The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-12-20 00:00:00

A 11E1-Pill THEATRE.

The entertainments of this little theatre. at all
times engaging and attractive, are at present height-
curd it, interest by the recent production of the new
mrlo•drema, Zarnoski; or. The Fustiest and the
Mine. Front the title of the piece, it will be easily
discernible that the plot and situations are connected
with the lore of northern romance. The piece bears
some trifling resemblance to the play of Gestarets
in it• incident.., which will be as readily inferred
from the second title. It is marked with the usual
peculiarities of the pieces among which it ranks—
vehement passions, situations, and serious equivoque
of deep and appalling interest the whole being as.
sisted in effect by striking and oppmpriate adaptations
or mtt•ie. Of hit kind it is decidedly a good piece,as,
we trust and expect, the management will find it to
be a valuable one. The accomplishment, through
subtlety and manoeuvre, of imprisoning the tyrant
instead of his victim, in the nethermost recesses of
the mine, and the consequent escape of the hero,
his wife and (laughter, is a scene wrought with
great judgment, and impressive of very fleet, emu•
lions in the minds of those who witness ir. No part
of the story latigni•hes. the plot i• constantly pro-
gressive; a matter of difficult contrivance in these
piece•, which depend PO much on display and pa-
geantry. The acting was excellent. Mr. COMER.
ss td.„ Mr. WATKINS, Mr. LEE, Mrs. WAYLETT,
and Mrs. YATES, were very effective in the serious
parts. So was Mr. COWELL in the comedy of the
piece, which chiefly lay with him. An excelleot
piece of harmony preludes the story, on the draw-
ing up of the curtain, which was very ably per-
formed by Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. 3. JONES, and
others. There is a very liberal display of landscape,
frost, and subterranean scenery. The very ■anus-
ing Barletta of k:rrors followed, of which we have
before given some account. It was performed
with custamiry excellence. Mrs. TEN N•NT'S
warbling is more attractive than ever, if we may
trust to the evidence of an overflowing house each
time that she performs Alcmene.

Sunday his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK
left Middleton Park. the seat of she Earl and
Countess of JERSEY, where his Royal Highness
has been on u visit, for Wooburn Abbey, the seat
of the Duke of BEDFORD.

The Duke of YORK arrived in tong yesterday
from Wooburn Abbey, to attend the Address from
the University of Oxford to the KING. In the
evening his Royal Highness left town, about five
o'clock. on his return to Wooburn Abbey.
Son&sy week • great witty children were bap-
tised in Cripplegate church.—They were, with few
exceptions, name Carnfirre.
Alizubeth is the most distinguished name in the
female Royal line of England. It was the fair
Elizabeth, daughter of EDWARD IV. who united
the red and white !USCG by her 'sorrier with
HENRY VII. and this healed the wounds of a civil
war of several centuries.

Lord and Lady FALMOUTH left Lady STAPIA-
TOM's seal, in Oxfordshire, on Saturday, for their
seat Truro, Cornwall.
Every fine day is called u Qusaa's day: parties
to the country are accordingly fixed for a Quirk's
day. A maul named Nl•CAittsrxtt was formerly the
proprietor of Kanetagli, near Dublin, a garden on
the plan of oar Vauxhall, bot the Welftt/I4 of his
nights became proverbial, and no party out of doors
was ever fixed on a 111•CALEATER'S

A considerable alteration has been made in the
House of Lords since the proceedings against her
MAJESTY. The temporary galleries have been re-
moved, and the Throne placed neat the wall, for
the purpose of affording greater apace to the Mein.
hers of the House of Commas,. In the House
of Commons the semi hare been raised eight
inches higher, and severs! new Committee-rooms
are to be erected. Connected with these altera-
tions, we may mention the preparations for the new
Courts of Chancery end King's Bench, which will
be erected on the mirth side of the Hall, in a line
with the Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer.
The preparations for the Coronation are still ill the
same state of suspcosioti.
A correspondent writes as follows:—The 'nett-
ing day., Tuesday and Wednesday, promise much
tine sport at the Bracou•hill Courson; Meeting, on
the domain of the Earl of CARNARYON• /Wimps-
tion was never mute oil the stretch than on the pre-
pent occasion ; and the company is expected, in
consequence. to exceed any former pan, from a re-
port having got into circulation, that her MAJLIITY
Queen CAROLINE is expected on a visit this Christ-
was at her Noble Advocate's, and that it is her in-
tention to appear on the ground, to witness poor
persecuted puss beat some of the old pecked dogs
up Constitution-hill.—(Ereeing Paper.)
There will be four vacancies in the Warduf Far-
ringdnis Without, at the approaching election of
Common Councilmen on St. Tll.oll4tri.B Day.
The Windowing of Preatois haute paid a hand.
.rouse and &wired cutuploseist to Mr. WILLIAI44I.
the barrister. His merits mut having been rewarded
by thrVity of London, they have resolved to make
up the deficiency by preilating lino with a piece
of plate. Their libend intention does credit to
thew judguse id. Mr. Witt.taus's able ereas-esa.
Initiation ut Madame ()MONT, completely destru).
ed the evidence of that important winters in rut,.
poit of the Hill of Pains cud Penalties.