The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-28 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.

On Saturday morning a private performance took
place at this theatre in the presence of the Queen,
Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Alice—the royal children
being specially invited by Mr. Mitchell to a series of
juvenile entertainments, countenanced by the gra-
cious patronage of her Majesty. The illustrious
party arrived at the theatre about half-past two
o'clock, and were ushered into the royal box, which,
together with the entire tier of private boxes, was
prettily festooned with artificial flowers. The Queen
of the Belgians occupied a seat by the side of her
Majesty, and the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied
by the Princess Mary, paid the royal group a short
visit during the progress of the performance. The
performances commenced with the first act ofthe Gamin
de Paris, after which the musical performances of the
little Turners, who made their debut here about
twelve months since, and who are much improved.
Mdlle Badenan then danced a pas with castagnettes,
and the two pigmies, dressed in the rococo style,
danced a stately minuet with the most amusing
gravity. Then came a human Mercury—a gentle-
man whose usual mode of locomotion seems to be in
a rolling ball. The Ethiopian Serenaders followed,
and the performances of the Bedouin Arabs con-
cluded the morning's amusement. The Royal chil-
dren seemed delighted with the entertainment, and
were loud in their applause.
The house was quite full of noble and fashionable vi-
sitors, to whom invitations had also been given by Mr.
Mitchell, and the array of bonnets which met the eye, as
it ran over the pit, presented a most beautiful coup d'cril
of fancy colours. The Marchioness of Douro, Lord
Alfred Paget, and Colonel Bouverie attended the Royal
party. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary were also present, attended by
the Baroness Hammerstein and Mr. Edmond St. John
Mildway ; and her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, attended by Colonel Liddell. There were
also present the Baron and Baroness Rehausen, Mr.
and Madame Van de Weyer, the Duke and Duchess
of Northumberland, the Duchess of Sutherland and
the Ladies Gower, the Duchess of Cleveland,
the Duchess of Norfolk, the Duke and Duchess
of Bedford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Dou-
glas, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Coun-
tess of Chesterfield, Countess Lieven, the Countess of
Norbury and the Ladies Toler, the Countess of Howe,
Countess of Lichfield, Earl and Countess of Craven,
Countess Hood, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, Countess
of Eglintoun, Countess of Blessington and the Misses
Power, Lord and Lady Brougham, Lady Laura Mey-
rick, Marquise de Lousadi, Madame Reille, Ladies
Agnes Duff; Lady Dinorben, Lady Yarde Buller, the
Ladies Bentinck, Lady Stratford Canning, Viscount and
Lady Marian Alford, Lady Charlotte Guest, Lady
Morgan, Lady Charlotte Balfour, Lady Louisa Trench,
Lady Rendlcsham, Lady La wley, Lady Meux, Lady
Throckmorton, Lady Fitzroy Kelly, Lady and Miss
Macdonald, Miss Talbot and party, Mrs. Maberly, Mrs.
Tabor, Madame de Lautour and party, Mrs. Milner
Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Foley, Hon. Mr. Fitzgibbon and
the Misses Fitzgibbon, B. Lindo, Esq., G. Clarke, Esq.,
Mrs. llolford and party, Mrs. Portal, Mrs. Gladstone,
Mrs. Baillie, &c.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty, his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, their Majesties the King and
Queen of the Belgians, and their Royal Highnesses the
with Marchioness
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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, honoured the Royaleres
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of Douro, Lord Byron, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel
Bouverie, and Major Moerkerke; her Majesty- the Queen
of the Belgians, by th o Countess Vander Straten;en
their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
by Lady Charlotte Lister, Baron Knesebeek, Mr. Ed-
mund Mildmay, Mr. Henry Lyster, and Sir William
Davidson. There were present—the Hanoverian Min-
ister, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Lady
Blanche Somerset, the Duke of Montrose, the Duchess
of Grafton, the Marchioness of Anglesey, the Marquis
of Worcester, the Countess of Kinnoul, and L.
Hay, the Countess of Orford and Lady Dorotl Wftipole,
the Earl of Cardigan, the Countess of Glengall, Earl
Granville, the Earl f Euston, Dowager Countess of
Essex, Viscount Combermere, Viscount Templetown,
Viscount Clifden, Viscount Dupplin, Viscountess Dillon,
and the Hon. Miss Dillon, Viscount Maidstone, Lord
and Lady Carrington, Lord Manners, Lord Forester, Lord
Suffield, Lord George Manners, Lady Lyndhurst and
the Hon. Miss Copley, Lady William Powlett, Lord
Archibald St. Maur, Lord Bruce, Lord Henry Lennox,
M.P ; Lord Compton, Lord and Lady Alfred Paget,
Lady. Adelaide Paget, Lady Harriet Bagot, Lord F.
Gordon, Lady Palmer, General Sir W. Anson, Bart.,
and Lady Anson, the Right Hon. Sydney and Mrs.
Herbert, the Hon. Mr. Upton, the Hon. J. Fortescue,
the Hon. Sir E. and Lady Butler, the Hon. Colonel and
Mrs. Fitzgibbon, the Hon. P. Barrington, the Hon. Mrs.
Vaughan, the Hon. C. Neville, Sir C. and Lady Cecilia
des Vceux, Sir W. and Lady Molesworth, Sir W. Abdy,
Bart., Sir A. Clifton, Bart., Sir W. M.
M Stanley, Bart..
and Mr. and Mrs. J. Stanley, Sir J. S. Hippesley, Bart.,
Lady Macfarlane, Lady Meux, Lady Jodrell, Lady
Thorold, Baron Lionel de Rothschild, Sir Anthony and
Lady Rothschild, Sir P. Broke, Bart., Sir A. Aston, Sir
H. Lushington, Bart., and Lady Lushington, Sir R. L.
Blosse, Bart., Sir H. and Lady Robinson, Sir 0. Wake-
man, Bart., Sir E. S. Stanhope, Bart., Sir W. Medly-
cott, Bart., Sir C. Ibbetson, Bart., Mr. R. Neville, M.P.,
Mr. H. Baring, M.P., Mrs. H. Baring, Mr. G. W. J.
Repton, M.P., Mr. Dennistoun, M.P., and Mrs. Dennis-
toun, Mr. C. P. Leslie, M.P., Mr. E. Strutt and Miss
Strutt.
INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, WANsTzAD.—Yester-
day morning a sermon, on behalf of the funds of this
truly charitable institution, was preached at the parish
church of St. Bride, Fleet-street, by the Rev. Henry
Melvill, D.D. The Rev. Gentleman warmly and elo-
quently 'advocated the cause of the charity, until the
establishment of which no asylum for the infant orphan
was in existence. There are at present 260 inmates of
the institution, to which 50 additional children will be
elected on the next half -yearly
-ye2r y ballot on the Ist of No-
vember. The sum collected amounted to 781. 6s. The
prospects of the charity appear to be highly cheering,
and it is hoped that the committee will be enabled to
extend their efforts on behalf of the fatherless and help-
less infant.

ATTEMPT TO MURDER A GAMEKEEPER.-011
Saturday information was received by the police, that
Joseph Wall, who in February last, made a most deter-
mined attempt to murder Abel Martin, one of the Earl
of Granville's gamekeepers, had been captured by John
Richardson, one of the Shropshire constabulary, and
lodged in Shropshire gaol, to await his trial for the
capital charge at the ensuing assizes.