The Sun.
London, England, 1817-06-25 00:00:00

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A:? ?PUS ItEDIVIVUS.
.irsor, defamed in body, fair in mind,.
Knew well that vice and fully sway mankind,
And, in shrew apologises, the sportive Sase
Has wisdom dealt lo er'ry future age. '
Hr tells us that two cars beheld a bone,
And each presumed the tempting treat his own,
tut while they struggled, ragtatr the prey,
Another cane and bore it strait away.
Tints, if entail things We may compare with great-7.
(Alike indiirrent in tfie eye of Faiej..-
Thus when, for MANVER'S, AEROTT ha made room,
And SHEPHERD'S wreath had gaited an added plums.
A vacant (thee soon produced a jar
Between Limo rival Brethren of THE BAR.
Gtrrontes Goom Gt:st u a saw tlic'contlict rite,
And, whisp'ring, pointed to the doubtful prize,
GIFFORD was ready with the spoil to budge,
And lot at once became au ESIBRIO JUDOE. . •
BEN BUDGE.

AIR. KEMBLE.

In out.accottot -yesterday of the interesting anti
impressive circumstances attending the final exit
of this Geo-thine,' from the stage on Monday last,
we mentioned an embroidered Sold, inscribed
with letters of gold, and the elegance of the com-
position, u sympathy in the laudable anxiety of
lite intliar to retain an admirable a performer in
public life, as well as respect for that'perfornier,
as tin actor and a man, induce us to present it • to
bur itetSders
TO JOHN PHILIP KENIBLE, EQ.
or Tut: Tiltkrtic norat., coetNT-Gaßnlna.
Sta,--.After having so long received from the display of
your eminent abilities, the greatest degree of gratification
and instiuctitin, which the highest class ut Hist riuniti repre-
sentation could bestow, we think upon the near approach of
your inteinled farewell to the stage with sentimetits ,of deep
4. interim and, if possible, an increase of respect. In justice
to the interests of the Drama, and our 41W11. feelings,We
WOlll,l 14111 postpone the moment of separation Itl
Fitted by the endowments of Nature, mid by classical ac-
quirements. 11 high association, and the ambi-
tion of exec:knee, you have, for .upwards Or thirty years,
dignified the pi ofiat.ion of an Actor by, your private cow oct
ail,' public exertions in the British Capital. tl'e beheld, in
seine personification, the spirit of history Mid Poetry mined.
lu entionlying the characters of Shakespeare and out in her
Dramatic Writers, you• were any. contented to tel e
an
()inward show of their greatness alone. The splendour of
an antique costume—the helmet and armour—the crown
and t:eptre--all that pertains to the insignia of comnimat,
are easily assumed. It hen you appeared, the MOO and the;
man.were, as soul and body.‘ The age rust country inwhich
we live, were gott en. Time rolled hack a long suecession
of centuries. 'l' lir grave gave up its illustrious dead.-s-
-. Cities and nations long passed away, reappeared; and the •
elder brothers uf renown, t Ite heroes and statesmen, I.'n: sages
and monarchs' of other y, ars, girt in ('he brightness-of `their
shadowy glory, tired and loved,`.inif fought and bled, before
us. We beheld iii you, not only their varying looks and ges-
tures, their proud march and grandeur of demeanour; but
.the elevated toile of their mind, anilthe Hattie of 111(4 passions.
'We mean not here to enumerate the valiant Characters in
which vOu have shone as the light of your era; but,we maybe
allowed to say that you e.erdied IN that Whirh West urea excel-
lent; that Wherever the grandeur of an exalted 'Mod teas
united with majesty of person; wherever the noblest.orgrin
was required for the noblest expression; wherever Nature,
bolding up the mould of character, called fur an impression
from the most preciiitis of metals, there she ltiukrh to Kent
lily as her gold ; there lm shone
with pre-eminent lustre.—
In the austere dignity of Cute, the stern pal riotism of Brutes,
the fiery bearing of Carialeums, and the marl intoxication of
.11e.runder, you transported your atulience
alternately to Greece, Rome, or Babylon. .Seconded by the
well-painted illusion \of kcal scenery, yol seemed every where
in your native -cart every where contemporary' with the
august edifices of the ancient world. In you, smuts Of those
great diameters lived, and we cannot mulct al our apprehen-
sions, when suit withdraw, we shall lose sight of them for
a long:time. and, as life is short, perhaps fur ever.. In
expressing thus sentiment, we feel a warrWrespeet, fur every
actor of genius. A iniod like yours winildbe wounded by any
compliment that was Mit founded iii the 410 it libeial sense ut
Ketwritl desert. It is MI additional merit 'in you to have ob-
tained' distinction in an age of refinement, and from a public
qualified to appreciate your powers. A small light shims iu
darkness I hat you 'have douristied amidst ii circle of gene-
rens competitors for fame, whew Various we
aititiret and in- whose .well-eartted.' applause -we. proudly
joiin Tht y beheld in the tumours which your.. country
to you, the permanence. of that celebrity wlych they
hare already so deservedly acquired, and a sore pledge
of the future honours which await upon the close ut their
professional career. We,ltterefore,c,ii nestly entreat t hat you
will not at truce ,deprive the Public of their gratification,
and the StoKe of pint sit;itiort. We entreat or you not •to
take your final leave on the slight named for your bast per-
formance. All we ask .is, that you will coissrot to perform a
li•tv nights each season, so long
_as your health trill per-
mit. We autittre' you to giant this teiptest, by your oWis
fame,' att• object which is not more dine to you than it is to
us, and we confine's% Iy rely .upon your respect for pithlic
opinion, that you will nut cover us the regret of a re-
fusal. We have spared the annexation of signatures us ina-
dequate.and unnecessary, even if our numbers and restricted
permitted that torn).. The pealing. applaUßC of Ilie:
atillience, each night of your performance, and the united voice
.whirl} hrronspuides this, are the best attestation of the public
sentiment. .•

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Aloodny, June 14, ISI7. .
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P.S. The receiver of this is requested to read .it atom!, or
timid it along tlie'rovt itt the Pit, or iouttil the Do. itt which
lie is seated.

—The following are among the `Noblemen and
Gentlemen P.-Ito intend being iuesent at the fire
ell entertainment to be given ,to Mr. ICEfrigut
on his retnetuent ii oh stage, to he 'celebrated
at the FrCematiotie„ avurii, on Friday- next, the
27th inst. Lord IIoLLANo in the Chair :
Duke at Bedhird—Marqui,ces, LawanA re,Taviltnek, War.
c'estel—Karls, Egreinont, I larrietqlon. Landerd,el,,
Modgravei„ Aberdeen,. Nintlettn,.re-i*, .Y.tratontb--Viscotents,
'ttarimclan,Kiriorall—Lortio,Peteestioe,:Canir—lloonr Bur-
ney—Sirs, George Ilvanniont, Gilbert item he..ite, T. 1,-4w-
rence—Messrs. Canning Tierney, Crotier' Freie,
I.Vemt, Tienneas 'Moore, Thomas catuiebtll, Roger", Owen,
Flainean, Wrarnacott, and 'Penna.:,

RtCHMONO TUB opetwa on Monday
last under the management oelMr. Ktasetta-,
formerly of .Covent.thorden Theatre., 'Dirt;- Play
was The Busy, Body, and the Farce The Sultan.—
Miss late Of the litutt TheAtte, way.
Miranda in the one owl Itaratana in the other.
She performed both characters with great anima-.
Lion, gaiety, and characteristic troth. The beauty
of her person, and the elegance of her mattiters,'
forcibly struck,the audience, and she was highly,
applauded. The 'neat e has been touch improved,
'in the interior. , ilattNaan,•of, Diary:44oe ,The
atre, was respectable:in Sir gorge, airy, rind.
KLASERT , bustled through Marp/ot tolerable
success.—Mrs., KLANERT was VCS y spirited in
Patch. The Theatre' is likely to be well. pair°.
nixed through the season,
To-morrow„ the prisoners who stand fully coin-
mined, for trial. on various charges of felonies, will
he removed from the different gaols in the City of.
London, anti County of Middlesex, to Newgate,
preparatory to their taking their trials at the en-
suing sessions.at the Old Bailey, which will coin-
mence. on Wednesday, next.-,—Moutlay next the
Sessions of the Peace for the City of Ltnidwt will
be held at Guildhall, before ,the Right lionotiro-
hie the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Recorder, mid a
l Bench of Aldermen.