The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-21 00:00:00

COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.)

This Court was occupied the entire of the day on the Spa'
cia►l Paper.

EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

MAGEE V. TOWNLEY AND ATKINSON.
Both plaintiff and defendants in this case are share.brokere
in Liverpool, where the trial took place last assizes, before
Mr. Justice Pattison, when a verdict was found for the plain'
tiff, with 3851. damages.
Mr. ALEXANDER now moved for a rule to show cause Why
the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial bad, on the
ground of misdirection._ Rule refused.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, APkIL 20.—Wind N. W., moderate.—Arrived the
Margaret and Ann, —, from Cape of Good Hope ; Flora'
ville, Mitchell, from Cape of Good Hope; and Williams/
Young, from Cadiz.

FALMOUTH, APRIL 19—Wind variable, light breezes,"'
Arrived the Express packet, from the West Indies—sailed
from St. Thomas 24th ult., freight 40,000 dollars.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 20. —Wind N. N. W.—Arrived the
Diana, Lane, for Quebec and Montreal.
DOVER, APRIL 20. —Arrived off port the Mercurius, Esucb,
from Batavia; and Vigilant, Hansen, from Messina.
PENZANCE, APRIL 19.—Arrived the Jardeson, Jardesoo,
from Demerara.

BRISTOL, APRIL 19.—Arrived the Willcox, Jones, frore
Mauritius • Monmouth, Adams, from Odessa ; and Reynarch
Weatheran, from St. Michael's. Off port, the Sicily, 'Bri"
tannia, and Watson, from Honduras ; Henrietta, Rayekie,
from St. Thomas; Porcupine, Cook, from Smyrna; Char-
lotte, Hohorse, from New York; and City of Rochester,
from Constantinople.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 19.—Arrived the Emulous, Welbankt
from Bahia ; Charles, Brewster, from New Orleans ; the
Ganges from Maranham to this port was got off the strand
Cushendall Bay, on the 15th inst., very leaky, after dischargieb
600 bales of cotton, and towed to Surme, where she would
beached, and, if possible, have the leak stopped and proceed
to Liverpool.

The Penrose, from Swansea, foundered on tho 11th ult.) in
lat. 37, long. 10 ; crew saved.
The Albion, steamer, from Dublin to Bristol, is on shoo,
near Milford and full of water ; crew and passengers saved.
The Ann, Joyce, New Ross, arrived at Cork, with loss 01'
foremast, bound to Quebec.

The Annette, from Liverpool to Revat was wrecked on the
Isle of Folster ; crew saved.

The Moro Castle, bound to Havre, with 486 bales of cotton 011
board, caught fire at New Orleans the 12th ult., and burnt to th°
water's edge.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

Last night a new drama, in three nets, by Mr. Sheridan
Knowles, called Brian Boroihme, or The hfaid of Erin, 113°
produced with great and deserved success at this Theatre'
The leading incidents of the play are drawn from an important
event in the early history of the Sister Kingdom—the defeat
of the Danes by the Irish Monarch in the bard•chroniele
battle of Clontarf. The principal Irish characters are thti.
Monarch, Brian, King of Leinster (Mr. Sheridan Knowles)'
Erina, his only daughter, and the Maid of Erin (Miss 11'
Faucit); O'Donohue, an Irish chief, in love with, and bei
trothed to, Erma (Mr. J. Webster); Ilene, the confidant an,
foster-sister of Erina (Miss Vincent); Roderick, the lover 04
Ilene (Mr. Webster); the Bard of the Irish Monarch (Mr:
Collins); and on the side of the Danes, Tormagnu:
the principal Danish chief, and a suitor for the hand of ti,, "f
Princess Erina (Mr. G. Bennett) ; Voltimer, a veteran chle
serving with his followers as a volunteer in the army of '1'0!:
magnus (Mr. Vandenhoff ) ; Elgitha, sister of Tormagnus, 'n
love with O'Donohue, who had been for some time a prisonei
in the Danish camp (Mrs. W. West). There are sevell,
other characters in the piece, but their parts arc so sulirri
dinate in the performance that we shall omit them.
the construction of the plot there is a good deal of unneee,,
sary complication ; and there appeared to us a great want 0"/
individuality in several of the characters. The leading In", a
dents are as follow :—O'Donohue, a brave young chief, t'!,
lover and the beloved of the Princess Erina, is made a nil,
soner by the Danes, and while confined in their camp the 11,10
nish Princess, Elgitha, becomes deeply enamoured with tlO/..
handsome captive. Assisted by the chief, Voltimer, who a
mires his courage and respects his virtues, be escapes, and tis
presenting himself before the Irish Monarch, is rewarded wl
the promise of the hand of his beloved Princes. In the meaa
1.,0
time Torinagnus, the Danish Chief, demands Erina in n?t
ridge, as the only condition upon which he will put an an" „a
the war. The King spurns the offer with indignation ; 'tat,
to be revenged for the insult thus offered him, the Dane o,
tempts the abduction of the Princess, and succeeds. O,D see
nohue flies to rescue his destined bride ; restores her to P
friends ; but in the engagement is overpowered by numbers, an d
of
again made prisoner. Erina, unable to endure the shoughtstre
she
l
hie captivity, disguises herself in the garb of a blind no"g
boy, and is thus conducted to the Danish camp, where
ses
obtains an interview with the Princess Elgitha, who disci°
„a
to her the love she cherishes for the Irish Chieftain,
ens
charges her with a message to him, offering him life,riaa
liberty if he will wed her. The interview between r'dra,
and O'Donohue, in the latter's dungeon is highly 4flely
matic. The fears and hopes of the Princess are 4,:sr,
pourtrayed, and her discovery of herself to her 1.7.110/
when she can no longer doubt his constancy, beau ° ,so
imagined. But the delay of Erina alarms Elgitha,
CO
suspects her sex ; enters the dungeon alone, and disc- she
the Irish Princess. In the first burst of her jealous rage as
informs Tormagnus, who instantly seizes Erina, and con" Os
O'Donohue to be burned on the altar of the god Odin.
.Icess,
timer, who detests the cruelty of his chief, saves the Prll„iths,
but is mortally wounded in the attempt, and the Lady
,sitll
pitying the cruel death that awaited O'Donohue, , I'ta
him to the Irish camp, where she generously restores a cbie,t
Erina. A pitched battle ensues, in which the Danish strata'
and his followers are killed by the subjects of the gallant 1" 04
who thus delivers his country from the invaders teeth
the lovers, with the exception of Elgitha, are made Pe'
happy. SP:
What we most object to in this piece is the constant
!Del?
pearance of too much regard to the production.o lity
dramatic effect, and the absence of a marked individnae tes'
the leading characters. Though it deserves to beeaunl,l, ye.;
pular as an acting drama, and we have no doubt 'a high
I s nse' s
it abounds not in those passages of sterling goon se.butee ,
patriotism, and pure manly feelines which have corit'l rot te,
make Sheridan Knowles' dramatic productions a', fwerstbs
vourites in the closet as they are on the stage. V:,mtelie
veteran Dane, is a noble creation—a soldier 0' ,e` raid, the
stamp ; and on giving an audience to the Danish. 10,_0
Irish Monarch displays an ardent and praisew°l
of his country. But upon the whole, the Par'efreetisvt,
King might have been rendered much thoret.e esPeece
The acting throughout was as good as could be beta
ed; nor did we ever behold an audience alWa Klo°
r o .
satisfied. Mr. Collins, in the venerable character 'oda' f
sne o
Brian's bard, sung two songs—one from the Irish „0
aEnrdinwaaws
ietnhcgorreeadt.
delicacy
falne(lietnenPd. aeurncei tssp.er foziend_ehtylecioernsrsarst..s:f.eoeci
appear to greater advantage. The scenery, sal"; a a raasep
the most part of views of the City and Bay of Dant.' `Vier:
artist,
lie
castle, and the two camps, does credit to the ea a a
the curtain fell Mr. Sheridan Knowles was. lotalY__,,iaoselop
He expressed his thanks in a few words, which the 'lll'arescl the
the audience prevented us from hearing, and..,ashneFaueit, los
piece for repetition amid deafening cheers. .311*,
received this
Mr. Vandenhoff were likewise called for, an"
rising of theksofthceu rtain,
house, which was well filled Wag
isbefore