The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-25 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Qucen rode out on horseback yesterday, accom-
panied by the Princess of Leiningen, and attended by the
lion. Mss Cavendish, Baroness Lehzen, Miss Quentin,
Eirl of Uxbridge, Colonel Wemyss, Lord Byron, Right
Hon.;G. S. Byng, Hon. C. A. Murray, and Sir Frederick
Stovin.

Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of her
Majesty._

The Royal Dinner party at the Palace last evening,
included the Earl of Uxbridge, the Earl of Albermarle,
Earl of Ilchcster, Earl and Countess of Surrey, and the
Hon. Charles Gore.

lier Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the
Princesses of Hohenlohe, and attended by the Hon. Miss
Hope Johnstone, Hon. Miss Boyle, lion. Captain Curzon,
and the Rev. J. R. Wood, visited the Coloseum and the
Diorama yesterday. In the afternoon her Majesty took
an airing in an open carriege.
The Princess Augusta, attended by Miss Wynyard,
visited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace.
The Duke of Sussex and the Princess Sophia Ma-
tilda visited the Queen Dowager yesterday at Buckingham.
Palace.

The Duke of Cambridge honoured Lori Burghersh
with his company on Sunday evening at hii residence in
Upper Harley-Etreet.

Tha Princess Augusta honoured Lady Taylor with a
visit Ic,terday, at her residence in the Reget,t's Park.
The Duke a Sussex visited the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge yesterday.
The Duke of Cambridge visited the Princess Augusta
yesterday at Clarence House.

- The -Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of
England had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer yesterday in Downing-street.
Lord Belhaven had an interview with Viscount Mel-
bourne yesterday in Downing-street.
Sir Richard O'Conor, Sir James Stirling, ,Mr. F.
Buxton, and Mr. H. G. Ward. had interviews with the
Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Colonial Office.
The Austrian Ambassador transacted business yester-
day at the Furcign Office.
The Solicitor-General and Mr. John Wood, Chairman
of the Excise, had interviews yesterday with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer.
Sir John cud Lady Conroy and family left town on
Sunday, for a tour upon the Continent.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yes-
terday morning from Tonbridge Wells.
Despatches Worn Sir John Harvey, Governor of New
Brunswick, from Sir Colin Campbell, Governor of Nova-
Scotia, and from Colonel .Cockburn, Governor of the
Bahamas, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office.

THEATRES.

I/ER 31;i4JASTY'S.

Donize..tti's opera of L'.E/isir d'Amor; seems destined to
another and mire distinguished career. It was popular at
the Odcra Buff., when first introduced to this country,
and it is likely to he still more popular at her Majesty's
Theatre, where it has all the advantages which first. rate
musicians and voclists can bestow upon fine coinposition.
The performance of Saturday night was a decided hit.
When played on the preceding Thursday for Taglioni's
benefit, it would not .be easy to distinguish whether
the applause was accorded to the performer or the
performance, er how much of it to either respectively.
But its repetition on Saturday night, unconnected with
the benefit of a great public favourite, put the merits of
the opera fairly to the test, and it is no exaggeration to say
that it came ti iumphantly out of the ordeal. Persiani,
Tamburini, Lablache, and Mario exerted their talents to
the utmost. It was impossible to hear them without feel-
ing that there is a degree of excellence which description
must abandon in despair, nor was that impression weakened
when Taglioni came to display her inimitable grace in the
beautiful ballet of Ghana, which followed. The house
was crowded in every part, and the scene was rendered
m re brilliant and imposing by the presence of her Ma-
jesty, the Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Cambridge,
the Princess Augusta, and a large muster of the nobility.
dl of whom appeared to join most cordially in approbation
of L' Eli sir d'Amore.

DRURY-LANE.
The veteran Russell—the contemporary of Kemble,
Siddons, Bannister, Jordan, &c., the supporters of the
drama, in its more halcyon days—had his benefit last night
at this theatre. and happy are we to testify that it was to
all appearance a real b, nefit, the house being crowded in
every part. The performances, which were under the
illustrious patronage of their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, consisting of the
new version of Donizetti's popular opera L'Elisir
d'Antore, called the Love Spell ; or, The Mountebank of
Ravenna, of which it is unnecessary hereto give a detail,:d
description, having so recently had occasion to do so on its
production at the Surrey Theatre. The opera, which.
was well received throughout, was followed by Foote's fa-
vourite face of the Mayor of Garratt, in which Donlon,
whose entree was heartily cheered,once more appeared upon
these boards in the character of Major Sturgeon. He ac-
quitted himself very satisfactorily in this, one of his most
popular impersonations, as also did the benefriare, in his
unrivalled performance of Jerry Sneak. The evening's
entertainments concluded with the ballet of the Daughter
of the Danube, in which Master Marshall performed
Wieland's part of the Imp with fair success—no inarduous
undertaking, after the eminent success of the great original.