The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-04 00:00:00

THE II EAT It

munT-LANE.—The Siege of Belgrade last
night again introduced Mr. SApio to the public,
in the character of The Seraskier. He acquitted
himself with more ease in acting, ant gave more
scope, and more embellishment, to the exertion
of his musical Powers, altogether proving himself
a valuable. acquisition to this theatre.—A good
House.r.

COY ENT.G Alt D Ex.—A, new Tragedy, entitled
gavenno, or Milian Love, was brought forward
Inst 'night, and the Characters were usk.fellow :
Marquis de Itnyentt, Mr. EoEnTqx ; Count Ccsurio, Mr.
YOUNG; Count Gautlentia, Mr. 1,
:ATEB ; Bartuccio, Mr.'
COOPER. Soramt, Mr. I.3inTi.E: PrilicesS Camilla, Miss
LacY ; Giana, M
bliss F. 11. KELLY; Beatrice, Mrs. Da-
NPORT.

As this Tragedy is avowedly
a free translation
of a play written by SCHILLER, the great Ger-
man Dramatist, and has received two English
versions, one by Mr. Cor.omaixe, a I:entleman
formerly of Norwich, and by the late Mr. Lc.wis,
author of The Monk, Castle Spectre, Ste:, it is
not necessary for us to enter into a detail of the
plot. Scdt LIAR was a powerful writer of the
terrific School, and the plot of this play has long
been known to the Public, by the two former
translations under the title of Cabal and Love,
we are relieved from the necessity of a formal
recital of the story. It may however he
said, that it is highly improbable, and that
the chief interest depends on the excellence
of the acting. We may notice a few of its im-
probabilities. A father wants his son to marry
the mistrers of his Sovereign, though he already
possesses sufficient authority as the first Minister.

The mistress is not in love with her Ducal keeper,
>tit with the son of the Minister. The son is in
love with the daughter of a plebeian. This
laughter, though deeply attached to the son of
he Minister, consents to sacrifice her fame at

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the instigation of a. man whom she knows to be
a villain ; and, though exhOked by her distracted
lover to explain the . li.tai Whiefinvolves the
suspicion of her infa.my, ihe .ieftties, and con-
sents, to die rather Oiling Justify her inno-
cence. She does so, hOwitVeri before' her death,
having been poisOmid by: 'her COM, who..par,
takes of the mortal" &Might. - Poetical jus.
tice is not satisfied, 'f4" the bad characters
escape only with the punishment' of self reproach,
except one, who falls the 'victiin of his .villahly.
The piece, however, is by no means devoid of
interest, but that essentially arises from the act-
ing. Mr. YOUNG, though apparently too old for
so lover, played admirably ;.,so did
Miss
who always acts on the basis of
iisysouttAtf cuEly a ,
good sense and feeling. Miss F. H.: KELLY
displayed great feeling and a full coneep.
Lion of the character which she sustained.--
EGERTON was firm and impressive in a very
forbidding character. .The Tragedy was heard
with attention, and a ; very faint opposition
took place when announced for this evening,
while the general sense was obviously in its
favour. The house was very well attended. I

•
The destruction caused on the coast by the
overflow of the sett near Portland is trementiOus
the whole of the Esplanade has been swept away;
and one entire village has shared the` same fate,
,The loss in property is estimated at between
30,0001. and 40,0001; and
,by the latest accounts
it was uncertain us to the precise number of tires
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that haves that have."."166,41.