The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took
heir usual walk this morning, in the neighbourhood of the
Castle.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was taken a car-
riage airing, attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken to-day
for her usual walking exercise.
The Earl of Liverpool and Sir Henry Wheatley have arrived
at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of :Kent, and Lady Fauny
Howard and Lord W. Russell, will join the royal dinner circle
at the Castle this evening.
To-morrow (Tuesday) her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert will, it is expected, leave the Castle for Clare-
mont. The royal party will take their departure in the after-
noon, after lunch.

The Revenue Inquiry Commission sat yesterday at Gwydyr
House, Whitehall. Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. A. Pringle,
M.P., and Mr. H. Bingham Baring, M.P., attended.
The Duke of Wellington arrived at Apsley House yesterday
evening, from his seat, Strathfieldsaye, Hants.
The Right Hon. Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, Judge of the Pre.
rogative Court, and Mr. 'Justice Wightman, visited Sir James
Graham yesterday, at the Home-office.
Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister, transacted business yes-
terday at the Foreign-office.
The Lord Chancellor arrived at his residence in George•
street, Hanover-square, yesterday evening, from his seat,
Turville Park, Henley-on-Thames.
Lieut.-General Sir Peregrine Maitland, K. C.B. , Governor
and Commander-in-Chief of the Cape of Good Hope, left town
yesterday for Portsmouth, to embark for the Cape of Good
Hope.
'Viscount Lowther, Postmaster-General, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official
residence iti Do.vning•street.

Sir Edward Knatchbull arrived in town yesterday, from his
seat in Kent. The Right Hon. Baronet attended at the Pay-
office, Whitehall, in the afternoon.

Sir Henry Hardinge arrived in town yeaterday, from South
Park, Kent.

Sir J. Graham had an interview with Sir R. Peel, yesterday.
The Countess of Euston arrived at her residence, in Gros-
venor-place, yesterday, from Euston Hall.

THE THEATRES
STRAND.

A new operetta, entitled The Bunter's Bride; or, the
Rose of Altenheim, was produced at this theatre last
evening with the most complete success. The plot
is very simple. A rich old German innkeeper has
agreed, for a consideration—to wit, a calf—to contract
his daughter to the son of the burgomaster. The
young lady herself prefers Heinrich the Hunter, and
Master Maximilian Blokk, gloriously acted by Ham-
mond, the young block, the chip of the old Blokk,
devises a notable scheme for frightening the young
lady into acquiescence by personating the Black
Huntsman, and threatening her with all sorts of
misfortunes if she does not consent to be-
come Blokk, as per contract. Her scheme
however, is overheard, and the tables are completely
turned upon him, for Heinrich meets him as
a brother spirit, cajoles him into the belief that he
can actually become what he seems by renouncing
his earthly loves and relittions, and, having blindfolded
Max, and bade him fly through the air to the
Brocken, assembles the villagers, and, in their
presence, makes him renounce all his earthly con-
tracts, more particularly that with the Rose of
Altenheim, who thereupon becomes the Hunter's
Bride, poor Max being doomed to remain a single
Blokk, amidst the laughter of the villagers. Ham-
mond appears but in two scenes, but in those he was
glorious. In the first he makes love in the most
laughably stolid way imaginable, not to the lady her-
self, but to her father, because she, being an infant,
can only answer legally through him ; and in the
last scene as the Black Huntsman, with his
black beard and huge wings, now singing to get rid
of the terrific silence, now frightened at what he
imagines to be the echoes of his own voice—then
meeting with a brother spirit, and then flapping his
wings, as in imagination he is sailing in a magic car
to the Brocken, he kept the audience in a constant
roar. In the hands of any actor less experienced or
less talented than Hammond, such a scene would not
have been unattended with danger ; but he made
every point tell, and brought out the whole in the
richest lights and shades of unctuous and grotesque
humour. This scene alone is sufficient to stamp him
as a most acccomplished artist. The music,
which is by Mr. Clement White, who acted
the part of Heinrich the Hunter, is exceedingly
tasteful and characteristic. Mr. White's voice is
sweet and melodious, and is heard to great advantage
in this house. He was encored, and deservedly so, in
his song, "I have thought of thee," the melody of
which is exceedingly beautiful. He also sung the
song, "My Mountain Land," with great spirit. The
cornet-a-piston accompaniment to his latter song was
exquisitely given. We congratulate Mr. White on
his success both as a composer and a singer, and hope
soon to meet him again. After the opera the Ame-
rican Palmer, the Kentucky Banjo Player, made his
first appearance. Of all the negro melodists who have
hitherto appeared Palmer is decidedly the best—
his voice is clear and musical, his melodies
very sweet, and his action graceful, yet most gro-
tesque. He was applauded to the echo, and encored
doubly and trebly, until at length he was obliged to
quit the stage from exhaustion. The opera was pre-
ceded by Adele, in which the admirable acting of
George Bennett as the roué brother, told with most
thrilling effect ; we have seldom seen a finer plece of
acting than his dying scene. Hammond and Mrs.
Montgomery, as Doadou and Zoe were excellent,
and the school scene was as richly humourous as
ever, and elicited roars of laughter. 'The evening's
entertainments concluded with Love Laughs at Lock-
smiths. The house was crowded in every part.