The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-22 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

We bad anticipated great things from Miss Cushman's
Lady Macbeth, and we have not been disappointed. She
appeared in this character last evening, and, since the days
of Mrs. Siddons, the British stage has seen no Lady Macbeth
who can for one moment be compared to her. From the first
scene to the last she was perfect. It was a Shaksperian
ie-
presentation in the highest sense of the word. Never ims
"the power of thought, the magic of the mind"—never has
the despotic power which the strong will exercises over the
weak one, been more powerfully developed than it was by
Kiss Cushman, in these scenes of the play in which Lady
Macbeth screws the courage of her husband up to "the
sticking place." There was something perfectly sublime
in her manner of giving the words " Leave the
rest to me." In the banquet scene, too, she was
truly magnificent. Her manner of giving the words,
" Are you a man ?" was perfectly thrilling, and
contrasted most forcibly with the dignified condescen-
sieki of her manner to her guests. The last scene was a
triumph of art. The audience shuddered at the " out
damned spot ;" and in witnessing the closing agonies of that
ambitious spirit, one was almost inclined to adopt the creed
of those theologians who assert that the real hell is the hell
of conscience. It were useless to particularise further. Were
we to point out all the beauties of her performance, we should
have to transcribe the part, and to write opposite each line
" beautiful," " perfect." Mr. Forrest was the Macbeth.
Beautiful in parts—the dagger soliloquy, for instance—it
was as a whole most uneven. This gentleman seeks to
produce effect by strong contrasts, but he exaggerates
too much ; his repose sometimes sinks into tame-
ness (at times he was quite inaudible), and his
enemy occasionally degenerates into rant. Still he possesses
great power; but it wants regulation. Last night, however,
can hardly be considered as a fair test of his abilities. At the
very beginning of the evening there was a most ungenerous
attempt made to crush him, and the very fact of knowing that
a portion of his audience is unfriendly to him is sufficient to de-
prive any actor of that perfect command over his powers,
which it is absolutely necessary he should have, to enable him
to do full justice to his author and to himself. Graham's
Macduff was a very careful and praiseworthy performance.
Graham and Miss Cushman were called for at the fall of the
curtain, and enthusiastically applauded. The house was
crowded.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS; Feb. 21.

The House sat tc-,lay to hear appeals. The Peers present were
Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. Their Lord-
ships were occupied the whole morning with a Scotch appeal, involv-
ing points of Scotch law of no interest except to the parties concerned.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Feb. 21.
The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn-hall to-day.
NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL.

Upon his Lordship taking his seat, Mr. Lee, Mr. Wood (the son of
the late Sir M. Wood), and Mr. Parry, were called within the tar,
having been appointed Queen's Counsel ; as was also Mr. Sergeant
Manning, in consequence of having been granted a patent of pre-
cedence.

His Lordship, having disposed of the unopposed cause and lunatic
petitions on his paper, proceeded to hear the tnrther arguments in the
case of the Ludlow Charities, which occupied the Court the re-
mainder of the morning.