The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-30 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATREI

Mr. Stuart, from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, made
a very successful debut at this theatre last evening, in
that most arduous part, hgrO. (We know not in the whole
range of the drama any character more difficult of per-
sonation than this. In the very commencement of the
play Shakspeare gives an inkling of the difficulties neces-
sary. to he overcome by the aspirant, by putting into the
mouth of lago himself words which serve as a key to the
whole character—

" When I am what I seem,
It shall nut be long after I will wear
My heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at.
I am not what I seem."
To say, therefore, that any actor has made a success-
ful debut in a character requiring such careful study
to comprehend, and such varied powers to embody
the fruits of that study, as does the character of lago, is
at once to assign him a high place in his profession, and
a high place unquestionably Mr. Stuart has a right to
claiM as his own. Nature has done touch fur him ; his
voice is powerful and sonorous, not unlike in quality the
voice of Macready ; his features flexible and expressive,
his eye good, and his person well formed. He is evi-
dently a gentleman and a scholar, and his provincial
practice has made him thoroughly acquainted with the
business of the stage. His opening scenes with iluderigo
were very good, and the passage which we have quoted
above was exceedingly well given. The sneer with Which
he gave the celebrated line in the second act—
"To suckle fools, and chronicle small beer,"
was quite Mephistophelian, aad was deservedly applauded.
In the jealousy scene, he seemed to be at times suffering
from nervousness ; as he warmed in the scene, however,
he became himself again, and gave the words,
"Oh ! what damned tortures tells he o'er
Who doubts, yet fears, suspects, yet strongly loves,"
with a quiet beauty which elicited loud applause, and'at
once seemed to restore to him his full seli-possession. In
the short scene with Desdemona, in the fourth act, his
compassionating manlier of giving the line,
" Be sure, my lord is very angry,"
was the very perfection of hypocrisy. In the fifth act
he was admirable. The sneer of fiendlike triumph
with which he contemplated his hellish work, and the
glance of contemptuous malice, revelling in the luxury
of revenge, with which he regarded Othello, as-he makes
his final exit, were perfect. Mr. Stuart brough;tp with
him a high reputation from the provinces, and he has
proved himself well worthy of it. Let him depehd
solely on himself—let flint trust solely to the
promptings of his own genius, and he eantiot
fail to achieve for himself fame and fortune.
lie was called for at the fall of the curtain and loudly ap-
plauded. Wallack was the Othello, and to say that he is
the best Othello now on the stage is barely doing justice
to the merits of one of the most beautiful pieces of act-
ing we have ever witnessed. It is faultless. Its very
perfection as a whole renders it impossible to criticise it
in detail. A more perfect piece of acting the stage does
not possess. Wallack was also called for at the conclu-
sion of the piece, and led forward Miss Helen Fella,
who was a very pathetic, tender, and graceful Desde-
mona. The new spectacle followed, to the great enter-
tainment of the juvenile Portion of the audience:

THE LATE ACCIDENT AT MAN-

EC. E2BSITEIIRe sufferers.
by
C H
towards convalescence titan their
MANCHESTER, Dthe re-
cent disastrous accident are more favourably proceeding
previous ?rapt oms
would have led the medical attendants to expect. Et-
eept the young man, Patrick Radical, there is every
hope that the whole of them will SOW be enabled to
leave the Infirmary. He still lies in a most precariotos
state, and
lacera-
tions inflictedhis recovery•
iis quite uncertain. The
head and almost every part of
his body were most severe, and it is greatly feared that,
should he be restored at all to health, he will never
again be enabled to resume his usual occupation. There
are various
unfounded rumours still accredited,
other workmen are beneath the ruins ;
but that many • impossible, since every one of
those employed either by Mr. Rose or Mr. Panting,
who were nut either killed or wounded, and are
now
lying at the Infirmary, have been to their
respective masters for their wages. Yesterday an
inquest was held at the Infirmary, before Mr. Rutter,
the borough Coroner, on the bodies of the seven
thisa anrs q
men whose names were given in the account of the
accident. Of these it will be recollected, that Dor-
een, Roach, and Donelly were single men, whilst Gar-
land, Tully, Machin, and Selkirk were all married, and
have left large families to lament their untinith de-
cease. There now appears but one prevailing opinion,
that the calamitous event was the result of mere acci-
dent, and that no blame or want of precaution can be
attached to any or the parties connected with the re.
moval of the coins. This appeared from the evidence
of various witnesses ; after which the Coroner said' he
thought it would be unnecessary to call any additional
evidence before the Jury, as the facts before them were
sufficient to enable them to form an opinion as to the
cause of this deplorable transaction. They would direct
their attention to the question whether or not any blame
or want of caution could be attached to the parties
who were entrusted with the management of the build-
ing. The Jury consulted for a few moments and una-
nimously returned a verdict in each case of .4 Acci-
dental Death," adding that no blame was to be attri-
buted to any of the parties connected with the removal
of the ruins.

THE DISTRESSED PRINTERS OF LONDON.
—Last Wednesday a sermon was preached in the church
of St. Michael-le-Belfrey, in this city, by the Rev. Thos.
Myers, on behalf of the numerous letter-press printers
in London at present out of employment. The subject
of the discourse was " The Religious Influence of Fruit-
ing." Prayers were read 6y the Rev. Mr. Richardson,
and Dr. Camidge presided at the organ. The gentlemen
composing the Cathedral choir also kindly afforded their
services on the occasion, and very efficiently sung the.
anthem, "Blessed is he that cnnsidereth the poor and
needy," being part of the 41st Psalm. After the sermon'
a collection was made, which amounted to nearly 61—
York courant.