The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-13 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

This theatre will be opened for the season on Sa-
turday night. During the short period which has
c,lapsed since its occupation by the Adelphi company
it has undergone various alterations, and the interior
has been newly decorated, under the superintendence
of Mr. Charles Manby. The decorative portion has
been entrusted to the artistic skill of Mr. Sang. The
entrance has been generally improved, and it is in-
tended to erect an internal porch to keep out the wind,
and to convert the present hall into a crush room.
The lobbies are of a fresh, cool, green colour, with
crimson lines round the doors. Backs have been
added to all the seats in the circle ; the ugly square
columns which formerly impeded the view from the
corner boxes have been superseded by graceful palm
tree stems of white and gold. The hand rests on all
the tiers are of amber and crimson satin. The fur-
niture of the dress circle is cerise and straw-colour
damask, and that of the stalls, pit, and upper circles,
a rich crimson damask, harmonising with the flock
paper of the private boxes, which have crimson silk
damask curtains and fringe.
The centre chandelier and those round the circle
have been improved by additional glass drops, and we
were glad to perceive by the gilded network in the
centre of the ceiling that increased ventilation had
been attended to.

The general tone of the house is cream colour and
gold. The ceiling and the proscenium alone aspire to
high artistic decoration. The ceiling forms a coup
cfceil admirable from its graceful outline, its brilliant
colouring, and the original distribution of the archi-
tectural parts. The pervading tint is an aerial blue,
intermingled with gold, and ornamental and figura-
tive painting.
In the spandrils of the four corners are depicted the
Seasons, with their appropriate symbols, charmingly
studied, and in tone of colouring only to be surpassed
by the group of Tragedy and Comedy in the centre of
the proscenium, which emulates some of the best
works of the old masters. The inner proscenium
contains the royal arms, branching off into arabesques
and groups of figures, flowers, and birds. The
hideous columns which formerly encumbered the pro-
scenium, and circumscribed the space on the stage,
have been removed, and are replaced by well-propor-
tioned pilasters, which are decorated with a running
pattern of the Indian cane, with its gracefully falling
leaves entwined with bright flowers. The fronts of
the proscenium boxes present a rich and refined effect,
glittering with gold and arabesques containing the
royal arms and the Prince's plume.
The single gap we perceived was the royal box,
which as yet is not decorated. The reason of this is,
we understand, that it is not Mr. Webster's pro-
perty, but remains in the hands of the proprietress
who reaps the benefits of the royal visits. The ge-
neral effect even by daylight is admirable, and when
the drop scene is added, which is intended to harmo-
nise with the interior decoration of the house, the
ensemble will be exceedingly beautiful.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, TnURSDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual
morning walk.
The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise
in the grounds adjacent to the Castle.
The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
included her Majesty the Queen of the BelgianF,
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene
Highness the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenbourg,
the Princess Eliza of Hohenlohe Langenbourg, the
Lady in waiting on the Queen of the Belgians, Lady
Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Spetb, his Ex-
cellency the Belgian Minister, the Commanding Offi-
cer of the 2d Life Guards (Colonel Williams), the
Commanding Officer of the Coldstream Guards
(Colonel Codrington), and Major de Moerkerke.
The Band of the Coldstream Guards was in attend-
ance during dinner, and performed the following
pieces:—

Overture' " Maritana" ... Wallace.
" Waltz, The Pearl of England" • • Jullien.
Selection from "La Figlia del Reggimento" Donizetti.
Valse et Galop "Fascination" (Alma) Costa.
The Eclipse Polka Koenig.
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The queen's private Band afterwards attended in
;he Castle.•

The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-
tional Debt had a meeting yesterday in the Treasury.
There were present the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
the Governor of the Bank of England, and the De-
puty- Governor. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comp-
troller-General, was in attendance.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Gambia Set-
tlement were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches for the Governor of the Cape of Good
hope were sent off yesterday evening from the Co-
lonial-office.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY EVENING. -- His Royal
Highness Prince Albert has been busily engaged a great
part of the day in marking out the precise line for the
continuation of the Richmond line of the South-Western
Railway through the Home Park to its termination iu
the town of Windsor. In this business his Royal High-
ness was attended by Mr. Page, surveyor of the South-
Western Railway, and several other professional persons
connected with railway affairs. The part of the Home
Park which is intended to be devoted to the completion
of this line, is the beautiful plain extending under the
north terrace of the Castle from the foot of " The
Slopes" to the banks of the Thames. In the reign of
Queen Anne this place was converted into an ornamental
ground, and called " the Maestricht Garden," and daring
the last two or three reigns it has been occasionally used
for military reviews ; but as at present laid out by the
proceedings of the day, it appears there will be two
parallel lines of road running diagonally across it, one
of them for a continuation of the railway, and the other
for a roadway for omnibuses. These parallel roads
aro to commence on the left or eastern aide of the plain,
about midway between the castle and the river,
and strike into the western side, into the heed of
Datchett-lane, close by the Hospital of the Naval
Knights, near which building is to be the terminus.'
Viscount and Viscountess Sydney have been enter-
taining company, the past week, at Frognal, their seat
in Kent; among whom were the Duke and Duchess of
Buccleuch, the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Cud, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesea and Lady
Adelaide Paget, the Hon. Montague Stopford, &c.