The National Register. — London, England, 1811-01-20 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 45 Mr, (box E bad performed on the 10th last, Macbeth, 'Oyler", Z antra , and several others of his favourite characters at New York. The papers of that city are filled with critiques upon his performances; in some of which, his pronunciation of the words thy and my are severely censured. The admiration of his talents and acting, although very great, is not universal ; for there were not wanting persons who insinuated that this could not be the great London actor of whom report had spoken so loualy, but a substitute. The terms of his engagement are 12,000 dollars and three benefits, for about forty nights. On one night the receipts of the Theatre a moun t e d to upwards o f 2,000 dollars. A lamentable occurrence took place in Port Royal Moun tains, Jamaica. The dwAling-house, &c. and from 25 to SO acres of full bearing coffee, on the plantation of Mr. Robert G. Dalhouse ' sunk down and disappeared on the 15th of Nov e mb ers and nothing but the ridge of the house was discernible. Some days previous to this accident, the earth was observed to crack and sink in a trifling degree, and the house to be affected by it. when Mr: Dalhouse was advised to remove with his furniture, which he fortunately did. The cause is not well ascertained . - but it is supposed to have been occasioned by a hollow or sub terranean passage in the earth, which swallowed up the build ings, &c. as thrre was not the smallest symptom of an earth quake at the time. Amongst the nouvelle amusements at the Opera House, is " The Devil to Puy amongst the Proprietffs." A new musical piece, called " The TAYLOR done over," is in rehearsal. A young lady, of respectable connections, and an officer's daughter, elope d a few days since from a boarding-school at Chelsea, with a jolly young waternaan. The father of the fair damsel is now in Portugal with his regiment. A man of the name of Hood, went from Slough to Hyde- Park, on Tuesday (20 risilcl) in two hours and a quarter, being five minutes less than the given time, for a wager of fifty guineas. Quantity of Beer brewed by the twelve principal Brewers from sth of July, 1810, to sth of January, 1811. BARRLI.S. Barclays and Co. . 108,359 Meux, Reids, and Co. 96,588 Henry Meux and Co. 51,718 'rruma.n,Hanbury,and Co. Whitbread and Co. Calvert and Co. . . Letters from Vera Cruz, dated the 80th November, confirm the intelligence of violent disturbances having broken out in. Mexico. It appears the people in that part of Spanish America are dev.rrnined to follow the example of Buenos Ayres, and form a Government for themselves, and two Captains of Caval ry and a Priest are at the head of the insurgents.—The Viceroy of Mexico has taken th field at the head of 14,000 men, but as his troops are chiefly natives, it is expected that they will aban don the Viceroy and join their countrymen. A NEW ORDER or PHYSiOGNOMIS ts.—A man was tried on Tuesday evening at the Old Bailey for stealing two pig which were discovered slaughtered and scalded on his premi , es. The grooms qfthe stye, who identified the pigs to be those wl.ich had been stolen, swore, that they knew them by their countenance's, which, although distorted by death, from their long acquain tance with the animals, theydistinctly recognized. BARRELS. Goodwyn and Co. . 32 767 Combe and Co. . . 28,176 Brown and Parry . 27,3r7 Taylor and Co. . . 23,093 Clowes and Co. . . 19,111 Elliott and Co. . . 17,30] mec ~,,.......0.• ~.. "mss^"l~a'~r~:.~.~~., TEGG'S NEW CHRONOLOGY, CORRECTED to 18/1. "I his day was published, In one Pocket Volume, printed closely on a new clear small Type, and embellished with an Engraving, price res. 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The Master of the Horse has given orders for his Majesty's State Carriage to be in readiness should the Prince of Wales, when Regent, choose to use it on going to the House of Peers ; for the purpose also, the cream-coloured horses have been re moved from Windsor to the King's Mews at Charing-Cross. It being considered that Tuesday was only the first day of the Session of Parliament, Lord Gwydir; the Great Chamber lain of England, with his wand of office, attended at the House of Peers to search, as is the annual custom since the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot of Grey Faux, to ascertain that the pre misc.s are in a safe state ; his Lordship searched the cellars very diligently, and did not let the most obscure corner or hole esc4pe his attention : he also searched the House of Commons —his Lordship found some barrels and pipes ; but it was ascer tained by Mr. Bellamy, the housekeeper of the House of Com mons, to whom they belonged., that the !):.rrels contained some excellent wine, which was proved on the spot. His Lordship was attended by Mr. Quarme, the Deputy Usher of the Black Red; eight Yeoman of the Guard, and an Usher; also four of the Marshalmen. By an estimate founded upon various documents, it has been ascertained that the annual consumption of Grain of every kind In England, is 20,600,800 quarters, and in Scotland, 3,988,400, making the consumption of Great Britain 24,539,200 quarters, of which no less than 1,762,100 are consumed in London, West minster, and their suburbs. The annual average of the imports of grain in the last three years ending with 1809, amounts to somewhat more than 1-21st part of the whole consumption. The annual average of the imports from Ireland within these last three years, nearly 1-40th of that consumption ; and the annual average of the whole imports from foreign countries in these years, is somewhat less than 1-42 d, and more than 1-43 d of the whole total consumption within Great Britain. The public revenue of the year now concluded, is said to have exceeded that of the year 1809, by 4,437,5081. The following is given as the produce of the two years :- 1809. 1810. Consolidated Fund, exclusive 1 £37,833,034 240,046,244 of War Taxes War Taxes . 20,798,144 23,027,442 X 58,636,178 X 65,075,686 Norway is said to be in a state of revolution, in consequence of the attempt made there to enforce a conscription of seamen for the French service. The report rests on the authority of the Captain of the galliot North Star , of Pappenburgh, arrived at Aberdeen, in five days, from Christtansand, who adds, that the ports on t he Norway coast were all in the possession of the in surgent:, comprehending the whole military and naval force of t be country. Five mails arrived from Ireland on Saturday. The accounts brought by them represent several parts of Ireland to be in the most tbrbulent state of insubordination. In the counties of Tipperary and Waterford, nocturnal murders and robberies of fire-arms have been perpetrated to an alarming extent, and the various banditti begin now to unite, conceiving themselves strong enough for open rebellion. In an action lately tried in the Court of Exchequer, in Dub lin, wherein the Reverend T. Smyth, L. L. D. one of the Pre bendaries of Christ Church, was plaintiff, and Charles, Lord Bishop of Kildare, was defendant ' a verdict was found for the former of sixteen hundred pounds damages, by a Special Jury, for the latter having, as Dean of the Chapter, refused the admis sion of the Archdeacon of Dublin's vote, by which means ano ther Candidate and Prebendary of that Church, the Rev. Dr. Graves, had been promoted to the Prebend of St. Michael's and the valuable Rectory thereunto annexed, in preference to Dr. Smyth. DittADFUL CONTLAGRATION.—Letters from India state, that the forest of Imel-dbar (in the kingdom of Ava) was through the negligence of some wood cutters who had kindled a fire at the root of several lofty trees, in a state of conflagration In the early part of June. The forest was 65 miles in length, and 28 in breadth ; and such was the power of the flames, aided by a high wind., that masses of burning wood, weighing half a ton, were carried through the air to .a distance of 2() miles. Fifty villages in the vicinity of the forest were destroyed. Many of the unfortunate and idolatrous natives, believing the calamity to be a direct visitation of seine vengeful deity, and not choosing to survive the loss of their property, precipitated themselves into the flames.—At the date of these letters the conflagration had continued with unabating fierceness for five weeks ; and trom the vast area in which the body of fire lay, together with the contiguity of other forests, the destruction of half the king dem appeared certain.