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London, England, 1815-09-24 00:00:00

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but, that in some scenes he might impart to it niest- orgy
with considerable advantage and improlement, at ti., same
time we confess we had much rather see ate actor; catt.fol
not to _

" (Yerstep the tuat!cAy of Nature."

than run into the opposite extreme, and
" Out littud Herod,"

merely for the purpose of

"Splitting the ears of the groundlings."

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'1 11.

The Maid and the Magpie succeeded Hamlet : we
fer this piece at the Lyceum : it is there much shorter, and,
the Justice is not. represented as a bufheon,. which is tobe,
case both at this house and Drury Lane. MP. Fat ley's Jew
brogue does not sit easy upon him, it savours quite as
much, if not more, of the Irishman than the Israelite.
A young lady, a Miss M'Alpin, made her first appear-
ance on any stage, at this Theatre, on Wednesday evening
in Ariel; she has a pleasing, but not powerful voice : Lc
figure is- light and interesting. She will no doubt, prove
a considerable acquisition to the vocal dein,' tinent of the
Theatre, when her powers are more matured, for she is evi-
dently very young.
Miss Hughes, a young lady long celebrated for her
transcendaut musical talents, orrt he Dublin stage, and well
known in this Metropolis as a first rate vocal perf( liner at
the Hanover-square Collect t Rooms, made her first n [pc ar-
ance at Covent Garden Theatre, in the cha4ach r of Alan-,
dime, on Friday last, and Intl with Oft most currplete suc-
cess. She received loud and reiterated applause from a
crowded audience, and we have no hesitation in sayit4,
that she will pro►c a very. valuable acquisition to the MI,-
nagers and a source of infinite delight to the Publ;c. .In
the "Soldier tir'd " she Ni'as universal), encored, !eti
would have been obliged to repeat it a third time, had it
not been for the interference of a part of the auditlxe.
The Opera was announced for repetition amidst thunders
of applause.

COURTS MARTIAL.--A court martial, held at Dublin,
the Hon. Lieut.-Col. Mullins, 44th regiment, iscon-
duct at New Orleans, has acquitted him of cowaidict . hut
sentenced him ti be cashiered.—Lieut. Michael o'rlatina-
glian, of the Bth Foot, has been tiled at :Il,,titre I, Canada.
and found guilty of misbehaviour bt fore the enemy, by lay .
ing on the ground, and quitting his post while the enemy
was engaged, Lie is sentenced to be cashiered.
Some tcaLrai.,h tars, whose appearatice bespoke they, ha,'.
squanciercd away their hard-earned wages, recently pas,in4;
their former Comtnander, in plain clothes, exclaimed, ‘•
pulling off hats now." To which the (Alice'. very aptly ic•
plied, " Nor any piping to dinrier either "

WALKING 111.1TC11.

SEVENTH
On Satnrd.►y Blackheath pi eseutt d a scene of mucl► gaiety and
good liumoisr. Booths of all de et ;pllOl%. tbr the sale of tool and
liquors, wt re erected in evety
to rxetir tl.e po-
pulace( which was extremely numerous), to pat take of thu.e liquor%
and provisions. I:ands of music playt d, colours welt' flying, and
the fineness of the weather conjoined to attract thon.ands„ The
Magistracy, however, thu.:Jit that the serite was iticreasing to an.
evil, which would, if permitted to (soot ionic on Solidity, r• quirt. the
Aiagistei ial interference; they accoitlii.,lly cosigregart .1, d dis.
cussed the matters as far as regarded the legality of tile p•um L (Aloe,
and the ceroeTtetici• was a refusal iu let bun welk eu ILL Sabbatl,.
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