The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-11 00:00:00

THE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE AT

WINDSOR CASTLE.

(From the Court Newsman )

WINDSOR, THURSDAY.
A dramatic performance took place this evening, in
St. George's Hall. The pieces selected were Mr. Chas.
Dance's comic drama, entitled A Wonderful Woman,
and Mr. Ozenford's farce of Only a Halfpenny. The
following was the programme :
A Wonderful Woman.
The Marquis de Frontigaac Mr. David Fisher.
Viscount de Millefleurs Mr. G. Everett.
Rodolph (a young painter)
Crepin (a cobbler)
Tailor
Servants ( Mr. Brazier.
Mr. Warren.
Madame Hortense Bertrand
(a rich widow)... Miss Heath.
Cecile (her niece) Miss M. Ternan.
Maid Miss Collins.
Only a Halfpenny.
Mr. Stanley Jones , Mr. Buckstone.
Mr. Fitzroy Plantagenet ...... Mr. Chippendale.
Henrietta Miss Swanborough.
Bridget
j Mrs. Edward Fitz william
(late Miss Ellen Chaplin).
Director ... Mr. Charles Kean.
Assistant Director
The theatre arranged and scenery painted by Mr.
Thomas Grieve.

About eight o'clock her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Royal, the
Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, the
junior members of the Royal family, and the Count of
Flanders, and also by the Earl and Countess Granville,
the Austrian Minister, the Marchioness of Hastings
and Captain Yel►erton, Lady Fanny Howard, the
Baroness de Speth, the Right Hon. the Speaker and
Mrs. Lefevre, the Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady
Mary Wood, the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall, the
Right Hon. Spencer and Mrs. Walpole, Rear-Admiral
W. A. B, Hamilton, Sir George Couper, and Captain
Barnelle, entered the hall, attended by the Ladies and
Gentlemen in Waiting, when the performance imme-
diately commenced.
The Queen's private band was stationed in the hall in
front of the stage.

M. AND MADAME GOLDSC.HMIDT'S
CONCERTS.

A miscellaneous cones t, the first of a series, was
given last night at the Hanover-square Rooms, by M.
and Madame Goldschmidt. It not only served to ex-
hibit the vocal powers of the Swedish Nightingale in a
variety of styles, but also to introduce her husband as
a pianist to the British public. There was an admirable
orchestra composed of. the most eminent players, awl
the whole concert was exceedingly well got up, under
the direction of Mr. Benedict. There was an eager de-
mand for tickets, notwithstanding the high rates of ad-
mission ; but care was taken to limit the issue se as to
prevent an uncomfortable crowd.
Through the provident care of Mr. Mitchell, admir-
ably seconded by the indefatigable exertions of his acting
manager, Mr. Nimmo, although the room was com-
pletely full, there was not the slightest confusion, and
the arrangements were in every respect carried out to
the entire satisfaction and comfort of the visitors.
The concert began with Cherubinrs overture to Medea,
and Jenny Lind then sang the Preghiera from the
Frcischutz, " Rend ob die Wolke," one of the most beau-
tiful and expressive things in the whole opera. It was
given with that intense earnestness of feeling which is
peculiar to her, and its effect, aided by the beautiful vio-
loncello accompaniment of Piatti, was exquisite. Herr
Reichardt then sung the aria " Constanze," from
Mozart's Il Seraglio, very beautifully. M. Otto Gold-
schmidt next performed Beethoven's fourth Concerte in
G major, and showed himself to be a fine performer.
He gave a pure and correct reading of the text, and played
with a firm hand and brilliant finger. He was more
successful in the bold and forcible passages than in those
phrases of eantibile melody which demand a legato touch
and a vocal quality of tone. Madame Goldschmidt con-
cluded the first part of the concert by singing the scena
" Ab, mie fideli " from Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda ; a
composition of little merit. Into the aria, "Ma la eola,"
a rondo of a very ordinary kind, she threw a thousand
charms of expression and effect which were wholly her
own ; but she might easily have selected something
more worthy of her powers.
The second part began with Mendelssohn's Capriccio
in B minor, which M. Goldschmidt executed with great
power and brilliancy. Mme. Goldschmidt's next vocal
performance was of a singular description ; some of
Chopin's mazourkas, arranged for the voice by her hus-
band. Chopin's pianoforte pieces are of such excessive
difficulty, and in so peculiar a style, that hardly any one
but himself has ever been able to do them justice even
on the instrument for which they were written. A very
different and immeasurably greater pleasure was given
by the Scotch ballad, " John Anderson, my jo," which
she sang with the most enchanting beauty, simplicity,
and feeling, and at the same time with thorough nation-
ality of character. She concluded with a Swedish me-
lody, " The Echo Song," which she used to sing when
the was here before. It is quite a musical curiosity,
one of the strangest and wildest things imaginable—a
singular mixture of grotesquecess and beauty. We
need scarcely add that the fair singer was received
with all the accustomed enthusiasm, and that M. Gold-
schrnidt's reception likewise was most cordial.
Exeter Hall will be the scene of Madame Gold-
schmidt's next appearance, on the 21st inst., and a
Second Miscellaneous Concert will be held at the Hano
ver-square Rooms, on Friday, the 25th of January.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter are receiving
a distinguished circle at Burghley House, near Stun
ford.

The mortal remains of the late Venerable Marquis of
Ailesbury are to be interred in the family vault at the
parish church of Great Bedwin, Wilts, to-morrow fore-
noon.
The Earl of Wilton has arrived in town from visiting
the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield at Bretby Park,
Derbyshire.
The Earl of Romney is staying at Mote Park, his seat
near Maidstone, having recently returned there from
Scotland.
The Earl Calogan and the Ladies Augusta and Ho-
noria Cadogan have arrived at Nice to pass the winter.
The Earl of Lousdale has arrived in town from Low-
ther Castle, Cumberland.
The Earl and Countess of Arundel and Surrey, who
have been staying in town during the sojourn of Admi-
ral Sir Edmund Lyons in London, have returned to their
seat in Berkshire.
The Lord President of the Council and the Countess
Granville will come to town to-day from Windsor Castle
from a visit to her Majesty.
Earl Granville, Lord President, has issued invitations
to dinner, on the 29th instant, to the Ministers and
°Nem; of State, for the purpose of settling the Roll of
Sheriffs for the present year.
The Earl and Countess of Bessborough have arr ived
in town from the noble earl's seat in Ireland.
The Earl and Countess Spencer have been passing the
festive season at Althorp Hall, Northamptonshire, sur-
rounded by a select circle. The noble earl will come to
town for the meeting of Parliament.
The Countess of Cottenham has come to town from a
tour of visits.
Viscount Palmerston will arrive in town this morn-
ing, from Broadlands, Hants, in order to attend the
Cabinet Council.
The Lord Chancellor, accompanied by Lady Cran•
worth, arrived in town yesterday, from his seat in Kent.
The noble and learned lord received the judges, and
the leading members of the bar, this forenoon, at break-
fast, it being the first day of terns, after which his lord-
ship and learned guests proceeded in procession to open
the courts of law.
Lord and Lady John Russell and family arrived early
in the week at his lordship's seat, near Stroud, Glouces.
tershire, from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Bedford
at Woburn Abbey, Beds,
Lord Ernest Bruce has left town for Tottenham Park,
near Marlborough, Wilts.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs.
Gladstone come to town the week after next from Sir
Stephen Glynne's seat, Hawarden Castle, Flintshire, for
the meeting of Parliament.
The Hon. William Bathurst has left town for "Wake-
field Lodge, ou a visit to the Duke and Duchess of
Grafton.
A motion was brought before the Town Council of
Manchester to put down baby perambulating. It was
negatived without a division.
At the adjourned inquest held on the body of Ensign
Macdonald, one of the missing engineers, the jury re-
turned a verdict of " Found drowned."
A deputation from Billingsgate-market, consisting of
Mr. James Palmer (chairman), Mr. John Robertson
(secretary), Messrs. James Laby, Samuel Hewett, Wm.
Butcher, and Benjamin Long, all salesmen, and deputed
by the market to wait on the Honourable the Board of
Trade, had an interview, yesterday, with Lord Stanley
of Alderley and the Right Hon. R. Lowe, at the office
of the Board of Trade, to solicit the interference of the
Board of Trade against the Corporation of the City of
London, and to prevent further exactions on the sales-
men. The Corporation have heightened the price of
stalls 100 per cent.
The Hon. Mr. Fisher, attorney-general (premier), and
the lion. Mr. Robertson, member of the Legislative
Council of the province of New Brunswick, had an in-
terview with Mr. Secretary Labouchere, yesterday, at
the Colonial-office, ou the subject of railways in New
Brunswick.

Sir A. Perrier, Mr. Trines, and Mr. Archibald had
interviews, yesterday, with Mr. Secretary Labouchere.
THE RECTORY OF MAWGAN, IN CORNWALL.—This de-
sirable piece of church preferment, worth 9001. a year,
has been presented by Mrs. Trevelyan, on the part of
the patron, to the Rev. Charles Noel Mann, brother of
the late incumbent.
Mr. Peter Benson Maxwell, of the English common
law bar, has been appointed to the vacant recordersbip
of Penang. The salary is, we believe, 2,0001. a year,
with a chance of ultimate promotion to the bench of the
superior courts in India.
The worshipful the recorder of this borough, 'Wm.
Carpenter Rowe, Esq., has been appointed Lord Chief
Justice of Ceylon, and will, we understand, prior to I
leaving England, have the honour of knighthood con-
fared on him by her Majeety. —Pip/out/4 Marl,