The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-12 00:00:00

THE DRAMA AT WINDSOR.
z.. 1. cLi...nded by her
Majesty, at Windsor Castle, proceed, as they com-
meoced, with entire success. All the pieces repre-
sented—serious and comic—have gone off in a man-
ner which has called forth the distinctly expressed
approbation of the Court—a circumstance which,
while it cannot but be most gratifying to the actors
engaged, forms also a very flattering tribute to the
managerial zeal and tact of the director, Mr. Charles
Kean.

Proceeding upon the system of alternating light
and amusing vaudeville with the classic chef d'muvres
of the stage, the play represented last evening was
Hamlet, Mr. Charles Kean, of course, taking the
great part. The usual acting version of the tragedy
was given, with, however, some excisions, partly
prompted by a sense of the peculiar circumstances
under which the representation took place—partly by
the physical necessities of the little theatre in the
Rubens-room. The ghost part was slightly shortened,
and the whole of the gravediggers' scene was left out,
as the very scanty space at the " wings" of the
theatre rendered the introduction of the coffin
a matter of physical impossibility. The tragedy,
therefore, proceeded, necessarily curtailed of its en-
tire proportions.
The following is the bill, printed for the use of the
Court :
" Her Majesty's Servants will perform at Windsor, on
Thursday, Jan. 11, 1849, Shakspere's tragedy of
HAMLET.
Claudius, King of Denmark • Mr. Diddear.
••
Hamlet, (son to the former and
nephew to the present King) ... Mr. Charles Kean.
/
Polonius (Lord Chamberlain)
... Mr. W. Farren.
Horatio (friend to Hamlet)
... Mr. Howe.
Laertes (son to Polonius) ... Mr. Leigh Murray.
Rosencrantz, (courtiers Mr. Conway.
Guildenstein, ) Mr. Boyce.
Osrick (a courtier) • . Mr. A. Wigan.
▪ ..
Marcellus (an officer) ▪
Mr. J. Howard.
Bernardo (an officer) ▪
Mr. Clifford.
Francisco (a soldier) Mr. A. Brindal.
Ghost of Hamlet's Father ▪ •First Actor ... Mr. Vandenhoff.
... Mr. G. Cooke.
Second Actor ..„
Mr. Clark.
Gertrude (Queen of Denmark and
mother of Hamlet) •• • ... Mrs. Warner.
Ophelia (daughter of Polonius) .. Mrs. Charles Kean.
Actress ... Mrs. F. Saville..
Scene—•
Elsinore.
Director ... ••• Mr. Charles Kean.
Assistant Director ... Mr. George Ellis.
The theatre arranged and the scenery painted by Mr.
Thomas Grieve.
The audience last night was larger than any which
has yet assembled in the Ruilens-room. Her Majesty
and the Prince occupied their former places, and
amidst the Court circle were placed Sir Robert Peel
and the Earl of Carlisle. The tragedy was listened
to with the deepest attention, Mr. Kean's studious
and graceful interpretation of the character of Hamlet,
and Mrs. Kean's exquisitely tender and touching
Ophelia, frequently drawing down loud and warm
expressions of approbation.
At the fall of the curtain, a message from her
Majesty, communicated by Colonel Phipps, announced
the gratifying intelligence that the Royal party had
been delighted by the performance. It was one in
which deep interest was evidently felt, and the liveliest
marks of satisfaction evinced, during its progress.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, TUURSDAY.

Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting this
morning. His Royal Highness was accompanied by
his Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, the Mar-
quis of Douglas and Earl Fortescue, and was at-
tended by the Earl of Morley, Colonel the Hon. A. N.
Hood, and Captain the Hon. A. Gordon.
The Duke of Norfolk and the Ladies Mary and
Adeliza Fitzalan Howard, are expected to arrive at
the Castle this evening, on a visit to her Majesty and
his Royal Highness.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
will include ber Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
their Serene Highnesses the Princesses Amelia and
Elise of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, his Serene High-
ness Prince Lowenstein, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Douglas, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness
de Speth, the Duke of Norfolk, and the Ladies Mary
and Adeliza F. Howard, the Earl and Countess For-
tescue, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord James P. Murray,
the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and Sir
James Clark.

Her Majesty will afterwards have an evening party.
The following had the honour of receiving invita-
tions :—The Countess of Mansfield and the Ladies
Murray, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Hon. Miss
Lyttelton, and Miss Carew, the Right Hon. H. and
Mrs. Labouchere, General and Lady Isabella Wemyss,
Miss Meynell, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson,
the Hon. Mrs. C. B. Phipps and Miss Bathurst, Hon.
Henry Ashley, Sir George arid Lady Couper, Miss
and Mr. Ramsay Couper, the Dean of Windsor and
Lady Charlotte Neville Grenville and two Misses
Neville Grenville, the Provost of Eton and the Hon.
Mrs. Hodgson, the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, the Rev. W.
and Mrs. Canning, Colonel and Mrs. Challoner, Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Wells, Mr. Glover, the commanding
offioor of the 2d Life Guards, and two officers of
the 2d Life Guards, the commanding officer of the
Coldstream Guards, and two officers of the Cold-
stream Guards.

The Queen's private band attended on Wednesday
evening in the Castle, and performed the following
pieces :

Overture—" Der Freischutz" . . Weber.
Trio in D minor ; allegro motto vivace ;
andante ; scherzo ; finale. Piano-
forte, violin, and violoncello (Madame
Dulcken M. Sainton, and Chipp) Mendelssohn,
Marien Walzer . ....
Morceau pour le Clavecin—pianoforte
(Madame Dulcken) Scarlatti.
Triumphal March . . Ries

A deputation, consisting of the Lord Mayor, Mr.
Pattison, M.P., Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. John
Wood, Mr. Deputy Harrison, Mr. John Dixon, Mr.
T. H. Hall, Mr. R. Taylor, and the City Remem-
brancer, had an interview with Lord John Russell
yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
Mr. M. T. Baines had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

COWES, JAN. 11.
DESTRUCTION OF THE CASTLE AND BANNERS TA-
VERN, NEWPORT.—The above inn was destroyed by
fire this day. Th© Newport engines were early on the
spot, but as the wind was blowing
stop the flames; the chimneys alone remain. The fur-
niture was saved. a gale nothing could

THE NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND.—
The branch of this establishment at Cowes, which has
been opened about four years, was closed on Wednesday,
there not being business ennugh to support it.
THE ISLE OF WIGHT QUARTER SESSIONS.—These
sessions were opened on Tuesday, when the chairman, in
addressing the grand jury,
congratulated them on the
lightness of the calendar, there being only eight pri-
soners for trial, and all of them on trifling charges—the
value of the whole of the articles for which they were
prosecuted not exceeding ten shillings. One bill was
ignored, one prisoner acquitted, and the others sentenced
to from one week to four months' imprisonment.
Arrived the barque Timondra, from Havannab, with
sugar for orders, with loss of main and mizen-masts, and
deck swept. She experienced a heavy gale of wind on
Christmas morning, when about 1,000 miles to the west-
ward of Scilly, when a sea swept five of the crew over-
board, but by the return sea they were providentially
thrown on board again. The captain had his arm
broken, and one of the apprentices his leg. Part of the
cargo was thrown overboard. Had the ship not got in-
side of the Wight last night it is more than probable she
would be now a wreck on the coast of France, as the
gale has set in from the N.N.W.

- THE LATE ACCIDENT ATFRESHWATER.--A public
meeting of the inhabitants of Cowes was held at the
Town-hall, on Monday last, to arrange the best means
for relieving the two widows and their children. A
donation of ten pounds was
. handed in by Mr. Moore,
house-agent, being the gift of her Majesty the Queen-
Dowager. Her Majesty's charity is unbounded; and in
this instance her noble example was followed in so liberal
a manner, that great Lopes are entertained that more
permanent assistance will be rendered than the families
of the two unfortunate pilots could have expected. A
highly-respectable committee was appointed, and 601.
was in a short time subscribed. An appeal has also
been made through the Hampshire and the National
Provincial banks in the neighbouring towns, for aid for
the two widows and their fourteen orphans. •

TRURO ELECTION.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
TRURO, WEDNESDAY, FOUR P.M—The Voting for a
representative proceeded from ten o'clock this morning
with considerable spirit until towards noon, when it be-
came languid, but Mr. Willyams kept a-head.
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
For Mr. Willyams
Mr. Smith • •• •••
TWELVE O'CLOCK.
For Mr. Willyams
Mr. Smith

... 198
•.. 179

•.. 233
•.. 217

FOUR O'CLOCK.
For Mr. Willyam3 ... ... ... 240
Mr. Smith ... ... ... 224
Close of the poll—majority 16 for Mr. Wrillyams.

DEATH OF MR. ANTHONY BLARE.--We regret
to state that the Right. lion. Anthony Richard Blake
died on Wednesday at his residence in the Albany. Mr.
Blake was one of the earliest Roman Catholics who was
made a Privy Conncillor after the Emancipation Act.
He was in the confidence of the Marquis Wellesley when
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and for many• years held
the important office of Chief Remembrancer of Ireland.
He was in his 63d year.
RECORDEASHIP OF PONTEFRACT.—Mr..I3. Boothby'
of the Northern Circuit, has received the a ppointment of
Recorder of Pontefract, on the recommendation of the
Right Hon. Sir George Grey.
,
In the reign of Charles 11. no provin Mal town in
the kingdom contained 30,000 inhabitants, . and only four
provincial towns contained so many 118 10, 000.