The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-25 00:00:00

CITY THEATRE.

CHAPMAN. who resumes the management of this
theatre, has produced a drama called The fluke's Pro.
gress, !minded on Hozarth's celelmord pictures ; the slur)
is vet y closely followed, thouA the costume is modernized.
This is an error, for the realiz 'Orin of some of the pie-
tors would have teen highl effective. The Rake is
played by Mr. W. L. BEDE ; hit friend, Harry 3Llrk
ham, a finished " Gentleman about town," by 1100 PER
and both excellently. In the first act Tom Raketvell is
seen a warm hearted and ingenious boy ; in the second, a
thouvtless youth, in the full swing of dissipation ; in the
list, in prison ; and, ultimately, in a mad-hi.use. The
concluding sreoe, we are bound to say, is the meat harrow-
ing we ever witnessed ; it passes the verge of pathos, and
deee'nerates into the horrible. A play may be too real—
this is so. A squalid lunatic is not a dramatic character.
We say this in a kindly spirit ; as a piece of acting it
was excellent, hut that which causes horror instead of pity
is more fitted for our G..rman neighbours than for a
London audience. Miss M. GLOVER and Miss CoorcH
play the prominent female c :aracters ; MANnERS and
CHAPMAN the pi incipal comic ones. There is one sketch,
Snomp, (one of the Johnson and Byers fraternity) capi•
tally drawn and well acted. The best scenes are the steeple
chase, the duel, and the King's Bench prison ; the latter is
novel in effect, the stage being so divided as to represent
two apartments, in one of which Markham lies in bed,
whilst Tom Rakewell occupies the other, which is totally
destitute of furniture. One line that occurs in this scene
is worthy of recollection ; one of the Rakes consoles him-
self by saying. that he never was a miser, on which the
other exclaims, " My dear Harry, misers build hospitals
and rakes fill them." The piece was highly successful,
and the author may congratulate himself on having at-
tracted the most crowdAd audiences that the City Theatre
ever knew. We heartily wish the company a continuance
of their success. The authorship' is attributed to Mr. W. L.
RIME, whose Loves of the Angels, &c., were so attrac-
tive at the Strand.

Pozzo DI BORGO.---46 Pozzo DI BORGO
was the son of a shepherd in Corsica, who used to bring
eggs, milk, and butter to the BONAPARTE family ; being
a smart boy, he was noticed by Madame MEItE, who paid
for his schooling ; afterwards, through the interest of the
family, he was chosen Deputy to the Legislative Body, as
their sons were too young to be elected. He returned to
Corsica as Procurator• General, where he united himself to
PERALDI, an implacable cnemy of the BONAPARTES,
and consequently became one himself."—Voice from St.
lielena.

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