The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-28 00:00:00

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

A new drama, in five acts, by Mr. Morris Barnett, called
Sarah Blangi, a translatio❑ of a French play of " ter-
rible interest" (Sarah la Creole), was successfully pro-
duced here last evening. Like many recent productions
on our stage, it will be all tho better for contraction.
The heroine, a Creole, has sworn to avenge the death of
her presumed father, who has been shot under some
military necessity not very clearly explained, by order
of Colonel Dumont. The colonel becomes a protector to
the child of the man he has executed, and brings her up
with his own daughter, Alice. The bitter and revenge-
ful spirit of the Creole girl, and the processes by which
she compasses the ruin and desolation of her benefactor,
form the groundwork of the action. Under the guise of
friendship and sincerity, the fiend-like Sarah meditates
the most demoniacal projects. She separates Alice from
her lover, and causes her to be married to a vain and
careless profligate. Finding that the profligate is re-
formed by the grace and virtue of his wife, she intro-
duces jealousy and distrust, and the husband is myste-
riously apprised of the ♦isit of the former lover, and
misled by the arts of Sarah as to his purpose. The
mind of Alice, on the other hand, is tortured with sus-
picions of her husband by like contrivances, and she
determines on suicide. In the meanwhile explanations
take place which restore the mutual confidences of the
couple; but Sarah, not to be foiled, being in possession
of a letter written by Alice, in her horror of anguish,
resolves on poisoning her victim, and avoid the personal
consequences of the crime under the exculpatory shelter
of the letter. Bat all these schemes are frustrated by
the individual, a brother of tho colonel, who, before the
commencement of the piece, it was supposed had been
secretly made away with by Sarah, who hoped by this
means to divert the wealth from the colonel's family,
with which his relative had proposed to enrich bim.
Affecting to be a dry and imperturbable humorist, he
dogs the steps of Sarah, becomes privy to all her secrets,
and finally constitutes himself as her agent in the de-
struction of Alice, who, it is unnecessary to remark, is
saved by his interference. Further piquancy is given to
the denouement by the discovery of the fact that Sarah
and Alice are sisters, and that the revenge for which the
former pined had no origin in a filial wrong. The part
of Sarah Blangi was performed by Miss Fanny Wallack,
a lady whom we do not remember to have seen before,
but who is evidently well acquainted with the stage, and
possesses considereele talent as a melodramatic actress.
Miss Harriet Gordon acted the interesting character of
Alice Dumont with great sweetness and feeling. Mr.
Farren, as Colonel Dumont, represented to the life the
fine old militaire, and made the part very affecting. But
the most remarkable piece of acting in the play was Mr.
Compton's Monsieur Vandris. It was exceedingly quiet
and natural. The applause at the conclusion was loud
and general, and the author and principal actors were
called for. The piece was announced for repetition every
night.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

Before the Lord Chief Baron and Mr Justice Cresswoll.)

THE CASE OF RAPE.

George Gregron, the medical student who was yester-
day round guilty of rape upon a child, was this morning
placed in the dock to receive sentence.
The prisoner emphatically declared that he was wholly
innocent of the crime alleged against him.
The Chief Baron, after some observations as to the
grave nature of the offence, sentenced him to transpor-
tation for 15 years.