Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-03-12
From q late Foreign paper.

place, back 10 the ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
Morn. Chron.
From late Foreign paper.
In the English theatres, since the trial Of
the queen, a powerful interest has been
shown by the audience, who have seized on
anG marked with loud expressions OF APP
plsuse every passage that could be deemed
Illustrative of her situation. This sympa.
thy was particularly shown during late
representation of Otbello at Drury Jane
Applause followed lagos remark to Ohs'lo
when commencing bis deep-laid train OF vii
lainly:
Where's that palace, whereinto foul
things,
Sometimes intrude not ?'
And still grea Ter the well.known passage
that succeeds it -
"Good name in man or woman, dear my
love,
els the immediate jewel Of their souls:
"Who steals my purse, steals trash-'tis
som ething. nothing;
q" But he that filcbes from me my good name
"Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed"
The performers, in the midst of an inter-
est of higher nature, became secondary
object of attention. The susceptibility in
creased as the play proceeded, and reached
its height in the scene where Emslia, in
dignant at the wrongs her mistress had re-
ceiyed, brands the unknown villain with re.
pros ches to which language can add no bit
terness. They derived, too, their ulmost
force from the emphatic delivery OF Mrs.
Glover. The repetition Of Oihello's accusa-
ton of Desaemona, and the enumeration OF
the injurious epithets bestowed on her by the
Jealous Moor, seemed to animate the PIT
with one spirit. Then followed
9. Has She forsook so many noble matches,
" Her father, her country, and her friends
10 be
with applause so great that it was some time
before the performance could proceed
The EXPIRE ssion of Emiiia's suspicion.
:" will be hanged il some eternal villain;
" Some busy and insinuat'ng rogue,
Some cogglng, cozenIng slave, 10 gel
some office
&" Have not devised this SANDER"
produced a more powerful and more dura-
bic effusion of the popular sentiment accom-
panied with the waving Of hats and hand
kerchefs. Silence was again restored, and
continued until Mrs. Glover arrived at the
following lines:-
{" The Moor's abused by some most villain
Gus knave-
" Some base rotoIio knave-some scurvy
fellow;
" o Heav'n n: that such companion should st
unfold,
And put in every honest hand whip,
To lash the rascal naked tbro' the world!
We can comps sc the effect of this only to an
electric shock, or spark thrown on gun
powder. 1t seemed to put nearly the whole
house in motion. The manner of testifyng
the feeling was the same as in the preceding
instances: but more sudden, more vehem m
ent, and more durable. The strength of the
impression was such as to create scene
which all who witnessed will long find
stamped upon their recollection.
The following is an extract of letter :,
dated Bombay, August s6:-A few weeks
ago. during the proclamation Of bis Ma
jes,y's accession, dreadful accident oc-
Cured here, caused by the explosion of
weather.chest, by which there were eight
or nine English artillery killed and wound
ed. 1t took place not far from the spot
which ! occupied during the ceremony,
and felt the shock distinctly. On repair
ing thither dreadful scene presented it.
self. | was particularly struck by noticing
black mans foot left exactly in the posi-
ton it stood in, while the owner was living
though the rest of the body was blown
to atoms. Being in sandal exactly resem-
bling an old Roman buskin, and perfectly
untouched, it looked more like the fragment
of black marble statue than a piece of
flesh and blood. What rendered the scene
infinitely more distressing was, that bro
ther OF the poor wretch sal lamenting over
it, who had recognised the foot from some
peculiarly of the sandal. This was tho't
] but an untavorable augury fer the serenity
OF the present reign.