The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-12 00:00:00

STRAND THEATRE.

A tran,lation of Henrick Hera's drama, entitled
King Rents Daughter, was produced here last even-
ing with complete success. This exquisite drama of
the Danish poet has been twice at least translated
into English. A version by Colonel Phipps was
recently performed at the Theatre-Royal, Dublin, in
which Mrs. Charles Kean appeared as the heroine
lolenthe, the blind daughter of good old King Rene,
and achieved an immense success. The version of
Colonel Phipps is not the one produced by the Strand
manager, who has adopted the version which ap-
peared some short time since in the Dublin
University Magazine, and which is from the pen of
a writer who assumes the name of " Bon Gaultier."
The drama is no more than an exhibition of a pecu-
liar psychological position, and when this is developed
it terminates. A daughter of King Rene, of trouba-
dour celebrity, has become blind at an age so early
that she is nut aware by comparison of her peculiar
deficiency, and as she is kept in a state of seclusion
by her father, who has enjoined all her attendants to
abstain from revealing the secret, she believes that
her condition is that of ordinary humanity. A young
nobleman, who accidentally discovers her retreat, and
is struck by her beauty, awakens in her mind the
feeling that there is a world of sensations, of which she
has never been aware. Shortly after her sight is re-
stored by a Moorish physician; and thoughshe is at first
terrified by the new scene presented to her, she is
soon delighted to recognise her father, and to hear
that the youth who first gave her a notion of light is
her betrothed. This little piece, simple as it is in
plot, is evidently the product of much reflection.
the difficulty of making a person destitute of a sense
apprehend, even to a slight degree, the objects to
which that sense applies is exhibited with a great deal
of acuteness, and also with much poetical feeling
and the verse of the English adaptor is smooth and
melodious. Mrs. Stirling is just the actress to seize
on a definite idea, and to work it out with thought-
fulness and accuracy. The uncertainty of her move-
ments as the blind girl, the attitudes which were
too pleasing to be called awkward, but which yet
conveyed the notion of an inability in the body to
obey the dictates of the mind, were highly truthful,
and the air of trusting simplicity with which she
replied even to a strange voice, was the snore pathetic
from the complete absence of exaggeration. The
attitude with which, on her restoration to sight, she
greeted the sky above her, approached the statuesque,
and showed a profound conception of the beauty of
the situation. Mr. Leigh Murray, as the chivalric
lover, looked exceedingly well, and by depicting a
generous enthusiasm gave force to a character more
slightly sketched. At the conclusion of the piece,
which was received with loud applause, Mrs. Stirling,
Mr. Leigh Murray, and Mr. Diddear (who played
King Rene) were called before the curtain.

Miss CLARA. SUTTON'S ENTE.RTAINMENT ON TUB
POET 3 AND ATIN,TRELS OF HUNGARY.—MISS Clara

Seytnn's new entertainment on the Descriptive Poets
and Minstrels of Hungary was produced last evening,
for the first time, at the Western Literary Institution,
Leicester-square, with a success as triumphant as
might have been expected from the popularity of the
subject and the talents of the fair lecturcss. In the
course of the entertainment Mi,;s Clara Sey-
ton communicated much new and interest-

ing information on the subject of the
various tribes by whom Hungary is inhabited,
and of their manners, customs, and history. She
then proceeded to descant- on the Magyar poets,
illustrating this portion of her entertainment by
specimens of .Magyar songs and ballads, giving,
among others, the popular Magyar melody, " The
Invitation to the Dance," which was rapturously

encored, and narrowly escaped the honour of
being called for a third time. The descriptive
ballad, " The Croaking of the Frogs," was
rendered with great spirit, and was warmly ap-
plauded, as were the Hungarian ballad "The
Departure," and the scena descriptive of a war of
language between a Magyar and a German, en-
titled " The Tiszian Chikosh." Arnoag the greatest
of Hungarian poets, Miss Clara Seyton classes
the Patriot-Poet, the !Statesman-Hero, Louis
Kossuth, on whom she pronunced an eulo-
glum of surpassing eloquence, which aroused her
auditors to the highest pitch of enthusiasm.
She completely took her audience with her, who
testifieekby repeated salvoes of applause their admira-
tion for the man who is at once the Hampden and the
Milton of his country ; and for the gifted lady who,
in langulige worthy of the subject, gave utterance to
the universal feeling with which all who are worthy
of freedom must regard freedom's last, and perchance
greatest martyr—Louis Kossuth. The entertainment
concluded. with a " Lyttel Historic of ye Operatic
and Street Music of ye Present Tyme," a John Parry
like prolusion in which Miss Seyton gave an imitation
of Jenny Lind in the " Ah non giunge," which eli-
cited an unanimous and rapturous encore. The room
was crowded, and among those present we observed
several Ilungarians, who seemed highly delighted
with the entertainment, which will, we understand, be
repeated tie evening. Miss Seyton was accompanied
on the pianoforte by Mr. T. Harries 'Wilson, who
composed and arranged the music of the entertain-
ment, and who has added to his fame, both as an ac-
companyist and a musician, by the admirable manner
in which he acquitted himself in both capacities last
evening.
SEAL SHOOTING IN TUE WEST.—A few days since
a large seal, following a shoal of whiting, entered one
of the little bays in Dunmanus harbour. It was soon
seen by ene of the peasantry, from time to time protrud-
ing its head and shoulders for a moment, and again
sinking from view in the water. Dr. O'Donovan, an
experienced sportsman and a "dead shot," was at once
informed of the unexpected visitor's appearance, and he
instantly, with rifle in hand, approached the animal at
the nearest point of land, a distance of from 200 to 250
yards. Re was not long waiting an opportunity to dis-
play his expertness, for the seal peeped out main with a
considerable degree of confidence, and apparently look-
ing defiance at the learned doctor. The latter
was, however, too quick, and in an instant the ball from
his r:fle wao airaed with such accuracy that it entered
the right eye of the seal and pease f out at the opposite
side of the skull. The (mime!, now mail from pain,
teased its head and shoulders wildly about, and
thus gave his enemy an opportunity to fire again.
In a few moments the sea became crimson
with his blood, and he sank lifeless. When the
water feel receded a little it enabled the boatmen with
some difficulty to discover him. Some idea of the Liza
of this animal may be formed from the fact that it was
necessary to get sir men to raise him. llis length frem
snout to tail, which was very short, was nine feet. The
circumference of his body under the shoulders was six
feet. The quantity of oil Noduced is computed at about
15 gallons.—Cork paper.
RIGHT HON. Fox 3,lauLE.—The Perth Courier
states, that "Rumour says the above. netted Right lion
Gentleman is intended eventually to fill the office of
Colonial Secretary, should the retirement of Earl Grey
be the result of the mismanagement with which that
department has bees charged while under the Presidency
of the Noble Earl."