ness and poverty. This degree of misery is so much on the extreme, that, though it is as thickly inhabited as St. Giles's, and though the houses are little inferior, in external appearance to the streets in that quarter, the rents are so reduced, or so badly paid, it is supposed the ground upon which they stand would be more beneficial to the landlord if it were exclusively appropriated to agricultural uses. It is something like High-street, in the Borough, abounding with inns of inferior description, and various shops for the accommodation of country customers. Of course it was of that description of place in which a great number of strangers might assemble without exciting suspicion. It was, however, at the same time, a place, of all others, in which a military force could be brought to act with expedition. The street runs along the top of a hill parallel with the river Liffey, with the barracks underneath, and the castle of Dublin almost at the northern end. Military aid was, of course, immediately at hand.

BIRTHS.

At his Lordship's house, in Bloomsbury-square, the Right Hon. Lady Ellenborough, of a son, who is since dead. In Chandos Street, the Lady of Admiral Sir Charles Pole, of a daughter. The Lady of Sir John Gordon, Bart. of a daughter. At Viscount Newark's, Portman-square, the Hon. Mrs. Bentinck, of a son. At Somerset-place, Lady Louisa Rodney, of a daughter. Mrs. H. Johnston, of a son. Mrs. Boaden, wife of James Boaden, Esq. of a daughter.

MARRIED,

At Bath, T. W. Birchall, Esq. of the Royal Navy, to Miss Marrett. C. Cole, Esq. to Maria Bolland.

DIED,

On board L'Hercule, of 74 guus, in Port-Royal harbour, after only twodays illness, Solomon Ferris, Esq. commander of that ship, and senior captain of the squadron on that station, aged 55. Capt. Ferris was the officer who so nobly defended the Hannibal, of 74 guns, in Sir James Saumarez's memorable action with the French squadron, in Algesiras Bay. At Catisfield, Hants. Vice-Admiral Robert Biggs. In Manchester-square, Augustine Greenland, Esq. late Deputy Teller of the Exchequer. At Florence, Lady Catherine Burgess. At Cobham-place, Sir W. Abdy, Bart. aged 71. The Hon. Mrs. Yates. Rev. Dr. Hussey, titular bishop of Waterford. At Sudbury, Roger Boehm, Esq. one of the Directors of the Bank of England. At an advanced age, Mr. Jackson, the organist of Exeter. Monday morning, Aug. 1, after a week's illness, aged 58, Mr. William Woodfall, whose memory will long be revered by a very large circle of friends. Mr. Woodfall made himself eminently useful by the employment of his talents as a journalist, and by the character and distinction which his reports of the parliamentary debates acquired. At Rome, the Earl of Bristol, Bishop of Derry, aged 75. He is succeeded by his son, Lord Hervey, one of the under Secretaries of State in the Foreign Depart

ment.

MONTHLY MIRROR,

FOR

SEPTEMBER, 1803.

Embellished with

A PORTRAIT OF MISS MELLON, ENGRAVED BY RIDLEY, FROM AN ORIGINAL PAINTING BY ALLINGHAM.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

We are much obliged to Mr. J. P. B. (Liverpool) for the particulars respecting Mr. JACKSON, of Exeter.

The Celestial Notices did not reach the hands of the Editor in sufficient time for the present number.

The Weymouth theatricals in our next.

The Communication from a well-wisher, at Bath, at the same time.

The following articles as soon as possible;

Sonnet to Poverty, by ARTHUR OWEN, Esq.

A FEMALE BOOKWORM's poetical favour.

The Rose-bud, by LLEKEIT.

We must solicit the patience of our poetical correspondents, whom we have not room to attend to so readily as we could wish.

The last number of MELANCHOLY HOURS has, by some accident, been mislaid. We are almost ashamed to request the indulgence of a second copy. We are under the necessity of declining the insertion of the following articles;

Ode to War, by Pindaricus.

Essay on Genius, by J. T.

Remarks on the new Property Tax; and on the late insurrection in Dublin, by a PATRIOT.

CRITO's Letter from Belfast is inserted in the present number.

ERRATUM.

In the Translation from Petrarch, printed in the last number, for "Forests green" read" Forests seen."

THE

MONTHLY MIRROR,

FOR

SEPTEMBER, 1803.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF

MISS MELLON.

With a Portrait.

MISS HARIET MELLON was born in the city of Westminster. Her father, who was a gentleman in the East India service, died some months previous to her birth. About two years afterwards her mother married again, into a respectable family in Lancashire; and from this period Miss Mellon may date her theatrical life; for her father-in-law, Mr. Entwisle, possessing considerable musical talents, was induced to engage as the leader of a band in a provincial theatre. At this time Miss Mellon experienced the protection of a family of considerable consequence at Halifax, in Yorkshire, named ROYDES. To them she is indebted for many important advantages, and she has never ceased to retain the most grateful sense of their kindness. Some circumstances occurring which caused her mother to remove from that part of the country, Miss Mellon of course accompanied her, and occasionally, as a child, assisted at the theatres where Mr. Entwisle happened to be engaged.

The first regular engagement she entered into was with Mr. Stanton, in whose circuit, where she was the principal ornament, she remained till her removal to Drury-Lane. This circumstance took place in the following manner. At Stafford Miss Mellon was favoured with the friendship of Mr. Wright, the banker, with whose sister and daughters she lived in habits of intimacy. Mr. Sheridan being on a visit to the family, during the races, saw her play the cha→ racters of Rosalind and the Romp, and was so highly satisfied with the performance, that he was pleased to say, he thought her abilities entitled her to a situation in London. Miss Mellon's Stafford shire friends, who had ever exerted themselves most warmly and powerfully for her interest, and whose uniform kindness has made a lasting impression on her mind, were of course not insensible of the value attached to the opinion of so excellent a judge of acting as Mr. Sheridan: they intimated how happy they should feel were Miss Mellon comfortably situated at Drury-Lane; upon which Mr.

Sheridan immediately engaged her for that theatre; and as she could in no wise be separated from her mother, Mr. Entwisle was also provided with a situation in the orchestra.

Miss Mellon made her first appearance on the Drury-Lane boards in the season of 1793-4, in the part of Lydia Languish, in the Rivals, and was received by the audience with the warmest applause. The vivacity of her manner was much admired, and the advantage of a pleasing countenance and figure gave it additional effect. Since that period she has been gradually rising in the public favour, and now ranks among the principal comic supports of the theatre.

During the summer season she has constantly performed in the principal theatres of the kingdom; Birmingham, Newcastle, Durham, Plymouth, and Liverpool, where, particularly in the town last mentioned, she has met with the most distinguished tokens of kindness and approbation.

Under the management of Mr. Wroughton, she obtained an article for five years, at a very respectable and rising salary; and at the close of last season her engagement was renewed for three years longer.

THE

THE NEGRO OF SENSIBILITY.

HE following effusion is from the pen of Mrs. Hanway, the ingenious author of the successful novels of "Eleanor" and "Andrew Stuart." The object whom Hortensia bewails was a real daughter, and one of the loveliest attainments, and fairest promise.

sorrow.

HORTENSIA has a house whose windows, on one side, overlook à church-yard, the common receptacle of the proud rich man and his lowly dependant. The only difference between them is, that the former is condemned to await the fiat of his omnipotent Judge enshrined in a marble tomb, whilst his less opulent neighbour is consigned to his parent earth, with less of pomp, but more of real From a view of this our last inheritance, her young friends turn disgusted away with the improvident levity of their time of life, whilst those whom age should have taught wisdom, and disappointment philosophy, to look on it as the last stage of their journey through the perilous paths of a receding world, shrink from the view, like the sensitive plant from the touch, as if, by shutting their eyes on a charnel-house, they could divest their minds of the tremendous idea that, however unwilling or unprepared, they must one day become an inhabitant of it.