Star.
London, England, 1820-04-18 00:00:00

GIBRALTAR AMATEUR THEATRE.

Wednesday, the 2d of February, his Excellency
the Lieutenant-Governor and his Ludy honoured the
performance with their presence, when the Officers
of the Garrison performed HOME'S Tragedy of
DOUGLAS.
Lord Randolph - Colonel M`Corae, 64th Regt.
Old Norval, - Ensign Wati..tea, 27th.
Young biarval, - Lieutenant Forums, 64th.
Glenalvon, - L. Tuciza, Esq.
Donald, . - Ensign Kass, 11th Regt.
Officer, - Ensign 11/namicsy, 11th.
Lady Randolph, Ensign.Rtnitnut, 27th.
Anna, - Ensign PECK, 11th.
With the Musical Entertainment of
NETLEY ABBEY. •
Ensign Ronne, 27th Rest.
Major Owrx, 11th.
Major Wintry, 26th.
1-1. Wen' Esq. 27th.
Lieut. RlCitAttosoN, 11th.
R. O'Coxxon, Esq. 11th.
Ensign Pecc, 11th.
Ensign Fact gas, 11th. .
Lieutenant Kyin, 26th.
ADDRESS,
Written by G. W. Cnown, Esq. 27th Regiment, and spoken in
the character of a Miter, by Major Owen, 11th Regiment, on
occasion of the Officers of Gibraltar performing, for the first
time, in the new Theatre over Panama Mill.
Unyoke the oxen ; let the wheel stand still;
To-night we've other busineu for the mill.
[Spoken behind the Scenes.
A goodly throng of customers I see, [Enters.
To set our clappers going merrily ; -
Fair dames and g .:13Ut Chiefs, array'd in pride
Of war and beauty—Valour and his Bride;
Such lovely forms, and eyes so ('III of soul,
Might tempt a saint to take the Miller's toll I
1,0 ! our chief customer among the rest,
The a Star of Merit" bright'ning on his breast,
Whom ev'ry eye turns gratefully to greet,
The worthy heir of Etta/re' iron seat'
Resting from graver cares, his liberal taste
To fairy gardens chang'd a charnel waste;
And now he lends his talismanic skill
• To make a Covent-Garden of our mill !
In bares long time the humbler Thespian train
Have thrash'd the harveit of the Poet's brain;
From barn to mill is but a change in kind,
. What has been thrash'd, we here propose to grind;
And though, in modern Plays, we'll find a deal
Of bran, I fear, with very little meal,
We premise still to work up, for your use,
The very best the market can produce ;
Nor shall you say, finding our promise vain,
The 1' Miller and his Men" ace Rogues in Grain I
Our views being honest, we fear no offence,
Yet &sr detraction leave we no pretence. .
Then, though our mill boast not those arms of might,
Which check'd the daring of La Mancha's Knight,
If some IPHISTUAL QUIXOTE should attack us,
We'll turn our fat Garr Final's' loose to back Is;
One horny argument of theirs would rout
Whole croaking legions of fanatic doubt!
To those who laughing tell us,.thit our trade
Is oddly mist, an easy answer's made : '
If strange the use, to which we turn-our mill,
Mills have been turn'd to stranger uses still ;
As rime to mill a guinea, or a shilling,
And thrashing nulls to teaoh the art of milling—
'Others for cotton, copper, oil, and paper,
And mills' to grind old dry bones into vapourf—
And near akin to this, that mill so handy,
Which grinds a gouty bean into a dandy !
The mill of Fashion—to which young and old
Flock to be ground into one common mould !
Still other mills, a hundred I might mention,
I)id I not fear to weary your attention—
We change not much, as some conceive in baste,
Here, as below, we deal in works of taste ;
And this the only diff'rence--here we grind,
Instead of feed for body, food for mind :
though no Corn Dill here forbids to seek
The cheaper produce of the Frank or Greek,
To fun ign markets we shall never roam,
But choose our samples, as to-night, from Hemet.
• The. oxen that work the mill are of a large grey kind,
brought from Piedmont, and known by the name of fratri nisi,
or grey friars.
f Ilartshorn mills.
$ The pieces perfnmed were Hone'. Tragedy of Douglas,
+Ltd 2lrsilrj sibbry.

Oakland, - -
Gunnel, - -
1114 Scrape, - -
Captain Oakland, -
Jefferey, - -
Sterling, - -
Ellen, - - -
Lucy, - - -
Catharine, -