The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-11-03 00:00:00

GOIENT,G4RDICN THILITAIL

Litt night. the Road to Redo wee performed at
both houses. Orr ontke most be coolined to the per.
forissore of Commi.garden Theatre. The chief at.
tractions was the cariosity of witonslog Mr. Fait.
asses efforts IS the part of 01d Menton. Never
was the reputation of a play so patched red la.
beefed as the above; sod yet, the a vitalise whisk have
been made for it are rather encases for the approbation
which it receive' from the Public, than proofs of soy
lotrinsic worth in the piece itself. The troth is, per.
haps, that success is reprosenistion is a long way
from furnishing sack proofs. particularly edam
that success is clayey characterised by the cis ewe'
of openly expressed applause. The pleasure 'ached
is judiciouss mind, by sterling wit is a differset this.,
and prompts a dill'ereet acknowledgment from that
which '• provokes the gods to follow the @sample"
set no the stage, "in reply's( thunder." As aria.
'mien of the voice or the eyebrows, a stare, a poem,'
a slap in the face, giving away • bag of mooley, 00
°feria* emphatically " to protect truth, 'noisome%
simplicity," Of any other of the stage viruses; test,
and hundreds of things like them, can keeps. seal.
pace in a roar of approbation, without the reissoulwil
of any wit or probability from one mid to the other
of the dislague which may sccompauy them. MI
seems to be the case with the Rood to Ruin, a pier
which takes captive the eyes and ewe of en stellate,
without allowing forthercommunication with neje*
sent, until the certain falls. Then it becomes won.
drool how • siring of persons conversing sod de.
claiming in the most impoverished jargon, who awm
Ile have no Intellectosl attributes, should peseta* be.
esence ennegh to tempted sleep by their reeled,*
dramatic virtues and characters. We end no, bed-
tate to remark epos the Improbable and insipid chg.
Inewer of Sophia, who has " the lunneonc•," that is
to say the childishoess, of a girl of 10 yews of sr
mingled with the desires of a woman of " ene.and.
twenty full-grown," SOf that of her mother, whose
matrimonial inclinations are scarcely within the
bounds of decency is their exhibition.--Yeeng
Denison's romantic albedo* for his father,
lensing him, eat of pure virtue, to resolve epon
mufirlie with the disgusting widow, is any thing bet
liattseurable. We anent spare room far the many
I objectless which lie evilest ibis play. TIt•I rertaio.
ly will prove fatal ie its attrition is public esteem,
bowner they may be shaded for the penal by
the power of the actors. Mr. FA/SCI'S chaste
sad entree skill was evidewly rebuked by hie molter.
rand his comparative allure in the pa.t of Old Dons
ton, most he accepted se a proof of •he gessoisonem
of his relent. It is tree that Mr. Musette is. ren-
dered the part Mewling, end Wisest nosed the
people to believe tint the play Is uneicrutioeable;
but it is fleetly notorious, that Mr. PA UXII6III is cele-
brated rather for makingcharacters by personal humoor
sod dramatic whim, than inhaling them in their real
or probable relaiiins. Mr. FASSEN can set of a
goal dialogoe, but be cannot ninths,e the absent
interest of • had ens by contortions and whiessinli.
ties of fare and voice, awl it is far from being die-
creditable that he cannot do so. In other respects
be was above his author; his foe feeling sod
respectable manlier were far too intelligeot for
the pauperised prose of his nation.—
Miss BRUNTON showed greet ingenuity is at.
ikellating the incongruities of character.
Mrs. DAV VIPORT IVISIBTOR ISO successful indeliaeaties
the warm propeosities of the Widow Warren. Mr.
Jowls would have done well mosegh la the caricetwo
of Goldfinch, if he bed net sheeted " without soy
remorse or mitigation of voice" throughout. Mr.
ADO; is Barry Doeskin, displayed that geed
Ibreeding which is so isterestiag even to the most
prefanely vulgar, bet farther this writing sore'
Ile lacks discrintiostion, and his performance
is were frequeelly marked with emphasis than a je.
Adore application thereof; however, he tunas to
keep good cnapsay, to sandy iodustriessly, sad has
years before him, so that be may yet. as be has done,
improve. Essai's performance of Silky, and
BLANCNASIO'S of julkey, were both as pod as the
parts would allow.

Wrnosos, Nov. !.—Saturday the Earl of MAc-
cLt•naLn left the Castle, for Sherberno Castle. Oa-
f.-rtighire ; and the Bishop of LONDOIt •►rived, to bit
in Waiting on his Majesty. Yesterday the Primus
ficaysto took an siring In F►ogmare.
Yesterday his Royal Highness Priem Lattrocn,
accompanied by Baron HARDIIIIIIOOIII and Colonel
ADOVIIIINOM dined with the Deka sod Dachau of
Kant at Kensington Palace.
Coax- Cocoa nos„ Nov. 3.—We had very few
fresh samples of lin Wheat at market this storming;
hut what appeared were chiefly those left over from
Monday's saarket.whicls.ho 'ewer wen readily dispos-
ed u. et an advance of 2s.per quarter.—Foreign Batley
is net in much demand, and Mandel's pans are
barely sopporteti for the finest samples.—We had a
good •opirly of Oats. which met with an equal de-
tom dat oar last prices.—ln 11:anse Pea., gad ether
'skin there is so %item:lout