14 FEBRUARY 1852, Page 11

The debiit of Mr. Barry Sullivan, a provincial tragedian, at

the Hay- market Theatre, is by no means devoid of interest. He is deficient in physique, and he makes no very strong appeal to the sympathies ; but his performance of Hamlet—the only character he has yet played—shows that he is a careful and intelligent reader, with a perfect knowledge of stage-business. The alteration of the phrase " I know a hawk from a hernshaw," into " I know a hawk from a heron—paha ! " might savour of trickiness, were not Mr. Sullivan's general manner, which is most thoroughly free from claptrap, a sufficient warrant that all he does is the result of deliberate conviction.