The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-13 00:00:00

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The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed
early walk yesterday in the vicinity of Windsor Castle.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of %Jell and the
Princess Royal, visited the Royal School near Cumber-
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land Lodge, yesterday forenoon.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by their
Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred,
the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess
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Drummond, and Major-General Wemyss, left Windsor
Castle at twelve minutes before three o'clock ye s terd ay
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e Castle to the Slough station of
the Great Western railway by a party of Life Guards.
A special train conveyed the royal party to the Pad-
dington terminus, from whence the Queen and Prince Al-
bert,the Royal Children, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of
the royal suite, proceeded in five carriages and four, es-
corted by a party of Lancers to Buckingham Palace,
where they arrived at four o'clock.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort were received at
the Palace by the Master of the Hone, the Vice Cham-
berlain, Lord George Lennox, and Captain Francis Sey-
mour.
in Waiting, the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, the
The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Lady
Maid of Honour, Hon. Miss Kerr, the Lord in Waiting.,
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and theth EquerryEquerr i
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Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, honoured the perform-
ance of the French plays with their presence yesterday
Wailing Prince Albert,
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evening.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marl-
borough House.

AY:MARKET THEATRE.
Last night was indeed a triumph for the English drama.
and no fitter scene could have been chosen for that
triumph than the little theatre in the Haymarket, where
through evil report and through good report the English
drama has ever found a home. The English Thalia has
again returned to the stage. Mrs. Nisbett has returned
to us, and appeared last night at the Haymarket for the
first time these three years. The play was the Love
Chase, her character, of course, Constance (the charac-
ter which is par excellence her own). She is looking
more fascinating than ever, there is the same clear
silvery, most infectious laugh, the same genuine
spirit of fun, the same energy, the same vis comica
as
ever. The house was crowded to the ceiling, and had it
been of twice the size, it would not have contained the
numbers who had assembled outside the doors to greet
here rent, ee upon the scene of_, her former triumphs.
Never was there seen such a reception. The moment
her voice was heard behind the scenes the applause began,
and when she appeared the whole house rose and
greeted her with clapping of hands and waving of hand-
kerchiefs, and then, as if to give vent to their enthusiasm,
they gave three true British cheers. She acknowledged her
reception most cordially—it was the meeting of old
friends long parted—and when the cheering began she
appeared quite overcome, and could scarcely proceed
with her part. Never, however, did she act Constance
with more spirit; at every scene she was received with
renewed applause, and never was applause more richly
merited—never did she act Constance better than sho
did last night. At the fall of the curtain she was called
for ; again the house rose at her appearance, the cheer-
ing was renewed again and again, and amidst showers
of bouquets she retired. The other characters were
admirably supported, but the great feature of the night
was the re-appearance of Mrs. Nisbett—the reintegration
of the entente cordiale between the public and the greatest
of comic artistes. May it never again be broken.

VICTORIA THEATRE.
A new piece, entitled Jack Long of Texas ; cr the
Shot in tl.e Eye, was produced at this theatre yesterday
evening. The plot is as follows:—Jack Long (kr. N.
T. Hicks) has married ILry Gibbs (Miss 'Vincent), and
supplanted Captain Hinck (Mr. W. Searle), leader of a
band of " Regulators," or soi-disant prairie senate or
executive, and who also distinguishes himself as a
marksman, by which he incurs the enmity of Captain
Hinck, and upon an unfounded accusation of horse steal-
ing is subjected, and by the aforesaid worthy, to the in-
fliction of the lash. The indignity which he has sus-
tained operates so powerfully upon the mind of Jack
Long (who is a young hunter from the rocky mountains,
and who is represented as possessing all those feelings
which are engendered by a residence amid Alpine
scenery), that he becomes insane, and all his mental fa-
culties become concentrated into a des4.3 of destroying
the gang by whom he has suffered the ignominious pu-
nishment. This he effects, his reason is restored,
and he is re-united to his bride. These are
the materials of the piece, which is skil-
fully worked up. The language is natural,
the imagery such as the wild scenes of the forest (the
locale of the piece) would suggest, and devoid of that
extravagance, that bizarre hue which too frequently
characterises the productions of melodramatic writers
for the British stage. Mr. N. T. Hicks represented
faithfully the character he personated, and Miss Vincent
as the heroine of the piece (Mary Gibbs) gave a per-
feet impersonation of the female character under the
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formance elicited hearty applause. The piece was an-
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nounced for repetition every evening till further notice,
and the announcement was received with stentorian
plaudits.

MR. WILSON'S FIRST NIGHT IN

THE MUSIC HALL.
Last night Mr. Wilson gave his first entertainment
for the season in the Music Hall, Store-street, where be
will be found " a: borne" every Monday evening during
the season. The full attendance with which he was
honoured last night, and the hearty reception with which
he was greeted as soon as he made his appearance, were
proofs to him that he had not been forgot during his
wanderings in other lands. We never heard him in
finer voice than he displayed last night. He seems in
high health and spirits. The programme contained
many beautiful songs, some of which he sang for the
first time in London. " The Stuarts of Appin" is one
of the noblest songs we ever heard, the music being
equally effective with the poetry. The burst from the
minor into the major in the second strain had a thrilling
effect. This song cannot fail to prove a great attraction
of itself. Another, which he sang for the first time, was
Burn's splendid lyric of " Go, fetch to me a pint of
wine." He sang it to a beautiful melody, which suited
the song admirably ; and it was honoured with a hearty
and unanimous encore. He sang very finely the old
song, " An those wert my ain thing," which, old though
it be, is one of the most elegant melodies that could he
listened to. In his humourous songs he was as rich as
ever, and caused much excrticn of the risible faculties of
his audience. We were glad to see, by his next Mon-
day's programme, that it is " An Hour wi' Burns," in
which, besides singing many of the ploughman Bard's
most admired lyrics, he recites so admirably the famous
poem of " Tam o' Shunter." If we may judge by JEW;
night Wilson's soirees will be as popular this season as
ever, though he has now entered on his seventh season.

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