Star.
London, England, 1804-12-03 00:00:00

filE YOUNG RQSCIUS.

No perlon could be furprifed to find, after all the
ezpedation that had been railed, evet• avenue to Co.
vent Garden Theatre filled at an early hour on Satur-
day evening, when this plienortienon was to make his
firft appeatance. Under the Portico in Bow-ftreet, and
the Piazza, a conliderahle number had affembled at
iirro o'clock, and before five they became fo very chi.
thofbas that it was found neceffary to open the outer
doors j the perfnns thus admitted into the palfage
which led to the bars, where the money is taken, Cound
4hemfelvesmtith more uncomfortable than they were
bfore, on account of the great prriTure, and almoil
Intolerable heat of the place. On the inner door being
opened, nearly all the firft who gained admial:4l, not
being of the number of thofe who had taken places,
' forced their way over into the pit, which having rhos
fu many inlets, was filled in about ten mintites.—The
few' women who entered among the crowd Coffered
stremely, having their pelices torn, as were silo the I
tkirts of the Gentlemen's coat*, &e. The (creams
elf, the females were very diflreffing, and level al
fainted away, but we do not hear that any ferions
accidents happened. The pickpockets were bury, but
we fhould hope that few were fo imprudent as to hy-
oid% them with the means of making much booty ;
two of them were fortunately fecured by the activity
of the police officers.
On the riling of the curtain, Mr; C. Kissing came
a forward to deliver a (bore Addrefs, written for the
oi..eafion by Mr. Talmo', and which was announced
in the bills ; but the audience was of fo mifcellemeous
a defcription. that the cask& of his appearance Was
not under hood by many, and a great clamour enfued,
which prevented any of the lines.being beard diaind
ly, we have, however procured a copy of them.—
' They were as follow :

Impatient for renown, aft hope and fur.
1-low many a Candidate has ventured here ;
Wiser. dawning meth neva mire'l its aim,
But roach% by dug degrees, the heights of fame.
Yet raw, unheeding 'Study's fertile cares,
(So Rumour, with her hundred tongues. declares)
A re* your favour courts, whole early prime
Derides the tedious growth of Wring Time:
Mature at °rice, sale° Nature urg'd he !trove,
Starting like Pallas from the brain of Jove.
800 ebb!' not, though on fortune's fruiting tide,
Led by exulting Pator see travels wide—
Think sot he mow,. with vale triumphant fail.
240/retreads the danger- of an adverfe gale.
Though crawls on crowd: here !cilia in food areftins,
Through his bright track, to bear aloft his name;
And to complete at length his bold career,
Have fent Ma 110 k hart in &fay here;
Not pride but gratitude has wandd his bre aft,
And hence alarms his modal doubts fuggeft,
Left that app!aufe has been with ru'rous ars
Not !raid on his genius but his age.
He knows the temper of • line® mind,
For omit zealous, bat to error kind;
Nor can be datable honours juftly due.
n Until confirm's!, ligeed,ratify'd, by you."
Like the above Added' the firft levies of Donor
Baowa's well written, but rather heavy, tragedy,
Barbar.gEn (judicinufly enough choler: for the Mist of
Mailer BITTY in the juvenile part of Achaur, Or more
properly Vim) were rendered inaudible by the up-
roar which prevajled through the book ; the ap-
p!arance, however, of Mrs. H. SIDOONI, in frost, and
Mrs 'Altar it to in Zaphfra, had the effen of lulling
the tempell, and tolerable tilence was afterwards ob-

Served. •
It is not till the middle of the Second aft that
Abort is vifible, when, as the interelling moment ap-
proached, a murmur of impatient expeflation again
entirely drowned the voices of the aeon on the page,
and which broke forth on the entrance of the young
hero in Such a torrent of continued applaufe, as lhook
the Theatre to its foundation.—It was. full five mi-
nutes before he was able to (peak, during which pe-
riod he preferved a moll graceful and piaittercine de-
portment, though the fervile habit of difguife which
Ahmed wears is ill calculated to give any advantage
to figure
Ilis delivery of the fird lines of the poet, beginoing
" Hail, mighty Barbaro& !"
was Such as to infpite a full confidence in hi s abilitie
man,
s,
but it was in the next fceue, with his friend Oil
that the audience were peculiarly (truck by the fenft-
hility of his tones, the beauty of hi., aftiun, and the
varying emotions which marked his countenance.—
lit concluding Speech—
" Oh, thou bait roads thought,on which revenge
" Mound with redoubled fire!"
was delivered with an arJour that proved irrefiflible.
The interview with Zaphira, in the third all, was
truly affelling. It was a glowing. piflure of all that
is noble, impAillurieJ, and heroic, In a youthful mind,
ready to facrifice life foi the farm and honour of a
beloved mother. The amiable and ardent emotions
of filial teniicrnefs never found a more nauoal perfo-
nitication ; and he no lets excelled, after her
Tydepatr-
ure. in the exretTion at his f ears, kart drant
hould dillsonoupr her, and at his refolution ie
to refcue
her from pollution. All his powers and judgment
were mot? happily unitcd tive an
atedo g effenin adequoi-
ate
ro the feelings by which he is Agit the fl
o:Alit y ;
"Now tker and (Ilene.

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'• Brood o'er the city. The devoted centlecl
Now takes his 131.c1y (land, and idly humsl
.
Of tt.it to-morrow he dull never fc. .
• • In thiii dread interval, 0 bury thought,
• From outward t'' hiss &trend into thyfelf--
Si arch deep my heart'. Bring with thee awful coniciencc
'' And firm rerolre ; that in the :Twitching ?woe
• Of blood and horror I may land unroiv'd t
" Nor femr to ftrik c where juit tee crib, nor dare
- To fltike where Gin forbiJ•."
Every paffage was deceiving of the wait:tell praife;
'it if there was any one peculiarly 'hiking, it is
-` Ili, very nieJt the tyrant thica' ens viol, nee
i II w.itro : •• tiro: I'll hunt lons thro' the palace;
And, fhould he mcditote a deed to vile,
I II hover o'er him like an unrcen porta, nee.,
And WAIL hini in ho guile'.'
-The Ipirit and animation with whirl, he &livered
.r.fe lines elearificd the liouf-. All rernernhr.mc: if.
e boy was 101 l in contemplati.in ot the 341‘.-. Ile
7med to piaci, all the powet of excrutin the me-
:e. Two lewd, prolonged, and diftinet peals cf
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