The Sun.
London, England, 1816-11-06 00:00:00

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Mr. S. Penlcy
fo'. Barton < Dowtou

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I.ady 1131
Julia Se:.l64,•riture

" Barton is toole,to W.averley, an idle Templar,
lost a Iretl-tlisposati you-not:Now, 111 lote.withitiha
Setigettiore. The•same Barton, who is an old at-
torney, though as It lint one ,Inadateen the steward
tool friend ot the deceased father of Jolla and her
brother, and was; iu ciinjunetitni with their aunt,
Lady Nightshade, left then guardian, and trustee
of their .fortunes. Lady Nightshade, a brokea
female gaMescer, driven tO 'e;tt rennt (es to' reernit
her nurse, and set' tip her faro-table t'or the.ensti-
ing winter, encourages Lord Fil) ioa,e, a 11-orth-
less'coxtoinb, to attempt some liberties teith her
niece Joila, which , byleavin g her reputation at his
mercy, may lenity her into a marriage with his
Lordship. It is at the Sante time stiptilated be-
tween them, that L idy Nightshade is to receive
,0001 of her tacce's large fortune, immediately
on the ctlebration of the marriage. The plot his
been luckii.y overheard by a wain ng,maid, who
apprizes Waterley of it in tune to admit ot his
rescuing Julia at the moment when she reunites
his assistance. He then persuades her of the in-
security of her longer residence tinder her aunt's,
roof,i
and places her in safety under the protec-
tion of Lady Wellgiove, their common fiiend.
This elopement beginning to he talked of,
Hinton, a sort of tattling busybody, gives Stdge-
more to understand that his sister has been car-
ried by Mr, ‘Vaterley to his own chaMbers. On
proceeding thither Sedgeniore catches to glirnse of
a female whom:WaYerley-tvis hurrying into con-
cealment, and whom h'e. presume% to be his sister;
but on threatening to force Isis way into the room,
'the lady, tiightened at the altercation which she
hears, comes forth and 'iliscovers herself to be
Lady Wellgrove, the avowed of)ject aif Sedge-
mot'e's affections,' who had merely called tot
Wavcrley with a message (ruin liisawistress, amino)
to hidefrom an apprehension ot herlorer'sie,,ilonsy.
Sedgemore, conceiving himself to'be donbly
in-
,iured, will hear of ato explatiatioo, but writes
.Waverley es challenge, which he latter acceOrs,
sending his servant with the 'answer, and with an-
other letiter, intended ttir
.11intoii, knot he de-
sires to act ar his second, detailing' to him nti
nutely the circumstances of the case, which fully'
exculpate the writer, Lady Wellgrove, and 'Jo
-
Ha. In his agit.ition, Waverley thisdirectS' the
etteis, so that' (blunt i• terrified Out- of his
senses by receiving the hostile appointment de-
signed tovSedgeniore, 'wins; out the other I mist!,
gets the epittle containing the full exenlpa-•
tiou of his antagoniat ; 'arid at the meeting
which 'afterwards
,takes Islam, an 'entire re-.
'conciliation is effected. Sedgemore, haVing ac-
'Epstrest at ids' annt's house an unhappy prornsity
toi gaming, finds the thil4CollifttrtS tendiag :melt
iodidgene4s in the mOrtgit*ges on his estate; the.
felling of his timber, and an extensive aennaint;-
ante With the Jews. After ati affecting cOnversa-
iloo het %Iwo him and Barton, lii which the latter
conitires hint by hiS father's memory,to reform his'
vicious habit's, a Jew nioney4eirder under the name
of Levi is introduced to higH,W Ito accommodates WM
with more money at 50, per cent. and wishes him a'
good morning. This accura before !heliostat: interview with Waverley ; and at' the Monient when
they had amicably tettletrtheir differences, a bai-
liff touches each of them On the shmtHer, hearing
them off to prison at their guardian's suit, who
had lent them severally large stints of notncy. 'I he
'Sallie Pet*%oll in the Jew's habit had likewise wait-
ed on Lady Nightshade; and been' emptoyed by
her to.raiie the wind by selling her ward's jewels.
"Ile visits the tiett young men in prison,- node'
pretence of lodging 34'det4iner again at Sedge'ii ore
for the amount tt f his last loin but they boric
present'at his head the: pistols -with s' hick' they
had recanted frith' the:field, .threatening. to shunt
lane unless lie became their .bat!. This matter
coming serious, lie throws off his disguise, and
appears before. them as Mr. Balton himaelf,-.wito
declares that he is their only creditor, reads them
a lecture on their extravagance, anti proceeds with
diem to Lady Wellgrove's, Where Lady Night-
shade its disgracedond the two couples are united."'
Oor !leaders, we thiak, 1611'4:n1km from the
foregoing sketch of'. the plot, that' Mr. TOWN'S
Muse had tint " ascended the highest 'heaven' of
its order :to draw down novelties for
his drama. '.fhe play is', inched, a ce4o -at cha-
racters and sit uatiotta front the School pier '&41141,,
and' the larceny is by no means' a Pronzethechq 1)11r.
We have nu old Christian Goardian' bearding hint-
,stell into a Jew, because '' Uncle. Obi er" d,‘ ladled
into " little Premium." Mr. Elt rrTIIN, to:),•we have
some faint recollection of having seen before, but
the •übstantial excellencies of SHERIDAN are dind
discerned in the shadows of Toni N.... •Lik e the
fraudulent sithatitotion of piste for diamonds in the
Diece,—ovit of the first water is changed iii this co-
medy for factitious htilliattey—the seettild-liand
splemloursof Dovey. The sentiment of tLisCimedy,
like allstage sentiment for the last five and 'twenty
years, .is in”ened' and extravagh..t. Ladies, of
lively•teMpv blown' are tatight decorom from the
excess OfAlteir iinhseretions; anti spendthrifts
are converted to prudence, by the pi ()digitl
ratify of their wealthy.friendianil islatives.
giving.and forgiving luny tea most vigorously
between 0. Y.. mid. I', 5., hut. if the Stage. is to
hold the !tailor op to nature,'' tee lea.' real lite
will stand but little chance of tieing tamed,
slang of Mr. ' onm is his
life; Wifh which Eby Ihe
pidgii% (roil* ihe Iktowiag with 'Which he
has aoiledthe tongnes Of holds )444(1
rltuat hat been very sleaolerly actriototed, Ot
the call and heartle•s profligacy of •titnZ.` ViThirists
of fashion,. Wt; entertain evcry
het sets think poorly of the Dramatist who ,s;oi
aristocracy of
rhis comity for the sake o;'-t.
secarialit ca
_plebeian cIV-trap. Agother allurement

is tricked cut fcr another quarter—we mean for
as many at itt .ribe at cowlesccogi
to mitrtimze 'flietttrivals hay:. :I high
nian af the h. Ili? v ot the Ilehrew nice in all
c.Joi try ohi",ers. but we are nor claire isett to
had the nranntarturtrs corned!, sso prfit, try
titra 1 t'argittl,s, and f4,rty,o ihrir Chtiitian faith.
A j'e ntay if a very man, litt• we see at/ s ylind
reason for •,,Aciiticing the al mil. hrt.thrett at
his 11.144tilowe.i slit ;tie. tV utters foe
the Stage, kilo xing-the Atlficacy a tititTitters lu de•
ciditig lie rit• to s tle,, fd.iy, rite desirous to ttc••
eau:idiot their ,tucctsby canvassing 1011' a majority
in the 'Wino? ies

Not wif',standing the defects :vbiell we 'lave
noticed, the Comedy of The.Guardions possesses
a Strung degree 61 attraction', an wilt in all pro,.
bability enjoy nu small poi ion of poptilar favour.
We are disposed to ascribe the success.of Mr.
Toutst's writings to a' certain sustained (though
borrowed) interest in hi 3 plots, and to a racy
energy of diction with which he has ioeested
thoughts, long familiar to readers of poetry.—
Mr. TOBIN scents to have perpetually employed
himself in re-casting the ideas of other writers,
and exhibiting them in forms of expression, pow
erftilly phraird, and fancifully varied. - The elia
ratter of his•miml appears to have been .homely
strengthovith little of original'conception. That
Mr.TOßlNpoisesso considerable talents catinot,We
think, be reasonably questioned-.,bitt we stoutly
demur to' his 'claim to the reputation of a malt Of
genius. W* would not willitiL;ly blight a leaf of
the garland, which blooms too Jarthly over his
tomb, but we think tint equitable to eulogists
him for .wh iat n s rietncss cannot be arrogated fur
his memory.
The Performers, particularly Mrs. DAvtsok
and Oxtsnanv, entered fnllyinto the spirit of their
respective parts, and did ample JIJSttCC tO their
Dtiwrox's Jew.sounded to our ears
as having something 'Hibernian in his accent.
This, we think, hardly fair. Whatever peel',
halides, qnieltened occasionally into faults, may
belong to the Irish character, we arc guile cer-
tain that nothing of the sordidness of the sons of
usury enters into its composition. We, are 111.
Clirled to hope that 111 r. Dol,v-row 'm ay be 'minced
to hot:l.o* his' accent more rigotoasly limn the
•Synagogne.--rffirs. IlattLowa played the part of
Lady NightAdde ivith as much effect as the Au-
thor's sketch enabled her. This character is un-
derstood to have been written 'at a distinguished
'Duchess, admired for her accomplishmems, and
at once pitied and spurned for her follies and mean-
oesses. Mr.TuttiN seems to have studiously untitled
everytraif which leaned towards excellence, and tts
have Oen a malet °lent caricature of a woman
rather mislvd thaw miichievoug. It is timininert
that the ploy Owes the tedit,uy pOltlailleMent of
its representation to the hitter personality which
Mr. Tont N .ialused into the character of Lady '
Nihtshatia. If su, we are glad cif it. Nothing
Can 13,, more sobvet sive of tio, asetithiess and de:.
liktofnittess of the_ legitimite Drama, than EiLtire
thart, wed into calumny ar:aiw,t .HWe
may return: to this: Comedy again. hue Man
wai crowded, and the Vlay given oat fur rt petition
amidst unanimous plaudits.

'Eng SURREY THEATIO: re-opened on Manilay
evening, with an addition of splendid orthynentti,
ineinqure of the, tilt
.and boiss, which
transformed it from a 'light Summer to a wavns
WintetTheatre. After the Pantomime of Rebid.
sou Crime, two new Pieces were produced, iinr.
passing in Magnificence and effect even the Slim-
mer Exhibitions we have so much admired. Their
success 'coMplete ; the scenery and dresses
equal to any exhibited in LondMi and with re•
tipect to the ninsie, not only anngy, htt6 glues
elinrosses, at
.a superior description, were ‘rarinly.
encored, [IuNTLEV, SLADER, MILLER, thiNIERY,
and other obi favonfilcs, were warmly greeted.-,a
A MissilincE•made a most successful debut 1 anti
ih-e evening's performances were announced by
Frrzrqu.t.tAst for repetition, amid the thuntitts
of a crowded and delighted.antlieuee,