The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-13 00:00:00

CHELTENHAM, OCT. 11.

The Earl and Countess of Coventry, Lady Augusta
Cotton, Viscountess Duncannon, Mr. Justice Littledale
Lady, &c. were among the persons of distinction, who
ronged the promenade at the Montpellier Spa this morn-
, from half-past eight till ten o'clock, the fineness of
_ weather attracting a thronged promenade, the glass this
morning being nearly at set fair.
Alderman Wood is among our last arrivals.
There having been some stormy evenings, the evening
iusical promenades concluded for the season last Saturday
night, the band playing " God save the King" standing;
all the audience rose, the gentlemen taking of!' their hats,
These entertainments having much gratified the
..inpany, and numbers having expressed their regret at
their discontinuance, a notice has been published this morn-
- that they will be resumed this evening till the end
. this month, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
evenings.
Viscountess Dungannon has subscribed to 1•oth the
:ing's Old Well and the Montpellier Spa. Her Ladyship
as taken the house No. 2, in the Crescent.
The subscription hounds hunted yesterday, when there
as some excellent sport ; they started from Walden-hill.
The new road leading into this town, on the London
road, to avoid Dowdawell-hill, which has been the terror
travellers, was opened to the public traffic yesterday.
Upwards of SOL was collected on Friday at the Sher-
bourne Spa-room, at the meeting of the Society for the
Conversion of Jews to Christianity.

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.
The Opera of Rob Roy was last night performed at this
house, and an opportunity afforded Mr. Warde to assume
character of the outlawed 21`Gregor. It will not do
say it was a respectable performance. We do not talk
a correct Lear, au exemplary Richard, and Macready
has taught us not to be content with an unexceptionable
Rob Roy. Such phrases are occasionally very desirable in
composition of a critique, or the character of a coach-
.ian ; but they are not enough when we have to deal with
dramatic personages of high and overwhelming passion.
Where the dramatist has portrayed theronvulsion of " na-.
tures germins," " the breaking up of the fountains of the
great deep" of the human heart—the actor must go hand
in hand with him—follow him " pari passu"—be all—or
\e is nothing. In working out into action such materials
with mere cold correctness, there is no praise, but the con-
trary. Correctness cannot be justly predicated of these
characters. It were to the full es wise to call an earth-
quake genteel, or speak of a well behaved inundation. In
such cases we may apply to the actor what Horace says of
poet, and quite as justly :
" 31edincrern esse
"Nec Dii nec homines nee conceseere columns."
Our columns will not sanctum imbecility, no more than
those of the satirist.

%Vesta sorry to say the unfavourable portion of these re-
marks are but too applicable to Mr. Warde. Macready
made Roy -Roy a daring rude mountaineer—rough as the
'•finds that blow over hie native hills, and as unmarterable.
Warde transforms him into a declaimer, half melo-

iramatic, half methodistic. In his personation of the
iaracter there is more effort than effect. His measured
d stately tones, and studied manner, indicate the inhabi-
it of cities where reside language, posture, and dancing
isters, rather than the denizen of the heather and the
lls, the "child of the mist," whose companions are the
ird and beast of prey, and nature in her roughest guise.
The actor, if he play the part again, would do well to en-
deavour the acquisition of a mute uul•uf=d;wr look He
should remember the outlaw is one who

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In many n solitary place
Against the open wind and sky."
Let him also, if he can, talk as one who had not been all
',is life long talking in a drawing-room or a theatre, and he
,✓ill do better. The scene best executed by the perforirer
was that with the Baillie, where the latter propaes to take
Ilantish and Robert, and bind them apprentices to a stock-
ing weaver. The indignation of the Highland Chief was
portrayed in a natural and spirited manner. We watched
with considerable anxiety for the celebrated Ttassre in the
Inal scene where Rob adverts to his own history and
iisfortunes, and so affectingly concludes by saying, he
became a broken man," but it fell like lead

—" plumb twenty fathom down"
below the bathos--from Mr. Warde's lips, and was a com-
plete failure.

Mr. Secretary Canning has been some days on a visit to
R friend Mr. Ellis. at Seaford. The Brighton people
Atter themselves with the hope that the illustrious states-
man will honour them with his presence for a short time
before he returns to the fatigues of office.
Mr. Huskissou has arrived at Paris with his Lady and
suite.

The Marquis of Clanricarde is expected to be the Repre-
sentative Peer of Ireland.

Lord Cochrane, we understand, is expected to visit Li-
verpool, in the course of a few weeks.—Liverpool roper of
Tuesday.
HEIR TO THE House OF WILTORI.—WC were highly
gratified to learn, just before we went to press, end are
,t less so to announce, that on Sunday morning, the lady
_. the Earl of IVilton was safely delivered of a son and
heir, at Knowsley Hall, the splendid mansion of her La-
dyship's noble father, the Earl of Derby. At the time the
express left Knowsley fur Eaton, her Ladyship and the
young heir were doing well.—Chester Cowan,.
The accouehement of Lady Elizabeth Belgrave is daily
expected at Eaton, and it is more than probable, that in
our next we shall have to record !the auspicious event.—
Chester Courant, Oct. 11.
Baron Anselm Von Rothschild, the Frankfort banker,
has been honoured by the Grand Duke of Hesse Darm-
stadt with the Cross of Commander of the second class of
Hessian Order of Merit.

Mr. Ideates, the King's messenger, was sent off on TIICS-
Joy night from the Foreign Office, Downing-street, with
despatches for the British Ambassador at Paris. Mr. Kaye,
also-a King's messenger, was sent off to the Hague the
same night.
Liston quits the Haymarket Theatre on the 21st, to
fulfil an old engagement at Birmingham, where he will
mlorm eight nights, and then return to the Haymarket
Theatre, until it c,oses on the 15th November. During
Liston's absence from town, Mr. James Vining, a new can-
didate for theatrical fame in London, but who is well
known at the Canterbury, Rochester, and Dover Theatres,
aril commence a short engagement: his first appearance
will be in Octavian. Green-room repprt speaks favourably
of his talents. He is the brother of Mr. Vining, of that
Theatre.

Meyerbeet's splendid opera of II Cm-jai° in Egitto is in
tive preparation at Drury-lane theatre, where it will re-
ceive all the advantages of scenery and decoration.
The report of Mr. Hi&in having expressed his intention
resign his situation as Governor of Lancaster Castle,
,re been contra•lictcd.