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Public Amusements.

The Prologue was spoken by Mr . Toms : it breathes a commendable spirit of 'TffDmS ™ , a new Pantomime called « Harlequin Captive ; or , The Magic Vire" was presented for the first time . .,,, . , ,. , c to It ' wi I not be expected that we should enter into a detail of the plot and fable of such a production ; but in order to gratify , in a certain degree , the curiosity of „ ,, r readers we present them with the following outline : protected by the charm of the ic firehas made captive many

Ormandine , mag , knit ts - Harlequin also has fallen into hi . power , whom he detains in a dungeon , ti | Columbine , with whom Ormandine is deeply enamoured , shall consent to favour his addresses . Harlequin and Columbine are , by the indiscretion of the Clown , released from bondage : Harlequin is ordered by a goodsspirit , who opposes Ormandine , to go in search of a consecrated sword and shield , by which he will be enabled to overcome the serpents that guard a fountain whose waters alone can at o ce extinguish the magic fire , on which the power of Ormandine entirely deand damsels whom the enchanter holds in

confinepends , and release the kiughts ment The adventures that occur to Harlequin , during his search after the sword and shield , constitute the action of the Pantomime , and his finding it , overthrowing the magician , obtaining the water of the fountain , releasing the knights , and his being finally united to Columbine by Minerva , complete the table . ' Miss De Camp is the Columbine ; and since the Greek statuary there has not head prettily anti and since " .. «««/ mtuil" since the

TCbeen any more que ; , , ference of attraction was to attitude and movement , the stage , in dumb shew , has scarcely ever exhibited more taste , more pleasing grace . The Clown too ( and clowns are mentioned . even by Shakspeare ) . has infinite merit as far as in buffoonery there can be merit . It is Dubois . The activity , the whim ' the fertility of contrivance in the man , are admirable ' ¦ Elaborate and complex as the scenery and machinery are ( and there arc above thirty new scenes } there was scarcely the least embarrassment or delay , llie the view of Hurst the waterfall of Lodoreand

scenes most ^ isite are Castle , , the palace of Minerva . . It is on the whole one of the best pieces of the kind that we have ever seen . 2 J A new Comedy of five Acts , entitled , " The Man oj Ten Thousand , " was performed at Drury Lane Theatre . —The Dramatis Persome were as follow : Lord Laroon , - - - Mr . BARRYMORE . Sir Pertinax Pitiful , - - Mr . PALMER .

Dorrington , - - - Mr . KE . MBLE . Hairbrain , - - - Mr . BANNISTER , Jun . Curfew , - - - " Mr . DODD . Consol , - - " Mr . SUETT . Major Rampart , - - Mr . R . PALMER . Herbert , - - - Mr . WEWITZKU . Hudson , - - " Mr . AICKIN . Kobert ) . - - Mr . TKUEMAN .

Lady Taunton . - - - Miss POPE . Olivia - - - " Miss FARREN . Annabel , - - - - Mrs . GIBBS . j ^ d _ - - - Miss TlDSWELL . The Fable is simple , and may be related in a few words . _ Dorrington , a rich West Indian , falls into all the fashionable follies of high life , and he sumptuous tableand lays deep his house is frequented by

as keeps a , p , persons of distinction in the Beau Monde . Among these are Lady Taunton , Lord Laroon , Sir Pertinax Pitiful , Major Rampart , and Curfew , to whose ward , Olivia Dorrington is betrothed . These persons are only induced to visit him by interested motives ; and his generosity being boundless , every application to his purse proves successful , and " he supplies , with indiscriminate profusion , the cravings of the vicious , and the wants of the unfortunate . In Ihe midst of Dorrington s splendour Hudson arrives from the West Indies , with an account that a dread-

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LONDON: Article 3
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 4
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 4
WILLIAM HENRY LAMBTON, Esq. M P. Article 5
PART OF A CHARGE LATELY DELIVERED TO A SOCIETY OF FREE MASONS ON AN EXTRAORDINARY OCCASION*. Article 8
ON THE PLEASURES OF THE TABLE AMONG THE GREEKS. Article 12
ON THE OVERFONDNESS OF PARENTS. Article 13
CHARACTER OF SIR EDWARD SEYMOUR. Article 15
OBSERVATIONS MADE IN A VISIT TO THE TOMBS OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY, IN DECEMBER. 1784, Article 16
THE STAGE. Article 23
RULES FOR THE GERMAN FLUTE. Article 25
ANECDOTE OF THE LATE MR. WHISTON. Article 26
ON THE MUTABILITY OF THE TIMES. Article 27
ANECDOTES. Article 28
TO THE EDITOR. Article 31
AN EASTERN APOLOGUE. Article 31
ACCOUNT OF, AND EXTRACTS FROM, THE NEWLY DISCOVERED SHAKSPEARE MANUSCRIPTS. Article 32
BRIEF MEMOIRS OF MR. SPILLARD, THE PEDESTRIAN. Article 35
PROCESS OF SCALPING AMONG THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. Article 37
SINGULARITIES OF MR. HOWARD, THE PHILANTHROPIST. Article 39
A DISSERTATION ON THE MODERN ART OF SCRIBBLING. Article 43
EXTRAORDINARY EPITAPH Article 46
DESCRIPTION OF A GRAND COLLATION, Article 47
REMARKS ON MEN OF SPIRIT. Article 47
REMARKABLE REVERSE OF FORTUNE. Article 48
BIOGRAPHY. Article 49
POETRY. Article 53
ON SEEING A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY IN TEARS, Article 54
SEPTEMBER *. Article 54
ODE FOR THE NEW YEAR, 1796. Article 57
MASONIC SONG. Article 58
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 59
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 61
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 67
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.

Public Amusements.

The Prologue was spoken by Mr . Toms : it breathes a commendable spirit of 'TffDmS ™ , a new Pantomime called « Harlequin Captive ; or , The Magic Vire" was presented for the first time . .,,, . , ,. , c to It ' wi I not be expected that we should enter into a detail of the plot and fable of such a production ; but in order to gratify , in a certain degree , the curiosity of „ ,, r readers we present them with the following outline : protected by the charm of the ic firehas made captive many

Ormandine , mag , knit ts - Harlequin also has fallen into hi . power , whom he detains in a dungeon , ti | Columbine , with whom Ormandine is deeply enamoured , shall consent to favour his addresses . Harlequin and Columbine are , by the indiscretion of the Clown , released from bondage : Harlequin is ordered by a goodsspirit , who opposes Ormandine , to go in search of a consecrated sword and shield , by which he will be enabled to overcome the serpents that guard a fountain whose waters alone can at o ce extinguish the magic fire , on which the power of Ormandine entirely deand damsels whom the enchanter holds in

confinepends , and release the kiughts ment The adventures that occur to Harlequin , during his search after the sword and shield , constitute the action of the Pantomime , and his finding it , overthrowing the magician , obtaining the water of the fountain , releasing the knights , and his being finally united to Columbine by Minerva , complete the table . ' Miss De Camp is the Columbine ; and since the Greek statuary there has not head prettily anti and since " .. «««/ mtuil" since the

TCbeen any more que ; , , ference of attraction was to attitude and movement , the stage , in dumb shew , has scarcely ever exhibited more taste , more pleasing grace . The Clown too ( and clowns are mentioned . even by Shakspeare ) . has infinite merit as far as in buffoonery there can be merit . It is Dubois . The activity , the whim ' the fertility of contrivance in the man , are admirable ' ¦ Elaborate and complex as the scenery and machinery are ( and there arc above thirty new scenes } there was scarcely the least embarrassment or delay , llie the view of Hurst the waterfall of Lodoreand

scenes most ^ isite are Castle , , the palace of Minerva . . It is on the whole one of the best pieces of the kind that we have ever seen . 2 J A new Comedy of five Acts , entitled , " The Man oj Ten Thousand , " was performed at Drury Lane Theatre . —The Dramatis Persome were as follow : Lord Laroon , - - - Mr . BARRYMORE . Sir Pertinax Pitiful , - - Mr . PALMER .

Dorrington , - - - Mr . KE . MBLE . Hairbrain , - - - Mr . BANNISTER , Jun . Curfew , - - - " Mr . DODD . Consol , - - " Mr . SUETT . Major Rampart , - - Mr . R . PALMER . Herbert , - - - Mr . WEWITZKU . Hudson , - - " Mr . AICKIN . Kobert ) . - - Mr . TKUEMAN .

Lady Taunton . - - - Miss POPE . Olivia - - - " Miss FARREN . Annabel , - - - - Mrs . GIBBS . j ^ d _ - - - Miss TlDSWELL . The Fable is simple , and may be related in a few words . _ Dorrington , a rich West Indian , falls into all the fashionable follies of high life , and he sumptuous tableand lays deep his house is frequented by

as keeps a , p , persons of distinction in the Beau Monde . Among these are Lady Taunton , Lord Laroon , Sir Pertinax Pitiful , Major Rampart , and Curfew , to whose ward , Olivia Dorrington is betrothed . These persons are only induced to visit him by interested motives ; and his generosity being boundless , every application to his purse proves successful , and " he supplies , with indiscriminate profusion , the cravings of the vicious , and the wants of the unfortunate . In Ihe midst of Dorrington s splendour Hudson arrives from the West Indies , with an account that a dread-

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