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period was in good fpirits. The day be, fore he died he drank a bottle of claret, and being fenfible of his approaching end, he faid, “He could wish that the laŵ tragic icene were over, though he was in hopes he should be able to go through it with becoming dignity." In this hope he was not difappointed; he died at his houfe at Bath on Tuefday 21 January 1766, about four o'clock in the morning, and on the Friday following was interred in the Abbey Church at Bath, where a monument, reprefented in the Frontispiece to our last volume, was erected, on which the following lines, written by Mr. Garrick, were infcribed:

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"I JAMES QUIN, now refiding in Bath, in the county of Someriet, Gent. do make and ordain this my laft will and tchament;

"That is to fay, after my funeral expences and debts paid, I give and bequeath unto Mr. Thomas Nobbes, oilman, in the Strand, London, five hun dred pounds.

"Unto Mr. Charles Lowth, at the King's Head, in Paternofter-row, London, five hundred pounds.

Unto Mr. Thomas James Quin, fon of Dr. Henry Quin, Physician, in Dublin, one hundred pounds.

"Unto Dr. Anthony Relhan, Phyfician, now living in Southampton-firect, Covent Garden, two hundred pounds.

"I give and bequeath, as by a very foolifh promife, to Daniel Leckie, my gold repeating watch, chain, and feals.

"To Mis. Penelope Lepage, and to Mrs. Sarah Lepage, fingle, or married,

both nieces to the late Mrs. Forrester, fifty pounds each, or the whole hundred pounds to the furvivor.

"Unto William Grinfil, one of the Arts Mafters of Bridewell Hospital, in London, five hundred pounds.

"To Mr. Daniel Rich, of Sunning, near Reading, in the county of Berks, one hundred pounds.

"Unto Mr. Thomas Gainsborough, limner, now living at Bath, fifty pounds. "Unto the wife of Walter Nugent, a firft Lieutenant in the Marines, fifty pounds.

"Unto Mr. Jeremiah Pierce, furgeon, in Bath, my gold headed crutch cane.

"Unto the Honourable Mr. John Needham, of Iver, near Uxbridge, one hundred pounds.

"Unto Captain Robert Hughes, brother to the Commiflioner at Portmouth, fifty pounds.

Unto Mrs. Mary Simpfon, landlady of the centre houfe in Pierpoint-street, in Bath, one hundred pounds; to be paid by my Executors into her own hands, independent of all her creditors whatfo

ever.

"Unto Mr. Edward Parker, winemerchant, in Bath, twenty guineas.

"It is my will, that all the above legacies be paid and difcharged within three months after my deceate.

"It is alfo my will to be privately inte:red.

"All the reft and refidue of my estate, both real and perfonal, of what nature or kind foever, I give unto the abovesaid Mr. Thomas Nobbes, and Mr. Charles Lowth, to enjoy to their ufe and behoof, to share alike half and half, And I do hereby constitute and appoint the abovefaid Thomas Nobbes, Charles Lowth, and Edward Parker, to be the Executors of and to this my lait will and teltament, hereby revoking and declaring void ail former wills by me made.

"In witnefs whereof, I the faid James Quin have, to this my lait will and tettament, contained in one fheet of paper, and written with my own hand, fet my hand and feal, this 10th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand feven hundred and fixty-five.

"JAMES QUIN. (L. S.)" "Witneffes, "HANBURY PETTINGAL. "JOSEPH PHILLOTT."

[Some further particulars will conclude this account in our next.]

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THEATRICAL

JULY 23.

Two WO TO ONE was revived at the Haymarket, for the purpose of introducing Mifs Barclay, who had already performed in DIDO on the other fide of the street. This was her first comic appearance, and being in a character which required no extraordinary exertions, fhe was not unfuccessful in her performance of it. She certainly poffeffes many theatrical requifites. Her perfon, face, voice, and mufical powers, united to a proper degree of industry, cart fail of producing great effect, if properly exerted.

25. THE ENCHANTED WOOD, a Legendary Drama of three acts, by a young gentleman of the name of Francis, was acted the first time at the Haymarket. The Characters as follow:

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Julian, a young man of the most amiable difpofition, but unhappily much deformed, is attached to Una, a beautiful damfel, who reveres his virtues, but cannot overcome the difguft excited by his perfon. Una, on the scntrary, is rather difpofed to look favourably on Etheldred, who is quite the reverfe of Julian, having an agreeable perfon, but a weak malevolent mind. Julian, in the anguish of despair, retires to the wood to vent his unavailing fighs.

The wood is the favourite haunt of Orion and his fairy train, who overhear Julian breathing forth the complaints of inaufpicious love. Orion affects to treat him with feverity, but in reality is difpofed to pity his fituation, if, after a trial of his character, be should be found fincere and virtuous. Etheldred, unconscious that the wood is vifited by thefe fupernatural beings, invites Una to enjoy the filent fhades, where he is difcovered by Orion, who affumes the garb of a beggar, and, telling a melancholy tale, folicits his charity. Etheldred is deaf to his pitiable recital; and when the fuppofed VOL. XXII.

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mendicant offers him a purfe, under pre tence that he had dropt it, Etheldred fraudu lently claims it as his own. Orion in the fame difguile makes a fimilar appeal to the benevolence of Julian, who fympathizes in his affected forrows, and relieves him. Orion, having thus afcertained the merits of both parties, ftill affects a rigorous treatment of Julian, and is apparently kind to Etheldred. By the magical influence of Orion, two flaming cauldrons arife, and the rivals are ordered to defcend in them, for the purpose of obtaining a recompence adequate to their respective merits. the lovers are raifed again in the cauldrons, a complete transformation appears, Julian's deformities being removed and transferred to the unlucky Etheldred. Una, who had only promifed to love Echeldred till heTM fhould become deformed as Julian, perceiving this fortunate change in the man whom fhe esteemed, but could not love, readily gives him her hand and heart, and their de termined union concludes the Piece.

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There is an epifode relative to Owen, a defpicable follower of Etheldred, and his wife Bridget. Owen and Bridget are fport for the Fairies, and the former rides upon the ftage mounted on a jack-aís.

The main incident in this piece is taken from a very pretty little Poem by Dr. Parnell, entitled "A Fairy Tale in the ancient ftile." Julian is Parnell's Edwin, Etheldred his Sir Topaz, and Una his Edith. The author has alfo borrowed very freely from the Midfummer's Night Dream, from The Tempeft, and from Prince Arthur.

August 6. Mr. King performed the character of Falstaff, in the First Part of Henry the IVth, for the first time. Had this performance been a mere trial of his abilities in a new line of acting, the failure might have paffed unnoticed, but as it was repeated a fecond time, we are compelled to fay, that the Theatre hardly ever exhibited an inftance of an excellent actor in his way fo entirely mistaking his talents. Falstaff in the hands of Mr. King loft all his jocularity. He was cold, fententious, tame, and declamatory, and communicated to a very patient and candid audience nothing but furprize at the attempt, and diffatisfaction at the execution.

9. HAIL FELLOW WELL MET, a comic sketch of one act, and a musical piece of one act, called "The Rights of Women," were acted the first time at the Haymarket, for the benefit of Mr. Wilfon. Of thefe pieces it is fufficient to say, they

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Corporal Smack,
General Touchwood,

Lady Dina Dupeley,
Mutter,
Mifs Fairfax,
And
Maria Sidney,

Mr. Palmer.
Mr. Williamfon,
Mr. Wewitzer.
Mr. King.
Mrs. Webb.
Mifs Fontenelle.
Mifs Heard.

Mrs. Goodall.

of CROSS PARTNERS are evidently taken from a Novel called the "Kentish Maid," and a tranflation from the French condemned fome twenty years fince at this Theatre, which was then called The Con

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ADDRESS,

On opening the THEATRE at BIRMING-
HAM with the LADY RANDOLPH of
Mrs. SIDDONS.

Written and Spoken by Mr. WINSTANLY.
IN earliest time, beneath OBLIVION's shade,
Ere SCIENCE hail'd thofe Laws which
FREEDOM made,

Ere focial union form'd her happy plan,
Link'd State with State, united Man with
Man,

The infant DRAMA. rofe.-What though no
Art,

Affuming Nature's Empire o'er the Heart,
Enrapt th' aftonifh'd fenfe-yet there, un-
known,

Was rais'd the basis of the Tragic Throne ;
The aged Warrior fang his vanquish'd foes,
And living Records on the Bark arofe* t
Art kindled Art-till from the rudest state
Beam'd each bright bleffing of benignant

The Fable is briefly this: General Touchwood and Lady Dina Dupeley at an early period of life bind themselves in a penalty of ten thousand pounds to a future union. After an abfence of twenty years, General Touchwood returns from India; but time having perfectly deftroyed their former attachment, and each party conceiving a new affection, the Lady for young Cleveland, and the General for Mifs Fairfax, confiderable embarraffment is occafioned to the old people to avoid the forfeiture of the bond, To keep up the appearance of their former engagement, General Touchwood introduces Mifs Fairfax to Lady Dina as his niece, and Lady Dina young Cleveland to the General as her nephew. A mutual attachment has, however, previoutly taken place between Cleveland and Mifs Fairfax. The General and Lady Dina Dupeley, after cajoling each other into a destruction of the bond, find themfelves difappointed in their expectations, Sir Charles Cullender having generously fettled a fortune on young Cleveland, which enables Mifs Fairfax to bestow her hand according to the dictates of her heart, There is a fecond plot, in which Mifs Sidney is the heroine, who, under the affumed character of Sophia Hobfon, captivates Captain Herbert. The Captain, on his return from India, meeting with Mifs Sidney, is ftruck with her refemblance to his Sophy, but particularly with her lively, gay difpofition, which make fo great an im preffion, that he is induced to declare his paffion. She reproaches him with his conduct towards the fuppofed Sophy Hobson, which character the re-affumes, and, after Tripp'd with fantastic footstep o'er the plain: [trace regaining his affection, confents to their And here-Remembrance refts, with grief to marriage. The incidents which form the plot and title The facred Honours of this favour'd place

Fate.

BRITAIN, the darling feat of Arts and

Arms,

Sees Commerce give to Genius double charms;
Even here, where Trade extends her broad

domain,

Is fix'd the triumph of the MUSES' reign :
This little fpot-by you protected—has
beheld
[Field-

The Drama's Chieftains tread the favour'd
O'er all your forrows thed the fcenic pow'r,
And cheat MISFORTUNE. of the present hour!
Here (miling NATURE, in her JORDAN's

train,

*See Note xxv. Vol. II, in Dr. Robertfon's Hiftory of America-on the origin of the War Songs and the Hiftoric Paintings of the Mexicans.

Here

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