The National Register.
London, England, 1811-01-13 00:00:00

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DEFEAT OF DOGIIERTY, TILE PRIZE-VIGIITER.
The match between Silverthorne and Dogberty,
for a stake of 100 guineas, was fought on 'Tues-
day on Combe Warren, near Kingston, where
Richmond beat Isaac Wood, the waterman, and if
toll-takers are to be credited, there was as great a
variety of machines for conveyance on the road as.
ever was witnessed, and pedestrians, from amateurs.
in the fancy, to those who become so for want of
the needful, amounted to some thousands. The
champions for the day's diversion were backed by
two props of pugilism six months ago, and bet-
ting was enormous on the event. Silverthorne was
introduced into notice under the auspices of the ve.
teran Caleb Baldwin, who emphatically declared,
when he found himself used up, " the honour of
We.itminster is at stake."—Dogherty, who belonged
to St. Giles's parish, is a first-rate pugilist of se-
cond weight, and has fought several battles, but
Silverthorne had .only once exhibited, when he
beat Burn, and gave strong proofs of becoming
an obstacle to some of the scientific second weight

men.
At half-past twelve the combatants.set-to, with
Bill Gibbons and Caleb Baldwin seconds to Silver.
thorne, whose weight was list. alb. aid Dick Pall
and Powers for Dogherty, whose weight was lOst.
1116. Current betting was 6 and 7t04 on Silver-
thorne.
After the battle Dogherty was in a state.which
excited great alarm. He was bleeding from every
channel, and apparently lifeless. Whilst being car-
ried out of the ring his passage was stopped by
Silverthorne, who was as bad as the vanquished.
Neither had life enough to stand on their legs, and
they were put to bed, and bled. The desperate
conflict lasted 23 minutes, 17 of which were really
exchanging hits.
This contest was even more sanguinary, taking
the sizes of the men, than that of Crib and Molt-
ncux, and it was one of a similar nature, inasmuch,
as strength oppo,ed science, and in the two in-
stances tile former had nearly prevailed. Dithety
received a hurt in the arm in a fall in the tliir4
round, which was much against him ; but his game
throughout excited at once admiration and corn-.
miscration. Silverthorne is a prototype of his tutor
Caleb, and possesses that sort of courage • and
strength, with a portion of science, which renders
him formidable to men of his weight ; he 4.5..ap
awkward fighter nevertheless, but although—fr
1 throws away many round blows, yet be is always
busy, and possesses courage inferior to norke-t"
Dogherty failed in strength ninch sooner itilaniiimitals
which might be attributed to recent illnimbv,,:-..
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DRAMATIC REGISTER.

LYCEUM THEATRE.

•As the press of political information last week banished my
Essays from these pages, it is but fair, that in renewing ac-
quaintance with my readers, I should not appear laden only
with the past, which has now ceased to possess any interest for
them. I shall, therefore, briefly state the merits or demerits of
Lost and Found, of which I h ,d uselessly prepared a detailed
account, without attempting to lead their curiosity through the
mazes of the plot; as I have no doubt, they have all now had
time to explore it.

To call the sanity of an author's mind into question, would be
only to imitate the conduct of the world, that has long since
ceased to have any doubt on the subject. I shall therefore no-
tice no further the frequent theatrical reports that have reached
toe, the more so as the fable, language, and characters of .1.,”t
end Found, reveal not only a 6ound,but a classical and elegant
:nin d.

This Comedy is founded on the model of our old pieces, but
fteed from their impurities. It possesses interest and variety,
the two great springs of the pleasure afforded by the Drama,
znil although rather deficient in novelty of character, fully
compensates for its absence, by the correct manlier in which
those introduced are drawn. The outlines are not wry strong
and decided. They display fevf of those striking touches which
roaster's hand atone can produce ; but they are well filled up,
and form a rich and animated picture. The language is un-
usually elegant. Some new thoughts are beautifully expressed,
and what cannot fail to please every critic, not a single inodern
pun is introduced among them to sully their lustre, Ile a
down or sharper in genteel company. 'Vet, notwithstanding
the purity of the dialogue, some objection may be made to the
morality of the example given by Young Ledger, who,'to regain
the affections of his mistress, a city Knight's daughter, alienated
by the fascinations of a fashionable dasher of the west end of the
town, assumes his habits and only triumphs by surpassing him in
levity.

• The author seems to have forgotten that it is not sufficient the
end in view should be good, but that the means through which
at is attained should be equally commendable.
• Nearly the whole force of the house was employed to support
this piece, and a richer display of theatrical excellence, I must
own, had seldom been witnessed. But the multiplicity of chid
characters as well as of eminent performers in some degree
inspairs the general effect. It is impossible that so many per-
sons should have a sufficiently wide field opened for the
exertion of their abilities, or that so many characters should be
disposed of as advantageously as fewer could have been, unless
the limits of the play be extended to ten, instead of five acts.
Crowded as they are, they haite just time to glance on and off
the Stage to make room ,for others; whilst fewer, by a
longer stay, would nave collected the interest of the piece into
a focus, as well as the admiration of the audience.
To mention the •respective excellence of DOWTON, Miss

DuscANomd Mrs. EDWIN in their parts, would not only cur.e

their long established theatrical fame to smile, no doubt with
supercilious consciousness of their own merits ; I shall, there-
f.ire, not heap useless praises upon them. But justice to a
young performer, only known to the Metropolis, since the
opening of the English Opera, Mr. OZSERR T, calls on me
to ieport his rapid and incessant improvement since he first
courted public notice. Always successful in representing the
situate° iished .isty state of childishness, he has lately displayed
erquisitsy n parts in which it was required; and as the
cou Lo .and Found gave a burst of indigna-
tion :mood. with, and at last subdued by feeling, which
rem &stay could not have surpassed. Every performer
carted himselfs° the utmost of his, ability, and Mr. HOLLAND
I 3 now brr,-- ' fx.-vard.nieze, than 4. 'hat ir'•

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had stronger claims to public wironage than it had lathe:to
been suspected.

An epilogue replete with chaste Wit and point was spoicen by
Mrs. EDWIN, in a manner which completely removed from soy
mind every prejudice which .her occasionally vulgar tones, ri
parts where she endeavours to imitate Mrs. JORDAV, had &e-
-duced. She then burst out in all her excellence, and herevery
word, tone, look, and gesture tt.‘enied with appropriate ening
and expression. The most complete success crowd this
piece, and yet such is the taste of the times, it now but seldom
draws a crowded house. Whenever Managers wish to procure
an accession of visitors, they trust to the talismanic virtues Ai
the Magic Bride.
Meanwhile, they hold in store abundance of operas, comedies
and after-pieces, which will soon astonish the public, by their
variety as well as their names. The first, I believe, which will
encounter the critics lash, conies armed with melody from the
desk of Mr. Distown. It is an opera in three acts. The next,
A " Crten-evcd Monster," springs I am told from Mr. l'o-
t.ooKE'S brains, and is harmoniied by Mr. Tuom.is
Next follow two farces, authors yet unknown, and a commie
appears in the distance, if report speak true, from the pal of
MT. ARNOLD.