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alteration that appeared in the least necessary was made-the exhibition of an explanatory scroll, at the conclusion of the piece, was judiciously omitted; this is a proof of the taste and good sense which now presides over the entertainments of our theatre.

KILKENNY.Our Private Theatricals commenced this year under the direction of Mr. R. Power, the gentleman who has made so conspicuous a figure in amateur theatricals. The play chosen for the first night was Mr. Charles Kemble's " Wanderer; or, The Rights of Hospitality." Mr. R. Power performed the part of Count Sparre with his usual excellence; Mr Crampton was Sigismund; Mr. Beecher, Count Banet; and Mr. Ponsonby gave a fine mellow outline to the part of Ramsay. A most elegant and appropriate Address was delivered by Mr. R. Power. Miss Smith, who played the Countess at the late Covent-garden Theatre, was the fair representative on this occasion. The gentlemen performers are nearly the same as last season.

MADAME MARA AND FLORIO.

THIS once-celebrated singer has, according to the German papers, retired to an estate which she has purchased in Poland. During her late residence at Moscow, her companion, Florio, was involved in a very unpleasant affair. A letter, signed Richard Florio, written in French, and filled with invectives against the Russian government, was put into the post-office at St. Petersburgh. The person it was addressed to handed it over to the police. Florio was apprehended at Moscow, and conveyed prisoner to St. Petersburgh. Hence, however, he was speedily released, his name being not Richard, but Charles, and it appearing that he was totally ignorant of the French language. The Emperor Alexander, on hearing of the circumstance, made Florio a present of a handsome sum of money, over and above the expenses he had been put to in his journey from Moscow.

LISBON THEATRICALS.

A new play has been brought out at the Lisbon Theatre, entitled "The Deliverance of Portugal." It was written to testify the joy of the Portuguese at the evacuation of their country by the French, and was acted free three nights, for the amusement of the British officers.

The first scene opens with a view of the Queen of Portugal in mourning, and fettered. She regrets the unhappy fate of her kingdom for some time; then a Portuguese General appears, and tells her that the country is in arms, and, with the help of a powerful nation, which will send them assistance, he expects to see her soon upon the throne. The next scene opens with a view of an Englishman on a high rock, who descends, and informs the Queen of the exertions that are making to set her at liberty. Buonaparte next presents himself. He addresses the Queen and her subjecte, but the Queen pays no attention to what he says. He then addresses the Briton in haughty terms, and threatens his country with destruction. The next scene is the scene of glory. It opens with a view of a lady richly dressed, standing by a throne. She descends, and immediately the mourning dress and the feiters of the Queen fall off, when she appears most richly dressed; the Cor s cau is put in chains, and obliged to kneel at the foot of the throne for mercy, and the crown is again placed on the head of the Queen.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

Works recently published, in the Press, or in Preparation.

BIOGRAPHY. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mr. Percival Stockdale, including Anecdotes of many celebrated Persons. Life of John Bunyan; with an Account of his Imprisonment, Conversation before the Justices, &c. and Remarks on his Character and Writings. Memoirs of Robert Cary, Earl of Monmouth, written by himself; published from an Original Manuscript in the Custody of the Earl of Cork and Orrery; to which is added, Fragmenta Regalia, being a History of Queen Elizabeth's Favourites; by Sir Robert Naunton.

TRAVELS, &c. Travels in the North of Europe, or a Journal of a Voyage down the Elbe, from Dresden to Hamburgh, and Travels through Denmark and Sweden; by the Chevalier de Boisgelin. Travels in Barbary and Bled El Gereede, during a Residence of Sixteen Years in various parts of those Countries; by James G. Jackson, Professor of Arabic and African Languages, and formerly British Agent at Santa Cruz, South Barbary.

NOVELS, &C. Faulconbridge, or a Devonshire Story ; by Mrs. Hanway. Memoirs of Mrs. Cuyler; by Mrs. Grant. Ned Bentley; by Mr. Amphlett. London, or Truth without Treason; by Francis Lathom.

POETRY. Sonnets, Tales, and Characteristic Pieces; by the Author of the Age of Frivolity. Eccentric Tales; by Cornelius Crambo, Esq. The Pastoral, or Lyric Muse of Scotland; by Hector Macneill, Esq. The Battle of Maida; by Lieutenant-Colonel Scott.

LAW. A short View of Legal Bibliography; by Richard Whalley Bridgeman, Esq.

DRAMA. Dramatic Works of John Ford, with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes; by Henry Weber, Esq. Four Discourses on the Stage, preached lately at Cambridge, by the Rev. Mr. Plumtre, of Clare Hall.

MISCELLANEOUS. Beauties of Milton's Prose, with Preliminary Remarks and Criticisms; by Mr. G. Burnett. Chesterfield Travestie; or School for Modern Manners; Chronicle of the Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, the Campeador, from the Spanish; by Robert Southey. Original Anecdotes of Cromwell; by Mr. Stace. Letters from the late Bishop Warburton and Bishop Hurd, from the year 1749 to 1776. A Dictionary of the Middle Language of England, or the Age of Shakspeare, on the plan of Johnson's Dictionary; by the Rev. R. Nares. Beloe's Anecdotes of Literature, Vol. III.

ADVERTISEMENT.

With this Number, which concludes the fourth Volume, the PROPRIETOR and CONDUCTOR takes leave of the Subscribers to the Cabinet; other avocations putting it out of his power to devote any further attention to it. He mentions this circumstance merely in explanation of the contents of the present Number, which, as the new Proprietors and Editor do not intend to continue the Plays, is so arranged as to include many of the Portraits intended for that department, and will thus afford the purchaser an opportunity of binding up all the Embellishments.

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