The Sun.
London, England, 1819-12-04 00:00:00

Dillt. KEAN.

This poonlar Actor is so great a favourite with
his friend% in 13,flinbnrgh, that they have presentel
to him a Sword of State, to be worn by him
svitenever he appears in the Tragedy of Macbeth,
Kin,!, of Scotland. It was accompanied by H
letter from Sir JouN SINCLAIR, Who is always
ready tor HOS of private kindness and public bene-
fit, arid which does honour to himself as well as
to the person wbo has received so flattering a tes-
timony of esteem and admiration.

" SlR—Some of your friends in this city became extremely
desirous of presenting you with a mark of the high estimation
which they entertain for your talents as an actor, wore espe-
cially haring witnessed the very superior manner in which
you performed the character of Macbeth. After considering
the subject, it was at last resolved to present you with a
Sword of State,' to be sworn when you appear upon the
stage in that Tragedy, as the crowned King of Scotland.' I
have much pleasure in sending you the Sword, which is pre-
pared by some of our ablest artists, fur the purpose of being
transmitted to you. It is ' of the true Highland make,' and
ornamented with some of the most valuable precious stones
that Scotland prodders. Alachtill is, on the whole, the
greatest effort of dramatic genius the world has yet pro-
duced ; and none has hitherto attempted to represent the
Scottish Tyrant who has done, or could possibly do, snore
justice to the character tlian the Gentleman to whom I hare
now the honour of addressing myself.
" The pt escalation of this Sword reminds are of two parti-
Colors :
The swords, in ancient times, were large and weighty,
and tile scabbards broad at the points. Hence, in Shak-
speare, Hatsper describes himself (Part I. Henry IV, Act 1,
Scene 3), " ledning upon his sword ;" that is to say, resting
upon it in the scabbard. The Sword, also, was not carried
in belts attached to the person (which, with a large and heavy
sword, would have beets too cumbersome), but was either
bell in the right hand, of carried in the left arm, the elbow
being bent for that purpose. In battle, when the sword was
drawn, the scabbard was thrown away, to imply, as that
phrase denotes, that the combat was to terminate with the
death of the parties. 9.. There is reason to believe, that
Shakspeare collected materials for the Tragedy of Macbeth
on the spot where many of the transactions took place.
It is recorded in Guthrie's Llistora of Scotland, that Queen
Elisabeth sent some English actors to the Court of her Suc-
cessor James, which was then held at Perth ; and it is sup-
posed that Shakspearc was one, of that number. This idea
receives strong confirmation by the following striking cir-
cumstance s—The Castle of Vonsinarie is situated about seven
or eight miles from Perth. When I examined, some years
ago, the remains of that Castle, and the scenes in its neigh-
bourhood, I found, that the traditions of the country people
were identicall,v the same as the story represented in Shnk-
speare. There wits but one exception. The tradition is,
that Macbeth endeavoured to escape, when he fuand the
Castle nu lonerg tenable. Being pursued by Maccititf, he ran
'tip" be 7itistrxd•arf 'being.alain in single
combat by Macduff- (which .Shithspeare. preferre;l, as being
a more interesting dramatic incident), the country•pedple
said, that, in despair, he threw himself over a precipice, at
the bottom of which there still remains The liiittit'a Grave,'
where it is supposed that Macbeth was buried. When you
next visit Scotland, it would be int rrestiog to take ass early
opportunity of examining these classic scenes.
" With my beat wishes that you way long continue an
ornament to the British Theatre,
" I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant,
" JOHN SINCLAIR.
" 193, George-street, Edinburgh, Nov. 16, 1819."

INSCRIPTIONS oN THE swonD.--uN THE FRONT, IN THE
CENTRE.
To ErisRIND BEAN, Esq.
A 3 a tribute of admiration
Tu his splendid talents,.
Frurn
His Friends at
Edinburgh.
oN THE OTHER stoE, IN THE CENTRE.
'r his Sword was presented
Tu
ED::UND KEAN, Esq.
To he worn by him,
W.beu he nppears un the Stage
As
" Macbeth,
" Kirrr of Scotland,"
November, 1619.
MR. KEAN'S ANSWER.

" Stn—l Lace the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter, announcing the transmission of a valwible Soot d,
which you track me to receive as it token of the Nattering esti-
mation in which my professional exertions in the Northern
Capital arc held by yourself, and a portion of that public, Lo
whose fostering indulgence I an► already bound in lasting

gratitude. -
" To those unknown patrons, in whose names you have
been pleased in such gratifying terms to address use, I beg
you will convey the assurance that their kindness has not been
lavished where it is not truly appreciated and deeply felt.
" I am happy in the conviction, that I shall only do justice
to their intentions in receiving this Sword, as at once a record
of national liberality and a pledge of Scottish patronage of
the Stage. May I not recognize in this their object, by the
selection of the distinguished pen, which has honoured use
with this communication, as well as in the costume of the
present itself, which yon are pleased to inform me, is strictly
national, both in its character and in its ornament ?
" Permit me to add, Sis , that my own feelings could Istiow
no higher gratification than to be instructed to the belief,
that I may bays been the fortunate instrument of increasing
the number of the patrons of our Art, the difficulties of which
may, in souse MCASIII t, be appreciated by the rarity and in-
stability of success, and in which we but too sensibly feel.
how necessary is public protection to encourage and.sustai
us even is our least chequered and unclouded career.
" I have the honour to be. Sir,
" With grateful respect,
" Your very obliged Servant,
E. fi.E3N.
" To the Right am, Sir Juba Sinclair, &c. ssc,".

We received this morning tke Paris Papers of
Wednesday last. The following are extracts ;
" PARIS, Dec. I.—Yesterday the King re-
ceived, at a private audience, their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Duke of Holstein Augustem,
berg, who were accompanied by Gen. Walters-
'lo4, the Danish Minister. M. de Treitlinger,
Minister from Mecklenburg Strelilz, presented
to his Majesty at a private audience, the letter of

notification from the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Strelitz, of the birth of a Prince, his son. The
A►nbassadors and Foreign Ministers afterwards
paid their respects to the King and Royal Family.
The King did not go out yesterday. His Majesty

transacted business with M. de Pasquier, the Mi-
nister for Foreign Ail4irs.

" The Alarqness de Latour Matibourg, the new
Minister of War, arrived at Paris yesterday.
" The Duke de Richelieu is expected at the
end of the week.

FIVE PEA CENTS.

Tuesday

DEFSRBED STOCK.
Of the 22d March, 1817,
92d Sept. 1817, BB f. 95 c.
224 Marcb,lBlB, B6 f. 95c.
12d Sept. 1818, B4f. 95 c.
92d Marcb,lBl9, Bl 1. 95 c.
41d Sept. 1219, Bl f. 70c.

" NIAYENCE, NOV. 18.—A11 the Members of
the Central Commission, are now arrived here,
but it is not yet known when their sittings will
open. Each Commissioner brings with him a
Secretary. As to the mode at proceeding to be
adopted nothing is yet known, nor even the place
where they are to hold their Sittings. The Con-
gress of Vienna will issue instructions respecting
the attributes with which the Commissioners are to
be invested. In the mean time it is intended to com-
mence business by a detailed examination of the
Papers relative to Sandt comparing them with the
discoveries made at Berlin, Wisbaden, and Darm-
stadt, in order to discover whether there is any
,connection between different acts committed about
j the time tinier

MADRID, Nov. 18.—:•Tlra. last; reports from
Cadiz are as follow :

Deaths. Sick.
Nov. 9,

10,
11,

AT PORT ST. MARY.
Nor. 8,
9,
10,
" FRANKFURT, Nov. 26.—Lord Cathcart ar.
rived here yesterdAy from St. Petersburgh."

The Charlestown Papers, received this morn-
ing, contain the following Letter from St.
Thomas's, dated Oct. 20 :
" From five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, until
the same hour on Wednesday morning, It blew
with such a degree of violence that nothing could
withstand its force; men, women, and children,
bereft of shelter, with not a single suit of linen to
cover their nakedness, nor any thing to satisfy
their hunger ; trees torn up by the roots, houses
blown from their foundations, some of which were
blown into the sea, one house in particular', si-
tuated over a pond, was taken up wholly by
the wind, where was the manager and seve-
ral negrota; it was lifted from its basis upwards of
20 feet high, anti fortunately in its descent fell
into a spot which had been originally a cellar,
and contained three or four feet of water, in con-
sequence of which those in the house received no
injury. An iron six pounder, with iron carriage,
was blown from Fort Amsterdam half way to
Fort William, the distance of about three quar-
ters of a mile I A cart, with iron axietree, was
[ blown from Governor First's estate to Mr.

DB:MC.6II'S, almost a quarter of a mile ! 510 P.
son's Bay was almost entirely destroyed,
there
remaining in that town but five houses. One °I
the buildings was carried away by the see, ecn°
taining 19 persons. In the middle.of the oriOnai
town there is a channel, left of about 30 feet to
breadth, and 7 feet deep. During the gale there
were three shocks of an earthquake, which is sup'posed to have done equal damage as the wind or