The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-03 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, F. 2.
A dramatic performance took place this evening in
the Castle.

The Queen had a dinner party, and the following
illustrious circle had the honour of receiving invitations :
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal
Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess
Mary, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess
of Bedford, the Marquis of Granby, Earl Spencer, the
Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, and Lady,Elizabeth
Yorke, the Earl and Countess Grey, Lord and Lady
Ashburton, the Right Hon.! Pemberton Leigh, the
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, the
Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness
de Speth, Sir James Clark, Sir Edwin Landseer, Baron
de Knesebeck, and Captain Hamilton.
Her Majesty had also an evening party. The follow-
ing had the honour of receiving invitations to witness
the dramatic representation :—The Belgian Minister and
Madame Van de Weyer, Lady Francei Bruce, Lady
Caroline and Miss Barrington, Colonel the Hon. Chas.
and Mrs. Grey, the Hon. and Rev. F. Grey, Col. the
Hon. C. B. and Miss Phipps, Captain the Hon. D. and
Lady Elizabeth de Ros, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon.N.
and Lady Mary Hood, Major-General the Hon. Sir E.
Cust, Sir Charles and Lady Hotham' Major-General
and Mrs. Power, Colonel and Mrs. DesVceux, Miss Des
Vomit, Mr. and Mrs. flarford, .Colonel Hall, command.
ing officer, Captain Walsh, and Lieutenant Levett, of
the Ist Life Guards, Colonel Dixon, commanding officer,
Captain Neville, and Lieutenant Thistlethwayte, of the
2d Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, Mr.
,Glover, and
Mr. Gibbs.

Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert entered the Rubens Room, where the temporary
stage was erected, at 8 o'clock, accompanied by their
Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena,
and Princess Louisa ; also, the Royal dinner circle and
the evening company, together with the ladies and gen-
tlemen in attendance.

The performance immediately commenced. The piece
selected upon this occasion was Shakspere's play of The
Tempest, and the parts were filled according to the fol-
lowing programme :

THE TEMPEST.
Alonzo—(King of Naples) Mr. Cooper.
Sebastian—(His Brother) Mr. J. F. Cathcart.
Prospero— (the rightful Duke of Milan) M. Charles, Kean.
Antonio— (His Brother, the ursurping
Duke of Milan) Mr. Ryder.
Ferdinand—(Son to the King of
Naples) Mr. A. Wigan.
Gonzalo—(An honest old Counsellor of
Naples) Mr. Graham.
Adrian
1 Lords f Mr. Brazier.
Francisco I Mr. Raymond.
Caliban—(A savage and deformed
Slave) Mr. Webster.
Trinculo— (A Jester) Mr. Harley.
Stephano— (A drunken Butler) Mr. Bartley.
Boatswain Mr. G. Cooke.
Miranda—(Daughter to Prospero) Miss Heath.
Ariel—(An Airy Spirit) Miss Leclercq.
Iris { Miss K. Terry.
Ceres } (Spirits) Miss R. Leclercq.
Miss M. Ternan.
Harpy Mr. Terry.
Scene—An Uninhabited Island.
Director Mr. Charles Kean.
Assistant-Director Mr. George Ellis.
The theatre arranged and the scenery painted by Mr.
T. Grieve.

The Queen's private band attended during the per-
formance in an ante-room.
Refreshments were served in the Throne-room.
Tue Queen and Prince rode out on horseback this
forenonn, attended by Major-General Buckley and Lieu-
tenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon.

Earl Spencer (Lord Steward) and Viscount Drumlanrig
(Controller of the Household) had audiences of the Queen,
to present the addresses from both Houses of Parliament
in answer to her Majesty's Speech.
The Right Hon. E. Strutt had also an audience of the
Queen.

The Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Beatrice
Byng have succeeded the Hon. Flora Macdonald and
the Hon. Caroline Cavendish as Maids of Honour in
Waiting to her Majesty.

The Inner party yesterday included her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the
Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, the Duke
and Duchess of Bedford, the Marquis of Granby, the
Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness
de Speth, Earl Spencer, the Earl and Countess of
Hardwicke, and Lady Elizabeth York; Earl and Coun-
tess Grey, Lord and Lady Ashburton, the Right Hon.
Pemberton Leigh, the Vice-Chancellor of the liniversity
of Cambridge, and Baron Knesebeck.
The band of the Ist Life Guards attended during din-
ner and performed the following pieces :
March—" Hamburger Wallhalle" Herzog.
Symphonie—No. 2in B flat ... Haydn.
Walzer—"Turend Erinnerungen" Wittman.
Fantasia—" Don Sebastian" Snel.
Overture and Introduction Opera 1. His Royal Highness
" Casilda" f the Duke of Coburg.
Walzer—" Invitation de la Danse" Weber.
The Queen's private band afterwards attended in the
Castle, and played the following selection :
Morceaux d'Ensefnb!e et Chceur,
• Overture—" Haydee" Auber.
Herold.
2d Act—" Marie"
Fackeltant

The Postmaster-General had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official re-
sidence in Downing-street.
A deputation from the Severn Valley Railway Com-
pany, consisting of Mr. Thorp (chairman), the Hon.
Colonel Forester, M.p., Mr. W. H. Macdonald, Mr.
W. Toogood (solicitor), Mr. G. R. Nicholson (engineer),
and Mr. C. R. Reed (secretary), had an interview with
the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday, at the office of
the Board of Trade.

THE COIIET.—The anniversary of the marriage of the
Sovereign with Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg Gotha will
be celebrated with the customary rejoicings, at Windsor,
on Thursday next.

HEALTH OF THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY.—The an-
nouncement of the Marquis of Anglesey's serious illness
made in the papers of yesterday created an anxious sen-
sation among all classes of the community, to whom his
gallent services, patient merit, and his advanced age had
endeared him. `The dear old marquis" and "the
poor old marquis" were the expressions of endearment
in the mouths of all. The calls at 'Uxbridge House, Bur-
lington-gardens, were constant throughout the day, and
included those of the mechanic and of the peer. The
anbwer to all inquiries was that his lordship was much
better in consequence of his cheerful disposition having
prevented his falling into a state of despondency, a thing
which might have been expected, considering the nature
of the attack and the years of the patient. It will be
pleasing to the public to learn that the attack has in no
way impaired his lordship's faculties, as he is now as
collected and as calm as at any previous period of his
life, and his surgeon entertains, we hear, strong hopes
of his recovery.
THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY.—The domestic establishment
of his Excellency is to be broken up forthwith in Ches-
ham:place.

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His Excellency Count Elweptowitch, Russian Minister,
has arrived at Brussels, from a diplomatic mission to the
French Court.
His Highness Prince Frederick of Prussia, heir pre-
sumptive to the Throne, has been just promoted to the
rank of Major-General of the Prussian corps d'armee.
His head quarters to be Brisla.
The Duke of Devonshire, who has arrived at Devon-
shire House from Brighton, received a few select friends
at dinner last evening.
The Duchess of Sutherland returns to Treutham-hall
to-morrow, from visiting her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
The Duchess Dowager of Beaufort and the Ladies
Somerset have arrived at their new residence, in John-
street, Berkeley-square, for the season. The Duke and,
Duchess and youthful family are still staying at Bad-
minton Park.
The Countess Montio.o gave a brilliant fete de nuit
to the rank, beauty, and fashion of the Spanish capital,
on the 29th ult., to celebrate her first anniversary of
her august daughter's marriage with the Emperor of the
French.

Lord Harry Vane, M.P., has arrived in Grosvenor..
place, from the Duke of Cleveland's, Raby Castle.
SIR JOSEPH THACKWELL.—The Cork Constitution
states that on Monday a telegi aphic message was re-
ceived in that city, summoning Sir Joseph Thackwell
over to London.

THE PORT OF WATERFORD.-Mr. Brunel, the en-
gineer of the Great Western Railway, is expected in
Waterford this week for the purpose of ascertaining its
eligibility for a large class of steamers. It is now all
but decided that, on the opening of the South Wales
line to Hobbs Point, steamers will be placed between
Waterford and Milford.