The National Register. — London, England, 1812-11-29 00:00:00

t4B • NATION DRAMATIC It EGI ST ER. . COVENT G R DEN. • Mr. BETTY, in Tuncied. on Thursday last, perhaps dis• pla cd mare abilities than in any character in which he bad yet appeared. He is now become more master of the stage and of himself. !Li grareftduess is no longer that of att, but of na'ure. His e: se increases with hi. , popularity, for ir 3 ntwithstancEng the affected sewn %vie% which some of our daily critics endeavour to overpower his eNel tiow, the over flowing fulness of the house before ice, he per forms, clearly manifests that he is rapidly gaining ground in the public opinion. Ilis revived confidence has brought io light all his skill, and the judicious manner in which he now manages his voice disguises its harshness, avd eaus's it to be forgotten. Ills spirit, no longer tamed by avrel'eHTion when he first appears before the audience, bursts nth all at once, and caries him with animation shi'onp,ll I'VerV pint of the lei formance. In Alexander, on Tue-d 2v lava, he seemed much improved. In the s.“tne in which he kips Ciyinv, his impatient ind;gnation, vainly checked by he .enlezy.brance of past friend hip and services, hi enometalon of his maitial exploit , , and his regrets over his murder , d soldiers were debvered with a force and car recto,ss expiess•on, •which no iiecran on the stage could have Enipas-ed Flis hysteric laugh nt cbse, .was a!so me e elle• tine than before, and his exerti..ns were rewarded by ap: 1. a e, unmixed. with the le.ist Sign (f disapprobrvion. A• ~u , t 11 0. BETTY will apin arpear in Tancred, we !ba d fer f•ut fu; ..her lemarks tilt then, only adding, that n his I ye sce 1-s he was mo , e suceessfol that we had et Teen Jinn. lie was greeted alina,t throughout in this cha fiatter with gene' al shouis of approbaion. On Thursday, the new farce went off as usual, till the pet fn wance of that scene. which Ficrli lc Al A THEWS) gives an acciaint of what I-a ,ed i,, r'cui I. Here he merely repe.,tech what he, as C'oun,el, 4ated, and o.“ltted the atinos f the Judge. This vas done so adioiiiy that it was , ot a fist !.e eel , c d hut w• , en the scene clo.-ed wi , hrut futn.sla , ng that which wa, cx cctrd, much disaprroba7Ln was Insmifested. The his , es, ht fit , t weak a!iii partial, so n becamr, loud and general, and the succeeding scene was not atteodel to :'t Cric; of " ds;" " Ma' hews," "Is itmcot," c• Imitations," gic.) were heard from all parts of the house. tilt r'cxibic ag made nis appea:ance The tumult now he.2..iti louder than befo , e, and MA 'Mews at length came ff , rwaid, and addressed the audience in the followini, : • 6 ' L I Dll 1 1 1 ANn GUNTLENVN—I am desired by the Managers mo:4 respec , :oll‘ to as;, 1 , V') r pkastef• ?• 1 A raul..itude of answeis wee here given, which it was n, t easy, uref.i ely to collect. They generally caled for that which had been omitted — . NI AT HEWS replied— .. I. 1)*18A•kaGI1VILIMI-N—I under•twol wii , tt you mean A• an actor it is my toteremt and only to d•• every thing in my power t cunt i ihtre to the enteriainsucet , lie 1 1 11611 c. Tile imitation , Inch is Called (fir, which It t‘ been rained by a iteintentan jiist untivr e it, Was ii.tradtteed 'try e.rtilly Killion:li to Ltive offrile tip au pgisim it was talitri by die 01111101 We, and applied iu a partiotihe manner, din not ea tetly und7ostand. t not ceit:an CU intention On the part of ri!her author or actor to give 'deuce to an . % o,•c I teel ell placed WI a very a%tkvrarti situation, but a circum stance ha. occurred, in consequence I,f wisica, f,r particular masons, Can sa tliat l am pogitiv ly obli rd to omit it." This spcech was seceived with great applause, and the farce went on wi!hout farther interruption. • On Friday night, Mr. M ATHEWS having been requested from the pit, to state the re-'sous which obliged him to leave out tLe. imitation iu question, and the whole house having t. ISTER. NOV. 2P. 1 jqined -in the rquest, he stated, after some preliminaiv observations, that witlaout the least intention to offend ' persons for whom he had the highest respect, he had been so unfortunate as to give offence to a nobleman high in rank and in office. Of this he had received' an intimation, and although he was ready, for the entertainment of the public, to repeat the same passage in six different voices every night if they pleased (aid he went through it in three di6rent tones). yet he - wished positively to state, with ail ' due respect, that he neither could, nor Would ever give it *ails in the manner which had occasioned the offence. This explanation was followed by rapturoui app!ause, which was repeated every titne Mr. MATH Ews entered the stage. MR. MATHEIVS's TO VIE EDITOR OF THE NATION 11. REGIsTLII. SIR--An idea has gone abroad that the interruption -iven to the new farce, was occasioned by a certain learned lord, whose peculiarities 11 aTnEWS was supposed to imitate, in the character of Flexible, when rei.cating thy speech of the Judge. This opinion, 1 am confident, is not well founded, I have it on good authority, tint the Noble Lord alluded to, when informed of what was passing.at the Theatre, far from being incensed at the liberty taken with him, seemed to enjoy the joke, almost as much as it had been previously enjoyed by the audience. [lie Lordship observed, that he was not aware that be bad any striking peculiarities that might be expected to subject him to this waggery; but added, he should much like to witness it himself, if he could attend the Theatre without being known. This was said without atOangry feeling ; and had be not thought the laugh would have been rather too loud at his expence, if it had been known that he was in the Theatre, attending to an imitation of himself, I have no doubt his Lordship would have been among the nun her who listened to, who laughed , and who applauded the ludicrous, but not des , ailing, as-umpt ion of *the Judge, which gave eclat for the first five nights to " Love, Law, and Physic." Hoping this explanation will not be unacceptable, and that Mr. LA RP ENT and the Lord Chamberlain may, if it is , tue to them, have all the credit of the alteration now made ' in the farce. I remain, Sir, Yours, most respectfully, CANDOUR. The account which has been given of the last days of COIKE, the actor, is probably without foundation, as Mr. HOLMAN, who was upon the spot when he died, far from representing him to have been in the forlorn and destitute situation described in that account, states, that Coma, by his marriage in America, had procured very respectable con• nections, and that his wife's family admini,tered all the crin forts which his illness required, till it terminated in his death'. From Mr. flocm.itv's account, it appears also that Como seemed to be duly sensible of his errors, and o f the con• dition to which they, bad educed. him. BOX ERS.—Thete are four other boxing ma tches in agita tion. CART ER, the Lancashire man, challenges any body; and tz,u LL ER, another of the beaten men, challenges any thin, of twelve stone. There are two matches already made, and the cognoscenti are anxiously searching 'matches for te two for mer champions. It has been determined to appoin t a S pecial for the trial, of the persous accused of the murder of Mr. El() RSF A LL,. and of the Luddites now co nfined in York Castle, to the number of between 40 and 50 . The trials will take place in about three weeks. Commissiou • N( 0111 of FV - •