The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-11-12 00:00:00

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DRURY-LANE.
humour and resistless comic pox-.
veteran M is DEN were again displayed at
ettSaturiltviight, to the admiration of
»whence, assembled to witness die rept-
mime of the comedy of Eirity as it Flies, with the
viwistiust friren I'. east of last week of Mr. liusidera,
rubonuted fur Mr. 4LISTON. in Torn Tide, and
Mr,. URGER for Min. SIIITHSON. its G[014041114 ;
both asthma dill their beet for their several pimp,
and sere rewarded with on appropriate measure of
flophouse.. The annsical farce of Hit .r Mksi which
closed the enteitattime,.ta of the ought, introolucei
in the part of In i.arke his firstappe.r•
unce tin the'lls'oards, Mr. FITZWILtIiII, late or
the Sin fey Theatre, who was hauled on his eitiance
with repeated rounds of applause, rind reiterated
cheers, much more tumultuous in their strength,
and prolonged iii their duration, then is common too
such occasions. The increased attention to charac-
ter, the aildlitinnal accuracy in the perception of its
varied mid distinctive peculiarities, and the supe-
rior fisoish in their exhibition, exacted in the per-
formances at the poem theatres, beyond every thing
which the indulgent disposition of the public has
habitaated theirs to eipect at the minor theatres,
render the removal of s itreforitier from our house
to another in the uteiropolis. a trial of strength said
a test of shill equally et-arcing% and hazardous,
though the audience, its ;mint of fact, is still the
the same, with the first essay of a provincial candi-
date fur metropolitan patronage. That this at-
tempt, therefore, should have been one of anxiety
and some degree of apprehension to Mr. PITIT/11.-
LIAM, wee certainly to be expected, and the evident
embarrassment under which he laboured in makin,n;
it was perfectly natural. But the truly flattering
nature of his reception, pittaking much inor'Of the
cordial greeting and friendly recogioition of long-
tried owl established nicks, thaw of the kindly fer-
vour itoteioded to cheer and encourage tne loicipient
efforts of it new mud inexperienced debate's", ought,
perhaps more completely than was apparent, to hare
meowed the constraint imposed by tne hereby of
his situation. The playful whim, however, the
chastened drollery, and the rich vein or humour
which ran through the whole of his performance.
lave aulititahtial earnest of the adeqoacy of Ns
powers to the ta.k he hid undertakes', and Nand
Rudy acceptance Ws the promise of greater cal:obi-
-1114s hereafter to be developed, when fliture copper-
. tunity obeli call fheM into play, and expertenc-
, shall hove familiarised their possessor to this new
sphere for their exercise. His success was coin.
pleat;
,spost unequivocal testimonies of movie-
byttaisi, erosteihg Ins exertions, Ills executiou of
the songs was GeV spirited, *ld iceocepai.ied with
a degree of genuinebequoormid strength of fee!.
• ing, which evinced the fulleat comprehension of the
!Item*, sod moaning of the compositions, and
obtained for him a higisly;fistterilig tithute of general
rdtainthin and opplawae, particularly its "uA !
the lead of sweet Erin!" and " Molio ltigg."
the !utter drawing down a must enthusiastic encore.
Mr. HARLOT capered, sod flattered,aad twittered,
and sputtered his slang in Dirk Cypher. with his
accustomed excellence and inimitable smoothness of
selfporiseldrion. The Jana a. Joinable of Mr. BAR-
NASD was an effort highly creditable to the Spirit
enterprite. application, end industry in proles-
Pion, by Which that Gentremuss his Wog been die-
Mr. KNIGHT'S Jerry Blossom mu she
beau ittestOlitnele, warm-hearted, and benevolent
pligkliy. OM. BLAND was Dolly CP'Paily's inert
:soil, nate/sing Undiminished those poWers of
leg which charmed whets Sat we hoed her. Mrs.
flaittoerik rendered the unenviable Mrs. Honey-
:Mouth as riiinhag as it could be witivotit disgueting
Mid Miss. enbatt was interesting in ClartsStirling.
conews..ahinun.
On Sattirday night • new Wee semi prodirced.
tailed The Venison Pasty. The plutAairtis 'spots
lite illicit isoclinations of a young Batouet tCwardr
the young women in his neighbourhood, 'snit the
remedy which his good-natured Lady applies to the
cure. uf 'ibis, his only defect, leads up the de-
nouement. -Ile is too assiduous in Ale istfeldiOte to
the waiting-usaid, who is betrothed to the gar.
-dener. A midnight garden scene is coutrieed, wish
plot mid counterplot, just as in The Marriage of
Figaro, by which the vreodering morality of the liot,t
is brought bark toe proper sense of cimpigid fidelity.
The title pekes from a bargain 'nude hetweew ate
Baronet and' the Gardener, that the litter should
continue for a specified period to fied.ol venison
pasty, on pain of having to allow higegairget sonic
sort of intercourse with his betrothed. It will b.
seems that there was rather too obviuusworinfriuge-
',relit on commonly accepted principles of reirrality
fur the author to come off safely. In' fact, the au-
dience took the whole matter on dudgeon before
the first act was over. A continuance of the same
disagreeable sad equivocal character of Moderns,
, • *Tele. with somewhat a tedious prolixity, took
jiinpor a retteshipiforbea re uce, and the• piece weor
411- with increaskagirsterruption, so es to tinder the
dialogue towsrds the conclusion quite inaudible.—
Mr. JoNES duets canoe forward to address the
house, but his voice was not heard. The audience
dennosird the presence of the Manager. After a
min* wg: Iwo, Mr. FxviciETT came forward and
said-o!,. Ladies and Gentlemen. I take it fur
granted that the communication model/ Mr. Jots ts,
was not braid. I directed him, as I always do, t-
conform to your wishes; and on Mondiy eVt11.1,.;
'I he Bliord Boy will be performed."-=thus uttr
',genre quickly converted the disapprobation
loud applause. The actors dud their attains t•
keep alive the interest of the piece ; suit when it
seen that Mr. Jones, Mr. LISTON, Mr. Btss-
citaito,Mrs. CUATTESI.EY, end Mrs. GUMS, were
•Sscerspied is this labour, and put their best effort.
fuoth for the occasion—consistent% also the geurr.;
forbearance and isrhilgence experienced from the
audience by dramatic writer,, the author of Tie
Venison fusty himself arta admit that Oleo
must have then some heinaus. was committed
against good Mate to cause it to be so irredeenliblY
condemned.

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Thursdoy eveniug the Royal Suetety held its first
blertisag for the *raison. The attendance nee ver!
numerous. The President, Sir tiummiaT DA
took the Cheir'obout half.past 'eight o'clock. A
viper, by Ste ETIMAIID 11011 t; upon the StructrN
of the Eyr, woo Feud to the Society.