The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-22 00:00:00

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The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Ke..
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic hou._
hold, attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the pri-
vate chapel at Buckingham Palace. The sermon was
preached by the Bishop of Norwich. The Hon. and R,:v. C.
Leslie Courtenay officiated at the service.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by Colonel the
Hon. Charles Grey and Colonel Bouverie, visited her Majesty
the Queen Dowager on Saturday at Marlborough House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also visited the
Queen Dowager on Saturday.
The Queen had a dinner party on Saturday, at Bucking-
ham Palace. The company included her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince Edward
of Saxe Weimar, their Excellencies Baron and Baroness de
Moncorvo, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde,
Lady Emily de Burgh, Lady Fanny ;Howard, Baroness de
Speth, Earl of Desart, Viscount Clifden, Lord Campbell,
Lady Campbell and Stratheden, Hon. Miss Campbell, Lord
James Murray, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps.
A military band attended during dinner.
Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. The com-
pany consisted of his Excellency Count Dietrichstein, their
Excellencies Monsieur and Madame Van de Weyer. the
Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, Count
Potocki, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon.
Mrs. Charles Grey, Major-General and Miss Cavendish,
Captain Hamilton, R.N., and Captain Francis Seymour.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House,
and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, at Cambridge House.
Her Majesty and 'Prince Albert took their usual early
walk yesterday.
The Royal Family took their accustomed airings yester-
day.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary attended Divine service yesterday morn-
ing, in St. Michael's Church, Chester-square.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended
Divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmond
Mildmay, honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Lans-
downe with their bompany at dinner on Saturday, at Lans-
downe House.
A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock on Saturday
-afternoon, at the residence of the Marquis of Lansdowne, in
Berkeley-square. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the
Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey,
Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the Earl Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord
Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the
Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay.
The Council eat two hours.
A meeting of the new Bishopricks Commissioners was held
in Whitehall-place on Saturday. There were present the
Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord John Russell, the Earls of
Chichester and Powis, the Bishops of London, . Durham,
Winchester, Cheater, and Lincoln, the Home Secretary of
State, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
A deputation from the Committee for establishing Houses of
Occupation for Discharged Prisoners waited on Sir George
Grey on Saturday, at the Home-office. The deputation con-
sisted of the Earl of Denbigh, the Lord Bishop of Norwich,
Lord John Manners, M.P., Sir Horace St. Paul, Bart., Mr.
John Laurie, Mr. Alderman Sydney, Mr. James Window, Mr.
Joseph Heywood, Hr. William Jerdau, the Rev. S. R. Catt-
ley, and Mr. W. J. Donthorn.
A deputation from the Commissioners of Sewers for Surrey
and Kent, consisting of Mr. H. Kemble, M.P., Messrs. Not-
ledge, Shadbolt, Johnson, and Drew, had an interview with
Viscount Morpeth, on Saturday, at the office of the Commis-
sioners of Woods and Forests in Great George-street.
The Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Aberdeen at-
tended the early Service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St.
James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Ilelmore.
The sermon was preached by the Bishop of London. The
Hon. D. H. Gordon was ordained by the Bishop of London.
At the daily Service the Prayers were read by the Rev.
Mr. Helmore, the Lessons by the Rev. J. V. Povah, and the
Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Stearn. The Sermon
was preached by the &shop of Chester. The Anthem was,
" 0 Lord give ear" (Greene). Mr. Turle presided at the
organ. The Marquises of Anglesey and Northampton,
Ladies Wilton, Palmerston, Campden, and Compton, Lords
Wilton, Granby, Cawdor, Listowel, St. Germans, Eliot,
Castlereagh, and W. Graham, were among the nobility
present.:
The Bishop of London will preach the Sermon on Wed-
nesday next, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's.

ITALIAN OPERA AT COVENT-
GARDEN THEATRE.
(From the Observer.)
A fortnight only has elapsed since our columns pre-
sented a description of most of the arrangements of this
undertaking.
On Saturday the last of the hoarding in the front of
the theatre was removed. Nearly the whole of the face
-of the building and portico has been washed; and the
carriage-drive, a species of stone tramway, under the
latter, is nearly completed. The arrangements for the
access to the theatre, so far as Bow-street is concerned,
may thus be described. Going up from the Strand, the
first entrance will be for the gallery, the second for the
pit; the next, by means of the grand portico, for the
boxes; the next, the stage-door; and the last is the box-
office.
Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the other members
of tha royal family, will have a separate entrance at the
back of the theatre, leading round by the old box-office
in Hart-street. Here the illustrious visitors will also
alight beneath a portico, which is almost completed.
Saturday morning commenced the operatien of pull-
ing down the scaffolding which was erected to enable the
painting and completion of the proscenium, and the ceil
mg was perfected on Friday evening. By this after-
noon the scaffolding will have been altogether removed,
save such trifling portion as may be necessary fcr the
accommodation of the decorators.
The painted ceiling has occupied Signor Verardi and
his assistants for a considerable part of the period which
has elapsed since our former notice of the works. The
ceiling has been painted by Signor Verardi and Signor
Fern; the figures are the work of M. Zarra. The paint-
ing is divided into two compartments, which may be de-
scribed as the outer and inner circles. The ceiling, or
the kind or cupola, is of a circular form, extending
seventy feet from the gallery to the proscenium, and
sixty-two feet across from side to side. The old chan-
delier, which was put up by poor Laporte, at an expense
of 1,0001. has been removed, and will be replaced, it is
said, by a successor of larger demensiona.
All parties concerned in the undertaking entertain the
utmost confidence as to everything being in a state of
readiness for Tuesday the 6th of April.
In the course of the next, or at the commencement of
the following week, Rovere (the buffo from Milan), Ley,
Lavia, Tulli, Polonini• and Hano will have reached the
metropolis.
In reference to the ballet, which will be a new one, it
may be stated that the requisite rehearsals have been
carried on in Paris.