The Sun. — 1841-11-16 (London, England)

THEATRB. ..-.4llit' duced at-this -theatre last evening. Iris fOtindee -441 Y celebrated story of the same name, which hii!.r-I,i.e`. fs4y,' appeared in Blaelnvood's Magazine. The' i n'iii.cr'i tilt followed his original very closely, both as regLi-gg' dent and language. The drama is divided--Sie ; epochs. In the first, Tittlebat Titmouse (Mr- 13r-I.'b-Ittilll pears as the haberdasher's shopman, inhabitinisid4o4 when all at once he is discovered by Quirk (IV ii.igir Gammon (Lyon), and Snap (Wieland), thehr °it, to be the real heir to the Yatton estates in, shire, and an action of ejectmerit. i 4 .ft6;ol against Mr. Aubrey (Mr. Maynard), who is in iti ' of the estates. Wright, and Paal Bedford, w-6i,btors. Huckaback, a swell shopman, elicited roars of 1,411° 1)10: at the commencement of their excellent soilllttej, when they quitted the stage, the remainder of,,en-to wentchild roenresrabtahleirathie,aavtitl(ym,uanntidl the ee talasuteatiscene, icucoecitt;• at the..orite° tion of the act, drew down thunders of welleffertkil applause. The tableau was one'Orthe tiOst the trl-f ever exhibited. The second epoch represents ,ieitile, at York, the result of which is to establish thL-g se e,ll- to the Yatton property. The oPFP„-`geSt'he; represents the barristers' robing-room, but-but t'ili men appear in wigs, gowns, and banes' 0/1% bands are tied over black stocks, said the,* IV/ are worn over coats with metal buttons. otiete to Westminster-hall would show these gejoiehili that barristers. when robed, invariablyapPenr, a trifle' cravats, and coats with dark buttons. Tins 1513'1" of the but still it materially affects the vraisemblanceoog 1 scene. In the third act we find Titmouse incla:nes4 all the purse-proud arrogance of a vulgar Pai.ry:rcl 0.1" Aubrey, the ruined gentleman, struggling °,`" to call: fate, and tortured by Gammon, whose object Lg rint° plete Aubrey's ruin, in order to force his sisteh 0001 marriage with him (Gammon). In the fourth, offer, Gammon has brought his schemes to bear ; 80 e his hand to Miss Aubrey (Mrs. Y'?(.5),-,' Diet the rejected. He tells her it is in his,„' I ..4-110 restore Yatton to her brother, ""-a offel-Aft rightful heir, and to dispossess Titmouse,. an,: vrer'j, • do so, if she will, on the restoration 01 tr ;eject,eti taking place, become his wife, but,,isr again •eceo yid This scene is one of the most effective in the Pi foils, was most powerfully acted by Mis. Yates and lel:s , te't in this attempt, Gammon proceeds to Titw° and, e'-: him that he is not the real heir but a bastard, priethe ,n, torts a settlement of 2,000/. a year froie him as has.,'; ' of his secret. In the mean time, formed her brother of Gammon's el\oimissnajtunilibcrs,e4;eoTni:'. Runnington, his solicitor, is put to work, avu.,„-', atiei,4"4 the fraud. Aubrey is restored, mutual sec ID take place among the lawyers, and atinilll°l3,-,f fr,gPra suicide ; quitting the world in an , act, -- yr; 11' for he dresses as for a party, te'4 ' ;1 acid, and drops the bottle Into the - e'rei. a view of having it believed that he died ,asurince' death, in order to save his policy of life :Ailled.s, ~,,13;,: .i Wright, as Titmouse, was vulgarity persoliebat'V thing could be better : he was the very theTitt tiee mouse of the author of the story, and, during 0 s eolis time lie was on the stage the audience ernesil'l ; llic . tinual roar. Lyon, as Gammon, was Ye** e" and fiiir last scene was a most powerful piece of acting? and we t.;, much applauded. The piece was stronglY castff rstSeirif performed ; notwithstanding which it went: ,it 0:4414 heavily. . With - judicious pruning, h°"-eYer-$lll (4.;,71 4 be made a moat effective piece. At the "t, eveOLIP curtain• Yates announced it for repetition everitho ‘01:04 and although there, were a few dissentients, hich;:asti were soon drowned by the cheering with, le: hot"' announcement was greeted from all parts 0' ;110 illtev- -11 We cannot conclude without noticing the bred d dancing of the children in the 1a!,.. 5cen........e of the. ~ '--- ~;. At the m EXCHEQUERpre.enttie, h