The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-25 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen, attended by Lady Portman, visited the Queen
Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. Her Majesty after-
wards took a carriage drive. The Equerry in Waiting, the
Hon. Colonel Grey, was in attendance on horseback.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.-
Colonel Seymour, visted the National Gallery yesterday, and
was received by the keeper, Mr. Eastlake. The Prince
honoured the Gallerry of the Society of Painters in Water
Colours with a visit in Pall-mall East, and also honoured the
exhibition of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours
in Pall-mall, with a visit.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Wales, Prince Al-
fred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took an
airing in an open carriage and four, yesterday, accompanied
by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by Lady Port-
man, Hon. Miss Napier, Lord Byron, Hon. Colonel Gray,
and Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour, honoured the performance
of the French Plays with their presence yesterday evening.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough
House.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary, honoured with a visit yes-
terday -the Exhibition of the New Society of Painters in
Water Colours in Fall- mall.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester
House.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Barclay, M.P. ; Mr.
Hunter, from the Mauritius ; Mr. Blythe, Mr. Gurney
Barclay, Mr. A. L. Gower, and Sir J. R. Reid, had an in-
terview with Mr. Secretary Gladstone on Thursday at the
Colonial-office.
A Committee of the Commission for promoting and encou-
raging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace at West-
minster had a meeting yesterday, at Gwydyr House, White-
hall. There were present, Viscount Canning, Viscount
Mahon, Sir Robert H. Inglis, and Mr. Hallam. Mr. East-
lake, the Secretary, was in attendance.
A deputation from the Dublin Royal Exchange Stock and
Sharebrokers' Association had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a spe-
cial general meeting yesterday. There were present, the
Arshbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Bangor, Carlisle,
Hereford, Rochester, and Worcester.
The Bishop of London and Earl Delawarr had interviews
yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Dispatches from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land
were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispaches
were also received yesterday from the Governor of New
Zealand.

SOUTHWARK LITERARY INSTITUTION.—A very en•
tertalning lecture on the rise and progress of German music was last
night delivered by Mr. Henderson, in the tkeatre of this iastitution
After a few preliminary remarks, and a slight resume of the origin
and progress of music generally, Mr. Henderson entered on the mere
Immediate subject of his lecture—German music, which, he stated,
consisted, till within the last century, almost solely of ecclesiastical
music ; since that period, however, many great German composers
had become known to fame, including Gluck, Handel, Haydn, Mozart,
Beethoven, Weber, the Bachs, and numerous others. Various curious
and amusing anecdotes were related by Mr. Henderson in the course
of the lecture, which was throughout listened to with great atten-
tion. Mr. Collins and his talented family executed numerous vocal
and instrumental pieces by German composers in a style of great ex-
cellence ; the splendid overture to Don Giovanni elicited great ap-
plause by the beautiful and correct manner in which it was played ;
the Misses Collins also sang several duets and trios with much taste.
Mr. J. Collins conducted.
DRAGONETTI'S FUNERAL—The mortal remains of
this great artist were consigned to their last resting-place yester-
day morning, at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Moorfields. We be-
lieve the original intention was to have performed st grand requiem
mass, with full orchestra, but we hettrd that this was prevented as
being against the usages of the chapel. The crowd was immense,
there was scarcely a place unoccupied, When the service of the
dead was concluded, the procession descended to the vaults beneath
the chapel. After the Latin service the priest delivered a short
prayer in English. Dragonetti's old playmate, Lindley,
seemed much
affected—for upwards of half a century they had read from the same
books, and never had a discordant word passed between the musical
Pylades and Orestes. Several carriages followed the hearse. The
procession was joined at the door of the chapel by Mr, Lumley,
Balls, FT-'
Sign
era
na.sari, Mr, Rolmes,
Signor Pagni, Signor rez;i, Signer F. Lablache,
Mr. Surman, and all the members of the p
°reht;ira. There were also a considerable number of amateurs,
-
"mongst whom we remarked the Duke of
Beale, kc. The Fitzgerald, the Viscomte de la, Belinage, Leinster, Lord Gerald
in-
scription on the coffin-plate is " Domen!
were Count Pepoli, the
coNlf;rogonetti, born 1755,
died 16th of April, 1846." In the first coach .
~ Heath, Esq., Go-
celebrated Italian librettist, Mr. Novello, J. •R• Or Dragonetti's
vernor of the Bank of England, and Mr. Appleby', P.`,79.
Sale-
solicitor. In the second coach were Lindley, Signor Cos. ! and Mr. Sala-
-he third were
man, for many years a pupil of the deceased ; and in v.
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AnfOssi, Totheogue, Si vOri; and Pigott.
The tenor, Moriani, who is at present at Maditl,
been made a Knight of the Order of Isabella.

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