The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-03 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the planta-
tions of Osborne House on Monday afternoon.
Their Ro3 al Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken a
carriage airing on Monday afternoon.
Colonel Buckley arrived at Osborne House on Mon-
day, and has succeeded Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk
Marshal), in the claim of Equerry in Waiting to the
Queen. Major• General Sir Edward Bowater also
arrived at Osborne House on Monday, and has suc-
ceeded Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde in the duties of
Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert.

Lord Charles Wellesley and Lieut.-Colonel Wykle
left Osborne House on Monday afternoon, and were
conveyed in the Fairy yacht to Southampton.
Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Con-
sort took their usual early walk in the pleasure groands
of Osborne House.

The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
Princess Alice were taken their usual exercise on the sea
beach yesterday morning.

WINDSOR; TUESDAY.—His Royal Highness Prince
Alfred was taken a carriage airing yesterday afternoon,
accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
Her Royal Highness' the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Baroness de Speth, left her residence, Frogmore
House, about eight o'clock this morning, to proceed by
the Great Western Railway to town, en route to Witley
Court, Worcestershire, on a visit to her Majesty the
Queen Dowager.

Prince Alfred was taken out on his poney this
morning.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duches3 of Kent, and the
Duke of Cambridge left the Euston. square terminus of the
London and Birmingham Railway yesterday morning
for the Droitwich station of the Birmingham and Glou-
cester Railway, en route to Witley Court, Worcestershire,
on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The
Royal Duchess was attended by Baroness de Speth and
Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., and the Duke of
Cambridge was attended by Baron Knesebeck.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at
three o'clock, at the Foreign-office. The Duke of Buc-
cleuch arrived in the forenoon in town from the north, to
attend the meeting.

The Ministers present were Sir Robert Peel, the
Duke of Wellington, Lord Wharnelitle, the Duke of
Buccleuch, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir
James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the
Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville
Somerset, the Earl of Lincoln, and the Right Honourable
Sidney Herbert..
The Council sat three hours and a half.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
Committee-meeting yesterday. There were present the
Bishops of London, Ely, and Oxford.
Mr. J. Strettell Brickwood, Public Works Loan-office,
South-Sea House, had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing-street. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comp-
troller-General to the Commissioners for the Reduction
of the Nati'.:nal Debt, had also an interview with the
Right Hon. Gentleman.

Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands.

STRAND THEATRE.
The Shaksperians have taken this theatre for six
performances, and they commenced their campaign last
evening with the Merchant of Venice, Mr. Gregory ap-
pearing as Shylock. Now, considering that Mr. Gregory
was for years the avowed editor of the Satirist news-
paper, and remembering, moreover, that his appearance,
two years since, at Covent-garden, in the character of
Hamlet, was rendered memorable by a row, which has
not been equalled since the 0. P. riots, it was to have
been expected that his appearance at the Strand would
have given rise to great opposition. The house
was crowded long before the commencement of the
play, and the appearance of Mr. Gregory as Shylock
was the signal for a burst of groans, hisses, and all sorts
of unseemly noises ; those were immediately drowned
in a most enthusiastic burst of cheering, and it was
evident from that moment that the supporters of Mr.
Gregory were in the majority. The minority, however,
instead of gracefully succumbing after making their pro-
test, chose to interrupt the performance, and a cry was
raised of " Turn them out," which was responded to
verbatim et lite, cairn, and sundry of the most noisy of
the dissentients were ejected vi et armis. The play was
suffered to proceed tolerably quietly until the scene be-
tween Shylock and Tubal, when the dissentients made a
desperate rally. They were, however, again outvoted,
and an ejectment by summary process having been
served upon some half dozen of them, the play pro-
ceeded to the end without interruption. At the conclu-
sion Mr. Gregory was called tor, and was received
with three cheers, so that, as faithful reporters, we
feel bound to state that his supporters completely
drowned his opponents. And now as to Mr. Gregory.s
right to claim the homage which is due to one who Is
capable of supporting the first range of ShaksP"ian cha-
racters. Looking at his Shylock of last night without
prejudice—considering it as the Shylock, not
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Gregory, but of Mr. Smith, or of Mr.Any-body-elsethe
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a just conception of
making points than upon infusing into the character
that unity which is the distinguishing characteristic of
perfect artist. Time and practice would make Mr.
Gregory a first-rate actor; and as it is, we know not
where, even among professional artists we should find a
better Shylock—Macready's Shylock is inferior to it in
conception, and Charles Dean's is not equal to it in
power. With regard to the other characters, all that
we will say of them is, that they were supported by
amateurs.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF RAILWAY SHARES.—
Yesterday information was received by the police that be-
tween ten and eleven o'clock, on the night of Saturday last,
as Mr. Richard Avery, of No. 5, Patton-place, Walworth,
was crossing the road from the Alfred's Head to the Elephant
and Castle, his coat-pocket was picked of no fewer than 695
railway and other shares. The robbery is supposed to have
been committed by two women, of mean appearance, who
walked behind Mr. Avery.