Lift of Stallions to Cover this Seafon. noiffeur; they are none of your impaffionate fpeakers, who regard emphafis, &c.-no, they are eloquently expreffive by fhrugs, and nods, and winks, though they have a little defect in pronunciation, having tongues unfortunately too big for their mouths, that every word feems (as it were) entangled between the tongue and teeth, and fo ftrangled in its birth-Will nobody bid?-then I must keep them a little longer upon my -they may improve! hands Lot 2. King, Duke of Athens, Charney, Marianna. This is a lot I cannot fay too much on, as the former feems to follow too much the manner of eftablished players, in difcriminating between paflion and tameness, and reprefenting the characters drawn by the poet, divefting themselves of their homely halits; in fhort, if you like them as they are, fpeak quickly-Going-going-gone! Lot 3. Arnold and Ribemont. This is but a fmall lot-vet not contemptible; in fhort, they are between the two former lets in regard to merit. Fair reader, think not that par tiality, or prejudice, has guided my pen. When folly and ignorance daringly intrudes, and imprudently affumes the form of wisdom, 'tis fatire's talk to lath the impoftor, or hold up the mirror of truth that the ignoramus may fee himfelf and blufh. It would be almost unpardonable to conclude, without noticing the farce, or at least the performers in the farce, which in a great degree recompenced the audience for what they had fuffered in their feelings for the tragedization of Edward the Black Prince. The character of Old Doyley was performed with nice difcrimination; the agitated workings of rapture, upon finding Granger poffefs the greatest portion of knowledge, was difplayed in a 329 manner finely characteristic, which attracted reiterated applaufe deferv edly. In the firft fcene, where he is difcovered with a newfpaper in his hand, he apparently read a paragraph lamenting the arbitrary power in theatrical managers at the Weft end of the town, monopolizing entertainments, and their profits in that quarter; the hint was immediately taken by the audience, and greatly applauded. Gradus, Granger, Granger, Sandford, Mifs Doyley, and Charlotte, were performed in a manner which reflects no fmall degree of reputation on each refpectively: on the whole, the farce was got up and performed fuperior to what I have ever witneffed by novices in the drama. Charlotte fung, "At the dead of the night," in a ftyle delicately plaintive, and fweetly harmonious The received repeated plaudits at the end of each verse. Having made these few curfory obfervations on private playing,&c. let me advise the stage-ftruck youths, previously to porting their figures before a large audience, to look in the mirror of reason, and fee if they have any particular aukward habits, provincial pronunciation, or oratorical impediment; if they have any, or all of thefe, (as I have ofteu feen) fudy to correct them, I be feech you, before you study a part. LITTLE B. LIST of STALLIONS to Cover this Seafon. (Continued from page 145.) ANTEUS, at Mr. Clement's, Hill Top, near Winston Bridge, twelve miles from Richmond, and three from Staindrop. Blood mares, 2 guineas and 5s. country mares, one guinea and half a crown. Stride, 330 Antient Times.No Game Laws: Tickle Toby will cover eighty mares only this feafon, at HutionHall, near Berwick upon Tweed; thorough bred mares at three guineas each, and common mares at one guinea and a half, and half a crown to the groom. Hercules, at one guinea each one guinea each mare, and half a crown the groom; the money to be paid at the time of covering. He will be at Morpeth, on Wednesday, the 6th of April; at Hexham, on Tuesday, the 12th; and through the feafon he will be every Saturday at Walker's, the Black Bull Inn, Highbridge, Newcastle; and the rest of the week at Stella. Saxe Cobourg, (if not disposed of) at a guinea a mare, (groom excluded) at the following places, viz. Newcastle, Sunderland, and Hexham, on their respective weekly market days. Cimet, at Raby Caftle, in the county of Durham, (13 miles from Darlington, and 18 miles from Catterick,) at five guineas, and half a guinea to the groom, for all blood mares; and three guineas, and a crown the groom, for half bred, or country mares. Dart, at Raby Caftle, at three guineas and a crown the groom. Blood Enchanter, at Gibfide. mares at two guineas, and country mares at one guinea each, and two fhillings and fixpence the groom. He will be at Mr. Thomas Smith's, Half-moon Inn, Gateshead, every Saturday during the season. but a little further back, to the days of Anna Bullen, the contraft feems to prefent the greateft poffible burlefque. In that time, very few ladies went to court. The great officers of state left their spouses at their magnificent manfions in the country, to entertain their sporting neighbours. Good madam was then delighted to have a fnug country dance in her parlour with the 'fquire's wife, the parfon of the parifh, perhaps the butler, and a couple of chairs to make up the fet. She rofe at five o'clock to fee breakfast served in the great hall, which was then à principal meal. Mafter, miftrefs, and fervants, ali feafted in the fame room, not omit. ting to tell their dreams of the night. The men, after breakfast, went to the cellar to drink, the lady to her poultry and dairy, and the young ladies to their ufual оссираtions of making their clothes and flockings-weaving and knitting not being then known. At twelve. they dined in a room neatly ftrewed with rushes, and fupped at fix, which was their greatest entertainment. With this mode of life. compare that of a modern lady of fashion! * * We have heard of many Affo NO GAME LAWS. "Sheffield Affociation for preferving the Liberty of the Subject. "6 Ta meeting at the King's Head, in this town, of the gentlemen affociated for the liberty of the fubject, Refolved, Hare in View-On the Bite of a Mad Dog. "Refolved, That the exertions HARE in VIEW. 331 THE ability which our artift has of of confpicuously displayed in of the liberty of the fubject, relative to the game laws, have hitherto been attended with good effect. "Refolved, That it is neceffary that thofe exertions fhould be further continued. "Refolved, That the public advertisement iffued fome time fince by this fociety, refpecting the game affociation at Caftle Hill, had the defired effect. "Refolved, That this fociety do recommend all farmers (for the fecurity of their property) to deftroy as foon as hatched and littered, all the young pheafants, partridges, and hares, which they may find on their land. "Refolved, That the encouragement given to the breed of foxes, in this county, is founded on injuftice, and that this fociety hopes every farmer will use his best endeavours to extirpate (as their forefathers did the wolves) this curfed race of vermin out of the country. "Refolved, That the thanks of this fociety be given to Mr. Curwen, M. P. for his late exertions in the Houfe of Commons to procure an abolition of the prefent game laws. "Refolved, That another meeting be held, &c. &c. "Signed, "J. Giffard, Secretary." King's Head, Sheffield, We profefs no opinion on this fubject; but gentlemen who would fooner forgive the murderer of a fellow creature, than the man who unlawfully kills a hare, will confider the above affociation as an abomination to the Lord"of the Manor. the execution of this, our fourth etching on the fubject of hare-hunting, will, we prefume, not only ferve as a further proof of our gratitude for the very liberal encouragement we have ever received from our numerous and refpectable fubfcribers, but also insure to us their future patronage. ful difeafe incident to human nature, than that which we are liable to from the bite of a mad dog. The fymptoms of it are terrible, the confequences are generally fatal, and the care hitherto uncertain. The reflection on fuch an unhappy fituation, which instantly occurs to a perfon bitten, difpofes him to hearken, with implicit fubmiffion, to the opinion and advice of every one in whom he has the leaft confidence. The boafted remedies of the ancients, or empiricle jumbles of later times, are. applied in vain, the poifon gainsground, and the patient feeing himfelf difappointed, begins to doubt of the poffibility of his being faved, and adds to the fury of the disease by his defpondency and defpair; till at last the aggravated fymptoms relieve him from mifery by a welcome death; or, which was the cufton not a century past, the unfortunate perfon was, contrary to all rules of humanity, deprived of life by being fmothered between two feather beds. "To |