The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-26 00:00:00

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COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen held a Privy Council at three o' clock on
Saturday afternoon, at I3uckingham Palace. It was
attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the
Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President ; Lord Cotten-
ham, Lord Chancellor ; Lord John Russell, First Lord
of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State
for the Home Department ; Viscount Palmerston,
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; Earl Grey,
Secretary ef State for the Colonial Department ; Sir
Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the Earl
of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty ; the Earl of
Clarendon, President of the Board of Trade ; the Mar-
quis of Clanricarde, Postmaster-General , Lord Camp-
bell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; Earl
Spencer, Lord Ch amberlain ; and the Duke of Norfolk,
Master of the Horse.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting.
The Queen gave audiences to Earl Spencer, th® Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, and Lord John Russell.
The Court was attended by the Marquis of Anglesey,
Gold Stick in Waiting; the Eal of Morton, Lord in
Waiting; Lord Marcus Hill, Comptroller of the House-
hold, and Major the Hon. Robert Boyle, Groom in
Waiting.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back on Saturday, attended by the Equeries in Waiting',
Major •General Wemyss and Captain the Hon. A. 11.
Gordon.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the
Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyt-
telton took an airing on Saturday, in an open carriage
and four. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of
Wales and the Princess Royal took their accustomed
exercise in the Royal Gardens on Saturday.
The Royal children took their usual airings yesterday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Countess of Charlemont, Hon. 11Iiss Kerr, Hon. Miss
Cavendish, Earl of Morton, and Major-General Wemyss,
honoured the performance of the Royal Italian Opera
with their presence on Saturday evening.
Yesterday was the birthday of her Royal Highness
the Princess Alice.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived
early at Buckingham Palace, to pay a visit of congratu-
lation the Queen and Prince Albert.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge also paid
a congratulatory visit to her Majesty and her Royal
Consort.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gen-
tlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, at-
tended Divine.aervice yesterday in the private chapel
at Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie
Courtenay officiated.
Yesterday was the Birthday of Her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester. Her Majesty and Prince
Albert, accompanied by the Princess Alice, paid a visit
of congratulation to her Royal Highness at Gloucester
House. The Royal Duchess also received visits of con-
gratulation from Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and
his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar.
During the day, many of the nobility and gentry
called at Gloucester House, and left their names for her
Royal Highness.
The arrival of his Royal Highness the reigning Duke
of Saxe-Meiningen, who was expected yesterday at
Marlborough House, has been delayed for a few days.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine service
yesterday, in the Chapel Royal St. James's The
Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the
Lessons by the Rev. W. Hall. The Sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The anthem was
" The Lord is King " (Arnold).
Frances Lady Clinton and the Earl Howe were in
waiting on the Queen Dowager, and Lady Augusta
Bruce on the Duchess of Kent. The Duchesses of Beau-
fort and Sutherland, Ladies St. Germans and Palmer-
ston, the Duke of Beaufort, the Marquises of Anglesey,
Headfort, and Northampton, Lords Cawdor, St. Ger-
mans, Evelyn, Norreys, Palmerston, and Castlereagh,
were among the nobility present..
The Duke of Wellington attended the early service in
the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The Rev.
Dr. Wesley officiated, and preached the sermon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Baroness
Hammerstein, Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmond Mild-
may, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their pre-
sence on Saturday evening.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon
at the Foreign Office. 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 Exchequer, Earl of Auckland, Lord
Campbell, Sir John Hobhouse, Viscount Morpeth, the
Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and
the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Council sat two
hours.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
L'Elisir d'Amore was repeated here on Saturday.
Lablache as Doctor Dulcamara in L'Eltsir d'Amore was
as glorious as ever ; Castellan, who was in excellent
voice, sang and acted bewitchingly, and Gardoni as
Nemorino, sang the music most sweetly, and looked and
acted the lover to the life. his Una fertiva Lagrima is
one of the most exquisite gems of the lyrical drama.
In the ballet department we had the magnificent
Divertissement from Lalla Rookb, with Cerito and St.
Leon ; and the ballet of Coralia with Carolina Rosati
and Marie Taglioni. The house was crowded. Amongst
the company who honoured the theatre with their pre-
sence we observed their Royal' Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary,
attended by the Baroness Hammerstein, Major
Stephens, and Mr. E. H. St. John Mildmay, his
Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar,
Viscount and Viscountess Barrington, and the Hon. Miss
Barrington, and the Hon. Miss Mitchell, occupied her
Majesty the
Queen Dowa er's box. There were also
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present Mr. George Ed sard and the Hon. Mrs Anson,
and Mr. and Lady Anne Charteris (in her Majesty's
box). the Prince Louis Napoleon, the Duke and Duchess
of Cleveland, his Excellency the Russian Minister,
the Baroness Brunnow and Madlle. Olga de Lechner, the
Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of Donegal, the
Marquis of Huntley, the Marquis of Granby, the Mar-
quis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of
Munster, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Belfast,
Viscount Somerton, Lord Berwick, Viscountess Dillon
and the Hon. Misses Dillon, Lord Gardner, Lord Mac-
donald, Lord Charles Wellesley, Lord and Lady Wil-
loughby
D'Ereab37, and the Hon. W. D'Eresby, Lord
and Lady Colchester, Lord Brougham, the Baron Rehau•
sen, the Count de Courcy, Lady Graham, Lady Meux,
Lady Fitzroy Somerset and Miss Fitzroy Somerset, Sir
H. Willoughby,
de Burgh, the Count de Koudriaffsky, Air. W. W. Wil-
liams, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Mortop,
Captain Reynolds, Captain Smith, Mr. Conyngham, Mr.
Stuart, M.P., Mr. and
and Mrs. Hodgson, Mrs, p ke Reding, Mr. Hayter,
&c. &c. packe

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Rossini's L' Italiana in Alyicri was produced here on
Saturday, with an entirely new cast, comprising Mdlle.
Alboni as Isabella, Marini as the Bey, Revere as
Taddeo, and Salvi as Lindero. Mdlle. Alboni has added
to her fame by her personation of Isabella. Her ren-
dering of the music was exceedingly brilliant, and,
better than all, exceedingly correct. Her rendering of
the celebrated aria " Pensa alla Patria," was perfect,
and richly merited the applause with which it was
received. The Lindero of Salvi is not equal to
his Edgardo. Either he was labouring under
indisposition on Saturday, or his voice is deficient in
power. Ile gave snatches of the music beautifully, but
occasionally there was manifested a want of power of
execution to carry out his conception. He seemed to be
at times exhausted. Marini is a good, steady bass
singer with a powerful voice, and a perfect knowledge
of music, and although in the Pa pareari he approached
not near to the rich and unctions humour of Lablache
(who can approach the unapproachable), yet, in his ren-
dering of the bye part of this celebrated quartette, there
was a grave stolidity that told well. Rovere was the Taddeo, 1111
and R9vere is in all points the perfect conventional
Italian Buffo. We can imagine the roars of laughter
and applause, the furore of delight which Rovere would
excite among an Italian audience, but every low come-
dian, and the buffo is the low comedian of Italy, while
he enjoys a greater popularity ameng his countrymen
than other artistes, seldom succeeds in making himself
understood by a foreign audience. The French, for in-
stance, were delighted with Charles Kemble, with Kean,
with Macready, but they could not understand Liston,
and were lost in astonishment at . the roars of laughter
understood the
Italian
which he excited among the English portion of the
audience. So with Revere last evening. Those
great proportion of the audience, they could not un-
derstand the fun. Now this is easily accounted for. The
fun of the buffo actor_ is generally local fun—understood
and appreciated, and enjoyed with a zest incomprehen-
sible to strangers, by those who are habituated to the
f
conversationalities of the place. ewl
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beenet sh
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tea :o find
drama, were de
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But remove him to
another audience _ _ unaccustomed to his peculiar
humour, and he would have to educate them to his man-
ner, and himself to their ideas of fun, befor3 he
caa hope for success. This is the case with
Rovere. lie is certainly a most accomplished
Italian buffo, but that is not enough with a foreign
audience, because they do not unde:stand Italian con-
ventionalities, and in order to attain that position to
which his talents entitle him, he must endeavour to
become more cosmopolitan in his humour, and his
audience must, at the ame time, becoe more talian in
theirs. If Bever° performs his partm I
of this arrange-
ill thereby teach his audience theirs, and
tent, he w
will be deservedly as great a favourite here as
then he
he is in his own country. The principal artistes were all
called for at the conclusion. The new ballet, La Heine
des Fees, concluded the evening's entertainments. Her
Majesty and Prince Albert were present.

Among the donations to the Drury-lane Theatrical
Fund, on Friday evening, was one of 501. from the Duke of
Bedford, and one of 101. 10s. from B. Bond Cabbell,
Esq., M.P.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE. MORNING PERFORM-
ANCE of " TIIE DxsEirr."—Considerable curiosity is excited
by this announcement, more especially as it is generally un-
derstood that her Majesty intends bringing the Prince of
Wales. and his eldest brother and sister, to see this grand
spectacle. No doubt the children of most of the nobility
will be present on the occasion to Witness this interesting en-
tertainment.
Lord and Lady Algernon St. Maur have arrived in
Upper ggdepatreeto fr9m bi 41404 Dracllo7.