The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-18 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

COVENT-GARDEN.-Last night Mr. KENT,VVIIO,
according to. report, has some provincial fame as
an actor, came forward in the arduous part of
Richard the Third. • He is about the middle
size. .i His face is capable of expression, and, his
voice is powerful ;. his acting in general was too
violent, and abounded with what Mr. SHERIDAN
styles " unprovoked rants," for he delivered
passages of sarcasm with furious emotion. Ile
had a great number of friends in the house, but
they were often so injudicious in their applause
as to provoke those who had better lodgment to
express dissent with equal force. There was
not a due contrast of light and shade in his
acting,. though he sometimes imitated Mr. KEAN
in his studied and elaborate transitions front the
urious to the familiar. Upon the whole, though
Mr. KENT took great pains to satisfy those who
really possess critical taste and judgment, he is
certainly not a " Town-made" actor, however
successful he may be on provincial boards.. His
friends, like those of Mr. KEA:4, who were styled
the Wolves', and who kept howling till he was
brought forward to announce the future play, in-
sulted Mr. ABBOT in the same manner, and de-
manded the appearance of Mr. KENT, who came
forward, but, amidst the general clamour of .the
ayes and noes, he was wholly inaudible, and
therefore made retiring bows and departed.
HAYMAREET.-After the Comedy of The
Schoolfor Scandal, altogether tolerably well sup-
ported, a new Farce was last night brought for-
ward, under the title of A Year in an Hour, or the
Cock of the Walk. The hero of the piece, Bobby
Buckhorse, called so, no doubt, on the proverbial
saying of "as ugly as Buckhorse," a famous bruiser
of former days, is allotted to Mr. LISTON, and is
stated to be so ugly that all the ladies iii the
'parish reject his addresses; but his rivals, con-
sisting chiefly of naval officers, are called to their
ships, and he • then becomes The Cock of the
Walk. The women then flock around him, yet
his triumph is but short, for a recruiting party
enters the town, and his ugliness again becomes
repulsive. At length, in addition to his
original fortune of forty pounds a year, a
relation dies, and leaves him considerable
property, which renders him again an object
of female attention, but he had previously be-
trothed himself to Miss Priscilla Fadefast, whom
he marries. A year is supposed to pass after
this union, and. a chopping boy is the issue. But
the .anxiety of Mrs. Buckhorse to conceal the
marriage, and some conversation on the subject
induces Mr. Buckhorse to doubt whether he is
'really the father of the child ; but after a few
equivoques, matters are cleared up, and conjugal
harmony is restored. Such is the outline of this
Farce, which fully answers the intended purpose
of diverting the audienee. LISTON is quite at
home, and of course is the chief .prop of the
Piece, and renders it highly entertaining. The
Author, according to report, is Mr. POOLE, the
Author of Simpson and Co., a farce deservedly
popular. Mr. Buckhorse, however revolting to
the dramatic ladies, is likely to become very at-
tractive to the public in general.

EVENING CONVERSAtTONS.-These entertain-
ments have lately become prevalent among
Artists, and those of Mr. HENRY SASS. in Blooms-
bury, -which have been chiefly attractive, closed
for the season last night. It was attended by
many distinguished Artists and literary charac-
ters. Valuable books were dispersed over the
tables, and the painting and statuary rooms were
open. Among the curious subjects of notice were
plaister casts of various parts of the anatomical
figure of the late TIIURTELL, whose form alto-
gether appears to have been as perfect as any
of the antique statues. The company enjoyed a
high intellectual amusement till a late hour, much
gratified with the courteous attention of their
liberal host.

DEATH OF THE DEPUTY EARL MARSHAL.--
Yesterday morning died, after a few days illness,
at his residence in Lower Grosvenor-street, the
Right Honourable Lord HENRY THOMAS HOW-
ARD MOLYNEUX HOWARD, Deputy Earl Marshal
of England, and brother to his Grace the Duke of
NORFOLK.—His Lordship was a Protestant. lie
represented the city of Gloucester in several Par-
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cherished by all who knew his amiable character
and worth, and his loss deeply deplored, not only
by his disconsolate family, but by numbers to
whom he was a kind and constant benefactor.