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oit tateptivirot me staw.r 114rt4. micaAkis sanntst
- • ownitietpor..-if GiiiANDOs LEIGH, IhtSas
Welesnight she Comte Mose; with drooping head,
Heave tht deep sigh-e-leer bit KAMM" II dead !
. The Sisters mourn for him, whose master mind'
Each eeparate• talent In itself coinbin'd;
Wit Eloquence; end Poetry, the fame
Of either had initnortalia'd his name!
. 0, entail the 'Muse's skill but match her zeal,
'rhea might the niouinfill lay, like his, appeal
To Briti•li hearts s like his, when Galatea died,
'How glow'd the verse to sympathy allied !
Each word with. plaintive sweetness charm 'd the far-,
As flowers exhales fragrance o'er the bier.
Where is the Mounter now, eihose bosom bled
For kindred genius gone f—tie too is dead!
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. 'Turn to the scenes of mimic lire, there vie*
The characters ourpung Mayo once drew.
Calnice in all her 'servant fits dispkted,
1:441y in.all her..nicer shades pourtray'd,
The testiness of Age—the Sskter's sense-
-1 be Maiden's sweet discourse—Love's eloquence;
• The lively Wife, not quite by Fashion tpoird,
The smooth Artificer of Mischief folTd;
The gen'rqus Rake, for lingering near his heart,
His betttr genius would net yet depart: .
These true to Nature, still adorn our stage,
Or hi his calm retreat amuse the sage.
These, like the gems of rarer worth are pried,
' When those of transient value are 411441!
In &awes, there his talents shone confest ;

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As Wit delighted, Passion storm'd tbo'broist.
The mind with taste, s'nse, judgment, feeling,' frailest,
Seem'd to be blest by more than human thought!
Hence burning words, for Freedom gave the choice,
The lightning of his eye, the niggle of his yokel
When social Mirth beamed forth in every eye,
His was the lively jebt, the kern reply,
The Sow of soul,. Wit seasoti'd high the wog, .
Vlbile playful Fancy strove old Time along I

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As glides a solemn itream by some dark grove
Of cypress trees that mourreol sigh above,
' Following hie loy'd remains, the good and great
,lidarch'd sadly °swards, in funereal state,
. To that proud scene where Patriots, Poets Ile,
peered their dust—their fameeliall never die)
here last, not least, OW' SIIIIILIDAN was laid,
Their weeping Friendship her sad tribute paid!
Ye noble few, whose tnem'ries ponder o'er
His cheerful smile, his wit's unfailing store,
Bright to the last; bow graceful are year tears,
They tell of what he was in happier years.
. "Iwo Friend, whose genius shed its vivid ray,
Par from your hearts to drive Lifa's cares away.
'he gay Companion, sharers in whose mirth,
• Yotr had forgot that borrow dwelt on earth. •
• Ye Fair, who knew Ms elegance of mind,
• His soul, still breathing in the verse refiti'd ;
• His puritrof heart tow rds her he lov'cli
. Her fondness by the bitterest trial prov'd ;
While ki your hearts the food affections live,
lib faults, wilateer they were, you must forgive.
And You, you all, whom many a sprightly scene
, Waking applause shall teach what he has been;
Who Will revere the Patriot, love the Bard,
From Envy's blight Ws sacred meniry guard I
While Glory circling round his cold, pale urn
By Fancy watcb'd, shell undefiled burn! ,

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Among the alterations at Dmry-lane 'Theatre pre-
paratory to the opening of the winter season, the pit
has been raised considerably : an improvement which
will not only add beauty to the house, but greatly to
the accommodation of the audience. Two new boxes
are in an advanced state of preparation : one for the
Princess CHARLOTTE and Prince of SAXE-COBOURO,
and the other for the Duke and Duchess of (hovers-
Ten. They are on oppcsite sides of the hetse, near
the stage. The boa seats on the dm:: circle are
removed, the boxes of which are no* reduced to-three
rows of chairs.

The lvfanager of the B Ith Theatre has recently
made several new engagements, including Miss
POOLE, Mrs. MsGIBBON, MISS COOKS, Mr. I'ot.?, and
Mr. H. KESISLE, son of Mr. STeeitew Kerma.
On the re-opeding of the Plymouth Theatre, Mr.
KIWI will commence an engagement there for seven
eights with Richard the 'third.
Mrs. MAnuyis and Mr. °EIMER', have been per.
forming the following characters at the Windsor
Theatre : The former, Peggy, in The Country Girl,
Albina Mandeville, bee. the latter, Jacob Gawkgc, Mew-
worm, and %loci. Oxseutty, as the Jew, instead of
taking the pound of flesh from the Aferehant, by ac-
cident,- cut off the top of his own Jager, in placing
the knife in his belt. This, however, did not pre-
vent him froth finishing the scene, although his blood,
dyed that part of the stage he occupied. When
Portia requests Skyloth "11 have some rairgeoa krt 4for-
toteio de bleed to death," a man in the pit, thinking she
alluded to the accident, exclaimed, 64 Here, mate,
take my handkerchief, and I'll go for the Doctor 1"
CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday an Inqpest
held before MINIM Lawn, Esq. at the Red Lion,
Chandler-street, Grosvenor-square, on the bodies of
Elizabeth Newman and her infant child, who died at
their residence, No. 30, Bird-street, Oxford•street, on
Saturday last.—Jane, the wife of 'William Arnold,
priding in the same house, stated, that on Saturday
afternoon she met the deceased (who was pregnant)
;it the passage, when an altercation took place between
them respecting the children • and the deceased
went into the back room on the second floor, and
expired in a few minutes after.—Mary Poole,
lodging in the second door back room, ' said,
when the deceased came iu she appeared very
much irritated, and much hurt in her feelings ; she
sat down saying she came 'to clear hetself of what
Mts. Poole accused her of. Witness assisted her into
liter apartment, and she expired in a few minutes after-
wards. A surgeon was sent for, big she was dead
-twenty minutes before his arrival. She was about 40
years of age, and the mother of nine children.—Mr.
-Barrow. sargenn, 50, Davies-street, was called to
the deceased,-and found her quite dead, apparently
from suffocation by water effused upon the lungs,
which he thought must have arose from previous
disease. Next having turned hi 3 attention to the in-
fant with which she was pregnant, and releasing it
.frotn the.womb, he found it also dead, but neverthe-
less continued to apply the proper remedies for its
.recovery, for about half an hour, but without effect.
From the inspection of the body, it appeared to be
,IWAr the time of delivery, and he was of ()pinion. the
previous disease of the mother also caused the death
of the chtld.—The Jury returned their Verdict—
Died by the Visitation of GOD.
Sunday afternoon, a fatal accident occurred in the
naighboarhood of the Prince Regent Tavern, Lock's
- fields'. A little boy, about six years of age, the son
of respectable parenu, residing- in Blackfraua Road,
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being wandered into that neighbourhood with .a
dmnpanion about his Own age, tell into a pond and
Was &Meld.