The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-02 00:00:00

COURT AND FASHION.

The Court, it is said, will remove to Osborne again on
-or about the lith of July.
The venerable Duke of Cambridge is seriously indis-
posed at his residence, Cambridge House, London.
The Queen gave a state ball (the first this season) on
Wednesday at Buckingham palace. The reception was
unusually brilliant, the invitations numbering nearly
2,000, and comprising the Royal Family, the foreign
Princes in this country, the whole of the diplomatic corps,
the Cabinet Ministers, and principal members of the
administration, with their wives and daghters ; the officers
of state, and the ladies and gentlemen of the household of
the Queen, the Prince, and the different members of the
Royal Family ; all foreigners of distinction at present in
town, several hundred members of the House of Lords
and the House of Commons, and many distinguished
officers.

ITER MAJESTY'S RECEPTION AT THE ROYAL ITALIAN
OPERA.—There was an immense audience on Thursday
night to the fourth representation of Meyerbeer's Pro.
phete. The first act was over, and the skating divertisse-
ment, which occupies a considerable portion of the second,
was proceeding, when the performance was suddenly
interrupted by a loud cry from two or three voices in the
pit. of " The Queen, the Queen—God save the Queen !"
All eyes were instantaneously turned to the Queen's box,
at the front of which her Majesty appeared, alone, stand-
ing. An impulse that was unanimous seemed at once to
influence every person in the theatre: The whole audi-
ence, Mr. Costa, and all the members of the band, rose
simultaneously, as though in obedience to military rule,
and one universal shout demanded the national anthem.
The performance of the opera was stopped. and in the
space of two or three seconds the entire company of the
establishment appeared, as if by magic, on the stage.
The band struck up the welcome strain ; the first and
second verses were sung by Madame Castellan and
Madame Viardot (who were both engaged in the opera)
with tremendous applause, during which Grisi, who hap-
pened to be in the house, made her appearance, just in
time to sing the third, amidst reiterated cheering. We
never were present at a loyal manifestation more genuine
than this. At first the great majority of the audience
were in the dark about this unexpected an.l unusual mani-
festation ; but the news flew like lightning about the
house, and at the end of the anthem those who had
merely joined in the ack nowledgementof her Majesty's sud-
den appearance out of deference to what appeared an irre-
pressible feeling on the part of a number of individuals in
the pit, entered heart and soul into the demonstration,
which lasted until her Majesty, who had remained all the
time standing, must have been fairly tired of saluting
the audience. It was, indeed, a sight that must have
moved every breast capable of a manly sentiment. A
young gad slefelaCelese woman, a Royal lady, N7bollo

tues even more than her illustrious rank entitle her to the
love and veneration of every creature in this realm, had
been attacked in the streets by a scoundrel or a madman,
it matters net which; she had lust performed a duty of
kindness to a sick relation, and it was while on the point
of regaining her carriage that her person was placed in
imminent danger. Yet in spite of this, scarcely three
hours later, having previously notified her intention to
attend the performance of last night, true to her appoint-
ment, she came, as though nothing had happened, the
mark of the ruffian's violence plainly visible on her fore-
head. Whether her Majesty's appearance alone—for
Prince Albert, the Prince of Prussia, and the ladies in
attendance, came forward some minutes later—was acci-
dental or intended, the effect was equally touching and
graceful. It spoke a world of confidence ; it clearly con-
veyed that whatever inexplicable madness might exist in
the bosom of one unhappy wretch, her Majesty felt sure
of the loyalty and affection of her subjects.
Her Majesty met with a most enthusiastic reception
from the crowd at Hyde Park Corner on Friday evening,
on her return from a drive in the Park ; and as her Ma-
jesty proceeded down Constitution-hill, which was much
thronged, all the people took off their hats, and remained
uncovered until the Royal cortege bad passed.
PRINCE ALBERT AS A SCOTTISH LAIRD.—The Scotch
papers state that Prince Albert has rebuilt all the offices
on his estate at Birkhall, and is putting the arable land
on it into a high state of cultivation. New grounds have
also been laid out both at Birkhall and Balmoral. It is
hoped that the Prince will he present at the cattle show of
the Royal Northern Agricultural Society in August, the
arrangements for which are now far advanced; and the
prospects for which are highly encouraging.