a more durable monument to perpetuate his renown, by recording his name on his imperishable page, and claffing him with thofe illuftrious Statesmen whofe actions have adorned the annals of the world. POLITICAL THEATRICALS. [From the Morning Poft.] IN confequence of a mutiny among the performers, who attempted to control the Manager, moft of the principal actors and actreffes have been difcharged. They thought the Manager could not reprefent plays without them, and that he would submit; but he has placed fome of the fecond and third rate performers in the first walks, and hopes to please the town by the change. The old actors know their fucceffors cannot ftand; and, fearful that others of real ability should be brought from diftant parts, they prompt and fupport thofe at prefent employed, in hopes the Manager will be at laft fo disappointed and diffatisfied, that he will: recall his old fervants. The Hero of the company, who is to perform all the principal parts, has juft made his debut in The Lottery, but without that fuccefs which the Manager and his friends expected. He did not draw money enough; and if he goes on fo, the Treafury will be empty. Young Mr. Jenky has undertaken to represent the Lovers courting the continental dames; but he has paid his addreffes fo feebly to Madame Gallia, that he has made no impreffion on the public. The Old Women are ftill performed by Mrs. Duke, who was one of the old company, and, having long been a ftroller, would not refign her engagement in the metropolis. An Actor from Chatham keeps poffeffion of the Walking Gentlemen; viz. thofe characters which ap pear on the stage juft on purpofe to fay aye or no, or to make up a number;-for this caft he is qualifiedbut his falary is much too high. The Fathers have been offered to Mr. Scott, but he has declined accepting this caft, unlefs he has a converfation with the Manager. The only actor of real merit in the new company is Mr. Jervis. He never fails to fill the Treasury when he performs the part of a rough tar. The other parts are reprefented by performers of but little note. The first piece the company brought out was the farce of A Negotiation, which being got up in too much hafte was imperfectly reprefented, and coldly received. The tragedy, The Baltic in a Blaze, has attracted more notice; and a piece on the ftocks, called The Conquest of Egypt, excites much expectation. The farce of The Green Bag is fufpected to be a plagiary from old pieces, and is little fpoken of except by the performers whofe work it is; but the chief dependance of the proprietors of the Theatre refts upon a piece that will be performed in a few weeks, called "The Ins turned out." April 5. VIRGIL'S EIGHTH ECLOGUE IMITATED. [From the Morning Chronicle.] AID me, ye Mufes, to recount the strains Two Statefmen fung to Britain's hungry fwains, Sublime as Pybus ;-Candles' ends for thefe, And fav'ry parings of untafted cheese, See Windham leave. Lord Grenville, too, ftruck dumb, With one boot off, like fam'd Prince Volfcius, come; No patient hearer, erft full prompt of speech E'en Wilberfore himself forgets to preach. O Thou, O thou, who, borne on Glory's eagle wings, To nine long years haft ftretch'd the war of kings, Whether thy fapient counfels to the Bay Of Quiberon or Holland point the way, O Pitt, complacent to thy bard attendWith thee began my fong, with thee fhall end! Juft as the waggons, with their pond'rous freight Of British fpecie, reach'd Vienna's gate, Wak'd from his flumbers, Thugut thus began:"O moft munificent and godlike man, Though, while Germania bled at ev'ry pore, For gold I afk'd not, thou haft fent us more; Still to this tune our Croats fhall advancePipe thou the fame, and I will ever dance! "Unlike a general, though expert to wield The martial blade, and dauntless in the field, Prince Charles, lamenting, counts our thousands flain, And fancies blood ill recompens'd by gain! Better might griffins at our mangers eat, Than Emp'rors with a Conful deign to treat!!! Protect us from fuch horrible milchancePipe thou the fame, and I will ever dance ! "Till, by the magic of thy accents won, Half-way advancing, prompt to be undone, The wealthy Matron of Threadneedle-street Had pour'd forth all her riches at thy feet, We fondly deem'd those riches had no end, Accumulating fast as thou couldst spend ! See her exhausted state this boon enhancePipe thou the fame, and I will ever dance ! 66 But, fince Moreau victorious threats our walls, In terms which wife St. Stephen's race delight, Thou fure haft pip'd, and I have danc'd my last!" "In pray'r and fafting first we tried our strength, At fuch a crifis dangers thicken round, To the Editor of the Morning Post. L. L. THE following Ode was fent to Mr. Ad-—n, at a very critical moment indeed, when he was extremely agitated, and tremblingly hefitated whether he fhould or should not refign the Chair. The The author now enjoys the confcious fatisfaction of having determined him, by thefe lyrical and perfuafive ftrains, to obey the commands of his moft gracious fovereign, and gratify the wishes of a loyal, devoted people, by his acceptance of the feals, with a modeft and becoming reluctance.-I am, Sir, yours, &c. May 27. AN EXPOSTULATORY AND PANEGYRICAL ode, Quem virum, aut heroa, lyra vel acri Quem deum? cujus recinet joensa NOMEN IMAGO. HOR. Car. 12. 1. 1. AH! why refign yon fplendid chair, Α Where you prefide with folemn air, Your wig in flaxen treffes twines, Hatfell's wife laws with winning art What can escape your fage owl * eyes? Yet, faith, you have no other choice; "The owl bends both his eyes on the object which he obferves, and has thence acquired the name of the bird of wisdom." Darwin on Female Education. With |