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Account of the New Dramatic Romance called Lodoifka. 155

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Lodoifka had been betrothed, with Prince Lupauski's approbation, to the Count Floreski; but the lover having oppofed the Prince' at an election of a King, he withdraws his confent to their marriage, and conceals his daughter from the Count, who, whiift in fearch of her with his faithful fervant Varbel, encounters KeraKhan and his Tartars in a foreft, preparing to attack the Baron Lovinski's caftle: an engagement enfues, when Floreski having vanquifhed Kera Khan, gives him his life; in return for his generofity, the Tartar promifes his everlasting friendship, and for the prefent leads away his horde. Floreski difcovers that Lodoiska is confined by the Baron, to whom he had been entrusted by her father, in a tower of the caftle; he and Varbel gain admittance as mellengers from Lupaufki; but the prince himfelf arriving, the impoftor is dif covered. Lodoifka, fondly attached to Florefki, informs her father how barbarously fhe has been treated by Lovinski, who determined not to lofe her, orders the Prince, Lodoifki, Floreski, and Varbel to be inftantly feized. The Baron, resolved to get rid of his rival, is giving direstions for his execution, when Kera Khan, with the horde of tartars, ftorms the caftle, and refcues them; the lovers are united, and the piece concludes.

Expectation had been much raifed refpecting this piece, and never, we believe, has it been more amply gratified. To fentiments the most elegant, and the neateft dialogue, is added mufic, in point of compofition, proba. bly never furpaffed: the choruffes in particular, where the Tartars, at the inftance of Kera Khan, fwear eternal friendship with

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Pedigree, &c. of Old England and Walnut.

Count Floreki, was beyond any | Trinculo, Ranfom, Guyler,

thing in its effect that we have ever heard; and we muft, in juf tice to the chorus-fingers, fay, that this effect was not a little heightened by their acting as well as finging, the ideas which they were to convey a praise which we cannot at all times beftow on them.

The feenery was, beyond defcription, beautiful; and the de-corations, unprecedently magni. ficent and appropriate.

Gaudy, Imperatrix, Didapper, Rival, Forefter, Manillare, grandam of Ambidexter, Dexter, Mifs Judy, Hydáfpes, Adonis, Drowfy, Hornet, &c. a grandam of Bacchus, Prior, &c. &c.

PEDIGREE and PERFORMANCES of WALNUT.

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larize the merits of each performer. All we can, therefore, at prefent fay, is that we never faw any of them to greater advantage; and it must be highly gratifying to Mr. Kemble's feelings as manager, that we are enabled to add, that there was not one of them who did not appear as much interested, as if the piece had been his own.

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A. and foaled in 1786. He was got by Highflyer, out of Maiden, by Matchem, Squirt, Mogul, Bay Bolton, Pulleine's Chefnut Arabian, Rockwood, Buftler. Maiden was own fifter to Pumpkin, Co. nundrum, Ranthos, Enigma, Riddle, Mifs Timms, Purity, and the dam of Prince Ferdinand, and the dam of Challenger. Otho, Matron, Leveret, Young Maiden, &c. &c.

In 1789, Walnut, the first time of starting, run a Sweepstakes of 220gs for 3 yr olds at Richmond, beating Enchanter, Zanga, and another: 4 to 1 against Walnut. The October Meeting at New Malton, he won a Sweepstakes of 160gs for 3 yr olds, beating Pewett, Tamerlane, Ostrich, and another 6 to 4 on Walnut.

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In 1790, he won a Sweepstakes of 175gs, at York Auguft Meeting, beating Pewett, Harold, and another: 3 to I Walnut. The fame week he won the Great Subfcription of 2951. for 4 yr olds, beating Telescope, Enchanter, Tickle Toby, Toby, and Camilla: 7 to 4 on Walnut. At Doncafter he walked over for a fubfcription of 8ogs, and next day won at three 2-mile heats, a purfe of 100l. for 3 and 4 yr olds, beating Harold and Telescope, 4 to 1 on Walnut,

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Pedigree, &c. of Spadille.-A Whimsical Compliment. 157

In 1791, at the York Auguft Meeting, he won the great fubfcription of 2951. for 5 yr olds, beating Creeper and Telescope: 3 to 1 on Walnut. At Doncafter he won a Sweepstakes of Sogs, beating Guftavus and Pewett: 5 to 1 on Walnut. He never ftarted after, and was never beat but once, which was by TickleToby, for the great Subfcription at York, the Day after he beat Creeper: the odds were 4 to 1 against Tickle Toby. He is now a ftallion at Ainderby Steeple, Notthallerton, Yorkshire, at 1ogs a mare. and 10s. 6d. the groom.

PEDIGREE and PERFORMANCES of SPADILLE.

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PADILLE was bred by Lord A. Hamilton, and foaled in 1784. He was got by Highflyer, out of Flora, by Squirrel, Snap, Regulus, Bartlett's Childers, Honeywood's Arabian, out of the dam of the two True Blues, In 1787, Spadille, firft time of ftarting, won the St. Legers Stakes of 225gs, for 3 yr olds, at Doncafter, beating Edmund, Grafton, No, No, and 2 others. In October meeting, at New Malton, he won a Sweepstakes of 220gs, for 3 yr olds, beating Dr. Nim: 5 to 1 on Spadille. In I on Spadille. In 1788, at two heats, he won sol. for 3 and 4 yr olds, at Alnwick, beating 2 others: 6 to 4 on Spadille, At Doncafter, Mr. Went. worth's b. c. Spadille, 8ft. 3lb.

beat Mr. Baker's ch. c. Caven

dish, 8ft. 7lb. 4 miles, 300gs: 6 to 4 on Spadille. At the fame meeting he won at three 2 mile heats, 100l, for 3, and 4-yr olds, beating Bustler, Edmund, Mentor, and Thistle; at farting, 3 to after the first heat, 5 to 1 on VOL. IV. No. XXI.

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Buftler; after the second heat, 3 to on Spadille. In 1789, at York Auguft Meeting, he won the great Subfcription of 3011.5s for 5-yr olds, beating Cavendish. Pegafus, and Auguftus: 3 to 1 agft Spadille, and 6 to 4 he beat Cavendish. In 1790, he never ftarted. In 1791, at York Auguft Meeting, he won a Sweepftakes of 175gs for all ages, beating Guftavus, Fox, and Traveller: 5 to 4 on Spadille. He only started once after, at Doncafter, where he was beat by a ch. c. of Mr. Hutchinson's, after a very hard heat to 4 on Spadille, and 5 to 2 agft the colt. He is now a stallion, and covers at the fame place as Walnut, at 5gs. each mare, and 5s. the groom.

A WHIMSICAL COMPLIMENT.

a report was fo current of
ARLY in the month of April,
an intended diffolution of parlia-
ment, that John Horne Tooke
actually renewed his canvass as
a candidate to reprefent the city
of Westminster in parliament.
In his progrefs he made applica-
tion to a housekeeper who did
not diflike his principles, though
he had no great regard for his
perfon, and received the follow.
"Citizen! I have
ing anfwer:
too much republican veracity not
to confefs that I by no means
like
but ftill
you;
you fhall cer-
tainly have my vote,as you are the
man of all others whom I wish,

for one particular reafon, to have a
feat in the house of commons.".
"May I beg (faid Tooke) to
know what that particular reason
may be?"" Because, (replied
the other) I never knew you tó
get into any company which
you
did not contrive to knock up.
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SPORTSMAN's HALL.

HE Poet Laureat having this | that another would have followed

day of our gracious fovereign in the two laft lines of his ode only, reminds us of a certain divine, who preached at St. Mary's, Cambridge, not many Chriftmas-days fince, and who forgetting the occafion, it is prefumed, till he had mounted the roftrum, concluded his moral effay with "the grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, who was born on this day, &c."

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A Bishop's Epitaph, from a Tombftone in the Isle of Man.

"In this houfe, which I have borrowed of my brethren, the worms, lie I, Samuel, by divine permiffion late bishop of this island, in hopes of the refurrec. tion to eternal life. Reader, ftop; view the lord Bishop's palace and fmile!"

A man who is fkilful in the cure of Scabby and fcald heads, gives us, by public advertisement, his addrefs at an eating-house!

A lateIpfwich Journal mentions as a fact, that, in honour of the king's birth-day, a perfon of that town had a found tooth drawn, and

ference of his wife.

ORIGINAL PUFF,

A gentleman of the first order of the comb, in the metropolis, gives the following very pleafing information to the fashionable world: "He is happy to inform the nobility and gentry, that, during the campaign in Flanders, he regularly imports, from the feat of war,

choice affortment of human hair (English, Auftrian and French) which, for length and beauty, he begs leave to recommend to the notice of the la

dies; and from the large importations of late, he can undertake to fell 20 per cent. less than has been known for several years past."

An open note was fent lately to a fifhmonger near Smithfield, informing him, that by the next conveyance his friend would fend him fome excellent pike, which must be ufed immediately. A neighbour, who faw the note lie open, gave information at one of the public offices, that the fisher

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One day, in a journey towards Lorraine, dreffed almost like a country curate, with his caflock truffed up, coarfe worsted stockings, and thick fhoes, with a large staff in his hand, he had got two or three hours journey before his attendants. He arrives at an inn, enters the kitchen, where his ap

man was a confounded Jacobin, and was, in the courfe of the week, to receive ten thousand pikes from Birmingham! His fhop on the next day was filled with officers; the long expected parcel at length arrived; when, lo! it prefented half a dozen of excellent pike, two of which the alderman purchased for his din-pearance occafioned no great fen

ner.

Piovano Arlotto, an Italian ecclefiaftic of facetious memory, paffing through Naples, went to pay his refpects to Alphonfo, the reigning Monarch. The king being informed by one of his courtiers, that Piovano was a man of wit and pleafantry, and that he kept a book in which he fat down all the faults committed by the principal men of the age, faid to him, "Signor Piovano, is not my name in your book?" "I will fee," replied Piovano, and the king having ordered the book to he fetched, he opened it and read, "fault committed by Alphonfo, king of Naples, in having given twelve thousand florins of gold to a German who was at his court, for the purpose of buying fome German horfes for him." "Why is that a fault?" (faid the king)-"becaufe (replied Piovano) the man will keep your money, and never return." But fuppofe (faid the king) he fhould bring me horfes, or reftore my money?" "Then (replied Piovano) I will fcratch out your majefty's name, and put his in its place."

fation. In an upper room, four officers, petit maitres, belonging to the regiment Du Roi, were prattling to the fervant maids, in waiting for their dinner, which occupied, and almost distracted the landlady. The abbé Beaufremont inquires if there be any one in the inn with whom he may dine. The landlady, looking at him over her shoulder, answers, that there are only four gentle. men in the houfe; but if he wil wait a little fome carriers were expected, with whom he may fit at table. Beaufremont, who faw an adventure in his ftile, defires a maid to requeft permiffion from, the officers to admit him to their mefs. The maid goes up, defcribes the perfonage; the officers, wishing to divert themselves at the expence of fo odd an inmate, confent. Beaufremont appears, is taken for a country curate, or a village fchoolmafter; and is received with epigrams and falfe compliments. The malicious abbé prolongs the mistake by an affumed fimplicity. They fit down to table, the worst pieces are put on his plate; his niece is fpoken of; he is rallied on his connexion with his fervant maid: in fhort, he is treated with every The abbé Beaufremont, of impertinence in which fuch fops Scey-fur-Saone, in France, al- abound. His patience, and the though always followed by nu-wine, encreafe their petulance. merous fervants, ftately horfes, The defert comes in. The abbe's (and brilliant carriages, loved, in nofe was a little long, and rehis odd way, to fteal often from ceives many a fillip. At length the luftre which attended him. he hears a noife in the yard: his

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