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

HER MAJESTr2 THEATRE.

On Saturday evening Donizettre •‘ La Figlia del Reg-
gimento" was performed at the above theatre for the
first time this season. The cast included no important
novelty. *dile. Picoolowini again appeared as Marie,
Signor Belletti as Sulpizio, and Signor Belart aiTonio.

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The opera was received, as on former occasions, with
great favour, and the most popular pieces were, as neual,
redemandeci.

To -morrow and Thursday evening the new prima
donna, Mdlle. Titiens, will repeat her fine performance
cf Valentina in "Les Huguenot 4."

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty the Queen'd
box at this theatre was on Saturday evening occupied
by Colonel the Hon. Charles C. Cavendish and Lady
Emily Cavendisb, Mrs. Brande, Miss Brande, Mr.
Brandt?, and party. Amongst the numerous noble dis-
tioguished 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 Claaricarde, the
Countess Dowager of Harrington and the Countess of
Mountcharles, 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, K.C.8., Colonel Sir Proby
Cautby, K.H., Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. Octavius
Morgan, M,P., Captain W. Henry Magao, M.P., Ma-
dame Paodia De Ralli and party, Colonel and Mrs.
Watson, Colonel D ckson, Major Dyson, Mrs. Buikeley
and Mrs. Wombwell, Mr. Bonamy Dobree, Mr. Des-
bois, Mr. J. L. Neville, Mr. Lang;loa, Mr.Conolly, Mr.
F. Cooper, Mr. J. E. Forde, Mr. J. Franks, Mr. J. E.
Megan, Mr. Alptcmas C. Billings, Mr. Edward Cutter,
Mr. R. Dick, Mr. W. Delafield, Mr. J. Border: Mr. A.
Caecpbell, Mr. H. Barrett Lmnard, &c.

Her Meje•ty's birthday drawing-room will be held on
Saturday, May 15:1).
We are authorised to state that it is her Majesty's in-
tention that state balls shall take plme 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 31 (in-
etead of May 10th), and Friday, June 11th next.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the offi-
cial residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in
Downing street. The Ministers present were, the Eail
of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Saki
bury, the Earl of Hard wicke, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Maltnes•
bury, Lord Stanley, General Peel, Sir John Pakington,
the Earl of Ellenborougb, the Right Hon. J. W. Hen-
ley, and Lord John Manners.
THE SPEAKER.—The Right Hon. the Speaker of the
House of Commons gave his ninth Parliamentary
full dress dinner on Saturday evening, the 24th
inst. The followirg bad the honour of receiving invita-
tione : —Viscount Gal way, Viscount Elenley, Viscount
Curzon, the HOn. Jocelyn Peroy, 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. Bunbury,
R.N., Lieut. Col. Forde, Major Stuart Wortley, Major
Edward'', Captain Dawson Darner, Captain Archdall,
Mr. Kenneth Macaulay, Q.C., Mr. Botfield, Mr. Eve-
lyn Shirley, Mr. King (Herefordshire), Mr. Wyndham
(Sussex), Mr. Tollernache, Mr. Knightly, Mr. Bennet,
Mr. Leslie, Mr. Knatchbull, Mr, Hopwood, Mr. Bee-
croft, Mr. Neeld, Mr. Kendall, Mr. Cobbold, Mr. G-. H.
Vaneittart, the Hun. George Waldegrave, the Rev. H.
Drury.

The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained their Royal
Highnesses the Duches ,?'Orleans, the Count de Paris,
and the Duke de Chartres, at dinner, on Saturday at
Lansdowne House. 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 the illustrious guests.
The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury were honoured
by the company to dinner of his Excellency the Duke
of Malakoff, the Ambassador of France, on Saturday, at
their mansion in Whitehall-gardens. There were pre-
sent to meet the gallant marshal, his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel 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 Loy Airoy, Gen. Sir James Simpson, &c.
The Earl and Countess of Durham have left town on
a vi-it to the Earl and Countess of Lite,h&eld at Slug-
bor;u/h Park, S'a,ff irdshi re.
The Earl and Countess Amherst and family arrived
in Grosvenor-square on Tuesday, from Montreal Park,
Kent.