The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-27 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

We last night witnessed Mr. C. Kean's seventh performance
of Richard the Third. His attraction seems undiminished.
The house was crowded with a most brilliant audience, and
most of the private boxes were occupied by parties
fdshionables. We have no reason to alter our opinion of Mr.
C. Kean's performance of Richard. We think his conception
of the character—so far, at least, as it is developed in Cibber's
imperfect compilation of a play—is more correct than that of
any other actor now on the stage; and that it is only a deficiency
of that muscular vigour so requisite in this character above
all others, which causes the defects in execution.
We must not omit to express our favourable opinion of
Mrs. Lovell's personation of the Queen. We never saw that
affecting scene with the children in the Tower better played.
Her burst of maternal grief when they are torn from her arms
drew down loud applause.
Nor can we avoid noticing the ungenerous and unmanly at-
tempts which are made by a party to drive Mr. King from the
stage, by hissing him whenever he appears. We have no
very high opinion of this gentleman's powers of acting ; but be
gives his part carefully and respectably : and his Richmond
is, at all events, equal to most of the usual mediocre per-
formances of such parts. It is un-English to make use of a
public privilege for private persecution.
Might we make one suggestion to the management in re-
gard to this play? Could not Lord Stanley have a more ap-
propriate dress ?

It is rumoured that Mr. Richard Potter is about to
retire from the representation of Wigan.—Leeds Mercury.
COURT OF ALDERMEN.—A special Court of
Aldermen wag held yesterday at Guildhall, in consequence of
a letter from Lord John Russell to Mr. Alderman "trembles,
informing him that the Government were of opinion the police
of the City should be placed under the Metropolitan Com-
missioners, and that her Majesty's Ministers intended to in-
troduce a measure to effect this object. The Court were
occupied at considerable length in deliberation, and agreed to
resolutions on the subject. A conference was therefore re-
quested with Lord John Russell on the subject, and a deputa-
tion appointed to hold the same. The Lord Mayor was also
requested to lay a copy of the resolutions before the Court of
Common Council this day, with a recommendation to them
to withdraw or alter their Bill, so as to place the nightly watch
mauler the same controul as the day police.
RAFF HALL, BY R. SULIVAN,
Sulivan is well-known in the literary world. His writings in
the New Monthly have brought him into general notice. His
new novel is in the form of an autobiography of Mr. Maltravers,
a young man under the guardianship of an uncle, Sir Hector,
a most eccentric character, and the details of his eccentricities
are amongst the most interesting parts of the story. In marl
parts there is a happy vein of dry quaint humour. The style
is good throughout, and the work, altogether, is superior, in A
literary point of view, to the generality of modern works of
fiction.— Observer.
IVIARYLEBONE ELECTlON.—Yesterday a district
meeting of Mr. Ewart's friends was held at the Rose and
Crown, Colville-court, Charlotte-street; and last evening
another meeting of the same gentleman's friends was held at
the Bazaar Tavern, King-street, Portman-square, at both of
which resolutions to support the Hon. Gentleman were passed
with acclamation. Mr. Ewart attended, and spoke at each
meeting ; his reception was enthusiastic.
Last week the Duke of Marlborough gate a rabbit
hunt to his neighbours at Woodstock, who assembled to the
number of 200, on Cassington and Norton Heath, when UP-
wards of 80 couple of rabbits were run down.

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