. Ireland in London. EADING out of St. Martins- lane, and on our right as we come from Charing Cross, is Long Acre, once a fashion- aole thoroughtare, but now almost wholly occupied by the shops and factories of oachbuildera. Before, however, we actually leave St. Martins-lane we should meution that it was there, ii» 1770, that Henry Jwuw», th« tileroe but ill-starred Irish dramatic poet, was run over,dying shortly afterwards in the parish Acre runs from the street just mentionedto Drury lane, pausing at its commencement thestreet named after Garrick, where the GarrickClub is si
. Ireland in London. EADING out of St. Martins- lane, and on our right as we come from Charing Cross, is Long Acre, once a fashion- aole thoroughtare, but now almost wholly occupied by the shops and factories of oachbuildera. Before, however, we actually leave St. Martins-lane we should meution that it was there, ii» 1770, that Henry Jwuw», th« tileroe but ill-starred Irish dramatic poet, was run over,dying shortly afterwards in the parish Acre runs from the street just mentionedto Drury lane, pausing at its commencement thestreet named after Garrick, where the GarrickClub is situated. As this club contains the finestcollection of theatrical portraits in existence, weehall have something to say of it later on. InLong Acre used to stand th<» Sun Tavern, amuch frequented resort ol the actors of the neigh- LJand in London. 41. bouring theatres. Here Lacy Ryan, an excellentIrish comedian, was one night attacked by unold fnemy of hie, and, being compelled to drawfor his safety, killed his adversary. Not longafter, strange to say, Uyan was shot at andseverely wounded almost on the same spot, dyingin a short time from the effects of his Long Acre used to meet a club founded by an-other well-known Irish actor, Isaac Sparkes byname, which became the haunt of the nobilitynnd of the actors of the day. The first turning on the right in Long Acre isJames-street, where both David Gamck andCharles Macklin lodged for a time. Garrick,though born in Eng-land, had no Englishblood in his veins, hisfather being French andhis mother Irish: andthere can be no ques-tion—as, indeed, admitted in arecent lecture of his on* Four Great Actors—that Garrick. by reasonof bis French and Irish garrick. blood, was admirably equipped for the histrionic profession. A part fromhis greatness as an actor (and he is pr
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