The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-08-08 00:00:00

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iIAYMARKET THEdiTlik.

• Living in London,i Caricature Comedy; in three.
Acts; was produced ['Pre i.n [44 ru,dßy night, from
the pen of Mr. JAstrsow, a writer of no nte,itt re.
pule among that roder of wits whose froth must be
blown way before you can get at their substance,
which, when attained, to carry on the simile, like
stale fierier, occasions a reri wry face:. or in
i omi-
nous shrug of the shoulder. The speculation s on.
important, but we should like to ascertain if Mr.
JAxi.som's title were deduced from his Play. or the
Play groutuled upon its titl,c ;in either cat.e it bee ,mes
a misqoiner,as ate" act in prattle part" of" Living
in London" can deter be held accomplished and exernd
plified, while the detection and dis;troce of eery art.
adduced must defeat its avowed ends, and itivnive
the Dramatis Persona in dileintenas this title, to ie. •
deem its promise; should iiaci them to 'tied and
avoid.
The plot of this ephemeron flutters sheet like I
moth at candle-light, and; like its prototype, cats
only be traced by a transitory glimpse or accidental
seizure. The cheracteri are more diiersilled Uteri
the pictures of a twelfth-cake lottery, end descend
" through high, and lox, and loser," from a states:
man to a money-lender, though without
Conrreeing in a hill and Want! cl use, • •
Like music." •

We shall attempt, however difficult as theissitigli'3
suredly is, and imperfect as the execution must pi:::
sitively be, to sketch a brief outline of this fascicle(
farrago, for the satisfaction of such among our
Readers who may not entertain that charitable alien.:
lion to the dying and the deid,"which should smooth
the pil:ow of decay, end visit tht scent of interment.
As this consumptive piece must drop into an early
greire, let the subjoined synthesis record its date of
existence; tlisiegh it cannot proclaim the possession
of

Lard Ciaincturco' seri (tooTE) has wedded a fair of
high virtues but humble origin, and entertains a
jealousy of her rectitude, which is fed by the strata.
I gems if Lady Kilkare (Miss Otturtt,LE), who at.
lures the Peer into much tenser attention, and rig.
Heves hini of !stony considerable sums. Lad y
moureouit 01es: BELCIELD) addresses a letter to her.
Wolfe's., Neville, which falls into the hands of
• Vivid (Jaen.), who had isecaslossally assumed that ,
name, together with notes to•a large amount, paid
to Spectotis, the nephew climax), for the reel
Nevilk's dis.•harge from *Timm, the uncle (T ill RY).
at whose suit he had been consigned to the iron i ssp ,
of the law. Virid
smisnikes the. Motivee of Lae(a •
Clainourcolirl, .68. d entering her mansion for"iiii. ;
put pose of intrigue,, is Intercepted by the Noble
owner, and released by the conniatance of his`insut '
Motley (MATitEws), who personates a
,physiciani
and claims him as a lunatic patient. Lord Mother-
court is ultimately; detected in an ewk ward, but ih.
rumen., interview with Lady Kalkare, ads blood. ;
less duel ensues with her dissipated husband (Reg,
SELL), which is terminated by a final scene of expla.
nation, remorse, and atonement. •
The business we have detailei is principally
serious, as the comic • interest results from
the plans and perplexities of old Speiious to retail' a
splendid annuity by preserving the health of Vitlfit,
on whose life it is 'secured, and whom he has doirti..•
ciliated with his family, to prevent the daegers ass.
threatened voyage to the West Indies. Poliphir
Specious, the y ounger, is unaccountably a Quaker
by the cut of his hat and the colour of his, clothes. '
which are strangely at variance with the ribaldry of
his language and the libertinism of his demeanotts.
Mr. Tormy, the 'hero *of 'this pert, was chi.
racteristically rough, boisterous; and overbearing,
straining Isis chubby cheeks by unnecessary inflation,
and twisting his features to an unpleasant Menden.
like grimace. MATHEWS was whimsically alert, as •
the representative of -a battered old soldier, Living
in London by the exercise of his wits its the practice*
of deception and disguise ; his jargon, however, be-
came occasionally letlinusiand compelled us to regret
that such wonderful volubility should be flung away
on a trivial and inadequate object. The other per.
formers were creditable and torrect. TERRY croaked
through his tack like s frog plaguing FiIARIOII,
with dullness end decorum. Joers was bustling.
sled Misr: GesSme animated. We must except
Mrs..lintortitn and Messrs. Jonescom and heitsom
from any portion-of critical lenity, as their nsiserable
deficiencies absolOtoly disgraced the equivocal coin.
patsy tbey have recently pined. The Lady's sex, of
course. •protects her froM further animadversion ;
but•the two Kings of Brentford,•instelferable be-
yond partial mention or passive endurance, we re-
commend for a severe whipping, at the cart-tail of
critical judicature, and nominate ANTONY PASQUIN,
a fit hangman for all poetical offenders, to do justice
to the job. •
Of this Comedy we have little else to advents. It
sheds some spat ks of interlocutory vigour, and tscited
much mirth by the frequency and neatness of its puns.
But, with this admission, we are aware of no claim it
possesses to toleration or applause. Its situations
are trite, end its characters unnatural; the title we
have already tested with mistake, and believe the
whole fabric to lie without the compass of example,
and exhibit scenes too gross for the depravity at
fastiiouable life to realize or conjecture.

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