The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-28 00:00:00

HIS MAJESTY'S LEVEE.

His Majesty held a Levee yesterday at St. James's, which
was very numerously attended.
The Duke of Brunswick arrived at the Palace at one
o'clock, and had an interview with the King in the Royal
Closet. His Royal Highness remained with his Majesty till
the commencement of the Levee, at which his Royal Highness
was present:

His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, accompanied by
the hereditary Prince and Prince Alexander of the Nether-
lands, and attended by Count Limburg Stirum ; their Serene
Highnesses the reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, the
Hereditary Prince Albert, and the Prince of Leningen,
attended by, Sir John Conroy, Baron d'Alvensleben and Count
Kolowrat ; their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cumberland
and Prince George of Cambridge arrived, and were respec-
tively introduced to the King in the Royal Closet.
The King entered the Throne Room at two o'clock, ac-
companied by their Royal and Serene Highnesses, &c. The
entree company were then introduced. _ln the circle, Count
Denedanville (Peer of France) was presented to his Majesty
by Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador.

- Count Jean Baptiste Metaxa, of Cephalonia, was presented
to the King by Lord Glenelg.
The Levee was attended by the Russian and French Am-
bassadors ; the Neapolitan, Prussian, Sardinian, Swedish,
Wurtemberg, Hanoverian, Danish, Portuguese, Grecian,
Bavarian, Brazilian, Netherlands, and Saxon Ministers ;
Noory Effendi, Ottoman Minister, accompanied by Mr.
Salame, his Majesty's Oriental Interpreter; M. de Humme-
latter, Austrian Charge d'Affaires; Mr. Vail, Charge d'Af-
faires of the United States of America; M. Wallez, Belgian
Charge d'Affaires ; M. Philip Friell, and the Moulvee Ma-
homed Ismail Khan (accompanied by Captain M. Grindley),
Ambassadors from the King of Oude ; Count Seckendorfl;
Secretary to the Prussian Legation ; M. Lichtenberg, Privy
Councillor of the Hanoverian Legation ; Chevalier de Ri-
beiro, Secretary to the Portuguese Legation ; M. Lebzel-
tern, Attache to the Austrian Embassy ; Mr. Vogoridis, Se-
cretary to the Ottoman Legation ; Count Erdody, Colonel
Baron d'Ompteda, Aid-de-Camp to the Duke of Cambridge;
the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Groom of the
Stole, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Yeoman
Guard ; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Master of the
Buckhounds, the Master General of the Ordnance; Mr. John
M'Neill, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Persia ;
the Judge Advocate-General, the Treasurer of the Households
the Comptroller of the Household, the Attorney-General, the
Lord Advocate of Scotland, the Adjutant- General of the
Forces, the Dean of Hereford, the Rev. Dr. Foord Bowes,
and the Rev. M. Wynward, Deputy-Clerks of the Closet;
the Master of the Ceremonies, the Master of the Robes, Sir
Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod; Sir
William Burnett, K. C. I-1., Physician to the King ; Sir Astley
Cooper, Bart., Sergeant-Surgeon to the King; the Attorney-
General for Ireland; Lord Radstock, Naval Ail-de-Camp in
Waiting • the Earl of Aboync, Lord Saltoun, and Colonels
Sir L. dreenwell, C. 8., Sir R. H. Dick, Sir J. Harvey,
Sir A. Dalrymple, Sir C. Thornton, Baker, Elphinstone,
Gibbs, and Le Couteur, Aides-de-Camp to the King • the
Clerk Marshal ; Lord Frederick Fitzclarence and Colonel
Bowater, Equerries to the King; Sir Patrick Walker, Usher
of the White Rod; Mr. Mayers, Agent for Barbadoes ; Cap-
tain George Pechel, R.N., M.P., Equerry to her Majesty ;
Major Hyde, Assistant Master and Marshal of the Ceremonies;
Mr. Sergeant Arabin, the Queen's Attorney and Solicitor-
General; Mr. Stephenson, Page of Honour ; Captain Cour-
tenay Boyle: R.N., Groom of the Privy Chamber; and Mr.
Strachan, Gentleman Usher to the 'King.
The following were presented to the King :
Colonel Bowater, on being appointed Lieut.-Colonel of the
Scots Fusileer Guards, by Lord Hill.
Viscount Melgund, by Lord Minto.
Mr., Charles Dance, on being appointed one of his Majesty's
Hun. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.
Doctor Aldis, to present his work, dedicated to his Majesty,
entitled " Introduction to Hospital Practice."
Mr. Stevenson, to present a new edition of his work on
Cataract.
Mr. Richard Hodgson, by Sir George Tuite, Bart.
Mr. Alfred Dowling, on going abroad on an inquiry into the
rights of British subjects in foreign countries.
Cornet Tollemache, by Vice- Admiral Tollemache.
Mr. Stonor, High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, by Mr. Harcourt.
Mr. Brodie, of Brodie, by Lord Saltoun.
Mr. William Edward Suttees, by the Bishop of Exeter.
Mr. Thomas Henry Graham, by Sir Andrew Agnew.
Rev. Prodgers, by the Right Hon. Lord Arden.
Samuel Gardner, his Majesty's Consul at Jassy, on his
appointment, by Viscount Palmerston.
Sir David Kinlock, by Lord Elphinstone.
Lord Aberdour, on being appointed Ensign in the 71st Regi-
ment, by the Earl of Morton.
Mr. Owen Blayney Cole, on his marriage, by the Hon. Cap-
tain Sir Ashley Maude, R. N.
Mr. David Dundas, by Mr. Blackburne, K. C.
Captain Moncrieff, on his marriage, by Colonel Bowater.
Mr. Burgh, by Lord Berners.
The Rev. C. Crook, Rector of Bath, by Lord J. Thynne.
Mr. Smythe, Shropshire Yeomanry, by Sir E. Smythe.
The Bishop of Montreal, on his consecration, by the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury.
Mr. M'Leod, of M'Leod, by Lord Saltoun.
Lieut. Egerton, R. N., by Lieut.-General Sir C. Egerton.
The Rev. E. D. Scott, by Mr, G. G. Harcourt.
Mr. W. Meyer, Consul General of Albania, on his return
home.
Mr. Millett, by Sir G. T. Staunton, Bart.
Mr. R. Palmer, on being appointed Deputy-Lieutenant for
Mayo, by Mr. Mackinnon, M. P.
Mr. J. M'Neill, Minister Plenipotentiary tc the Court of Per-
sia, to take leave, by Lord Palmerston.
Mr. Urquhart, to take leave.
Mr. Edmonds, Clerk of the Crown, by Lord Denman.
Mr. Saikies, on his arrival from Bengal, by Sir .J. Hobhouse.
Major E. A. Campbell, on his return from India, by his father,
Sir R. Campbell, Bart.
Captain Morris, by Sir J. Carnac.
Captain Biggs, by Sir H. Vivian.
Lieut.- Colonel F. Davies, Grenadier Guards, on his marriage,
by Admiral Sir B. Martin.
Sir W, Ainslie, on having received the honour of knighthood,
by Lord Somerville.
Lieut.-Colonel Eden, on promotion, by Lieut.-General Eden.
Dr. Neil Maxwell, by Sir J. Hobhouse.
Lieut.-Colonel T. Wooldridge, K. H., on appointment to the
third class of the Royal Guelphic Order, by Lieut.-General
Sir H. Montresor.
Mr. J. H. Jones, by Lord Duncannon.
Mr. 11. Gill, on his marriage, by Lieut.-General Callender.
Captain H. Ogles, Royal Blues Yeomanry, by the Marquis
of Ely.
Mr. Its Pulsford, by Rear-Admiral Sir R. H. Murray,
K. C. B.
Lieutenant- Colonel P. Phipps, on receiving the third class of
the Guelphic Order, by Sir H. Taylor.
Lieutenant-General Sir T. Makdougall Brisbane, K. C. 8., on
being created a Baronet, by General Lord Hill, G. C. B.
Lieutenant-General Orde, by Lord Hill.
Dr. W. Hunter, by Lord F. Fitzclarence.
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Sir J. B. Mill, il;rt., on coming to his title, by Lord Pal-
.

merston.
Mr. J. Robbins, on being appointed a Lieutenant in the
Lymington Yeomanry, by Mr. Mackinnon, M. P.
Captain Tomkyos, on promotion and return from abroad, by
Sir 11. Vivian.
Mr. E. Bliss, on being appointed High Sheriff, county Suf-
folk, by Lord Dunboyne.
Rev. NV. H. Holworthy, Chaplain to his Majesty's late Em-
bassy in the Netherlands, on his return to England, by
Viscount Palmerston.
Mr. Urquhart, Deputy Lieutenant for Aberdeenshire, by
Lieutenant-Colonel • Fox.
Captain De Lacy, on his return from the West Indies, by
Lieutenant-Colonel C. Wyndham.
Licutenant.Colonel A. Roberts, on his return tc India, by
Lord Combermere.
Major-General Monckton, by the Earl of Cork.
captaitt Pointer, by Sir H, Vivian.
Brigadier-General C. Dallas, late Governor of St. Helena,
by Lieutenant-General Sir T. Dallas.
Captain Gage, on his promotion, by Colonel Bowater.
Hon. Captain Cavendish, on his return from India, by Lord
Wat erpark.
Captain XV. 0. Colt, by Sir G. Tuite, Bart.
Lieutenant 11. Coode, R. N., by Lord Minto.
Captain J. Steel, by Lord Combermere.
Captain V. Graham, on his promotion, by Lord Brudenell.
Lieutenant E. Franklin, R.N., by Lord Minto.
Lieutenant P. Inglis R.N., by Captain Hcn. G. Elliot, C. B.
Lieutenant H. W. Hill, R.N., on his return from foreign ser-
vice, by Rear_ Admiral Hill.
Captain Cuppage, R. N., on his return from the Continent, by
Earl Tinto.
Captain I. J. Lowth, on his promotion and return from India,
by the Duke of Dorset.
Captain H. Simpson, by Lieut.-General Sir G. Walker, Bart.
Captain Dudgeon, by Lord Reay.
Commander E. S. Carpenter, on return from foreign service,
by Earl Minto.
Captain Horeby, on his appointment as Extra Naval Aid-de-
Camp, by Earl Minto.
Rnsigu Walter, on his appointment to the 53d Regiment and
return from Brunswick, by the Hon. Colonel Lydon.
Ensign Marmaduke Langdale, on his appointment to the 41st
Regiment, by Lieut.-General Sir H. Taylor.
Cornet Denman, on his appointment to the Derbyshire Yeo-
manry, by Lieut.-General Sir T. Molyneux, Bart.
Ensign Lionel Smith, on his appointjttent to the 54th Regi-
ment, by General Gascoyne.
Lieut.-Colonel Smythe, on his return from India, by Lieut.-
General Sir T. Dallas, G. C.B.
Ensign H. Edwards, on his appointment to the s9th Regi-
Mont ?ay General' Sir R. Maefarlane.
Comet Farquharson, by the Marquis Conynghain.
Cornet 11. J. Percy, by Lord Cole.
Lieut. Robinson, by Sir F. Mulcaster.
Lieut. Brickendeni on promotion, by the Earl of Cavan.
Major Crosse, by Major-General Lord F. Somerset.
Lieut.-Colonel Dixon, on promotion, by Col. Bowater.
Colonel Aitchinson, on promotion and appointment to the com-
mand of the 21 Battalion Scots Fusileer Guards, by Col.
Bowater,

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Major Boileau, on his return from India and promotion, by
Major- General Sir A Barnard.
Lieut.- Colonel Hope, on appointment to the 21st Fusileers,
by General Lord Hill.
Lieut. E. St. John Jepbson, by the Master-General of the
Ordnance.
Lieut.-Col. John Home, by General Viscount Combermere.
Col. G. Hunter, C. 8., on his return from India, by Viscount
Comberinere.
Lieut.-Colonel Shaw Kennedy, on removal to Ireland, by
General Lord Hill.
Major Robert Anstruther, late 73d, on his marriage, by Major..
General the Hon. Sir F. C. Ponsonby.
Major Tempest, on his return from Malta, by Captain Sir A.
Green, R.N. .
Lieutenant Montresor, by Lieut.-General Sir Montresor.
Colonel Stopford,
Lieut. Saville, by Lord Cole.
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,liejoutr James,
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J. Sutton, irJ.
by R. Car
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Lieut. Chapman, by Sir F.. Mulcaster.
Lieut. Peebles, by Colonel Gibbs.
Lieut. J. D. Von. Strong, by General Morrison.
Phillott, by Sir W. Gordon.
Lieut. G. B. Smyth, by the Marquis of Camden.
Lieut. Grassett, by Mr. Mayers.
Lieut. Wilkinson, on his return to India, by. Rear-Admiral
Lieut. Thompson. Lacy,by Col. Sir / Savage.
Capt. G. Back, on appointment to his Majesty's ship
Terror, and to present a copy of his work on his late arctic
laud exptaition, by the Earl of Minto.
Lieut.-Colonel Henderson was presented, on receiving the
Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, by Sir L. Greenwell,
Aide-de-Camp tb the King.
Major Molineux was presented, on his appointment to the third
class of the Royal Hanoverian Go.-Jiphic Order, by his fa-
ther, Lieutenant-General Sir T. rvlolineux, Bart.
His Majesty gave audience to the- Marquis of Lansdowne,
Marquis of Winchester, Marogis Conyngham, Viscount Pal-
merston, the Earl of Minto. Sir Hussey Vivian, and Lord Hill.
Mr. John M'Neill was introduced at an audience by Vis-
count Palmerston, to take leave, on proceeding to the Court
of Persia.

Viscount Falkland and Sir Wm. Lumley were the Lord
and Groom in Waiting.
After the Levee his Majesty held a Privy Council, which
was attended by the following Cabinet Ministers :—The Lord
President, the Lord Chancellor, the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First
Lord of the Admiralty, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster.
At the Council some matters relative to the slave registry
of the Island of Mauritius were referred to the Judicial Com-
mittee.

The Hon. Wm. Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in
Waiting.

HIS MAJESTY'S BIRTH-DAY.

This being the day appointed for the celebration of his
Majesty's birth-day, the morning was ushered in by ringing
the bells in the various churches of the metropolis, Detach-
ments of the following regiments were inspected, by Lord
Hill, the Commander-in-chief on the parade, in front of the
Horse Guards ; viz., the Ist Regiment of root Guards,
commanded by his Grace the Duke of Wellington ; the
Coldstream, commanded by Sir William. Cornme ; and the
Fusileer Guards, commanded by Col. Bowater. Shortly
before ten o'clock the Commander-in-thief, accompanied by
the Prince of Orange and his two sons, the Duke of
Wellington, and several distinguished military officers, ar-
rived on the ground, and were l'oudly cheered. The bands
of the different regiments struck up the national anthem,
and the troops presented arms. - The Commander-in-chief
and the rest of the distinguished party then rode in front
and rear of the line, after which the troops passed before
them in slow and quick time, the bands of each regiment
playing military airs. The fineness of the weather at-
tracted a great number of ladies and gentlemen to witness
the ceremony. The troops left the ground shortly after
eleven o'clock.

THEATRES.

DRUR-LAN&

The second effort of a young artist, or author, is generally
more arduous than the first. Had The Maid of Artois been
merely equal 10 The Siege of Rochelle, it would have created
disappoinraient, and produced the impression of being an in-
ferior -P;ork. But Mr. Balfe's second opera is a production of
a hif,;.tier order than his first. It is more original, more chaste,
more dramatic ; and, even independently of the exertions of
the peerless Malibran, would have commanded a still more fa-
vourable reception fem enlightened musicians. Considered
as a drama, The Maid of Artois has very considerable merit.
The dialogue is not remarkable for wit or brilliancy, nor
are the words of the songs and concerted pieces of the
highest order of poetry ; but it possesses qualities of which
nineteen in twenty of our operas are destitute—a coherent and
intelligible story, and characters in whom the audience take
an interest. The action is supposed to take place about
the end of the last century. The superiority of the
music of this opera to that of The Siege of Rochelle was
evident from the very overture, which is an admirable pro-
duction, well worthy of being generally introduced into our
concerts. The opening of the piece is very agreeable, botlt
to the eye and the ear. The scene represents the boulevards
of Paris, peopled with a gay crowd of town's-people and
soldiers in the costumes of the last century ; and the chorus
sung by the different groups of men and women, is very ani-
mated and pleasing. The scene sung by Phillips, as the Mar-
quis, on his first entry, is beautiful. The air calls up a recol-
lection of " Over the dark blue waters" in Weber's Oberon,
but cannot be said to be burrowed from that exquisite piece.
The chorus of Soldiers, " Come follow with us," is one of the
most original and spirited things of the kind we have ever
heard. It was loudly encored, and will become very popular.
The clh,rus of maidens, " The sigh from her heart.," is a de-
licious composition, quite worthy of Weber, and 'very much
in his style. The soft accompaniment of the instruments
heightens the effect of this fine strain of vocal h armony. This
chorus is followed by a great scene, sung by Madame Mali-
bran ; one of the most ambitious, and, as vve-felt it, least suc-
cessful, efforts in the opera It was, indeed, successful in one
sense—it afforded the singer ample opportunity of displaying
all the wonders of her execution ; ard it was vociferously
applauded. But every one who thought at all upon the
subject, must have perceived that Malibran's brilliant
flourishes expressed something the reverse of the feelings
belonging to the situation and '.he words. We never before
heard Templeton to so much advantage. He acted, as well
as sang, with great spirit and feeling. Phillips gave groat
effect to the character of the Marquis. His air, " The light
of other days is faded," was received with enthusiasm, and
will be universally sung. Giubelei and Seguin, in Sans Re-
gret and Synnelet, contributed much to the success of the
piece ; and Miss Poole's Ninka ought not to be overlooked.
The curtain fell amid deafening applauses, and calls for Mali-
bran and Balfe, who both came forward and made their
acknowledgments to the audience.

CO VENT-GARDEN.
Mr. Notter, long favourably known to the public by his ci-
vility and attention in the box-book department of this theatre,
took last night, for his annual benefit, Sheridan Knowles's
play of The Wife, the laughable interlude of Hide and Seek,
with the last new drama of the Steel Pavilion ; or, The Char-
coal Burners of the Hartz. The former piece having lain
dormant for the last four years, has consequently undergone a
very material, if not an entire change, in the cast of its charac-
ters, the most prominent of which, Julian St. Pierre, heretofore
played by the anther, on this occasion devolved upon Mr. C.
Kemble, who was welcomed with the heartiest plaudits, and
who gave it most energetic and powerful support ; whilst
those of Leonardo and Ferrardo Genzaga fell into the efficient
hands of Mr. Dale and Mr. Pritchard ; and Miss Helen Faucit
for the first time appeared in the arduous character of Ma-
riana, of which she presented a well-conceived, and, in all
respects, save in physical power (in which it is much to be re-
gretted she is so deficient), a well-executed performance,
which was received with considerable approbation. In the in-
terlude, Mr. Keeley resumed his part of Moses, and sustained
it with his accustomed humour and success. , His reception
was most cordial and gratifying. The house, though not
crowded, was respectably filled.

Last Wednesday night, about half-past nine o'clock,
flames were observed issuing from the premises at the foot of
Dunlop-street, occupied as a singeing-work, flax-store, &c.
Immediately after the °wines were on the spot, hut the de-
vourior, element had made such rapid progress, that shortly
after their arrival the buildings were unroofed, and left a dila-
pidated mass. By the exertions, however, of the fire depart-
ment, the flames were gradually got under, and prevented from
spreading over the neighbouring property. We have not as
yet ascertained the amount of loss sustained.—Cßavow
Courier.

About half-past eleven o'clock on Monday night,
the inhabitants were alarmed by a smoke issuing from she shop
of Robert Weir, broker, 8, High Calton, and upon the watch-
man and some of the neighbours entering the premises they
discovered a bed in the house on fire, upon which lay the body
of Euphemia Weir, his wife, completely enveloped in flames,
and life quite extinct. The firemen were soon upon the spot,
but did not require to work the engines. It is supposed the
woman had gone to bed in a state of intoxication, which had
been the cause of this melancholy event, as the husband was
also found in a state of inebrity at the time it was discovered.
—Edinburgh Courant.
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