The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-08-18 00:00:00

1-1 P, 1, HIFI Si i PRESS.

LONDON,
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1820.

A very full and circumstantial account of the
processimi of the QU6Ea; yesterelsy to the Ilou•e
of Lords, and of the proceedings in Parliament
upon the Bill of Pains and Penithies, is given this
day in our Paper. Never, we believe, upon any
former occasions were crowds so numerous as-
sembled in the streets of the metropolis—and never,
we are convinced, did and• wet nobler' multitude
di•t:hey kindlier or more generous feelings, or
evince less ei•positinn to disturb the public peace.
It was a day more of triumph thin of suffering to
the eQEEEN, and every incident of it manifested
most sensibly the lively interest which all classes of
the community feel its favour of her MAJESTY.-
Li"l us then tin Imiger hear the false and foolish
asserti iris of the ministerial agents, that tier MA-
JESTY reigns only in the attecei ins of the rabble,
■nd that none but 11.4eItcals sod enemies to the
State tallier any sympathy for the indignities and
sufftrMgs to which she has Leen most uite.nrthily
exposed ; the shouts of the multittlilre in the streets
are but the louder expressi no of the sentiments of
mingled affective) and sorrow which evert• honest
n►su of every class in the Peale, tint bound by lies
of couranguioity, friendship, or interest to the
Miniver's, ainevettly cher idle. for the QuEEtl. tier
NIA.) ESTY fiat4S a wa►m and grorroli, advocate in
every—breast not dead to the liner sympatia;es of
our lia,lirr, or to the paramount claims of inte-
grity and justice.
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It will be seen i 1 our report of the proceedings
in Parliament, that the Duke. of LEIN+TER 100 k
the eAr,iest opportunity of red-ritung the pledge
he otElret! on the preceding evening, of throwing
every impediment in Isle pro.:ress of the proceed-
ings instituted avitist the QUEEN—fur, on motion
made by the Eng of Live:grow, for trading the
order of the slay for do- second reading of the
Bill, the Duke moved 'hit the order should be
discharged. Upon this amendment the House
dividsd without any debate, when there appeared
for the amendment 41, against it 260, majority
219. A great many Peers on the Ooposition side,
it is evident, voted against the Noble Duke's
amendment, on the ground, us may be collected
from Lord GREY'S speech, of so unwillingness to
adopt a resoluilon which might be inconsistent with
the former vote of the Moose upon the same snb-
ject. With all sabrui.sioo to the Noble Earl, this
am:rears to be a most inconclusive argument, or if
good, tending to mark the fut;lity of those rules
of proceeding lung established by both Mouses of
Parliatileot, which, by offering the opportunity or
repeated discussion* upon thy sine satin!. 4344
the plobabdiry of i I liunge of sentiment in the
moionty of the Members. if Lord Gasit'i rea-
soaing were to have any wtight, Otte diretirirM
were sufficient on any ravorturr, hoover iMportoll7l,
ae the stecisitra Iheis sosimed by theMbesie ttJe,SI ISe
held couclusivety to hind the opinions of el* arverisl
Uradrers On ell Ilstisse otcoriops.
This -pearl* bring. thus dhurr.hibet, Ws. sermid

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Conned shotild be called to the bar." Upon this
question a debate sonsewlist preposteroudy arose
ropPicting the principle of the inessorlb, which
would deeth to have bernemore omivenientlY under-
fatten upon the Duke of I..FINSTEIL'S ataersdinent,
when in effect the vote of the Howe determined
limit Lordships' opinion open the expediency
ss, isstuuting the investigation. This opinion
*se formed in. silence, ?'t those Peers who
in their extreme regard for the conststency of
the votes of the !louse opposed the Duke's
amendment, appeared ready enough to question the
propriety of their own opposition upon the autism.-
48,0 t motion, with which the subject had compa-
viiively but little connexion. Doubts now began
to be felt whether other modes of procedure more
crimson:out with the judicial principlos of the Consti-
tution, and better calculated for the discovery of
loyal and the attainment of justice than that
whirli the Ministers had suggested, might slot to be
adopted ; and us the rev .. .. inendstion of the
.Earls of CARNARVoN and (:11.6y, the question
mos proposed to the Judges, whether the crimes
alleged to have been com.iiittrel by the Qut:EN
did not amount to his:), treason by the law of Eng-
land, although perpetrated out oldie realm, and with
d Iroreigner, owing no allegiance to our Sovereign ?
This 1,01111 was ref rrrd to the Learned Judges,
'rho retired to consult upon it. The result of their
deliberation was an opinion that the acts alleged
did not amount to high treason, and that her MA-
-01111( could nut be prosecuted judicially. This
*Pinion of the Learned Jarlgra determined that of
the House, and without further difficulty Counsel
were ordered to attend at the bar.

The opportunity formerly withheld was now
granted to Mr. Baounttsm, to argue against the
principle of the measure. For the Learried Gen-
t lernan's able sod ingenious argil:swots we must refer
to our report of his speech. The lateness of the
hour prevented Mr. DENMAN from fullowing
so that the hearing of this Learned Gentlem in was
postponed until this morning. •
It will be observtd that several Peers have
pleaded various causes to excuse their alssenee dur-
ing the proceedings against her MAJESTY. The
moat remarkable, however, nas the evens. offered
by the Duke of SUSSEX, who, in a letter addressed
to the LORD CIFIANCII.LOR, prayed the Houses to
exruse him on account of his proximity in blood
to the Illustrious Personages more immediately
concerned in the present irrocerlings. We sin-
cerely admire the delicacy of sentiment whirl'
prompted the Milgrim's Duke to request this in-
dulgence, and applaud the House f.r looting to
retuldv admitted the force of his idea. It most
indeed hive I rrove,l e-streurely painful to the
feelings of hip Royal Highness to he compelled,
slay after day, to hear a set of scurvy fellow.: vomit-
ing forth their licentious abominations, their inde-
Cent charges against his Ibyal cousin and sister,
against the first female of his illustrious family—
ag rinst the Queen of ENGLAND. Painful, indeed,
must it have beet, been to his Royal Highness to
see this illustrious Lady, whether innocent or
guilty, reduced to the cruel hontiliation of hying
compelled to answer such chrvges, to exchange
assertion and denial 'skit ands persons, and to have
her character, reputation, and veracity, weighed
against (heir statement.. Iler Ithirsyy is by this
circumstance alone cruelly, we had altrioit said
wantonly tic;:rathal tat itself jurist Ire
such rootact suffer .011.1 we ore got
surprised that the 1):Ike of Sus.,ux
ougy avoid the pain of witriestrit:.• an occurrence so

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Just as the (louse of Lords rose last evening.
mud the QV REIF bid taken her departure. Lord
STROM arrived in Palace-yard. His Lordship
time in a curriele and p.m.llia Lordship had
litters for her MAJESTY from •broad, and bring
jesformed that she was gone, he followed her to
towly FILANCIt.S house in St. Jaunt:es-square.

Paris Papers of Aloadaj- iii•t have arrived at
our office, but the paramount importance of the
proceedings in Ilailirstrent resPee.ing the QUEEN,
compel• u. to be very brief in our notice cf their
content+. The intelligence fiont Spain ',totes the
dispeisiou of the insurgents on the banks of
the Miran); mod the retreat of their trade s within
the froatiers of Portujiel. The Portuguse A litho-
retie hove eviorred every disposition to gratify the
wishes of the Spanish Government in delivering
up throe iirrsons to punishi ent.
l'iotetdity the Diseheol of Kai?, occoinooniea
by the Princt.si Fiontat, .04. Prsoce Cliaattits of
thilhaterr, left IC rasinvon Pollee for Ceisittuoial,
IrA ii viiit to liritite selebriste for
Diteheib*. tli• Rrryttl Miliritrie• 16;1 the
tlitheis; the Priaritir, ord i'riure, about hell way
ea t& ibid.

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DRURY-LANK lIIRATRE.
This theatre off-red last Mold a most gratifying
treat to the friends of the drrfda, in Sir. KEAN'S
performance of Harlikt. There ire pasvages to
this clotracter in winch we think he Parimmes every
other actor we have yet 'mho. Fart of the closet
*retie will, Ins mother was clearly of thin kind.
The coolest ul-o with Laerlet over Ophelires
grave was very highly wrostKlit up. It was sel-
dom. throughosit this character, that nor pinta-
'faction was interrupted by thole defects we here
been compelled ill notice in former nights. The
*whence very fiagisently expressed their apiiroha-
_Mimi by the itinvt etithuvitivitc and long-continued
plaudits. The house was crowded its every part.

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MI(. KEAN.
The great celebrity which this Gentleman has
iiegair..(l m his profession would lie reason euough
for iis to go trim some developenient of thr.eliarae.
ter of his r.cting. But the temper of the tomes fert-
ile's such an inquiry even cecessary. To assert
that we are grown fond of diatomic', would be too
much ; bust it is true to say that, in love with excite-
ment. and in eager search after novelty, we scarcely
perceive diatiotion ralirria.allied to greatriesa, or to
any other quality which is the object of our •tfecs
Wm and pursuit, In such a state of mind, the
public lisle is in peculiar danger of being warped
when talent auddessly bursts kith, not only array-
ed with brightness of the purest source, but also
blazoned Fay splendour of its own wanton and ille-
gitimate erestitin.
Mr. KEAN's natural capacities of mind fitted him
for a great actor. An ardent, powerful, direritni.
noting feeling furnished most of the materials for a
great and interesting work. But something more
to winded to contplets the noblest and thirst work-
manship. Elevation of mind in its perceptions,
elrvation in its pasaions, et least as far as its pecu-
liar science is roircertied; this is that without which
a complete production cannot be formed. Mr.
KEAN appears to have sonic want of this; and if
so, it is horn some habit of his 1111041, rather than
any original defect; for his ',alive energy is equal
to any great product'
In Mr. KCAN's iiichard, the storm of the pas.
sinus be conipletr ly pourtrayed ; we had almost said
—is in actual sud entire esirleirce, for it is scarcely
delineation only that you see. Bert the thoughts,
the manner of a gentleinsii and a Prince, are scarce-
ly
to be distinguished ; and StIAICSPEAIIti'S Richard
is not converted into a vulgar bravo by all his are In-
tim' and other crimes. %Vireo Richard says—" Off
with his head ! SO much for Buckingham !" there
is exultation enough in the passion; and exultation,
such as could Ire in the proud mind of kiehard,
cannot there be too powerfully displayed. But no
such ides' passes in the mind of Richard as would
be fitly expressed by these words—l have done him.
however !—yet Mr. KEAN'S utterance of ftichurd's
real weirdo, and his looks, expressed that kind of
triumph as completery as if lie had been bred among
the bear and badger-batters of the scum of the me- '
tropolis. Ilere is not so much an error of judg.
merit, ahem sitting in judgment upon itself, as an
habitual desire to meet the vulgar mind on its own
level, and 'hike it aid' a blow in its own style and
fancy.
Mr. KEAN's faults may, perhaps, he all traced
In this excessive desire to please the multitude,
0,141 to the kaolin utislq: nut of thst desire. But
the uterus t6al please the well-iostructed cannot
Gail Aso to please the multitude; although what
delights the hitter, often justly and necessarily of-
fends the lotm r. But Air actor hits no (faculty in
choosing le•twcett these, Ixceptiog that one is a
snore iltfliciilt task to accomplish them the other;
end of Mr. KLAN ue proudly tiny, no task is of '
serious difficulty to his eminent powers.
From these etbaervationo; oar readers will lint
wroaler of the conclusion we feel ourselves coin-
pelled to come to, siam.ly—that Mf. KLAN%
Bichard is a great performance, but is not•the
kingly Richard of SIIAKSPEAItE.
lu ./(!tfier, the fault we speak of is not sa Ob.
set vabl. tL 51r. cat's acting as in Rickard. The
ti niotations of ./uffer's situ46o.i are always ego rl
to the weaknesses into which he (Aso) his welched
and perplese.l path. Mt. KFAN geve a ualural„
clear, and forcible delineatiou of thrive temptations,
and their operation Cu the stisceptilde mind of the
feeble Jollier. IVith the exception of the want of
ailuqusse expressioa of the love and tendefuess of the
character, all was full mid all was perfect iu the
colouring of the pa.pieti, and of its successive and
vatted scene. If we were to give all the instances
oe could of this powerful umt affective acting, we
should quote almost every eminent. speech of
Jollier. Wheel Be/eidera tells him of the wrongs
reliereo by Kenneth, no Worth can exceed the merit
of the colouring given by Mr. KEAN to jellier's
feelings. The descriptiai lie gives to I'ierre of
the same scene, el eeeeeeee the same strong praise.—
The scene with Beleidera, ahrii he purposes to
',hinge the dagger In lien 1101.1M1, has OW bean sue-
passed to beim y and strength of expression by any
performer within our time. 'Flue entire desolation
of Japer's mind after the Senate scene, was de-
picted wish a force worthy of the poet's fine
jenny' nation.
Of the faults of Mr. KEAN'S Joifier we shall
only say. they Writ' generally the result of his de.
lire at tissues to colour beyoud the natural heauly
of the scene.
A letter from Dover. dated Ifitle August- (Wed-
nesdlt ), says—" His (loyal highness the Duke of
CASIBUIDUIS arrived bete this muffling ut half past
elirvon, from Sittingboien, where lie slept tart night :
and after maitre% for the noising of the side, em-
barked on hood the King George picket, at two
p. fa. and sad's! fur Cahn* wish At Gush gale, which
in dl probability conveyed him thither in leas than
three hint s Royal salutes were flied (ions Abe hat.
tis.ht‘s, bath on his arrival and departure.
" Her Semler' Highness the Duchess of Sims-
Waits-at and suite :stied also this nurtnnui its The
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Lairfg coeSitri ranipaykel, and about Ott other
pb.wegers iti the' Uirribirriattil krelsire.."

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