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London, England, 1809-11-15 00:00:00

INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS

1E TII:ATRICAL PEIFORVANCES ON BOARD ONE or
; :4,IAJLS!I*':!, :11119 OF 'lll6 LINE, BY EMIT OF THE
11''5 Ci•MLIAN`:; Lei.iVl:kED BY THE AUTHOR) A
`,I.JF.ANT Ui ;4.-IitINES, JANUARY, 1803.

days of yore, when science yet was young,
'ken f-ora chaotie'darkness newly sprut:g,
tir Poesy her bsat.tsous form display'd :
'ith magic touch the settl-subduing maid ;
tui hatil all powerful by co re'.es confio'd,
issole'd the chains which long the honnin mind
igio bound emidst the 7,!tionly. 11 lit lit •
)lignortnc, ,frOtan,ic—tticn to light
'air Thai-a rose, atnitist Hesperian yleins,
Ohl Thespis, he, in rude miletter'd strains
Thro' wand'riog crowds, around the widening lar.d,.
''ty art untuter'd led the comic band,
Gainst vice and folly satire's war to wage,
The fields their theatre, a cart their stage.
Unknown to them those pow'rs which bid arise
The mimic scen'ry to the dazzled eyes;
Th' unreal grove which rivals nature's bloom,
Where flow'rs delusive breathe their rich perfume;
The fretted dome, the glitering palace high,
Whose turrets kiss the artificial sky;
'he IL:Aloft; terrcnt rushing thee' the plain,
he whirlwind sweeping o'er the whiten'd main ;
he thunders roar, the haid lightnin,ss glare,
'he ricreor hissing thro' the darken'd air;
l'ilb lost in wonder, fainting with delight,
he ravish'd gazer turns his aching sight—
isseh aids they knew not, and like them we claim,
"rout scenic art no portion of our fame;
!y nature prompted, be it ours to try
~ move the pasiontis not enchant the eye;
ud while these simple hoards we humbly tread,
old 'fare your view our plain r..past we spread,
,hnuld we succeed the mirthful smile to raise,
tar erd is att.wced, we no higher praise,
mb"lions, set k, ccnitent if vnt but smile,
nd cheer with your ayylatt:t out harmless toil— •

.at stop, belt re 1 go—here let me pay
'o WICA !soil.; the tributary lay,
limye support crs of your country's cause,
Jiritannia's hulwark—guardians of her lawt;
Loic dafiny &ells in hist ory'e page ettroll'ils
jn bri,;llt ,atcc:-.4,iort to the eye unfold,
filustri nos names ! fair Freedom's boast and pride,.
Whose arms, victorious, stopp'd the 'whelming tide

if Oa row'r, what time with frantic course
Oaat step and irresistlecs force
NAITI. t: N veeran armies led
(Yt.r loathe world, which shrunk with pallid dread,
The yrlce ris-civ'd, and 'Meath the 'Conqueror, low,
Submissive beat, exhausted by the blow;
YP, then, undaunted, chceli'd his wild career,
IN threats titled, and I ai.ght him what was fear.
iaddluing with grief and Alarm-, till then unknown;
i'he might y Monaicla tremble l on his throne;
vain hi- leni.nis, ilarlilning all the straw!,
arins c:irezt 'F.iiest Britain's smiling land;
Trit.av,+lnn.lt, o'er the mai.' her Navy rides,
His Sury mnaa, and all his rage &ricks ;
&ill safe wt: ;lin their iron harbour lies
fonr-struck Fleet, by sad eNin:rictice wise,
Their Covniry's scorn; while grateful millions raise
The choral ?cal of universal praise
To you their saLguard. Here, it'as! ton faint
The Pce: owns his utmost skill, to paint
Your deathless deeds; unequal to the task,
He, froth your candour, tremblin7,, bade me ask
This telling boon; nor will it be denied,
That tho' amidst the foul benumbing tide
Of.Letbe's stream, indignant ye should cast
His slumb'ring vers, and all the visions blast
He f niily form'cl of high poetic fame,
Yet still the motives yoti'll tot hear to blame, •
His soul that prompted 'midst the shining throng
'1 he mistily mastcrs of the teemitz -orb
To st rive. anibitio.ss ; tho' the ethic clan
Condeinn Pot•!•—yon:11 Acquit the man.

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SPO R DX IA77I.LLIGEIYCE.

NNesty's Stag Hounds were turned out, on
;slay se'nnight, in presence of a numerous field of
rtsmen. The animal selected for the spurts of
day vas a i emarkably tine stag, now 21 years old.
:er a sharp tun, he took his course through Ca-'
,bury Park, the seat of the Earl of Es sex, where
c)ok soil in a sheet of water in his Lordship's
;, called Eroadwater. About five years ‘go, he!
hunted over the same mound, and took precisely
same course as on Tuesday. Previous to his
ng soil, he also lay down under the same tree be-1
who-. 11 he had lain down in the former Chace,
hound,: came up. Only two couple of dogs
up \lir% hint when he plunged into the water,
Nvhich they fellowed him.
.ast week, there was a noble fox hunt in the
hbourhood. of tikipton, of which sport several
alemen of that F Lice and of Addingham partook
graft avidity. The animal, being a fine one,
ded them a smartly contested run of neatly
s; he was at last taken up as he was coming out
le canal near tinaygill toll-bar, by Mr. Jonas- Elli-
of Skiptun. It is worthy of remark, that this
lern Nimrod is 69 years of age, and has been a
Mae qeetrnan upwards of 50 years. His favon-
horse, which he rode, Duke, is 27 years oli, and
le-blind, and during the pursuit cleared a six-feet!
:c with the greatest facility.
Ir. Edward Armytage's Minting party presented
per of Market \Veighton with 17 guineas to ce-
:ate the Jubilee, and thus crowned the manly sports
.he field with a \veil-timed act of benevolence.
Thursday se'nnight, Lieutenant colonel Hasell's
hounds unkenneded an old fox in a coppice near
!garch, it Cumberland, about ten o'clock in the
moon. At starting, he made a circuit by New-
Westmmland ; then he took the rivulet which
.des the count es over the east side of Cross-fell,
vn to the river Tees, till he entered the county of
wham : he next directed his course northward,
Hscd part of Northumberland, over the Tyne to
>Wall, and up Blackburn (Oushy-fell to Cross-
.: and was taken and killed in view of the sports-
sten, uaon a Lel of stemes, near the top of Cross-ICI,
close to a spring called Gentleman's Well. It is sup-
p:;sed that the chace was about 40 miles ; yet it did
tot last longer than about two hours and a half.-
111 r. Thomas C:bson, near Kirkosw rid "at t' ..e

ehace, .All 3 made many a clang:To:as leap, tlinty,ll
turned S 3 year of aga. Aftc•r 11E. putsi,it, die gcn-
ti..rr-1, hot SC3, and liounds, were all liositably Cga-
. led y the ber.evolence of Mr. 6,11!;..1‘i of Wrangbeck.
It is worthy remark, that the above-mentioned
sporting veter..,n (Mr. Gib:on) also waeatle,l the an-
stud rout 9.,•niple couiqy :.f V:estrnore-
lawl, ca the l st was in at the death of three

hure4
A few days ago, Mr. John Bowman of Warwick_
witti a tvw friends, went out a hare-hunting,
balidge were, agurea)l- surprised at starting a fox, mar
tha Wart IvW7, it; the parish at Wethend, to whoa