Star.
London, England, 1803-11-14 00:00:00

THEATRES.

COVEST GARDEN.—Saturday a new Comedy, in.
" 'Three per Cent:; or, No Ali, No Mc.tuy,"
the produetion of Mr. Reywocns, WAS perfumed for
the fit a time, of which the following are he 'Dramatis
Perfonz and Fable

Saar Mae•tae - - Mr. Cooxt. .
Jerry Mae tac - • Mr. FAWCVTT.
air Peter Pr,4frr - . Mr. Murieve. .
Col.tal Doriland, . - Mr. C. Kr )4,114.
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Major Snerwtar, . - Mr A. .
Palkt, - - - Mr. SIMMUI.B.
%riding, - . Mr. E .
Mn.s Splendour, - - Mai M 4 a 'MT?.
kofalie, - - - Mrs H. Swooses.
Lady Delaware, - 1 Mrs. Csaa.
Scene, Lo-don.

Before the commencement of the play, the ;UM 4
Doriland dies. leaving a will behind her, in which
there is the following fingular chute :-44 So yen-
" vfnced am 1 of the bleflings of matrimony, and its
44 moral advantages, to young people en particulars
'4 that I give and bequeath all my Three per cent,
44 Conicls to my nephew, Edward Doriland. proyided
44 he marries within one twelvemonth from the day
44 of my dececfe t hut if in that period he neglects to
" take a svi.z. 1 give my Paid Three per Cents,
44 to my other nephew, join With,."
' Willing, anxious to prevent Doriland': marriaget and
thereby (enure the property,enters into a confederac
with ,fir Peter Prif.r, the Kl:ardian of Re/4e, a Swift
emigrant, wilco is betrothed to Doriland. and is tq
marry him cn his arrival from Paris —Derilawslis de-
tained there by illnefs ; and t?oraSe, implored and
menaced by her guardian, is at length perfuaded to
write to Doriland on his arrivx!, that in conrcquente
of his neglea and fallehood, the has yielded to Sip
reser': emteaties, and married Wiriirr7.
In the mean time the year is expiring—only three
days rem sin ; and Delasstre, the filler and bey
nefaiarels of Dori:and, being reduced to ruin by the
love of gaming, be has no other mode of rasing Lei
Assn by marrying diredly-.-the wife he foleals is eltril
Splendour; And Rola& and Doriland are apparently
for ever parted ; when they are extricated from then'
difficulties, by the arrival of the Scots Blackfmitbs
from Gretna Green, who proves that Wiling it not the
Mahan& of Rofalit, and that Mrs. Splendour is the wife
of Jir Peter Projir—thus difrolving one marriage, and
eitablifhing another. and in the end fecuting to Da;
riland the Tbree per allll, by bringing about an uniO4
between him and /WA.
Some murmurs of difapprobation store or Saturday
evening to early as in the feconu Ao, And tl.ey it
ereafed as the p:ass. proceeded; ;t was, however, neariy
heard through, one at the fall of the curtain, after
an Epilogue, fpoken by the whole of the Drawee*
Perf,nit, the balk clamours were extremely 'hind,
and it was with difficulty Fawcvva could obtain a
moment's hearing, to commence his announce.nent
of it for a future evening. On his retiring, the au-
dience fill exprefred their didatisfadion, till Mr.
fit resit came forward to fay, that the author begged
permiaion to revile the piece, for which purpole it
would, for the prefent, be withdrawn.
Mr. Rev/wins having, fince the reprefentationa
with becoming deference to the public opinion, given
notice the he has entirely withdrawn the piece, we
ihAil forbear to advance any fevete oblervatitms re•
(peeing ;r. It poffdres the ufual merit of this au-
thor's produeions : it is full of bunk and whitrifical
fittiation. There are here and there fcattered thiough
it forne amiable fentimenta, and it breathes a Ipirit of
liberality proceeding from refined habits of thinking.
It emits alto tome (parks of wit. but moil of the
thoughts are .:ommon pl.ice:msny of the ideas which
now from die chAraecrs ale unmoor:4 to them, and
the language of the piece is frequently coatfe. The
only novelty •1 cliArAerr in e. is that of the Gretna
:Green PArfon, admir.ibly performed by Cocci ; but
we doubt much of its being a true portrait, as dilate-
, ated by the author.
In the Alter-piece of Paul and Pirtinio. a M4a4
Ca Isswsis, from the Dublin theatre, made her fiat
.appearance as the /Amine. and difplayed very proj
miring talents.
Davey LAM—Anew After-piece in three ads was
brc .sght out hire, and met with the late it deferved.
it is altogether below critictlm. The title is Staten in
ilfahiserade. and the chief charaeer is Stalin. a young
Nists;eman's valet, who to ferve his mailer's paffioh
perb;nates an old Disarms, And the wife of the fait
J.:ace's g,:ardrar, whom he had fold so years before
to ,or la:ours. The isles is very hackney,. and there
no:h•ny; of broncter or whim to gives it as aft .
novelty. The Bine is withdrawn.

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