The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-08 00:00:00

SPARRING.

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ihiule►hid • benefit ai the Fives Court litterdny; but
whether Pros his Morine received lbe rewar.l of* wisioirr re-
cently. the thisitem of Lowden, ee the neglect in prinharing
such esfinkos the amateurs expect it is out for ue to kuow,
bet the Court was very thinly attended.
Rek/see awl Hubner.—Thin sett° Was adsin repeated,
sad gave the eintost satisfaction. Much science was dis•
played, and the parries made sills the greatest nicety. It
was the only equal hutch of science. •
Painter and kiehmeed made wise Aorrisites as well as
hits, but they gave satisfaction.
Eels* sad Spring-This beat excited much attention ;
it was coasidered equal in science, bet Ewing had more than
two come is weight. Every maiimayee was practised to
excel. bat Eden had decidedly the beet of it against superior
kadth.

&loggias, Raton, and others sof-to, and a niffisuing
mate* between two woarld-be pawiliffits, excited such sp.
plague. They hit away auntercifwity, and the !loosing aye•
Ina was all their aim.

PIGEON SHOOTING.

COROICei Intatture.—Yesterday afternoon au Inquest
was held at the sign of the Rochester Castle, in tire Parish
of Stoke Newington, Lefore Jou* Wasson thinly, fig.
Coroner fur the Esi.terii division of Middlesex, on view of
the body of Mr. John Workmau, aged 21, who came by his
death smiler the following melancholy circumstances:
Mr. John Workman, beadle of the parish of Stoke New.
ington, being sworn, said, that me Saturday the bus of Au.
gust, about six o'clock in the evening, be was going slung
the new road leading to Mammy, and be saw • party of
gentlenteu in a Scldosear the side of the road, shouting at
pigeons; he went towards them few the purpose of looking
on, and remained close behind them for about Ave minutes,
by which time his son (the deceased) ensue up to the spot
said Aloud alongside of him. Whines and deceased remained
looking at them for some time. The deceased at the
time was going to bathe in the New River, but came to
look on from curiosity. In about lest minutes after be
(witursu) had his back turned to the deceased, and he heard
the report or • ens, and immediately heard his son exclaim,
t, Oh, ! Esther!" Witness went up to him imme.
diatety, and look hold of him, sod observed that lie was
wounded in the thigh, sod the blood running down his
breeches and piano. Some persons who were present assist-
ed in carrying the deceased to a cottage in Church.slreet,
and a surgeon was instantly sent fur. At the time the gun
went oft; they were doiu; something to it, but be could not
say what. Witness was of opinion that the circumstance
was quite accidental, and the young gentleman expressed
ed much sorrow fur time occurrence.

Daniel Wiltshire,' servant iu the employ of Mr. Crawuber,
of Stoke Newington, sworn, said, that he was present on the
sprit, at the time of the fatal accident; on his arrival at the
field, vernal gentlemen were then shooting. and had
killed several pigeons. The only gentleman witnesss eras
acquainted with was a Mr. Linden, of Newington, who
requested him to hold his powder flask; shortly slier nee of
the gentlemen, who be afterwards understood to lee a Mr.
Waller, a Trust respectable yonitc gentleman; called out,
"give me some powder." Witness a rut and gave him some, he
held Ike gjn with both his hands by hie side, with the pan
open, and witness, put some priming into hi, when the peeing
gentleman said, " I am ready" AVittlesa semarked at the
time, " What! do yon intend to tire before you primer—.
Witness had scarcely turned I, when the gun Weld off,
and wounded the deceased in the thiels; thinks it went off
accidentally—lie held the gun in • horiwinial position whets
it went off. On the deceased being wounded. tlw gentleman
rendered every assistance, and was full of grief and much
hurt at it, and behaved in every respect like • humane WM.
Mr. Thomas Prndlnnnis Smith. surgeon, of Stoke Newing-
ton, sworn, said, that his arm called to 'Wend the deceased
on the evening of Sainiday, the eth of August. On his
arrisal In found the deceased at • cottage in biurifl-
sired, will, a wound on his thigh, extremely lacerated.
Ile way info, ined that he received the wound from • fowling.
piece ; it aasof a dangerous nature. Witness attended
the deceased till he ,died on Siturdiy morning last; his
death was uceassetied by a loCk•jaw, which ensued in comic-
quence if the wound.
Mr. Vero Ix addressed the Jury, and intimated that the
evidence, in tie prcrient stale, was very clear : If they were
vatiefied that Owre was nothing culpable am the part of Mr.
Welke, ils, y would return a verdict of accidental death.
The Jury, after a moment's consultation, delivered • ver-
dict of " Aceitlenhol Drabs."

A duel was fought un Hounslow Heath yesterday
morniiie between two Gentlemen, named HILLSON
and NI amour, wnjcb a•ose.nut of a dispute in one
of the staiola at Egliain Miceli. The latter was
srtioasly Oil the kit sole, and was con-
veyed away in a g'g. Some officers of justice had
followed the partici. f • Old Oak Common, where
they first met, but th-y were tuo late to prtvtiit the

COVENT-GARDEN

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This theatre wall last slight opened for the season,
with the tragedy of Macbeth, and Jim romanttc
drama of The Miller and his Men. It was feared,
that the delerissimetiesie of the Proptirtors to co"-
tissue the advanced prices, cootrary to the example
or the sister estaliltslortieiii, would totteltr frelsogs
of disaatisfaci on the part id the public—hut
it affords as sincere pleasure to stair. that the tr-
soli proved such an sporthension to have been cam.
pletely . The theatre was crowded to
ricers' —mid the audience appeared to Ise Owns
lutely anxious. by their frequent and feiveist
plaudits, to r' inner any Warm that might have
been productil by the rumour of contemplated
hostility oh' opp within, We tweet recollect to
have seen assehibleal within the walls Of Cities*.
aarden a more liberal or generously-inclined
company. This is precisely us it ought to be.
The Proprietors have used their utitinst efforts to
procure all efficient company—mot certainly their
establishment boasts all almost unparalleled host
of Wield. suited to the iliffereist bratichea of the
drama :—Fhey twee also, at a very great cost, re-
embellished the alwaire. Such exertions, bind ninth
well-considered expenditure, demand, and, we have
no doubt, will receive, the politic support. The
people of dins enlightened Metropolis will never tarn
round on those who have catered liberally for their
eilitinertieuit mid tell them limit their efforts shall be
productive, not of reward, but of suns. •
Previous to tlw c •emesit of the perform-
several of the principal male moil female vo-
calls's. inclisiling Ali.* arritelvs, NI rt.. SEEItEING,
Mrs. Ilistioe, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. 4)11E1E131a. sled
Al 101 N NEV. assisted by a large body of chorus-
singer/1, executed the national air of " Gad Sure
the Eing," which was received with rothusiiistic ap-
plause. The tragedy, in winch Mrs. Ai arhs, late of
the Dubin, Theatre, made her first appearaoce on
lietW Winds, in the arduous character of Lady Mac-
beth, time proceeded. M Y
ATES I.4,Aseel,bes what
may be termed a good tragedy figure. Shr is tall
amt well-funned—and there is, its tier whole appear-
alive, a good deal of the egoista inding. She treads the
stage boldly, but toot ungracefolly her action,
though sometimes extravagantly violet*. is, on the
disissigiii•hed by ease and proptirty. Mrs.
YaTha's conittemioce is oval—the profile extremely
g I—but there is oil Isabitind sternness in her few-
, tures, which seems to militate isgainst way great vs.
rimy of expression. 114• r voice is deficient in NI-
! Hess sod melody. It is thin mid wiry ; and, where
she has to deliver ally sente:we of all 1111pitilbimied
nature, the effort apiwars to be Mir of extreme dif-
ficulty to herself, nod haft is very iii.pleasaist effect
on Mt endows. The pail chosen for her debut is
one ef extraordinary difficulty—um- requirilig great
acuteness of mind to pierce into the nicest shade*
of the character, and physical power', of the first
and finest Older. to embody, forcibly and rffecs
tively. the imager, which mental esiergies thus
applied are calculated to create. In parts of
minor importance, mediocrity may be over-looked,
but Lady Macbeth fills too tisoretaie it space
in the scene to be so lightly passed over.—
Elere excellence, or something nearly approschisig
to excellesicr. Can alone be tolerated. II we hatte
regretted the retiretnesst of Mrs. Smarms from the
stage, Oil tow account MOM particularly than an-
other, it is because we almost despair of seeing
Lady Macbeth again stnanturd with the lire, the
vigour, the dignity, which she uniformly exhibited
111 it-11 reeling which the performance. of lest night
has not tended to remove. In those parts where
Lady Macbeth has recourse to sarcasm, to rouse
into milieu the almost slumbering viers of her Lord,
Mrs. YATES was seen to the greatest advantage..
Some of her taunts *ere uttered with stinging
acerbity—but there were many, the pod of which
was lost, rather from a waist of power to forge home
the rebuke with force, than from an ignorance ot
what the text required. In the op • g soliloquy,
where dignity and cool determination should go
lure rant was oliblittlUted—Msti the
same fault was observable in the delivery of Lady
Madeth's passionate declaration, that, had she
pros used, as her Lord had done, stir would have
destroyed the babe that was railing ill her face,
sooner than break the inienin pledge. We doklit
not that Mrs. YATES will prove a very Useful ad-
junct to the company— but, from the it times' which
she last night cave of her *dem.; we riitertaiil
serious fears that her forte will nut Ile resitisii to lie
in the performance of firsts:rate characters in tra-
gedy. Mr. Ybet..** supported the part of the
Scottish Tyrant With much ability. Mr. C. Kim.
BEE sest :Med his favourite character of Mocdosj:
Ile made the principal passages tell very powerfully,
although he laboured under some degree of hoarse-
ness. Mr. Assort., as Illatcalio, and Mr. EtiEN-
TON, as Dimino, played their respective parte with
much judgment.