The Sun.
London, England, 1801-12-28 00:00:00

THE iIIEATRES.

D rztrj-Lane.
DRYDEN'S Tempest was brought forward agaiii
on Saturday, and 'attended by a much larger au-
dience than .on the fdrmer Occasion. This Flay is
SO
.much inferior to that Of SHAKESPEARE, from
Which- it is derived,
.that we are surpried such a
Manager as KEMBLE does not do. justice to our
his most in-
great
dramatic poet in reviving one of .
teresting works in its.unrnutilated-condttion.
We have a favi?urable opinion of the good sense
of I?o'w'E.ILL, 'and of his unaffe&ed•manner of acting
in general but we cannot consider him as an ade-
quate representative of. Prospers. The part is in
every resped worthy of KEMBLE'S abilities, and
his appearance in it would, of course, 'giVe addi.
tional.attraaion to the?iece.

Another reason which induces us to wish for the
reyival of the original Temprst, is our repugnanCo
to the appearance of women in male charaaers.
Thii is a peedless outrage on the feelings, and ex-
cites disgust-rather than pleasure. Upon this.prin.
civic, whatever Merit Miss D CAMP might pos-
sess in liippo/ito was wolse.than wasted.
_ _

Mrs% Sown, E 'S voice is hardly auclalle enoilgl)
or this Theatre; and there is a faintness in her
general style of ;u Ling, which prevents any of the;
charaders she performs froin being very prominent.
Stephan° and Trinca/o, in the hands of BANN
TER Jun. andSuETT, could riot but be very enter-
taining. The latter has a simple naivete tivit
seldom misses its aim.

We like Mrs. BLAND'S voice so well, that we
always 'wish to hear her.: but Nature certainly did
not design her to please the eye as well as the ear;
and therefore she is by no means fitted for the thin
substance of an Ar;el:—hence, for her own sake,
we ad vise her to resign the part to one of a more air).
texture.

Miss MELLON seems to be. one of the most 'pro-
mising Atiresses on the London Stage. Her Do-
rinda. exhibited a strongly-marked humour, which
is obviously the result-of good sense' and observa-
tion.

The After piece was. the Pantomine of Harle-
quin Amulet, which doubtless must be supposed-to
have had great force in attrgling the boNda.,
Alks ; who, by their bustle and noisy humour, eor,
siderably interrupted their own entcrtainnient.

apvent Gaxdex•

COOKE resumed his station in this Theatre
Saturday last, and seemed to be rather invigoiaLed
than disabled by the 'Bath-quaters, which he.' is
said to have so copiously imbibed. Indeed, he
performed the part of King Richard with aS'mdcl)
fire, spirit, and success-, as ever,

In the Two Shilling Gallery a sttong spirit• of
disorder and riot broke out before the commence-
ment-of the Play, and among various ads of out-
rage a glass was thrown into the Orchestra.- In the
scene where Tressell takes his leave of Kip- Henri,
a bottle was thrown at BETTERTON, who performeJ
the former charaaer. At the moment that he
was making his bow, it struck his hat, which he
held In his left hand. The offender was immedi-
ately taken into custody, and brought to the Police
Office in Bow-street.- He proved to be a 'sailor,
who was nearly in a state'-of intoxication. The
Magistrate ordered him to be committed to prison.
We trust, that this wanton and atrocious• ofTe.oce
will be prosecuted by the Proprietors with' the -ut-
most tigour of the law, in order to deter others
from such unprovoked and cruel outrages,.

When the ever-memorable Dr. JAM Es :was ask-et!
by half a dozen smelters of canes, and feelers of
pulses, "what was the true definition of a fever,"
hi.S answer was, " It is a disease which I can Cure,
and yore.z:an all ta/k.4636t." . And so we piay say,
indeed, of Dr. Bitoposa's Dpcalli,c,al Syrup ; fbr
.while. IVlan-tnenders, and: Wonien-Jnenders are
patching. up.. their Patients with. MerCurials,
tor. a certain distemper, occasioned- by incautious
amours,,; that. invalu.abie Medicine, alone
,has so
rootelly done away, its deplor4blog..ieff4s, as to ren-
der che &hike of a Physlcian or a Surgeon inexpe.
(tient and-unnecetsar;-:--:: as he or,she .who has hap-
pilych .ba.recourse to that efficacious. remedy, have
never failed to experience what may. be. truly called
a radical cure.