The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The royal dinner parry at..osborne, on Fri.lay. In-
c u ed, her aj-,r the 'Queen I)9wazer, his Serene
Highness Pt%tire Elwaro of Saxe. Weimar. Con"
Mei sdorf. Frances Lady Clinton, the Marquis of Au'
glese), Lady Alfrt. d Paget, Lord Byron, and the Hon.
A,tiley.
The hand of the Royal Marines attended during din-
ner, tool perterte*d the following lie. es:—
ture--- Les L) amass de la Court nne" Aubt.r. -
Se I c: 11)—Opera, " env:elm."
t 'avutina—Opera, " Lucia de Latimer-
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La Fitle du Regitn,nr—Quadrille
Selection--t ipera, " Lomnartli" ... rdi.
The Siitihviim Waltzes
The .I.phn Bull Polka Lunn, r.
The Queen and Pritn:e Aibert, arid the Queen Dosvi
eget.. v.aiked on Saturday morning in the vijultY °
Osborne

The royal children went to the sea beach.
Sir Jinn' Clark a, rived at Osborne en Saturday.
Her Aesty the Queen D-waaer, accompdnied bj hl
Serene Highness Pri-ee Edward of Size Weimar, 07:
d
attended by Frances Lady Clinton, rind the Hon. WI
Ham Ashley, left Osborne at one o'cl,ck On Nonni
ternoon, eros.ed ill the Fairy 0. Gosport.
M..je,ty left at hall-past two ..Vock try ihe London trot)
Soinh-Wervern Railway for Bushy Park. Sir
Count Mensdorff, the lion. Captain Gordon, end
James Cldrk, had the honour of joining the royal dinua
circle at Osborne en Saturday.
Yesterday morning her Majesty And Royal CoPorS
took iheir usual early walk. her
Her Ninjess to' Queen Dowager returned to
resid. nee. Rushy Heus,, liu,hy Park, at half.rast
bve
'clock en Saturday afternoon, from a visit to her
jesiv at I 1 borne, isle of W
The Right Hon. Henry LabAlcvere arrived in town
on Satur Ay,from T,unton,
Th, Marquis as d Marehkness of Lansdowne left oval
on Friday for Wiesbaden.
Dispatches were also sent off on Saturday evening for
the Governor of New South Wales.
The Right Hen. 'l'. Milner Gibson arrived in town on
Satti,dy from Manchester.
t/
The Duke ut Wellington and the Duke and Duche
of St. Alball'a attended the early service in the Chapel
Royal, St. James's, yesterday, and received the user*.
meat. The Rev. 1)r. Wesley officiated.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
On Saturday La Figlia del Reggimento %us advertise"'
the fis,e ballet of _alma to tolow, and there wits abi°llll,
interpolatioc from the ballet of Thea to pass-b<Vl'—;
the acts of the opera, to peseta Rosati to the auditor-
upon the occasion, no opportunity for so doing occuerir4
in the course of the latter entertainment. B"
sudden indisposition of Jenny Lind caused a change.:
the performance as far as the opera was corwell",- •
L'Elisir d'Amore, followed by an act of I Due foscar::
beim; substituted in place of La 1-iglia dui f:tggimePtli
The crowd, which was immense, a-cm tn.wt vt-r ststiAL
with the arrangement that had keen made by Wt..
WanageMela to prevent the public disuppobaseilif
With a liberality rare in theatrical htf,tirs, Mr. Lilwiel
advertised at once that an additional night should b:
added to the subscription, which would otherwise Wm
terminated on Tutsclay. and that all those who he"
tickets would be admissible on Thursday to what is an;
rnonly term' d " a Jenny Lind perfoi mance," as well
to the enjoyment of their respective boxes, steno%or e
other advantages un the present occasion—thus gill!°,
them two nights' entertaiement instead of one, as a eiw
perk.ation for the disappointment which he hail not Pr°;„
duced, and over the cause of which he could hate,b-st,
p..:sible control. It is due to the public to state.
they availed thsuDelves willingly of the proffered Wit
and enjoyed Mad.ane Castellon none the less for their
anticipated &light in heating Jenny Lind next Thurb;
day evening. The sightest otjection was not wade• g
any one to the arrangement, and the whole proceedin
passed oil' with the ease or a well regulat d private parli..
The dancing was the same as advertised.

HAYMARKET THEATRE. t
On Saturday the season at this theatre was brought .
°
a conclusion; the entertainments were The Love Co'";
Fopping the Question, and The Invisible Prince, wit,.. rof •
satiety of novelties, inducing Mr. Chattertoit's
mance on the harp, in which he introduced three 10`11,
eating pupil, who gave evidence of tench future excel,
leace. The house was filled to the ceiling, notv/11
standing the heat of the weather. At the termisg;",ed
the second piece, Mr. Webster delivered the subj&L
address, which was much cln ered le of
"Ladies and Gentlemen,—After an arduous strugg-
clobeo•
ten months, this little Haymarket booth is abut
The most hotly-contested bor,ugh never displaYetinStu.
many candidates for public favour as have been pa ,;;„1.
nomination on these boards. Yet, numerous ssirt.oo'
were, you have received them all kir,dness. t' I- 0
have given plumpers to a 1. w old favourites, you
divided so many split vote s amongst the rest as to g II
lily the embiri n of all. lu sLert, the state of the Po
is highly stei,laetory to every bed). 4 beg to et'sris
you that notlerg shall be wanting on our pelts to tnesat
a continuauce of your confidence. Permit me t') 9fa •
ladies and gentlemen, that this is the only theatteho
vs at the present moment, the legitimate dreceul,cif
fund a constant refuge. I have always
to that course, anti it is for ou to decide whether or ills
I have redeemed my pledges. Within seven matigna
three original five-ace com• dies have been proelucra,
thr,ugh.,ut the season there has been a rapid soe"7ich
comediettas, musical discuss, and re viral,. a'l of „vingle
hurt. be, n stet vessied. We have not to record a
ekonlen•
failure. I have had the gratification also (,1
Pledged my slos
amongst the let.ppi,st incidents of the season the retwur
to the stage of your accomplished favourite. 5111'
d
bett. Nothing, indeed, has be-et. lett unattempte
render the rreductienb of this house worthy Pair
patronage. Dt.rivg the last tan wombs considerobli
mote than 2.0001. h ,ve been expended upon the authaP
'hip of flew pieces, in addition to a gene ral
of upwards of 30,0001. I have endeavoured to ti° 113„/ ,
part as tar as the resources within my reach, and
tiring zeal in the employment of them, could enable 07:-:
But this, your vernacular stage, has a hard fight. O,
withstanding. It :eay be said to be • &voted to the Pit:.r
suit Of the English drama uuder difficulties. Two 191, •
Operas, French Plays, musical soirees, tug ts,
loooing, hot weather. and out-of-door amuses:On
are fortnideble competitors. Fashion runs &tea,r
foreign languages, and leaves the vulgar totig!l;
even when Shakspeare speaks, to scanty tel
I trust, however, the hive of our immortal 1)0%0
not so lukewarm' as ti suffer the place of his birth i° D ,
deserted by becoming the prey of foreign speculation.
is much to be desired that English should once ;noir.%l.
come popular in influential places. so that those wleie
tivaTe it should be allowed to have a little more ff"i-
their missien. But, believing the drama to possess Peir, r
`aspen` vitality which must outlive all depressing °re.
cumstsnces, I look forward cot tide-why to the futti
English comedy cannot shall not, as long :s
its
possess the power to nourish it. Anioneet the reeatot
arrat•ged for the next season, independent of the ete,°-
members at present attached to my ministry, are etg11:0
meats with artis:s of the highest ti,lents—Miss „
Faticit, Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean, Mr. Ranger, Mr. and " di.
Keeley, and others, int:hieing some new to these Vltrriy
Original plays, by distingui,hed authors, shall be 'ten
brought under) ourcon eieeration, and it is hoped that wee
the whole policy of our little Cabinet shall have bee° e.
developed, we may calculate ttustfully on your $01,4;00
Relying, ladies and gentlemen, upon the goodwili Sou
have always extended to us, and hoping tom etlthe
again in renewed health, in the name of myself it '
performers, until the latter end of September, I seer"
fully take my leave of you."

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HER MAJESTT'II THEATRE.—The Queen's ,of
on baturday evening occupied by Lady Forbes; thtne
re
her Majesty the Qeeen Dowager by Sir Edward -.
George of Cambridge. the Lady Butler, Mr, Mrs., and Miss Coleridge, Mr, two!
and Mr. Bailey. There were also presfnt his
Highness. Prince
pri et:aoeou ucl)huke
e3;,:if,
Cleveland. his Excellency the p
Russian Minister, :be
Marquis of Clanricarde, the Thrquis of Huntley*, 'l,,
Marenioness ot Westmeath, the Marchioness of 04 li„„a
the Marchioness. Dowager of D,,newil, the Marquis
~ the
Marchioness of Aliesbury. the Earl of Munst•",' the
Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, the Ear' -the
Countess of Jersey and Lady CI. mentina
Countess of Cardigan, the Earl and Countess of
the Visc,unt Chtd, 11, th, Viscount Cantelupe. tt'e mpg
c. ant. ss Dungannon, Mdlle. dga de Lechnsr tod
Irvine, Lord and Lady Pollington, Lad, Dowd-1 ti
,0y
pole, bud Otho Fiagerall, Lady B. oughaw,
Willoughby D'Eresby, Lady Ftatices Gordodlbeer,
Ward, Lord end Lady Ernest Bruce, Lady eDoll
Lady Langterd, Lady Gage, Lady An,truther,
nt de
Augusta Pau,ett, the Baron de Nieuniatin, the Ce,_ll sit
Berke, the Count de Bevel, M. C. de Koudriagiajor
William Massey Stanley, Sir H. Willoughby, oohs
Buck! y, Hon. Captain Elliott, Mr. Hubert de too-
Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Smith, Mr. and Mrs. 11,•,,. Wil'
woed, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. and Miss W. '
hams, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Brent.n TrelawdeY'ijon.
Ugiello, Mr. and Mrs. Ewing, Captain and 'he ~orge
Mrs. Ryder Barlow, Mrs. Packe Reading, Sir G'
Wotnbwell, Bart., &c.
PEAR IREES.—The following convincing
tOO%
for the adoption of a certain mode of aummer-P1L,004"
should be made known to every fruit grower. &erected.
pruning being too frequently altogether I”,,:ardes
We give it on the authority o: the Botanic
414)
and Fruitist fur the presect month (1"t!' by
" Pear trt e. trained either horizontally 17 wh°,
the fan mode, it is well known to all
are acquainted with their habits, have a sac'
tendh ney, during the growing season. to rdilich this
shots, or watery shts, near the points at w,rhis je
branches diverge from the main stock• tself,
nature's own course, and the tree, if left t() ran
2.9
would, in the course of three or four Ye_l4;chstd,
into its own native character,—that of a 'id alti'
or tree wi:h several stems. These 7,4?„u., to
mately starve the trained shoots, aecorroor,_etahle
• the veg
law which, with few exceptions, pervades no
kingiiiim—f hat of causing the earliest-formed (uusbonte,
inferior) shoots to perish first. These water?le opera'
then, are the very first on which we corran".t „„iiits•
touts, and this we do by pinching off thel. r ThiS
when they are six or eight inches in ledgi:. the
will in general occur when the fruit is aumonno.
size of au acorn ; and the no es&all which
quence of the operati,n is, that the s:lh_ have
the robbers ' would, by their rapid extecribied:'for the
consumed, is propelled into the fertile brain . ~oing
nourishment of the fruit. In June and Jii yT and
out of the gross( st shoots is to be gradually. geared.!ohe, in
the remainder shortened to about six ur i" wiped
ii,g ups ,;
length, taking care to leave several grow. , cure
ing sal •
at the extr, mities. decoy the a-crud
amongst,
must now betaken, that light be admitted freely
ticient shoots
all the branches; and, by the end of July, mu
through
should have been removed to “tituit bun light
03e whole fabric of the tree."