The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-02-21 00:00:00

URY-LANE THEATRE.

The house was crowded at an early hour in every
part, to witness Mr. KEAN'S representation of
Richard. His admirable acting' received that meed
of applause, which it so well deserved. His voice
had not entirely recovered its tone and strength; and
when (afterthe curtain had dropped, amidst a tumult
of approbation), Mr. liv.e came forward to announce
the play for Monday, cries of " No, no,". from
every part
.of the house testified the sense entertained
by the audience of the impropriety of requiring a
repetition of this extraordinary effort, till every ;
physical disadvantage had been complely removed.
We have litte to add to our former remarks, for. Mr.
KEAN went through the part nearly as before,
and we saw no reason to alter our opinion. 'The
dying scene was the most varied, and, we think, for
the worse.

In pronouncing the words in Richard's soliloquy, able, Miss:Dodd had yielded
%A lam myself alone," Mr. KEAN gave a quick and Shortly after he became cool in
hurried movement to his voice, as if it were a thought at length neglected, her altogett
which suddenly struck him, or which he wished to formed her mother of her situa,
pass over ; whereas it is the deep and rooted senti- at whose expence she was sent .
ment of .his breast. 'rhe reduplication of the words Here she had been for about eight
in SUAKESPEAR points out the manner in which the at her mother's expence, and, i
voice should dwell upon, and, as it were, brood over testimony of the nurse who
the feeling, loth to part with the hitter consolation. still in a bad state of health.
Where he 'Pis to Buckingham, " I am not i'the sation in damages for the expence
-vein," • the espression should, we imagine, be that of the mother, and for the loss of '
stifled tatred, and cold contempt, instead of -sir- , vice, tlie present action was br'
castic petulance. The scene tells for itself, without ln Mr. PARK'S cross,exantinat
being pointed by the manner. In general, perhaps, ' who is not distinguished for her
if Mr. KEAN were to give the character less of the appeared that she had frequent!
air of an ostentatious hypocrite, of an intelligible privately, and that there had ite
villain, it would be more correct, and would accord , feasible levity in her conduct.
better with SHAKESPE %A'S idea of the part. The de- I Lord Etretwaottoursu, Whip
scription which he has put into the mouth of Lord . called their 4ttention to this cis
Hastings it a perfect study for the actor. I reminded them that in the presel
" His Grace looks cheerfully and rmooth this atfirni,e. only to make the mother a cor
"'There's some conceit or other likes him well, pence she had sustained, and t
" When that he bids good morrow with such spirit. 1 of her daughter, not a word bet
" I think there's ne'er a man in Christendom ;of the loss of comfort. Under
" Cah lesser hide his love or hate than he,, i
1 the justice of the case would 1
" For by his face trait shatrioe know his heart." .
swered, by giving each damagt
In the scene with Lady Anne, in the fine alteration
1 expenees which the mother had
of his manner to the Messenger who brings him the The Jury, after a short deli'
news of Edward's illness, in•the interview with Buck- .
diet for the Plaintiff.—Damai
i ingham, where he desires the death of the children, in ' shillings.
his infinitely spirited expostulation with Lord Stan- ' REX V. EDWARD
(y, in his triumph at the death of Buckingham, in I This was an indictment age,
the parting scene with his friends before the battle, ' lebrated artist, and the broth'
in his treatment of the paper sent to Norfolk, and cove„t_or,e." Theatre, for
in all the tumult and glowing interest of the last •Lloyd, of Sudbury., near Ha
scenes of the Play, we had fresh cause for admire- loaded gun at the Pro3ecutoi
1 Hon. It were in vain, however, to point out para. shoot him. It appeared from
f cular beauties, for the research, the ingenuity, and Smirke, the father, that his fa;
: invention manifested throughout the character , the last summer adjoining the
I are endless.--We have said before, and we that the family were gatherin,
still think so, that there is even too much effect hedge, when the Prosecutor
given, too many significant hints, too much ap-
'antes with a neighbour about
pearauce of study. There is a tone in acting, as .
most violent manner forbad ti
well as in painting, which is the chief and master
•• grounds, and proceeded even
excellence. Our highest conception of an actor
part of the family out. The
is, that he shall assume the character once for completely negatived the assn
i all. and be it throughout, and trust to this conscious Defendant, who having bee,,,
'sympathy for the effect produced. Mr. NOLAN'S the time, and, hearing the all,
imateer of acting is, on the contrary, rather,...a per-this gun on his arm ; and thiol
petual assumption of his part, always brilliant and.
dangerous weapon to have-of
successful, almost always true and,natural, but yet'
when his mother end sister
so i always a distinct effort in every new situation,i
round and discharged it away 1
that the actor does not seem entirely to forget him-
I The rest
,of the Defend art's fir
self, or be identified with the character. The ex-
I ready to confirm this terimon
: treme elaboration of the parts injures the broad and
at once sati;lit.d and fount
man . ;y
effect ; the general impulse of the machine is ,
Guilty.
; retarded by the variety and intricacy of the move-
ments. But why do we try this actor by an ideal
theory ? Who is there that will stand the same test ?
It is, iu fact, the last forlorn hope of criticism, for
it shows that we have nothing 'else to compare him
with. " Take him for all in all," it will be long,
Ivery long before we " look upon his like again," if
i we are to wait as long as we have waited.

His Royal Highness the Panne REGENT has been
pleased to signify his pleasure that the Oxford Uni-
versity Address should be presented on Monday, the
7th of March, instead of Friday, the 25th iustaut.
A Cossack is said in the foreign papers to have
been killed in a village in Burgundy, about whose
person, and the furniture of his horse, 30,000 francs
were found concealed.
ATROCIOUS ASSAULT.—A young lady, named
Patrickson, who resides at Pentonville, having left
her father's house on Friday morning to visit a friend
liesiding at Highgate, was induced to go down
I.Maiden-lane, as the nearest way. She had not pro-
ceeded far in this unfrequented road when she was
accosted by a young man of decent appearance, who
endeavoured to enter into conversation with her,
and notwithstanding her repulses, persevered in
walking by her side. At length, encouraged by
i the loneliness of the spot, the villain seized Miss
i)atrickson, and threw her down, and drawing
lee . knife from his pocket, threatened to kill her 1
'.if alie,did• not comply with his brutal desires.— '
ags retrickson, however, still resisted, and
tmesamed out lotuHy .: her screams fortunately reach-
-ad ,the ears of Mr. C. Davies, jun. of Islington,
!wise was-passing along the new road leading from
.Kentish-town to Highgate—he immediately hastened
Scathe spot from whence the cries came, and arrived
. jest in time to save Miss P. from falling a victim to
the brutal attack of the villain who had her in his;
!Tower, and who, thus interrupted, .fled—and, we
irate sorry'to say, owing to Mr. Davies' attention be.
ing directed to Miss Patrickson, who was in, a state
of insensibility-, he escaped. As soon as the young
lady recovered her senses; Mr. Davies conveyed her
home, and lodged her in safety with her friends.
r The national Tale, which has been some time ex-
petted from the pen of Lady Moss AN (late• Miss
i.hvs.scsoe), will appear on the first of March. It is
called 0' Donnel. It may, perhaps be supposed that
this work will, in some measure, bear upon the pre-
sent interesting question of Catholic Emancipation ;
but we understand that the political allusions are
not stronger in this work, than in the Wild Irish
Girl. She has taken for her leading personages the
two extremes of Irish character, both exhibiting the
moral and physical of the country, as arising out of
political and complexional influence. This work,
therefore, though it possesses all the attractions of a
work of fiction, will deserve a place among works of
a mud' higher order.

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cotrwr OF CO: MUM
FITZSIMMONS V. THE LONDO
Mr. Justice CIIAMDRE and a
ployed during the whole of Sa
cause, w hick was an action on
injury to three small houses of
deposition of some clay in thi
pang, which being washed dol..
back the water, and overflowed the ground floors of
the houses. The evidence was contradictory, and
it appeared very doubtful whether the evil hed'arisen
from the clay or from the negligenceof the Pleintlff.
Two of the three counts of the declaration being
imperfect, the Jury could not take into conlidera-
' lion the Injury done to two of the houses, and by
the Statute by whieb theCompacy was erected, this
body could not be Ustble for acts dotie morethi►n six
months before the action was brought. The ,jury re:

turned a verdict for (he Plainiiff—damages 106.
There was also" a po%nt reserved for the consideration
of the Court, on the third count of the declaration.

M. DE TATISOBEFF, the Ru..ian Ambassador to
the Court of Spain, is gone on a IV to the Duke
of Ricnstorin, at Goodwood. His FAcellency,
few days since, lost a pair of diamond ear-rings, with
pearl-drops, valued at 3000 roubles, and wbict were
found by a young lady of Brighton, who, on return-
ing the coqtly ornaments to their distinguiblied own.
er, was thanked in the most pn!ite telmq, and pre-
sented with a very handsome reward.
No ope need be surprised that ffoamsay and Co.
.of should have so (AO a run for Tycets
•aud)Sharesin the present tottery; whets 4i 'is nett
known that' they divided. among the poblic, in' the
list `two steal( Lotteries, One Ilundred Thousand

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seized Miss ! pearl-drops, valued at 3000 roubles, and which were
and drawing • i
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