The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

.
Her Majesty and Prince Alhert; and their Msleaties
the King and Queen of the Belgians,left..Bnekinghani
Palace in a carriage and four, .at a quarter beltore one
o'clock, on Saturday
.afternoon; for Claren3oni....
Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting on the7Queetti
the Baroness d'Hoogvorst, Lady in Woitiirkg !,111 - •
Queen of the Belgians ; . Colonel Buckley,. gq4erry is
Waiting to her Majesty ; and Colonel Beaverie, gqppErx
in Waiting to Prince AlLert, _followed rolt4
carriage.• The illastrioui party parton' 1c.,44.f, a 4e/eote
Claremont.

The Queen and_Prince Albert, and her :111fkiesty:41tk
Queen of the. Belgians, attencled.by the Marphiones,s ut
Douro, Barone :9 d'Hoogvorst, Colonel Buekley;,,ancl
Colonel Bouverie, returned to Buckingham ['glace at
half past six o'clock.

The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace nn
Saturday evening included the Earl and Counts bela
warr and Archdeacon Wilberforce.

The Royal Family were taken airings in the Royal
Gardens of Buckingham Palace on:Saturday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Ladies and. Gen-
tlemen or the Royal suite and the Household, Attemiel
Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal,
Buckingham Palace. The sermon was preu4llept by_
Archdeacon Wilberforce. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leh-,
Courtenay assisted at the service.

His Rowyal Highness Prince Albert presided on Friday
afternoon at a meeting, at Gwydyr House, of the Cou,
missioners for promoting and encouraging the Fine Ai ts
in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. The Com-
missioners present were Viscount Palmerston, LirdCol-
borne, Mr. Gaily Knight, Mr. Hallam, and Mr. Wyse.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended Divine
service, yet•terd'iy morning, in the Chapel iloyelv
James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley preached the sermon,
from Psalms xciii., verse 5. Prayers were-read hx,the
Rev. Dr. Knapp, end the lessons by the Rev. rtr. Weauj..
The musical service was King's in B. The. anthem,.
" God is our hope," (Greene), was sung by Messrs. J.
B. Sale, Horncastle, and Hawkins. Sir George .Smart
presided at the organ.
Her Majesty was attended by Viscountess • Barring-
ton, Hon. Miss Boyle, and Earl Howe.
Among the nobility present, were the Marquise's of
Normanby, Northampton, Bundy, and Salisbury ; Lords
Bandon, Candor, 'Wilton, Tyrconnell, Eliot, Palmerston,
Northland, Alford, and Vivian ; Ladies, Wilton, .and
Palmerston.

The Duke cf Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench
attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St.
James's, yesterday forenoon. The Rev. Dr. Wesley
officiated and preached the sermon.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing in a
carriage on Saturday.

His—Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge returned
to his residence at Kew on Saturday.
A deputation consisting of Mr. H. Gaily Kn'ght,
M.P., Dr. Southwood Smith, Mr. Toynbee, .Mr. J. A.
Yates, Mr. H. Biers (President of the Carpenters'„ So-
ciety), Mr. G. Godwin, Mr.• W. Laxton, Mr. J. Lindley,
Mr. W. C. Hickson, and Mr. C. Fowler, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, zt
his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Wickhalii,
Chairman of the Stamps.and Taxes, was also pres.eut
the interview.

Archdeacon Brathwaite had an interview with L.lrd
Stanley on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Mr, M.. H.
Marsh had also au interview with his Lordship an R.
Saturday. •
The Commissioners of Metropolitan Inaproye-m.tots
had a meeting on Wednesday at the office in Whitehall-
place. Among the Commissioners present were--the
Earl of Lincoln, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Colborne, Mr._
Alderman Humphery, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. H.•T.
Hope, Mr. A. Milne, Hon. Charles Gore, and Mr. Charlea-
• •
Barry.

MR. TEMPLETON'S MUSICAL.

EN TERTAINMENTS.

Mr. Templeton produced his new entertainment,
entitled " Lays of the last great Scottish Minstrel,
Sir Walter Scott," at the Hanover-square Rooms:, on
Friday evening last, vith most unqualified susses..
The libretto of this entertainment is excellent—it is
replete with interesting anecdotes of the " Anosto of
the North," which were admirably given by Tens-
pleton, whose enunciation is remarkably distinct, and.
who reads beautifully. The first song was " Jock
of Hazeldean," which was sung with great feeling,
and was much applauded. The beautiful lines from
the " Lay of the Last Minstrel"—" And said I that
my limbs were cold," were equisitely recited. They
were followed by the air, " In peace love tunes tho
Shepherd's reed,' which was given with great feeling
and rapturously encored; and then came the w ell-
known " Young Lochinvar," which was sung with
great spirit. " Where shall the Lover rest,' was
given with exquisite feeling and expression; and the
first part concluded with " The Last Words of Ikar-
mion. This splendid song, the composition of the
late Dr. Clarke, of Cambridge, was given with more than
the general effect of Templeton's execution. His taste-
ful transitions from the forte to the piano, on the con-
trary, as the sentiment required, were executed with
much taste and tact, in all the songs, but it was more
particularly marked, because more called for in tMs
glorious composition, in which admirable effect was
given to the contrasted expression of the fire of the
battle, and the physical feebleness of Marmion,
life ebbed from him. The gem of the evening, how-
ever, was the exquisite song from the " Lady of the
Lake," "The heath this night must be my bed,'
which was given with exquisite pathos and power.
and rapturously encored. Had it not been out As
regard to the physical powers of the vocalist, its re‘
petition would have been called for a second time; as
it was, there was a strong disposition manifested on
the part of the audience to insist on a double encore.
"'Tis merry, 'tis merry in fairy land," was very
cleverly sung. " There was a Mareehal of Franc,
was loudly encored. This, which bids fair to become
one of the most popular of Templeton's entertainments.
was given under the immediate patronage of h 6
Royal Highness Prince Albert and the members of
the " London Scott Committee," and between the first
and second part, Mr. Templeton sang ha honour of
his Royal patron, a loyal and patriotic ballad, com-
posed expressly for this occasion, entitled " Hail to
the Prince." The proceeds of the entertainment
were handed over by Mr. Templeton to the Scott
Monument Committee--a delicate and appropriate
method, on his part, of testifying his veneration for
the memory of Scotia's most gifted eon. The enter-
tainment was very fashionably attended.

THE CEOLOPHON ORGAN.
On Saturday we visited Mr. Blagrave's Neve CO/Jr.
cart-room, 71, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-equarer
for the purpose of hearing the Nottingham (Bolopkon
Organ. Mr. Myers, the inventor was in :attendance
to exhibit its construction. The sound •is produced
in the same manner as the seraphine, by passing a
stream of air over springs of metal, but by
proved patent process, the Invention of Mr. Myers,
the tongues of metal producing the sound, instead of
being attached to fixed metal supports by means a
screws, are cut out from the supporta thernsares, so
there is none of that unpleasant jarring sound which
is so often found in the seraphine. This
andm
fivean manual 1:l thc: tinll2 idrin pedalte
has two sets of keys,
p
double diapason, principal, soft
with separate pedal bass,
coupler. Mr. Purkiss performed sefe
tures and other pieces for the purp use
the powers of the instrument, ral popular over—
h eof exhibiting
furitssihzie(ino
wb.;,c
(not
exceeding that of a very small f•hamber organ) are'
enormous. The (Eolophon orgun is certainly.
f the
best substitute for the organ that has yet been .offered
to public notice. •

The precise reasons for the: recal of: Lord Elko-
borough by the Court of Directors. of the East Ip,nia..
Company were yesterday the subject of much discuselout
in political circles. Nothing offncial: has yet transpired
to satisfy the public curiosity ort this point, but we un-
derstand that the strong measure of the Court of Di-
rectors proceeds not so much .I.ova any objections to the
general policy of Lord Ellenhorough as from considera-
tions of minor importance. it Is said. that the hfariLlg
of his Excellency towards eite Court was not marked, in
their opinion, by sufficient deference to their high autho-
rity—that be did not, in fact, accommodate himself"
enough to their wishes and expectations in matters peT`'
taking 'rather of the character of dereil govern—
meta than of general direction.—Ohsereer. •
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—The pe.ssengers by the mail
train this morning report that on Taming the valuable milli'
of Mr. Wilkins, at Twerton, near Bath, the ,premises were
in flames, and there appeared. fay, probability of the progress
of the fire being arrested befor a causing the destruct:too .of
property to an immense extent: —Brisol Journal .of Saturday.
The anniversary of the birth of Shakspeare as
celebrated on Tuesday last, ,at Stratford-ost-Avon, •by the
annual dinner of the Shaksper can Club. The attendance was
not numerous, and it was stilt, has brfen diminishing iiTa-
dually for several years past,
FANNY KEMBLE BUTlant. "."Tkie following la .in the
N Expresseu' York .Press Wedre,?sdav Well anthevai-
cated rumour has it that a -former koniameut of the English
and American stage, whose,
superi.or histrionic abildieS Made
her in all our cities the croostire a f the fashionable a? ti'elt
as the literarv•werld, for a time, 1 .1 lately separated iier;elt
from her husbdtid, an awaits - ion, ial, y • the -tetvni a nation yf a
pending arrangement as to the a Ast; ,dy of their chibirw, to
part from him and the country wain ly."