The National Register. — London, England, 1815-01-29 00:00:00

iTTE NAT!OALREGISTrit... [brit areleS in tears. All more will certainly pass, for she has inft cted air the i•rts, anti they sit reading the Puha Marriage, crying awl touring the whole morning, in hopes of seeing this giant's causeway. this salmon leap of wonders at night. NAttre sure in one of her bountiful moments, in one of her humane leisure hours, in one of her smiliNg dap., irs one of her w.-eping months, and in one of her all-sorrowing glad. some years, made this human lump of clayey perfection. happy ilibeinial blessed Island, simetified land of saints, what a hearse load, what a cart full of the brightest excelii nee urexcellcuss cies, stands on the toil of thy fruitful earth. From Cork, from Killarney, fiom Galway, from Itanilitsloo, bum. Evercourt, Irons the East, from the West, from the North aiui from the South, from Nand Bridge, from La7ars llill, from the Canal to ate New Ithisil at the back of Domeondra, shall millions come to Smock iVley see this woman; the streets round the Theatre shall be crowded, and the very galeards. that carry coals In 'land Bridge slia.l stop at Essex Quay, att}t learn their unpolished watermen to pent thir. teen pence for a seat in the upper gallery, when bateau is per formed. Oh, thou universal genius, what a pity it is thy talents are so confined to tragedy alone ! No age, nay, the Roman Theatre . the stage of Constantinople, Nero himself never pertiiinwu the scene of madness, of grief, of joy, of woe, of distress, of sorrow, iwd of pity, so well as Mrs. Siddow. May the curses of an iasitired na tion pursue the Gentlemen of the College, the Gentlemku of the Bar, the Peers and Poetesses, whose wisdom and disccri:ment have been so highly extolled. and hissed her on the Fecon Triie it is Mr. Garrick could never make any thing at all— at all of her, mid pronounced her rclow mediocrity ; true it is the I...•udim au dience once did not like her—hut what of that? tire thou bright goddess of the Sock and Buskin, auil soar to unknown regious immortal praise; 'fur '' envy will it as its shade pursue.* DRAMATIC REGISTER. ", • Act of Parlimocilt ai.sisi•t ht.: mi ,4 HOAX ENTRAORDIN.4RY. During the whole of Saturday week Bedford-row exhibited the same scene which Berrrees-street did two years since, Some mischievous wag had summoned by two peony-post letters nearly one half of the trat'eimen of Londot., to wait upon the Rev. Dr. Hutton, of Bedford-r• w, ..ith various commodities in which they deal. At an early hour that morning' the family were disturbed by the arrival of a hearsa and six horses, with mourning coaches t“ cop esporld„ Shortly afterwaids, an elegant post coach with six horses drove the horses and, postillions were decorated with fit vt , uts, as if to carry into the country a new married couple. Nest came a post chaise, and fonr, with the same &emotions. Then followed several coffins, plain and ornainented—not forget ting one patent receptacle of 14111(1 for frail morality. Now and then a solitary one-horse chaise drove uv to enliven the scene, and a mob speedily collected. The boys el uelly added to the moritication of the disalicin ed candidates for the Doctor's custom, by pelting them with snow-b tlls, and a • general shout of exultation, accompaned hy a tot rent of those missiles,genei allybu st Int Lb as each fresh gudgeon approached. Towards noon the higher classes, consisting' of prysicians, accouchers; and apothecaries, lit their splend d ea , riave::. began to arrive, all summoned on the same fro t' er , and. It is impossible to cowrie' we the many articles of luxury and Utility which were conveyed to the door in question. The coal-dealer's and prop ietios of po.t horses .rrel chaise. seet ", however, to have beun the chief sufferers. The goal waggons, luparticular, at one tune, nearly b:ocked up tht sheet. JAN. 9.9. The present week baying been totally barren of novelty at both theatres, the pen of criticism mny be lard sniwn awhile, and our readers will not be displeased it we employ this breathing time in - drawing from :he pages of our predecessors the ebullitions of their wit on on occasion when, as at present, an actress of superior ex cellence and immortal fame made her first appearance on the then• trical horizon. Borne on the tide of popularity, Mrs. Siddons re paired to Ireland, at the opening of her career, to add the appro bation of the " best judges in the world," to that which she lid al. ready acquired in the British metropolis. Her reception was so en thusiastic, that the critics of the time took offence, and in the following manner ridiculed the excess of admiration which her first appearance at Dublin excised, but which every succeeding year only served to coatirm and enerease. g g Yesterday Mrs. Siddons, about whom all the world has been talking, exposed her beantaia, adamantine, soft, and lovely person, for the first time, in the Theatre Royal Smock Alley, in the be. *itching, melting, and all tearful character of Athena. Iran the repeated panegyrics in the London Newspapers we were taught to expect :he sitelit of an heavenly angel, but how were we superman. , raltysurpriZed into the most awful joy in beholding an earthly god. sltss.---The House was crowded with hundreds more than it could hold—with thousands of admiring spectators, that went away with out a sight. This extraordinary phenomenon of tragic excellence, this star of Melpomene, this comet of the stage, this • situ of the firmament of the Muses, this moon of blank verse, this Queen and Princess of tears, this Donellan of the poisoned bowl, this Em. „press Rusty• Fusty of the Pistol and Dagger, this chaos of Shakes peare, this world of weeping clouds, this Juno of commanding as. pect, this Terpsichore of the curtains and scenes, this Proserpina of fire and earthquake, this Katterfelto of wonders, exceeded, went beyond belief, and soared above all the powers of description. She was nature itself—she was the most exquisite work of art : :he was the very daisy, primrose, tuberose, wall-flower, and the cauli . flower too, auricular, sweet-briar, furze-blosom, gilliflower, and rose mary, in short she was the very bouquet of Parnassus. Where ex pectations were raised so high, it was thought she would be injured by her appearance, but it was the audience who were injured. Se• swat fainted even before the 'retain drew up, but when she came to the scene of parting with her wedding ring—Oh, what a sight was there! ! the very fiddlers in the orchestra, albeit noosed to the melting mood, blubbered like hungry children for their bread and butter, and when the bell rung for music between the arts, the tears ran in such plentiful streams from the bassoon player's eyes, that they choked the finger stops, making a spout of the instrument, poured such a torrent on the fast fiddling book, that, nut seeing the Overture was in two sharps, the leader of the • band actually PkYud it in one flat, but the sobs and sighs of the groaning audience, arid the noise of the corks drawn from the smelling bottles, pre- Nented the mistake between the sharps and flats being perceived; tier - ladies faioted, -16 went into fits, 93 had strong hysterics; the vorld will scarce credit the assertion, %viten they are told • that .1 , 1 children, 5 old women, a one-handed Common Coosa suers, were actually drowned in the inundation of tears that flowed from the galleries, lattices, and boxes, to increase the briny pond in the pit. The water was three feet sleep, and the people that wcre obliged to stund upon the benches were iu that situation up to , _. _ oh' WM