The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR., WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
alked in the Little Park and Slopes this morning, and in the
efrernoon drove out in a pony carriage, accompanied by the
Duchess of Kent and Count Mensdorf, to Virginia Waters, at-
tended by the Duchess of Buecleuch, the Countess of Dun-
more, and the Duke of Buccleueh, and the rest of the Royal
suite on horseback.

Their Excellencies the Count and Countess de St. Aulaire,
the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Marquis of Normanby, Lord
and Lady Wharncliffe, Lord and Lady Portman, and Sir
Henry Wheatley have taken their departure to-day.
Their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe
Meinengen, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duke of
Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, and Lady E.
Leveson Gower, Earl of Dunmore, Lord George Lennox, Lord
and Lady Stanley, Marquis of Worcester, and Madame de
Kaas, have arrived today at the Castle, and will join the royal
circle at dinner, which will be served this evening in the
Waterloo Gallery. Covers are laid for seventy.
The Royal dinner party this evening is also expected to
include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lord Grim-
ston, Lady and the Hon. I%liss Montagu, Ladies F. and
Georgiana Kerr, and Lord Mark and Lord Frederick Kerr,
the Earl of Erroll, Right Hon. George and Lady Agnes Byng,
Lord Paget, Lord George Paget, Mr. and Lady C. Duncan,
Mr. and the Hen. Mrs. Hope, Hon. Lavinia Lyttelton, Mr.
and Miss Pierrepoint, Hon. James Howard, and Sir George
Cooper, Bart.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert and their illustrious visitors
visited St. George's Chapel this morning, before noon, to view
the edifice and hear the organ, at which Dr. G. J. Elvey
presided.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough-house.
Their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe
Meiningen, and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen and
suite, left Marlborough House at four o'clock yesterday after-
noon, in two carriages and four, on a visit to her Majesty at
Windsor Cattle.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge,
attended by Lady Augusta Somerset and Major Stephens,
honoured the performance of the French Plays on Tuesday
evening with their presence.
The Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge left
town yesterday evening for their residence at Kew. Their
Royal Highnesses returned to Cambridge House in the evening.
The Duke of Cambridge visited the Ductless of Gloucester
yesterday, at Gloucester House.
The Lord President and Lady Wharneliffe arrived in town
yesterday from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle.
Sir John Owen had an interview with Lord Stanley yester-
day at the Colonial-office.
Lord and Lady Stanley left town yesterday afternoon on a
visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
A Deputation upon the subject of the Great Level of the
Wash, consisting of the Earl of Orford, the Hon. George Fits-
william, M.P., the Hon. Eliot Yorke, M.P., Mr. W. L. W.
Chute, M.P., Colonel Rushbrooke, M.P., Mr. R. J. Eaton,
M.P., the Rev. W. Gale Townley, Mr. Richard Greases
Townley. Mr. George Prym,:,, Mr. William Newton, Mr.
Joseph Wilson, Sir Job;
had an interview w ' Rennie, and Mr. Frederick Lane,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester-
day
at his °ffic;.:.;t residence in Downing-street.

GERMAN OPERA.
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

Herr Breiting, the new German tenor singer, made first

appearance on this stage last evening, in Aleierbeer's Opera of
Robert the Devil, Herr Breiting of course taking the part of
Hobert. Herr Welting possesses a very powerful senor voice,
almost approaching in quality to a barytone, scarcely so rich
and mellow as Braham's, but of equal power. The quality of
his voice and his style of sing.ng, reminded us strongly of Don-
zelli. His falsetto is of exquisite sweetness, and like all tenors
who have a sweet falsetto, he is exceedingly ford of intro-
ducing falsetto notes, sometimes, as it struck us unnecessarily.
He is an excellent musician, and has cultivated his voice to
the utmost of its capabilities. Our readers may judge of the
immense power and strength of his voice from the fact
that throughout the opera, perhaps the most trying for the
principal te.nor.that4ver was composed, Herr Breiting never
Opeollagged.- His finale was given with all the power of voice
and mellowness of tone of his opening scene, and throughout the

opera he did full justice to every piece that was a signed him ;
there was no saving up of power, no slovening over of one part
in order to reserve strength for a particular scena. It nas
throughout an equal and a powerful performance. He was
loudly applauded, and in the celebrated dicing scene, at the
conclusion of the first act, his solo was rapturously en-
cored. We hail the arrival of Herr Breiting as hay.

in; put an end to the dynasty of feeble tenors which
has hitherto held the sway at this theatre. In person
Herr Breiting is hardly fitted for a hero, and his action
is rather awkward, and occasionally outre. Those who re-
member what Braham was twenty years age, cannot but be
struck with the resemblance, figure, and histrionic powers,
which Breiting bears to him. Ile was called for at the con-
eiusion of the performance, and received with all the
honours. Staudigl was tha Bertram, and acted the part as he
only could do. We know not whether to admire Staudigl
most as a singer or as an actor. Madame Stoeckel Heinefetter
did full justice to the exqti,ite music of the part of Alice, and
Madame Schodel had a full opportunity for exhibiting the
great compass of her voice in the part of the Princess, of
which she knew well how to avail herself. Both the ladies were
rapturously applauded. The part of Raimund is a small part,
but it was made of importance by the beautiful ringing of Herr
Abresch. His duet with Staudigl, at the opening of the
second act was one of the gems of the opera. The voices har.
monised beautifully. it is a work of supererogation to speak
in praise of the German choruses, or band. We cannot close
this notice without bestowing our meed of approbation upon
the Ballet. Miss Bailin, as Helena, was most fascinating. The
house was exceedingly well filled. The pit was a bumper, from
the commencement.

TILE Moors.—As the shooting season approaches,
inquiries from sportsmen in the south, who wish to take moors,
are as numerous as in former years ; and Inverness bids fair to
keep up its title of the sportsman's toll-bar for the Northern
Highlands. From the continued rains in the end of last
season, the grouse became as wild as hawks, so that plenty
of birds must have been left for breeding; and, up to
the present period, this season has been highly propitious.
Over all the moors, except the very highest, this week
will be what is called the great hatch—the most critical
time for the tiny cheepers—and, if lain falls heavily, the
poor draggled birds are unable to crawl through the
heather, where they perish. Hence the difference in the
numbers which compose the broods. In fine dry summers,
coveys will average four or five brace, while, in wet scam ns,
rarely more than half that number ever take wing. The
prospects of the season fur anglers are certainly of the roost
cheering complexion Our spring salmon fishings have he.n
unusually good. The rivers are now teeming with fry, descend-
ing to the sea, and when the grisle season commences, every
pool will be searched by lovers of the genie craft. The merry
month of June invites numerous piscatorial parties, where,
in among the mountains," from loth to loch, they pursue
the finny tribes, and enjoy, in detail, the beauties of the
Highland landscape. The following are some of the shoot-
ing quarters which ace already let :—lnvereshie, to W,
Evans, Esq., of Allestree ; Corrybrough, to H. F. Whish,
Esq. ; Braham Castle,. tsohaGwe,ort,,gesq.S,teocik
.I::vko'rehtlilnn'stiEntag:l;inag, Esq.
; Knoydar
m; and Inveree, to R. F
Glen-
doe, to W. B. W'ainman, Esq. ; Canon House and slaitotings,
to J. M. Itoulderson, Esq. ; Logic, to
Inverness Courier.
ROYAL MAIIINES.—"GARRISON ORDER, JUNE :3,
iS44.—Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield has the gratify_
ing task of reporting to Colonel Parke, and the officers of the
Royal Marines, his unqualified auprobation of everything eon•
nected with their service brought under his notice at the in-
spection 3 esterday. His Lordship begs Colonel Parke and
the officers will accept his best thanks for their attention
throughout the day." An officer from the Royal Marine
Artillery attended the inspection, and selected several men for
duty in that branch of the service, and on no occasion had
he less difficulty in making his choice from such a number of
fine men, as a body, composing the corps.