The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-27 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
The FAREWELL OF MR. MACREADY.
.
'lst appearance of Mr. Macready on the stage took
place last evening at this theatre, when he appeared in the
• character of Macbeth, and never acted it batter in his life ;
he had evidently braced himself up for the occasion, and
Went through the part with admirable self-control. The
play was listened to by the dense, and crowded, and excited
audience with breathless attention until the fall of the cur-
'atm. After a lapse of about twenty minutes the curtain
again drew up, and Mr. Macready appeared attired
I/ a plain suit of black. The whole body of
People who filled the house rose en wave to
!elute him, and the waving of hats and handkerchief',
• the
_ deafening cheers and the salvos of plaudits, lasted at least
a quarter of an hour. Mr. Macready seemed to feel it deeply,
and When silence was restored, he advanced to the footlights,
and in a voice tremulous with emotion, addressed the au-
dience as follows :
" Sly last theatrical part is played, and, in accordance with
long-establishedif usage, I appear once more before you. Even
• were without precedent for the discharge of this act of
it is one which my own feelings would irresistibly urge
l'Pen me ; for as I look back on my long professional career,
in it but one continuous record of indulgence and
itAlPurt extended to me, cheering me in my onward progress,
4e° upholding me in most trying emergencies. I have,
refore, been desirous of offering you my parting ac-
owledgments for the partial kindness with which my
ninble efforts have uniformly been received, and for a
,11.`"! made happier by your favour. The distance of five-
' nu-thirty years has not dimmed my recollection of the en-
nnuragement which gave fresh impulse to the inexperienced
t 3'B of my youth, and stimulated me to perseverance when
h
and talent
hardly for equality of position with the genius
talent of those artists whose superior excellence I un-
4:grudgingly admitted, admired, and honoured. That en-
ragenant helped to place me, in respect to privileges and
Iv•
i°,luntents, on a footing with my distinguished competitors.
tu the growth of time your favour seemed to grow;
ands undisturbed in my hold on your opinion, from
Sear to year I found friends more closely and thickly
Mustering round me. All 1 can advance to testify how
1-1" Y I have appreciated the patronage thus liberally
puled me is the devotion throughout those years
es t• Ind' best energies to your service. My ambition to
of aulieh a theatre, in regard to decorum and taste worthy
ear country, and to leave in it the plays of our divine
sh
a,l4ltapere fitly illustrated, was frustrated by those whose
-""tY it was, in virtue of the trust committed to them, them-
. nes to have undertaken the task. But some good seed
t." Yet been sown ; and in the zeal and creditable produc-
, trns of certain of our present managers we have assurance
at the corrupt editions and unseemly presentations of
Past days will never be restored, but that the purity of our
in
great PintB' text will henceforward be held on our English
sta.- 6.°the reverence it ever should command. I have little
.tot
e to say. By some the relation of an actor to his audi-
, I,"hce is considered slight and transient. I do not feel it so.
agff,!erieated manifestation, under circumstances personally
ting rne, of your favourable sentiments towards me, will
••, e With life among my most grateful memories; and be-
cause I would not willingly abate one jot in your esteem, I
retire with the belief of yet unfailing powers, rather than
Anger on the scene, to set in contrast the feeble style of age
h the
more vigorous exertions of my better years. Words
--at least such as I can command—are ineffectual to convey
,„
thanks. In offering them, you will believe I feel far
• d snore•
• than I give utterence to. With sentiments of the
e-rast gratitude I take my leave, bidding you, ladies and
gentlmen, in my professional capacity, with regret and most
, wea
Atketfally, farewell."
the conclusion he cast one last, long, lingering look
mound
the scene of his many triumphs, and then retired
• Zichit the enthusiastic plaudits of the audience, who repeat-
for him, a call which, however, he did not obey.
• wtLing could have been more admirable than the arrang
to e-
.." 14• made for admission to the house, which but for these
5,17.1:• ‘ gernents must have presented a scene of the greatest
471 sion from the number of persons who would have at-
,
n2Ptad to crowd into it.. The whole of the seats in the
"" and slitikwere numbered, and the orchestra was con-
bated into stalls • admission to these seats could only
°bt • ' • 2no rune by tickets previously purchased, as no
ei,Y was taken at the box-office doors. The whole
these tickets were disposed of before the close of last
itepeek; It would have been exceedingly inconvenient, if not
Peesible, to have adopted the same plan with regard to the
vats in the pit and galery, but the precaution was taken of
jictlY limiting the issue of checks to the number that could
Thaccernmodated, and thus the comfort of all was secured.
a scene outside the doors was of the most exciting de-
, ption. As early as two o'clock a crowd had collected
• t_utind tlae pit and gallery doers, and within an hour Drury-
s'•
e, Great Russell-street, and the Vinegar-yard, were
• Paletely occupied. There was a body of police in at-
,l* nee, who kept a lane through which the holders of
h'"ulbered tickets passed without an or inconve-
-tene,
!11) to the doors of the theatre. Thanks to these
le 'awe arrangements, the most perfect order was pre-
-"ed.

SOHO THEATRE.
AMATEUR THEATRICALS.
tllp he7,amateur company, whose admirable performances of
tl'4ll Body at this theatre we noticed some short
,tlle since, performed on Tuesday evening the comedy
zeke Stoops to Conquer, and the farce of My Wife's
494ter• Seldom have we seen a better Young Marlow, or a
ar° clacient, versatile, and graceful Miss Harucastle than on
feeettiklaY evening. The Mrs. Hardcastle was the very per-
m on of fussy old wornanism, and the Tony Lumpkin was
TANlrtt,,,,a,Tusing. The gentleman who perfoimed the little
like s, imitgery is worthy of special commendation— we should
'wen l'cr!eo him act Frank Oatland. The farce was also very
Piec.„-eled; the Mr. and Mrs. Ivyleaf were admirable. The
e
nliduxi re carefully ut on the stage, and the costumes,
n • by Nathan, ofp Castle-street, were handsome and ap
Pro -
rtiate,

PORTING INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.
LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY NIGHT.
LATEST BE ['TING.
4 f SPRING CUP.
*0 1 agat Unity 6 to 1 agst Little George
"" to 1 Panope 16 to 1 Caurire
STEEPLECHASE.
6to 1 agst Sir John 20 to 1 agst Half and
7to 1 Vain Hope Half
to 1 Rattrap 20 to 1 Peter Simple.
to 1 Abd-el-liader 20 to 1 Tipperary
12
to 1 Fugitive Boy
12 to 1 Maria Day 25 to 1 Maurice Daly
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.
'e Champion Free Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya.
each, with 50 added. The second to receive 20 soya.
Out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 7 soy& towards
'lxpensete Two miles.
ii
*gr. Trosham's Cogia, 5 yrs, gat 101 b... (Archer) 1
Mr. Gain's br c Seignor of Holdernesa, 4 yrs, 9st 81b 2
tit. Cunningham's Little Queen, lOst 10lb (Darling) 3
Bretherton's Valiant, lOst 101 b (fall) (Debean) 0
••••ar•ti •
x. • axkeld's Empress of Russia, 9st Bib (fell) 0
'it' Co% ell's Patrick, 5 yrs, 9st 61b (Livesey) 0
4 Betting-2 to 1 eget Seignor of Holderness, sto 2
44" Cotta, and 6to 1 agst Patrick. Won by half a
Thgtli; a length between the second and third.
Only 5, &c , with 100 added. The second to save his
, • stake, and the winner to pay 7 sovs. towards the ex-
' jel44a• Mile and three quarters.
• 14r", rapaseltone's Unity, 3 yrs, sst 91b (T. Dodd) 1
• • r p ,
, nailer Doubt, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Marlow) 2
let. Haworth's Baroness, 5 yrs, 7st 91b. ..... (Doyle) 3
( lit •T. Parr's Panope, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ......(Charlton) 4
• )4"r• L_lorson's Caurire, 5 yrs, 7st 91b . (Hiett) 0
ht • zraddell's Little George, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (Dawson) 0
• • • )4„1...• Smith na Conveyor, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (J. Osborne) 00
it• Pedley'a Idle Boy, 6 yrs, 7st 51b (C. Sharp)
• r,
14•
Peace Latitat, 6 yrs, 7st 7lb (Francis) 0
r! Martin's Wilmot, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Wells) 0
• CoPeland's Colibri, 3 yrs, 4tit 1i1b...(J. Aspinall) 0
.ett;
1 up., '.2g-2 to 1 agat Unity, 4 to 1 agst Caurire, 5 to
• leog'ill'artope, and Bto 1 agat Doubt. Won by two
• • vten a*•
A neck between second and third; Panope
Th tP
ft t -rand National Steeplechase of 20 soya. each, 10
• Id Ind only 5 &c with 100 added; the second to save
.1
exnatake, and the winner to pay 20 advs. towards the
tienses• Winners of a steeplechase after the deela-
in,,°ll Of the weights, 61b extra; and of two or more,
w"Lo extra. About four miles. (63 Subs., thirty of
Ale.br?ln declared, &o.)
Abd-el-Kader, lOst 41b ...(T. Abbott) 1
• • Lop Riggins's Maria Day, aged, lOst 51b (Frisby) 2
Waterford's Sir John, aged, llst 121b...(Ryan) 3
juti
_e following also started, but were not placed by the
kr. .„„Ve'rers's b g Vain Hope, llst 81b ...(S. Darling) 0
/or Cunningham" • Barnett's br h Sir Peter Laurie (Scott) 0
It; Vna b g Peter Simple llst 71b (Tubb) 0
14; -tore Y's b g The Victim, aged, lOst 131 b (Taylor) 0
kr: Stafford's ohm Fugitive, aged, [Oat 121 b (Badley) 0
' Me. Mason's ch h Rat-trap, 10. t 101 b (Mason) 0
kr. (14tea'a b g Half-and-Half, lOst 81b (R. Sly, jun.)
eh h Shinrone, aged, lOst 71b ...(Gannan) 0
br g Tipperary Boy, lOst 31b...(Oliver) 0
etdEloaore's br g Mulligan, aged, lOst 21b (Archer) 0
°lial Shirley's b g Fugleman, aged, lOst (Wynne) 0
tit Barry's b g Currig, aged. 9st 121 b ...... (Debean) 0
kr. Ii• Xemp's br g Hope, aged, 9st 121 b (Green) 0
fir.eere's b g Volatile, aged, 9st 10Ib ...(Fowler) 0
‘.4"tislove, bm by Grey-steel, 9st 101 b ...(Thrift) 0
tir.,„4lars b g Rein Deer, aged, 9st 71b ...(Planner)
kr. •-nrtwright's b g Maurice Daly, aged (C. Boyce) 0
qohnston's ro g Penrith, aged, 9st 41b (M Clory) 0
e late hour at which this race came off (nearly
ti,.`;`_ Past four) obliged us, in order to save the express
Co Lo, to leave the course immediately after the leading
th4"tea passed the chair. We can, therefore, only add
• Itin497le final struggle was very close, Abd-el-liader
llairlag Only by a neck, Sir John an indifferent third;
• ei.x."d•Half, Vain Hope, and Rap-trap next. Abd-
•. ge:rupetr:on wahlo won this stake last year, has netted a
2stake for hia party.
Selling Staks of 5 sovs. each, with 30
• 145)% R. added. One mile.
• fi.ssBltine's Mistake, 5 yrs- ..... (Longstaff) 1
r, L Clara aged
Mrl.• Law
.I, son a Maid Marian, 6 yrs 3
kr, Bedlera Golden Lady, 4 yrs
• walker's
Master Downes, aged
Ur Walker's Alma, 4 yrs
, 0
13:41 a Larry's the Lad, 4 yrs 0
Won by a length.

th tine 8 chariot-wheels make their carriage-road in
•
fattest face.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
Ito.r -TRUSSING DEATH or CAPTAIN HUTCHINSON,
Ste,t4L ENomEtas.—HoLyn HAD, FEB. 25.—As the railway
eft Jab
6er Anglia was leaving the port this evening, and whenn
two vv harbour works, a. blast was fired off, containing
4(11°4 of powder. The announcement of such an event
bad i
29.ught together a large concourse of persons, and all
er;_?tired to some distance to witness its eff. ects. Th
lie,l'ln;eudent at the harbour works (Captain Hutchinsoen.,
tipeicill,Engineers) having completed his arrangements r
the uise, and was at least half a mile from the spot when
14:zPiesion took place but, melancholy to relate, an im-
kni se block, which was hurled into the air, in falling felled
gspol tto the earth. The persons near him hurried to the
near and found him a corpse. His wife, who was standing
to un at the moment, almost miraculous) escaped un-
epeeZ. The sudden and melancholy death of this
gentleman has created a most painful sensation2n
heelelad, as he was generally and deservedly esteemed. He
fittd, a wife and two children to deplore their sudden and
broken g bereavement. Otte of the labourers had his leg
;city,A lady (Miss Coulson), who happened to be in the
ea?w,_,d her dress torn to fragments from the effezts of
Sher