The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-26 00:00:00

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o,borne-hou.c, hie of tA.ight. Iler Maj,tty and her
Royal Consort, accompaniod by the Prince of \Vales and
the Princess Royal, occupied the first carriage. The
Princoss Alice, and Lady Portman, Lady in Waiting,
were in the next carriage and four. Lord Charles Wel-
lesley, Colonel Bowles, and Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde,
in the third carriage and four.

Her ;Majesty was escorted by a party of Ole 2d Regi-
ment of Life Guards, uT,der the c•,mm,And of
Honourabk Mande,.

r'he royal pary were atead.,4l to their earria'z!.s by
the Dowazer Lady Letta on, Lady Cs.rolirw Cocks,
Hon. Miss Deverk.ux, Vi,count Hawarden, Capt lin the
Hon. A. buncombe, Sir Henry Wheatley, and the Hon.
and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay.
The royal party pr Teetled from tilt-, Castle to the Farn-
borough station of the South-Western Railway, en route
to Osborne House.

His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, with the Dowager
Lady Lptelton, remain at the Castle. Th•, Ifon. Capt.
buncombe, Groom in Waiting. also remains.
Lady Caroline Cocks, the lion. Miss Devereux, Sir
Henry Wheatley, Mr. G. E. Anson (for town), and
Viscount Hawarden, took their departure from the
Castle to-day.

A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock
yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Minis-
ters present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Welling-
ton, Lord Wharnclitie, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord
Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Ripon,
Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of LineAn, and the
Right Hon. Sidney Herbert.
The Council sat four hours.

The Earl of Haddington has arrived in town.
Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-general to
the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing.
street. The Earl of St. Germans had also an interview
with the Right Hon. Gentleman yesterday.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
FRENCH PLAYS.

A pleasant one act drollery, it might almost be called
a monopologue, was produced here on Monday evening,
under the title of Le Serment de College, of which Lafont
is the hero. Le Serment de College is an oath taken by
two German collegians to share their fortunes together
for the future, but, on leaving the college, the youths
are, of course, separated by the world. One of them
(M. Lafont) turns out a thorough mauvais sujet, and,
after various disgraces, turns strolling player, and
strolls over the world, meeting with various
piquant adventures in the course of his wanderings.
Having returned from Batavia to Germany sans six sous
main aussi sans souci, he offers his services to a German
Prince to manage the Court Theatre. Judge of his sur-
prise on recognising in the Prime Minister of that Prince
his old college friend—the man of the oath. To the utter
dismay of the Premier, who is the very beau ideal of a
Premier, as far as decency and decorum are concerned,
our scape-grace demands the fulfilment of the oath, and
requires a share in the premiership, or, at all events, a
seat in the Cabinet. Now the German Premier does not
exactly say " that there are three courses open to him,"
although it is evident that there are, and that he may
either banish him from the dominions of the Prince by
force, or endeavour to induce him to leave by a bribe,
o-, lastly, give him what he desires, a seat in the Cabinet.
Tne Premier would fain take time to deliberate, but the
man of action gives him no time. It is of importance to
the interests of the Premier's Sovereign to obtain a
treaty from Baden. This the Baden ambassador refuses
to sign. The actor-diplomatist recognises in the wife
of the Baden Minister an old playfellow—has an
interview with her, and it is only when she puts the
treaty signed by her husband into his hands that this
prince of managers and manager of princes consents to
remember to forget her. There can be no objection to
take so skilful a diplomatist into the Ministry, and ac-
eordingly he is hailed by his college friend as " his
right honourable colleague." The acting of Lafont was
admirable. Nothing could exceed the perfect gentle-
manly ease of his impudence and the coolness of his as-
surance. Le Semen, was preceded by Catherine au la
Croix d' Or, in which Lafont appeared in hi:, old character
of the sergeant, a fine piece of rough and truthful acting.
He v. as most efficiently supported by the pretty Made-
moiselle St. Marc, who as Catherine was most interest-
ing. The house was well and fashionably attended.