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The tragedy of The Fatal Dowry, b} MAISINOsn, was
produced i*st night at this Theatre, in an altered form,
with great applause in some scenes, and Undisputed
approbation throughout. The following are the prin-
cipal personages t
llochfort Mr. Tssay.
Novall • Mr. Most rsox.
Dutroy Mr. ARDISTROXO.
Charalols Mr. WALI.ACIL
Young Nova!! . Mr. Partrxr. •
Romont ?Ir. BIACILCAor. ' •
Beaumont Mr. Ancata.
Liladant Mr. Baoww.
Beaumelle • .Irs. W. Wray.
lle:lapett • Mrs. 01WE It.
Fiotimel . Miss 8311111:110N.
It is unnecessary to enter into the plot of Oil. play.—
Every Lady is acquainted with it, either in the original,
or in its more popular though certainly less meritorious
derivative, the Fair Penitent. A great deal of what is
only narrative and retrospect in ROWE—the refusal of
but t d to the dead Marshal by his creditors—the sitting
of the Coart—tl,e filial devotion of the son. who yields
up his own pet so:r to release the remains of his father,
and obtain them the honours of interment (the star y of
gynion and Milliades under other names) all this pasaes
before the eyes of she audience in The Fetal Doter.,
and is by no means the least affecting part of the tra-
gedy. Situations of great force and auth—scenes finely
wrought, and •:.sear ing a strong impress of the realities
of life, succeed each other naturally, though rather
loosely connected'. It is, in fact, a succession of drama-
tic pictures, poweifully touched, and with singular fi-
delity to nature, and there is less of the rambling im-
probability of ineiient, which renders the plays of this
period unfit for the stage, than in most of the cider
dramas. The catastrophe is coruiderably changed,
There is an infinite deal ,of dramatic art and deep
pathos, in the manner of b inging before the father the
death of Beaumelle. The pet formauce rested almost
wholly on the shoulders of Mr. MACREADY, and he did
the utmost for it. In the scene where he s:uprises and
counsels Beaumelle, in that of his quarrel with Charalois,
and especially in the scene where he unplumes the gal-
lant, and leaves him an object of contempt and ridicule,
he exhibited great power, and every variety of acting,
and was applauded to the echo. Messls. TERRY, WAL-.
LACK, and PENLEY sustained their 'parts well. The
lamentation of the first in the fifth act should be consi-
derably retrenched. The great want is that of a female
character. Evert Beaurnelle is nothing. It is true that
if more had been retained, she would only have been
more odious. This piece has, u e have heard, been
adapted and got up by Mr. MACREADY. The alter-
ations appeared—as might be expected—judicious, and
failed to be effective only in the fifth act.
The Fatal Dowry has always been considered the chef
Arum of Mssanicrzw, and possesses a deeper interest, and contains
more highly wrought poetical passages than any of the author's
other dramas. IVoura, the Loiltario of the Falai Dowry, thus dap
:ebbe, Beaunielle, its heroine

" Beat day to Nature's curiosity,
Star of Dijon, the lustre of all France!
Perpetual Spring dwell on thy rosy cheeks,
Whose breath is perfume to oar Continent!—
See ! Flora trimni'd in her varietie..
No autumn nor no age ever approach
This heavenly piece, which, Nature having wrought,
She lost her neeJle, and did then despair
Ever to work so lovely and so fair !'

A Paris P.tper says, that Madame FODOR, the singer,
receives from the conductor of the Court Theatres of Naples and
Vienna, a salary of 80,000 francs per annum, and 'has declined an
offer of 144,000 franca made to her under the authority of the Rus-
sian Government.

THE SPIRE OP ST. BRIDE'S, FLEZT•STREET.—At the
Meeting respecting throwing open this exquisite chef
cfccuvre of the Spires of Sir Christopher Wren to the
public view, of which we gave an account m the:Evart
of yesterday, a drawing of the elevation of (be pro-
posed alteration was shewn in the room. By that it ap-
pears that the corners are proposed to be rounded off,
and the buildings at the angle to be ornamented by a
style of pilasters of the composite .order, projtcting
from the main buildings a row of shops on either si4e
is to lead down towards the Church, as far as a plain
arch, which it is proposed to throw across the new ave-
nue, to correspond with the-lower architecture of the .
Church. The design, on the whole, is sufficiently simple,
not to vitiate the taste before it arrives at its fair crite-
rion, the steeple ; and with ;he exception of the capi-
tals of theppilasters, which are too poor and spit it!ess to
bear any approach to the design of Sir Christopher
Wren, the whole is well enough for its purpd..e.
In most parts of the Crimea vine-leaves are sold in
the streets, being in great demand for cookery. Their
minced-meat is generally rolled up in these leaves, and
sens to Fable in the form of sausages.,
The Centauria Myriocephala,4 frvourite food of the
Crimean sheep, is supposed to give that beautiful grey
colour to the wool of the lambs, which is so highly
prized both in Turkey and Tartary, as an ornament of
othe calpack, or cap, worn by' Tartar Gentlemen instead
of the turban.
A few years hack, when the country was so de-
pressed, and rents came in so slowly, a Mr. WARDS
told Mrs. W. he feared he must give up his hounds.
" Oh, no I" said she, " don't do so ;"the times, pedlar,
may mend." Going shortly afterwards to his banker's,
he found the sum of 10001. placed to his credit, by 0 A
Friend to Fox-hunting." This friend to fox-hunting
was Mrs. WARDE, and the sum was paid out of her
private One.

LINES
on Tim CLOII OP Tilt; TZAR, 1824, ADDSIIIISib TO SILISSILS. DOWIAND
AND SON.
Time, with swift wings, conveys away
The years, and months, and fleeting day ;
Yet every rear the public smile
Greets your farn'd MACASSA it On.;
For time itself cannot impair
'That miracle for growth of Hair.
With Merit's palm may you be crown d,
While each revolving year goes round.

JOSEPH HUME, Esq. M.P. has ordered 400 barrels
of coals for Montrose, 200 for Arbroath, 200 for Brachia, and
fox Bervie, to be placed at the disposal of the Magistrates of these
several burghs for distribution among the poor.
SITTINGS appointed in iftdddlcsex and London, before the
Right Hon. Sir W. D. Haw, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of his
Majesty's Court of_ Common Pleas at Westminster, ia and attar
Hilary Term, 1825: j
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