that we should neither be amazed | fcience; but where all are con nor difpleafed, when he narrows it as much as poffible. Though the sports of the turf are of a liberal tendency, and, generally confidered, introductory of a national advantage, yet, perhaps, they may be more fitted to the faculties of those whose honour is in their own keeping, than to him whofe reputation is mingled with the peace and fafety of the realm. centrated, the pure homage of mankind dignifies his name, and renders him even dearer to himself; yet, notwithstanding this convict. ion, how many are there among us, who apparently difdain to be either polite, wife, or virtuous, though all appear diffatisfied when they are denied that attention from the world, which is the legal tri bute to the great and good, and that which is not good, cannot poffibly be great! JOHN WILKES. TRIS heterogeneous gentleman, has exifted to prove the influence of custom upon the human mind, and the ductility of the national intellect: he affected to sell liberty to the multitude as a charlatan vends drugs, and, like him,thought As none can be perfect, we should not be faftidious in our demands upon any, but especially where youth and primary rank create an impulfe to act promptly, an obedience in fociety to allow fuch an act currency, which are equally ruinous to the first principles of wisdom; in fuch a character, fo conftituted, and fo manifefted, we thould allow much for his urbanity, much for his genero-himfelf not difhoneft, if the dele. fity, and much more for his intention. The criterion of few actions is determinable, where fin is not evident; and as thofe may mean beft who are the most unfortunate, fo may they be the more amiable, who are vifibly the oft indifcreet. CHARACTERISTICS of MODERN TH Mores pro tempore mutandi. HEabfolute neceffity of polite. nefs in fociety, is now a point fo thoroughly established, that none, elevated above the vulgar, will prefume or venture to doubt, and not even the vulgar, fo far as their coarse principles of thought and action will permit them to diftinguish: hence it is that a gentlemanly character is held in fo great effeem, that the blandishments of an exterior civility will frequently lead an individual to for tune, without the nobler qualif. cations refulting from virtue and terious quality of the dofe, did not ruin thole for whom he prefcrib. ed! In his youth, he affected to be a foldier, but had the laving grace to limit his operations to the bloodless fields of Britain, and when he ftruck his tent, it may be prefumed, that Venus had more influence upon his imagination, than Mars upon his heart! With in the cloisters of Midmenham Abbey, he affected to be a monk but the claffic poifon of his edu~ cation, had fo tinctured him with paganism, that he occafionally forgot himself, and roared in the deification of Bacchus, when he fhould have given an oraison to his Reedeemer! In the bloom of manhood, and the zenith of his faculties, he parodied Pope's Effay on Man, in which he affected a more than ordinary piety; but, unluckily, his labours were fo ill understood, that many believed, in his praifes of female beauty and liberality, he had dimmed the luftre of their moral character! He once affected affected to worship the inftitutes of Magna Charta, and was inhumanly exiled for the imagined bigotry, though it has been fince proved, that his practice did not always affi nilate with his received pro feffions of faith! On the abrogation of his outlawry, he became a citizen and a fenator, and affected to hail the 9th of November as a Saturnalia, and the third estate as the temple of probity, notwithftanding fome are fo illiberal as to make it a problem which he regards moft-his country, his miftrefs, his bottle, or bis honour! He is now happily elevated above the mob, and regards the world, as Erafmus did the priesthood, with a fentiment involving merriment and fcorn; and yet, though all this were held to be true, would it be delicate to affirm, that his life bad been a tiffue of affectation? THE advantages refulting from making the weak and the credulous believe they are greater than they are, has been often attended with the happiest confequences: a wife parent would rather perfuade, than chaftife his offspring into the practice of virtue; when the mai. ter-ftring of the heart is touched with addrefs, the whole mind becomes obedient to your will! When GENERAL MEADOWSwas in the Eaft-Indies, he reproved a grenadier for neglect of duty, and thus addreffed him:- When a grenadier brings difgrace upon his corps, it is painful to me in the extreme. Why man," faid the General, ardently, clapping his hand upon the offender's fhoulder, "do you know that a grenadier is the greatest character in this world, and by Gd I believe in the next too!" (To be continued.) The first reprefentation of the above tragedy was before a most elegant and crowded audience, and received throughout with the warmeft applaufe. manza. The icene lies in a caftle (on the Grenada fide of the Guadalquiver) which having fallen to the victorious arms of Ramirez king of Caftile, Almeyda, then an infant, and daughter of Almanza, Sultan of Grenada, is put into the hands of Ramirez, as a hoftage, together with the caftle, for the good and future peaceable conduct of Al She is tenderly brought up by Ramirez, and educated in a manner fuitable to the heir of her father's crown. The play opens on her arrival at maturity after her father's death, when Ramirez, fwayed by the principles of honour and juftice, feats her on the throne of Grenada; and determines to retire with his army to his own kingdom of Caftile, notwithstanding he loves Almeyda with the tenderness of a parent, and is aware of the mutual and ftrong paffion that fubfifts between her and his eldest fon, Alonzo. Her uncle Abdallah has governed in Grenada, during Almeyda's infancy, and is at once crafty, crafty, ambitious, and remorfelefs. [ finds the queen in that forlorn He has previously prevailed on the council to fall in with his views, and aims at uniting her to his fon Zorafmyn, who the moment he fees his youthful queen, becomes ftrongly enamoured of her, but being as ftrongly impreffed with virtuous principles, as his father is with vicious ones, determines to win her confidence and efteem by the most respectful attention; he hears her in an unguarded fally, name her love for Alonzo, and though he is almost annihilated at the difcovery, determines with a noble generofity to prefer her happiness to his own, and contribute to her wishes. Abdallah enraged at his fon's giving way to his love rather than his ambition, declares his defign to Almeyda, and harthly informs her, that the fhall be Zorafmyn's wife, or nothing. At this crifis, Alonzo arrives in the caftle in difguife, and Abdallah, through a grated lattice, overhears the conversation between Almeyda and Alonzo, and orders the latter inftantly to a dungeon, where he tries to practife on his fears, and prevail with him to fave his life, by engaging him to perfuade Almeyda to marry Zorafmyn. Alonzo difdains to render Almeyda miferable on any terms, and braves the tyrant, who gives him a moment to reflect on the alternative. Zorafmyn then enters, reconciles himself to his rival, takes off his chains, and aids his efcape. They have fcarcely left the prifon, when the queen and Hamet enters, and feeing the gate open through which ftate criminals are devoted to def. truction, and finding Alonzo's fetters, concluded the tyrant Abdallah, has executed his purpofe. Almeyda goes diftracted, and is led off by Zorafmyn, who having feen Alonzo fafe, returns, and condition. Abdallah then aims to take advantage of the circumftance, and feats his fon on Almeyda's throne; the youth refuses to act fo bafely by the afflicted queen, whereupon his father endeavours to affume the crown him. felf, and to prevail on Almeyda to fign her abdication of it; but the importance of the request, recals her fcattered fenfes, and the refufes; he then, by means of artifice, makes her fhare with him in fwallowing a poifoned potion, under pretence of its being a falutary medicine, and the tragedy ends with both their deaths. This play is the production of Mifs Lee, author of the Recefs, and the comedy of the Chapter of Accidents. The fcene and foliloquy of Alonzo in the prison, is fomewhat too long, and Mrs. Siddon's first frantic fcene would have a ftronger effect, if it were fomewhat' fhortened. It was ably acted in all its characters: Mrs. Siddons fuftained one of the most difficult parts the pen of a dramatic writer has yet allotted her, with uncommon command of her own uncommon talents we never faw them more fplendidly difplayed. Alonzo is not a long part, but the little of it there is, is full of fire and fine writing, and Mr. Kemble did it ample justice. Palmer played with bis wonted vigour, and Wroughton was animated and glowing as the fentiments of his character were noble and magnanimous. Aicken's fingle fcene was very refpectable, and Mrs. Powell kept her ground with him in point of merit. The prologue was well spoken by Mr. Whitfield. The epilogue, a moft humourous one, was whimfically and well de livered livered by Mr. King, in the character of a Town Crier. The points were many, and the idea of the whole of it original. CHALLENGE. Articles of the Peace exhibited in the Court of King's Bench. STR EASTER TERM, 1796. IR Charles Roffe, Lieutenant, Colonel of the 37th regiment, exhibited articles of the peace against Enfign, of the fame regiment. The depofition ftated, that Enfign, while ferving on the Continent, had fent a challenge to Sir Charles Roffe, the commanding officer of the regiment, for which he was brought to a court martial, and fentenced to be cafh iered; to which his royal highness the Duke of York added a peremptory order, that he should quit the Continent, and no longer remain with the army. On another day, in that month, while walking in the fame place, in company alfo with Lieutenantcolonel Bailey, he was again ac cofted in the like manner, and to the fame effect, by Ensign when Lieutenant-Colonel Bailey attempted to ftrike him; which he, Sir Charles Roffe, prevented, for the reafons before affigned, and knowing that there was no caufe for fuch condnet, in the hope and confidence that Enfign would fee his error, and dehst from repeating it. Shortly after this last occurrence, Sir Charles Roffe, being at Bath, was, in his way to his own lodgings again accofted by the faid Enfign in the fame way, who further affaulted him, and ftruck him several times on the back. Upon this, he had thought proper, foon after, to have him apprehended, and brought before Mr. Addington, the magiftrate, where, on examination, he faid, that he was unhappy, and did not care what he did. He was there. upon committed, and the deponent, Sir Charles Roffe, was further in. duced to exhibit the present arti cles of peace against him. The Court ordered him to give fecurity for his good behaviour, himfelf in a recognizance of 2000l. and twe fecurities in five hundred each. Sir Charles Roffe having returned in England, was in the courfe of last December, walking in Bond-street, i company with Lieutenant-colonel Charles Bailey, at which time he was accosted by Enfign➡➡ in the most infult-pounds ing manner, and with the most opprobrious language, intended, as he verily believed, to provoke him to fight a duel; but, as he had never given any personal offence to Enfigu, and as the Duke of York had announced, that any officer who fhould fend a chal lenge to the faid Enûgn ----, or accept one from him, fhould, for fo doing, be brought to a court martial. On thefe accounts, he had thought proper to take no notice of the infult. Plate the fifth, on the Subject of TE prefent our readers, this WE month, with the fifth plate on Hare-hunting. Thefe etch ings, in the eye of a connoiffeur, are esteemed much more valuable than many of the most finished en savings. Another plate on this Tubject, completes the fet. A TREA |