The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-29 00:00:00

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,rently exprelsing approbabation by clapping of hands.
The performances commenced with a burletta, in two
acts, written by Mark Lemon, entitled Robert Burns.
The piece is founded on an incident in the Scotch poet's
fortune, which it was said induced him to form the idea
of- going to thu 'lndies to better that fortune wliloh
thrived so ill at home, and which called forth from his
inspired pen the beautiful and well-known lines corn. _

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Will ye go t ) the Indies, my Mary ?"
There is no plot in the piece worth detaiint,v,, and we
are sorry that we can say little in its praise. There is
not the slightest interest raised in the whole piece, for
every one sees what is going to happen. Some
of the language is good, and whenever quotations
are made from the works of the admirable bard, they are
happily i*roduced,anddrew down considerable applause.
Mr. li. - Hull played the part of a Scottish Bard with
oal taste and discernment, and was frequently ap.
;landed. Mr. A. lounge. as Davie Campbell ; Mr.
Ro-
mer as Souter Johnny ; Attwood as Tom Coper ;. and
de..l. W. Collier (worn Sadler's Wells) as William
;tickling, acted their several parts With judgment and
taste. Miss Ellen Daly played the part of Highland
Ifary very sweetly ; and, t;2ether with Miss Collett,
wbo sang two or three Scotch airs with much fueling and
aste tiebel ed iy and frequently cheered. On the
Whole, we cannot say much for this piece ; the new sce-
nery was xo.d. Lowever, particularly the Twa Brigs of
Ayr, in Scene 3, and Glen on the Banks of Ayr, in Scene
1, both by Mr._ Gordon. Mr. Hall, was universally
;ailed for at the termination of the piece, and announced
of for repetition every evening until further notice. A
,)ices entitled he New Footman, which was called anew
nterlude, by Charles Selby followed, and created a good
teal of laughter ; we must say, however, notwithstand-
ing that this piece is called a new one, that we had
the pleasure of seeing it some time ago, under
the title of Smple Simon, at the Pavilion.
L'he whole concluded with The Conque,t of
Cupid; or Lucre against Love, by Leman Bede.
This is a piece, the plot of whit!h it is imposSible to
describe. It is neither very witty nor very instructive,
and we think if we' give our readers the description
which is given of it in the announeement-bills-they
—rxuuse-as-fornot desctibing it more particularly. It is
mlled an original, celestial, terrestrial, burlesqnical,
tragi-comical, pantomimical, terpsichorial, musical, and
Particularly paro-dy-i-cal burletta. The whole company
did the best to please, and of the new.hands, we may
mention Miss Collett, and Miss Yarnold, as using per-
fectly sticoessful. Mr. Hall announced it for repetition
Amidst tolerable applause. The house was well filled,
and there was nothing of which we could complaint
di the .-inanagement except the immense time which
elapsed between the acts. This more than once called
forth the disapprobation of the audience ; it is an error
however which we hope will be rectified in the sourte
.4' a few days, by which time things will work
better. In conclusion we would say that though it
is not our purpose to institute invidious comparisons, we
cannot help saying that we felt the want of Miss X
rerry, who was last season such an immense fitvourite
with the frequenters of this house. We say this with
every respect for the talents of the ladies, who enacted
their respective roles exceedingly well ; but, in giving
our opinion, we merely express the feeling which, in
Common with ourselves, seemed to pervade the audi-
ence generally.