torpid, like the fluggish animals of the frozen zone? Nor fhould we, without his influence, have ever heard of thofe deeds of love and war which alternately promote and prune the exuberance of population, and enrich history with events. I fhould be a fad dog, indeed, Sir, if I fuffered the honours of my family to be purred and mewed away by any moufer in Christendom; and the applauses of à British audience, which have hitherto honoured my humble performances, have taught me to fet at defiance all the machinations of a Cat-iline confpiracy. CARLO. SIR, HONOURABLE DOGS. [From the British Prefs.] REYNOLDS's Caravan having, as it were, "let flip the dogs of war" at poor Carlo, who has had his hide cur-ried by them in a moft dog-matical manner, as well in dog-ged profe, as in dog-grel verfe, I fhall beg leave, in a few words, to vindicate the honourable character of the canine race, against thefe curfed fnarlers, who, in fhewing their CANINI DENT-es, (abfit pun!) prove that they have not yet cut their dentes fapientia. "Indeed, I would rather be a dog, and bay the moon," than deny them the advantage which they feem to enjoy in the proverb- Every dog has his day Did not a fect of ancient philofophers (doubtless out of refpect to that animal) name themfelves Cynics, from a Greek word fignifying dog, and was not their founder, the great philofopher and moralit, Antifthenes, called a fincere dog? Did not the foul of one of the friends of Pythagoras choofe to animate the body of a dog, in preference to that of any other * See Car-ious Proverbs, p. 11. D5 creature? creature; and is not this ascertained by the fact related, that Pythagoras, feeing fome one beat a dog, begged him to defift, for that in his howling he heard the voice of a friend? Did not the Egyptians worship Anubis? and that his appearance might, in their opinion, be truly godlike, did they not give him the head of a dog? And what do not your gallant feamen owe to the Polar star, or Cynofure, which is a Greek compound, fimply meaning the dog's tail? Thus, in oppofition to Virgil's Fame, who "Ingrediturque folo, et caput inter nubila condit," between the Egyptians and your tars, the dog has his head on Earth and his tail in Heaven! Greatly is Heaven adorned by him, indeed, both in his conftellation in the Northern as well as Southern hemifphere; in the latter, the aftronomer fees him under the denomination of Canis minor, or the little dog; and in the former, beneath Orion's feet, he beholds Canis major, or the great dog. Let us now defcend from the celestial regions, and fuppofe we alight on Venice. Who is there the chief magiftrate? A Doge! for fo they affectedly spell the word, and would derive it from Dux; but this flimfy pretence, to blink the queftion of their origin, expofes itfelf. Brunckenbacchius, the great German commentator, affures us, that all the Dogs (or Doges, if they will have it fo) of Italy, fpring in a right line from certain puppes left by Enéas ftanding on the fhore of Caieta. See Brunckenbacchius on this paffage, Stant litora puppes-Æn. 6. I might build much to the fame of the race, on the virtues of the faithful dog of Ulyffes; and many other of his worthy brethren might I reckon on my lift of honour; but I fhall no longer dwell on earthly dogs. To Hell I go! and there, in Cerberus, what do I behold? A dog, the guardian of the place. Thus doth he at once illumine the fields of Heaven, and protect the gates gates of Hell. Can you be fo blind in your judgment, and fo narrow in your views, as to believe that he does nothing more in his infernal office? Charon's bark, being in a crazy state, never carries over more than three perfons, who are conftantly upfet; and furely it cannot be too much for you to believe, that it is then the duty of Cerberus to plunge into the Styx (for, unlike other dogs, he's not afraid of Styx), and, with his treble jaws, to bring them all three fafe on fhore. But, this thrice-capital dog, it must be remembered, is of immortal breed. Other dogs must be content with one head; and even fo, they are often much better off than their masters ! I am, I confefs, not a little warm upon all fubjects; but if I have betrayed more than ufual warmth on this laft head or heads, I truft that I thall be excufed.-. "Love me, love my dog." OLD NICK. P. S. Since more heads than one have been kept above water by honeft Carlo (see an admirable caricature just published), I hope that we fhall never again hear the phrafe "Gone to the dogs," but with a meaning the very reverfe of that which it has hitherto obtained. THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY. THE [From the Oracle] HE Manager of the Little Theatre in Downing Street having lately attempted to feduce a very popular actor from his prefent engagements, received the following anfwer, which we recommend in all fimilar cafes; many fuch applications being likely to be made in other quarters this feason. 66 DOCTOR, "I fcorn your offers, and fhould think myfelf difgraced by being in your company. You are an impu D 6 dent dent dog to make me fuch a propofal. I and my family, Doctor, are on a very different footing from you and yours; we have made fome noife in the world long before we were brought on this ftage. We are an honeft, open-hearted, and generous race, faithful to our mafters, attached to our friends, and grateful to our benefactors. We fcorn to turn tail, like you and your whole pack, on the men we have been fawning upon; or to bite the hand that has been feeding us. "Befides, Doctor, your example is a leffon to me not to undertake parts which are beyond my abilities. Wherever I appear, it is in my own element. I wish you could fay the fame; not but that I think myself in all respects very much your fuperior. I can fetch and carry at command as readily as yourfelf. When any thing is put into my mouth, I can retain it faithfully, and afterwards deliver it with a good grace. Can you do as much? I am, indeed, a dumb creature, like yourfelf; but then I know my own deficiencies, and never have expofed myfelf before any audience. Is that your cafe? I am faithful, vigilant, and bold. What are you? I can protect my Master's property, and defend his perfon. I never crouch to his enemies, nor backbite his friends; I am the terror of the former and the delight of the latter. I atk again, What are you? "But you know the kindness of my nature, and fo you hope to move my pity. You tell me that you are out of your depth. I have long feen it. You call me, that you are finking as faft as poffible. Who doubts it? That you can't keep your head above water. How fhould you? That every freth ftruggle plunges you deeper in the mud. I am glad of it, Doctor, with all my heart. You want me to help you out. I am indeed in the daily habit of dragging out one bundle of rags; and to get you out of your prefent fituation would would be a good act, whoever does it. But as for me, there you may flounder and plunge till you are drowned like a rat as you are. "I am, Doctor, yours, "Drury Lane Green Room. CARLO." AN APPROPRIATE NATIONAL ADDRESS. WRITTEN BY SIR J. B. BURGES, BART. SPOKEN BY MR. RAYMOND, AT DRURY LANE THEATRE, AT THE REVIVAL OF THE TRAGEDY OF EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE; OR, THE BATTLE OF POICTIERS. TO charm, inftruct, and dignify the age, Was long th' acknowledg'd province of the stage, Stamp'd worth with glory, with dishonour crime, Such were the themes which once true genius fir'd, And while they crown'd the bard with just applause, Such are the themes which now attention claim, Since, ere the recent wounds of war are heal'd, · Acre, |