The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR

The Queen, and Prince Albert took an airing in an
open carriage, the Pripce driving, on Thursday after-
noon, towards Wootton. The Hon. Captain Gordon.
Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness, attended;
on horseback.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,
rode out on ponies on Thursday afternoon.
The Marchioness of Normanby arrived at Osborne.
House on Thursday, on a visit to her Majesty.
-Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took a drive in a
pony carriage yesterday.
The Royal Family took walking and equestrian exer-
cise yesterday.
Yesterday was the birthday of herßoyal Highness the
Princess Mary. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the
Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelits,
arrived in town from Kew in the afternoon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester gave a
grand dinner, and afterwards a ball, at Gloucester
House, in honour of the natal day of her illustrious niece
and god-daughter.
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'nviteel to the ball to celebrate the auspiciou. event, and
began to arrive at Gloucester House at nine o'clock.
The company were ushered, on their arrival, up the
grand staircase to the suite of drawing-rooms. Iler
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, accompa-
nied by the Princess Mary and the other members of 'the
Royal Family, entered at half-past nine o'clock, and re-
ceived her distinguished guests.
The Turner family were in attendance, and performed
for the gratification of the assembled company.
At ten o'clock the Duchess of Gloucester and the
Princess Mary, followed by the; royal and distinguished
visitors, descended the grand staircase and entered the
ball-room, the quadrille band, under the direction of Mr.
Henry Barnard, playing " God save the Queen." Sets
were immediately formed, and the ball was opened with
a quadrille " Nino" (Coote).
The following were afterwards danced :
Quadrilles—" Les Exiles," Basisis.
Quadrilles—Ethiopians, Coote.
Waltz—" Orientaten," Labitzky.
Waltz—"Syrenen," Labitzky.
Waltz—" Douro," Labitzky.
Polka—Bridal, D'Albert.
Polka—Gitana, Browne.
Polka—Die Rosen, Labitzky.
Mr. Barnard presided at the pianoforte.
Among the company present were the Bavarian Mi-
nister, Baroness and Monsieur de Cetto, the Russian
Minister and Baroness de Brunow and Mademoiselle
Leehner, the Prussian Minister, Prince Lowenstein, the
French Chargé d'Affaires and Countess de Jarnac, Baron
Nicolai, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caroline
Leveson Gower, the Countess Grey and Lady Alice
Lambton, the Earl and Countess of Listowell and the
Ladies Hare, Lord and Lady John Russell, Miss
Russell, and the Hon. Miss Lister, the Countess
of Ranfurly and the Ladies Knox, Viscount and
Viscountess Mahon, Viscountess Palmerston, Lady and
the Hon. Misses Ashley, Earl and the Ladies Augusta
and Honoria Cadogan, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Clanricarde and Lady Emily de Burgh, the Lord Chief
Justice and Lady Wilde' the Earl of Munster and Lady
Mary Fox, the Earl and Crountess of Ellesmere, Viscount
Morpeth, the Misses Vincent, Lady and Mr. Graham,
Lady Emily and the Misses Ponsonby and Mr. Pon-
sonby, the Hon. Miss Murray the Misses Franklin and
the Misses Murray, Mrs. and the Messrs. Stephens, Sir
Henry and the Misses Wheatley, Captain Cox, Mr. and
Lady Theresa Lewis and Miss Lister, Colonel and Mrs.
Cornwall, Lady Frederick and Mr. George Bentinck,
Lady Seaford and Miss Hardy, Mr. Ponsonby, Captain
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Mrs. Murray, the Misses Herbert, Sir George Walker,
Colonel, Mrs., and the Misses Montagu, Mr., Mrs., and
Miss Nepean, Mr. and Mrs. Granville Berkeley and the
Misses Berkeley, Lady Frances and the Misses Cole,
Mr. Bruce, Lord Robert Taylor, Mr. Herbert, Hon.
Misses Eden, Miss Drummond, Viscount Stavordale,
Lord Alexander Lennox, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Mr.
Cole and Captain Berkeley.

A deputatCon of contractors for cleansing, consisting
of Messrs. W. Thorn, E. Reddin, J. Gore, E. Wood, B.
Westley, and W. Parsons, had an interview with Lord
dorpeth yesterday, at the office of the Woods and
Forests.

Sir George Grey has returned to town from a visit to
he Speaker of the House of Commons. The Marquis
)f Lorne had an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet.
4r. J. A. Gordon also visited Sir George yesterday at
the Home-office.

Lord John Russell returned to town yesterday after-
noon from- Chenies. The Postmaster-General had an
interview with his Lordship.
Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The Speaker of the
Monte of Commons, and. the Chairman of the Exclso,
had also interviews yesterday with the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman.
The Right Hon. E. Strutt had an interview with the
Earl of Clarendon, yesterday.

A deputation from the University Chili, consisting of
Sir GeorzaChetw)-nd, Burl. ; Sir notion. Cornyn, Colo-

~el Heed, M.P., and Mr. T. Pletcher Tw.:,ualo‘;,, had an
audience with Lord Morpcth yesterday.
Earl Grey left town yesterday ou a visit to Loi d Ash-
burton at the Grange.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good
Elope were received yesterday at the Colonial office.

FRENCH PLAYS.
ST JAMES'S THEATRE.

M. Perlet, although still suffering from indisposition,
made his debitt for the season at this theatre last evening.
Placards, bespeaking the consideration of the audience
for Al. Perlet, in consequence of his still suffering from
the effects of his late severe illness, were posted
in the lobbies of the theatre, but this consideration
was not needed, for never did Perlet act better.
The character which he chose was that of
St. Jullien, in Scribe's vaudeville, L'Homme de 60 Ans-
'
Ou, La Petite Entetee. St. Jullien is an old country
gentleman, sixty years of age, a bachelor, who has been
brought to Paris by Bernard (M. Dumery), a rich mer-
chant, to marry his niece Angelina (Mademoiselle
Celine Vallee), a lovely young girl, but entetee.
She loves Eugane (Monsieur Berou), and, albeit,
she never tells her love in words, yet she
does not let her affections " like a worm i' the bud, feed.
on her damask cheek," on the contrary, she teases poor
Eugene nearly out of his life, and shows her love
by the rule of contraries. St.' Jullien arrives, and,
like a sensible man, at once sees that it is impos-
sible Angelina can love him, and determines
to make her happy in spite of herself. He requests an
interview with her alone. During the interview a letter
is brought to him, lie has forgotten his spectacles, and
not being able to decypher it, requests Ange-
lina to read it to him. It is from Eugene,
warning him against Angelina, who is so entetee that it
is utterly impossible to expect happiness from a union
with her. She is outrageous on reading this letter, and
at once declares her preference for St. Jullien, and
haughtily rejects Eug4ne, who subsequently enters,
without condescending to hear what he has to urge in
his defence. The notary is ready with the marriage
contract ; he fills it up with the names. St. Jullien de-
scribes himself as 60 years of age, and an officier invalide
drawing the attention of Angelina, particularly to the
last word—" She will never sign it," says St. Jullien.
The jeune entetee, however, does sign it, and Eugene
rushes from the room in despair. St. Jullien then signs,
but the instant km has affixed his signature the,jeune
entetee awakes to the horror of her situation.
im-
mediately overcomes coquetry, and she faints. St. Jullienunt hde lovers.rushes
after Eugene,
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The acting of Perlet in this character was perfect;
so perfect that criticism is at fault. Never has the
character of the kind-hearted, polished old gentleman
of the vielle cour, as distinguished from the ordinary
stage run of kind-hearted old men, been more exquisitely
delineated. He was the very pink of politeness ; yet
politeness was not with him, as it is in too many cases,
" the be all and the end all," freezing the kinder
feelings of the heart, and reducing everything
to a smooth surface, polished but cold, like
a sheet of ice. Politeness is with him the rich
fringe to the warm garment—the chaste setting
of the priceless jewel—heart ; which shone all the more
resplendently for the manner in which it was set off—
not cabined in and confined by the setting.
It was, to quote an expression of one of our
Old Divines " the string running through thenfetabrel
chain of all the virtues." Were his personationbwould give
character of St. Julian less perfect he
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THE PROPOSED RAILWAY TOWNSIIIP AT STRAT.•
FORD.—The directors of the Eastern Counties, at their
last board day, accepted tenders for the building of no
fewer than eight hundred houses in the vicinity of the
company's intended depot at Stratford, as residences for
those in their employ. The building of a church in the
neighbourhood will, it is expected, be brought forward
by Mr. Hudson at the next half-yearly meeting.
Mn. SHERIDAN KNOWLES.—We observe that a
memorial to Government in favour of conferring a pen-
sion on Mr. Sheridan Knowles, the first dramatic writer
of the day, has been laid down at the bar of the Royal
Exchange for signature.—Glasgow Constitutional.
GENEROSITY OF THE SUN FIRE OFFlCE.—Consi-
derable damage having been occasioned to the new
building of the Jews' Orphan Asylum, in the Tenter
Ground, Goodwan's•fields, by a recent explosion of gas,
an application was made by the governors of the institu-
tion to the Sun Fire-office, in which the building
was but recently insured, stating, that although they
were perfectly aware that they had no claim on the com-
pany, since the damage was not caused by any fire, but
by the force of the explosion, yet, they appealed to the
liberality of the company for compensation. We are
happy to state, that the Sun Insurance Company imme,
diately granted the sum of 501. for the repair of the da-
mages, which do not amount to more than 60/.—Jewis
Chronicle.