The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-12-28 00:00:00

CAMBRIDGE CONCERTS.

Doctor Hague's Couriers. at the Town Halt, last week,
were honoured by more brilliant assemblages of the first
ptraous of distinction its the University, tows, and ovum y,.
then were tety remembered to knee been seen on atiy
sisss-
lar OCI&M1011. All the pieces were rapturously applauded,
end most of the swigs were fIICUT.d. At tire close of the
Concert on Friday, "God *ate the King" was called fur,
when five nr six persons biased, and endeavoured to exte-
nuate their disloyalty by the specious watetsword of tine
therm ;" immediately hundreds of •wires demanded
" Cvd sure the King;' 'lnd the call was cheerfully obeyed
by the whole °vilest's, who promptly cumaseuced that
national anthem, Miss Stephens singing every verse in the
moat distinct sa weli as delightful end animated 'simmer, the
vocal band, with the greater part of the audience, Ladies as
well as (hut lemen, j gin the (lounges. Between ends
verse th? cempsay testified their loyalty by reiterated cheers,
and the conclusion was marked by four moods of enthusi-
astic sppiaure.—(Cambridge Chripstele.)

The Doke of YORK left town yesterday morning,
about ten o'clock. on a visit to the Esti of IVaVT-
WORLAND. Ilt his seat at A whorl), near Walins-
ford. in Northatnptonsiiire.

Yesterday the Princess SOPHIA visited the
Duchess of CLARErCE and the infant Princess
ELIZABETH. 11re are happy to say the Royal
Duchess and the infant had passed a very good
night, and were going on extremely well yesterday.

The visit of the Dake of IVELLINGTON to
Chester was fixed for yesterday. His Grace was
expected to be accompanied by the Gentlemen of
she host, sad u long train of Nobility and Gentry,
nictsdlng. Lord Cousertmsas, Lord Hn.L, Lord
Sir NOEL HILL, &c. The diemsr„ for
lehich tickets were issued at two guineas each, was
to take place in the assembly-room of the Es-
vhsioge. After the festivities of the day 6i« Grace
proposed to set off fur Northamptonshire, where his
Highness the Duke of Yong is spending
oho Christmas.

A gentlrtnau r.•ho heard of the famous fracas at
'froppau, observed that boring, which herriofwie
scat waled xtilling, should in future go by the
Name of Cabinet work.

A PREbhfiT FROM DUBLIN TO THE QUEEN.....
The follmvirq letter lias been received by Mr.
WHITE, butciier, of Norfolk-market, Dublin, ac-
knowledging • present of a piece of prime beef
fabich he forwarihd to her MAJR.TY. It was care.
silly packed and secured in a wooden box :
I. SIR—I aat room:nutted by the Queen to acknowledge
the receipt of a very fine piece of Bret; and to thank you tur
the same. Her Majr.ty receives it as a lokre of that luy•
ally and attachniont, su grateful to her Celings, from her
drarly•heluved People of Ireland.
" I remain, ace. &e Ike.
" A. HAMILTON.

" Nectubst 15, Rranclenhernb-horse.
" Ti Mr. White, Nu. 24, Noriolk-snarket, Dublin."
This I.:lit!. ui frsoktd by Mr.lluws, M.P.
Colonel FITZCLAttItiIES and bin Lady are spend-
ing the tliristrod, at Petworth, the splendid seat 01
the Earl of EGIMMONT.
Aitheag the recent arrivals in town is that of Mr.
GRATTAN, at Ins [waft iu Welbeck-street, Caven-
dish-square.
MR. K LMl3l.6.—letters have been received from
this snamouncitig his safe arrival ut
Lausanne.

The theatie in Anthony-street, New York, at
which Mr. KERN cosinurticed su eltgeNtquent 00
Ilse tptli last, bolds upwards of t,OOO dollars,
about 2&01.

Mr. YuctiG is performing at the Beth theatre.
Ile appeated lest week in Brutes and Lear.
The receipts at Miss BYRN lei benefit, on Tues-
day the lfari. in Dublin, were nearly 3011/., which
Wes considerably more than the house could contain
at the register prices. Great numbers went away
disappointed, finding the home full.
The Doblin Theatre will nut opera for SOllle
weeks. Miss Boom is gout to Belfast, where she
perforate iethe interval.

The confectioners were actively employed yester.
tidy filliag their cellars with ice, the produce of the
last i*d days' frost.

Weiessruc BIIITIL—Tho sotasivers of National
'limn' will leer., with ratisfatliun, that the emote—
heated lawns, to the posimossions of Mr. Cum& sit Ilse Royal
Ittlerioneris, Exeter 'Choir, ',helped last night, the the
drill time stone she has bees to his possession, the whelps,
three Is asomber, are living, sod pi aril spreitetrns of chair
whir species. A Leopard which lots been in the Menagerie
sours thus Inoke.miondia, lately whelped a beantifol male,
*ilk' is mho britio—this is the first instance in Eisope of
the Propagation of this species, soil it eau only be attri-
buted to theme and comfort which leas been istrirdocod in
the establishisiesi, and which cuurreisently deprive the aut-
omatist lint ferocity Erica front restraint, which has hitherto
Prevented dosoadie propaKation.

There is to be tipinriing fight to-day betweeis
Edwarilh the Bath butcher► mild Moss, the
The scene of action to at a considerable dormice.

• fintartual.

COVIDIT.OARDOW.

List night SIMIDAIOII tragic play of Pisaeris
was performed here to a crowded audience. for the
purpose of presenting Mr. VANDEN HOFF in a new
character to a London audience. The bil's an-
nounced that Gentleman's performance of Rolle as
undertaken at the eltplesa desire of malty of his
admirers ; and the result must have proved highly
flattering to his feelings sod their judgment. The
accustomed holidir loudness of the frequenters
of the upper regions of the theatre, prevented much
of *brit ;nested on the stage, in those scenes where
11.olla is nut seen, from being heard ; hut on expres-
sive look and gesture suited to the delivery of the
more imp:assiutted passages of the Peruvian hero's
speeches never failed to hush them into silence, than
which we conceive u more gratifying tribute to the
merits of au actor can hardly be desired. We tire
inclined to class this effort of Mr. VAN DEN HOFF as
the first in point of excellence of his tirrformances
hitherto on the Winds of u metropolitan theatre.
The character was better 61804111 rd throughout,
more attention having evidently been bestowed on
the less striking. though not therefore unimportalit,
passages. address to the &ohne'', before
the sacrifice Was glowing UStd energetic, and the
indignant remonstrance with the fliers from the
field of battle, was dignified and impteto‘iee. The
scenes with. Cora were full of tendrriless. The

eager tronvporte of ardent friendship, on the pond
of succeeding in ■ generous allot, in the prison
scene with Aforno. and the agony or wounded af-
fection, with the ; ri I that
..1114triumph 1.. feeling
■ deed newly achieved must carry conviction to the
bosom tattle beloved inflicter of wroog, of the injits.
tice sustained at her hands, in the delivery of the
words," Pima, COru have you out wronged me?"
after Alonzo's escape, were powerfully expressed.
The tent scene with Pi_a►ro, the rescue of Aionzo's
child, mid the death scene, were finely conceived,
and well executed, and were rewarded, as were all
the pasetag,s we have mentioned, with a liberality of
applause that bore ample testimony to their excel-
lence. The fierce rind relentless tyrant, from whom
the p!sy derives lii 1113111 P, was well porirtrayed by
Mr. Curnsott. Mr. ABBOTT, its Alonzo, acquit-
ted kru.elf with his sinial taste and feeliog. Mrs.
BUNE'S Elvira, was forcible and imprtssive ; and
in the Coro of !Iri. FAuct.r. the tender and soul.
subduing passion of the lovely and etranioured
Peruvian female was well delineated. Of the re-
mainiii.4 characters, the Las CUSIIII of Mr. YATES,
the Orozentbo of Llr.• CHAPMAN, the thiulpa of
Mr. 131.•NcilaRD, and the
_boy ssteudiig him,

whose liaise was not in the bills, received; well-
earned mead of applause. %Ye cannot close our
notice of the performance without making an
;optical againiit the eternal chatter about disaffec-
tion and be dition, so industriously kept up by the
partisans of Miaisterr. Where, we would ask,
are we to Inok for the disathetion they denounce,
for the seditious spirit which they would cutijore
up, to scare the weak and alarm the timid ?
Is it to be found in the loud and tuianisnans
plaudits of the auditors of every class of the people of
this metropolis, who lust night througed every part
of this vast theatre, upon hearing such passages US
" ere serve a •ronur•ch 'clout Ice love"—" The
throne we honour is the people's choice ?"
Assuredly not.
The new pantomime of Friar Bacon was ►epeated
with int-teased eclat, and seems to promise • length-
ened rut,.

THC SURREY.

The Manager of this elegant theatre tins pro.
sided • rich treat for his Christmas customers.
Lest night, after the amusing bulletin of Every
Body's Conti*, the new hietorical menu-drsme of
Deliveries was presented fur these;cond time. M Allt•
MONTLI. has merle every ene so well secismentd
with this celebrated Homan General, and the treat-
ment which hr received from his ungrateful country,
that it is needless to enter into any detail of the
plot of the piece, which abounded with excellent
dramatic situations and incidents. to which full jus-
tice was done by the several performers. Mr. HUJIT.
Lty as liebearias. and Miss TAYLOR in Assisfa-
sio, his daughter. deserved and receivedrthe loudest
tribute of applause. Several new scene* were
exhibited in the course of the piece winch merit
approbtition, but a view or • picturesque bridge
and mirky menet), is particutarly deserving of cow-
mendatimi. The piece was throughout received
with the loudest applause. A fastidious critic might
insist on the curtailment of some of the scenes,
which were rather teo long. but the resit did not
appear in the eyes of the audience to deserie the
slightest rebuke.
The entrust/Immo, of the evening concluded
with it grand spectacle in three arts. called
Beauty and the Bey ; or. Sidi Hornet. Maley
Ben union and Peggy Larkins. Amity Stan-
dard is a captive in the Seraglio of the 13ey
of Tripoli, Sidi Monet Maley Ben Ismael, toge-
ther with her maid servant, Peggy Larkins,
with whom she tins changed characters. Peggy
.pa,siag in the Bey (or the mistress, whilst Mrs.
Standard enacts the rrrrr ot. The Bey ISM despe-
rately in love with Peggy, and desires to add her
nettle to his list of sixty-seven wives : but to this
ariangenient the Indy has an insupersble objection,
being already titgiged to Ilk. Mooney. all
who is host-flog sleitit the Sri aglio in the disguise
of a Torfur. Tiw plots of the latter (represented
by Mr. FITZWILLIAM) to relieve his mistress,
aided by the Comic humour of Mies COPELAND, as
Peggy, form the ebief interest of the piece, which
war lUogt favourubly received.
The pit awl gallery oveiflowed at an ratty limit,
and at half-price the boxes were respectably tilled.

Aaa notique silver vase, corstaininz a number of
cools of She reticles of holes and CHARLIFS 1. was
dog op last wei4 by a labourer, at nigh in
Shropshire, sad also two gold nags.
A horse, the property of Mr. PUILLIMORC, of
Darsetshire.street, , h 'eked yesterday, for 50
guitie4., to toot cue mile no three minutes and ten
seemith., such being at the rate of more than 18
Ilistre an boor. The hero was barked at 5t04 to
'll'he wound was measured on the ltitar-roarl
b.tween Iloonslow and Salsbury Coramoto The
horse went off in gmod style. having game 50 yards
back to take the start. Ile.wou clever) ,-basing
three seconds to spare. The dropping of the egg
and coming iu was followed by a pistol report.

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ORRISPONDRINCIE
irrireem THE REV. pa. potEsvoark. RECTOR
OR Dr. AA INIRVes, HOLBORN, AND MIL ALDER.
MAN WAITHMAN.

LIITTIM /MOM ma. SORTAMOOD TO ALOTRUAN

WAITHM AL

Stn—l have heard with the deepri., concern that
the privilege assumed, on the ground of Nutrient
usage, of holding • oardsnote for the election of
Common Councillor,' is St. Andrew's courch,
was, on the tun instant, outrageously abased, by
the introduction of much scurrilous and irreverent
declamation, and the recital cf. a blasphemous pa-
rody, in derogation of the sanctity oft he itiace, awl
irrelevant to the occasion of the meeting.
It might have been ',rebottled, Sir, when the ow-
eus•orned offices of religion had hero ',tsp.-tided for
the purposes of your temporal court, 11141 you, as
Presides's, would lint hove quite forg•ttro where
were sitting, or have been negligent in restraining
discusasons which would have beru highly offeusive
in a less sacred place.
I lament, Sir, for your oww sake, mad for tte
sake of all to whom the influrrice of your example
extends, that you have not inure reverence for the
mortuary ; and I sympathise with tio small num-
ber of my lislibhiourts. whose (*.whop have bees,
wounded by on act of gross profanation, which. if
you laid slot promote, you certainly took little pains
to prevent. I realism, Sir.
Your obedient bumble Servant,
41.31 Latta lisatturotto.
St. Andrew's-court, December It 3.