The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-10-09 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

Last night the comedy of The Jealous Wife was
perlormed a recoil(' time at this theatre. Mr.
CONWAY played Mr. Oakley with correctness
and propriety ; Mr. TERRY gave full effect to the
caustic humour of Major Oakley ; Mr. oXnEttßif's
Sir flurry Beaiik, was a spirited and awns',
portraiture of the coarse and confident vulgarity
the horse-jockey baronet ; and Mr. DEcaiar'N
Lord 'Matt, a ludicrous display of the saunterin:
insignificance of the titled coxcomb. Mrs. JOHN
sox, in Mr.. Oakley, gave full scope to the ►
vanity of temper wind, characteiises the part, and
hit off Lo admiration the quickne,s, petulant..
fitful impetuosity of the jealous sire. The whul
was in excellent keeping, hot two scene. in ',ar-
ticular deserve to be mentioned : the first is, her
breaking in upon the ititetview between Mr.
Oakley stud Harriet, in which she displayed.
with admirable etf.cr, the indignant triumph a
a jealous woman, confident of having detected
her husband its deliberate se ! premeditated in-
fidelity ; and the other was the concluding
scene of the play, where the choking passion with
which she sinks in.° the arm-chair in pretended
hysterics, and the petrified look and attitude of
silent rage and astonishment with which she re-
covers, on perceiving that none of the company
bestow those attrtiti and services which she had
expected her situation to call forth, were finely
wrought. The fashionable assurance of the in-
trignuate of rank was well sustained tii Miss BOYCE'S
Ludy Freelure. The other characters were well
filled.

The new comedy of Mo►ch•hreaki*g followed,
which continues its curer with unsbating applause.

On Sunday, at one o' lock, his !loyal Highness
the Duke of You arrived in town from New-
market.
Earl STANHOPE has arrived at Brussels.
The Ea►l of DONOUGHMORE had a grand dinner
party at Knockloisy ors Sunday se'nnight, at whu•h
were present Lord IluTcHtution, the Judges of the
Leinster Circuit, the Hon. General Sir W. H.
O'CALLAGHAN, Captain HUTCHINSON, and many
of the most eminent Gentlemen of the county
Tipperary.
The Right Honomnble Colonel n...sowism, en-
tertained at dinner, ut Medfield, the following dis-
tinguished personages on Friday se'smight :
The Judges Fletcher and Moore, Lords Hawarden and
Waterpsik, the Has. Francis A. Prittir, M.P. J. H. Massy
Dawson. Esq. M.P. the High Sheriff, the (timid Jury of the
county Tipperary, tic.: and on !Mouthy following, the Earl
of Donoughntore sod Lord Hutchinson, John tidy Hutchin-
son, Erg. Mr. Perry, of Woodrouf, Mr. tholuo, of Roches-
town, Ste.

Lidy COCHRA IgE on Friduy night gave a halt
and supper to a large party on board the Impreg-
nable, at Plymouth.

Miss S. BooTH ling returned to London after a
professional tour in the country, in which she has
reaped not an ungrateful harve.t.

All the servants or the late QUEEN were di..
charged on Saturday. They received the amount
of what was due to them up to Michaelmas-day.—
The Executors of her late MAJESTY, however pri-
vately disposed, could, of course, do no more for
them, and no intimation was given, on the part of
the Administration, that any gratuity would be
given to them. It has here customary on a similar
breaking up of any Royal Ertablislimetit, to allow
the discharged servants, if not better provided for,
a year's wages in addition to voluit was actually due
to them ; but it seems that in the pie.ent instance
the custom is to be honoured in the breach and not
iu the observance.

Marquis GARN its, Peer of France, and Minister
of State, died at Paris on the 4th of apoplexy.
" GONE OUT !"—A person calling one day at
a Gentleman's house, where his visits were more
frequent than welcome, was told by the ser-
vant that her master bad gone out. "Oh ! well,
never mind, I'll speak to your mistress."—" She is
also gone out, Sir." The Gentleman riot willing
to be denied admission, said, •' as it was a cold day,
he would step in, and sit down by the fire a few
minutes."—" Aim ! Sir, but that is gone out too."
replied the girl.
Enfield races will take place to-morrow and fol-
lowing day, and they will, no doubt, prove the
best racing that ever took place there. Saturday
was the entrance day, ut the Angel, at Edmonton,
when nine horses were entered for the Maiden Plate,
and seven for the All Age Plate. The Sweep-
stakes is full, and many horses art' on the road from
Newmarket for entrance at the post.

AK iItISH SUN-BLIND.—Ott the trial of some
'serums at the Limerick Ast.izep, on the 20th ult. a
witness, MICHAEL HOGAN, swore, that his rearms
for &inking half a glass of whiskey was " to keep
out the sun, which was hot !"

The good people of Glawgow, with their wonted
enterprise and public spirit, have lately appliedt
gas-light in r way which is certainly very ingenittn,,
and which may in time come to be very 0.0,
namely, to illuminate the dials of the City i 1.••
and thus enable the rerlaig Bacchanal 0111111. k
linger of Time almost as easily at the mirkest h. 1.,•
of midnight as at twelve o'clock at eiumit,
Extract from • letter from Brusiete, dated Setii
Septenohcr:—
.. The Marquis of Conynglum, while sitting in the Ani-
baasarlor's boa, al the theatre last night, related as arwe-
dote that made those around him laugh heartily. He said,
that while travelling in the royal carriage from Calais to Lisle,
the people in many places mistook him for the King, marl
incessantly cried out' Vire le Roi d'A 'widely*? ranking. 31
the same time, a profound obeisance. The Noble Marquis
felt quite embarrassed at having thus involuntarily usurped
the Ingmar. of his Sovereign, and was anxious to hide him-
self from the acclaiming multitude. However, is order to
do this, he waa subjectril to no slight inconvenience; fur,
being of more than ordinary stature, he found it necessary
to coil up his frame in a corner of the carriage, and to hold
his head dome to his knees, a posture whisk his Lordship re- ;
presented as by no means plessaat on a long journey. His
Majesty enjoyed the scene exceedingly, and rallied the Mar-
quis uu the awkward predicament in which he found himself.
' Mat, Conyughem,' said MY Majesty, have you not
karutd to play die King! Bon to them, man, as I would.

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