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London, England, 1819-10-07 00:00:00

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la commerce a as trop malheureuse posterile,

I.s terre est remplie, prewpre jaggiest' eilittre, et •
Gnomes—modiess des new" des minieres, et 40 pierce
nes."—Le Comes di Gabatis, par l'Alobi do Mara.
Untbriel, thoug a very amorous monarch, has
never dared, morale chances to behold the Princess
Stella, to aspire beyond it dairymaid, or a %runty
whose cheek 'has been embrownerl by work- •
tog in the fields. 414 passion for Stella in, how.
tier, too violent to be resisted•—end he deters iiiii
as Pluto errt carried off Proserpine. to forc' r the
fur one into his subterranean kingdom. Strila rs
:1 eery romantic lady. She is fond of bathing, by
moonlight, in a cool brook which has its rise in the
Giant Mountains. Thither she repairs with her
chatteriii4 confidante, Ludy Brikhi/da, who is
gre.tly alarmed at the loneliness of the spot-484i
expresses a wish, that, instead of an gloomy a hob,
a beautiful pavilion, gaily illuminated, would
tiniest iti
the centre of the lake, joined by 'a
1-ri.l},.• to the i.riglibourgng ',Lure. The (.MN.
korc is on the Weeil—and, scarcely has the
~.sit beeu tittered, „lieu the pavilion arises. Stella
enter* it, and lor companiust is *basil to follow,
when the bridge tweaks down—the Geomse-Kirig
appears—seizes his prixe--aod • sinks with her.
ad rixtera 'erre. The fatal stag is anon carried
to her father, who smiths moots ill pursuit of the
Prineett all round he. nine miles of territory—but,
the search being vain. he comforts himself with
plentiful libations of beanJy. Not so Duke Sigis-
rund—he seeks the aid of spirits of a different
litid. fie proceeds to the abode of Zonberstarf,
*base calsal.stie art has given him empire over the
Gobres, or sect of Persian Fire-worshippers. Zoo.
hrstarf immediately declares where his mistress
i. to be brw!, and sends a body of Gabes
to guide him on his way, with directions to
leave loins at • certain 'mitt. In the mean time
the Gwnmc-King uses his test exertions to overcome
the dislike of .stella—and, as the most gallant offer.
ing hr can make. he presents her with a wand which
has the singular property of converting vegetable
satestances into the !Arisen of any person or thing
which the individual using it may desire. Stella im-
mediately transforms a pumpkin into a dove, the em.
illeni of constancy, and desires the bird to wing its
way to brrfissaenif, es a proof of her unshakeu attach-
mew. Segismund has previously been informed by
Zwuserstarf, that any Irving being he met in his jour-
'try through the Black Valley, whether of the human
species, beast, or lord, was to be followed as an
omen ad +ieces,. lie espies the dove. and seeing
her 'fluttering over the mouth of a cavern, into
whit* ale ultimately enters, he plunges after her,
end suds himself in the territories of the Gnome-
NW. He advances trowel' to the garden where
Gmbriel is vainly soliciting Stella to become his
Queen. lie lays his
sceptre at her feet, de.
relating. that if it were seised by any halal,
veceipt that of her whom he meant to make his
,his power would be at an end, and lie would •
Isepondemned to everlasting torments. Sigisntund,
arisen he hour the declaration, rushes forth and
possesses himself of the charmed sceptre. The
Gnome-King is consigned to the custody of fiends,
and Stella, restored to the arms of her father, is by
lute presented to her deliverer. The author, in the
iiddress to which we have before alluded. stales" that
the chief object, in constructing the Gamete-King,
has been to attract those whom the fastidious may
call, if they please, children of a larger growth
that is, there who. whets pantomime and 'migratory
have their ran, constitute the greatest part of owe,.
flawing houres'." That object, we have do doubt,
Will be completely attained. All those who are
fund of splendid scenery. ingenious machinery,
pretty music, and rich dresser, will feet much
gratified by the new dramatic legend. But
we are far froM thinking the Author has suc-
ceeded in shewiug " that dramas of this nature may
be a little more than mere vehicles for umbie and
spectacle." The Gnaw-King is precisely a
'Thiele of that kind. The characters are she.
dows. The dialogne is bombastic in the se.
rious, sod pointless in the comic ovens.—The
performers played well. Mr. W. FAILIEN, as
Boron Flowck, a putting Lord Chamberlain, who
is continually lecturing on etiquette, or else cit.
hig,tig on the greatness of hit ancestors, elicited a
good deal of laughter at his old jokes. Mr. Fart.
LEI', as the long-named father of Ste/la, exhibited
it uusideroble portion of comic humour, in the
scene where he is lassienting the fate of his daughter.
Mr. DI:RESET and Miss M. TREE, mug most
ii:easitigly. Mr. TERRY'S Gnome-King, and Mr.
A BIIOTT'S Zastbersturi; were good declamatory per-
formances. Mr. PYRE, Mr. J. ISAACS. Mr. TAY-
toa, awl Mr. HusiT, executed riotous pieces of
music, in an excellent style.

Thewbole of the scenery is beautiful—but the
vies of the Giant Mountains, by moonlight, and
the following acetic, representing a splendid pa-
•iltnn in the midst of a lake, both the yr( dnetion
or' Mr. Gat ET E, are exquisitely painted. Tkie music,
by Mr. BISHOP, is grand and appropnate.
-The drama went tiff in the best Wanner, and was
announced for repetition amidst the almost unani-
*rims applause of • crowded audience.
The Ilsiswilsg extracts will enable the reader to
form a correct idea of the poetry :

Glee awl Chores of Gebouw.
The bar tinge jk,be has eumigh to d.,
Rolling and bowling around the sun;
Spinning about on its axis, too,
'T .t men, on the surface, look wondrous blue,
At the aeu li.ig risks they rut :
And the wiser, when first amour fossils be pt,
Was only is search of a steadier spot,
6,,,mae—ran —Mr. J. 'ISAAC/.
Itot we, will are Gnomes. can further probe
Into the rolling howling globe
Than men are alluw'd to enter ;
For our empire we keep,
From a few fathoms deep,
Down, down to the very erutre.
Fein Chorus.
•aaa am% lilt worm %to well, Jo weil„
The re ..slid to grudele and dwells
UoJer the get
• 1..1
Hu! bo! • ,
We are 'On below •
However 'us toirrir
Wherer.e Its barrd.the
„rho
What tare we how *VI
Ho! ho! ho!

Coors: of Gnomes.
High sod low, far and wide,
Toro' the pore's twill we glide ;
der elicit Moil is its veins,
Vet may *tons it root& se,
we instdisn Gnomes preside.