The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-19 00:00:00

No. 15,701.

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KET THEATRE.

On Saturday evening Congreve's comedy of the
Way of the World was revived at this theatre, with
considerable alterations. These alterations have made
the play more suited to the moral feelings of the age,•
but they have at the same time destroyed much of
the interest possessed by the original. The following
is the cast of the principal characters :—Sir
Witwould, Mr. Farren ; Fainall, Mr. Vining Mar-
wood, Mr. Stuart; Witwoud, Mr.lCharlealMathews
Petulant, Mr. Buckstone; Waitwell, Mr. Strick-
land ; Millamant, Madame Vestris ; Lady Wishfort,
Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Fainall, Miss Charles. In the
play represented on Saturday night, there was rather an
unusual change, that of converting 'a female into male
character. In the original comedy, Marwood is a
male part. This destroys the coherence of the
drama, deprives many actions of their motive,
and thus materially lessens the interest of the piece..
The acting, however, made amends for such defects_
Madame Vestris's Millamant was distinguished by an
easy and playful grace. Charles Mathews threw a.
great deal of airy vivacity into the character of the
tribble Witwould. Mr. Farren's conception of the
part of Sir Wilful Witwould was good, but Strick-
land should have played this part. Strickland wants the
pertne3s and flippancy which the personation of the
impudent valet, Waitwell, requires. Mrs. Glover's.
Lady Wishfort was by far the best acted part in the
play. Buckstone made Petulant a broad farce cha-
racter, keeping the audience in a perpetual good hu-
mour while he was on the stage. Miss Charles ?ale
a very correct and ladylike personation of Mrs. I ain-
all. The other characters were respectably sustained
The comedy concluded with a dance by the perform-
ers; and it was given out by Mr. Holt for repetition.
every evening this week with some applause

Preparations for the holiday entertainments ara
proceeding at the two houses with the utmost activity..
The pantomime at Drury-lane is a burlesque of ttle
story of William Tell, and has been written by Mr.
M. Alorton, the author of The Eton Boy and other
dramas.' The pantomime at Covent-garden has been
compounded by the authors of Punch. There is ori-
ginality in the design of the piece, and no pains or
outlay will be spared in its execution.
Webster closes the Haymarket on the 15th of
Jan:l37, and will not open it again until Easter.
Madame Vestris and her husband will remain witk
him until the end of the present year, but what
course they will then take does not seem to be
determined.- -- _
SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—Handel's Messiah,
with Mozart's additional accompaniments, was given.
at Exeter Hall on Friday, by the Sacred Har-
monic Society, The recollection of Braham's won-
derful power and brilliancy in this oratorio compelled
us to institute unfavourable coisiparisons with Mr.
Manners, especially in the sublime
gr:at t
oyeningtes rinnrecitative,
ips.
" Comfort ye my people," which was ever con-
sidered to be one of Braham's
He, however, redeemed himself in the recitative and.
air, " He that dwelleth," which immediately precedes.
the " Hallelujah" chorus. He also instilled some
power and expression into the recitative, " Unto.
which ;" and, in fact, throughout the whole oratorio
he was far less objectionable than when on the stage.
Miss Birch and Miss Dolby sang the other portions
of the oratorio in their best manner, and were greeted
with continued bursts of applause henever their ser-
vices were required. The " Hallelujah" chorus was
the climax of harmony and magnificence. It is im-
possible to conceive a more stupendous effect than
that produced by the execution of this splendid coin-
, position. The vast room was crowded to exeesss long
before the orchestra was even filled, and not a
place could be obtained after the opening recitative •
An actor of the Cirque, on the Boulevard, nano ed
Raymond, committed suicide on Monday eveninh-•
A frivolous discussion between him and his dresses'
had taken place on the preceding evening, which
ended in blows, and a M. Laloue having interfered to
separate the combatants, M. Raymond gave him a se-
vere blow on the eye, and left the theatre in a state or
exasperation. He did not go home during the
night, but on the following moaning went to the
theatre for the rehearsal, when the ,manager, observ-
ing his haggard air advised him to go home and lie
down till the evening. He followed this advice; but,
an hour after he had been in bed rose ond stabbed
himself with a dagger. His death was instantaneous.
—Galignani.
TIIE REBUILDING OP HAMBURGII.--Che senate, rs
of Hamburgh, instead of availing themselves of the
opportunity afforded them by the late conflagration
that destroyed so large a portion of the wont part of
their ill-built city, of rebuilding it upon an improved
plan, have at length, after many deliberations,. decided
upon one to which they have affixed their leg,ll and
irrevocable fiat. It is a sort of patch-work con ipila-
tion concocted from the many which were subuillted
to them by architects and engineers of various I.la-
tions, in which they have most strictly preserve.',
without any exception, all their unwholesome fletha
(Fleet ditches) which intersected with their mud an&
filth every part of the town, and which they dignify'
by the name of canals, and adhere as closely as possi-
ble to the old street arrangements of that entangled,
narrow, and unhealthy portion of the city.
LISKEARD FAIR.—On Monday last, this fair took
place, and was well supplied with fat cattle, which
sold freely at an advance in price; but lean cattle-
went off but slowly. Store ewes fetched sd. per lb.,
and nearly:all the sheep were sold. As a damper,
however, upon the rising spirits of the farmers, the
assessors under the Property and Income-tax were
busy delivering their assessments, which excited
strong expressions of disapprobation against Sir 14
Peel.—Cornwall Advertiser.
On Wednesday morning last, a most violent out—
rage and an attempt to commit both robbery and
murder, took place at Beckingham Manor House, in
the county of Lincoln, within five miles of Newark,
on the Sleaford-road. It appeared that C. G. Milnes,
Esq., who owns a considerable property in the village
and neighbourhood, had received his rents the day
previous to this attack, and about two or three o'clock
on Wednesday, two men, disguised, one in a mask,
and the other with a blackened face, entered his bed-
room, and threw a cord across the bed, and proceede, d
to secure the hands of Mr. Milnes, but the cord wahl
fastened so tight to the right hand that it produced
pain, and Mr. Milnes shouted out murder with all his
might; the two men retreated in consequence of the.
alarm, and were followed by Mr. Milnes into the kik.
chen, where they were trying to hide themselves ; he
immediately returned and secured his roobeitmmursdptooohaard,pifeahtn4
shortly after the butler came and knocked, but Mr. M.
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brother (William North) and Bradshaw into the pre-
mises on the evening of Wednesday, and had them
secreted in the hay-loft, where he supplied them with
ale, and when he thought all was still, he conducted
his brother and Bradshaw to his master's room door;
and, had the robbery been effected, the butler was to
have been tied down to the bed, to make it appear as.
if he had been out of this infamous conspiracy. They
were committed to Lincoln on Monday last, for trial
at the next Assizes. William North is committed to
Palkingliam, to be remanded.—Nottineam Review.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Friday afternoon a sift-
gular accident occurred to a man named Charles
Gater, seventy years of age. It appears that the
poor man was at work on board a barge at the Baltic
Wharf, \Yapping. A man named Kearney wos
at the same time walking along a plank laid
from the wharf on to the barge, with a sack of
tares on his back, when his foot slipped, and he fell
with his burthen into the barge. In his fall he alighted
upon Gater, whom he knocked down with great vio-
lence, by which his leg was fractured in a shocking
manner, and he was otherwise severely injured. He
was immediately conveyed to Guy's Hospital. Kear-
ney was not hurt.
Cattle for the London Christmas markets have been
sent off from Somersetshire to a considerable extent..
At Bridgewater, on Monday, forty fat beasts were
taken up by the railway train, together with a num-
ber of sheep ; and at Highbridge, and other parts of
theodirstsaifiatm igfiaoe railroad,ervnsrdialn lvesasaeidestination.
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ably felt, not only by the graziers and cattle
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I side westward.—Dorset Chronicle.

A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS DURING THE LATE.
FOG.—One night, during the late dense fog, John
Tindall, a mechanic, residing near the Three Colts'
Tavern, East Hackney, was returning home from
town, when the fog became so dense that he missed
his way, and tumbled head foremost into the Regehes-
canal. Fortunately for him% barge was passing at a
short distance, so that the persons on board heard his
cries for assistance, and they made as much baste as.
they could towards him, and with some exertion suc-
ceeded in getting him out. Tindall, not wishing to
alarm his family by going home in such a condition,
called in at the house of Mr. Carter, a friend of his,
and sent a person, named Henry Peale, to the Three
Colts to procure some brandy. The latter made his
way tolerably well to the tavern, but on his return
he missed it ; and, after floundering about for some
time, he dropped into a deep well in the garden of
Mr. Carter. His lengthened absence caused some
suspicion for his safety, and, upon his friends going to
look for him, his cries directed them to the well, from
which he was taken without much injury, but With
the loss of the brandy.