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difcovery, but to no effect; and it 
was at length determined to deftroy 
the theatre, unlefs he was given up. 
They ftill perfifted in their filence, 
which induced the janiffaries to 
fet fire to the theatre ; .and it. was 
completely deftroyed. The Turks 
roceeded to fet fire to all the Eng- 
ifh and other Chriftian factories, 
deftroyed property to the amount 
of nearly 100,000l. killed between 
12 and 1300 people, and threaten- 
ed to deftroy all the Chriftians 
“in the place. ; 
31ft. About four o’clock, a moft 
dreadful fire broke out at the’ old 
family manfion of the Duke of St. 
Albans, at Hanworth Park, near 
Hampton, which, in the courfe of 
three hours, deftroyed every part 
of the building, and all the beau- 
tiful gallery of paintings, which 
“were in heirloom wiih the houfe. 
Very little of the furniture was fav- 
_ed. The fire broke out at the back 
_of the houfe, near the library, and 
“was occafioned by a girl belonging 
toa farm-yard lighting her fire too 
near the windows. Owing to the 
‘high wind, the flames caught the 
“fhutters, and the. conflagration 
‘{pread through the manfion before 
any affiftance could be obtained. 
A boat belonging to a brig, 
lying in Winchelfea Nook, in its 
paflage from the fhore to the veffel, 
with the captain and two men on 
board, was, by a fudden fquall of 
wind, overfet. The captain faved 
his life by fwimming to fhoye; but 
‘the two men, being unable to fwim, 
were drowned. It is. faid the un- 
fortunate men belonged to New- ' 
haven; but of this we have received 
no affurance. 
In the courfe of this month, 
moft of the counties, cities, and 
towns of the kingdom, petitioned 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 179%. 
‘one of the laft of the legitimate 
his Majefty for the removal of mi- 
nifters, and the confequent reftora- 
tion of ‘peace. ; 
Drep at her houfe in Halfmoon- 
ftreet, Piccadilly, after having been 
for fome weeks confined to her bed 
by a very fevere illnefs, Mrs. Pope, 
the celebrated aétrefs. She was 
School of Garrick; and had for 
years maintained, both as a tragic 
and comic performer in the Lon- 
don theatres, the moft refpectable | 
fituation. Her merits and talents, 
after nearly 30 years experience, 
are too well known to need any 
comment; they were univerfally 
acknowledged and admired; and, 
while fhe is lamented as a great 
public lofs, thofe who knew her 
domeftic worth, will feel alfo, in 
the death of fo eftimable a woman, 
a fource of much private affliction. 
In a wide range of characters, in 
tragedy and comedy, and in the 
humorous as wellas the fafhion- 
able walk of the latter, fhe has been 
uniformly diftinguifhed with ap-f 
plaufe. Mrs. Pope was defcended § 
from a good family, of the name 
of Younge, who. left her little be-# 
fide her education: fhe had her 
fituation in life to make at a period 
when moft girls are occupied by 
no other ideas than their pleafure.} 
In the courfe of her education, { 
had acquainted herfelf with the 
beft Englifh dramatic writers. It 
was a ftyle of reading fhe always§ 
relifhed fo much, that fhe now be- 
gan, ferioufly, to think of putting 
it into practice; and, procuring af 
letter of recommendation‘to Mr 
Garrick, he was fo well pleafec 
with her firft effay, that he took th 
pains of attending her at fevera 
private rehearfals, when every tria 
gave freth preofs of her abilities 
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