The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen yesterday
at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday, accompanied by Count Alexander Mensdorff, and
attended by the Equerry in Waiting, Captain the Hon. A.
H. Gordon. _

The Royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count
Alexander Mensdorff, their Excellencies Count and Countess
Dietrichstein, the Duchess of Sutherland, and Lady Candine
Leveson Gower, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth,
the Earl of ,pinto and Lady Elizabeth Eliot, Lord and Lady
Beauvale, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps.
The band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner,
under the direction of Mr. Schott, and performed the follow-
ing pieces :
Pot Pourri, from Balfe's opera, "The Bondman."
Polka—" Prager favourit "—Prochaska.
Chorus—" La Clemenza di Tito"—Mozart.

Aria—" Auch io dischiuse un Giorno" (Nino)—Verdi.
Waltz—" Die Schonbruner"—Lanner.
Galop—" Das Glockenspiel"—Kuke.
In the evening the following had the honour of joining
the royal circle :—llis Serene Highness Prince Lwwenstein,
Sir Henry Wheatley, the Misses Wheatley, Mr. G. E. Anson,
Colonel Seymour, and Captain Francis Seymour.
The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attended
at Buckingham Palace on Saturday evening, and performed
the following pieces during dinner :
Overture—" Le Mousquetaires"—Halevy.
Fest March —" Camp of Silesia"—Meyerbeer.
Waits—" Bird of Paradise"—Kcenig.
Finale—" Fifth Symphony"—Beethoven.
Polka—" Agnes"—J. Brown.
Her Majesty inspected yesterday the full-length portrait of
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, which was sub-
mitted by Mr. Dalton.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick
of Hesse, visited and inspected the Colosseum and the Poly-
technic Institution yesterday.
A deputation from the India and Australian Mail Packet
Company had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yes-
terday at the office of the Board of Trade. The deputation
was accompanied by Viscount Sandon, M.P., Mr. J. Patti-
son, Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., M.P., Mr. William
Hutt, M.P., Mr. William Moffatt, M.P., and Mr. R. Mont-
gomery Martin ; and consisted of Messrs. Joseph Somes,
David Pugh, Edward Saxton, Robert Ford, Thomas Wilson,
Jacob Montefiore, Thomas Browne, F. W. Green, and John
Yates.

Mr. Halswell had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday,
at the Colonial-office.

...
Lord Stradbroke had an interview with Sir George Grey
yesterday. Lord Portman had also an interview yesterday
with the Right lion. Baronet at the Home-office.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
Mr. Wallace's new opera of Matilda was advertised for
performance at this theatre last evening, and judging from
the genius which Mr. Wallace has manifested in his opera
of Montana, we anticipated a great treat. After waiting
until long after seven o'clock, the audience became im-
patient, and there were loud calls for the manager. At
length air. Bunn appeared, leading on Mr. Vincent Wallace,
the composer of the opera. Mr. Bunn then addressed the
audience, and said—That during the whole course of his
life he had never been placed in so unpleasant a situation;
that he had made every preparation for the production of
the opera, and that within five minutes of the time when
the curtain was to have been rung up, he had received a
medical certificate stating that Miss Romer was so ill as to
be unable to leave her room. Under these circumstances he
threw himself upon the generosity of the public. They might
have their money back, have tickets for another night, or he
would endeavour to substitute some other performance for
the one advertised. There were then loud cries of "Overture,"
and Mr. Bunn withdrew, while Mr. Vincent Wallace stepped
into the orchestra and conductef the overture—a most
tasteful and brilliant composition—full of melody, and
some of the effects of which are most telling. In fact, so
beautiful is the overture, that we are most anxious to hear
the opera ; and if the librettist has at all been equal to the
maestro, its success must be certain. At the conclusion of
the overture, Harley came forward, and announced that the
Bondman would be performed, Miss Messent taking
the part which Miss Romer had hitherto taken.
This announcement was the signal for a deafening
uproar. It was impossible to catch a note of the
first act. The dissentients, however, gradually seceded,
and the second act was suffered to proceed in something like
quietude. Judging from her performance in the second act,
we should- say that Miss Messent is a young lady who will
advantage greatly by this unlucky accident. She manifested
great firmness and great presence of mind in the face of an ad-
verse audience, and her performance of the music was exact,
in good time, in good taste, and artist-like. Placed unex-
pectedly in the position of a prima donna, she has shown her-
self equal to the occasion, and we hope to meet Miss Messent
on some future occasion, when she will have fair play, and
will encounter, instead of an unruly mob, a judicious and a
discriminating audience. When such an occasion shall arrive
Miss Messent will not be found wanting.

A STREET FLOWING WITH BEER.—This morning
(Friday)
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when the whole, or greater part of the liquor in them,
flowed down the channel of the street. This flood of the
potent draught formed an excellent treat to some labouring
men, who stretched themselves at length on the ground,
and drunk of the beer and rum to their heart's content.—
Lynn Advertiser.
STOCKINGS FOR TUE ROYAL INFANTS.--The
Clare Journal says—" We feel great pleasure in recording
an instance of her Majesty's wish to encourage by her pa-
tronage the native manufactures of Ireland. Two girls, sis-
ters, of the name of Davies, living in Corofin, in this county,
having long enjoyed a well-deserved reputation for the taste
and skill evinced by them in the knitting of stockings, were
advised to present a pair of them to her Majesty, who was
so pleased with the beauty of design and execution dis-
played in them, as to order four and twenty pair for the
royal infants."
A GOOD ExAMPLE.—The Constitutionnel publishes
the following letter, dated Berlin, 31st ult. :—" A few days
since M. Braconier, a stock-broker, was condemned to hard
labour for nine years for having gambled with the property
of his clients and having ruined himself. M. Braconier is
a member of one of the most wealthy families in the capital,
and every effort was made by offering to pay his debts to
save him from disgrace, but it was too late. It is hoped that
his fate will have the effect of preventing other speculators
from risking property confided to their care."
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