The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-31 00:00:00

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Her Majesty will hold a Drawing ROOM on Friday,
Juno 20. and a Levee on Wednesday, Juno 25.
Her Rua' Highness the Duchess of Kent and Prince
Ernest of Leiningen dined with the Queen on Thursday.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the
Duke of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
Prince Loewenstein, and the Maharajah Duleep
visited her Majesty in the evening at Buckingham Palace,
and witnessed the fireworks.
Prince Frederick WilHata of Prussia, attended by
Lieut.• Gen. Baron Schreckenstein, Baron de Moltke,
Capt. Heinz, and Lieut. de Schreckenstein, went yes-
terday afternoon to the Prussian Legation in Carlton-
terrace, where his Royal Highness, received the Diplo-
matic Corps.
The Princess Royal and the Princess Alice took a
carriage drive yesterday.
The Queen took a drive in the afternoon, accompanied
by the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, and at-
tended by.the Hon. Lucy Ker, in an open landau and
four. Prince Albert rode on horseback, accompanied by
Count Alexander Mensdorff. The equerries in waiting
attended on horseback.
Her Majesty gave a Concert in the evening at Buck-
ingham Palace, at which the following assisted :—Ma-
danie Goldscbmidt, Madame Novelle, Madame Bosio,
Madame Viardot, Madile. Didi6e, Mr. Simi Reeves,
Signor Gardoni, Signor Ronconi, Herr Formes, and Mr.
Weiss.
The Royal Personages, the Foreign Ministers, and a
large party of the Nobility were present, the invitations
amounting to above four hundred.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary arrived at a quarter before ten
o'clock, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Major
Home Purvey.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was
attended by his Equerry in waiting.
Her Majesty awl his Royal Hignness the Prince Con.
sort entered the Grand Saloon (which was prepared for
the Concert) accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the
Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, the Regent
of Baden, Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and the
puke of Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince Edward
of Saxe-Weimar, Count Alexander Mensdorff and the
Maharajah Duleop Singh, and attended by the Ladies
and Gentlemen in Waiting.
The general coin pany assembled in the Picture Gal-
lery followed her Majesty and the Royal Circle into the
saloon.
The concert commenced about tea o'clock.
The following was the programme :
PARTE PRIMA.

Settimino—" Oh terror, oh salmis," Mes-
dames. Bosio, Novcllo, Viardot c Didiee,
Sig. Gardoni, Mr. Weiss, o Herr Formes
(Conte Ory) Rossini.
Duo—'' Amor possente nome," Ma,:lc. No
vello e Mr. Sims Reeves (Armida)
Air—" Egli In cho a dir m'approse," Made
Bosio (Arabi none Gallic)
Rc;meil de Mazourkas de F. Chopin, arranged
for voice and piano, by Mr. and Madame
Goldsehmidt
Duo—" Qui dove merce," Made. Bosio o
Gardoni (Pastorale)
Air—" Com' e belle,
crezia Borgi
Duo Aliens, rcntrez voici forage," Mes-
dames Goldsehwidt c Viardot (La mere
grand)
Coro Signor del Ciel," Mesdames Novcllo,
Bosio,Viardot, c Lid 60,Sig. Gardoni, Mr.
Sims Reeves, Sig. Ropconi, Mr. Weiss, e
Herr Formes (Eli)

0. Goldschmidl

' Made. Novell° (Lu-

Donizetti.

Costa.

P. SECONDA,
All 'idea," Mesdames Bosio, No-
vell°, e Didiee, Mr. Sims Reeves, Sig.
Gardoui e Ranconi, Mr. Weiss, e Herr
Formes (Mose, iu Egitto)
Nocturne
and By Schubert, for Piano, trans-
La Truito cribed by Herr Otto Goldschmidt S. Heller.
Trio—" Pensa c guards," Sig. Ronconi, Mr.
Weiss, e Herr Formes(Margherita d'Anjou) Meyerbeer.
Air—" Squallida vesto e bruna," Madame
Goldschmidt (Turco in Ital a) .
Duo—" Le ciel sourit a u- Sot limpide,"Mes-
dames Novello e Didieo (Le Zephyr)
Vieux Airs FranQais du 15 et 16 sieclo, Ma-
dame Viardot.
Coro —" Placida c it mar," Tutti (Idomeneo) Mozart.
Mr, Costa presided at the Pianoforte.