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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1S13. 



applause were again repeated, and 

 lasted a considerable time. When 

 these had ended, a piece was per- 

 formed, entitledOiVome (the Name) 

 composed in honour of lord Wel- 

 lington. The scene represented the 

 Elysian fields ; and the interlocu- 

 tors were. Glory, Posterity, Carao- 

 ens, the Great Constable, and a 

 number of Portuguese heroes. Se- 

 veral of the verses of our immortal 

 Camoens were ingeniously intro- 

 duced. 



The spectators, who were solely 

 intent on the great object of this 

 spectacle, instantly applied to him 

 with avidity and enthusiasm every 

 allusion of this kind ; and the ap- 

 plauses were redoubled, when ge- 

 nii descending, presented illumi- 

 nated scrolls, with the inscriptions, 

 *' Roleia, Vimiera, Porto, Talavera, 

 Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajos, Arapiles, 

 &c. 



His Excellency was accompa- 

 nied in his box by their Excellen- 

 cies the Regents, the minister of 

 his Britannic majesty, the marquez 

 de Borba, the marquez de Olhao, 

 the secretary don Miguel Pereira 

 Forjaz, and the secretary Alexan- 

 dre Jose Ferreira Castellol. In the 

 box to the right, contiguous to 

 that of government, was his Excel- 

 lency marshal the count of Tran- 

 coso. On the left side, in the boxes 

 contiguous to that of government, 

 were the English generals, Stop- 

 i'ord, Rebow, Peacock, Leilh.Slade, 

 Fermor, Robinson, Brooke, Inglis, 

 Blunt, and admiral Martin. 



18. A shocking catastrophe oc- 

 curredin Bull's-head-yard, Charles- 

 street, Drury-lane. Two females, 

 named Jane Supple and Mary 

 Welch, agreed to drink 21 glasses 

 of gin in a limited time. The 



former person succeeded in drink- 

 ing 18 successive glasses, when 

 she became quite insensible, and 

 was immediately conveyed to her 

 lodgings, and put to bed, where 

 in about half an hour afterwards, 

 she died. She was far advanced 

 in years. The latter woman also 

 drank more liquor than the former, 

 and now lies very ill. 



1% The following anecdote is 

 extracted from the St. Petersburgh 

 Patriotic and Political Journal, a 

 periodical work, something in the 

 nature of our magazines, now 

 published in the Russian capital: — 

 " We hope to afford pleasure to 

 our readers, by furnishing them 

 with an account of the escape of 

 lieut.-gen. baron Vintzengerode, 

 and of major Narishkin, who was 

 taken prisoner at the same time 

 with the baron. On their way to 

 Minsk they continued to che- 

 rish great hopes of being freed 

 from their captivity ; but when 

 they had advanced beyond that 

 town all shadow of hope fled. The 

 French also were so confident of 

 the security of their prisoners, that 

 they guarded them carelessly. One 

 morning, baron Vintzengerode es- 

 pied a Cossack at some distance, 

 and communicated this to major 

 Narishkin, who at first was loth to 

 credit it ; however, on approach- 

 ing nearer, they were soon con- 

 vinced that they had in reality dis- 

 covered a warrior of the Danube, 

 Baron Vintzengerode rose up, ex- 

 hibited his.orders to view, and ex- 

 claimed, "I am a Russian gene- 

 ral !" The Cossack vanished in an 

 instant ; but soon after, twelve of 

 his companions appeared, fell upon 

 the guards, disarmed them, took 

 the captives from the carriages, 



