The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-25 00:00:00

THE rflE2-711r,

. Drgry-Ldne.
• The Comedy of The Schea 10 :Friends, .:which
thongh not yery interesting or: animated, possesses
greater merit than most compositions of .the same
kind that have for a long time been presented: to the.
Public, was last night followed by a new ,Musical
Piece, entitled Telnli ; or, The Siege of Mottgdz".

CFIARACTERS.
Count Tekeli Mr. • ELLcs rem.
Count Carat - - Mr. CAR LES.
Wo!f Mr. Dowron.
Edmund - - Mr. BARTLEY.
Bras-defer - - - Mr, MATALWS.
MaWric6 - Mr. DE CAMP.
Isidore - - Mr. RUSSELL.
Alexina • - - - • - Miss DoveAN.
Christinet - - Mrs. BI nND.
The Beetie is laid hi Hungary,
Count Tekeli having been oppressed, by the Em-
peror, is driven into the Castlegl‘tontgatz, whence
he escapes into Turkey, in hopes of assistance from
the Grand Signor ; he leaves the Fortress in the
care of wfieroa, ,his wife, who withstatOs for some
'months all '
~.the attacks of the Imperialfits,. but at
length her stores being nearly consumed, she.is.on
the point of surrendering, when the Piece opens,
and Tekeii, attended by his fiiend Wolf, reach the
fotLest near Montgutz; here they are found, fatigued
and nearly worn out, by Isidore and some peasants,
who Convey them to the Miff of Kleber, being dis-
gulied as peasahtS theiliselves ; Conradi the honest
Miller; receives therii warmly, and .Promises them
every comfort ; detaChment of guards arriving,
Tekd.=, discoVers himself to the Miller, at the mo-
. meet a greai reward is offered r3r his lead, when
Conrad, retaining his promise; conceal the Prince.
The whole second Art consists in stratagems, con-
trived by him and Wolf, to get Tekeli into the Castle„
which, at length, they succeed in; and he is: carried
over the Torza in a sack. Count CorqPci, the Aus-
trian Generil,,arriving at the MW soon after, Conrad
. discloses the whole-.to him ;is arrested, and carried
off. The third Aa. discovers AleXina on the Point,
,of surrendering ;- her Council assembled ; an Aus-
trian Officer informs her that' Tekeli is their prisoner:
she remains undismayed, and a few Moments assures
her she was right: Tekeli'S name resounds through
the Castle, he cli-ps her to his heart, and gives or-
ders to make, sallies on the enemy ; his appearance
re-animates•the troops, and the. Piece ends With a
grand 'engagement of 'the armies,. and the defeat of
Caraff l
a and themperiJlists. This, and the simple'
loves of Isidore and Christine,-the "villainy of a Pea-
sant" who-wishes to give: tip"the Prince, and some
ineidnis-tfuring his ConCealnic:it' in the Mill, form,
the Plot of .the Piece. .

- Though this Piece is another sacrifice t 6 the taste
of the tines for•sh2w and piCtOrescpie scenery, it is
recOmmcerlei by more 'of interest than is usually
found in s'2,cli dramatic Spe.aariest. "It is the Compo-
sitionof Mr.ThltonoßE Hoos,they oungerson of Mr.
Hoox, Who hit icing and deservedly field a respeel-
able estimation in the rimsical world. The Piece is
said to be a translation from the. French. It bears a
.strong resemblance in earlier and middle parts of
the Fable t;) a tr. 11,11 entertainment called The
Escapes; Which has often. been Performed at CO--
vent-Garden Theatre, and in "the conclusion not less_
resembles that entitled Richard-Ceder-ite,Licm. But
it is difficult-to produce any thing PurelyAriginal, and
if ..3; Writer can Work' up former tngerials into a
pleasing and interesting shape, it is•all 'that can, be
expected in the present dearth of draMatic genius. The • •
Fahle is, in fact, comprised in'the two first ads,^and • ,
the-last serves for hardly any other purpose than to
gives Miss 'DUNCAN an Opportunity of sheaving that
if Mrs. JORDAN plays upon the late'she can play
upon the harp, and thus these avowed rivals are
placed more.upon a level. -;ellexina, in order to re-
ceive the messenger _from the General who is be-
sieging her Castle: puts on armour; but, as' the •
tOV.'II is in such extremity, it would have been at
least full as proper that the Senators should have
assumed 6 martial attire. A very strong interest
arises while 'Tekeh and his friend Wolf are at the
Mill, and until they 'have effeEtually escaped from
their enemies. After this event the Drama should
speedily have been tkought to a conclusion, as the
last Mt drags'upon the attention, which is not much
relieved by am addiess from Alexina, like that from ,
auto] anatber of a similar kind from Tekeli.
The dialogue 'is simple and easy, though two Or
three indifferent puns might 'well have been spared,:
and which will acoUrse be excluded in the general
retrenchment which the Piece requires. ,Upon the
whole this Drama deserves encouragement, 'on ac-•:
count of the strongilitereSt Which it excites, the be-
• nevolent, generous, .'and patriotia-- feelings which it
inculcates,, the beauty of the-scenery, and the gene-
ral merit of:the acting. BesideS these tecommenda-
, [ions, it has the support of some agreeable and
char4teristic inus:W from Mr. HOOK.
It very:much
,to the .credit of .such Actors as
-Witotion:roN and ELLtsroix, to lend their help •to
a young Author in, After-piece. .I'heir assistance
was powerful, and much ,advantage was derived also
frof:i che epicrtions of DOWTON, "MATHEWS, BART-'
DECAW, and
.I\liss DUNCAN.
The I-Ipi4se was crowded ; the Piece was well re-
ceived throughout, and announced for this evening,...
with unanimous and,hearty applause: .• •

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, .
. , ;The Tepipt;st is preparing.at (Alyea Garden Thea-
tre
with great tthignificence; not,, however, as ori-
,gi`naily written
,by-SitAltsrF;AttE,7 but. gs.altereti by
, 'DRYDEN. ' KEMBLE is to make his first appearance
iii Pra'Perß.PP this.gccasion, r. '.: -:-.:. L -:
Mrs. Slyi?,qs.,•after._tilik:.week.. relinquishes all
theatrical duttes'till Easter,

Sir FRANcts.,Buttnar.seenis resolved to perform
'
COfifie part on .the s4tge at Breutford, as he has so
~ittle chance of alurning a, seriyus kgislative cha-
,
raaer at Weotrniuster. It is, however, .lecky that
Otis audience larq -chiefly his own: friends, who are
brought.there to keep up a-laugh, under the:direc-
tion.of the Prompter at Withbleton. . .
There are no less than tao convias now in New-
gate., Ao, according to a hinlic Print, afe -" ready.
to be transported to B.otany.Bay fin seven and four-
teen years." This, however, is a situation in hich
readiness and willingi!ess seems to admit Of a -sliekt
distinelon.

Yesterday morning,
- about . six o'clock, as two
watchmen, who were stationed on. the outside of
Newgate, were cowing off duty, they unfortunately"
fell froth the top iiito the Deb:ors' Yard, and were
killed on the spot. Np cause can be assigned how,
the accident could have happened.

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VIE END:SR' ARMY ArIV

•i• Tae following Extra an Letter fronlan Officer,
datel off Cxfire, the t2thiustant, contains eonie in-
tereiting particulars : • • •

.Bi the latest a.connts we have received from
Slay, dated Messina the 11-th of October,, we learn
that all the British Troops had been withdrawn from
Calabria Ultertore.(excepting the Garrison of .Scylla,
itthich consists .oI2IJO men, under the command of
Major Roarasot4), .together with a strong detach-
nient of his Sicilian. Majesty's Force's, that had recent-
ly been sent thither, under thoicomniabd of Major-
General AcTOrr. .
_

" The Enemy having: re.crganized' their Army, ,
by a jun&ion of all their scattered Ditisions,
an. augmentation to their Forces having joined them
from the neighbourhood of Salcrmo, they have been
enabled, to resume an ad6uced position -on the
heights of Monteleone.

Previous to the evacuation of Calabyia Ulteriore
by the Combined British and Sicilian troops, the brave
Major-General Sir JOHN STUART made a tour through
the country, accompanied by a small detachment of
the 20th Light Dragoons, from St. Euphemia, by
Squillace, to Reggio, visiting the diarent towns and
villages, assembling the Municipal Powers, and tarp
ing them to enjoin system, subordination, and hutna,
nity) in the various movements of the masse, while
ading against the enemy ;' at the same time impress-
ing upon the rninds•of the people in gereral, that a
relaxation in their opposition to the enemy might tend
to the entire subjugation of the Calabrese.
" The Frencn ut,ited forces, consisting of 12,000
men, are said to be again under the command of the
defeated Gen. REt;NIER ; but we have intelligence
that MASSENA had paid them
.a visit at the head-
quarters at Monteleone. As 'yet the ,have shewii
DO inclination to advance beyond'that position, fear-.
fill of a similar lesson being taught them to that on
' the-Plains of Maida. They are not desirous of a
farther proof of the prowess of Britons ; and while
they.are within -a day's march of those plains, their
retreat is secure. The sailing of a few transports
through. the. Straits of Faro cause perpetual disquiet
,throughout the enemy's lines.
' "' in possession of the, Castle of Scylla,
which has lately been put in an eXcellent state of
•defence, we render perte& the security of the Straits
of'Faro, And the opposite shores.
" The consequences of the Battle of Maida have
pot only diminished the forces of the Enemy in
:Calabria, but has likewise tended to increase oei
own, 'as 1500 Swiss and Poles, remarkably fine
men, have volunteered to serve in our Foreign
Corps, and between and 500 more were daily Ott:
peeled to follow their eatample.
Sir 'J. STUART was at-Malta on the sth ult.
on his way home, waiting the departure of the Me?•
diterranean Con-vok. He was in gind health and
spirits, although he had not then learnt of the boo
nours conferred en him by his molt gxadious Sove-

reign.
" The Expedition ,ender the commandof Gene-.
ral PAGET, which smiled from Plyniouth, passed the
Straits of Gibraltar on the f st Nov. all well.
The French and Spanish Ships in the Harbour
of Cadiz have moved tardier up, so that we do not
now exped them to come out.
" Sir THOMAS DAM, in the Canopus, with the
-Thunderer, Stemdzrd, -46Fivo Frigate, and Nautilus
T,Slopp, left us on the Ist November, it is supposed
for the Dardanelles. The Turks have, it is said, at-
tempted to stop the passage of the Russian Ships
through the Bosphorus; Sir Tnomns will make it
dear to them, in one way or the other, that they
are forsaking their interests in provoking any War
with us, or the Russians."

The friends of Mr. PAULL yesterday had a meeting
at the Crown and Anchor for the purpose of pa...,ing
some resolutions, in al-jet- to forward the subscrip-
tion to defray the ekpence of a Petition to Parliament
in his. behalf. Major CARTWRIGHT tool: the Chair,
,and made a,long)ipeccli respeatinu•° th,„: nature of thv.'
British Constitution, which lie.diviJed into three
:parts, as usual; bat gave a new-fanged title to each,. *
viz."' the Soveroigcry of the King," " the Sove,;
yeigntr of and " the Sovereignty •
of the-People."

Atter some abstra6 reasoning upon this subje%
not very intelligiole tb his audience, howek,er clear
to hittiself, he concluded l'ith'proposing totne. Re-
solutions, importing that none.but pare 'ticqes were
given for Mr. PAULL. Wcsirninseer Eletlidn
that-undue influence had been exerted in. behalf of
Mr. SHERIDAN, atfeelina the eleaive franchise all
over the Kingdoni, arid, consequently,, that a .I.lb-
scription shduld be raised iLi support of a Petitioa
from Mr. P.'4:ULL. to the. HouSe of Com Mons.
./I...Comtnittee was dim appointed, consisting of
those charaCers xyllo have fbrc,ed.thetusel,.,es into
public notice during the whole of the late contest,
arid Major .CARTl.vitiGn-r made the _company Very
happy in telling them. that he had 4ft:ie'ady subscrip-
tioqs from tivo•Gt7ttle,inerz in the tuUntry.

ELECTIONEERING SWINDLER.--A PliddiC-fed
marv'of genteel 'hppearance and correspondincr ad-
o Aires-3;las been indefatigable levyingSontributions
on the public, since •the eleetions in,the Metropolis
commenced, 'but •particulasrly so during thesontest
for Westminster. • He , appeared in publc, as an
agentirfbr the different Candidates alternately, - but
topk especial care not to he seen as*: a- turn-coat,
fof he canvassed ditnre' nt distridts for each of them,-
and was consequently generally successiiil in his
plans. 'By impositions of this description, lie was
enabled to obtain money, as it is supposed, to ;i consi-
derable amount, by way of loan, from different land-
lords, whose houses he had !he..Lienerc/sity. to 'Open
in the interest of the Candidates be professed to
serve, and in some instances he prevailed on them
lo give One,' two, and three guineas rof a vote,
which was dangerous tOr him to do as an agent, - fur
it would he bribery.' His 'plan succeeded in many
instances; for the supposed votes so rewarded were
his accomplices. The 'same mtt praOised the '
same impositions in tKe Borough during, the lat-
ter part of the contest, • and obtained man
loans in consequence of having exhausted the con-
tents of his purse in treating the,Eletitors: -The bills
delivered in to the corrkmittees for the ifnpbsitions
prattisocl by this im2ostor are, very numerous. He
has as yet escaped dete,c.ton:
A Charleston Paper of the 17th nit. contains a let-
ter from Savannah, dated 06tober 11, which states,
that a' dreadful hat'ricane had just done great mis-
chief in that neighbxirhood.