THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE.

A musical entertainment called the Fortune Teller, is immediately to be produced at Drury Lane. The music by Mr. Reeve. Bannister has the principal character.

A romantic melo-drame was in readiness at Covent Garden, and, but for the dreadful calamity of the fire, would by this time have been acted. It was the production of Mr. T. Dibdin, from the same original which furnished Mr Skeffington's Mysterious Bride. The music is by M. Jouve. The scenes were painted, and the decorations nearly complete.

Barrymore returns this season to the London boards; but whether those of Drury Lane or the Opera House, we have not heard. He played Glenalvon at the opening of the latter theatre.

It was in contemplation of the Covent Garden managers to raise the prices of admission to the King's Theatre, the boxes to 7s. and the pit to 4s. but the intention has wisely been dropped The admission money is quite high enough; and the enlarging it might have produced a riot, and not improbably the destruction of another theatre. The attempt would, no doubt, have been seriously resisted by the public.

Talbot (of Dublin) has purchased from Mr. Bellamy the Belfast, Newry, and Londonderry theatres.

Holman continues to manage in Dublin. H. Johnston, we believe, resigns his post, and meditates a visit to his native city, the metropolis of Scotland.

The managers of Covent Garden were in treaty with Miss Marriott, who performed Elvira at the Hay-Market for Mr. Young's benefit; but the lady declined the proposal, preferring "to reign at Bath, than SERVE in Covent Garden." She is much improved as an actress, since her retirement from the latter theatre.

Mrs. Mudie, from the Windsor company, is said to be engaged at Drury Lane.

Captain Caulfield, who played Hamlet, Ranger, &c. at Covent Garden, a few winters ago, and afterwards acted the vile part of a seducer, and was thrown into the Bench for the crim con. damages, died a few days ago within the rules, of a decline. It was at first stated that he had been shot in a duel with a Mr. P

COUNTRY THEATRES.

Theatre Royal DUBLIN.-The frequenters of the Irish Theatre have never been gratified with a more pleasing union of histrionic talent than during the present season. In comedy and opera particularly the company has been exceedingly attractive; the dry humour of Dowton, and the eccentric whimsicalities of Jack Johnstone, have afforded considerable amusement. At the head of the operatical department must be placed Mrs. Dickons, who has exerted herself so unceasingly, and displayed such melodious power of voice and cultivated science, as have rendered her more popular with the Hibernians than perhaps any preceding English singer;

and this sentiment was fully exemplified at her benefit; which, though it came between the nights of Incledon and Johnstone, was extremely crowded and brilliant. In The Soldier tir'd Mrs. Dickons received the flattering applause of the celebrated musical composer, Sir John Stevenson, who warmly comp'imented her on the neatness and facility of her execution. Incledou's manly voice and unaffected style have acquired him an increase both of reputation and profit; and the chaste manner and impressive tones of Bellamy have excited univeral approbation.

Theatre Royal, MANCHESTER-The following Address was spoken by Mr. Jones at his Benefit :--

One moment more I trespass, to impart
The warm effusions of a feeling heart,
Impressed with gratitude for favours shewn
To me, when first a stripling and alone,
I ventur'd here-unknowing and unknown;
I came a stranger, and unfriended too,

But soon found friends and countenance in you.
One night, the laughing Hero of a play,

I trod these boards-scarce knowing what to say,
My head coufus'd-my heart with cares oppress'd,
A trembling Gossamer * I stood confess'd;
But your app'ause soon banish'd all my fears,
All were forgotten 'midst your friendly cheers.
Fired with the spirit of th' enliv'ning sound,
I hoax'd and laugh'd, with glee, to all around,
And if my feeble efforts met applause,

Yours be the praise-your kindness was the cause.
Your plaudits first inspir'd my youthful mind
With love of fame; eager that fame to find

I tried my fortune in our sister isle,

Hibernia's sons received me with a smile.

For eight successive years they crown'd with favours,
Nurtur'd with kindness all my young endeavours,
Confirm'd me in those hopes you cherish'd first,
The bantling which you rais'd, they kindly nurst.
Once more return'd to my lov'd native shore,
I hasten here, in grateful thanks to pour

The off'rings of au overflowing breast,

Encouraged by your smiles, and by your presence blest.

Theatre Royal, WEYMOUTH.-The theatrical campaign this season has not I fear been so productive as the known liberality of the manager (Mr. Hughes) deserves, though he has added to the strength of his corps, by retaining several veterans of established fame; the merits of an Evans and a Bengough have been long stamped current by the discriminating taste of a Bath and Bristol audience; their performances here will add fresh laurels to those already gained.

In the line of comedy, a Mr. Sandford fills many characters with great judgment and spirit, notwithstanding the disadvantage of an

This was the part which first brought Mr. Jones into notice.

unpleasing voice, which he evidently increases by speaking in too loud a key, a fault most of our London actors and actresses commit; the voice should certainly rise or fall in strength according to the size of the theatre, and the distance of the auditors. Mr. Howard is respectable in the Lover line, but we would recommend to him a greater attention to his pronunciation. A Mrs. Beverley has appeared in Lady Randolph, Juliana, Mrs. Glenroy, &c. her person is good, and she appears very correct in her parts; but ker face is by no means expressive; this lady we understand is almost a novice to the stage, it would be therefore unfair to make any particular comments; we would advise her by no means to step out of the line she has chosen, and on no account attempt a vocal part; she wants that ease and action which a longer acquaintance with the stage alone can give. The modest unassuming merits of the gentle Mrs. Cummins deserve the applause she always meets; ever correct and elegant in her deportment, we were particularly pleased with her Selina, in the Tale of Mystery. The advice of Shakspeare for the "Clowns to say no more than is set down for them," seems to be entirely forgotten by the performers in the comic line on the Weymouth stage; our ears are constantly wounded by attempts at witticisms which could only be tolerated by a puppet-show audience; those ad libitams of the actors, if I may so term it, are now crept into most of our theatres, to the disgrace of many of our firstrate comedians; of the operatic corps we cannot say much. Mrs. Hughes is a very pleasing actress, and her voice agreeable, but by no means powerful. A Mrs. Dickenson also sings in the Incledon stile. Mr. Bennet is a good actor, though by no means adequate to many characters he attempts, his person being unfit for Frederick, in Of Age To-Morrow, &c. Mrs. Quantrell, Miss Quantrell, Mr. Curzon, Mr. and Mrs. Wylde, Mr. Hughes, &c. fill up the Dramatis Personæ in a very respectable manner, and reflect high credit on the manager and themselves.

Theatre, WORTHING.This theatre has been very prosperous during the summer. Mrs. Litchfield, Blanchard, and Incledon, have been successively engaged for a few nights. The manager also brought out the Forty Thieves in a very splendid mauner, which proved extremely attractive. The Marquis Wellesley was here when the news of his brother's victory arrived. He immediately set off for London. Rule Britannia, and God Save the King, were called for by the audience, and in the latter a new verse was introduced, in allusion to the event.

When France, with haughty brow,

Bids ev'ry nation bow,

And her fame sing;

England then shews her right,

And, in the glorious fight,

WELLESLEY proclaims her might,

God save the King.

The Marchioness Wellesley was present, and could not but feel gratified at the enthusiasm of the audience on this occasion. The next night, Mrs. Litchfield's Benefit, that lady delivered the following Address at the close of the play to a house crowded with nobility and people of high fashion.

Another triumph swells our country's fame,

Aud adds to former heroes WELLESLEY's name!

WELLESLEY! who late on India's sun-burnt shore
Made the fierce rebel kneel to British pow'r ;
Who since in Zealand forc'd th' insidious Dane
To wear, reluctantly, a victor's chain!

And now, his country's martial pride to raise,
And crown his valiant deeds with deathless praise,
On the choice troops of France, our deadliest foe,
Hath dealt the great, exterminating blow!

"Behold the sea," the Gallic leader cried,
"Look where the hostile forces line the coast-
"Advance, and soon the overwhelming tide
"Will swallow up these English" *-empty boast!
Let Frenchmen know that Britons never fly,
Fearless they rush to conquer, or to die.

See! they prepare-now raise their banners high,
And WELLESLEY leads them on-to victory.

Tremble, thou tyrant! on thy guilt-stain'd throne!
Now goash thy teeth, and vent the heart-sick groan-
Thy genius flies-the reign of blood is o'er,

And Europe lifts her head, and smiles once more.
The cheering sounds of Liberty again

Go forth, and millions catch the hallow'd strain.
The patriot bands of Spain have broke the spell,
And driven oppression to her native hell;
Lisbon no longer groans beneath the yoke,
And Italy but stays the retributive stroke.
Soon too may Austria pour her myriads forth,
And join the mighty Monarch of the North.

Oh glorious view!-to Britons doubly dear,
Who taste and feel the joys of freedom-here-
Here in this happy isle her flag's unfurl'd,
The envy, pride, and wonder of the world.

The news of Sir Hew Dalrymple's convention had not then arrived, so that the recital of this appropriate address was attended with prodigious applause.

MADAME CATALANI.

A Dublin paper, of the 21st instant, says :-"We have heard, and we fear there is too much certainty in the report, that the musical world will shortly suffer a deprivation of the severest kind in the cessation of Madame Catalani from public life. Her delicate state of health is stated to be the cause, and the necessity for this sacrifice to her fame, her wealth, and to the gratification of an admiring world, is stated to be earnestly urged by the first medical authority in this city. It is hoped, for the sake of so valuable a character, that her retirement may be but temporary, and that, with established health and renewed powers (if such powers are capable of improvement), she may again gratify the world with her divine acquirements. It is grateful for us to remark, that it is stated the gentleman most tenderly interested in her happiness and welfare is the most anxious for her temporary retirement, nor can all the allurements of the immense wealth her unparalleled talents produce, influence him for a moment to trifle with that invaluable health on which all his happiness depends."

* Junot's address to his troops.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

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

BIOGRAPHY. Biographical Peerage of the Empire of Great Britain. Original Anecdotes of Cromwell, by Mr. Stace.

DRAMA. Music Mad; by Mr. Hook. Juvenile Dramas; by the Author of Summer Rambles.

TRAVELS. Tour in Scotland; by Sir John Carr. Travels in the North of Europe; by Louis de Boisgelin, Knight of Malta.

HISTORY. The Chronicles of Holinshed (reprinted) with an Index. Anuals of George III. by W. Green, A. M.

NATURAL HISTORY. Lectures on Natural History, as delivered at the Leverian Museum, and at the Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, by George Shaw, M. D. F. R. S. A Translation of Pliny's Natural History, with Notes and Illustrations, a Life of the Author, and a preliminary Dissertation on the Origin and Progress of Natural History, &c. by Dr. Forbes, of Edinburgh.

NOVELS. Belisaire, by Mad. de Genlis. Theodore, or the Peruvians: from the Freuch of Le Brun, after. the manner of Paul and Virginia.

POETRY. Cumberland Ballads, by Mr. Anderson. Latin and Italian Poems of Milton, translated into English Verse, and a Fragment of a Commentary on Paradise Lost, by the late William Cowper, Esq.. Translation, in English Verse, of the Remains of Hesiod; with a Dissertation on the Poetry and Mythology, the Life and Era of Hesiod; by Mr. C. A. Elton. Petrarch translated, in a Selection of his Sonnets and Odes, accompanied with Notes, and the original Italian, by the Translator of Catulus.

THEOLOGY. Attempt to prove the Truth of Christianity, in a Series of Discourses preached before the University of Oxford, in 1808, at the Bampton Lecture. By John Penrose, A. M.

MISCELLANEOUS. Letter from Sir R. Phillips to the Livery of London, on the Constitutional Duties of a Sheriff, aud on the Circumstances which have attended his Execution of them. Picture of Madrid, taken on the Spot; translated from the German of C. A. Fischer. Memoirs of Mrs. Cuyler; by Mrs. Grant, Author of Letters from the Mountains. History of the Life of Christ, as related by the Four Evangelists; interweaving their several Accounts into one continued Narrative.