The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-29 00:00:00

COURT cm CUL. AR.

The Queen will hold a Privy Council!' on Saturday
ighla_
afternoon, at three o'clock, at Bucking:ham Palace.
Their Majesties the Queen and the weon of the Bel-
gians, accompanied by their Royal Highness 'S the Prince
of Wales and the Princess Royal, took an airit.'e cl
yeter-
e
dap in an open carriage and four. His Royal 1-2.. nests
Prince Albert was on horseback, and the Equert. jest in
Waiting, Colonel Arbuthnot and Lieutenant Colt -rid
Seymour, attended on horseback.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr..
George Edward Anson, went yesterday forenoon to w
meeting at the office of the Duchy of Cornwall in So-
merset House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited their
Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians yesterday.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited
his Majesty the King of the Belgians yesterday .4-Buck-
inghana Palace.
'Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Ert nce
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice U .ok
an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four, acOlai 71"
panied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelten.
Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians
visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at.
Clarence House, and their Royal Highnesses the Duchess
of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburg Strelitz, at Cambridge House. Their Ma-
jesties alio visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, at Gloucester House, yesterday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the King and
Queen of the Belgians honoured the Italian Opera with
their presence yesterday evening. The royal suite in-
cluded the Countess of Gharlemont, the Countess Vilain
XIV., Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Devereux, the
Earl of Morley, Major h d'Hanins de Moerkevke,
Colonel Arbuthnot, and Lieutenant;-Colonel Seymour.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also honoured
the performance of the Opera with her presence.
The Countess of Charlemont has stweeeded the
Countess of Desert as the Lady in Waiti:ng to the
Queen. The Earl of Morley has succeeded L0r,.4 Byron
as the Lord in Waiting to her Majesty, and Captat.', the
lion. Alexander Nelson Hood has succeeded Cole 'net
Berkeley Drummond as the Groom in Waiting to he
Majesty.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester
and the Duke of Cambridge left town yesterday, to
honour the Archbishop of York with a visit, at his seat,
Nunehain• park.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge,
and Prince George, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, attended by
Baroness Ahlefeldt and Baron Knesebeelt, honoured the
performance of the Italian Opera with their presence last
evening.

A deputation of Scotch bankers, beacled by Mr.
Bouverie and Mr. Dennistoun, ZtLY. f. r Glasgow, had
an interview with the Chancellor of the EXchequer
yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
Mr. E. Wodehouse and a deputation of upwards of
seventy gentlemen on the subject of the Malt Tax, had
an interview with Lord John Russell and the Chancellor
of the Exchequer yesterday, at the official residence of
the Noble Lord i❑ Do Nning-street.
General Napier (Governor of Guernsey) had an ir&-
terview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home-
office.

Mr. Alderman Bancroft, Mr. William Hill, Mr,
Clegg, and Mr. James Loy, of Manchester, had an in-
terview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, yester--
day, at the office of the B ,ard of Trade.
Sir Patrick Stuart had an interview with Earl Grey,
yesterday, at the Colonial•t,ffiee.
Lord Monteagle and Mr. J. Abel Smith had inter-
view: with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office
of the Board of Trade.

The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a'
Committee-meeting yesterday. There were. present then
Bishop of Rochester and the Right Hon. John IsTicholl,
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, and a.
deputation of London corn distillers, hkd an interview,,
yesterday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Dr. Headlam had an interview with Earl Grey at tbe
Colonial office yesterday.
Mr. Gill, M.P., Mr. Frean, and Mr. Staveley, had an
interview yesterday with the Right Hon. T. Milner

Gibson.
The Marquis of Clanricarde left town yesterday for
Goodwood, Sussex.

HER MAJEST Y'S THEATRE.

Last evening Donizetti's Opera Buffs, Don Gregorio
or, L'Ajo hell 'lnzb3razzo, was produced for the first time.
This is one of the earliest of Donizetti's operas, having
been produced at Rome in 1822. The plot is well
known to the English public as the plot of the popular
farce of The Scapegoat. Don Gregorio (Lehladle) is
tutor to the two suns of Count Giulio (Fornasari)..
Count Guilio, who has a pious horror of precocious.
youths, has brought up these two sons, Enrico
(Mario), and Pippetto (F. Lablache), in the greatest
seclusion, and although they are twenty-five years of
age, both tutor and father believe they are mere boys
Enrico, however, has not only found opportunity to fell
in love, but he has actually become a husband and re
father ; his wife Gilda (Madame Castellan) being in the,
neighbourhood with her infant child. Pippetto, who to
half an idiot, has also fallen in love with Leonard*:
' (Madame Ballina), the cook of the establishment.-
And thus do matters stand at the commencement of the
piece. The curtain draws up, and we find Don Gregorio
master of the establishment, giving a lesson to Pippetto,
who, ever and anon is making sly love to
Leonarda. Enrico enters ; he is melancholy ; and
the al is dent, ee of Enrico, an exquisite melody, beau-
tifully given by Mario, contains the germ of the
celebrated serenade in Don Pasquale. It is a beautiful
air, and, perhaps, is to be preferred to the serenade of
which it is the protiitype, for, albeit the serenade may
be the more perfect musical composition, yet there is a
freshness about the original aria for which the most
rrfect science cannot compensate. The father, Don
Giulio (admirably noted by Fornasari), now enters, arid
Don Gregorio is in the greatest consternation. Ho
knows of the love of Enrico for souse one, but does
not inform Don Giulio of the fact. .Don Giulio
haves him, and Pippetto comes in to say his
lesson. Don Guilio answers him a tort et a !ravers
he is absorbed in the all-important communi-
cation from Enrico that he is in love. Pippetto
at length bursts into crying and sobbing, and Gregorio,
in the most laughable manner possible, mocks him, And
at length drives him to his room, having tried in vain to
conciliate him by presents of sponge cake and ginger-
bread. This scene, which was admirably acted by Lea
Lablaches, pare ct fils, elicited roars of laughter.
Enrico now informs Gregorio of the worst ; he intro-
duces to him his wife Gilda (Madame Castellan).
Guilio is heard approaching, and Gregorio consents to
hide Gilds, in his room. Don Guilio observes the
embarrassed manner of Gregorio, but at length
he quits the scene. Greg irio joins Gilds, but
s: e insists on quitting tee mansion of Guilio,
to join her child. It is impossible for her to
leave the mansion without discovery, and as a
pis alter Gregorio consents to go himself and to bring to
ner the child. She is joined by her husband during his
absence, and in this scene is introduced a duet full of the
most exquisite melody, which was beautifully sung by
Mario and C,stellan. In the meantime Guilio has re-
ceived information, through Leonarda, that the seeming
virtuous Gregurio has actually a lady concealed
in his room ; he enters, and Enrico has just
time to 'hide himself behind a screen. Guilio, how-
evA-, haS no opportunity of escape, and a spirited
trio between Castellan, Fornasari, and Mario
is given in this scene. Gregorio enters with the child;
he is taxed with his' baseness by Giulio, but be ex-
plains all, and the father :consents to the union Kof
Enrico with Gilds. Emboldened by this happy issue of
his brother's love affair, Pippetto advances, and, falling
on his knees, asks his father's c snsent to his union with
the old Duenna Leonarda. Of course his request is met
with roars of laughter, and old Leonarda says that she has
only encouraged the addresses of Pippetto _to pr esent
p
vent his going astray ; and she is
composi-
Lion.confirmednd Pippetto l
weeping to bed. The finale poor
is a beautiful
It is sung by Madame Castellan. The
er isln her
place as gouvernante, while
larghetto was given with great taste and feeling.
In the stretta which follows, although the key is the
same, the measure is changed, it is full of spirit, and the)
fioriture of Madame Castellan was exquisitely beautiful,.
adorning without overloading the original melody. The
artistes were all called for at the conclusion, and were
honoured with the usual ovation, The music of this
opera, albeit not perhaps so elaborate as the mn-ic of
Donizetti's later compositions, is far more spirited and
pleasing. When he composed this opera he had sot
begun to write merely for money, and there is about
it the true inspiration of genius. The Don Gregorio
of the elder Lablache is quite equal to his Don
Pasquale, and the Pippetto of the young Lablache
is by far the best thing that he has yet done ; his
actiug as an overgrown boy was one of the richest things
ever seen. Tho deep voce di tremolo of Fornasari told
admirably in the part of the testy old man, which he
acted to the life; and Mario as the jeune amoureux, and
Castellan as his bethrothed, were all that could be desired.
Take it for all in all Don Gregorio is one of the pleasanteit
operas of the season. There is a freshness, a vigour, a
joyousness about it that is thoroughly—we will not say
merely Italian, but Neapolitan. It is worthy of him who
has given us L'Elisir d'Amore and Don Pasquale.
Cimarosa himself -(that incarnation of the genius
of opera buffo) need act have been ashamed of it. The
Judgment of Paris, with the Pas des Messes followed,
It is not for mere mortals to sit in judgment
upon deities. Delighted beyond expression were
we at witnessing the trial of the cause. Adhuc
sub judice lie eat, and so it will continue.
Even at the end of the season the judges will decree
that, as at present advised, they can come to no deci-
sion, but must wait for further evidence ; and while the
trial itself is so delightful, there is no more probability
of judgment than there would be in a Chancery suit
where the estate can afford to pay costs. Her
Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert accem •
panied by their Majesties, the King and Queen of the
Belgians and suite, honoured the performances with their
presence, and the house was crowded by the elite of the
aristocracy.

•
THE MODERN thiLemoo.—The name of this new
Poem might give the idea of its being an imitation of the
famous Orlando Furioso—but the title appears to be the
only thing borrowed from Ariosto. The Italian poem is
well known to be a collection of the romances of chivalry—,
the fights of gallant warriors—the escapes of handsome-he-
mines— and the extravagance of middle-age magic. The
Modern Orlando is also a series of adventures, but on a
wholly different plan. It exhibits a kind of tour through.
all the remarkable scenes and showy cities of Europe, in-
terspersed with characteristic stories, ai:d occasional sketches
of the loading personages of the day _among which are
those of Lord John Russell, Lords Brougham. Lyndhurst,o
Melbourne, Morpeth, Stanley, and Greys
Wellington and Richmond, &e• the Dukes of
GROUND U. rxrE
THE MARYLETSONE CLUB' AND
COUNTY OF NORFOLK-7-Thd
to itieizaimatch wasl renewed
V4e4 teramat yesterday
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at.Lerd's, and was contuaue
W-aur or Lilo Club by a aiaparg f'4

DAYrDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Last Week of 'Mr. Osbaltliston, Miss Vincent, and the Double Dra..
111 We Company of the Surrey and Victoria Theatres.
FOR TIIE BENEFIT OF MR. NEVILLE.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed the Melodrama, entitled WILDFIRE, THE
PSEY uORSE STENLI, ; or, The Fortunes and Chances of
War. Joe 3lizen, Mr. Neville; Btn Mizen, Mr. Shepherd; harry
Mirsl,-211, Mr. Hughes ; Wildfire, Mr. Saville; Captain Lindsay, Mr.
Joiamon ; Peter Frigging, Mr. G. Furman; Mary Marsden, Miss
Vliwcat reuy, Miss L. re:tree.

Atter winch, CATIIETRIIiEI AND I'ETRITCIIIO. Catharine,
Siiss Viiicent ; Vetruchio, Mr. Osba!di,ton..
• To conclude. with ALICE GRAY.

Zander the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty*
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
V. V Er..Y MONDAY, TUEAD AY. WEDNESDAY, AND
THURSDAY.
VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTR CC.
'ION of HERCULA..),IEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This
magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of
grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former,
and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great
Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her-
eifianeuin and Pompeii took place: produced under the direction
of Mr. Danson.
A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been
tonstrm,ted, which will be brilliantly Illdminated at Night.
The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. God irey.
The Band consists of Fifty first•rate Performers, selected principally
from the Coldstream and her Majesty's private band.
In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will be exhi-
bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GaITTO, approached. by the Illumi-
nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Internir Telemachus
Wilting his adventures to Calypso.
The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the
Most complete and effective scale.
Preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro-
duced, representing the Descent of Phrebus in the Chariot of the Sun.
Mons. larluelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in
height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to
receive Um, and bear him to his chrystal home.
The Glass Conservatory is splendidly ornamented with festoons
of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of
Carnivore by gas-light.
Feeding of the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at
six 'oncert at half-past six awl the Eruption at dusk.
On MoNDAT, lO, will take place a GRAND NEAPOLITAN
CARNIVAL and Aug.'FETE VETE ; combining all the novelties of
the season

Admission. One Shilling.

TILE WEATHER---SIIN OFFICE, JULY 29.
TEERMO3IETER, Lowest, 61; Highest. 81 ; Noon, ;"&
BAROMETER, 30.15.—W1ND S.E. ; fine.

111 411 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
tfornaig •. iG a►lnutcs after 5. I Evening .. 33 minutes after 5.