Haymarket Theatre.
A gentleman of the name of Hlamblin, formerly of Drau-2a Theatre, and who has lately been acting in Dublin, -npear onane turday night at the Haymarket in the character of Hactmt. ir. Hamblin obtained some credit by performing this same charact while he was at Drury-lane Theatre, upon a pressing occsionrthe sudden iUness, we believe, of A2r. Kean; and if lie vill witlu a nomient's delay, get rid of a most absurd stv).e ef ttesmace and r riage, which probably tsrikes him as pecaliaily digr,ified, but which in tact, is perfectly ridiculous,althotgh he mav not succeed in thc firt walk of tragedy, 1. e will be extremelv useful in the second. The rt ous deportment which w e just mention was most conspiLPus5 in the first part of the play on Saturday night, when it prepared the hoase in fact for swtch a failare as Ar. Hamiblin's perfora ee by no eans amounted to. tpon the wbole, he lhas faculties for the stage, and a good deal of his Hemkt wa& respectable; in imitation of M1r. Charles Kemble generall , but not servilely. AU the *cene in the fourth act with the Queen was fairly gone through, excepting the point which some iniudicious persons ver) leudIs applauded-the familiar-" Is it the Eing ' afser stabbing PoIotiut through the curtain: this questioln, whatever might be the expression which Air. Hamblin meant to give to it, bore uDon nothing so much as the giive and take understanding with which a housebreaker might ad- dress the inaid-servan't who had jus' admitted him to her master's house in the exercise of his profession. In the last scene, too, .Mr. -latnblin played with sonie ehffct, although he was most utifairly borne down bv a Lacrtes. who, to the utter de- struction of Aiss Kel y's admirable performance of hc- li;, kept the house in a roar in everv scepte in which he was engaged. The objection to Mr. Harnblin s success in parts of'lead. ing tragedy is his want, as far as we can judge from one Derform- ance, of the higher qualities which business of that calibre demands. His voice is not of the best possible order: his action inclined to be stiff and pantomtmtic; he evidently vwants the power of expressing vi:orous passion; and his acting generally-this is the nmost maie. rial fact-seems to be rather well prepared than free and intellectual. Dowtoti's Grave-digger is an effort of geniua ! The dialogue with Handal, anid the digging in the vaults, were good, but the cool walking up to the gate, when the bell began tollir2, to look out for tihe body, and the assistirg afterwards in taking off the pall, lower. itig the coffin, &c. ito tne gravel-one mnight swear TUr. Do.- ton served an apprenticeship at the Tabernacle in Torten- kant-court-road ! Air. Williams's Polonizsi was lauzbable, and at the same time sensible. He is a meritorioas actor, and very likely to get forward. All the oLher parts in theplay, except lilrs. Glover's, were acted detestably. lfA YFMAN RKA' T}HRA TRE.