- Spain; the Count D'Artois 360,000 livres from England; the Prince of Conde 100,000; his son 80,000; and the Duke D'Enchien 60,000. The Duchess of Anguleme has the fortune her aunt left her. The Duchess of Orleans has 50,000 livres from France. Madame Durande, a handsome and accomplished actress at Marseilles, became, not long since, much attached to a young man of that city. Jealousy on the part of the lover occasioned a misunderstanding, and for a while they seemed to have totally forgotten each other. Projects of vengeance, of which the lady was wholly ignorant, once more brought them together. She had played in the forenoon of Shrove Tuesday, in the piece called " Le Nouveau Debarque." In the evening she went to a ball with her lover, and next morning they took a walk. They continued alone the whole of the day, unobserved by any individual. On the evening of Wednesday, Madame Durande was to appear, for the first time, in "L'Enfant du Malheur." Two pieces were played, and the interval proving longer than usual, the audience became impatient. The manager sent a person to Madame Durande's lodgings, to learn the cause of the delay.No one was found at home. The messenger flew to the residence of the lover. He perceived blood at the door of his chamber, and immediately apprised a magistrate of the circumstance. The door was forced open, when they found the lady lying lifeless on the floor, and the wretched lover covered with blood, and struggling amidst the pangs of dissolution. A person was lately apprehended at Carthagena, in Spain, and soon after put on board a ship of war, to be conveyed to South America. His face was covered with a mask of black velvet, and as a further precaution against discovery, even that was covered by a black crape or handkerchief. It is supposed he is some nobleman in disgrace at the court of Spain. Hadfield, the unfortunate maniac who made an attempt, about two years ago, on the life of his Majesty, for which he was tried and acquitted, killed a fellow prisoner lately in Bethlehem hospital, by a blow on the jugular vein. In March, 1800, the ship Elkridge Planter, Captain Moore (sole owner) sailed from Portsmouth to Gibraltar, with a cargo of coals from Newcastle, which produced nine thousand dollars; with that sum it was his intention to sail to Oran, on the coast of Barbary, to purchase corn, but was prevented by his English crew being impressed, which obliged him to substitute a crew composed of Greeks, Sclavonians, and Portuguese, who, on the first night of leaving Gibraltar, entered the cabin while the captain was asleep, and murdered him ; after which they threw him overboard, and then murdered his son, only eight years old. They then took possession of the specie, scuttled the ship, and escaped in a boat to Almeria, in Spain, where they divided the plunder, and dispersed. For a length of time it was not known what became of Captain Moore, or the ship, until Providence brought to justice one of the criminals at Malaga, who, having been condemned to suffer death, made the above confession, which was transmitted by Mr. Comforth to Mr. Collier, in London. The unfortunate father left behind him a wife, with four daughters and two sons, without any means of support. The Gentlemen of Lloyd's Coffee-house have opened a subscription at Lloyd's for the relief of this family. MARRIED. At St. Martin's Church, Colonel Francis Moor, to Mrs. Pulling, widow of the late Captain Pulling, and daughter of Admiral Kingsmill. At Minster, Mr. Lancaster, to Miss Stewart, both belonging to the Theatre Royal, Margate.-At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Samuel Fothergill Lettsom, Esq. of Grove Hill, Camberwell, to Miss Garrow, only daughter of William Garrow, Esq. of Bedford Row. At Moreden, Warwickshire, the Hon. William Booth Grey, se cond son of the Earl of Stamford, to Miss Pryce, eldest daughter of Thomas Pryce, Esq. of Duffryn, Glamorgan. Lately, in Cheshire, at the seat of M. Keatinge, Esq. M. P. the Hon. Coulson Wallop, Member for Andover, to Miss Keatinge. DIED. On Sunday night, April 4, at Bath, the Right Hon. Lloyd Lord Kenyon, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. He is succeeded in his title and estate by his only remaining son George, now Lord Kenyon. The late Lord> Kenyon was the eldest surviving son of Lloyd Kenyon, of Bryn, in the county of Flint, Esq. His great abilities pointed him out as a proper person to be appointed Attorney General in the year 1782, and at the same time Chief Justice of Chester; in 1784 he was made Master of the Rolls, and in 1788 Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, on the resignation of the Earl of Mansfield, a station which he filled with great integrity and ability. Sir Edward Law succeeds to the Chief Justiceship. On Tuesday afternoon, March 23, universally regretted, Henry, Earl Fauconberg. His Lordship was taking a walk in the New Road, and, it is presumed, was seized with an attack in the head, which compelled him to go into a house on the spot where he was taken ill. As soon as he was in the house, he was just able to articulate, "Send for Mr. Heaviside," whom the family of the house accidentally knew. His Lordship directly after became speechless and senseless. Mr. Heaviside was sent for, who went immediately, and found his lordship in an apoplectic fit. He directly wrote to Lady Fauconberg, to bring instantly a physician, and in the mean time bled him in the temporal artery, and used other means till their arrival, but unfortunately his Lordship survived only an hour. At Gibraltar, that gallant and distinguished officer, General O'Hara. At Somers' Town, in the 44th year of his age, Mr. W. Nutter, engraver. Of a phrenzy fever, in the 26th year of his age, John Coe Pigott, Esq. of Maldon. After a short illness, Mr. Durant, of Spitalfields. At the house of his father-in-law, R. Cumberland, Esq. of Tunbridge Wells, W. Badcock, Esq. in his 29th year, of a rapid decay. The Rev. Mr. Warner, dissenting minister, many years resident at Lynn, Norfolk, and lately removed to Hapton, near long Stratton. At Melton Constable, in Norfolk, Sir Edward Astley. On the 19th March, at Hamburgh, Prince Frederick of Hesse Darmstadt, brother of the Dowager Queen of Prussia, and of the Dowager Princess of Baden. At Knightsbridge, Maurice Morgan, Esq. a gentleman well known for his distinguished genius and extensive knowledge. Aged 97, the Rev. Potter Cole, Vicar of Hawkesbury, in Gloucestershire, which living he held for 73 years. At Naples, on the 7th ult, the Queen of Sardinia, in consequence of a putrid fever. She was born on the 23d of September, 1759. The Right Rev. Dr. Moss, Bishop of Bath and Wells. Dr. Huntingford, Warden of Winchester College, is his Lordship's successor. This gentleman was tutor to Mr. Addington, and is an excellent scholar and an eminent divine. At Vauxhall, Mrs. Pinto, formerly Miss Brent, the celebrated singer. Viscount Palmerston. Earl of Guildford, who is succeeded by his brother the Hon. Col. Francis North. Dr. Darwn. Sonnet, addressed to Mrs. Nunns ib. ib. 348 Verses by the late Mr. Addison 349 The Modern History of Hindostan 325 Epistle from Roger Coulter, of Scotish Poems of the Sixteenth PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETORS, By J. Wright, Mo. 20, Denmark-Court, Strand, And published by VERNOR and HOOD in the Poultry; Sold, also, by all the Booksellers in the United Kingdom. CORRESPONDENCE. Our Engraver not having been able to finish the Portrait of Capel Lofft, Esq. which was announced for this Number, we have substituted a Likeness of Mr. Charles Kemble. The Head of Mr. Lofft shall certainly appear in our next. A Portrait of Mrs. GLOVER is in a state of forwardness. We have received a second letter from J. B. S. ITALICUS, (Ashford,) and hope to be able to select one or two of his communications in the course of a few Numbers. W. N. is informed that our design is only delayed; not dropped. We are sorry J. B. should have had the trouble of re-transcribing his sonnet, which proves to be too inaccurate for insertion in this work. We take the observations of our friend at Manchester, in good part-but we must still consult our own convenience. The favours of W. TOONE, (Beaumaris,) appear in the number for the present month. Fanny Mortimer, Melancholy Hours, No. 11, Genius an Ode, &c. from our attentive correspondent H. K. WHITE, (Nottingham,) all as soon as possible. The Novelist, a Fragment, by B. H. BERTI, (Manchester,) in our next. Constancy; to Catherine, by J. N. the first opportunity. There are defective rhymes in the 3d and 4th Stanzas, which we could wish amended, An Ode by HILARIO (Manchester) and some Stanzas by JULIA DE B. shall have a place. The Queries of LAOCOON, (Abergavenny) next month. The Sylphid, by the same correspondent, and his former communications, shall be inserted as soon as possible; but Laocoon should consider that the mul tiplicity of our poetical contributions will not permit us to attend, so speedily as the writers may wish, to individual favours. T.R. N. (Nottingham) is referred to the contents of this number. A poem by Mr. DIMOND, Junr. shall have an early situation. ERRATA IN OUR LAST. Under the article "Ceres Ferdinandea," p. 230, 1. 23, for "plualion," read" "position." page 232, 1. 24, in the Extract from Rollin, for “ Mantinie," read "Mantinée." In the remarks on the Royal Academy, in this number, No. 207 is described as "one of the finest heads in the exhibition"-this is an error for which the author of the remarks is not responsible. It may be regarded, howe ver, as a fine head and a characteristic likeness. THE MONTHLY MIRROR: FOR MAY, 1802. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MR. CHARLES KEMBLE, [With a Portrait.} THE public ought not to be, and in fact is not, wholly indifferent as to the private characters of those who are in any respect candidátés for their favour. It requires the force of uncommon dramatic talents, to overcome the honest prejudice exerted by immoral or irregular conduct, although every individual who feels it is aware that there is not the slightest connexion betwixt the moral qualities of the man, and the professional abilities of the performer. The gentleman (of whom we are now to give a short and imperfect account) belongs to a family whose private worth is as much acknowledged in the narrower sphere to which its action must necessarily be confined, as the extraordinary genius of his sister, and the consummate skill of his brother, are universally admired. Mr. Charles Kemble was born at Brecknock, in South Wales, (a town distinguished by being the birth place of Mrs. Siddons) on the 25th Nov. 1775. At the age of thirteen, he was, by the kind and paternal assistance of his brother John, sent to the college of Douay in Flanders; where, during the period of three years, besides perfecting himself in the French language, he made no inconsiderable progress in the ordinary learning which a public school affords. On his return he was placed in the post office. In that situation, of which the duties were irksome and the salary inconsiderable, and from which his rise must necessarily have been slow and precarious, he remained only a twelve-month. In embracing his present profession, he was, perhaps, not so much originally impelled by strong predilection as by the dictates of necessity. The eminent success of his sister and his brother was as likely to have excited apprehension as to have kindled emulation. With little previous preparation, he commenced his career at Sheffield, in the year 1792, in the character of Orlando, in which we have been assured that he acquitted PP VOL. XIII. |