MANY valuable articles, which have been promised, are, through want of room, reluctantly postponed.

Our friend, Mr. Addle, knows that his "Green-room Anecdote" cannot appear in our pages. His story of Dignum's infidelity, i. e. not believing that Guy Faux ever existed, is according to his Catholic faith.

Plagiarism, by Detector, Carleton-place, Glasgow; L'Inconstance pardonable, by Protheus; Mrs. Porter, the Actress; and Play Writers, shall have early insertion.

We have received a printed" Caution against fire." The mode is very simple.The lady must not run about, but "lay down upon the floor, suppress her fears, and she will in general very easily extinguish the flame."

J. N. H. E.'s ingenious MS. shall be printed. The first Essay in the first number of the New Year.

Mr. Lofft, "On the Principles and Sources of Musical Pleasure" next month. Handel's Organ also.

The Imitation of Persius, by Mr. Noble, of Blackheath, shall be taken care of, and as soon as possible inserted.

Mr. Hatt's Epigrams will be welcome, if they have not appeared elsewhere. We thank him for his candour and his compliments.

J. R.'s article on Sir Richard Phillips is clever, but we are tired of exposing his quackery, vanity, and folly; indeed, the time is past, it is now unnecessary. We are glad to hear that the Archives Littéraires detected the imposition endeavoured to be practised, by the title of the OXFORD Review, and afterwards pronounced it "tout simplement une espiéglerie d'un libraire de Londres;" who, with all his affected detestation of anonymous Reviews, published one to puff his own works.

T. S.'s" Rare Epigram; " S. P. S.'s Dream; Quaies' Verses; A QUERY, respecting H. K. White; Simon's Frantic Village Maid," Horatio's Sonnet to Miss Ray, in Julia; are received.

“The Lines by a young Man in a Consumption," are very good; but J. S. must know that we confine ourselves to originality.

H. C.'s" Mucruss Abbey" shall not be forgotten.

An old Correspondent, or B. shall see his picture of the Knight, but we cannot afford room for it at full length.

Mr. Gent's Lines to Mr. Southey, on the Remains of H. K. White, in our next if possible.

Mr. Ketch's remarks "On this gloomy November," are executed in his first style of course they are not very lively. He assures us that pistols and ropes have risen five and twenty per cent. and that garret windows are very high.

J.'s Witty Lines to a young Widow, and Carr versùs Hood, in our next,

ERRATUM.In our last, p. 264, 1. 6. for deg. read min. Mr. Lofft still inclines to think it a Comet. The first article in the Monthly Mag concerning a supposed comet," seems, says he, evidently to relate to the nebula, known ever since 1612, between μ and in cingulo Andromcda.

Engrav'd by Freeman from a Drawing by De Wilde.

Mifs. Nerten. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

Publish'd by Vernor. Hood & Sharpe. Poultry. Dec 11808.

MISS NORTON, the subject of the present Memoir, is a native of this metropolis, and descended from a respectable family. She evinced in early life a predilection for the stage, and performed several times at the private theatricals of the PIC NICs, then under the direction of Colonel GREVILLE. The abilities she there displayed, fully justified the choice she had made of a profession, and augured favourably of her future advancement. Mr. FAWCETT, at that time acting manager of the Theatre Royal, Hay market, was induced to offer an engagement to Miss NORTON, and with this view made the requisite overtures to her mother. This worthy lady had been left a widow with a numerous family, at a time when their establishment in the world was become a mat ter of prompt and anxious consideration. She did not wish to control her daughter's inclination, but objected to so premature a trial, on account of her extreme youth, and the few opportuni ties of improvement she had hitherto had. These objections, however, being partly over-ruled, Miss NORTON was introduced to Mr. COLMAN, whose kind approbation and encouragement, at length led her to determine on the arduous undertaking of a first appearance in public, before a London audience. Her début was highly flattering, and she performed, for the rest of the season, with distinguished success. Her uncommon versatility of powers, in the various characters she supported, rendered her a real acquisition to the theatre, and shewed that the active interest Mr., FAWCETT had taken in bringing forward so hopeful an actress, did equal credit to his discernment, and to his well-known goodness of heart.

When the season closed, Miss NORTON accepted an engage. ment from Mr. M'Cready, the spirited manager of Birmingham, with a view to her professional improvement, by a tour among the most considerable provincial theatres. She visited Leicester, Sheffield, Manchester, and Liverpool, at all which places her rising

merits were universally acknowledged. During this period she received proposals from the proprietor of Covent-Garden Theatre, but her anxiety for further improvement, obliged her, for the time, to decline them. After the lapse of another season the offer was repeated, and being urged by the advice of her friends, no longer to hesitate on so important a proceeding, she entered into articles with Mr. HARRIS, for an engagement of three years. In the early part of last season she made her first appearance at CoventGarden, in the character of Imogen, in which she was warmly ap plauded. This sanction of the public approbation, was confirmed on her repetition of the same character, and on her subsequent performance of Lady Amaranth and Sophia Freelove.

As Miss NORTON is still in the commencement of her theatrical career, it is not possible at present to decide on the compass of her ability. Comedy, however, is clearly her forte. Her countenance is animated and engaging, her figure elegant, and her judgment correct. To these qualities she unites an earnest assiduity to please, which, in a young performer, affords the fairest promise of future eminence; and it may be remarked, that on the repetition of any character,she seldom fails to impart to it additional effect.

In closing our brief memoir of this interesting actress, we cannot withhold the praise which is due to her domestic virtues, and to her amiable ingenuousness of disposition, while we rank her among those, who by strict propriety of conduct in private life, have become the ornament and the honour of their profession.

A STORY,

Of an old German Officer who had a strong Idea of Military Promotion,

IT was his custom to make his children read a chapter in the Bible every Sunday afternoon. Upon mention being made of Nebuzaradan, Captain of the Guard, coming to Jerusalem, 2 Kings, xxv. 8. he stopped the reader, and cried out in a tone of voice that shewed how much he was interested in the matter "Good God! Is that man still a captain? why, he was a captain

when I was a little boy: promotion in his regiment must have been very slow !" P. A. R