The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-15 00:00:00

C 11URT CIRCULAR

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.--The Queen and Prince Albert
took an early morning walk in the grounds adjoining to
the Cnst!e, and afterwards returned in a pony phaeton.
Their Royal Higitry.sses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took
their acc•astorned pony and walkingexercise early, in the
Castle precincts.
In the afternoon Prince Albert drove the Queen out
in a pony phaeton for some time, attended by the two
Equerries, Lieut.-Colonels Grey and Seymour, on horse-
back. - • •
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at
the Ca,_qttes this afternoon, to pay a visit to her Majesty
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and her soyal Consort.
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to the Royal dinner circle at
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Her Royal Hi.'heess the Duchess of Gloucester vi-
sited her Majesty .the Queen Dowager yesterday at
Marlborough House.
Their serene Ilio-hmiEses the Hereditary Prince of
Saxe Meiningen and'Princ .4 Edward of Saxe Weimar,
attended by Earl Howe, Bainn de Reitzenstein, Captain
Taylor, and Mr. Bedford, honoured Drury-lane Theatre
with their presence on Monday &veriing.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial.
office from the Governor of Van Diemen 's Land.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE'
The post Paschal season has comastnced and com-
menced gloriously. The three —Gris;, is:arto, and La-
blache have returned to us, and appeared I,2st evening
in I Put itani. Grisi was in excellent voice, looked,
.
and acted, and sung delightfully. Never aid she ,give
the delightful polacca, the gem cf the first act, Si".n
vergin ye zzosa," with more exquisite taste—herfiortture
was beautiful exceedingly. Iler scene with Ricardo and
Giorgio, in the second act, was the very acme of pathos;
and the third, the whole burden ofwhich falls upon herself
and Mario, was throughout a perfect triumph. Lablache
is
as great, in every sense of the word, as ever. The mag-
nificent duet " Sunni la tromba" was splendidly given
by Lablache and Fornasari, and its repetition was called
for with an Enthusiasm which was quite uncharacteristic
of the usually cold audience of her Majesty's Theatre.
Never has so short a space of time worked such an im-
provement in any artist as the last two seasons have
worked in Mario. His voice is not only increased in
power, in firmness, and in clearness, but it has also
increased in compass. His voce di petto is clear,
powerful, and firm, and his voce di testa is
as delicate, as beautiful, as flexible. its com-
pletely under command as the voce di testa of Rubini,
but more powerful. It is a perfect instrument perfectly
played upon, and Mario is now, take him for all in all,
the first tenor in the world. But he is not alone an ate
complished,,musician—he is a great actor ; there is none
of that listlessness about him which formerly marred
some of his best efforts—he is now full of feeling and
pathos. His making up is as it always has been admir-
able, and his Arturo, both as regards music and acting,
is perfect. The Ricardo, of Fornasari, was very fine. No-
thing couldbe finer than his acting in the grand scene with
Lablache, " Il rival salvar to dei," with which the second
actconcludes. Hatred, contempt, jealousy, and at length
love, pity, and a high sense of honour overcoming all the
baser passions, were successfully depicted by the marvel-
lous expression of the features with which Fornasari is
endowed, in such a manner that a series of Daguerro-
types of this great actor in that scene, would have formed
a perfect series of illustrations to Lavater. Neither
words nor music were wanting to express the workings
of his mind. The face was the mind's mirror, and re-
flected every light and shade of passion by which
that mind was agitated. But it was not the
features alone which expressed the passion, the voice
was as expressive as the features—that voice, power-
ful yet tremulous, betrayed the excess of passion which
was working within, and which in its working breaks
down the strength of the strong man, until he becomes
as weak as the infant child—until at length, yielding all
to love and honour, he determines to seek a glorious
dea,th in the field of battle ; and the scene finishes with
the magnificent duet " Suotn 1a tromba," to which we
have already alluded. The acting of Fornasari through-
out thits trying scene is one of the finest tMngs on the
stage. It is a perfect study, and must be seen
again and again to be thoroughly appreciated.
Grisi, Mario, Lablache, and Fornasari were all called
for at the conclusion of the opera, and bouquets innu-
merable were showered upon the stage, which were col.
letter] by' Fornasari and presented to the prima donnl.
The opera was followed by the ballet of La Catarina.
The house was crowded by the elite of the fashionable
world long before the rising of the curtain. There was
scarcely a box or a stall unoccupied at the commence-
ment of the opera, and the pit was crammed.
Among the company present were their Royal High-
nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by
the Baroness Ahlefeldt, Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. E.
St. John Mildmay ; his Serene Highness the Heredi-
tary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, and his Serene High-
ness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, attended by Cap-
tain Taylor and Mr. Bedford ; the Duke and Duchess
of Cleveland, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the
Marchioness of Worcester, the Marchioness of West-
meath, his Excellency the Russian Minister and the
Baroness 13runnow, the Count Esterhazy, the Earl and
Countess Howe, the Countess of Wilton, the Earl of
Cork, the Countess Dowager of Essex, the Countess of
Clare, the Viscount Ranelagh, Lord and Lady Aylmer,
Lord Sandys, Lord William Beresford, Lord and Lady
Templemore, the Marquis de Palavacino, Lady Womb-
well, Lord Keane, Lord Gardner, Lord Charles Wel-
lesley, the Hon. R. Curzon, Sir A. Barnard, Lady Rose,
Sir George and Lady Carroll, Sir H. Willoughby, Sir
R. Wilmot, General Meade, Colonel Knox, Major
Buckley, Mr. Trelawney, &c. &c.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
An adaptation from the French, entitled Ernestine,
was produced here last night, with complete success.
It was very strongly cast, Wallack, Cooper, Mrs. Stir-
ling. Miss May, and Miss Emma Stanley, sustaining the
principal characters. A much weaker drama than
Ernestine would have succeeded with such a powerful
cast. Ernestine (Mrs. Stirling) is the daughter of
Viscount de Charnpenville (Mr. Cooper), who, having
married very early in life, and from some unexplained
cause quitted his wife and gone to India, is ignorant or
the fa,,t that he has a daughter, fur his wife died shortly
after Erne,tine's birth. After a lapse of twenty years
he has returned to France a rich man, but shattered in
constitution from the effects of climate. Ernestine,
accompanied by her foster-sister Marie (Miss E. Stan-
ley) goes to the chateau of her father; but
in order to study his charrcter she takes the
name of Marie, and enters into his service as a
menial. The Viscount has a ward, Juliette D'Ereville
(Miss May), young, handsome, and rich, to whom he is
on the eve of be-ing married; and two nephews, Frede-
rick (Mr. Wallack), a scapegrace, good-humoured
rattle, always in debt and in love, always getting into
serapes de pur gaite de cceur, and always getting ~ut of
them, because no one can be angry with him; and
Charles (Mr. Leigh Murray), the regular " respectable
gentlemanly hero" of the domestic drama. Frederick
imagines that his uncle intends that he should marry
Juliette, and of course makes love to her. At last he
discovers the true state of affairs, and that he has been
made a dupe. Ernestine has on her arrival, and before
entering into her father's service, entrusted a
letter to Juliette's femme de clumbre to deliver
to the Viscount, explaining her relationship, and
demanding an interview. This letter has fallen into
the hands of Frederick, who determines to keep it back,
so as to give himself power over his uncle ; while, at
the same time, he has an opportunity of making his way
with the heiress, and eventually matrying her. Here,
again, he makes a mistake, and pays attentions to Marie,
supposing her to be Ernestine. 'I he Viscount, in the
meantime, has married Juliette ; and, after the lapse of
three months, we find him stretched on a bed of sickness,
carefully nursed by Ernestine, whose attentions excite
the jealousy of the Countess and the suspicions of
Charles. Another mistake of Frederick's bangs about
the denouem at. Intending to give his uncle a list of his
debts, and to request the payment of them, he gives him
Ernestine's letter. This, of coarse, explains every
thing, and Ernestine is restored to her rights. But the
mistakes of Frederick do not end here. As soon as he
has handed the envelope to his uncle, he has hastened to
the church and married Marie, under the supposition
that she is the heiress, and never discovers his mistake
until his return to his uncle's house with his new wife.
His uncle. however, settles a handsome portion on him,
and thus he, too, is made happy. The piece was admir-
ably acted throughout, and was announced for repetition
:anidst loud applause.

SADLER'S WELLS ----: f elod f
having deposed the blue fire-fiend king o m rama
from
The manaFement of this theatre
Id seem, to perform the same
in his room, are about, it would
they have performed for
.
good offices for Polyhymnia .
11 '
her sisters 'Melpomene and Thalia. aving reformed and punfied
his throne in the north, and having naugurated :shakpere
the dramatic taste of the lieges inhabiting the northern parts
P at this theatre,
of the metropolis—in having. taught them to prefer the
poetry of Shakespere to the" slang whangery " of the writers
of the Jack Sheppard schoo
profession are engaged for the occasion.
l—.they are now endeavouring to
create a taste for good music among the frequenters of
this the most ancient of metropolitan theatres. To-morrow
The veteran Braham will be there, as will be Miss Birch,
Miss Dolby, Miss Sabina Novella
aand gthrsendelite oc
, and Titres Sara Flower;
John Parry, too, has promised his services. Among the in-
strumentalists will be Frederick Chatterton, Kiallmark,
Grattan Cooke, Jarrett, and Secigwiek.
fo ntcheer t
We anticipate a
great treat. ,
THE LATE MR. LISTON.--The will of this late
popular comedian has just been proved in Doctor '-commons,
and his effects were valued for probate d s -commons,
utv at 40 000/ H
has left his plate, jewellery, pictures, books, furn'ur, 1' • e
riages, horses, &c., to his wife, absolutely.' Tile rt
es.e(i
ucea rr-
his property, which he directs to be invested in theFl undof
in the names of trustees, he has left to be enjoyed by her fors
life, and gives a power of appointment over the same by will
or otherwise; and in case so muchas 6,0
i 00/. is by her un-
appointed, he gives such sum to is daughter, Mrs. Rodwell
—the dividends for her own use, and the principal at her
death to her two daughters, Emma and Elizabeth, or to the
survivor; and in case his wifeE do es not make any disposition
of the residue, he gives the same or so much thereof as re-
mains unappointed, to his son, Captain John Terry Liston.
He appointed es his executors his relict, and J. . Durrant,
of the Stock-Exchange, C. Turner, of Brompton, and W.
Taylor, of Park-street, Grosvenor-square. The will is dated
in April, 1842, and he made a codocil hi January last.—Post.
SKETCHES OF ENGLISH CHARACTER. 11 At
—Y .HE. GORE.
—Sketches, of which every one will be prompt to admit the
spirit and accuracy : and all.who lo not smart under their
unsparing sarcasm. the sterling wit. At present this is the
book of the year, every ,dry'de3erying the reputation of
the author of " Cecil," and destined, we
predict, to lasting
fame. V. ht vessels are
Leading here this
POTATO TRADE.—..:g
week, which has caused a brisk demand,
is
and prices have
advanced to 17e. and 18s. a boll, with every sympton of a
rising market. The quality- s now almost uniformly good,
and a considerable proportion of the supply is brought from
Highland districts from twenty to thirty miles distant, where
n.—Perthshiz (.7 '
the disease was unknOW nurier.