The National Register. — London, England, 1811-07-28 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 470 us from letting adulation intoxicate ottc fancies, and make us leek upon ourselves as mere deligatei from him who is all Power, and as being accountable to him for the abuse of autho - ulty: if •-it be ticket, let it teupport us against the temptations they present to seduce us from the recollection that we arc but stewards. to him who will exact a strict " account of our stew . sidship." If it be lame, let not the bubble popularity so puff us with vanity as to snake us lose sight of the retributive hour, when it.wlU 'be enquired whether the applause bestowed upon us has been merited, asd whether or no it has been the idol of our am- Whin; and when, if the enquiry turns against us, the punish ment will be in proportion to the incense offered to us, and the anodes taken to obtain it. . If calamity be the impulse of our Fortitude, let us reflect whe ther we have brought it upon ourselves by neglect of - our duty, in whether it has fallen upon us by the ordinary or particular dispensations of Providence ; if the latter, let us consider and lay with David " the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, .birseed be the name of. the Lerd !" and we may rest assured, .while possessing this pious disposition, he who corrects like a fa ther for our welfare,will in his own good time remove the burthen ; if the former,let us sincerely repent of such neglect, and endeavour to repair it, and He who sees the sorrows of our heart, and who " will not quench the smoking flax, nor break the bruised reed," will accept our contrition, pardon our transgression, and miti gate or remove our punishment. In fine, let us seriously niedi- Mte that life is a scene of trial, a probation for eternity, then will prosperity appear only as a more strong incentive to a s;ir aims discharge of our several trusts, and calamity only as a kind monitor to recal the wanderings of our imagination, and correct the errors of our hearts—th n will Fortitude prove an easy ex ertion, the offspring of the most steady faith, the companion of the most sublime hope, and the parent of the most exalted charity. A LAYMAN. July 241811. PROVINCIAL,S. A few days since, as the post chariot belonging to Lord Burg bersh, containing some of his Lordship's domestics, was travel ling through Hertfordshire, a trunk containing a gold snug box, together with articles to the amount of above Win. was cut 1. cm • behind the chariot, near Biggleswatie, with which the robber, got clear off. On returning part of the road back, a waggoner was met, who had seen the robbery committed, and he pointed out a wood where the thieves, two in number, hal entered, and the trunk emptied of its contents, was there found. The waggoner said he had no suspicion that the robbers were thieves, as they were dressed so much like gentlemen. Late on Wednesday night, or early on Thursday morning, the barring-house of Messrs. Lacoste and Co. at Chtrtsey, was En tered and robbed of Bank of England and Chertsey notes to the amount of several hundred pounds. The following story has been fur some time in circulation, for the ttuth of which, however, we are unable to vouch :—" A • female, of the name of Hudson, died lately at Mill-hill, near }tendon, of a galloping consumption, brought on by the poison , ous medicines which she had taken at various flints, but with- out success, to procure abortion. Upon her death bed, this miserable creature related how she had falsely affiliated her first two children to an innocent man, and how she had disposed of three others race. Tne first, a boy, she destroyed as soon as born, and buried it under a tree in a garden, near Dors-lane.— The second, a girl, met with a similar fate, but the mother bu ried it behind a public-house called the Adam and Eve, Mill bill. The last child, a girl also, she buried alive in a field near Totteridge. After this disclosure, the unhappy wretch appeared more resigned, and expired almost immediately. Her confes sion had such an effect upon the persons in the neighbourhood, that no one could be found to sit up with the corpse during the nights previous to burial. On Wednesday morning last, as two horses were at plough near Norwich, a flight of bees alighted on the animals ; the borses of course were terrified, and the bees not being suffered to swarm in their usual manner, became provoked, and stung the horses in so violent a manner, that one of them died on Fri day fa the most excruciating agonies. The other was preserved by applying cloths dipped in a solution of salt of tartar in cold water. DRAMATIC REGISTER. -........- HAYMARKET THEATRE. If I were to sit down to write the complete history of the Haymarket squabbles, I might furnish the world with two or three quarto volumes, printed closer, if possible, than those of Mr. WALTER Sco•r'r. This, however, as Ido not see it would be a very profitable, I am decidedly of opinion would not be very useful labour. Like certain dabwate works, intended to eXplain SHARESPEAR, they would, in all probability, lie neg lected on the shelf, their weight increased by collecting dust, but making ver,y little impression on the public mind, as the multitude would rather remain uninformed on the subject, than submit to the drudgery of wading through such an .exposition. I cannot, however, make this department what it professes to be, a complete Dramatic R^oister, without noticing the existing differences, whenever theyostensibly affect the amusements of the town, It becomes necessary, therefore, on the present occasion, to give some account of what has transpired since my last. A new Entertainment was announced for last Monday, and public expectation was raised unusually high, by the manner in which it was advertised. It was to be performed as A GRAND-DRE - ' , S'D REHEARSAL of a Tragico-Comic-Anglo-Gernarinico-Hippo-Ono-Dramatict ROMAIVCE,_ A new piece (in Two AcL) called The QUADRUPEDS OF QUEDLINBURGH OR S THE ROVERS OF WEIMAR. The Groundwork, and some Scenes (with alterations) of this Drama, are extracted :rom a celebrated, and witty, periodi- cal Publication, commenced, in London, towards the close of the last Century, and ii w discominuecl.—The Piece has bean long in preparation, and the Public is respectfully informed, thut every effort has been strained to surpass NATURE!! CUARACTERS OF A VEHICULAR DESCRIPTION, BUT ON FOOT. Mr. Bartholomew Bathos (an English Dramatist on the German Model; and Student in the Veterinary College) by Mr. ELLIS i'ON. Manager of the Haymarket Theatre (a very " Poor Gentle man,") by Mr. EYRE. Call Boy (a Go-between) by Mr. SMITH. CHARACTERS IN THE ROMANCE. Duke of Saxe Weimar (a Sanguinary Tyrant with red hair, and an amorous comph-xion), by Mr. NOBLE. Rogero (a Prisoner in the abbey qf Quedlinburgh • in love with Matilda Pottingen, and Husband to Cecilia Mukenfield) by Mr. LISTON. Casimere (a Polish Emigrant, in Dembrowsky's Legion, married to Cecilia, and having several Children by Matilda) by Mr. MUNDEN. Beefington and Puddingfield ( English Noblemen, exiled by the tyranny of KING JOHN, previously to the signature of Magna Charta) by Mr. MALLANSON and Mr. GROVE. Doctor Pottingen (L L. D.), by Mr. MARTIN. Young Pottingen ( Son of Doctor Pottingen and Brother to Matilda) by Mr. PAYNE. '..`alter at Weimar, (A Knight Templar in disguise) by Mr. FINN. Monk, with a Firelock (A Military Ecclesiastic) by Mr. LEWES. Matilda Pottingen (in love with Rogero, and Moths,. to Clsitnere's Children) by Mrs. GLOVER. Cecilia Muckenfield (4 Passenger in the Dilly, and - Vire t• Casimere) by Mrs. GIBBS. Dame Shuttenbruch ( Widow and Landlady ofthe Inn at Wei. mar) by Mrs. GROVE. DUMBIES. Neddycrantz, (lick Ass to the Wheel qf the Well in the Abbey if Quedlinburgh ) by a new Performer, being his first appearance. Female Captive, ( A Corpulent Virgin) Miss Leserve. Pantalawsky and Britchinda, Children of :Matilda, by Casimere. Joachim, Jabal, and Amaratitha, Children of Matilda, by Rogero. Children of Casimere and Cecilia, with their respective Nurses. Several Children, Fathers and Mothers unknown. Officers, Soldiers of the Light and Heavy Horse, Grenadiers. Troubadours, Monks, Donkics, &c. &c. eicc. On the day on which this extraordinary piece was to be broug lit forward, an address to the public, by Messrs. CoLiksast