Another American actor has been brought forward at Drury Lane,—
Mr. HILL, who personates a Yankee Pedlar, and deals out the slang of Kentucky in proper style. We have not seen him, though he is said to be clever : but we are getting rather sick of Yankee slang. Mr. FORREST has been playing King Lear, and there has been quite a rumpus about the merits of this performance among our critical bre- thren. We can offer no opinion of our own, for we have not seen it. From what we formerly saw of Mr. FORREST, we can readily believe that there is a want of imaginative power in the conception and of
refinement in the delineation of the character. Nevertheless, the physical force and energy of the American will have their effect ; and we have not so many fine tragedians of our own that we can afford, even were it just, to deny Mr. FORREST the possession of any merit because of the limitation of his ability. There are many characters in which he might excel, and highly excite an audience.
ROSSINI'S much-metamorphosed opera of Maometto Secondo, or L'Assedio di Corinto, has been vamped up for Drury. PLA.NCHE has dramatized BYRON'S Siege of Corinth for the purpose ; and some other music has been added, to piece out a third act, and give the singers an opportunity of displaying their powers. BAI.FE plays Alp the rene- gade, the character which answers to that of Maometto in the original performed by Taranuaisa ; and WILSON and Miss SHERR1FF fill the other principal characters. Supported by the vocal strength of the company, and the powerful orchestra, and garnished with splendid scenery, a siege, and an explosion of red fire, the affair was successful enough to make it an attractive afterpiece, for which it is very well adapted ; and so it will be played nightly till singers and audience are alike tired of it.
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