
, the son of
,ou_ss
i Sennett.
had a beautiful representation in little shining
The sterling qualities of the Mom: most forcibly
through his professional buffoonery. w
„nseaeter was admi-
and feelingly depicted. The entire
Mr. Webster in the
rably drawn, and certainly P
- i V: 0 scene alone was suf-
fore ranks of his profession.
It is in the second act,
ficient to establish his fame.e
k de Montbazon are enjoying
when the guests of the Du
a_ his
chateau, and Ajax is
the amusements of abinig
th:piece of mind of his father,
ever and anon di"teursililade, by masquerading tricks, and
the Baron de Mon— entertaining the company in the
Ms
is
when Nina Fl . wearied and hungry, and more
R froheor arrives,
dance, --e-i- than are his garments torn and worn—and
heart-b
enters, tenderly leading his child, who is even
then be d than the father, and while ho tells the
wore exhausted
misery and asks for bread, the company receives
tale °f. a masquerader like themselves, and laugh and
bin] • he Mountebank
'eer as if t . were there for their amuse-
imant. But Nina Flora, the wife of Ajax, who might be
a figurante, 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 Rolac ,
(Mr. R. Younge) with its stirring action, the confession
of the place whither Madeleine had been borne, and the
forcible delivery ef the documents. All this is powerfully
written, and excellently acted; and, as we have already
said, is sufficient to establish Mr. Webster's reputation.
We write, be it observed, not as favouring melodrama,
but simply as testifying to the excellence of the acting
in melodrama.—Liverpool Courier.
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