The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-29 00:00:00

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

A Miss Laura Keene, who has lately been playing
with éclat at the Richmond Theatre, under the aus-
pices of Mrs. Brougham, appeared last night for the
first time before a London audience. The character
she essayed—that of Pauline„ in the Lady of Lyons
—does not probably belong to the class in which she
will hereafter be the most successful, but her per-
formance was, nevertheless, more than respectable.
Sweetness and amiability prevailed throughout, and
her tone and bearing in the early scenes were
fraught with the extremeat gentleness and grace—
qualities again most prepossessingly apparent in the
catastrophe, when she appeals to the charity
of the malignant Beauseant, and subsequently to the
warm and struggling sympathies of her unknown
husband. Nothing could be more delicate and femi-
nine than this, and upon this ground her performance
made a very favourable impression upon the audience,
who were easily disposed to overlook the want of
power which she manifested in the great scene of the
third act. Miss Keene hss many advantages of per-
son —her figure, though slight, being elegant and
symmetrical, and her face—such that Chalon loved
to paint—well capable of indicating the sensations of
domestic emotion. A voice of the loveliest physical
quality, and a style unspoilt by exaggeration, corn.
biped, in short, to invest her efforts with considerable
interest ; and sho deservedly won a copious shower of
plaudits and bouquets at the termination of the play.
The occasion was the benefit of Mr. Henry Farren,
who sustained the part of Claude Melnotte—we may
add with strong and emphatic effect. The house was
well attended.

MISS CATHERINE lIAYES.
This great vocalist leaves New York today, for a
fortnight or three weeks, and will proceed with her
suite, by the Fall River boat, the Empire State, to
Boston. She will give her first concert in Tremont
Temple, whose acoustic qualities are not good ; but
the power of the artist will overcome the difficulty,
and her concerts will be equally successful there as
here. She will meet with a splendid reception among
the eastern people, whose taste in music is equal to
their great intelligence and high order of education.
Her second concert in New England will be given
at Providence, as we stated on Saturday, after which
she will return to Boston and proceed with the series
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splendid reception awaits her. She will visit either
cities South and West, and we may safely predict a
brilliant career for her in the United States. She
will be accompanied by Braham, Herr Mengis, Bou-
langer, and other artists.
Catherine Hayes has now been fairly tested in
every style of musical art ; and coming, as she does,
after one of the most popular vocalists that ever lived,
her success is enhanced, and her genius is stamped
as of the very highest order. There can be no better
proof of her merits than the fact that the enthusiasm
increased night after night as the concerts proceeded,
pe
and the last was marked with greater excitement than
stands
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the first. The receipts on Saturday evening exceeded
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5,000 dollars. It is curious that :while some have
preferred her in English ballads, others have been
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of the
wonderful organ with 'which nature
For our own part, wo find it impossible
to determine
where her greatest strength lies.all She is powerful in
; but from what we have
witnessed of her singing,
as well as from the judgment f those
her in opera, we incline to the who have heard
opinion
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stage, and that the full extent of Miss greater
powers
has not yet been realised. We believe that in such
operas as Norma, Sonnantbula, and Linda di Cha-
mount" she is now without no equal in the world.
When Ole appears in opera in this country, if she ever
does, she will be sure to electrify those who will have
the good fortune to hear hen—New York Herald.

TUE ORLEANS FAmiLY.—Several packages have
recently arrived in this country from France, belonging to
her Majesty Marie Amelie, the ex-Queen of the French,
which have been forwarded to this country by order of the
Government of the French Republic. By special permis-
sion, they have been sent direct to their destination ori
arrival.