Star.
London, England, 1804-12-11 00:00:00

THE .4TIZ Es.

Dettar-Ltot.—An uoulital andienee occupied
every putt of this Theatre at a very early hour lad
night, to witnefs the performance of Young. Itovicics
in Douglas, in which he was. AS at the othit Knife,
eminently fuzcefiful.—He was well heard, we un-
derfland, to the mod remote corners of the galleries.
Mrs. Powect. played Lai; flandch very finely, And
Metres. BARR YMOIII and Power.r. were much ap-
plauded in We:win-xi and Ca Norval.—Great confu•
lion took place at the opening of the do 'es, but we
do not hear of any ferious mifehief being done.
The receipts, tee ate informed, amounted to up.
wards of Soot. Among the company we ohferved
the 1)0:: of firronno, the Duchefs of Drvors SH IR ro
the Marquis of HEADFORT,__ Lady MAP.Y BINTINCK.
Lady tIAMILTON, Lady Itcsu, Mr. Wail-BMW,
Mr. GARROW, &C. &C.
Covr r.T-GARLIM.—La ft night an Opera, written
by Mr. T. Dims, entitled Thirty Tkouland ; sr
the RirlVl P was pet frirmed for the first time at
this Theatre, of which the following are the Dra,r,cti
I P...rfOn.r and Fable—
Captain Forded - Mr. BRALIAM
Windmill - - Mr. parsec 'r
• Arabia - Mr. In c text. •:
Dalai Mr. blor.rot
Dubious - Mr BL A N
Gangway - Mr. Minanno
Teddy - Mr Roza
Clump - Mr. Erica?
Mrs. Arable DIRDIN
Roraima - SIGNORASIURACt
Hanka -
Mrs. Notable - Mrs, MAT roots
Margery - - Mrs. WRITMOIL
The outline of the Rory is founded on that of TIN Will, In
Edgwartlib Perdu Tides. In the Opera we arc told that a
coo try nendama of fortune, having had very ftrong maks to
tiered his lady of balidelity, leaves ids home fuddenly, mortgagee
his Ante to pangs* property in (Adis; where be 'Ades with a
bossier lens to wheal, it his death. be beereaths his Indian
podeilions, and remits to Kagland dee funs ot flirty Theufand
Pounds, to accumulate for fovea years, and then to be laid out in
the redemption of hi. Englilk edam, which is tuba riven to who-
ever of his time nephews dell prow et that period, to be the
Riche* Man; the uncle having prawlaufly givens tholifand pounds
to each to begin the world with ; to make this difpolition of his
property be ovesioalo the chine et a daughter. who (in =de-
eply-nee of his wad's ilippafed Infidelity) bs does not confider to be
lids awo air/deg.
The piece 011,11. on the day defined to Oxide the claims et
the rival cooing, who are cbsrafterilbreily aonosoced by their
refpcdtive (avant, : Clump, a country bumpkin, rend= Fumes
Arable ; Gangway, a blunt Like, is the coast ...ler of Captain
Fenian ; and Teddy, a blundering bills valet, evils the arrival of
Mr. Windmill,a man of (theme and balk, but fo full of thought
and connivenee,ftiat he is a Grand eddied of La &pre, Ms
naleas,bidng always slime and inattentive to whatever is preirki
un the Gene; the proteribed daughter of the deeeafed Wabash=
AG to wake a chins, not for belied, but in behalf of a
ba . who bad iheltered her and,her mother in their adverfity.
Farmer Arable, by firelight forward iodeftry and redtinade of
coodud, kg= to have acquired the mod probable title to inherit
the he :mit of his uncle; Captain Fordail, from liberality to his
friendi and his dip's grew ( who draw up a whimfical round robin
to fableribe a funs of mate: to forward his I:IWO polletfes merely
his pay and profrft of naval promotion ; while Windmill, floes
a couftant (Titan of (Chemin& and from his loattentloo tot and
forgeftainefs of, the prefent, ha. aegkeled.to provide a Wiling
for the future.
In the cootie of the piece, however, Foretell tweeds to bb ad-
drake to itodona, who is the rich ward of Old Dubious, be hav-
ing deceived her lover into a belied of her being the seek-dud
and poor daughter of the departed Wham. Forrfoll thee tines.
nedtedly finds himielf rewarded for his difinterrited agottious,
and by the poll Ilion of RC:*ll4les lufttiTC. becomes equally env .
rid with Farmer Arable to demand the lettacy nt the 30.0001....
allindmill, by a lucky device ,it Corot, c, after the total failure GC
his own Gismos, becomes nearly on a par with Ms rivala, whta
the tinexpesiked produetioo of a fuhrequent will,which is brought
forward by the dlOnherited daughter, together with proof of
her father's having been deceived as to her mother's Imagined
gull, turns the kale, divides the taste equally bow= the care
dilates, while her daughter is made heardo to her father's Indian
poltabons, and is united its niariisge to her emicin
The other eharadters are, Fiainly and Dubious, joint meads"
of the will—gee a lawyer of the boneft difpofitlon his RAM im-
parts, and the other an .:Id humourlft, who " raped. every
body, and helieees nothing unkG be fee. Arabic is
wife to the bunter, a bottling woman, fond of home and economy;
Mrs Flcitlble is houLki.cper at the family mention which king:
to the prise rliate.
Such is the fabric made to fitflain Come very de-
lightful mulic that hides many of ifs deices, in which
as a literal, produelion it abounds. The Scenery of
this piece, a great pat t of which is new, is very pled-
ing. The Overture, by RE sv r, is rendered very plea-
ting by the introduClion of bell. ; the ref( of the rrutic
is by this gentleman, Baanma, and Darr. All the
Songs written for Ineecooa are fet by the latter;
thofe rung by BRAHAM are cnntpofed by himfelf.--
Bttween there two fingers their feems tohave been Lilt
night a Prong c'ntell, in which their partifans alio
joined, the confequence was a number
mu of t
encores.
that lengthened the performance very
was not over till a quarter-pad ten o'clock, and at
the fail of the curtain the voice of dilapprolsation
loudly mingled with that of applaufe. the Piece
will, however, no doubt, have a run; though it wilt
be abtolutcly neceliary to CM cult much of the inci-
dental nor.fenfc which here and there occurs. Ow
Song of BAAN am's, on the death of General Assn`
clines'', it uncommonly file.
The pet former a, in general. eserted thernfelves with
;great ipirit, particularly FAIITCITT, MUNDY'S, BL•11•
goat, Eus.ar, Signora Sroaaca. and Mrs.
?slat Tarns; but the dialogue certainly doesnot furnifis
them with moth opportursity of adding to their well
earned reputation. There was fcarcely alert or Ail
in the piece which was not loudly mewed I and, not-
withtlandi.ig, towards the conclution. the clamour
was I'o gt eat that the aftors were unintelligible; and
when Kr. Moaner came forward to announce the
piece for a fecor.d reprefentatn,n, the violence c.f the
difapprobation prevented hiro from executirg hi-.
flop, fo as to be underituod by tbote who wale neareß
to the huge.

The Ynuso Rost les had on Sunday an inteev;ew
of the Plil.ce o. A:As, at Carleton Houfe, and by
his It.n)a! Hignneis's pernutlion viewed the whole of
that elel;Ant palace. Ater which he and his father
dined \slat Mr. FwAionApi. Sir W. Keep, Mr. GIA•
HAM. and fever..l other Gentlemen were relent.
Lord HAKROWDY Is confiderably recovered from.
his late %occident.
'We are Corry to C.. 7 the Duke of Sussex is irdii-
poled

Attr!, Com. r, the poor blind (Ail.. who wA,rto
1"-1 gm: tin'c b",by a brother failor app, Intel
All: .1 1,1111%0141'S un n h,r,l„, And whom he A: terw.,tli
prt t, cuted in crnt 'awn, the public will Lc ~t
to
hem, h.r. had at.: d fortone to recover 1..•
thr a!•ention of Mr• :it; L

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