not a word more than is set down for you.”—The voice was here interrupted by some person who seemed to think these expressions were not intended for the ear of the audience, and who begged leave to remark, that a regular performance was not as yet to be ex-. pected; the immediate object in view being to inspect the materials and workmanship, and to see if the dif ferent figures were proof against nose-wringing, earpulling, kicks, cuffs, cudgelling, and the usual indignities to which performers of this class have been immemorially subject, and which constitute the principal part of the entertainment. In this respect, it must be confessed, the figures have been manufactured in a style of high perfection, with faces insensible to shame, and apparently unconscious of their inferiority, degradation, and disgrace. Hisses, groans, and cries of "Off, off!" with the usual accompaniments, are to be of no avail. Large sums paid down, extravagant promises, and threats of a premature death and subsequent damnation, are conjointly employed to hire and keep together a large establishment of chorus-singers, to drown the loud notes of disap. probation.-Nay, it is resolved, that, should the theatre even tumble about their ears, John Bull shall still have his favourite fun; and, with all the effrontery of itinerants, they will continue to play their pranks in every county, city, and borough in the United Kingdom. Much is expected from the exhibition of a few Harlequins, who, in the rotatory motion of their heads and vacillation of their bodies, possess so much rapidity, that it is impossible to say on which side of the stage you perceive them. A more particular description of this new establishment, the scenery, secret machinery, principal puppets, and general claim to public notice, must necessarily be deferred, not for want of rational anticipation, but until opinion be established by facts. April 13. VOL. XI. I AN EPISTLE FROM LOUIS RAGOUT. Sare, A MONSIEU OF THE ORACLE. Rue de Downing Street, 11th Avril 1807. FLATTERE myself dat you have not forgotten youre old friend Louis Ragout, who vas write to you so many letteres the ven I vas chef de Cuisine and. Premier Ministre to Milor Hardvic in Ireland; and ven I vas in de confiance of Monsieur" le Docteur a Dindon," dans la Rue de Downing Street, in Londres. I am, sure, Sare, dat you vel remembere how ver useful vas all de intelligence vich I gave you upon de state of affairs, and how true it all vas, all de advice vich I vas give to mon Ami" le Docteur" in all de circonstances. Here I am once more in de situation to be of service to my friends. I am now, Sare, to make you understand dat I have de honneur to be Chef de Cuisine to Milor le Secretaire Caningue! He is ver fine Ministre, but he play de very diable in de Bureau of de Affaires Etrangeres. He no understand von vord of François. Milor Hammond, 'de von of his Sous Secretaires, he vas understand as littel; and Milor Fitzharris, de oder Sous Secretaire, he vas speak dam bad Patois, and understand diablement littel English. So amongst dem ali partie de do as littel work from being able to speak no langue at all, as de Milors in de Chateau Babel from speaking too many. De first day, Milor de Caningue he vas receive de Ministres Etrangers, I vas clap mine eye to de keyhole, and ver fine sight it vas. Der vas Milor, he vas make profonde reverence in de beau milieu; der vas Milor Hammond, he vas make profonde reverence to de right; and der vas Milor Fitzharris, he vas make profonde reverence to de left. Milor Fitzharris he vas say, in ver execrable jargon, dat de Milors vere ver glad glad to see deir Excellencies: dey bowed, but diable a vord dey say! Den de " Dragoman" to de Ambassadeur Turque he vas step forward, and vas say, "dat he vas Interprete; dat he vas ver able to interprete, because he vas a native of de Greek Islands, and vas understand every body."-Milor Caningue, he vas ver much delight in dat, and he vas speak to de Interprete in some baragouin he vas call Greek! Ven de Interprete he seem ver moch fright, and vas go avay! So den de Ministre and de Excellences dey stood vidout any Interprete at all, taking de tabac en allendant mieux, and making de reverence von to de oder! Den deir Excellences vas go away, saying, dey nevere vas see so poli a Ministre as Milor Caningue, or so discreet upon de vich son Excellence Monsieur de Souza vas tell deir oder Excellences" dat he vas no vonder, for dat he had read in de Courier' Newspaper, dat Milor Caningue vas descendant, in von direct line, from de feu Secretaire Milor Burleigh, who vas always shake his head, and say noting at all!'" De next day, Milor Fitzharris, he vas come to me and tell me, dat Milor he vould have de Interprete who vas not come from de Greek Islands, and vould appoint me, as he vas vell remember de grand service I vas do to de other Ministres. Milor, he vas say, dat I should have noting to do, but to enseigner French in de matin to Milor Caningue; receive dispatch and de Foreign Ministres in de forenoon; dress de diné, and make Milor read de Dictionaire of Monsieur Chambaud in de evening. So me voici, mon Enfant, Interprete to Milor Secretaire Caningue! It shall be my endeavour, mine old friend, to give you de best information of all dat vas pass in my Bureau, and all vat I advice Milor to do. I will tell you, en confiance, dat I am deja ver moch ashamed of my Camarades in de Cabinet; but I find dat Milor he is ver moch ashamed too; so if he chan to stay in Ca binet vid all dese gros nigauds, begar me stay too! I am, vid de consideration de most parfaite, votre Serviteur tres humble, LOUIS RAGOUT, Chef de Cuisine, et Premier Interprete to Son Excellence, Milor le Secretaire Caningue. P.S. I.vas forgot to say, dat I have appoint Monsieur François Coral, Portier to de Office, Interprete en Seconde. April 13. OCCASIONED LINES BY DOCTOR DG-N-N'S APPEARING ASHAMED OF HIMSELF, DURING THE DEBATE THURSDAY NIGHT, APRIL 9, 1807. [From the British Press.] OF many wondrous facts we've heard, Such as a woman with a beard; Or fishes flying o'er the sea; Or cats that could with mice agree: ON: THE REFORMS OF THE LATE [From the Morning Post.] FOR twenty years, when out of place, ON RATS. RATS. [From the Morning Chronicle.] E TUFFIN, forty-seven years Bug Destroyer and Rat Catcher to His Majesty, begs leave to remind the Nobility and Gentry, and his friends in particular, that the season is now approaching when the young Rats begin to run, and the old ones become more daring in their depredations. Bugs, too, will be upon the alert as the warm weather advances, and their bite is increasing daily in venom. E. Tuffin, therefore, strongly recommends that such of the Nobility and Gentry, whose premises or beds have ever fallen under suspicion, should lose no time in their application for his invaluable "Holy Water, or Bug Specific," toge ther with his never-failing Yellow Rat Powder; both of which, in spite of the present great demand for them, and the rapid increase of all other articles, he still continues at the usual and moderate prices... Wholesale dealers and mercantile houses served, and allowance of one in five made. Letters from the country, franked (no others can be received), will meet with particular attention till after the 4th of June, when E. Tuffin leaves his residence in Long Acre, and retires into the country for the summer months. Long Acre, April 17. N. B. In the press, and will speedily be published,. E. Tuffin's Complete Art of Rat Catching, with fifteen Plates, descriptive of the various Species of this Animal, viz. the common English, Irish, and old Scotch Rat; the Nova Scotia, or Emigrating Rat; the Hanover, or Domestic Rat; the Sugar-mouthed, or Colonial Rat; the Liver-coloured Rat; Mealymouthed, or Medicinal Rat; the Red Rat; and lastly, the Black Long Tail, or great Indian Rat, a very noxious animal found in wells, found in pools also, is web-footed, and in addition to all the properties of the |