The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, TIIESDAY.—The unfavourable state of the
weather prevented her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert leaving the Castle this morning.
The Royal Family were also prevented from taking
their airings in the forenoon.
Her Majesty rode on horseback this afternoon, accom-
panied by Prince Albert. "The Lady in Waiting, and
Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel F.
H. Seymour, Equerry to the Prince, were in attendance
on her Majesty and his Royal Highness.
Their Royal Highnessi4 the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Alice took a carriage airing in the afternoon,
accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Prin-
cess Royal rode in the slopes, on ponies, this afternoon.

The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President, and the
Marchioness of Lansdowne, arrived at their residence
in Berkeley- square, on Monday evening, from the con-
tinent. The Noble Marquis attended at the Council-
office yesterday morning, and in the afternoon left town
on a visit to the Earl of Clarendon, at his seat, Grove
Park, Watford, Herts.
Sir Valentine Blake had an interview with Lord John
Russell, on Monday, at his official residence, in Down-
ing-street.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the
Colonial-office, for the Governor of Gibraltar.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
Madame Anna Bishop has created quite a
_furore at
the rehearsals of Balfe's opera, The Maid of Artois, in
which she will make her debiit to-morrow evening. The
opera has been considerably changed to suit Madame
Bishop's voice, which is a pure high soprano of much
power and sweetness. She sung the new recitative, " My
thoughts which forth had wandered " in a style that at
once proved her a first-rate artiste; and her execution
of the aria following was replete with powerful effect and
brilliant execution. The new ballad, " Oh, what a
charm it is to dwell," introduced by Mr. Balfe, is a
charming composition, and sure to be a favourite; there
is a sweet Irish strain in it that captivates every ear, and
when sung by Madame Bishop, with all the feeling she
infusos into it, will be a decided bit. Our musical
readers will recollect the splendid finale, " The rapture
dwelling ;" we anticipate great success in this favourite
niorceau. Mr. Harrison is to perform Jules. We per-
ceive Balfe has changed the aria, " My soul in one un-
broken sigh," to a very beautiful ballad, composed in a
highly popular style. The scenery, by Messrs. Grieve
and Telbin, is entirely new, not a vestige being available
of that used in 1836. The other characters will be filled
by Miss Collett and Miss Isaacs, Messrs. Borrani, Bur-
dini, Weiss, S. Jones, and Horncastle.

ALDERMAN WOOD.—At a meeting of the Ken-
sington Institution, last night, held at their rooms, F.
R. Cornwall, Esq., chairman, the following resolution
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Alderman Wood to have been in every respect upright
and honourable, is of opinion that Alderman Wood has
been most unjustly deprived of kis civic right by being
passed over for the office of Lord Mayor." Messrs. Poulot
and Walter opposed the resolution, which was supported
by the Chairman in an able speech, in which he severely
condemned the conduct of the Times newspaper in at-
tempting to influence Alderman Carroll's election by
slandering his opponent, and concluded by stating that
he chought the thanks of every liberal-minded man was
due to the editor of The Sun for the manly and honour-
able way in which he had assisted Alderman Wood in
his endeavours to obtain justice for himself, and credit
for the Livery.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Murray would
call the attention of the meeting to a paragraph in one
of Alderman Carroll's advertisements, stating that the
Liverymen who had voted for Mr. Wcod were of the
" lowest class." He repudiated the assertion, and cast
it back on the men who had thrown it, for every pos-
sible device was used, and no expense spared, in bring-
ing up Carroll's supporters, while Wood's friends went
to the poll unsolicited and unbribed, influenced solely
by their admiration of his (Alderman Wood's) qualifi-
cations, and of hatred to the persecution to which he
had been subjected.—(Cheers.) The resolution, on being
put, was carried by 102 to 13. In the majority were
thirty-seven Liverymen, whilst there were only four in
the minority. After a vote of thanks to Mr. Cornwall
for his conduct as chairman, the meeting dissolved.

It is stated to us, on what we believe to be un-
questionable authority, that the French Government—
or, in other words, his Majesty Louis Philippe—has de-
manded the surrender of Don Carlos Louis Comte de
Montemolin by the English Cabinet. We hear that the
reply of Lord Palmerston to this monstrous requisition
was the only one a British Minister ought to make—
that England was a free country, and that any foreigner,
no matter what might be his political opinions, was en-
titled to an asylum so long as he respected our laws.
But the vindictiveness of the French Government shows
itself in every form. .The Journal des Debats, as our
readers will have seen in our paper of yesterday, puts
forth—for the purpose of damaging the Carlist cause—
a statement of certain alleged movements in London. To
this statement, in all its particulars, we are enabled to
give the most positive contradiction ; whilst we rejoice
to think that the efforts of the Court of the Tuileries,
however unscrupulous, have not effected their object in
restraining
i loyal and devoted Spaniards from returning
to their country n the hope of aiding the royal cause.
Accounts have been received, announcing the safe arrival
in Catalonia of Major-General Don Juan Burjo, Bri-
gadier-General Don Jose Sobrevias, and a great number
of field-officers and others of inferior military rank.—
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