The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-01-14 00:00:00

SCOT espopulor stnry is fatthrullY

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The piece urns with the espristettatir.ns ofieenie Dm,
with her sister Effie, on her impropriety of conduit, sheet,
however, come too late, its has (uuktinui to lire f.ittiei
soul sister) streedy passed the huoiniury of prudence, snit
m the presence of her father sod frieuili, carried •wav by tls
officer, of justice, fur criminal comecalinesit of hi
lion, awl supposed destruct inn of her iofrot. )111,11111:
Midnighl 11.11,11/• s of a lonely virot,fawieil fur bring the en,.
place or s murderer, Jeanie meets her sister's
Inver, uho voideaeoers, in vain, to induce her to

ru unlresth on Effie's Trial, le tbspeu.ei the cueers:n
of the isofasel, and con.etruenilt see,- Ibe accused 1.
e.odemnation; Effie else esetys le preys'',

is eventually condemned In death. Act inteljtuf hew
caused lire siatev's fall, when • weird would lave sae.

her, the henrt.broken Jennie 41.iernistris on w.,;‘,ng
London to preserve the enlprit without violation a

duty, by impish-jug her pardon of the QUero, throuzli lie
medium of the Greet Duke of Argyle. She is fur..ished
with funds for this purpose by the ip.od-natured,
though rejected Laird of Dumbittlikea,an,l obtains a pa.spott
from the outlaw t.i protect her from rolthera. Notwoiltsians.
ing these she meets with 'lmmensity adventure., whir!, so.
boldly pnortrayed with every horrific aid which stage 'Fret
can impart; not the least of these are her encounters a' is
Madge Wildfire, a wandering maniac, and her savage r,
'her. From the hatter's ferocity Jeanie's life is oidy

served by ibe inteivetoloot of a lens savage ruffian, v
though used to plunder, yet revolt• at murder.

at length suricee;lg in reaching London, obliging en u;• •
view uith the Duice, and through him is introduced imete..
'dowdy into the presence or Majesty, velure her silicas mud
pathetic story finds 11w wished-for sympathy, end t ging :4^
delightful object of her journey. It is neediest to gay t
happy downwind is consequently produce&

It will be seen by the above that the mein star:
114 corretily preserved, and whets we sold that
every heart-rending scene of Aladge Witlifre's
mournful eccentricity—ell the Laird of Aim.
biedikes' vrlmusacalities—with the 'moor character's.
tics of Mrs. Saddletree, Mrs. Balrhristie,
Wass, the tobacconist, and Miss lialuta4oy, ane
also introduced, the oedemas task of the. author
will he fairly appret later!. The scenery by Wltsul
(the Caledonian CLAUDE of the Surrey). is literally
eon amore, and the fidelity of each local Scotch
portrait was loudly acknowledged, as etch scent
was presented. The music. also Scotch, is selected
and arranged by ERSKINF., the leader of the ba'al.
The piece is the fourth production, this short sea.
son, of the Proprietor of the theatre. With respect
to the acting, it was a complete genes of etutilaute
Orono among a compls), of performers who appear
always animated by the warmest teal for the thestre,
and for each other. On one grand addition to ther
number, we may truly felicitate the manager—this
was Mrs. Earivrolv, late of Covent-Garden, s
which house her performance of Meg Merrilies had
stamped her its the opinion of the town as a sterlic,4
actress; but whether the character of last night
happened to be still wore congenial to her style of
iictlng,or from whatever other cause, it Si certain :he
Ines never yet been seen so identified with the ports
idea, or to half the advantage she appeared to
in Madge Wildfire. Tire repeated pietism:lu-,
natural, and masterly etre eta she produced,
were hailed with long, loud, and reiterated
dila. 'Cite beautifully interesting character
of
Jeanie, gave Miss TAYLOR new cud loudly ac-
knowledged claims to the deserved popularity >he
his obtained ut the Surrey. Mr.. BAcooKEs finely
contrasted the savage mitt natural peelings of 11e
terrific hag, with the highly comic norths,rts
billty of Mrs. Ghat, the tobscconist—!ti-.
Maas left few dry eyes at each of her t‘ 4
as the unfortunate Fie--,iwl Mrs. Dianto‘,
as the (tetra, slid all which a very
scope for exertiotar would allow. The Loicil
ci
Dunabiedikes presented' want Mr. Furrv.,;.-
LIAM. in his verlydelsesuflumkeui:ols.lr./lir. 'L'.
rATiP. N.Lo
, asoltolF;
us the truly no
Outline; Mr. GostERY,
favoured loser of Jeanie, awl Mr. CLIFFORD, AA 1,0!
heart-broken father. were frequently cud very di-
serveilly applauded ; slur were the numerous rr-
conclary characters less effective. The piece was te-
sit;sestuzeire:lmbiy.
crowdedsouodsweliwt.t:l,4lnblUolll,tiotwrsiiindisna.o:
perceived Lady CAROLINE LARNE, Loly DAL-
ityllipE, Ludy Mitt.fitt, Lady IVit.soss, and noel
of the Noble looolies of CatativaLL, Koss, Dttilg'
, MOND, FoRDTEE.

Two beautiful atitelopts, wale and female, rri.t
home by the Ninrquir of el Asti SGs, have wrivol
inihe taletluttioi, at tlieet.uck, 'rum Calcotl4,
several exotic boirmiciii Liao:., which will he
warded to the Nlarchtuttess, at Loudon C
Capt. Gut.] Es has also on Loud a very tine
Itgrese, whtel► was presented in a co to ph f!lc Of. •
Capt. GILLIES by the Nbireptio, on hits devil
to
from Calcutta. This animal Is at present ro
and bpOrtlV?. Occasiosially to he permitted •o.t
fierllolll Oil 'trek, without the inntillest tictat;l tt

dsoger.
We belie*. St is a general practise to mix bens
with "oats, aut ao erooptumal foul fur horses. It
buts'. however, be useful to mfurist some 01. oel
readers. that nue-fourth of the korner, mid thrre
rt
the tatter, are recommended by a correspoudeut 0
(ha must odtautugeyut proportions: