The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-25 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL.

It is by mere chance t!'at we ever read any of the theatrieei
critiques of our contemporaries, for, generally 'speakinkie
when it
would be a sad loss of time, and, it would not be se, -a
had rather form and express our own opinion of actors
plays as they are than, by reading a good criticism,- rim to,
hazard of adopting the thoughts of and plagiarising a c"Ille of
porary. Casting our eye over the columns of the Chronic
etc
Saturday last, we observed the title of the Staridierd, and eieej
thereby induced to read the rubbish which usually TEPPe,"tis
in the theatrical notices of that paper, and we found tb'pr
great part of that which professed to be a critique of the tri
formances at the Theatre-royal was a criticism of our they tilt
cal notice of Friday last, wherein we thought fit to tidd 'a us
with Mr. Cooper's performance of Macbeth. It is art'f°C,.,,
to say what consideration induced the learned critic-of cri,elsif
who " does" (to use the elegant phraseology of this 7.i.t.'i'the
the theatrical puffs of the. Chronicle to bespatter us
filth of his wrath, and apply to us the hard'weids vittiPre,
"malignant," &c., for saying that Cooper was " 'Slier oa
hearser of sentences." After saying that
not compass the great characters of ShakspesitellieDo-den
" evidently beyond his grasp," and that'" it s,tailhOV..viug
seeing that fur the last twenty yeats•.he ,bactsVelf s
secondary Tharacters" _that he cont d. not perferur a clo;per
principal—after thus comfortably .knoteltiO
down, he attempts to help 'him again 1-zb4"
us for saying that he could not play•Mee/e(hg.ariti b 7 s:i,ug
" the wonder is that he is so good,--.ceatiiderintf MS' Prly the(
career !" And yet the man Who wrote this calf iiettrselg`""vith
of " giving expression to trash"! What have we
-to•de- .06
Cooper's previous career? tie takes upon himself; as e ',ter
to play Macbeth, and by his performance of that chatters,°
must be judged, not by a round of secondary eliarnfilel,tl
which he can play well: If any Jack Sweep, by acct Ao'
should be allowed to play Othello at the Theatre-roYe"rder
were, as in all probability he would, to do more than,l“l ocr
Desdemona—murder the whole part—be a " mere reh,l„-,r114
of sentences"—" like a steam engine piston, worie "e
without variation of expression, feeling, or passion," ate
therefore to puff Jack Sweep's Othello because "they„see-
is that he is so good considering his previous careeta;,, jo e
ing that, for the last twenty years, he .has been vrork"nchs"t
totally different element ?C' And . yet this is preciselYo' ids
this " genius" says —who " does" the puffing forthe that
—we are to do with regard to Cooper). Is it not rie!',; sour
the fellow who wrote such rubbish as this should i eido
critique of Friday last " trash," ",malignatit,"'"'ttlll4o tile
If it were "trash," it is indeed the "pare callingln' tit the
black." But enough of our contemporaries.- IC is P,40
first time we have heard they have been ..pecki".4o the
However, the poet's distieh, shall.comfort uss:u"„),
f.
weighty infliction— • .
" Envy will merit, as its shade, pursuey e''
But, li,ke the shadow, proves the substance trti
t_eatre,
i.
11obeli
the
.".
Our business in our theatrical notices is with
and nut with, our contemporaries, and henceforth ,70t. the
leave unnoticed such " trash" as adorns the Pagel; ed tq
Chronicle. So long as the critical editorship is COillyitheo
us, we shall give our opinions freely and fairly,
_,,e,ano
" fear, favour, affection, or reward"—of men as the,' 7..10,j0ris
of actors as they perfom without " considering
career." This week Mr. Morris Barnett, the autbr
their 1 1.010,re,
is engaged, and plays in several of his favourite pictehripiog
visitors of the theatre will not yet have forgotten" I'l9l, none,
representation of Mons. Jacques, in his drama Of 1.
when twelve months ago he visited Liverpool.
Le Theatre_
Ma. BLA ND'S BEN ISE IT•-e-The managers Of ill e bens,
Royal have considerately allowed Mr. Bland to talcell_i„Ave;
fit before the usual time, on account of his recent
ment in the melancholy death of Mrs. W. It 131 a
rely
benefit is announced for Wednesday, with the otrlse.,
Werner," followed by the drama of " The Stati, 11:(sh 100
s in which Mr. Morris Barnett plays. We heartitY
e, a full house.

h"Y; }~

ing
ACCIDENT.—On Monday last, a man fell from the rillgoelt
of a ship in the Waterloo Dock, carrying with hto:ieg ril;
weighing 32lbs„ between which and the deck hi 10. t
crushed, the bones protruding through the skin.e tows,
taken by the Police to the Northern Hospital, ,1., ea co
, t WO 8
DREADFUL ACCIDENTS.—We and taa-et. e
owl
dents occurring on board steamers, were reciv t. Dor_
Northerr Hospital, Leeds-street, on Sunday moronl4,o !'.
one case, a boy, the leg and thigh were literallY:,:. oolti
pices; in the other, the band suffered a like- t '
underwent amputation and are likely to do well.
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T..: POLICE COCRT.—Yesterday, at the ponlice_.
curtirge.ds.
persons were brought up charged with felony, a d.'ile„,toti
with being disorderly; in all 125 persons taken-It?'" ..,„,
in one day l ..,
Toe LATE EXPLOSION AT NEwToN.—We regret to let",
that since our last two other persons have died from ih4,
effects of the late melancholy accident at then Viaduct Fowl.
dry, at Newton, making nine in all; and ther now lies
without hope of recovery. The following are the names of
the sufferers, and the particulars of their families:—
DEAD.
Joseph Dangerfield—wife and seven children; one a cripple.
Samuel Appleton—wife and seven children ; wife a cripple.
James Parker—wife and one child.
William Wells—wife and one child. .. -
John Dean, William Dean, George Fazakerley, G. Clough,
and 'Flaomas Price—all single.
HURT—NOT EXPECIED TO RECOVER. , •
John Wilson—wife and two children. ' - - -
We are glad to team that a subScriptioti has' been set onfoot for the relief of the families of the sufferers by this dis-
astrous affair, and shall be exceedingly glad to forwardit by
any means in our power. Any -sinus entrusted to`our 'Care
shall
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