The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-13 00:00:00

JUNE 13, 1846.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace
His Royal Highness Prince Albert entertained the
following company yesterday at dinner at Buckingham
Palace :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his
Highness Ibrahim Pacha, his Excellency Lieutenant-
General Suleiman Pacha, the Marquis:of Abercorn, the
Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lady Fanny
Howard, Baroness de Speth, Lord George Lennox, Sir
George Couper, Major-General Ibrahim Bey (Aid-de.
Camp), Captain Mustafa Effendi (Aid-de-Camp), Major
Dickson, Mr. Bonfont (Secretary), and Mr. Nubar
(Interpreter).
The band of the Grenadier Guards, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Schott, attended at the Palace during dinner,
and performed the followihg pieces:—
Marcia, " Del gran Sultano"—Donizetti.
Duetto, " Sona la Tromba," I Puritani—Bellini.
Valse, " La Galanterie"—Morelli.
Cavatinaerdi. con Coro, "Separate, 0 figli! Iddio," Nino
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Quadrille' " Maritana"—Coote.
" Galop, La Clochette"—Kochner.
The Royal Family were taken their accustomed walks
and rides yesterday.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by her
suite, arrived at Marlborough House yesterday evening,
from her 'residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
honoured the British Institution with a visit yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ac-
companied by the Princess Mary, and attended by
Madame de Normann, Baroness Ahlefeldt, and Baron
Knesebeek, visited and inspected the Thames Tunnel on
Thursday.
The Commissioners for promoting and encouraging
the Fine Arts in the re-building the Palace of West-
minster, held a meeting at half-past two o'clock yes-
terday afternoon, at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. There
were present the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Can-
ning, the Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Com-
mons, Viscount Palmerston, Sir Robert H. Inglis, Bart.,
Mr. Hawes, M.P., Mr. Hallam, and Mr. Wyse. The
Secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was in attendance. The meet-
ing broke up at four o'clock.
His Excellency Baron Dedel had an interview with
Lord Aberdeen at the Foreign-office yesterday. interview
with Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his
official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Wickham,
Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had also an inter-
view with the Right Hon. Gentleman.
Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
office, from the Grvernors of Malta and Gibraltar.

PRICE SD.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

THE 50TH NIGHT OF BENEDICT'S " CRUSADERS.”-Drury-
lane Theatre last night was well attended, extra attractions
being added to celebrate the fiftieth night of this popular
opera, the composer conducting for the occasion. It was
very well executed on the whole, and there were four encores,
the brilliant rondo finale, of the two Prime Donne, Miss Romer
and Miss Rainforth, included as a matter of course. Mr.
Harrison was in good voice; when he sings in a subdued
style his voice has beautiful qualities. The audience and
band cheered Mr. Benedict heartily at the close. It has been
remarked that the sure test of an opera's popularity is when
the melodies reach the barrel organs. If this be the case,
then is the Crusaders one of the most successful productions,
for we hear the airs daily in grinding accents. After the opera
SignorCastella distinguished himself by a performance on the
violoncello, introducing Bellini's " A to o cora," from the
Puritani, and the Irisk melody, " The last rose of summer,"
very beautifully. lie has a nice tone, infinite feeling, and
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brilliant style, provoked signs of impatience, because it was
much too long, in the first place; and secondly, the themes
from Halevy's Eclair are not familiar to an English public.
We heard this duet, which is the composition of Mr. Wal-
lace, at Madame Dulcken's concert, but did not like it on the
first hearing, and still less on the second. It is too wild and
incoherent, although it has some clever passages. A certain
Herr Eisenbauti, a pupil of Spohr, was announced for a violin
solo, but he did not show. Madame Montenegro, a Spanish
lady, who has been a Prima Donna in Italy, was advertised
some days previously, but her name was taken out of the
bills of the evening. The pretty ballet of Paquita con-
cluded the bill of fare, and Carlotta Grisi created quite a
furore by her talents as a mime and her unrivalled powers as
a danseuse.