The National Register. — London, England, 1816-08-12 00:00:00

214 [FROM A CORN r%PIINDIAkT.] The SPREAD ty . the HOLY SCRIPTURES b become most encouraging. We have seen with much pleaseire how universally they are sought for and che rished. Amongst the many instances of this, we have been favoured with an extract of a letter from Kishuiyali, a &Amin, to the Rev. A. Cienuerer, a Missionary at Tranquebar, in which he mentions having requested the favour, because, " I tint so fond of reading, and wish to know the whole circumstances of Christianity." We Ind similar desires earn essed by Pariah Rotuma Catholics at Veltlony, and by heathens at Ncgapatarn, who unrici-staod the .English language, and read the English and Tanya Bible with great delight ; and likewise by the lientoos and Mahrattas who have frequently received. and are applying for the translations into their languages. At Cochin the Arlalayalira translations are read daily in the schools and in families. At Doosorm Durjuo, the Rajah Tangooloo, by his letter to J. Adams, Esq. freely approves the general use of the Scriptures, and the de- Aire he has fur a copy of this Malay translation. In a letter from the Rev. J. Twisieton at Colombo, in Ceylon, if April 3, 1815, he says, "It would be desirable that a Copy of the new Version should be in every house where pergoos can read; for as there are no °iliac hooks, they will of ne cessity take op the Gospels daring many a leisoro hour, and consequently get some knowledge or Christianity." At Canton, in Jan. 1815 , dlr. Morrison writes, that " the Chinese residing In the islands to the South, receive !hi in with great readiness." Mr. Milne was then going to Makeea, to endeavour to form there a permanent seat tor our Extra Ganges Mission. "You cannot,"says Mr. Supper, of Batavia," think w i:1) what eagerness 4vme Amman mer: hauls and Sheiks read the Bibles they received of me ; whole nights they sit in company together, reading tins had , of nook.. One of them actuall de layed Ms departnre on a jouiney, to read it with tranquillity mud .it tent ion, and promisod to recommend it to his country men, and invilorrit a thwa..init blessings upon it; many Chinese of viva malt it with the warmest gratitude. .• Toe suece•s in America is not so extraordinary; but at Philadelphia the female society have very zealously promoted this great cause. A hundredth part of the zeal and humanity of a Howard, exerted by each of as, would convey this book to the must secluded ilansions of those commies. Although the alone IMF not yet converted whelk nations, it may be the first step in the grand undertaking ; and Though in countries denominated Christian, much ignorance and vice may remain after the B.bla has been generally distributed, no one can ea v that it may not have extirpated much which would have taken root, had no exertions been made to repress it. Its operation is gradual and noiseless; its province is the heart; and its best fruits are those mild and humble virtues, which ask no notice but from the eye of God. "We know," says the second report from N'irginia, April, 1815, "That It is the will of heaven, because God bas revealed it, that the Kingdom of Christ shall become 'vers.tl; and that the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters do the sea. Bearing this in mind, when we contemplate the events that are now taking place; when we learn that the Holy Bible is read in the Court of Persia, that it is makin; its way in China; and in a word, that it is translated into almost all the dialects of Asia; that it is communicated to the wandering tribes of Africa; and that the remotest and darkest forests of Siberia are made glad by the joynd sound of salva tion, it can hardly be thought rash to conclude that the ' lime to favour Zion, yea, the set time is come; that the angel is now flying in the midst of heaven, who has the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and tongue, and kindred and people, kcv. 14. 6; and that, 'ere long, the whole race of man, united in the wor saip of one God, and acknowledging the redeeming mercy of his Sun Jesus Christ our Saviour, will, with something of the spirit and feelings (tithe angels when they announced the ad• rent ot• the promised Messiah, as with one voice in elm rapt:er •tts wog, proclaim, Glory to God in the Highest; on Cillt:1 j.eace, good will towards men!" CONTINENTAL LIBERALITY IN MATTERS OF RELl th)N.—The Wurtemberg Ambassador is a Catholic, the X.ng of Wurtcroberg is a Protestant ;—the Bavarian .Ambassador is a Protestant, the King of Bavaria a C.:ll°- 1k ;—The Danish Ambassador is a Catholic, the King of .Denmark a Lutheran. His Majesty's ship Abundance, Capt. Oakc, was or dered to convey some works of art f'rom Antwerp to Italy, in order that they might be restored to th,:ir law ful owners. An officer belonging to that ship has com municated a few particulars of this event:— •` ins ,lllij...ty's ship Abundance, Civita Vecchia, June 427. " We sailed from Antwerp the middle of May, with the vo- Iti::*ile statue s and paintings stolen from Italy by Bennaparte and his ins rmidors. On our arl ival at this place we were sa. loted, every other mark of friendship shown us. Tao d .vs after we got pro!ique, when the Governor and principal r Seers of the place, with his Eminence Cardinal Gonsalvi, Prime Minister of State, paid us a visit. The Cardinal came an particle from Rome, in the Pope'i name, to thank us and our conutry for the: valuable cargo we had brought them. He appeared highly gratified at looking about the ship. The same day the Captain and two of our officers dined at the Go vernor's with the Calei.nal, who had the Captain plated to his right, at the head of the table, and the British Conseil at his left. All the foreign Consuls were of the party. About 45 persons sat down to dinner. His Eminence was marked in his attention to the British officers, and by the Pope's special de sire, invited the Captain and as many officers and men as could he spared from the ship to go to Rome fur a few days. After diem r the C returned to Rome, where he told the Cap trite apartments should be prepared for himself and officers, and every expence defrayed by his Holiness. Previous to the C.rielinars !departure, the following presents were sent on tee r1:---2 oxen, calves, 6 sheep, 4 pipes of a inc, many loaves been I, .20 hams, with a considerable quantity of vegetables, t, :,:Rs, etc. 'rite statutes nod paintings were all delivered tr. .o.ut the least eLmrge. The largest statute weighs 17,0 Mb. and represents the Nile. The harvest is tweeter round Civita- V -rehea, an :1 promises to turn out well. The Abundance, on bee return, will take in some statues for England. On 'rues day last we went to Rome, accompanied by the British Conseil, in tkie Popes own car ia, 4 e, escorted by dragoons. We were immediately introduced to k lais and had a molt gru eimes reception. 'rho C.lptain was permitted to kiss his hand Three eases Pe.soos 11 , 1 , e been appointed to show us his Di .4., 411.4 . very other oktiect - .vorth seviug is this great city." THE NATYOVAt REGISTER. DRAMATIC REGISTER. HAYNIARKET. Thursday the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester ho noured the Haymarket Theatre with their presence ; when they were received with loud cheers Immediately after the curtain drew up, the whole of the performers, decorated with knots of white ribbon, sang God save the King ;' to which the following appropriate addition was made in honour of the happy pair, by Mr. Colman : Great George! thy Peoples' voice, Now hails thy daughter's choice, Till reboot ring ; Till!' shout 0111 rends the air, l'Oay she prove bleoi'd as fair Long live the Noble Pair! God save the King! The Duchess was observed to be deeply affected, and to tilted tears, at hearing the name ttf her Father, the first verse ; the tender idea withlJirh this sensibility was associated was instantly caught ltv OespectatorA, and their long and continued cheers at once recognized and applauded the filial affection from which it proceeded. A new Farce, called My Landlady's Gmen,was brought forward at this Theatre on Saturday evening. It is from the pcn of Mr. Oulton, and will not disgrace the author of the Sleep Walker. The following is a brief sketch of its fable : Percent!! Paradox (Barnard) is destined by his late father's will to marry a Miss Iliggiabothmt, or forfeit half his fortune. In conse quence, however, of his affixtions being engaged to a young Lady, whom he had seen at Paris, Mademoise ll e Gra:is (Miss Taylor), he wishes to avoid the projected match, and procure% the assistant: of his friend Jock Jocund (Jones), a dashing, thoughtless spendthrift, who has just arrived at the house of his uncle, Sir Percent!, in his Land ledy's Gown, having mad, tree with her wardrobe to avoid the Hai who are in pursuit of him. Sir Pereeral being from home, the parties are left at full liberty to prosecute their stratagem, and hoax Mrs. I I igwillhottom (the mother of young Perceval's intended), who is daily expected at Paradox Hall. 4141C001 , 1 is provided by his friend with a treat, and it is agreed that they shall change names, and that D, raw! (Tokelyi, an Irish servant, shall repnsent his absent master. .1.);•rmot ha a sneaking kindness fir his fellow-servant Biddy, but their union is opposed by Percreal, Who has written to the girl's tither. Ti mothy Thimble ([(used)), giving a very indifferent character of the uitor. and advising him not to receive Dermot O'Fliarr as his son-in law. So much for the proem. 'The bustle now commences. Tinto. thy Thimble arrives, in consequence of the letter which he has received from Sir Perm- cal, whom he has never seen, and is ushered into the presence of Dermal, who is now the representative of his master. A laughable scene ensues, in which the I rimman is informed of the opi nion which his master entertains of him. lie assures nitatf , that it is a plot of some designing scoundrel, who to ialiett to ruin the character am: honest lad, and convinces him that he maid not possibly fix uyon a mare promising youth fee his daughter's husband, than Dermot The arrival of Monsieur a,aliy (Burton), and his niece, is now immune :d. The objet of their visit to Paradox Hall, is to en treat the hix.pitality of Si,' Perec;xll, as all their property hca been de stroyed by a fire which has lately happened, the principal part of their wealth bang contained in a ca.ket which was lost at the time of the con flaration. Young Pereeasa recognises in Madenwiselle Geniis the object of his affections, and restores to her the casket which he had found at the fire, and which he lard carefully kept, in hopes of one day discovering the owner. His dread of being obliged to marry the lady his father had fixed upon is th at done away, by the arrival of her mo ther. Mnt. Ifiggialmttura, who informs them that her daughter has 101-.01 with a profligate fellow, whom she was endeavouring to arrest tOr debt. Jootind is the person who has married her daughter, and he has an excellent opportunity of retaliating upon his mother-in-law. by causing her to be arrested instead of him, by the ciretunstance of her petting on .` ma bnisliady's :men," in consequence of her own dem been dirtied by the breaking down of her carriage. The officers wl.o are in pursuit of Jocuad have a description of the dreits in which he has escaped, and persist in taking Mrs. fli,,;giabottont into custody, notwithstanding her protestations that she is not the person of whom they are in search. Sir Pereryul returns, and there no longer being a possibiTty that the intentions of the will should be fulfilled, the union etf young Percent! and Markamiselle Gratis is not objected to. Biddy is given to D•ramt, who, of course, resigns his master's coat and cha racter, and the piece concludes to the satisfaction of all parties. This Faroe certainly possesses little or no claim to ori ginality. We were strongly reminded of our friend Je remy Diddler at its commencement, and remembered having seen the man metamorphosed into the master very frequently. The dialogue has but little to recommend it ; but the numerous incidents and constant bustle that pre vade the piece, render it highly amusing, and will insure its success. Tokely kept the house in a roar of laughter when assuming the important strut of his master, and was deservedly aplauded for the genuine comic humour he displayed when giving himself a character. The alarm of Jocund at the mention of the name Genus, which is pronounced by Tokely, as if it were John Lee, the name of the Attorney who has lately employed the Sheriff's officer to arrest him, formed humourous incident. %is sA. as Timolliy Male, the tailor, was highly diverting in his constant attempts to push his professional interests, ty persuading every person he meets of the absolute ne cessity of having a new suit, not forgetting at the same time to remark what a very bud tailor their last must have been. Jones, as the volatile Jocund, reminded us very much of his Master, Lewis, who, in such characters, was long thought inimitable. The rest of the Perfumers did ample justice to their respective parts. We have no doubt that My Landlady's Gown will last much longer than Ladies' dresses usually do; particularly if it be made more fashionable by being cut a little shorter. Its reception was most favourable. Exit by Mistake still maintains its ground ; and the hypochondriac Crockery continues, in the hands of Tyke ly, to excite universal interest. F2%01,1111 OPFRA. A new Operetta, in one Act (another Plant from that proi!uctive soil the French Stage), was on Monday night produeua at this Theatre, under the English title of Old Oatoms ; or, New Year's Gills. The plat it very trifling, and yet forms the basis of a Ivry pleasing superstructure. Mr. Mr a rich (ma! (Mr. BARTLEY). 1;(4., fdlon in lore with Miff E* , ‘.-• his nephew's mistress (Miss 1.. KELLY), and has obtained tia coixent of her lather (Mr. W. S. CHAT TEH LY) to marry her. i❑ order to secure the execution of his pur• PW, he bani+hiai h jnephew (Mr. Wassicu) from his prcsas :e, and ATICaTST If. enters into an engagement with the young lady's feeler; by which, wh o .. some' retracts, is to forf,it 5000. Such i 3 the state of affairs when the piece opens, on a Chrisuriaa morning, by the solicitations of the Uncle't footman to obtain Chriitinas boxes. The nephew steals in and leaves a Comedy , of his own composition, as an offering to his irritated sciatica a with a letter front hi., mistress to the same Gentleman, informing him, that he will find in a ba , ket containing presents of the season. whirls she has prepared for him, a secret pocket which she entrusts to his care, an d on which the happiness of her life depends. This, it is explained, is the correspondence which hew taken place between her and her lover, and which she hopes will induce ,7 r. not to press his own. suit. The basket is brought during his absence; and immediately after, the servant's mother Wrs.Gnovrioconies to see her son, bring.. ing his little sister, a baby, with her. She leaves the child in his arms, while she snakes some other call. In a short time, it falls adeep, and the embarrassed Mortnau can find no othe r bed for it than M3713.7 . .0: is basket, which remains still une Ilis master returns; and having read the young lady's letter, hastens to the basket to examine the packet which it announces. lie finds the child, and naturally conceives that it is the important trust which she commits to his care. After some contention with himself, he resolves to make the lovers ultimately happy and when the young, lady arrives with her father, a comer. ration occurs between them, filled with equivespies.which convulsed the audience with laughter, but approached rather closer to indelicacy than any which modern authors have ventured to introdueesin our .stage; the nephew forces hisway into the house, and a new series of equivoques arises from the questions which he puts respecting the " bantling of his brains," which the Uncle tinds toe substantial for an intellectual pro- duction. At last, however, he gives up the lady, to whom he remits the bond, conveying the penalty ; her bather follows his example, and all seems likely to conclude happily, whin lie reveals the pretended se cret of the lovers, and produces the child. The Nephew is thunder struck, the young Lady indignant, and her Father furious. Hut tho real mother fortunately returns, and all is explained and amicably settled. Out of these materials the Translator (Mr. Beasely) has produced a piece highly laughable. The Perfbrmers exerted themselves to the utmost, and were well received throughout. There is some pretty music in it, composed by Mr. M Corti ; and the piece was given out for repe tition without a single dissentient voice. During the pertimuunce of Old Custom" at this Theatre last Thursday night, the audienoe were annoyed by a single individual in the Pit, who chose to express his dis approbation in a noisy manner. At the close of the piece, Mr. Bartley (at whom the greatest portion of abuse was levelled) pointed out to a friend the person who had amused himself. and disturbed the house. This being noticed by a party around the young Gentleman, Mr. H. was assailed on his re-appearance in the Maid and the Magpie, with u peremptory call for an apology. Mr. Bartley immediately came forward, and said— ... it' an a ; mingy was, ailed for by the audience, situated as he was, in the double capacity of Stage Manaccr and Per form r, lie should cheerfully acknowledge any error in obedi ence to their command?: ; but being called upon by a sinelc person, wbo hail °illy distinguished himself by his annoyance to the public, most decitledlyagni list what might be °them Be:curled nnauimnus approbation, he felt, that if any apology was due, it wai from the person who new culled upon him ; that it' more was req•iired, he should be most happy to meet the Gentleman, or any friend of his, at the conclusion of the entertainment :and ceded by Astyine—Further than this no man can go—Further than this no man mtche to go—Further titan this will nal co !" The Address was frequently interrupted by cries of c turn him out," " name him," and shouts of " bravo r and on making his bow to the audience, Mr. Bartley was cheered repeatedly by their unanimous applause. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester honoured this Theatre on Friday night with their presence, to witness the performances of The Siege of Belgrade, and The 3laid aid the Magpie. On their entree they were greeted with rapturous and reiterated bursts of applause, which they returned in a manner the most afiltble, elcTunt, and gratifying. The house boasted an elegant display of flishionables. At the conclnsion of the Play. as well as at the entrance of the Royal Pair, " God save Nee Ki'ig" was sung bp the vocal strenth of the Com pany, and loudly chorussed by the whole of the auditor•. The following additional verse, written by Mr. Arnold, was greatly applauded : Long may the Royal Line, I'roud Stir or Brunswick shine; While thus we sing, Joy may the Daughter share, Bless'd by a Nation's prayer, Bless'd be the Royal Pair; God save the King. It was announced that Mr. Inckdon was enzsge3 a few nights at t!:is Theatre, previous to his ruitting country for America ; and that he would make his first appearance on Tuesday next, in the character of Artaba. tics, in the Opera of Artax,:rxes. Miss Merry has been engaged for three years at Drury lane Theatre, as the principal singer. Miss S. Booth, while mirforming the character of &t -actic, in The Maid and the Magpie, for her own benefit, at the Plymouth Theatre, overcome by her feelings, fainted in reality, and was removed senseless from the stage, and the curtain dropped amidst shouts of approba tion and regret. Incledon, whom some of the London Papers have fixed at Paris, perflirmA on Thursday at the Binning-ham Theatre; and, after singing a number of his most popular songs, addressed the audience, stating, that in all proba bility it would be the last time he would ever appear be fore them, as he was about to proceed to America ; as it was impossil for bi , n to obtain employment at either of the London Winter Theatres, without submitting to " a species of degradation unworthy a man, and disgraceful to a Briton." A Parisian Sign says, " Spani.si and Dutch Wax made here." • Among the singi•lar occurrences of the present day, it is mentioned that the Fuippror of Austria has fallen deep ly in love with Madame Murat ! This Lady has liven esteemed as extrewely fikeinating. 1