Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-03-27

PLAYERS are always a conspicuous portion of the
munty which takes an interest in their appearance,
manners and ife and looks upon them in certain de-
gree its property and enans gates be amused
hy and to laugh at Some Of the people mentioned in
the following extract, well known the New York
public
SKETCHES ABOUT LONDON: THE PLAYERS &c
That lady, in black silk cloak, with beautiful con-.
plexion and exquisite profile, bat who locks if
row. rather than time, had marked her brow, Mrs
w. West That fine boy is her son. They are met by
lady, tall, and Of certain age yet with fair hair and
| smiling brow-Mrs. Dryer for thousand They talk
a moment over the then and now state of the drama
and part. That showiy dressed person with strange
expression ofeye, and hirsue countenance is Pritch
ard. He rolls Ia brigand He is stopped by rather
| stout man, in green Macintosh Who the old
| fellow be He walks like pantaloon. Old!-why
he is but little thirty: It's Mr.. bennett Tbury.
On the Of the road is chesnut horse nearly
seventeen hands high; and the summit OF the quad.
rupeds back sits little, plump, rosv, red haired indi-
vidual; IL you can at suck height you will per-
| ceive the marks Of gunpowder in his FACET il little
| Kelley That yosng man, in the very short surtout
| who mods TO him, is William Wood mot the sinperl
late of Drury, who, by accident shot X in the fsce
whilst acting in a farce the Victoria In , long
haired, ovecolored, fear-naught coat comes briskv
forward very pale faced dark.eyed. and remarkable
short secked man his limbs bear Estlr proportion
his square and massive shoulders. How nervously he
jerks his way forward, sapted on all sides Hail to
the Manager ofthe Adelph! fer It's Yates
is alfred in coored silk a white satin h.-s
and dovecoored boots; the door Of the carriage is
open, and you her entire figure she is decaiey
fair, with indifferent features and a strange express
sion OF eye but the ensemble is that Of fine
that the beat ballad singer Of the day, Mrs Wayleu
dark, fatfaced man stops the carriage door he
has blue surout buitoned the neck and very much
padded over the breast Ia Ia cavalry undress he car
ries and ashen stick, and walks rapidly his fsce is
half Jewish, and he is always alone Harry Phillips
As you get him. you observe his complexion
though dark is like enamel and every particular hair Of
his beard and moustache stands os in relief a. in
work figure. He is joined by taller and thinner
man, whose nasal organ is largely developed. They
leave the carriage door Mrs w kisses the tips OF her
gloves, and Messrs Phillips and Segu,n wend towards
the Haynarket. In dark garments and with sort OF
stealthy pace, goes middle sized. bilious. looking gen
teman, whose face appears as if it had been tanned
first and freckles afterwards. He turns into Broad
court, and from thence to the Wrekin: 1t is warde.
In light trousers shoes, i'll made brown surtout and
with eye glass swinging loosely from his neck comes
man evidently bowed by years and STOPPING so much
rs 10 appear shorter than he really is His shoulders
expansive his face is large, uncommonly so and
his features massive He drops forward upon his feet
he goes. Can that be the gay, chivsrous. Charles
Kemblef Even so. To this complexion has he
at last