The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-02 00:00:00

KEAN AT MANCHESTER.

Saturday evening., Mr. KEAN, made his appear-
ance in Richard 11. instead of Richard 111., as
had been announced. The house, with the ex-
ception of the lower boxes, was much crowded,
but principally by males, there being but a sorry
display of " 4 beauty and fashion." Mr. KEAN
also took the character of Frederick Baron Wil-
linghurst, in the afterpiece Of Age To-morrow.
When the curtain dropped a tremendous uproar
took place, and cries of " Kean, Kean !" accom-
panied with a loud clapping of hands, which con-
tinued for several minutes. At length Mr. KEAN
came forward, and addressed the audience to the
following effect :

" It is impossible to withstand so gratifying a call ; particu-
larly at a time when the corrupt part of the press are bribed to
ruin my professional reputation. If the press of this country
be allowed to visit the public characters of professional men
with the punishment due to their private ones, the arts and
sciences of this country will very soon sink into insignificance.
I admit that I have been a " froward child," but I have re-
pented me of my error,—(tremendous applause,)—and I think
it hard that I should receive such unabated and vindictive per-
secution. lam driven from my native country, to which I
may probably never return.—(Cries of " No—no—you shall
not go.") I have ever found Manchester my warmest friend
and advocate—(loud applause)—and I shall treasure in my
exile the grateful remembrance of the kindness I have received
at your hands. In reference to the stigma which has been cast
upon me as a public character. I would beg my friends to
bear in mind, that we are none of us without our faults. In
every station of life, we find traces of the corruption of human
nature. Even the great ministers of state have their faults,—
(loud applause)—and if we approach the foot of the throne, we
shall find errors.—(Loud applause.)—l now bid you farewell
for ever.—(Cries of " No, no.--we won't hear that.")—You
have my warmest wishes for your welfare and happiness, and 1
trust, that in mV pilgrimage, should a cloud pass over me, the
remembrance dilly Manchester friends will operate like a sun-
beam, and chace away the saddening gloom.—( Loud applause.)
—(llTanchester Journal, Aug. 30.)

Wednesday night, about ten o'clock, as War-
ren and Currie, two of the dismounted patrol, were going along
Sloane-street, Chelsea, they observed a female of very re-
spectable appearance, apparently in a state of stupor, not from
the effect of liquor, but produced by her having taken a large
dose of laudanum ; the phial which had contained the deadly
draught was in her bosom, and she seemed to be in the last
stage of existence. The patrole took her to an apothecary's
shop in the neighbourhood, where she,, as well as she was able,
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said her residence was at o. 15, North-street, Sloane-square,
and that some family difference had caused her to attempt the
rash act. She also said she had purchased the laudanum at
the doctor's opposite the Bun-house, and paid 9d. .The patrol
instantly conveyed the unhappy woman to St. George's Hos-
pital, where the stomach pump and other remedies were used,
and the unfortunate female now lies in a very dangerous state.
At the Carmarthen Assizes, in the year 174'2,
a girl of only eight years old was tried upon the
Coroner's verdict, for the wilful murder of a
brother and sister, the one six, the other four
years of age, and acquitted. It appeared upon
the trial, that the three children, who lived in a
cottage
not far from the sea, had been dreadfully
frightened with stories of the cruelty of the Spa-
niards, and the danger of their landing upon
idste
that coast. These children having been one (lay
left nlone, when there happened to arise a vio-
lent thunder-storm, because so terrified as to ima-
gine the Spaniards were coming, and the eldest
of them, to avoid falling into their hands, took
up a hedging bill in order to destroy herself,
which the two younger children observing, cried
out repeatedly,
" Pray, sister, kill us first,"—
or perhaps courage enough, after
upon which she actually dispatched them. She
afterwards desperately wounded herself, but not
havingstrength,feeling such pain, to complete her design that
way, she ran out of the house towards a river
which was near it, and was going
to throw her-
self in, but was prevented- by some casual pas-
sengers to whom she said, in great terror, that
she was going to drown. herself for fear of • the
Spaniards, and that she had killed her brother
ant! sister for the same reason.

ATROCIOUS MURDER IN JAMAICA.

A most atrocious murder was committee ",
An
some negroes on Saturday night last, in -" Qt '„llie,
drews, on a negro slave, named Sandi '111;60
belonging to Dublin Castle estate, in the P-
of St. Mary. An Inquisition was held on view
of
the body on Monday, and the depositions as
several persons taken, which, to further the ead•
of public justice, are for the present super esseth
but the following brief statement of part 0.,,f the
evidence of one respectable witness will sho;,,s,,
shocking cruelty with which this horrid deed 00
perpetrated.—He states, that just as the 014
was rising, he heard a noise of people "LiPi9e
along the public road, close in front of the 1-0,,r
where he was, and on looking out of the win7,lo
he saw two black men walking with two
linked to each other, and another black niallf-the
his hands Lieu up to the pack-saddle t one
hinder mule : of the two former Inen/_,„jef
was beating and driving at the front 're.
to make it go fast, and the other 012" ,fhe
mained behind, and was beating the person thea
was tied to the pack-saddle, and who was, ',pi
calling out " urder," and " for water ;' `thir
the person so tied was treated very badly hi r,o,
others, and the sound of the blows made nereto
nent believe that it was a stick that they w,ef
beating him with on the head, and before °hi?
got out of sight the man that was tied Instot
footing, and was hanging by the hands, and er,
so dragged along the road till they disarre°oo
and on Sunday, about ten o'clock,
there was a dead body by the road side, an he
quarter of a mile off in the way they went,nlio
verily belives the deceased, S. Smellie, was the The
he saw so tied and beaten and ill-treated. ,mbar
Jury returned time following verdict :"---41 rolfr
the said Sandy Smellie was barbarouslY Tied?
ciously, and wickedly maltreated, beaten, hid:
and dragged along the highway by certain bo to
persons, who had tied deceased by the "05001
the pack-saddle on a mule, and that, fr°ll.l the
treatment by these persons, yet unknen on
said Sandy Smellie was killed and murderer:eel
Saturday the 2d of July instant." vote
hardly hardly state, that measures have been au-e`tre•
for discovering and apprehending the I',.,erP,eilif
tors of this horrid murder.—(Jantaka 61"
July 9.)
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