"Guillarich," faid the general | dine quietly. As the inhabitants of to his good spy, "caft your eyes towards the four cardinal points in the heavens. We must begin with fomething easy, and just at hand. What fee you towards the weft?" "At twenty leagues diftance, fir, I fee a caravan travelling this way.' "Although we should join it by fun-fet," faid Raggado, "we fhould be then weary and hungry, and pillaging it could do but little harm to Bigftaff. This is not our object. Look towards the eaft." "Here, general, I fee a rich meadow, with very fine cattle grazing upon it, who are tended by fhepherds." This object will deferve our attention hereafter: but thofe victuals are not ready dreffed; and as we fet out fafting we fhall need to find our dinner ferved up on the table." "Ah!" faid Guillarich, "what is this, that is preparing fouth of us! I fee preparations for a fplendid wedding." "By Mahomet," said Ballayah, never was enterprise formed with wifer precautions.' "Art thou content then, dervife," faid Raggado. "In my opinion every one ought to be fo. Come, let us march on ! Batteniltabour beat a foft march, fuch as may fit a wedding proceffion." The drum obeyed, and the troop marched on in good order. When they were within two leagues of the village, Raggado gave orders, to Karaamek to obferve what was paf "This is the affair for us then.fing at the feaft, and to take care At how many leagues ditance ?" "Ten leagues.' that the dinner was not too hastily ferved up. Within three minutes the meffenger was returned. "They are idolatrous rascals,” faid he, and are facrificing before a wooden idol, a fine heifer with gilded horns, which will not be fully roafted for an hour to come.” "In a village?" "Yes,, a populous village "So much the better: we fhall do the more mifchief, and make the more noife; thofe folks will not hinder us from doing our bufinefs; with this meafure, let us open the "By Mahomet," faid Raggado, campaign. to Ballayah," thou muft furely be "Bazzaknar fhall enter the vil-highly pleased. We are going lage with me, and burn up the against idolatry; it fhall be thy task whole fide of the freet oppofite to to overturn the idol; conjure it that in which the marriage is cele-down with thy book; I recommend brated. I fhall enter the house intended for the feaft, and feize the bride. If the bridegroom, father, or relations, make any difturbance, I fall divide a few blows among them; and if theie cannot make him quiet, Batteniltabour fall fpeak a word, and in their ear, which they will hardly defire to hear repeated. Eazzaknar fhall burn all except the houfe, and there we will -A marriage contracted before an idol, and without the cadi, is not worth a ftraw. I will marry the young woman in the muffulman fashion, and convert her to the truth." During this converfation, the company continued their march. In a fhort time they arrived in the village, directly oppofite to the houfe in which the two families were were met. Raggado went in as if | fupported by the vigorous captain. In the mean time a doleful cry of fire was heard through the village. he had been at home. "Ay! faid he, "do you contract marriages here without giving me notice, and fit down to dinner without me?" As may be naturally conceived, thofe honeft villagers were in great aftonishment; they looked on one another without fpeaking a word, and then with trembling eyes viewed the arined man, who had thus addreffed them. "We are undone !" cried they ; "this is Bigftaff the tyrant himself." "You lie you rabble! there is no tyrant here. Whom do you take me to be? Know that I am the "Come," faid Raggado to his companion, "this is not a time to fnore; our comrades may be loft amidst all this din; found a call." The drum obeyed; the troop mustered up, and the marriage dinner was voraciously eaten. (To be concluded in our next.) ANECDOTE of the late Earl of husband of this fair maid, and that (From Mr. Wakefield's Reply to Mr. fhe fhall have none else." A Burke.) T Shelford, near Nottingham, is the burial-vault of the earls of Chesterfield. Some years ago, the fexton of that church, who was a tailor by trade, violated "the fanctuary of the tomb," by cabbag So faying he feized her by the arm. The hufband, and relations advanced to difengage, her out of his hands; with two or three blows he laid them flat on the ground. They then took up fticks, knives, pots and pans, and whatever came in their way, to throw at the ravishing flices of red velvet from the cofer. But all of a fudden, Battenilta bour began to fneeze. This was a talent of his, with which Raggado was hitherto unacquainted; and he was ftruck with fuch aftonifment at hearing this first trial of it, that had he been lefs eager on his prey, he had certainly efcaped out of his hands. However, all that were in the house, both men and women, were laid low; the very building, which was not very ftrong, was fhaken to the foundation. Raggado recovering from his aftonifliment, said to his braying fquire; "come, relieve me of all this heap of clowns, throw out at the window all fuch as are too far from the door." Batteniltabour obeyed, and the house was foon cleared. Only the young bride remained, who terrified as the was, would have fallen down like the reft, if he had not been fins of the noble fleepers, and felling them for coat-collars to his cuftomers. The whole parish was furprifed at the quantity of red capes flaunting through the village,' and illuminating the country round. At length the vicar, a fagacious and pious man! traced the cause of these flaming exhibitions; and wrote, in terms of the most piteous horror and lamentation, to the late earl upon the fubject of fuch terrific and unhallowed depredation. The witty nobleman administered ghoftly comfort to his vicar: exhorted him to moderate the exceffes of his forrow; and to join rather with himself in admiring and commending the provident ingenuity of the tailor, for bringing into light, and employing ufefully what himfelf and his ancestors had configned to eternal darkness and decay. M R. Dorington is poffeffed of an extensive estate in the island of Barbadoes, which enables him to entertain fplendidly, and to give, with a lavish hand, to those who арply for pecuniary affiftance: he is, in confequence, furrounded by many worthlefs perfons, who get large fums from him, for which he is profufely repaid by flattery. Olivia, a young lady, between whom and Dorington there is a mutual attachment, fees with pain that he fquanders his riches, but cherishes. in her heart the warmest love for his virtues; and her guardian favours. his addreffes. About this time Mr. Hudion, Mr. Dorington's agent in Barbadoes, arrives in London, with the news that a dreadful tornado had deftroyed all his property in Barbadoes, &c. This has a very wonderful effect on his friends, who are collected at his houfe when the news arrives. They walk off one by one, with frong protellations of. forrow for his fate, but are deter mined to forget that there ever was fuch a man in the world. Olivia's guardian conceals the misfortune from his ward, well knowing the generofity of her heart, and her love and fympathy for Mr. Dorington; he gives direction to her fervants to tell the unfortunate gentleman if he should come to her door, that he has given orders to be denied to him. Olivia at length hears of Dorington's lofs, and raises money of Mr. Confol for his relief. There are two other perfons who wish to serve him: Hairbrain, a whimfical projector, who had before borrowed money from him on fome, fpeculation, and who gets the great prize in the lottery, and offers it to his benefactor. An honest farmer alfo makes him a proffer of dividing 300l. a year with him. Their good intentions are agreeably difappointed, as it turns out that the tornado raged at the oppofite fide of Barbadocs, from Mr. Dorington's plantation, and that Mr. Hudfon took his account from the falle rumours of others. This piece is the production of Mr.. Holcroft, and has very confiderable merit. The characters are well on imagined, and drawn with propriety and delicacy. Dorington is indeed a man of ten thonfand; he has a generous and benevolent heart, and when he hears of the wreck of his whole fortune, is much more moved by his reflections the mifery of the wretched negroes, fwept away by the ftorm, than his own lofs; nor is his commiferation of the fufferings of his fellow crea- > tures once interrupted by any attention to his own misfortune; and when he is afterwards told that the value of his crop is doubled, he thinks only of employing the wealth which has thus been, preferved to him, almoft miraculously, in alleviating the dreadful diftrefs of thofe who had fuffered by the tornado, and rejects with difdain the idea of profiting profiting by the general calamity: a fentiment which in the present times conveys a reproot to many felf-interested dealers, which the audience by their applaùfe, appeared perfectly to understand. the drawing-room door. Footman below, calls Foot. Bringe is ready.. ARON Steinberg'scar 'Mait. d H. (Above.) Baron Steincarriage. The Baron comes from the drawingrocm-door, and defcends the flaircafe. Lord Laroon and Sir Pertinaxberg's Pitiful, are modern men of fashion, equally self-interested, unfeeling, and contemptible. In thefe characters the mirror is held up to the flimfy vice of the prefent age, with great judgment and ingenuity. Hairbrain is a wild thoughtless youth, with an excellent and generous heart; This portrait is, in general, a faithful design after nature, and has confiderable merit. The character of major Rampart has been objected to,as tending to vilify the army, and the brave defen. ders of our country; but that fuch characters are to be found among fome, at least, of the numerous fpecies of military corps now in employment, few, we believe, will pretend to deny. Every profeffion has members which do it honour, and others which reflect difgrace upon it. Too great a forenes with respect to fuch a fatire would rather seem to argue a confeffion that it is but too well deferved. Foot. The ambaffador's carriage. Foreign ambassador descends his fontmen in gaudy livery, attending be lory. Foot. Lord Lackwit's coach. Several perfons defcend together: amorg the reft, Lord Larcon, Major Rampart, Mr. Conjol, Mr. Curfew, and Sir Pertinax Pitiful Con. To feme perfons going.) Your iordfhip will go? (To another) Good. night to your grace! Cur. (To Lord Lareon) With fubmiffion, my Lord, do you know that impertinent perfon? : Lord L. Certainly fo do you. It is Confol; the great court and city broker. On the whole this comedy prefents the public with rational entertainment, and excellent moral in ftruction. Such indeed is the cha-ton admits fuch people. racter of all the pieces of this writer; and though the morality inculcated in them, may, fometimes, exhibit fomewhat of peculiarity; the fin-ronets to boot, fir Pertinax. cerity and genius of the author must always be fufficiently apparent to every perfon of feeling and tafté. Cur. Pardon me, I tranfact bufinefs with him; but I don't know him. I wonder our friend Doring Sir P. Oh! He is the rigift hand man of the whole peerage! As a fpecimen of the ftyle of the piece we fhall infert the following extract. ACT I. SCENE I. A fuperb hall, with a grand flaircafe, illuminated by chandeliers. The maitre d'hotel on the top, at Lord L (Bows). And of the ba Sir P. Yes; we have him in turn. Cur. Under correction, the man has all the vulgar infolence of wealth, newly and knavifhly acquired. Sir P. Very true. The fellow makes himself quite familiar. By the bye, our friend here lives in prodigious fplendour. Maj. Blow me to atoms! Immenfely rich. Lord Lord L. His West India property is incredible.. Maj. Then his generofity of foul! you are a fly filcher. There is nothing to be got by you: fo good night. Sir Pertinax: the MortHumph: Hay? Damme! Unbound-gagee will be at my house at two ed! Humph? Cur. With great deference (Look. ing at them Jarcaftically) I with he had a little more difcrimination. Con. (Coming forward) What, our friend above? Lord L. Surrounded by a selfish fet! Sir P. Oh! a vile crew! Cur. (Looking round) Each, I prefume, has a defign upon him. Con. To be fure! that is natural. Lord L. (Looking at Sir P.) One borrows his money. Sir P. (Looking at the Major) Another his intereft. Maj. (At Lord L.) A third makes his houfe his hotel: Humph? Lord L. (At Curfew) A fourth hopes to trick him into marriage. Cur. (At Lord L.) A fifth picks his pocket by gambling. to-morrow. Sir P. I will not fail. Con. Dorington knows what he is about. Never ask a man to dinner, that you do not mean to get fomething by. Never! [Exit. Lord L. (Looking after him.) A very contemptible scoundrel! Sir P. A pitiful rafcal! Sir P. Aided by h's purfe. Sir P. He has not one true him. friend. Maj. Well, he can afford it! Do you take me? Humph? Hay? Damme! Humph? Con. You are all wrong, and he is right. You do not underfand calculation. He has a fcheme! A plan! Popularity! Parliament ! Penfion! Place! Maj. And perhaps Prime-Humph-Hay? Do you take me? Damme! Humph? Con. Why does he give fuch dinners? To ferve himself, to be fure! I never afk a man to dinner, that I 'do not mean to get fomething by. Cur. I believe you. Maj. Mr. Curfew, you have a very polite way with you; otherwile-But you have remarked how hot I am. Cur. Pardon me, I never faw a man more cool. Maj. You are pleafed to compliment-Stir but my blood andGentlemen, I will tell you a ftory. Lord L. Pray do not. Maj. An affair that happened between me and Herr general Von Dondertronc. Sir P. I will be gone. My feelings will not fuffer me to fee my friends make themselves ridiculous. Lerd L. I know your feelings are Con. Believe me? Aye certainly! prodigioutly troublesome to you, You do the fame. Why here, now,ir Pertinax. do I ftand prating to you! What Sir P. It is my misfortune. Mado I get by it? Nothing. Then jor, go on with your ftory. You why do I ftay? Because I am a tell it excellently, and often. Adieu. fool! If you wanted forty or fifty thoufand now, upon good fecurity, and were pinched into a premium, it might be worth my while: but [Exit. Maj. I chanced to affirm at Laudohn's levee (I served the emperor at that time) to affirm that Frede-. |