The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-21 00:00:00

THE TIMATRES.

D sti a Y-L AN 8_ —Miss:Rim n -perform.
eci the part of Belcidera„ last night . assumed the
more difficult ebaraCtei" of -Lady Macbeth, and s s
certainly less successful than in her previoits
efforts. Wihont. entering -iota cti!ical investiga-
tion of her performance, we shall merely sly that
it wanted discrimination, was at times too langaid,
and at others too boisterous, and on the whole
was not sustained by. that lofty Phoracter which
the author intended Mr. KEAN was as usual
received in his Macbeth, and forcibly operated
upon 'the fe'elings of his admirers.

COVENT-GARDEN:---07 account of the sudden
indisposition. of Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE, whip
was to pei•tortn the part of Romeo last night, an
apology was tuiik for the appearance of Mr.
MTEEADY, who assumed it on a very short no-
tice. He acquitted Limself so we!l, however,
that he wag 'mach applauded throughout. Miss
O'NEILL, it hardly nevi be said, gave an affecting
and most interesting spport to the character of
Juliet, which is 'so it,ll suited to her powtrs, and
in vltich, in the early 'part of her career on the
Loitdon boards, she fully established her fame.

MR. RAYMOND.

It is with sincere regret that we have to colt-
Municatc to our Readers the melancholy iutelli-
g'ence of the Deqdi of ibis Gentleman: Oa Sunday
evening, as he ivas 2Nrritill;.7 a leper, a sudden fit
of apoplexy (ledi him of 'his rowers, an.' he
languished tillWSt night, wben he expired. Dr.
Hoorn was sent for as soon as he was taken
ill, and attended 'with the zeal and anxiety of
friendship, but all the means his knowledge and
experience could suggest were unavailing. Thus
has the Public been deprived 'of s Gentleman who
was alsidtious in his efforts to procure for them tn•
clonal amusement, and the Theatre of a Manager,
whose judgMent and arrangements promised a
powerful support to its interests. As an Actor,
hi's merit's were too well known to require any
particular notice in this place. What he under-
took he performed with judgment, correctness, and
'energy, and never was negligent or imperfect in his
ditty. ' The parts for which he wls chiefly qualified
by his person and his general powers, were those
of the haughty and terrific kind, such as unrelenting
tyrints,acr; but be Was not confined to such parts,
for he appeared with success in Rolla, Penrud-
'dock, and several others, of which strong feelings
and manly firmness were prominent features.—
Mr. RAYMOND also possessed literary taste and
talents. His Life of DattmoDV, the Irish Poet,
'does honour to his heart as well as to his under-
standing.. He was always active in the cause of
benevolence, and ready to assist the views of un-
protected geniu's. Though almost incessantly
einpioyed' in superintending the preparations for
opening the season of Drury-Lane Theatre, which
he attended early every morning for many months, -
he yet found. or rather made, leisure to review the
'stores of former dramatic authors, and he di
played to the writer of this article a large draw' r
full of plays, neglected, but of great merit, whic;,
with due adaptation to The manners of the preset t
day, he lunl 'collected for the purpose of gra-dually.
reviving.- In private lite Mr. RAYMOND was'Open,
manly, and social, gentlemanly in his manner,
intelligent, chearful, and though of • a convivibi..
awn, not inclined to indulge it to excesses that
Might tend to render him unfit for the duties of
his public Station ; mid in the performance of
those duties he was not guided by partia-
lity, but animated by zeal for talents, anti
a distribution of theatrical characters according
to the therits of the respective candidates.—
We lament to say that Mr. RAYMOND has left a
wife and nine children', in circumstances that
forcibly appeal to the benevolence of the Public:
The Proprietors of the Theatre will, no doubt,
:make an appeal to the Public at large in behalf cf
the widow And orphans, and we are sure that the
Theatrical' Community will feel an emulative zeal
to render all the assistance in their power to pro-
mote so laudable a purpose. Mr. RAYMOND was
a native of Scotland, and had but lately- reached
the fiftieth year of his age.

It gPres us great pleasure to find that the Glou-
cester and Berkeley, Canal, that great desidera-
tum to ;,the mercantile interest North of Glou-
cesterfr4s immediately to be resumed, with a
certainty of its being finished within a very short
period. We understand that the Committee are
actually contracting for; the completion of the
Works with all practicable dispatch : and the
heavy losses which have lately so frequently been
sustained, i!i consequence of the dangers of the
upper, part of.the Severn, afford an additional sti-
mulus to active exertion, for the completion of
this most desirable object.--{Gloucester Herald.)
'The diving bell at Plymouth. is now brought to
such perfection as to enable the Clerk of the
Works, and persons employed on the dock wall,
to descend with their provisions daily, and cone
,time their labours tltstil a little before dusk.
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