The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-08 00:00:00

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.

This theatre is now under the management of Mr.
Greenwood, who has added to the strength of the pre-
viously very efficient company, by the engagement
of Mr. Lyon, Mr. Henry Marston, and Miss Caroline
Rankley. Miss Rankley is a young lady of great
talent, who, having had considerable provincial prac-
tice, has now for the first time made her appearance
before a London audience. Her personal attractions
are by no means inconsiderable, besides which she is
an excellent actress, and bids fair to take a high rank
as the heroine of domestic dramas. The manage-
ment of the stage is committed to the super-
' intendence of Mr. Henry Marston, and as might have
been expected from the refined taste of that
gentleman, the entertainments are of a higher order
than those to which a Sadler's Wells audience have in
general been accustomed. A new drama, from the
pen of the author of The Minerali, entitled Faust,
was produced on Tuesday with the most unequivocal
success. The author, in treating the legend of Faust,
has taken Kit Marlowe for his model rather than
Goethe, and in so doing he has exercised a sound
judgment, for a more undramatic piece than Goethe's
Faust can scarcely be conceived; while in the
Faustus of Marlowe every situation is a
telling one, and every incident is dramatic.
Taking the old legend as the ground work of his
plot, our author of last night has given us one of the
most ingeniously constructed tales of diablerie ever
represented on the stage. This ingeniously con-
structed plot is admirably developed, and the play
itself is exceedingly well written, the language is
always well chosen and appropriate, and we meet not
unfrequently with occasional bursts of really fine
poetry. It is evident that the author has been no
careless student of our earlier dramatists, and his
oroduction has a smack of the genuine flavour about
it. Lyon as Faust, and H. Marston as Mephisto-
pheles, were every thing the author could wish ; the
sepulchre; tones of Marston told admirably in the cha-
racter of the fiend. Miss C. Rankley, as Marguerite,
made the moot of a secondary character ; she had little
to do, but in doing that little she exhibited great taste and
judgment. The piece has been got up with great
care, and the scenery—for which this theatre has
always been fained—was magnificent. Lyon and
Marston were both called for at the conclusion of the
piece, which was announced for repetition every
evening, amidst the loudest applause. The drama of
the Dumb Savoyard and his Monkey followed, in
which the performance of Wieland (who is starring
it here for a week) as the Monkey, drew down roars ,
of laughter from all parts of the house, which was I
Crowded in every part.

MERCHANT GUILD OT PRESTON.

FRESTON, MONDAY EVENING.—The festivities of
" the wind" have commenced this day under cir-
cumstances as auspicious as those of any previous
occasion. By general consent all business appeared
to be susgonciecf, except so far as this was connected
with the testivities of the week. The Royal stand-
ard was hoistei at the top of the principal parish
church, and banners and flags floated in all directions.
Thousands of persons wended their way in all direc-
tions, and several of the lines of railroad connected
with the town put on extra trains, and will continue
30 during the week. At previous guilds the occasion
has always been of much municipal interest, but the
passing of the Municipal Reform Bill, depriving the
corpoi-ation of many of its old customs and rights, re-
organis 9d the body. The burgessess now living have
their former privileges continued and confirmed, on
being regularly renewed in the guild books, but no
new freeman can now be created or admitted, so that
in the course of a few years, when the present body
is removed by death, the legal necessity for celebrat-
ing this jubilee will no longer exist. These circum-
stances have all co.itributed to render the present
meeting one of considerable interest, and during the
week the town will be crowded with the elite of the
surrounding counties. Although the Premier, who is
one of the patrons, will not honour the town on this
occasion, his eldest son, Mr. Robert Peel, will be pre-
sent, having already ordered a dress for the fancy
ball, at w;iich, as well as the other entertainments of
the week, viost of the other noble patrons will attend.
The form al opening of " the guild" took place at
two o'clock at the Town-hall. From thence the pro-
cession, preceded by the band of the 60th Rifles from
Manchester, foll owed by halberdiers, the Mayor, Re-
corder, and Vicar, and about 200 gentlemen, proceeded
to the Corn Exchange, Lane-street, which had been
elegantly fitted up .for the entertainments of the week.
The area of this latter place has been covered over,
the fittings-up and decorations being in the Tudor
style of arcliitecture, above which are an elegant suite
of rooms for the purpose of refreshment, connected
with which is ,the guild fancy fair." The effect of
the meeting in this room was very imposing. The
band of the 60th Rifles, who were stationed in a tem-
porary orchestra, having performed the national an-
them, and the char having been taken by the Mayor,
the Recorder addressed the meeting, which consisted
of nearly a thousand persons. He said that within
almost a few years the town of Preston had arisen from
a comparatively small village to distinction as an im-
portant town, and that chiefly through the talents and
energy of aat family of which the Mayor was a re-
presentative. Not only had it so been indebted to his
family, but he had recently by his courage and per-
severance pri served the peace and safety of the town
under the most distressing circumstances. The pre-
sence of such an individual presiding at the guild he
considered most auspicious. The Town-clerk, who
on this occas ion officiated for the third time, next
read the variou3 charters relating to the corporation,.
after which the Mayor, Recorder, and the several Al-
dermen who wet ' present, gave him the customary fee
of ls. each. A atilt oration suitable for the occasion
was delivered in a very effective manner by Master
T. Humber, a pupil' of the Preston Grammar School,
who was presented b y the Mayor with a silver medal.
The whole of the pup..ls of the 'Grammar School after-
wards promenaded the :room, and were regaled with a
sumptuous entertainmet,,t in the hall. The procession
afterwards returned in a ,similar manner to the Town
Hall.
The town has been al )unda.ntly supplied with means
of recreation for the poorer Chadwick's Or-
chard, the chief arena of the late distressing circum-
stances in which the town has been placed, is crowded
with exhibitions, many of which are of a higher order
of intellectuality than on similar occasions in Lon-
don or its vicinity. Dfring the tuorning there were
several amusements in v: trious parts of the town, con-
sisting of cricket-matt hes, wrestling, and a boat-
match. There is, unfo. rtunately, a large influx of
swell-mob men in the t awn, but their efforts will be
neutralised by the efforts of the county and metropo-
litan police, who are in sufficient numbers to detect
offence or prevent outrage •.

THE CLUBS .—The e Queen and Court being absent,
Pall-mall and St. James's-t trees, are utterly deserted,
and most of -the Club-houses redolent of the paint and
scrubbing-bru sh. The Senior United Service Club has
undergone a c omplete purl fication, both in the interior
and exterior; and the few inembers whom business re-
quires to be ix: the metropolis are located at the club-
house at the corner of Bennet-street (late Bond's). The
Travellers' Club-house is undergoing a complete repair,
and it will he some time ere their members congregate
at the accvistomed spot. The salon of the Oxford and
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carpets d
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Club, and the workmen are giving the finishing touches
to that beairiful specimen of the architectural taste of
Barry. This Carlton Club is having its annual purifi-
cation; and the Junior Conservative Club have removed
to 59, Pall-; mall, while the temporary repairs of their
house are mt tde; it is not expected that the Club will be
able for some s time to get possession of the Old Thatched
House and t urrounding premises for their new club.
The Colonic I Club Lave ;removed to the house recently
occupied by the Parthet on Club, who have migrated
to larger at id more conveni eat premises in Regent-street.
On Tue sday evening, an English lady walking on
the jetty u afortunately fell over into the harbour, where,
had it mit been for a boat that was passing at the
moment sh e would have been certainly drowned, there
having been tt least eight feet water in the spot where
she fell. On che boat arriving. it being then dark, a
man seized her bonnet which was floating on the water,
she herself havi ug suak ; he, however, by exertion, was
fortunate enough to, seize her by the hair of the head,
when he brought ht 'r to the surface and landed her in
safety at the steps i leer the mannon, close to which she
had fallen. On being taken home it was found the
right leg was broken in two ptaces below the knee, and
the left wrist severely • sprainett. We are happy to say
she is now doing well, How the. accident happened she
can give no idea. 3he was
turning round at the
moment ; whether she trod, upon any
thing slippery, or
became suddenly giddy, :she has ,no remembrance.—
Boulogne Gazette.
THE GREEN PARS.--J 7he improvements on the
site of the late Ra.ngees Lodge arc in a state of great for-
wardness, and in a few weel cs the ground will be thrown
open to the public. The workmen are now eployed
in forming a new walk lea ding from the g
Hamiltonate ompposite
Lodge to the Earl of ects ientry's garden, where it
place, through the giounds of the late Range r's
branches off to the old road..