existence of such a person as Mr. Fry, conceives that he is acting in the fairest manner, by thus avowing his own name, and that of his respected employers. P. S. Such noblemen and gentlemen as are desirous of supporting the undertaking, by becoming subscribers, will please to send their names to Messrs. Hum and Hoax, or to any banking-house in London not receiving subscriptions for the plan of Mr. Fry: in suggesting which restriction, Mr. Grill is confident that he does not exclude a single banker in the metropolis. SOLILOQUY OF A WORTHY ALDERMAN, BARONET, AND M. P. Occasioned by the Common Council negativing the Propo sition for a Dinner at the Expense of the Corporation, on the Day of Jubilee. [From the same, Oct. 21.] Scene-A Dining-room.-Sir William C sitting in an easy posture-A Translation of Apicius's * work on the means of provoking appetite, in his hand.-A large tureen, filled with turtle-soup, on the table before him. Τ SIR WILLIAM. IT must be so ;-Apicius reasons well Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Gaunt Hunger loudly bellows for a banquet, * Apicius, an epicure, who lived in the time of Nero-he squandered a large property in pampering his appetite; and, becoming unable to support his former luxury, hung himself! He wrote a work on the modes of inciting appetite! O calipash! と O calipash! thou aldermanic food, Through what variety of transformation, Through what strange preparations dost thou pass, Lo! the capacious basin stands before me, And deprecate thy cost, delicious turtle! QUIZ. CUNCTANDO RESTITUIT REM. [From the Morning Chronicle, Oct. 21.] FROM aguish coasts when modern Fabius came, Some clouds, 't was own'd, obscur'd his mighty name; Yet friends foretold that, scarcely landed here, Yet THE BATTLE of Putney. Yet days, and weeks, and months, have pass'd away, At home, abroad, alike to foe and friend- Like him of Rome, abroad no deeds he wrought; THE BATTLE OF PUTNEY. ON N Putney, when the sun was low, I The signal drops, the bullets fly; And still may feed his relatives;" A QUERY. TO THE EDITOR OF the MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR, [Oct. 24.] Monday, Tottenham Court Road. REMARKED in an advertisement of the Olympic Pavilion, in a Sunday newspaper, that "the first appearance of Young Saunders, who is engaged for twelve nights," is very triumphantly announced; and the public is also promised, in the same paper, "Horsemanship by the Double Company, particularly by Young Saunders, who will go through the whole of his equestrian exercises, and also his performances on the tight rope." As I profess myself very ignorant of political, though extremely curious about dramatic changes, I will thank you to inform me, through the medium of your intelligent paper, 1st, If the Young Saunders, above mentioned, is the same gentleman who declined the Secretaryship of State last week ?— 2dly, If he be; whether, in your judgment, he is likely to become any great acquisition to our pantomimes? The circumstance of never having heard of his speeches, inclines me to hope that he may excel in that line. A friend of mine assures me, that the Double Company, in the above advertisement, means the rest of His Majesty's Cabinet; but I cannot help believing that he is attempting to impose on my credulity, or that, that, at any rate, he must be mistaken in his supposition. With anxious expectation of an answer, DE I am, Sir, your constant Reader, THE JUBILEE. HISTRIONICUS. [From the Public Ledger, Oct. 24.] ESIROUS as we are that the approaching jubilee may be observed with every demonstration of loyalty, and, indeed, convinced that it will be so, we cannot help censuring the conduct of some of our contemporaries on this occasion. Not content with recommending things that are prudent and practicable, they have indulged their imaginations in raising expectations and exciting hopes which will infallibly end in disappointment, and had, therefore, been better kept out of sight and out of mind. Having taken some pains to inform ourselves about these matters, we think it our duty to communicate to our readers the result of our inquiries; and, in the first place, we can assure them, upon undoubted authority, that The Secretary of State (wherever he may happen to be on Wednesday) does not mean to send a letter to the Mansion House, announcing the signature of the preliminaries of peace. Nor, on that day, does Mr. Canning mean to dine with Lord Castlereagh, and invite Lord Camden to make a third. The managers of Covent Garden theatre have no intention of concluding the performances of the night with a bonfire, lighted by an immense mass of bail. bonds, belonging to the ladies and gentlemen who do not like the new prices. Mr. Sheridan does not mean to call together the proprietors of Drury Lane theatre, and announce that VOL. XIII. he |