Star.
London, England, 1804-10-25 00:00:00

TIIMTRE, COVENT-GARDEN:

Lail night, a Comedy, from the prolific pen of
Mr. Rty Hotos, WAS performed at this Theatre, for
the fir(t time, entitled, the Blind Bargain, or Hear Him
Out A of which the following arc the principal Dra-

malls Perfona and Fable :
fir Andrew Ansl) fe . Mr. F..awcyrr
Vnlan. • . Mr. K cisme
jack Analyfe . Mr. F
ToorA - Mr. Lewis
Dr Mable - Mr. BLANCUARD
Giles Woodbine . Mr. Emcee
Frank Mr. ATKIN/
Mrs. Vines - Mrs, Glass
Mils Gurnee • . MTS. DAVIN PORT
Sophia Woodbine - Mifs DAVI 111
Rachel (a Gipfey) - Me,. En ca r
flit A. Analyfe, in macaques= of his niece marrying Mr. Vil-
tars agatott his content, adopts la child in India, and configns it to
the care of his friend, Dr. Pliable, in England, with an Allowance
of 3ooL per ann....ti- child dies—and, withing to preferve the an-
nuity, the Doctor employs a Gipfey to procure bin another. Sir
Andrew arrives, and feeds for his wife his old flame, Mita Cur-
nett, who, during his abreact. has been coquetting with Al& roan
Davcsant,and among! other love prefects has fait him a marmite,
called " Little Peter," which the Alderman, in a fit of jealogy,
writes word be titan return ; and Mita Cornett, afraid of routing
air Andrew's Infpicion, bids the fervants on no account to let him
hear any thing of the Alderman, nr " Little Peter."--In the m.an
dine the Doane is all joy at being prepared to (hew Sir Andrew his
=infant, when, to his con tufion, he finds that the Cipley has
teditnexpeacdly purloined VilbreS child, and knowing no bet-
ter mode of eztrinuing blinfelf, than by fixing the theft on fome-
body elk, he employs lais fervent Frank to Met Come ftranger,
and offer film tool. If he will content to be blindfolded and led
wherever he piece.: the perm whom Frank happens to fir on
• fur Ail Bute) ammain is a young 3xonian named Tourly, who
Med MAMMA into the ftreet where the Doctor lives, and when
Frank Inaba him Wan inftant,Tourty realms to mark the bocce,
that he may basalt« know the author of this myttery ; but he
miltakes the door, and marks Milts Gurnet's Inftead of the Doc.
tar's Frank then returns with a batket, and Tourly Coon after
finding It contained a Beeping infant, returns in &it'd. to the area
where the Doctor and Mif. Garnett live, fees the mark on her door,
and rings violently at the bell, when the (errant, expeaing" Little
Paw" by the ftage-coacb, receives the balket, which in the end
exports Mifs Garnett and the Doctor to Sir Andrew, and recon-
ciles him to Mr. Man.
There is another plot, confuting of the snyfterious
totidue of Pillars, who is accufed by his wife's relit-
tiOns of having f4uandered her fortune in diflipation,
when it turns out that lie: father never paid it him.
Into this flight fabric Mr. REYNOLDS has woven a
fet of charafters, which, though rather eccentric in
their general outlines, are rendered very prominent
by well contrafted colouring. The principal of theft
(for the events of which they are made the ;nitro-
ments, are rather improbable) is the Baronet, at the
head of the Dramatis Palma, who is &etched with
a rnalterly hand. Independently of the part he takes,
in the piece, he may be eonfidered as a dramatic no ,
velty, in the perfon of a returned EaR India Nabob.,
engaged in the whimfical occupation of writing a
Diaionary of perfeely original definitions, many of I
which he delivers with uncommon effe&. This part
is very happily ft:Rained by Fawcarr. Lewis is
alto very fuccefsful in that of a hairbrained, but li-
beral spirited Oxonian, as is BLANCHARD in a dabbler
in phyfic and intrigue: he wore the lye-wig, and
brandifhed the amber-headed cane with a gravity
fufficiently atEknlapian : alluding to his unprofitable
paffion for building haute, he remarked that '4 what I
he gained by the p)1. he loft by the mortar." Pillar:.
is a well drawn charafter, to which Ksit ass does
ample jultice. Gila Woodbine, fupported by Eater,
(for whew the part had evidently been written), is a
young opulent yeoman, who is quite untutored, and
defpifes lanais ; but who has a high spirit and a Du-
tnane temper. He is reprefcnted as jut returned
from a vifit to London, and is made to give a laugh-
able deaription of what he faw there. Mrs. GUM,'
as Mrs. rifler:, has to aft the fighing, fcntimental
milk-and-water wife and mother. Mrs. DAVENrotr,
in !WO Gossett, finds befell for the thoufandth time,
an amorous, centurions, coquetiffi old maid. Sophia
Woollier is the inexperienced girl. who had been de-
luded from her friends by the arts of a gay deCeiver,
and is now heart-broken and forlorn : Mifs Devito
fhone out here to very great advantage ; and indeed
all the performers deferve the thanks both of the au-
thor and the audience. In a word, we do not hefitate
to pronounce this play Mr. R iv soLos's very bet dra-
matic effort; the morality, of which it is made the
vehicle, is of the purefi kind. and the wit is in gene-
ral free from the ufual droll in modern comedy. In
the fourth aft, the long of Hyls-a by, Baby, is intro-
duced, and fung, without mufic, with Cush effee,
by Mifs Davits. as lot night called for an univerfal
encore ; as did alto the Epilogue, which is chaunted
by Enmity to the tune of My Balky, containing se-
veral points of a temporary nature, that told very
fuccefsfully. The Prologue. appealing to the audi-
ence on the (core of the author's former Cervices, was
rather laboricufly delivered by MURRAY. On the
piece being given out for a future reprefentation, the
applaufe was univerfal and reiterated, from a very
= I crowded audience.
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At Ealing races, Norfolk, on Friday Colone'
Windham's horfe won the Sweepitakes of Sol. While
running, the Hon. Colonel Harbord's mare fell, and
but for this accident it was espated to have been a
hard conceited race. Mr. Read's hock won the 11l-
Ter cup. Four affes fluted for a plate of 51. which
afforded confiderable (port. Several Inca races took
place, one for twelve guineas, which was won by Mr.
\'Jade. A pig race tailed along while, and afforded
much diverfion. The various amufements were very
gratifying to a numerous company of all ranks, and
failed hum twelve at r,uon to near fix o'clock in the
evening.
On Monday fe'nnight, a match for fifty guineas
was run on Woodhouie Moore, near Hull, between
Captain Houghton's bay mare, and Captain jack-
fon's chef-nut mare, the belt of three one mile heats,
rode by the owners. The &ft heat was won by
Captain Houghton ; while running the fecond, his
bode bolted and threw him ; having received no ma-
terial injury, the Captain mounted again for the
third heat, and won the match, but louse difpute
arifing, the opinion of the Jockey Club is to be taken.
Confiderable (pins were depending on the event of
this race. At Rafting, bets were bye to four in fa-
vour of captain Jackfon's mare, but after the firit
heat they were more than that in proportion 'saint-%
her.
The arrival at Malaga of the Bilbiano, Captain
Da Mara, who has five thouland pounds worth ,•1
the Yellow Fever Remedy on board, is molt Lnsi
may looked for, on account of the dreadful innrtality
that Rill prevails at that place. We with, for the
fake ot. humanity, that the above velfel had arrived
oaths, deputed port long lace.

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