The National Register. — London, England, 1813-01-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. praise I But to leave this character, this disgrace to the Stage, and speak of one who has been its greatest ornament, and the delight ot an admiring Public ; 1 scarcely - need mention that I mean Mrs. SioncrNs. In consequence i‘f Mr. COATES'S refusal to Mrs. CHERRY, that Lady was advised, respectfully, to address Mrs. Sim:lowa, intreating her as sistance for her Benefit, who, in the most handsome manner, imme diately answered the application, signifying, that she felt great interest for her welfare, and thou l . , ll she had made up her rind never again to tread the Stage, she would, on account of the circumstances of her si tuation, mad one of the Plays of our immortal Bard, expressly for hes emolument, any time Mrs. CHERRY might fix, though, she thought, .that it would be better to take place about the second week in February ; in addition to this liberal act on the part of Mrs. St opous, she has M"bt kindly made an application to the Directors of the Argyle—street Rooms, to request they would accommodate Mrs. C. with the building on as reasonable terms as possible. These Gentlemen, iu consequence, have consented to let Mrs. C. have them gratuitously, the lighting and servants excepted. Thus the town, owing to the want of feeling and good manners in one individual, has to congratulate itself in escaping an insult on its understanding, by the refusal of Mr. COATES—while, on the other hand, it has much to look for by the c anlescession of Mrs. SiODONS, who will afford as perfect an intellectual treat as could be offered them. IT ITAS. DRAMATIC REGISTER. THE KING'S THEATRE .M N . 24 The Opera " Il • Furbo contro Il Furbo" was the perform. ance of lest evening. CATALANI was in fine voice, and exerted her uncommon powers with the happiest ere( it. The Ballet of " Zeus ou la ford aux AvantureN" improves on re petition, and, aided by the exquisite talents (If Madame DID Da LOT, Miss • LUP P INO, and VEST His, bids fair to be a lasting favourite. The audience were rather brilliant than numerous. ADVERTISEMENT EXRAORDEVARY. Whereas, at the Winter Theatres, several superannuated Play-mongers are retiring on half-pay, there are wanted, to fill their place, some new Writers of the same descrip tion. The requisites for such an undertaking are as fol lows:—A convenient memory, able to revive the stale puns and insipid jokes of ancient Authors, and to forget to quote their names and insert their beauties • a happy knack at com pilation, and at foisting on the publ ic, translations as ori ginal plays; a ready compliance with all the uhims and ca prices of the Managers, and above all, none of that antedilu vian quality, vulgarly donominated love olfame ; candidates must be equally well read in Germanic Tragedies, Gallic Me lodramas, Italian Opera's, English Five Act farces, Panto mimes, Spectacles, Ballets, and Covent Garden llippo dramas, so as to make, whep required, a beautiful Salma gundi of them all. A vein of native dulness, 7n affectation of sentiment, an exuberant and sonorous inflation of style, vith a smattering of music sufficient for plagiarism, will form additional recommendations. Although clap-traps, being nearly worn thread-bare, cease in some measure to be popular, yet, being easily wtHen, they must be persisted in, as the Managers are determined to thrust them clown the public throat. As the terms are extremely liberal. this concern being a monopoly, and new plays have the fairest trial, three successive con demnations being required before they are given up, successful• wt iters will be expected by the Proprietors of the Theatres to tack together, every season at least, one Diann, one Comedy, one Opera, two Farces, one Melodrama, aid three Ilippodramas, with prologues, epilogues, farewell addiesses, songs . for benefits, &c. gre. Regular Trage dies are not required, as they are grown so repugnant to the superior and enlightened taste of the age, that it has been found expedient in order to render them palatable, to recast the old ones into such a shape, that the very falters of them would scarcely know their children. Applications, with specimens of the candidate's abilities, to be forwarded to the Theatres, addressed to the Secretary, on or before the last day of February, 18 13, sea'ed up with a distinguishing word, number, or motto, on the cover, cor responding with the inscription, on a separate sealed piece (4' paper containing the name of the applicants, which will not be opened unless they be the sucee , sful candidates. The Managers pledge themselves that the address hoar will not be repeated. DRURY LANE. Last night was performed i.t this Theatre, a new Tragedy, called Remorse. It is, we understand, from the pen of Mr. COLERIGE. Of the fable we shall not, at present, give a full detail, as it is too complex for our limits, and the. late ness of the hour, to allow it. We shall merely state so much, that the scene is at Grenada, and the time of the action during the reign of PHILIP the Cruel, when the per secution of the Moors was at its height, and an edict passed, making it death to any person wearing a Moresco habit. Ordonio, the son of a Spanish grandee, hired murderers to slay his brother, who is the favoured rival of Theresa ; two of them are slain in the skirmish ; and the third, a Moor ish chief, relents, but Alva is taken prisoner by the Moors, and, after six years absence, he returns, believing Theresa faithless, as the assassins knew and took from him a *tore which she had given him i;1 secret. He, however, disguised as a Moor and as a wizard, discovers her truth, and, by covert terms, awakes the remorse of his brother, and forgives him, but too late, as Ordonio, having suspected the Moorish chief tain ofbetraying him, assassinates him, and thus draws upon himself the vengeance of the widow of the murdered man, who, with a tribe of Moors, finds her way into the prison, and by the death of Ordonio, satiates her revenge. Such is a very succinct account of the plot. The play on the whole went off well. It abounds in poetical passages, has somestriking situations, but the speeches and scenes by their length are wearisome ; it, however, was given out again midst universal shouts of applause, and we cannot help congratulating the public, on havin4 once more a new ligitimate tragedy performed. The scenery was beau tiful, and all the actors, particularly Mrs. GLOVER, Miss SMITH, and ELLISTON. performed in their very best man ner. The . ProloAue was but so Eo, and spoken in a so so manner. The Epilogue was a si:rightly Critic, and well deli vered by Miss .SMITH. COVENT GAV ')EN fIEATRE. A new Comedy, entitled "The Students of Salamanca," was last night net formed fot the first tune. It is from the pen of Mr. .IATA ESON, :he Author of the play brought out last year, called A Touch at the Times." " The Students of Salamanca" is w, welt after the manner of Mrs. CErtmtv It depends for success on the bustle of the scene rather than on strength of cha, at ter. The incidents are many and not urrentertaining. though a sameness may be complained of and a want of origin ditv it met with a mo-4 favourable rece; tint). We intend noticing it more at length in our next. The brewers of the metropolis last week raised the prict of porter to 6d. per pot ;• and gin has likewhe been further advance d by the distillers. Mr. CANNING has written an inscription for the monn mew about to Le elected to the memory of Mr. PITT, in oildt!a!l. It was delivered to the Committee on Satu.day, by whom it was highly and twauimously approved. T : 4 ; • - 62' • ! ~ ;