Star.
London, England, 1822-01-29 00:00:00

TIPPERARY.

A letter from Nenagh, dated January 25, states
that town to be in a dreadful state of alarm ; a man of
the name of Horan, who was taken prisoner by two
Yeomen, disengaged himself from them, stabbed one
of them in the back, and escaped; at this time No-
r an's father, a man 80 years of age, hearing some noise
in the street, opened the front door, and looking out,
was fired at by one of the Yeomen, and severely, it
is said, mortally wounded. 'The letter adds, that a
general engagement with the Yeomen was expected.
A letter from Listowel, dated January '23, gives
an account of an attack on the house of Mr. LYNE,
of Ballyanesy, by a party of Whiteboys, who were,
however, beat off; and, it is supposed, some of them
must have been killed, from the quantity of blood
seen in the yard next morning.
Sunday, the 20th instant, Captain Cita procx and
Lieutenant GREEN, of the 22d Regiment, surprised a
'fellow swearing in some people at a public-house in
' Newmarket, and, after a lung struggle, succeeded in
taking some papers from them, which they attempted
to destroy. We understand that those papers are of
a most treasonable kind, and plainly shew that the in-
surgents aspire to objects of a much more important
nature than the abolition of tithes.

A Circular, from the Lord Chamberlain's Office,
Dublin, announces that the celebration of his MA-
JESTY'S Accession to the Throne is postponeJ sine die.
The Anniversary (f Mr Fox's Birth-day was cele-
brated on Wednesday, at Edinburgh and Glasgow,
with equal zeal as at Norwich. Among the company
who met for the purpose at the Waterloo Hotel, Edin-
burgh, were Sir RONALD FERGUSSON, M P. in the Chair,
supported on the right by the Earl of Rossom, and
R. FERGUSSON, of Raith, Esq. and on the left by Lord
LOUGHBOROUGH, and the 1108. WILLIAM MA ULE,
M.P. FRANCIS JEFFREY, Esq. croupier.
Saturday night three young men, confined in New
ington watch-house on a charge of felony, were libe-
rated by a companion, who filled the large padlock
on the outside with gunpowder, which blew it to
pieces. The watchmen came up, on hearing the re-
port, but the birds were flown.
Yesterday some mischievous fellow put some salts
into a kettle on the parlour-fire, at a public-house
near Hatton-Garden. Some persons who called for
mixed liquor became sick, and fearing they ,tvere
poisoned, the water was analyzed, and the true in-
gredient discovered.
Tuesday evening an explosion of gas took place in
the shop of Mr. SimPSON, grocer, Quayside, Newcas-
Ide, which shattered the windows and destroyed the
counter, &C.

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DRURY-TANI TliZATlllL—.—illere was a time that
the vegantmuncement of a new Tragedy set the whole
town in rnotit on; when the whispets of authors and the
enquiries of patrons had no other object than to ciis'cO-
ver the new dramatist, the subject of the Piece, ilho
were to sustain the principal characters, &c. The
first night's parfo"....ance was looked to with intense
anxiety—the boxes teemed with an assemblage of
rank and fishing}, while the critics possessed them-.
selves of the thud and fourth rows in the pit, almost'
the moment that the doors were opined l but now,
such has been the decline of the Drama, that it has
engeadered apathy and listlessness; a new Tragedy
may be acted without one-half of the fashionably
world either knowing or caring anything about it ;
and should there be a tolerable audience, it has been'
rather drawn together from curiosity than in the
hopes of enjoying that "feast of reason," that intel-
lectual banquet which our elder dramatists taught the
Public to expect, and rarely disappointed them.
Last night we were attracted to Drury-Lane to
witness the first representation of a new Tragedy, en-
tiled Owen, Prince of Powys; or, MIA Fends.
The scene is laid in Wales; the period we have not been able
to discover ; for although there is a King Henry, yet we are left
in uncertainty whether be is a lawful Monarch or a Norman ad-
venturer. Be this as It may, the King finding resistance to his do-
mination over Wales in Owen of Powys (Mr. Kern), the son of
Cadogan (Mr. Pore), the head of one of the noblest families in
Wales, sets a price on the head of Owen, whom he proclaims
a traitor, and what is still worse, promises the hand of Theo-
dora (Miss Enntrrob), betrothed to Owen, to Gerard (Mr. Batt-
mato), whom he appoints his lieutenant and Lord of the
Mirches. At this period, Caddgan, who has been obliged to
submit to the English arms, gives a banquet to the English Gene-
ral, and numerous Welsh Nobles; and, in the midst of it, while
Gerard is pressing his suit to the Lady Thelidnra, having re-
ceived the unction of her father, Owen enters the hall at the
head of a band of his followers, and claims his betfothed bride
of her father; whose consent being refused, he appeals to the
Lady, and she deciding in his favour, be, aided by his fol-
lowers, carries her off in safety to his retreat in the mountains.
Here Madoc' a relative of Owen, pretending to be in the
interest of his kinsman, but secretly devoted to the English Mo-
narch, and privately attached to Theodora; joins him, and ex-
citing the apprehensions of Owen for the safety of his mistress in
such a situation, offers to take charge of her, and lodge her se-
cure in a castle of his, deemed impregnable. The unsuspecting
Owen confides Theodora to the care of his relation, who having
thus got the Lady into his power, throws off the mask, and de-
clares his passion, offering her the alternative of consenting to
become his bride, or suffering death by being thrown from the
battlements of the tower in which he has confined her, down a
steep precipice, into a rapid torrent running at its base. The lat-
ter alternative is, of course, preferred by the Lady, and she is
handed over to Tudor, the confidant of Madoc, with orders that
the threat of instant death shall be carried into effect. Tudor,
however, though he undertakes to be the agent to carry this
cruel order into effect, saves the Lady, but returns to his em-
ployer with the assurance of her death. Di adoc then returns to the
camp of his confiding friend, whose anxious inquit les after Theo-
dora be answers by saying she bas eloped with the English General.
Owen's despair at receiving this information for a time suspends
his faculties, but he is roused by hearing that the English forces
have attacked and destroyed Powys Castle, and murdered his
father; vowing revenge, he leads his followers to attack the
English forces, but is defeated through the contrivance of Madoc,
to whose castle he, unsuspicious of his treachery, flies for refuge.
Here, having got the hero in his power, Madoc undeceives him,
declares the hatred he has conceived towards him, on account of
his having rivalled him in the affections of Theodora, and gives
orders to his followers immediately to murder their prisoner,
when he is appalled, first, by the voice, and then the appear-
ance, of Theodora (whom he supposes dead) from an adjoining
apartment. For an instant his conscience overpowers him ;
but soon discovering that Tudor had deceived him, and that
Theodora was still living, he orders !kith should be seized and
conveyed to death. They are, however, preserved by the en-
trance of a body of Owen 's troops, who, having been informed
of the Prince's danger by Tudor, have forced the castle. Owen
escapes with Theodora, but an arrow strikes her, and she dies
in her lover's arms. The enemy now presses fiercely, and Owen,
rendered desperate by his wife's death and his country's wrongs,
rashes back to the combat, and, after performing prodigies of
valour, returns mortally wounded, relates how he has slain
the villain Madoc, learns that his little band has been victorious,
and then dies.

Such is the story of Omen, Prince of Powys; a
Play which has none of the dignity of Tragedy, either
in language, plot, or incident, and which is nothing
more than a Melo-drama in five acts. It is almost
entirely void of originality, and there is scarcely a line
or an incident that may not be traced as borrowed
we except, however, the Welsh mode of courting, a
few centuries ago, by threatening an uncomplying
fair with throwing her headlong from the turrets
of the castle. Almost every Tragedy, from the time
of SHAKSPEARE down to Mr. WALKER'S Wallace,
appears to have been laid under contribution. We
have Pierre's challenge to the conspirators, from
Venice Preserved—" Is it you, or you, or you ?" &c.
" I'll punish home," from King Lear; and " She
speaks, she lives, and we shall still be happy," from
GARRICK',,S interpolations in Romeo and Juliet ; but,
to adopt a lice from CHURCHILL

We hate even Garrick, thus at second hand!"
From the Tragedy of Wallace several incidents have
been borrowed ; but of this we, perhaps, ought not
to complain, since the new Tragedy is said to be
from the same pen, and an author may surely borrow
from himself ; though we confess the incidents did
not appear to us sufficiently striking for repetition.
—lt is not, however, from Tragedy alone that our
author has borrowed, as that most extravagant of all
Melo-dramas, Thires?, has furnished the incident of
Theodora's appearance after her supposed death, to
scare the soul of her murderer.

Although we are reluctantly compelled to be thus
severe on the author, we must say that the actors did
everything that could be done for the piece. About
the middle of the first act the audience became im-
patient, but, fortunately, at that moment KEAN ap-
peared, and all was well. We never saw this great
actor exert himself more, in every scene where he had
the slightest opportunity : his manner of walking
with an abstracted air into the room in Madoc's Pa-
lace, and throwing his arm unconsciously on the table,
was very true to nature; he turned on the villain,
when a word unmasked him ; with a noble energy,
and, in staggering and falling in the vain attempt to
inquire the result of the contest in the last scene, gave
one of those pictures of the mortal struggle between
the spirit and its destiny, which are so peculiarly his
own. Mr. COOPER, in Madoc, exerted himself with
great success, and made some excellent hits in several
passages. Miss EDM I STON gave good effect to some
of the scenes, and played very well. We have never
seen PENLEY to more advantage than in Tudor; and
Messrs. POPE, FOOTE, BROMLEY, and BA RNA RD, did
justice to the author. The Tragedy was well received
1 throughout, and announced for repetition with very
slight symptoms of disapprobation.

Sir GEORGE SMART has just been appointed his
Majesty's Organist. •

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HUNTING. • •
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His Majesty's Stag Hounds meet on Friday, at liallienilead
Thicket. . •
Alit Fat' of of Hareirood's Hounds Meet on Friday, at Kirk
Deighton. . •
Lord Ansdn's llciuhils, on Friday, at Witherley Kennel; So:
may, at Kirkby.
The Duke of (irafton's Hound's, to-morrow, at Ash Lejs
Friday, at Whistley Wood. . .
The Earl of Darlington's Fox-bounds, to-morrow, at Hilton ;
Friday, at Barton!' ; Saturday, at Reversion Gate.
The Hampshire !kat, Thursdan.at Chilton Old House; Sa-
turday, at Windmill Hill.
Friday, his Ms.orsvir's ilotitids turned out a deer, near Long:
ford, Which at first took towards West Drai-ton, and crossed the
'different streansi to the right of Colnbrook and the Park. through
leer and Langley Broom; crossed the Bath road through the
enclosures, to the left of Ditton Park, by Wyndsbury, and
crossed the Thames, to the left of Old Windior, then by Engle-
field-green, and afterwards leaped the paling of the Great Park,
and ran out at the other side towards Ascot Heath, *hen it was
taken in a large pond.
Wednesday, upwards of a hundred Gentlemen assembled at
West Auckland, to meet the Earl of Daatstrovos's Fox Ifound4
which on that morning threw off at 'Woodhouse Rush, near that
village. Reynatd war soon found and dislodged, and after a
gallant run of 40 minutes, nearly the *hole time in view, he war
killed near Witten-le- Wear. A young Gentletian of only twelve
years of age took the brush.
The Earl of 11A BEWOOD'S Pox Hounds bad a most excellent
day's sport on Wednesday. The first fox was killed in gallant
style, after a run of one hour and twenty minutes; a second fox
was found, and run to ground, after a severe chace of two hours
and 55 minutes. All the horses were completely tired.
Friday, Ali. HILL s Fox Hounds had a very pretty run of
about three hours, and scarcely had a check. The latter part of
the run was particularly fine: the fox, in making for the clifft
at Scarborough, tried to earth on tiver's Mount, but being
closely pressed was prevented, and obliged to run towards the
town, and was shortly afterwards gallantly rim into on the sands
between the Life Boat House and Spay. The ambition to get
the brush was great ; the horsemen who were up the cliff dis-
mounted, and Lieutenant CAMPBELL (who got the brush), in de
scending the cliff, took a leap of eight yards.
A Gentleman, while following the Duke of GRAFTON'S hounds
on Monday se'nnight, was thrown from his horse, and had hie
thigh broken. He was in the act of opening a gate near Cub.:
lington, when the animal made a sudden plunge, which unhorsed
him, and caused the accident.
CHESTER, Jax. 25.—Sir ROBERT MA'S harriers have bad
three brilliant runs within the last fortnight. The first on Satur-
day, the l 2th inst. when a bag fox was turned out at Steele, near
Frees, which immediately crossed Whitchurch-heath, left the
Twemlows to the right, and up to Ightheld ; thence to Cloverley
Hall, at the back of which he passed through a small cover, and
proceeded to Shavington, where, owing to the hares being very
numerous, he was lost after a severe run of 45 minutes best pace.
—The second was on Thursday se'nnight, when another bag fox
was turned out, near Admiral Bowels 's seat, at Cotton, which
made off to the right for Wm, where he was viewed, and thence
crossed to the back of the Clive, through the grounds at Sansaw,
by Hardwick, to Hadnal, between which place and Astley he
was killed, after a most excellent run of an hour and a half :
During the chace the Ellesmere Canal, and the river Roden,
were each crossed; and out of seventy horsemen at starting, so
severe was the running, only fifteen were up at the death.—The
third was on Monday last, when another bag fox was turned
out at the same place, and immediately ran up the wind for the
first two miles to very near the village of Whitall, which he
passed to the right; thence through a deep country to Whit-
church-heath, by the Twemlows, almost to Ightfield; front
whence he proceeded to Cloverley, where, unfortunately, after
the hounds had run an hour and a quarter without a check, a
hare sprung up before them, and caused a delay of quarter of an
hour; the huntsman, however, succeeded in recovering the
scent on to Styche, where many of the sportsmen (having a
great distance to return home) gave up the chace, which renders
it out of our power to say whether Reynard lost his life or not.

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