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Death 



kitchen inflamed them to outrage. Tlie 

 military weie called in, and a t\\\ of ilie 

 distressed people were wounded by their 

 weapons, lidt no lives were lost. 



Manied.] At Ediubingli, Lieut.-Colonel 

 Dinican Cunieion, 79ili Hifjlilaiidcrs, to 

 Jliss Catherine Baillie.— Capt. H. Pear- 

 ioii, R.N. to Mi&s Ellen Litllejohn, of 

 Sterling. 



Dud.] At Iiiverary, Sir A. M. Lockhart, 

 l)art.; his death v\as m consequence of fall- 

 ing off the baiouche seat of his carriage, 

 and the wheel ^omg over his breast. 



DEATH ABKOAD. 



At the village of St. Cloud, near Paris, 

 aged 0(3, in hinicnted obscuiiiy, Mis. Dn- 

 rUhea Jordan, lately tiie pride of the Bri- 

 tish stage, and one of the most favourite 

 comic actresses of her time. She had been 

 seized with an inilMniniatiun of the lungs, 

 bnt the iiiinicdiate cause of her death was 

 the rupture of a blood-vetsul in a lit of 

 coughing, which caviied her off in a few 

 Lours, and before a,ny of her family eould 

 be apprized of her dani^er. She was the 

 daiii:htcr of an Irish olheer, of tlic name 

 ef Bland, wnh «liiini her mother had 

 eio|>ed from the house of her father, a dig- 

 niiied clcr;;ynian, while the captain was 

 with his re;;iment in Wales. Necessity 

 compelled them to have icroiirsc to the 

 »tage for siippoit; and Dorothea drew 

 hei first breath among the Thespian corps. 

 At a very early a^e she proettred an en- 

 gaijcmcut with Kyder, the Unblin mana- 

 ger, inal.inti, her fust aiipeararKC in I'ho-be, 

 in As You JJkt It, a play in which she 

 afteruaids shone hO eminently in I'iosiilviii, 

 Wic took the name of Francis, on her lirst 

 appearance, to avoid wounding the pride 

 of her fadier's relatives. Daly soon after- 

 wards engaged her for his 'Ihcatre, iu 

 Ciow-street, and her favonv with the pub- 

 lic increased ; but, some improper conduct 

 CD the part of the niaiiajjer obliging her 

 to quit Dubl n, she joined the Yorkshire 

 company of 'laic W ilkinson, at Leeds. 

 The manager askiuj; iier in what line she 

 wished to eiii^a-ie, the iminedialely an- 

 ivveied, with that fu^cinating fiankness and 

 Tivacily so peculiar to her, "Ail!" She 

 was firbt introduced, as Catista in The Fair 

 FinJtent, and as Lucy in The yirgin Un- 

 Tiiuskcd. Her merit soon became known 

 —the applause she received, in whate.Ter 

 character sl.e undertook, was unbounded, 

 and for sonie years she played with sucress 



Abroad. 



thrcngh the midtand and nortliern eoni- 

 tus where she is still well remembered. Slie 

 was in due time applied to by the London 

 managers, and engaged at Drnry-lane at 

 four pounds a week. Prgsy in The Countiy 

 Girt, and the Spoiled Child, were her clief 

 d'auvris, and we never again shall witness 

 the same nu'icdS witli v\hich she performed 

 111 is character. Her salary, after perform- 

 ing them, was first doubled and then 

 trebled, two benefits in the season were also 

 allowed her. For a long period, she con- 

 tinued in the highest receipt of any salary 

 before given at Drury-lane,— 50/. a week. 

 Soon after her engagement in the metropo- 

 lis she lost her mother ; but all her relalivei 

 have felt the effects of her bounty ; for, 

 though her maternal fondness first pointed 

 towards her own numerous family, yet her 

 generosity has been extreme to othcrsa 

 The name of her first husband was Ford, 

 by whom she had several children ; hut for 

 many years she lived at Bushy, as the re- 

 cognized companion of a royal Duke, by 

 whom she had a large and interesting fa- 

 mily. Her prndence, discretion, and good 

 sense in this situation, procured her the 

 respect of hundreds of discieet matrons. 

 She in truth enjoyed all tlie luxuries of 

 royalty, and never was contaminated by 

 its pride, its follies, or its grosser vices. 

 Had she been born to a throne, she could 

 not, ill all that the good qualities of the 

 heart command, have been more beloved 

 or respected than while she presided at the 

 iinspitalities, the festivities, and the cha- 

 rities of the Rojal Kanger. She was, how- 

 ever, never diverted by private splendour 

 from the duties of her public profession 

 as an actress, for therein existed the basis 

 of her tame. In the line of parts which 

 she filled, she was not only wilhoiit any 

 rival, but she was almost adoied by the 

 great audiences which she drew together. 

 Her tones were magic.il in their effect oa 

 the heait; and, in the singing of national 

 ballads unaccompanied by mnsic, she 

 had no equal ; nevertheless her powers 

 were those of nature ; and, without effort 

 or artifice, she drew tears or bursts of 

 laughter by the simple intonations of 

 her voice, and by the interest which her 

 presence gave to every scene. Her deatii 

 was so sudden that no countrymen attend- 

 ed her lo the gravej and two travelling 

 Englishmen who saw her funeral par,*, 

 were the fiist publishers of the event. 



TU CUUKLSl'U.NDLN'lS. 

 The Communications o/" Dr. Walki:r, Mr. Stuutt, Mr. Bainbridge, S. R, 



|-c. cmne to hand too late in appear iu the present Number. 



We are sorrt/ to sai), that we have received uo Contribution in aid of the poor Pri- 

 soners in the Fitct, nhosc hard cases uere noticed in our last. 



Several anonymous replies to known Correspondents cannot he inserted ; we feel it 

 9iir duly to protect Correspondents who honour vs with their signatures from anony- 

 mous replies of a personal nature. 



In our last, the signature J. Joyce, to a manuscript which passed throvgli his hands 

 two days before his decease, should luive betn J, J, Lympston ; the initials of both Cor* 

 rtspondmts being i/a same. 



