The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked, in the forenoon
yesterday, in the plantations of Osborne House.
Their Royal Highnesses the prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took
pony and walk.ing exercise yesterday. Her Royal High-
ness the Princess Helena was also taken an airing yes-
terday, in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Caroline of Hesse
took leave of her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Sun-
day, at her residence, Cashiobury-park, Herts, and pro-
ceeded to town, attended by the Baroness Scheel and
Baron Meysenbuch, arriving at Marlborough House in
the evening. The Princess afterwards went to pay a
visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
at Gloucester House, and took leave of the Royal
Duchess.

Soon after seven o'clock yesterday morning, the Prin-
cess attended by Baroness Scheel and Baron Meysenbuch
went from Marlborough- house to the Bricklayers' Arms
station, and took her departure by the South Eastern
Railway for Dover, en route to the Continent. The
Earl' of Denbigh and Mr. Bedford attended her Royal
Highness from Marlborough-house to the railway station.
Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
The Military. Secretary to the Commander-in Chief
transacted business, yesterday, at the Home-office.
Lord John Russell had a dinner party yesterday even-
ing at his residence, in Chesham-place.

THE THEATRES.
DRUI?Y-LAIVE.

Italy has ever reigned supreme as the Queen of Song.
She is now putting forward strong and undeniable
claims to be considered the Queen of the Dance also.
Carlotta Grisi and Cerito by birth, Taglioni by descent,
are numbered among her daughters ; and to these must
now be added Sophie Fuoco, the beautiful, elegant, fas-
cinating Milanese, who bids fair at no distant period to
surpass all her rivals. She repeated the character of
Betty, in the ballet of The Wags of Wapping, and the
more we see of her the more do we feel convinced that the
day is not very far distant when Sophie Fuoco will be
hailed as "pas excellence," the Deeise de la Dance. She
at once takes her place among choerographit artistes, as
a genius, the originator.of a school and of a style. It is
true, that in speaking of her characteresties, we must
comiare her to the originators of other schools, and say
that she approaches nearer to the school of Ellsler and
Carlotte Grisi, than she does to any other, but then the
style of Mademoiselle Fuoco differs to a much greater
extent from that of either of those two great artistes,
than they differ from (me another, and yet no one
would think of classing Carlotta Grisi as of the
school of any of her predecessors. She has formed a
school of her own, so has Mademoiselle Fuoco, and ere
long her disciples will be far more numerous than even
those of Carlotta Grisi. Ease, grace and elegance, are,
the great characteristics of Sophie Fuoco, and she pos-
sesses a muscular power which is astonishing in one so
light, so lovely, and so sylphlike. For instance, what
can surpass in grace and elegance that wonderful art
which she performs entirely on the points of her toes,.
it is grace and elegance personified, and it is not until
that pas is finished that the spectator, on reflection, be-
comes aware of the immense muscular power that must
have been put in action during the performance of this
unique and unrivalled feat of choerographic art. Her
acting too is beautiful. There is an cspicgle simpli-,
city—a naive coquetry about her impersonation of
the character of Copp's niece, that is perfectly
bewitching, and to add to her fa cinations, she possesses
those two powerful magnets of attractions, youth and
beauty. No wonder then that she has created a furore
in France and Italy, and still less wonder that the furore
is surpassed by the entht.Wam which she excites every,
night of her appearance at Drury Lane. The engan•c-,
ment of Sophie Fuoco is decidedly the greatest hit Mr.
Bunn has yet made.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—FRENCH PLAYS.
M. Perlet was to have made his debut here last even-
ing but in consequence of the continued indisposition of
the first of artists, his debut was unavoidably postponed.
En Revanche we had Mademoiselle Brohan in three
pieces—in Le Roman dune keure, and in Les Bivaux
d'eux mamas, and in Le Bonhomme Richard. The last
piece, which was produced for the first time on Friday,
is one of the best of modern French vaudevilles. It was
only produced in Paris during the last few days of Sep:‘
tember, and the fact of it being produced at St. James's,
so early in the season, is a proof of the enterprise of Mr.
Mitchell in catering for the amusement of his patrons.
Le Bonhomme, Richard (admirably acted by Cartigny) is
a cotton manufacturer in the provinces of France, a true
Utilitarian, who swears by Franklin, and is constantly
quoting " Poor Richard" as the modern Solomon. Re
has a nephew, a certain Mons. Ovide, who has been
domiciled in Paris to learn the mercantile usages of the
capital. But M. Ovide has a taste. He forms a liason
with an slave du conservatoire, whose friend Fanfinette
(Mademoiselle 13rohan) is the most espiegle, and at the
same time the most open-hearted of soubrettes.
Le Bonhomme Richard receives from his Parisian
correspondent most awful accounts of the doings of
Ovide. He frequents the society of Lions, and incon-
testibly the good country relations imagine that he must
be either a Van Amburgh or a sacrifice to the carnivor-
ous propensities of the wild beasts of the desert, but
when the letter goes on to state that he frequents
divans, his uncle concludes that he must be turned
Turk, and determines to proceed at once to Paris, to
reclaim him. The uncle arrives, and finds Ovide in all
his glory. Ovide shams sick, but the uncle soon finds
out the sham. Ilia serious lectures are, however, inter-
rupted by the espeigle Fanfinette (Mdlle. Brohan), who
invites him to supper, coaxes him into accepting
the invitation, and by her fascinations, aided by sundry
glasses of champagne, completely gets round Bonhomme
Richard, who discovers that there are other things in
the world worth living for besides getting money. The
acting of Mademoiselle Brohan throughout this scene
was the ne plus ultra of artistical excellence. She
coaxed, she wheedled the old man with the most
fascinating air in the world. It was impossible to resist
her frequent invitations to take wine, and then her
laugh was unapproachable. We have many good
laughers on the stage—one lady excels in the simper,
another in the sneer, another in the conventional
hysteric spasm of the respiratory organs, which gives
what the Americans would call "a pretty considerable
good imitation of a laugh," but none approach to
Mademoiselle Brohan ; hers is the honest, jocund, ab-
solutely infectious " Raw ! haw haw 1" which, with a
silvery ring, resounds through the house, and sets all
who hear her laughing for very sympathy. Cartigny
in this scene was admirable. Ile is fascinated with the
charming Fanfinette in spite of himself, and at last dis-
covers that there is something more worth living for
than is tiught by the theories of mere utilitarians. The
moral of this piece, which is elicited by contrasts, is ex-
cellent. It teaches us that neither mere utilitarianism
nor mere gaits de ccsur is sufficient for human happiness,
but that for the judicious admixture of all the qualities
of the human mind, sentimentalism, utilitarianism, and
love of enjoyment, results common sense, that great—
that transcendant quality most praised, yet seldom ap-
preciated, but which when reached is the perfection
alike of genius, of success, and of happiness. The house
was well and fashionably attended.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
There was a very fair attendance yesterday afternoon,
and several horses were in demand for the Derby. The
three leading favourites, bowever, were not of the
number, and we may pass at once to the Sister to Cob-
web colt, Allertonian, Glentilt, Lunedale, and Old Port,
who were in good favour with several parties. Glentilt
and Lunedale at 30 to 1 and 1,000 to 30, and the others
at the odds quoted. The outlay on the Sister to Cob-
web colt "must have exceeded 600/., a large , sum to
invest at this period, and, we may add, a large
sum to invest without malting any impres-
sion on the market, for the layers were
numerous, and, as it appeared to us, not quite exhausted.
1,000 to 25 each were laid three or four times against
Tantivy, the Marpessa Colt, and Conyngham; 1,000 to
20 each against. Red Hart, Projectile, and Christopher;
and a few other bets of small amount, at the prices re-
turned. One very liberal bet was laid against West
India Planter, but the market laying price may be fair3y
taken at 1,000 to 15. The Military Steeple Chase to
come off at Leamington was not mentioned in the room,
but we were informed that 8 to 1 was taken outside
about Peter Simple, 20 to 1 about the Red Lancer, and 2
to 1 offered against the Switcher. We subjoin the latest
averages on the legitimate events:—
CIIE.STIM cur.

50 to 1 on the field.
2000 to 30 agst Mr. Dawson's Crini. Con.—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Skerratt's Romance—taken
DERBY.
EDgalln' Dad's
loto ' s Van Tromp—taken to 100.
165 ttc.o 21 aagstgst Lord
14 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote
18 to
a
to agstgst m
Mr.r. pa
Mostyn'synes
Sisterela net
28to Cobweb colt—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt--taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale—taken
33 to 1 aget Mr. Worley's Old Port—taken
83 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian—taken
40 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Marpessa colt—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy—taken
40 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's.Conyngham—t and aft. off.
40 to 1 agst Mr. Jardine'sJohnny Armstrong
--ditto ,
1000 to 20 agst Mr. Mostyn's Projectile—taken
1000 to 20 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Will o' the Wisp—taken
2500 to 50 aget Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—t,.ken
3000 to 60 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cluistopher—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Mostyn's West India Planter •
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—taken
1000 to 10 ag't Mr. L. Fox's Wild Boy—taken
1000 to 15 each in one bet agst Projectile and Cossack—t.
500 even on the field agst the following twelve :—Van
Tromp, Epirote, Planet, Glentilt, Old Port, Wanota, Red
Hart, Lunedale, Johnny Armstrong, Sister to Cobweb colt,
Allertonian and the Liberator.
OAKS.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander—taken.
SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AND HUNTERS.
The following thorough-bred horses, the property of Mr.
Mytton, were sold with their engagements yesterday after-
noon, by Messfs. Tattersall and son : • guineas
The Duke of Sussex, a yearling colt, by Plenipo, out
0.111

of Red Rose
Clarendon, 2 yrs, by Lanercost, out of Cara l7O
Auricula, 3 yrs, by Talleyrand ..... 91
Shahzadee, 2 yrs, by Ca=ar, out of Leod
Qui Tam, 5..:1-1, 4 Ells • ~
-,,
The tirst three go to Slllitll'S stables.
Hunters the property of Mr. McKellar :—Rocket, 100 631
Wild Goose, 150 gs ; St. Laurence, 120 gs.
Hunters the property of Sir B. Hall i••-•Branible, 170 is ;
The Pontiff, 120 gs ; Hazard, 150 gs.