The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-28 00:00:00

STRAND T U gATRE.

The benefit of Mr. T. Payne, the lessee, took place
last evening, when the entertainments were not only
varied, but of a highly attractive nature, as will be seen
from the following list of the artistes who gave their
valuable services :—Madame St. Victor, who made her
first appearance at this theatre, Miss Harriet Gordon,
Miss Tempest, and Miss Anna Maria Qiiim ; Mr St.
Albyn, Mr. Ayesley Cook, Mr. Cuarles Forte, Mr. F
Coteries, and Mr. James Foster. The novelty was
cimio opera from the French, adaptf•cl by Mr. Leicester
Buckingham, entitled "Jeannette%. Wedding," the music
by -Victor Ma,se, in whiCh thtre are but two charac-
ters, a peasant and a peasantees, Jean (Mr, St. Albyn),
and Jeannette (Hiss Harriet G. Idol)). The plot is
necessarily simple, but worked ont with unmistake-
able Gallic ingenuity. Jean is about to be married to
Jeannette, but while the wedding is being solemnised
before the Mayor, on the notary handing him a pen
to sign the marriage contract, he repeats his bargain,
and runs away from the church, He is pur,ned to his
cottage by Jeannette, who reproaches him for his con-
duct, and on her informing him that her father is
loading a blunderbuss, and coming after him, he be-
comes terrified, and signs the contract. It is now in
the power of Jeannette to treat him in the manner
in which he has treated her, her name not being ap-
pended to the document, but as she has a real affection
f him, she also sign&the deed of marriage. Some hu-
morous scenes theileoccur, in which Jean is represented
as a woman, or rather wife, hater, con,ideriug marriage
as the, greatest of curses ; but the affectionate ways of
his fond wife, and the domestic comforts with which she
surrounds him, induce him to change his opinion, and
regard marriage as a man's best condition, and so all
ends happily. The piece• is extravagant enough, but
answers its purpose of being amusing. Its greatest
charm is the music with which it is interspersed, the re-
citatives and airs being exceedingly pretty, and they
were delightfully rendered by both Mr. St. Albyn auu
Miss Harriet Gordon, who were encored in an exquisite
duet, and at the end of the piece celled the cur-
tain. Tne otber performances cons stet of a pas de deux
by Mr. 'tighten and Miss hia.creeby ; the farce of "Tee
Actress of All Work," in which Miss Anna Maria Quinn
eustamed six characters and danced La Manola ;" a
pas de caraetere by Miss Kete Mandelbert ; Dibdin's
comic opera of "The Qieker," in which Mr. Aynsley
Cook sang and acted cleverly in the character of Steady ;
and the farce of " Au Irish Engagement," in which Mr.
and Mrs. James Foster appeared, and which, from the.
laughter it created, sent home the audience in good
I humour.

Lord Stanley of Alderley has left town for Alderley
Park, Coogleton, Cheshire.
THE NEW PEERS.—The new title of the Marquis of
Lansdowne is to be toe Doke of Kerry. He will be the
first duke hat has been created by her M,je,ty. Tile
E,rl of Ftfs is to be made an Eiiglish peer—and Lord
Robert Grosvenor to he promoted to an Enellett barony
REPRESENTATION OF MIDDLESEX.—Mr. Henry Byrg,
captain andlieutenant-colonel in toe Coldstream Guards,
has publicly addressed the electors, announcing his
brother, Mr. George Byng, as a candidate for the vacant
seat, in the room of Lord Robert Grosvenor, at the in-
stance of some of the leafing members of the Liberal
party.
REPRESENTATION OF MANCHESTER.—A report bas
keen going the rounds of the metropoiitan papers to the
effect that Sir John Potter iuttnded to retire from the
representatiOn of Manchester, owing to his late severe
illness. We have authority to state that Sir John has
almost completely recovered his health, and that he has
no intention whatever of resianing the honour so hand-
wonky conferred upon him by the electors of Alanchts.
ter.—Liverpool Chronicle.
THE Marna, tso.—Ttoe Peninsular and Orient sl Com-
pany steamsnip Tagus, •Capt. B. Curistian, left S uth-
atnoten yesterday afternoon with tee Peninsular mails,
33 first and 26 second class passengars (among whom are
the Viscount and Viscountess C ndeisci, for Lisbon),
2,0001. in bar gold for Cadiz, and a full cargo: Toe screw
steamer Almegs.var, Capt. Molina, ako left for Havre
and the Spanish ports, with five passengers and general
cargo.
NEW CANADIAN BISHOPRIC.—The Indian, steamer,
has brought news of the formal foundation of the ne v
bishoptic of London, in Canada, of which Dr. Cronyn
has been appointed the first bishop. The consent of
her Majesty's Government has been transmitted to the
Bishop of Toronto and the Governor of Canada, anti with
it a commission from the Archbishop of Canterbury, in
his capacity of metropolitan, authorising the &shops of
Toronto, Zd.orareal, Quebec, and Nova Scotia to proceed
with De. Cronin's consecration. The ceremony will
take place at Toronto.
RELIC OF THE SPANISH ARMADA.—On Saturday last
a fisherman, while out trawling, drew up in his trawl an
anchor, which, from the decay of the iron by the action
of the sea, must have been in the water sonse centuries;
and it is fair to infer, from its make, that it might have
been an anchor belorigitig to one of the ships wrecked
upwards of three centuries ago off the coast-of Lyme, in
the celArated Spanish Armada. It is in the possession
of Clayton, EA., collector of her Majesty's customs
at this port.
RESCUE OF SEVENTEEN PERSONS FROM DROWNING.
—FILL (BRISTOL, Aug. 25. —Yesterclaa, at about one
p.m., one of our pilots' ships, then at anchor off Clove-
don, descried a boat, and a number of people in it'er.
driving towards the South-:vest Patch Sand, the wind
blowing strung from SSW, and they immediately hove
up th.ir anchor and made towards then, and were just
in time to save them being driven on the sands, where
and
no human aid would nave.been of any avail. Throwing
them a rope they
sncce.etled in towing them
off,
brought them to Portiaead, which place they left in the
most foolish manner, under the following cinaimstances
—Three females and 14 men and boys, who had come
from Bristol to Portshead with some other excursionists
ried
got into a boar, about 16 feet long, and rowed towaras
the Channel during the forenoon, c
when
ar it w;hem
mfine,
tt the.
tide then being a stiong ebb, which
sight of the landing-place, and the w kid freshening from
the south drove them about 10 mhes towarde the above
patch, when the boat became unmanageable, and fright
overcame the party, in which state they were providen-
tially rescued.