The National Register. — London, England, 1815-10-15 00:00:00

THE NAT! DRAMATIC REGISTER. COVENT GARDEN. A most extrtivag of dramatic nonsense, called g 4 The Parse Writer," was produ:ed last week at this Theatre, and t ntwith- Otansiing some eery sirorg and ridiculous inconsistencies, cowl' ties to Maintain itself in the rufdtc favour. This phenomenon, .visich is not to s: nnrnn u i,tm in o u r clays, foa3 he attributed tw the degree of bmtle which perv: des the piece, and valet' keeps the - mind Inn incessantly tin a jol log •rot, to allow it a single moment of clear reflexion and settled , ens-. On Erid le bight Mi..; O'Neill, who lins resumed the run of the ellarac , rs wh cit fixed her last season at the head of the MMS, as legittirrae success r to Mrs. Siddons, appeared in " Haller," mid display. d, wit, unab ited power, her complete mastership over the *en ibilides of the whale audience. DRURY LANE: Mr. Dowtott, whose ambition has lately taken wing and snared to the I:eight t Shat;c.pear's Shylock, and bean's Chef.d'ouvre, made his srcond appearance in that character on last Friday. The excellence of this actor in the sphere to %sl►icit he has hitherto confined himself is so great, as, perlu to throw a shade over his performance of parts which do tint draw forth his charaettiistie abilities. lilts Shylock was an eminent, brat net a surpaf.sine effort. His judgment retained all its strength, and his conception all Its usual accuracy; but his voice, too frequently weakened into a whi.per, and the good humour of his coun tenance, which, (tmuli capable of great e►tpression, seldom reaches that of rnalloity and hatred, impaired the effect of his performance, which, however, would have made the reputation of a less eminent actor. PA kik ictrits..—A man, named Boutilly, who had been a prisoner in ngl and , and returned to France, in consequence of the Treaty of Paris, has IrAged for snme time with his mother, in the Rile de Cha. tentoo, In Paris. In the night of the 28th of September, this unfor tunate woman hati retired to bed, and about one o'clock, when she was fast aslceo ) this monster put an end to her existence, by giving her 36 wounds with a knife. He has not been apprehended. A Pew n'ehts ago, on emptying the cesspool of the house in which A tis, the late Governor of e House of Correction in Coldbath. fields lived in, iu St. Pancras, there were found at the bottom two iron crow bars, such as bouse.breakera generally use in forcing open dolts alto two large ke ) s, one a double-headed key, which were brought hetora the Magistrates, and tried by Mr. Adkins, the present Governor of thi• House of Correction, when, on trial, the large key was round to open the great outer gates, and the double.headed key, one end was found to open all the doors of the men,' cells, and the other end all the doors of the ‘vorners' cells, throughout the entire pri son. By Wll4l tnteans they came to be hi such a place, is at present g cause of inquiry. A female, elegantly dressed, apparently about 30, on Thursday morolog at ctopt‘d to drown herself in the Regent's Canal, but Was saved by two labourers, 1% hu saw her plunge into the water, She re. fused to give any account of herself, or the cause of her conduct ; only said, that she was not now surpri:ed at being disappointed when she expected to be for evermore happy, because she was on all occasions sKoustotned to disappointments. Her bonnet was found on the hank with some verses in it. A coach was procured, into which she went, tinning the cLacl.than to drive to Portman-square, but the persons who saved her did nOt follow he home. BURG•JARY sorrosEn Moans;.--The Inhabitants of tbe.pa fish of Mary-le-b-ine have been in considerable alarm since Thursday last, in colsequence of a report being in circulation, th:it a woman and girl, left in care of the house, No. 19, Foley-place, had been mur dered. The house in question was fittel up last si ring as a lodging house, and was soon after taken by a family who were little known In Vie neighbourhord : a tew weeks back they went ir to the country, ttnd since that period the tradesmen. &c. had no communication with the house, but an e:derly woman and a girl were occasionally seen there, who sere suppoacd to be le:t In the care of the house. Last Thursday morrrog the area-gate and kitchen shutter was observed broken, and et: further examination, it Was found that all the furni ture was taken away—mil the Venetian blinds were taken from the windows ; the persons before alluded to were also missing, and have mot since been heard of. Hence it was interred by some of the neigh bours, that they were murdered, and their bodies carried away by the robber.. Blween Cve and six o'clock on Friday morning ) the warehouse of Messrs. Alchorne and Stubbs, of Old Fish-street, Doctors' Com m ins, was broke open and robbed of several bales of goods, consisting of superfine and other cloths, kerseymetes, fine serge 4. Irish linens, Lid various other articies, to the amount of at least 6001. The watch ri n, It appeared, had left his stand but a short time previous, and a urv i u t t, woman, in the premises, having heard a catt draw tip to the doer, and again retire in about a quarter ut an hour ) her suspicion was excited ) and atter witting up IV asGertaht tli fast, tli robbery was 416d0,efedi rAI, REGISTER. ANI 'I OCT. 15. A meeting of the Proprietors of this Theatre was held on Friday at the Crown atid Anchor 'Tavern, for the pur poses of receivin g the annual statement of accounts, and of electing membe rs to supply the. place of those going out by ballot Or rotation, or resignation, from the General Committee. The Earl of Essex was called to the Chair. The first business that occupied the attention of the Meet,. ing was to submit the names of those persons who were either to be re-elected, or who were newly proposed, for the approbation of the Proprietors. The following Gen. tlemen were then put in nomination :—John Dent, Esq. the Right lion. Lord Byron, the lion. Thomas Brande, David Ricardo, Esq. and James Louis Griffhull, Esq. and unanimously elected ; a hope, at the same time being ex pressed by some of the Proprietors that whoever upder• took the duties attached to the office of a member of the Committee, would feel himself bound to perform those duties with zeal and fidelity. Upon Colonel M'Alahon's re-election being proposed, it was asked whether he had attended the meetings of the Committee, and contributed his assistance towards the discharge of that business which devolved upon it i To this an answer in the affirmative wtis made, with the assurance that Colonel IVl'Mahon had promised always to-attend whenever there was any matter of essential niornent . to be determined. The Earl of Essex observed, that it was highly important to have the Services' of Colonel McMahon on the Corn mittte, from his connection with the Prince Regent, who had been pleased to promise his most zealous and gracious patronage to the concern, in the prosperity of which he took a deep interest. Colonel M'Mahon might be coml. dered, therefore, as the organ of communication between the Committee and his Royal Highness. He was then unanimously re-elected. The Earl of Essex said, that the next thing to which the attention of the Proprietors would be called, was to hear the anntitti statement of the accounts read, and which he should request his Hon. Friend near him (the Hon. Douglas Kinnaird) to do. Mr. Kittnaird then read the Report, which after alluding to the loss of the late Chairman (Mr. Whitbread) as the cause of the delay in making the annual report, and ah nouncing that there would be no dividend for the last sea son, proceeded thus 0H reference to the first Report, you will find that the estimate for liquidating the claims upon the late property, including the purchase of the Patent and interest! of the Proprietors, was laid at a sum not exceeding 143,9381. This sum, including acts of Parlia ment, law, and other incidental expencea connected therewith, has reached the sum of 167,9801. 21. 10d. being ah excess of 24,0431. V. 10d. " The Bnilding which was calculated at 125,0001. has also ex ceeded the estimate (exclusive of the alterations last year) by the sum of 22,3431. having actually cost 147,3431. 2s. 7d. whilst the fur nishing and providing the same with the necessaries fit for the re presentation of Plays, estimated at 25,0001. have exceeded the cal cnla zion in the amount of 10,9211. ss. " The assets of the late property Wert. estimated to 'produce 56,7001.; they have also been converted into money, and a deficit on this head has been slims) of 10,9851. which, together with the former excesses, form an aggregate of 684941. of a fresh original expense, of which it is presumed the Proprietors, until this day, were un aware. " This demand has been nearly met by the sale of leases of Private 13oxes, to the amount of 58,;')651. thereby, however, producing a di !Ili:lotion of income, for the duration of the leases. on which the Pro prietors were confidently led to count, of at least 30001. per annum. " Another item to be included In the °eightsl cost, with which the Proprietors hate not hitherto been made acquainted, is an annuity of 3Uol.per arnual from next scamp, for 21 yeah) (tag term of thi V --.