Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-22 00:00:00

i was

ieh led

necessary to enter

Tame six

improver and

acluded:hy proposit
io hadieleiated his
• the edification of

;e maturer yE

Jr. Charles 'Real

.huaiastic demonstrati
d that when he first
id t. that distinguish
evening, he fully
was. placed. It w
a to, anticipate the
:h, and which he
a.,. (Cheers.) He w
he. begg,cd the aucliC

ssembly a
theiflatteri

warm reception

).sriCre'
v of I).!''

lee- to believe in t

tiniEntsc-and to excu

[se the poverty of

.eh they were expres:

influences of lininari elm
next to, that was the seam
those happy days whealth
by the joys of the prese
Kean' s) life, forty yeans.h,
found himself presented,
fall Ont-student and comp
positions in society.. Si
pimage of life was spite
of toil, and suffici6nt to,c
and clisappointrneuts.
generous and unswervir

meter were the ti

mid boyhood-41
e, clouds of the fut

,nt. Since those
ad passed; and a(

;:bscurea
its (311 r;
asure ht

as it were, anew .t

Ica a erowning_ep
sufficient 'compel
Alliterate any, men

,isode ir

asation f
ofies of t-

)r

read)-to support every- etic
English drama, and; to:
thanks. He couklionly s

Than more

)re is thy due,-
than_ all pan ;p

incite them to keep, oia thus
sure in the end '..to,meet with success. When they" nail
„,,
was not held .l up, to, nature the dtama, had not fulfilled 11.--, "I
legitimate mission.: Like every other human institution la
d
must be defective in its organisation. In. the natural o°l.f hthey found plants. which combined in: them the elembA.ts -
life and destruction—as Shakspere•had it : a

endea,vours w

high wer

kris small flower

For thii being smelt with that

Deingjastuf slays all sensps,with the heart;
Two such opposed foes enoamp there still
In man, as well as herbs, race and rude will

Ana wnere• the worser is -predominant,
Moa the canker der.4h cuts up the plant

which
stage but to everytloo,
These linsa.comtained a coMpFehensive morallit6
be apprned not only to the, ~
to -
else in ,life,. It might be; diffic • preserve, a garden
free front WC.CdS; but thak was. no, reason why; it show,
be allowed to be choked. The love 'of the drama; Was Pre.
dominant iii their nature ; for ages England:: had beet
the repository of its greatness.. It ;had shed a light 9, 55‘
a lustre which nothing,. . - could obliterate. ShakspeO:
influence. had been felt in. everygrade of society, and 14
.authority- had been ackuowledged by the advocate,,:,P' statesman, the •philoso.pher, as the divine his was,
password to every spectesuf humanity; his was, in fact,.'o.' ther,great- moralist John.son,said,
tained gold and diamondainiitexhaustible 'plenitude."' ROI
" a great Mine which corr
hissiverks might be derived an entire 'syst era,of moral phiVo,
sephy and domestic economy. Where else, .W.as there. such imile of wisdom ? 10,14s,faults, they reflected the mating:*
•of his day in his indii-idnal character. Ni. turn of thougli
orfluctuation of feeliug.waS omitted, and Shakspere' comprO:
hensive Tun
hen "f heaven tco.earth, from eart-IL! lieaven.':' Had the .draraa never existed,. there would.hace
•
been no field for thc•exercise of his mighty d genius ; •if
ever a man was inspired
sPere• (Hear for a puipaSe it was Williarn.Shar
, hear.) The drama was. the main means this
dean stupendous wisdom. (Hear, hear.) ,
) contended that the more Shakspere was known',
greater would; be, the, intellignee of the people. (Cheefliq In the time. of. Garrick, the ' drama had , fallen, iUtO
deeadence and, until that mighty-- min
an comenced:li°
remarkable career, there was no, one to redeem., it ftl frivedity andf butionery. A subscription was set, cut f°°,
among the. ladies. of the time--,--and he hoped if ever
similar catastrophe should -.arrire they would do,so
`to effect this object, and an improvement was th44.frected•
,Theit might they say i— •
4-oh, woman 7. thou vast made
Like Iteaven's'own,purest and loving I
To, cheer life's dark and. desert shade,
And gttide erring footsteps right
In &inclusion' he could cmly, say that no words.cO
his gratitude for the priceless compliment WhicJ
paid hint. His endeavours. had come ShOrt of:
but the memories of that day would be always cl
himself and by his representatives when he was'
and he hoped the. great had that eveni
would stimulate the ambition of the rising, actor,
show hint that no, obstacle would nrevent
would

,tdd eipress
'a had bee,n

his desires;
llerished bj

reeeiVe..

and would.

oppose, the pursuit of the prize,r
be awarded to those•who endeavoured to
the respected. (Cheers.)
jr.A Gladstone. _

~:lucii We

Min laWaft
pect

gain the

F- "rteuoe neatth t the Chiilk doing so eulogised 111,r. Kean as a public ben(
This toast; as well as several others, was rec
enthusiasm, and the eompany separated at an adv
of th

Lirman,. ana
factor.,

ived, with

CRIMINAL: OITENDERS IN ' SCOTLAND.—The number Pf
persons charged with offences, in Scotland in 1858 eXhibllS 3
decrease, as compared with 1867, of 58, or 1.5014 per
counties, however, show an increase. 3,167 per

.0.. were tried, and 2,891. convicted, outlawed, or fowl
insane. Offences against the person have increased 21191
per cent. ;, offences against property with violence, 7.8431
per cent, malicious offences against property; 75-4717 Per
• forgery and currency offences, 2.2472 per Cent;

per cent. 515 males and 294 females could neither
read nor write, and only 83 had a superior education. Of
the culprits convicted, 289 were doomed to penal servitude*
2,192 to imtrisonment, and 348 to be fined or whipped. •„, CURIOUSraIAL FOR FELONIOUS A,SSA,ULT.—At the Yor';
Assizes John Newton and Charles Carnenter were

he nOi 17
~lv lie
Broom