The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-14 00:00:00

WILLIS'S ROOMS.

The morning entertainment in aid of the Hungarian
fund of the English committee attracted a numerous ano
fashionable attendance on Saturday last, the concert.
room being crowded to overflowing. Mrs. Fanny Kern
ble read a sc.qie from Comus and Wordsworth's Ruth
Madlle. Graumann sang some German airs with much
applause, and Professor Jansa executed a capricio on the
violin with excellent taste and execution. Two flute solos
on airs, from the Figlia del Reggimento and the Sonnam-
bula, were admirably given by a gentleman whose name
was not furnished in the programme. Madlle. Anna
Zerr, who was to have sung, was not forthcoming, an
apology for her absence on the score of sudden indispo-
tion being offered towards the close of the performance.
This is the second disappointment at a matinee musicale
which we have had to record on the part of this gifted
vocalist within the last week. Herr Formes, however,
kindly offered to supply the deficiency by an additional
song, and our uttermost gallantry cannot impel us to
express a regret that a second opportunity was afforded
of enjoying the magnificent organ and pure execution of
the great basso in lteu of the brilliant extravagance of
vocaliz Ilion which constitutes Madlle. Zerr a meteor in
the firmament of song. A Hungarian duet on the har-
monica and piano, performed by Mesdames Pulszkey
and it,,che, constituted the finale. Among the fashion-
able thr,ng, some of whom were compelled to put up
with standing room, we were happy to observe that ap•
proved friend of liberalism, Lady Morgan, looking in
excellent health and spirits.

Our 'advertising columns announce a benefit at
the Surrey Zoological Gardens this evening for Herr Kcenig,
the unrivalled performer on the cornet-a-piston; it is the
first he has taken, and we feel perfectly assured he will re-
ceive (what he justly merits) a large share of public pa-
tronage, Mons. Jullien, 111. Lavigne, Mr. Lazarus, and
several other eminent instrumentalists, lend their aid.
Mr. Strutt is a candidate to succeed the Earl (.• f
Arundel and Surrey in the representation of the borough o
Arundel. The Sussex Express has the following, with re-
ference to the unexpected retirement of the Noble Earl:—
" Lord Arundel adopted the course taken by the Irish Mem-
bers on Sir F. Thesiger's amendment; absenting himself,
with the intention of placing Government in a minority.
As the Duke of Norfolk holds the official position of Master
of the Horse, and his influence is justly considered to pre-
ponderate in Arundel, it will readily be perceived that the
course taken by the Noble Lord as Member for the borough,
Tat have been regarded by Ministers as a decided mark
of
remembered
en the part of his Grace, especially when) it
officemoerred that Lord Edward Howard, who holds the
.Vice-Chamberlain . , has also been absent from the
divisions."

WlNDscat easTLE —The throng of visitors to the
Great Exhibition in
Hyde-parki isbeginning
Windsor. Every year the number
of strangers who
upon
journeyl
to Windsor for the Purpose of viewing the Castle is very
great, and the facilities afforded by the railways had the
effect of increasing the number very materially last year;
but the arrivals during the past three weeks—principally
foreigners—have been enormous, as many as from 1,500 to
1,800 passing through the State apartments daily. As the
stream of visitors is 11
been Continue at this rate for three
mooths longer, it has suggested that if the Lord Great
Chamberlain would order the State apartments to be open
every day in the week, inetead of being closed on Wednesdays
and Saturdays, as at present,_ the comfort and convenience
of the sight-seeing public would be greatly enhanced.—Bucks
Advertiser.
ROYAL RAILWAY STATION AT Witspson.--Tbis new
Royal station attached to the terminus of the South-Western
Railway at Windsor is just finished, and will be opened and
used by her Majesty during the approaching meeting of the
Royal Agricultural Society in that town. The building is of
red brick, in the Elizabethan order. The waiting- room is
richly fitted up. The entrance is within a few yards. of the
gate leading to the lower end of the Home-park.
LAUNCH AT NORTHFLEET DOCILYARD.—The Royal
mail steam-ship Magdalena, of 2,250 tons burden, was
launched from Mr. Pitcher's dockyard at Northfleet, on
Saturday, the 12th instant, at half-past twelve o'clock noon.
Her dimensions, &c., are the same in every respect as those
of her sister ship th Orinoco, which was launched from the
same yard on the 17th ult. The ceremony of naming the
vessel was performed by Miss Chappell, daughter of Captain
Chappell, R.N., secretary to the Kos al Mail Steam Packet
Company, and the Magdalena, immediately the dogshores
were knocked away went off in magnificent style, cheered by
the numerous spectators wno bad been attracted by the oc-
casion and the exceeding fineness of the weather. The ap-
pearance of the vessel when in the water elicited the highest
env omiums from every one p esent. About two o'clock a
large party of guests, who had been invited, adjourned to
kr. Calder's Hotel, at Rosherville, where they partook of
an excellent dejeuner, provided by the builder. The Magda.
lena was brought up at anchor opposite the hotel, and in the
afternoon was taken up by two steam tugs to the East India
Docks, at Blackwall, to be fitted with her engines, of 750-
horse power, by Mr. Robert Napier, of Glasgow.
COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS.—H. S. Chapman, E.g.,
one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, is
appointed Colonial Secretary in Van Diemen's Land; IL
Falconer Esq.. is appointed Colonial Secretary in Western
Australia; Mr. J. Bell is appointed Crown. Solicitor for
I Western A is r Ilia.