The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-01-19 00:00:00

DRURY-Lea THEATRE:
Lest night the opera of Arfarerxes was Perforta.
.4, and Miis WHAM!, ■ young lady of great
hope in the musical world, made her first appear-
ance in the part of Mandeste. Her fame had gone
forth in such a degree, that most of the boxes were
taken before hand, and as soon as the doors were
opened the other parts of the house were filled at
the first rush. The parts were east as follow
Al./tweezes Madame Vestals.
Artstossres
Adorns .. Mr. BILIIIIMIG
somata ...... Miss Poetry..
Mandan@
The strongest interest was felt on the rising of
the curls", and during the performance of the
prelude, that could be imagined. She entered and
was greeted with loud and long-continued drew..
I ler appearance was most favourable : dressed in
a robe of rich saffron-coloured silk, with a Persian
head-dress of suitable pomp, she displayed •
graceful figure, an interesting countenance, and a
demeanour of strict feint .. i. te propriety. Abashed
at the warmth of her reception, she was compelled
for some minutes to support herself by lensing on
Dlr. BRAHAW, who makes his entry at the same
lime with herself. Her trepidation at first subdu-
ed her voice and fettered her action. She recovered
by rapid degrees, and triumphed most effectually
in the first song, " Adieu ! thou lovely Yorrh."
;She discovered a range of voice most uncommon
for her period of life (as she is evidently very young),
.over which she exerted the most confirmed power,
striking the most difficult interests, and touching
-the wort subtle and rapid divisions with wonderful
force ■ad accuracy. She developed still more rare
spialificstions in her execution of" %ly,soft Ideas."
storming the breasts of her hearers with tones of the
deepest pathos, sod then melting into a tenderness
of expression piercing from its delicacy. The
transport with which the encore of this song was de-
manded was almost beyond pantile!. Miss IVILSON
had other triumpher in store, and notwithstanding
these lavish disbursements of her several excelled.
cies, she produced an effect as new in the air, " If
e'er the cruel Tyrant. Love," as if she had not been
heard before. Inn this, and " Let tool ►age My bosom
firing," she lavished in►tances of polished executive,
graceful inflexions, and cadences finely modulated.
In there also the was encored with great rapture.
She was deeply impressive in " Monster, away !"
and was ug■in encored. Hut her chief iv iumph was
her last, in the well-known bravura, " The Soldier
tired." The audience were literally brestlilesa with
expectation while the band were going through the
prelude. She effected it in a manner which fell no-
thing short of this intense anticipation. She not only
marked the most difficult divisions with the truest pos-
sible intonation, bat introduced others of greater and
more perplexing rapidity—►o that her untutored
auditors must have supposed that her voice had no
limits; either in range or volume. but that which
her fancy chose to give it. The acclamations
which succeeded were wholly without example is
the history of first appearances. The encore was
demanded amidst shouts and waving hats, and clap-
ping of hauds, which appesred for a moment to
6werwhelin her. Mr. Russet!. stepped forward
to support her, but speedily retired, and she re•
pooled the saw with Do diestuntioss of

It would be weak to say that she succeeded.
She swayed the audience despotically, and never
was the power of music more perfectly and wil-
lingly obeyed. She is perhaps the most finished
performer who hes appeared in the part since Mrs.
BILLINGTON. Her execution aud per-
fect. the scope of her voice unusually extensive,
her power extraordinary, and her taste of great
cultivation. She is said to be the pupil of Mr. T.
NVeLso, to whose professional honours she will
add one of the most important bearings. The
taste of the town, which has loop lain under the
ban of musical criticism, for the general neglect
with which the performutice of this piece has been
met, most amply redeemed itself on this occasion,
sod justified the prospective confidence of its im-
mortal composer in the judgment of a British
audience. The encores and applause. were not con-
fined to the cases which are already recorded, but
were extended to almost all the songs in the piece,
even those which are of the most recluse extelleuce.
Mr. tang with his wonted and oft-com-
mended excellence, and with the highest effect, in
the songs, "Amid a thatromd racAing woes," "Oh !
too lovely," and " Water parted." Mr. float,: per.
formed Arida:nes vigorously. Madame VESTIIS
sang "!n infancy our hopes and fears," with great
platietiventss, and was zealously encored. It were
tedious to repeat the many instances of marked de-
light which the audience experienced during the
performance. A quartet of Mr. BRA HAM'S. " Light
as smoms.beines which oxfoantuins tremble," was in-
troduced with great effect. nod encored. We must
mention the great assistance rendered to the per-
formance by Mr. T. iVsesu, who presides.' at the
piano-forte in the pieces in which Miss WILSON per-
formed. He imparted much force and interest to
some of the passages, by the introduction of obli-
gor° accompaniments. But though in this case
the effect was impressive, the general use of the
plan is not desirable. The piano-forte is too im-
perfect an instrument to supersede n full band,
aud iu certain combinations must violate the
ulcer arrangements of the harmony. The curtain
fell amidst thunders of applause. Mr. Russet.!. ap-
peared, said after announcing the eutertaiiinsents fur
this revising, proposed the repetition of the °per.%
im Saturdsy.-1 Load cries of " To-morrow I"
arose from the pit./
Mr. Russeit. said, that it would have been, per-
lisps, tinier:mous in the management to have anti-
clotted the judgment of the town on the per-
lormanve which bail joist terminated. A dif-
regent entertainnteut had been advertised fur to-
morrow ; most of the boxes were already taken,
nod it would he tinfoil- to the public, generally,
In alter the arrangenteto.—(Lord upplawses.)—
With permission from the audience, lie begged
leave to announce Miss WiLsoN's second appear-
alive in Artaxerxes (all the characters being cast in
the same.llramser as before) un Saturday evening.
—( Lord applaase.)—He further begged leave to
announce the repetition of the opera fur Tuesday
and Thursday in next week, uud to inform the
audience, that it was the ititeotion of the Managers
to devote Tuesday. Thursday, and Saturday, in
each succeeding week, till further uetice should be
given, to operatic performances.

ST. S. AVlOilii'S M. REMO,
,OATH WAR[.
Yesterday a meeting was held in the Spiritual.
Court of St. Saviour's Church, pursuant to a Re..
quisition signed by the Inhabitants of that Parish,
for the purpose of taking into consideration the
propriety of congratulating her Majesty on the
failure of the Bill of l'ains and Penalties; of Peti.
timing his Majesty to dismiss his Ministers ; and
of presenting Petitions to both Houses of Parlia-
ment, praying that they will proceed forthwith to
obtain fur her Majesty those dignities, rights, and
privileges to which she is so justly entitled, but of
which she lots been hitherto deprived.

Mr. DENatmt, one of the Churchwardens, was
call to the Chair, ■nd after stating the object of
the meeting. made some observations upon the Bill
which had been so absurdly brought into Parlia-
ment against the Queen, whom it was meant
overwhelm.
Mr. M !STOW rose to move the Resnlutione,. Her
Majesty had, he said, passed the fie►y ori*Jeal insti-
tuted by her lersecu►ors, but those persecutors were
not satialicd with having acted with OA the violence
of which they were capable. The '..mee part of the
l'ress was constantly occupied i.n endeavouring to
accumulate calumnies upon hey, and ■ cowardly and
villainous publication of last. Sunday watt one of the
foremost in the rank of h;•r foes,—(" Sheae PV---
The country were, notwithstanding all those efforts,
convinced that the queen WI, ■n innocent-woman,
and being innocent, else was the moat oppressed of
all bit Msies!y'a subjects,. Under such circuits-
mance*, lie ilniught the Parish would be liable to
the suspicion of wanting loyally, if they (lid not at
once express their sentiments to both King and
Queen.

The Resolutions were to the effect stated in the
Requisition. They were seconded by Mr. Ellis,
and carried unanimously.
When the question for voting the Address, &c.
was put,

Sir R. Witsors rose to express his sentiments,
which he observed were already well known to all
his constituents. many of whom were collected
before him. He particularly dwelt upon the
necessity of a Reform in Parliament, and de-
clared that the old Anti-Reformists of the days
of Nero proceeded upon exactly the same princi-
ple that seemed to actuate those of the present
day. Before that period of the Roman affairs, a
law had been passed by the Anti-Reformists for the
execution of all slaves, men, women, and children.
Notwithstanding the abominable cruelty of the
measure, and the general cry of that body of the
people against so nefarious a determination, the
Anti-Reformists succeeded in potting the law in
force, and 500 unfortunate beings were put to
death. The base promoters of tile measure, encou-
raged by their success, proposed a law for the con-
fiscatiou of the fortunes of the relatives of a certain
obnoxious individual ; lint even Nero opposed this
measure, declaring that, as they would not depart
from an old law, for the sake of humanity, they
should not pass a new one to destroy the principle
altogether. The worthy Knight coutitmel to
address the meeting fur sotne time in a very api-
• .

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Mr. JOHN WILD called upon the meeting to
unite in • general expression of their feelings
towards their troubled Queen and their deceived
Sovereign. He ridiculed the efforts of Ministers
to ruin the Queen. and condemned the whole
system they hash 'tinnily pursued. He read twe
letters which were sent Yo him, threatening to
punish him for his liberal principle., and one of
them representing him on a gallows suspended by
the neck.
After thanks were voted to the Members for the
Borough, to the Churchwardem, &c. &c. the Meet.
lug broke up.

A similar meeting was held in the Ward of Far-
ringdon-Within, at which similar Resolutions were
pa►sed.

The sixth night this season of the Mnemosynean
Concerts, took place at the Crown and Anchor
Tavern on Tuesday evening. The variety and style
of the evening's entertainments have not beets ex-
ceeded by any former night. We were much grati-
fied by finding our established favourites, whose
performances were very successful, sod were seve-
rally received with great applause. Among them
were Misses Williams. Munday, 1. Stevenson. and
Tuustall, Mrs. H. Corsi, &e. Messrs. Collyer,
Tinney. C. Tulle, H. Tulley, Mears, Evans,
H. Corn, &c. We were particularly pleased with
the glees of " The Greenland Hunters," and WAo
comes so dark," by Messrs. Evans, Collyer, and
y. The concert-room was elegantly filled,
and the company retired highly gratified.
Mr. BISHOP. the Composer, wss lately unani-
mously elected PRESIDENT of the Incorporated Irish Musi-
cal Food Society, which appointment took place on the Bth
isistent, at a General Sleeting of lie Society, convened ac-
cording to the Act of Parliament.

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The uticominon mildness of the season is pro-
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The spirits of mankind are exhilarated ►y the genial weather,
and excited by the near approach of the Drawing of the
Lottery, which will take place NEXT TUESDAY, when
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G. CARROLL is happy to observe, that his reliance on she
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