The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-22 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, June 21.
The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Princes
Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Prin•
cess Beatrice, attended divine service this morning
in the Private Chapel.

The marriage of the Princess Louisa of Sweden
to the heir to the throne of Denmark is decided.
The dowry of the Princess will amount to 35,0000
francs.

MI?. BENEDICT'S CONCERT.

The great concert of the season, that given an-
nually by Mr. Benedict now for three and OW
years, took place on Saturday afternoon at St'
James's Hall, on which occasion au audience of tile
most distinguished character assembled. The doors
of the great hall were opened at 1 o'clock, and from
that hour until the commencement of the musical
banquet the arrival of the company occasioned the
greatest curiosity at both the entrances of the spacious
building. The toilette of the ladies was elegant in
the extreme, and the appearance of the interior o',
the hall at the opening of the, concert, filled as it
was by the aristocracy of the land, was highly
attractive. The programme was a perfect musi-
cal curiosity, as it embraced the names of all the
most distinguished artists known to fame. With-
out attempting to enumerate the brilliant corps, We
may mention that Mdlle. Christine Nilsson, Madge!
Titiens, Mdlle. Kellogg, Mdlle. Adelina Patti,
Madame Trebelli-Bettini, Signor Mario, and gr'
Santley headed the gigantic list of vocalists. No less
than twenty-five pieces composed the first part of
the concert, whilst the second amounted to the
extraordinary number of twenty-nine, making le
all fifty-four pieces—a number hitherto unprece-
dented even at the concerts of the great maestro.
Remarkable as each of the preceding ones have
invariably been, it would be an impossibility to
notice separately each of the musical gems that
made up this extraordinary concert ; therefore We
must content ourselves with merely particularising
those which produced more than ordinary pleasure'
Passing over the opening part-song, excellent,,
though it was, the quintetts from " Cosi fan tutte,
the andante from the Kreutzer Sonata for piano
and M. Sainton's violin, we come to Miss Edith
Wynne's contribution to the great musical melange
it was Benedict's lovely ballad, " Rock me to sleep,
which she sang in the most charming manner.
Piatti then followed with a brilliant violoncello
fantasia, executed with the most remarkable taste,
and this was succeeded by Madame Enequist sing'
ing Ganz's song, " The nightingale's trill," accom-
panied by the composer. Madame Carola greatlyi
distinguished herself by her singing the air, " I Wil`
extol thee," from Costa's Eli, and Aladile;
Kellogg sang one of the most bewitching ballads It
has ever been our good fortune to hear, entitled
" Beware, she is fooling thee," accompanied by hersell,
on the pianoforte. A request had been made to re'
frain from encores, but the audience were so en:
raptured that all appeal was vain, and silence could
not be restored until the accomplished artiste re-
peated the ballad, which she did in the most genial
and pleasing manner. Madame Goddard and Nl'
Cowen having performed a brilliant fantasia, ar'
ranged by Benedict, from " Der Freyschutz,"
Christine Nilsson appeared and sung a portion of
o
M. Ambroise Thomas's grand opera " Hamlet," tli
madness of Ophelia, and a more remarkable display
of vocalization has certainly never taken Ed -'°'
within our recollection. The fair Swede threfl
such an amount of pathos into the scene
coupled with such a faultless execution of the score,
that it fairly enraptured the entire audience, and s'
perfect hurricane of applause followed its terminy
tion. Madlle. Patti next appeared, and swigcharming new song of Benedict's, entitled "
The
Rose of Erin," with such exquisite taste that the
rule was again broken through, and she had to re-
peat it to the delighted audience. Ma Die'
Nilsson then sang one of Auber's brilliant French
chansons splendidly, but the vast assemblage
refused to part with her until she had sung then',
one of her native melodies—a revest she compile'
with in the most charming manner, and which ell"
cited the most enthusiastic applause. Mr. Benedict'
who had accompanied the ;accomplished lady, now
advanced to lead her from the platform, when she
took his hand in such a frank and friendly manner
that the audience perceived the gratifying re cognf
i;
tion, and joined their congratulations with those
Madlle. Nilsson, and thus a performance not in the
programme became one of the most pleasing event!
of the concert. The first part was brought to
brilliant conclusion by the singing of a spirit-stirring
national song by Mr. Santley, and the duo fro
"Le Nozze di Figaro," " Sull' aria," by Aldine;
Fidel:is and Mdlle. Adelina Patti. In the second
part Mdlle. Patti sang Eckert's Echo song with
wonderful.execution. She positively surpassed ale
her former efforts, and secured a triumph of 00
ordinary description. Mr. Santley sang a
bacchanalian song, "When my thirsty soul I steep' r
to the immense delight of the audience ; and Sigll,9a
Gardoni gave Blumenthal's romance, "Le choni
du Paradis," with the most refined taste ;
Trebelli Bettini following with another by D gate;
entitled " Cotnme lt vingt ans," which she sang in 1•1,1
own irreproachable manner. Herr Leopold Auer an;
11r. Lindsay Sloper next performed Ernst's " .Alto
Hongrois," for violin and pianoforte, each artiste
vieing with the other to show the capabilities.;
their respective instruments. It was a most delights
ful competition, as the effect of the wonderful teas
produced by Auer had not passed away ere it Wt.,
recalled by the magnificent execution displayed
ca'
the great and accomplished pianist. The last 't°
piece we have space to notice was Schubert's diir
"Dis to moi," by Mdme. Trebelli-Bettini and Sign°
r,
Bettini, and great as had been all the other Pct,
formances this duet was equal to r 313;
with the most successful. Just previous a
the close of the concert M. Benedict e3nl
to the pianoforte and performed the oral
solo of the concert, an arrangement of his 0
of Dr. Arne's lovely, air, " Where the bee sal;
in the most brilliant manner. The fingering was ts,
markable, and the entire execution of the P.lere
..0,
showed his marvellous command over the inst%
meat. It is almost needless to say that the ,
plause was enthusiastic, and a more fitting ter1:01 t
nation to this very remarkable concert could
have been desired.
The entire arrangements for the comfort of the
visitors were again entrusted to the untiring, 1,10 4
übiquitous, Mr. Nimmo. Everything that curt
to the thorough enjoyment of the cone to
was done ; and so successful were the effor
Ai,
of the very clever manager that :the immense 370 a
once were seated with the greatest politeness t
tb°
attention ; each :one :in the proper place, an gr.
without the slightest confusion or interruption.
ea,
Nimmo may rest perfectly satisfied that his en 'o,
yours to secure the comfort of the vast assent
he'
0
were appreciated as highly as they deserved
and also that he may add the concert for 18"
his long list of successes.

Prussiahas sent to Copenhagen 6,000,000 thsll°oi:
first instalment of her share of tho Schleswig-I

stein debt.

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BATTLE BETWEEN A WOMAN AND A - „,„
German woman named Jansen, living near AVl'' at'
Bay, Wis., had a battle with a lynx a few days sit`cen'
succeeded in disabling it. Hearing a disturbance "
dig
the fowls in her chicken-coop she went. to it, o', poo
covered what she supposed to be a dog, inteu
securing some of them. She walked boldly in '°a
manded the brute to "go home." It did not sec° ilieJ
posed to obey, but at once showed its teeth, cleterill-i-
-to fight it out on that line, and Mrs. Janson Viic it
made a bold charge on the enemy's front. 'She stiliinD
crolia
several times, and finally, by a well-directed ble,v7. t At'
the creature's back. This conquered its l and it'
tempted to escape, dragging it 3 hind-quarters 0,°3fl- ela
Mrs. Jansen pursued, and her husband, coming on t°i rd.
of action, procured his gun and shot it. The beast te°l-feet
four and a half feet long, and, stood three and a 114.
high.