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Posthumous Playsof Talfourd.
| We mentioned recently that since the sudde1
death of the author Of 80 Ion,'' new drama from
his accomplished pen-printed year ago fol
| private circulation only-had come to light i
Is founded on the insurrection of the Commonl
OF CASTLE against the regency of the Cardinal
ADRIAN, during the absence of the Emperor
Charles Y. in England, Germany, etc., as mar.
rated in Robertson's life Of that sovereign. The
| leader OF the insurrection was Don John de Pa
dllla, " a soldier deeply imbued with religious
| faith and devotional feeling - although leader
OF rebellion, yet essentially conservative and
loyal" The narrative of the historianshas alsc
suggested the character of the heroine. in the
person of the hero's wife, Donna Maria Paeheco
whose unbounded ambition was refined by an
equally unbounded admiration of her husband
Another and striking incident, artistically in
troduced into the drama, is the temporary re-
suscitation of Joanna, the mother ofthe Emperor,
from state of deplorable insanity, to confer for
short time upon the revolt of the Commons, the
grace OF her title and authority. She suddenly
aWoke from her lethargic state and entered into
all the views and projects of the revolving Com
mons-enJoined Padilla to 60 on, and relieve
her suffering people--graeiously received an
address Of the Junta beseeching her to assume
the reins OF the government-and on complying,
the deputies kissed her hand and magnificent
tournament was given in honor of the new occu-
pant of the imperial throne Padilla and the
insurgents, acting under the full conviction that
her reason was completely restored, we're about
to see the consummation of their projects, when
the Queen suddenly relapsed into her former
state and could not be brought, by argument
or entreaty, to sign any paper relating to the
dispatch Of business. A lucid interval had been
mistaken for q complete restoration of reason.
Much OF the interest of the play turns upon
this incident.
We subjoin some extracts from the drama as
we md them in q recent London paper The
hrst act opens in the gardens of the mansion OF
Don John de Padilla, in the neighborhood of
Toledo. where feast is prepared to celebrate
the birthday of Don Johns only son. The Mar
quis de Mondeiar and his sister, Donna Maria,
wife OF Don John, are expecting the return Of
the latter from the city, but he is detained, and
they speculate upon the cause and Maria thus
powerfully describes the brooding volcano of
lnsurrection now ready to burst into con-
migration: s-..--.-. ,..5
MoSpEIAR. 1 spoke not of danger
Hark! Is there not rush-a shout-a murmur!
MARIA. What is that you fear?
MoNDELAR. Fear? Lest the crowds
mat throng the streets with too impatient love
May stay his passage, and before the time
speak tnelr desire. You smile if YOUR
Your high and towering heart, foreknew and haild
NY NY news unspoken Meath you glistening roots
Huge thoughts and towering passions wait the hour
When they shall rend and scatter to the winds
The feeble bonds that curb them Blistering shame
Eor nation, mighty as CASTLE, Transferred
BY slight youth to alien rule and scorn
VI MS ignoble Instruments have wing'd
peoples strang convictions. which day ,
An hour, may see triumphant. Harki There's life
In yonder streets.
Maria Go on--there ia no sonna-
hoNpELAR. No sound? 1t may be so, for silence
In It's depth, speaks; of late the healthy breath
" daily life has stopp'd the workman casts
his Tools in restless ianguor down. and joins
Some clustered troop of idlers in the sun,
VINO seek no pastime but met to gaze
Win wonder on each other each surveys
The face of each. as if he read strange thoughts,
And yet they only speak of common things,
Ana that in hurried whispers children stand
perpleAsd amid their toys. While mothers cleaye.
with arms grown rigid, to their husbands breasts
And eyes upturn,d as if they stroye for words
70 ask the meaning of the nameless fear
Ihat creeps along their hearstrings but that silence
Shall ,5!e break one war-cry from leaders, lips
VII change it into thunder but, alas .4.m=
The people want q leader.
While they are yet conversing, Padilla re-
turns, and is followed by Gonsalvo, who charges
him with treason, demanding his sword, and his
son to be given up as a hostage. But the
threatened insult to their beloved leader is
already nolsed about; the citizens come to the
rescue; they snatch him from the Kings min
ION they place him at their head and Padilla,
against his better judgment, becomes the leader
Of rebellion.
- The second act opens before the great gate Of
Toledo, where Padilla had appointed to meet
Mondeiar, whose soliloquy we extract:
No voice no step This spot padia named
Hhen to each chief he gave his midnight charge
ps psr day break meeting and the jagged urn
VI dawn which yon divided peaks embrace
Is full Of saffron, which bespeaks the sun
just raised on level ocean; yet the air
Is silent and Toledo lies entranced
AS weary of brave sports. know we triumnh
Ihongh my dull office lay without the walls
For the long shouts of joy that pierced the skies
Were mingled with no dscords.
HaVe caught the sunbeams; still gaze alone
Since those age freighted hours in which shared
columbus watch upon the dismal sea,
While the low murmurs of despair were hush'd
70 dull submission by the solemn light
vi the great Captains eye from the helm
1t beam'd composure, till the world we sought
Dawn'd in its tushes ere the headland broke
me IN gloom to common vision. | have felt
no vacant time SO heavy these moments
Which should be thronged with actions.
He is Joined by Tendilla and Don Pedro de
dlron, who describes the popular victory of the
preceding night, and already betrays symptoms
OF Jealousy on account of the popularity of
Padllla. While they are conversing he enters.
Some OF the rebels join the party, and Padilla
lnflets summary punishment on young noble
who had stained the cause by Offering violence
to woman. They depart and leave
PApmLA alonel 7 mnst uathar stre,,ft,
10 quell the swellings of indignant nature
amld those mighty images which make
A desperate venture calm. Loveliest of Vaas,
spread now before my gaze in childhood's light,
speak to me with the echoes which your rocks
Have treasured from yowd stripngs' martial steps,
While they bade frank adieu to sports and hopes
And meditated forms which death could wear
In our great Christian strife, thoughts of lovers
DAILY with shapes OF Joy Casti2n banners,
Ihht hutter'd in my life's geEnotest dawn.
And made my childish fancy leap to yalor
Wave with such solemn grandeur as shall syeep
All meaner aBgers to augment one rage
August against the alien rule which blasts -#-
The land you gorify let all delights
OF home. which sense of loyal faith made sweater
Lend thelr seltetest symbols to oppose
The power which bids them wither at its rrasp
Or sparing makes them ssvish-and invest
MY SOUL us with a breastpate ! am arpl'd
In the next scene Maria is drinking in with
ambitious pride the distant sounds of tumult and
shouts of victory, and already dreams of q
crown, when deputation from the city comes
TO seek him to offer him the throne of CASTLE
Maria joins her entreaties to theirs but in vain
The whole scene is Yery fine