The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Nov. I.
The Duke and Duchess of Brabant, the Count of
Flanders, and the Princess Charlotte of Belgium left
Windsor Castle for London shortly before 9 o'clock this
morning, attended by the Count and Countess Gustave
de Lannoy.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
King of the Belgians, and attended by the Countess of
Desart and the Gentlemen in Waiting, left the Castle at
half-past 10 o'clock, and proceeded by a special train on
the South-Western Railway to the private station at
Nine Elms, where carriages were in readiness to convey
the Royal party to the Crystal Palace at Sydenham.
The Duke and Duchess of Brabant, the Count of
Flanders, and the Princess Charlotte arrived there
nearly at the same time, and joined her Majesty, who
was received at the entrance of the building by Mr.
Laing, M.P., chairman of the Crystal Palace Company,
Mr. Geach, M.P., and Messrs. Farquhar, Anderson,
Calvert, and Phillips, directors.
The Queen and Prince, the King of the Belgians, and.
the Royal visitors were then conducted over the build-
ing and gardens by Mr. Fuller, the managing director,
Mr. Ferguson, Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr. Owen Jones,
Mr. Digby Wyatt, Professor Ansted, and Mr. Belshaw,
and minutely inspected the progress of the works.
After remaining till past 3 o'clock the Royal party
returned to Nine Elms station in four carriages, and
proceeded to Windsor in a special train, which arrived
at 20 minutes before 5 p.m.
The dinner party yesterday included his Majesty
the King of the Belgians, her Imperial Highness the
Duchess of Brabant, his Royal Highness the Duke of
Brabant, his Royal Highness the Count of Flanders,
his Excellency the French Ambassador and Countess
Walewski, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de
Weyer, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Elgin,
the Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Brabant, Lord
Elphinstone, Lord Raglan, Major-General the Hon.
Sir E. Cust, Sir J. Graham, Count Gustave de Lannoy,
Colonel de Moerkerke, Baron Prisse, and M. Ricken.
The band of the Ist Life Guards attended in the Castle
after dinner, and played the following pieCes

March—
Overture—
Selection—Opera, " Zayre"
Walzer—" Sylvan"

" Franz Joseph"
" Sophia Catharina" Flo to vr.
j His Royal Highness the
•" 1 Duke of Saxe•Coburg.
Tinney.

Fantasia - Spaeth.
Galop Leutner.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in
the evening the following compositions :

Overture—" Lestocq"
Selection—" Silvana"

Tuber.
Weber.

Coro —" Nel Silerizio" (II Cro- }
Meyerbeer.
ciato)

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, Equerry,
has relieved Colonel Wylde in his attendance on the
Prince ; and Lord Charles Fitzroy has succeeded Col.
the Hon. C. Grey as Equerry in Waiting to the Queen.
The Duke of Brabant and the Count of Flanders re-
turned from 'Woolwich at 6 o'clock last night.

The Commissioners for Inquiring into the State of the
Corporation of the City of London held a meeting yes-
terday at the official residence of the First Lord of the
Treasury, in Downing-street. The Commissioners pre-
sent were the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Right
Hon. Sir John Patteson, and Mr. G. Cornewall Lewis.

Despatches from Admiral Dundas, commander of the
Mediterranean fleet, were brought to the Admiralty by
an officer on Monday night, and were forwarded to Sir
James Graham at Windsor Castle.

Sir Edmund Lyons had an interview with the Earl of
Aberdeen yesterday at his official residence in Downing-
street.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

The three-act comic drama of The Laftcers, or the Geli

tleman's Son, produced here last evening with unequivocal
success, is taken from Bayard's Fils de Famille, already
rendered familiar to London playgoers under the title of
The Discarded Son, now running nightly at the Adelphi
with considerable favour. It becomes unnecessary,
therefore, to recapitulate the plot or situations of the
piece. The Princess's production is, as might be ex-
pected, unexceptionably presented, the proverbial pains
being bestowed on propriety of costume and elegance of
mise en scene. In comparing the respective perform-
ances, it is no disparagement to the clever and command-
ing Mrs. Winstanley to award the palm to Mrs. Keeley
as the Amazonian matchmaker ; nor, on the other side,
to Miss Maskell, to pronounce Mrs. Walter Lacy a still
smarter ex-vivandiere. Miss Woolgar's part in the comedy
was extremely well sustained by Miss Le Clercq. Stern,
but not coarse, dressed d merveille, and every inch a soldier,
Mr. Ryder was highly effective in the role of the Lancer
Colonel, undertaken by Mr. Selby at the other house ;
he gave a masterly delineation, strongly coloured, but
not daubed. Mr. David Fisher made a first appearance
on the London boards, and did himself exceeding credit;
as " the Gentleman's Son," he suffered not in the
slightest, in comparison with Mr. Leigh Murray ; and
his ease, lightness, and finish commanded great applause,
and stamped him with decided success. Mr. Meadow's
quaintness was hardly equal in humour to the richness
of Mr. Keeley, but Mr. Mellon, as the Sergeant-Major,
was much more to our liking than "glorious Paul."
The opening scene, beautifully painted by Gordon, eli-
cited marked admiration, and one of the most applauded
features was a rustic dance in the first act, which was
vehemently encored. A general recal of the principal
performers testified the entire satisfaction of the audi-
ence. The Lancers must be enrolled among the "de-
cided hits" of the present management.