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Tuesday night, December third, about five minutes before the doors of Drury-Lane theatre opened, a very lusty man, of the name of Harris, situated in the first circle of the boxes, on the prince's side, for the purpose of keeping places for a company, by some unaccountable circumstance, fell into the pit. Surgical assistance was immediately procured; but the unfortunate man expired before he could be conveyed into the music-room, his neck being broken, and the back part of his head much lacerated.

Since the death of Tippoo Sultan, the English have had an opportunity of exploring the Mysore country; their researches have been attended with success; as Lieutenant Warren, in the service of the East India Company, has discovered some gold mines, which he examined; as yet, we are to learn, whether they will prove equal to the expectations first formed of them.

The shameful exhibition of Lord Nelson's coffin, at St. Paul's, reminds us of poor Dean Swift, who, in his last moments of mental debility, was exhibited to the populace of Dublin by his servants, the rapacious possessors of his person, at two-pence a piece, which made his friend Pope indignantly remark:

"And SWIFT expires a driv'ler, and a shew!"

A beautiful Sarcophagus has remained since the days of Henry VIII. in a building attached to St. George's Chapel at Windsor, built by the celebrated Cardinal Wolsey, as a mausoleum for himself. The Sarcophagus was also intended for the reception of his own body. It is plainly formed out of a block of black marble, highly polished; but the entablature of it is embellished with the most exquisite sculpture, designed and executed by an Italian artist of the first eminence, whom the ambitious churchman brought over solely for this work.

CURIOSITY GRATIFIED.-A gentleman who had come from Exeter, on Wednesday, to see the funeral procession of Lord Nelson, on Thursday morning, took his seat, at a very early hour, in the new buildings, at St. Clement's church, when, overcome with fatigue, he fell asleep, and did not awake until the procession had not only passed, but the soldiers had actually dispersed.

Mr. Sheridan, it is said, has resigned his property in, and the direction of, the theatre royal Drury-Lane, to his son, Mr. T. Sheridan.

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During the late engagement off Trafalgar, a sailor on board the Colossus, whilst doing duty at a gun, had his body cut in two by a ball. After the action, his waistcoat pocket was searched (a small part of one being remaining) and the half of a seven shilling piece was discovered in it; the other half was carried away by the ball, and appeared as if cut in two with a pair of scissars. It is now in the possession of Lieutenant Hewish, of the above ship.

LORD VALENTIA.-The Bombay Courier, of the 13th of July last, contains the following information:-" Lord Valentia was still at Mocha in the Pantha, Lieutenant Const. It appears that Willeta Salasse, Ras of Habeth (Abyssinia) having heard of the nobleman's being on the coast, had written a very pressing letter, which induced him to send up his secretary, Mr. Salt, to visit the Ras at Gondar. As it was proposed that Mr. Salt should remain three or four months in the country, we may expect to receive inuch curious and accurate information, and, in particular, to learn with some degree of certainty whether we may repose complete confidence in our great Abyssinian traveller, whose credit several unexplained mistakes have in some measure shaken. Lord Valentia has not been able to find any trace of Apulio, nor of the pyramids and obelisks pretended to be drawn by Cosman."

BIRTHS.

At Little Bookham, Surrey, the Lady of Major-General Manningham, of a daughter. At George-street, Hanover-square, the Lady of T. Sheridan, Esq, of a son. The Countess of Aylesford, of a daughter. At Hoxton, the Lady of Major-General Onslow, of a daughter. The Countess of Banbury, of a daughter. The Lady of R. Dallas, Esq. M. P. of a daughter. The Lady of H. Thornton, Esq. M. P. of a daughter. Wednesday, Feb. 20, the Lady of Capel Loft, Esq. of Troston-hall, near Bury, Suffolk, of a son.

MARRIED.

G. E. Evans, Esq. of Bulgaden Hall, Limerick, to the Right Hon. Lady Carbery. At Ashbourne, Sir H. Fitzherbert, Bart. of Tissington, to Miss Beresford, of Sunning. At Cardington, the Rev. J. Foster, A. M. to the Hon. Miss St. John. At Bristol, C. Debbing, Esq. to the Right Hon. Lady Charlotte Butler. At Downton, Wilts, E. Dering, Esq. to Miss Nevill. At Newington, Captain J. Hayes, R. N. to Miss Pye, of Walworth.

DIED.

Aldermen Perchard and Skinner. Sir B. Filmer, Bart. of East Sutton, near Maidstone. At Bath, Sir J. Brisco, Bart. At Clanville Lodge, Hants, General Mathew. At Bath, the Rev. C. Barton, Rector of St. Andrew's, Holborn. Charles Cocks, Lord Somers. J. Tucker, fisherman, at Itching Ferry, aged 131. Suddenly, while walking near Ratisbon, his Serene Highness the reigning Prince of Tour and Taxis. At Weymouth, aged 17, the Hon. Cornet Wm. Poulett. At Brompton, Mrs. Litchfield, wife of the Solicitor of the Customs. At Iver, Bucks, Mrs. Charles Ward, daughter of the late Mr. Linley, the composer. Viscount Pery. James Barry, Esq. the eminent painter,

MONTHLY MIRROR,

FOR

MARCH, 1806.

Embellished with

A PORTRAIT OF MR. FARLEY, ENGRAVED BY RIDLEY, FROM AN ELEGANT DRAWING BY MISS EMMA SMITH.

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PRINTED, FOR THE PROPRIETORS,

By J. Wright, No. 38, St. John's Square, Clerkenwell.
And published by Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, Poultry;
Sold, also, by all Booksellers in

the United Kingdom,

CORRESPONDENCE.

The Portrait of Miss Brunton is still in the hands of the engrever: it will be given next month.

ttt The Biographical Sketch of Mr. Farley in our next.

The following articles have been received.

Ode to the Moon, by J. L-n, (Plymouth.)

Il Penseroso, by W. K. (Dublin.)

Fox and Freedom, by M. M.

To William Colquitt, Esq. on his poem of the Astronomer.

Ode to Ambition, by W. M. T.

An Anacreontic; and Address to the setting Sun, by J. Norrington, (Plymouth.)

To Content, by SABBATICUS, (Glasgow.)

To all these the earliest attention shall be paid.

If we have before been honoured with the prose communications of C. H-th, it is to be regretted that he should have deviated into poetry, or into what he mistakes for poetry.

Several letters respecting the provincial theatres have also come to handManchester; Hull; Glasgow ; Norwich, &c. We must request our correspondents in this department, to consult a little more brevity.

FIDELIO's letter has been committed to the flames, agreeably to the alternative he submitted to our choice.

We beg to apologise to some of our correspondents for the delay of their favours so much beyond the time announced for their insertion.

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