The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-30 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert; the Duchess of Kent,
the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic
household, attended Divine service yesterday in the pri-
vate chapel,littekingliana Pidt,ce. The sermon was
preached by the Bishop- of Oxford. -Prayers were read
by the lien: and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay.
lier Majesty and her Royal Consort took their accus-
tomed early walk yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were
taken airings yesterday in the real
Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen on
Saturday.

The Reyal dinner party at Buckingham Palace en
Saturday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, the Prit ce and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy,
the Marquis of Northampton,- the Marquis of Abercorn,
Lady Augusta Pru :e, Baroness do Ahlafeldt, Earl and
Countess de Gery, Earl and Countess of Jersey, Captain
the Hon. James P. Murray, Sir Henry Willock, and
Baron Knesebt ck.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend-
ance during dinner.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended at
the Palace, and performed the remainder of the evening.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited his Serene
Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen at
Marlborough House, at two o'clock on Saturday. after-
in ion. The Hereditary Prince, attended by. Colonel
Cornwall aid Baron tie Reitzensteia, visited and in-
spected the Wellington Barracks, in St. James's Park,
on Saturday morning. His Serene Highness honoured
the performance of the Italian Opera with his presence
in the evening, attended by Baron do Reitzenstein.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine
service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Ripon, who
took his text from Hebrews, chap. ix., verses 11 and 12.
Prayers were read by the R. J. C. Haden, the Lessons
by the Rev. J. V. Povah and the Communion service by
the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem was " Awake, awake,
put on (Wise). Mr. Trifle presided at the organ.
The Queen Dowager was attended by the Countess of
Sheffield end Earle Howe. Among the nobility present
were the Marquis of Anglesey, Earl and Countess St.
Germans, Lords Delawarr, Omelet., Sheffield, Canter-
bury, Cantalupe, Hawarden, De Manley, and Paget,
The Duke of Wellington, Loid G. Paulet, and Sir
Frederic Trench attended the early service yesterday.
The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated, and preached the
sermon.

The Archbishop of Canterbury will preach the sermon
in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, on Sunday next.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough

House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and
Prince George attended Divine service, yesterday morn-
ing. in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street.
Prince Casteleicala, the Neapolitan Minister, was pre-
sent on Friday night in the House of Commons during
the debate; and remained until the division.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
Committee•meeting on Saturday, at the offices in White-
hall place. There were present the Bishops of Ely,
Hereford, Lichfield, Oxford, and Ripon, the Earl of
Bessborough, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the
Dean of Westminster.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The first appearance for the season of Madame
Cadellan, and tha first appearance in this country of
. .

Mademoiselle Gaetanira Bimbilla, were the attractions
which ca Saturday night crowded her Majesty's Thea-
tre to the ceiling with the elite of rank, beauty, and
fashion. The opera was Linda di Chamowd, Madame
Castellan sustaining the part of the heroine, and Made-

moiselle Cactanina Bratnbilla appearing as Pierot.
Such being the cast, it is almost a work of supereroga-
tion to state that the voice of the fair debutante is a con-

tralto. Her personal appearance is very prepos-
sessing ; -she is exceedingly young, her figure is
perfect, her large dark lustrous eyes beam with ex-
pression, and her features are beautiful, exceedingly,
and vary in their expression with every passing thought.
Her voice is rich, mellow, and of great compass and
power. Her intonation is very fine, and her histrionic
powers are of a high order. She appeared suffering

dreadfully from nerCous agitation when she came upon J
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the stage ; but the applause of the audience reassured
her and she gave the beautiful opening aria, "Per sua
madra" with such sweetness and pathos that her success
was at once secured. Her gifted namesake, to whom,
however, we believe she is not in the remotest degree
related, could not have given it more exquisitely in the
zeeith of her power. At the end of the first act both
Mademoiselle Brambilla and Madame Castellan were
called for, and again at the conclusion of the opera.
[laving thus recorded the triumph of the fair debutante,
it is our pleasing duty to congratulate Madame Castel-
lan on her retun to the scene of her former glories, and
returned only to achieve fresh triumphs. She appeared
in.the third scene of the first act, looking even more
lovely than ever, notwithstanding her recent illness. She
was welcomed with an cnthusiasm seldom exhibited
within these wells; and in the exquisitely beautiful
aria, "Oh luce di quest' anima," which she sings almost
immediatelyarter she appears on the stas;e, she exhibited
such an intensity of feeling, such a delicacy of expression,
such a power of voice, and such a degree of high
musical science, that the audience were perfectly asto-
nished, and carried away by their enthusiasm. It was
scarcely possible to believe that it was the Madame
eastaaa of last year, so astonishing has been the pro-
gress she has made in her art. In the duet which fol-
lowed, with Corelli, " Quel dover ceelar nel core," she
was equally great, and, at its conclusion, both artistes
were called for. Indeed, throughout the opera she sur-
passed the most sanguine expectations of her
most ardent admirers, and her Linda may
be considered as a perfect performance. Co-
relli, as Carlo, afforded her admirable support. Of
the Anthony of Fornasari, it is as superfluous to speak
as it would be of the Richard of Kean. It is one of
the most intensely impassioned, soul-harrowing pieces
of acting on the lyrical stage. F. Lablache, as the
'Marchese, exhibited a rich and mellow humour, that
would have been not. unworthy of his father. His exe-
cution of the music, too, was most artistical. The
several artUes were called for at the conclusion, and
were received with deserved applause ; and bouquets
innumerable were showered on the ladies. The ballet
of La Caterina, with Lucile Grahn as the heroine, fol-
lowed ; and by far the greater portion of the audience
(one of the most crowded and fashionable of the season)
remained to its conclusion.

There were present at her Majesty's Theatre on Sa-
t urday, the 28th of March—His Royal Highness Prince
George of Meiningen, the Duke of Wellington, his Excel-
lency the Russian Ambassador and the Baroness Brunnow,
his Excellency the French Ambassador, the Duke of Devon-
shire, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness a Douro, the Marquis and Marchioness of,,Worces-
ter, the Countess of Dalhousie' the Earl and Countess Howe,
the Earl and Countess of Sheffield, Lady S. Holroyd, the
Baron Reitzenstein, the Marquis of Titchfield, Lord Foley
and the Hon. Miss Foley, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Viscount
Cantalupe, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Suffield, the
Viscount Bereeford, the Viscount Duncannon, Lord and Lady
Macdonald, the Baron and Baroness de Lagos, Lord Aylmer,
Lady Bentinck, Lord Sandys, the Countess of Suffolk, Sir
Wm. and Lady Fremantle, the Marquis of Palavacina, the
Count and Countess de Salis, Lady Pollington, Lady Glent-
worth, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Lady R. Greville, Sir
Henry Webster, Sir John and Lady Anne Beckett, Lady Eli-
zabeth Dawson, Lady Boyer Smith, Sir H. Willoughby, Sir
Andrew Barnard, Sir Charles Kent, Sir Henry Webb, Sir
John Lowther, Lady Carroll, Hon. 0. Toler, the Hon. James
Macdonald, Sir Lionel Goldsmidt and Lady Goldsmith, the
Hon. H. T. Hope, SirFrederic_Trench, Sir Wm. Abdy, Major
Buckley, &c. &c.
DRURY LANK THEATRE.—The SUCCESS which the
gorgeous opera of the Crusaders is enjoying continues un-
abated, the house being literally crowded every night it is
performed. Its representations must, however, cease, we
understand, after the present week—for an entire change of
performances takes place at Easter • the first of which will
be Les Diamans de Couronne (Auber's celebrated opera),
for the debitt of the charming Madame Anna Thillon, who
has just arrived in town, to commencs rehearsals.
MR. F. WEBSTER'S BENEFIT.—On Tuesday next Mr.
F. Webster, the stage director of the Haymarket theatre
takes his benefit at that, the only theatre remaining
devoted exclusively to the representation of the legitimate
drama. In addition to the new comedy of The Beggar on
Hortebach, which is nightly increasing in attraction, Madame
Celeste, supported by the elite of the Adeiphi cotiepany, will
appear in The Cabin Boy, one of the most popular dramas
that has been produced of late years. There are to be a
variety of other entertainments, and certainly Mr. F. Web-
ster has shown himself an admirable caterer. That the house
will be a bumper there cannot be a doubt, more especially
when it is recollected that Mr. F.Webster is one of the ancient
order of Freemasons, an order, the peculiar characteristic of
which is, to rally on all occasions round a brother.
ANOTHER " WANDERING FEMALE."—On the afternoon
of Friday, the 6th March, a lady wanderer came to the farm
of Glenays, in the parish of llaybole. Though lame and
pennylese, and destitute of a change of clothes, she had
walked all the way from Aberdeen in the course of three
weeks. From the style of her conversation and manners,
the farmer and his wife were convinced that she had been
accustomed to move in superior society. Under this impres-
sion, they felt it to be their duty to communicate with her
friends. After consulting with a neighbour, who concurred
in their opinion, the lady's law agent in Edinburgh
was written to on that evening, and by return of post
an answer was received, confirming the statements
the lady Lad made,.and expressing great thankfulness for
the kind attention shown to her by the family at Gle-
nays. A brother-in-law had been in search of her for the
last fortnight; -and, after having traced her to Ayr, he had
learned that she was desirous of proceeding southwards,
and, consequently, went on to Dumfries, at which place lie
received the letter which had been sent to the agent in Edin-
burgh ; and with his mind relieved (though in the mean-
time his relative had been removed by a friend to Glasgow),
he hastened to Glenays, to express personally the thanks
due to Mr. and Mrs. M`Colm. They bad for several days
treated the poor wanderer with the greatest kindness, pro-
viding her with changes of clothes, and with everything ne-
cessary for her comfort.—Ayr Observer.
AGRICULTURAL FACTS.—It would appear from what
is passing around us in the district of Bassetlaw, that the agri-
culturists here are not much alarmed at the great and compre-
hensive scheme of Sir Robert Peel. At a sale of the land be-
longing to the late Mr. Robert Draper, of Laneham, most of
the grass land sold for 100/. per acre and upwards, and the
arable land, which was not fiat-rate, realised from 601. to 651.
per acre. At another sale recently held at Edwinstowe, of
poor forest land, valued at 26!. per acre, the biddings rose up
to 431. per acre, at which sum the whole was sold. At the
sale of fanning stoek,ithe property of Richard Milward, Esq. at
Babworth, on Tuesday last, nineteen cart horses realized an
average of 30!, 12s. each,—,Doncaster gazette.