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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. tIOTTSF. OF LORDS, WcnNzsnAr, MAY 8. t 'Counsel were fultylicard in the Appeal, Sir W. Cunbinp %tam, Fairlie v. Dame M. Fairlit. Jutl , ,,m-vot postponed.— Votti:sel for the Appellant Rotnilly and Murray, for the Re , •ponderit W. Erskine and Horner. The adjourned debate was resumed oft the petition of Mr. Wallis, `te be heard himself or Counsel in support of the Helstoue Election Big. The prayer of the Petition was re .)eeted. The Debate on the second reading of the Helstone Election Bill itself was adjourned till Friday next. The Jail Fees Abolition fill was read a third time and liaised. The Capper Duty Bill • was read a second time. - adjourned till Friday next. ITOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Srtioant BEAT hroo g :.t in a till to artier and amend 'the Insolvent D e b tors ' Act.-cßeail a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday next. The second reiolin g of the Irish Assessed Taxes Bill was fiostponed to Friday. PELHAM AND MONTAGUE PACKETS. Lord NUGENT, after the discussion which bad taken place on the subject of the action between the Pelham and Montague packets and the Globe American privateer, diil not think it necessary to go at any great length into the circumstances of the case. Every opinion which he had then ex pressed had bjen strenp,thetted and confirmed by the information which he had since _received, and by the papers now before • the House. The facts were so borne- out by the papers now produced, that it •. Was unnecessary for him to tletaiu the House for .any considerable time to shew the private oppression and the public mis conduct, which . he considered to have' been de veloped in this .business. He Wished, as much as. possible, to confine' himself tii:the case of the dividual who bad been so 'snitch 'wronged. In doing this he should endeavour to shew the partial . spirit which had prevailetLatthe Post-Office. When lie iirou,:ht the subject before the House at a fo.r liter period, be had taken -th e lib er ty o f observing, there were grounds for a charge against, the Post , - Office, in the condu'et - * - hich . had been 'pursued on the return of the Montagne to England, after the action in which she had keen engaged. The master of that vessel was immediately promoted, without any previous inquiry having taken place into his conduct in that action—which, in every , other case had been thought necessary, where a mail had been lost in an engagement. • Mr. Wat kins's conduct was such, according to the ;repre sentation made by Mr. Freelitig, as-to deserve this mark of approbation—though the Montague had struck, and would have been taken but for' the Pelham—and though the mail. had been thrown overboard. An inquiry bad subsequently been instituted before a Committee. of captains, and the decision was in favour of Mr. Watkins. A second Court of, Inquiry hail been formed to . investigate th e &Induct of. the Officers and' crew of the Pelham, after the return of that vessel. The - report which they made was favourable to Mr. Pering-_--and, in some respects, against Mr. IVatkins—whose appoint ment had nevertheless been confirmed by the Post-office, in the teeth. of their own inquiry.— The fteport stated, that Mr.•WatlCins had falsified the ship's log ; that he had falsified his own offi cial letter ; and that he had falsified the evidence given on the former inquiry. It stated, that the Colours df the Montague had been struck, and that, but for the gallantry and good conduct of. the Captain of the Pelham ; t!le Montague must have been lost. Notwithstanding this, the head 7 Money had been with-held from the crew of the Pelhain, which, in every similar case, had alivays been allowed. These were the grounds on which the case had stood—and how much stronger was it made, when it-was found, from the Papers now before the House, not Only that the Post Office had taken no measures to give effect to . the deci sion of its Own Court of Inquiry, in favour of Mr. Peting, but " that in the Report which had been made to Government, purporting to give a faithful account of the whole .transacti on , th ose parts of the evidence were suppressed, which made against Mr. WATKIsiS, and the effect of the whole was made most prejudicial to the character of Mr. Pering, and the crew of the Pelham. It was difficult to state what could-be the motive for pre ferring an unworthy Officer to a deserving indivi dual, as he contendedhad been done on this occasion. It would appear that the Post-Office could have but one interest—that of doing justice t o th e ir p u bli c servants. But, if the House would allow himi•to do.so, he thought he should be able to shew, that - sufficient grounds had exis-ed to dispose the Post- Office to misrepresent the conduct of- Mr. Pering. The Noble Lord then referred - to a letter address ed by Mr. Freeling to Lord Chichester, in which Mr. Watkins is recommended for peonfotion ; and, after stating, that Mr. Pering's conduct was to be inquired into on his return, he adds, that " the conduct of Watkins was so decidedly brave, and so many testimonies had been sent home in com mendation of it, that he suggests to Lord Chi chester, to carry his intentions into effect imme diately,—conceiving that the question as to Per-, ing cannot be -prejudged by the advancement of Watkins." Every word of this, the Noble Lord contended, was hostile to the interests of Mr. Pering. He should be sorry to comment harsh ly on the couduct of Mr. Freeling ; he believed the public were obliged to him for many good speculations, and he hoped he (Lord N.) should never make a bad use of his name. But he could, not suffer a transaction like that which he - had brought under the consideration of the House, to be passed over without complaining that the pub, lie hat! been wronged in the course pursued, with respect to._ the Tan whose c h aracter h a d been injured by such wanton_ injustice. There was one paper, from Mr. Thomas,carter, which censured very severely the conduct 'if Mr. Pering, who was his commander, whom. he did not he : - sitate to charge with falsehood and cowardice; and " he trusts the fears or ignorance:of a Com mander may not implicate or cause anyteflections upon his Officers or crew." 'lle would call the attention of the House to letters which had ,been received from various 01liceis - with whom Carter had. conversed 'on the subject at Rio Janeiro. [The Noble Lord here read several letters. from, different Officers, in which they express their sur prise that Mr. Carter should have pursued such a course, after the warm admiration he had pro fessed to entertain for the conduct of Capt. Pering. klis Lordship next read an affidavit made by Mr. A. Deting, s'vlsielt set forth ;that. having wafted on T. Carter, on the subject of the engagement with the Globe s their conversation had terminated in these words, on the part of Mr. Carter 'your 'brother and I may differ on questions of naval manoeuvres, but, if I wese asked how your bro ther conducted himself, I should say, a braver man never walked the deck---sa braver man does not live." 'These words, the deponent believed to be verbatim what had been Uttered by Thomas Carter. He could say much more on this subject, but he was afraid of tiring the •House, as he thought he had sufficiently made out . his ease. Whatever the ultimate decision on the question might be, he implored the House, as they valued the character of an oppres . sed individual s —as they valued the interests of the public service- 7 as.they wished_ to guard against the verversion' of reward ss -and as they wished to protect deserving from injastice—not to let the ease s -be passed over without enquiry. His Lordship cOocluded by moving, • " That the Papers now before the ,House, relating to the action fought by the Montague anti Pelham Packets, with an American privateer; be referred to a Select Committee." Mr. Lusnisrwrots' was so far from coming to ,_the' conclnsiOn which the Noble Lord desired, that, he was confident It would . ' be found Mr. Watkins had deserved, by his gall a ntry, the promotion he had received . ; and that the loss which had been sustained on: bbard 'the Mon tague, was in consequence of the Pelham hav ing Tailed to . give that assistance 'which she ought to have afforded. He would shortl state the 'circumstances of the' case to. put the House fully in possession of the facts—The Pelham and Montagne packets, commanded by Mr. Perini and Capt. Norway, were attacked by an American privateer., The Perham was ordered by Capt. Norway to take her station close a-head of the Montague. The -privateer immediately closed with the Montague; and, in the course of a short time, during which the action was most gallantly sustained, that vessel lost her' Captain, and had half her men disabled. Mr. Watkins suc ceeded Captain Norway in the command, and during the - whole of the action it appeared that no assistance had been afforded by the Pelham. Various statements had been made on the subject—but, he, supposed it to be want of skill (for the courage and bravery of Mr: Pering had never been doubt ed) that Ltd prevented the Pelham from giving the Montague assistance. After repelling two ,desperate attacks, ,and killing many of the ene my's men, the privateer was compelled to sheer off. On the arrival of the Mont ague i n E ng l an d , an inquiry was thought, necessary, on 'the subject of her uthil,having been thrown overboard. It was a common rule with the Post-Office to do so when ever a mail was lost—and, on that inquiry, it had - come ont.in evidence, that the mail had been sunk while Nit-. Watkin's was below decks. The Noble Lord bad stated, that the colours of the Montague wet e struck, This, front the Report of the Cornmit tee, did not appear to be the fact; bat they had been shot away, and rehoisted. Waikips. was tboUght a fit person to be promoted immediately.'after he came to England, not for his conduct in that ac tion, but because he had before been recommend ed by various Officers, as a fii and proper person to beentrusted With the command (if a packet, on account slis_longservices,, and time wounds he had received in the discharge of his pi ofessioaal ditties. He tv ouid put it to the Noble Lord, if the gallantry he, had displayed to this action did not prove hirre to have clever ved his preferment. His promotion was not intended to be prejudicial to the character of Mr. Perin;;. NO comparison hairbeen Made bet ween the two Officers ; and Mr.Pering was, in 'fact, not regularly in the service, having only been entrusted with, the command of the packet for this one voyage. • For the . nnworthy artifices which the Noble Lord bad imputed to the Pos t he was at a loss to know what he meant, and wished for some explanation on the subject. He believed it would be difficult to prove their ex istence, and the Noble Lord ought to. be careful how he used expressions which went to impute the shadow of injustice to those connected with the Post-Office. Mr. Freeling had recommended Watkins to promotion for his' long services and his wounds, and the Postmaster-General concar ring with him; he had accordingly been nrOmoted. These Were the facts, and he was at a loss - t o know what the Noble LOrd desired- should non be done. - An inquiry had been instituted in the usual way, and the result. had been a Report from the 'Committee, declaring Mr. Watkins to have most gallantly defended . his ship----tokhave justified in throwing the Mail .overbOardS and they farther stated, that it, appeared to them the Colours had never been struck, but we re .s wo t away in the action, and, afterwards re-h o i st ed , Subsequently a Committ ee had been appointed to inquire into the conduct of the Officers and crew of the Pelham, who bad repokled that time injury sustained by . the Montague ‘vas occasioned by the injudicious manner in which the Pelham had been brought info' action ; .and it was the opinion, not only of Mr. Carter, but of other witnesses, that this svaszthe consequence of the ignorance of Mr, Pering. In his account of the action, Mr. Pering spoke":of the conduct of Mr. Latter and Mr. Pocock, , as. h av i ng been 'highly meritorious; yet the _evidence 'of both thesebtli rers made against him. Tlie one ascribed ail the blame to him, and the other iniputed the l oss s o -- tainedby the Montag ue t o his i gnorance in, nat't tieal'matteri: Among the documents mead y Noble Lord, was a fetter from AdmiralD)i-xoti:le. Thii iy4 s'im authority ,which he' could not hut statedres pec ‘ t r j a s b , a t a n . aptr', impression gallant e i n Na i l i t i t a m t i (ii r me a n l 7 i ( s i mind, 'that Mr. Carter bad not always held language respecting 'the conduct of Mr. P e e s ' aine which was to be found in his letter. th ring' pera before the House; there was a letter e pray important,. front a per Son lately from the is v la e nd of Teneriffe : this person (Mr. Richardson) said, " among other subjects that b a d attracted hi s at tention ,since lre arrived front . that i s l an d , he had read its the newspapers a' statement, m a d e by Lord Nti gent, o f t h e la te a ff a i r of the M ow , is " e Packet, Captain W a tki ns , vitlm th e Globe Aicnne rican privateer. A more nafoutnred account," " never recollect t o have ' read ; and he adds, here let m e state to you, that every merchant in the Cauarylstands, who knew' She wh o l e e i stance, 'was gratified to find that such a tribute had been paid to so brave h man as Captain \Vat kilts, by promoting him to the command of the packet he so nobly defended." He states the Ameriean Lientenaut to have spoken of his con duct in the highest terms, and asserts, at the end of his letter, that the Mont-ague never struck ;her.. colours, but the gaff, or the gaff haulyards, were shot away. With such evidence in favour of Mr. Watkins, he could not think-the Noble t Ord had succeeded its making Out a .case that called for a new inquiry. Mr. PRESTON said this was a case in which, the House was. the only source from which justice could be obtained by Captain - Pering a gentleman Of large fortune, excellent character, courage, and talents, which he had volunteered to exert against the enemies of his country. He commented in very severe terms upon the evidence of Mr. Car ter and Captain Watkins, and pledged himself to substantiate his statement, if a Committee were ordered. He concluded with - strenuously recom- - mendin , r c the appointment of a Com-nittee. Mr. IloE thought the present question one of the least worthy of notice that hadever been brought before Parliament. Mr. Pering . was not in the regular service of the Post-Office. Out of a crew,of 80 the privateer had lost 50 ,men, and the Montague had . lost 17 out of 28. A Court - of Inquiry had been appointed, who, afiiidst much, contradictory evidence, had been of opiulon that the colours had been shoe away. He thought that-it was strange to appoint Mr. Watkins to the command of a• packet before he was tried,, "how ever well he had confessedly behaved.• Mr. Pe ring, however brave, was certainly unskilful; as it appeared that, from the Pelham not coming into ac- tion soon enough, the Montague had sustained all the damage. This might be an error of judg ment on the part of Mr. Pering, but Admiral 13Ing bad suffered capital punishment from an error of judgment, though he was far' from wishing that either that punishment, or 'any other, should be inflicted in, the present case. But he thought that no man" convicted of au error of judgment, by which 17 lives had been lost, should be appointed to the command:of a packet. Should the House think, it fit to entertain case of that kind, every man who thought himself injured, and who might be known to a Member of Parliament, would have his case brought before the House. A clia lenge was said to have been sent to the privateer, and, after having been beaten off, she had been pursued. This was improper conduct, as it was the business of the packet to proceed on her voy age, after liaving, repulsed the enemy. He saw Ho reason whatever fur the appointment of a Com mittee. Mr. R. GoaDoN was of opinion, that had a fair trial been refused, there might have• been son►r ground for the present motion, but that bad not been the case. Mr. J. GRANT thought that his Noble Priem had only done •his duty in bringing the subjec _before the House. Lord NUGENT briefly replied, the question was then put, and negatived without a division. Mr. PEEL obtained leave to bring in a Bill to explain an Act respteting Irish Inland Navigation, and another to amend an Act respecting Contracts for Prisons in Ireland. Both were brought in, and read a first time. - On the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'S motion for the further consideration of the Property Tax Bill, the Amendments were read a2d time and ordered t o b e rea d a 3d time on Friday. Th e Copyhoid Estates Bill, the Exmoor Trust Bill, the South Sea Trade Bill, and the Scotch Pedlars Bill, were read a3d time, and passed. The Muriatic Acid Bill went .through the Committee : report to-morrow. The Greenwich Hospital Bill went through, ,the Committee: re port to-morrow.—The Scotch Game and Fishery Bill was committed for Friday next. The 2d reading of the Postollice Bill was postponed till Monday.—Adjourned. MR. KEAN. The fo ll owing excellent Criticism on air: KEAN is extracted front the Newcwile chronicle. There is so much candour, good sense, and good taste in the remarks,sand the sentiments of. the Writer on the merits and defects of this Pe rformer are so ably expressed, that we need offer no apology for laying it before our Readers. Mr. KEAN closed his engagement o f fi ve n i ghts, at this Theatre, with the character of Hamtet.—lt would be, difficult to decide on Mr. Kean's merits from the different opinions ' of those who have witnessed .his performances, one party be ing scarcely able to find terms sufficiently warm in which to express their panegyric, - • and the other feeling almost equal di i n ex pr ess i ng th e i r d i sapprobation. • For our parts we lti l c i L liY s t e say, that though we admit that Mr.. Kean possesses_ many and great merits, yet we can by no means join in the excessive praise bestowed upon him by some, nor allow that he is the great actor that it is the fashion to represent him. bci it ' , ,t io • scßr f t i or...( e tellioeitr, t if rr e3essc i i istit:ciipna the hcause happyof the m successmanner ri e r with of which:l• Ir. Keanl ihe h i q s p appears r t s h e t o m u l .. s nor points of a piece, many of which he certainly gives with great force, and in a manner quiti new, striking the imagina tion of the spectator with the discovery, as it were, of new . b eau ti e s, where none were supposed to exist. before; thus shedding over the other parts of his performance a . kind of fictitious splendour which disposes the mind to receive it as •great. —But his warmest admirers cannot deny greater and .grander. points; that dig. ta n ti l 'i t a y te i gi s ine ti af t i'l t Yi e l r s fy u b l e t y d o l u t d hC his reach, and that his performances, though, occasionally great, are yet very often tame, and throughout, most unequal. And is it for his only occasion- a ny rising into any thing like excellence, that we are to laud hint to the skies, and prefer him to those whose performances are thronghout uniformly great, and whose principal object is t o pourtray the greater and more marked features of the cha racter? Are our judgments to be led captive by his novel manner of exalting trifling things into consequence ? Or are we , because the niggartiness' of nature has denied to Mr. Kean the expression of either dignity or grandeur,' or the ca pability of sustaining the bustle of action, to overlook these q ualities, and set them down as nought? It is not our in tention to speak harshly of the personal defects of Mr. Kean, or set them iit array against him," hut let iss not, because he can go so far in spite of them, exalt him above- those whose i s nut checked by such impediments. however goodnaturedly the critic may shut his eyes to or however the audience may overlook them, it ' necessary, in forming an estimate of his character as au actor; to take them intticonsideration, as it is from them that his acting derires its peculiar features. The Voice of Mr. Kean is weak and bad, his person is small and not cast in the • ent:11::: by ey. a perfec tHp:l e sj ir • s z a n ot t i n zal c igi t y r e y eiiy . resß, ,to theseuatrid, o sby es sa defects ain nolsitn a ed t x e co ir c i ep o ,a l s i I le , . r co b o t f t i I l ci t i t ot o tei c .: ceiring the nature of some of the fiercer passions which agitate the human breast. He thus possesses twoOf the greatest re quisites of an actor, and of.thein he makes no little use, hut it may be doubted ) ,if his expression be always correct, or if it convey always a just idea to theniind of the spectator. The voice of Mr. Kean being so had, it he principally re li es for effect; is on his 'c oun t enance th a t hence arises his great partia- r lity 'for dumh flssy, in . Which he is certainly unequalled. Brace arise also those long pauses which so many people ad mire, and which certainly at first do strike, but which, by their frequent and unnatural repetition, prove tedious and doisitng g ress r i , n ag ttcohtabueg.aeO3ddi,eirnicneg tlii,eii . - --llis countenance may be under -I..that it is not very strongly strooglyrecollected expre , sexpression n , lut and i t s it that the l te of it is consequently visible only to those who arc immediate ly near the stage, whil e to the greatmajoritrof the audience the reason of his silen c e is incomprehensible. It mast be ad mitted also, that he often introduces them in defiance of all' • sense and reman• It is its the force 'which, he is at)its by the I aid of his cuuutenauce, to give to the expression of strong • • ;; ~r'~" i„ the ' le ' ilitssiott, that We think Ms prinalpal talent lies:harg• livery of sarcastic expressions he is .iiso ~ocaulioar'' , ) mhat he if But it is said that Mr.,Kean is a natural actor ta to Oa; the only actor who, since the days of Garrick, 113 ' . w eiS Q. ture for his guide ; that he has shaken otf the trawa elf. The authority, and has struck out a new manner for 131 ;',' 0 . rot; merit of origivality we readily allow him, and 00._. he * eel. to inquire if this charge against other perforae's c"oesisr, founded. But in what dues the nature of ir. e i a au l g?)t r o l ‘V h l A r k y, es w p l c ie lt t r i e d , elivering the elevated and imnpoi a g 'carriage, occasTo 'h n e a n ll sentence with all the slip shod familiarity ~fcorna)..obrupt der as it is well expressed by a periodical ciitic, ',, ja tl' is cents to the most common matter of fact vulgaritics•_eioe be consists the only material difference we could Port s° 01 ypegoopnpaitnigughlimsecrlseoLldtifteyliyletoricig4tae oerif ftewear such c h h i him naierxdcoetslisei excessive f° r admirationnm eis,, and .t, i for m. thisi :p it o i n s t u b s a L t:idess e tr o i b l ) ; proachcs to vulgar life have a very different e ffect , , 'fb7 us as the most objectionable parts of Mr. Kean'' ac T:re tlit • business of dzla t sd tm ,t e stage, it is true, is " to hold as.. t er Oar pran na lciii. i oot : npe r me : e,i r se:t.sc u ise r :si t a o nature;" but then it is not natur e ' j et ; JO il l imitation,il attire cleh l ilb,.lLtuse rs ten . : h e:a, i ir c , l 7b i aren i esedntseloi ennobled iii o eo b , bi jeeidecdt understood i o ni f i I. tho t at:brei be iti c re,..:;, . i gt bt. j e :: : ci 1 is(tlet the stage, and such has ever been the opinion we 133 : . s a i com th‘ it. Upon what Principle it is then that characters, __r vg'att poet.has placed in such situations as perhaps riev.riaoughtso being was - situated, breathing; the most noble 'the lair; (c)lfotcluiemdmitotnlartmegauliatgye?renFroorveod:arrs2-mlirveas: possible to the' tC" that those familiar guage of familiar life, arc to be sunk all at once t ' to lea a Thane of Candor. But waving this absolutely beneath any person of the lease preteosi 10 4 or actions and forms o l ve ex b p a rc r7 raillt of a gentleman, are becoming In a prince al/ es c aliol' sowe of our readers may think over-stretched, it eaul d ,ger denied that these famili d • ' ' ,f extrea.e: hie to ar m opprigs ai e ( _, ,iy na , lo j to the person win; uses them, as being excecu .n b o ne ' degenerate into the rididuious. It is preciselY tw oe r ear Which Bannister, Liston, or any other comic Pr ila :i c ierei ° si.u);t.ownilsictoi, tlriee ploys, when in their mock heroics. And with all' ~ „ 5 yea to his admirers we do not think that even Mr. Kean ti' i mm er able to avoid this danger, for some of his " nal' i li fistlio: prosions were 'certainly as complete specimens of t' clip ittea as we ever remember to Lave heard. This is o'l' at and ig by many of his panegyrists. Had the eyes bec" " II 'seriOLlS had not been known that Kean was in one of his most ueo e. .l t ' ‘ 1..:0 adduce man instances of 'must mislaced fi 1 llle, h st soliloquy of Hamlet, and another 111 the so:Naver, th p_ ii,r a lose r i t is s i td , r El n : "'l'o be or not to be." In the former, when bE cw il ation Q ' father's funeral,,, occasioned by the words, `.- ' fat her O . shoes were iold, with which she. followed• iny ino ir the isti' body," had brought tears into his e • - a nd svh° . ' II yes, i, illuslo l 7 4 thane • •.. i. %ere sympathising with him, 'be broke th , __ . , d. 3 11 saying abruptly, with a familiar toss of his r icht 5 07 i,/,( m be yet more homely tone, " like Niobe all tears, a . L e os t° had been sonic dripping fountain familiar as their a o sei the minds of every one of the audience; then easaeli,j! bat :is:by:a:ril lt difficult, t i t u t c a t r yo f laugh but titstm:'oeutishi t he d ar have,l l otibipyeoe. noticei I t i lt l ' i i ' e . e l l oo i c ilil h , , : : ? : -P- . - i tiiay t ri b t when the rec0,.....e th ole e for what purpose no one can tell, we were i'erY, a 4 n i via" _ ould uot perceive that his mind was occupied wiyto, octet ', re' lent emotion which could preaude him from nttertnu maining part of the sentence, " married with wirte A ;,) Ulf which according, to the'sense must have been forat e f ii , the mind before time pause. We, believe there was not a v O_ c li dthe K ea then's o p t e i e x u r l peculiar man isoliloquy, when i v, tr i t ) e li n e niost house that did not wish,' that both the lantiliarit,b7Roir• pause had been omitted. This speech certainly Ott!' t vie"'' • In l' us rather bearthese; ills we have," he made a long' P,Li.:",cith ter which he uttered the remainder of the s cote," t ,, tit! a hurried familiarity, which was as near an ap proaef y r IM: ridiculous as any thing we ever heard. It is, ha ss c 'ethr justice to add, that he gave the words, "AY, tlier 's the da irall ic in . the 'former part, of the same soliloquy ill t eves most a ! I or ,in anner. This disciple of nature, it may bsimpao4‘',, in, siders all the ,usuat stage tricks, and such artcial aleuteber to arrivedunfaavtotuhreable poin , , . _ l aies finitely beaeath him. No such thing; have seen an actor who displayed more attaclonco!oduct :, r ooll -b or more unceasing anxiety on all occasions to the e t we nlr red ,a' s a t° t 'l' br s i the scene. We are not disposed to nrad fault with h o i tita l g etr account, ject, but we really do not perceive any Wor e 11 sameness. duct in !inn than many other performers. - ' i; - a raon c _i r We do not mean to deny that Mr. Kean's p'ecui t a r i :faii , g: does not often produce' great effect; but it ' as ° ; tire s°l -; applies with particular force to the whole of M r ' a s pelj lit f i r s almm uldeed ‘ f v r e eq a u p e p ti r t eh r e e n p d e t t i t t ) i a o t ir t h p: cohdaurcgees oi,r ailini,:o c! cs; i'lg• After seeing him in one or two characters) ...,et!,, way form a tolerably correct idea of what he may v' , ,, tli,' sa b an e rn t o. before the t ra l . m n e nl f e o irl o i his t- ig alwaysl°iit soliloquies, : t t qh l l % l. sesasa:tunfeeo.r pacing'in s nb ac ec k, we ti . nd : 1 7 0 7vi; then comes a pause, followed bY dall his words flow from hint drop by drop, the same sine t 7.0 1. „. clenched hands and bringing them itt COfitact 6efore.bn, `foie, warasal 4 y aws , ail abrupt &demist° i. v arir e of t the e.' ' ie as and demean • prosing inannef_'',,, of II . ," oum •-, and then to pacing again. Bu not f en 0 sameness applies particularly to his exits. IV edo . , 1 1 ber •• . a single exit of his, which, if made at a s,i de Va l n f ° ,,, f ; not done with a half-stoop, a look into the pa n , k ckiog so!'d ward blow with his double list, as if he was - ° ,,, o rire e a one down; and if at a stage-door, that was riot a to ~ so W I) with a bounce that matte the door and frame t!,, era , b c ar, W ile 1 veterate a habit has be . of this, that even in ala`' c id siea going to murder Duncan, after, saying that he 5 , b ...11 ' lit '. l° .! like a ghost to his prey, and praying throe he cari' l , t l j; 7., DO" his steps, he forced open tlw stag hear ' not that must have awakened Duncan's chaniberlai*? , t a nte i s t f Upon the whole, we'consider that Mr. Near' i , eelcbii door ss " built upon any Very solid foundation, and that lu s will be but transien ------"' , _..... _......-....--.. -------------------------111. METEOR O L O GICAL JOL , ---` AL , • 1 Aveataer. , 1 Thermometer. 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Vo! , 19 4.j. 45 S 3 42 .25 its l/11 • ' 20 46 147 52 42 29.96 i - -.---- 6 g a it) 21 . 46 , 42 47 40 .35 ..5 .56 as tabl e ' ''' A little Rain, with Hail, illug c- 48.90. f Heavy Main Barometer at 9 P• 0 •-__________,-- ,0 " .. ...dll about nine o'clock,Bn' lot, STREET R consequence, .li,gor.n.t., was returning home, he vas as w ho, te k-street, Commercial- road, by three loc,, Th ii s of h f is r knocking hin,:dowo, 'rifled pap ers ot EFIr-iatY eil:set°,l:-"l:llle°juitie with which they got book, containing Bank-notes and eAv itig clear o joient nearlyhim lifeless in the kennel, from tic, 'j o gai at ve came to his ill treatment he had received ; he was 3`, b) inhabitant, raise the cry of murder, when Mr. 11 ‘,, on yed him home; where"llge le lies to state. assistance, an tons COAL INTARKF,T, MAY • prce:,' c - • tO • S 6 l 7 oil i s s N a t t i e: : :‘ d -i c e a a r l i i t: t l e t e i t d .. .......... .. 5hip5 . ............. ....... 63 * to 445 ..1 0 d 41s. 7 d , to --, 1 Cinders .1 ........ €ls• tillery, to Sarah, Lately, at Lincoln, Captain Frederick Roberts .toll., MARRIED. al At on, goy pq• Jowl , of Darlington. daughter of Richard 'l4'; DIED• - Fr e ' On Weduesday lost, at his house in the CaY* Esq. in the 70th year of his :lige. Cr 3re". Oti I ritrted by J. B. CARSTAIBS, LlualtNeli.;:ll:,:e7ossrl;ci%c.a_:(4l;:f.upt.)o:(l,l,.E)ol,irsssti(e;i,d).osbltylp;lcis.diAt:a.ictie:ll3lo:PivilitilcS.br,:oalii:te!esrit,ig,