The National Register. — London, England, 1815-12-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL TILGISTER. Sfssmen t of the currantvear, both in respect of the duties charg, ed under s-hedules ' and B but that no alteration can nov take place with resrect !• the a%sessments fur the last yea,. ending the 5111 t 5 DRAAIATic REGISTER. __.,••._. DRURY-LANE. The BEGGAES' BUSM ih i . revival of FLETCHER—the ?nerd of dramatic exc , acne°. THE revived play of the Ilegzars' Bush continues to be acted. mith great advantage from the improvement the performers in tloir several parts Kean is more mel low ist tbe passages of .ehernent pass;on; Oxlierr . o hayin., r covered his voic , affords a rich treat in the hn moron- logptei y of Orator Higtren, the adulator of th. Court a ' , IL be4ars. Mundell, in the character o jrun nustk, the boozing hurwomaster, displays his ll' brn" . '°lll l .ol . ()Writ readily to the title, when his co•. pinion tells him fr - an Drtok would he his more a,propr . . ate hp • it,iti.n. It is rare indeed, that this excellent actor belt :N. a ly want of intelli :ence in his authors' meani!nr, et Cloy Ise ligence in giving t.xnression to it ; but the repeatetr occur oak of the wow's .4 under iht, ruse," s i i 1p n li sp , a Ls Ire t.\. in private hail the car:•less tone of a mer , 44 1, idle tiri-e ~ tiA;ug to the lips of a lack witted lounger 0 the modern comAy: something like Lewis's " keef moving," and Edwin's 4 ‘ I've an idea." Instead of this we ex p-cted from his getOti ,?constant marked guard of dis cretion, to avoid given; offenee to Wo/fort's virtisans. with an arch congratulation of his-own ingenious atifla;•;ty Holland, it was ob.. rved by a critin of estish'isheil r putation, has been aettaally inspired beyond isimieq by the personation of Clan:c, the king of the beggars: The tcls.!.l. . in our opinion is,that his more glarify; defects, hiS av k ward shouldering and porter-like gait, are covered by his garl of rags, and h:s large beggar.. , 7loak wound over his shoo! dens. With a load of beard and of bla:;ket, he has sone thing to carry, :tad his loun:ying swing, with the right an left shouldt r alt. roatily forward, is not perceived. He i• therefore — more graceful in rags than in purple robes and his slow, dull, measured enunciation of every wort' suiting tolerably with the charact e r of a n old m a n, an d a : °cc nal use of Ow old theatrical trick of vehetnely.e i; pas. s .ii obvious energy, have given him a fair cla:m I , the applause which he receives. Ile has the merit at al times ot constant attention to the businf ss of the stage, and making no pretence, ought to escape nice censure : but ti!, same charact, rin the hands of an actor like Doxion 'wool( have exhibited all the true workings of paternal anxie v and genuine feeling. Mrs. Horn, looked wi II in Geri , une and tnetigh we could not perceive that the anth .r . found ode who, • 4 to hear her Tea!: made it a Parade* e yet when the merchant bade the beggar " /Opir tri body," and he replied, '' 'tis exact and excellent," generally ; and a pretty woman. having little . . or do, is always too agreable to be slighted. • The acting the sceneii, the decorations, and the Inu•ic coinipir. to ake this a very attractive piece, and liere might leave it but, from the circumstance of the reyii II a comedy of Fletcher, one of the most successf9l our earl) dramatists, if .we can use the term our . applied to an author whose mud: , itZ his proper art is . alvv't', co:mected with ttiAt of his copartner 43eaamont, He :sla, in II future Hum's% . olferisome remarlis un tue tio•rt ..r play, ttte cintracter Pr its ~aurae, the otcelle4ce c f the earky dramatists, and the taste of the revisor, as well liar manner in which Mr. K. AN elucidates tlr his au , ' or ; and since the days of Fletcher assured the merchant royal has never had sc► representative, nor the whole play so fair a put t its merits. If the genius of departed poets can be suppose , in air over the stage of our splendid theat themselves in some nook of the ample spat , scenes,there are no delights that immortality more exquisite satisfaction than thus to live in of an endless fame ; to witness from a‘re to struggle to excel in illustrating the dramatic , t conflict of rival minds contending to exhi oughts in all their force; and to hear in ail e cr composed of simple mirth and humbl ;mated beauty and fashionable frivol.ty, ;on, and of uncultivated ardour. alike givi' you ne impulse of nature, bursting from tl quired habits, and conspiring in one churn rile fame .of the warrior is the rattling of a .r a d‘,ll repetition in a table of Chronology io a monument, pinned to an history, to eclat, gibbeted on a sigie.post like the Du °rough and Wellington, or fastened to I Le Pompeii and Ca'sar, till his memory iome more fortunate conqueror. But the pt excellence •ruly lives through ages, in the de 'iv. generations, whom he amuses instruct llis is no dull reputation of the closet, but uithnsiastic praise of assemble theatres. w' rands the hands and vo'ces of a generous lady renewing the wreaths of his peaceful The theatre will, therefore l offer a lasting criticism; and .4e shall make no apology for,' ,o it that attention which dramatic poetrj, w est.eves. The farce of My Spouse and l continues pretty music, and a pleasing song of xlilch is every night encored. There are sr 11 , tits, anti some happy jokes. Take. an ins, %over, who pretends with his mistress to n rilln‘jon to 41 old Proved) love h.! windo,c acAerves to hoive the di or shu brutisti constable (no uncommon el; olce officers, lot which ought rarely to be ilicers did their duty, and good and iawful as they ought) says' I represent the King reply is, " Men he a as ill represcakd yuljects." COVENT-GARDEN. Smiles and Tears havt+ repeatedly d swiles this week from crowded audiences at anal if it is the production of the author and , ove the triple delight (If hearing th.ni offspring perpetually applauded, •is bast:men puslLlied, as the declared Wock. o Almlost all the American pap?rs which w al) quid in C ross and scandalous libels Chu att our -Goveinment for %%ant of A wn! fair n 4 iits and ;•aders who deal won them, for .4, t t i esty. The Prince Regent is Wit spared, malicious libellers, and iau Wa . y OU sr . a i,oulcl be 4.stk.ar:Qtt to uivotiun. SQS PFC. 24. ell as the pecu- the hearties of r we are well I s 4) exc.llent a public trial for )posed to hover atres. or perch lace before the can bestow of i the enjoyment ) age the rising kart; to behold KI time hi bit the poet's collec ted ivity, of of learned cau- yin.: way to the the trammels of :us of applause. • an emptyname, ?,:y• ll e is fixed stamped into a )tikes of Marl to a dog's collar y is eclipsed by poet of dramatic delight of succes cts, and inspires. Int the active and where he corn is audience. eter- al laurels. sou ree of strict r e in future. giving we think, justly PS to he repeated of a rustic lover, some good send- istance or two. — to he poor, says, c thai "lies cod of hvl in his face." character among be seen, if parish 11 men could serve ag," to which the d as many of his 1 drawn tears arid At UG vent Gorden, id his spouses they wselvcs and their L - of Mrs. C. Ketnbte• we have received, his molars.. They aith ; and our 'Her- r' want of common it'd, but abused by scandalous that .4-, •