The National Register. — London, England, 1814-11-27 00:00:00

790 DR.4:11-ITIC REGISTER. DRURY.L.ANE. On Ttiesday last Miss Walstein abjured tragedy to court popularity in a less elevated province of the Drama. She assumed the part of Lietitia Pardu i n the Belle's Stratagem and the cold and pompous Calista of Rowe's tiresome play, became the whimsical and lively heroine of l‘lrs. Cowley's Comedy. However improbable it may appear, from the na ture of the faults which Miss Wa'stein's tragic acting had displayed, the change was certainly for the better. She was indeed still rather removed from the manners and lan guage of common life: her countenance had not been able to discard its forbidding aspect, her voice kept its monotony, and her utterance much of its formal pomp: but a forbidding look (lid not ill suit the part in which Lertitia attempts to disgust her lover with her silliness, and in the mme animated scenes, the mask which she wore left the audience at' liberty to adorn her face with ideal beau ty. Her delivery though still occasionally too affected and cold, might also be excused, as coming from a person in masquerade, who assumed an unusual mode of speaking, the better to disguise herselC, She carried her idiotism, howe ver, perhaps too far, so as to run the risk of disgusting, not only her lover, but the audience; and when she became the fine lady, she retained too much stiffness in her dialogue and too little in her demeanour. There is an ease and grace of motion which pleases the eo,' but too close an imitation of the twistings of an eel, can never be deemed a perfection In her songs, Miss Walstein displayed a more agreeable ' voice, than her conversation tones would have led us to expect. She, however, attempted too much. She has no abilities to rival either Miss Stephens or Mrs. Dickens, and therefore thou'd put forth no evident pretensions to do it. Simplicity of execution will better suit her powers and do more honour to het taste. Upon the whole, however, she gave considetable satisfact bon, and when Mrs. Jordan is not to be procured; when 'At s. Davison is employed more use fully lot the population of the country, and Mts. Glover and Mrs. Edwin ate kept at home with colds, Miss Walstein via be seen n 'At pleasure. Frid ,v last this comedy was repeated, but Miss Wal stein ceased to ha the rept esentative of Letitia. An unfor tunate occurrence, which, however, sets her filial piety in the most anjable light, iecalled her to Ireland; and Mrs. Davison, though very near her confinement, supplied her place in the most spit itcd and successful manner. The fol lowing is an exact statement of the circumstances which so sudden;.; compelled Al iss alstein to break oil' her London petforne.sces At an early hour on Thursday, Miss Walstein received posi tive information that her mother was in so dangerous a state of illness, that her death was hourly expected. On the re• eipt of this information, she sent immedia!ely to the Thea tre, and requested an interview with the Manager, who found ler sa agitated that he con!(I scarcely venture to speak ou the business of the Theatre ; but having at length mentioned the disappointment the public would receive firms her not being enabled to ',Niro to, in consequence of the comedy of The Belles Stratagem having been so long advertised, he advised ber to let her sister and brother set off te Dublin, for the purpose of attending her mother, and that she should wait the re,tilt of their arrival, and, consequently, be guided by their report, either to remain in London and continue to perform, or follow them, as circumstances requited. tier anxiety, however, during lie night, and dread of her inn. laser's dissolution during her absence, so overpowered her feelings, that she conceived she could not pet form Ler lay, NOV. 27. either to the Theatre or the Public, and consequently on Friday morning set °flan . Dublin. Covent Garden has this week only presented trs with the continued successes of Mi s O'Neill, whose fame has reached its full encrease, and whose superior eNcellence is now uni versally acknow:edged. Mr. Abbott, who, on account of NI neon tvay's illness, performed Romeo last Munday„displayed considerable force, tenderness, and spit it. Mr. GARNERIN'S Theatre of Grand Philosophical Recrea tions is already a favourite resort for fashionable company: indeed the merits of that learned Professor's experiments need only to he seen to be admired. The The..tie was ve'y well attended the whole of the last week. It is open at Spring Gardens Great Room on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. At the desire of several persons of respectabili!y, the Professor has opened a Subsciiption t , )r two Extraordinary Sittings for the 3d and 10th of I)ecern!w4 Subscriptions are received at Mrs. WiOev's, Spring Gardens; Mr. libber's, QS, Old Illitd•street ; Mr. ll , :lne-„ 25, Lower George-street, Sloane-street. Tenn• for ti ro.-0 Sittings, Half-a-Guinea. Sir George Prevr.st is, it is said, to be tried by a Court. martial, on charges preferred by the sub Ordinate Generals, and by Sir James Yeo. The Diet of Norway, on the 24th of October, proclaimed Charles XIII. King of Norway. Two Ilamhurgh mails arrived yesterday with papers to the 16th instant. A proclamation was posted at Leiesic on the loth, by the Russian Governor of that city, taking leave of its inhabitants upon resigning his office to the Pi ussian Ge neral Bismaik, his successor. The Paris impels announce that a similar act of delivery was expected to take place about the same time at Dresden. If any additional evidence of the an nexation of Saxony to Pi usia weic wanted, this would suffice.—Accounts arc since received its being surrendered entire to Prussia. The Princess of Wales is now at Rome, where, according to the French papers, she has made large purchases of sta tues and pictures. Her Royal Highness has been visited there by the Ex King and Queen of Spain, and the Queen of Etruria. On the Qd inst. she had an audience of the Pope, who received her with the respect due to her rank. The same day her Royal Highness visited the Vatican, the wni shop of Canova, the sculptor, and Lucien Buonapatte. A monument to General Moreau is erecting by order of the Emperor of Russia, on the spot where he was mortally wounded. Shiloh has become exceedingly sulky, and has communi cated to his mamma, Joanna, in a vision, that he has been so teased ')y her followers, that he has at length determi ned CO2IZ at all. 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