The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL. SEPT. 22.

Her Majesty, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice,
and Count Alexander Mensdorff, rode yesterday to the
Loch of Lochan-y-gar. The Hon. Mary Bulteel was in
attendance on her Majesty.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out deer
stalking, and joined her Majesty in the evening.
Her —Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count
Alexander Mensdorff, and Lady Augusta Bruce, joined
the dinner party in the evening.

The Turkish Minister had an interview with On Earl
of Clarendon yesterday, at the Foreign-office.

D.RURY-LANE THEATRE.

Kotzebue's grim and gloomy drama of Tice Stranger
was given last night—Mr. G. Brooke, of course, sustain-
ing the part of the misanthropic hero of the play. The
peculiarity of the construction of The Stranger is, that
The Stranger -himself the main personage, and the dra-
matic pivot of the whole—has so little to do through five
long acts. He appears for a short time, just by way of
introduction, in the first act ; disappears to all intents
and purposes in the second and third ; and only emerges
into strong dramatic life in the fourth and fifth acts—in
the fifth act more especially, where the action comes to
the climax, but leaves the audience in uncertainty. The
representative of The Stranger is thus left little elbow
room ; but it must be confessed that in the space allowed
he is afforded full opportunities of appealing to the sym-
pathies of his audience—opportunities which Mr. Brooke
last night availed himself of with great energy and power.
His pathos was, perhaps, less striking than his passion-
ate anguish, but the latter was a masterly display of
strong emotion—only at intervals marred by the pecu-
liarities of Mr. Brooke's enunciation—the long chant-
ing tone in which he delivers passages which ought
to have been spoken with the fiery rapidityof strong indig-
nation. His manner of giving instructions to Francis.
in the fourth act, was an admirable "bit" of purely
natural acting, and the sudden start, and precipitate
movement intd which he instinctively rushes, speak-
ing all the time iu a rapid exclamatory tone,
when he is asked by the Count to reveal the secret
of his sorrow, was a point worthy of a great actor.
Several emphatic assertions, consisting of a single sen-
tence, were pronounced with, if we may use the word, a
staccato distinctness and vigour of enunciation in which
the long rolling style—each word sung, rather than
spoken—was totally lost sight of.
The last scene we have alluded to as that in which the
actor possesses the greatest scope, in which the feelings
depicted are the strongest, and the variety of emotion
most marked. The struggle between lingering affection
and pride was well developed. The tenderness of the
tones into which the injured husband was ever falling,
and as often rising from by a sudden appeal directed by
himself to his own pride, and always delivered with a
marked dignity and firmness of demeanour, was as true
as it was effective. The balance was kept wavering
with great care and skill throughout the entire scene,
the impression left being that the intention, iu which he
succeeded, of the actor was the representation of a proud
and all but broken-hearted man, struggling against his
better nature and his will to preserve his misanthropy
and steel his heart against the woman he acknowledges
that he still so fondly loves.
The° other characters were tolerably well supported,
hut offer scope for nu particular remark.

THE FUNDS. —The decline of more than a half per
cent. in the English funds continues without interrup-
tion, and the fluctuations yesterday morning were more

violent than on any previous occasion during the past
year or two. Owing to the absence of any positively un-
favourable intelligence at the commencement of busi-
ness, notwithstanding a multitude of vague reports that
were in circulation on Thursday, the market opened at
an improvement of an eighth per cent. ; hut a succes-
sion of sales for both money and account immediately
took place, which caused a rapid and almost uninterrupted
fall. During the day the Bank of England an-
nounced their intention to lend money on Govern-
ment securities at 4 per cent. during the shutting, till
the 15th of October, and this was the only circumstance
that produced even a temporary rally. Its effect, how-
ever, was very transient, although it was interpreted as
an indication that no further rise in the rate of discount
is immediately contemplated, and before the complete
termination of business the market gave way in a manner
rarely witnessed. except upon the sudden receipt of some
very unfavourable intelligence. Nothing, however,
transpired in the present instance to account for the
operations that were carried on, although for some
time after regular hours transactions took place at a
decline. Consols, which left off on Thursday at 944 tot!,
were first quoted 944 to They immediately re-
ceded until they reached 944, but, after having been
offered at that price, the announcement regarding the
Bank rate for: advances on stock caused a reaction
to 944. Renewed weakness, however, was soon mani-
fested, and the final official quotations were 94} for
money, and 944 to 4 for the account. Subsequently an
active business was entered into at lower prices, until
the quotations dropped to 934 to 94 for money, and 94
for the 13th of October. Bank Stock left off at 225 to
227 with dividend ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 95}
to 4 ex div. ; India Stock, 248 to 252 ; India Bonds, .ss.
discount to par ; and Exchequer Bills, 12s. to ss. dis-
count. The last period at which Consols were quoted
934 was in November, 1849.—Times City Article.
FUNERAL OF COLONEL COLQUHOUN, R.A.—WooLwinit.
SEPT. 23 —The remains of the late gallant officer were
interred to-day in Woolwich Churchyard, with the mili-
tary honours due to his rank. At 10 o'clock a.m., the
whole of the troops in the garrison assembled in full
uniform in front of the Royal Artillery Barracks, and
were drawn up in double line and in open order,
with 600 of the workmen of the carriage depart,
ment, of which he was head inspector, all respecta-
bly dressed in black. The procession moved from the
quarters, No. 4, field officers' residences, East•square
(occupied by the colonel when alive), at a quarter-past
11, in the following order : The serjeant-major, two
gunners, and one sergeant of the riding house troop,
mounted, with drawn sabres, to clear the way ; a flung
party, consisting of six captains, six lieutenants, 12 ser-
geants, and 300 rank and file of Royal Artillery, under
the command of Lieut.-Col. Flude ; the whole of the band
and drums and flutes of the Royal Artillery, the drums
and instruments covered with black crape, playing the
Dead March in Saul ; the Rev. Mr. Scott and the Rev.
Mr. Wright, chaplains of the garrison, in their canonical
vestments ; Mr. Hudson and his son the undertakers ;
two gunners of the riding-house troop mounted with
drawn swords ; the coffin, containing the remains
of the deceased, mounted on a platform placed
on the gun carriage of a 9-pounder, covered with the
Union Jack. Above the pall which covered the coffin
were the deceased's cap, sword, and sash reversed, the
whole drawn by six fine black horses in charge of ascr-.
ser-
geant. The pall bearers were Lieutenant-Colonel 0t
way, Lieutenant-Colonel Furneaux, Lieutenant-c ocloonloel.
Anderson, Lieutenant-Colonel Hardinge, ;
nel Bury, Royal Marines ; Colonel Blanchard, ()asp..
Royal Engineers ; Colonel Sandharn, Royal Engine
and Colonel Cator, Royal Artillery ; with
coffin from
geants, four on each side, for carrying the
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the gun carriage into the church.
lowed as chief mourners.
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which was moved and put in, are now swelling fruit very'
well for a tree so recently transplanted. Tomatoes
also produce finely in them, and their fruit is free from
disease, 'which is not the case with the crops outside.
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garden has as yet been mostsatisfactory. North, Wales
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