The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-09 00:00:00

PEStiIIINSTE l? SESSIONS.

THE APRE.

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Dtuj
A.nqN from the pen of the dramatic
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veteran, LUMBERLAND, entittc,l9 •( The oarior
'$
Daushter,' ',was on Satu:rday, night represented at
this Theatre.

• DRAMATIS PERSON -
Capt. St. Arnaud, - Mr.-POPE.
Hartol9lls - .- • M N NIS fr
Sir Maqhew Morival, - - Aft. WR 015G/11'0N.
-Maiidevilte,- • Mr.'lliVy F R .
Vamishi - -Mr. RussiL. -
Lindsay, - - r
.Mr..B A T
A Friend of S 1 Matthew's, •Mr, C?iI;LFIELD."-!
Raven. 6. • Mr. Dow T
Louisa -Mandeville - -Mrs. JORDAN.
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fulia Clairville, . Mrs. 14. jo Hqs-roq.
Mrs. Hartshotn, • - Mrs. SP Aie}:.

• the plOt is Simple -Captain Clairville, dying of a wound
he received in the battle of Copenhagen, bequeaths hiS or:
. phan daughter, Julia, to the.protretion of Capt. St. Aniand,
• whO secretly transnlits money to her for her support. A triv=
ing in England, he goesto Bath!, where she resides at theliouse
'of Dr: Hartshorn, and iietermines-tti have an interview with
her„uncler the assumed ~name of Lindsay, that of a. young
man in the medical prOfeSsion, whom HartsbOrn expected a 5
an assistant in-his business. This det2rmitration arises from
~tnne suspicions. of I ulia having engaged herheart to Varnish,
a conceited coxcomb,. who has, . in the mean time,
.assinned
the, c.recht to hi inselr, of s.nrling these,supplies to lier,,Wltich
she had •regularlY received, though • Witlitiitt .khot,ing from
whom, from Capt.-, St. Amand. • .tiarnish's-faliepretensions
are-exposed, and Julia becomes enamoured of the supim.icd
Lindsay, to whom Varnish; irritated at his disappointment,
sends a clrdlenge. " St: Arnaud then •discovers himself, the
meeti ri.;.; taxes place ; but Varnish, coyvinced by the season- ,
ing of the lomter, declines. to fight;. and gt. Atnand is unitett
to Julia. Most -6f the'other 't'c.'•ettes arise tronf the whims of
.Sir• Matthe- Mutiyal; a hypochondriac, whorti Hartshorn
cures by scot inc.; him some good old,
,Ma«tena.; and from, a,
sort of courtship. between 7-Mandeville and his
coUshrtouisa, which at length endS' in their' ' •

.• 'lt' will immediately be I)erteiirf..d, from this brief
outline of the plot, that it is not capable of excitirig,
any very deep interest. The story flows stnO:crihly
on, bUt the denouement -is very soon anticipated, and'
the heart ren.fins uninterested in the, progress, of
the.pitee. N iiltsanding,however, this defea,
Mr. CUMBERLAND has, with his usual ability,
eotAiived, • out of .but slender'materials, to make a .
very pleasing Comedy. What is wan'ting.in inter-
est, is, in some measure, 'Made, up in elegarn- kn-
gnage,; neat points',. and happy alhisio,.s. The ir—
cidts are few, biis-thek are in gcn,rJ! net c if to
the' best adVantage, .and inade to. tel,t. with all toe
,fft,et
. • .
The chaptle.rs 4D. not displ-ay, much .nevelty. ei-
ther in the r.. 0 Cane, :qr.; he:Arline:a t ion. That-of St.
.4;71:(;nd, which, was evidently. intended to be. the
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charader, n9t,very strongly mark:d, nor
does it nbottfid with many („liscriminative traits.
The chiiraZier. of a tritish naval officer, gives scope,
however, for many we'.l.{initid allusions,. which no
one knows better than the Aut.io;, how to turn to

the best advantage,: but St. Amand's abrupt dis-
covery of himcelt to Hartsborg, apd afterwarcli to
7a/ a, who had both all along supposed him to be
Lsndtaj,.,is.considerable,draw back from ..the efft4t
of.the.piece.. This charader certably deriyed,every
possible advantage from the aging of ToTE; which
was throughout exct!ilcot. The character of Harts.
horn, a benevolent -apothecary, is
_pourtrayed in a
lively and pleasant style, and was' very ably and
spiritedly performed by. BANNISTER.. . .

• In the charataers of Sir'Matihrw Moiival and

Mande,s'ille, there is very little that. is deserving
any particular notice,; they, found able represent...
' rives in WROUGHTON and DWYE R. There is some
humour in the characier of Raven, the servant of
the former; but he has not much to do—DowroN
was perfettly a6.-home in it. -Lindsay sect-Us to be.
merely intrduced for the purpose- of 'St.
Amand an opportunity of assuming his name. • rot.'
what purpose the other charaner (whose name
_we
did not learn) personated by'Mr. CAUL:EI ED, is in.:
troduced, -itve are at a. loss to conceive.
With resped to' the female charafters, we can
say little on the score of the'Author. Mrs. Jots',_
DAN made that pleasing and diverting, which, in
other hands,' would have been dull and tedious.—
, Mrs. H.. JonNsTox did every thing that could be
done for a char.eter, which in itself displays too
much of the languor of sensibility. Mrs. SPAiticis'
alSo merits much praise, for her performance of Mrs.
Hartshorn.

Tije Sailor's Daughter is one of chose produaions

_ . . .
which exhibits abundant evidence of a wealcultivated
mind and a classical taste, but Which .does not
display any symptoms of strength or traits of mi.,
girial genius. h is rather remarkable for correB.
ness than for bold frights of imagination. It will-
not. demi& from the well-earned reputation of: the
Author, but ,at the. same time we do not think it,

will pad much to his feline.
The Pied..was wellireceived until nearly the con-
clusion of the ltst aa, when some disapprobation
was manifested, which was,- however, after a short
contest, completely overbalanced by the applause.
The, intended' r4petition... of .the. Comedy' was tnen,
tinned by BANN ksTER Att. .chara.6er before 'the
curtain cfroPped,,in .a.way which .was.very happily
calculated to.pot.the4udience.in goad humour.
The Prologue was' Well:delivered by BAR TIEY,
and the Epilogue, which is very sprightly and plea_
'sans, was very appropriately spcken by 'Mrs. H.
JOH NSTO'Isr; '
The Piece was afterwardS given out in a 'regular
way by Poye. for .a second represeistationj with °.a
very slight mixture of di.sapprobation.
The House was crowded at an early7hour:-

PUBLIC -OFFIC E,OUEEN.SQUAR Lady on.
the wrong side of forty, fell in love with a young
Gentleman of the Navy, about seventeen years of
age, the son of a gallant Admiral, and invited him,
to her favour, which the youth accepted ; but the
Lady finding him wavering, threatened that she
would never quit. his lodgings alive, Tintless he mar,
tied her. This brought the parties toQueen-square,
Office on Saturday, from which the Lady was very
properly sent by the Magistrates' to Tothill.fields
Bridewell, where her passion cooled; and we under.
stand the young Gntleman has forgiven her, on-
considetation that she should never enforce such a
requisition, which was agreed to with seeming'-ce-
Naance.