Star.
London, England, 1814-10-08 00:00:00

COVENTGARIIEN THEATR2.

MSS O'NKILL M deher second appearance last night
in the character of .11dieern a crowded Theat re, and was
swain honoured with the most genuine applause—
the sympathetic emotion of the whole house in every
passage of tenderness, and the admiration of the spec-
tators in every attitude of her beautiful person. She
bad acquired a more free and collected use of her fa-
eultit-s, by the approbation with which she bad been
received; and this she exemplified in the more full
display of hef powers, both of voice and actioa; than
on the preceding represenption. She is unquestion-
ably the best Julia that has appeared on the stage
since the truly chaste and affecting Etas. Mrs. SA-
FI' gN KEXI BLE. And she has attributes ;het did not
belong to her predecessor in the part; for the volume
of her voice, the dignity of her deportnient; the force
of her expression in the utterance qf an impassioned
sentence, will enable her to fill a very wide range of
characters, and to assume the first rank in her profes-
sion. The experience of last night draws this obser-
vation from us, as on the evening of her debut we con-
ceived, perhaps from the diffidence that depressed her.
powers, that it was in the tender and patlietit style of
tragedy that she would chiefly excel, though she Ore.
raised to be both elegant and playful in genteel
Comedy But last night the true' and affecting pas-
sion which she displayed in the exquisitely-acted soli-
loquy, in which her imagination conjures up the hor-
rors of the vault—the captivating, and yet seemingly
unstudied pictures' she exhibited, in which the grace-
ful attitudes of person were accompanied by the most
animated expression of features—the vehemence of
her tones, which, though penetrating the inmost re-
cesses of the breast, were simple, and harmonious to
the ear. convinc'ed us that there is no height of the
drama to which with study and experience she may
not aspire. Very early in the tragedy, the discrimi-
nation and genius of Miss O'NEILL are conspicuous.
The eagerness with which she inquires of the Nurse
who Romeo is—

" What's he that follows there, that would nut dance ?
Go ask his name ;"

at once proclaims the state of Juliet's affeetiont.—We
perceive she loves, ere 514 gives utterance to the pa-
thetic observation that taws :
al If be be married,
11 My grave is like to be, toy wedding.bed,"
which Miss O'Natta. delivered in tones so softly sweet
as rendered the sentiment, trite and common-place as
it may appear, extremely affecting. Her performance
in the garden-scene, with all its excellence fresh in
our recollection, we cannot pass over in silence. On
the former evening, in this scene, Miss O'NEILL, in a
few instances, delivered the text with a vehemence,
which neither the time nor the place justified. We
are now convinced, that this error arose,_not from a
t'ofective judgment, but was occasicned by the no-
velty of her situation. Last night, no such fault was
discernible. She constantly kept in mind the obsei-
v.:tion of Juliet, towards the close of the scene—
. a Bondage Is bourse, and may not speak aloud;"
But still she did sot sacrifice the energy of the elm-
teeter to it. The tender of her affections, and the
pkasure which the presence of her lover inspiied—
wlte expressed with a" tempered warmth—to which
lose, modesty, and delicacy, alike contributed. Were
we. however, called on to point out that scene, in
' "Ma, according to our judgment, Miss O'NEILL's
talents are most particularly conspicuous, we should
'select Juliet's interview with the Nurse, after the death
of Tylalt. There is here a greater variety of passion
than in any other scene of the play—and, conse-
quently, .a finer field for exertion. The supposed
death of Reasseeengenders despair—the certainty that
7.odt has fallen by his hand, creates an agony of
grief, that vents itself in reproaches against him—in-
digdation is produced by the malediction of the Nurse
—and the storm of passion is concluded by'reelings
of rapture at the safety of a beloved husband, which,
even the 'recollection that he is banished, cannot
wholly subdue. These different transitions were pour.
*rayed with affecting fidelity, by this highly-gifted
actress. Her three last scenes—the interview with
Friar Lawrence—that in which she swallows the sleep-
fag potion—and the tomb-scene—were admirably
performed. Her soliloquy, before she drinks the
mixture, is one of the most highly-wrought scenic
efforts that can he imagined.
The curtain fell amidst a tumult of applause ; and,
when the tragedy was announced for repetition, on
Monday evening, the audience expressed their satis-
faction, by long-continued plaudits.
The Forest of Bondy followed, in which the feeling
and natural acting of Miss Foos and Miss Boom
was highly and most deservedly applauded.

Mr. KEMBLE returned to town from Paris, on Wed.
aesday 'art, preparatory to resuming his engagement
at Covent-Garden Theatre. _

Yesterday a sailor, who had been paid off and con-
sequently carried a few shots in his locker, hit upon
the following expedient to reduce his stock. At the
corner of Felti.l.rne, by a LT-hire/4 lie overturned a

firm-stall. The owner, a female, complained of total
ruin, and opened her tongue battery on Jack with
good effect. He stood the salute with tolerable good
grace, and having enjoyed the fun, generously paid
for the damage. He then bore away up Htlbotn-
hill, and near Ilatton-gatden made another reel against
a ftoinarde, and carried away her basket full of sal-
mon. There Jack had to encounter a broadside from
a Billingsgate hoy. Finding her guns only produced
a smile born the tar, the skilfully applied a salmon to
his head and shoulders. Ile then called for quarter,
put his hand in his pocket, paid her liberally for the
frolic, and again made sail on a cruize after more fully
and extravagance.
A few evenings since, a fellow snatched a hat from
a gentleman's head in Picket-street, and being pur-
sued, ran into Lyon's Inn ; but finding the opposite
gate closed, he songht refejie on one of staircases.
His pursuers, however, having maintained the view-
helko, whereby his retreat w is completely cut off, he
sprang, neck or nothing, from a window, about the cen-
tre of the second flight, into Wych-street, and his
pursuers thinking it imprudent to follow him, he got
*Lear off with his prize.

On the 23J ult. W. Wells, of Hazy, near Gains-
borough, took his wife in a halter to the public road,
/war the above place, and exposed her for sale, when
she was sold for 6s. 6d. to J. Harrison. Being per-
fectly satisfied with the change, the woman gave her,
!bracer husband 6d. to increase the sum to 7s.