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LIMERICK. OCT. SO.

CHARITABLE THEATRICALS.

" Ybi Ours nitent, mai ego pawls
Off.nclar mutat..." —.....--.......

On Wedne.day evening I:env's' An's comedy of
The Brew Strstegra, with the afterpiece of The C
Suwon, were presented by some young gentlemen at
the Theatre Royal. for tie ►enefit of the House of
Industry, and were received with a degree of uni-
versal approbation that most ►ave been as giateful
to the ynethful Heroes of the Drama, as it was
pleasing to the admirers of talent and taste. Archer,
the leading personage, was performed by Mr. M.
haaetwerros, in whose lively conception of the
part be had assumed, and easy maanerof filling this
arduous 0/wafter. e e observed strong natural abili-
ties, with the polished accomplishments of a gentle-
man: hi. deportment in many of the scenes was ele-
gant and well bred. and in his interviews with Mrs.
Shlien, the manners of the M inch Fashion were clearly
Discernible under the disguise of a livery. We had
never the pleasure before of seeing Mrs. Mac
)lastaaa on our boards, a circumstance much to
be regretted, as she is certainly an attest of un-
common merit : the warm, yet virtuous and faith-
ful spouse, she appeared in every renew& e with
the seducing Archer, whose " brittle shafts" fell
blunted from virtue triumphant, and particularly
in the bed-chamber scene. where every thing coo-
spired against her honour, she repelled the gay
deceiver, and withstood his lures in a manner that
excited unusual applause, confirming her aging.
in our opinion, as a piece of finished excellence—
an idea that received additional strength on her
second entry, in her favourite Muria. Mr. Gee*
aims, as Lord AinissirP, demands a tribute of
praise. though the admiration of the fair sex was
nearly engrossed by his companion, Archer. In the
Farce o. Carioca, he exchanged his peerage
for the charaeter of Young Pulpit, and in both
his performances he was equally successful. As
to froisard, it is a charater most disgustingly over-
charged, and he must be truly a man of merit
that could make it other than contemptible ; it
was of course no easy task for M. Hewitt., ►y
genuine Limner, without vulgar facetiousness, to
force an audience even into the appearance of
satistallion with the author's ill-judged degrada-
tion of sacerdotal iespittability. The ridiculous
Scrub was ptnionated. with success. by Mr. WA°.
Lim whost address and corntenuere literally
convulsed the audience " ere their owner spoke ;"
the expression of the latter was ludicruas in the ex-
treme. and what with his motley garb. saints and
vt ice, we have seldom witnessed a snore droll eabi-
biti- nof whimsical comicality. The dearly-beloved
spouse of the impassioned .%lrs. Sullen, was as sulky
and gloomy as we could possibly have wished him,
that the constrained morose ill-nature and surli-
ness of Mr. BRETT were as creditable to his judg.•
ment, as they were incontisteut with his natural dis-
posaion to utlige and please. .licuiyiscr, the truly
comic landlord, ga►e a spirit to the piece whenever
his presence was necessary, and by seasoning his
conversation wt.!: his laconic wittieimis and dry
jest., gave k relict to the teirans Lieerentri. that kept
mtention eon:tan:4 awake : we bad some difficulty
in tc....ognising Mr. Taacv under his belt
:,n.l tAt ha;•py in giving him applause whenever his
humour drew tt foals. The minor parts of Gabel,
Erphut, ar.l /fasiiisbArr, were dose eve, y justice to,
the:don we crimmt pass them over witt.uut observ.
int:, that Messrs. Gannwacc, Commxt.t. and Mut.-
CA Ur, seemed combined in the general endeavour
to give u:-.iversal gratification to the audience.

niter notici:.g —the Getalemen of the Buskin, it
:s time we should advert to the House itself, which
wAs more sparingly occupieJ than we could either
have exy.el:l or wislleJ—ele pit, no doubt, was as
(Lll 4c it could 11:11d—the loner), also was as
Q.:rt.L, •rs usual; but tLe ucars, cLat we have

seen groaning with the weighty ;MO NA of a popu-
lar stage-favourite. ea this charitable occasion
presented a dreadful void. The military offi;;rs
formed the greater part of the speaators in riu di-
vision of the house, outri►alliog oar good citizens in
the ser►ice of Charity. We witnessed with deep regret
this shameful and culpable inertness in the cause of
humanity, which we anticipated would call for the
benevolent exertions of the united community ; and
we feel,with infinite sorrow, the vast distance we are
beLind band with our sister city, whose public en-
tertainments always ovet flow, when Charity is the
intzot and aim of• the design. 'f'he expenses 4ttend-
ant on theatrical representations of any nature are
numerous and heavy, so that if vast assistance he
not afforded, the objea falls t 3 the ground ; this
10-isideration impels a hope that the next entertain-
which is announced for the sth of N,vember,
for the benefit of the Fever Hospital, may be most
r•err:ereusly attended; that the spirit of Charity
r.,,ty he roused amongst us, and a general emula-
tion animate our fair townswomeo, are happy
" cunsummatians most devoutly to be wished."

IMPROVEMFAM
TN THE CITY OF C&ELISLE.

Last week the workmen began to clear away the
rubbish within the bastions of the Citadel of Carlisle,
pr,patatory to their being converted iota Coon
Houses, for the purpose of administering justice fur
the county. The Ctadel will soon lose its original
appearance, ant /Allan an smelt very different
from its former state. In its ancient tutor, it con-
sisted of two immense bastions, or round towers,
conneerd by • rampart of considerable extent,
pierced by embrasures and battinnents. It could
boast of little beauty and embellishment, and was
aitogsther a grotesque piece of military architcaure.
A modern toutiat says, sr it was built by Henry the
h, and had the form of all his castl:s on the
Harnpshite and Kentish coasts." It will survive
evrty res.ige which marked it as a frontier town,
and rh. Castle will be the only building remaining
to indicate the struggles which it formerly main-
s lined against the rude assaults of the inhabitants of
the sister kingdom.
The Castle is situated on the northwest extremity
of the city. on an eminence over looking the fertile
plains of the vale of Eden, where that river undulates
in a variety of capacious -windings. The fabric re.
mains in nearly the same state in which it was first
finished by the royal founder, William Rufus. Its
square towers acid turrets, flanked by extensive ram-
parts, have hitherto defied the ravages of time, on
whose sides it has made no impression.
The interior of the Castle is composed of all dr:se
appendages which usually occupy a space so con-
'traded. The visitor is :hewn dreary dungeons,
where the confine.] prisoner has cheated the linger-
ing hou-s by carving upon the walls the suggestions
of his wore out fancy. Among these dismal cham-
bers, where names undistinguished have succeeded
e rch other, was confined one a ho has long occupied
a distinguished place in the page of histoty. The
unhappy and beas,t'ful Mary Queca cf
after he, defeat at Leingsido, when her kings:urn
was in a state of Jistraitlion, threw herself under
the proteet:gn of her sister soverein Elizabeth,
who secured the fugitive Queen in ‘_ /Aisle Castle.
a short tame after her landing it Workington. on the
we.tern coast of this county. The Roy.l Captive
was intrusted to the care of Lord Scream, the War-
den of the Western Marshes, whose residence was
then at Carlisle. under whom auspices the Castle
was then repairing, as we learn from the following
inscription, which is copied from the inside front of
the keep of the Castle:

" Sumptibus lem fcrit epia opus IJizabetha Regina occirloss
urns Scroop Wu resit m.o."—

It was here probably that the beauty of this in-
teresting Queen wen the heart of a distinguished
nobleman of those times. Themes Hosea, d. I)tike
of Norfolk, was the brother of Lady Semen. and
might be supposed to be their visitor. This Noble-
man was distinguished by many amiable qualities,
and seemed to iahet it from his father, the celebrated
Earl of Surrey, a taste for every thing which gives
a polish to a civilized life. His magnificence and
public spirit, added to his family consequence,
marked him out as the first nobleman of the age,
and we are justified in adding many private virtues
' to his character, which are too minute to come within
the cognizance lof even the philosophical historian
who has so admirably recorded the transaaions of
the age of Elizabeth ; and though we are not able
to prove him innocent of the crime for which Le
suffered, there is something se rensaatic and chi-
valrous in his conduit, that he deserves the tear of
pity to bedew his tomb. and his manes to be ho-
noured by all who discover in beauty the master-
spring of all humanezertion.
The unhappy Queen, at the time this acquaint-
ance was formed, used a walk in front of the castle,
which yet retains. from her it is supposed. the name
of " 'fhe Lady's walk ;" and tradition says. that,
with her own hand. she planted some ash tress.
whose spreading breaches. till lately, shaded this;
consecrated walk ; but these precious reliques of an-
tiquity were, with an unaccountable disregard to
every thing bearing the name of civilisation, con.
signed to the axe !—The chambers are still shown
the cutious speastor, where the unfortunate Queen
lof Scots passed her solitary days and nights. The
prospea from the window ts beautiful, but it would
oe such as only to augment her distress ; she could
see the hills of Scotland faintly in the horizon. that
country then suferiog all the horrors of anarchy.
Under her grated window a pathway leads, whets
her ear might be often saluted by the simple carol
of the milk-maid and peasant passing along. The
pleasures of these simple children of nature would for-
cibly contrast themselves with the sorrows of royalty:
" At.! what a life seen this! how sweet. how lovely !
Gael not the rtawthis it 101.11 a sweeter shwa.:
To shiti.lser4s Woking on (Nr nay sheep.
Than sloth a reh eneo,n.let',l canopy
To hasp that twat the., sobjeoe heathen ?"
Shakeslorer. (leery VI.
The walls are now Lang round with the emblems
of decay, and the trots are yielding to the tread.
The otter rooms of the evade contain tattling en.
rious. Tin ramparts eahibit viewi .1 the sursouudiag
country, whets taming is pleased by ass assemblage
of rur.l ritsjtas, terminating in a chain of stsountai us
Its the east. and* the lofty hills of kesieick oi the
west, where Skidilaw. the Iltitish Parnassus. with his
composts, slow the view of the beautiful laadscape.

GENSAAL ORDERS.
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- ,
" Oa board Hu Marry's ship Ganger,
Iteds,l3etwher ;Md.
" Lieutenant °emend the Earl of litmain snail, him.
this, perhaps the only oeportunitir, hey*. the
Legion way yes from and-r hie rontmand, to rota.
thanks to the Olken ami Men, for the atrendett tory
held, while lie 1.%1 tht! charge of the Cowin.
"11.: bags Icier to make hie aeknowierlarniteh a.
Baron praksel, or dm alacrity and seal with eh
hies iu sit • execution of every duty; and he ;11 h
to Are's,* how much hi awn I. the onsemitting anent.,
exertion•of Calorie-1r Drieberg, Plat, and Cheers;
the three Comaaandera of in.; id e, oh. ears mat int
atelv under his miler*, during the sier of Copenhagen.
The short acquaintance i.e had with Majnr Ge
11.1101 Linsingen, versed only to make hint regr3 that tir
'airy were soon withdrawn from bill
The rail o Roarlyn *told feel himself deficient in
titude and justice to the Artillery and Infantry st,us emir,
under his e.oninand, if h.. 1d not express his hid.i est
the spirit and gallantry which they maalfestel open et err
easisri tit :1 could call them forth ; and it Was cisme( no
gratiticaMet to him to observe, that all the datant anA d•ra
quarter in which the King's German Legion was stews
afforded the most setaa ors proofs of their good or.;
and of the care taken to preserve inercuate
party of the inhabitants 0( the enantry ; and, notsithq,,,
some fee irregularities, he 'manmade acknowledge the ge
good c,,nditel of the Slips is that teepett.
The Earl rif 1401.1yri is bosird to remark the good
of the Light Wintry and it:flemeri, the natant of
afforded stemmore opportunities of distinsul,
themselves; and to observe, that it is a matter of Jost pr.
them that their amistance was eagerly disirrA, and as hi
rehaisd , by Ws two divisions of the army to Mit right ilall