The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-07-06 00:00:00

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[Alit night the opera of Artozer.ret was perform-
ed st this theatre in its usual oyle of excellence.
Miss einkirr, in the efisr•rter of Artaxerxes. smog
" in itvitney our hopes and fears," in ',sweet mud
simple style. Tne merits of the other performers
are too well known to need any comment. The
Spectre Bridegrooms, with Giovanni in Loudon, fol-
lowed. The entertainments were received with
great applause,

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II TW HAYMARKET.
Last night Mr. 'TERRY repeated the *Owing
Addrest, slice which the play of The Pronaked
Husband was performed. Mr. Comwam made bin
first appearance these five years on a London stage.
It is a great pleasure to observe, that having lout
stabil% in venous' graces, be proves his abseoce to
have been profitably 'spent. le is a mats of sense
and agentlemen, and. cannot live in vain. His
Lord Poway" of last night was iu all respects
au excellent . performasice--deep and ' Denotes
.in the lone' and enlivened with elegance and
.familiarity ; his figure so commanding, his voice
.with so mach inherent power for emergencies, 'his
,graceful carriage and polite diction were, its fine
*gnat:My with his character. He was peculiarly
received, mod the applause, which aCcompanied"
:ids second scene with Lady Towels. and the con.
'miuding one, were loud and heattfelt. Mrs.
•CIIATTEitt,ZT figured with scarcely less advantage
'is Lady Townly. Like all the fine comedians, she'
:was a little beneath the text in the penitential
-analogue; but her laughing comedy was rich in;
the piquancy which belongs to the written character.
fliiteil
,' Mr. FA ELK K IR performed Mr. .Manly with better
I.fillier:t tlutu his character of Wednesday night. The.
silhosegkeid, family were very powerfully portrayed
lay Mr. Dacaltr • (Spike- Richard), Mrs. TAIT
Lavas (Miss Jersey). Mr. WILLIAMS (Sir Francis"
frronghted)ond Mrs. PIAUI; (Lady Wrongheed)..
Ness Jenny would do better to omit the song, and;
Sir Francis might, without stinting the effect.
speak in a lower tone of voice. Lady Wroaghead
was agreeably performed. Squire, fiickord made
.aa .excellent boor. Mr. Ta v Lavas performed
Jain Moody to the great satisfaction of the no.
diencs. , The play went off with very general '
approbation, and the few faults which were die.
'eerilible are such as the current good taste of
the performers themselves . will lead them to
correct. The house was tolerably crnwded, and
the company seemed to be of a very respectable
'description. The new afterpiece of Peter old Peal
wee repeated.

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Last night a new farce, iii two acts, interspersed
with music, war produced at tint theatre, under lb*
title of Love's Dream, the plot of which is shortly
as follows :
A dashing yoasg officer, Frederick Easy, Ips the point of
marriage to Cecilia Dormer, iniitet hielriend, Heavy Moe-
. ton so be a witness of Me hareem's, by atiendiug at• the
wedding, for which puiposelim the day before the event is
to take place, inteodoces lam to the family at the toiletry
house of Mr. Darien. his intruded father in-law. It gurus
as out that an attook:est ' bed formerly subsisted Woe's
Henry Morton and Q•eifia, which bed been broken off
in consequence of a jealous Twirl arisiug out of some
attentions paid by Morton to a Min 'Vainly at a ball,
• which had never berm cleared up; and a scene ensues be-
twee, them which terminates in coofirtning their rupture.—.
Mateo and hie 'mist Menne, a genuine cockney groom,
'lleirsi lodged for she mirk hit pawning in thegerden.which is
• remseted to be haunted by a tall female spectre in white, the
&New unable to rest from the conflict of contendiag emotions
•lAMe benom, sits up to pea a letter to his Colonel to secure
4W promotion of in. Priem., and *bile so employed is sur-
prised by the entrance through a panel of a lady in white,
which proves to be Cecilia walking in her sleep, and from
her discourse, as she is dreaming of the ball, Miss Vainly,
Morton, and her marriage (from which it nal be perceived
the pies takes its name), be Icarus that het attachment to
him still survives. !Elbe morning mo hope of akeelaireisse-
went offering itself, ita determiaes cos lin,lly taking his
leave, which he doe* of Ceellie ko the pavilion, overheard by
Easy, who witnessing the golly inflicted oil each by the
parting, follows him, briap him bask,. and unites his hand
with that of Cecilia, his own Wended wife., in the presence '
of her emmeatiog father, deterntiaiag, as that was his eft*
disappointment, to resign himself to his fate, sad die am old
bachelor.
From thirsketeh it will be seen that this little
piece affords a variety of interesting situations, of
winch the author has made the most. The dialogue
is in general smart and pointed, but, as usual, rather
overloaded with puns, moue of which are not of the
newest cut. The music is pleasing, but presented
nothing ,of striking merit or originality. Mr.
Wasticit bustled through the part of Frederick
• Lary with that happy fluttering volatility of wormer,
which has so justly raised him high to the. public
favour. Mr.HAaLnT was irresistibly droll in the little
character of Simon. Mr. PEA imam gave the songs
of Henry Morton with much sweetness and propriety
of expression. And Miss KELLY'S Cecilia was a
finished performance. Her sleep-walking scene, so
difficult of execution, so liable to the double risk 1
either of drawling into insipidity or of running intol
the ridiculous, was an effort worthy of her fame,
The farce of Walk fur a Wager followed, in
which Mr. WILKINSON renewed his career in the
character of Hockey Walker, his performance of
which acquired him so much celebrity last year,
and which has sustained no diminution of its highly
Amusing properties.
The entertainments of the evening concluded
'with the comic operetta of. The Rendezvous, in
which Miss CARR, me Lucretia, confirmed the
favourable impression which her Lady Margaret,
on the preceding evening, had already produced of
her capabilities. Mills KELLY, in Sophia, gave it
delightful portraiture of the simple, love-sick,
romping girl; and Miss I. STitetssom, in Rose,
was a happy representative of the arch and in-
triguing housemaid.

Min BRUNTON is performing ;with eclat at Chel-
tenh■m.

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Mr. BRAIIAM and Miss WILsoX quit uses%
to fulfil their country engagements, early on Sun-
day morning, consequently Saturday evening will
be their last appearance at Drury-lane this season:
Sir Wtwast Scow? has been ,created Baron
prOWILL,.of Stone), the estate which he purchased
*oat the executors of Lord cHuDwoRTH. The
Noble Baron, it Is said, retains all his officts in
'Doctors' Commons, even the very inferior one, in
pita of emolument, of Seal Keeper. Mr. Heica
ISA of course be returned for the University of
Word, without opposition.

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