The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-11-03 00:00:00

FASMOA'ABLE I YTELLIGRA CC.

The Earl of Eastnor has left his sat. Ezegase,
yo,
‘v,,,,T„ge aoheidgeshire, on a visit to the Lad and Counters
uy
Hardwielle.
Lord Arden has left town for his seat, near Epsom.
Lady Mary Peter has left her house in I;rosvenor-square.
1,0,4 and Lady F. lientinek have arrived at Lowther, iWes m
land, on • wish to the liarl and Countess of Lonadale, titan%
tour.
C.ilonel Palmer. M.P. has left town for Bath.
C. M. Clarke. Esq. has arrived at his house in &sine-stem
from his seat, Dunham Lodge, Norfolk.
Lord Folkstone has arrived at his father's. the Earl of Itadi,
Longford Castle. Wilts, from Ida seat in Berks.
Hon. Frederick lamb has arrived in town trout a tour.
Departures front Head's lintel. Lower °rosy, !or-sireer:_r_
taro and lln Cardner. for Brighton Bowl,,
T. Nixon. Esq. for Newmarket ; l:aorain Robinson, for
tershire; and Charles 31ills, Esq. for Norfolk.
Departures font hones lintel. Bond-street and MT,.
Hobart,. for Bath ; „I. Nichol!. Ctq. for Melton Mowhray,
oestendirre ; William Leigh, Esq. tor ditto ; and Captain Om,
for Briirliton.
The Hon. Colonel Henry Lygon has left town for his seta
Gloucestershire.

THEATRES.
DRI, RI -LAN L.

Whatever may be the deficiencies of this theatre ,
lack of novelty certainly is not one of them. We had
less than three first appearances last evening, in the gem
of Lore in a l'illoge : Mr. and Mrs. Bedford as Ifortiv,,
and Rosetta, and Mr. Terry as Justice Wcocicock. Of t!,,,
lady it is but becoming we should speak drat; and we tlo
not soak invidiously when we say, that she returned to
us with the favourable recommendation that " auld Se.
quaintanee" almost invariably carries with it. It is how
some few years since this lady appeared at Covent-garden,
under the maiden appellation of Sties Greer. The recep-
tion then was sock as entitled her to return, and to
return with the satisfactory pride of having prcticusly
wade a successful impression. During the interval of her
absence she has been engaged at the Dublin theatre, secs-
' Morally sustaining the pi' icipal parts in the operatk de.
pertinent of the drama. Mrs. Redford, though not tall, is
not ungraceful in her peison ; her features, without kill
regular, are pleasing and intelligent, and as a singer she
I possesses a voice of ext. iisivo volume. There is a whines
in her higher notcs,howi vet, which brings them sometimes
gratingly on the car, and which in some degree detracts
from her scientific and tasteful ex. Olt iOll of a few delight.
ful airs in Lure in a 17/.'ee,,-e, and which, with this eight
qualification, she sings deli :fitfully. She introduced
Moore's exquisite " The Harp that once through
Taro's Hall," with a soft and touching tenderness worthy
! the inspirations of his felicitous Muse. tier deportment is
extremely ladylike, but we could wish to see a little
more of animation infused, both into her acting and singing,
than that which characterized them last evening. Mr.
Bedford, who played Hawthorn, is a performer of
Tay personable appearance. Ile is quite familiar with the
business of the stage, and indeed makes his "exits***
his entranc,*" with the case and assurance of an experienced
and established :'avourite. His voice, though of bonded
volume, is pleasing and correct; in its lower tones iris
tine and full, and repose; with peculiarly impressive rAete
on a low murmuring i ass. In the introduced festive stag,
Who deeply drinks of wine," which was encored, he
displayed alightsomeness of taste and !tumour, which is ad-
mirably suited to that social and popular style of singingto
which the song belongs. As an actor, his merits, though
not very superior to our leading singers, are considerable.
The reception of him and Mrs. Bedford was most favour-
able, and they are unquesfonably adjuncts to the establish-
ment, of no ordinary or mean pretensions. Justice Wood-
cock, by Mr. Terry, was very unlike what .1 toiler Wood-
cock should he. There is a tedious heaviness in this
gentleman's humour ; his comedy is literally east in kid;
it wants sprightliness and natural vivacity, and in it, win
his tragedy,
The line ton labours, and the thoughts move slow."
In characters such as .67/7//a.c,ii, and rough seamen,
which reqa're a quaintni as of humane and peculisuitl of
style, le: is • very valuable and effec:ive performer. Twig
31c,tzlows, by Mr. Horn, was a very iespec;ahle perform-
ance. His voice is limited in extent, but lie sings in as
admirable .s,,she nulo style, and if not always powerful, he
is s'..lehnii otherwise titan pleasing. Mr. Knight's Hodge
was a masterpiece of rustic drollery. Ilia perfonnance of
rural characters does not partake of the " sublime of low
tragedy," like that o. Emery and Rayner, but it is quite
as orisittal, and quite as natural in its way. Mr. G. Smith,
who pla}ell the carter, was not without a considerable share
of merit. Ile deserves to represent more important charee-
ters than those which we generally ace allotted to bine.