The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-15 00:00:00

HAYMAR.KET THEATRE.

Webster, taking advantage of the differences which
have arisen between Macready and the Mathews's,
has engaged Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews
at this theatre. They made their first appearance here
last evening as Lady Teazle and Charles Surface
in the School for Scandal. The house was crammed
to the ceiling long before the rising of the curtain, and
on Madame Vestris making her appearance she was
received, not with three times three, but with nine
times nine, and many cheers more, every acknow-
ledgment of the compliment on her part being the
signal'for a renewal of the applause. Never was
reception more triumphant. Equally enthusiastic
was the reception of Charles Mathews. At
the fall of the curtain they were called for, and
the applause was renewed with greater en•
thusiasm than ever. The comedy was powerfully
oast, and went off admirably; indeed, with Farren as
Sir Peter, Strickland as Sir Oliver, Stuart as
Joseph Surface, Charles Matthews as Charles
Surface, and Madame Vestris as Lady Teazle,
how could it do otherwise ? The engagement of
Madame Vestris and Charles Mathews at the Hay-
market, is, we consider, a most fortunate cir-
cumstance for all parties concerned; for while
Webster, by their accession, completes his com-
pany, and makes it by far the most efficient comedy
company in the metropolis, they find themselves in a
position where their talents will not only be properly
appreciated, but where they will have a fair field af-
forded for the display of those talents, and where their
exertions will be most efficiently supported. A
pleasant little duodrama (so named in the bills, that is
N iriitiharulee
of t
a farce supported by two persons) followed, entitled
Snapping Turtles, in which Buckstone and Mrs. Fitz-
v
aqsuaarters of an hour, by their ingenious il-
lustrationihe ealaorutsocfotue.rinplee,nkteinct
.the house in a roar
fo

VICTORIA
The performances at this theatre last night were
for the benefit of thatclever actress THEATRE.Miss Vincent.
The opening piece was a melodramatic romance, enti-
tled May Martin, the Maid of the Green Mountains.
The burden of the performance chiefly depends upon
Miss Vincent, who
in the character of May Martin,
has. to undergo a variet—
y of perils for the sake of
William ber lover,
a hateful union
with Richard Gow (Mr.
Saville), a thief and coiner, but who, under the
guise of a money-finder, had obtained consider-
able influence in the district in which he resided, and
where all the parties dwelt—one of the new settle-
ments in America. The piece terminates with the
death of Gow,
who falls by the hand of May Martin,
who is thus happily united with the man of her
choice. The piece was loudly applauded. Catherine
and Petruchio followed. The principal characters
were sustained by Miss Vincent and Mr. Osbaldiston
with considerable ability, and the acting throughout
was of such a character as to command the plaudits of
the audience. The new grand romance of Crichton
closed the entertainments of the evening, which, as a
whole, gave the
the fullest houses we have seen at this theatre.
greatest possible satisfaction to one of

Admiral Sir Philip Durham, who is one of the
largest colliery
proprietors in Scotland, and who
showed determined resistance to the unlawful com-
bination of the colliers, was informed last week that
the colliers on his estate would return to their work
without additional wages, for which they had stood
out ten weeks,

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