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rant gay and at other places by tretnit ►d( ns h*l
showers and pieces of broken ice, things altogether un-
usual in that quarter of the world. The bail stones
were in some instances as large as musquet balls. Thi
negroes were dreadfully frightened at a phenomena
wholly new to them, and considered these as the fore=
runner of some awful judgment.

DRURY-LANE. THEATRE.

This House followel the example of Covent-garded
last night, in closing its performances for the present
season. The following was the Address spokea upod
the occasion by Mr. TERRY :
" LAMS awn Gstwriatuarr—At the cline of a Theatre for the
moon, it is scarcely possible to vary the mode in which it Is cus-
tomary to offer you a tribute of respect, for the various proofs of
favour and kindness during that period.
" I am deputed, Ladies and Gentlemen. on the part of the Pro-
prietor, to assure you that he is fully sensible of the great and ge-
neral patronage which he has experienced since he first undertook
the Management of this Theatre; and to return you his sincere
thanks fur the support which you have so liberally bestowed upon
the various productions of this season. He ventures to indulge in
the hope that his future efforts may still merit a continuance of
your favour.
" It is now my pleasing duty to express the grateful acknowledg-
ments of all the members of this Establishment. Allow me,
therefore, Ladies and Gentlemen, to render you their heartfelt
thanks; and, until the 44th of September, to bid you, most re:
spectfully, farewell."

ENGLISH OPERA.
The very amusing piece of Free and Easy was pro-
duced last night for the first time this season. Its for-
mer popularity seems likely to be revived with it
judging from the spirit with which it was performed •
upon this occasion, and the general mirth and satisfac.;
tion which it imparted to the audience. The House was
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very well attended.

FURIHER ACCIDENTS UN THE MYER.

Last evening, an Inquest was held at the Spread Eagle, Milibirk,
before Thomas Higgs, Esq. on the body of William Doman, a 14
about 16 years of age, who was discovered floating in the Thames.
From the dreadful state of putrefaction which the corpse was
it is supposed to have been in the water several days. The deceased
is the son of respectable parents, who are at present in the West
Indies. The Jury returned a verdict of " Found Drowned."
Another Inquest was held by the same Coroner, at the General
Elliot's Head, liedfordbury, on John Maroh, a lad about 14, who,
it appears, whilst amusing himself in reaching a cork floating in the
River, off' a wharf at the end of Villiers-street, Strand, accidentally
feU in and was drowned. Verdict accordingly.
An Inquest was held last night before R. Coarse., Esq. at the
Red Cow, Princes-street, Lambeth, on a young lad named Brboks
who, while bathing in the Thames, on the Surrey shore, was ob-
served by were! of his companions to dive in the water, and not
rise again. Immediate search was made for him, and very shortly
after the body was picked up near the spot where he plunged in, and
the usual means recommended by the Humane Society to resusci-
tate the body were adopted, but the spark of life was extinct. The
deceased was the son of a lighteesnan, living at Lambeth.—Ver-
- • " Accidentally Drowned."