The National Register.
London, England, 1808-02-15 00:00:00

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well if the authorvintnielet their songs ft bts tussle, insted
of his manufacturing antic for their songs. In his vety htst
air, fancy runs over the ear in a single crotchet, whilst the
next word, of one syllable, has nearly as many attendant ntitei
as the Prince of Egypt had guards.
The Opera was given out for the next Orman, aohlst
mixed clamour of applause and hisses.

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COPRiVT OdADENt

Tuesday evening iiresented us with a new Comfy; in *biek
there was qu much said about novelty and originality, that we del
spaired; in a very early stage of the perfetmance, of andlng
either the one, or the other►

A dull Prologue, most solemnly delivet•ed by Mr. &tinfoil}
promised its a real, genuine British article, and not as in genetall
" neat as imported;" closing with a deprecation of early We%
sure, and a request to hear it out with patience% fidnest itthd
listened to this request with his usual good hamodt, but his pas.
tience was nearly exhausted by the long interval behreed the
Prologue and the opening; another circumstance, Most
an indecorous one, tended, iri some degree, to excite digairprObar.
tion. The Proscenidm, or Drop Scene, like the inVigilile-pettil
coats, being rather too shed, displayed the legs, not only Of the
Performers, but also ofa table and chairs; and a wag in the Pit;
from the very social manner, id which they were asgembled, ea=
quired if that was the first Act of " Begone Dull Care !"
W e shall now attempt, slightly, to delineate the Plot ofllegiiiti
Dull Care ; or, How Will It End F=A Welch Baronet, Sir Art
Mar St. !Lyn, appears to he greatly enibutraised 13y debts, art:
sing front dissipation,from which he had expected to be relieved
by inheriting the stealth of a deceased brother ; bht this ltatiug
been bequeathed lb Algernon, his only son, he suspects the ytfittit
man, of having prejudiced him, unfalily, In his Srdther's ettdefit
To Allard, however; against the probable consequences of hi§ int,
prudence, he crimes doWti to alt. Alt In Castle, in order to per:-
suade, or even force; his niece Selina, over whose fortune he had
controtth to marry his Friend Mr. Danvers: the nephew of Gard
tilushdec, bat a needy dissipated villain: Ile notv hinds hiitlsClf
by a hood to bring about the marriage, and admit Mincers as A
partwr in his copper-mines, on condition of Lord Blushdale givz
jug up a bond of 16,0001.
Algernon being at Bath, a letter arrives from him to gir
thur, in which be acknowledges having been married to Selina,
some mouths back ; and Sir Arthur having notified to Solace; the
Superintendaut of his Works, that be meant to admit Daneersns
a partner, Solaro feels himself so much hurt, by the previott; .
soience of Danvers, and by his subsequent attempt to injure hint
in Sir Arthur's opinion, that he endeavours, by persuasion, to
prevent the partnership taking place t and is tit length unwil.z
tingly obliged to produce a deed given him by the lute Sir
elem., who, apprehensive of his son's extravagance and impro-
per connections, involving him in difficulties, hadtaken this mea-
sure of precaution, allowing. Sofact. a share of the profits; and
nominating him as a future partner, as a reward for his honest
and industrious superintendance.
Selina is now obliged to leave the Castle, and take shelter in
the friendly Cottage of Solace; but previous to this, Cicely, ati
orphan, protected, educated, mail lidos ed by Solace; arrivei
from a Boarding school near Bath; much in love; but vvitlt.
iciono does not appear, until her agitation at being informed of
4lgernon's marriage induce us to su,•pect that he had seduced
her. Ckely in despair, resolves to leave the cottage of het
protector, and on her way to London, i 3 obliged, at the dose a f
day, to ask shelter from an old servant of Lord Blughdalts.
who, not having room in her ass n little habitation, puts her
into an uninhabited house of his Lordship's in w hid* he had
resided, as a plain country squire, previous to lotterltiogt hla
title: His Lordship sick of fashion, high We, and place
hunters, arrives unexpectedly, and much elnivoque enSUeSi
which affords two or three instances of good singe efiett:
Danvers, foiled in his schemes with Si. Alban; now waits
upon his uncle, and proposes some unhand-lne measures
towards kis friend; brit the honest Peer. disdaitiing to romp, v,
Danvers threatens to deprive him of his estate and title, by
bringing forward the lawful heir, Capt. Alod.-rn; *rho had heed
supposed to be the illegitimate son of the late Lord: Modern
having slipped into the apartment during this convettaitinti,
conceals himself, until, at a fit opporbmitv , he possesses himself
of the certificate of his mother's marriage ; and the supposed
l'cer, convinced of ,his claim, instantly and must joyously
resigns his title to bins, accompanied by a moniter of ietterf
addressed to " Lord Blusadale," consisting of a challenge, *
Call of th.: /louse, applications for patronav, etc: