Star.
London, England, 1821-07-11 00:00:00

THEATRES.

Kinds Tnaarnit.--This elegant place of fashion-
able resort displayed, last night, one of the most
crowded audiences of the season. The pit Was filled
at an early hour, and, before the first Act of the
Opera was over, the boxes made a grand display of
beauty and fashion. The entertainments for the
evening were Rossint's 11 Turco in Italia, the last
new Ballet of La Foire de Sneyrne, and Le Carnival
de Venire. Signora RONZI De SEGNI was the coquet-
tish wife, and is much improved since we saw her last
in the character. Her husband, Signor De BEnhi,
promises to be a valuable addition to the company
as a comic performer. Both the Ballets went off
with eclat; but it is impossible, with so excellent a
set of dancers as the Theatre now possessei, that any
Ballet can fail of attraction. It was late before the

performances were concluded, being nearly a quarter
past one.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Last night the Queen
again honoured this Theatre with her presence. Her
MAJESTY entered the House a few minutes after seven
o'clock, attended by Lord and Lady Hoot,. The
audience greeted her MAJESTY'S arrival with loud
cheering. The curtain rose, and GOD save tle Kiag
was sung by the dramatic corps, the audience fre-
quently joining in the chorus, or substituting the
lname of Queen. The Opera, Guy Mannering, was
no sooner commenced, than the cry of GOD save the
Queen resounded through the Theatre: the actors
paused, and, after sorne lade delay, Mrs. M.Candlish's
house was honoured with a' host of visitors, in the
Iverson: of the dramatic corps, who, to do additional
honour to the QUEEN, again sung GOD save the Kiag.
The Opera was then suffered to proceed very quietly,
too much so indeed, for it went off very tamely. The
character best entitled to notice was, Dominic, Samp-
son' which was performed, for the first time in town,
by Mr. MACK-AY. This Gentleman is from Edin-
hurgh, where his admirable personification of the
Bailie Nicol Jarvie not only rendered the Opera of
Rob Roy unprecedentedly popular, but he gained the
approbation of Sir WALTER SCOTT, and a present
front JEDKARAH CLEISHRoTHAIL. Mr. MACRAY has
played the Baillis three times in London, and although
the character has hitherto been in the undisputed pos-
session of Liarost,_yet he has succeeded in making a
very favourable impression on a London audience.—
Mr. Mantua certainly played the character very dif-
ferent from Lzeron, and approached much nearer
the idea of the Novel ; indeed, we think him the very
&Wit that the Author drew. It was a piece of ge.
wine, unaffected acting, in which not a point was
missed that could possibly tell, so attentive was the
actor to the business of the scene. In the character
of Dominic Sampson, we do not think Mr. MACKAY
quite so successful, or rather he did not so soon sub-
due our prejudices. Ltsrow has made us view the
Dominic in a comic light only ; Mr. MACRAY made
him more a man of sentiment, although his exqui-
site pathos was not unmixed with humour, and in
some of the scenes he was particularly effective.—
On the whole we think Mr. MACKAY an Actor of
considerable talents; one who will never seek to gain
applause by . artificial efforts, but who will gain on
the audience by his unpresuming merit; and we look
forward with much pleasure to his appearance in
Dumbiedika, in Mr.DISDIN's excellent Heart of Mid
Lothian, which is announced for to-morrow night.
Mrs. EGERTON played Meg Merrilies in a manner
which made-us wish never to see it in other hands.
In the progress of the Opera, such passages (and they
were not many) as could, by a tolerable stretch of
imagination, be supposed to bear on the QUEEN or
her history, were eagerly seized by the audience.
When Gilbert Glossin vindicates his conduct by say-
ing it flowed from the law, and Lucy Bertram said,
" No, Sir, it does not flow from the law, but from
those who pervert it to their own sinister purpose,"
there was loud and continued cheering.—When the
curtain fell at the close of the Play, her MAJESTY
came to the front of the box, and after saluting the
audience in the most affable manlier, retired from
the Theatre. Her MAJESTY appeared in excellent
health and spirits, and was dressed to great advan-
tage—she wore a robe of figured satin, and an ele-
gant scarf of a light green colour ; her hair was con-
fined by a circret of diamonds, disposed in such a
tnanneras to produce a very tasteful effect.
ENGLIVI Orinta HOUSE.—Thff Beggar's Opera at-
tracted last night a very numerous and elegant au.
dience. Missl7oarrit's second appearance in the part
of Polly wart, if possible, more successful thanorrAe
occasion or her debut. Miss KELLY was as happy ak.
usual in her presentation of Lucy; and PEARMAS
and BARTLEY, as Macheath and Locket, were re-
markably effeckive. The Opera altogether afforded
a very high treat. Miss KELLY'S acting in the new
Piece of Love's Dream is of extraordinar y excellence:
the introduction of a young lady talking of love and
of dancing, in her sleep, was, to say the least of it, a
hazardous experinient ; but every difficulty was over-
come by the skill of the actress, whose representation
of somnambulism is as graceful as it is striking—it is
invested with much of the poetry of acting, and is as
much a chef-d'enivre as the celebrated scene in the
Lady Macbeth of Mrs. SIDDONS.

Her MAJESTY has signified her intention of visit-
ing Sadkis Wells to-morrow evening.
Come Bacuotaa, Meuse-Last, Jute 11.—A large proportion
of Monday's supply of Wheat remained over for this morning's
market, but which chiefly consisted of samples of inferior ;p.a.
!icy, for which there is but little demand, and cm sepently it
stet very heavy sale at Monday 's prices, bt.t prime samples were
disposed
of es full as good terms as on that day. The ar.iva,!s
of Oats, this week have been abundant, and having but few
buyers the trade was exceedingly dull, at a decline of trim ed.
to per quarter. In Barley, Beans, and Peas, so alteration.