The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-31 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

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WtNnson, TounsDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert,
attended by the royal suite, left the Castle at a quarter past
nine o'clock this morning, escorted by a party of the 2d
Life Guards, commanded by the Hon. Edward Lawley, for
the Slough station of the Great Western Railway, and .pro-
ceeded by a special train to town.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended
by her Lady in Waiting, Lady Caroline Murray, left the
Castle about noon.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Earl and Countess
of Clarendon and the Earl and Countess Delawarr, and Lady
Mary Sackville West, also left the Castle this morning.
The Royal Family were taken their accustomed walks and
rides to-day.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the royal suite, con-
sisting of the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Hon. Misses
Stanley and Dawson, the Earl tif Hardwicke, Hon. Captain
Hood, Colonel Bowles, Hon. Colonel Grey, and Colonel
Botiverie, returned to the Castle, from town, at half-past five
o'clock, in three carriages and four.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party at the
Castle this evening.

The Queen and Prince Albert arrived at Buckingham
Palace at a quarter past ten o'clock yesterday morning, from
Windsor Castle. The royal suite mnsisted of the Countess
of Mount Edgecumbe, Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Daw-
son, Earl of Hardwicke, Colonel Bowles, Captain the Hon.
Nelson Hood, Colonel Grey, and Colonel Bouverie. The
royal party occupied three carriages and four, and were
escorted from the Paddington terminus of the Great Western
Railway by_a party of Light Dragoons.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were received by the
Master of the Horse, Lord George Lennox, and Captain

Francis Seymour.
The Queen and Prince Albert left Buckingham Place at
one o'cbsck for the new Lincoln's Inn Hall. Her Majesty
and his Royal Highness were attended in their carriage by
the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Lady in Waiting, and
the Earl of .Tersy, G.O H., Master of the Horse. The royal
suite followed in three carriages, and consisted of the Hon.
Miss Stanley and the Hon. Miss Dawson, Maids of Honour
in Waiting, Hon. Mrs. Brand, Bedchamber Woman in Wait-
ing ; the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward; the Earl Dela-
warr, Lord Chamberlain ; the Marquis of Exeter, K. G., Groom
of the Stole to Prince Albert ; the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord
in Waiting ; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to Prince
Albert; Captain the Hon. A. Nelson Hood, Groom in Wait-
ing ; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to Prince
Albert ; Colonel the Hon. C. Gray, Equerry in Waiting ; and
Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert. A
party of the Life Guards formed the escort.
The Queen wore a dress of Limerick lace, double skirted,
'and a canzou to match ; a blue drawn satin bonnet, with
white and blue feather, and a very handsome India shawl of
scarlet, richly embroidered with gold and pearls. Her Ma-
jesty wore the ribbon and jewel, and also the star of the
Most Noble Order of the Garter, the jewel and star set in

diamonds.
Prince Albert was habited in a Field-Marshal's uniform,
and wore the ensigns of the Orders of the Garter and the
Golden Fleece, and the Cross of the Bath.
The royal party returned from the inauguration at Lin-
coln's Inn Hall at twenty minutes past three o'clock.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess
of Mount Edgecumbe, left Buckingham Palace in a carriage
and four at twenty minutes past four o'clock yesterday
afternoon, for the Paddington terminus of the Great Western
Railway. The Earl of Hardwicke, Hon. Captain Hood,
Hon. Colonel Grey, and Colonel Bouverie, followed in a car-
riage and four, and the Hon. Misses Stanley and Dawson,
and Colonel Bowles, followed in another carriage and four.
A party of Light Dragoons escorted the royal party from the
Palace to Paddington.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert were conducted to their
carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, Lord George Lennox, Sir
Henry Wheatley, and Captain Francis Seymour.
The royal party took their departure by a special train on
their return to Windsor Cantle.
Mr. Fortique, the Venezuela Minister, died suddenly on the
morning of Tuesday last, at his residence in Wimpole-street.
The result of a post-mortem examination, conducted by Mr.
Erichsen, of Welbeck-street, assisted by Mr. Benjamin Phil-
lips, F.R.S., proves that the immediate cause of his Excel-
lency's decease, was the bursting of an aneurismal tumour of
the aorta, of large size, into the left side of the chest.
Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President, arrived in town last
night, from Wortley Hall.
Sir James Graham arrived in town on Wednesday evening.
Dispatches from the Governors of Hong-Kong and the
Cape of Good Hope were received yesterday at the Colo-
n ial-tiffice.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
The ballet of Le Diable a Quatre was produced here last
evening, with great and deserved success. It is, in truth, a
very splendid affair, and boasts of that of which few ballets
indeed can boast, an intelligible plot. It is, in fact, a ballet
version of the old farce of The Devil to Pay, the plot of
which, from the days of Queen Elizabeth to those of Queen
Victoria, has kept uninterrupted possession of the stages of
England, Spain, and France. In Le Diable a Quatre the
wife taming cobbler of the original farce is made a basket-
maker, and this is almost the sole difference between them.
Mr. Gilbert was the basket-maker ; and Mademoiselle Me-
lanie Duval, his wife, who, in the ballet, is made
quite dancing mad. She adores the Mazourka, and even
while seated at her work of basket-making. cannot, for the
life of her, keep her feet still. Her acting in this scene, in
the characteristic pas of the Dansomanie, was admirable.
Nothing could be more joyous than her manner throughout.
Then when the change has taken place, and she finds her-
self transformed into the Countess—(by the by this change
of beds from the chateau to the cottage, and vice versa, is very
cleverly managed)—there was something quite fascinating in
the naive simplicity, the hearty honesty of her want of re-
finement; and in the dancing -lesson her awkwardness was
delightful. If we may be permitted to compare a cheo-
graphic with an operatic effort—the bad dar.cing of Melanie
Duval in this scene was quite equal to the bad singing
of Grisi in "La prova d' un' opera seria." In her grand
pas de deux, however, with M. Adrien (the Count), which
immediately followed, she proved that, however well she
could assume awkwardness for the nonce, she was still
the same Melanie Duval who, two years ago, esta-
blished herself at the Princess's at the head of her profession,
and at the same time made the reputation of the theatre
in that department. She dances even better now than she
did before her visit to Madrid, and right glad are we to see
her back again at the Princess's. The r hrewish Countess
was represented with great spirit by Miss Ballin. The
taming scene in the basket-maker's cottage was a fine piece
of pantomimic acting, and the (lance fore& and Polka a soups
de batons, was given with a mingled energy and grace that quite
took the audience by storm. The plaudits were enthusias ft.;
bouquets were showered from all parts of the house, until
• the stage looked like a parterre. Mr. and Miss Marshall,
who appeared as the attendants on the Count and Counter 5,
danced a Mazourka and a Polka with great spirit, and were
deservedly encored in both. The ballet concludes with a
r grand Mazourka of sixty, the effect of which was very bril-
liant. The scenery and costumes are superb, and the piece
' has been excellently put upon the stage. At the falling of
the curtain the principal dancers were called for, and the
ballet was announced for repetition amidst the enthusiastic
applause of a crowded house.

THE SAVOY CHURCHYARD.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—My attention has been called to a letter in your paper of
this morning, signed " D. Cronin, M.D.," reflecting on the state
of the Savoy Churchyard. The statements in this letter are in
such direct opposition to the truth, that I can only wonder how
they could have been admitted into your journal, and still more
that you should have confirmed them in a leading article. Dr.
Cronin states that " several graves have been opened within the
last month. In one day there were in this small churchyard no
less than three open at the same time, the noxious exhalations
from which were so overpowering as to produce on myself faint-
nese, succeeded by violent retching."
Now, Sir, that I might keep within the strict limits of truth, I
have referred to the register of funerals, and find that during the
last two months, from the 31st of August to this day, there has
been but cne interment in the chapel ground. During the year
1844 there were 23 interments. In 1843 there were 22. In the
present year, up to this day, there have been 15. I have been an
inhabitant of the precinct of the Savoy for twenty.one years, in
close proximity to the churchyard, and have never once perceived
any of the "noxious exhalations " of which Dr. Cronin com-
plains, nor have I ever heard of any from any other inhabitant.
On the contrary, I have often heard c3mmendations of the excel.
lent state in which the churchyard is kept.
Trusting to your sense of justice to insert this letter, I remain
your obecient servant, GEORGE JOSIAH PALMER,
Savoy, Oct. 30, 1845. Chapel Warden.

[lf our Correspondent will take the trouble to reperuse the
leading article to which he refers, he will find that we expressly
stated that " so far was the Savoy Churchyard from being an un.
favourable specimen of the burial.gruunds in the metropolis, that
we had no hesitation in stating that we knew of no burial-ground
which was not more crowded;" and we further added, " the
Savoy is, perhaps, the most favourable specimen of a metropolitan
burial-ground that the advocates of interment within the pre.
eibcts of large towns could produce." With regard to the denial
of Dr. Cronin's statement as to the overpowering nature of the
noxious exhalations, it is not for us to determine as to the relative
acuteness of the olfactory organs of our two correspondents.—En.
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