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House Of Commons, Financial Measure Of France.
The Order , of the Day being , read for resuming the adjourned debate . on the question for receiving the Petition of the Rev . Thomas Fische Palmer , Mr . Sheridan said , that agreeable to the notice which the House had received of his intentions , and pos - sessed of time to take into consideration the propriety and justice of receiving the Petition , he had no doubt of its being received . Air . Pitt , after a few observations , agreed to its being received . Mr . Sheridan then moved , chat the Petition may lie on the . table , which ' was agreed to . 2 Sth . The Speaker and a few of the Members attended Divine Service in St . Mar ; , jaret ' s Church , being the day appointed for a General Fast .
Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
HAYMARKET , FEBRUARY 22 , A NEW Comedy under the title of the Box LOBBY CHALLENGE- made its , first appearance here . There are but few nien who possess greater abilities for dramatic writing than the reputed author . of this piece ( Mr . CUMSE -H- ) . His Challenge is spirited , and he has managed the combat with effect most appropriate . The following is a sketch , of the fable : Young Grampus , a young blockhead of fortune , is sent for to town , for the purpose
of being launched forth on the grand tour . He falls into the hands of Fulsome , a parasitical author , and young Crotchet , an-illiterate debauchee . The latter makes love tp Miss Grampus , the maiden-aunt ,, and succeeds in cheating her out of her fortune . Crotchet insults , at the theatre , Letitia , a young lady under the guardianship of Old Grampus ; he is chastised by W ' aterland , a young officer , and gives Fulspme ' s card , in his pursuit , of his antagonist Captain Waterland gets introduced-into the Grampus family , and to Letitia , of whom he has become enamoured , and , after the usual difficulties , obtains her hand ; and . at the same time , Crotchet and Miss Grampus are also
united . The dialogue is neat , animated , and pregnant with humour and welj-managcd equi . voque—it contains some just and well-directed strokes of satire against the reigning follies of the times : —and , by its pleasantry , must excite mirth without corrupting the heart ; we , therefore , heartily join our voice to the applause with which it was re * ceived . The following are the Prologue and E pilogue ; the fortr . er spoken by Mr . Barrymorjj the latter by Mrs ,. G . oodall , *
PROLOGUE . BV THE HONOURABLE FRANCIS N . OETH , AS some fond Father who a banth ' njfrears , Feels nought but pleasure in his tender years ; His tricks at school , and all the pranks he play $ E ' en the boy's foibles then excite his praise ; A little spirit well becomes a Youth ,
Jack , tho' unlucky , always speaks the truth ; But when , arriv'd at a maturer age , He launches Jacky upon Life ' s gfeat stage , With joy elate , with anxious fears deprest , What hopes and horrors fill a Parent's breast ! Ere yet he dares to east the dangerous die , And shew Ins darling to the-public eye , The hopes of nil his future joy he sends To visit some he kr . tios to be his friends % ' ' ' '¦ yf . »
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House Of Commons, Financial Measure Of France.
The Order , of the Day being , read for resuming the adjourned debate . on the question for receiving the Petition of the Rev . Thomas Fische Palmer , Mr . Sheridan said , that agreeable to the notice which the House had received of his intentions , and pos - sessed of time to take into consideration the propriety and justice of receiving the Petition , he had no doubt of its being received . Air . Pitt , after a few observations , agreed to its being received . Mr . Sheridan then moved , chat the Petition may lie on the . table , which ' was agreed to . 2 Sth . The Speaker and a few of the Members attended Divine Service in St . Mar ; , jaret ' s Church , being the day appointed for a General Fast .
Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
HAYMARKET , FEBRUARY 22 , A NEW Comedy under the title of the Box LOBBY CHALLENGE- made its , first appearance here . There are but few nien who possess greater abilities for dramatic writing than the reputed author . of this piece ( Mr . CUMSE -H- ) . His Challenge is spirited , and he has managed the combat with effect most appropriate . The following is a sketch , of the fable : Young Grampus , a young blockhead of fortune , is sent for to town , for the purpose
of being launched forth on the grand tour . He falls into the hands of Fulsome , a parasitical author , and young Crotchet , an-illiterate debauchee . The latter makes love tp Miss Grampus , the maiden-aunt ,, and succeeds in cheating her out of her fortune . Crotchet insults , at the theatre , Letitia , a young lady under the guardianship of Old Grampus ; he is chastised by W ' aterland , a young officer , and gives Fulspme ' s card , in his pursuit , of his antagonist Captain Waterland gets introduced-into the Grampus family , and to Letitia , of whom he has become enamoured , and , after the usual difficulties , obtains her hand ; and . at the same time , Crotchet and Miss Grampus are also
united . The dialogue is neat , animated , and pregnant with humour and welj-managcd equi . voque—it contains some just and well-directed strokes of satire against the reigning follies of the times : —and , by its pleasantry , must excite mirth without corrupting the heart ; we , therefore , heartily join our voice to the applause with which it was re * ceived . The following are the Prologue and E pilogue ; the fortr . er spoken by Mr . Barrymorjj the latter by Mrs ,. G . oodall , *
PROLOGUE . BV THE HONOURABLE FRANCIS N . OETH , AS some fond Father who a banth ' njfrears , Feels nought but pleasure in his tender years ; His tricks at school , and all the pranks he play $ E ' en the boy's foibles then excite his praise ; A little spirit well becomes a Youth ,
Jack , tho' unlucky , always speaks the truth ; But when , arriv'd at a maturer age , He launches Jacky upon Life ' s gfeat stage , With joy elate , with anxious fears deprest , What hopes and horrors fill a Parent's breast ! Ere yet he dares to east the dangerous die , And shew Ins darling to the-public eye , The hopes of nil his future joy he sends To visit some he kr . tios to be his friends % ' ' ' '¦ yf . »