The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-10 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

COYENT-GARDEN.—The tragedy of Macbeth
last night introduced a new candidate for thea-
trical honours, in the character of the hero of
the piece. This new advettorer, we understand,
is a Mr. ALLAN, who has taken the degree of
M.A. at one of our Universies. Mr. ALIA?' is
not wholly unknown to the public, as he appear-
ed in several characters at Mr. N,►'rtnAN's The-
atre in Catherine-street, Strand, and Macbeth'
among the rest. Mr. ALLIN is about the middle
stature. His figure is good and his action easy.
His face is capable of expression ; he has what is
styled a marking eye; his voice is strong, but not
uniformly so, or it appears not equable in force,
as he sinks into a low tone at the end of his sen-
tences, so that he can only be well under-
stood by those who are well acquainted
with text. His performance was marked by
good sense, and an evident study of the cha-
racter, if he did not display any extraordinary
degree of critical sagacity, or rise to superior
excellence in acting. His representation of the
character was throughout respectable, and at
times above mediocrity. With more practice he
may become a very useful, if not a great, per.
former, and he obviously brings more mental ac-
quirements to the Stage titan is generally found
among its professors. We shall not attempt to
trace him through the part, as we did not notice
any prominent proof of superiority, but content
ourselves with repeating that his performance
was marked by good sense. He was very well
received by the audience in general rather than
by any party of private friends. A few, and but
a ♦ery few hisses were heard, but they were
wholly unprovoked, and must be imputed wholly
to ignorance or malice. They were immediately
overborne by general approbation.--Miss LACY
was the Lady Macbeth. She is so spirited and
judicious an actress that she could not fail to ren-
der the part impressive, but the delicacy of her
form and features did not embody the savage
majesty of form which might be expected in the
murderous Heroine. Such was the turbulence of
the upper gallery during the scene in which she
appeart•d as in a trance, that not a syllable of
what she said could be ben rd in any part of the
hou.e. This is one of the irremediable evils of
too large a Theatre. The House was altogether
well attended.

BADDEI.ErS THEATRICAL TWELFTH CAKE.

Of the twelfth cake annually given in the
Green-room of Drury-lane Theatre, of which the
reports in circulation are greatly at variance, the
following extracts from the will of the donor,
limiter( Bad&ley, comedian, who performed
there for many seasons, will hest explain its
origin, and his other bequests of a theatrical
nature.—The will bears date April 23, 1792.
" lle desires to be buried near the body of Mias sherry, in
the church-yard of St. Paul, Covent-garden.
" To his faithful friend and companion, Mrs. Catherine
Strickland, generally called and known by the name of Badde.
ley, he bequeaths a life interest in Ilia house in New Store.
street, and in his freehold messuage, garden, &c., at Upper
Aloulsey, in the county of Surrey, with plate, furniture, &c.
After her decease, the above estates, with certain monies to
arise from the insurance of an annuity, to go to the Society
established for the Relief of Indigent Persons belonging to
Drury.lane Theatre.

" The house and premises at Aloulsey to be used as an
asylum for decayed actors and actresses ; and when the net
produce of the property amounts to 3501. per annum, pensions
are to be allowed.

" Especial care to be taken to have the worsts ' Betideley's
Asylum' placed in front of the house.
" llia executors to publish every year his letter, as appeared
In the General Advertiser, April 20, 1790, respecting the dis-
agreement with his unhappy wife, to prevent the world from
looking on his memory in the villanous point of view set forth
in books, pamphlets, &c.
One hundred pounds Three per Cent. Consolidated Bank
Annuities, which produce three per cent. per annum, is left to
purchase a twelfth cake, with wine AM punch, which the
Ladies and Gentlemen of Drury-lane Theatre are request-
ed to partake of every Twelfth Night, in the great Green.
room.

" Garrick's Head, Theatrical Portraits, &.c. to be placed in
the Asylum at Illoubley, fur the use of the pensioners.
" pensioners to give certain small sums to the poor of
Mottlsey, in order to constitute them inhabitants of the Asylum,
and respectable in the ayes of their neighbours.
" Pensioners to spend twenty shillings on the 20th of April
every year, in honour of the birth of the founder, a regalia to
be worn, Rte.

" Rings, &c. to the members of the School of Garrick, re-
voked by a codicil ; but rings to Cherie* and John Bannister,
Wroughton and Dodd, likewise to the Director:4 of the Fund ;
mourning ring for Garrick to John Bannister, twenty pounds
to his godson, John Fox Caulfi•ld, natural son of General
Burgoyne, by Susannah Caulfield, revoked in his last illness,
said godson, being, as he says, well provided for by the good
and worthy Earl of Derby.
" Executors, Catherine Strickland, Thomas Brand,surgeon,
and Richard Wroughton, with a legacy of 201.; ring and gold
headed cane to Mr. Brand."

BADDELPY Wits the original Motes in the School
for Scandal.

WEnin's NEw OPERA.—On the evening of
the 23d ult. the Opera of " Euryanthe"
given for the first time, before a most brilliant
audience, in the Royal Opera House, at Berlin,
and in fact under the special direction of the
great Composer himself. As soon as he ap-
peared in the Orchestra, the whole house rose
and greeted him with the loudest plaudits.—
While the Overture was in the course of being
played, frequently the most astounding applause
shook the very walls of the building. All the airs
were received in the most enthusiastic manner; in
deed the music is every way entitled to it. Al-
the end of the first act, the Composer was called
for, in order to receive the Otost flattering marks
of approbation, a circumstance which, to our
knowledge (says the Berlin Hditor), never took
before in the Prussian capital: At the conclusion
of the Opera, he WAS again obliged to skew him-
self, when a thundering of-applause took place,
such as never before was remembered upon any
occasion. Mr. Vom ‘Vcnett.sots out almost im-
mediately, by way of Paris, for London, v;ith
viewbeoto :-V7ll3,'rt ileThoicb out
in March,
expresslylhnew Opera of
composed
for the Proprietors of Covent-Garden Theatre.
Mr. BRAIIAM is engaged tit Covent Garden
Theatre, and is expected to make his first appear.
*lnce in her Freese/tut:.

The Oratorios at Covent Garden Theatre this
season will be on a bertie of extraordinary
strength. Miss STEPHENS will again sing at the
Theatre where she first established her high re-
potatv,ion ; and Miss PAToN, Madame VEhTIIIS, r
Mr. AILLIPS, and Mr. Ilttan.tta, will combine
their great talents with her% on the occasion,