The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-02 00:00:00

GoETur.'s " FAUST."—BELILIN, APRIL 2-0

—This celebrated dramatic poem has beta performed at
our Royal Theatre, although the illustrious author himsel
declared that the personages figuring in his work were
creatures of the brain that could scarcely he embodied on
the stage. Two circumstances have, however, cnntriihute.d
ton ards favouring the c x perimitnt—the beautiful music
'When this
which the late Prince Rldz)trill composed for the I 'tic
parts of the poem, and the great fame u hich Saycielm3ani
has obtained on various stages in Germany by hii, inastr.sl
performance of the character of Mrsphistopbiles.
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distinguished actor was engaged at the Ittryal Theatre
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it was the general wish that Fall Si should lit )erforn
ingLast
osuusneism,
and
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numerous audience, the part of Margaret being
Madlle Clara Stich. The applause was enacted by
Different views may be taken of the manner in which of Mephistophiles is rendered by Si,i Nwde:,ch Are
because, while some consider Mephistophiles as au &ula' I
symbol of the intellect, others S‘ ill have it to be but afar-'
sonification of human pwsiou abusing the powera"roi
knowledge. Sydelmann has taken it in the latierse ,
and both parties agree as to the superior manner in which
he delineates the minutest details of the character. - Clara
Stich is worthy of his masterly performance, exhibiting
vrith great truth, candid innocence combined with deep
feeling. In the last scene she soars to tragic sal-dimity,
and horacting is equal to anything we hove beheld on our
stage.
An inquiry took plane before Mr. Winkle). yes_
terday at the Swan, George-street, Foley-place, on the
body of a stable-keeper, named Scutt, who was Bauch ad-
dicted to drinking " any thing he could bet," and wl:o
eas found dead under singular circumstances about ono
o'clock on Monday. 'rise deceased had a halter round
his neck, which was saspeuded to the tester of a bed cot •
so high as he was when standing upright, and his feet
were consequently on the ground; one hand Seemed to
have been raised in an endeavour to release himself. The
Coroner,
in the coarse of the inquiry, said it ITLIS astonish.•
ing the quantity of gin and beer which was drunk in the
metropolis, containing the most deleterious ingredients.
Insanity was the most frequent result of a course of bard
drinking, and often came on at the
expiration of twenty
rears in the most sudden manner, generallv aommencing
with a pain at the back and front of the !re nd, such as the
deceased complained of ; persons who were habitual
drinkers, though in their sober moments sensible men,
were bereaved of their intellects almost momentarily.
Delirium tremens, which was now so common, was the re.
cult of hard drinking, and was of itself a species of in.
sanity, most sudden in its attack. It was astoLisbiugi after
the daily examples before the public, that people did not
become more prudent, fur he believed if they were pru-
dent there would be an end to Coroncra. It was singular
was alluding had decreased
how much the vice to ehich he
amour, the educated classes during the last twenty years.
Such was tho fact, however, and be wished he could see
all other classes pursuing the came course. A Juror said
he was glad the upper classes were gettng better in any.
thing.—(A laugh.) Mr. Wakley—l assure you it is as I
have stated among the educated classes. The Jury re.
turned a verdict of Temporary Insanity.
A RECENT AIARKIAGE.—The following is
the bruit in the beau wade as to the recent marriage of
the highly-accomplished daughter of one of the groat
financiers of our age with the brother of a Noble Lord and
- owt travelling in the &minim fl,
Lady who arc ra
- the is o Aare-
met Ali. It is 'rumoured that young lady, who has
been for some years one of the distinguished bey" a
fashionable society, had long entertained for bar be'"
an attachment to which her relations had an invin-
cible object on, founded on the difference of creed. It is
likewise said, that the fair lady, a shert time since, waited
upon a venerable Prelate to consult him on the change of
her faith, and that his Grace having objected to a change
of religion, grounded on an alraire de caur, the fair Jewess
convinced him that from her curliest youth he hat been
longiog for the hour whets sheadopt Oh ' ' ^4
Morning Post, might rastia...ty.—.
Every exertion is making to start the 13ritisil
Queen steam-ship fur New York on the Ist of June.
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