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THE COUNTRY THEATRES. &c.

Theatre Royal, BATH.-The Theatre at Bath, except on a Saturday night, has been badly attended-Of the performers, Mr. Lovegrove stands foremost in the comic department. He brings to my recollection Quick, and the late Collins, whose manner he adopts. Evans would be a much better Actor where he not continually introduciug his close friend Tom Gay to one's notice. Gattie is too slovenly ever to arrive at any perfection-to be sure, as he does not ape the Gentleman, it is not to be wondered at that such a Gentleman should not always have his stockings well gartered. Egerton, in the Elliston line, stands well with the audience, that is to say, he is the Commander in Chief in the general way. Bengough, with the disadvantage of a bad stage face, and light appearance, personates the heavy line of business with credit, and in such characters as Baron Wildenhaim, evinces much judgment and feeling. Mallinson is a promising Actor in the Country Boys, and has what is termed the Stage Dialect; he occasionally plays such parts as Caleb Quotem, Sambo, &c. and may be ranked in merit next to Lovegrove. Richardson, formerly of Covent Garden Theatre, a man of all work, played the other evening Deputy Bull, in the Review, and appeared more like an overgrown Ox, "he so bellowed and roared;" in truth, if he shewed any humour in the part, it must have been by his foaming at the mouth. Of the young men, Mr. Sedley takes precedence, and is highly respectable. A young gentleman lately appeared as Fre-. derick in Lovers' Vows; it is said he came upon liking, as an apprentice, prior to being articled to his master, and his probation is not out. I don't know whether this Apprentice may like the profession, but he must serve more than seven years before he will be Master of it -Melvin, late of Covent-Garden, is engaged, and has appeared with success, particularly in the characler of Michael, in the Adopted Child. The occasional bursts of passion were finely given. The description of his finding the boy was impressive and forcibly felt by the audience, who bestowed on him their very marked applause. Gomery, the Ballet Master, and Pantomime Actor of the Theatre, gets up old Dances and Pantomimes. All bis Ballets are from Astley's Amphitheatre, and all his genius from Grimaldi, of Sadler's Wells. Of the Ladies, Miss Marriott stands first on the list. This Lady possesses great ability, with one great fault-the incessant roll of her eyes. This may be sometimes in character, but always dodging the corners makes them appear terrific. She reminds one of the nondescript, with its rolling eye. balls, in the Phantasmagoria., Of Miss Fisher I have nothing to say in praise; she wants a softness in her delivery;—there is a redundancy of uncouth action, and she appears a shrew in every character she represents. In Catherine she even tried to outdo herself, and gave me idea of two termagants trying which could be the greatest scold.-Miss Mills is a most pleasing, pretty, and promising Actress. -Miss Jamieson is simplicity itself-her Amelia Wildenhaim is a very clever performance.-Of the female singers, the affected and

italianized Mrs. Windsor is certainly the best, and for the rest I would not give a fiddle-stick. This may be thought bass towards the Ladies, but were I to harp on the subject till this day twelvemonth, that would be the tenor of my opinion. A WANDERER.

Nov. 13, 1807.

Theatre HORSHAM.-Mr. Trotter has fitted up the Town Hall in a very commodious and elegant style, and on Wednesday the 18th of November, the theatre opened with the Honeymoon and of Age To-morrow, prefaced by the following appropriate address :

THE Drama's end, thus said the Bard whose name
Hath given the Drama's cause to deathless fame,
Is this" To hold the mirror up to Nature,
"Shew Virtue its own image, Scorn her feature,"
Obedient to this plan, so well design'd,
We aim to mend the morals of mankind,
And to obnoxious follies, as they pass,
With steady hand present the faithful glass;
And though, too frequently, misjudging zeal
Against this useful scheme hath set her seal,
In every clime, 'tis known, in every age,
Virtue hath still the sanction of the Stage.
An humble votary I, but anxious still
Th'immortal Poet's purpose to fulfil,
Hither have brought my Thespian band, to shew
What sad effects from vice and folly flow;
How surely virtue, steadily pursu❜d,
Secures the blessings promis'd to the good.

And on this spot, since Justice* holds her seat,
Here, I'm persuaded, justice we shall meet.
We ask no more, and trusting to our cause,
We wait th'award of your impartial laws.
But though no advocate is needed there,
Custom prescribes that I should first appear;
Yet 'tis to tell you only, I assure ye,
We court the sentence of an English Jury.
If here, without just cause, we shew our face,
Dismiss us from your bar with foul disgrace;
But if our ground of action we maintain,
Indulgence here we shall not claim in vain.
In either case your judgment will be fitted,
But yet I fain would hear the word "acquitted."
Thus hoping, thus expecting, I withdraw;
Your verdict must decide, your will is-law.

The company is truly respectable, consisting of the principal performers from Mr. Trotter's summer theatres at Worthing and Southend, viz. Mr. Trotter, Mr. and Mrs. Bew; Mr. Vining; Mr. and Mrs. Neylor; Mr. Ellis; Mr. J. P. Harley; Mr. Wilkinson; Miss Tatten; Miss Barry; Mrs Cory; Miss Johnston, &c.

* The Town Hall has been fitted up on this occasion.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

Works recently published, in the Press, or in preparation.

TRAVELS. A description of Ceylon, by the Rev James Cordiner, A. M. late Chaplain to the Garrison of Columbo.

POETRY. Vol. XIV. of Dr. Anderson's Poets; containing Francis's Horace, Garth's Ovid, and Lewis's Statius. Poems by the Rev. George Crabbe, L. L. B. Travelling Recreations, by William Parsons, Esq. A Volume of Poems, by Mrs. Opie Sonnets and Letters on moral and other interesting subjects, by Dr. Cartwright, Prebendary of Lincoln.

HISTORY.-History of Pontefract, with an account of the Castle, and the three Sieges it sustained during the Civil War, and particulars respecting the most distinguished Royalists and Parliamentarians, chiefly from MS. never before published, by Mr. Boothroyd.

BIOGRAPHY.-Life of Morland, the Painter; "with remarks on his works, by G. Dawe. Life of Arthur Murphy, compiled from his original papers, by Jesse Foot, Esq. Mr. Murphy's Executor.

SURGERY.-A course of Lectures, comprizing a syste matic reform of the modern practice of adhesion, particularly in relation to the abuses of the thread suture in the Surgery of wounds; by Mr. Samuel Young, of the London College of Surgeons.

MISCELLANEOUS.-Patriotic Sketches, written in Connaught, by Miss Owenson. Specimens of the eloquence of the British Senate from Charles I. to the present time, with biographical notes, &c. Adventures of Robert Drury, during fifteen years imprisonment in the island of Madagascar. The BRITISH NOVELISTS, selected by Mrs. Barbauld, including the best works of Mrs. Brooke, Dr. Moore, Charlotte Smith, Mrs. Radcliffe, Madame D'Arblay, &c. Oxoniana, or Anecdotes, Historical, Antiquarian, and Biographical, compiled chiefly from original MS. in the Bodleian and other Libraries at Oxford. Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Genius, from the time of Henry VIII.

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