Commiffion'd to deftroy. They perish'd here He fell beneath the people's rage, and ftill The tyrant James was driven. He lived to drag Three From this curfory furvey of Monmouth's rebellion, both Rulers and People may learn leffons of wifdom. Neither heaven nor earth, indeed, could fuffer fuch unparalleled barbarities to pafs long unpunished. years only was the deftined period of impunity. Violence of every kind defeats even its own favourite purpofes. The paffions of the multitude are to be foothed rather than inflamed. There is a point, beyond which the preffure of mifery cannot be borne. Wife, therefore, are thofe legiflators who, ever attentive to the wants and grievances of the community, are defirous of establishing upon the broad bafis of equity that fa *The battle of the Boyne, the fiege of Londonderry, and the fight of La Hogue, off the coast of France, to which Mr. Southey here alludes, were fignal defeats which James received, and by which William was firmly established on the throne of Great Britain. The above beautiful lines were taken from the Anthology for 1799, a collection of poems of confiderable merit by different hands, and on a pleafing variety of subjects. lutary lutary authority which degenerates not into oppreffion, and that rational liberty which is far removed from licentioufnefs. Thankful for our prefent privileges, it is the incumbent duty of all ranks amongst us to lay afide inveterate prejudices, to feek unremittingly the interefts of our country, and to clafp each other in the bands of love and amity. Far diftant from the fhores of Britain be the torch of civil difcord, and may the continue to be the abode of harmony and peace to the latest generations. That incomparable Biographer, Mr. Rofcoe, has in his Lorenzo De Medicis, laid down this golden MAXIM, "No end can justify the facrifice of a principle; nor was a CRIME ever neceffary in the course of human affairs. The fudden burst of vindictive paffion may fometimes operate important confequences on the fate of nations, but the event is feldom within the limits of human calculation. It is only the calm energy of reafon conftantly bearing up against the encroachments of power, that can with certainty perpetuate the freedom, or promote the happiness of the human race?" I fhall trouble you with only one Epiftle more, in which will be included Bridgewater, Glaftonbury, Wells, Frome, Stonehenge, and Salisbury. Should these my rough and hafty Sketches of an interefting journey im part any degree of entertainment or inftruction, the reflection will gratify Yours, refpectfully, THE DRAMA. J. E. Nov. 16. THE DRURY-LANE. HE Pavilion, a new opera, was per formed here this evening, but with doubtful approbation. An edifice in the garden of the Caliph of Bagdad, gives name to the piece, being the fcene where the plot is laid. The whole is enriched with beautiful fcenery and fplendid decorations. The fable is taken from the Perfian Tales, but it is entitled to no great praise. The mufic is to be admired for its tone and variety. Mr. Kelly, Mrs. Crouch, Mrs. Bland, and Mils De Camp exerted themfelves with fuccefs. The company was large and elegant; the piece was received with a mixture of approbation and disapprobation. It is difficult to determine which preponderated. Its fate, however, will be foon afcertained. COVENT GARDEN. Nov. 1. A new comedy, called MANAGEMENT, from the prolific pen of REYNOLDS, was brought forward this evening, of which the following were the The unhappiness of marriage is the bafis of this play, and therefore prefents us with a fufficient variety of incidents. Sir Harvey Sutherland, is a diffipated character-ufes his wife extremely ill, which eventually occafions her death. He goes abroad, leaves behind him a daughter, who is badly treated by her relation, Mrs. Dazzle, Sutherland, however, returns, is angry with with his daughter for commiferating the fate of her mother; but they are prevented from coming to an explanation, and this is the chief management of the play. It is eafily feen, therefore, that fuch a plot is capable of great variation, and the curiofity is both duly heightened and gratified. It is difficult to form a juft idea of the fable, without beholding with our own eyes, the particular mode by which it is planned and accomplished. Mift is the manager of a ftrolling company, and Alltrade is a fwindler of a vile defcription. They are both well depicted, and Juliana, the daughter of Sutherland, is a character which interefts and pleafes the spec tator. Pope, Fawcett, and Lewis, exerted themselves with fuccefs; nor were Mrs. Pope and Mrs. Davenport lefs ftrenuous in the performance of their parts. Lewis, in Captain Lavish, exhibited a young man of fashion, profeffing and boafting of his economy, and recurring to that principle for arguments to juftify a feries of acts of the most unbounded prodigality. Thus he confidered it the cheapest method always to travel with four horfes, as he came fooner to his deftination, and had lefs occafion to ftop frequently on the road. Mif, the manager, abounded with witticifms, and with the following curious declaration the house was much delighted: "That he always made it a point to get drunk whenever there was a thin houfe, because he then faw double! The house was crowded with the better fort of company, and the piece, though not faultlefs, was received throughout with almost unanimous approbation. THE PARNASSIAN GARLAND, FOR NOVEMBER, 1799. "SONS GORTHMUND. ONS of battle! fee the dewdrops "Ere the ftar of ev'ning glimmer, "Shall be red with Saxon gore." * Reafan, or the magic banner, contained the figure of a raven, the fymbol of Hela, the God of Victory. Before a battle the Danes imagined they faw various movements in this bird; if it clapped its wings, they thought their fuccefs would be inevitable; but if it hung down its head, it was a fure presage of their defeat. The symbol of Woden, the Saxon god, was a dragon. |