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If ADF:IRA.

THEATRES.

LITBRATURA

-- llt appears by the following from Madeira, tee
DRUR Y-LA NB.
the blow •in Portugal by the Prince Don
Theatre on Saturday night. Ind, pendently of
The comely of the Hypo-rile was performed at this , when intelligence reached that Island, of the attempt mace
tf. • excited among a party there, but who were pat down
Prevalent, and require expoeure and correction as much, ,
he by
the comedy ' t prompt conduct oft the GOvernor :
given to cant and hypocricy, vices which are at lease as.
,coutetee- counter-Revolution, ution, a corresponding feeling was thereby
not more, at present, than at the period when
" MADEIIIA. WAY 26,1424.
d I "We arrived here last Monday, after • dellghtfui passact of
lion and incidents, sufficient to ensure its reputation an i
- nine days front lipithead, without *meting a sheet •
and,
was produced, it possesses intrinsic merits, as to cemposi-
Theatre. Not- I cumstsnce of some interest has occurred here, I shall not halts
lin sending you. the particulars, upon. appriaehing the each:Raft,
es arid it we were surprised at the batteries opening a fire. bet soon dire.,
take not, for many years a stranger to the host. , ,
' tel l sal d II l d A • •
of his , .t to Festivalte, an nature y cone uwas in ainrequeao
inwiathkestaitudoliineg*(thteheexate:licanairdv opfitch7polafyo,uitt was, if we inis-
perhaps owes its revival to the taste and judgment
'of some or Dinh-day. Cron anchoring, the Pra a,.
the young Prince of
with his presence. If Cibber's statement be correct,
el fugal had displayed symptoms of Insurrection, and gave an ono.
I Master boarded us, and we then learnt that
thMelie;oed,uwcht tieontaradmerieditsiotb
je:chtenwerehe
sohoomouurcehM
athpepr'ofvliedeatroei
tunity to the disaffected hat, to make a stir, but which, foes te
by King William, that he received the dedication, and I firm conduct of the Governor, was sown quelled. Murmurs at:
conferred Stool. u the author as a token of his satisfag- : eomnued, and it was reported the troops, or part of there. in. tie
pon , ti:
Di eanti7th, a Regiment lately front Lisbon, intended to rise on Monday:
tine. It is but natural, that a performance, • ticmile'l e— I but it is imagined the appearance of a alini-of- war for a moment ki
commended by one tolerant and enlightened monarch, a stop to these operations ; but, this is only conjecture; be it as it
should be revived by another. We are aware of the viru- ; may, two of the officers are thrown into prison, and sorer ci
lent censure passed by Pope, in the Dn.:rind, upon this the n7nthehazinbeenofse;ieremtl: punished.ii aTheliiovernori la eels
piece, when, in a moment of irritation, and under the im- !oe 0_
lighted at the igs of the young
agii)r.atqulaisbon, in whirilt:t.
pulse of feelings which made Win a proper object for his' ,
not 800-ethane joined by the Church and the head of the anat si.
own cave of spleen, descrikel with such sarcastic beauty in be might have expected; and, both the Bishop and the tsc.
the Rape of the Lock, be exclaiined, 'aunder-in-Chief are looked upuo with a very suspicious eye; „„?
No merit now, the dear nonjuior claims, Is it expected that all iv over yet. but which will entirely dew
Mullen's old stubble in a moment Hamm '
l
upon the movements at Lisbon. People here are, In consequerect
I ittle upon the Qui Vi Salutes, fs, reviews, illumination,
But the verse of a poet, however caustic and poignant it
' and halls, are kept up.se. dononstrative estival
of the loyalty of Madeira a
may be, is not always the test of sound criticism and truth ; the same time a sharp look-Gad is kept in the suspected quarter. A
and impartial posterity has decided upon the merit of the vast deal more has occurred than will meet the public eye, and site
performance, as well as upon the accuracy of the vindictive out great caution and firmness, another explosion is looked roc
comment. /t was, perhaps, too much to expect encomium I
was
'air ire hte:tdsa leif)2ll, II
night,:nil:4l7pol; Governor,
when
I
rs
from Pope upon a second performance of King Coney. T
emarecte who wre looked upon pith an eve ortauspietiont° ;sort•hfteirk
Perhaps he supposed he sufficiently proved his good nature, there much ceremony in doing so. The display far exceeded ei,
by his cotnnientlation of the Careless Hnsbund, and thought splendour, what I had any idea of; the ladies were richly and de.
himself at liberty to make reprisals by a sneer at, we be- gently dressed, a great profusion of jewels and ostrich feathers, sat
lieve, the only production of Brazen Cibber which keeps some of them very pretty.
.The Governor
i.is remarkably easy wa
its ground upon the stage. The only important alteration '
exceptionn i
of bnly itfnle" 0 311,11 cnnand;
_enteera•fyhe 1:11"aconda is her ;Teewi
. •
in the mode of performance was (in our opinion) the hat a very . h
tedious passage, and obliged to put into Plymoseh. Ta
disadvantageous substitution of Mr. Harley in the part beet ae,1„.,,,
is al m here, with several small craft. act rest
of Maw-worm for Liston. Notwithstanding the acknow- must—lets oh rein."
ledgtd merit of the former, we think the character rather
out of lite line; and servile imitation of an original, how- I
ever excellent, can never expect applause. Ile was, of 1 The crowds that presented themselves on S:tiede
course, encored-in his sermon, though not without strong , morning at No. 20, Great George-street, to view the abo;t
testimonies of disapprobation ; and we hope this exhibi- I illustrious personap lying in state, were beyond all pro.
lion will, in the course of another season, be entirely given I dent : and the uproar and confusion that prevailed beet.:
up, as too coarse for genuine comedy and below the dm-'description. The bustle was so great that it was found -...
Teeters of the Maw-worms of our day. A great change • pedient to call in the aid of Handley and Weale, the te
has, we suspect, taken place within the last century in , principal officers of Queenesquare t stehlishment, and err
the character of religious faiiaties; they have got entirely I, their presence scarcely tended to abate the violence of tee
rid of that simplicity which existed at the period to which !applicants, so eager were they to gain admittance.
we allude, and have substituted an astuteness for which 1 Saturday morning a wooden frame was erected roue
they are at present so universally distinguished, and which the
coffin and urn, to keep the spectators off, upon the to
renders every man, making public and unnecessary pro- of which were plumes of senithre leathers. The spicule
I fessions of piety, an oljt et of suspicion and distrust. pall was then thrown over the coffin ; on each side were di.
Though the subtilty of Cantwell be unfortunately too played five escutcheons, and one at the head and foe
familiar, we believe the p I person who sought for the fatuity another pall was placed over the urn, which was decorate
of Afaus.uvirm amongst individuals of his sect would find his 1 with four t•scutchcons.
efforts unavailing, and have his labour for his pains. •
the pall on the coffin was surmounted with a lid of rie
Between the acts, Madame Catalani sung some of her fa- black feathers, which gate to the whole a remarks!
vourite songs. Upon the performance of this unrivaled grand and funereal aspect.
singer it is unnecessary to make any remark ; she filled the On the top of the pall, that enveloped the urn, were din.
audience as usual with pleasure and astonishment. In our played his Lordship's splendid coronet and cushion.
opinion each delighted spectator must have occasionally the visitors began to arrive so fast, and the room bee
gated upon this accomplished woman, expecting, in the so small and incommodious, that it was found necessary:
words of the impassioned author of La//a li/wok, detach all the outward embellishments before very few r
To see the face ins saw them, and the coffin and urn were only wens
lif laralil, the angel, there! before. This gave great dissatisfaction : but when then.
The renewal of her engagement for four additional
son was explained, the company seemed less dispointee
nights was announced amidst loud applause. The other
It is arranged that, amongst other mourners, the folk•
entertainments followed—the house was thinly but respect- •
ing gentlemen will attend :
ably attended. Colonel Leigh, brother-in-law to the deceased Le.
chief-mourner; Mr. Hobhouse and Mr. Hanson, eke
tors ; Mr. 1). Kinnaird • and Sir Francis Burdett.
The following Nobility and Gentry have sent to M:
Wooddeson to say that their carriages should follow in
procession as far as •he stones end :
Lord Holland, Lord Melbourne, Earl of Carlisle. Dsc
of Bedford, Earl Grey, Karl Jersey, Lord Wm. Rune
Marquis of Tavistoek, Marquis of ansdown, Lord A
murky, the Hon. Agar Ellis, Sir Benjamin Ilobheuteee
R. Byron, Mr. IV. Hortoo, Mr. Lee, Captain Charles E.
IM, Captain John Parker, and Mr. Trevanion. 1'...e
others are expected to attend.
The procession will leave Sir E. Rnatchbull'e hot.
precisely at ten o'clock this morning. It will piss up e
Haymarket, along Regent-street, into the New-road, ma -
through Highgate. but they will but feebly .make known ti
Lord Byron's suite, Dr. Franeesco Bruno, Antonio kr 'or' correspondents to each other. They 1
Zambelli Cegris, Benjamin Luigi, (groom), Gin. Bee imperfect in comparison with actual interc
• ref physical objects with the (inn)* which e
• Falcier, (cacciatore), and 11'm. Fletcher, his Lon lee .
butler and valet, in whose service he has lived for deo I drove up to the house, my sister was 1
, twenty years, will follow their revered master to the tat . seive me, and in a moment I was in her a
The funeral takes place at Ilucknell, in Nottinehe 7
Jill Sly fears on this head were but too to
Owe, we drew back: to gaze upon earl
Ise knew t time must have dinie his usut
. game for vain. VI e could not expect that s
shire, as was first said, and not at Newstead Abbey, de
been stated in some of the newspapers, where the fn.- %in each other's recollection just as we h
vault was re-served when the great uncle of Lord Bet wu scarcely less sad from its having
sold the Ilucknell estate. It is t xpectcd the rower Isseacen. 'he same smile, indeed--a sin
will reach its destination on Friday; on its arrival at e• 'sun played in my sister's eye and lip;
tingham, it will be joined by Lord Raticliffe, a trite • and the lip grown thin—and the smile it
like the frames and hearts of both
and friend of Lord Byron's, arid by a number of thefts . cheek was grown hollow and pale ;an
tlemen of the County. Lady Byron has not either see' • I hair, for which my siate. had been
-tolled to ....e the remains of her deceased Lord. - bidden—if, indeed, it still remained—b
• She had worn ever since her hushaturs de
- of dark grey—which was likewise. I t
awnpleted tne contrast with the light-he
r beautiful girl whom I had left. Fur nii
• sternly changed also. My sister and I
aim shock we had mutually receisej,
• . together into the house.
Here I was to experiences meeting
• that my father had sunk almosi into sec(
.tits expectation of finding his imbecile
.iNSted in an easy chair near the wine
epound, that be might enjoy the mild
July sun-set. His limbs were wrappe
• supported by pillows on either side. 11
...his eye was vacantly fixed—and his jai
of dotage. This miserable wreck, which
look at without a feeling of degradatiso
As hale and barivome man whom I hi
_lifts and smolt had spared of my father
" The room in which we sat was the I
Kandy any change rinse I had last seen
aim the books in the very places in whirl
beavily-bound, red-edged folios were ran
antouched, most probable, since my earl
' Le to explore then, ;—and, in one corner
a white-backed copy of Gulliver's Trai
• broken my neck in clambering to reach.
sew ; but these was still an old blue and
,bad got into disgrace for cracking—and
.0111 D the rivet which the housekeeper had
tasty. A large 010-tathiontd bat k-gait
use corner, a Inch I well recollected as ii
• is of my boyhood ;—and the picture s
siap-ehe only one in the room—was, as
purtrait of an ancient worthy of our rat
' ideoess—the large ruff_ clocked stocking
-dlis court-dress of James the First's tin
• may appear triffing—lnn I recollect then
:upon me at the time--and the task I hot
manative at my life is naturally more a
events.

•
sOSIE ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE (
BEET EARLE, ESQ.—WRIFTE
Knight.

There is no species of writing that ab
liatainment,or from which more inure
jay be imbibed, than from biograt,
MA to stir up kimind associations
E, and to call forth uscfnl refiec
bleiu
stnniethsehamprtort7tiiinerg, mtoottiriii
, and, by sliErpening that corn
us more lenient—it ought to
of others. Whether (;I EDER.
fact or of fiction, it is not our place
r:
ly not a creature to be often met w
• of life ; hut, for aught w
, be may have, at this mome
l. There is nothing in his narrati
record of real ft cling; we iiii el

greeter that violaus probability, or
t to suspect that the portraiture
ing this. " Fri:gayest, u we f
• they are, with all those sympathii
share of the happiness of life dep:nt
trace in them all the fine feelingsof an I
wind, the surface of which has bee
shadows, and which, in its turn, e 3

of its own over every object that su
is doomed, more or less, to tread ovo
this short j'urney of life. We have
infant days, before our visions of the
their shapes of joy and loveliness ; bu
mer character as we proceed, until,
years brings with it the sad experie
all illusion, and this loveliness not
before us unfolds this progress of cu
ao affecting, as to impress the reader
aanception of its truth. We see the
liladee the very beams of that sun wh
WI Its blossoms.
Gtraear EARLE begins his narrr
when be first became acquainted wit
whole subsequent life took its colour
the energy of his reinemb.ance, in de
feeirnmi, np to the utter extir.ction of
be had treasured his whole of happir
lbw of the pot t, !het
. . .

LORD BY RON.

-
" Our vay wishes give us ns
fit verified also a truth still more

ti-- -
ine mind, which can bear up agai
ty, cannot rise superior to the 1
Avenues, of self reproach. The who:
is given.
The fr,,,-inest which describes 1.
.anany years of absence, is striking
returns, elevated with the rapture
'scenes of his earliest youth ; hut find
. and all his anticipations blighted.
. Toped to gladden by his return are
.' The young have grown old, and
" years have long since reposed in tii
rive the substanc.• of the relation in
" Ti,e chaise proceeded rapidly dow
through the village, Which straggles to ab
. psrk.gate. We pasted many labourers r
lad saw numberless loiterers, of all ages
.Mt at the sound of the wheels to see the
Mt one of these people did I recognise s
lad been born during my absence—and tl
end 01l remembrance. I was changed I
'lligbred up with the joy e' recognition, or
• lame my return. The woman who came
Is open the gates, looked into my outstrci
stranger ; and as I passed into my father
lib alien among my kindred - a stranger in
• " It was now that I first felt the full fa
' had taken place in me, and in these to •
• •sod I begun to have misgivings as to how
• -mod they to me. It is true that I had kl
OVUM with my family by letters--but wh
of thirteen thousand miles, and during an
century ? Can a letter set the writer heft
lane work of time upon his person ? Can
-dlonate, equal those little daily Mikes of k
lber into the heart than even the greatest
E.. ' tinual dropping of water upon a stone
ion ? Gan a letter convey the half-
. mass ?—or be unto us a watcher it
sorrow--a companion in enjoyment.--as h
born ? Alas I No ;—when -absence ear
irlsen, added to this, months of distance
dad

HA YMARKET.

The English Opera House promises to run a race of
succ.ssful rivalry with the favourite " little theatre at the
Haymarket." Itraham, who is in himself a host, smelts
to-night at the former establishment, and the acquisition
of Mr. Phillips and Miss Harvey, in the way of novelti s,
has been a positive Al!, from the effect of which Mr. Mel-
rose, and the Rosina of Saturday night, are not likely to
detract. Mr. Melrose is a pleasing singer ; his voice pos-
sesses many agreeable and varied tones ; but in style, in
gracefulness and feeling of delivery, and in those orna-
mental attributes of song, which is not the least attractive
part of the art, Mr. Melrose is saciy deficient. His figure
is sufficiently imposing and personable, but his acting
rather detracts from than adds to the personal advantages
he possesses: he appears, in short, quite a novice in the
practical part of theatricals. Of the powers of the young lady
who played liositoo it was not easy ty form a correct estimate,
from the extreme incompleteness of self-possession under
which she laboured. Her timidity almost amounted to an
utter disqualification for the display of very respectable
musical talents, which we arc disposed to think she pos-
sesses. Her voice does not exhibit much compass, but it
Kpossesses sweetness, and has manifestly undergone a sedu-
yrcultivation and well-disciplined instruction. Towards
the close of the piece, she took some courage, and sung spi-
ritedly and well, so as to draw down pretty general and de-
served applause. Her deportment is ladylike, and her
personal appearance, without any very marked expression
of beauty or intelligence, is agreeable and interesting. Al-
together she is a young lady in whom we apprehend the
stage will find a respectable acquisition, when she acquires
what she stands much in need of—collectednessand con-

THEIR SANDWICH MAJESTIES.

tiilence. Every the has his Fault, and Fish Out if
Water, • followt4l, which went off; as indeed every thing
does in which the mirth-exciting Liston appeara, with
successive bursts of laughter and applause.

The Honourable Mr. Ilyng had an audience witb
Sandwich Nlzejesty on Friday, and requested to knot
his Royal intention was, as to the entombment of his
ceased consort, whether she was to be interred in them:.
try or in her native island. The King took till the es:
ing to consider the point, and at eight o'clock on Savr.
night, lie returned for answer that he had made np
mind that she should be buried on his island, which at
mony, his Majesty said, was performed almost in thee.=
manner as in England. His Majesty then gave onlcni'.
she should be preserved, and flat she should be elept
in some church in this country till he went away. s'•
would be as soon as he recovered from his preset:.
new. The King sent off dispatches by two ieva,h
Saturday from Falmouth, that are trading direct to
Sandwich Isles, with the account of the dissolution of',
Queen.
Saturday morning, at six o'clock, according to
j. sty's request, the Queen was embalmed with all the
riferous scents that could be obtained ; this certino"y
performed by Mr. lil`Greggor, the surgeon, in tie P'
Bence of Bogi, the governor, and Tanor, the !noun
who were deeply affected at the scene.
After the body had been embalmed, it was Theta
leaden • iffin, and laid upon tressels in the trAero
(Bogi's) bed-chamber. In a circle round the coffin are
ranged the royal war cloaks, which are naanufacicr..2
feathers of various colours, and are used by the K.7:t
his Staff when in battle; on the lid, at the head
' coffin, is placed the Queen's crown—it is a circle of le.'
feathers. Several alter circles, composed of frillier!
the same tint, are placed on the lid, down to the'`
Several bunches of feathers, used by the royal amok:
to disperse the flits from her Majesty's person, are p' '
emblematically on the coffin lid. The principal cene.lo.:
by Bogi, the Governor, stands with the handle to'
ground at the head of the body, and the festber ,
drooping over the head of her Majesty. Two was err:
(lighted) are placed at the foot of the coffin, en a n.
coveted with a white diaper.
l'he King passed a very good night, and on Sirj-:'
said he had entertained a hope, that he and his lame'
consort would have been well enough to have been i'
centre' to the King of England, on iVenestlay nest.

conversation
sadness
ersarionll
_ .
tree " itoheriemg remove the whadhiewhitahllr
.• Caused. Her subdued and melancholy
band of sorrow had been upon her also-
• changed and ,addend—except only her
it query f w all those who were connected,
the dear home to which I had return
nearly all—"lle is deed." Of all the
the retainers who are always so nuniei
house—who had been my allies in my b
so fervently bidden God to bless try pant'
to welcome my return. All the villagers
connected with " the great house"—wl
making their Landlord's children share
harvest-home, and the joyousness of the
• too, who had been my mother's penaio:
made us the dispensers of her bounty,
• young hearts to the exalted pleasure of d
1 made inquiry for them one by one, I
• from the scene ; and, of course, those vrli
- • Places could feel no interest for me. 3ly
- nut heel conflnrd to the physical scene
i :eluded the images of those who dwelt
• : almost a mockery to be restored to the at
all who had peopled it in my heart were
were my feelings, as the wi.ll-known quit
• eam.: to the place of my birth, and I
youth where are they au echo answe
—I recollected having admired this as IN
it ! no ore knows half its force wl
• repeat it as I did.
" Alas ! said I to myself, and is this
" bolne—of my meeting with my friends ?.
- • my brother dead—my father in a state wt
that he were dead also.—and
withered frame, which make my soul
tweed what she was once, and what she i
hrages are indelibly connected in toy anti

We learn by the True Briton transport, that Ads:
Sir Harry Neale received despatches. overland
Marseilles), and that, instead of proceeding to NO
and Malta, he instantly sailed for Algiers. The Etnsl;"
Terror boink, arrived from England, were lying 116"
raltar on the 12th ult.—lh.
The Ocean, 74, Captain L. Ilardviwan, (^6e
the guardships at Plymouth), is ordered to be 061'.
and proceed forthwith to Lisbon ; where the Germ.'
Sir Thomas Livingstone, Bart.; Windsor Castlr, •
Captain Charles I)ashwood • and the Primmer, 1114,
Stodilart, are at present iying. The guardshipi al'
port arc to lend 100 seamen, to complete the crew
Ocean ; and so Royal Marine Artillery sailed on Sew-
afternoon, in the Starling cutter, to he embarked!"'`.
The :lips in the Tagus are to have 400 Royal Moist'
Board, who may be landed in cases of nreeisM
Mang:" hire Tc!effrapPs.