The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-11 00:00:00

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WINDSOR, Nov. 10.

The first dramatic performance at the Castle this sea-
Son took place this evening. The piece selected upon
this occasion was Shakspeare's historical play, in
five acts, King Henry the Fifth, and the parts were filled
according to the following programme :
The chorus Mr. Bartley.
King Henry the Fifth
Duke of Glo'ster (Brothers to the 5 Miss Young.
Duke of Bedford J King)
Duke of Exeter (Uncle to the King) Mr. Cooper.
Earl of Salicbury
Earl of Westmoreland
Archbishop of Canterbury
Bishop of Ely Mr. Lacy.
Earl of Cambridge l (Conspirators (Mr. F. -Vining.
Lord Scroop against the j Mr. Meagerson.
Sir Thomas Grey King.) Mr. Harris.
Sir Thomas Eingham (Officers in Mr. Addison.
Captain Gower King Hen- Mr. J. F. Cathcart.
Captain Fluellen. ry's Army. Mr. Lewis Ball.
Bates l. (Soldiers in the f Mr. J. W. Ray.
-Williams.
Nril (Formerly servants to Mr. C. Fenton.
Bardolph }. Falstaff, now soldiers Mr. Wilkinson.
Pistol. ....
Mr. Harley.
11°Y (Servant to them.) . . Miss Kate Terry.
Charles VI , King of France Mr. Lunt.
Lewis, the Dauphin Mr. Leigh Murray.
Duke of Burgundy Mr. G. Basil.
The Constable of France Mr. Graham.
Governor of Harfleur Mr. Josephs.
Montjoy, a French Herald Mr. Mortimer.
Isabel, Queen of France Mrs. Ternan.
Katharine.... i (Daughter of Charles }Miss T. Bassano.
1 and Isabel.)
Quickly (Pistol's Wife, an Hostess) Mrs. H. Marston.
The scene, at the beginning of the play, lies in Eng-
land, but afterwards wholly in France.
Director Mr. Charles Kean.
Assistant-Director Mr. George Ellis.
The theatre arranged and the scenery painted by Mr.
Thomas Grieve. -

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At eight o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert entered
the Rubens-room, accompanied by the following illus-
trious circle, who had previously had the honour of din-
ing with her Majesty :—The Duchess of Brabant, the
Duke of Brabant, the Duke of Argyll, the Belgian Mi-
nister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Right Hon. W.
B. and Mrs. Gladstone, the Right Hon. Sir Wm. and
Lady Molesworth, Lord Edward Howard, Lord George
Lennox, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, the Hon. Sir Ralph
and Lady Mary Abercromby, and the Ladies and gen-
tlemen in attendance.
The following had the honour of receiving invitations
to be present at the royal entertainment : —Lady Frances
Bruce, the Dowager Marchioness of Do wnshire, Lady
Mary Hood, Lady Bertha Hastings, Lady Caroline Bar-
rington, the Hon. Mrs. Gordon, the Hon. and Rev. Ed-
ward Moore, Mrs. and Miss Moore, the Hon. and Rev.
R. Cust, Lady Anna Maria and two Misses Cust, Colonel
the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey, Colonel the Hon. C. B.
Phipps, Sir George and Lady Couper, Miss and Mr. R.
Couper, the Rev. Seymour Neville, Colonel and Mrs.
Challoner, Colonel and Mrs. Craufurd, Lieut.-Colonel
Parker (commanding officer), Cap.ain Hogg and Sir
Wm. Fraser (of the Ist Life Guards), Colonel Dixon
(commanding officer), Lieut.-Colonel Blair and Major
Moorsom (of the 2d battalion Scots Fusilier Guards),
Captain and Mrs. Cust, Mr. and Lady Edith Clifton,
Mr. Ralph Neville, two Mises Codrington, Mr. and Mrs.
H. Seymour and Miss Seymour, Mr. Gibbs, and Mr.
Glover.

The Queen and her distinguished company having
taken their seats, the performance immediately com-
menced.

Her Majesty's private band attended in an ante-room.
Refreshments were served in the Throne-room.

The dinner party yesterday included the Duke and
Duchess of Brabant, the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of
Argyll, Monsieur Van de Weyer, the Lady in Waiting
to the Duchess of Brabant, the Lady in Waiting to the
Duchess of Kent, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon-
Mrs. Gordon, Baroness de Speth, Lord E. Howard,
Lord G. Lennox, Colonel the Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey,
Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, the Right Hon. W.
E. Gladstone, Sir G. Coupar, Sir J. Clark, Colonel
Dixon, Commanding Officer 2d Battalion Scots Fusilier
Guards ; Lieut.-Colonel Parker, Commanding Officer
Ist Life Guards ; Count Gustave de Lannoy, Mr.
Becker, Mr. Glover.
The band of the Ist Life Guards attended during din-
ner, and played the following pieces :
March—" H. R. H. The Prince of
Wales"
Overture—" Die lustigen Weiber
von Windsor" Otto Nicolai.
Potpourri, " Bar biere de Siviglia" Rossini.
Walzer—"Tugend Errimerungen" Wittman.
Selection—Opera " Zayre" Duke of Saxe Coburg.
Quadrille, "Friederich Wilhelms" Bilse.
The Queen's private band afterwards attended, and
played the following compositions :
Overture—" Jessonda" Sphor.
Selection—" Les Huguenots" Meyerbeer.
Airs de Ballet—" Masaniello" Auber.

Prince Albert, with the Duke of Brabant, went out
shooting this forenoon, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel
the Hon. A. Gordon.

The Princess of Salerno visited her Majesty to-day,
and afterwards drove to Frogmore and called upon the
Duchess of Kent.
The Hon. Matilda Paget and the Hon. Mary Sey-
mour have succeeded the Hon. Beatrice Byng and the
Hon. Eleanor Stanley as Maids of Honour in Waiting
to the Queen.
The Duke of Argyll, the Belgian Minister, Lord E.
Howard, Lord G. Lennox, and the Right Hon. W. E.
Gladstone, arrived at the Castle yesterday on a visit.
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Sir W. and Lady Moles-
worth, the Hon. Sir Ralph and Lady Mary Abercromby,
and Mrs. Gladstone, are expected to remain on a visit.
A deputation from the West-End Grand Junction
Railway, consisting of Messrs. Tulk, Marrable, and
Nind (promoters), Messrs. Dunn and Ottaway (Solici-
tors), Mr. Sladen (Parliamentary Agent), Mr. Gordon
(Consulting Engineer), Mr. Drake (Surveyor), and
Messrs. Lewis and Marrable (Architects), had an inter-
view with Sir William Molesworth yesterday at the
Office of Works and Public Buildings in Whitehall-place.
Sir Charles Fox and Mr. Lionel Gisborne had an in-
terview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the
Foreign-office, on behalf of the Atlantic and Pacific
Junction Company.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Nov. 10.

In a convocation held this morning, the Rev. John
William Grier, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, was
admitted ad eundum. In the same convocation, the
nomination of the Rev. E. Riddle and the Rev. C. P.
Eden, as Select Preachers, was approved.
In a congregation held at the same time, the follow-
ing degrees were conferred :

BACHEL9It IN CIVIL LAW.
Edward Eli.* Fellow of New College.

MASTERS IN ARTS.
Rev. Hayter G. Hames, Christ Church, Grand

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Compounder.
William Frederick Bryant, Wadham, Grand Com
pounder.
Thomas Ward, New Inn Hall.

Rev. Jos. Skipper Treacher, Magdalen Hall.
James Clarke Roberts, Magdalen Hall.
John Walker, St. Mary Hall.
William Plows. St. Mary Hall.
Rev. Richard Franklin Wright, St. John's.
Rev. Thomas B enry Padden, Trinity.
Henry Macnamara, Lincoln.
George Russell, Exeter.
Rev. Edward Charles Adams, Scholar of Worcester

BACHELORS OF ARTS.
Rev. William Sanderson Miller, New College.
Aubrey Charles Price, Fellow of New College.
Thomas Lingard Green, Trinity.
Thomas Wilgress Mills, Brasenose.
Hon. J. Walter Lascelles, Exeter.
H. Mortlock Aitken, Exeter.
William Brandt, Scholar of Oriel.
Henry Buttanshaw, Oriel.

The warden and fellows of the New College, at a
meeting of their society held on the 9th inst., elected
Mr. Charles William Lawrence, M.A., of Cirencester,
and a former fellow of the College, their steward, on the
resignation of Mr. Peter Erle, who has lately been ap-
pointed chief commisioner under the Charitable Trusts
Act.

The single candidate who presented himself for ex-
amination in the Physical School (Mr. G. G. Ross, of
St. Mary Hall) has been awarded a third class by the
examiners.