The National Register. — London, England, 1817-06-23 00:00:00

aiNt.., 25. "I'HE NATIONAL REGIsTEIt. L(*iliON : .7110 .VD di, JUNE .ec, 1817 THE. llast Wee:i has been signalieed by <nate/mark able events of an internal kind,—the acr i nittal irdWat son and Es associates, and the opening of NVater*.x) Bridge ; nor are we sure which event is ent:t:ed to the greater note, thmigh in point of utility t.e latter ntust be estirr.ated at the highest rate. Another circumstance that has contributed to enliven the public mind is the acting of Palma and Georges, connected with the mo tion for prohibiting them which was moved on behalf of Mr. Taylor, of the Opera House, in the Court of ‘Chuneeryl 'These incidents, we repeat it, have served by turns to enliven•the chit-chat of the town, and some of them have furnished matter for disquisitions of the greatest lint!. Commotions arc more and more subsiding in France, .and throughout the •Continent. Whilst the systems of pacification is thus extending here, however, the af fairs of the nest morld,.eapecially these of South Ame rica, are becoming more enibrolled than ever in blood. Intelligence from New Spain, received yent--:rday, states that the Viceroy of Mexico has declared . for the insur gents. He had been connected with the Heroes of the C.trte.; of obi Spain ; and it is rather curious to observe, - that he has taken this hostile step against his govern s:lc:lt just ❑t the moment when she was about to pro claim an amnesty for the patriot cause. Reluctant con cessions are not the most thankfully received. Had the another country at first adopted this commendable course, it is probable that no revolution would have leen attempted in her colonial states. Policy, if nut justice, ought long since to have dictatcd'that concilia tion which now appears to have been extorted 1)y ne cessity. What is called the Budget was submitted ,by the Cliance:lor of the Es.chequer to the house of Com mons on Friday night, aid is fixed for discussion to-morrow. 1 chequer Bus render fresh taxes .quite unnecessary. We certainly-are not. disfaxied to depreciate this system of " ways and means ;'' but cannot help confessing that it carries with it an ap pcaranee if rating off " the erril day." However, this reserve as to tittarity will, in all probability, be 4net with the triumphant statement, that the Four per Cents. have actually advanced !bur and a half since Monday. We know this, and ate glad of it; and we •abuuld be happy to Etid, altliourli no great friends to betting, that the ex-tins:ye betl-whidi have been raade, that Three per Cent. Consuls will be •k - 1 .ia less than three months, may tutu out etrre , Ay Reports front the Secret Coin mime!: of both Mes e , . of Parliament arc now submittcd to the p,AZie. Paris Papers to , lho nth hi.' , . he , •r. - ree6veil by us--- 'they state, that the •Spanish . Govtrinnent has adopted every precaution to prevent any assistance from Portu gal to the disaffected in Spain. It is very probable that the insurrection in the Bra zils will prevent the Archduchess Leopoldine from go ing out to that quarter, and induce her Royal Consart to join her in Europe. A private letter from Madrid, dated June :5, says, I• The prevent situation of • Portugal has fixed • the attention of our Gswerninent. Orders have been sent into all the frontier places to arrest.alid watch with the greatest care all the Portuguese who should enter Spain. Measures of, precaution have been also taken in the fortresses, and porticularly at Batlp.joz. We are assured that letters written • from Portugal have been intercepted, which are connected) with the plans of the partisans of the - Cortes to excite troubles in Spain. Detachments of the garrisons of Vittoria, Burgos, and Valltulolid, have received orders•to repair with speed to the frontiers of the kingdom of Leon. Accounts • from Barcelona, dated June 4, say, '" Lacy's business is drawing towards a conclusion. The preliminary privet:if - big,'" are ishci ;th ey could not but be long, as it was nettossary to examine .a great number of witnesses, and complete their deposkions atTteeably•to the rules prescribed by the regulations of the aemv. The accused has named: hi defender, who is bound to 4w.ept the .appointment, unless he can allele es - •'crt lonte Pro videtVC üby the law. I .ieu tenan ral the Marquis de Casa Catsigas is charged with this difficult duty ;he has not refttsea it. Laey.could ant have clsosen a soldier more distinguishelt fur his. zereiees, his valeur,•and brine:tat •reputation. dint the only way in which he can defend'Lacv is to eadoavour to excite toe pit} of his Judges • Catalonia is tranquil. 'The . :ante reports the same uncut linty :till prevail respecting • the fatz4 llila s. \ 9'll}; NATIONAT. REGISTER. 01., the :27th !..iay the Russian Eaweror issued an tdiaso, authorising his Commissioners of the Sinkino. F:nia to receive, from thry Ist of .1111 y to the 20th of December, subscriptions, in sums of not less than 100 rotibles. the proceeds of which are to he applied to the diudaution of the quantity of bank notes in circulation. Foreigners may subscribe as well as Russian subjects. *1 he aggregate of the subscriptions will constitute a ft:ad bearing 6 per cent. interest, •payable half-yearly oat of that portion of the revenue of the national do mains transferred to the Sinking Fund. The stock-job bers will receive a bonus of !20 percent. to he added to the amount of the capital subset-it:ed.; in addition to which they will be allowed a discount of one per cent. to defray the expense of remittances, &c. A sum equal to two per cent. upon the whole amount subscribed. will be appropriated, out of the revenue of the national domains, to the_gradual redemption of the debt. Private letters from Paris state, that tit,: King of France made a point of not showinLr himself in public on the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo ; and that heiset off for St Cloud, trom which residence he will not return till the 7th of July, the anniversary of his second ent:a Ice itnto Paris. The English Ambassador, lutwever, gave a grand dinnerin celebration of the vic tory of Waterloo. The - following are some of the details of the arrest of Santimi. This man had obtained passports in Eng land to go to Italy, where he pretended to have some: flimily affairs to arrange ; ht' was strictly watched in this country, and having passed by Kragrnfart about the middle of last month,'he was arrested on the frontiers of Lornlxtrdv, and conducted undr.r an escort to Milan. It is said that papers of great importance were fbund upon him. Ile was apprehended on a road di&rent from that which was prescribed to him, and which he should. have taken if he meant only to go to Genoa, and from' thence to Corsica. The Princess of Wales was expected at Rome on the Ist of June. General Vandamme has embarked at the Texel for America. The Royal Court of Paris 'is. occup;cd with an im portant and interesting case. It is that of Madame 'Victaire de' Levis de Mirepoix Ursulino, religieuse, who in the course of the rtwolution retired to England, with her sole establishment, and founded a very flourishing convent there. She etkinis her lawfdchare of the inkeritailce of ,her fatLer the late Marquis Mi repoix, who died at Venice 1793. The House of Commons r.rA on Saturday, when.se veral Bills were furwanled iu their respe:Aivemitages, and other routine butinzss got eirrono. On a toes tiva from Mr. lirar,ghar...as.to what.tme it was likely the Habeas Corpus Sespemiion fion the Lords would be brought before the blouse tke.Chancellor the Exchequer repliod, that the fist reading waald be toada the tirst order of this day (Monthly). The amount . of Debt paid off in the course of the year will be larger than the amount of UAL - incurred.— year the operation of the.Siatkittg.ftulcl, 16 millions and a half, of debt will 'Le preat <AL If only 12,600,0001. be bormwed, then acre would be 3,900,0001. -inure Debt paid off than Debt incurred. If the sum lax rowed amount altogether to about fourteen millions, then the excess of Debt paid off beyond the Debt. created, will be two millions and a half. The Interest : of the Exchequer Bills to be issued wilt he about -150,0001. which will be provided, without any addi tional incumlvance upoa the. et.untry. The Austrian Govert.tnect, Yee undermand, has in or- . der to remove all.lear with respect to the son of the Archduchas Maria Louisa and 'Buonapsrte, has agreed . that. the duchies of Parma, Guestedla, and Placentia; shall, after , the death of his mother, go to. the Spanish, house of Bourbon, in.ctead of de.acenilinc, , to him. This was a subject left to th final deecision of the Alliel Powers by the treaty of Vienna; and the interference., of England is said to have chiefly contributed to the disposition above stated. The.D.uke of DeyonLire, Who gave such a .guisbed reception to the young Grand Duke of Itussit when in England, has been invited to St. Petersburgh to the wedding of the Cesan.l Duke Nichula3, who has: left Sweden to proceed to that city. The Earl of I'owis, Lord Lieutenant of •Skropshire,, has examined the depot ofarms for ;hat ilistrict, situated near ,Shrewslany. It is rumoured that a barrack of eOO men will be formed there—that an additional troop of yeomanry will be raised In the town—and the pre sent troops be augmented to 80 men each, instead 1 60. The Irish Papers which we have 'received, including those .of Dublin to the IFth, represent the price of corn on that decline. This, with the prospect of an early and good ,harvest, has increased the Sintitude of the poor under their present privations—and the as excited by the general distress Lis, in consequence, nearly aub sided. The fellowing persons, all of 'lsumble situations iu Mb, have .bees committed to York Castle, charged with unlawfully assembling and-essistiag in.. riot at Fuld dmsfield, on she Rth inst.—viz. Joins Ithedes, John Thewlis, ISM Johnson, *John ,ord 'Abraham Oldham,' Jonathan Bailey, John Sykes, Jonaikan Brook, Benja.. tuiu Tutor, and .Jelin Kinder. THE j. 11.1. On Thuriday night was presented to the pulilt• a novelty in the concert-room of the Opera-house. It consisted of recitations by 'Nlonsieur Talma and Ma. demoiselle Georges, from the trN , edies of Raeinr, Voltaire, and De la Fuse, interspersed with select pieces of instrumental and vocal musie.—The parts of this plays , reeited were, filial Racine's l'hedre and. Androtaaque, Manlius Capitolinus from De la Fosse,. and CEilipe of Voltaire. Madame Georges, in figure, resembles Mrs. Siddons ; she has the same dignity of countenance, but her voice, particularly in its under tones, is not so flue as that of the British Melpomene. Monsieur alma's person is handsome: as a performer, he skewed that he had a full Inowledge.of lii3 profese sion. They were both most highly applauded. 1)til; it Y•LA N bis Theatre closed on Friday. The following .kilress upon the occasion was spoken by Mr. Rae:— " AN r steNr--T anti instructed in the name I the Maria jetrent ;n* the: flieatre, to return }on thanks for the' up. port and patramig.. ss hie!' we have received' toting the present sea. son. If our eit:rt ; have not been SO steer clot as in precedibg years. still we can look back with pride on several pieces which have been honoured with your warm apt.robation, and on the RatiSsiun to tho cotnpany of performer; who already rank in your favour. '• Amang the Litter, the daughter of a lamented favourite, (Mrs. Alsap. daughter of Mrs. Jonlano on these board., has attached her. self to the establishment. Her success iii the same line has given A phasing proof that histrionic talent may be hereditary; and, when we lose those whom we 1114 j admire, we may still hope their excel. leneics will net altogether sink with them into thegrare. •• While our tragic effort, have been ever hailed with undiminish. ed applause, our COIlliC revivals have vied with them for your favour— the reception, is particulv, of or.e hung-neglected comedy. has shesio, that tie wit of ems forefathers is not obsolete, that it ran be divested of its impurities, without losing Its brilliancy, and amuse without offence. Having brought tLii season to a close, at an earlier period, than has been catoniary its late }cam, we hope, ditriog tits:este:aka recess thus to make pnepumtiobs that shall ensure you, fu ture favour. Those prepaations will all be made with ti view to the legitimate drama, for it never has been, and never will be lost :.ighe of by this Managenelt—shut telly the eultivinon of that can confer fitting and de,erved prospenty oh the Throue of tianick and st.,- dan. " The Performers, Ladies and Gentlemen, beg to offer their grate. ful acknowlidgments tin your liberal pazotage, sod we must ie. spectfully bid you LtrewilL" ENOUSII OPERA HOITEE.-012 ThurSarty evening last, a young lady, of the name of Bugg,ias,. made Leg first appearance in the character of Po fly, in The Beg g,a, s' Opera. Her reception was truly flattering, and highly merited. Her style sf singing partakes more of the pleasing and impressive, than overloaded with MA perfhtous scientific decorations, with which the present theatrical harmony so much abounds, ." Cease your .funning," was given with unusual sweetness and tint plicity, am} was loudly encored. :Her figure is elegant and interesting ; but -.her dialogue tither too rapid. With a little More experience on the stage, Mini Bug. gins cannot fail of proving a valuable aoquisitiondo the musical clip:lament of this Theatre. She possesses it strong voice, . and the advantage of being extremely articulate, and is a pupil of Mr. Horn. It is impossi ble to speak in too high terms of Mica Kelly—her per sonification of Luey %vas nature itself. The Macheath of Mr. Horn was much applauded, and in the air of ‘‘ how happy could I be," he was more than successful. In short, the Opera is got imp with much-effect, and considerable talent was display's" throughout. Notices have been sent from the Treasury- to the Conceder& of the Customs in Scotland, that the impor. tation• of corn, meal, flour, and rice, 13 permitted until the 14th of Novembcr. appenca that -the Jury ' irk Watson's trial were, ut the instunt of their retiring from the Court, unaulaious in the verdict they after. wards vit.-livered. The caugo cf their delay in ancoun_ ring it was one which illustrates the integrity ,of their decision, and shows the unbiassed process by which.it wus armed. On their retiring they agreed that each one, in the order in whiclais name stood on their list, 4hquld deliver his opinion, with his reasons it. This was done, and the opinion given by every er.e, in his turn, wus, Not Guilty ; their reasons for forming it occupied the hoar and throe quarters cf their el. hence Eaton, the pedestrian, • started at five o'clock testes. day afternoon, on Woormwooil Scrubs, in the presence of several thousand spectators, .to pecthrin tile great task of eighty miles in twenty4four successive 13LtC1( DirAstr.--111e.Editorof this work, appured in the Court of Eing'stlenelt,.on Thursday last, ht.forn Lord Ellenbottligh„Judges Bayley, Holroyd, end :kb. bett, and moved, that the verdict stated to have tecn found against him,le.erased ; in support of ohich ho ' presented affidavits from two of the Jurymeu„and quoted several precedents in aid of kis argument wit'a. ' considerable skill and ability. Mr Wooller also ioristed. aro:: his right to an aequittal; and .the 'Attorney-Ge. neral, in opposition, contet;ded. oenire ,l'acieu de not tr.utt.bee awarded. After oensideralle ellseussiarturaureg . the url 4 , , es he was length remanded, Yesterday morning .as Jonat'lan *.aandeult, , rsq. tf No. 4, Charles.dtreet, 1-141../har-strecct, Kent-road, and Mr. Thomas Strea.ther, whatiniler, were making a= in arm lowa Osavel•dane, corrversing together, on their way to 'Mr. Severns, sngsir broker, in Wititechopel, notc.l.lto tusapilte„ the 'Auer , Gssitleman, without emu-, plaining of. any -previous indisposition, fel from ha .cniq,panina's stun .and tr,piged on. the..seit. 1 . f.7