The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen will hold a Privy Council at Windsor
Castle on Saturday next, the 19th inst., at half-past two
o'clock in the afternoon.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the plan-
tations of Osborne House on Monday afternoon.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,
walked and rode yesterday in the pleasure grounds of
Osborne House.

Her. Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual
early walk yesterday.
The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester
House.
The Earl of Devon had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
committee meeting yesterday at the office in Whitehall-
place.
Sir John Prlly had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Strutt had also an in-
terview-with the Bight Hon. Gentleman yesterday.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday. The Lords present were the Master of the
Rolls, Lord Brougham, the Chancellor of the Duchy of
Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. The
The appeal Crawford v. Spooner, from Bombay, was
concluded.

The Queen's Advocate, the Attorney General, Mr.
Wigram, Queen's Council, and Dr. Addams, were heard
on an appeal from the Vice Admiralty Court of the
Cape of Good Hope, "Baneace v. the Queen, respecting
the Dom Pedro."

The Queen's Advocate wns heard on a motion respect.
ing the Brazilian vessel " Aquila."
Viscount and Vicountess Melgund arrived at Far-
rsnce's Hotel, Upper Beigrave-street, yesterday, from St.
Leonards-on- Sea.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS.

The Ethiopian Serenaders made their first appearance
for the season here last evening. They gave divers old
favourites, and one or two new pieces. Among the
latter" Mary Blanc" was the most noticeable. It is one
of those little tragic domestic dramas of slavery which
go further to produce in the mind of any right-minded
Iran an utter hatred and repugnance to the atrocious
system, than any speeches or arguments. Mary Blanc is
a negress who is married. Her owner separates her from
her husband, and sells her to a distant plantation. She
runs away, and dies in the woods of want, and the
husband dies of a broken heart. Mary Blanc and
Lucy Neal, as sung by the Ethiopian serenaders, will
better serve the purposes of the abolitionists than all
the speeches that have ever been delivered on all the
platforms in England and America. They appeal at
once to the heart ; and, in such a cause, an appeal,
to the heart is irresistible ; it disarms sophistry
and is superior to all the reasoning in the world.
Pell, the bone player came out in great force,
His crescendo is most artistical, and the more frequently
we hear him the more are we convinced that the bones
would be a most efficient aid to an orchestra. The first
composer who shall introduce them will make a fortune
from his opera. But it is not only as a musician that
Pell is great. He is great also as a comic actor. Let
any of our first rate comedians—our professional
" makers of fun"—try to be comic, seated in a chair, and
they will at once be compelled to yield the palm
to Pell. He has the humour of the legs—
there is not a kick of the heels, not a cross-
ing of the legs, not a motion of the arms (and
who can give such eccentric motions to the arms
es Pell), but what has meaning in it. He is the foun-
der of a new school of humour, in which, doubtless, he
will have many followers ; but to him is due the honour
of being the originator of the school. Before we con-
clude, one word of advice to the Ethiopian serenaders.
Gentlemen, your school is essentially national. Beware
how you attempt to make it otherwise, by ingrafting
on it the slang of the lower orders of the English.
We thought we observed a slight tendency to do this
in some of your new songs. Avoid it altogether.
As much nigger slang as you like, the more the better.
American nigger slang can never be vulgar in England,
because it is not the slang of the English vulgar ; but
for your own sakes keep up to the highest pitch the in-
tense American nigger nationality which has hitherto
constituted the great charm, because it is the great
novelty of your performances. The house was crowded
to excess in every part, and the performances went off
admirably.