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called clamorously for liim : otliers 

 wanted Gairkk's orii;iual prologue 

 fotiie piece, while many apprehend- 

 ing an apolotry for <he appearance 

 of the voting; Koscius, were voci- 

 ferous in deprecating it. After en- 

 during the '' pelting of the pitiless 

 siorm" for some minutes, Mr. C'.Kem- 

 ble retired, and the play commenced. 

 No sooner, however, had the per- 

 formers appeared, than the tumult 

 increased, and they in their turn, 

 after having gone through half the 

 first scene, were obliged to yield to 

 th': teinporary disapprobation of the 

 audience. Mr. C. Kemble again 

 came forward, and gesticulated the 

 address, for to have spoken it wotild 

 hare been labour lost, as the per- 

 sons nearest the stage could not 

 possibly have heard a line of it : in 

 line, the play was suffered to pro- 

 ceed, but of the first aft little could 

 be heard, as in it tlie character 

 which the young Roscius represent- 

 ed does not appear. At length, how- 

 ever, the second gave him to an en- 

 thusiastic and admiring audience ; — 

 an enthusiasm and admiration which 

 met Mith no abatement to the end 

 pf the piece, and has pursued him 

 through the Mhole of liis first season 

 in London.* 



2nd. On this day Bonaparte A\as 

 crowned by the pope, at Paris, em- 

 peror of tiie French, with the ut- 

 most splendour and solemnity. At 

 the same time Madame Bonaparte 

 was inaugurated empress, and both 

 were formally enthroned. And thus 

 evanishes every shade of republi- 

 canism in France. + 



The value of the new gold coin 

 which ha;, been struck at Paris upon 



this occasion is about 18s. On one 

 side is the head of Bonaparte, and 

 round it within the rim the words, 

 " Napoleon, empereur;" on the re- 

 verse, in (lie centre, is a wreath of 

 laurel and oak leaves, and round it 

 a statement of the value, namely, 

 " 20 francs ;'' at the first of the 

 branches appears the date, " year 

 12;" and on the edge the words, 

 " republique Francaise." 



3d. A new eruption of Vesuvi- 

 us occurred in the night, which af- 

 forded nothing extraordinary till 

 about four in the morning, when, 

 after a loud and dreadful explosion, 

 a flame rose to a considerable height, 

 and was immediately followed by a 

 violent and rapid discharge of lava, 

 which in three hour's time overrun 

 all the former limits. The surprise 

 and terror of the inhabitants, espe- 

 cially those of La Foire del Greco, 

 may easily be imagined : it however 

 providentially slackened, and has 

 ceased to extend itself farther. 



From the accounts laid before 

 congress, the American finances ap- 

 pear to improve in an astonii;hing 

 degree : — The documents prove, that 

 since the commencement of Mr. 

 Jeflerson's presidency, the sum ex- 

 ceeding the annual expenditure aris- 

 ing from taxation was greater than 

 the whole of the sum to be paid to 

 France for the cession of I^ouisiana. 

 The estimate of the expenditure for 

 this 3'ear is not more (under the dif- 

 ferent heads of civil list, miscella- 

 neous services, expences of inter- 

 course with foreign powers, mili- 

 tary and naval establishment) than 

 3,375,435 dollars. It is calculated, 

 that there will be paid, before th« 



* For a nioic particular account of this theatrical prodigy, vide the article 

 "(.'iirirnctcrs," in this volume. 



t Vide Appendix, for an account of the ccrcmonv. 



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