The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-29 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPER.I.

Balfe's popular opera, " The Rose of Castillo,"
was performed for the first time this season last
night, at Covent-garden, and attracted a large
audience. Miss Louisa Pyne, who was in excellent
voice, sustained her original part, as also did Mr.
Harrison, whose delivery of the ballad in the third
act obtained an encore. Mr. G. Honey likewise ap-
peared, as heretofore, as Don Florio ; and his drol-
leries were reeeived with as much laughter as ever.
Mr. Santley, who has maintained on the operatic
boards the reputation ho had acquired in the con-
cert room, undertook for the first time the charac-
ter of Don Pedro ; while Miss Thirlwall also made
her first appearance as Donna Carmen. " The
Crown Diamonds" is to be given to-morrow.

His Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge,
accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of
Saxe Weimar, Col. the llon. James Macdonald, Captain
Mildmay, and Commodore Drummond, had a capital day's
shooting at the duke's preserves at Coombe Wood on Fri-
day last. The five guns killed, in little more than throe
hours, above 350 head of game. •
Their Royal lli,ghnesses the Duke and Duchess
d'Aumale left Hatfield House, Herts, on Saturday last, for
Orleans House, Twickenham.
His Excellency the Ambassador of France and
the Countess de Persigny arrived at Albert-gate House on
Saturday, from visiting the Earl and Countess of Winchil-
sea at Eastwell Park, Kent, and left town yesterday on a
visit to Mr. and Lady Caroline Townley, at Townley Hall,

Lancashire.
His Excellency the Austrian Minister and the
Countess d'Apponyihave returned to Chandos House, from
visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at
Hatfield House.
His Excellency the Brazilian Minister has left
Cavendish-square for Italy. During his excellency's ab-
sence Chevalier Aguilar de Andrada will act as Charge
d'Affaires. Madame de Carvalho Moreira is staying at the
Queen's Hotel, -Upper Norwood.
His Excellency Count Perponcher has arrived at
Maurigy's Hotel, from Windsor Castle.
The Marchioness of Abercorn left Chesterfield
House yesterday, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of
Dalkeith at Boughton House, NJrthamptonshire. The
noble marquis and marchioness will return to Brocket Hall
the latter end of the week.
TIIE WEATHER IN THE BALTIC.—CRONSTADT,
Nov. 19.---The ice extends westward as far as the lighthouse;
people have crossed. on foot from Oramenbaum to Oronslot.
The brig and schooner are still in the ice ; the former is the
Sir George Brown, Captain Ross, from Cardiff, with railway
iron. An Tsreenient has been made to cut her into the
Mole. Nothing is to be seen of the Sascha. A brig and a
barque made their appearance from sea this morning, and
are cruising below the lighthouse. Pillau, Nov. 23.—Frost
has set in here since a few days, part of the rivers are already
covered with ice, and the navkation from Konigsberg and
Elbing, to this place can only 137 e, carried on by the assistance
of steamers. A few lighters on the passage from Konigs-
berg tokhis place were cut through by the ice, one of them
sunk, and the cargo was totally lost; another was kept
afloat by pumping until her arrival here, when she was
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mediately discharged, and only about 5O schetfels of seed
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ARTY.—The Brechin Adver-
tiser mentions a meeting that was held in that city on Fri-
day evening week, when about twenty washerwomen em-
ployed at the washing-house and baths in Inch Bleach-
field, entertained Mrs Jean 'Webster or Carnegie to supper,
and presented her with a gold ring on the occasion of her
leaving the premises, which she had occupied for a long
period. The chair was occupied by Mrs. Isabel Belford,
and, according to the Advertiser, the usual loyal toasts
preceded the complimentary business of the evening, and
regular speeches appear to have been made,