The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-01-18 00:00:00

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DIODES'S• eVeleitioti TOMIIIIre of The Heart of
IN-Lothian' was repeated on Saturday night at
.sei, them eio one of the most crowded and fashion-
owe embraces we ever recollect to have seen within
it. walls. Theenece, as we bladed on the first night
of its performenice, is taken from the tale of the
same name Abe popular work entitled " Tales of
3f Ltaidlord, attributed to WALTER Scorr.
Doe original work is full of dramatic incident, the
~,osised Author has departed from hie usual sub-
., rii, anti instead Ilf delighting his readers with the
chivalrous feats of the warriors of old, and the long
train of romentic'adventures which marked their
career. lie has condescended to dip into the mo-
dem history of hie mmistry, and give us • picture
of its matierra somewhat near our owls time, rine-
tilred, 'weever, with just enough of superstition to
give variety to his cletraciers. and 'mike them a
mixture of the beingv that we {snow and love, anal
the fiends we are taught to dread and hate. 'Hie
prominent incidents orihis work Mr. DIIIDIN has
dramatised—he has rot departed from the main
story of the origirial. Ifiragh he has judiciously
curtailed mossy of its tinge, and lopped tiff others
ethic'', though intererti to the reader, were ill
adapted to produce d ktic effect. If the elm(
It
int
min sit of invention real With the original Author,
it would 1w unjust to den* Mr. DaDDIN the praise
to which he is justly entitled% ,for the selectimmi end
werangement of the chansetersin the piece, f
an thin
e I
lass eeicOurageinent he has given to his compy
the part; Isofigned to them, and for the opletittel
mature in wlutils,Lhe whole of the scenic orrasige-
memo hare been execrated, and the strict coiefor-
mity which has throughout been p.id to the cos-
tume, arenery, mail habit of use country where
the story is laid. We debt-1141 the plot ou the first
aught, but were compelled tit &Vetch the perfosto-
eis with it few brief observanniu.`,
Mrs. Ellerrool appearance on this stage was
one of the attractite novelties which called forth
loud applause. This actress hail already &UM-
enishrd herself in Ileg Merrilies, at' Gavot-
Catdra, and airs of course *elected as lite Moulg#
Irddfire, in The Heart of Mid-Lothian. Hoe
performance. from beginning to end, was a con-
tinued exhibition of admirable acting—in no in-
iii•loce did she overstrain a character which may be
said almost to invite extravagant acting from the
strange peculiarities belinigeig to it. She exactly
mingle the Author's ides of the character, and
kept strictly within its fair limits. There was •
.t, ilthit ss and a tenderness in her distress", which gave
a deep interest to the past; stud where her dis-
order became inflamed by possiou, there was
an appalling energy its her manner, which ion-
parted the highest interest to her *Mum. The
occasionel glimpses of reason which derelope
the tenderness of her natural feelings, were also
pniortrayeil with litre effect. This Indy c*nuot fail
to he a great acquisition to this theatre. Mies
TAYI.oR's Jeanie was eirstaiiied with great feeling
and truth; she pourtnsyed with tenderness and ac-
curacy the various emotions which the character is
slestined to express. laud upheld the fine moral it is
intended to roovey--that lsowerwr specious are the
"b.-melds of artifice, to' duce a departure from
' the welt• tine of niond oh lion, tbeeonly safe
;roll is that ~..e .--<i.. pod i peon errant:ea..'
. virtue mom he finally crowned th success. Mrs.
BRoußklit Margery, the mot liti'of Mudge, was as
slenlials as it well could be ; attliese sheared
in the part of Airs. Glass (fu he • wo pa—itit to
sustain), that stir was e ply at home on the
stage in roller th . cor the hog. Mrs.
DISDIN, as the Quern, was only called upon to
display dignity, and her appearance end manner
gave her a full commatul of the part. MM. HORN'S
Effie Dellat was tragic enough. The part for dm.
nook rtlect hardly admits of the expression of More
than one feeling, and that she fully developed.
VerzwiettAx's Laird of Ihtabiedikes was as
iincie.,l piece of set iris and 11111110100 a simplicity.
WATKINS'S Staunton is entitled to smoking
more shim a peeseug nibute of praise. The part be-
losigs to that class of characters of which we read sit
the ttsffrreiit stages of our livcs—it is Ilea of the
outlawed robber, who figures in our .00ot-hooks,
. null seems to redeem his atrocities by the occasional
exercite of cheap generueny—strip off the galthlig,
stud on hare precisely the saute materials iii the
greet heroes of romance, who are rendered almost
tinwinstisig to our eyes by the descriptive powers of
SCOTT and BYRON. The author dues a great deal
fur the actor Maack a character ; but yet the latter
Is not without the uecessity of devehiping more
than one petition, and making strong and powerful
t4tertinia. Mr. WATstss in performing this
part, gave it full effect, and in his heeds it lust
nettle: ~; of its nonentic interest. CooKE's Duke
Vitt gy‘e was sustained aith the dignity, and ma-
limns' attrchmmit and frankness. for which the
Duke obtained su:•11 celebrity among his country-
men. We have stirred), spoken of the other cha-
racter* in the piece, and they were all deservedly
greeted on Saturday night with the same pluudits
met. received on the first performance of the pie, e.
Thet 110 part of the arratigemeuts should be
out of place. the leader of the band it an EH--
RINE, amid the in usic is entirely an art ingrate iit
sod *thievish:no of fine old Scottish aim The
sr ruiliy is by Wi i.soN, olui is whinesikyttsor,,,,,,9S,
ett!red the .Cededueims Claude. Nor CLA ULM
would have cut as pout 'a figure tub pnitit'ing the
4t.regs or Mid-Lothian, or the icArt et., Idt hrtw.te
Or NU outlaw, as SALTAIPOtI ROSA ek,tti(l linveu;lnne
in attemoisig to depict the Orme tint and 14Iily
i
culisvated scenery, tied icloudlem Iteinsu tky, iu
which alone CI. A 11:1; C. receliset. •
Tiai intrinsic merit LI. this piece, lite. great LiSte.
anil.espcnse which has Leto &yowl to mange it
etliettse, and the orrflowitig audience. by whom.
It has heel' applimilett. induce us to WI e that Pie
Sauey folks ate prepmed tit lttigtkr to tay tai. to
the 'pet age of what deserves to he culled thse
',guise drama, now that they have a theatre ei- •
pabk of producttig it, and a manager oho spores
neither 11411111 nor expesise in waking hie dralindit
astatigetnerits worth/ of public eticutitageuient.

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A me of gentlemanly appearance threw
610 Siiturdny fro.ti the urto the
Curial, from whence by *HS miniethiraely taken out,
Mud carried to the IVemntritter !Air-awry. Ile
*.red 6v *as (rum the country, rind in e tuba! roieol
tircurutuisaxii, but refuried to Lel: his WWI.

•• DUBLIN, JANUARY 13.
A oplonetti arta unitinetiiii* as•rii of the
Vault, fashion, and beauty of the tirighbinirlitkod of
Nensigh encoded the concert of Mr. D'Arcy of
this city, which was sgiven et Brindlyv's Rooms,
under the immediate initromige of the lion. F. A.
Prittit and the Hots. G. O'Callaghan, on Thursday
evening last.
On %Vethrearlay evening last (Twelfth Night) his
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and the Countess
, Talbot entertained the fallowing distinguished per-
t swinges
sir Edward sad Lady likelier, Mr. Grant, Sir G Beckwith,
Ithe AttnrnerGeneral, Lady :dory and Miss Saul in, Lord sad
Lady Charlr 1111 l tet, Lord mid Lady and Mis* Forbes, Kurd
; and Lady Aylitit r, Cady Busamore, Downxer Lady We/l-
ine:Oh, Lady I:. twist, Surccon•Georral and Mrs. Cramp•
tun, the linkup of Kildare and Mrs. Lindsay, M.
Damn, Mr nod Mrs. 'kraut, General and Mrs. Aim, Cul.
and MIL Browne, Arrbilracon Bishopp, Mr. and Mr.. Jobs
Vellm, Mr. Lear, COlOllO and Mr*. Master, Sir S. Bruce,
Sir C. Version, Captain and Mr*. Bridgeman, eke.
The Hon. Major Vereker. M.P. left his seat,
Shannon View, near Limerick, on Saturday last, for

London.
The Lord Bishop of Killalue has left the See
Home for Dublin.
The Hon. Colonel Fitzgibbon, M.P. proceeded
from Limerick on Thursday last, for London.
The Lord Lieutenant his uppointed the Hon. Co-
lonel Governor of the County Limerick, in the
roma of the late Lord Musketry.