London Journal (Newspaper) - May 18, 1728, London, Middlesex The LONDON J O U R N A L. May 18. 17*8. 45-9. following from an Account of fome brc in i an at has been by M e m a n t and ordered to be inferred in j this H E Stage had been long unfrequented by the and abandoned to Jugglers and The Theatre was wholy left to the Management of a by whom it was peopled with Elfs and and every Corner of it filled with concealed Terrors and confuted Crowd ot Nymphs and Witches and Heathen mixt in the fame the without Order or and Windmills and flying Dragons acted their Parts to the Delight and of the Audience. At a Time when Seats of Wit were thus and the Court of alarmed with an Account of a Dramatic lately exhibited there with the It was affirmed with the that no Bard had ever gained fuch or engaged more frequent and more numerous Every every Age and was charmed alike with a Performance to evety mimic with which every Scene was agreeably were hourly repeated in the and in the None were fo as to refuSe Attention to none fo as to be incapable of reciting them with The Chirping of the Meads in a Summer's was not more Shrill and than the Voices of Belles and perpetually warbling over which fhey preferred to the Their for this polite continued notwithstanding the of their and the Levity of their Genius Their Serious Attention to Quadrille was often interrupted by fome favourite and often the ima Sounds disturbed their An extream Defire was in all who in the Pierian and drank the Streams of to acquaint with the Character and Manner of this new who had reaped Jo rich a of in a Field fo fruitful of Their Opinion of the prevailing Tafte had indeed induced many of them to draw to the of the Poet from his Some thought it or at to hope to others condemned the Defire of fuch Judges as a mean with Speed to procure the which fo new an mean while the whole flocked to the Laurel where Apollo fate encircled by the and ranged in order on the flowery expecting his foon and laid his Charge at the Feet of the God but their and Impatience was now to the none of them was lb hardy as to undertake to recite a which they apprehended would prove unworthy of the Even the Comic declined the Task and had nor with an Intrepidity to the and offered his their Delicacy muft have their As he from Scene to their Fears and and the Marks of their Disapprobation grew fo and as might have even M o m u s had it not been unlawful to interrupt in a tumultuous manner the Work of a Poet recited in the of the To encourage him to proceed with Apollo in pity gave a favourable Nod Thalia was feen to Smile her graver Sifters long in by redoubling their Indignation to their The decent thus the Crowd of Spectators at once to the mirthful and Shook the Their wild tumultuous Mirth continued without till the Play was ended a Reflection had been thought fo much and it had been voted an Severity to have condemned an only it was different from the of and without the Help of the M o-m v s acquitted of a Task fo to his Character with much and received the general ApplauSe The favourite Songs are faid to have been demanded a Second and long retained by the Mimic At length A waving his with fome difficulty their and the by degrees recollected their in order to pals their Judgment on a Performance which had produced fuch extravagant Delight This naturally led them into Reflections on which all were inclined to as the Sport of Wit and the Delight of every lively Its Graces were to in to the beautiful and in and Serious which were painted by the ludicrous in wild and formed by fo a delicacy of that the genuine Beauties remained while the unskilful Affectation of them was agreeably This manner of when directed by a skill in as it 3 TeSt of whatever is beautiful in was never to fuch whoSe Works would bear it. The Father of the Poets was not to fee the Frogs and Mice counted the Heroes he had with fo much Pomp and Nor was the Fame of Virgil endangered by the Libert of this kind fo frequently taken with at which B a v i tr s. or might have been The happy Productions of the Moderns in this lighter kind of were allowed their and the elegant and ingenuous manner they had introduced was highly Here who retained fome Degree of to this licentious was preparing to remark on the Indelicacy of his had not a more favourable with a ro elude an Objection fo incapable of being turned the to the Merits of the at which it had been This appeared to be an Invention unknown to the Inhabitants of It was by all the Italian who had the Honour of being admitted to the the Aminta of Tasso looked down upon it with Scorn nor was the Pastor Fido of ever of uttering his in or languishing in a Duet with Amary The had been at a loSi to get any Information about had not fome of the who were with fo much Humour the ridiculous and Contrivance of this new kind of and Sentiments and unnatural Characters introduced into that all agreed that it deferred the fame Treatment with the of Am ad is Je Gaule and bis This Judgment was confirmed by Apollo and to reward even beyond his for engaging in fo good He declared him intitled to the Honour of a low Cricket on the Left Hand of the famed As there was Caufe to apprehend that honoured Knight of La Maneha would be- fended at the infamous this that with all his Should be from the Precincts of The Petition of a favourite in this mock to attend the a in the Quality pf a of jiei was with by this eels but the was admitted to the ws a Companion to the This Determination in favoin of the Poet was no fooner than a Band of with a Variety of modern fitted to a and various than was ever heard to from the Harps of ancient entered the Laurel and demanded Two Nymphs not without an Air of joined their Voices to the foft of melodious and charmed the murmuring Gales and Streams of Helicon to Silence and The Song the whole from theit Seats to do therri Honour 5. and every Flower in was ambitious to their touched with a Complaint preferred in fuch moving approved the Supplicating and with a Smile their The contending Nymphs were if they to the Preference between they would then be proclaimed and might Securely defy the vain Attempts to deprive them of the Admiration due to the Powers of FOREIGN May r. CArdinal who had not feen the Pope for fix had laft Saturday 3 long Conference with his of whom he took having to go in a Short time to Ancona and other The Cardinal Pereira went hence laft with all the Portuguese which remained here And the laft Letters from M. that the King of Portugal had ordered part of the Italians to go out of his the Queen had made the Efforts td his 1. The going lately into her the Hinges of the Door being it fell upon her but as She had in her Hand a which had been given to her by Pope Clement She preServed With it from any except a flight in her The Pretender is very much afflicted at the Death of Cardinal who had always Shewn much Zeal for his May 5. The King has nominated M. Secretary of the to We learn from Abo in that Baron Governor of that was preparing to make a General Review of all the Regiments which are in and that they had received Advice there that the had to reinforce with Men the of the Towns which they in that May 8. The Imperial CoUrt is with the Conduct of my Lord Waldegrave i His judicious and polite Method of treating of Affairs him daily more and more the and of the Emperor's Ministers t His Excellency is often in Conference with Prince Eugene of and with fome of the Ministers of May The iSth Mr. of Great had a particular Audience of the in which he to his M. Stanhope and M. Plenipotentiaries of his to the CongreSs at he them afterwards to the and he was conducted to two Audiences by M. de Introducer of May 22.' The 15th the Queen was at her and the King touched about 200c for the The 17 the Queen was let by way of on account of her M. ie of died tha in the in the joth Year of his lamented on account of his Merit and great May Our Politicians bete their Brains to find out the meaning of this States equipping a which is ready to at the critical Time of Opening the CongreSs of and of the particular Orders given t not to open his in Such a Latitude at
