Star.
London, England, 1830-02-04 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

So perfectly retired and secluded is the mode of life
which KEAN has observed since the resumption of his
professional duties in London—his attention having for
many weeks been sedulously devoted to the study of
Henry V.—that it has been known but to his immediate
friends, that for some days past this eminent tragedian has
been labouring under severe indisposition ; against which,
however, in his anxiety to avoid any interruption of that
career which has been so anspicionsly,and so triumphantly,
resumed, he has contended ; until, at length, an attack of
confirmed gout, has rendered it impossible for him even
to walk across his apartment, much lees to appear in
public. Such, indeed, has been his solicitude to gratify
the admirers of his great talents, and to prevent any dis-
, twilit to the public generally, that, although suf-
seriously on Monday evening, after the commence-
nest of Richard 111., be persisted in the performance of
Ike character, and apparently with so much energy and
vigour, that not one of the crowded audience assembled
(*that occasion scald have been aware of the arduous
straggle which their favourite was making—front
the rise to the fall of the curtain—to uphold his own re-
putat►on, and to merit their just estimate of his genius.
Oa Wednesday morning. however, he had not power
Io walk ; sad. early in the afternooe. was reluctantly
obliged to apprise the Manager that he was unable to
perform, and his letter was accompanied by the certificate
of his medical attendant. Mr. WALLACE, the acting
Manager, took the earliest means of giving publicity
So this communication, and hand-bills—of which we sub-
.

_ a copy—were immediately placed on the most con-
spicuous parts of the Theatre, and distributed to the
audience as they entered the House in the evening

.' Wedseeday, February 3. 1830.
0 The Pallie is respeettelly ieferawd. that i• seeemeeele of
severe indisposition. Mr. Kum it usable to appear so.uight. Tb.
part at Oskar will be undertaking by W. WALLACE.

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' I booby unify. that Mr. Imin was attar:led yesterday with
a It of soofirmed put, wide! will, I very muck tau. unavoidably
confine him to Ws resat for soma days to some.

1 GEORGIC BEAMAN,
' Member of the Royal College of Surpass Is

' Jaimarilmts Covisg-Prdeo, Pd+. 5,1850.' "
Oa WA ELAM'S entry as the noble Moor, he was greeted
with cheering plaudits ; but at the close of the first scene,
loud cries of " Klux ! Kim! ! KEAN !" wen beard
from every part of the house; upon which Mr. WA LLA CSC
came forward and addressed the audience in nearly the
following terms:
" LADIII AYD GENTLUIIN,—I should much lament
to find that the precautions which I have taken, and the
orders which, as the director of this establishment, I bad
given to the servants of the house to place notices of the
lunavoidable change which has taken place in the per-
formance of this tragedy, in the most conspicuous situa-
tions, and o►er the seats of the money-takers, have
failed of their effect, or have not been attended to.

" In these bills it is stated that Mr. Keay is now la-
bouring under a severe attack of confirmed gout ; and I
have truly and sincerely to regret that a more efficient
representative of the character has not the honour of ap-
pearing before you. If it be your pleasure, I will now
read to you the certificate of Mr. Keen's medical at-
tendant. —(No--no—ao.) "It may be vanity—but
1 should hope that, having for so many years enjoyed
your favour in the responsible situation which I have
held, I may, oa this occasion, experience your kind in-
dulgence."
This address was received with marked approbation,
and its close was followed by the warmest applause.

Invidious comparisons are at all times the most unfair,
and certainly the most illiberal, test of criticism ; and on
an occasion like the present, they would be as uncalled
for m unjust. In the present state of the drama, how-
ever, we know not where we should look for a more

efficient or a more excellent substitute for him, who is,
by the common consent of all discerning mind., regarded
as the first Othello of the age,—than Mr. WALLACK.
Kis performance of the character was full of passion and
energy ; and was loudly and most deservedly applauded
throughout.

In consequence of the extreme severity of the weather, Mademoiselle Henriette Sontag left Paris on the 26th
the Life Guards doing duty at the Horse Guards, are of January. She will reach Aix-la-Chapelle on the Ist
now allowed to wear their cloaks and are relieved every of February, and sing at the theatre of that town on the
boo, instead of remaining two hours as before. 3d, in the character of the Princess of Navarre, in
Jean de Paris.—Jonrnal des Debuts.
Much anxiety is very naturally felt at the present Rio-
There has been a steady demand this week for all kinds
meat, lest the national wisdom, now travelling to the me-
of manufactured goods, with the exception of power-
tropolis from all parts of the country, should be frost-
loom printing cloth, which is still in limited request. A
bitten on the road, and end in mortification. favourable impulse to trade, it is expected, will be expe-
The Corporation of Dublin have deliberately resolved rienced when the disappearance of the frost shall enable
to petition for the repeal of the Relief Bill. "We now," the country buyers to make their purcbases.—Manches-
says the Dublin Morning Register, " with all the so- ter Chronicle.
lemnity, and, indeed, all the anxiety suitable to such an ITALIAN TEMPTATIONII.•.-There are in Italy temp-
occasion, call upon the Editor of the Evening Packet, tations of all sorts and sizes, fur the man who is
to state explicitly whether the Relief Bill, which so re- bitten with the rage for collecting. He who cannot
markably absorbs the attention of the loyal Corporation compass a bass-relief by Thorwalsden may purchaes
dDublin, is the Bill for the Relief of the Roman Ca- a begnuolo from the Scalpelini. He who shrinks
&ilia, or that other very interesting class of the King's from even bidding for a picture may ruin himself
Subjects, called Insolvent Debtors!' in prints ; and the lover of the arts, who must
Notwithstanding the extreme inclemencyof the present abstain from porphyry vases, or antique gems, may
weather, there are many members of the immunity to dabble in alabaster, cut shells, and mosaics. In
whom it must be very beneficial, vie. coal-merchants, Rome, thanks to its comprehensive resources, you
cloth-factors, furriers, gin-spinners, pepper-pounders, may be cheated at all rates, from a thousand pounds
and post-horses. To the post-horses the cold weather to a scudo Romano. Bankers will sell you a Re-
alist be peculiarly desirable ; because, baying all the pbael, or a Correggio; and, for your security, make
national wisdom to collect and bring up to town, they you place your own name, in your own hand-writing,
most otherwise have had very warm work of it. on the back of— a duplicate copy over which this
The French papers of Sunday and Monday are chiefly original has been stretched in the frame ; and
idled with accounts of the breaking up of the ice along terra-cotta lamps, Greek, Roman, and Sicilian coins,
their principal rivers, the Rhine, the Loire, the Saone, and are daily manufactured, for the consumption of those
the Vienne. At Avignon, where the Rhone is broad, and strangers whose,.,, demands are a press° discreto.
its currents strong, the Magistrates bad taken ere- Tbe rage for indiscriminate collection is in strict
caution to prevent the loss of lives, and they sued, proportion to the ignorance of the purchasers ; and the
although tiro mikes of the great stone bridge were dealers in pictures,and antiques have fine sport with their
swept away by the enormous blocks of ice which lima English visitors. Even in a very small way, it is "an
down the river. On the banks of the Loire, at Odes" Wails thing" that ladies expend in curiosities which
pelaumur, and Nantes, equal exertions were made, ami basil an sat eurisis, and in ornaments which are not orna-
lives and property were, in general, preserved. unintel.—New Monthly Magazine.
: "pr: ,Astirev set Ike itivz .) ;144u

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Fi V L O'CLOCK.

The House baring adjourned after the reading of the
Speech in the Lords, to four o'clock, the Members bedon
to collect at half-past three.
The SPEAKER took the chair exactly twenty minutes
before four. Soon after, several new Members—among
the rest Mr. O'CoNtrlLL—took the oaths and their selts.
Mr. O'Cou NELL took his seat close by the Member for
Montrose, on the third bench. There were about four
hundred Members present.

A number of new writs were moved for: that for Leo-
minster, to replace RowLsiv to STEPHENSON, seemed
to exeite considerable attention. The Members next

proceeded to give several notices of motions. That of
the Marquis of BLANDFORD, for an enquiry into the
State of the Representation cf the People was among
the first. When the Noble Marquis rose, there was an
audible murmur of applause in the gallery.
Mr. SPRING RICE gave notice of a motion for
an enquiry into the Church Establishment of Ireland.
Mr. HUME also moved for various returns ; the whole
having a tendency to his grand object of public economy.
The KING'S Speech to both Houses was then read : it
was heard with profound attention. At its conclusion,
Lord DA 111.INOTON, who entered the house about four

o'clock, addressed the Speaker. He rose i►► the fvill
uniArin of a Colonel. The Noble Lord commenced by
entering into an explanation of the motives which induced
him, after having held a seat seventeen years in that House,
to take his place on the Treasury benches. The next
topic of the Noble Earl related to the changes which had
t.►ken place among public men. We observed that in
alluding to the Whigs and Tories, his Lordship desig-
nated them as factions. When we left the House at five
o'clock, his Lordship had commenced a vehement eulogy
on the civil and military character of the Duke of W F 1.-
LINGTON.

STAR OFFICE, HALF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK.

Among the reports at the West-end, and about the
House of Commons, it is said that Mr. BROUGiI Am is to
be DEPUTY SPEAKER Of the lord!; and that Lord
PALM E RBTON is to move an amendment to the Addreßs.