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nil tornado und completely destroyed his ample possessions in Barbadoes , and les e-tcd , t , l his ivories with the ground . Thus deprived ot" the sole source of his wealth , he is immediately forsaken by his fashionable friends , whose conduct , it , tins instance , is contrasted with the fidelity and attachment of Hairbrain and Herbert , A he former , a dissipated young man , who has lavished his fortune , but preserved his integrity , seeks , by grasping at every project : ¦ hich o fie red itself to * his mind , to recover the lost favour of the fickle Goddess . He is more indebted Howeverto the bounty of Dorrington than to his irs / cmltyfor the

, , own , means ot subsistence ; and gratitude to his benefactor , joined to a liberal disposition and an excellent heart , induces him to appropriate the oroducc of a Twenty ihousana Pound Prize , which most fortunately and opportunely comes up at this juncture , to relieve the distress of his friend , with whose money the Ticket had been purchased . Herbert is a land of domestic to Dorrington , ' who , bv dint of porse-.-eraiice , recovers for him an estate ol" three hundred pounds a year , of which lie had been defrauded , and the half of . which he now resolves to apuropriate ty tie use of his ruined masterOlivia

. . too , who loves and admires borringron tnougn she deplores and condemns his foibles and his vices , feels her attachment strengthened by the distressed situation of her lover . Finding that , bv the orders of her Guardian , Curfew , her doors had been shut against him , she determines to visit him , and to take with her such pecuniary supplies as she supposes to be necessary in his present circumstances . These she obtains through the means ol Consol , a rich citizen , who was also one of Dorrington's circle ; but , like his laslnonaole friendsforsook him in

, the hour of distress . When Olivia sends for '; , ?' ' . " Purpose of procuring the money , he imagines she has conceived an affection for him , and this strange misconception produces one of those scenes which appear m . almost every modern comedy , where a laboured equivoque is kept '" up , in ihis instance , with much difficulty and little effect . The assistance of Dorrington ' s real friends is , however , rendered unnecessary , by the reception of inte hgencecontradicting Hudson ' accountand that his estates

, s , stating , in -barbadoes had received but very little damage ; and , from the destruction of so many other plantations in the island , are greatly enhanced in value . This news oe . ng spread , his fashionable friends return to his door , with as much expedition as i , dorrington had sent cards of invitation for the purpose of assembling them but are , of course , refused admittance . The piece then concludes with the muoii ., as we-are left to suppose , for the fact is not mentioned , of Dorrington a ! 1 i , " ' . '' V Herbert and Annabel , who . is his cousin , and maid to Olivia . Ihe

dialogue was unequal ; the sallies of wit and humour were . few , and mediocre the serious parts were the best written ; some of the sentiments were well conceived and abl y expressed , though others had neither merit nor novelty to recommend them . When Dorrington is supposed to be a ruined man , Consol advises him to open a subscription , and promises , himself , to become the subscriber of—a nominal hundred . —The allusion here made struck the audience forcibly . The introduction of the marrow-bones and cleavers , with the rabble at IheirheeKfceaded bthe clerk from the lotteryoffice to to Hairbrain the

y - , going announce news ot his prize , is a pantomimic trick far below the dignity of comedy and the allusion to Leake ' s pills , and " Alexander . Mackenzie , my Coachman , " is grossly indecorous , and would disgrace one of O'Keeffe's worst farces . In Dorrington ' s character there is a glaring inconsistency . Though a sentimental moralist , he is made to associate with men whose foibles ' he despises , and whose faults he reprobates ; and , by his own practice , to sanction tfie very vices which he loudly condemns . We do not mean to deny that this mav beanatural character but he is not made to

as experience any inconvenience from his vices and misconduct which , like those of Charles in " The School for Scandal , " are rendered amiable by the numerous good qualities which accompany them , why introduce it on the stage , and give it to the hero of the piece ? But the most exceptionable character in the piece is that of Major Rampart and we hope , for the honour of the army , that there is no such character in the service . We are convinced that it will never be a recommendation svith a London audience 10 have a British soldier represented as destitute of the common spirit oi a man : tins character may with advantage be expunged . Its chief conversation