The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-01-10 00:00:00

THEATRES.

DIURT•LANO.
Miss EDMISTON repeated the pert of Lady Mac.
bells last night to a very crowded and fashionable ,
house. Difficulties of every kind accumulate upon
a new performer in a character in familiarised by
the greatest ornaments of the stage. She copes with
theta successfully, and in the passages of higher
interest stamps a fame for herself which will long
continue current. If there be any reasonable fault,
it is that she acts too much, and commits a waste of
emphasis in places which either do not deserve it—
as in her reception of King Await ; or which do
not fairly admit of it—as in the sleeping soliloquy—
the interest of which last must arise mainly from the
k•uarest of the mind's unruly agitation with the
willies, of the featares and limbs, and the the
-premier condition of the vocal organs. The scene
.which comprises the murder was sustained both by her
end Mr. Kinks with un.mprovable effect—such as
'fixed the house in real and silent consternation.
Mr. KZAN displayed his judgment to the best ad-
vantage. as it was•beheld ere yet the excess of tri-
umph had led him to the aduption of those tricks in
manner end voice which have sometimes of late sul-
lied its brightness. He pronounced the dialogue
la the scene just referred to, and those at the con-
• vlerion, with au entire mastery, and held forth
an exquisite lecture of the dark passions strug-
gling with the web and 'Dare of fatal guilt
into which the heroism of Macbeth is plunged.
]t is not negative praise alone to say that he com-
mitted only one of his dissevering prams in the
whole performance, which fell oat between the sen-
tence thus—" We will proceed—fpasise)—no fur-
ther in this business." The piece is eminently at-
tractive as at present cast.
The Wags of Wintlior succeeded, and Mr.
Firzwmtam performed for the first time Looney
fitTtoolter. He has just the right proportion of
brogue, and discovers a quick perception of the
ingredient humour of the vulgar Irish. KNIGHT
ceased a vast deal of laughter in Jobs Lump,
especially by his suspicion that the young Lady had
fallen in love with him. Mr. Fliatze acquitted
himself with due effect as Caleb ()amens. Miss
CUBITT performed l'hcebe with great success. Mr.
GATTI' was a very proper and effective Deputy

COYEII-0111LDEN.
Ile Comedy of Errors o!as performed last night
for the filet time this season. Mies STIRPH6PIII
and Mies M. TREE acquitted themselves with their
usual excellence. The performances of the night
attracted a crowded and elegant audience.

HAYMARKET.
The splendid •iew of the solar 'poem, and the
clear and comprehendve lecture of Mr.GOODACRE,
afforded a moot useful and interesting treat at this
theatre last night. The metropolis is now full of
the juvenile classes, and parents and guardians
should know tha long study could Dot impart so
mach improvement to the mind of .children, as
may be acquired in our night at out of those sub-
lime and splendid talsibitious.

Min Wawa matfeiter first appearance in the
character of Mundane, in the opens of Artaxerxes, at
the Dublin theatre, on Saturday, and experienced a
not favourable reception. •

Oa Tuesday there was a Board at the Treasury,
to take into consideration the reductions at the diffe-
rent public offices, and a Minute was signed by
Lord Livearoos., &c. that Unite who now retire
should receive an allowance according to the scale
mentioned in their Lordships' letter in the year
; consequently Mr. BANES' Act no longer
exists. Serjearit PEAED and JOHN SARGENT, Esq.
of the Audit Office, however, retire upuu the old
Act.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when the ender-mentioned Com-
manders took leave of the Court previous to depart-
ing for their respective destinations, viz.—Captain
E. M. DANIELL. Duchess of Athol—for Bengal
and China ; Captains T. Samna*, and
J. WALKER, Marquees—for St. Helena, Bombay,
and Chins.

Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India
Houle, for the purpose of determining the follow-
Jag question, viz.—•• That this Court confirm their
resolution of the 48th September last, approving
the resolution of the Court of Directors of the sth
of that month, granting to Mr. Jon!. HINDE
PCLLY, of the Bombay Civil Establishment, the
sum of 2,0001., upon ►he grounds therein •tated."—
At six o'clock the glasses were closes) and delivered
to the scrutineers, who reported the question to be
carried io the affirmative.

There is no truth in the current rumour of the
•lapointtnents said to have taken place, according to
• which Sir IV Ah?En Scurf is made • MIMI Of Ex_
chequer, sod ROBUT HAMILTON, Eaq. Sheriff
Depute of Lanarkshire, to succeed him es oue of
the Principal Clerks of Seatuu.—(adinhargi
Peper.)

Files of papers and some letter, have been re-
ceived from several of the Went Jodie Islands.—
From St. Domingo they are of the tat ult. and one
of them dated on that day from Port-au-Priuce,
contains the following information :-
1' The authorities of this port have Sited out six @choosers
to check and control the insolence of the ;Arista that infest
these yeas. Yesterday t►ey set sail to the eastward.
lifetime was received, by an American ship, that from eight
la awake sail of these marauders were bovetiug os that
pan of the coast of Ibis island ; and it is to be ►aped tbst the
schooner will ancreed in capturtng some of the.. They are
, well armed, and though some of the piratical vessels Sr.
larger, yet they will be folly able to cope with them. Within
the last week all aerehaat vessels have been indiscriminately
plundered, and a vast quantity of property bas her,, taken
oat of them. Several of them have been oLliged to put to
Isar to refit, sir that it was high tope that something should
be dour to suppress the coney."
Another commaticution mentions, that nothing
interfered with an advantageous trade but the
desperate audacity of those ;•eats of the West In-
dies. They wormed its ouch numbers, that it
was less than at, even chance that a shit► could run
with safety through► them.
The account, from other West India Islands are
filled with representations of the same kind ; and
the newspapera fro.n Jamaica coattails uo other pews
than the particular, of the manner iu which ships
had been plundered: some of them had been
scuttled, and the crews turned *drift iu small
bouts, without provisions..