252 which were published at Newark under the road through the park from Papplewick, the her as a very charming, graceful, and highly For a pretty heard with continual pleasure, and who, title of Hours of Idleness. It was here that nearest village to it-and from Annesley, a gifted songstress; one who must be seen and he meditated, planned, and for the most part village two miles to the west. wrote, that splendid retort to the severe landscape, the way by Papplewick is best: though she does not excite wonder, keeps ever critique they had called down, which placed but for effect, that by Annesley is decidedly alive the far more grateful sensation of dehim at once among the first poets, and stamped to be preferred. By the former you pass light. In person, Mademoiselle Sontag is ladyhim as the keenest satirist of the day. And through a newly planted avenue to the Abbey, like and feminine; her form is symmetrical, it was here that his tender and beautiful having on the left the lower and middle and in the happy medium which inclines to verses to Mary Chaworth (afterwards and now lakes, and see the turrets long before you roundness and embonpoint. Her face is what Mrs. Musters), and many of those sweet pieces arrive. Whereas coming from Annesley, no- may be called Saxon; complexion and hair are found among his miscellaneous poems, were thing is seen till you are at the top of a auburn, and the cheeks have something of the composed. Then a place of deep and abstracted hill close to the Abbey, when the south German breadth and height of bone; but her thought-now of merriment and rejoicing: but front of it bursts suddenly on the sight, lips are sweetly pencilled with more than usual the memory of Byron flings over it a charm frowning in gloomy grandeur from below. German beauty. Her eyes are light, soft, and Altogether, we might say she which attracts more strongly than the most It was from this quarter that I first saw it; very expressive; her demeanour most modest sumptuous banquet. From the study I passed and, putting aside all association of ideas, I and becoming." through several other rooms, fitted in the mo- thought a more mournful, dreary - looking is a creature to inspire the gentlest feelings of In winter espe- admiration: neither the ravishingly exquisite was beheld. dern style as sitting and bed-rooms for the place never use of a family of rank: all extremely neat cially, nothing can be more desolate: the angel she has been portrayed, nor the Cataand tasteful, and kept in beautiful order: bleak country around, the thinness of the po- lani or Pasta of singers; but an extremely but having been in his time totally unhabit-pulation, and the miserable villages, all im- pretty girl, with fascinating manners and an able, in no way remarkable as concerns the press one with feelings of melancholy. For enchanting voice. Her reception was cordial noble poet. His bed-room is small, and still an abbey, this is so much the better: it would and enthusiastic; nor was the applause less remains in the same state as when he occu- require but little to put it into a state which decisive or warm after she had executed her pied it. It contains little worthy of notice would realise all our ideas of monastic seclusion. opening cavatina, "Una voce poco fa," which she In the dialogue besides the bed, which is of common size, with Even now, a warm imagination, more especially did in the most delicious style. The character Over on a dismal day, and when no company is of Rosina affords no other opportunity for a gilt posts, surmounted by coronets. the fire-place is a picture of Murray the old there, can easily conjure up the persons and display of musical powers. With flexibility and sweetness; and in the fine trio, family servant (now dead), who accompanied habits of its former tenants, and fancy centuries Mademoiselle Sontag maintained her fame for Byron to Gibraltar when he first went abroad. long gone by restored to the earth. A picture of Henry VIII., and another por- the addition of the simple manners of old, the “Zitti, zitti," she was equally happy. In the trait in this room, complete the enumeration illusion might be complete: but, alas ! in this, concerted pieces throughout, however, she of all the furniture or paintings of Byron's re- morally more than physically, how is the abode was not prominent-this may be a merit; an introduction in maining at the Abbey. In some of the rooms of sanctity changed! This pile, once the se- but we are used to have the primos and priare very curiously carved mantle-pieces with cluded haunt of those who had retired from mas overpowering their weaker associates. the music lesson; and here she gave us some grotesque figures, evidently of old date. In a cor- the world and devoted themselves to God, and Her grand effort was of Rode's variations in a style of unrivalled ner of one of the galleries there still remained here the fencing foils, gloves, masks, and single brilliancy and melody. It was hardly possible to restrain the plaudits of the audience which sticks, he used in his youth. A certain honourinterrupted this captivating strain: an encore able M. P., who was once as able a combatant in blows as he has since proved in words, and tumultuous cheering were its just reward. might perchance recognise these implements Upon the whole, we imagine that Sontag will of war, having received from them raps as be heard with even greater pleasure in a concert room; for it appeared to us that some of severe, perhaps, as any he has had within the walls of St. Stephen's. In a corner of the her lower tones, some of her most delicate cloister lies a stone coffin (which may also be touches, and some of her loveliest ornaments, remembered by another gentleman, Mr. S D. "Sought a refuge from the worldly shocks Which stir and sting the soul with hope, that wooes, then mocks,' is now the resort of dandy valets and forward -), taken from the burial-ground of the having an invitation to the Abbey to visit were lost in the magnitude and buzz of this Abbey. The ground floor contains some spa- Newstead; and but few people unacquainted cious halls, and divers apartments for domestic with the possessor have visited the place, nor offices-many in a state unfit for occupation, is there much encouragement for them to do so. I can easily conceive the annoyance to which and filled with repairing materials. There is a neat little private chapel in the cloister, the possessor must be subjected by the obtrusive where service is performed on Sundays. Byron's enthusiasm of the admirers of Byron, and make sole recreation here was his boat and dogs, and boxing and fencing for exercise, and to prevent a tendency to obesity-which he dreaded. His constant employment was writing; for which he used to sit up as late as two or three o'clock in the morning. His life here was an entire seclusion, devoted to poetry. every allowance for the reluctance manifested crowded theatre. Perhaps, too, she will be still more effective when she has ascertained, by practice, the necessary pitch for so extensive an area. But she needs no apology; for, on the whole, her talents are well calculated to charm a British public. She certainly resembles Fodor more than any other singer; and few have been greater favourites than that lady was. The other characters were well, but not very eminently, sustained. Curioni, in the Count, was either careless, or has lost some of his powers, by going so often to the Police-office in Maryla-bonne. Pellegrini, in the Barber, was dining-room: it is a large cold place, paved The present servants' hall was then the consider it more as a relic bequeathed to the spirited enough, but we have witnessed a bet with stone: but was one of the few rooms statement. impervious to the weather. Byron first sold admiration of posterity, than the property of a DRAMA. KING'S THEATRE. ter; though £800 to De Begnis, for playing it (as he demanded, we are told), would be too much, even for a good thing. Di Angeli was more than respectable in the Doctor, and exerted himself to do his best; Porto capital in all that Gasilio gives him to do. At the end, the débutante was loudly called for; and being led on, between the Count and the Barber, made her obeisances for the flattering applause of the whole house. ON Tuesday night, an audience, crowded in It is a curious coincidence that this Sketch should have reached us so as to appear in our Gazette on the follow it by a series of papers containing original anecdotes anniversary of the death of Lord Byron. We propose to of his life.Ed. • A very good likeness of her, on stone, by J. Becker, It represents her with too much hair at the sides of her + Even at £200 a-night, as is said? DRURY LANE. openings appeared, and volumes of smoke and These Oy Monday Adelgitha was revived with Mrs. fire, with eruptions of lava, ensued. Duff, and Kean jun.; but this tragedy, never grand phenomena have continued for some very popular, did not recommend itself more time; and many travellers were hastening by the new arrangement. In the Poor Gen- from various parts towards Naples, to witness tleman and other comedies, with very strong them. We do not learn whether the volcano casts of the characters, the house has been far had sunk into its former quiet when the last more successful, and full to overflowing. Poor accounts came away. Wieland, the monkey, fell and hurt himself severely one night; and his part has since been performed by Ridgway. COVENT GARDEN. An English Translation of Manzoni's Romance, the New German Journals.-Every species of rational titles to the numberless periodicals of Germany having apparently been exhausted, two new ones are announced for the present year, under the following foolish names :1. Die Teufelszeitung (the Devil's Journal). Edited by Satanas, the Prince of Darkness; with Contributions from all the Demons, &c.: Hamburgh, B. A. Herrmann. 2. Asmus Omnia sua secum portans. Hamburgh, B. A. Herrmann. They are to be published together, and are to be, as it were, the Ahriman and Ormuzd of the West; the former giving an account of all the diableries of man, for a salutary warning; and the other reporting and treating of whatever is consoling and cheering in the events of the world. In the Press.-The Second Edition of the Rev. E. 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The Tree!--London has been for some years constantly surprised and delighted by a succession of Trees; and the last, our pretty Ellen Tree, of Drury Lane, is by no means the least worth looking at: but there is a tree MR. J. REEVE was regularly transferred from just come from America greater and more the boards of the Adelphi to those of this theatre wonderful than all the rest,-it is neither on Wednesday evening last, and sang, capered, more nor less than a big black walnut-tree, and gobbled through the part of the General which upon its native soil, in the neighbourin Bombastes Furioso with irresistible drollery. hood of Lake Erie, was for many years one He looked uncommonly like a turkey-cock in of the lions most sought after by travellers. a scarlet coat, Ramillies wig, and jack-boots, if As it stood, its height, up to the beginning our readers have ever seen one so attired. We of the branches, was eighty feet, and its entire confess we have not; but can fancy nothing else height one hundred and fifty its bark was like him for either strut or delivery. But twelve inches thick_its branches, in due prothen a turkey-cock cannot sing, -and Mr. portion to its immense size, being three to four It measured at the base J. Reeve runs up and down the crow-matic feet in diameter. scale like a cock of high musical taste and thirty-six feet round. The lower part of this View of the Social Life of England and France, 8vo. education. 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METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, 1828. Barometer. (D'ye give it up)? Response: When it is a Thermometer. Which is the cheapest way to little tart! From 32. to 52. SOME private circumstances prevented Yates procure a musical instrument? Buy sixpen'orth Thursday.. 27 Saturday from shewing his theatrical Faces under a of tincture of rhubarb at the apothecary's, and Friday Hood, as advertised last Monday; and the he will give you a phial in.-What insect Sunday... consequence is, that he is shewing his own would his Majesty mention, if he were Monday He would say, face all over the town, in idle pleasures, seeing knighting his coachman? sights and performances, instead of delighting Cochineal!!! all the town by his talents. At this theatre, Sponge, in the Race for a Dinner, has proved himself any thing but second best; and kept the house in constant hughter. ADELPHI. ENGLISH THEATRE IN PARIS. Flying. 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