Star.
London, England, 1830-01-01 00:00:00

DRURT-LA NE THEATRE.

Whatever may be said of that decline of public test(
to which the deterioration of the Drama has been so ge-
nerally ascribed, the progressive results of the present sea-
son must have convinced the Managers of both our great
National Theatres, that it requires but the attraction of
genuine talent to give a fresh and vigorous impulse tc
that task, and to ensure the renewal of that fostering pa.
tronage which it should be not less their duty, than their
interest, to propitiate by the most liberal encouragement
on their parts, of histrionic merit.
The announcement of KEAN'S Lucius Junius Brutu.
proved so attractive, that very soon after the doors were
opened on Wednesday evening, Drury-Lane Theatre wa,.
crowded, to witness his inimitable personification of th*
avenging Roman; and if—after the auspicious resump
tion of his brilliant career, as Richard, Othello, and Si.
Giles Overreach—a doubt could have been entertaine(
of the perfect renovation of his great powers, or of hi
influence over the feelings and the passions of the au
dience, his success in Brutus must have assured eve'
the most sceptical, that his mental and physical qualitie
are not only unimpaired, but are even heightened it
their display by a more chastened judgement, a mon
severe simplicity of manner, and a more masterly deve
lopement of his own internal resources, than, in our opi
nion, even this great and gifted actor ever before exhi
bited. His appearance as the idiot, when every gesture
and every word is suited to

a, The mask necessity has leads him war,"
the heedless gait, the loose and unconnected walk, th.
listlessness of limb, and total vacancy of countenance
all the outward indications of his assumed folly, were ad
mirably contrasted with the occasional flashing forth o
the spirit veiled in " the visor of his madness." Hi
first soliloquy and his delivery of that passage in whicl
he pants to " see revenge spring like a lion from its den:
was most eloquently and passionately uttered. His in
terview with Titus and the self-command with which h.
suppresses even the father's anxious wish to confide th,
secret of his imposture to his son, the indirect excitemen
to assert the liberty of his country, and the skill witl
which, recalling his fondest aspiration when he finds n
corresponding enthusiasm in Titus, he says,
I'm foolish;
My brain is weak and waistless ; you abuse it—"

elicited bursts of applause. Nothing can be more appalls:l
than the imprecations which, in his excited fury, ha
vents upon the astonished Sexists ; nothing more ener
getic than his resolve to avenge the violation of " the
heroic matron;" nothing more tender or more spirit
stirring than the tribute to the beauties and the virtues o
Lucretia, with which he invokes the people to " swel
the general sound, revenge, revenge !"
But all the attributes of KEAN's excellence are cou
centrated in the fifth act, where the contention of pa
rental fondness with the sternness of Roman virtue, du
sorrow of the man with the indignation of the patriot, an(
the sympathy of a generous nature with the imperiou
duty of the judge, were eloquently attested in tha
emphatic address to the son he was about to doom ts
death:

Think that I love thee by my present passion.
By throe unmanly tears, these eartbqualtes bete.
These 646 that strain the very strings of life ;
Let these consicee you that no other cause
Cuuld force a father thus to wrong his nature.
It is impossible to pass unnoticed the impassioned ant
tearful utterance with which K Es, gives to two brie;
words meaning of whole pages : we allude to the
speech in which, reminding Valerists of the sacrifice
which the latter had made to the public good by levelling
his proud palace, he says

" With what afiuherty delight you summoned
Each grace and ornament that might enrich
The child of your creation.

In the text they seemed almost misapplied; in the
delivery of the actor they told the anguish of a breaking
heart with a desolating bitterness that baffles all descrip-
tion. The closing scene, the re-ascending of the Tri-
bune, the orders to the lictors to bear their prisoner forth,
the summoning up the convulsed energies of nature to
the great effort; in short the three lines

•' hook* now
Demands her victim ! A nide moment
And lam childless. One team and 'tis past !
Justice is satisfied, and Rome Is Inv!"
are as far beyond all praise, as they are superior to all
rivalry. Mr. COOPER played Titus excellentli well.
Revolting a character as Tullis appears, Mrs. FRI:TIT
sustained it with great effect ; and the Tarquinia of
Miss FA UCIT merits equal commendation. At the fall
of the curtain BEAN was loudly called for, and, on his
appearance, greeted with the warmest and the most en-
thusiastic salutations of well-deserved favour.

Prince LIOPOLD left the residence of the Marquis
and Marchioness of SALISBURY, at Hatfield, Herts.
(where his Royal Highness bad been staying some days
on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness), yesterday,
and proceeded to his residence at Claremont.
The French Ambassador had a long conference yes-
terday afternoon with the Earl of AuzaDEzl, at the
Foreign Office.
The Prussian Minister visited the Russian Ambassador
yesterday morning, at Ashburnham House, Dover-street.
Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS, the Governor of New Bruns-
wick, transacted business yesterday at the Colonial
Office.
Lady MART TAYLOR 141 R town yesterday morning for
Worthing, to enter on the duties of Lady in Waiting to
the Princess AUGUSTA, in the room Of Miss WTI/YARD:
The Hon. Mr. and Mrs HEN ZAGS LROGZ gave a
Dinner party yesterday, to the Duke of DORSET, Lady
GRAY, Knead lady ELISAIIRTH CoLa, Captain and
Mrs. RAMSDIN &C.
We understand that the Marchioness of CONYX011•1111
continues seriously in.—Brighton Gazette.
It is reported that Mr. Davies is about to institute
legal proceedings against the parties who so unreasonably
subjected him to the late investigation.
M.T. BUCKINGHAM'S lectures at the Argyll Booms,
have been received with marked satisfaction, and de-
served to be so received.