The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-06 00:00:00

Miss Bateman at Liverpool•

(From the Liverpool Daily Post of Sept. 5.)
The announcement of Miss Bateman's engage-
ment drew a crowded house to this theatre last night,
and the gifted young tragedian's appearance was
the signal for a tremendous burst of applause which
was again and again renewed. The well-known
beauties of Miss Bateman's great impersonation
were very prominently brought out. It would not
be true to say that a performance so thoroughly
studied, and every effect of which hqs so long been
accurately ascertained, has gained in ripeness since
in its full maturity it was last year for the first time
enacted in Liverpool. But the pleasure of renewing
our acquaintance with a great work of art is even
greater than that of first scanning its charms ; and
the various passages of Miss Bateman's Leah were
none the less heartily enjoyed, because each lived
in the memory, and was awaited with the excite-
ment which a recollection of its characteristic

merits might well create. The first picturesque en-
trance ; the rapt and half-mystic soliloquy in the
second act ; the rapturous dialogue with Rudolf, in
which the Jewish maiden declares that his love has
done for her ; the delicately-wrought scene in
the hut, where his betrayal is attempted ; the
touching interview with Rudolf at his father's
door ; the bewildering curse when Leah witnesses
the marriage ; and the poignantly affecting scene
with Madalena's child, in the last act, were all wit-
nessed with breathless, some with tearful, attention ;
and the artiste was in each rewarded with tumultu-
ous applause. It is not possible for a piece of
pathetic acting to be carried to greater perfection
than Miss Bateman has achieved in this great
character ; and her re-appearance in it may well
excite a renewal of the sensation which was created
by her first appearance among us.

Mr. Herman Vezin is now in Berlin, making
arrangements to appear in a round of Shaksperean and
legitimate characters in German. Mr. Vezin is an Ameri-
can of German extraction—an excellent German scholar,
and one of our most intelligent, if not one of our greatest,
English actors.

SUEING FOR PARDON.—The Washington Repub-
lican thus describes the scene at a reception given by Pre-
sident Johnson on the 21st ult :—" Some 50 persons were
present, most of them seeking pardons. A Mr. Keitt, Of
South Carolina (not Lawrence M., he having been killed
by a loyal bullet at Fort Wagner), approached the Presi-
dent, and informed him that he desired a pardon. What
have you done ?" asked Mr. Johnson. I opposed secession
until my state decided to go out of the Union, and then
I determined to go with it. I never joined the army.
did nothing to bring on the rebellion,' was the reply.
You,' rejoined the President, are like all the rest ; you
did nothing.' Now,' he added. my experience is, that the
men who didn't join the rebel army, but who acquiesced
in rebellion, were the most mischievous and dangerous men
we had. 1 cannot pardon you, sir.' Mr. Keitt made seve-
ral other efforts. Among other things he reminded the
President that he had come all the way from South Caro-
lina, and had been in Washington some time ; that hotel
living here was very high, and that altogether his daily
expenses were extravagantly large, and that ho would like
to get away as soon as he could go. The President re-
sponded that the hardships of which he complained were
the direct results of the rebellion ; that he did not bring
on, or contribute to bring on the rebellion ; that he was not
responsible for and could not extricate Mr. Keitt from the
difficulties he complained of, nor hasten his pardon on ac-
count of them. The President was firm. His answer Was
a finality. Exit Keitt. A Mr. Birch, member of the late
rebel Legislature of Virginia, next approached the Presi-
dent and applied for a pardon. Similar questions were nut
to him by the President as were asked Mr. Keitt. From the
answers it appeared that Birch did nothing,only as a member
of the Virginian Legislature, in obedience to instructions,he
voted that Virginia should secede from the Union of the
United States. This is all he did, that was—nothing. The
President refused to pardon him. Exit Birch. Next came
a rebel clergyman, who asked the President to grant hilt'
a pardon. What great sin have you committed that you
come here in clerical robes and crave executive pardon 2'
I was a rebel,' was the answer, and I desire your Excel-
lency
to pardon me that I may be restored to citizenshiP
and be able to support and live under the Government of
the United States.' You rebel preachers,' responded the
President, 'have done the Government a great deal of harm-
You have proclaimed devilish doctrines and misled the
people. You forgot that it was your duty to yield obedience
to the powers that be. You must rest awhile upon the
stool of repentance. I decline to grant you pardon at pre"
sent. Exit rebel clergyman. The President then remarked,
addressing the entire crowd in the room, that it was a little
singular that most of the non-combatants who had come
from the South for pardon assert that they did nothing,
wore opposed to the rebellion at the beginning, only ac-
quiesced, and thought the rebel government ought to have
surrendered earlier and stopped bloodshed ; yet not ono of
them took advantage of the amnesty proclamation offered
by Mr. Lincoln, an act which would have shown sincerity
on their part, and contributed so much towards saving the
enormous expenditure of life and treasure. I will grant
no more pardons for the present,' was the emphatic conclu-
sion of the President, and turning to Col. Browning, he
directed him to issue the order to the Attorney-General.
COTTON SHIPMENTS FROM MATAMORAS.—N°t;
withstanding the reports so assiduously circulate',
to the contrary, the cotton trade at Matamoros continue"
at the last accounts as brisk as could be expected. The
Rimac, Captain Sewell, which has just arrived in Liver-
pool, from Matamoros, which port she left on thel6thJulY!
reports an enormous business being done at Matamoros In
cotton. When the Rimac left the following vessels vr.
in port,. all beingloaded with cotton for the Mersey, v.t•
The Christina Canalle, Julia, Maid of Athens, SPril'l:
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Belem, and Coronella. The ship Ocean Ranger, laden
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a full cargo of cotton, was to have sailed on the 17th 111
the day after the Rimac sailed. The stock of cotton .31
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and about Matamoros is described as amounting to some-
thing enormous, and all the vessels in port ware taken ti_
with cotton freights. •
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property of Mr. Abraham Pitchforth, and was occupiedne.
by Messrs. Charles and Henry Sugden, cotton spinners
The loss to the building is estimated at £2,500, and to thestock and machinery at £9,000. We understand that th
loss in both instances is covered by insurances. wtraosyfte.:lo