The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Sir James Clark has attended at Buckingham Palace
ier the last two or three days, her Majesty having been
troubled with a slight cold.
Per Majesty's health is completely restored.
8 ri7 Majesty and her August Mother attended Divine
j'rw'e,! yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St.
dm's 's• The sermon was preached by the Bishop of
hester, from the general epistle of James, ....hap. 1, v.
2,2. The prayers wt..re read by the Rev. Mr. Barham
the Lessons and Litany were 'read by the Rev. Mr. Ha-
den; and the Altar Service was read by the Sub-Dean
and the Rev. Messrs. Barham and Haden. The Musical
Service was " Nares, in F," Hawes's `°Sanctus," and
!
arcello's " Commandments " The Anthem, " The
Lord is my light" (Boyce) seas sung Messrs. Bradbury
and Wilde.
The Rev. Dr. Short was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet
to
awaiting. The Royal Suite consisted of Lady Barham,
FadY Flora Hastings, Hon. Miss Cocks, Viscountess
bes, Viscount Falkland, Hon. William Cowper, and the
°n. Colonel Cavendish. The Royal party returned to
rvictmickie ngham Palace in three of the Royal carriages after the
se.

he Queen honoured Covert Garden Theatre with her
pre•ence on Saturday evening. Her Majesty was attended
113 the' Marchioness of Normanby, Hon. Miss Cocks, Via.
el'untess Forbes, Viscount Falkland, Right Hon. George
Stephens Byng Hon. William Cowper, and the Hon.
Colonel Cavendish.
The Marquis of Normanby had an audience of her Ma-
le tY or, Saturday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
and
the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended divine
service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel.
The Duke of Sussex has returned to his residence at
Kebsington Palace- His Koyal H;ghness was visited
Yesterday by the Duke of Cambridge.
_, The Duke of Cambride attended divine service )ester-
uaY afternoon in the Chapel Revs! St. James's.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had a dinner
Party on Saturday, at Cambridge Hole,. Among
"PanY were the Russian Ambassador, Duke and Duchess
of Somerset, Duke of Argyle, iNI,q-quis of Nomanby, Mar-
-44 of Breadalbane, Earl and Coun•ess of Lichfield, Dow-
ller Countess Cowper, V,,,countess Falkland, Viscount
ptt'Ltn, Count Flahaut, Count Charles and Countess
'szo di Borgo, Count Stroganoff, Count de Rohan Cha-
bot, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir G,orge Hamilton, and Cap..
lain Villiers.
i„.T,he Duchess of Cambridge had afterwards an As-
iji"lY, which was attended by her Royal Highness the
nebess of Gloucester, his Royal Highness the Duke of
Sussex, Countess Sehastiani, the lady of the French
Ambassador, the Danish Minister and Baroness Biome,
4
s• Stevenson, the lady of the American Minister, the
Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, the
randHanove-
i Saxon Ministers, the Austrian and Swedish
11/17ts d' A ffaires.
I“t—Wellington.
Ely, Salisbury, Cholmondeley,
Y, Aylesbury Thomond, Sligo, Westmeath.
tilkylsacelossis'es—Aylesbury, Sligo, Cholmondeley, and
wA,aLs—Plyrneeth, Clive, Albemarle, Cardigan,
Li.lr, Kinnoull, Haddington, De Grey, Bradford,
Surrey.
CouNTEssExDowagei Pembroke, Tankerville, Ply-
111°11th, Huston, Wicklow, Haddington, Darlington, Dow-
;ger Clare, Dowager Charleville, Ashburnham, Brad-
lard, Albemarle.
VleoeNTs—Gage, Palmerston, Strangford, Mahon,
Falkland, Melville, Beresford.
ViscouNTSsses—Mahon, Gage, Forbes.
v LORDs—Lyndhurst, Morpeth, Hill, Ernest Bruce,
r!ricis Gordon, Stanley, Poltimore, Cowley, Burghersh,
Dliers, Abinger, Stuart, Wharncliffe, G. Quin, Eliot,
l'lsle J. Somerset, F. Somerset, Redesdale, Col-
cheater. '
til LAlRWhetley, Gore, E. Herbert, J. Elliot, ,
st°Mvile, Dowager Rivers, T. Fitzgibbon, E. Egerton,
sobelley, Antrobus, Francis Gordon, Gomm, Peel, L..Fitz-
?se' W. Poulett, Poltimore, Cowley, C. Fitzroy, R.
Cogent, Browne (2), Burghersh, H. Baring, Howard (2),
Somenet, F. Somerset, J. Somerset, G. Somerset,
Graham,eo P. Harcourt, Murray, A. Beckett, Hardy, F.
eper, Stanley, E. Marsham, C. Paulet, H. Paget, De
borough,
A. Poulett, G. Bathurst, Hislop, Gordon, Mary-
kt°l-igh, Ashburnham (2), L. de Horsey, M. Christopher,
...• Loftus, Fuller, E. Hardinge, Stuart.
OARLINTs--Senfft, Revell, Woronzow, Thun.
It• °Ns—Bourquenry, Werther, Bentink, Bertouch,
kozelt,!rn. Ostini.
Sturges
HONOURABLES—Sir R. Peel; Sir J. Graham,
Si.l'ges Bourne, Sir W. Freemantle, Sir R. Gordon, Sir
obieckett, J. Plants, Sir C. Begot, C. P. Thompson,
'`rtitit II d'
ar 1nge-
....0N
lb.. ouRABLEs--Miss Pitt, Miss Gage, W. Cooper,
ur Temple, C. Forrester, M.P., Captain G. Campbell,
Airs; Campbell, Miss Wellesley, 111iss Smythe, B. Baring,
dts • Stanley, Miss Mitford, Mr. Murray, Misses Dun-
Q (2), W. Bathurst, Miss Stuart.
''',lRs—Wathers Waller, Samuel Higgins, E. Bowater.
4,1. Murray,
Br Murray,
Beresford, F. Trench, J. Shelley, C. Doyle,
W. Gordon, A. Grant, E. Antrobus, T.
seradford.
GANERALs--White, Alava.
CoLoNers—liugh Baillie, Keate, Maberly, Walton.
CAPTAINS-Waldegrave, Rose, Hill, Paget, Rous.
MESSIEURS—L. Rothschild, W. T. Egerton, E. J.
Stanley, M.P., Mellish, Vaughan, C. Drummond, de
Horsey, Rose, Gordon, Harcourt, d'Odelga.
MISTRESSES—Hugh Baillie, Maberley, Rothschild, L.
:tothschild, G. Villiers, Colonel Fremantle, Crewe, Mel-
-1,,,h, Morier, G. Bathurst, Malay, White, G. Drummond,
". Bourne, Cunliffe.
Mtssas—Peel, Wheatley (2), Rothschild (2), Baillie,
Plradford, Hervey, Harvey, Beresford (2), Adderley,
ardy, D'Este, Quin, Somerset, Riddell (2), Gifford,
tiakl'et (2), Domvile (2), Morier (2), Baget, Fuller,
rAltimond (2).
Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock on Satur-
m,,aY keternoon at the residence of Viscount Melbourne, in
mouth -street.
The Council sat till near six o'clock.
thek Deputation, consisting of Mr. Parker, Chairman of
vv. Hull Dock Company, Mr. Bethell, Mr. Broadlcy, Sir
th,, Dock
James, and Mr. Hutt, and Mr. Frost, Solicitor to
"'Jock Company, had an interview with the Chancellor
0 the Exchequer on Saturday, in Downing-street.
Marquis
Earl of Mountcashell had an interview with the
",arqui, of Normanby on Saturday at the Colonial Office.
Viscount Melbourne gave a Parliamentary Dinner on
%tui-day at his residence in South-street. Among the
ZrAiPauy were the Dukes of Norfolk and Leeds, Marquis
ST'•ngleleY, Earls Cowper, Albemarle, and Surrey.
, , viscounts Lismore and Duncannon, Lords Vaux, Lang.-
, uale and
1., ~Sudeley, the Right Hon. Dr Lushington, Sir
iPtcart Bulwer, the Solicitor-General, Mr. Craven Berke-
Y' Hon. Fox Maule, Mr Handley, and Mr Benett.
FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
f The Duke and Duchess of Richmond, in Portland-plaee,
;,llt in thee
family seat, Goodwood, Sussex ; Lord Adolphus
then
fa
at St. James's Palace, from a visit to the
'KR and Duchess of Richmond, at their seat, Good-
ii.°• °,l Park, near Chichester; Sir Adolphus Dalrymple,
the Continent
from Brighton ; Baron d'Echtlial-, from
House,
Continent ; Lady Charlotte Greville, at Bridgewater
.1111 e, on a visit to Lord and Lady Francis Egerton, from
121%it to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Ab-
Y; the Hon. James and Lady Georgiana Wortley, in Cur-
;7street, from a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at Bel-
_rer Castle ; Viscount Powerscourt, M. P., in Dover-
Zret, from Bath; Lord Cautilupe, M. P., in Upper
:to rt at
id ;to: de,r-sintreßete,i from a visit to the Duke of Richmond,
°thvood Park, Sussex ; the Earl and Countess of
grave-square, from their seat in Staf.
feo2'ire ; the Earl of Hillsborough, in Hanover-square,
• a visit to Viscount Holmesdalc, at Willesbourne, hls
10,7,1 in Warwickshire; Sir George Talbot, at Mi-
-1 3 1113 tel, Brook-street, from Cheltenham; the
ett°llll!narable Colonel Anson, in Hill-street, from Lan-
Ire ; Lady Elizabeth Fielding, in Sackville-street,
iPanl Brighton ; the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, in
,Lirk-lane, from their villa, at Wimbledon ; Lord and Lady
L-rn,erick, in Mansfield-street, from Southill Park, Berks ;
°"3' Gordon Drummond, in New Norfolk-street; Mr.
'III Mrs. Shelley, in Green-street ; Lady Lionel Smith
and family, in Cadogan-place ; Lord and Lady Ingestre
'arnily, at their new residence, in Wilton-crescent ; F.
Cn, Eiq., M.P., in Brook-street, from Carlow ; Mr.
tin Pre,Portland-place, from Wilton Park, near
Place, from
Bucks ; Lord James Stuart, in Whitehall-
-144", from a Continental tour ; Mr. Thornhill, M. P., f- m
untingdon; Lieut.-Colonel Rowan, in Whitehall-pla. e,
,r,ona a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, at
4"),nedwood-park ; A. Stephens, Esq., Private Secretary .o
`ne Postmaster-General, from ditto; Lord Charles Fitz-
roy, at Burlington House, from ditto; Mr. Massey Stan-
ley, M.P., at the Clarendon Hotel, from Melton Mowbray ;
Earl Bathurst, from Goodwood Park; Major- General Sir
Edward Bowater, at English's Hotel, from a visiting tour
lin. Sussex ; the Hon. Berkeley, at Berkeley House,
:Piing-gardens; Lord Mountedgecurnbe, at Mivart's Hotel;
air
Str H. Palliser, Bart., from St. Leonard's-on- Sea ; General
Joseph and Lady Champagne, in Harley-street, for the
ttas'n ; Mr. Elwes, in Portman-square, from Chichester,
rs"; Mr. and Mrs. Arcedeckne, in Grosvenor-square,
:°ll Brighton ; Lord and Lady Brecknock, in Grosvenor-
Pare, tom the Wilderness, Kent ; Lord Orkney, in Con-
tittit-street, from his seat, Taplow Court, Bucks ; the Right
On. Sturges Bourne, in Curzon-street, from his seat,
ChristeLurch Hants ; Lord Bexley, in Great George.
Street, front his seat, Footscra,y, Kent ; Mr. and Mrs.
m'Ynne Welby and family, in Upper Belgrave-street ; Mr.
Pa "kinnon, M.Pd family, at his mansionin Hyde
from Br., anighton.
DEPARTURES.
The Countess Zavadowsky, from Albemarle-street, for
the
Li Continent ; the Earl of Winchelsea, for his seat, in
neolnshire; the Marquis of Exeter, from Albemarle-
Zeet, for his seat, Burleigh House, near Stamford, ; Lord
"Y, on a Continental tour; Sir Edward Kerrison,
M.P., and Lady Kerrison, from Stanhope-street,
Brighton;
clilinent; the Hon. William Coventry, from Piccadilly,
Croome House, in Worcestershire ; the Hon. .1. A.
e,;ll3loomirefd, from Sackville-street, for the seat of his
I,"er, General Lord Bloomfield, Loughton, County Tip-
perary ; the Right Hon. the Master of the Rolls in Ire-
I:6, for Torquay, Devonshire; Lord Devon, from Bry-
f iteu•square, for Dublin; Sir William Dundas, Bart.,
iir,‘"Riej mond, Surre ; Lord Errol, for Pembroke Lodge,
"5; Sir Henry Fitzherbcrt, Bart., for Tessington, Der-
Yshire.

Her Majesty's Theatre opened on Saturday evening
with Donizetta's opera of Beliaario, in which Signora
Monani, Madame Croft, and M. F. Lablache made their
first appearance on this stage. Signora Monani is a fine
woman, with a handsome round face, and a very pleasant
expression, but her voice is deficient in power and clear-
ness ; her action, like that of most Italians, is free and
graceful. Madame Croft is a better singer than Signora
Monani, with a distinct and musical voice, although, per-
haps from want of habit as a stage performer, she now and
then drops it suddenly, as if exhausted by the effort. Her
articulation of the Italian (as might be expected in an
Englishwoman) is imperfect. However, we have no doubt
that she will improve greatly as she gains self-possession.
These two ladies had the parts of Antonia and Irene, and
Lablache that of Belisario. He is, undoubtedly, a good, sa-
tisfactory singer, with a fine manly quality of voice, but com-
pared with his father it wants both fulness and power. He
went through his undertaking with the greatest credit, and
excepting in one instance, where the tenor was sadly out
of tune, he was well supported by Teti. The level tone of
Tati's voice is pleasing, and he is by no means a bad singer,
but for many reasons he never can sustain himself as
first tenor. On the whole the opera went off well, and
Laporte deserves credit for having done so much under cir-
cumstances in no respect favourable.
Grisi, Garcia, Rubini, Lablache, and several other stars
not yet sees in England, are expected after Easter.
At the end of the Opera, .‘ God save the Queen" Kai
sung in due form, and afterwards a new ballet, called
Robert le Diable, was produced with great splendour, and,
though rather too long, it went off with nearly as much
success as could he desired. It professedly follows the
story of Meyerbeer's celebrated opera, but the scenery
and costumes are entirely new, very appropriate, and very
gay. It is the work of Guerra, and is highly creditable
to his skill and taste. The principal female dancer was
Herminie Elsler, who is well known. She was supported
by Madame Giubilei and by other favourites ; and it is but
justice to state, that the leis important parts were well
filled, and the grouping much better managed than on any
previous occasion
The Duke of Wellington, Louis Napoleon Buonaparte,
and several other persons of distinction were present ; but
he house was thinly attended.

THE ITALIAN OPERA.

THEATRICAL ENTERTAIN-

MENTS.

THE " COLLECTIVE NONSENSE " OF THE NATION.
Mr. T. Duncombe introduced the question relative to the
restrictions imposed on theatrical entertainments in the
city of Westminster on Wednesdays and Fridays
during Lent, in a way that will tend greatly to raise his
reputation for talent. His speech was as irresistible for
humour as for argument. What shall we say of that of
Lord John Russell, by which it was succeeded ? Who
would not suppose Lord John the veriest driveller that ever
existed? Who would recognize one of the authors of the
Reform Bill—the able defender, on some occasions, of
sound political principles—in the retailer of such stuff as
this ? Weak and contemptible as was the speech of
Lord Join, it was at least equalled, perhaps surpassed
in silliness by what fell from the mouthpiece of Mary-
lebone, Lord Teignmouth. He thought that the speech
of the Noble Lord was " in accordance with the good
sense of the country." Wnat an idea he must form
of the intelligence of the people ! The Noble Lord, in
allusion to the Lenten feasts of the Bishops, was too
good to be passed over.—" He was sure that if the Ho-
nourable Member for Finsbury bad had the good fortune
to partake, as he had done, of the hospitality of the
Bishop of Llandaff, he would see that the dinners of
that Right liev. Prelate were conducted in a way that
afforded no parallel with the entertairnents of a theatre."
The appropriate answer to this delectable remark is re-
corded in the report as " roars of laughter." Nothing
could be truer than the Noble Lord's observation. A
Bishop's dinner is a very different thing to a theatrical
entertainment. Even the mere cookery bears no likeness
to a rehearsal; the clattering of stew-pans and dishes in
a Bishop's kitchen is very different to the getting-up of
a new piece; and what resemblance is there, in the
spiritual gusto with which the dainties are discussed at
the episcopal table, to the mere intellectual relish
felt for the " good things" provided at the theatre ?
What man of taste, and especially a Bishop or a Tory
Lord, would not give the preference to th.e former, and
vote for shutting the theatres ? Many such persons of
taste aro there in the House of Commons, though not
enough, as it turned out; for the occasion on Thursdar
evening."—Sunday Times.