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Strictures On Public Amusements.

Vessels—Slaves carryingPresents—High Priest—Magi bearing an Altar—Priests and Priestesses—Babylonians bearing Olive Branches—Macedonian General—^ Officers bearing Trophies—Thessalian Battalion—Spoils of the Persian Army Light Troops of the Van-guard—Persian S poils—Macedonian Musicians—-Macedonian Officers—Statira and Sysigambis in the Chariot of Darius—Macedonians bearing the Standard of Persia—Peloponnesian Battalion—Persian Spoils—Archers—Slaves bearing Vases of Perfumes—Grecian Battalion—Thalestris—Amazons—Car loaded with Trophies—Officers bearing Standards .

Argyraspides—Macedonian Musicians—Macedonian Generals on horseback . Victory , Justice , Abundance—Alexander in his Triumphal Car—Clytus and Perdiccas on horseback—The Guards of Alexander—The Cavalry and Infantry of the Macedonian Army . The piece concludes with the marriage of Alexander and Statira . . This magnificent spectacle is said to have cost the Managers 7000 ! . 14 . At Covent-Garden a new Farce was performed for the iirst timeentitled

, * ' CEOTCHET LODGE , " of which the characters w-ere thus represented : Landlord , - - Mr . Ouicx . Ap Shenkin , - - Mr . BERNARD ^ Dashly , - - Mr . MACREADY . . Doctor Chronic , - " . MT .-POWELL . Nimble , - - Mr , FAWCETT . Miss Crotchet - - Miss CHAPMAN .

, Mrs . Crotchet , - - Mrs . DAVENPORT , Thisbe , - - Mrs . MARTYR . This piece conies "from ihe" pen of Mr . I-Iurleston , the author of " Just its Time . " It has all the properties of broad farce , strong caricature , and whimsical situation . —A hearty laugh has evidently been the aim of the author , and they must indeed be cynics who can remain serious spectators of Crotchet Lodge .

The characters , though not new , 'have features striking and peculiar . A landlord , stage-struck , continually answers from scraps of plays , and which is perhaps carried too far , for it ceases after a few specimens to entertain . The ladies of Crotchet Lodge , the one with a rage for music , and the other for painting , are well sustained , their technical answers arc truly farcical , but not extremely amusing . The principal character , a valet , who assumes different disguises , was well executed by Fawcett ; the Prologue , in particular , was very happy , and delivered by him , as a lame sailor , with great effect .

Monthly Chronicle.

MONTHLY CHRONICLE .

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . MADRID , JAN . 7 . THE mail arrived yesterday from America , brought an account of a conspiracy having been discovered at Mexico towards the end of August last . The plot , by which it was designed to murder the Vice-roy and-his family , to take possession of the royal and arch-episcopal palaces , the mint , inquisition , and other public buildings , and the principa . l private houses , and to set

fire to and deliver over the city to the plunder of the populace , and discontented Indians of some neighbouring towns , was conducted by two Frcnehmen , who had succeeded in seducing several Spanish inhabitants to their interest , and were to be assisted in the execution of their plan by a number of their countrymen , who , contrary to the general practice of this government , had been suffered ! o remain in Mexico after the commencement of the war . Nearly about the same time a similar explosion was to have taken place at .Santa Fe , the capital of the new "kingdom of Grenada , in all its circumstances similar to the preceding , but it was likewise prevented by discovery , the very . < lay before it was to happen

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Untitled Article 1
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 2
ANECDOTE, Article 4
ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE STADTHOLDERSHIP OF HOLLAND. Article 4
INSTANCES OF RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE. Article 5
THE NEWSPAPER. Article 7
A SERMON PREACHED AT GREENWICH, ON THE FESTIVAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, JUNE 24, 1774, Article 8
HYDROPHOBIA CURED BY VINEGAR. Article 15
THE FREEMASON. No. II. Article 16
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS' OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. Article 18
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 22
DEVONSHIRE ANECDOTE. Article 23
ANECDOTE OF GOVERNOR BOYD. Article 23
ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL OF ROSLIN, &c. * Article 24
ACCOUNT OF SHAKSPEARE's CRAB-TREE. Article 29
NEW EXPERIMENT IN AGRICULTURE. Article 30
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF SEVERAL CANT TERMS AND PHRASES IN USE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. Article 31
THE EFFECT OF SUDDEN PREFERMENT IN LOOSENING ANCIENT CONNEXIONS. Article 33
NATIONAL CHARACTER. Article 38
MR. TASKER'S LETTERS Article 39
CONSECRATION OF THE LODGE OF UNANIMITY, No. 136, AT COLTISHALL, IN NORFOLK. Article 40
LIFE OF THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN EGERTON, LATE LORD BISHOP OF DURHAM. Article 41
SINGULAR WORDS. Article 44
THE IRON MASK. Article 45
DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE DUTCH. Article 47
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 48
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 54
POETRY. Article 55
A ROYAL ARCH SONG. Article 56
ODE FOR THE NEW YEAR, Article 57
THE HORSE TO HIS RIDER; AN ELEGY, Article 58
EPIGRAM Article 60
ICE CREAM. Article 60
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 60
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 65
Untitled Article 72
LONDON : Article 72
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 73
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 73
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Strictures On Public Amusements.

Vessels—Slaves carryingPresents—High Priest—Magi bearing an Altar—Priests and Priestesses—Babylonians bearing Olive Branches—Macedonian General—^ Officers bearing Trophies—Thessalian Battalion—Spoils of the Persian Army Light Troops of the Van-guard—Persian S poils—Macedonian Musicians—-Macedonian Officers—Statira and Sysigambis in the Chariot of Darius—Macedonians bearing the Standard of Persia—Peloponnesian Battalion—Persian Spoils—Archers—Slaves bearing Vases of Perfumes—Grecian Battalion—Thalestris—Amazons—Car loaded with Trophies—Officers bearing Standards .

Argyraspides—Macedonian Musicians—Macedonian Generals on horseback . Victory , Justice , Abundance—Alexander in his Triumphal Car—Clytus and Perdiccas on horseback—The Guards of Alexander—The Cavalry and Infantry of the Macedonian Army . The piece concludes with the marriage of Alexander and Statira . . This magnificent spectacle is said to have cost the Managers 7000 ! . 14 . At Covent-Garden a new Farce was performed for the iirst timeentitled

, * ' CEOTCHET LODGE , " of which the characters w-ere thus represented : Landlord , - - Mr . Ouicx . Ap Shenkin , - - Mr . BERNARD ^ Dashly , - - Mr . MACREADY . . Doctor Chronic , - " . MT .-POWELL . Nimble , - - Mr , FAWCETT . Miss Crotchet - - Miss CHAPMAN .

, Mrs . Crotchet , - - Mrs . DAVENPORT , Thisbe , - - Mrs . MARTYR . This piece conies "from ihe" pen of Mr . I-Iurleston , the author of " Just its Time . " It has all the properties of broad farce , strong caricature , and whimsical situation . —A hearty laugh has evidently been the aim of the author , and they must indeed be cynics who can remain serious spectators of Crotchet Lodge .

The characters , though not new , 'have features striking and peculiar . A landlord , stage-struck , continually answers from scraps of plays , and which is perhaps carried too far , for it ceases after a few specimens to entertain . The ladies of Crotchet Lodge , the one with a rage for music , and the other for painting , are well sustained , their technical answers arc truly farcical , but not extremely amusing . The principal character , a valet , who assumes different disguises , was well executed by Fawcett ; the Prologue , in particular , was very happy , and delivered by him , as a lame sailor , with great effect .

Monthly Chronicle.

MONTHLY CHRONICLE .

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . MADRID , JAN . 7 . THE mail arrived yesterday from America , brought an account of a conspiracy having been discovered at Mexico towards the end of August last . The plot , by which it was designed to murder the Vice-roy and-his family , to take possession of the royal and arch-episcopal palaces , the mint , inquisition , and other public buildings , and the principa . l private houses , and to set

fire to and deliver over the city to the plunder of the populace , and discontented Indians of some neighbouring towns , was conducted by two Frcnehmen , who had succeeded in seducing several Spanish inhabitants to their interest , and were to be assisted in the execution of their plan by a number of their countrymen , who , contrary to the general practice of this government , had been suffered ! o remain in Mexico after the commencement of the war . Nearly about the same time a similar explosion was to have taken place at .Santa Fe , the capital of the new "kingdom of Grenada , in all its circumstances similar to the preceding , but it was likewise prevented by discovery , the very . < lay before it was to happen

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