120 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



sonable caiase of complaint which 

 the public maj' feel." 



This statement was certified by 

 the names of the remaining pro- 

 prietors, ,lolm Crampton, E. T. 

 Dalton, George Gregory. 



A gentleman asked " what re- 

 muneration the performers were 

 to receive ?" Mr. Rock answered, 

 " a benefit immediately." A loud 

 plaudit followed, and a second 

 question was put, " Of what 

 description are the Trustees?" — 

 " The Trustees," replied Mr. 

 Rock, " are four ; the Earl of 

 Meath, Mr. Dennis Bowes Daly, 

 Colonel Talbot, and Mr. Taylor." 

 Another plaudit. Mr. Rock in- 

 quired whether the audience de- 

 manded auj- further explanation 

 relative to himself or the other 

 persons connected with the thea- 

 tre .'' A cry of No, iVo, and he 

 retired. 



The play went on, and the per- 

 formers, with the exception of 

 three or four, were received with 

 cheers. 



A dreadful eruption burst forth 

 from the Volcano of Albay in Ma- 

 nilla, on the 1st of February last, 

 which lasted for ten days, and de- 

 stroyed five populous towns in the 

 province of Cumarines, and the 

 principal part of that of Albay ; 

 1,200 persons were killed, and 

 many more dreadfully wounded or 

 burnt. 



Extract of a letter from Mow, in 

 the province of Bundelcund, dated 

 March 21, 1814:—" For some 

 time past accounts have been daily 

 brought to us by the natives, of 

 their cattle having been carried off 

 by leopards, upon which one of our 

 cadets determined upon going out 

 jn quest of the deprr dators on foot, 



no elephant being to be had. He 

 was shown the place of ambush of 

 these supposed leopards by the vil- 

 lager?, and had not proceeded far 

 up the side of the mountain, which 

 was covered entirely with thick 

 underwood, when, to his astonish- 

 ment, he perceived a large tiger, 

 in a sleeping posture, within 15 

 yards of him. He had just time 

 to order his unarmed attendants to 

 retire, when the monster rousing, 

 perceived him. There was more 

 clanger in retiring than in standing 

 fast, and our bold Cadet had cou- 

 rage to do so. With a coolness 

 perhaps scarcely equalled, he stea- 

 dily awaited his opportunity, when, 

 by the greatest piece of good luck, 

 he struck the monster in the large 

 artery of the neck. Feeling him- 

 self wounded, he made a violent 

 spring to the place where the Ca- 

 det was standing : but being stu- 

 pified by the shot, and a precipice 

 being in his way, he tumbled, bel- 

 lowing, into a ravine, where, oa 

 receiving a second shot from this 

 intrepid son of Mars, he retired 

 about a hundred yards, and yielded 

 up his existence. He was brought 

 in last night upon a camel. His 

 measurement (which we do not 

 think much) was, from the tip of 

 the tail to the nose, nine feet. 

 The oldest tiger hunters here, say 

 that his make was the most perfect 

 they ever saw. The enormous 

 strength of his neck, shoulders, and 

 fore legs is indescribable. Nor had 

 any one, who had not a mind to a 

 fainting fit, much relish for inspect- 

 ing his carcase narrowly, the smell 

 being intolerable which arose from 

 it, though only six hours killed. — 

 The night before he had carried off 

 an unfortunate villager. 



BIRTHS. 



