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Strictures On Public Amusements.
Miss Farrcn spoke a neat Epilogue , the argument of which is , that when son ;* opulent Peer , proud of his vcrtu , gives a public day , some stale House-keeper is ap * pointed to explain the beauties of the collection ; so on the opening of this new House , she was appointed to shew it . —She then assures tlie audience that they need ' be in no fear of fire , for they have water enough to drown them ; and the curtain draws , and shews a very fine river on the stage , on which a waterman , in his boat , passes to and fro ; in addition to this they have an iron curtain preparing , so that the
scenes only and the actors can be ^ burnt , it concludes -with a view of Shakespear ' s Monument , under his Mulberry Tree , surrounded by a groupc of his own Characters , with the Tragic and Comic Muses . The scene concludes with the song of " The Mulberry Tree , " and the glee of " Where the Bee sips . " . Mr . Kemble , after expressing their thanks to the audience for the indulgence they had shewn to the delays in the shifting of the scenes , from the confusion of a first performance , announced the same entertainments for the following evening .
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE .
THE WINTERTON EAST INDIAMAN . [ See p . 273 . ] Fort William ( East Indies ) , Oct . 8 ,-1795 . ON the receipt of the accounts of the fate of the Winterten at Bombay , the Gloucester was immediately taken up by the Government at that Presidency , and dispatched with the utmost expedition , to afford relief to the survivors . She was supplied with an ample store of provisions , wine , clothes , and all sorts of necessaries that humanity
could suggest . Captain Billamore s . iiled from Bombay on the 2 d of Tune , and arrived at St . Augustine ' s Bay , on the Island of Madagascar , on the 17 th cf July . — -The people for whose relief they were destined , had left Madagascar about two months before their arrival . They ' had embarked in a Portuguese vessel , which had been humanely sent for thatT purpose by the Governor of Mozambique . The Gloucester left St , Augustine's Bay on the 5 th of August , and arrived a few days thereafter at Johannawhere they found Mrfolla midshipmanand 10
seamen-, . y , , , formerly belonging to the Winterton , who had embarked with the rest of " ner people on board the Portuguese vessel , which , on her passage towards India , touched at Johanna for refreshments , where Mr . Jolly and these ten inen were left behind sick , and where they were most hospitably treated by the Governor and inhabitants . They were taken on board the Gloucester , and arrived with that ship at Madras , on the j- ; th ukimo >
where they entered on board some of the Indiamen in the reads . We feel it our duty to declare , that from the information we have been able to collect , from the account ; of the people who were wrecked in the Winterton , and tlie accounts by Captain Billamore , confirm the information that they experienced from ' the rude and uncultivated natives of Madagascar , every possible assistance and relief ' which savage life was capable to afford , and such disinterested attention , as would have done honour to the most civilized Christian . The poor untutored tenant of the shade displayed an anxious solicitude to yield them every succour in his power ; evincing ,
iii the strong language of nature , that CHARITY , in its noblest acceptation , needs not the aid of philosophy or civilization , to nurture it into practice . ' The Winterton was wrecked some leagues to the northward of Augustine's Bay ; but the King of Babau , who is supreme of that principality , insisted that tlie people saved from the wreck should be brought to the southward , near his own place of residence , where they could be better accommodated , and where he might be able to afford them his immediate protection and assistance , which was soon found to be of the mo stmaterial service 5 for he not only-made his people assist in building huts for them , but-• was always particularly careful to see that they were abundant !; ' supp lied with , all setts of fruits and provisions that , could be procured .
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Strictures On Public Amusements.
Miss Farrcn spoke a neat Epilogue , the argument of which is , that when son ;* opulent Peer , proud of his vcrtu , gives a public day , some stale House-keeper is ap * pointed to explain the beauties of the collection ; so on the opening of this new House , she was appointed to shew it . —She then assures tlie audience that they need ' be in no fear of fire , for they have water enough to drown them ; and the curtain draws , and shews a very fine river on the stage , on which a waterman , in his boat , passes to and fro ; in addition to this they have an iron curtain preparing , so that the
scenes only and the actors can be ^ burnt , it concludes -with a view of Shakespear ' s Monument , under his Mulberry Tree , surrounded by a groupc of his own Characters , with the Tragic and Comic Muses . The scene concludes with the song of " The Mulberry Tree , " and the glee of " Where the Bee sips . " . Mr . Kemble , after expressing their thanks to the audience for the indulgence they had shewn to the delays in the shifting of the scenes , from the confusion of a first performance , announced the same entertainments for the following evening .
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE .
THE WINTERTON EAST INDIAMAN . [ See p . 273 . ] Fort William ( East Indies ) , Oct . 8 ,-1795 . ON the receipt of the accounts of the fate of the Winterten at Bombay , the Gloucester was immediately taken up by the Government at that Presidency , and dispatched with the utmost expedition , to afford relief to the survivors . She was supplied with an ample store of provisions , wine , clothes , and all sorts of necessaries that humanity
could suggest . Captain Billamore s . iiled from Bombay on the 2 d of Tune , and arrived at St . Augustine ' s Bay , on the Island of Madagascar , on the 17 th cf July . — -The people for whose relief they were destined , had left Madagascar about two months before their arrival . They ' had embarked in a Portuguese vessel , which had been humanely sent for thatT purpose by the Governor of Mozambique . The Gloucester left St , Augustine's Bay on the 5 th of August , and arrived a few days thereafter at Johannawhere they found Mrfolla midshipmanand 10
seamen-, . y , , , formerly belonging to the Winterton , who had embarked with the rest of " ner people on board the Portuguese vessel , which , on her passage towards India , touched at Johanna for refreshments , where Mr . Jolly and these ten inen were left behind sick , and where they were most hospitably treated by the Governor and inhabitants . They were taken on board the Gloucester , and arrived with that ship at Madras , on the j- ; th ukimo >
where they entered on board some of the Indiamen in the reads . We feel it our duty to declare , that from the information we have been able to collect , from the account ; of the people who were wrecked in the Winterton , and tlie accounts by Captain Billamore , confirm the information that they experienced from ' the rude and uncultivated natives of Madagascar , every possible assistance and relief ' which savage life was capable to afford , and such disinterested attention , as would have done honour to the most civilized Christian . The poor untutored tenant of the shade displayed an anxious solicitude to yield them every succour in his power ; evincing ,
iii the strong language of nature , that CHARITY , in its noblest acceptation , needs not the aid of philosophy or civilization , to nurture it into practice . ' The Winterton was wrecked some leagues to the northward of Augustine's Bay ; but the King of Babau , who is supreme of that principality , insisted that tlie people saved from the wreck should be brought to the southward , near his own place of residence , where they could be better accommodated , and where he might be able to afford them his immediate protection and assistance , which was soon found to be of the mo stmaterial service 5 for he not only-made his people assist in building huts for them , but-• was always particularly careful to see that they were abundant !; ' supp lied with , all setts of fruits and provisions that , could be procured .