The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-27 00:00:00

THE AFFAIR AT TRE LEVEE.

(From the Morning Post.)
-ybody is by tbis time aware of an ociprrenee tha

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,ce at her Majesty's levee on Werin.edy.
;7,6 evidently arose out of the indiscretion or ig•
noraace of an individual, we abstained from giving pub-
licity to this unpleasant affair ; and we are the more
satisfied with having taken such a course, as we hare
now reason to believe that the 'United States Minister
lost no time in offering apo'Netic explanations, and that
these have been accepted.

(Front the Daily News)
We understand that the facts of the case as to the
contretemps at the Queen's levee on Wednesday are
these :

Mr. Dallas and his diplomatic subordinates were in
their ordinary diplomatic costume. The United States
Minister was accompanied by the Professor of Military
Science in one of the United States professional esta-
blishments. This gentleman wore his ordinary and
proper military uniform, consisting of a military frock
coat, white waistcoat, and black stock, such as he pre-
sents himself in before his military superiors, and that
he eepecialiy selected this as the proper costume in which
to appear at her Majesty's levee, for presentation by the
Minister of his Government. On being refused admis-
sion by the Master of the Ceremonies, Mr. Dallas retired
with him, not in anger or disgust, but with great regret
at the occurrence.
It is proper to add that her Majesty, on being in-
formed of the difficulty raised by the Master of the
Ceremonies, at once directed the admission of the gen-
tleman in question. ,Unfortunately, however, before
the Queen's gracious directions could be delivered, the
party bad left the Palace.

HER MAJESTI'S VISIT TO GROSV.ENOR

ROUSE.

The queen honoured the Marquis and Marchioness
of Westminster with her presence last evening at Gros-
venor-house.
Her Majesty came, accompanied by the Prince Con-
sort and Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and at-
tended by a numerous suite, in seven of the Royal car-
riages, shortly after 10 o'clock. The Royal party entered
by the garden from Park-lane, and were received at a
temporary entrance prepared for the occasion by the
Marquis and Marchionness of Westminster.
Her Marquis was at once conducted by the Marquis
of Westminster to the ballroom ; the general company,
who had previously assembled in the drawing rooms,
following the Royal party.
The Queen having taken her seat upon the dais, where
she was surrounded by the Duchess of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary, Prince Oscar of Sweden, and the
Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar, the mem-
bers of the Diplomatique Corps, and the general corn.
pang passed before her Majesty and made their obeis-
ance.

This ceremony concluded her Majesty opened the ball
in a quadrille with the Earl Grosvenor, Prince Albert
dancing with one of the Marquis of Westminster's
daughters.
The ball was kept up with much animation—Her
Majesty frequently joining in the dance—until half-past
12 o'clock, when the Queen and the Royal party were
conducted. to the gallery in which a regal entertainment
was served to the illustrious circle.
The Queen took leave of the Marquis and Marchioness
shortly after 1 o'clock, retiring by the Grosvenor-street
entrance.

The general invitations amounted to about 2,000.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Mddle Piccolomini .appeared last night in the charac-
ter of Maria, in "Figlia del Reggimento." The part is
entirely new to her, and'we have heard that she has been
studying it for some time with the assistance of Madame
Alboni. This, together with the superiority of the
music to that of the Traviata, may account for the evi-
dent superiority of her vocal execution. Her perform.
ance, indeed, was altogether charming, and wurthy of
the splendid triumph which she achieved. Her recep-
tion was enthusiastic, rapturous. She was repeatedly
called for during the piece, and when the curtain fell
the whole house seemed to get into a state of rantic ex-
citement. They called her on, and no sooner had she
retired than they called her on again--and yet again—
cheering her, every time she appeared, with loud accla-
mations, while showers of bouquets flew from the box Ns.
All these honours she received with much grace and
modesty. It is, plain that La Figlia del Reggimento will
be a principal attraction to the end of the season.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
Rossini's ever fresh and sparkling "II Barbiere"
was given here, last night, for the first time this season.
There was no novelty in the cast ; but who would wish
for any change when they can hear Madame Bosio as
Rosina, Mario as Almaviva, Ronconi as Figaro, Formes
as Basilio, and Tagliafico as Bartolo ? With such con-
suinthate artiste, Rossini's delightful music is given with
all the verve and animation suited to character. Among
the specialties of the evening may be mentioned Formes'
singing of the air " La Calunnia," which he gave with
the true pompous and didactic humour.. Madame
Bosio's singing_ throughout the opera was coaracterised
by that refinement of style and fluent vocalisation for
which she has long been celebrated. Her singing-lesson
scene, in which she gave some florid variations, a I
Polka, by 'Alary, was a brilliant display of artistic
which received an enthusiastic encore. The house was
well filled, and "Il Barbiere" will doubtless prove at-
tractive at the Royal Italian Opera,