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Strictures On Public Amusements.
-vill not nerrnit a union between his daughter and her lover , it appears l » at M . iri- ! C Iri tl ' irtv pounds of Driverent , an-hard-hearted usurer , townom •'" h- ^ ivenn s bo u Vhebbnd becoming due , Driverent demand his money , uhliftsve " X ^ V that be would give up the debt if Martin will assign his hut mills \ eij p v struck with , the situation ot poor Martin , wh ? s uireatSe wldi a ^ unles / he will gratify lhe libidinous views of Drivedetermines to desperate expedient to rescue y . ¦ -r
rent tint he . Edward , try any , Martin front ' the gripe of his oppressor . With this view , under cover o to ng , Edward prowls in the wood to surprise the unwary traveler ana the L n " rnssin-r u'ith only one attendant , Edward demands his money . . ! ne King o ers him a purse containing forty pounds . Edward takes the amount o , the debt and returns the other ten pounds to the king , not without such signs et contrition induce his majesty to think him an object 01 cornpassiorira'her
as than of punishment . Under this idea the king and his attendant trace Edward toaneig hbouringalehou . se , after he has liberated poor Martin , and wnere he is detained , being unable to pay his reckoning for the liquor ne had i .-an .-ww . th rfatty his recruit Without meaning to punish Ea-vard , die Km ? had orderea the officers of justice to attend in order to discover the motives which had tempted so noble a fellow as Edward'to so shameful an action as robaery . ^ . rusic to release himself by other from the relentless li-. nd . ady , toward leaves
any means the blade of his sword in pawn , and substitutes a piece ot wood in Us Meao . When he is in custody , Emily , who has disguised herseli in the garb o . a soaker to follow her lover , meets him as he is going to prison , and in toe excess o , f ondness , without revealing herself , persuades lhe officers to oear her away as th" offender , and to release Edward . To this entreaty tne ofuccrs assent , and Emily is doomed to be beheaded , and Edward is singled out to penerirr 1 . 1-2 dreadful ceremony . He objects ; and en hearing that nothing'but a miracle , ' avert the sentence takes
i nchas the changing of his sword to wood , can , ne cou' rage from the situation of his own weapon , and , in pretending to strike pretends that his sword had been miraculously changed , -in oraer io prove t , ie innocence cf the intended victim . Matters are S : tts cleared tip ; the king understanding the generous motives upon which Edward committed tne robbery , am ; Emily avowing herself to her beloved Edward , whose mem is rewarded with herhand . There arc other characters and incidents , but they are not esser . tia . ly connected with the main story . „ .... ,-, -,., k ci io
This piece is founded upon a circumstance ot a snnnar . na , s .-u m-. ee ¦ happened in the time of Charles the ' Second . The present drama was evidently written w ith coo much Invite ; - but . with some alterations , and some invigorating touches to the dialogue , it might have passed muster . iNot Having been receiveq with the most cordial approbation , however , it has been witndrawn . The piece is bv the youmrer Arnold , and the music by the Doctor . The overturn seemed principally intended to display the compass ol tho trumpet ; and few - notes' as that contains- they certainly were notes ot admiration 1
Poetry.
POETRY .
U the Son ? (/ Patrick O'Neal , inserted in Vol . IV . p . 340 " , the following Verse z-oas acci" dentally omitted . It should have come in after ike third verse . NEXT ' morning from Dublin they sail'd with their prey ; I was half-starv'd and sea-sick the rest of the way ; Not a mile-stone I saw—not a house nor abed—411 was water and skytill we came to Sit-head .
. . p Then they call'd up " all hands . ' - '—Hands and feet soon obey'd . Oh ! I wish'd myself home , cutting turfwiih a spade—For the first sight I saw made my poor spirits fail : ' . Tivas a greafawimming castle for P ATRICK O'NEAL : "'¦ ¦ ¦ ' I ? ,
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Strictures On Public Amusements.
-vill not nerrnit a union between his daughter and her lover , it appears l » at M . iri- ! C Iri tl ' irtv pounds of Driverent , an-hard-hearted usurer , townom •'" h- ^ ivenn s bo u Vhebbnd becoming due , Driverent demand his money , uhliftsve " X ^ V that be would give up the debt if Martin will assign his hut mills \ eij p v struck with , the situation ot poor Martin , wh ? s uireatSe wldi a ^ unles / he will gratify lhe libidinous views of Drivedetermines to desperate expedient to rescue y . ¦ -r
rent tint he . Edward , try any , Martin front ' the gripe of his oppressor . With this view , under cover o to ng , Edward prowls in the wood to surprise the unwary traveler ana the L n " rnssin-r u'ith only one attendant , Edward demands his money . . ! ne King o ers him a purse containing forty pounds . Edward takes the amount o , the debt and returns the other ten pounds to the king , not without such signs et contrition induce his majesty to think him an object 01 cornpassiorira'her
as than of punishment . Under this idea the king and his attendant trace Edward toaneig hbouringalehou . se , after he has liberated poor Martin , and wnere he is detained , being unable to pay his reckoning for the liquor ne had i .-an .-ww . th rfatty his recruit Without meaning to punish Ea-vard , die Km ? had orderea the officers of justice to attend in order to discover the motives which had tempted so noble a fellow as Edward'to so shameful an action as robaery . ^ . rusic to release himself by other from the relentless li-. nd . ady , toward leaves
any means the blade of his sword in pawn , and substitutes a piece ot wood in Us Meao . When he is in custody , Emily , who has disguised herseli in the garb o . a soaker to follow her lover , meets him as he is going to prison , and in toe excess o , f ondness , without revealing herself , persuades lhe officers to oear her away as th" offender , and to release Edward . To this entreaty tne ofuccrs assent , and Emily is doomed to be beheaded , and Edward is singled out to penerirr 1 . 1-2 dreadful ceremony . He objects ; and en hearing that nothing'but a miracle , ' avert the sentence takes
i nchas the changing of his sword to wood , can , ne cou' rage from the situation of his own weapon , and , in pretending to strike pretends that his sword had been miraculously changed , -in oraer io prove t , ie innocence cf the intended victim . Matters are S : tts cleared tip ; the king understanding the generous motives upon which Edward committed tne robbery , am ; Emily avowing herself to her beloved Edward , whose mem is rewarded with herhand . There arc other characters and incidents , but they are not esser . tia . ly connected with the main story . „ .... ,-, -,., k ci io
This piece is founded upon a circumstance ot a snnnar . na , s .-u m-. ee ¦ happened in the time of Charles the ' Second . The present drama was evidently written w ith coo much Invite ; - but . with some alterations , and some invigorating touches to the dialogue , it might have passed muster . iNot Having been receiveq with the most cordial approbation , however , it has been witndrawn . The piece is bv the youmrer Arnold , and the music by the Doctor . The overturn seemed principally intended to display the compass ol tho trumpet ; and few - notes' as that contains- they certainly were notes ot admiration 1
Poetry.
POETRY .
U the Son ? (/ Patrick O'Neal , inserted in Vol . IV . p . 340 " , the following Verse z-oas acci" dentally omitted . It should have come in after ike third verse . NEXT ' morning from Dublin they sail'd with their prey ; I was half-starv'd and sea-sick the rest of the way ; Not a mile-stone I saw—not a house nor abed—411 was water and skytill we came to Sit-head .
. . p Then they call'd up " all hands . ' - '—Hands and feet soon obey'd . Oh ! I wish'd myself home , cutting turfwiih a spade—For the first sight I saw made my poor spirits fail : ' . Tivas a greafawimming castle for P ATRICK O'NEAL : "'¦ ¦ ¦ ' I ? ,