The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-07-31 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPrnit.

After a seven years' absence from the stage,
Mr. ARNOLD's comic opera of The Americans was
last night revived. Its success, oil this occasion,
was complete—and must have satisfied the mast
sanguine wishes of the Proprietor. Out theatiicil
Leaden will recollect the host of talent by which
the opera was originally supported. .Messrs. BRA-
HAM, JOHNSTONE, NIATIII ws, and DOWTON,
WI. MOUNTAIN, and severtil other distitiguished
performers, appeared in 1). To come forward in
characters which bud been stisonitwd by individual.
of such acknowledged t teat, 'V." no ordinary tit-k,
But, it gives us pleuitire to state, that those on
whom it devolved, acquitted tin:nisi-lees in gene-
ral, with great ability. Mr. PEARMAN splwalrtil
Captain Wilmot. He sang the tweet air, " PI(
anchor's weigh'd," chastely and expressively. His
execution of is The death of Achim" was, ou the
whole, an effort honourable to lits taste. tits voice
does not possess power sufficient to give fall effict
to the animated parts of the song—but he iitinsetl
a degree of pathos into the melancholy passages,
which came home to the hearts of his auditors.
11w part of Louisa affords scarcely any opportu-
nity for the display of Miss KELLY';
She sang her airs prettily—and executed her
part of The Echo Duet," which was much
applauded, in a charming summer. Mr. BAH l's•
LEY depicted, with appropriate energy, the
honest feelitigs, and unsophisticated passions, ot
Kelko, the huh in Chief. Mr. J. IsAAcs sustain-
ed the character of Fume°. In the finales to di,
first and second act, particularly the latter, whew
a solemn meth is administered to Wilmot, the tli-sp,
firm, attd musical bits. of Mr. Isaacs, managed a,
it was with great skill, had a peculiarly flue effect.
Miss CAREW, with whose vocal powers we are &V,/
more and more delighted, supported the character
of Loilina. If not the first, this Lady must he
placed in the very first rank of singers. tier taste
is pure—her science of the finest older—her just',
meat (that by which the introduction of a gicater
or less degree of science must be guided), e.ttiently
regulated by the soundest principle s. Added il)
tulstentages, she possesses, naturally, el s%ret a,,,i
flexible, though not a powerful voice. But. for
our own parts, we would rather hear one melting
ditty, executed by a voice, and in a style, like her's,
than fifty bravuras, . winds only astonish the crowd,
but can never the ear rcii;lv attuned to iPti.
mony. Miss satIAV tong with infinite taste and
feeling. Otte of her snags, which wit; rather more
difficult that' the others, and itt the execution al
which she misted deliciwy with science, was rin-
tilrously encored. Miss 1. S rs.v ;:7. so 's Chit.
!gum was lively and amusing. She Ling lief
little cheei fill strains gaily an.i :nerrily. Eras-
mus I:hadazoistus Nacatuens, the Irish poet,
.ass
rendered a vary eatetiaiiiing personage by Mr.
W. S. CHATTERLEY. He eknirtql very consider-
able talent—a talent which certainly we did not
previously suspect him to posers—for tilt. species
of character. Shortly, as it wag observed, we felr
all the /rilhasen on the London hoards, ail{ tic
Englishmen. Mr. HARLEY played the part ot
IJabble, a "Jack-of-all-tratles, but master of tome,"
in a truly comic style. He gave the charms, " Listen
all you who have ears to hear," • with genuine ha.
moor. It was encored. Mr. Dowtoa origloal:y
could mike molting of the part of Pan/ Iyiati.
It is not, therefore, wonderful that Mr. SALTra
could not make more. The AMERICAN W H-
umus were introduced on this occasion, and Per-
formed their parts with eclat. Their ilia-mil.
ant cries, in the war-whoop chorus, at the rod 4.i
the first at t, produced a very striking, and land
effect. They appeared in the Dance of fence, at
the coaclusion of the second act, and gave ;HI
identity, and, et the same time, a variety. to t;.it
scene, which made it more amusing than it posstli!y
could have been in their absence.

The Minuet de la Cour was afterward* danced
by Mr. ST. ALBIN wild Mi►s AYLLTT : 0 w3+
rr-
ceived with deserved marks of approbation.
Gentleman, we helieve, is from the Theatre not 31.
and has but recently appeared nn
ui-
London hoards ; he is a good dancer, and will, 1,,k
doubt, become a favourite with the pubic.
The house was crowded in every part.

ROYAL COBURG THEATRE.—Dist night we no,
much delighted by a new piece, produced at toil
theatre, written by Mr. BRYANT, called The 1,04
Crispiee. The Music by Mr. ERSKINE:. .I'l.r
piece abounds with many laughable itic,dent,, and
was received throughout with univermal
The house was crowded, and the boxes of
much beauty and fashion.
The following accidents are said to have occurred,
a few evenings since, when the American Warrior,
were opposed to each other, in ae pit.,tot aa i ~, e
La Mrouse :—Long Horns tossed Little Bear—
Two Gans-killed Black Squirrel and Beaver—sod
I Like Her tumbled over Steep Rock.
Mrs. ALsor has reached Newcastle, io her pro-
fessional tour, where she has played Vie fullowin4
characters with the most brilliant stiecvots:—Min
Hoyden, in the Comedy of A Trip to Searbormil:h:
Flora, iii The Midnight Hoar; Lady Teazle. ~1
The School for Scandal; Letitia Hardy, in The
Belles Stratagenr Lady Frerloce. in Ibe Dom
after the Wedding.. Mrs. ALSOP will be •uccredra
at Newcastle by Miss BRUNTON.

Accounts from Edinburgh reprea.nt the crowd
and pressure on Miss O'NEtLL's as unpre-
cedented in the theatrical annals of that city. It it
customary there for a person leaving the 'rliraire
dwine the performance, and not meaning to retinas,
to transfer his !puss. No such privilege is allowed
in the London Theatres, and it has been (mowd ne-
cessary on the part of the Edinburgh mioatgrr to
requrot that It may not be tiiforced OD 114sti
O'NEILL', stay, as a means, by its disuse, to alle-
viate the inentiventriti e of the excessive crowd wliten
it it calculated to iurira~r.

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