The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-11-16 00:00:00

TJICATRIiJ'.

DRURY-LANE.
thiTshe thetarajec,dYtheor airldf:::.)bt4ueschwaarsactPerfer o°fl"2l;lacihaelithil,),gh-lml:
Alacresely. The features which distinguish the nen
iiiordinate ambition, and the qualifications presessed by
14 popular representative, are so well known, that env coca,
rnent of ours may app im superfluous and uncalled
The actor seemed perfectly aware of the difficulty of
undertaking, and consequently put forward all the ;net
of his mind and the resourcee of his professional •
if the unqualified applause of his audience be conside;.l.4l
a proof, he may be looked on as comp!, :,;y
Capitil as the performance undoubtedly is, we ar,
from considering it as perfect, or as arriving ev,2n at
height of excellence which forbids us to live tor 40
considerable degree of improvement. The character 0.
21fachelft, like all the other productions of Shakspt•are i; ;
a mixed and complicated Drum. Up to the pill xl of 11,t'
assassination, whilst he is torn by conflicting pas,,o„,
whilst lie vibrates between a sense of duty and his thirst
of
dominion, he is an object perhaps of our solicitude—lie L,
some claim to our sympathy ; but when he yields to rt.
impulse of high-vaulting ambition, and to thesti7gsstie4;
or more properly speaking (in this instance at least), t
the menaces of his wife, and becomes the murderer efts
sovereign and his guest, he ceases to be viewed isith
miseration, and excites in the minds of the spectators idt,
of detestation and of hatrs..l. Thenceforward the des.
ter becomes one, we think, of peculiar difficulty; lug
nothing to hope for in the way of sympathy, having 14
claim to benevolence or esteem, it must depend entirrit
for success upon the impression which is made
something like the Satanic dignity with which it is cloth,{
by the performer; this, in our opinion, was the infiior
part of Mr. Macready's performance. He was, a:L.4
upon all occasions, active and energetic; but in dot ms..
jestic personification which is necessary to snake a sills:a
I rkepectable, and constitute him, if not an object of sneers,
a source of tenor, we think lie was ratite deticirtit. It
may perhaps be also objected to him in the early acierid
the play, that his acting was rather harsh, that he did act
appear sufficiently like the man who would forbear from
creme through the compunctious visitings of his coniciohl,
that his was not a personification which would lead ussi
suppose with Lady Macbeth, that his

" Nature
Was too full of the milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way."
These are, however, blemishes not to be put in competitia
with the general excellencies of his acting, and he mat s,,t
fairly considered as well-deserving of the applause rid
which his rudicncc rewarded his efforts. As the plu
east at present, we would perhaps feel more tor ifacir:l,
if the means useti by Mrs. Bunn, as the Ludy, for his X:,
version, savoured more of entreaty and seduction. Thu
actress threw, in our opinion, tow tuu,:h violence into the
character throughout: the poet has not made hi r entire'y
devoid of feeling; he makes her say, speaking of Datinit's
murder—
":fad he not resemtled
My father as he slept, 1 had doce't."
This expression would thew, that the Lady's ferocity may
be mitigated, and tempered with something like feminine
softness, which would serve as a relief to the character, and
account the snore readily for the easy seduction of Mac-
beth, and the fatal induence which she was able to exercise
over him. The other characters were respectably supported.
Mr. li'allack, as lifacditg, was much and deservedly ap-
plauded. The Falls of Clyde followed. The house (par.
ticularly the pit) was well atten( d.

HAY MARKET.

Last night this Theatre closed, a.ter a season unusually
protracted into the winter mentlis. The perforivaun
were Rosin', and Every One has His Fatal. The &how.
ing address was delivered:—

".• Ladies and Gentlemen,-1 hare the honour of appetoint los
fore you. to announce that the performance* of this, ever::: et.
initiate the present seas in of the Hayntarket Thcztre; sae to on.
vey to yon, from the Proprietors, their grateful acknotedagsant
of the approbation and induleence with which you have teetiret
■nd the extraordinary share of p►tronav with which you have ts
wanted, their unceasing effints to contribute to your amusement:
" Ladies and Gentlemen—it has been noticed that severed
your established favourites were presentid to you at not qtliZ 4
early a period of the present season as vish had been led to esi.rn
The Proprietors beg to declare, that the delay an., caused byte
•uddrn overthrow of an arrargement with the Winter Theatres
(upon the ftsieh of which the Proprietors of this Theatre had emend
trio many weighty engagements) at a time when it was impoasiblo
fur them to supply the temporary deficiencies thus occasioned : lad
to prove that it was owing to no want of industry on thc:r part—:a
no considerations of expense, they moat respectfully be leave to
plead th it cominued eflitrnt, in the enlistment of new forces, to
maintair, to the last, the strength of their Company.
" it is the intention of the Proprietors. ladies and Gentlemen.
to recommence the perfonr:arces at this Theatre as noon as it any
; lease his Majesty's Lord Chamberlain to grant them his Nene&
Their stage being of somewhat small dimensions, and their theatre
totally utiprovided with stables, they cannot vetture to promise voa
either a procession, ■ troop of home, or a herd of elephants; and
hitherto they have been unsuccessful in their eons to discern
a cabinet of monkeys, or a set of dnttcirg dogs, altocether deserviad
the honour of appearing before an enlightened liritish audience.
Yet while they express their fears that they must, therefore, coattails
to restrict theinselsts to the reiiresentation of the legitin:ate dna:a
merely, they a•e not without a hope that their strenuous erdn.
yours to provide for your amusement, by the production of fa:
dramatic novelty, and the eng tgement of the best biped perionnri.
—mere men and women—the) can prorsre, will ensure them tie
honourable reward of your patronage and support through a pa-
trarted season.

—....
" For mp.elf and the rest of the performers, I return you tr.
grivet,il thunka, for your kir.tl indulgence towards us.
" Ladies and Gentlemen. for the present seams, we all eta
most re,pec:fully, take our leave."

It was announced on Wednesday that Mr. Kean eu to
appear in the part of Rh hard the Third on the succtriin
evoling, and though the thornless of the notice preen:el
suit an attendance of ladies LS might have otherwise be,n
C/Irected, yet the house was completely a bumps. M.
Kean. we are sorry to r...mark, appeared to latour
:.7eneral indisposit:on and hoarseness, as his acting t.. 4
etinparativcly languid, and his e;:uncistion frequouly
&stint t.-6..a.szott• Herat.
We are happy to state, for the satisfaction of the ftkn'i
of Sir J. E. IL resford. that the Gallant .tdini-.1 is rari,':!
recoee:inir, from the effects of Hi I.!te scrions accdent.
A iiieetMg took place on Wednesday trornin:4 cu sl..
Nor:it-wall, between Mr. G--ge —rr—d a:;I
Mr. J— M— N—n ; the parties CXCIIREgC(I shots wizho..:
effect, and on firing a second, Mr. T—'s
graced his antagonis..'. hip. The dilnitc arm: from VI
anonymous letter re,:eieed by a gentleman in the neV.-
bourhood of Sandymount, relative to one of the lair
Dublin Parer.
The Dablin Eveninc Mai! says, a reTolutlon has
come to " openly. and in the face of dav, to decota:e
Statue on the I‘..,th of next July, at all haz

Mr. Verner will start for the Representation of the
as well as Alderman King, and will divide, i: is thcught,
thought, the Orange interest. —flutiirs Pap, r.
In the salmon-fishery at Christchurch, the property of
Sir G. 11. Rose, M.P., was caught on Tuesday List, a stur-
geon seven feet in length, three feet in circumference, art
in weight nolbs. It was immediately taken to Cutfitelis.
the scat of the worthy baronet, and is, of the three kinds
which Goldsmith els:tells:is, the first, or common kind.
Si* v.. Co•curs.—Thirty years ago we had but ore
stage-coach to G asgow ; and by way of indicating tl“.
rapidity of its motion, it was called a Fly ! Fly.
aided with two horses, took wing at seven o'dock, a.'•
Passengers breakfssted at the tirst stage—dined at the
second—and, as the said Fly, with great mertion and much
fatigue to both man and horses, reached 0 ilassoist between
ten and eleven o'clock, the passengers generally finished
the day by supping together.—Edinturge l.ipar.
It is said that in Scotland about 2.500,000 acres of lan I
are usuaily in pastor, an.' bay, and only about 110,000 vrt
in wit. at. This is surely a great proportion of animal feAL
to a small portion of wheaten bread. Suppose the farieer
returns an annual rental of 1,500.000/. and that of the is:-
ter britterst2ito,onot. a-year, it would surely de benefit iA to
the landed, manufacturing, and commercial interest: of
Scotland, to import fereign grain, in order to cree.e 3 de-
mand for a part of the animal food which is now sent to
England. To permit free trade in corn is the surest mod:
cf settling the differences between the Glasgow operatite
manufacturers and their employers. The cotton tunas:-
cures of Scotland are valued at 7,000,000/. a-year. Ml.'
then is cotton or wheat of rester importance?