The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-15 00:00:00

THE THEA`ITRE.

As 'Miss Q'NFlr.a. had made so. strong an
impression on the Public, in what may be
called the Heroic Drama, it was natural to ex•-
peet that curiosity would be powerfully excited by
her appearance in the humbler sphere of bonlystie
life.—Covent Garden Theatre was, therefore,
crowled at an early hoar last night to wituess the
performance of Mrs. Beverley, in the Tragedy of
The GumeOer, by this interesting voting Actress.
It is hardly possible for us to forget former orna-
ments of the,Theafre, though the Pod)iic in general
do not Scent to have any vivid recollections on these
occasions, judging front the vehemence with which
they receive a new favourite,en io those- efia,
racters which litive been represented with a degree
of excellence which bids defiance to all compet
We do riot however say this with the least desire of
lessening the zeal of the public in support of• so
very engaging an Actress as Miss UNIELL,.,,who.
experienced as ardent aleception on her entrance,
and during her performance, as if the great Per-
former whobas retired from the Stage had never ex-
isted. Miss O'NtEtt. displayed that genuine pathos
arid tender Simplicity which marked all her former
exertions, and a greater degree of power than
might he expected in those passages which de-
mand an expression of 'the more vehement emo,
tions. tier affection towards Beverley, her ,solici-
tude to prevent his beitig exposed to upbraidings
and her agony under the pressures of hopeless
distress, wer-e deeply affecting. In the surprise
-and horror with which she received from Stukely
the account of her husband's -alledged
and ,the commanding scorn with which Mrs. Be-
verierejects the insulting gallantry of the former,
she was not equally successful. There was a fine
burst of emotion when she denied that Jarvis had
heard Beverley and Letcson quarrelling in the
streets, which strongly operated on the feelings.
On the whole her performance. fully confirms her
‘eelf-merited reputation, and proves that she is
fully entitled to succeed to that rank of characters
which bad been left vatant by the retirement of
the great ornament of the Stage, in which
we have
,alluded.—YouNG's Beverley, as it
always . is, was . torrect,- energetic, and af-
fecting in a high degree. TERRY thus too ela
borate in the part of Stukely, and did not sustain
it' altogether in a manner correspondent with his
general merit. The other Performers have been
noticed before in the same characters; and do not
claim any repeated animadversion.

We yesterday gave 'a proof of -the grateful
feelings of a
,IVormer, in the anecdote which we
related respecting Mr.WitrrarteaD and Mr. KEAN",
and we have since heard that a report is rife in
theatrical circles", stating' that Mr. WHITEHEAD
had intimated his •intention to deduct the -salary
of the latter of the week in which he performed
two nights at Brighton. We are far from being
inclined to palliate the errors of Actors and
Actresses, Particalarly when those errors interfere
with their public duty. Rut surely, after a
Theatre has been so eminently—we might, in-
deed, say, so essentially indebted to Mr. KEAN, to
treat a brief secession front that Theatre, in order
to .derive a pecnitiary advantage,which may enable
him to secure a inovision against the vicissitudes
and caprices of public taste, with harshness, is
such a deviation from common gratitude., as well
as liberality, as could hardly be expected from any
-man who, is at ansensible of those feelings which
do honour to mankind.- The incident which ex-
cites this animadversion is unimportant in itself,
but as.it spews the temper of those who art al-
ways forward, boisterous. and pertinacious in
complaining of the conduct of others, and who
bold themselves forward as au example of disin-
lerested"virtue ami'dignified spirit. Stich is the
character and conduct of most Political Reformers.
Ammis.—Mr. BUSBY yesterday delivered his
Father's Lecture, at WILLIS'S Room, on the sith-
ject of this celebrated Writer. The object was
to prove that Dc LotME, the author of the well-
known Essay on The* English Constitution, was
also the author of the Letters of The
chief grolnd of this opiniou was the strong man-
ner in which J N lUS, in hiS preface to the first
authorised Collection of those Letters recommends
that work. This hypothesis was well supported
by the reasoning and illustrations which -the Lec-
ture afforded, but we do not conceive that altoge-
ther it carried conviction to the minds of the au-
dience, or manic . any real progress towards. the
discovery of the author.

Early on Thursday morning, the Bth instant,
a fire broke out in the Cotton Manufactory of
Messrs. TURNER and eoMBRR, at Llangollen,
uobich consumed the Whole of the valuable
machinery, and the interior of the build-
ing. • We are happy to learn that the property
was fully insured, and that no lives were lost ;
but still the calamity must .be severely felt
at the approaching season by the, numerous fa-
in:lies to whom this establishment has hitherto
afforded emiiloyment and the means of comfort-
able sttbsistence.—(Chester Courant. Dec. 13.) •

INQUEST on the BODY of LORD I: FRENCH.

{From the Dublin Correspondent, Dec. 12.]

On -Saturday an Inquest- wtis held. by Alderman
BLOXHAM, Coroner, on the-body of tl:e I ttc Right
Hon. TI4OMAS FFRENCH. :The Jury, after identi-
fying and examining the body, adjourned to the
Medical Lecture Room of the College, where the
'lnquest was held.,
Surgeon Richard Stanley Ireland deposed, that
the deceased came by his death by a ball from a
gun or pistol, passing- through the right side of
his head:

Matthew Bawden sworn.--Is servant, to Gnu-
vine Ftrench, Esq. and other young gentlemen
College.; saw Lord Flrench, - for the last time
called witness into the room,
alive, on Friday about two o'clock deceased
v 1 here the body is,
and told him to sign his name to a paper which
,lay on the table; witness asked the contents, de-
ceased said, " no matter, sign your name after
mine," witness did so, deceased remarked (as wit-
ness thought in a jesting tone) " you take lip
much room ;" witness did not remark arty thing.
unusual,_but thought th4t deceased looked fright.-
ened, and paced the room backwards and forwards
very fast ; witness remained about 5 minutes in the
room, then ;vent to the room of Mr. Pakenham op-
posite ; heard a shot ; did not know from whence
it was fired ; thought it not extraordinary, as. some
young gentlemen might amuse themselves by fir,
ing their pistols ; remained about half an hour ;
when he again entered the room of Mr. i4rendh,
it was full of smoke ; he saw Lord Flrench lying
on the carpet, with" his•face covered with blood ;
entered the room by a key in his possession; merely
about his business ; thinks he heard two shots,
almost at the same moment ; is sure he was
the first who entered the roam ; he world
have heard if any other
_person entered ; whcn
he saw the body, he returned immediately to Mr.
Pakenham's room, and said there was a shock-
ing' sight in the next room ; Mr. Pakenham, Mr.
Smyth, and witness, entcred the room, where the
deceased lay, and saw him, apparently dead ;
witness saw the deceased at M‘Donnell's Hotel,
•in Mary-street, the day before; SAW him during
the day on which.
.this event happened ; heard
persons say he appeared deranged ; there. was nu
person in the room when witness signed the pa-
per ; it was A. printed paper with the name of
Flrench subscribed.

Mr: Magrath, the Police Magistrate, here pro-
duced a letter marked " private,'' dircted to the
Hon. Thomas Ffrench ; it was found on the chim-
ney-piece ; it was sealed with wax, .bearing the
impression of a Tenpenny Bank Token.—The
letter was not opened.
Christopher Hughes examined.—Knew the de-
ceased for many years ; saw him last on 'Thursday
in the ball of the Four Courts, between 2 and 3
o'clock ; observed that he looked more joyous
than a man under the pressure of such misfortunes
could be ,supposed, to do. Witness dined with
the deceased on Thursday last, at Radcliffe's ta-
vern ; they drank small beer at dinner ; had no
wine ; deceased called for a glass of rum, part of
which he made into punch. Deceased talked very
incoherently, so as to impress Witness
,with a no-
tion that he was insane ; deceased talked some-
thing of one man being fed on venison, and an-
other on mutton ; but it was,so foolish that wit-
ness could not understand him ; witness dreaded
some misfortune ; on his cath..did not consider
deceased to he of sound mind.

Mr. J. Urn►sby, R. B. Forster, Esq. Peter Nth
gent Daly, Esq. John Daniel Byr►►e, Esq. Isaac
Cahill, Esq. and John Ffrench Maslen, Esq. de—
posed to several acts from' which they imputed
distraction and insanity to Lord Fireqch.•
Richard Pakenham, Esq. sworn.—ls a Member
of the University ; entered the .room- where the
deceased lay, along with Rawden, the first wit-
ness ; observed deceased, as before described,
With a pistol in his hand ; has seen Lord FYI-end'
often, but did not know him as an acquaintance.

:There were two'bags, of papers found in the.
room, which tlie Jury wished to inspect. To this
Counsellor O'Dwyer objected :, they had'no proof
that these papers were the property of the de.
ceased ; they were found in the room of Gonville
Ffrench, Esq. and itAvould be exceeding the limits
of their duty tolinspectthem. He commented on
the evidence which had been given. He hoped
that the Jury would not, by returning a verdict,
aggravate the misfortunes of 'this afflicted family,
by which the chattels and goods of the deceased
must revert to the Crdwn : of this he bad no ap-
prehensions, satisfied as he was, that their verdict
would flow from the evidence before thew.

The Jury, -after consulting about half an hour,
returned a verdict of—lnsanity.

RIOT AT LYNN.

It is with much concern we state, .that a very
serious riot took place amongst the .sailors at
Nynn, in Norfolk, in consequence of the mer-
chants having come to ayesolution to lower the
price of maritime wages. The mob first made tot
attack on the dwelling-house of Mr. 1-locG,
principal coal and wine merchant of that town,
which they so soon destroyed, that it was with
difficulty they effected their escape from the po-
pular fury. The insurgents next proceeded to the
houses of Messrs. BAGGS and EVERAND, which
they also destroyed. During the insurrection,
some of the ringleaders had been secured, and
lodged in the castle at Lynn ; but the mob in-
creasing in numbers and violence, got several
masts and booms from on board the shipping, and
usinc, them as battering rams, soon forced the
castle gates, and liberated the prisoners. They
also stopped all vessels from proceeding to sea,
and obliged the crews to leave -the ships. A strong
party of dragoon's were on their march from
Norwich for the relief of the inhabitants, who
were in the highest consternutiou when the ac-
counts were transmitted to Lord StogooTtt's
Office by express.
On Sunday last, two troops. of the sth Dra-
goons marched from Ipswlch, on their route
waggons, on their
place, for the
iltiFii:lol;g:tils
eiS,7tiot:%arl(yl)ita rk et and Thetford, for
route from
purpose of suppressing the riot among the sailors
there, but which - has happily subsided without
bloodshed.--(Bury Paper.)
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AMERICA.

NEW-YORK AND HALIFAX PAPERS.

• liAttFAx, Nov. 18.—The. American papers to
th(' 9th_, speak.of the winter•having commenced
in Unncr Canada ; that the. Americans bad given
tin aH intention of attacking General Drummond,
and the campaign wak considered by. them as dos-
ed Several stout American privateers are infest-
ing our 'coasts..

Nvw YORK. OrT.2B.—Bythe steam-boat from
Albany we learn, that on the 19th instant, Gene-
ral Bisset, With his brigade :attached to General
Lca--(l7s army, forced the Chippawa,. eight miles
above ,the ,enemy's rosition, with the loss of 6S.
risen, .14 of Whom were killed ; and that the main
army were on the move from Black Creek down
the N;agara upon the Chippawa. General Brown
has taken the -command at Sackett's Harbour.
Mr. Stewart,. late British Consul at New Lon-
don, -is closely confined on • board. the United
States frigate.