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London, England, 1807-03-10 00:00:00

MRS

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n4s lady, so long and so justly a favourite at
the. Bath 'Theatre, retired from the mimic scene about
A fortnight sine, after A service of for:y years. to
enjoy the trcits of her long lahout in a happy re.
tirenienf. The excellent Address t•u'tjoined, was
spoken po
sy Ler of the night of her benefit, the last
time of her arplaratice. It is attributed to Mr.
N 1 P. YE Lit , of I..iLL, whose poetical effusions are So
/TltiCli Admired.
MKS. DIDIER'S FAREWELL ADDRESS ;
svor.Lis AT THE ettlu 114eniltS, rza. 17, 1807.
" Can none remember, nay, I know all must,
W.teit the great S.dd u. gas,' her reasons MA,
F..r quiti.ng Mow, whoa.: aporobetion drew
pi • r merits 6,4 to public view.
!fetuses only could that prop oiifia,
Whilst dame Didier, ales! has Otte-sir;
in my face, and there too plain ',peers
Toi unerring mark. of f;1 end sires mean.
He remora are not little girls and boys,
Tbeir ,mho, pawnts'anxsou. cares and joys,
Kit twelve long mouths folioed deeds or of ahem)
Id reed over iii end 4,4 tithes !
Thougn I might boast that many a comic brother
Has cat this encore long hairtime—M ekes!
Na,, whil t we've G..rricks, infantile sod row,
I may be tinned the stage's—ad, aridoasma.
Twice twenty years ago my let was cost—
lier, should my seen.. of future life be past;
And, 'sir with pride and gratitiole I own,
A happier Cunene few have ever known.
When first sou saw me, by your partiol aid,
The reispio g len Chambermaids I phirall
A .4 eft—transfurned by elegant erne—
Br eg',l you her court.bre 1 Ladyship adr.the
Al, ! then weer vanity would nos refuse
The In....hest easy. of the Comic \tow—
Your nh,•, reeves, R•osiasil. sugar,
I had r•rsueripti..o, gentle trends, to ishir ;
hot neer did this ambeion reach my bent,
1 11110 r s.lutotcA 831101.101 a bask part.
'is " long experience °ie.y makes us sags"...
lily that re fiord our level tot the stage;
In homely pans, with amyl, nature's aims,
d'hfrilukr. sort other rosticated Dims',
fleet Neje/theca, a..d ‘fotron• in brocades,
Sour Nalasem and antiqualed Maids
Ali . 14,1 e k,,,,pek with •aultation,
Tom laugh I coo rued ioto a; probate
Al.. mi..e years, ',multi health continue
This humble sphere I yet perhaps might fill;
Bus " blest Rehrement, friend to life's inlinc,"
/lids me my lahoins and their fruits MIMI ;
ClnilQUl vrith pittaace ea..ly toil has wick,
The frugal mvingaut your gep'rous aid.
Deem toot iny hurt its. Haas, or cold,
That 1 ion catutmc lotodkarcisief ;
With bosom throbbing, -nd wilt hollering speech,
Tom kt.d le.hkenee for thu step imeseeeh—.
Tina race I ne'er me form of woe could teach.. 11
Nor do 1 think, with arrogance and pride,
That this my p:ace can never be suppthst !
a. ~kas'd to lease you thus brim toll of glees
Yeas must be elre.'st year bounty makes me Aye;
My orsqlsy Manners, .Lose gro•lk -way
Mada (city rime's on • bright holiday,
Mu.i ton bepireid that an old ..want gre.-•
From any,,,,, maimy to her eve's repose;
And, with her lei, luta mate, can thus retire,
Where thidt hat piled, a. d Lenore Cont. their ire;
Where rude aim DO more nt. Senn,
To mar thyi. att., Digs tor••••An..T1111111 WON a•
W. M.

LADY JOHNSIONt.'S BALL AA D SUPPER.

On Wednesday evening law, a most elegant bell
and up;..st were given at the Assembly !looms in
k, by Lady Jotinstone. 11n.itwiths:+nding the
inclemency of the weather prevented the atienJance
of massy aright* wing tontines, the company, con-
sisting of nearly *.O Ladies and Gertz-men, com-
prised eh the rank, fashion, heats y and elegance of
that city and neighitourhood. They began to as-
semble about nine o'clock, when, amongst many
others, we rios.iied the following

Gjeutlemon—Sin Thomos Slottsby and Hem, Vaessenr ;
Ins Lend Mayor; rus-S.,intrio.us; Colonels
Vat•azer, Wood, and 1.1.1rv. y ; Major Diltese the Llldmers
o( the Enotakellen Draioo3l.l, and I)4,1-
hen", andtholmley. Messrs Tresoker, Saltmar h, Scutt;
Rye Crofts, Jahlikton , LASSA'S beletonhe, D,. %%mm, Ha.,
ley, Illarvey, Re mar I, l". 1 Dtcken, R.lpar, Wool, Cotton,
R Lwerllws, Dawwwi, ?sgut, Barlow' Wand, Yaniat, R.
Markham, Salmoud, Strand/ayes, &c. &c.
LaMes.—J•Mtutone, Vseaoaur, Goodrteke, Faults, the Lail
Ma, Medd, &c. &G.

Nitatreue Rice, it Markham, Mooring, two
ttarl..ws, Trercher, Stranswaye., Dalton, Des Voeux Wick.
Maywood, two Coots, two Stainfonli.„
Soltomlw, Bahaman'', Lao.wis, Clsoln.lee, Fascia*,
y, Hatt, NI Strickland, Chilton, liy idiard. &c &c.
111.•11.1—H...iihaan, ()el.'s, two Whoa", fur Ctioloaloy",
two Strickland..., Wn ler, tw.. Daston", twn constaules, too
Iltelcombev, three Saslow', Clifton, Hall, Hartley, Goodnelto,
Sominston, Best, two Roundel's, two Crofts, Satrituntl, two
Woods, t..

The dancing commenced about ten &clod:. when
every countenance seemed in unison with the merry
pipe and tabor. At 0e..7.. supper being announced,
the company adjourned' to the great room. where a
mast sumptuous entertainment prepared, con•
si•;ing of every variey and delicacy the season
aWorded. The escell.nt band of t:le Enniskillen
Dragoons gave thei, aid to complete the general
harmony. Ihe great taste sli.pllyed in fhe ar-
rangement of the tables, and thy peeialAr beauty
of the ornaments, created surprise and pleasure.
In the centre, near the head of the two tat-•ies, was
placed a nognincent triumphal arch, em'iellisl.ed
with a beautiful transparency, r,preseiitio,t I.o:er
Nltame droving his car through the with
Pritonnia recimMg securely by his side. emblema-
tical of the invincible prowess of the britiria Navy.
The other ornaments principally 'eosnb.usition ut
pastry were considered extremely beautiful; par-
ticulaily a model of the Seven Towers of Consign-
ti...nple, a ellimest, r,ignda, a Pyramid. Eddystone
Light-house. 1.;;;' t-house near the Lake of Ge-
neva, ani ntim•..4-us f pieces; two Swans were
also much admited. Lady Jobnstune was the first
and lest in the loom. _

N exceed the general goniAn-
mour and hilarity which prevaited lbuughout the
eyeiling ;
And 131 the Orient 141nen bads Crabb
Nought e'er di..taled sweet Tiaisapoet's revelry.
The Clianipag,ie was good. anti plentifully sup-
plied; end Capt. Haywood entertained the com-
pany with several excellent songs.

Yesterday morning, between eight and nine
o'clock, a toot-race took place in Hyde-Park, oppo.
site the Finr.i,e-SattaLks, between the itaol-t
and the Lark Cc: 0. btroa n. The 11.)ot-closer gave the
Coachman thro.• yaid. artd a halt at start mg, to inn
a hundred. hut heat him by about a yard. there
WAA about. I.2ool.lteneruiii..a.. _ _ . -

114aci

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The Cmintess Dowager of Moira is vet?' at
Moira-house. I am sorry to say, there remain little
hopes of her Ladyship's complete reciivery, from t: e
nature of her complaint. which is said to be prra-
lyric. The Earl of DonNighmore has been serious-
ly indispssed for same time back '.rich a sever.
lions atteek. His Lordship at fl-!f paid hut little
attention to it, and remained at his seat at Knock-
lofty, contrary to the advice of his friends, until his
disorder hid a^y saved considerable strength. since
his return t•, Dublin, mercury has been prescribed
for and tried by his Lordship with considerable suc-
cess. The Countess of ‘Vicirlow is ill at her house
in Granby-Row.
A few days since, a Meeting of the Twelve Judges
tuna place in the Chancery Chambers, after which an
order was promulgate I, to deprive the Attorneys of
the privilege which they had long enjoyed, of being
exempt fre.rn the payment of fees in all suits where-
in they were parties. 'Ellis exemption is, however,
extended by the same order, to their widows, When
suing far bills of cost. The reason of this order is
supposed to be the encouragement held nut by
such a privilege (and sometimes aged on by a few
low Members of the profession) to purchasi dosibt-
ful debts for trifling sums of money, whereby the
revenue was defrauded. aod. litigation encouraged.
At a I.wa hour on Friday night last, a fire was
discovered to have broken out in the dwelling-house
of ese beautiful demesne of Marino, the residence of
the i)owager COutt;ess of Charlomont, near this
city. The assisionce of two fire-engines was pro-
cured, and every exertion made to extinguish die
flames, which was ultimately accomplished ; but
not until that destroying element had succeeded in
consuming the northern wing of the building, which
consist:4 of two apartments for upper servants, upon
the ground floor, and a very beautiful drawing. room
over the apartments, fitted np according to the re-
fined taste of the late classic Noble 0 eller ; the win-
dows of which were ornamented with mow of the
most masterly produffions in stained glass, by that
inimitable mrti.r, thelate celebrated Jervis, se many
years einFLoyed by His present Majesty in the paint-
ings in stained glass, with which St. Goorgo's Cha-
pel at Windsor is decorated.
. _ _

On Mopday night last. John La Touche, jun.
Esq. sailed for Holyhead, on his war to London,
in the furtherance of his Petition to the Imperial
Parliament. complaining of the return for the City
of Dublin, at the late Cr-neral Elation.

The present Ministry shew a wise and just spirit
of conciliation. Many persons of talents, capital,
and extensive plans of industry, were
./'.Arced
to leave this couutry, after the unfortunate
occurrences in the year 1798; among those
was Mr. Henry Jaclson, of this city, whose
extensive works gave bread to a vast number of
hands, end those winks have never been fully em.
played vtice. We understand this respraiLle
zen lies obta:ned permission to return to his cows-
try And friends.
On Monday last, Edmond Francis Garrey, of
Rosmin,lle, in the ctsunty of Mayo, Esq. who
was confined in the Canlobar, on infurtua-
tion sworn against him by the Right Hon. Denis
tiro arii.e. of louot Srowne, fur high treason, alleged
to have heen committed by Mr. Garvey, in the
year 1794. %V. 13, by virtue of a writ of Habeas
Colas, brought before the Rio .t Hon. William
Downes, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench,
and was by his Lordship instantly lil.etated, the
Solicitor-General for the Crown having no charge
whatever against him.
The fire of the assemblies for the present season
was held on Tuesday night, at the public rams,
Rutland-.cparc ; and was attended by all the tank,
beauty. and fashion, which the It ish Capital has now
to boast of.

On Monday. the 2d of March (St. David'. Day
being no Sunday). the Officers of the Royal Gla-
morgan Militia gave a most superb entertainment to
General Cm sir, %oar, his Staff, and a &deft number
of friends, at the Mnitagne Tavern, Bristol. The
maim was brilliantly iii•iminated with various
cokured lamps. in the shape of the Prince cf
W acas's feathers, with the Bohemian motto.
Daring dinner, their ea. client band played, The
Noah Hew of :thenhin, "the Ter64l4 Woo-gaolers, and
many other national tunes; and in the course or the
evening. there were .nrne adrnir..b:e Welsh song• :
The Triumph of I.l,evel!,m. by Capt. Swilw ; Mono's
Micas; The Bloody Boomer of Owl.
by Mr. Be mmom ; and The kxplorts of Sir l mud
tiara, by Major M.: ao am. were deservedly and
rapturously applauded.—Never was the Tutelar
Saint of Cambria mom highly honoured ; and
th iugh hi; votaries sacrificed most freely at the
shrine of Bacchus, Dew did a company separet-
with more regret. or an evening pass off with greater
unanimity.
A number of the unfortunate wretches from
Warrington. are now waiting to be tried at the neat
Assize. at Lancaster.

York Assizes commenced on Saturday last ; 21
prisoners were to be tried. ti of them for murder.
A Reviewer thus laconically speaks of a late lite-
rary produSion r—" lhis work has strong claims
on public :mention. Obviously standing on the
grounds of its own merits, it neither requires pane-
gyric, not has to dread censure." This chars ter
may exaaly and truly applied to the present
most meritorious State Lottery Scheme. The more
it is reviewed. the more it will be found worthy the
greatest attention of all degrees of adventure's in
Fortune's wheel.

We regret, that through • mistake in our Report
of the examination respefting the Westminster P..-
titian, Mr. Mantes, the Jew, was erroneously
stated to have been strongly yeti ',dad on by Mr.Sms-
at u•te, and to have been sent by him, in custody, to
Bow.srreet ; whereas, it appears Mr. Hmtats gave
a very cossi,trist and satesfiaoev testivrovv, that he
went ordsaskirriy before the Magi•ttate, and faithfully
preserved the paper in his custody.
We regret to state, the horse at Judd.place.
Som.rstown, belonging to Mr. Betas v worts, of
Drury-lane Theatre, was entirely consumed by file,
at an early hour yesterday morning ; it commenced
at ten o'clock on Sunday night, in the second floor.
and damaged other houses adjoining. Providen-
tially the flames were subdued by tht exertions of
the firemen, and a piamifol ►upply of water, without