The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-04-29 00:00:00

THEATRES.

Guy.Hrusnering was prevented on Satarday sued.
Mr.. BILHAM resumed his pet formatic'e:4 Henry
Bertram, and was welcomed and applauded with off-
repeated cheers : an echo duet was adopted lor'his
introduction, in place of the original song. -His
rich and mellow tones,, issuing from behind the
scauerfilled the mind wit h astonishment auddelight.
The sang was heard with rapture. He gave " The
lost words of Maritioa" with delightful effort;
the accents. us they die away, making into the 'foot
as it melts beneath them ; his "Love's young dreaar,"
executed without an accompanimeni,as usual, wort»
the astonishing power of the Auger; it was hoard
with delight and encored. His ".Scots wha
given in his best style, experieuced a like wittier,.
It is !dement to see a favourite performer', to erlsour
thqsalilicare so largely indebted. triskuiphover temi
taunt and familiarity with the scoot.by power.O.
superior West, and coutiane to emstisark with•si.
the charms of novelty. Miss 'Foist sustained
Julia Mannerly well, and introduced a eomoosi.
• lion of Mooaa's—" Oh, say trot Woman's heart
is false," with good Wee! ; hut it would later
been more efficient if executed in a more simple
style, and with a less display of powers. hbas Po.
wEr was Lucy Berfeura, mud acquitted herself weir.
Miss EDMISTON performed Meg Nordics for the
first time. She is ton active, or rather she overacted
the part--her wind seems in have no iDsLoit of
repose, slid she destroys the.diatinction we look fur
between the sober melancholy. real the alleged
distress of the pert. Me she is full ,f
the ambiguity and irregular energy Of-thauglit
implied in the original, and is quite as good
as any Me,. Merrilies who luta been seen
since the first appearance of .Mrs. &untrue Ili
the character. HA RI.ST played Dowiiitie:Vaseprea
with much advantage to his professional humours.
He would debetter to dress the character in 'black,
even if lie hiss gond reasons for using s party co-
loured costume. He was very ludicrous in the cum-
pulsory interview with Meg Martine:. The piece
went off well, and the house displayed a full and
elegant audience.

COVRNT-GIINDEN.
' On Saturday evening the tragedy of./I//vas Orme
was performed at this theatre to an overflowing audi-
ence. The bare mention of the actors by Islam the
principal characters were sustained, conveys a high
idea of the excellence of the perliirmance. Bridos,
Mr. YouNG ; Cassias, Mr. Itlacueror ; and the
part of Murk Antwsy by Mr. a Lis lisuatz.
A more felicitous arrangement could net bare been
made; •and it is very seldom indeed we meet emit
a rare combination of dramatic power in onepreer.
In this age of shows and pantomime, it is truly
gratifying to see the legitimate drama restored to its
proper place, and liberally pairomzed. 11 those
who tidbit uatly rail ,against the, public taste, mud at-
tribute to its thorseity the apparent apathy to dra-
matic exhibitions, hid witnessed the breathless at-
tention which was bestowed upon the representation
of this fine tragedy, and the exquisite delight winch
it seemed to uommummite, they would at once per-
ceive the temerity of the presumption. The entire
performance was swipe and equal, and The mind
was wholly occupied with the great and tragical
event winch was represewied. All the actors in
appeared in their just relation to each other ; there
was no one meteor whose beams eclipsed the our-
roonding luminaries, and a sire was dimmed
(and not as issornetimes fat d rendered
more dazzling by their MI t was
supported with doe
magnanimity of the ;, who' abut the
blood of Cesar to ieee his 's freedom,
whose mighty soul from passion's dross refined
arid clear." was swallowed up in 1114 countr's lore,
was faithfully delineated by Mr. YOUNG. lo the
character of Ceszias, there Is more of variety; brave,
valiant, generous, disinterested, rash, chottlic and
impetuous, his haughty soul would ackoriadedge
no superior. Mr. MACALCADY pourtrayed these
contending passion' with his usual ability. Nothing
could be better represented than the dialogue tit-
Orem' Brahts and Cassias, in which the former sc.
cures the hitter of 11 having an itching palm." Mr.
wCeHreAßaLdElilniKrayikLsug:ted
Sfine Homan f
to
the character
Antony. But this by no means constitute" Int
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Mark
principal excellence. Those nice and delicate
shades, by winch the character of Antony was distin-
guished from those of his illustrious contempo-
raries, were closely attended to, and his speech to
the Homan people over the dead body of Cesar
was as pure a specimeu of declamation as eau well
be coueeirrd.

LTCtVII.

The inimitable MATHEWS again displayed his
wonderful powers nn Saturday eremites to a se►y
fashionable and numerous assemblage. We hare
so frequently had occasion to notice this Gestir-
man's versatility of talent, that any further obsens-
tions are superfluoms, eseept indeed we were to aid
that from the 6egiumog to the rod of the per-
formaace the audience are almost sissy. cast tiled
with laughter.

TRIS ADIMPRI.
. Each successiiie performance of Mr. A txt•
awows's wonskrful powers extends his fame. Hr
is the most astosibillimg veutraloquot who nos ri:i
yet exhibited on the stage.

Sirs. Cotrrrs end retinne returned on Settud:t
from a tour in the south-ues4 of E
lIKAtt , her pap
sage through winch was worked by hrt character',-
tic spirit of generosity and briberuiroicc.
A duel wan to have token Once on Friday ht.
tweesa M►. M--w, • surgeon, and Mr.
bat the friends of the fort the oft lir

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