"A friend" informs us that The Day, and other Papers, copy largely from our pages, without acknowledging the source. We thank him for his Letter of Mark, but shall inake no reprisals. Punch to Old Nick; Essay on Riches, by Mr. R. H. Jefferson; A Letter from Mr. J. Kerr, relating to a Sequel to Humphrey Clinker, said to have been written by Dr. Smollet; An Acrostic on Miss Mary Hewson, of James-street, Covent-garden; S. Y. on the Starry Heavens; W. B. Bransby, Ipswich, on Winter; T. S.'s Letter; one from Hugo Twist ; R-ch-n, on Zara; W. W. W. and Peregrine on The Rebellion pamphlet, giving an account of the O. P. riots; and Thalia's Judgment, by C. H. are received. Tell Tale, on Amicus, was forestalled (see Miss Edgeworth, in our last.) -He pleasantly, and we are sorry, truly remarks, that the Impromptu, by H. W. Quiz, (see Vol. VI. p. 299.) was written 100 years ago in French, "Calas vivoit, Calas est mort.” W. B. on the British Forum, makes some sensible remarks, if the speakers had any weight, but it is well known that they are mercenaries, who are either laughed at, or despised, or both, throughout the town. "An Elegy on the Duel of Capt. Macnamara and Colonel Montgomery,” in 150 lines, is poetical beyond our limits, but the concluding verses, the ne plus ultra of triplets, deserve all the fame we can afford them, "If two fine dogs had quarrell'd not—O if! Not fell MONTGOMERY thro' false honor's tiff, We advise X. Y. Z. to learn his A. B. C. before he begins to write. Mr. Lofft's Remarks on Ausonianus, and on Printing, next month. Whimsiculo, P. Q. R. and several others, have written to compliment us on the improved appearance and value of our work. We are pleased that they are so. W. supposes that we have given a larger letter, to meet the wants of old subscribers. We should think it an insult to translate the French motto to our Review. “A Searcher" wishes to know, whether that odd speech, beginning, "Here I am, Rang Jang," (See Mem, Dram. Oct. 9.) was spoken by a Mad Bull or a Mad Ox. W. S-n is pleased to be facetious. Privado on the Sunderland and Donald on the Glascow Theatre, next month. ERRATA. In our last, p. 52, for Possimus read pessimus. P. 62, Paul and Virginia for No Song no Supper; and at p. 66, only kill one Wild--the Dancer. Painted by De Wilde. Engraved by Freeman. Mr Edwin? Published by Verner Hood & Sharpe Poultry March 1.1810. THE MONTHLY MIRROR, FOR FEBRUARY, 1810. MEMOIRS OF MRS. EDWIN. (With a Portrait.) MRS. EDWIN is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richards, whose professional abilities, and respectable conduct in society, secured them a very considerable portion of public approbation, while acting in Crow-street Theatre, under the management of Messrs. Ryder and Crawford. It may not be irrelevant to mention, that Mr. Richards was, in Dublin, the original representative of Nancy, in Mr. Sheridan's musical farce of the Camp, and of Bridget, in the Chapter of Accidents, &c. In the last year of Mr. Crawford's management, Miss Richards, then only six years of age, made her first effort upon the stage, for her mother's benefit, in the character of the Romp. This early attempt was crowned with complete success, as so much innate genius was discovered, that the Manager immediately engaged her to perform a certain number of nights, during which she performed the Fine Lady, in Lethe, the Virgin Unmask'd, Prince Arthur, and a part written expressly for her, by Mr. O'Keeffe, in his farce of the Female Club. When Miss Richards had performed the stipulated number of nights, with uncommon success, her parents, very wisely, withdrew her from the stage, (as they perceived that her health became, in a degree, impaired, from her public exertions at those tender years,) that time might strengthen, and education improve those rare faculties of expression, which had blazoned so powerfully, even before the judgment could ascertain the limits of propriety! Her next theatrical career commenced at York, where, at the age of fifteen, she took the lead in comedy: from thence she went to the Theatre Royal, at Richmond, in Surry, where she became acquainted with her future husband, Mr. John Edwin, son of the celebrated John Edwin, whose history was so marked by originality and whim *. The celebrity that this lady had already acquired, although yet so young, procured her an offer, of a very handsome na ture, from the late Earl of Barrymore, who was then exhi biting private theatricals, at Wargrave, in Berkshire, in a style of unprecedented magnificence. While she continued to grace this unfortunate young nobleman's dramatic establishment, she was selected to perform the lively comic cast, and, sometimes, the more elegant characters: all of which she enacted to the entire satisfaction, and frequently to the admira. tion, of as polished an audience as rank and talent could em. body. : .: After visiting Dublin, during the last season of the private theatre, where Mr. Jones first saw her, she removed to Cheltenham, and afterwards to Bath. At the latter place, which is the fashionable resort of the first families in the kingdom, her merit as an actress, and her blameless conduct in private life, *Note.-Vide "The Eccentricities of John Edwin, Comedian, by Anthony Pasquin, Esq." |