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London, England, 1805-04-22 00:00:00

ROYAL FAMILr.

Early yesterday.moraing, the Oxford Blues, and
the Foot Guards doing duty at Wiadsor, paraded
in the Inner Square of Windsor Castle, where they
were reviewed by His MAJESTY, the Dukes of
Yost, CUMBERLAND. and CAIERRIDOR, attended
by Generals Gw vs sc and FITZROY, and se►eral
other Military Officers. After the review, His
MAJ LCTY retuinnl to the Castle, and, in a short
time atter, accompanied by Princesses MARY
and AMELIA, attended by Count MUNSTER, Gene.
ERIS Gwv NNE and FITZROY, walked to St. George's
Chapel, and heard an excellent Sermon, preached
by the Rev. Dr. HALEA it, from the 7th Chapter of
Job and 17th verse. _ _

•
The Rov•s. F•ssit.v, after Divine Service, took
an airing to Frogmore.
This morning His MAJESTY is expelled to pre-
sent the Royal Oxford Blues, in Windsor Park,
with a pair of silver kettle drums, valued at about
t 0001.

Windsor Castle gates are to be shut this evening,
and no person admitted without a ticket.
The read to Windsor was in a continued buseti
the whole of yesterday, with the carriages of the
Nobility leaving town preparatory to the Installation
to-morrow.

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THEATRE,

.....MINIMii••

COVENT GARDEN.
TheTrageiy of Zara, translated from the French,
gal adapted to the English stage, by A ARCP Hitt,
as represented on Saturday night at this'Theatre,
the following cast of characters
Muter Betty.
Osman
&Mean Mr. 11.1rgrave.
Mr C. Karable
Avestan .....
Ctatillna Mr. Chapman.
Mr. Cla emont.
ssmia • • • Mr. Jefterin.
sirlidor ......
:ors ... • Mrs H. Sied
Ja: ma
Miss Marriott.
This piece was revived avowedly for the purpose
or givi ig the Young Ravin, an opportunity of add-
ing a new laurel to those which he lies already ga-
tseted with so much success in the theatrical field.
;jaw Piece is borrowed from Othello, and affeds to
retain all the spirit and fire of our immortal bard
without his irregularities. Love and jealousy are
.e passions which it pourtrays. The Chief of the
:aracens, and the Moor of Venice, alike own their
sway, and by them are hurried to the same tragic
catastrophe, the murder of the virtuous objed of
their love, and all the horrors of a guilty conscience,
remorse, and death. To the Young Ros, ins the un-
dertaking was not only a navel situation, but also
ao enterprise of great danger. Zara %omits incident
and variety to suit the taste of the present day. A
fine, liberal. generous, and tolerant spirit pervades
the sentiment ; but there is a uniformity in it ill cal-
tul teed for striking effen, and the laognage runs
into the declamatory style. To make, therefore,
^ a great impression in Osman requires extraordinary
exertions. The more doubt, agony, an 1 despair,
with which the charader of Orman can be worked
ip and thrown out upon the canvas, the more per-
fed will be the picture. There is no degree of eott-
ness, delicacy, or tenderness, which the love ot Ch-
ews for Zara does not demand. There is no pa-
roxysm of rage, ttentv, and despair, too great for
his jealousy. It is therefore one of those charac-
ters which is nothing hut when is the hands of a
great ator, and will always tank, ot course, accord-
ing to ins powers. The 'force of first impressions
is a phrase become proverbial. To beget a ptepns-
session in the breast of the audience. to raise their
minds to the dignity of the character, and, as it were,
insure an interest for tha piece, are, therefore, mat-
ters of first rate necessity in a theatrical perform-
ante. We had never seen the Temps Romeo negli-
gee' in this particular point. His caret in Doaglao
betrays an almost over studious attention to it. On
Saturday night this advantage was thrown aside.
There was nothing in the note of preparation to
nice the tone and temper of the audience to the dig-
nity of the object presenting itself. The mighty
Saracen, this Conqueror of the Christians, this son
of glory erters from the back stage in a way not
calculated to inspire the audience with a high sense
of his dignity and grandeur. From thence, until
the middle of the third ad, he made no impression
anion the audience. It was in the scene where
Zan.'s hate is damped by the religious s aitimetit
intesed by het father and brother, lie first began to
ratite any interest. The passage,
" Christians' Whnt !
• 80. state two ithalte4 Into*, funnel!' • •
" So dish the Chrntians and my .love !"
waf given with all the tender solicitude which the
sentiment demands. In the fourth act aho, his
agitation on opening and reading the letter was
finely expressed, and crowned with universal plau-
dits. The remainder of the scene was also well
a&ed, but from thence out, although there was no
cause for censure, and much for praise, the scene
wanted dignity and grandeur. His voice wanted
that sweetness and variety of tone, in which the
anyailsh of the :over should convey itself into the
heart of the audience, and compel it to aympathis
in his sorra Rs. and for the expression of great
heists of passiwn, his powers are not yet sulficieatly
commanding. The dying scene was managed in a
peculiar way. He makal a very long pause before
ne stabs himself, as if there were a struggle in his
Mud, and the ad was the result cif the contest. 'lle
text makes a hreak,leaving the sentence unfinished,
as if hi; love were too big for utterance, and he could
find no words that could express; but it is manifest
from the whale preceding address, that he is deter-
mined, from the beginning of the passage, to put
an end to his existence. His adion thioughout
was extremely graceful, and his dress, which was
splendid and becoming, made him appear to greater
advantage, in respect of stature and proportion,
than any char aster which he has yet assumed ; hut
he played rather too much with his rube ; he was
almost constantly catching the corner of it, then
drawing it across his body and folding it over his left
arm. The anion and attitude were, no doubt, grace-
and ;his mode of varyi..g the drapery increased
the beauty of the portrait; but it does not become a
fine player mere than a fine omen, to seem occu-
pied with his dress. The t merit of Mrs. H.
Sint:roes, in Zara, also preve ed the Y0u,,,0 Ran Isla
from standing upon the prominent ground in Milton,
which he occupies in Aekmet. Zara divides the in-
terest of the piece with Oman, and was sustained in
a style of excellence, that gave it its full tffen. Mrs.
H. Swoons was extremely interesting ; she played
with great delicacy arid feeling, and was accompa-
nied by the most ardent applause. Upon the whole,
however, we think that his performance of Osman
was equal to his Mosget or hi, Remora ; and if he did
not excite so much applause, it is Probably because
either Row° or Heerfer is more interesting than
( ales, He conceived the charader truly, and
tlenigh it was nest a very striking, it was a coned
likeness. Mr. HARGZAVE, in LtiiiigiParl, and Mr.
Cu A SLES Kass sae, in Nrrerenn, did ample justice to
their respedive char./Lana, and the piece was, upon
the erhole, admirably rot op. In this, ton, we have
to remark a contras! with some former efforts of the
Young Rascals on which occasions, die audience ac-
knowledged no source of gratification but him, and
turned from every thing else with indifference or
disgust. The House was not crowded to the ex-
tremity, which we have witnessed more than orce,
but the proportion of fashion was never greater.
—ln the brilliant circle were, the Duchess of Go l-
IN, Countess of Da a IWOUTti, Lady_ De DUN.*
ATAIIVILI.E. Lady CLARGES, ihc. Mr. K [VIOL and
tars. 811110.U4.4 set in their own box over the stage,
and were extremely attentive to the peri4marice.
Mrs. Stnonsw, we ate happy to say, appeared in
petit* health.

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