The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-12-18 00:00:00

77CHING malcso;

OR.
410uSk. TRAP.

The Prince of Denmark alludes to this Play in
the celebrated tragedy of Hamlet. It has been re-
•ised and corrected since the appearance of the
You, Rawrau by some learned, candid, and notable
Critics, with the following appropt tate motto pre-
iced :
I

?dooa ne pnetven, p4a Inennvaurcre,
Venvon: nou, pour en roe.lir..

LE hf ONT.kG NF.
The following scenes may serve as a specimen of
this curious piece :

ACT IV.
ISCENZ dark ROOM in Me Sfrand ; in tirc
&Table; a Newtpaper preparing —The Press wor/.•-

lkjag ";
r::::lh Enter Three Imps or The Courier.
. •,, First hop.—Thrice the neighb'ring • bear bath
ro.sr'd.
&rood Inv.—Thrice and once the hedge-pig
whin'd.
• Tiff./ Lep...-The Newsman cries,
'tis time."
First Imp.—Quick about the Critique go,
Philes-Roscius, flag not so,
In your poisein'd atoms throw.
Toad that under coldest atone,
Days and nights hast thirty one
Swelter'd venom, sleeping got,
Fill my pen, but make no blot !
Ail.—Double, double, toil and trouble,
Write and print, the people bubble.
Second Imp.—Fillet of A fenny snake,
In the ink-stand, boil and bake
Eye of cat, and toe of frog,
Ears and tail of mangy dog,
Adder's fork and blind worm's sting,
Blackness of the raven's wing,
rJI a charm of pow'rful trouble,
Like a bell-broth, boil and bubble.
All.—Double, double, toil and trouble,
!rite and print, the people bubble.
Tied fasp.—K—bl--'s deep sepulchral throat,
i—cl—d--n's stent ct can note,
—ll—y's shrill Italian squeak.
trug and bounce of L—w—s's rake.
tsar and rant of mighty P—pe,
f Covent-garden once the hope ;
—rr—y J—hns—n's strut and frown,
- - Jack, of great renown ;

" 'Tit time,

•

rosier Ch—rl—y's si.np'ring smile,
flat does of maids their hearts beguile.
! aid me, while I do hew ray
'he blew Rswisi of the day.
M.—Doable, double, toil and trouble,
'rite and print, the people bubble.
&mad Isap.—Mix Tour mk with juice of hemlock
and of yew,
Wet your pen with envy, then the feat you'll do.
Enter the kern Melpoinene, is winte salon.
well do le ! I commend your pails ;
knd ..viry one shall share i' the gains.
/port his Acheret let your malice flow,
tlarter must his Norval know,
nto contempt his Frederick throw.

SONG.

Itrann paper and White,
*f ellen quills and grey,
sfinzta, mane,. mingle,
You that mingle may'
team/ Imp.--By the itching of my palm,
oaf mnney this wAy COMM,
/pen locks whoever knocks.

Esser King John.
Lag Job,.—How now, you secret, black, and
ht imps ?
Vrhat you do ?
deed without a name,
Tu nunhood a shame.

ICsns John. --I conjure yea by that vrn:ch you
rhytises
olio (howe'er you come is know it), answer me :
ongh you confound the types, and let them mil
itlin the cases ; tho' thy inkstand burst and over-
helm the table with it; sable Rood. Though 7our
should break dawn, and horn-bays burst
eir lungs. Though the winter frost should freeze
wetted paper in one cwgealed mass. Tho' no
odvertisement should come to fill thy columns, and
newsmen pass your office by unnoticed and unknown.
Even till destruCtion comes upon thee, and the
Stamp-Office sells thy copyright and ail, answer
Me to what I ask you.
• Tsret hep.—Speak.
Rena INT.—Demand.
Third ben.—We'll answer.
Full leap.—S ty, if thotAist rather bear it from
our mouths,
Or fern :. master's ?
Kew Jays.—Call him, let me see him.
First hisp.—CrAve, where the Roman Ilvf:. ia lief,
Ope and give him to our eyes;
Racial:, from the dead arise.

• rdcoci's Menaguiv is within a k

AlL—Come high or low,
His fortune let bin know.
do Erprest.—An dfdiariair of Mid of ReicioN
rises.
Rung go/o/.--Tell me, thou unknown pow'r,—
.Vrat hirp.—He knows thy thought ;
Hear his speech, but say thou nought.
App.—King John ! King John ! King John !
Beware Betty—Beware Young Roscieit—
Dismiss me,—Enough ! [Discoid:.
King Join.—Whate'er thou art, for thy good

caution thanks ;
Thou bast ha:lid my fear aright : But one word

more :

First Imp.—He will not be commanded : H.re's
another more potent than the first.
A Second Editon.—.4n Apparition if the head of
Garrick.
ing John ! King John ! King John!
Kin; John.--Had I three cars, I'd hear thee.
App.—He haughty, bold, and resolute ; laugh
to scorn
The pow'r of man, for no man born
Shall harm King John. [Descends.
Ki John.— Then rule, King John : what need I
fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double
sure, and renew my engagement. My public estim-
ation nought shall touch. Safe enthroned, long
will I enjoy an undivided power, and hug me in
the claps and plaudits of an admiring audience
What is this ?
(A thunder of osetaasntion, an Apparition of a Child,
eroz•ned, rises.)
That rises like the issue of a king, and wears
upon his ba!fy brow the round and top of so-
vereignty
411.—Listen, but speak not.
The drp.—Haughty, bold, and resolute, thou
may'st laugh to scorn
The power of man, for no man born,
Not Cooke himself, can harm King John ;
But a e/filrl am I, thy lord and inater.
King John. —Horrible sight ! aye, now I see 'tic
true.
An eternal curse fall on you, Imps of darkness.
First hop.—Aye, Sir, all this is so :—but why
Stands King Cohn thus t amazedly ?
Corn", brother Imps, cheer we his heart,
And try the secrets of our art,
Regardless of the public voice,
Let us abuse the people's choice,
Pronounce Young Betty without merit,
Deny him feeling, taste, and spit it ;
That this great King may tindly say,
Our services he can't o'erpay.
(The Three Imps sit do-.. 71 and tri'e.)
End KING Jous.
t It is supposel that Su me borrowed his Stb Ae: of
ACibrikth from this scese.

THE BRITISH

LOS DON,
TUESDAY. DECIIIIIBII 18.

The Mrmitevr of the Ist inst. contains, under the
head of London, November Cist, the foLowing
paragraph, which is another proof of Boy P• et- l.'s
determination to change the Batavian Goverasicir,
and ezplairis the cause

Tie merchant. were yeWeniay err. mach alarmed by lb,
news circulated upon the Clair, th.t all future imbed—Jim!
of English goods to fl d..nd was prohibited, and that .11 stun%
should be entwine:ord. We have reason to think this news is
well funded The Emperor of the Preach i., at presesit,
more anry than ever with England. Beside., this coalifterce
was canted on in such a notate manner, thaJgh ..ontsary to
Leman prohibitions, that it was sulrocteat for tic- !..inperor of
die French t informed of it by some secret neat, to coon.
terivt the dispositions of the Dutch Govcriment, to fard.tate
a trade so adirantageons to boeh countries "

The Mensterr does not quote its authority, but
some preceding paragraphs are, of course, trans-
lated from The Mereieg Chronicle ; a paper worthy to
furnish maim- for Cowaraart's official calornnie-

tors. We think. however. that even the Ciefonor
will abstain from obsequiously designating Monsieur
Bosar AK rr Emperor of tie nitric's," when it
finds that the Printer of the .Voutesir, in his selec-
tions from that paper, carefu'ly copies it in large
letter, insinuating thereby to the people in France,
that the newly usurped title of th Corsican is ac-
knowledged and adopted in England.

Th.e contributions levied by T•t.t.tv RAND upon
all foreign gazes negociating with France, and
which have made him so enormously rich, have, no
doubt, encouraged Messrs. X. Y. Z. or other infe-
rior intriguers, who crowd the office of the foreign
department at Paris, to try to make their fortune,
and plunder foreigners without sharing the spoils
with the Minister. The following article in tle
JllNd,r► of the 4th inst.-informs them, that he is sot
unacquainted with their private requisitions, and
warns them to desist for the future.