THE 'rni:.\Ti{K. 



wliicli would In- l»r(>![<2,}it fM<;('tlH'r liv such n 

 iKurl pliKH' of aiimsi'iiuint. On tin* iiiii'Iit mcn- 

 tioii(j*.l, 1 visited it witli a party of friuiitts ; 



emung^ enteirSamiEij^t i>fm {lie " Heir 

 U mi ** B&tobastes Fimofio*" Tlie In- 



terior of the theatre (whicli was fitted op as a 

 U'liiporary measure, in a large room of the 

 Koyal Hotel*) is small, and is used only until 



liibitions must labour in so ynunii' a colony, the 

 " ioni ensemhle'' far exceeded what 1 bad ex- 

 pected. The pit and boxes (for there w as no 

 gsdlery) might probably Wailsmk ffflEe iwwiclired 

 aiid fifty pefecms- Tosfieiak ^ i^^^rfbmmm 

 of Cobiiau's celebrated comedy, would saj 

 it was beneath criticism ; and the actors se(Mne(l 

 determined to play the comedy" after a 

 xDsmm ^ owzS:, sttbstitiiMi^ |iassage$ of 

 mm &o&e of tlie author, in defiance 

 of ali dramatic rules. 



" The Iniildin,;; was originally erc-cfcd :is ;( rlk'iiti-L', at a 

 very great expense, and alter its completion the governor, 

 tit tlifit ttttie Oeneml XJafKng^ M'oa&d to pmt % lleehcc fbf 



(Iimiiatic perlbrmances, in conseijuciiee or wlneU it \vas littnl 

 ttja a$ a si>acu)us hotel. On the present Governor, General 

 ^urict^, fjranring permission fbr theatrical entertainmqnis, n 

 portion of till' 1 mi It! inn luts reverleil to tlie origiiiiil purpose 

 for which ih*r whole had been erected. 



