The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-11 00:00:00

THE TRE4TAZ:

Drury- LA..

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As our Readers will of course expect a farther
report of the' neu% Colueciy brought forwardatob
Thursday night, at this Theatre, we resume the
bubjeet.—The title is A .Day in London. : '

CHARACTERS. •
Jack Melange, - - Mr. BANNfirtit: - •
Capt. Import, . . Mr. DE CAMP:•
Sir Geo. Dapple, - Mr. ROssiLL.
Mr. Bonvere, - Mr. H. SionoNa•
Sir Sampson import, - Mr. CHERRY.
Briers, - Mr. t A YMOND.
Issacharo -•- Mr. VEvvrazEt.
Ponder.. • - - Mr. M DDOCKS.
Tones, - - - Mr. PALMER.
Serjeant O'Sullivan, - Mr. joutiswowt.
.Farmer - - Mr. Dowrow.
Mr. 11AR T L EY. •
Lady 1%14ry Iraport, . Miss Duzvda.g.
Mrs Sickle, - - - Miss.
Jane. - - . - , MissTo . ca.
Maria, - - - - - Miss, RA at••
Dolly, - - Mrs. Scone.
Bar-maid, - - 'Miss TioswaLL.

FABLE.

The Scene lies in.the ftletropolis.—Mr. Sickle, a rich
• Cloucestershire farmer, arrives in Lnndon, and atthe Inn
encounters an old friend, Mr. Briers, a hop-merchant, in the
Borough, to whom he recounts the naOtlve of his visit to the
Metropolis; from which we learn that he has married a
second wife, a young worn in, whose vanity and ill temper
have banished his son and daughter, in search of whom he has
undertaken his present journey. The farmer conceives lie
has some clue to the retreat of his daughter, as she was
brought up with her foster:sister Lady Mary Import, Who is
now married, and restdes in' London. Mrs, Sickle, who is
cfa romantic turn (supposing her husband to have journey-
ed into Westmorland), takes this opportunity of visiting
London, under the protection of Young Willow, a Platonic
_Cecisbeo; but arriving at the same Inn, she is surprized -by
her husband. Sir Sampson Import, a very rich Banker, and
4 City Knight, has entered into a second marriage, with the
daughter of a ruined Peer, without a portion—a woman of
benevolent and polished manners. The farmer's wife isle-
Moved by Young Willow from the Inn to a private lodging;
where hethreWs off the mask of friendship, and assumes the
professed lover; deceived in the confidence she had placed in
him, and indignant at his advances, she flies the house, ,and
iushas into the street.. In'thii dilenima she is encountered
by an 'Hibernian Scrjtant, who had just returned from the
'louse of Sir Sampson. Jack Melange, a generous eccentric,
iOare pecuniary assistance , which is rejetied by Mrs. Sickle,
IA which heis surprised 'by Briers, of Whose daughter Me-
loge is a professed admirer. Briers misconstrues the mo-
itilreS of. Melange, and enters the`house in 'search of Wil-
low. determined to demand. Satisfaaion foi the :injuries
Of the farmer. Mrs. Sickle here accepts the good offices
of the Serieant, who conduas her to the house of Sir
Stepson, Where she" is most honourably secreted and pro-
heed by Lady Mary; torn which circumstanee- .several.cen-
kz, r
ni eats arise, to the injury of this generous woman's _
hair. Mr. BonVere, the partner of Sir Sampson, proves to
bs the Younger brother of Lady Maryi who, on his return
trOrnihe Indies, had adopted that mode of observing hia:Sis-
tttii conduct, on which (the affinity unknown to her) he
Often Ventured to comment With an ati3erity displeasing to
het feelingt". inc.. Piece concludes with the, rescue of Sir
George's estate by the genercnis. interference of Melange,
‘vith a conviction of the 'purity and honour of Lady Mary ;
{he marriage of Jane and Captain Impott, of Melange and
/44ria. and the reconciliation of the farrner4nd his wife.
of This i'iece, as We before stated, is the procluCtion
Cli Bahr, the A&or, 'and. as he is an inditstri-
Vls, and resikalable nian in private life, we should
feat' much pleasure if we were able- to speak more
ivi°,llrably of the work •than its intrinsic qualities
I"
°154 ce
, and the characters pro Utai-ratit, The table is a strange sort of hotel/-
2ed in such a manner,
'if 16Y were in hopes of finding a plot on their.
ira,Y. The sentiments are in 'general just and mo--
hut they are quite Common-place throughout.--
Yahy is congenial to the heart of a Briton, bUt-it
im's tiresome tb an audience to have it dragged in-with-
vt firoper occasion. Such is too often the case iii
;113 COmedy. The same may .be said of many
--ItsiOnt to our Al-my and Navy, and many trite
iffuslons of patribtisth which theiPiece contains. The
v, recommendedgUagt is not by neatness and ele-
rice, and is Much debased by vulgar adjurations,
which AEtors 'toe' often indulge themselves,
2thPon the whole there are no striking passages,
ing of vigour or novelty; and though the ge,
',feral scope of the. PieCe is Mid, it is by no means
'tors,
notwithstanding the efforts of the
"Oars, who in general exerted themselves with great
eal. By the way, we Conceive 'lt 'to be exceedingly
;21.Proper that the Author himself took a charaeter in
413 Piece, for though he supported it in a respeeta,
manner, his appearance either bespoke too
t'luch confidence in the success of . his Play, or be'
t.?ree to appeal from the judgment of the audi-
ce to their humanity. The public ought not to be
4110 sec/ to such an alternative,. and on the present
the Atithor was certainly more likely to
tincture mortification than to acquire applause. The
aecision of the public we considered as conclusive
siinst the Piece on its first representation,. but it
?red"Brepeated last night, and made a very languid im-
ion OD the audience.

Covent Garoten.
'1
71e new Forte, entiled Whistle for It, is the pro-
p of,the Hon. M. LANIBE, sbn of Lord MEL-
This little Piece was origin, "y represented
't-os:itannior, Priory, the seat of the Marquis of AI3ER-
Si4,,ka and the principal charaders were, on that occa-
%,-,s) aupportcd by the following persons : _Mr. T.
-.4IDAN, Mr. BoAliMp Earl of A.RERDEEN, Mr.
Nri)stt,7l MADDOCK3, Ml. G. LAMBS, Mr. DAWEINS,
.Z.;:.,S.E.LTINE, Mrs. flesh:LT/NB, and Miss The following, last night,-was the state of the
DRiMATIS PERSONIE.
COurtt Hatlowitz, - - Mr. INcLzoom.
(,),q)crt - Mr. C. KEMBI.E.
-
Izr VCR ;as.
uoppert
Andrew - Mr. 'fit Yr wt.
.
. Mr. FAcarr•
• . : vr -
Miss ROLroN.
- The PI
- Moo. LISTON.
ttntion Plot of this Parse chiefly relates to the in-
tb a
r to deted and punish a banditti, whose abodeba,
!ecret cavern. In the attempt to discover this
to_ of robbers, the Count is secured by them, and
wish"Poed in the cave. , The leader of this banditti j
149_tIes to obtain a pardon through the interest of the:
.ent; whose mistress is
,also confined with him.
Count, however, rejed§ the'proposal with Jis-

aAn, though his mistress's Iffe is hazarded. The
witistle is the signal to the. Count's troops to attack
the robbers. Far from being disposed to examine
this produetiori with critical rigour, we are much in-
clined to encourage a young man of fashion in lite-,
rary piirsuits of any sort, and shall lie glad to
hear tliat •other 'persons of his condition will fol-
low so laudable an example.. There is ,whiM and
spirit in the whole, and as. it seems .to have been
the chief purpose of the Author to furnish an out-
line for the Performers to fill up, we may congra-
tulate-him on the attempt, and.have little.doubt that
his talents may hereafter be directed towards the
same province with considerable' success. The Farce
wants curtailment, and when a fei, retrenchments
are made. it will go off with more spirit and.eclat.—
It was well supported by the Pertbrmers last night
particularly by FAWCETT, Who is the ludicrous hero
of 'the Piece. •

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The ROYAL FAMILY left town yesterday morning,
for Windsor. . .
We have received Philade.phia, Papers to the 22ci
of February. An article!from Philadelphia, dated
• Fe. 21, says, " By letters received in this city, last
evening, from the Natches, dated 20th January, it
appears that Col. BURR had surrendered himself to
the Civil Authority, and that his trial was expe6ted
to come on in a few day at that place. The Militia
of the .Territory had been alisenibodied, and things
were fast retuning to a state of tratujuillity."
From Baltimore, under date of Feb. 20, mention
is made of the arrival at that Part of the Schooner
Matcher, in,25 days from
,New Orleans, in which
came pagsenprA Gert. ADAIR, of Kentucky, and
P. B..oc.niv, of gew Jersey, State Prisoners.
• Ektra6t of a letter from COWLES MEADE, Secre-
tary and Aeling Governor of the Mississippi Terri-
tory,.to -the Department of War, dated ' k
" WASHINGTON, (M.T.) JAN 13.—1 ' have just
time by. the Mail to inform you, that I received this
morning a' letter from Col. Buart, at Bay)U Pierre,
avowing- the innocence of his views, and the fallacy
'of certain rumours against his palriotism. His ob-
jea is agriculture, and his boats the vehicles of emi-.
gration.- ' However, several military corps were 9r-
: dered to be on the alert, and
.appehend him, and all
suspicious persons, on the day before the receipt of
his letter—these orders may possibly bring him into
my possession. In his letter, he hinted at resist-
ance to any attempt to coerce him, and deprecates a
civil war. This hint will have no intluenct on my
condua. He will. be apprehended, if possible, at
the hazard of the lives of our Militia and the honour
of the Exautive. We are all bustle and aelivity. I
hope in a day or two to give you a better account
'of this troublesome man."

The Duchess of GortnoN bad a very splendid fete
on Thursday night, in Grosvenor-square. Every
- thing that nature could supply, and that art could ex-
tort from her, was abundantly provided on this oc-
casion. •It is said that no fewer than eight hundred
persons attended, among whom were all the distin-
guished chara6ters now in town. The Prince of.
WALES and Duke of CAMBRIDGE were the only
branches of the Royal Family. present.
Lady CA.ENAEVON opened her house on Thursday
evening, for the fifth performance of the Ladies'
Concert. A good Band was provided, and the %to-,
cal department also was well supported.
We are happy to corre& an involuntary error into
which Our Reporter was led by the bustle of so full
• a House on Thursday, with respeet. to the vote of
that most respe6lable Member, Mr. WhiTSIILD
KLENE, on that interesting 'occasion. That Gentle-
man expressed his regret to be forced to a vote on
the question; but felt compelled to vote against the
Motion, because he thought it amounted to an issue
between His MAJESTY' and his late Ministers at
the Bar of that House. The Catholic Bill was
wholly irrelevant to,the question ; but as it had been
introduced into the discussion, he should say upon
it, that, though he was a friend to the most :min-
Mired toleration, he would not consent to any grant
of power to thew.
We have also .to correct` another mistake. The
speech attributed
_to Mr. HALL was not delivered
by that Gentleman) but by one whose- name was
mistaken for his. Mr. HALL, so far from having de-
' livered such sentiments, did not speak at all cturing
the debate.
A Noble Prussian Lady, in the habit ofgivinga per=.
tionof4l. to poor females in herneighbourhood, as an
eueoUragementto theirgettinghtisbands,waSwaitedon
one morning by a good looking girl, acCompaiiied by
her intended husband, an ugly little deforMed
dwarf. The Lady expressed her astonishment at
het not having got abetter spouse, " Lord Ma'am"
.'says the girl, "what can a body expel twenty
dollars !" .•

Mrs. BILLIKGTON is expected - to tale .the lead in
winding up the remainder of the season .at the dis;,
tinguished Private Circles in the Metropolis.
THE ARTS.---The
.Governors of the British Instil
tution, with a zeal for the Arts in the highest de-
gree-honourable to-their taste and-patriotistii, have,
it is said, resolved to offer, during the approaching
summer, three premiums, one of- tool. another.of
.601. and the third of 401. to those Students in
Painting who attended' the rooms last year,
.and
who shall produce the three best original Pidures as
companions to three'Pletures of the old M;sterS, to •
be selected by a Committee of Governors for that
purpose. The Pi&ures to remain the property of
the Artist by whom painted,, and, if desired, >to be
exhibited for sale at the opening of the Gallery in
the enstingwinter.
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Mr. WESTMACOTT, jun. has been chosen by the Committee of Taste, as the Sculptor to.vt''Lom the,
Monument in honour of Mr. PITT is assigned. He -
is an Artist of very distinguished abilities,, and his
Model on this subject is admirable.
Two MILLIONS STERLING have bqn paid in
Capital Prizes at. CARTER'S, 8,, Charing-Cross, the
oldest Office. Next Tuesday the Government'State
Lottery begins drawing: The First-drawn Ticket
entitled to 20,0001. The Scheme containt •
.• 4of 20,0001. 4of 5;0001.
4of 10,0001. to of wool.
; and the peculiar advantage of the first 3000 Tickets
•being .entitled to 101. each. Tickets liud Shares are selling at the above Office, \time every Adye.nturer•
will be 'presented with' a Neiv Lottery Directory,.
or a Key to the Capitals (gratis). • -
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