The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-12 00:00:00

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.

Miss Catherine Lucette seems determined to
carry on her management of this theatre with the
greatest spirit. On Saturday evening a new ballet
divertissement, entitled "Echo Fra Balsalan," was
produced, in which the Misses Healey, from the
Swedish Academy, sustained the principal parts
with very great success. The ballet was succeeded
by a two act comedy, "Everyday Occurrences,"
written it would seem especially for the fair mana-
geress,who sustained no less than four characters in
the piece, each of which is a very felicitous imper-
sonation, while the author takes upon himself the
repreAentation.,of no less than three parts. Love,
of course, is the foundation of the piece, and the
story turns upon the idea of Lady Jane Airey, (Miss
Catherine Lucette), to effect the reformation of a
rollicking, thoughtless young fellow, one Richard
Dashall, with whom she is desperately smitten.
To effect her object, she becomes in turns a grasping
landlady—a daughter of the same estimable per-
sonage, an old Scotch woman, who severally do
their best to worry poor Dashall to desperation.
Captain Spooney and George Dashall are the other
parts personated by the author, and, with the aid
of Timothy Trot, the lady succeeds in her task,
and the "irregular good fellow " settles down into
a sober married man. The piece was capitally
acted throughout, and elicited the loudest applause.
No less than three new pieces—a drama, a bur-
lesque, and an operetta by Tully, is announced as
being in active preparation.

The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland had a
dinner party on Saturday, at Stafford House, St. James's.
There were present the Duke and Duchess of Manchester,
the Marquis of Hartington, the Earl and Countess of
Tankerville, Count Szechenyi, Count Zichy, Count 0.
Szechenyi, Lord and Lady Bagot, Captain Bateson, Mr.
and Mrs. Caulfield, Mr. and Mr. Bateson, Mr. De-
lano, &c.

The Archbishop of Canterbury continues to
improve in health, and, although slowly, is satisfacto-
rily progressing towards recovery from his recent ill-
ness.

The Earl Granville entertained at dinner on
Saturday evening, at his residence in Bruton. street, his
Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, his Excellency the
Belgian Minister, his Excellency the Brazilian Minister,
Count Brandenburg, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl
Stanhope, Viscount Sydney, Lord Stanley of Alderley,
Viscount de Villa Maior, Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, the
Marquis Cavour, Mr. R. Monckton Milnes, M.P., Mr.
Henry Reeve, Mr. Henry Doyle, Mr. Grabau, Mr. Hoene,
Dr. Quin, Dr. Karmarsch, Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., Mr.
Woodg, Mr. Peteroon, Mr. Ticleinantl, Mr. C. F. Warne,
Mr. Weissmer, Mr. Balleras, Dr. Fink, Mr. Vogt, Mr. Alt •
gelt, Mr. Dietz, Mr. Ardt, &c.

The Earl and Countess of Derby left town on
Saturday for Tunbridge-wells, to pass a few days.
The Earl and Countess of Lichfield and family
have London for Shugborough.
The Ladies Cornwallis have issued cards for a
ball, to take place on Tuesday, June 3, at Lady Mary
Rose's residence, in Portland-place.
Lady Emily Peel is detained in Paris by in-
disposition.

Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Hughes, of Kinmel,
have arrived at 35, Dover-street, for the season, from Kin-
mel Park, Denbighshire, North Wales.

Mr. J. Faulerton Leathes and Miss Faulerton
Leathes have arrived at Edward's Hotel, from Leventhorpe
Hall, Leeds.

It is stated that a distinguished Admiral holding
an important command has petitioned the Emperor of the
French to be permitted to resign, in order to devote him•
self to the completion of a fulminating ram which he has
invented. Ile expects with this instrument not only to
defend the ship under his command but to blow up that of
hica signailfinf

A letter from Vichy announces that the Emperor
of the French is expected there in the course of the season.
The Municipal Council has appointed a commission, to bo
composed of three members, to make preparations for the
Emperor's reception. The establishments commanded by
the Emperor last year are almost all completed, and the
railway, of which the terminus is to be in Vichy, will, it
is expected, be opened to the public on the 15th of the pre-
sent month. A small town has been erected on the left
bank of the Allier, which was formerly deserted.
The following extract of a despatch from Lord
Lyons respecting political arrests in the United States, is
printed to-day in a parliamentary return :—" Lord Lyons
to Earl Russell.—(Received April 28.) —AV,shingten,
April 14.—Although the power to make arbitrary political
arrests has not been formally renounced by the executive
government, it has not, so far as I know, been recently ex-
ercised. lam not aware of any British subject being now
arbitrarily detained as a political prisoner. Arrests, without
form of law, are still made by the military authorities in
places.oceßpied 13, the forces of the United States; but tie),
appear to be confined in general to persons accused of offences
affecting, more or less, the diScipline or the safety of,ttle
army,