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MULLEN. performance of it at Drury Lane. In acting (we are informed) he frequently worked himself up to a belief that he was the very person he represented, and one night when he returned home to his lodgings after performing King Richard, he flew into a violent passion with his servant, who appeared before him with a small candle, and asked him if that was a taper f i t t o light his majesty t o bed . Notwithstanding a l l his defects, h e was i n London, after Garrick and Barry, the most applauded and valuable actor, WILLIAM MOSSOP, A Medallist o f considerable abilities, was born i n Dublin i n 1754, and nearly related t o the subject o f the foregoing memoir. He commenced his professional pursuits under the direction o f a Mr. Johnstone, i n the linen seal cutting, and b y progressive steps, i n 1784, h e appeared a medallist. His first work was a medal o f Thomas Ryder the comedian, which was s o much admired a s a production o f art, that i t drew the attention o f every person o f taste i n Dublin, and established his character a s a n artist. His subsequent works were nume rous; his last was the medal o f the Dublin Society, which, for delicacy o f finishing, boldness, and spirit o f execu tion, has not been surpassed b y the work o f any modern artist. He died i n 1806, o f a f i t o f apoplexy. His private character was i n every respect exemplary. ALLEN MULLEN, o n MoULIN, A Man celebrated a s a n anatomist, and particularly emi nent for his curious dissection o f the eye, was born i n the north o f Ireland, and educated i n the university o f Dublin, where h e took his degree o f doctor o f physic, and prac tised i n that city. He was a member o f the Philosophical Society o f Dublin, and o f the Royal Society o f London, t o which place h e removed i n 1686, o n account o f a “love