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Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
THiiATKE-ROYAL , HAYMARKET . fitl y 15 HP HE new Comedy , entitled the HEIR at LAW , submitted to the 1 Public this . evening , is the acknowledged work of Mr . Coltnan . The fo " . owing are the characters : Lady Duberly , - - - Mr- Suett . Dick Dowlas , - - - Mr . Palmer . Kemble
Henry Moreland , - - - - Mr . C . . Dr . Pangloss , - - - Mr . Fawcett . Mr . Steadfast , - - ' - Mr- Aickm . Ezekiel Homespun , - - Mr . Munden . Kendrick , - - - Mr . Johnstone , Lady Duberly , - - - Mrs . Davenport , Caroline Dormer , - - Miss de Camp . bbs
Cicely Homespun , - - Mrs . G . . The Play opens with a scene at breakfast between Lord Duberly and lady Duberly . Lord Duberly was p lain Daniel Dowlas , a chandler , at Gosport , in the Isle of Wig ht , and was unexpeaedly . raised to the dignity of the Peerap-e , while he was retailing all his ludicrous miscellany of articles , which he is often inclined to describe , amidst the splendour of his exaltation . His wife , as vulgar as himself , is constantly reproaching him for alluding to his the habits suitable to his rank
shop , and not endeavouring to assume . In order to improve himself , he employs Dr . Pangloss , a needy pedant , to mend his diction . The frequent mistakes of the Peer constitute a chief source of . entertainment in the piece . It appears that the late Lord Duberly had sent his son , Henry Moreland , to Quebec , in a military station , and that he died under a belief that his son was drowned , as the vessel was lost in its passage to this country . Old Dowlas , though very distantly related to Lord Duberly , " was the next heir , if that Nobleman had died without issue . Having kept up
no connection with the Duberly family , Daniel Dowlas was discovered by a public advertisement , inserted ' by an Attorney , from motives of malice towards the Duberly family . Soon after this chandler is invested with his title , it appears , that Henrv Moreland had been saved , wlien near expiring after the wreck , by Mr . Steadfast , a fellow passenger , and they both arrived safely in ' this country . Henry Moreland does not know of the death of his father , and hearing of Lord Duberly , he naturally supposes that the e'evated chandler is affectionate who
that father . ' Fearful , however , of agitating an parent , supposed him dead , by the sudden surprise of an unexpected return , he begs his friend , Mr . Steadfast , will wait upon his father , and reveal the agreeable . event . Henry Moreland first pronounces an high eulogium on the talents , knowledge , and dignified character of his father , and prepares his friend . Steadfast for certain marks of Aristocratic importance , and perhaps too flourishing a uarade of language , the result rf parliamentary speaking . ' diversion arifrom his dis
Steadfast readily undertakes the office , and much ses - apD 0 intme . it in finding Old Dowlas so different from what he expected , according to Henry Moreland ' s account of his father . The interview produces no explanation , for Steadfast concludes that he had been misled by filial re , gard , and Old Dowlas supposes , when Steadfast informs him that his son was safe , that he meant Dick Dowlas , his own offspring , whom he had articled to Attorney in Derbyshireand whom he sent for to town , that he might
an , participate in the new-obtained honours of the family . When Steadfast rejoins Henry Moreland , a quarrel is likely to ensue , on account of the diffei ent opinions they entertain respecting the late and present L > rd Duberly . Before Henry Moreland quitted England , he had an attachment to Caroline . Dormer , the daughter of a respectable Merchant , who dies , however , in embanassed
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Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
THiiATKE-ROYAL , HAYMARKET . fitl y 15 HP HE new Comedy , entitled the HEIR at LAW , submitted to the 1 Public this . evening , is the acknowledged work of Mr . Coltnan . The fo " . owing are the characters : Lady Duberly , - - - Mr- Suett . Dick Dowlas , - - - Mr . Palmer . Kemble
Henry Moreland , - - - - Mr . C . . Dr . Pangloss , - - - Mr . Fawcett . Mr . Steadfast , - - ' - Mr- Aickm . Ezekiel Homespun , - - Mr . Munden . Kendrick , - - - Mr . Johnstone , Lady Duberly , - - - Mrs . Davenport , Caroline Dormer , - - Miss de Camp . bbs
Cicely Homespun , - - Mrs . G . . The Play opens with a scene at breakfast between Lord Duberly and lady Duberly . Lord Duberly was p lain Daniel Dowlas , a chandler , at Gosport , in the Isle of Wig ht , and was unexpeaedly . raised to the dignity of the Peerap-e , while he was retailing all his ludicrous miscellany of articles , which he is often inclined to describe , amidst the splendour of his exaltation . His wife , as vulgar as himself , is constantly reproaching him for alluding to his the habits suitable to his rank
shop , and not endeavouring to assume . In order to improve himself , he employs Dr . Pangloss , a needy pedant , to mend his diction . The frequent mistakes of the Peer constitute a chief source of . entertainment in the piece . It appears that the late Lord Duberly had sent his son , Henry Moreland , to Quebec , in a military station , and that he died under a belief that his son was drowned , as the vessel was lost in its passage to this country . Old Dowlas , though very distantly related to Lord Duberly , " was the next heir , if that Nobleman had died without issue . Having kept up
no connection with the Duberly family , Daniel Dowlas was discovered by a public advertisement , inserted ' by an Attorney , from motives of malice towards the Duberly family . Soon after this chandler is invested with his title , it appears , that Henrv Moreland had been saved , wlien near expiring after the wreck , by Mr . Steadfast , a fellow passenger , and they both arrived safely in ' this country . Henry Moreland does not know of the death of his father , and hearing of Lord Duberly , he naturally supposes that the e'evated chandler is affectionate who
that father . ' Fearful , however , of agitating an parent , supposed him dead , by the sudden surprise of an unexpected return , he begs his friend , Mr . Steadfast , will wait upon his father , and reveal the agreeable . event . Henry Moreland first pronounces an high eulogium on the talents , knowledge , and dignified character of his father , and prepares his friend . Steadfast for certain marks of Aristocratic importance , and perhaps too flourishing a uarade of language , the result rf parliamentary speaking . ' diversion arifrom his dis
Steadfast readily undertakes the office , and much ses - apD 0 intme . it in finding Old Dowlas so different from what he expected , according to Henry Moreland ' s account of his father . The interview produces no explanation , for Steadfast concludes that he had been misled by filial re , gard , and Old Dowlas supposes , when Steadfast informs him that his son was safe , that he meant Dick Dowlas , his own offspring , whom he had articled to Attorney in Derbyshireand whom he sent for to town , that he might
an , participate in the new-obtained honours of the family . When Steadfast rejoins Henry Moreland , a quarrel is likely to ensue , on account of the diffei ent opinions they entertain respecting the late and present L > rd Duberly . Before Henry Moreland quitted England , he had an attachment to Caroline . Dormer , the daughter of a respectable Merchant , who dies , however , in embanassed