The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-20 00:00:00

TRE.4TRES.

HAYMARKET..
WI night that most popular and justly admired of
woes, Mr. Liston, took his benefit at "The Little Theatre '
in the Haymarket," which, as might have been predicted,
proved infinitely .too small to accommodate the crowds
anxious to obtain admittance, and afford by their presence
a sterling mark of the estimation in which this performer
is held by the public. Previous to the opening of the
doors the crowd that surrounded them was very consider-
able. The pit and galleries re filled t the first rush,
and all the unengagail seats in twe he boxes, awhich were but
few, were -occupied in a shorter period than it takes to
describe it. A great number of persons were disappointed
in their hopes of obtaining seats, or even standing room,
apt' obliged " to plod their weary way" homeward, as the
enweleanesounds of " Pit full" came from the lips of the
,heck-taker, who stands like a Cerbetus at the mouth of
the Elysian-fields' and as Crabbe has it in the rejected
twisters— "Gives the check he takes !"
After The Wedding Day, In which Farren was as excel-
lent as ever in Sir Adam Contest, and Madame Vestris sung'
"The plain gold ring," in a manner that might induce Mr.
Bayne himself to leave his doubtings to the Chancellor,
end come at once kin marital conclusion, Mr. Liston made
hie appearance before his delighted friends as Tristram
Slim, in the farce of antar as a Post. And blind as well
as deaf as a post must he have been that did not give free
vent to his laughter on the occasion of Liston's personation
of alt that is ludicrous and laugh-worthy iu the cha-
racter.
Next came Paul Pry, as pleasantly impertinent as ever,
sad exciting laughter sufficient
To push usfrum our stools,"
ff there had been any room to fall in so crowded en audi-
ence, and if the neighouring "stools" had not all been as
closely occupied as our own. By the way, this little come-
dy is, we are happy to observe, doing well-, and becomes
even pleuantet than it was on the first night, as the actors
mellow into their parts. Much of its success undoubtedly
is due to the hero of the piece, who is not only funny him-
self, but the cause of fun in other men. •
But five or six hours' laughing is rather much for our'
weal,: lungs, and having." heard the chimes at midnight."
we must conclude. • What with " comic addresses' and
" Chrmicofscetipalhomimic pieces" In one act, and
frerter and Ague-worm, it is really too much ; and if we
think any snore about them, we shall laugh ourselves into
brteries. Alien thou man of mighty whim ! none can
ever (sow thee—thou bast the only patent physiognomy
fa actually mel ing. faces : all others see counterfeits and
absurd copying machines. " Laughter holding both his
sides" was a type of thee, and " laugh and be fat" is thy
motto. If thou coulilst never, like Newton, discover

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" The centre of gravity."
yet hut thou invented " a mad world, toy masters!" of thy
own, and reignest
6. trer the realme of noaseme ab•olute,"

which, after all, is the enly thing for our money.

ENGLISH OPERA lIGUSE.

Lest night the musical farce of the Boarding Mum-
waa revived at this theatre, for the sake of bringing out
Mathews as Peter Fara. The whole piece was well
supported, and went off very successfully. Nlathews en-
riched his part with the old favourite songs of the " Calais
Packet" and the " Nightingale Club." They were some-
what oddly introduced, but the public go to see and hear
Mathews, and care little about the incongruity of the ad-'
ditiotts he sometimes makei to the ordinary entertainment
provided by the dramatist. Keeley played Simon Splat-
ter!vi ese.Alentiv. though he did not absolutely succeed'
with his song. The farce was announced for repetition
this evening.

Ebers, by his continentaltriic has added some valuable
auxiliaries, both in the operatic and ballet departments, to
the King's Theatre for the ensuing season, which he pro-
re;to open early in December, when the town is very
to be full, especially if a'Genetal Election should
previously take place.
Angrisani has been added to the list of distinguished vo-
calists engaged by Mr. Price, the respectable proprietor of
the American theatr a, for the perfortnance of Italian
operas in that country. Garcia and his accomplished
daughter, together with Angriaani, and a long list of Ita-
lian singers, will take their departure from Liverpool about
the Ist of Oetob,r.

The proprietors of the two national theatres have deter-
mined not to give more than 20/. per week to any one actor
or actress, however great their celebrity. This resolution
will be exceedingly advantageous to the profession in ge-
neral ; fur whilst exorbitant salaries have hitherto been given
to a few individuali, the great body of useful comedians
have been compelled to perform at a salary inadequate even
to their domestic comforts.

The building of the new portico, which is intended to
surround the north and west fronts of Drury-lane theatre,
is deferred until next year. This tasteful ornament is de-
signed by dr. Samuel Beasley, and theexpense of erecting•
it is to he defrayed, by the proprietors of the theatre.
Mr. Booth, the -tragedian, says the Baltimore Chronicle,
has left this for Newcrstle, where he will go on boanl the
Algonquin. for Liverpool. He takes out his family with
him, and will remain in Europe for some months. His in-
tention in visiting England is to fi I that place on the Bri-
tish boards heretofore occ 'pied by Mr. Kean.—Netv York
Paper.

The favourites for th • St. Leger will be rode by the fol-
lewinx " clack jockeys:"-31emnon, W. Scott; Alderman,
T. Cloodison; Retlgauntlet, James Robinson ; Homer, J.
Jackson ; Cleveland, T. Lye; Addy, Arnull ; Trin-
culo, J. Day ; %linden, G. Dockray ; Pastime, S. Day.
Tits TRAINED Prato xs.—One hundred sovereigns to
right was betted yest.rday that nether of the trained
pigeons would hrit g. news of the winner of the Great
St. Leger by eight o cede lest eveliMg. The evening was
wry bright for the ape lia•im, and suppos'ng the race to
have been over berme three o'clack, there was a probability
that it might be don!. There are eight pigeons in the
whale. four frqtn Lond-n, and four for the other half.
A bird woeld have foul hours tight yeses rday evening.
Iit'PRIDITITION.—A-private letter from Rome gives tle
following account of a late religious procession in that
capital:—" The fra.ernity of the meroni (sack bearers) of
Viterbo arrived on the 28th, and an immense crowd wit-
named their entry. All the brothers waked barefoot, and
were clothed in sackcloth. About So.enteruil the capital,
having before them a skull and the bones of a human
skeleton. Before they took their repast, they flagellated
Themselves and head a Person.preached. Most of them
we men of wealth, and in al them hold valuable posts
under government:' •
Pisanosteitou.----On Friday afternoon last there were
observed Boating on the surface of the water in our har-
bour, myriads of 111 a I Ashes, from three to six inches in
lenzth. They are supposed to have proceeded from the
small ponds and creeks which communicate with the
siuthern edge of the harbour, and to have perished several
'l,lls Previous, as the neither at the time, and for two or
tome days before, was not remarkably warm.—Xonfecket
Pape,. August H.
INIANTICIDE.—An Inquest was held yesterday at the
Five lien.; public-bare, Limehouse, on the body of a male
infant, found murdered in one of the cuts In that neighbour-
hood. The Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder
against some perm or persons unknown." The parish offi-
cers arc on the alert to discover the unnatural mother.

AryX PT Surc in I.—Mary Ilomerton, lout a servant
rt the family of Mr. Ninon, of Capel-row, Chelsea,
t.irLw herself into the Thames, at Barnes, yesterday morn-
-1111j• Benjamin Wardell, a boatman, who saw the trans..
a,Lon, pushed his boat to the spot, and rescued the unfor-
tt:y..te from drowning. She was taken to the Cock, where,
wnh prompt medical assistance, she was restored. She, it
Mars, left her service a few days ago in consequence of
unfortunate attachment to one of the opposite sex, and
,nsidereel herself lost by her indibcretion. A sum of
1110114 W 35 ColletiCil for her.

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A Caes*dcrnble robbery was efeeted early on Saturday
•?11::11; at the holm of Mr. Gurney, a tailor, in St.
Jamec's-strcet, by two men, who were observed to leave
'be bonse by the watcher:an, but were not apprehended, as
it ^am supposed by their dress that they were gentlemen
haTheen spending tie evening there. Two women
1,110 were on the wattle, and who wire supposed to be
ounected with the robbers, were detained and taken to
114rIbaeough-street police-offiee, where, not being able to
blue a sadentievy amount of themselves, they were ordered
to And hail for being out at usseasonahle hours, and in
Ilefaelt of bail were locked up. Subsequently one of the
'Attelare was taken, and the °facets are in active purepit
of the other.