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Obituary.
Colonel lost his life , but not lamented by any one who has heard of his very dishonourable conduct in this affair . Lately , in Ireland , Thomas Blanchard the Actor ,, leaving a wife and several children Without any provision . This man , who possessed very great merit in his profession , holds a lamentable warning to the sons and daughters of ' Thespis against the
ruinous vice of intemperance . The parents of Mr , Blanchard were many years employed in Drury-Lane Theatre , where their pecuniary emoluments were too small to enable them to educate their son forany better profession than theirown . He was accordingly taught dancing , and Occasion Ily performed little parts ,
particularly Prince Arthur to Garrick ' s King John , which obtained the praise of the immortal Roschts ; and in tlarliyiin ' s Invasion , where he discovered some infantine abilities . -. 7 "' .. - _ ,, . As he advanced to maturity , he resolved to enter into a country company , and by that means accomplish himself for the nicer
taste of a London audience . At Plymouth and Exeter he found parts adapted to his talents , and became such a favourite of ' . he Bath Managers , that they engaged him . Here he found himself very happy ; his unaffected simplicity , and native humour on the Stage , his affability
and laudable conduct offit , rendering him at once an esteemed and respectable Actor . He also distinguished himself as ahornpipe dancer . The charms of Miss Wewilzer induced him topromise her marriage ; yet he soon after gave his hand to Miss Wright , formerly of Drury-Lane Theatre , who it seems had suddenly rivet ted his affecti-This lady had an amiable
ons . young character , and a genteel salary as a singer in the Bath Company . Mr . Blanchard had many offers from London , but refused them , until such liberal terms might be ' obtained as would enable him to keep his wife and an aged parent with comfort ; and a salary adequate to his wishes was given him about the end of 1787 It miht
rea-. g sonably have been imagined , that one who passed all his life on the stage , would not be terrified at the thoughts of appearing before a London audience : the reverse was , however , the case with Mr . Blanchard .---For a week previous to his debut , he was in the greatest agitation of mind , and could not rest either night or day His fears
. communicating to his wife , whose nerves wereof a more delicate tuxture , are said to have worked so much upon her feelings , that she actually became insane for a considerable time ; a circumstance which , it may be supposed , contributed not a little to his perturbation . About the month of October he made his « . /_ ¦« as Hodge in Love
in a Village ; and performed Sharp , in the Lying Va . et , in the Farce . His merit ivas so obvious , that he received very flattering applause ; and by hisexcellence in various other characters , particularly the Plough tioy , in the Farmer , he greatly improved 0 : 1 the public opinion . There was an arch slyness in his countenance , mixed with seeming good-naturewhich was
peculi-, arly his own , and was extremely appropriate to several pans that he performed . He was likewise unrivalled in pourtraying rural simplic'ty , whiab was his true / u . /_ , although he sometimes appeared in foppish characters . A very remarkable death happened at Littleton in Middlesex . A young woman ,
whose sister is the wife of Mr . Wood's bailiff , came to make her a visit ; after some little time , she fell into a strong convulsion fit . On recovering from it , she exclaimed , ' I am damned!—1 see , I feel all the flarpes of Hell around me 1 ' Her friends concluded that a sudden frenzyhad seized hermedical aid was
immedi-; ately sent for ; she assured them that she was not mad , but that she was a murderer ! This ( as she had always been a young woman of remarkable good character ) con-, firmed the opinion that it was frenzy ; when she'began the following shocking tale : ' This time three years I came over
from my father ' s to attend my sister here while she lay in of that fmelittlechildbelow . Very ' soon after she was brought to bed , ] fell in labour . I went out into an out-house , where , in little more than an hour , I was delivered of a fine beautiful boy . I looked at it some little time , then pinched its throat till I killed it . 1 then it carried it into the house
wrapped up , , and locked it into my box ; went . to ' my sister , asked how she . did , then went down 10 the nurse and assisted her . After a fortnight , I took my murdered infant out of my box , and threw it into the common horse-pond by the road side , where it was soon trod to pieces ; and I have never had one happynonot one minute since
, , easy . ; and now thesighr of my sister'ssweet'liitlc lively child playing about distracts me ; for , I think that , if it had not been for my dreadful wickedness , I might now have had one also . But 1 murdered it ; and I am going to Hell forit . ' Upon recollecr tion and conference , it appeared that she had been missing an hour and a halfat t ! : e
time she mentioned , and could riot be found . She also told them , that , inconsequence of her milk , she had two broken breasts : for cure of which , she applied to a surgeon in the neighbourhood , who said to her , ' If I did not know you , and know that you are a young woman o ( such extraordinary - good character , I
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
Colonel lost his life , but not lamented by any one who has heard of his very dishonourable conduct in this affair . Lately , in Ireland , Thomas Blanchard the Actor ,, leaving a wife and several children Without any provision . This man , who possessed very great merit in his profession , holds a lamentable warning to the sons and daughters of ' Thespis against the
ruinous vice of intemperance . The parents of Mr , Blanchard were many years employed in Drury-Lane Theatre , where their pecuniary emoluments were too small to enable them to educate their son forany better profession than theirown . He was accordingly taught dancing , and Occasion Ily performed little parts ,
particularly Prince Arthur to Garrick ' s King John , which obtained the praise of the immortal Roschts ; and in tlarliyiin ' s Invasion , where he discovered some infantine abilities . -. 7 "' .. - _ ,, . As he advanced to maturity , he resolved to enter into a country company , and by that means accomplish himself for the nicer
taste of a London audience . At Plymouth and Exeter he found parts adapted to his talents , and became such a favourite of ' . he Bath Managers , that they engaged him . Here he found himself very happy ; his unaffected simplicity , and native humour on the Stage , his affability
and laudable conduct offit , rendering him at once an esteemed and respectable Actor . He also distinguished himself as ahornpipe dancer . The charms of Miss Wewilzer induced him topromise her marriage ; yet he soon after gave his hand to Miss Wright , formerly of Drury-Lane Theatre , who it seems had suddenly rivet ted his affecti-This lady had an amiable
ons . young character , and a genteel salary as a singer in the Bath Company . Mr . Blanchard had many offers from London , but refused them , until such liberal terms might be ' obtained as would enable him to keep his wife and an aged parent with comfort ; and a salary adequate to his wishes was given him about the end of 1787 It miht
rea-. g sonably have been imagined , that one who passed all his life on the stage , would not be terrified at the thoughts of appearing before a London audience : the reverse was , however , the case with Mr . Blanchard .---For a week previous to his debut , he was in the greatest agitation of mind , and could not rest either night or day His fears
. communicating to his wife , whose nerves wereof a more delicate tuxture , are said to have worked so much upon her feelings , that she actually became insane for a considerable time ; a circumstance which , it may be supposed , contributed not a little to his perturbation . About the month of October he made his « . /_ ¦« as Hodge in Love
in a Village ; and performed Sharp , in the Lying Va . et , in the Farce . His merit ivas so obvious , that he received very flattering applause ; and by hisexcellence in various other characters , particularly the Plough tioy , in the Farmer , he greatly improved 0 : 1 the public opinion . There was an arch slyness in his countenance , mixed with seeming good-naturewhich was
peculi-, arly his own , and was extremely appropriate to several pans that he performed . He was likewise unrivalled in pourtraying rural simplic'ty , whiab was his true / u . /_ , although he sometimes appeared in foppish characters . A very remarkable death happened at Littleton in Middlesex . A young woman ,
whose sister is the wife of Mr . Wood's bailiff , came to make her a visit ; after some little time , she fell into a strong convulsion fit . On recovering from it , she exclaimed , ' I am damned!—1 see , I feel all the flarpes of Hell around me 1 ' Her friends concluded that a sudden frenzyhad seized hermedical aid was
immedi-; ately sent for ; she assured them that she was not mad , but that she was a murderer ! This ( as she had always been a young woman of remarkable good character ) con-, firmed the opinion that it was frenzy ; when she'began the following shocking tale : ' This time three years I came over
from my father ' s to attend my sister here while she lay in of that fmelittlechildbelow . Very ' soon after she was brought to bed , ] fell in labour . I went out into an out-house , where , in little more than an hour , I was delivered of a fine beautiful boy . I looked at it some little time , then pinched its throat till I killed it . 1 then it carried it into the house
wrapped up , , and locked it into my box ; went . to ' my sister , asked how she . did , then went down 10 the nurse and assisted her . After a fortnight , I took my murdered infant out of my box , and threw it into the common horse-pond by the road side , where it was soon trod to pieces ; and I have never had one happynonot one minute since
, , easy . ; and now thesighr of my sister'ssweet'liitlc lively child playing about distracts me ; for , I think that , if it had not been for my dreadful wickedness , I might now have had one also . But 1 murdered it ; and I am going to Hell forit . ' Upon recollecr tion and conference , it appeared that she had been missing an hour and a halfat t ! : e
time she mentioned , and could riot be found . She also told them , that , inconsequence of her milk , she had two broken breasts : for cure of which , she applied to a surgeon in the neighbourhood , who said to her , ' If I did not know you , and know that you are a young woman o ( such extraordinary - good character , I