The National Register. — 1814-12-18 (London, England)

DEC. 18.  and when he has sealed his own baseness by declaring his love, the solemn mid swelling indignation with which she adjures (Leaven, ‘Volud that these eyes had Ifeasflis own lightning." and the brow of storm, the fulmivating glance, and ovel.awing attitude with which she adds, " that with a look thus I might blast thee." and crushes him to the earth, can only be surpassed by beings superior to our nature. This was not, however, her only sublime effort. Passing over a crowd of beauties, the least of which would shine as a diamond amongst the excellencies of all other actresses now on the stage, we reach the scene in which, plunged from the summit of hope into deeper ruin, and yielding to all the tortures of despair at finding Bccorley, not only immured in a dungeon, and robbed by own folly of the inheritance of his uncle, but charged with the murder of his friend, she suddenly sees that fried enter, and the innocence of her husband cleared. here description must fail. To say that a smothered scream burst from her bosom, that all her joints seemed at once loosened, that she fell as though smitten by a bolt from Ileaven, that her eyes flashed forth wild glances, and that her breast laboured with convulsive hearings, would he weak. The elfeet, however, was terrible. The company in the,. pit rose instinctively, and the shock was felt through the whole audience. Ilere, for the List time, -she passed Mts. Siddons. To say that the vacant look and hv.sterical laugh with which she closed her part deserved the enthusiastic peals of applause and the shouts of bravo that burst from all parts of the house, would, after this, be doubting the judgment of our readers. They may form an idea of the immense numbets who that eight acknowledged anti proclaimed Miss 07:eill's resistless excellence, on learning that even before the piece began, hundreds were refused admittance both at the pit and the boxes, through want of. room, and that time half price visitors could not, till the afterpicec began, penetrate beyond the lobbies. We never saw a Tragedy better cast. Mr. Young in, Beverfry, proved himself fully worthy of supporting Miss O'Neill, and obtained as great a share of applause. Six peals, also attended with shouts of bravo, followed his deli, very of the speech "Aye, I'll tell you of this &iced," &e. Mr. Terry who appeared for the first time in Stakeley, displayed great abilities and was greeted with three rounds of applause. Me. Abbott in Lcieson was spirited and impre.sive. Mrs. Egerton ably supported the part of Charlotte and Mi. Murray that of Jurris.  Mr. Harris, proprietor of Covent-Garden Theatre, has presented Miss O'Neil with diamonds value 3001. ; they consist of a tiara, with a cypress and laurel formed of emeralds and rubies. Some difference is reported to have arisen between Mr. , 'l/4V hithread, who still superintends the affairs of Drury-Labe Theatre, and Mr. Kean, the actor. Mr, Kean, hav►ng abi seoted himself without leave, to play two nights at Brighton, for which he received 1001. at a time when he thought his services mi•ht be spared At Drury Lane, Mr. 'Whetbread is said to have written a lett‘r to him, couched in the severest teims, in which, among other passages, Mr. W. says, He hopes that Nil.. Kean will not give him occasion to regret, that he drew him from obscurity."