Star.
London, England, 1815-10-26 00:00:00

•
• 'The Comedy of As rem Life It was last night re-
presented lief ire a most ci owded and tashionable on-
die•ice. Mrs. A esoe surpertect the ch trActer of Ro-
salind with eminent success Her two sceees with
0 ;en,to, in the forest, wet, admirably acted. She
g ..e the light raillery of Rosalind nith the happiest
effeet —never, on the one hand, degenerating into
rudeness—poor, on the other, by a t o fastidious as•
sumption of delicacy, destroying the spirit of the
character. The cuckoo sone, which she executed
most sweetly. was rapturous y encored. Her whole
performance was received with reiterated plaudits.
After the play, the new historical Mel Drama
of John Du Bart, which has occasioned so much con-
versation in the theatrical circles, for several weeks
past, was produced. It is an adaptation, to the Eng-
lish stage, of a piece which has been performed,
with very greet success, at one of the Parisian
theatres. The incidents are briefly these :—On the
de, t' of Sobieski, King of Poland, the Diet elect the
Prince of anti to till the vacant throne. Faderich
Anus tut, another candidate tor the crown, takes ad.
vat t tge of the absence of the newly-elected monarch,
who is in France, to corrupt at number of the Nobles,
by vi hose assistance, and the efforts of certain foreign
pots ers, who me friendly to his cause, lie hopes to
ascend the tilt one. Meonime the French Monarch
directs a squadron to be fitted out at Dunkirk, for the
purpose of conveying his relation, the Prince of Conti,
to P Anna. Of this squadron, Joint Du Bart, an en-
terprising seaman, whose skill and bravery have
raised him to a high rank in his profession, is ap-
pointed Commodore. The vessels under his com-
mand are separated by a storm. He is, however,
determined, if possible, to execute his commission,
by setting the Prince on shore. Fur this purpose, he
lands his son, Francis, near Windaw, with directions
to feel the popular pulse—and, should he find the
feeling ef the inhabitants favourable to the Prince of
Conti, he is ordered to give notice of the fact, by
lighting a fire on a neighbouring promontory ; and,
on the appearance of this signal the Prince is to be
set on shore. Unfortunately, some .soldiers, wins are
stationed to watch the coast, (information of the
meditated landing having been received by Rodolsii,
the Castellae Windaw, who is a terend to Frederick
Augustus,) kin :le a lire for the purpose of warming
themseoe , on the very spot appointed for the signal.
John Lu Bart is in eonsequence deceived. He sup.
poses every thing favourable for his enterprise, and
proceeds t 3 the share with the Prince of Conti.
whole party fel inter the hands of the Castellan. The
re ince is rescut:•l by a few Polish troops, the Colonel
of whom is devoted to his service, and John Du Bart,
aided by a body of seamen, who opportunely land
feel., his ship, not only effects his t scape'from the
ramp tits ot the castle of Windaw, but carries the
CAate,.an a prisoner on board the Fame, the frigate
which he comm Js.
As a drama, Joint Du Bart is far below mediocrity.
The serious dialogue is a mere repetition of worn-out
et stint ; bat, insipid as it, is, it does not nauseate
so niuch as she comic part. The heroes whom the
:rot: or intended to be facetious, are Aiiwirhi, a chat-
tering t oor, led Ambrose ri Biberon, a Gallo-Hiber-
nian se:ler—Fr ince his counts y, but his parents Irish
It would he setfieult to men no any thing more doll
and stupid than toe jests winch are bandied about by
t}.use tw,, gentlemen. Thu the piece • ucceeded is
not ~wing re any meat displayed by the author —it
is solely to be ttriblitesi to the composer, the scene-
painter, and mete especi illy to the machinist. The
w hole of the last act is played on board John Du
Atres frigate, the lame. The vessel is about forty
feet 1 ng and fifteen broad—and is, even to the mi-
nutest particular, fitted out like a ship of war. She
lies on the stage in an oblique position, with heir head,
which is ornamented with a gilt figure of the Goddess
from whom she thrives her name, towards the mach,
ence. By an inginieus contrivance, she is heaved
up and down, as if obeying the motion of the ere.
ment in which she appears to float. Her ;ails,
ringing. guns, &c. are perfectly complete. The sea-
men on board go through the regular duty of a man
of w it's crew. gibe watch is relievede-some of the
en:eneiscend the tops, whilst others take their proper'
stetietis un deck. At length the signal for an money
is given—the boatswain pipes all hands—the cable is
cut—the sails are unfurled—the Fame :eery on the
lay bread tack to engage her opponents--the men are
se .it regularly working the guns—broadside answers
broadside, and the enemy finally blows up. This
scene is martAgect with admirable skill. The ma-
chinery is stupendous—but it was worked with the
utmost celerity. The audience were Astonished at the
magnitude ot the vessel, and the completeness of
her equipment—while the ease with which she rode,
and the precision with which she seemed to answer
the b lm, ofinrded them the highest gratification.—
goater proof can be adduced of the accuracy
with which the nautical part of the entertainment was
conducted, than the delight expreased, in no very
gentle terms, by a large body of sailors, by winced
the one shading gallery was manned. Every motion
of the vessel, mid every movement on board, was
hailed by those rough tars with 'bouts of approbation.
The characters were wet) supported. Mr.. FA KLCY,
as John 2.'m Bart,. gave a leithful picture of the blunt
honest seaman. Mr. LtsTov made the audience laugh
even et the vile jests of kfimiski ; a miracle which,
we believe, no other actor could have performed.
Andirose Bleron was supported, with great humour,
by Mr. Teeuer. Miss S. Bower made a very pretty
little Lieutenant—she played the character of Francis
with her usual spirit. The Music of the piece is by.
Mr. Barone it is highly creditable to his genius.

ROYAL Wrr.—When it was said, at the French
Cnirt, that the Vows was to go to England, Louts
XVIII. observtA to those about him, that if that
were true, l'Angleterre aura une belle feonme de plus et an
wrantl homing du amino
Tuesday eight or early yesterday morning the
coach-house 01 SettAirtAN GONZALKS MASTENTZI
Esq. of .Ehrf enttage, Hampstead, was broken open
, and robbed of four coach-glasses and a box coat.
Saturday night as Mr. J. WILTON, of Ws, was
fretornitsk frees that place to 8411, he was stopped by
three 'teen Shyler's lid, who knnciteni him off
his horse, and-robbed him of £t4. The same fellows
soo,l „liter stopped Mr. W. HOOPER, of Bath, and
rubbed him ,The villains, however, have been
apprehended sad fully coauaittod w priaoil•