if to tear him in pieces. Then,
stopping short, as if forbearing a prey too weak for him, he in
breathless rage exclaimed----

Oh, that thou wert but once more young!
That I might strike thee to the earth
For this audacious lie, thou feeble dotard.

After this scene we could relish nothing in the play. We endeavoured to
disengage ourselves sufficiently to attend to the sequel--but all seemed
frigid and uninteresting till the mad dying scene of Alexander again
furnished Mr. Cooper with an opportunity to give scope to his talents,
which he did, so successfully, that if we had not been filled with the
former scene it is likely that we should have pronounced this his _chef
a'oeuvre_.

As we mean to be full upon the tragedy of ALFONSO, we postpone our
further observations on Mr. Cooper to the next number.

* * * * *

MR. DWYER.

The fame of this young actor reached America before him. Those who are
in the habit of perusing the critical productions of London or
Edinburgh, had learned from them that he was a performer of considerable
merit in a particular department, and of great promise as a general
actor. The most favourable reports of the British publications were
amply confirmed by American gentlemen who saw him perform in Europe; and
the acknowledged taste and judgment of a respectable literary character
at New-York, who engaged Mr. Dwyer for the manager of that theatre,
would have been of itself a sufficient warranty for the most sanguine
presumptions in his favour. Accordingly he was received by the New-York
audience for some nights with enthusiastic applause, and on the ground
of the reports of that city, the play-loving folks of this wound their
minds up to a strained pitch of expectation. In consequence of this, Mr.
Warren, who never fails to make use of every opportunity that arises to
gratify his audience, proceeded to New-York for the purpose of engaging
Mr. Dwyer for a few nights, if his merits should be found to correspond
with the general reports respecting him. Mr. Warren's own judgment
confirmed those reports, and he engaged Mr. Dwyer upon terms which do
honour to the liberality of his heart, and to his spirit as a manager.

Mr. Dwyer's performances here have answered the expectations we had
built upon the various criticisms we had read, and the verbal
communications we had received upon the subject of his professional
talents. We conjectured that his acting