The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-30 00:00:00

SURREY THEATRE.

After a short recess the Surrey Theatre re-opened
last evening for the opera season. A complete operatic
company, including Madame Albertazzi, Madame Clara
Ansel, Miss Betts, Mr. D. W. King, Mr. Clement White,
Mr. Weiss, and. Mr. H. Horncastle has been engaged.
The services of Mr. H. Hughes, Mr. J. T. Johnson, Mrs.
W. Daly, and the established favourites of the Surrey
dramatic company, have been retained; and the company
has been strengthened by the engagements of Mr.
Osbaldiston, Mr. E. F. Saville, Miss Vincent, and
that prince of low comedians, Mr. G. Forman.
The performances commenced last evening with the
opera of Cinderella, with Madame Albertazzi as the
heroine ; and never has the delightful music which
Rossini has given to La Cenerentola been more beauti-
fully executed than it was last evening by Madame Al-
bertazzi. The " Non piu mesta" at the conclusion, was a
perfect triumph. Her voice seemed like some exqui-
sitely attuned instrument on which. she could
play at will. There was no forcing the voice,
no painful attempt at producing effect, and yet
the most wonderful effects were produced appa-
rently without effort. Many a prima donna uses greater
apparent effort to get through a
simple ballad than was
exhibited by Madame Albertazzi last evening in the ex-
ecution of the chef d'oeuvre of Rossini, and yet never
have we heard " Non piu mesta" more exquisitely, more
delicately, more correctly given ; the intonation of every
note was full, clear, correct, and perfect, and her fioriture
was wonderful, not alone for its profuseness, but for
its: distinctness. No exquisitely attuned instrument
could have been more completely under command than,
was the voice of Madame Albertazzi. The finale was
encored as a matter of course, and at the conclusion she
was again called before the curtain. She was well sup-
ported by King as the Prince, Weiss as Dandini, H. Horn-
castle as the Baron, and G. Forman as Pedro. Forman's
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cluded with Pocock's excellent melodrama of the Miller
and his Men. The house was crowded to excess. We
had almost forgotten to mention that Mr. Shepherd is
the acting manager, and; that the orchestral arrange-
ments are under the superintendence of Mr. E. J. Loder.,

daughter of
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d'Harcourt and Madame la Comtesse de Castres, the son and
Marquise d'Harcourt, reached St.
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Leonard's-hill, the residence of the deceased, between five and
six o'clock yesterday
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latehaAvlamr Marquise's
state adtanesesaerlymhsorugroiose will be interred onWednesday neat
Tuesday morning. The remains
deceased
of the
in the family vault in Aldbury Church, Ilerts, an arrange-
ment which has been come to since the arrival of the Count
and Countess. The painful circumstances which attended
the lamentable and sudden death of Major-General la Mar.
quise d'Harcourt, the husband of the unfortunate lady just
deceased, which took place in September, 1831, may be
thus briefly referred to. The General had been to pay a
visit, on horseback, to Mr. Riley, at Forest-hill, and on
his return to St. Leonard's-hill, met la Marquise close
to the lodge gate. La Marquise, seeing his hat indented,
made an observation to that effect, which induced the. General
to take it off. The horse, which was a very spirited animal,
supposed to have been frightened by the shadow of the hat,
set off at full speed, when the General, who had let go the
reins while talking to la Marquise, was thrown off, and,
falling upon his head, never spoke afterwards. ,The base of
the skull was dreadfully shattered, in consequence, as it was
imagined, of the animal's hoofs striking his head as he fell
off behind. Medical aid was immediately at hand. It was
of no avail, death having ensued within a few minutes after
the unfortunate catastrophe. _

LAURA'S TOMB AT AVIGNON.—There is a tale cur-
rent of an Englishman having at some time discoved ID the
church of the Cordeliers, the antique tomb of PetrEach's
Laura, beneath an accumulation of thorns and nettles. This
pieces being carefully numbered, he had them conveyed
England; but to relieve his conscience, he left a sum (t
money for erecting a new one to her memory ; it is certain
that a modern and meagre monument is there at the present
day.— The Builder.
MURDER IN THE COUNTY ANTRIM.—A torrespend.
ent of the Belfast News Letter, writing from Newto gmbreda,
says that on St. John's day a man in EL state "of great excite-
ment, from drunkenness, appeared in the twain street, with a
sword in his hand, swearing in a frightfed manner that he
would take the life of some person before night. A short
time afterwards a young lad happened to cross his path,
upon whom he dealt most unmerciful blows with his :caked
sword. The infuriated man, after wounding the helpless boy
in many places, afterwards thrust his weapon into the belll
of his victim, who writhed in agony for nearly half art hour,
when he expired. The name of the murderer is :Shale'
M'Geean, si publican in Saintfield.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
UN'. DER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed the Drama, enittiaTHE GREER RIMERS;
or, A Hundred Years Age. In which Slesleme Celeste, "Mrs. Vita-
william, Mrs. Ellen Chaplin ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, 0.
Smith, &c., will perform.
To be followed by the highly popular Burletta of TAMING A
TARTAR. Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Messrs. Paul Bedford,
Wright, Selby, &c., will sustain the principal characters.
To conclude with the new and successful Farce, entitled THE
CORPORAL'S WEDDING ; or, A Kiss of the Bride. Major Griskin,
Mr. Selby; Nancy Cobb, Miss Woolgar.