The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-11 00:00:00

THE COURT AT BRIGHTON

BRIGHTON, MONDAY.—Her Majesty took equestrian exer-
cise in the Royal Riding School this morning, attended by
Colonel Buckley and Colonel Wylde.
The Princess Royal took a carriage airing this morning on
the Cliffs, attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
The Venerable Archdeacon Wilberforce took his departure
from the Palace this morning.
The royal dinner party, by invitation, this evening, com-
prised Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord and Lady
Ashley, the Earl of. Gainsborough, Hon. Colonel Montague,
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, and Captain Seymour.
Her Majesty's private band were in attendance after dinner.
Names have been left at the Palace to-day by Viscount
Seaham (Ist Life Guards), Sir henry and Lady Bruce, Sir
Jukes and Lady Clifden, Brigadier-General Sir 11. and Lady
I'ynn, Lieutenant-General Sir T. and Lady Hanbury, Sir
William Abdy and Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, Sir Theodore
and Lady Brinckman, the Earl and Countess of Chichester,
Visount and Viscountess Dillon, Miss Burdett Coutts, Earl
and Countess of Granville, Mr. and Lady G. Fullerton, and
the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson.

At the Bench of Magistrates this morning, Major Allen
observed that as the Court was very full he wished to men-
tion to all present, that it was a very shameful practice in
this town, whenever her Majesty was here, for people to
collect round the gates of the Palace, in order to see her
Majesty come out. Now there was an express enactment in
the local Act of Parliament which subjects every person who
remains on the foot pavement and thereby obstructing the
passage to a penalty of not more than 5/., nor less than 20s. ;
and, if that fine should not be paid, he wash able to be sent
to the House of Correction. Ile observed yesterday (he
would not go again into what had occurred on Saturday, be-
cause it was too disgraceful to mention), but yesterday he
observed a number of persons collected around the Palace,
when her Majesty was expected to come out. He then called
on the police to execute their duty strictly, and not to suffer
any person to remain on the pavement. -If people wanted to
see her Majesty they could do so respectfully, without crowd-
ing upon her or obstructing her as she passed. He now
called on the police to do their
.duty in future, by putting
this section into operation, and if people congregated when
her Majesty was passing, to bring them before the magis -
trates, when they should most certainly be fined. He hoped
that so long as her Majesty remained in Brighton there
would be no more complaints of her having been obstructed
or annoyed in any manner whatever. They ought to be
proud of her Majesty's visit, and do all they could to promote
her enjoyment while here.

WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER-
TAINMENTS.

MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET.

Mr. Wilson commenced his series of Scottish enter-
tainments for the season of 1845 last evening, at the
Music-hall, Store-street. The first part consisted prin-
cipally, but not exclusively, of the songs of Burns. We
had the " Birks of Aberfeldy," " Tara Glen," Hazlitt's
favourite song of " Mary Morison," " Bide ye yet," and
that quaintly humorous song, "My Spouse Nancy,"
which was not only sung, but acted, by Wilson, with the
richest gusto, and was, of course, rapturously encored.
Then followed that fine song by the Rev. John Skinner,
" John o' Badenyon," and Hector M'Neill's beautiful
dialogue song, "Saw ye my wee thing"—•in itself a
drama. This concluded the first part. The second part
consisted of the favourite Jacobite songs ; and if the
Scottish minstrels of 1745 sang these songs with half
the taste, pathos, and expression which the Scottish
minstrel of 1845 infuses into them, we do not marvel at
the enthusiasm excited throughout the whole of the
❑orth country by the arrival of the hero of such soul-
stirring lyrics. The most delightful part of the enter-
tainment, however, to our thinking, was the introduction,
in which Mr. Wilson gave us some exquisite fragments
of old Scottish song ; true they were but fragments ;
but fragments such as these—like the fragments of Gre-
cian sculpture—are worth whole collections of finished
works by less-gifted artists. We hope Mr. Wilson will
give us more of these delicious fragments. Could he not
give us the remaining portions of some of them ? At all
events we would request him to use his best endeavours
so to do. The Music•ball was, as it always is on these
occasions, crowded.