Star.
London, England, 1827-10-05 00:00:00

THEATRES,

DRURT.LANZ THEATRE.
Mr. tir.ax, jun. again went through the character Of
Vim Norval, in the tragedy of Deserts, last night;
and if the applause he obtained was not so clamorous,
as on his first appearance, it was still warm and Be-
tided; and the least we can say of his acting is, that
he did his best to deserve it. After the Tragedy, a new
Musical Farce was performed, for the first time, under
the tide of the Illustrious Stranger; or, Married aad
is,riedi—The characters were thus supported :
Aboollfer (Slog of the laud) . Mr. Tammy.
Mr. Burn.

Arun •
Alibajou • • • •Mr. J. Rosana.
Gimbo
Benjamin Bowbell • •
Ins • • • • • • Mrs. Oman.
Fatima • • • • . Miss Lova.
The story of this Piece hinges upon the adventures of a Mr.
jlintinsin Barbell, a Cripplegate grocer, wrecked on the coast of
*Unbar, in the Rut Indies, where a law has been pared (or an
'pestle has ordained it) that Imo, the daughter of the King of the
Maud, should be married to the first stranger wheat chasm eit
destiny may throw into her father's indelicate. " Codicil
grocer Is received as the lisealriwas Stramiee. am/ viiiihsty eashials
to marry the Princess, amidst all IN seeipesaha =low ofeibs*
magnificence. The poor fellow's joy is nut of dendok bow
ever; be is soon Informed of the dreadfelleefitimr
ltiand—bb wife falls sick, and agood•natecedlMes wow
hint that, If she chance to die, he mum be burled vI hew Ito
Princess Is supposed to die, and the King, her father. "Iwo oedema
that the ancient law of the Island should be carried into ewes.
Rorie, I is told that be most prepare to Immolate himself; mad lOC
of his horror and consternation the little elle' •egel whim
which the Farce possesses arise. He is, however, dids
the law will allow him to be entombed by proxy, If be am bed
substitute, who, for the booeur of the thing, win commit to be
heeled with a Princess of the •Blood HoyaL There I. ma
underplot, which d• ltself just as the main story is seppeeed
to conclude. A substitute appears in drawn, the real lover of
the Princess, who, disguised as a physician, consents to enter the
tomb. He does so to the great joi of Bogie, hut the doss"
the sepulchre are scarcely closed upon him when they are I.=
and discover the Prince and the Princess in the fondest
iinsginsble, the audience being left to conjecture that the death of
the lan er was ouly a stratagem allowable in all desperate love came.
&Ste to say that the parties are made happy, and the curtain falls.
Tile success which attended the piece is solely to be
attributed to the admirable acting of HARLEY and
Lisros. Mr. flaaxay's character. though far from
being original. was made excessively entertaining
by that cien•leman. He sang an irresistibly comic song.
beginning " Mr. and Mrs. Deans:" the best criterion of
its merits being the enthusiasm with which it Was
encnied. The following ate the words: •
Deity Dolls, sick of strife,
Thus addressed his scolding wife— ••• • - '
Sena in life I've no repose,
Death, my dear, shall end my woes!
•
Mrs. Doles, Mrs. Doles !
Death, I yow, shall and my woes!"
Mrs. Doles Hied his plan,
To the rivet off they ran t
" Pray," said Doles, " be so kind
Jost to tie my hands behind?"
' • • •,
Mrs. Doles, &c. • .
She obeyed ; and when C 00116.11,
" Let =epee'," he said, " alreallt •
You will also—do not secif... •
so good as push me off.' •
Mrs. Doles. &e.
Dabs, when she proved her love
• With a run and with a shove,
• .•
Silpt aside, and, In his steal, • •
Mu. D. sowed over bead.
Mrs. Doles, &c.
.31r. Doles sow was ales,
•••• •-•• Intik she piled hoe watery bolus,
. .
Quoch he, " My bands are tied, and
Can't waist you ; so good bye r
• Mrs. Dorm, &c.

Mr. Listeme's part was rather a dangerous one. He
actually made a very effective character oat of nothing
—and never foiled to bring down bursts of laughter and
applause, shough,coustantly repeating " You don't say
so!' and similar common place observations. bliss
Lovs had scarcely any thing to do. Mrs. W. Gusts
,was, if possible, even worse of. The songs which
were allotted to these Ladies were the only redeeming
qualities in their parts, and it would be injusthe to the
former not to mention the fascinating way in which she
executed the following song

_
Law and Folly went out to play.
Hey merrily oh !
. They skips out the gram, sad they tipnbled the hay,
Hey down oh!
Love grew peevish to Folly's surprise,
And, learrelling, gave her a blow ;
• She returned i 4 and closed up Ms eyes.
. Till they both were as black as a sloe.
Fully got whipt,•Capid was Mind,
Hey merrily eh !
Re stamp's and be swore, and ran out of his shad,
• Hey down oh !
Right or wrong, poor Folly was blamed ;
In vain she asked pardon sod cried ;
Tit lead the blind brat by the Gods she was issued;
And thus Folly became Cupid'. guide. •
Hey down oh !
Mettaltlittandlng the carelessnesswkh which the weeds of this
gene are written, Miss Love gave them with soda sweet ram, that
the wasbaasured with a rapturous mare. Mrs. Gamut, in a song
commencing w The vigils of night." was stet less successful. In.
deed, the rewalutattons of the whole of the sneak, which is by Mr.
&mutt, are extremely judicious, and contrived in a masterly style.
The piece was gives out for repetition amidst great applause.

COVENT GARDEN.
The lively Comedy of Wild Vats was performed at
tlis Theatre last night, for the purpose of introducing
WRINCII to the boards of a winter Theatre. Mr.
WRENCH has been long known to the public as a clever
and successful actor of light comedy, at the English
Opera, House and the Adelphi Theatre. He has also
starred it in the provinces with much applause and con-
siderable profit. He has become a very amusing co-
"arm, by a keen sense of humours expressed with a
never-ceasing restlessness of gait and action, and a quick-
ness of utterance of most voluble flippancy. This quality
of fluent talking he, however, sometimes carries to such
a degree of rapidity, as to tender his enunciation thick,
a.lcl unintelligible, and, consequently to mar the effect
of his jokes—this too it is in which alone he may be
rated below his predecessor, Mr. JONES. Ou his entrance
last night, be was welcomed with most hearty applause
fr. m every class of the audience. The character of
Rorer, the volatile and eccentric. but warm-hearted
and honourable strolling player, gave him ample room
for the display of all his vivacity and quaintness, and
flea of his feeling—and in every scene, in the ex-
pression of every modification of humour, every degree
if temper, and variety of sentiment, affection to his
friend, admiration for his mistress, indignation against
oppression, jocularity against humbug, sympathy for
distress, quotation of stage bombast, and courage
against an opponent—through all Mr. Wanton evinced,
genuine drollery, and received frequent applause. His
leasing of the noble Quaker Igary, and his castiga-
tMa of the" astonished" bailiff, were his most successful
efforts, and afforded proportionate amusement. Miss
Itastati dressed and looked, and acted the fair Quaker,'
Mary, with charming simplicity, and expressed the ge-
nerous and quiet irony of the benevolent " maiden
f. 'end" with equal success. Mr. FAWCETT was a most
raining Ephraim Smooth Mr. BAHTIAX a bustling

Sir George Throttler; Mr. Patti a capital Ain
Dory ; and Miss Gowan a most spirited, clever, na-
tural and fascinating specimen of nude
and incipient flirtation. By the war, this young Lady
appmws to be the probable successor to the admirable
Miss iteuv. The termination of the Comedy was at
tended with most marked applause.
The Entertainments concluded with the comic piece
of Catherine aml Petrechio, in which the admirable act-
ing of Mr. Krauts, as the ranting, roaring husband of
the termagant Kate, kept the audience in continued
roars of laughter and rounds of applause, by a dashing
buoyant extravagance of drollery, that cast into the
shade even the light humour of. Wikl.thas, and die
elasticity of WRENCH. Miss JARMAN also played
'Kate very cleverly, and was rewarded with cordial
approbation from a very fair house. The House was
respectably attended.
SURREY THEATRE.
Alahoegh Mr. ELLIIITON hes transferred his presiding
genius over Theatricals from Drury-lane, of which he
was once the well:known I, great lessee,' to the Surrey
Theatre, yet he is determined to vindicate his reputation
of catering liberally for tbeentertainnient of public.
Last night The Siege of Belgrade was performed at this
house, to an audience as full as-the Theatre could con.
tain ; and, indeed, the manner in which the Opera was
produced merited the ample patronage bestowed epon
it. Mr. -PHILIPPS as the Sneakier, and Miss GRADIPON
as Lille (both of whom appeared for the first time last
evening), sustained their respective parts throughout,
with an ability which Might well challenge competition
With the leading singers at either of the Winter
Theatres. Mr. PHILIPP; who has been a stranger
to the .Loodon boards for some seasons, was cor-
dially greeted upon his return to them. The sub-
ordinate parts in the Opera were creditably sus-
tained, and it was given out for repetition amid a very
general expression of apprcbation. The entertainments
were closed by the exhibition of Master Buitca, an
astonishing child, in a variety of characters, which he
sustained with all that versatility for which CLARA
Fiance was once so remarkable.

THa AoELPlit MUMTAZ. from the excellence of its
Performers and Entertainments, ranks no longer among
the minors, and is still supported by the same public
peronage that it has enjoyed for years. The Surrey
Theatre is also crowded every night, and the Coburg
bas bad, since Easter, a prosperous season.
COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL