The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-15 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Nov. 13.

Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included their
Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Wales
and the Princess of Leiningen, his Highness the Mahara-
jah Duleep Singh, the Prussian Minister and Countess
Bernstorff, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Col. the Hon. R.
Bruce, Sir James Clark, and Major Teesdale, R.A. ; also,
the Earl of Malmesbury-, Lord Bloomfield and Sir James
Hudson, who remained at the Castle after the audiences,
and Lady Bloomfield, who arrived in the afternoon on a
visit.

His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh took leave of
her Majesty, and returned to London.
The following visitors also took their departure :—The
Earl of Malntesbury, the Prassian Minister and Countess
Bernstorff, Lord and Lady Bloomfield, and Sir Jas. Hud •
son. Her Majesty held a Privy Council in the afternoon.
Present—His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the
Marquis of Salisbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of
Hardwicke, the Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. Spencer
Walpole, the Right Hon. Major-Gendral Peel, the Right
Hon. Sir John Pakington, Lord John Manners, tho Mar-
quis of Exeter, and Earl Delawarr.

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At the Council Parliament was ordered to be further
prorogued from Thursday, 18th Nov., until Thursday, 13th
January.

The six Crown members of the Medical Council were ap•

pointed.

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The Hon. Wm. Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council
in Waiting.

The following had audiences of her Majesty :
The Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Derby, Sir John
Pakingion, Major-General Peel, and Mr. S. Walpole.
Colonel Tache, from Canada, was presented to the Queen
at an audience, and received from her Majesty the honour
of Knighthood.

Lord Raglan and Mr; J. Ormsby Gore were the Lord
and Groom in Waiting.

His Excellency the Ambassador of Franco and
the Duchess of Malakoff came to town to-day from visiting
the Duke and Duchess of Manchester at Kimbolton Castle.

His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the
Countess de Bernstorff arrived in town on Saturday from
visitintglia Majesty at Windsor Castle.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have been
surrounded by a distinguished circle at Kimbolton Castle.
His Excellency the French Ambassador and the Duchess
of Malakoff, the Earl Cowper, Count and Countess Blon-
doff, and Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, have been among
the guests of the noble duke and duchess.
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch have left
town for Boi,vhill, Selkirkshire.

The Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury,
the Earl of Hardwicke, General Peel, Sir J. Pakington,
Lord J. Manners, and the Hon. W. Bathurst, returned to
Londoa, on Saturday afternoon by a special train on the
Great Westtra Railway, after attending the Quren's Privy
Council at Windsor Castle.

The Earl of Malmesbnry left Whitehall-gardens
on Saturday to join the circle visiting the Duke and
Duchess of Manchester at Kimbolton Castle. The noble
earl will return to town to-day.
The Earl and Countess of Lichfield have arrived
at ShugsboronEh Hall, Staffordshire, from the noble earl's
shooting quarters in the north of Scotland.

Lord and Lady Harry Vane arrived in town on
Friday, from visiting the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland at
Newton House, and left town on Saturday for their seat,
Battle Abbey, Sussex.

Lord and Lady Saltoun are receiving company at
Pilorth, the family seat in Aberdeenshke. His lordship
has just purchased a house in Hereford-street, Park-lane.

Lady Noel Byron (widow of the poet lord) has
left Claridge's Hotel for her residence on St. George's-
terrace.

The Dowager Lady Truro has arrived at her
residence in Eaton-square from a tour on the Continent.

Sir William and Lady Middleton hare arrived at
their residence in Grosvenor-place from Shrubland Hall,
Norfolk.

Mr. and Lady Mary Craven are prolonging their
visit to the Emperor and Empress of the French at Corn
peigne, andare not expected to return to England until the
close of this week.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—At the court at
Windsor, the 13th day of November, 1858, present, the
Queen's most excellent Majesty in council. It is this day
ordered by her Majesty in council, that the Parliament,
which stands prorogued to Thursday, the 18th day of
November instant, be further prorogued to Thursday, the
13th day of January next.—Gazette.
The Prince of Wales has been made a colonel in
the army. It was at one time contemplated that the heir
apparent should go through a course of military training at
the College of Sandhurst, in the same manner as Prince
Edward of Saxe Weimar, and, in a modified degree, this
arrangement may yet be carried into effect ; but we believe
the precedent of George IV., when Prince of Wales, will,
in the main, bo followed in the present. instance. Incon-
veniences, which must be plain to everybody, would have
followed any attempt to make the heir to the Crown do a
subaltern's duty in any regiment. But, in the case of
Prince Arthur, it will be different ; he will be trained a
soldier, and, after the example of his great uncle, the Duke
of York, will go through all the regimental grades of the
service ; like Prince Alfred, in the navy, he will begin at
the lowest grade, and, as soon as he is old enough and has
got sufficiently forward with his studies, the country may
expect to see this young prince pursuing his education at
Sandhurst like any other cadet.--Court Journal.
Prince Alfred is expected shortly to visit Roche-
fort in the Euryalis. It has been intimated to the autho-
rities that the royal middie desires not to be received with
the honours duo to his princely rank.
Miss Arabella Goddard is engaged to M. Gus-
tavus Le. Geary, the eminent tenor singer, of Dublin, for a
series of concerts in that city, Cork, and Limerick, the first
week in February, in conjunction with other artistes of
celebrity.—Era.
At Paris " Il Barbiere" has been produced at the
Italian Opera, with Sigs. Mario, Corsi, and Zucchini, and
Madames Alboni and Congelini, in the cast. Report says
that Mario sings better than ever.
It is stated that M. Berlioz has written a new
opera to his own libretto.
Mr. Phelps's son has, it is said, written a very
clever and amusing farce, entitled " A Tenant for Life."
We understand that the piece is entirely original, and
reflects great credit on the dramatic skill and humour dis-
plyed by this young author.
Mr. Montague Williamson, the husband of Miss
Louisa Keeley, has made his debut at the Theatre Royal,
George-street, Cork, as an amateur. Mr. Charles Dillon
has also been performing at this theatre with considerable
success.
Madame Ristori is preparingthree new characters
for her next season's campaign in Paris—a " Cassandra,"
in a play written for her—a Fornarina" in a new art-
drama, with (of course) Rafaelle as hero—and Paulina in a
translation of Corneille's " Polyeuete."
• The Sunday Times says that overtures have been
made to Mr. Charles Kean to undertake the management of
the Italian Opera House, Covent-garden, after the termina-
tion of his lease of the Princess's, in July, at which period
the opera season would be drawing to a close. Mr. Kean
has not, as yet, acceded to the proposal.
We (Era) regret to announce the death of Mr.
Henry Lee, late of the Theatres Royal, Drury-lane,
Olympic, &c., after a protracted and painful illness. The
deceased will be remembered by playgoers as a most pains-
taking and conscientious performer, while his private cha-
racter had rendered him a valued friend to a large circle of
the theatrical profession.
ENGLISH OPERA AT COVENT GARDEN.—The
approaching English Opera season at Covent Garden will
be inaugurated at Christmas with every prospect of bril-
liant success. Her Majesty has testified her interest in the
undertaking by commanding the reservation of the royal
box, while the example of her patronage has been eagerly
fillowed by the principal nobility. An engagement with
Mr. Sims Reeves, our great English tenor, has been for
some time in negotiation. Mr. W. Beverley is superintend-
ing the execution of the scenery of the pantomime, which is
founded on one of the most popular of our nursery tales,
and is the joint production of Mr. J. V. Bridgman and Mr.
Sutherland Edwards. Mr. W. H. Payne will personate
the chief character in the opening, and the humour and
agility of the " renowned Flexmore" will illustrate the
comic scenes.

HONG KONG, Sept. 27.—Albert Smith has been
giving at the club his entertainment (Mont Blanc) ; the
audience was very numerous. He leaves for England by
to-morrow's mail.