.Mdcready.-The strongly-marked pc culiarities in the acting oi this eminent tragedian, his pompous air in conyersa- ton, and the vast importance he was accustomed to attach to the minutia of stGge business, as it is technically termed, are the frequent subjects of greenroom wit. His voice, look and tread, are per haps more frequently burlcsqued among the members of the dramatic profession than those ofany other individual, and there is oend tothe jokes thatafecracl- ed at his expense, iii every American Theatre chheappeared. The chill ing reserve with which advances to cul- tivate Mir. Macready's acquaintance wereusually met, and tlleseyerity of his reproof if all individualon the stage with him neglected to advance a foot, olifta finger, to frown or smile, precisely as directed to rehearsal-were excessively annoying. and the tricks contriyed to yex him in the hepresenceof the audience were endless, and are told of to this day with great effect, and are always responded to with a hearty laugh.

 We remember that on one occasion, when that very clever actor, Mir. Reed, was playing Gesler, to the Tell of Mac ready, the latter hearing the creak of boot far behind him, broke off in the midst of an impassioned speech, and turning to the quarter whence the noise proceeded, d-d the eyes of the perpe- trator with an energy which brought down a round of applause; many per sons mistal<ing the ebullition of the ac- tors own passion for the forcible lan- guage of the author.

 At the Park Theatre, New York, when Mr. Macready was playing Mac beth, he had ordered the murderers face to be stained in a particular place, but his direction, dccideatally, ofcourse, was not compiled with. Accordingly, in the banquet scene, the stately Mac beth stalked deliberately up to the ruff fan, laid his fingers lightly on his breast, and spoke this speech.

 How now there's blood upon thy face And d--n you--on the aoroag side loo. z

 The people in the side boxes were con vulsed with laughter, and Macready was in a towering passiops-but the murderer was no where to be found.

 4 gentleman who now is, and long has been, an established fayorite with the Boston public, was once the Mac duff to Maeready's Macbeth. h the fight, Maeduf pursued his antagonist to