The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-04 00:00:00

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A nets bFei-a wag brought forward Loa night at
this 'Theatre, wider the title of Plots; 6 ,The
'North Tower.

CHARACTERS.

Baron t-kxamdale
Earl Malcolm -
Gotidibert
Oliver Arson -
Austin -
Annitf -
I.urOer -
Uswald. -
Frederica
Laura -

D'dwroN
Ntr HORN.
Mr. Pult.Ltiii
Nir.Smirn.

- Mr. Pik:sus.
- Mr. Itiwcl-r,
- Mr. that...it r.
- Mr. J. SMITH.
- Miss GRlGLitrtt;
Mibb KFLLY.

Scene on the -Border; of Scotland. and Northern pat of
• • Northumberland. •
FABLE.
the Castles of Baron Hexattulale and of Earl Matchlrn are
situated near each other. A iniiitial hatted subsists i,c.,weert
those two Chiefs, the former haVing ftfused the hand, ot iris
daughter Frederica, whom the Carl has solicited in Ina. ridge—
Ury,rd by revenge and. love, he dzierinines to ewer
ther's castle by night, ,atal bear her away, and for tilts put=
pose,ehiploys a budi, of marauders, whiwrt keeps io
Slant p:1)\, to assist him in the enterprize; he is detealed in the
etiterprize by the arrival of Gonstiburt and his M4ll it VCri
who arrive at the mom ent he arid his party aii:: e.der:ng the •
balcian'y of Fretierica's Gotutibeit and Oliver lot
low the Earl and his party to the chamber, rescue Frederica
and drive way the aseat tants.

r.he Baron and attendants are alarmed ; he accuses Condi.
Bert (whom he had reared an orphan •in the Casi le, and had
banished n>t• prsumpt netts love of . reties :2) as the au:
thor of this attack, to-ci.,im the credit of his (laugh- r's• res-
cue, anti which he icontirm.:d ty his return without i.er.
mission, and °niers Arriutf the 'sailor to cordilie him iu tiic.
1-tund To..ver. ln'the bustlea esCapes. '
A plot is laid bet ween Austin. Laura, arid oiiver(who 15 a
lover of Laura's,) to tree Gondibert. This is ovrt;eara
.Lurcher, who, in revenge tor Laura's haVirigSliAtited tits love;
and to procure his own pardon for deer-stealing, disc F•ses tire
scheme to the -Baron, whose heat' istil led ivith the constant
idea offlpfots and schemes'agaittsr•hit peave.
Laura follows Arnulf tw the Worths 'Power, ;oritlibert's
prisolit'and.admin-stering-a sleeping potion in wine to Aytiulf;
he sleeps, - and Gonciiheit is about to.escape, but is prevenird
by the entrance of the Barriii. He is again seL.tned
son :.but by accident discrivers an iron ring which opens a
trap in the floorazif
ithe'dungeon, and affords Juin the meant
of escape..
By.niaq winding passages he descends into a cave beneath
the Castle of Earl Malcolm, .whom he encounters, and is in-
duced to guide back the. way he had &sr:ended ; in doing
this, he extinguishes the torett,fastens a door by which he
entered, leaving the Lark and Oswald confined un the side
leading to the Baron's Caqie.. Gordibert 'thus etfcis his
escape, presents himself before the Baron, discloses to him
the sauation of the Lail. .They repair to the North Tower,
'the Earl and Oswald ascend by the trap, hilaigtheonly way
they could pass from their confinethent, and secured by
the Baron and his people. • Austindiscloses the set,ce: of the
Earl having destroyed his elder brother. and attempted to
strangle his child (Gondibert) who'is recovered by Austin,
and laid in path of the Baron, hy`whiJrn ne is fostered. Gen.
dibert succeeds to his. Ili:alio!, inhcrit,e, and receives the
the hand of Fredetica.

The fable of this piece is ,suoposed to take place
at -a period when the Border feuds prevailed which •
have given.-occasion to. much of the' poetry that
has recently been presented to the- pubic. Mr.
ARNOLD is understood. to be the author -of the
Opera before us i...and if it asserts no great preten-
sions to originality, it is very well' adapted Co:the
taste of the ihne,, and very well caculated to please
and, interest a mixed audience. The sen:iments are •
natural and Well expressed. It indeed, be
doubted,, whether the moral reflections which are -
uttered by Malcolm would bare occurred to Ai
vil-
lainous a .charkter, particularly as they do not lead
to repentance and reformation. There is something
of noveliy in the part of the old Baron, who is per-
petually suspecting plots, and augmenting the.dirfi-
Culty of frustrating them by a reliance on his ,
penetration.-- The struggle alsu betwen his natur,:l
irascibility and.aesire of keeping up the dignity of
his rank and character,. form a ludicrous• contrast.
The table is otrpounded of the comic and terrific,
and they ark so' mingled as not to counteract each
other. In some parts the interest is strong.
The peiformers all exerted :hemselves zenlously
and ably. OuviToll was particularly excellent. Ox-
BERRY displayed all his humorous and waggsh
simplicity. 'PHILIPPS acted pith great spiri,, and
gave the songs in a very-able. manntr. lIORN,is
touch improved as an actor. He also sung vcry
well, and so did SMITH. Miss KELLY was a strong
support to the piece, and Miss GEILLIETTI excited
much applause in her singing,
Theta Is a rich display of scenert,, chiefly in' the
Gothie style. The music is very creditable to the
taste and science of Mr. KING. The in ge-
neral are pleasing, and the symphonies are uncom-
monly so. The house was well attended, and only
two pas Sages, which seemed to be a lotle prurient,
excited any thing like disapprobationi the piece al, ,
together having been very well received, and an-
nounced fur this evening will) general sssent.

The Leopard, we are sorry•to.find, was not taken
without injury. to one of the men who were employ-
ed on that, haz.infous service. The animal bit.one
of them so severely that the poor man was doliged
to be taken to St. George's Hospital. The way- in
which the animal was secured was by placing a den
before the door or the cellar, in which he had. shel-
tered himself, but it was with, no small diffiLulty
that it was induced to enter it. The horses which
drew, the caravan, it seems, took friglet, ran off
full speed and overthrew it ; the cage which con-
tained the leopard was thrown out, and so shattered
in the fall, that the animal ,easily escaped. It is to
be hoped that this event,,l.vhich might have been
attended with much more fatal consequences, will
induce the people who deal it i such 'formidable pro-
pAly to render it more sectwe for the sake of the
public.
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- Private Letters state that General VOYLE has‘beeri
engaged in a maritime expedition with the Cambrian
and Thracian Frigates, along 'the Coasts of Ca,alcii'a,
and done.considerable mischief' to the enemy. The
slme Letters also state that Gen.'O'DoNNELII" has
resuined the command in Catalonia, .the' army of
which province h 3; of late 'been considerably rein-
forced, and supplied -wit:, arms, money; and store:;,
‘by the British IVltnister,
Captain ROWLEY has been sent to the' cuasts of Va-
lencia an>4l Catalonia, with supplies for the Patrioi.-..
armies. The niriluis rtutilANA is iffii-loinied to the
chief command in Vilencia, and the fortress of tha:
name is to be placed under the comtrrnd of General
BALLESTEROS, iu the room of General CARO, WiIOLO
COOdllet has been disapptoved of.
Yesterday nt-two the ancient carnival of
Ba, titular:lmi fair, in Smithfield, was opened
the usual proclamation and stlempities by the Lord
MAYOB.

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of it. -
Lord ELLENBOROUGH,observed, that could never
be said to be a' road to a town which carried you
beyond it, without encountering a single habitation.'
4 The consequence was, that the pldintiti had a ver-
:dict, 'uy ti,cii oeans, as the road is already made,
the Trustees must pad him his own price. -•
nrl,-t AssiieS finished, and the Home Circuit
ended.

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