The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-30 00:00:00

ARCHERY.

The fraternity of St. George met at the Old Archery
Grounds, Bayswater, for the first time this season, on Tuesday
last, to contend for the Captainship and Lientenantship of the
club, and notwithstanding- the high wind, the scoring through-
out the day was excellent ; but the strong bows and heavy
arrows had decidedly the advantage.- The, Captainship was
won by Mr. Forsyth, the Licutcnantship by Mr. Betty, the
once celebrated actor.

We understand that Mr. C. C. has undertaken, for a bet,
to walk, or run, from the King's Arms, Blackman-street, over
London, Bltckfriars, and Westminster bridges, and three times
round St. Paul's, and return to the King's Arms, within one
hour. The time is fixed from six to seven o'clock to-morrow
morning. Heavy bets arc pending. It is understood the
money is to Le given to the Asylum for decayed Publicans.

MR. EDWIN FORREST ON ENGLISH
CRITICS AND ENGLISH AUDIENCES.

Some of our ContemporarieS hare published extracts of
.i letter from Mr. Forrest to the Editor of Tee New York
Plain Dealer of the 11th of February ; but that part of
the• letter which appears to 'us the most interesting has
been omitted, and therefore we give insertion to the fol-
lowing extracts, which show the actor's study of his pro-
fession, as well as his discrimination between English and
American audiences :

" The London Press, as you probably have noticed, has
been divided concerning my professional merits; though as
a good Republican I ought _to be satisfied, seeing I had an
overwhelming majority on my side. There is a degree of
dignity and critical preciSion and force in their articles gene-
rally (I speak of those against me, as well as for me, and
others, also, of which my acting was not the subject), that
place them far above the newspaper criticisms of stage perlor-
mane,:s which we meet with in our country. Their comments
always show one thing—that they have read and appreciated
the writings of their chief dramatists ; while with us there
are many who would hardly know, were it not for the actors,.
that Shakspeare had ever existed. The audiences, too,
have a quick and keen perception of the beauties of the.
drama. They seem, from the timeliness and proportion of
their applause, to possess a previous knowledge of the text.
H They applaud warmly but seasonably. They do not inter-
rupt a passion, and oblige the actor to sustain it-beyond the
propriety of nature ; but if he delineates it forcibly and
truly, they reward him in the intervals of the dialogue. Va-
Haiations from the accustomed modes,- though not in any
:palpable new readings, which for the most part are bad
readings, for there is generally but one mode positively cor-
rect, and that has been left for us to discover ; but slight
changes in emphaSis, tone, or action, delicate shading and
pencillings are observed with singular and most gratifying
quickness. You-find, that your study of Shakspeare has
not been thrown away ; that _your attempt to grasp the
character in its " gross and scope," as well as in its details,.
so as not merely to know how to speak what is written, but
to preserve its truth and keeping in a new succession of in-
cident', could it be exposed to them—you find-that this ;s
seen and appreciated by the audience ; and the evidence
that they see and feel is given with an emphasis and hearti-
ness that make the Theatre shake.

" I have been studying Richard the Third with the in-
tention of producing it during my next engagement in Lon-
don. My notions of the character do not accord with those
of the players I have seen personate it. Kean did not
make him gay enough in his earlier scenes, but too sullen.,
too frOwning, too much of an outside villain. Richard was
an- exulting and a dashing, not a moody villain. The
'bright reward' at which he aimed dazzled his eyes too
much to enable him to contemplate very thoughtfully the
nature of the means by which he proposed to win it.
Success followed upon his sudden schemes too rapidly, and
gave him too much undissembled elation, to reconcile my
mind to the propriety of the haggard and penthouse aspect
which he is usually made to wear, from first to last. Con-
tempt for mankind forms a stronger feature of his character
than hatred, and there is a sort of reckless, regal jollity, a
species of joyous audacity, which I do not think has been
made conspicuous enough in the personations of the part
which I have seen. When remorse does come—. that
juggling fiend'—the contrast produced in Richard's bearing
gives an opportunity for some fine effects, and all the finer
for being reserved to their proper time."

GREENWICH RAILWAY.—It is gratifying to learn
that during the Easter holidays, although upwards of sixty
thousand persons passed over the above railway, not- a single
accident occurred.
POST-OFFICE ANOMA LI Es.—.A. paper sent through
the Chelmsford Post-office to Maldon,'a distance of ten miles,
goes free of charge. A paper conveyed to Great Baddow,
only two miles on the same road, and to which a bag is made
up, is charged ld. At Danbury, a distance of five miles, And
to which a bag is also made up, a charge of Id. These two
villages are on the road between Maldon and Chelmsford, and
the mail-cart in neither case deviates one rod from its direct
course. But this is not all ; a paper sent from Bury, Ipswich,
or London, averaging a distance of 35 miles, will reach Bad-
dow and Danbury free from charge. We contend that the
public have a right to expect that the stamp should frank a
paper to every post-town to which a bag is made up. The
Post-office regulations are at this time 'under consideration is
the House Of Commons ; we therefore entreat the Members to
exert themselves in the removal of this partial and obnoxious
impost. Chelmsford Chronicle.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCII 28.
-We have had a fair demand for Cotton to-day. The Sales are
3,000 bags,
at improving prices,