The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-14 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen walked yesterday in the gardens of Buck-
ingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess
Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the
Princess Louisa, took pony and walking exercise yester-
day in the pleasure grounds of the Palace.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce and Lord James Llurray,
honoured the performance at her Majesty's Theatre
yesterday evening, with her presence.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, attended by Lady Augusta Codogan and Baron
Knesebeck, honoured the Earl and Countess of Wilton
with their company at dinner yesterday evening, at their
residence in Grosvenor-square.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured
the Duchess Dowager of Bedford with his company
yesterday morning, at the public breakfast given by her
Grace, at her residence on Campden-hill.
A deputation, consisting of the Lord Mayor, Mr. J.
G. Cope, the City Solicitor, and the City Remembrancer,
had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at
the Home-office.

The Master• General of the Ordnance had an interview
with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his officialresi-
dence in Downing. Street. The Noble Marquis had also
a❑ interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer.

deputation, consisting of Sir Mows Montefiore,
Bart., Mr. Alderman D. Salomons, and slr. Hananel De
Castro, accompanied by Mr. Joshua Benslieb, of
Gibraltar, and Mr. Sampson Samuel, Solicitor to the
Board of Deputies of British Jews, had an interview
with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Cohnial-office.
The Duke of Wanton had an interview with Sir
George Grey yesterday. The Rev. Richard Jonea bad
also an interview yesterday with the Right lion. Baronet,
at the Hume-office.

The E trl of Arundel and Surrey, Lord Ashley, and
Mr. Fix Cross, from Bzrbadoes, had interviews yester-
'lay with Earl Grey, at the Colonial office.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Numberless are the comic operas in the Italian reper-
toire, but there are but three that range above all others,
and can be cited as models—Cimarosa s Matrimonio Se-
greto, Rossini's Barbiere, and Mozart's Marriage of
Figaro, performed last night. As regards fashion and
dramatic literature, France has ruled the continent at all
times, as it has done England itself very often; and just
as Verdi, the last composer for the Italian stage, Mozart,
his infinitely superior predecessor, took the ruling drama
of France for his libretto. The drama of every country
is the exact expression of its immediate moral state—the
Ernani of revolutionary France furnished a subject for a
melodramatic opera. Beaumarchais' comedy, the last
expression of the Augustan days of la belle France, fur-
nished a gay subject, suggestive of the most varied of
the brightest as well as the softest melody to such a ge•
nius as Mozart. Why Mozart preferred the Marriage
(f Figaro to its predecessor, 11 Barbirre, is palpable—
there were two characters more in the cast—the be-
witching Susannah and Cherubino—for whom he has
found, in the boundless stores of musical invention, those
two matchless morceaux, " Non so pin" and " Voi the
sapete," gems, diamonds, of which time and caprice of
fashion have never been able to impair the brilliancy.
As to the performance last night, in many respects it
far exceeded even the expectations the rehearsal had
raised. The acting as well as the singing of Mdlle.
Lind were truly marvellous. At each moment she dis-
played some half-forgotten or neglected gem of the great
composer, with a new and startling effect; her dramatic
action was kept intimately combined with her singing
in unity of impression, whilst she infused life into every
movement by the spirit with which she sang and the
bewitching archness with which she acted. But all re-
membrance of the wonders she had achieved before, and
her many encores, were lost in her execution of the last
aria, "Deh vieni non tardar," which so many previous
prime donne omitted. The purity of intonation, the exquisite
tenuity to which the notes were drawn after being swollen
to the utmost fulness of power, their thrilling suavity pro-
duced an effect on the ear which no expression can con-
vey. Cruvelli appeared to feel how careful as well as
strenuous must be her exertions not be totally eclipsed
when moving so near to so brilliant a star as Jenny Lind.
The consequence was that we never heard here
singso
artistically as in "Dove sono i bei momentil,
tb
the gentle
melancFoly and despairing energy marked
in words
and in the music were given in full relief,
jarring contrast, and the applause w
loud and ;pro-
but without
enthusiastically longed. In the duet " Sull' aria," so
en-
cored, and in some of the subsequent
youngte
of merit. Mdlle.
might justly claim an ample shareti
prima donna
norceaux which
experienced a similar reception,
and evinced by
pro-
duced by a great domestic bereavement,
but she is too good
Schwartz was labouring under severe indisposition,
sacrifice, under any circumstances of
an artiste to
o favourite airs of her part,
her paleness and tremor ; .
depression, the
weretwo
not delivered with brilliancy,
; il congenial spirit and feeling,
wer© sung with congenial
stride in advance from
Belletti has made alai
which if they
B rbiere to the Figaro of the Nozre,
than his usual taste, elegance, and
more
edly encored by the whole house in
plt the Figaro
,Feario.ggea
toad wbfatnish
magnificent of all martial airs, " Non pia An-
that mostwas in capital voice, and he might also
claimdrs An-
dras."
a large share share in the vehement encore of " Credel
fiarira." Bouclai and Lablache produced an
Per c"°
effect that we have never seen approached in this opera,
althoughGwe remember every performance since the days
Campeveti and Fodor. L. the " Vendetta," an aria usually ne-
asr:ini and Catalini, of
gbileacettecls ;singing
, sisnhgoiwed what latent treasure there was still
untouched in Mozart. The effect reached home
to those the least gifted with musical acumen
—the. applause was universal. One of the
greatest
aaamphs tho al;ht—aae thst allocacd what p77C2
there is lei auperieray of cast, Nas h the queatat,
echiatti ii aigaor Caate." This pas age, Whied
never attracted netica bacore, was thrico encored, and
even then the audience was not satisfied, but attempted
to obtain another repetition. After what we have stated,
we need not mention the recalls after each act, and the
success of the nights performance. We question whe-
ther Le devoid of extraneous embellishment and
fashionable trickery, will ever be a great favourite in
the long run with a public pampered with extravagant
music; but to the real lover of the art capable of appre-
ciating nights like the last, it will over possess the
greatest of all charms.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent honoured
the performances with her presence. In the suite of her
Royal Highness were the Baroness de Speth, Lady
Augusta 'truce, Lord James Murray, Sir George Couper,
and Mr. and Lady Mary Christopher.
Among the general cosupany in the boxes and stalls
we observed the Prince Louis Napoleon, the Duke of
Wellington, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and
the Baroness Rehausen, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the
Earl and Countess Bruce, the Countess of llarrington,
and Lady Jane Seymour Stanhope, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Morton, Viscount Emlyn, Viscount Ranelagh,
Lady Garvagh, Lady Anne
ennox, Lord Adolphus Fitz.
u,Bilellitatmincilsa
Lady
Beckett,Frederica:
Lord
clarence, Lord Ward, Hon. F. Byng, General the Hon.
11. Cavendish, Hon. C. Cavendish, Sir Alexander Wood-
ford,
Keith Ball, Colonel Wildman, Colonel Scarlett, Major
Gordon, Mrs. and Mrs. Talbot, Mr, Montgomery, Mr.
and Mrs. Grote, M. C. do lioudriaffsky, Mr. I'm-
blanque, &c.