The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-26 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

On Saturday evening Donizetti's •' La Figlia del Reg-
gimento" was performed at the above theatre for the
irst time this season. The cast included no important
novelty. Mdlle. Piccolotnini again appeared as Marie,
Signor Belletti as Sulpizio, and Signor Belart as Tonio.
The opera was received, as on former occasions, with
great favour, and the most popular pieces were, as usual,
rEdemanded.

To-morrow and Thursday evening the new prima
donna, Mdlle. Titiens, will repeat her flee performance
a Valentina in "Les Huguenot;;."

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty the Queen's
box at this theatre was on Saturday evening occupied
by Colonel the Hon. Charles C. Cavendish and Lady
Emily Cavendish, Mrs. Brande, Miss Brands, Mr.
Brande, and party. Amongst the numerous noble dis-
tinguished and fashionable company also honouring this
theatre with their attendance on this occasion we
noticed—his grace the Duke of Cleveland, K.G., and
Lady Augusta Poulett, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the
Countess Dowager of Harrington and the Countess of
Mountcbarles, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Lin-
coln, the Earl of Sefton, the Earl of Mountcharles, the
Earl Bective, the Viscount Exmouth, the Viscount
Clifden, Lady Blantyre, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel, Lady
Dynevor, M. de Tolstoy, Lord Blantyre, Lord Sondes,
Lord Dynevor, The Hon. Philip Stourton, Sir T. E.
Blake, Bart., Sir George Wombwell, Bart., Major.
General Sir George Bowles, 1C.C.8., Colonel Sir Proby
Cautley, K.H., Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. Octavius
Morgan, M.P., Captain W. Henry Magan, M.P., Ma-
dame Pandra De Ralli and party, Colonel and Mrs.
Watson, Colonel D ckson, Major Dyson, Mrs. Bulkeley
and Mrs. Wombwell, Mr. Bonamy Dobree, Mr. Des-
bois, Mr. J. L. Neville, Mr. Langdon, Mr.Conolly, Mr.
F. Cooper, Mr. J. E. Fords, Mr. J. Franks, Mr. J. E.
Magan, Mr. Alphmus C. Billings, Mr. Edward Cutter,
Mr. R. Dick, Mr. W. Delafield, Mr. J. Border, Mr. A.
Cavapbell, Mr. H. Barrett Ltnnard, &c.

Her Majesty's birthday drawing-room will be held on
Saturday, May 15th.
We are authorised to state that it is her Majesty's' in-
tention that state balls shall take place at Buckingham
Palace• on Monday, May 10th (instead of May 3d, as
previously announced), and Wednesday, June 9th, and
that concerts shall take place on Monday, May 3d (in-
stead of May 10th), and Friday, June 11th next.

A Cabinet CJuncil was held on Saturday at the offi-
cial residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in
Downing.street. The Ministers present were, the Earl
of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salle•
bury, the Earl of Hard wicke, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of MalineE.
bury, Lord Stanley, General Peel, Sir John Pakingt)n,
the Earl of Ellenborough, the Right Hon. J. W. Hen-
ley, and Lord John Manners.

THE SPEAKER.—The Right Hon. the Speaker of the
House of Cominons gave his ninth Parliamentary
full-dress dinner on Saturday evening, the 24th
inst. Toe followirg had Coe honour of receiving invita-
tions :-_—Viscount Gal way, Viscount Elmley, Viscount
Curzon, the Hon. Jocelyn Percy, the Hon. Col. Low
ther, Sir Charles Coote, Sir Graham Montgomery, Sir
James Dalrymple Elphinstone, Sir John Rivett Carnac,
Sir Joseph Bailey, Major-General Hall, Capt. Banbury,
R.N., Lieut.-Col. Forde, Major Stuart Wortley, Major
Edwards, Captain Dawson Darner, Captain Arehdall,
Mr. Kenneth Macaulay, Q.O , Mr. Botfield, Mr. Eve-
lyn Shirley, Mr. King (Herefordshire), Mr. Wyndham
(Sussex), Mr. Tollemache, Mr. Knightly, Mr. Bennet,
Mr. Lesli,, Mr. Knatchbull, Mr. Hopwood, Mr. Bee-
croft, Mr. Neeld, Mr. Kendall, Mr. Cobbold, Mr. G. H.
Vaneittart, the Hon. George Wahlegrave, the Rev. H.
Drury.
The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained their Royal
Highnesses the Dache,s rrOileans, the Count de Paris,
and the Duke de Chartres, at dinner, on Saturday at
Lansdowne Hou;e. The Earl and Countess Granville,
Frances Countess Waldegrave, and Mr. G. G. Harcourt,
M.P., and a distinguished circle, had the honour to be
invited to meet tie illustrious gu3sts.
The Earl and Countess of Mahnesbury were honoured
ty the company to dinner of his Eseolleney the Duke
of Malakoff, the A rnbas.ador of France, on S tturday, at
their mansion in Whitehall-gardens. There were pre-
sent to meet the gallant marshal, his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, attended by Cidonel the Hon.
James Macdonald, the Duke and Duchess of Manches-
ter, the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Stafford, the Earl and Countess
of Derby, Lord and Lady Rokeby, Major-General Sir R.
and
The
hLe aEd ya r Al
ai rnedy ,C Go
ue
nn
t. e Sssi r
Jof ames
h aSmi rnh
pa
evoen lefta'' town on
a vii•it to the Earl and Countess of Litchfield at Shug-
borou,b Park, Staffordshire.
The Eat! and Countess Amherst and family:arrived
in Grosvenor-3quara on Tueaday, from Montreal Park,
Kent.