Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-06
ANDREW JACKSON On THE
STAGE.

LONDON, October p ANDREW Jack
son" has made his appearance on the
I English stsge-not our "Old Hickory
I President, however, but q minor charac-
ter in new play called Newmarket,
! brought out at the HOlbOTn theater. The
/ play is new in the sense that il has
never before been pr0juced-but in fact
/ il is old, having been many years ago
Z written by William Pane IsascsOn, and
I only now adapted to the modern stage.
/ 1t has little literary merit, but is rather
[ amusing, and is tOleTsbly We'll acted.
! The time Is 1850; the scene is at New
market, and the Rye house plot TO muir
der King Charles forms part Of the story.
I The main interest Of the drama, how
ever, arises from conspiracy not against
The sovereign, but against his steed; for
the king Is supposed 10 be the proprietor
OF an Arab mare that has become stfirst
favorite" in q race about to be run upon
Newmarket heath. The king has
backed his mare 10 win, and this result
Is felt TO be exceedingly EN- bsrrassing by
suudry sportsmen Of the period who had
prepared Themselves and their books
10 another issue to the race. They
determine upon what = called "nob-
bing' the faVOTite. "Andrew Jackson
{ the kings trainer, and "Tim Whifiler,r
/ the jockey who is to ride the Arab steed,
/ are quite incouupdOie; they are devoted
to the king aud TO his horse, and watch
/ by day and night IN the Stable OF the "a
vOTite, who has another friend in the
person Of "Mistsess Alice,v the trainers
daughter. One Simon Ragg," how
ever, undertakes 10 make a burglarious
entry into The stable through its roof.
and thereupOn to make the favorite
''sate' 10y administering 10 the animal a
poisonous elixir prepared by one Count
Rene a chief conspiTatOr against both
the mare and the monarch, her propTie-
tor. "Alice- Jackson is able to defeat
the plot against the horse, and succeeds
in substituting for the poisonous elixir a
draught Of harmless nature, so that
when the race comes on the morrow the
kings Arab, greatly TO the amazement
and wrath Of the conspirators, wins al
most in a walk. But "Alice" has mot
merely saved the mare. she has discov-
cred a paper dropped by Count Rene.u
disclosing the secret of the Rye house
plot. This document she dispatches by
a carrier pigeon 70 her lover in London.
Eugene BirOn;n further, the maiden
seeks the presence Of liking Charles"
to warn him Of his danger. Her exer-
tons are tn vain; for the king neglects
her cautions, and the plot proceeds.
Indeed, "AIics's' intervention mas been
altogether unfortunate; the king dis
tresses her with an avOwal of
his love for her; her suffer, ''Eugene,'I /
wakes jealous, and charges her with IN /
faithful dealing with him, while a third 4
lover, no other than "C0unt Rene,u de- /
L ctsd IN his double plot TO murder the 4
liking" and 10 "nObblen the fayOrite. /
determines upon the death of "AliceI' |
as the only means Of cOncealing his own 1
dellnquencies. The Count having
locked "AliCen ia what is called the 1
palace at Newmarket, sets fire TO the
edihce, convincing the more credulous
OF the drdnldttS persona by argument
and evidence az most vague and weak
description that the Confiagration had /
been, IN truth, the haudiwork Of the i'm
prlsoned maiden. The liking" gallant
ly resCues "Alice' from the Immediate
ueath threatening her, but subsequently, 1
she Is seen % be confined in the tower 4
condemned to sutier for the capital Of
Tense OF high treason. But, of course
ALICE" does not perish in this way: /
nor do the cOnspiratOTs triumph in their 4
attempt upon the "King's" life at the 4
Rye Ht use farm. POeticsI Justice is re-
gsrded in the one case, and Observance
is paid to history in the other. "Alicer /
is made heppy by union with her Gu /
gene, the king Withdrawing his un- |
worthy address S, and the eOnspiratOrs 1
are duly relegsted TO that punishment (
upon the scaffold their many malefac- /
tons had so fully earned for them.