The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-29 00:00:00

ITALIAN OPERA.

The second performance of the announced series of
six took place last night, when Rossini's ever fresh and
charming "Barbiere " was given with great effect, the
characters of Rosina, Basilio, Bartolo, and Almaviva
being sustained by Madame Gassier, Messrs. Formes,
Rovere, and Mario. Such a cast needs little comment.
As Rosina, the wonderfully skilful and accomplished
Madame Gassier first won the enthusiastic homage of
the London public, and no soprano at present on the
stage could do greater justice to the music.
Her " Una Voce," in which an E in alt was touched
by the singer several times with great purity and sweet-
ness, elicited unanimous and most enthusiastic applause.
Her duet with Figaro, "Dengue io son," was re-
demanded.

Mario, at the commencement of the opeia, seemed to
be seriously affected by hoarsenesel, but this wore off, in
a great measure, as the performance proceeded, and he
most assuredly never sang with more masterly skill or
expression than on the present occasion.
Mario's acting, too, was throughout spirited, easy,
and perfectly gentlemanlike. In fact, he was the Count
Almaviva from top to toe, and is certainly the only one
at present upon the Italian stage. The celebrated tenor
was honoured with a " reception" which lasted some
minutes, and was warmly applauded from first to last.
Herr Formes appeared as Basilic,. His rendering of
the famous air, "La Calumnia," was a masterpiece of
dramatic expression, and richly deserved the great
applause bestowed upon it.
The house was crowded in every part.

COURT CI teCU6AR.

,WINDSOR, OCT. 28.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge (attended
by the Hon. J, Macdonald), and his Excellency the
French Ambassador and Countess de Persigny, arrived,
yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her M'tjesty.
In addition to the xisitors the dinner party in the
evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, her
Serene Highness Princess Amalie of Hohenlohe-Sohil-
Imgfurst, Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady Mary Hood,
Major-General Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey, and Sir George
Couper.
The band of the Coldstream Guards played during

dinner.
The Queen walked in the Castle gardens this morning.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by
the Duke of Cambridge and the French Ambassador,
went out shooting.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, General
Commanding•in•Chief, will return to the Horse Guards
this forenoon from visiting her Majesty at Windsor
Castle.

His Excellency the Sardinian Minister arrived on
Monday at St. Giles's, Dorsetshire, on a visit to the Earl
of Shaftesbury, from Broadlands, Hants, the residence
of Viscount Palmerston.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland leave Dunrobin
Castle, N. 8,, in the course of the present week, for
Trentham, Staffordshire, intending, en route, to pay a
series of visits.

The Duke of Devonshire has arrived at Devonshire
House, from Lismore Castle, his grace's seat in Ireland.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde and
Lady Harriet De Burgh have arrived at Portumna
Castle, Galway, for the autumn.

Lady Marian Alford is entertaining a succession of
visitors at Ashridge Castle, Herts, Colonel the Hon.
Percy Herbert, M.P., has joined the party.
The Lord Chief Justice of England arrived at Strath-
eden House on Monday evening from his seat, Hart-
rigge, Roxburghshire.
Tne Bishop of Oxford and Mrs. Wilberforce have
returned to the Episcopal Palace in Oxfordshire from
visiting the Earl of Aberdeen at Haddo House, and the
Duke and Duchess of Richmond at Gordon Castle.
The Countess (Dow.) Granville has arrived in town
from visiting the Countess of Carlisle at Castle Howard,
Yorkshire.t Mr. and Lady Georgina Fullarton have
joined the Countess from Littlehampton.
The Earl Bathurst, who has been on a visit to the
Duke and Duchess of Richmond, at Gordon Castle, near
Fochabers, N. 8., is exptcted to arrive at Oakley Park,
Gloucestershire, in a few days, from Scotland.
The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland have been
seeing company at Apthorpe Hall, Northamptonshire.

Viscount and Viscountess Villiers have arrived al
Middleton Park, near Bicester, on a visit to the Ear]
and Countess of Jersey, from Upton Hall, Warwickshire,

MOVEUENTS OF SPECIE.--LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—Of
the specie brought by the Royal Mail steam ship Africa,
from the United State 4, amounting to 794,666 dollars,
nearly one-third, or 260,623 dollars, was on acccount of
merchants in Havre.

THE AGAPE LONE.—The Somerset papers relate some
curious particulars in rr.ference to the leading persons iu
this institution. BrotDer Prince, who is at its head,
was educated at St. David's College, Lampeter, and was
afterwards ordained and made curate of Charlchurch,
near Bridgewater, of which parish, Brother Starkey,
second in command at the Agapemone, was at that time
rector. While acting as curate Mr. Prince preached
extraordinary doctrines, divided his congregation into
two classes, " the blemed," and the " cursed," and ad-
ministered the sacrarnont of the Lord's supper to very
young children. This tlour:e of conduct brought down
ecclesiastical censure up on him, and he retired from his
curacy.

THE LORD CHANCELL OWE CHURCH LIVINGS.—About
three weeks since the rt dory of Chalk, near Gravesend,
became vacant by the oteaith of the Rev. Cr. J. Wyatt,
and a general desire eras expressed by the inhabitants
of the town that the cart oration should address a re-
spectful memorial to the, L.,rd Chancellor, who is patron
of the living, praying tha, he would confer it upon the
Rev. Wilii4rn Jaynes, a s 3t, of the late rector of Graves-
end, a gentleman who idenlified himself in a very marked
manner with the progrees of liberal measures during the
time he held the incumb !tiny of the parish. The cor-
poration agreed to a merr iorial, and it was forwarded to
the Lord Chancellor, al id immediately after its receipt
his lordship sent down I its nomination of the rev. gen-
tleman to the living.