The Sun.
London, England, 1801-07-25 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

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, Rev-Haslet.
The Pont of Honour was followed last night by-
a new Musical. Pieter entitled The Gipsey Piiuce.

DRAMATIS PERBONIE. • -
Don Roderick, (the I% - Mr. Surrr. •
Doi: Dominick, (Corregidor) - - Mr. EMERY..
Gisey Prince, - - = Mr. KELLY.
Rincon. - - Mr. FAwcE-ri: •
An Old Jew, - - •ATK
a md,: - Mr. T.Ts,uintAN,
Ist Alguazii • •- • - Mr. CAULFIELD.
Antonia, (Niece to Don Xoderick) Mrs.- .I%;4?uNTA
Fon, • • - Miss Ty
GipseyHlndu Wom M
en . •
Laciimeeiss B. MEN-Afi.t.
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-,azils;Ptagants; Gipsies, Akc.

his
Seefielies i'vlurcia; • The-Gipsey;
,Prince, with 'all
.Os vagrant subjeds, airiveS at-this place just in time to res-
cue an old.Je..s,who had incurred the displeasute of. the In-
chisition. In the Schffie, one' of the -officers of Justice is
Whunden, and, in cbriseque-nee a vigilant search is :nude-af-
ter raa;i who had -presumed to. djspute the authority-Of
I„bc holy office, and deprive it of a vie-6m. The Gipsey
rrince escapes from the pursuit, and leaps over the wall
Into. the garden of Don Roderick the Inquisitor. He there
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I,ls Antonia, Roderic k's niece-. 1. hey contrive An fall
.lave at that and. the Prince, by the advice of the young
~tself in a pavill.on.. The signal to brifig
from; Lt. Is the sound of her guitar. Rincon„
steal rellew, 'upon the hunt to discover the person who res-
cued the law, gets into this garden, and twangs the guitar;
Which had been unluckily left there. The Gipsey Prince,
Supposing-that Antonia had given the signal-, appears.. In
order tc. prevent Rincon from betraying hun, he • threes the
latter into toe pavilion, and remains in tho garden upon the
'Watch for Antonia. • The officers of justice enter the garden :
and starch the pavilion.; they seize Rincon, thinking hcis
the 0f.7-..nc'er against the inquisition. They bear him away, re-
turn a.nA-surprise the Lipsey ?rime in tender parley with An-
tom i.. He determines on resistance, but is perSuadedto
by Antoiiii. :The Pi- inc e is then taken before'tha Inquisitor, -
but it at length appears that this,_ the leader of the Gipsey
tribe, is.!tie son 01 Don Dominick, the Corregidor, and the.
friend of Roderick, and that he had been lost in but
was intended, if ever he w‘i., found,. to be the husband, of
Antonia. As the Officer w!io had been wounded in the
rescue of the Jew, had received out a slight hurt; the Gipsey
Prince is, o. course, pardoned, anciMlide happy in posses;ion
of hiS Mistress.-. ,

Of the dramatic merits of this Piece, the less that
is said th;.!. better. It is one of the most flimsy things
of. the kind that we ever attended. The plot has
nothing interesting or noire], and.the dialogue,
stead -)f wit or humour, presents a few forced and
but indifferent puns. But, hoWever deficient it may
be in dramatic worth, it is recommended by such
exellent• Music, and is so well supported by the
Performers, that it will probably be very well
441Ppor,td by the
K Y 'played the Gipey' P I ince) and sung with
great ability ; indeed we never heard his voice to
better ,dvetage. Mrs. MOUNT.% Tl 4 is entitled to
the same praise ; her AirVvere warbled with. great
'akin and sweetness.

FAWCETT is uncommonly successful in songs of
,11ie mod-bravura kind, and his excellence was very
F°rlspienousiri this respectlast night, it. well as in
"i 3 aging. SU.ETT and EMERY made. as •much of
their respeetive parts as could be made of them.

Miss TYRER, a pupil of KELLY, who came
before the Public in the Oratorios, appeared for,the
first time as an Adress. In figure, stature, and
Inauner she very much resembles Mrs. BLAND.
She sings very well, and seems` to have a good
notion of comic. humour.

The music is almost entirely by Kt Lcy, and is
really ye:) creditable to hi 3 tAste and genius as a
Compact• • One Song, a mock bravura, was cam-
-110-,(1 by the. Ailtbcr
_of the Piece, and a Duett is
avowedly from PA ESI ELLO. This Duett was ad-
mirably supported by,.FAwcETT and Miss I RE R;
Some of the Airs Were encored, and all were much
applauded.

We forb7ar all 'criticism upon the Piece itself, as.
it would be breaking " a butteijiyilpon the ewhi;el."'
It is light summer wear, and very well'calculated to
last through the season.—The Author is said in be
a Mr. MZJORE, but.not the Barrister of that name,
The House was crowded,. and propped by the
Ittusic and the ading, the Piece was very well re-
ceiied throughout, and announced for this evening
With the entire acquiescence of the audience..
We give the following Songs as a specimen of ~l7e
poetry and the hummr. •

. ..
SONO ---Cip.sy-Piince--(K Im.y.) - -
. I'v z roam'd thrb' many a wenn/ round; :: - - `.
I've wander'd east and west;
4_ Pleasure in ever:,:. dime I found,
- gut bought in vain tbr rest.-
.. Mule-...-
giary high other spheres,
I feel that (Me i too wide, -- - , •- . ,-,
Ar.d'tiiink the home, which love endears,
. - Were worth the world beside.

RINC011.•

DUETT-- incon and Poppee—(PAl stmo).
Eye 'lye, you're quite a sinner, girl, •
You're not the thing ft-Wine then;
•
Without some grace, no dinner, girl,
I-r.ever calla kiss with.a heathen I
' No; no, no, no,
' I never could kiss with a heathen.•
Eh ! have you,got no shame now, man,
For why you talk of christen ?
You give poor girl good name now, man,
But you'd take it away by kissin! ,
155, iss, iss, iss,
You'd take it away by kissin. • *.
;co.zN No, you rogue, I tore you Clearly,
As well 'as my bottle—or nearly.
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Popp lE. But bottle thrown-by when you crack 'urn,
And lips forgot when you smack 'urn.
RI /ICON. Cotnealong, my dingy Miss;
Your face is such golden money ;
It Must be stamp'd with a kiss,
It shall, by all that's funny. •
Get along to yon fine white Miis,
I not de girl for your money ;
You may stamp and fret to kiss,
You shan't, by all dat's funny.
!Ittleort. By the cowl of St. Bridget,• •
My heart's in-a fidget; •
l3etwitter'd, befritter'd;
.
POPPET... ENT you come tall, you tipsy man,:
You not koow,fiyhat you about ;
Neoti. = I'll:touch your handoweet Gipsy Ma'am,
,But first I'll touch,your mouth.
- • -
For rE E. You must touch de hand Uipsoy-,
Before you touch her mout.- - -

POPPER.

POPPEE.

We read with great horror of the ramparts-form:
ed of human carcasses, by the French at the Siege cif
Acre.—lt appears from a Note in Mr. Giunort''s
History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman
Em-
pire, chap. lviii. Note 40, that similar materials
Were used by the same people, seven centuries ago,
during the Siege of Nice (in Aga Minor), by the
first Crusaders, ions