The Sun.
London, England, 1805-03-15 00:00:00

VIE 711 E ATRE.

Drary-lanie
Tut tragedy of &oiler was last night repre.
, sewed at this Theatre, for the Benefit of Master
Burry, who, for the first time in London, per-
formed the Herod the Piece. His friends, with all
their admiration of his juvenile merits, were ap.
prehensive that the part of ilamlet was too,'great a
task for him to acquit, himself .in it' with a degree
of IMPS adequate to th.it which he !..1d acquired in
other tharaders. Their fears; however, were
groundless. He displayed considerable merit in the
assulnytion of this' arduous part, and eihibited-More
of original cohception than
.he has shewn'in most
wham The passionate and the satirical passages
wart best managed. In the declamatory and moral
parts he comparatively failed. •
The only novelty he introduced was ktteeThts, in
the first address to The Ghost,. when- he came to the
word father. This vow 'withal we conceive to be
erroneous, for Hamlet is doubtful whether the Ap.
parition is if &spirit of health, or got4in dtimn'd,"
and even after he has uttered the word father, he
represents the Appearance in the, same speech as
"making night hideous." If he had reserved
this laseliai testimony of filial affeetion- till after
be had tried the effedel the meek play upon the
/big, • and had thereby confirmed the story of the
supernatural Spirit, it would have been more op-
propria te.

in- the scene with Oysktlia there was nothing
above, but something' below, mediocrity, and in the
Closet- Scene there war no conspicuous excellence.
HoWever, upon the whole, we must pronounce his
performance of the very difficult part of ilea et a
surprising effort for a boy at his time-of life. He
was very adroit and..kilful in the Fencing Scene,
and his deportment throughout. was easy and ap-
propriate. •

We would advise him not to wear again the long
cloak in which'he appeAred in the Church-yard, as
he lookld like a little Miss in a pelisse. He was
received throughout by a very numerous and,cle.
gant atnlience with great apri.luse,
'rue rest of the charafters, particularly The King,
by Powitt.t, and The Queen, by -Mrs. Puwec.t,,
were sustained in a very respectabl; manner. The
dresseb and the scenery were all splendid and atrik.
ing.

A great number of persons forced themselves in-to
the Ptt ot Drury-lane Theatre last night, !riving
been, imr-operly turnished with orders, for which
thcti L.. given flax prices. This measure was
at. p' without the knowledge of the Proprietors
tst Mantiger, and was luckily soon checked by a
G.ntleman conflated with
..the Theatre, otherwise
the usual vulture of "the Pit would have bad tittle;
chance of obtaining a place.
Mr. PtTr and Mr. Fox were present List night
rat Drury-lane Theatre, and were liberal in their
applauee of the Little 1-lero of the night.
Mosta—The fifth Performance of the Concert
in tite New Room, near Russell-square, took place.
last night. and had, a numerous and elegant Audi.
'tarp WEILL`HsELL is the Leader; !IMAM,
&WRAC Rs and Mrs. SEcown, are ;he Vocal Naar.
mere. The Vocal Department of this Concert is
under the direetion of Mrs. Stand ; her own exer.
flans are an essential prop to it, and are very much'
admired.

The Musical Veteran ASHLEY, we are sorry to
hear, died yesterday, at his house in Abingdon.
street, Westminster. He had reached an a‘lvan.:
ad ages and had maintained a very leaped..
able Cherafter through life. Br industry, pru.
domes and ability, he acquired a cousiderable for.
tune in the, saudcal profession, rind brocight up
a large fataily, to every branch of which he gave
'a rod OtstSlian. AU his sons di,.,layed Consi-
derable musks) genius, and three of them have ac.
Oita a sigh and 'narked rank in their profession.
'Vit.:As/key, sen.. had a paralytic stroke about a
year go,' from die dials of which:: he never rec.).
veredi,

TX* ALTS.••—•gg It has almost finished hit Par.
trait of Mts. BI 14. 1 NOTEAK, which will be the most
exalt likeness that has been yet seers of that admir-
able Performer, besides its excellence in paint of
Attb He is also very' forward with a Portrait of
the Marquis Toomosto, which will be a dierin.
stoked Ornament of the ensuing Exhibition. Kite
PgitTak has made great advancaa * representation
oftheever-rnernurable Battle of Agincourt., a work
tltt will add considerably to his high reputation.
The Drawings in water-colours, by ToWsre, form
an etietnblage of the most beautiful and pitturesque
scenery in Italy. Switzerland, Wales, the Lakes of
Weltmorland, &c. They have the merit of truth,
graces and simplicity ; and having, as we Understand,
silitally been taken in the open air, have such's tuitu..
tai hue, and such genuine lights and- shadows, as
never can be found in an At study. 1-Isivro
is vigorously at work upon a Print from the whole_
length of Master BETTY painted by the masterly
pencil of NoeTucore.
On Tuesday morning the Dollars contained in
the Spanish Prizes taken by the Endjrnion, earn.
minded by the Hon. Captain PAGET, were ldnded
at Portsmouth, and forwarded frosts "Mr. CLARK'S
Offing in five broad-wheeled waggons, for. London,
ssusler an escort of the Portsmouth Volunteer Ar-
tillery.

A Conroy is petitioned for to sail from Hull on
the first of April with the Ships for Lubeck, Wie.,
mar, Stettin, Memel, and Koningsburg, Another
Conroy Out these Potts and Sr. Petersburgh,
&c. is expeeed to sail the last week in April.
A Sunderland Vessel, 'on her passage to Ports.
ninuth, eslt a black sided-Brig Avith a y Wow' stroka,
oppsised to be-the Toed, of -Sonderland, Captain
C Lusk, col! Lifter), sink on the Goodwin Sandq, with
rig hoods on boßrd. The g* was so violent no

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