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

STRAND THEATRE.

The benefit ref 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,
Tempest, and Miss Anna Maria Qeinn ; Mr. St.
, Mr. Ayesiey Cook, Mr. Charles Forde, Mr. F.
!s, aed Mr. James Foster. The novelty was a
c.pera from the French, adapted by Mr. Leicester
igham, entitled "Jeannette'. Wedding," the music
;tor Masse, in which thtre are but two charac-
peasant and a peasante3s, Jean (Mr. St. Albyn),
tannette (Hiss Harriet G ,rdoo). The pl
necessarily simple, but worked out with urnestake-
able Gallic ingenuity. Jean is about to be married to
Jeannette, but wnile the wedding is being eolemnieed
before the Mayor, on the notary handing him a pen
to sigh- the marriage contract, he repents his bargain,
and runs away from the church, He is pur-ued to his
cottage by Jeannette, who reproaches him for his con-
duct, and on her informing him that her father is
loading a bluederbass, and cJming 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
hr him, she also signs the deed of marriage. Some diu-
m ,rous scenes then occur, in which Jean is represented
as a woman, or rather wife, hater, considering marriage
as the greatest of curses ; but the affectionate ways of
his fond wife, and the domestic comforts with which she
surrauuds him, induce him to change his opinion, and
regard marriage as a man's beat condition, and sn alt
ends happily. The piece is Fxravagant enough, but
answers its purpo-e of being amusing. Its greatest
chaem is the music with which it is interspereed, the re-
citatives and airs being exceedingly pretty, and they
were dul;ghtfully rendered by both Mr. St. Albyn ane
Miss Harriet Gordon, who were encored in an exquisite
duet, acid at the end of the piece called befere the cur-
tain. Toe other performances coniestei of a pas de deux
by Mr. Itigletcn and Miss Macreeby ; the farce of "Tne
Actiese of All Work," in which Miss Anna Maria Quinn
sustained six characters and danced "La Matrla ;" a
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pas de caractere by Miss Kate Mandelbert ; Dibdin's
comic opera of "The Q 'Aker," in which Mr. Aynsley
Cook sang and acted cleverly in the character of Steady ;
and the farce of " An Irish Engagement," in which Mr.
and Mrs. James Foster appeared, and which, from the
laughter it created, seat home the audience in good
hu►"our.

Lord Stlnley of Alderley has Laft town for Alderley
Palk, Con.4letnn, Cheshire.
THE NEW PEERS.—TiIe new title of the Marquis of
Lansdowne is to be the Duke of Kerry. He will be the
first duke bat has been created by her I.4l4jesty. The
E of Fifa is to bs made an Rig Hall peer—and Lord
Rob rt Grosvenor to be pr:imoted to an EnJiati barony
REPRESENTATION OF MIDDLESEX.—Mi Henry Byr g,
captain add lieutemant-colonel in toe C.ddstrea'n Guards,
has publicly addressed the electors, announcing his
brothr, Mr. George 13)nz, as a candidate for the vacant
seat, in the room 01 Lord Robert Grosvenor, at the
in-
stance of some of the lea Aug members of the Liberal

patty.
REPRESENTATION OF NIANCIIESTER.—A report has
teen gotug the rounds of the metropolitan papers to the
effect that Sir John Potte,r intended to 'retire from the
representation of Manche-ter, owing to his late 'evere
illness. We have authority to state that Sir John has
almost coinplately recovered his health, and that he has
no intention whatever of resigning the honour so hand-
somely conferral upon him by the electors of.Manchest
ter.—Liverpool Chronicle.
TILE MAILS, etc.—Tne Peninsular and Oriental Cam-
pariy's steatusotp.Tege-e Capt. E. Christiae, left S uth-
atupton yesteidsy afternoon with the Peninsular
33 first and 20 seated class pasJeng. re (anion.; whom are
the Viscount and Viscount,s C ndeix-t, for Li,bon),
2,0001 in bar goiti for Ca tiz, and a full cargo. The screw
steamer Aomegavar, Capt. Moth's, also left for fla%re
and the Sdartieh ports, with five passengers and general
cargo.
NEW CAN.ADIAN BISHOPRIC.—The Indian, steamer,
has brought news of the formal foundation of the nee
bishopric 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, and with
it a commission from the Archbishop of Canterbury, in
his capacity of metropolitan, authorising the Bishops of
Toronto, Montreal, Qiebsc, and Nova Scotia to proceed
with Dr. Cronin's consecrations The ceremony will
take place at Toronto.
RELIC OF THE SPANISEI 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 waver some ceuturie, ;
and it is fair to infer, from its make, that it might have
been an anchor beloogiiig to one of the ships wrecks'
upwards of three centuries ago off the coast of Lyme, irt,
the eel orated Spanish Armada. It is in the possession
of Clayt .n, EA., collector of her Majesty's customs
a'. this port.
RESCUE OF SEVENTEEN PERSONS FR,-01 DROWSING
—FILL (BRISTOL), Aug 25. —Yesterday, eb abtert one
m. one of our pilots' steps, then at anchor off Cleve-
don, descried a boat, and a number of people in leer.
driving towt;rds the South-west Patch Sand, the wind
blowing strung from 85W, and they immediately hove
up tit it anchor and made towards the.ii, and were just
to Litue to t,avu ti:em hieing driven on the sands, w heft
no human aii would nave been of any avail. Terowini:.
them a roo they
.Succeeded in towing them off, 2,,,!
brought them to Port head, which place they left in the
HMO, fot.lish manner, under the fellowiug cirt•umstatices :
—Th ee females and 14 men and boys,
w who
hat(olvvc:rini:
in ,ro Bristol to Portshead with some other exalt sinuists
.
cinbtaermaerdtaurr,iangbettihte liorfifeeneotolno,ng, and rowed
when it was flue, the
ids then being a strong ebb, which carried hem out of
sight of the landing-place, and the wind fretilening from
the south drove them about 10 mi.es towards the above
patch, when the boat became unmanageable, and fright
overcame the party, in which state they were providen-
tially rescued.