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DRURY-LANE.
ATI. Nielo-I)evinia of Ventral ; or, The
pret, 0.?
.St. Mark's, weft re-produced last night,
gad the last act made as iioemsting as the two tin-
nier. The plot of it is as follows :
It appears that fur twenty years a friar, called
Lodoeieo, her been confined in a subterraneous dun-
you, in consequence of his having threatened to
1.0. av the Prior's secrets. In the adjoining cell
easel it coufinc,l ; but Lndocieo has wrought au
speuine through the party-wall, and has also
iliscort;eil in re)2o/ICS dungeon a titivate door,which,
though age prevents Lodooieo'n passing through
it, Vessel succeeds in forcing, and escapes.—
the mean while, the Prior orders the Ab-
kis to draw Jusepha from the prison, where
the has been confined, while she was report-
ed to be dead. A last attempt is made to
s‘duee her to yield to the Prior's wi hes ; hut
,fr..pAa resists all temptation, and is on the point
of being reitored to her prison, whim, in effecting
lar escape through the garden of the Utr;...:les,
Fzioei hears the cries of his mistress, and rushes
to Ler assistance. howevt.r, pursned by the
prior, with his 4mo:unlit-ix, and the lovers are en
the brink of destruction, alien Father Miehners
timely arrival fissure's their safety, and the ruin of
their persecutors.
Mrs. H.SIDDO ft ea port of Josephs has been mnch
increased iu pathos, and the applause she received
was unbounded. Mr. ETR,E was very iinpressive in
the part of Iwnlowido. Veronica, partner of the
guilty Prior's projects. was see:aided by Mrs. Mu-
Due, with every effect it would, admit or; and the
whale performanCe was received with the most
rapturous applause. Much praise is due to Mr.
Lewis for the readiness with which he yielded to
the wishes of the public, and sleet* the Managers
for the very correct state in which this piste was
last night produced. The Theatre was crowded in
every part, and the piece announced for fetere
represeutation, amidst repeated !tunas and bravos,
and we have no doubt but that it will have a con-
siderable run. The Romance of B. heard
followed, with all the attractions of spectacle, 41116•
sic, scenery, and dancing.
TOCATIAR•IItYTAL. DUIELTN.
On Tuesday evening, O'Keeffe's musical farce of
The Poor Soldier Introduced two candidates for
public favour in the characters of Dernsot and
Darby; the first, Mr. Duerr, was formerly known
to the citizens of Dublin as an opera performer of
considerable ability; he, however, retired from
the stage, and for twelve years ha. been only
known in private life, and in this situation
has also, we understand, had the good fortune to
be mach respected ; on this nigiit he once move
veered the dramatic ranks, and was received
with all the expressions of an old friendship.
He was very happy in his swigs, particularly
the Brown Jag, which he gave with much
truth, kidgment, and effect. It was the first ap-
pearance of the seemed Gentleman upeo say stage,
and this was evident frees his sstyreae etnharraos-
meat. We usiderstand the great glare of light,
and the injudicious, bbt well-intentioned plaudits
of the house, overpowered him so much, as to pre-
vent the display of those comic talents, which the
rich humour of his eount?mince would persuade us
he was indued with—a countenance resembling, al-
Intillt in all its lines, that of Paasows, so long the
delight of the London audiencr.—Timid acid em-
bArras.sed as this Gentleman cvttletitly was, it would
be implausible to pronounce upon his claims to
public patronage.
EDINBURGH THEATRE.
Szturday sennight The Belle's Stratngens was re-
presented to a very full house, in a style of excel-
lence we have very rarely met with. Letitia Hardy.
in particular, wsii most admirably perfo-incii by
Mrs. Evert*. from the Dublin stage, Where, as
well as at Bath, she has been t great favonrite. She
is a very handsome figure, with a beautiful face, a
speaking eye, and a charming voice. She seems to
possess every qualification for genteel comedy ; nor
that only her forte, being equally fit for the
serious and sentimental; ne was evident from her
after-exhibition of ENO Rosenberg. At the end of
the Play she spoke a very neat Address, alluding
to ker being in Edinburgh when a child, when her
mother was a favourite singer here.—To her other
secomplishinests, too, she adds those of ringing sod
deacing, in a superlative degree. Mr. Uwe xit,
as Diseireare, and Mr. Rocs, as Old Hardy, were
very happy, and several of the other characters
were well performed.

The Marchioness of Dowssutaa bail a select
party, last night, at he► house in Hanevarmquare.
The Earl of BauyMoaa returned to town yes-
terday front Windsor, and in the evening enter-
tainea Lord Fotzv. and several other peruses of
distinction, nt his house iu Sackville.4treet.
The Duke of BEAUFORT, the Marquis of Wen-
carrel', and Lord G. Soattasav, ars ssPected this
day in Grosvenor-square, front Oxfordshire.
Lord Caaatxoros left town on Sunday for his
seat iii Buckinghamshire.
Earl NresvotearAnn left town yesterday on a
visit to the Earl and Countess of JUNE,. at Os-
teriv-park.
The Cogntess of Currusts is returned to her
house in Mill-street, Berkeley-square ; her Lady-
ship is nearly recovered from her late indisposition.
and hikes dilly morning ride.
Died, in Rutland-square. Dublin, aged 86, Mrs.
Dar,y, widow of Jane. DAMN of Dunoasille.
county Galway, Esq. and daughter of the late
Right Hon. Sir RALPII Gone, of Bakis,'', county
Fermanagh, Bart.
On Thursday night arrived at her house in
Portland-place, 'Mrs. PAXTON, on her way. AS we
are informed, to Sillmouth, there to pass some time
with Lady WILLOUGHBY, the niece of her late
husband.
Madame CATALAN; arrived in town, nn Friday
last, and set off,) esterilay morning, v. ith her family,
for Bath. where she int.nds to spend (we of three
months, daring which time she is to give several
Subscription Concerts, ou the largest scale.