The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-31 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen arid Prince Al-
bert walked for some time this forenoon previous to
his Royal Highness going to shoot in the royal pre-
serves, attended by Lord Charles Wellesley, Mr.
Anson, and Sir Edward Bowater. The royal party
returned early in the afternoon to the Castle.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken
on the Castle Terrace and in the pleasure-grounds
this morning.
Sir Henry Wheatley arrived at the Castle to-day,
on a visit to her Majesty.

Mr. Baring, M.P. for Marlborough, had an inter-
view with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the
Board of Trade, on the subject of a memorial from
the town of Marlborough in favour of the railway to
Basingstoke, projected by the London and South-
Western Railway Company.
Dispatches from Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor-
General of Canada, and also from the Governors of
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, were received yes-
terday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also
received from the Governor of the Mauritius.

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PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

L' Italiana in Algieri, one of the most delightful of
Rossini's buffa operas, was produced at this theatre
last evening, in an English dress, under the title of
The Italian in Algiers, with all that minute attention
to the mise en scene for which this management has
ever been so remarkable, and which, by the com-
pleteness which it gives to a dramatic production as
a whole, contributes so essentially to its success. The
following was the cast :—Mustapha (Dey of Algiers)
Mr. P. Corri ; Lindor (a young Italian), Mr. Allen ;
Taddeo (an Italian, and guardian to Isabella), Mr.
Leffler ; Hely, Mr. Mattacks ; Isabella (in love with
Lindor), Madlle. H. Condell; Elvira (wife to the Dey),
Miss Grant; Zulma (her attendant), Miss Bretanall.
Of the Lindor of Mr. Allen it is impossible to speak
in terms of too high praise. The delicious aria which
he sings immediately that he comes upon the stage
was given with exquisite delicacy of expression.
There was a thrilling pathos in his tone that re-
minded us not unfrequently of Rubini, and Mr.
Allen did not suffer by the reminisciences thus ex-
cited. There is no other English tenor singer who
could have given this exquisite morceau so delight-
fully. Throughout the opera he was equally good.
It was evident that he felt, appreciated, and under-S.
stood the beautiful music of Rossini, and that it was to
him a labour of love to do full justice to it. Mr. P.
Corri, as the Dey, has taken a giant's stride in
his professional career. He is not only an ad-
mirable buffo,. but a very good musician. The
far-famed " Papatari " received full justice at his
hands, and kept the audience in a roar of laughter.
He was well supported by Leffler, who was in excel-
lent voice, and, as Taddeo, was most humorous and
laughter-moving. The part of Isabella was well
sustained by Miss Helen Condell, while Miss Grant,
whom we are glad to see once more on the boards of
this theatre, made an excellent Elvira. Her opening
scene in the second act was most effective. It was
loudly applauded, and narrowly escaped an encore.
Great praise is due to Mr. W. L. Phillips, the chorus
master of this establishment, for the excellent drilling
which he gives his chorus singers, who not only sing
but act, thus adding greatly to the vraisemblance of
the scene. The principal artistes were honoured with
the usual ovation at the fall of the curtain, and it is
needless to add that the opera was completely suc-
cessful.

SPORTING I 1 TELLIGENcE.

TATTERSALI.'S-YESTERDAY.

In the course of a very dull afternoon the only bets
worth recording were :-1,100 to 100 and 300 to 25 agst
Alarm ; 800 to 50 agst Idas ; 500 to 25 and 1,000 to 55
agst Pam ; 1,900 to 100 agst Cobweb colt ; 650 to 25
agst Newsmonger ; 800 to 20 agst Fitzallen ; 1,200 to
20 agst Collier ; 1,000 to 200 agst Alarm, Idas, and
Pam ; and 1,000 to 200 agst Alarm, Pam, and Kedger.
The prices returned are made up to the closing of the
room

CHESTER CUP.

35 to 1 agst Winesour—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen—taken
50 too agst Valerian—taken
50 to 1 agst Foig-a-ballagh—taken
50 to 1 agst The Bashaw—taken
50 to 1 agst Maccabeus (the Gladiator colt)—taken.
The nominations, which close to-morrow, are expected
to exceed 100.

DERBY.
12 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm—taken
16 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—taken
18 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bedger
18 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt
18 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam
25 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer
26 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger
30 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt
33 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit
33 to 1 sgst Mr. St. Paul's colt out of Calypso's dam
35 to 1 agst Mr. Stanley's Minikin colt
35 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa
35 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o'Cockpen
—take 40 to 1
50 to 1 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy—taken
60 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Collier—taken
1000 to 200 agst Alarm, Idas, and Pam—taken.

OAKS.
7 to 2 agst Kent's lot—taken
8 to 1 agst Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch—t
12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Refraction—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Heather Bell—taken.

RACES TO COME IN 1845.

The following dates of ra,
appointed, er are so establish(
probable that they will be alb
March 12. Coventry.
19. Warwick.

;es in 1845 are either specially
d by custom as to make it itn •
Ted:—

July 8. Newmarket July
Meeting.
16. Liverpool ditto.
23. Newton.
30. Goodwood.
August 6. Horwich.
6. Brighton.
11. Wolverhampton.
28. Tiverton.
Sept. 2. Warwick.
10. Leicester.
16. Doncaster.
30. Newmarket First

25. Northampton.
26. Catterick Bridge.
April 14. Newmarket Craven.
22. Bath.
28. Newmarket First
Spring Meeting.
May 6. Chester.
13. Newmarket Second
Spring Meeting.
13. Manchester.
20. Gorhambury.
27. Epsom.
June 10. Ascot.
18. Hampton.
23. Newcastle-on-Tyne.
25 Bibury Club.
26. Stourbridge.

October Meeting.
Oct. 13. Newmarket. second
October Meeting.
27. Newmarket Hough-
ton Meeting.

THE LATE FORGERIES BY A CLERGYMAN IN PERTH-
SHIRE.— Although the mesvesger dispatched after the
Rev. Mr. l'ulloch, to Liverpool, by the Procurator Fiscal,
r( turned slier a short chase of the packet ship down the
Channel, we understand the local banks hive conjunctly
sent off an officer, with proper authority and instructions,
by the la,:t steamer to New York ; and as the passengers
at this season are often protracts d by the packets, there
is some probability of success. It is reported that the
Rev. Gentleman's destination was Texas, and as no treaty
exists betwixt Great Britain and that country for the
giving up of delinquents, the only chance of his being
apprehended depends upon the steamer reaching New
York ere he leaves that State.—Perth Paper.
THE FOG IN PARIS.—The Presse states, that an in-
tense fog covered Paris on Thursday morning. It was
dispelled at the moment the King quitted the Chamber
of Deputies and returned to the Tuileries, but it became
so heavy from two to six o'clock that the authorities
were obliged to forbid carriages to cross any of the
bridges. It was difficult, and indeed impossible, to drive
a carriage through the thick fog which covered Paris at
that time. Towards five o'cloc the Place de Carousel
presented a singular spectacle. Persons who wished to
cross the place found themselves in an opposite direction
from that they wished to attain. Coachmen who had
lost their way were heard to demand assistance, and for
fear of accidents they remained stationary. Immediately
a number of boys, furnished with flambeaux, made their
appearance, and for a trifling gratuity extricated the pas-
sengers from their difficulties. At the same hour more
than 100 carriages were collected near the Pont Neuf,
where they were obliged to remain, the coachmen from
their seats not being able to discern the heads of their
horses. On the Boulevards the fog was scarcely per-
ceptible.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident took
place on Tuesday morning last, on the property of Kin-
corth, parish of Nigg, belonging to John Yeats, Esq ,
advocate. William M6Donald, the beadle of the church
of Nigg, who had contracted for blasting the stones ne-
cessary to the trenching and improving of that property,
was engaged in his work, wnen, from condensed air
is the part bored, or a spark of fire from concussion
igniting the powder, an explosion took place, whereby
the crowbar with which he was priming the blast
was driven into his cheek, and passed through the
back part of his head, scattering the brains, and killing
him on the spot. A deep gloom was cast over the whole
parish the moment the accident was made known, for
he was universally respected for the excellency of his
character, and many was the tear of sympathy shed for
his orphan family. Never has a death taken place in
the parish, where all, without exception, so mourned the
less of one in the prime of life, and so endeared by the
kindness of his manners—the strict morality of his con-
duct-eand the singular integrity which marked his every
dealing. What heielv ens the melancholy of the tragical
occurrence is the fact that he was a widower, and has
left eight orphan children to bewail his sudden and un-
timely encl.—Aberdeen Herald.