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The Week.
English army to Agincourt previous to the great fight , and tho king ' s triumphal entry into London . Air . Kean in the present instance has surpassed all his previous attempts , successful though they were to an eminent degree . The strictest attention has been paid to ensure accuracy of costume and correctness of detail in every particular . Thus wo have the English archers with their long bows and formidable arrows , a yard Jong , which committed such havoc in the ranks of the French at Agincourtand the primitive ordnance of the periodquaintlshaped
, , y and fixed on its low carriage , vomiting destruction in the shape of showers of stones into the beleaguered city . The thunder of the artillery , the rush and tramp , and shouting of the soldiery , the rapid flight of deadly arrows , tho clash of arms , and the brazen voices of the trumpets—the smoke—the vast breach in the city wall through which the English swarm to bo repulsed , only to mount again with renewed ardour—present a mimic scene of war so perfect as to delude the spectator , and is altogether without parallel . Then the marching of the English army to
Agincourt . The effect of ; this unique scene is perfectly surprising , and is , perhaps / , even more telling than the preceding one , or than the episode of the victorious monarch's return to London , between the fourth act and the fifth . Air . Kean could not represent the whole of the royal progress ; he has selected its most prominent incidents , and thrown them together in one locality , the approach to Old London-bridge . The street is crowded with sight-seers ; the bells ring a joyous peal , aud the people , all on the tip-toe of expectancy , shout and hurrah right
vigorously , while boys and men clamber up to elevated positions to obtain a good view of the pageant . The Lord Mayor and the corporation are in waiting to do honour to the monarch , and an entire army of boys , arrayed in white , and crowned with laurel , chauntthe actual " song on the victory of Agincourt , " sung oU the occasion ; the army enters , and touching recognitions take place between the warriors and their wives and children , and at length King Henry himself appears on horseback , aud is received with every demonstration of joy . The whole scene is
admirably plauned and carried out . Apart from the performance of Air . Kean , as the valiant monarch , terrible in wrath , calm in danger , philosophical in adversity , with now aud then , —as in the courtship scene with the Princess Katharine —a spice of humour and gaiety betraying itself , points which Air . Kean brought out most admirably , Mr . F . Matthews as Pistol , and Air . Aleadows as J'luellen , may be mentioned as having acted with great spirit and with a due appreciation of these difficult parts . The house was crammed to inconvenience , and Mr . and Mrs . Kean were most enthusiastically applauded . The success of this last revival is unquestionable .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . CUQUEMELLE , M . D ., P . M . IT is with great regret that we announce the death of this much respected brother , which took place at the little town of Saint Heliers , Jersey , on the !) th inst ., in consequence of exhaustion , after undergoing the terrible operation of lithotomy . He had reached the age of sixty-seven years . The British- Press , a local paper , says : —'' Louis Francois Benjamin Cuqueinelle was born at Alonteburg , near Cherbourg , on the 12 th July , 1795 . His father , Peter Francis Cuquemelle , collector of taxes under the
was a Republic . Louis was by him placed at the College of A alognes , where he was educated . At the ago of fifteen he entered the guard of the King of Rome , as a sous-lieutenant . Ho formed part of the grande armee of Russia , was at Aloseow , and went through all the horrors of that celebrated campaign . On the restoration of Louis XA 1 II . he obtained a company , and served upwards of two years longer , after which he left the army , for political reasons , in the year 1819 . He then applied himself to the study of medicine , under the celebrated Dnpuytren and other professors of celebrity . His studies extended
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
English army to Agincourt previous to the great fight , and tho king ' s triumphal entry into London . Air . Kean in the present instance has surpassed all his previous attempts , successful though they were to an eminent degree . The strictest attention has been paid to ensure accuracy of costume and correctness of detail in every particular . Thus wo have the English archers with their long bows and formidable arrows , a yard Jong , which committed such havoc in the ranks of the French at Agincourtand the primitive ordnance of the periodquaintlshaped
, , y and fixed on its low carriage , vomiting destruction in the shape of showers of stones into the beleaguered city . The thunder of the artillery , the rush and tramp , and shouting of the soldiery , the rapid flight of deadly arrows , tho clash of arms , and the brazen voices of the trumpets—the smoke—the vast breach in the city wall through which the English swarm to bo repulsed , only to mount again with renewed ardour—present a mimic scene of war so perfect as to delude the spectator , and is altogether without parallel . Then the marching of the English army to
Agincourt . The effect of ; this unique scene is perfectly surprising , and is , perhaps / , even more telling than the preceding one , or than the episode of the victorious monarch's return to London , between the fourth act and the fifth . Air . Kean could not represent the whole of the royal progress ; he has selected its most prominent incidents , and thrown them together in one locality , the approach to Old London-bridge . The street is crowded with sight-seers ; the bells ring a joyous peal , aud the people , all on the tip-toe of expectancy , shout and hurrah right
vigorously , while boys and men clamber up to elevated positions to obtain a good view of the pageant . The Lord Mayor and the corporation are in waiting to do honour to the monarch , and an entire army of boys , arrayed in white , and crowned with laurel , chauntthe actual " song on the victory of Agincourt , " sung oU the occasion ; the army enters , and touching recognitions take place between the warriors and their wives and children , and at length King Henry himself appears on horseback , aud is received with every demonstration of joy . The whole scene is
admirably plauned and carried out . Apart from the performance of Air . Kean , as the valiant monarch , terrible in wrath , calm in danger , philosophical in adversity , with now aud then , —as in the courtship scene with the Princess Katharine —a spice of humour and gaiety betraying itself , points which Air . Kean brought out most admirably , Mr . F . Matthews as Pistol , and Air . Aleadows as J'luellen , may be mentioned as having acted with great spirit and with a due appreciation of these difficult parts . The house was crammed to inconvenience , and Mr . and Mrs . Kean were most enthusiastically applauded . The success of this last revival is unquestionable .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . CUQUEMELLE , M . D ., P . M . IT is with great regret that we announce the death of this much respected brother , which took place at the little town of Saint Heliers , Jersey , on the !) th inst ., in consequence of exhaustion , after undergoing the terrible operation of lithotomy . He had reached the age of sixty-seven years . The British- Press , a local paper , says : —'' Louis Francois Benjamin Cuqueinelle was born at Alonteburg , near Cherbourg , on the 12 th July , 1795 . His father , Peter Francis Cuquemelle , collector of taxes under the
was a Republic . Louis was by him placed at the College of A alognes , where he was educated . At the ago of fifteen he entered the guard of the King of Rome , as a sous-lieutenant . Ho formed part of the grande armee of Russia , was at Aloseow , and went through all the horrors of that celebrated campaign . On the restoration of Louis XA 1 II . he obtained a company , and served upwards of two years longer , after which he left the army , for political reasons , in the year 1819 . He then applied himself to the study of medicine , under the celebrated Dnpuytren and other professors of celebrity . His studies extended