The Sun.
London, England, 1819-10-26 00:00:00

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The Tragedy of iiichatd the Third is so
purer that it will always he attractive, and the
attraction is [satin-ally ineretised when a new Per-
(drifter appears aS the hero of the piece, or when the
part is first assumed by an actor of established repute.
We ate by no means among the enthusiastic ad-
mirert of Mr., KEAN, but we consider his per-
formance of that character as one of his pri:l-
- if not the Chief. It
Seems to be thought • necessary, since the
tittle of Mr. GxltEiCK., wh-Ole memory we
shall not insult by ciamparing him With any of
Ida boutetiiptii ies or slicers-ors, that Richard
should be represented by a person of short sta-
tore, and, indeed, as from the very natore of their
►rt►oi lure, crooked-backed persons can hardly be
tall, there would be reason for the expectation,
even if the taittelliess extellence of GARRICK had
not, in some degree. given a kind of prescriptive
height to the citpuricter.—titit it is time tb state that
Mr. AIit:BRADY last night Made his first appearance
in this arduous part at Covent-Garden Theatre. To
juidge by the very Warm reception which he ex-
pet ieneed from the audience, his pet forniatice Might
he deemed the very.tletne of theatrical perfection.
But there is not 11111C11 itidgMent in the many, amid,
theretote, their approbation is not a decisive WOW*
of eiccelletictf. Mt. NI Acustaii', vfltli mote study
of the part, will, We dtitibt not, render his per-
forinance or it a masterly assumption. There is
much butnottr, sarcasm, and artifice in Richard.
In the hot/sour, Mt. Mitcham:A, tailed. In the
soliloquy, beginning " Was ever woMan, eve"
which ought to be a sportive triumph ester Ist,
own personal defects and excesses, he was wholly
serious. Every soliloquy, instead of being the
apparent effect of private reflection, was essed
to the audience. But the part is very difficult iu
itself, and the actor had to struggle against public
prejudice in fa emit of another, and was o!;liged tel
attempt originality, lest lie should be charged with
servile imitation. The Morning Critics have ra-
ther expressed their own ideas of the character
than described Mr. MACREADY'S representation
it, except where his performance happened to
coincide with their pre-conceived notions. Otie
of them warmly commends his opening solilo-
quy, and others condemn Isis manner or deiivering
it as. tame. Another hiOily commends his bare drill
in the tent-scene, while another censures it as
affected. tint the actor tiny derive hints from
Enthusiastic as the reception was, thei,e were se-
veral dissentient voices ; but. perhaps, they came
from the Wolves, who will stiffer none to lute:-:ere
with the tame of their I,lol.—Mr. CoNsoß, who
per:otmed Tressel %vith great feeling, cause to an-
tiontice the play for this evening, but shouts for
MACREADY obliged him to coins
announced the same play for Thursday, with most
interesting timidity, as if he modestly consitieted
the gratifying compliment as a boon rather than a'
tribute.

SPORTING INT ELLI UWE

BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, MosnAy, OCT. 25.

The chief betting was upon theirreat match 'between Tire-
bias, out of Pleke. Bsl. VI). and Mr 'VAnsittarri. Financier.
The last wile of the Beacon Course.-7 to 4 on Financier.
DERBY.
141 to 1 agst Mr. Peirse's c. 13 to 1 agst Sailor
by '.Calton 20 to I agst Brother to
14 to 4 agst Brother to Blu. Whisker
cher 45 to 1 agst Pitohire.

fix to four on Turner.—Two to one Morin dues not win in
an hour.

FOR rHE SUN.

MR. EDITOR—I have observed in one of our
late Journals, tinder the head of the " Che3hire
Qs►arter "tssions," held at Knotstord on the 21st
instant, a statement that a trite has been found
against me for a conspiracy, with others un-
known, in laying poison to kill cattle' to the in-
jury the King's subjects. As this statemtnt
troy ere,te in the minds of the Public an undue
tiodire against me, I hope you will permit me,
through the medium of your respectable Join nal,
to assure the Public, that the absurd and mali-
cious charge contained in this indictment is totally
fAlse-, and to request those who are not aware of
the sli4ht gromols on Which Juries will sometimes
find a true bill, and those who are unAcquainted
with any characi,a, to suspend their judgment until
die matter is brought before the proper Tribunal,
if the party with wboin this extraordinary indict-
ment originates should think it prudent to prose-
cute it. 1 remain, Mr. Editor;

Your very obedient Servant,
JOSHUA KING.
, Rectory House, Beaui-Greet), Oct. 25.

Last week, a man in Glasgow, about 25
years 01. age, .who had been ifeFtr,in'g. Ht.
tniel
withimmoderate quantities of ardent shirts,
felt himself so elatett a!,Live his usual mode of
life, that, in defiance of any caution, he actually
eat the greiCcr part of a crystal dram glass.—
The mouth, fauns,, and gullet were. Much in-
jured,, id-lamination came on, and the uoifor-
innate man died three days afterwards ; it was
supposed, partly from the effects of the ardent
spirits, as well as from eating the glass.

At the Leeds General Quarter Sessions,
opened on Thursday last, the Grand Jury return-
ed a true bill against Mr. James Mann, political
hookeeller, of this place, for pillilishing a libel of
and concerning the Prince Regent, 'contained
in a publicatiou called the Black Dway:Out
Friday morning Mr. Mann appeared in Court,
and was admitted to bail, himself: in 601. and
to;o sur•eties in 301. each. It was intimated to
Mr. Mann that this indictment • would nut he
proceeded upon? on account of the West Rid-
ing Sessions havint: no jurisdiction in offences
co:ll46'l6rd in the Borough, hut that another in-
dictment would be prefer red against him at the Bo-
rough Sessions. The libel charged in the indict-
them consists of a series of remarks upon the
speech of the Prince Regent, delivered at the
close of the last Scasion of Parliament. ,The
indictment was sent down from the Secretary
of Stat'c's Office, and the' only witness examiael
by the Grand Jury was a person of rho uatue of
kit velley.—(Lced," Paper.) • ,

LONDON jOtiANAL§,

'ROM TEIE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS

[Morning Chronicte.)

LetteiS from Seville, received yesterday in town;
mention that the greatest alarm and confusion pre-
vailed there, and all the country rutted, in conse-
(pence of the ravages of the lever, and the rei(rie-
lions of the Government to prevent its spreading
heing pot tit open defiance. Sid thousand men;
belonging to the Expeditionary army, had broken
the -"Cordon, and venetrated towards Caceres nod
Extrettnidorrt. The distemper had tnanitested itself
iti one of the gm-titers of terille.

(Morning Herald

Whethee the Princess of Wales intends to re.
torn to Brig-land, or not, it is CertAril that Litt
hp, given orders to have the apart-
ments in iiieniiingtoir Palace, prepared lot her te
eeption.