The National Register.
London, England, 1819-11-01 00:00:00

covENT•GAR DEN THEATRE.

Mr. %creamly on Monday night appeared in th,
character of Richard. The public, before he essayed
this most arduous task, acknowledged his merits as
an able and accomplished actor, but this, his new
achievement, places hint, beyond-dispnte, in the first
rank of histrionic genius. Mr Macreialy's concep-
tion of the part is accurate, even in the minutest
points—and his physical powers enable him, more
completely than any representative of Richard we
have ever seen, to do perfect justice to that concep-
tion. His voice remains unimpaired, even to the
last scene—a happiness which none of his predeces-
sors or contemporaries could boast of. Kemble's
lungs failed hint long before the termination of this
play ; Cooke became, in reality, hoarse with daring
Richntood to arms; and the same misfortune has
generally attended Kean's efihrts in this character.
We do not recollect any part that dentuals such
powers of voice, toque ad fittem, as Richard—and
we know not of any actor who possesses them to- so
great an extent. This is peculiarly remarkable in
the last stirring scenes, where all is hustle, agitation,
sad activity. Richard's short but energetic address
to his army, in which he seeks to fill them with
intlignatiom, against
•• A scum of 13retagrics, rascals, runaways," •
was delivered with extraordinary tiiree. It was a
moat animated piere of declamation We never
I saw so great an effect• produced by these lines—
because we have hitherto heard them uttered when
the previous exert ions •of the actor had occasioned a
considerable degree• of exhaustion. Mr Macrearly
spoke the soliloquies most felicitously He ,ppeared
to kr!, with the utmost intenseness, the sentiments
which he delivered; they did not seem to drop
merely from the tongue—the countenance declared
that they burst from. the heart. The short soliloquy,
after the murder, of King Henry, was distinguished
by the most acute. discrimination—that . which oc-
curs before the interview. with Lay Ann. was
admirably pointed, especially where Richard declares
that " he can smile, and murder while he smiles"—
but, perhaps one of the greatest specimens of excel-
lence in this branch of the art, which the stare has
lately seen, was Air. Macready's lelivery of Richard's
soliloquy immediately after the departure of the
Mayor and Aldermen. The exultation of success-
ful ambition—of that ambition, which seeks—.

Crown, the blest reward of ewe►-daring minds,"

was giorionsly described. The whole performance
was, indeed, worthy of the British stlge in its best
days—the audience appreciated it justly, and the
applause was immense.• The minor characters were
well tilled. Mr. Egerton, as Henry ; Mr: Terry,
as Buckingham ; Mr. Abbott, as Richmond ; and
Mr. Conner, as Sir 11".. Brandon, played with ability.
Futic't, as the Queen, exhibited much feeling,
and Lady Anne was well sustained by Mrs. Yates.
Mr. Atkins, who supported the character of the
Lord Mayor, was tr.stted with as little. ceremony as
his ttame-sake, who at present fills the civic chair.
MR. CiIARLES KEMBLE.—It is with feelings of
unfeigned regret that we .:nnounce this gentleman's
secession from Covent-Garden Theatre, in conse-
quence of the overbearing conduct of one of the
Proprietors towards him. At any time such a loss
must be felt by every admirer of the Drama, and
accustomed as we have long been to tremble at the
anticipation of the moment at which
okl Time, whole haste no mortal spares."'
abmild deprive us of that enjoyment we might
always rely upon from the exertions of this gentle-
man and -Mr. Yeung,„ we see with inexpressible
surprise .the establishment deprived of both these
" towers of strength" by other than unavoidable
means.: Mr. Young, though at times heavy and
sententious, was always classically correct and gen-
tlemanly in his performance, and the powers of Mr.
Charles Kemble, in the two principal departments of
the histrionic art, have long since • entitled• him to
rank among the most able of its professors, and ren-
dered him the deserved favourite of the public;
indeed it •is difficult to determine which is his greater
excellence ; the spirit of Gaiety chastened by elegant
polish, which fascinates the audience in Comedy, or
those just and forcible delineations of Pas.tion, by
which he embtslies the effusions of her sterner sister.
At the present moment we defy the Manager, -with
all his invention to caal a Comedy or Tragedy, so as
to avoid every competent Judge, feeling the loss the
Theatre has sustained; find, we ardently hope the
interest mid uopularitv of tnis splendid House will
not be sacrificed on the shrine of private and impro-
per personal feelings,
11e think perhaps the Treaattry since this urrfor.
Innate rupture may give the Proprietors the best.
lesson—last evettito. it Was not only a 4. beggarly
account of empty 137)xes," but the company in the
Pit looked like an Op4ter-sliell in the centre, and
the Galleries were quite Tile' ! .

On We.hivsday la,t, %IL Wroe, the publisher 9r :he
M.mehes vr Observcr, trarcrscd ivy() imbeittieuts which
had been found aautst hits by the Grand Jury, and
save I ail on each indictment, Intuus f. in AWL turd tv.-t
-ureties each 1501.

Boxixo.—Weduesdny the long talked of fight"
between Turner and Martin took place at 111:,Bing-
ham Common. The seconds were Cribb and Spring
Km Martin, and Belcher and Itandall for Turnery
Betting 13 to eight on Turner, and it was a gallant
fight of 42 rounds, in one hour and nine minutes,
and ended by Cribb's declaring that Nlartin had
enough.
Wednesday night, about half past ten o'clock, at
a young gentleman was passing through Pitlistl-
street, Old-street-road, he was hustled by a gang of
ten or twelve fellows, seemingly drunk, one of
whom. thrust his hand into his waistcoat pocket, and
ook from thence three half crowns.
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Ott Friday night, as one of the heavy Driver coaches
was gaits,/ down Gravel-hill, the skid, which had Iseen
applied to the wheel, flew off, and the coach was over-
turned. ltia,ert Carden, the guard, was so much hurt
that no hope is entertained of his recovery. Among this
passengers was Admiral Sir Robert Farrow, who, witlt
the rest, escaped without any material injury.
Whether the Princess of Wales intends to return,
to England or not, it is certain that her Royal High-
ness has given orders to have her apartments in
Kensington-palace prepared tin. her reception.
Several robberies ii.ivv been lately committed to I.:ver-

p 0 1; one of them sinatelarly daring. Two labouring
porters, who ply for hire at the docks, are oppreht tided. -
who, it appears, about six weeks or two 'mouths agr,,
made a practice of hiring a cart groin the Dock-quay.
and breskiug into a warehouse at the Queen's-dock. at
noun•day, whets the labourers were at miter, and car •
inc{ away temp in qurs.tities averaging 2u cwt. at a
time. Front the great ctsantity of hemp deposited in the
rooms, it was only lately that it was missed; when.
upon weighing it, nearly 9ocwt. were missing It ap-
pears that the thieves had been in the habit of sending It
to Preston, where they had agents to receive it.
A very eatal accident occurred so the Lord Wellington
coach, oil the rood beta ten-Kendal and Shap on Sun- -
day eveningwennight, near the inn at High Borrow-
Bridge, known Ly the name of Ilnek',.. The hill fronS
the north to this inn is upwards of a utile in length, the
upper part of Which is an easy descent: at the iiiirld!c
part there is a short spare of level road where carriages
are usually locked to descend the steeper part below. lit
the dusk of the evening, the Lswd ‘Vellington coach, ;it
coming down Oilskin, was overturned with eleven pha%.
tenger. inside and outside, four of whom were most
dreadfully injured; one of then) died on Monday, ano-
ther ou Tuesday, and the other two are severely hurt,
butare in a fair way of recovery. The inside passengeis
escaped. An inquest was held on the bodies on Tues-
day, when verdicts of Accidental I)earn were given its
both eases; it being satisfactorily proved that the acci-
dent did not occur, in the slightest degree; front the
negligence of the driver or guard, but by the unexpected
Ineaking of the reins, whereby the horses became tio-
mmageable. The names of me norortintate Ileceascd.
are Joint Nicholson. of Itt Hoick,' Cumberland, whose.
ii.;ht thigh was nearly cut through, much lacerated,
the bone broken, and otherwise much mangled; awl
John Ellis, (troth what part is not known,) who hotel
both his legs broken, was otherwise much br tined and
lacerated, and had sustained an injury upon the brain.
which his medical attendants believeti was the insutedt-
ate cause of death.
Friday afternoon jjigneighbourhood of Norton-falr.
gate was thrown l, ' greatest consternation and
alarm by the cries 4. . '1
-proceeded from the
house of Mr. Knit 1-
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co% r red with fine crimson re
.baize which used to be

paintilig of Paid pleading • h • ;
was at the tipper end of the hall, -Is •
frame fresh glided, winch git es it a 5m....
,hurt, 444C1rilims and splendid.
which have been made, this Hall mu HOW be 'Cathay

one of the thostr/eszt tureut 11111 l )(lions, and tin. st W.611r,s
in the Ittit,4.to^s. The at:vantages also iesultitTAta
Society will briery gr-at.
At Nlel.tot•ilitfloek Fair, there-war iltelargest w
of cattle nt all kinds Ittat has been seen for ;11aMe years.
The Itio yrs, were ekry nuatertol,,•hurettiey bought rel
iad:lv at hialt priee...—Shiwt.hurns oittatoeil Irons VOI.
to 271. per eats, liie,hlautters and Runts in prop. newt,.
Colchester fair was well supplied with sot Cs,; but
hiult Imres being a-ked, little bootless was ouire.
though the rmtpany 'W.IS as 11111U4ALMI Ai ea lumber
gccasiolia.