The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-08 00:00:00

THE THE Ark E.

Drury .Idne.

A. new•Cnmcdv was last night presented to the
Pnblic at this Theatre . under the title of. The
Sol.lter•'s Daughter.

DRAMATIS .PE RSCrNig.

(lnverricir Heariall, - Mr. Dow rog.
Irank.f.l;:artall, - - Mr 13A;.vis rER, Jun.
- Mr. POWELL.
MJlfort, . I - - - Mr. POPE
(7,l)Utif I IVooilley, - - Mr. Russ.m.t.
Mr. - - - Mr. PALMER.
- - • - -111 r. CAULFIELD. •
TiiiK,hy Quaint, - Mr. Cot.i.ixs.
- - - - Mr. Cu A r-rt It LEY.
- r W Eas.
- - - - - Mr EvAss.
The w ,tv - - Mrs..lo it DAN.
- - Mrs. Your:c.
- 'Miss'H. KELLY. •
;.ors. - Mrs Spaßics.
Nies. Townly, - - - - Mrs.: M A °DOCKS.
Mrs. SCOTT.

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The„Seene lies in London. We have not room to dilate_
uiron the Fati of :this Comedy, which chilly turns `ulin
the artitices.of Ferret, the agent of Nlal tort, sen. who went
to the lest •Indiesi for the purpose of obtaining Considtkable
property that had been lett to him.- -Mall'cit .was
have billowed his father, but lie marries, enters into merean--
tile.partnersinp, and front ignorance of trade, and the impru-
dence of his colleagite becomes Bankrupt, and is reduced
to the utmost distress. T he. mild. resignation of ,his.wife
restrains him front the most desperate designs, and he is
uric\ pettedly relieved toy Frank Heartall, a rich and benevo-
lent 13anKer, who accidentally firins the distressed fa-
the . house to
,which he had billowed the Widow
Cheerly. by wh,:rit he hart been captivated at the Opera.,—
This act of benevelence Ferret,. who is one of the Trustees.
for the widow, *represents in -the most odious colours. to
G;mternot Heartall, Frank's 'Uncle, as if it were the, effect of
his nephew's dishonourable views upon young Malfort's
Wife." The Governor is Very impernous, and appearan,:es
seem to b. against 17. wk.. Another et} of Ferret's villainy is
his cril ut concealment of young Mal :ort's retirement ;rpm his
father, -1« a: -letters had anxiously inquired auqut
his Selfl. --At length Old Mal fort returns, and meets his sen,
and the base hypocrisy of l's:ret is etleCtually.unveiled, the
younger Niaifort and his amiable wife are restored 40 wealth
amafh.;l7piness,,and the benwailent condnd. of Frank Heartall
finds its reward in the hand of the widow Cheerly.

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There is nothing strietly new in this Comedy,
either in the Fable or the Characters, but the ma.
teiials are worked up so well, that it altogether
forms a very interesting and a diverting Drama. The
sentiments are charaElerized by morality and feeling,
and are in general expressed %,vith elegance and spirit.
The Dialogue is indeed neat and animated through-
out, and it the.thoughts are not in_latt. tecominend_
ed by novelty, they are placed in a striking and
forcible-point, of view.
The moral lesson inculcated by this Piece- is to
she':: the danger-of Avarice in rendering the heart
insensible to all the diities of friendship, honour,
justice and gratitude, by the example.of Ferret. His
schemes, however, are so poorly laid, and so easily
dereCted, that though they derive a transitory sup-
port from credulity, it is evident that they must soon
end in frustration.

Ferret, in the last scene acknowledges his guilt,
and pronounces a solemn declamation against the de-
tes;able insF,ion which had involved him in all his
delinquency and disgrace.

The nwid is deceived by this charafter, and ex.
pcEts to find that, notwithstanding all his apparent
villanies, he would in the end prove that he had as,
sullied the appearance of perfidy and craft for some
concealed good purpose. A different result renders
the catastrophe rather fiat and heavy, not withstand,
i,ng the happiness of all the rest of the parties.

We would advise the Author not to make two of
his charafters present the distressed family of Youkg
Ma!fort with -a Fank:note .of two hundred pounds
each, as one is atifficient fot temporry relief, and is
•
the effra is rather Judicious than interesting.

This Comedy is the produaion of Mr. CHERRY,
the Actor; and it is very creditable to his heart
.and head. It is in some parts very aff•aing,. and.
in others highly entertaining. With a very few
alterations, or rather. omissions, ie have no doubt
tha, it: will be i'Very atttaaive and popular piece.
Of the acting in general it is impossible to speak
in terms too ',favourable. Mrs. JORDAN played
with exquisite spirit -and humour. -The same. may
be-said otD.,wToN and BANNIST,ER. POPE -was
very respeaable, and CowNs very quaint and di-
verting. By the Way; we think hi 4 account of the
imprisonment of his relations for debt, may be well
omitted,- as the benevolence. of Frank Heartall is
sufficiently evident without his becoming a Member
of the Society for the Payment of Small' Debts.
Pow Ft.r. also deserves a very faVuurable report.
Mrs. YOUNG -disploved unaffected tenderness in the
affeCtionate wife of 'Y
Young Malfurt. PALMER sup.
ported the part of Ferret very well, except in the
last scene, but pathetic declarnation is not his forte.
The Prologue, in' comparing a Dramatic Writer
on the first night to a maiej'aaor going to be hanged,
was rather too gloomy, but it contained some good

lines on metcy. The Epilbgue %%Pis 'altogether a
very pleasant alltision to the Volunteer Service.—
'PorE acquitted himself very well in the:Prologue,
:and Mrs. Jolt'Aw admirably in the Epilogue. At
the cnnclusinn Of the Play. Mrs. JORDAN excited
much laughter, by assuming the military tone in
her address to the audience, and exclaiming, " AT-
TENTION."

The Comedy experienced' a very favourable re-
ception throughout, and BANNISTER Was permitted
to announce it for this evening with the hearty and
unanimous 'applause of a very numerous a:dience.

L4yi i:L.! J 1 4.

COURT,OF KING's BENCH,-TUESDAY, FED. 7.

Mr. MANLEY moved for leave to file a Criminal
InformatiOn against John Beaumont, who is a farmer
and Overseer'-ol'the Poor of a parish in Fla:npshire
upon an Affidavit which stated, that a poor than, of
the name of Joseph Gtirman and his wife, were tra-
velling through the country, wlien he was seized
with an illness, accompanied' by ' the spitting of
blood. He appaad to this Overseer' for -relief,
which was positivskjefuteithy the Overseer. This
poor m.m went afteimrkfit, the town of Newbury,
about two miles distance, stated his case to the Ma-
giSt ea:es of that place, and they furnished him with
means of obtaining relief, and. he had relief accord-
ingly. This was on the 231 of Odobeilast : the
poor died on the 22,1 of January. The affida-
vit of the wife stated, that it her husband had 'had-
!he relief he asked of the, Overseer, it was proba,
ble that his illness and the spitting of blood would
not have returned upon him as it did.
Lord ELLEN BOROUGH said, that this was a very
fir.e'ase to go before a Grind Jury. If indeed the
man had died immediately after the relief had been
refused to him, the Case would have been fit for the
interference of the Court in the way now moved,
but as that was not the Case, under all the citcum
stances he thought it proper to leave the parties to-
their regular course by indietMent ; no doubt it
would be proprly.disposed of by a Jury.
Rule refused. .

Mr. WETHERALL moved for a Writ ,of Habeas_
Corpus to' be direded to the Keeper of Itchester
Jail, commanding him to bring up the body of Sir
Edward O'Brien Price, Bart. for the purpose of his
being examined as a witnesa in support of aPetitiOn
complaining of an Undue Etetlion'and Return of a
-Member to serve in the present Parliament, which
stood for a Ballot on the t4th instant. This he
moved tipon an affidavit stating, That this was a
bona
fide proceeding ; that Sir Edward O'Brien
Price had been served with'the Speaker's• Warrant ;
that he is in the custody of' this jailor ; that he is
a :material witness for the Petitioner, without whose
testimony he "could not safely proceed to the hear.
ing of his Petition ; that be is confined under the
process of this Court, and detained for a debt to. the
Crown ; that there are also oclievpetainers against
hini upon Civil Suits.—This motiotti• Mr. WETHE-
RALL said, was made, because it was Aoubttul whe-
ther the Speaker's Warrant was suffidient authority
for the Jailor to remove this, prisoner,- •and whether,
if he had not the authority of the Court for it, the
Lt;ilpr would not be subjed to an anion for an
escape. The matter was by no means clear to the
parties, and therefore this application was made to
the Court. It had been made a .matter of .doubt
whether tire Order of theLords_ House of could
bring up a debtor charged in execution upon a Civil
Process, or would excuse thr jaiior for removing a
debtor out of prison without the formal authority of
the Court in which he was charged in executioni,by
a Writ of Habeas Corpus; and that without this
formality the bringing' such a person up, under any
circumstances, would subjeEt the jailor to an action
at the suit of every creditor of the ptisoner fur an
escape. This was a tremendous respoosihility for
the Jailor, who was unwilling tosulljealiinuelf to
it. Mr. WETHERALL said he'had not had timeJo
look into the. Authorities upon this subject, and.if
the Court should grant the Motion, the matter-
might be discussed hereafter. •
The Court, 'after a good deal of consultation,
granted a Rule to spew Cause,' but direfted that no.
tice should be given of it to the ATTaRNEY GENE.
RAL,.and notice also'to all the Creditors at w huse,suit
the Witness is detained, and service of, the Rule on
the Jailor.

MARRIED. - • - '
Yesterday, at Richmond, lames, Fielding Street, Esq. to
Miss Frances Cooke, eidest daughter of john Coolie, Eiq .