The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-03 00:00:00

MR. BUNN AT YORK.

We copy the following from a Yorkshire paper of
Saturday last .
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"THEATRE ROYAL, YORIC.—The Shaksperian en-
thusiast, the lover of the drama, and the student of
our literature, have had a treat of no ordinary nature
within the last day or two, by the appearance of one
of the most celebrated gentlemen and scholars of our
day, Mr. Bunn, who has given us the entertainment
which his varied talents have rendered so popular,
alike in the metropolis and the provinces. Mr
Bunn's object is to remove the ambiguity, and to
confirm the truth which the learned and the unlearned
have thrown around the history and the genius of
England's great poet—to connect him not merely
with the very existence of the stage itself, but with
its very creation—to uphold the importance, and lay
bare the impurities of that stage ; and by tracing its
rise, its progress, and its fall, endeavour to lay the
foundation-stone of its restoration. In doing this,
Mr. Bunn evinces deep research and thorough.
knowledge of his highly interesting subject; im-
parting much new matter, and clearing up much
doubt hanging about the old ; and, conveying his
observations in an easy and colloquial manner,
the monologue becomes one of the most agreeable
entertainments we have ever been present at. Mr.
Bunn adds considerable value to his popular lecture
by an exposition of that meretricious style of acting
which has so disgraced, and still disgraces our na-
tional stage—and in the execution of this task he
displays so masterly a manner of elocution, that the
student for the bar, for the pulpit, and the theatre,
may derive the utmost advantage from witnessing his
performance. It is impossible, in the columns of a
weekly journal, to do that justice to so eminent an
artiste as Mr. Bunn has proved himself to be, that we
could wish; but we should be wanting in our critical
remarks, if we omitted to say that in the reading of
the second interview with the " Weird Sisters," in
Macbeth, Mr. Bunn contrasted the ludicrous manner
in which the low comedian invariably delivers this
sublime language, with the solemn and energetic way
in which it ought to be delivered—in the highest
style of a consummate actor, and elicited a perfect
explosion of applause. Indeed, the lecture through..
out, if such it might be called, was welcomed with
intermittent laughter and approbation—a gratifying
proof of this distinguished dramatic character, that
the city of York, which has furnished his theatres of
Druiy-Lane and Covent-Garden with so much high
talent, can likewise appreciate the eminence of his
own.

AQUATICS.
SIIADWELL AND RATCLIFF REGATTA.

The very old-established contest amongst the water-
men belonging to Paul's, Shadwell, and the hamlet
of Rstcliff, came off yesterday, and was most numerously
and respectably attended. The award of victory was a
new boat for the first man, to which was added various
liberal money prizes. The race was with six scullers in
five heats, and was extremely well contested.
First Heat—William .?dannF, New Crane-stairs
(green), 1; Robert Skinner, King James's-stairs (yel-
low), 0; John Wade, Stone-stairs (pink), 0. The dis-
tance was from New Crane to the Regent's-canal buoy,
twice round each heat. Green got the start, kept the
lead all the way, and won by six lengths.
Second Heat—John Yeomans, Stone stairs (red), 1;
John Robertson, ditto (blue), 0; and Charles Fenwick,
Shad well-dock (white), 0. Red took the lead pressed by
blue, white well up, in which order, after some capital
rowing, they continued to the finish.

Third Heat—John Robertson (blue),: 1; Robert Skin-
ner (yellow), 2; Charles Fenwick (white), 0; and John
Ward (pink), 0. It was a capital start, all being away
togtther. Blue took the lead, closely followed by yel-
low, the other two shortly after becoming tailed, but
rowing a hard race against each other.
Fourth Heat—William Manna (green), 1; John Ro-
bertson (blue), 2; John Yeomans (red), 0; and Robert
Skinner (yellow), 0. It was a severe race for a short
distacce, then green, who shortly after the start had
taken the lead, paired off with blue, who made some stir-
ring efforts throughout, the winner going considerably in
advance at the finish.

Final Heat—William Manus (green), 1; and John
Robertson (blue), 0. A good start, and a few strokes
scull and scull, was succeeded by the winner taking the
had and keeping it, winning by several lengths.

CRICKET.

ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. EIGHTEEN OF

MANCHESTER,
The finale of this match exhibits All England
triumphant over their local opponents; the second in-
nings of Eleven exceeding both of Eighteen by seven
runs:--