The Sun. — London, England, 1816-11-13 00:00:00

Fl ItktitZ. COVENT-GARDE 11.—Last night a Nov Piece, from the pen of Mr. Moirrort, and of a mixed de sc►ip`iun, entitled The Slave, was produced at this House. " The scene is Surinam, and opens at the period an insurrection among the African_ slaves: Captain Clifton, having left in the settlement .a slave named Zelinda, whom be loved, and by whom he had :a child (both the property of a Colonel Linderhurg), returns from England and marries her ; having obtained froth the mother of the absent Lindenburg her promise for the freedom of his wife and son, on the ex pected arrival of their master from Europe. Clif ton (Dyer . irr) is appointed by the Governor (TEnay) ‘"" N ommand the expedition against the Gambia, once art African Chief tain, lovntla with the ardour of a savage 5 and with .sasage violence swears to revenge upon her husbaud the rejection of his own attachment. The Governor; touched by the animation and elognetsee with which Gambia relates his history, sod describes the humiliation entailed upon him by his servile. condition, disregards the remon strances of Clifton, who requires that Gambia shall be secured, and iiitrusts the slave with a sword that he may join a'ae detachment and defend . the colony. Clifton, at the moment of parting with his wife, is surrounded by itinne negroes lying in mhush, and carried away a prisoner ; but Gambia entering at the same moment, and exulting in the tweet aelepf his rival's destruction, is prevailed upon by the tears of Zelinda---flies to .his rescue, and brings hint back itt safety. Grateful for this bene fit, Clifton, who returns triumphant from his expe dition, is promoted by the Governor, and is au thorised to deinand the liberty of some single siave. Love points out Zelinda ; but honour and v , rm ir ti de declare for. Gambia, with whose •naine the British Officer fills up the blank manumission. '[be lofty spirit of Gambia breaks out into excess of transport at the recovery of the freedom for which he so long had sighed ; and throwing him self at the feet of his liberator, he dedicates his ge rerons and 'fiery soul to the service of hiti be-. refactor, and to Zelinda's welfare. In the mean time Lindenburg arrives. This man had borne another name in Europe, under which he had unfairly won at play the entire pro perty of Cliaon, and had received a public clos tisement at 'his hands. Lindenburg learning the girmustances under trhich his dupe and ccanfueror now remains in the colony, finds his. long threats vied vengeance at length in his own power. 1-le resolves to detain Clifton's wife and child in slit- . very, and has his person arrested for a debt in which he had gone, security for a fellow orthe. mine of Sharpset. Gambia sells his newly ac er.d freedom to the overseer of Lindenburg for the amount of Clifton`S debt ;. pays it. for him, and liberates his benefactor. Lindenburg, having refused 'every offer for Zelinda and her boy, offcrs to treat leer with unmanly outrage. Gambia inter rupts, opposes him, snatches his sword, and, in defence of hiS own life, wounds hint. He then flies to hasten the retreat' of Zelinda, whont Le finds already near a mountain bridge, and in the arms of her husband a ,a.vhO,.ou recovering his li berty, had come in search of her. lie speeds them over the bridge, whiclehe then cuts down, 'and snatching the child from the hands of his own pursuers, throws it across the stream to its flying parents. Lintlenburg is converted by an inter view with Gambia, whom , he bad ordered for a death of lingering torture, but who throws, the culprit into a tremor by. speaking of a bread of infamy, which he had discovered, on his breast during their scuffle. The reformed villain transmits her freedom to Zelinda, and the happiness of .this couple is completed. Such is the rosin plot ; and. there is also an underplot ofihe loves of Mr. liethew Sharpset (Jases), and .Miss Von Frump, (Mrs. DareNeowr , ), together with the fruitless aoheates and foolish enterprises of .a Mr. Fogruot (LisTlax), and his Yorkshire companion Sam Jtibarpset (Estear), as likewise with the reciprocal etitleasrtnentir of a Scotch NaVal Officer (Mr. Sttu ct.nO) , and Stella, Clifton'S sister, (Miss MA. s)." Triere is so much tact in the management 'ot Covent-Garden, so much skill and splendour the getting up of Dramas like this, that it is bare ly possible they shOuld fail. It they are untoFi ously bad they will 'Ultimately sink, but to a cer . tain extent they arc sure of success. With such merits, however, as The Slave possesses , there is `little of the former alternative. In addition to she ',Teases, decorations, - and scenery of spec tacles it boasts the charms of music, anti an interest of di a l ogue anti action, relieved by comic Character and incident, which must establish it us high iu public favour as any preceding ,)roduc tion of the same class. - It would be a sacrifice of judgment to enter into a consideration of the probabilities and im probabilities of a work of this sort, which does not aspire to tried by the canons'of regular straina., Otherwise, .we might think that the Yorkshire companion, of the Cockney was rattier too far front hoMe at Surinam—that the power awl means of the Governor were only limited by the Author for the purpose of keeping his slaves from easy emancipation—and that our ignorance /of Anglo-Dutch Colonial laws and customs was too strongly taxed to induce us to enter into the difiicultiel of Clifton, Zelinda, and Gambia. In truth, they are entirely Stage circumstances, and do not exist in the real world. Gambia is the hero of the piece, and compounded between Oronooko and Rollo. Mr. MAcRBADY Sustrtined the pisrt with great discrimination and force. Some of his scenes were highly wraught and impassioned ; and all the sentiments inn into his month were delivered with energy and effect. Of sentiment, possion, there is rather too lunch. The Slaves are very sentimental—the old Gover nor is a Commander of feeling=--Clifton, as a lover, is of right a deelaimer in that war--but. even Many Sharpset, a Yorkshire bite, is infected with the endemic, and against this last only do we protest as an inconsistency of character. - Miss STErHgNS, the rarwo of the Play, per formed with her accustomed grace and'sweetness, and sung divinely. We would further compliment her on her pleasing countenanee and complexion, but that this must be done . at the expellee of ex posing an incongruity, videlicet, that all the Male Airtean Slatiei" ate Wile's, and all the Femsde African Slaves,' of sufficient note to attract attention, fair and fresh as British actresses ought to be, A little more japanning might, indeed, look less fascinating, but would suit Quadroous and Ashantees somewhat bearer. N'lmporte! nobody can find in their heart to utter one, syllable of dis praise against Miss SrsruaNs after they have seen and heard her. The other musical parts arc rather insignificant. SINCLAIR has two Scottish airs, which be gave very melodiously, lnit with too much ornament for the native simplicity of such compositions as " The Quaker's Wife." Mr. DURUSET had a recitative and song, founded on the Duke of WELLINGTON'S brief exhortation at Waterloo " Ups Lads and at 'em," which he executed with spirit, and was encored. Miss AlArnEws had also a song about marrying a So/dier—her character required' it to have beea Sailor, and, indeed' it might well be Omitted.— EMERY introduced an old comic song which be is in the habit of singing at public entertainments : it was much applauded and encored with the oath at the curl of it, of which we advise the omission, both 'on first sineing and repetition. The comic department is well filled by this able Actor, JONES Whn is admirable, LISTON, who is absurd, and Mrs. DAVENPORT, whose rotundity and tat/mama are the source of some rather Scurvy jests, but whO may well be called a tower of strength. Au- BOTT played the last scenes excellently. Among the Singers the ought to have particularized the flute full-totted little BARNETT, whose share in ,a very beautiful opening Qaintette with Miss M'ALriNe, TAYLOR, TINNLY, BTI.I COMER, .justly obtained for it unanimous plaudits and nn encore. All that now remains of our critical notice to perform is to .state generally, that the Slave will be still more pleasing when curtailed, which it will of course be to-night—that the Mu4ic was select from being well selected rather than origi nal—that the Dresses were appropriate, with some exceptions—arid that the Scenery, especially the first scene,, the Moon-light, the Bridge, and the last Scene, whieh are from the charging; pallet of Mr. GRIO/E, are inimitably fine, they gratify the eye ` ,and delight in so much that we must attribute no incont , idet alde• share of ap plause besto'wed to their beauty, and effect. — We mentioned exceptions to the Dresses : this is but, a whior matter, but coitume. ig well Worth the attention of Managers, fur it greatly promotes the end of all theatrical repreaeitation, that of deceiving us into belief of the reality of what is going on. Officers and th.ir men, for example, should wear the same imi.orm, awl not appear in yellow and blue. Thick Yorkshire cloathes are again not fit for Surinsm, and there fore Messrs. EMERY and ABBOTT were improperly dressed. The Hotise was crowded, and the repetition of the piece for to-night announced with acclama tion. We understand the arrangement for the Sub- Committee of Drury-lane Theatre is not yet se •- tled. Mr. Ewcs, who was elected in his ab sence, keying declined to act. itutc.ttTot,t, Nov. 12,—Mr. KEar plays Sir Giles Overreach here to-night, for the benefit of Mr. POWELL. and Shylock, for the benefit at Mr. KNIGHT, - to-olorrow evening.--There ate no ar-, rivals from France to-day ; indeed, the weather is too boisterous, were any packet unfortunately off the place, for the landing of passengers. A kind of O. P. row took place a few days ago in the Theatre of Havre de Grace, in consequence of one of the actresses having appeared on the stage in such a state as rendered her unable to perform her allotted character in the drama of the evening, from the effect of the 'noyeau She hail previonsly taken. For ibis offence she had been imprisoned by the Commissary for fourteen days. On the evening alter re-appearance, she w►ts led on the stage by the M'bnager, to apologise to the audience, who loudly hissed her off; she was brought on a second time by the Commissary, but with no better success. A file of soldiers was then introduced with fixed bayonets 'into the pit. The whole audience took the alarm at this arbi trary measure, and a general 'cry of « Shame, shame ! withdraw the guard ! turn them out !" took place. This was at lengTt done ; the lady - was agaia introduced by the Commissary, an►i was suffered to express her sorrow for the offence which she bad publicly committed, and peace was restored. 4, The finest Gold, that above the standard, is now at 3/. I 8 s. Gd. per ounce; standard silver, at five shillings. . _ At,'Stirling, on Sunday, the 27th tilt. the Rev. WILLIAM SKINNER, late of %%Wham 'College, Oxford, was consecrated a Bishop of the Scots Episcopal Church, in the room of his liite wor thy father, the Right Reverend Bishop of ABER DEEN. VICKERY was yesterday dispatched to Belvoir Castle, upon some Police, business. On the night of Sunday, the 27th ultimo, the Camphleton packet, Henrietta, Wat.Laoe Captain, in going from Campbledon to the Isle of - Salida, to receive Sir Wuctax CON NINGIIAM 'on board, for the purpose of land. lug at Troon, was- unfortunately roil, with three men (the crew), Sir W. CUNNINGHAM'S servant, and another man, a passenger to which list we are sorry to add Captain WALLACE,. who, is de scribed as a steady man,,and zealous in rendeting assistance to shipping perilously situated, even at the hazard of his life. On Monday following part of the wreck of the packet was discovered on shore at Sheep Isle, Salida. Reduction of House Servants' Wages. -A redue. tion in the wages of House -Servants certainly furnishes` very proper expedient for retrench ment in domestic economy, an expedient rising out of tke nature of the times, when it is consi dered that they have uniformly telt less of the general pressure than any of the lower classes of society. An AbatemeOt of one fourth part would, not be more than equal to the advantage they now have in the purchase of wearing apparel at the present low prices. The writer of this paragraph hag- acted upon this - conduct in his own family, and recommends it to the consideration and prac tice of others. . J E*UITS. rProw.a Correspondent.) ATwork bits just appeared, entitled historyof the,Jeseils, to - Whiehis.prefixed a Reply to Mr. DitliaS‘S Defence oft hat Order," the object of which . is to establish .the danger of the revival of the Jesuits to the world at large, and to the United - Kingdom in particular. The plan embraces', in the first place, a full answer to a defence of the Jesuits, recently published by a respectable writer.,,who has beeniong known to the public; and secondly, a col- - lection of the various evidences against the Jesuits, drawn•front the history of other nations . and our own. The priticiptl object of the author ,appears to he to show; that notwithstanding the preten sions of the Jesaits to superior learning'aad ta lents, their order is only a corrupt modification of the papal system, and - that its members have been at all times the most ardent and active members of the Romish Church, having been by no means scrupulous in the employment of all the means it; their power (not .excepting PLUISRCUTION in every form) to swell. the triumphs and enlarge the pas sessions of that Church ; that the .constitution and rules of the Society oblige its members to it practice at once opposed to the plainest dictates of religion aud good conscience,. and at the Same, time hostile to the safety of Sovereign Princes, Governments, and States ; that in .the two cen turies of their existence, the Jesuits were the an- dims of almost all the catatonics which .desolat ed the world at large, and Europe • ire partienlaG especially the notestant parr of it ; that .to doctrines of the most poi oicioas tendency, both in morals rand politics, they have added practices in each of a nature utterly indefensible; that the agents employed by them in the prosecution .of their objectS:have been almost exclusively mem bers of the (....ohoLc communion, who have ever been their willing lostrometos, and. that inas much as the conce , .sions of the present reign (es pecially the grant of the ,elective franchise) have greatly increased the untoberand inflaenee of Ca tholics both in Eaglatol otalrelantl, the connexion which lass ever subsisted between the Jesuits and themselves assumes the more importance, and threatens the greater danger to a Protestant nation and government ; that. the circumstance of the Jesnita • having now established themselves both in England Rodin:laud, (*). in spite of laws which have . never•been abro.gatetl, is part of the sys , eat .of achieving by fraud what ..cannot be effected by force ; that numerous converts from the Protestaut to the Catholic communino have been alretoly made .in : our own country, through the irtlefatiLythle. activity. of, these agents, ittol that the work of conversion is ptoceeding With remarkable lIIICUSS at this moment, More partiett larly the inland cOuniie's - 1 that the . present.Pupei in reviving an order which AV a S abolished by Pope Clement XI V. 'about -forty years since, loom the petition of the whole of Hurope (both Catholic and l'rotestant)', and-in assigning to it, :at the same time, the nid of the Inquisition (its oldest and, best ally)., has himself acted upon the great principle of Jesuitism, viz. that the end to be accomplished will sanction the means which may be used, and has.ef reef u*IlY providell for the revival of all those w tin dpolitical evils inseparable from the employment 'of such agents ; finally, that the united Parlia• meht owes it to its own safety, and to the interests of the nation at large, immediately to dismiss the Jesuits who have already established themselves in England and Ireland, and to prevent the landing of others of the same profession. ( 4 9 The extensive collegiate establishment of Stonyhutst, near Preston, belongs principally to the Jesuits; and a . close connexion subsists between that College and the largaesta blishment of Jesuits at Castle Browne, in Ireland. A HINT TO PARENTS. EDTTnlt i —The. general outcry at present from mother% ire, " Oh ! dear, dear, the measles ate raging !" and sorry I am to add, that in many cages they have proved fatal. Upon Saturday se'nnieht my family was visited with this loathsome disease. The method of treat - -nt I pursued was, the moment the child's eye affected I procured a flannell dress, then ' ' his feet fa warm water, put him to he . 4. kept him warm., The cough got .and bard, and he became very thirsty. I,n up a drink of gruel, sweetened whit sugar! adding a small quantity of sulphur (avoiding all 4piritoous liquors as poison, which some foolish women have dared to , venture giving their children, with this idea—to keep them (the measles) out, allowing Nature to work , Iter work, until the child, got completely covered with sfinill red pimples, which gave ease to his breathing : I proceedt.d to purge nim with seuna, and, through Divilie aid, oil are getting better. w. s, A Father' of Eight Children, all of whim) (save nue) have hail measles. Sit:opiates Court, Greeuside Row. NATURAL CURIOSITY.—AII ewe, belonging to Mr. BURNEY, of Merriden, Warwickshire, which was brand-marked on the slile with the letter 8., yenned a lamb, late in the season, with a letter on its side exactly similar to the one marked on the ewe. On Monday last Messrs. Muir and Desborough, of Christ Church, and Mr. Buller, of Oriel, were elected Fellows of All SonlisCollege, Cambridge. • Last week, the Rev. T. P. MAT rums, late 'of Magdalen College, Cambridge, was instituted by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, to the Vicarage of Ambrosden. Patron Sir G. O.P. TURNER. Bart. Oa Thursday eveninglast, about six o'clock, 14 most daring robbery was committed on the road between Barnstaple and Bideford. on the per son of Mr, Solomon Aaron, a travelling Jew. The villain took from hint his box, containing property to a considerable amount, and two gold watches front his pockets, and also threatened to m►►rder hint with a large clasp knife, whicl► be held in his hand, it he offered resistance. The fellow luts, as yet, chided the vigilance of the persons i►t p►ll' suit of him.' He is: supposed to be gone over to Swansea. I II ELAN D. ExrEbtTrous.trUSßANDl'Y.—Some time since, a Mr, 11- , - let to It Mr. 1) a house and at 101, per acre, situate near ,Caher, in the county of Tipperary. • When the price :ot lands and pro. duce declined, an abitement in rent was demand ed from Mr. H. but was peremptorily refused ; 'on which Mr. I).•'spritted the premises, leaving about three acres Of the best wheat the country growing on thelands. - Mr. H. .would not resume the occupation ! --the Wheat became ripe, and some of the county of Tipperary Legislators, consider ing, no doubt, the loss it would be to the coo- . inanity to leave the wheat in danger between the parties, and 'irL these times of scarcity, assembled in the night, and there actually cut, bound up, and carried away, its . a 'workman-like manner, every atom of the crop before morning —and, not 'withstanding a diligent search was made next day, not a trace of it could be found,—(Cork, Ad vertiser.) CAS' enAtt, Nov. 7.—On Monday last an ac. count .reachett us of a burglary and ferocious rob bery, attended with most aggravated eireetn stances, on the night preceding, at the house of liallylahan, the residence of the Rev. Mr. Gorge, near Foxford, in this county. This respectable Gentleman has only, within the hest' week, taken possession of the living of Foxtord, and is a perfect stranger in that comity ; it is nut therefore t . o any objection of his character or conduct that the dis graceful and inho.pitahle reception he expetiene ed is to be attributed. On Sunday night his house was forcibly entered by about a 110Zeh per sons,. well armed, who rifled it of every article : that was valeable and portable, including cash to the amount of WU two or three watches, - and a considerable quaff oily of plate. Every thing that the villains conceived to he useles \ to them, or which, in their possession, mi ! ..;lit lead, to disco-. very, they destroyed upon the spot—they broke the windows and allude brittle ware in the house. One of them desired Mr. Gorge to fall upon his knees, that he might shoot him ; and when the Gentle man courageously replied, that if he was to he shot it must be standing, the unmanly ruffian pulled the trigger, but Providence kept hack the fire, which only flashed in the pan, when the fel low's anxiety to partake of .the plunder, which he observed his companions dividing too freely among themselves, diverted him front the purpose he had edeceived, of taking away the life of Mr. Gorge. • They stripped the rings from off Mrs. Gorge's fingers, and even deprived her of the clothes with which she had hastily and loosely covered herself at the moment of 0/eh' 1111Settb00". able visit. They were offered the keys of the several boxes and locking-up places in the hotise, which they declined using, preferring to beat them in with the but-ends of their muskets, of which they had several in good condition. Whets they were going away, Mr. Gorge asked them to re turn hint an old watch, not intrinsically valuable, but which had been the property of many of his ancestors, and the ruffians refused him this incon. sitlet able article of their rich booty. .)u Tnestlikry liorkatt, nue of the swine ford yeomen, obtained information that several of the robbers were, at a house at Ctsrrian, within three miles of w ineford. He cotnatnuicated the matter to Messrs. Cosgrave and Giles, revenue. officers, and the three agreed to proceed to the place, ,witit Once other yeomen (Sericant Cassidy, -- Brabazon, and Doyle), in coloured clothes, and armed only with bayonets, to .pre vent suspicion, Mr. Cosgrave took out his fowl ing-piece and dog. They approached the house separately, bet when they all cause near it, two shots were fired at them,-from within, and as the officers and yeomen surrounded it, the tiring was fur some time, continued, without, however, doing any injury, It being impossible, i n this state of affairs, to•seize any of the gang, Mr. Cos« grave set off to Swineford, for a party of the 68th Light Infantry, leaving the others to watch the house. boon afterwards. the robbers, five in number, rushed out ;, three of them escaped.... the fourth, a man of the name of M'Govratt, was killed by a blow from Brahaaon, the yeo. man, of the heavy end of Mr. Cusgrave's foWling piece, and the fifth, named Kavanagh, was secured and given in charge. to Lieutenant _Black of the 68th, who had now.. arrived with his party,. anti by . whom the prisoner was conducted before Pa trick Kelly, Esq. of High-park Lodge, where be underwent a citric examination and made some important dismieries, which led to the immediate apprehension of three other accomplices, Owned Walsh, Gallagher, and ArNally....4lfoya Constr. A few nights before the above-mentioned rob bery, the h►►use of a Mr. Davit, more to the north, in the same quarter of the country, Was forcibly entered, it is to be presumed by the same gang. They put the maig servant to tr.rtili e,, by severely burning her, in order to learn from her where the money, vvtiieh they supposed to be in the house, was deposited. They took away about ten guineas. The daughter of Mr. Davit, we are informed, contrived to conceal herself, with a more considerable SIMI, between the bead of her bed and the wall.—lbid. , N g 1 a P 1 0 1 7 , 0 ) :,. 1 . \ -ij o a n l d ll a tl y 1 1 1 :0 3 0 t h e v i c . a k ie , tt f: ( 7 ), T re t c l i ie tt r i r fi r i s l i: o ct i f On one of the Overseers of the I'oor of Plymouth Dock, by declaring in the most solemn manner, that himself, his wde, nod seven children, were starving tile next stmt. On the Overseer's wishing to see them, he wantvd to be off, but he was secured by a peace-otlicer, end when teak n before the Magistrates, he confessed what he had told was false. On searching hint 21, .ss. 6d. was found, and a number of We,leyan class tickets, which he had received from the preachers of that connection. The 'Magistrates bentenced him to one month's hard labour in Bridewelle On Friday night last some thieves entered the stable of Dr. CoLLxi , :a, of Abbingdon-square, Camberwell, by means of false keys, and stole a large box-eoat anti several other articles of wear ing apparel. They Hs° took away three large plate-glasses out of the chiatot„ and igot clear off with their booty,