The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-04 00:00:00

COUR

LAR.

The King, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, left St. James's
shortly before seven o'clock on Wednesday evening, escorted
by a party of dragoons, for Windsor Castle.
Wednesday was the anniversary of the Duchess of Cumber-
land's birth-day.
The Princess Augusta entertained a select party at dinner,
yesterday, at her residence in St. James's Palace.
The Landgravine of Hesse Homburg honoured Lady Camp-
bell with her company, at dinner, on Wednesday, at her resi-
dence in Hill-street.
A deputation, consisting of Sir Samuel S. B. Whalley,
M.P., M. Drummond, Esq. ; R. Cooke, Esq., Thomas
Murphy, Esq., William Douglas, Esq., with the Vestry
Clerk, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at
the Home Office, on the subject of the St. Pancras Paving
Bill.
Mr. Colquhoun had an interview with Lord Glenelg, at the
Colonial-office, yesterday.
The French Ambassador and the Bavarian Minister transac-
ted business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Mr. Pinney, M. P., had an interview with Viscount Mel-
bourne yesterday in Downing-street.
Lord Sandon and Mr. Latham, accompanied by Mr. Waine-
wright, had an interview yesterday with Lord Glenclg, at the
Colonial-office.
The Cabinet Ministers dined with Lord John Russell, on
`Wednesday evening, at his residence in Wilton-crescent.

THEATRES.

DR UR Y-LANE.

The lover of genius, and he for whom the pomp and pa
geantry of a spectacle has its charms, would have been both
pleased by the performances at this theatre last evening.
The former would have derived his source of pleasure from
the Virginius of Macready ; the latter from, in the par-
lance of the bills, the grand chivalric entertainment of Chevy
Chase. The opening scene introduces the Earl of Douglas
(Diddear) seeking from Lady Mary Douglas, the Witch
Lady of Lochleven (Mrs. Vining), a reply to his question
as to the faith of Lady Elinor Neville (Miss Ford), whose
hand had been pledged to him by her father the Earl of
Westmoreland (Mathews). His answer is given by show-
ing to him in a magic mirror, we presume, the walls of
Raby Castle, and the fair Elinor receiving at its portals the
gift of her lover, Henry Percy (Cooper), from the hand
of his squire, and promising to flee from its walls with
him. Carry on the picture, suppose Elinor to have es-
caped, in order to avoid a marriage with the choice of her
father, taking refuge in the cave of the Hermit of Wark-
worth, by whom she is brought to Northumberland
Castle. At this moment the Lord Maxwell arrives at the
Castle, and demands the restoration from Percy of Lady
Elinor, who is then an inmate of his Castle. Percy, un-
conscious of her arrival with the Hermit, declares his igno-
rance of her presence at the Castle, but is at once surprised
and astonished by the appearance of the lady herself; who
explains the cause which prompted her to leave her father's
home. Maxwell upon this taunts Percy with the charge of
falsehood ; but the latter, in accordance with the chivalric
spirit that reigned through the country at the time to which
the plot is supposed to allude, passed unnoticed the insult
until the banquet had concluded at which the Scottish
knights were assembled, and then declares that he would
hunt three days on the Cheviot Hills despite of Douglas and
his train. In pursuance of this threat the followers of
Percy proceed to the Cheviot Chace, where the conflict
takes place between the rival chieftains, and Douglas is
slain. Such is but an outline of the plot of this piece,
which is partly told in song, and almost as equally divided
in the information derived from the tableaux. There are a
number of other characters grouped in without any appa-
rent connection or applicability to the story, which were
admirably supported by Mrs. Humby, Harley, and Wei-
land. The scenery is splendid, the dresses are in unison
with the costume of the age, and no pains have evidently
been spared in its production. It requires considerable
curtailment, and the audience were almost nigh, in some
one or two instances, giving vent to their disapprobation.
In truth half-past one o'clock in the morning is too late for
a performance to terminate.