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were taken to be females dressed in men's clothes, for the purpose of 

 adding to the gaiety of the scene ; but one object, upon inspection, proving 

 to be a real bondjide man, he was destined to proceed amidst the shouts 

 and derision of the populace : others of the same genus followed, and 

 were received in a similar manner, it being ascertained that these gentle-* 

 men were so inconvenienced by the dust getting into " their pretty eyes 

 and whiskers," that they were obliged to wear veils to counteract its 

 destructive effects, and also to guard their delicate complexions from the 

 rays of the sun. The he-nuns were discovered to be half a dozen Mar- 

 quises and Barons of the highest blood of the North of Europe, preserv- 

 ing their complexions for the quadrille at the Duchess of Connizaro's, 

 on the same evening. We hear that they fortunately escaped without a 

 freckle. 



Kean lingers still on this side of the Atlantic, and in the modern Athens 

 finished his career and benefit by a speech, which seemed to have en- 

 raptured his classic audience. 



" Having been loudly called for at the end of the play (Othello), he made 

 the following characteristic address: "Ladies and Gentlemen, I cannot 

 express to you ray feelings of gratitude. I am overpowered by exertion ; but 

 in whatever situation I may be placed, 1 will, through life, entertain the 

 most lively recollection of your kindness. After the eloquent language 1 have 

 been speaking to-night, any thing I could say must be weak indeed. But I 

 highly prize approbation from such an audience ; of whom I conceive the 

 ladies to be the most beautiful, and the gentlemen most enlightened (Cheer- 

 ing). It is probable, that although I may not often again appear on the 

 London boards, I hope frequently to make my best bow to my kind friends 

 here/' 



We must now degenerate into the miscellaneous; and first, of the 

 incomparable bandit of Drury Lane. 



" It is said that Wallack has received a pressing invitation from the various 

 theatres in the United States to pay them another professional visit, and that 

 high terms have been offered." 



Elliston has recovered the use of both his hands, and now employs 

 them in both John Bull's pockets, from which he extracts full houses, 

 laughing audiences, and a promise of increasing popularity for the next 

 fifty years. 



All our actors are flying off to Paris. Liston does not intend to act at 

 any of the provincial theatres during the summer. Accompanied by his 

 son and Mr. Kenney, he purposes to visit Paris. Liston is going. 

 Charles Kemble is gone upon a theatrical speculation. He will be fol- 

 lowed by Mr. Lacey, translator of the grand spectacle of Napoleon Buo- 

 naparle. Mr. Kemble's stay in the French capital will be very short. 



The Radicals are prodigiously angry with the Marquis of Chandos for 

 having beaten their man ; and are now trying to account for Lord George 

 Nu gent's want of weight and political importance wherever his lordship 

 is known ; and for this purpose are libelling the marquess and his father 

 with having taken the trouble to combine against the said author of the 

 poem on Portugal, and Bold Dragoon of the Tracadero. Thus, say 

 they : 



The differences between Lord Nugent and the Marquis of Chandos have 

 been very conspicuously brought forward. The latter, with the duke, their 



