The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-04-11 00:00:00

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ph• Canter* St. Astoria gore acrafted on Randay evening. at hie
loam In Hanover-mime. 1111.4 of the priaeir••l p^r fr. tam% of the opera-
Ws,. attended. There were prevent nod iy :NM of Cie haat ton, among
shore sere—Prinem Korth soy. Goer% tr,ol P mac r the Itutth
.04 ern...inn trribarnadoe., emort and Counter. Parryda, Carrot and
Coulters Lad.),lL Maned. Umbria.. ,tmq •I. of ria.l Mary. Emily Mar-
ebt.A.e. Lmirelon.lerry. the Dowager M.-ehlorte.e. of San.horr. the
Nati l Comte.. of Tool-erallie, the Earl and Cminee. of fharondlle.
the Earoarl and Connie. of I.l.torrell, the Earl of We armload And Lady
ti. Vane. Led and Lady Somber...lt. Lard and Lady %Mimi. Itii.,rll,
Titilamore, Sir John and Leap Murray. Sir Lore and Lady Uu.lvy,
mid Mr.. Malady. Dlr.and Mrt. liloeiehate, Yr. and Mr..
!Itnnhave. Mr. and Mr.. Arlin hard. Mr. de Seumorin. he.
Tbe itgramis of Lanni:ma ha I a gran" d:aner ra.ty yesterday, at Lens-
dies M0n..., Berkeley...mare.
J 04,0 tr.liand., ente, mined a thatistraightal party at dinner yeller-
/Iy, Si lain home la Cor'.....rred.

tee Raranks Camden left town ye•terday, for his mat, the Wilder-
E,rt.
Th, of Plymouth ha. arrived at his have In Grosvenor-square,
a.,cl M. sent. Hewett, t'' o'
Eul and Coulee., a Gm...1,', aryl family arrived yesterday at their
Auer in Charm.-.tree, Berkeley../suer. f •.rn their .car,
the y. arid Connie.• of Sefton and the 11.11.11. m Atutyneux left town on
gas,tay, for Newmarket.
Lord sad Lady ',tarp:row:i arrived ye., et.lay at their house la Saville-
Wee.. two their seat. Fe:n.l,lll. Wind In.
Lovisan.ors ha. left bl...ent, Liehne!,t, for Newtrarktt.
Lord limvied arrived ye ‘terday at hi. boos, from
Xenon Mestray.
Lord Vanorp arrived In town yesterday. f •rn a tour.
Count Cattalo has lurked at Jermytes ir.,tel, beicester.square, from
Pat it.
The Ron. R. Gmdbarn has arrive.) at hit bane In POftelflill-/qUitfe,
from Doblitt Castle.
Gerreml Reline anited yesterday at Ala blnne In King-street, Portman-
u care. from his seat. Wirenhee•park, '..0-ex.
Coionel and lady Eleanor Lowther y..tertlay at their house in
Broton-street, Berkeley-•q rare, from Rn,land.blre.
Sir Thome* Ortneby, Ban. arrive.] In town yelto day, frum Wlvenboe.
pat, &welt.
Sir Philip and Lady Gary F.Jertner and family arrived yesterday at the
fit Georg." Rotel, Albern.nie....treet, lhorn the:. .eat in Charblie.
it: W. Rae. Hart. arrived yesterday at his house In St. latnee's-platee,
front Scotland.
Mr Bolter and Lady (trolley 'Weed yesterday at the Clarendon Rotel,
Ilund..treet, from their ova: in Derby hire.
Sir Thomas Frank:and, Dart. arrived In town yesterday, frog hie seat.
Itirldeby. Yoektbire.
Lady Salford left town yezterday, fa her *eat, WeNtow Rail, Leleadar.
Sire.
geary M.P. &rived Test ±,lny nt home to New-greet,
Sprint-garden., (rum ti. seat, Rai-Sham, Gars.,
G. B. Elhatt, Eoq. left town ye.reday, for hi. seat in Berko.
H. E•q. ha. arrived In town. fruit hi. seat, !di •le7 11111.
Hr. and Mr.. Bonet! arirmi yestaday at their Imam in St.
James... pl,ce, from their *eat, Kolpo
Depart's, e. from Fer.ton's Hotel, St. Jante.N.street :—The Rev. Brooks
Rooditty. for Briehton ; ftereetwd. F.q. os a tour ; Captain Ash-
worth. for the Continent ; the Rev. ]t;. an 1 Wm. Tardall, for their seat In
Lincolnshire.
Arrival at the London Hotel, Alto•marle-effect :—Mr. and S-tm. Law.
truce, from a toot. Departure :—Thomas Graham, Esq. for Scotland.

The Doke of York left town on Sunder for Newmarket.
Yesterday the Princess Augusta visited the Duchess 01
Gloucester.
The I)uebeaa of Kent, accompanied by the Princess
Victoria and the Princess Feedore, paid a visit yesterday
to the Prinoess Augusta.
On Sunday Prince Leopold, after attending divine ser-
vice at Claremont, proceeded to the King's Palace, Ken-
sington, where he dined with his Royal Slater, the Duchess
of Kent, and afterwards proceeded to his residence in
London.
On Sunday last the Bishop of Chester ',leached a set-
ton at St. james's Church, for the benefit of that excel-
lent Institution the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. He
delivered a most itrpressive di.rottlie, taking his text from
the 9th chapter of St. John, fid verse, " Jesus answered,
Neither bath this man sinned, nor his parents: hut that
the works of God should be made manifest in him." The
.collection on the occasion amounted to 1641. 4s.
A most impressive sermon, on occasion of the death of
the venerable Bishop of Durham, was delivered at the
Cathedral on Sunday last, by the Rev. Thomas Gisborne,
M.A.,Prebendary of Durham, from the 31st Psalm, and
part f tile 17th verse—" My time is in thy hand."
ReeRERENT•TION or Nr.wC•STLE.—Ves:erday, at a
meeting at the Guildhall, the Stewards of the Incorporated
Companies formed themselves into a Committee to con-
vene the different Companies, and to regnest the Mayor to
all a public meeting of the Burgesses, for the purpose of
considering who arc the most proper persons to represent
this town in Parliament at the ensuing general election.
Subscriptions arc to he Vaised to defray the necessary ex-
penses. We 'Nay add, that we have mason to believe that
a third gentleman has bten applied to, who has pledged
himself to come forward as a candidate, and who is able
and willing to stand a contest.—Tene ferrury, April 4.
11fvert atm' a Arrata.—The following dark allusion to
a most revolting affair we extract froln the Dublin Free-
own's Joirrnal:—" A case of most revolting and peculiar
atrocity, in which the newly-married wife of an officer of
rank stands charged with having, after a premature ac-
couchement, destroyed the child, and cut it up in such
portions as to enable her to conceal it in a small basket, is
at present undergoing an investigation before a County
Magistrate, hut his not yet arrived at that stage when It
would lie fit for publication."
SHIP CANAL RETINLeN GALWAY AND DUBLIN.--OUT
readers have, no dottlit, been gratified by learning that
the Grand Juries of the city and county of Galway have
agreed to resolutions, strongly recommending a Ship Canal
between Galway and Da,hlin. This is a prospect, the coin-
pktion of which would occasion such important benefits to
Ireland, and the shipping interests of the nation generally,
that we- should expect Is solutions of similar import to those
of the Galway Jetties would bc adopted by every county
in Ireland, but particularly by those through which the
contemplated Canal would run.—Freeman's Journal.
IRON TRADL.—At the Staffordshire and Shropshire Iron
Masters' Quarter-days, last week, no fall of prices took
place, except ten shillings per tots on melting pigs. The
prices in general are rather stiff," and the demand more
brisk than during the last month.
A vast number of persons, connected with the broad-
cloth weaving of Dublin' passed through the principal
streets of the city on Friday, heating a representation of
the fleece in deep mourning; and, by the squalidity and
misery of their external appearance, formed a group per-
fectly in keeping with the sombre emblem they wore.
LONGEr•Ty.—Two men, whose united ages amount to
2O' years, were interred at Houchton-le-Spring on Mon-
day last, via.:—John Drew, of Houghton-le-Spring, aged
and Thomas Fletcher, of Philadelphia, in the tame
parish, aged 111. The latter retained his faculties entire,
tia within a few hours of his death.—Durlarm l'aper.
A few days hack, the house of the Recorder of London,
in Lincoln's Inn-fields, was entered by some thief or
thieves, who at mid-day climbed over the iron railings, and
got in at the kitchen window, carrying away plate to the
amount of about eighty pounds. It will be recollected
that some years ago, the late Recorder, Sir John Silvctiter,
lost his watch in a curious manner. On arriving at the Ses-
sions House, Ohl Bailey, one morning, he hastily remarked
that he had come from home without his watch, which he
had left hanging at the bed-head ; some rogue overhearing
this, immediately posted off to Sir John's house, and told
the servants that he was sent by the Recorder for the watch,
and as he described the place in which it was to be found,
no suspicion was entertained, and a valuable repeater, with
gold chain and seals, was duly delivered.
Barnet Fair on Saturday last was very scantily supplied
with cattle, there being only 750 Scots, and scarcely any Webtli.
The price('of the former were equal to the fair of last year at this
time, excepting for the larger son, which appeared about 11. in 161.
I ma; but the small beasts fully supported the price of that period.
'.'his is nearly the first south wormy fair for spring stock; conse-
quently the nor'h country dealers are unwilling to snake any reduc-
tion in price until they have further tried their customers. This
was evidently the arse on elsturday ; for buyers were numerous,
hut many returned without making purchases. Barren cows went
off quick ; in calf, a brisk sale: of sheep there was but a very small
show, and 11103 C were principally !touchdown couple*, which fetch.
ed about %N.—The horse fair was very indifferent. scarcely a good
nag to be seen ; a few prime cart ones were .hewn. and prices for
them very high. Ponies appear to be very much in request ; for
anything having the look of fancy, the price was from 14 to 16
guineas, and even up to 20 guineas. Our correspondent particu-
larly requests us to caution buyers of horses to keep a good look-
out, having witnessed two or three queer transaction.. Among •
certain class of dealers it appears to be a custom for one man to be
sent to ride the horse shout the fair, and show him off in the very
best manner he can, sided by a little ginger and steel, to set up his
head and tail ; and if he meets with a customer, a baron •- made:
but when the money is neared, the seller replies. " Dly muster will
take the money," pointing out a booth or putAlle-house at which he
may be four.d; at the same time ridings t the vurchaser to tl'e
place named. While the latter is paying the amount in Vie ore-
tended master. the rider bolts sway with the horse, and if Inc Jil-
t rctunate purchaser is not sufficiently awake to the atritagem, he
Lag both his purchase and the money ; or if he is fortunate enough
to secure hit purchase, he finds, at hest, that he has bought a de-
fective horse. In one trick witnessed by our correspondent, while
the money was being paid, the fellow who rode the irea not being
!afficiauly quick in his flight, was taken before a 3lagtstratc; but,
f:rorn some defect of proof, was obliged to be liberated : the
h, ,yer, however, through the agency of some of the gang, goy his
money returned.

TRE ATR Its.

DRURY-LANE.

The tragedy of Atte•heth was performed last night at
this theatre, when Mr. Nlacready made his re-appearance
in the principal character. There are few, if area, more
difficult characters than that of Marheth ; and yet the
wild imagination that produced it, and the rapidity and
vehemence of the action of the piece, has enabled many
persons to elicit a degree of applause in their performance
of lt, which, in point of fact, they never merited.
The character is ton frequently lost sight of amidst the ex-
citing incidents of the piece, anti we are of opinion that
Mr. Macready has not altogether a just conception of this
part which lie enacted. Macbeth is not a villain by na-
ture: chance and adventitious circumstances seduce him into
the commission of his evil deeds : but Mr. Macreatly makes
him otherwise, and we begin to guess at his subsequ••nt
transactions—at the very manner in which he will fulfil the
predictions of the weird sisters—from thelirst moment that
we hear them pronounced. In a word, Mr. Macre:l(ly, an-
ticipates in his acting what he is shoot to represent, instead
of paying attention to what lie is, or. ra:her what lie ought
to he, Tepees •nting. He gives us no ides that Macbeth ever
had any thing of the milk of human kindness in his
nature ; attd his acting In the earlier parts of the tragedy
is, to say the least of it, exceptionable. l,i the subsequent,
however, and leading per's, his acting was certainly of
very superior nature. That scene in particular in which
the ghost of Bangui) appears to him at the banquet was
excellently performed ; but he failed completely in his in-
terview with Lady Macbeth, after the commission of the
murder; his vacant gave. hi, hoarse whisper', and unnatural
gestures, are calculated to express anything but the feelings
which he in tends them to indicate. The most remarkable fea-
ture in Mr. Macready's acting is its inequality; and it is really
surprising that in one and the same character, a man who
can play an well in one scene, should have so little concep-
tion of another. Upon the whole, however, Mr. Macready's
performance of Macbeth was certainly one creditable to
hint ; but there are many characters which lie can play
much better. As to the rest of the dramatis persona., in
the first place Mrs. Bum has not the slightest pretensions
to play the part of Lady Macbeth. Mr. Powell, who per-
Imitated the Kin{, has, it is true, very little to do, and yet
he spoils the titters of the tragedy in no inconsiderable de-
gree ; no one can pity Danean's fate when personated
thus ; he looks like a King that ought to be killed, and
one actually feels a degree of relief when we hear that he
and ourselves are out of Misery. Mr. Wallack, as Mac-
thig; enacted the little set down for him quite as well as
it need he acted ; and Mr. Pope was, we have no doubt,
qually successful ; but as it was impossible to hear a syl-
'aide of what he uttered, it will be easily seen that we
only give this opinion upon conjecture, and the recollection
of what he used to be. there is no other character, we
believe, that deserves mention ; only we must not forget to
add that the Witches stirred their cauldron with the accus-
tomed solemnity, and to the accustomed amusement of the
higher orders.