The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-09-21 00:00:00

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of Istfaireastioa. *no Priam's, Nogem burl minim sedge
tbe Prince, and to the_ aoposnad Prafesser ibilsonn is warp
truest his satire sad ipyeellw4.. Irby Prance, wfie leas, is feet,
been wreck with • passiiinetX adaeltatiostof Minas, heescies
In the enures of hie victsineogailen still more essesevred
of the :stantkeity. sad parity of bee Lest, said Ow *knot
of Edgar is exasperated is the highest degree. &err sr
pesrasee incresms the hopes of the family. The Prince
sends notice of a public visit, wad at this isoinest an slices
arrives in the family to arrest the *spoofed Praesepe fir hi*
Ntrilialts Kolas* the Pewee. The Cosily are in the pastes*
shim, sad immediately determine ow taming the Professor
out, that be may atrt be room! se- their boner. The Prince's
arrival is red, mid at the moment they shed! eel.
' come they are beat on removing him he his assumed thane-
ter ; at this poem Ico diseovers himself, joins the tares,
es-
p►emn•gaod.humurred retort on the apostate malsommui,
whom he freely forgives, cad the cortaiii folic
The soiree is attributed to Mr. littlltY, sod cert.
tardy ethos those distinguishing marks in the compo-
sition which would prevent doubting on the subject
were it avowed. It is of all modern pieces the least de-
pendant on ordivary stage stratagem for its seem...
The plot is of bold undertaking, but the execution
leaves tome of its conditions uoifulfilled. A poli-
tical plot too labours tinder so much more difficulty
than coy other, having. to accommodate so many
and strongly varying opinions. The dialogue keeps
op to the soiiit of the author's design. It has no
rapid assuming of high manners with the character
who are supposed to poness them, but charms with an
easy sod graceful fluor. The interest is rrtsined with
unusual art, and increases from first to last, and the
mind is frequently Irft in gratifying ittfficulty, to
guess whither the plot will turn is the next
The asperities which deservedly fall on the practices
of certain opposition politics (which are described
by the prolusophic Prince us the cackling that pre-
vents truth from reaching hint) are among the most
useful pleasantries of modern plays. Tne only
drawback on the merit of the author was a suspicion
of the matesials having been imported front the
German. But evert in that rase the skill evinced
in adapting them can he considered stashing, or at
any rate little short of their first invention. There
are no terms of orals. son great to snatch the
merits of the actors. Mr. TERRY, who performed
the disguised Prince, displayed an air of intelligent
dignity which called back she recollection of K RUBLE
very powerfully. Ile is one of the few actors left as
who are able to rely more upon their clear appre-
hension of a writer than spoil the gesture and
action which are to illustrate him. Mr. Jonso
made a mon meddling, garrulous, and mock-myste-
rious faction-monger of Fallotoitz, one of the in-
structively mobs as relatives of !auto. Mr.
YOUNGER, Mr. WILLIAMS, and Mrs. PEARCE,
fiord up the other characters of the faintly ; and
certainly the alternate moods of sr•dition and
sycophaticy were admirably pot off by the
"hole groupe. Mrs. CHATTERLEY played the
gentle and sensitive karma. When the Prince
was trying her troth to her lover by exhibit-
ing to her imagination all the stdoctious of
wealth and rank. by her heroic and affectionate
denial she must have made the hearts of all
the bachelors kel a queer void at not having
met with a subj.-et of the same kind to bless
their several destinies. Mr. Dec•oie performed
the lover Edgar, which, though a busy part, tends
little to elevate the performer in the esteem of the
audience, being little else than a foil for setting
off the factioit•eurtoic skill of the Prince.—
Therr are two subordinate ;tarts which are well
cuiiiireted with the story, though the main par-
pose seems to be that of giving an opportunity
to Alio' K. CORRI and Mrs. BAKER to sing some
very agreeable airs and duets, which are set to good
metre, and were molt musically given by those
young ladies. At the falling of the curtain, Mr.
TERRY stepped forward and said, that from the
• flattering testimonies of applause already bestowed,
he had no difficulty in annouucing the piece
for repetition every evening till further notice.
Shouts of applause from e part of the house
welcomed the intelligence. Again he announced
that Oil Saturday night it would be presented, to-
gether with the Marriage of Figaro, for 11w bene-
fit of Mr. JON ta.—(:llore applasases.)
Subjoitsed is the Prologue—tau Epilogue was
given :
PROLOGUE.
fIPOILEN BY MR. TERRY.

While Corenation, magic title! fills
Of Winter Theatres the summer bills ;
And we, all envious, have beheld you run
To bail two King. in rival Majesty,
How could we hope, on this our humble stage,
With thaw great Monardis mighty w•r to wage!
Here sio Procession lures the wondering eye,
Dukes, HiAu" Peers, and Cletks in Chancery—
No Charger here amongst ye sidelong wheels,
Threatenitiz your noses wills his playful heels;
Yet, indefatigably, still we use
The moms we have, and tall upon the Muse;
Ainl may these loyal sigre: beisight prevail
lit Ifavimr of a light and loyal tale.
We have oar Prince WO. 144 the fashion goes,
Lea him make friends, nor meet with stubborn foes;
Good 11,111141Uf guides us, and good humour here,
Cheats many a tremble's; Author of his fear ;
And Oro' no pageant train, or glittering Crown
Assist our Prince's hopes of fair renown,
Yet may good humour there (To the Boils) his Cham.
pion*. sit,
Or tide triumphant duo' a generous Pit.
'Vitiator our Play. Foe us who are denied
To grace/our lustiest zeal with scenic prude,
Let me, n good round Prins, our hearts display,
And what we freely feel, as freely say
In !WIN as WOW' gallant Sister Land,
May good old feeling every shock withstand,
Hush civil strife, fionafaction pluck her sting,
And loyal subjects make a Patriot Wain.

Mr. ELLISTOI4, it is said. has in preparation a
grnird pageant for Drury-lane Theatre, coin-
bilsiog the pinieipal pcenes of the KING% visit
to Dublin, in nor of which there will be out less
than fusty borers int i lie ...tage at the same time.
Air. T. I'lll LI PPM, late of Coveut-goirderi Theatre,
Bud Mrs. PHILIPPI, soiled on the ISO 'Hoard in the
Albion Liverpool packet, for New Viol:. with
Mr. PRICE, the proprietor of the Theatre It that
city, who had !writ seveini rnuutha ut Eiigland ut
professional Iruhdriess. Mr. linict: 114% alai) carried
with lute Mr. KENT amt Mr. COWEI.I., of Ito
Lotaduil Tiletilres; nod a young Lady of great
vocal promise from Dublin. Mr. also wade
hit a witrdolhe intrelli.e4, and cm his urttvnl
ut Anterlej, to bring out hr toronetioN, forwetl
upon the inottels exhiliited :11 Di tity-laiiir and
Cosesit-garden.
The pheasant shooting this season promisea well
for the sportsmen, ma tat late sprung was ao favour-
able !otlir put% btrai, •