The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-13 00:00:00

ever.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA.

The revivial of " Satanella," in conjunction with the
attraction of " Hiawatha," drew a large audience at this
theatre last evening. The soprano, tenor, and baritone
parts were, as formerly, in the hands of Miss Louisa Pyne,
Mr. St. Albyn, Mr. H. Corrie, and Mr. W. Harrison ;
whilst the chief novelties of the cast, namely, Miss Leffler,
in the part originally performed by Miss Susan Pyne, axd
Mr. Wharton, in lieu of Mr. Weiss, as Arimanes, were
received with unqualified approval. All the well-known
musical " points" of the opera met with due recognition,
and neither encores nor recalls were wanting to render the
success complete. Miss Louisa Pyne was specially hon-
oured, as she well deserved to be, for her beautiful render-
ing of " The power of love." The great English soprano
was encored twice, but she declined to repeat the pretty
melody a third time.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

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The original five act version of "Don Caesar de Bazan"
has been produced at this theatre, for the purpose of intro-
ducing Mr. Fechter in another of his celebrated characters.
We must confess we expected great things from this talented
artist, and we aro bound to say our anticipations were fully
realised. Mr. Fochter does not make the Don the drunken,
duel fighting, and ruined hidalgo that many of our readers
have hitherto seen, but he places before us a purse-drained,
careless gentleman, low in the scale of outside respectability,
bat not so degraded as to render the regaining of his nobility
an impossibility. A s the action of the play proceeds the reck-
less spendthrift becomes awake to his true position, and in
the last act he rises to the high bred Spanish hidalgo, jealous
to a degree of his honour. Mr. Basil Potter was an in-
different Don Jose. Miss Maria Harris made a very excel-
lent Lazarillo, and Miss Heath, as Maritana, acted with
her accustomed sweetness. The play was admirably put
upon the stage, and will, no doubt, attract large audiences
to the theatre.

The Earl and Countess of Lanesborough havo
arrived at their residence in Great Stanhope-street, from
Swithland Hall, Leicestershire.
The Earl of Dudley is entertaining a large party
at Witley Court, near Worcester.
The Earl of Selkirk has arrived at the Burlington
Hotel, Cork-street.
Lady Harry Vane has arrived in town from
Battle Abbey. His lordship comes to town on Saturday.
Baron and Baroness Lionel de Rothschild enter-
tained a select party at dinner last evening at Kingston
House.

Lady Molesworth entertained at dinner last
evening the'Earl and Countess of Donougbmore, the Earl
of Lovelace, the Countess of Kinnoull, Viscount and Vis-
countess Malden, Viscount and Viscountess Torrington,
the Bishop of Oxford, Lord and Lady Lyveden, the Right
Hon. Sir Hamilton Seymour, the lion. Captain Vivian,
and Mr. Hayward.

DEATH OF THE COUNTESS (MARIA) OF HAD-
DINGTON.—We regret to announce the death, after a very
brief illness, of Maria. Countess of Haddington, widow of
Thomas, ninth Earl of Haddington, formerly Lord-Lieu-
tenant of Ireland and First Lord of the Admiralty, who
expired on Monday night at her residence in Berkeley-
square. The late Countess, who was only daughter of
George Parker, fourth Earl of Macclesfield, by Mary
Frances, second daughter and co-heir of the Rev. Thomas
Drake, D.D., was born in 1781. Her ladyship married in
1802 the late Earl of Haddington, who died in 1858, leav-
ing no issue.
A hostile meeting, originating in a dispute at
the Jockey Club, took place two days since at Paris, between
M. do Grammont -Caderousse and M. Herisson, in which
the former was wounded in the arm.