The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-17 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert.
with the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Mtiningen, walked
in the pleasure grounds, and returned to the Castle in a
pony carriage.
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by
his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe
Meiningen, and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of
Saxe Weimeir, rode out on horseback this forenooi, at-
tended by Lieut.-Colonel Seymour.
Her M ,jesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his
Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Mein-
ingen, and attended by the Countess Howe, rode in a
pony carriage to Frogmore to-day. His Serene High-
ness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimeir accompanied the
Queen Dowager on horseback.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort rode out in the
afternoon in a landau and four. In the next carriage
were the Marchioness of Douro, Hon. Miss Murray, and
Baron de Reitzenstein. The two Equerries in Waiting,
Hon. Colonel Grey and Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour,
were in attendance on horseback. Earl Howe and Sir
Andrew Barnard also rode on horseback with the royal
party.

The Royal Family took their walking and pony exer-
cise in the Home Park and pleasure-grounds, both in the
forenoon and afternoon.

The band of the 2d Life Guards attended during din-
ner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended
in the Castle.

His Excellency Baron Dedel, the Netherlands Minis-
ter, who, since his return to England, has again been
seriously indisposed for some time, is much improved in
health within the last few days.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Hutchinson, the
Deputy Chairman of the Stock Exchange, Mr. Norbury,
Mr. Lawrence, and Mr. Mullins, had an interview with
the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the office of the
Board of Trade.

The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Termini had
a meeting on Wednesday. There were present Viscount
Canning, the Right Hon. J. Herries, the Lord Mayor,
and Sir Frederick Smith. The Commissioners had
another meeting yesterday. There were present 'Vis-
count Canning, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Lord Mayor,
the Right Hon. J. Herries, and Sir F. Smith.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of Gibraltar.

Dispatches were sent from the Colonial-office for the
Governors of the West India Colonies. . •

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

The chef d'oeuvre of Mozart, the Shakspere of music,
was performed here last evening, and, as is always the
case when the opera affiche announces 11 Don Giovanni,
crowds of real lovers of music were assembled at the en-
trances long before the doors were opened. The opera
itself will always draw a crowded audience, and when
the cast is as strong as it was last night it is perhaps
the greatest musical treat in the world. With Grisi as
Donna Anna, Castellan as Zerlina, Sanchioli as Elvira,
Fornasari as the Don, Lablache as Leporello, and Mario as
Ottavio, it is a perfect performance of the most perfect opera
in the world. The novelty of the evening was the Elvira
of Sanchioli. It is the best we have ever seen. She
makes a character of that which low been too often re-
garded as a subordinate part, and i❑ the far-famed trio
she was magnificent. The habiteC of the opera have
looked forward with some curiosity to the produc-
tion of Ii Don Giovanni, as the crowning test of Balfe's
abilities as a conductor. It, is from the variety of its music,
the various and delicate shades of expression which it
is necessary to give to the orchestral accompaniments—
in short, from its very perfection as a whole, the most
difficult opera to conduct in the world. Balfe last
night achieved a perfect triumph; every delicacy of ex-
pression, every light and shade of thought and feeling in
music was perfectly given. It was evident not only that
he had studied, but that he had mastered the score, that
he had made it so completely its own that he was enabled
to elaborate all its marvellous effects by means
of the wonderful orchestra which he has at his com-
mand, and which last night he had so completely in
.hand that it seemed as one vast instrument of harmony.
Balfe's manner of conducting this opera last night leaves
nothing to be desired. It has fixed him firmly in his
seat. The ballet of Catarina followed, and, albeit, there
was no incidental divertissement between the opera and
the ballet, none of the variety which has hitherto been
the characteristic of the " long Thursdays," yet the
house was crowded in every part.