The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-10-17 00:00:00

THEATRE.S.

•••• ' • DZILIRT•LAIM
Las night, Mr. RZYNOI.Ifet comedy of Ibe
Wil, was revived, to introduce, iet the part of Al-
hussies Mandrealle, a lady of the name of Fora as, who,
we understand, has obtained much celebrity at the
Private Theatres with which this city 'hounds.—
This lady appears to be at least thirty, is a perfeift
Mistress of the business of the stage ; she is under
middle site, her figure neat, her face thin, and sharp,
her voice clear, and many of her tones are sweet.
On her first appearance, as the lively, innocent Al-
binia, her action was stiff and formal, and we
in vain looked for the 'snivel's., the indescribable
graces, which we have seen displayed in the part.
But when she appeared as the spruce Lieutenant,
she was perfeCtly at ease, and displayed much talent;
her figure looked to great advantage. Nor was she,
in the last aft, deficient in feeling ; but her gaiety
was that of a hoyden, and her dress would
have made a Teams eli Medieis look vulgar. It was,
however, a respeCtahle d.det, and gave "fair pro.
mile" of a very useful actress. She was very weU
received. and honoured with considerable applause.
Mr. Er. ISTON was 'very successful in Howard,
and loudly applauded. Mr. P , the original
V scars, could never have displayed more excellence
in the part ; the drunken scene was managed with
the skill of a master, evil received the most unqua-
lified applause. Mr. DOWTON•9 Sir Salomon Ljels.,
did not possess his usual strength of colouring. blurs
MaLLos, the original Ckety, looked and played
the part admirably Miss nos* est, as the Gso-
stemma; Mr. Mar-rums, in Realtor; earl Mr.
Powett., in Mandeville; all received their tribute
of applause. The house was quite full; and The
Forts Thieves, which followed, appear to have lost
none el their attradion.
The Tragedy of Isabella; se, Tbs Fogel tlerriairo
was last night performed at this House. Mrs. Ste-
poses, as Isabelle, and Mr. Kass se.x, as Biro., west,
as usual, excellent is their respeftiee parts, and
warmly applauded. Ur. Pore, for the first time,
sustained the charades of nitre,. and did it ample
justice. In the last seine, with Bina, he risc.lved
the most flattering marks of approbation. In the
Farce of The Childress im the Weed, which followed,
Mr Macertte appeared a second time in the part
Welter, and with. if possible. increased success It
was a chaste, humorous, and interesting pelotas.
apse. And received throughout with bursts of ap-
• platts:-. His song, in the first ad, was loudly
slowest So great was the impression made by Mr.
Mime's., on his first appearance, in the lively
Getratere, the public are anxious to see the cite-
rafter repeated • and the versatility of this Gen-
tleman's talents displayed, in a succession of new
parts, of his excellence in which, provincial fame has
spoken so loudey.

XILKEN!VT TIMAIRICALS.

On Monday se'unight' the Gentlemen's Plays
commenced with aildsnoual splendor
The Theatre. having herrn found too small last
year to receive the numerous throngs of fashion,
has been enlarged with much judgment, and tht
internal acconsmodetions greatly improved. Mr.
Pewee. as usual. opened the performance with an
Occasional Prologue, supposed to have been written
by Counsellor G. Busite. It contained some just
zrfticienss upon the present state of the Urame, and
an appropriate compliment to the taste of the audi-
ence. The whale concluded with a beautiful and
mournful tribute to the memory of Mr. Fox. which
might well serve for his Elegy. It was delivered
wit-h all suitable grass and feeling.
The entertainments for the evening were, Barba-
rous and Ines ike ligpt?
The fire and spirit of Selias sere peculiarly well
gaited to the energies of Mr. Phase ; and his grace-
ful adine, and prepossessing appearance, greatly
heightened the interest of doe -charreter. In the
fourth Aft. where he disci:were himself to ffer/rarosi”,
he was eminently great and dignified ; and, in the
subsequent scene with Zapairo, be excited all our
sympathy. His powers seem much increased, and
his ease of ahem improved scree last year. The
tyrant .11erionws. was represented with all proper
entigy and effcift by Mr. Casstrrost. His tull
voice—.his iseauterumee disfigured into ferocity...his
noble perm destscl
" LiM Tasserille, at Atlas untemoved
all conspired to entry on the delusion of the scene,
end stamp bias the dustier he personated for
certainly usage= say, that

" Ards wen tun rich
" Ad turban with a mai* d pens"
A Tenet gentleman. wham so do not recolleet
to have seem last year, made a vevy promising deist
in Adam. His appearance is vary ng. and
his elocution coma. WenosiarsimeW his name is
In the farce of ,4 ll4e't the nape?" Mr. Lersrca.
Mr. C ow, and Mr. 13110M/SLOWi convulsed
the house with laughter in their several walks. The
house was very well attended. This night's bill of
fare promises a very rich MU.

WIDNISDATi OCT. e.
Last night, the was, as Mr. Mut-
/A*l.lAm inforrasdrsiedi
loUg 1111111441,
elm
OSC4II. AND MALVINA.
The Parts in the *iv* were thus east—
Sir Anthony Absolute, Mr. Lamm' Caplets Absolute,
Mr. Richard Power; Irsu&land, Ma IhrWwit Aerrs, Mr.
Giacomo; SN LUCIYI Criticier, Mr Csaapses; Coachman,
Dr. liroenlow ; Fag, Mr.gritlie, Jun.; ad David, Mr.
Menibee for the County of Wwklos. Mrs. Unclicock
repreednted Mrs. Malaprop; Mies Walstein, ; dad Mn.
Johnson, Lydia Lasieuna.
I he Play began at eight o'clock, that is, at seven,
by all the clock, b this town. Why the Kilkenny
sun rises later than the suns of other places, unless it
be in compliment to the lazy, procrastinating, time-
killing
.disposition of the inhabitants, I cannot tell.
There is a spot near Dublin, where the same strange
phenomenon occurs. Bet this is treading on tender
ground ; now fur the Play. I am are sf you have
ever seen Gentlemen ad, you must have observed
that they look either too much or too little at rib, is-
divers ; that they are eternally fi.lgetting about
when they are nqt speaking ; 14.11 they hurry CONN
passages, in order to catea every word bettors it =Ls

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ont of their memory ; and that they seem to
&stover, for the first time, that they have heads,
legs, and arms, and that they find it very difficult,
and take very aukward pains, to keep their new ac-
quaintances in order. I cannot say that the Ainors
on the Kilkenny stage. dlffer from their brethren at
Woburn, the Priory, &c. Ste. in these respells,
though it must be allowed, that some of them, such
as Cli.ascoce and LBYSTIR, can hardly be more
censured for want of ease and demeanour, than the
common run of professional Players. Leveret is
indeed an anor, as he Lis not only genius, bait skill.
Ca ON, if he had not so fine a form, would not
want ease. It is not diffidence which makes the
gestures of every player unnatural. Rorke has
every requisite for the stage ; a good figure, a voice,
strong, sweet, and flexible, an expressive counte-
nance, unconstrained anion, and feelings, just pow.
isint enough to excite the strongest sympathy in the
audience, without being so overbearing as to get the
. better of himself ; but still he wants stage habite.—
IL Poeta has made himself a respenable aline, by
intense labour; but his voice is weak, and his arti-
culation defeat's!, as he speaks with his mouth al-
,most closed:- He has an awkward stoop, and a
strong brogue. His face, which, in private, is ra-
ther handsome, is not so on the stage; as his features
are small, and his teeth unfortunately so white, that
he has acquired a habit of biting his ender lip, in
order to exhibit the gifts of nature to his upper jaw.
This trick produces a most disagreeable effeet, and
really disfigures his.
• -As te the pevformanee of lass night, it was receive
ed with the customary applause, and wee not en-
deserving of it. Tees, Abselete, in spite of the da-
fens I have mentioned, was well performed ; bat
there was a stiffness and coldneu in the demeanour
of the attor, which would Mere properly have be-
longed is an old German General, that a young
Enitlish Captain.
Ca•oerow performed Sir Loran with great sue-
cess ; and, what was not expelled, with too little, ra-
ther OA too math. energy ; but that was an error
on the eight side. 24 Coral, in the Aftetpiece, he
was pert.4lios. Layers., except in the two first
scenes, in which he seemed to think he was per-
forming 'Fade; and had, accordingly, given to
Atithetty she choked yoke, lowing eye, and ex.
Prefeilm ihrstp s. appropriate to that eistariabar, was
iMuliable. His performance had neither the dry-
ness of Kiev, nor the buffoonery of Meatus ; bet.
though natty true to nature, was more smut-
la than any frisk or eaaggeratioa could have
Made it.
CLASCQCK was not successful in the absurd part
of rh-res. But if he was not so, it was more from
Ilse fault of SHIRIDAM, than from his own. It is a
ebuaner quite out of nature. If it is aned as it is
written, it is silly and unmeaning, though exuava-
goat ; to make it diverting, It must be over-played.
G. ascoca, in attempting to do so, made it vulgar
and faisical. Yet, in the only natural part of the
charaner, which is the eglitieg scene, his ailing
was excellent. and without any of the mummery
which hr introduced into the preceding pans.
Mr noise was tolerable in Deed; and Dr.
&wens Love. if he bad known his part better, would
have represented the Coachman with dire.
Rollin made the dull part of F 4,111621 very in-
teresting t bet bat transitions from comic te
tones, were toe sudden and Janina.
_smssow.

- coaosurt INQUEST

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We gave yesterday an account of a fatal duel,
fought on Sunday last near the Obelisk, Mnunt
Edgecumbe, Devon, in which Nlr. Long, midship-
man, on board the Resistance frigate, was killed, and
that an Invest would be held on the body on Mon-
day. The inquest sat troth 12 until. eight o'clock,
when the Jury brought in a verdidl of Waifs/ Mrrafar
against Mr. Armsuong, midshipman, belonging to
the Prince of Wales. White the Jury were delibe-
rating on the verdiCt, peva officers were sent on
board the Prince if Woks and Monarch, in Plymouth
Sound, to demand the ()fending parties ; Armstrong,
and the two seconds, Wells and Graham, were ap-
prehended, brought on shore in irons, and yesterday
were to be sent to Exeter Gaol, to take their trial
at the nest assizes.

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We have the pleasure of stating, from a Dublin
Paper, that the Sail of CHAILSKONT is much
better.
Capt. HILL, brother to Sir G/COSOL HILL, the
late Coßetter of Derry, is appointed to that lucra-
tive Collettorship.
After a very lon service, Hr. Hums, State Sur-
pee, of DeMin, has been kindly permitted, by the
Duke of bonnets, to retire, and to wminate his
distinguished pupil, Mt. hlacatirt, to that situ-
ation.
The Lay iires4ingtoe, Hawsott, from New Or-
leans to Beliest, has put into New Yolk, having
received damage on the 43d of August, in the
gale.
The Narcassu frigate. of 32 guns, which brought
home the treasure from Buenos Ayres, is at present
in dock, at Sheerness, repairing fur another cruise.
M. l'alleyrand (Duke of Benevento), has dissolv-
ed nineteen conveats. Both Monks and Nana.
who are natives, have pensions assigned them ; the
othets have been sent to their respeCtive eennvies.
There was an earthquake at Off.n, in Gee mai y,
on the 23d of September, at 9. pNI There were
two violent agitations of the earth. ilie cross, in
consequence, tell down from several steepen, amid
the inhabitants were tbrewn into gegeral alarm.
We undetstaad more injury has been done in Peet,
by this convulsion of nature.
In the last quarter of the present year. 1184 irm-
'els raised through the Sound friins LIM Nurus Sea,
and 1810 out of the Baltic, among which was not
one Prussian, and only two Pappiiiiburgers.
At the conclusion of the Avr circuit, the Ju,tge
(Lord Alum:race). in an elegant speech, replete
with the most liberal sentiments and nada informa-
tion, addressed the gentlemen wh s were summoned
for a jury, uron the benefits the country -derived
front the institution of juries. and en the on, ortant
advantage* that would melt from extending Me
powers of juries to civil causes ; arid jusily reinarkee.
how great a boon the present Government was about
to *•infer noon Scotia, d, by istroducing a law
founded on we resolutions proposed by Lord Gagn-
-111 tit to the House of Lorna

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
On tbstakiiiigibeimenrettitaverstians afra,ded tety
eallent span, • Vita fwattarasi 4.101., Wit woo by a goy ,
re:ding, belonging to Mr. Caine,f the Rifts R 'woe
tug five other has -a. The sacan:t was was by a dark c,sanall
Moue ate propane at a Mr. Tatetlyeon, of It-irtiey. Twig
eras a Taff pod ha& and miry •esoa to the attteamaa.
atom this tntaal ainalutuse aCiatetp4a were pnweat. .

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t4ILWMARICET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.
WelloitsDaYs OCT. IS.
The Town Plate, of 3jl. f,,r 3 yr old., Tat. 41b ; 4vr ogli •
Ild. 4111.; Syr lds Sit. 1 llb. ; 6 yr e'sli Ist lib.; and agog
90.41 b. T. M. M 11 C.
Lord Stawell's br. c Juniper, /I yrs old
Sir C. iiinklol. st h c. Spy, 3 yrs old - •
Levi Iroley's ell. li. Snitch, 6 yrs old - 1
Mr. R. Goodimn`• b. f. Flighty, 3 yrs old
Mr. Pap's b c. Rainbow, 4 yrs old •
Mr. Andrews's h. c. ZoSoys, by h4ooreselt, 4 yrs all
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Mr. CfliVitell be e. Henry, i yrs ,ild ' .
The Judge could plass bet Hose.
rive to I apt Juniper... 3 to 4 apt giveselsoid to I we :l
night y . • '
The Fuet Class of the Orland Stakes. Rowley's MAL A
Subscription of 3050 e -co, lest ft. if Ordered try .me &aids
on Tuesday, to be rue Mr by lowers oral! age% 2 yr ands eon
copied
Mr. D. Radcliffe's sans, 4 yrs ell, alst Ifts - I
Mr. Mellish names Copal* Absolute, a• 4, Est Ms g
Sir C. Bunbry names Lydia. 4 yrs Ad. 2lst - I.
IA Stawelfs Dyeeiyer, 3 yrs old, 7st Sib 4
D. of Geakon's Parasol, 6 yrs WA. 9st 6lb - de
Seven to 4 apt Solire-4 to 1 apt Captain -
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apt Lydia Nine metered forfeit. -
Sweepstakes of IV mob. Two year tad
Mr. Wyndham'. Gory, lot
Mr. Ledbyekek Waxy, c. Set 6lb
Sqr C, Beebe. re Son, gra •
N. Mellish's Off she Cycies, 7st 1111 - •
rive to !against tilory.-0 to 2 against Writy-.41 to 41111121.
~Soug. -
' . Mt. R. Royce's Brainstorm, beat Mr. MeWohDrinsederh
.i 69111111. A 111.1100p-13 to lon drain...ono.
D Paraml, Set Illb best Mr. R. SepresCit- '
' • .'-' C. Mee h. ft =6 WI sgainat ?wand.
.• lifir.„4lories Dr admanght. Est lb tee. ft. front LAM
We LW, Nur. Sat lla. AD SI. oleos ha. . . - -
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;POLICE.
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tow-news.
William Lyman, the sou of the Amasicaa Ceo.
sal, about ten oars of age. was at a school is tbe
neighbourhood of Hoe :ter. On Monday, one sir
the Usher lailicael a. very severe punishment uplift
him with a ethane* cane. The youth went milfle,
knees to beg for mercy ; but it was not grinfoi •
the Usher continued beating him, the case brole."
in Tuesday morning the roads numb ids.
neaps from the seised to his father's ham is Sits
chin-lane.
On his fother haring his shltensent, >IV dilitadati—
lug his body, be came to the Office.- lied Madill*
Omits. to Mt. Soso sad Sir Wtt. Partusest din
Magistrates, who dispatched Wont, with cow'
raia, in a poit•chaire, to bring the Usher
tot! them. The office', 'returned with him wig
ell possible speed. • The libel.% with his .a•.
his Atsorielaiventi4simelesem• The Tooth's "tar
w shommgtho tfigieyinos, when it appeared to
be strarlY one reifercit'bruises
Sieltts.tra irl'a Sates very justly observed, thatW
it uudpossibis ler the youth to bay, committed
'au Gehapt to call for such a violent punishment,
tithitsigiett should have inibSed it. and not the ?A•
rodrobated such a mode of punishment
I very teiltadjils
tid recommended as the shostroPir
mode of in l; boys, to deprive them of play, ,
make dam.* an taus SWAM of ousts. lees inns
tea tasks, ate. he.
The Prisoner appeared penitent for what be
done, and begged pardon l but the Coo
e-old not possibly accept of it. He
Surgeon to 'retain* his son's body, and •
Notate the Prisoner in the Crown Office. The
stoner was ordered to find bail for the assault.
Yesterday, the Corn-porter who is is custody on
a ea* ofVeirt tblPnitlederer of Mrs. Poeley. at
Horaleysleern. letting** from the House of Can
redion, Aluttlek ironed. -.nad underwent a long
rate 'lzatnisetion before Mr. Gauss.
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• MAILL/10101;01PSTNIIT.'n
t "' SEDUCTION.
Au elderly gestimpan, whom apparent.'" and 44•
meanour excited a good deal of interest and brave-
thy. sought Magisterial advice on Wednesday last,
for the recovery of his daughter, a girl of 19 years
of age, who had been taken from home by a man,
who assumed the title of Captain Fife, belong-
ing to a regiment of infantry. The old gentleman
had some from Shropshire, where he resided, is
consequence of not having heard from his Minh.
ter; and the Officers of Justice have been kw smug
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time on the look-out for the Captains who was forted
to be a swindler. The supposed Captain was con.
stantly in company with a man of gessiel appear-
since, who represented himself is a userehant is
London, but who was afterwards taken up for fraud.
These two impostors. by as artful and 'animating •
address, associated with people of respedfabflittile
the country ; and it was at this time that Untie
F. became acquainted with Miss =, OW
daughter of the old gentleman, from
!art
found means to obtain a loan of 131. Thh.
ter was seen in London a fortnight siolletiVithr
distant relation, and she represented the Ism whoa
she rabid her husband, to he a Mr. Grillo, a pita
ileum,' of consigerabla property is the West
She raid she Sisal in Chasiott•-suoat. Wary-lap
bonne, and that statomeat appeared to be woes for
the father had boostinfortued thaws, that a 'wieder,
who callrd himself-eariews. Hawthorne, Esq. had
duped the mistiest of the house. The old gon,le.
man was instrudlrd in what manner to proceed, as
most likely to recosee his daughter.
Margaret Citinuispain, who was cosviboi it •
Perth Spring Circuit, for poisoning her husband,
was, on Sunday eight, delivered of a daughters is
Edinbu• gh Gaol.
4 respeßable persons of the name of Buser, at.
tempted to put an end to his existence, o Sunday
last, fr,m rstrasaiiir kir; not jimlnusv, of :ifs wito
nor being able to identity Morsel/ with her, he
thought life a Surthen ahe skilful attendance of
4r. Lase, of Duke-street, Mancheste
r some time resriired the 4. serifteadvd oratroN."
Wed •esday iverifibg, one of the holest pre, for
seamen ever known toor place on tile rrvr and in
-he neighhnorli•ni.l. • 140 receiving ships ea nit op
retest of the rower. Early thing 'hew that the
t extensive and energetic system of vp, Minns
be tamed o-. •ice the enemy here .eft us t o
altinditiVt hut a v-go:ous pionecltuon of the war.