The National Register. — London, England, 1813-09-12 00:00:00

'P r. 12. addition to the; Company. Hi: figure is not very commanding: his voice r Alter unpleasant and deficient in flexibility ; but his countr. suture is well formed to give effect to the sterner parts of Traged:. We reinel.ther he injured himself last year, by attempting ever thine,. We arc afraid he is about to run the same course now. As admiters of tbe talent which tie really possesses, we wish to sPl it have its fit4.l scope, and we hope the tAnper of his Audience h 11.! the strictures of his Critics, will after a time, confine his exertion. within those hounds, beyond whivh, with.eredit to lihrtself, they tiuinot pass. Mis perfarmanee of Leon was a good piece of acting. Strong intellect, and an intimate knowledge of the stage, marked Lis deiineation of' the ukost difficult parts of the character, and preyed him possessed of more than ordinary powers. He hai an Imfertanate habit of stooping, aad that too when k is desk able he should be distinguished by his dignity anti importance. Mr. T: AIRY must be unconscioos of this, for we are confident his taste is to.) good to think that Leun ought in the latter scenes, to bend hike the representativd tit an old mail. This iA one of his greatest Emits. Let him cease to sttiop, and he will rise in public estima Lion. I%ii.s MATHEws.---Thursday produced another sucecFsful debut, and introduced Miss MATII rws to a London audience as Katherine, in 77w Exile. With a fine fi2irre;and handsome countenance, this emits,; Lady boasts a voice equally distinguished by its sweetness and power. Eselusive of I:er vocal talents she would be of some importince here, as to us she appears well fitted to sustain those . chlr-zetel-- in Comedy whicii were lately performed by Miss Ilot.Tox. Sh net with a flattering reception. Se% end of her song were rap turously encwed, and we have no doubt of her bez.n:ning a perma nent l'av , larite with the town. Mr-. KEN N rin —Last, we cannot say not least, in point of me_ alt. Mr , . KEN N FOY was brought out on Friday as Alice in the Castl e Spectre. Ele went through the part tolerably well, but though she stay be of great value at a Provincial Theatre in this line, she will not be wltth much in Loudon while we retain such Actresses as Mrs. SPARKS and Mrs. DAVENPORT. OPERA. Last Friday, Mr. Gattie made his appearance in the character of Captin Ironsides in the Privateer, and displayed mote than common ability, and though not throughout equal Ito his predeees , sor in the part, Mr. Fawcett. afforded general !•aii4aetion. Mrs. Childe in lette,introduced the tavourite air of Swett Echo, and the bravura of Hear me, in which she supported her reputation, and received unbounded applause. In the ballet of the Carpenta a beautiful waltz by three young ladie-, Misses Gibbs, Lupin°, and Davis, was introduced, in which so much elegance was Ilisplaycti that it met with a rapturous encore. Drury-Lane opened last iiiJit for the first time this season. it has also experienced some additional embellishments, but the late ticss or the Weir compels us to delay giving any details till our next. I'ntliill4 new hasheen produced this week at the Pantheon, uhich continues to engross no small share of the Public favour. SURREY TUEATRE. ITr. ELLISTON took his annual Benefit at this Theatre on Wednes day night. house was most respectably and elegantly filled ; the following Addrem of Thanks was delivered by the Acting Ma 'Jager, Mr. Gitot . E " LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, g' In the absence of Mr. Elboon, win: IA at present unavoidably en gaged in the direction of his concern in. the Theatre Royal at Bir mingham, lam desired by him to emivey to cow he,t thanks for the favour conferred upon him by your presence on this occas:on ; aid to expre.s, also, his most since' e acknowledgments foi the tqp port with which this Theatre has been, thus far, honoured, during the present seaso:.. 64 Although, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Elliston has not, of late, taken any app.:vent part in the but-iness of this Atace, I have to as- SUIT you, that ilWriion has not, in the smallest decree, been withi.lrawn from the objects by witic:, its conduct 14 4 Lteeit estsillated. • • Wherever he has been, and whatever duties he has fulfilled, his "(dila has been anxiously directed to the formation of such arrangements, with respect to this house, as were likely-to gratify the public ex pectation. lie has placed before you performers who hate lung and :leservenly enjoyed the advantage of your fssif,nr.; he hay eanavd many novelties to be produced ; and, among, othet. exhibitiona of an interesting nature, 'ht. has bad the good fortune to otiginate one, which, after more than seventy repetitiena, still exeiteA the ni' lively sympathy; and is never Inheld without an unit et sal expressieu of admiratiou and applause. " In the effort to render this stage wilethy of the partiality which has been :diem' to it, Mr. Elliston desire's we to assure you, Ladica and Gentlemen, he will cootinue ta persevere, as long as tile Surrey Theatre shall rentain in lui pos,A.4.iati. No man eau he more sensi ble than Mr. Elii•ton is or the valee of pubic patroeagt ; 110 Mall can be more sensible that public patrona;e is only to be obtained by being deserved. " Having expressed to yon the feelings of Mr. Elli'ton, permit. me, Ladies amid Gentlemen, as the Acting-Manager of this Theatre, to return my most heartfelt thanks for the extraordinat v support be stowed on the Benefit taken I me, at this house, last 'Monday sea- - night. I hall no opportuoity, on that evcniw. , , of declarirg the sense of obligation under which I left myself placed. I cantea now withdraw, without assuriog yam, that, as far as my humble means extend, I shall be ever most anxious to spew that 1 am grateful for the kindness I, on that °erasion, had the hoeoer to exptaience, " Allow me to add, Ladies and Gentlemen, that the Benefits of the Performers of this Theatre are now about to take place. It has been usual with Mr. Elliston, on occasions like the present, to teke the liberty of soliciting the public favour on his Performers behatf. I am only saying what, I am sure, Mr. Elliston would say, were he before you, that as far as an earnest desite to please can render time persons who appear on these boards worthy of your consideration, they have, all of thcm, constantly and diligently, enleavomed io deserve the encouragement which it is so valuable to them to te f • ceive, and which it is so kind and liberal in you to bestow." A NEW FRENCH MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE. The batteries along the French coast are now chiefly served by peasants, who, though enrolled as national plaids, have us yet ac quired tint little discipline, and still It ss military spirit. During the day their attention is &sided between the coltiva,tion of their land and the duties ofgardes-cotes, and at night most of them return to their habitations, and the few who are left tl:e ba teries,'es•r•e rally observe the injunctions of l'ilorpliens more puortually than those of war. Profiting by their neglect, a small number of our sailors, a few weeks since, lauded on the coast of Brittany, awl stormed some redoubts which had been erected on the sca . to protect the coming. trade. The guns were destroyed and six men. who composed the whole garrison, were seized in their sleep, and carried on board our cruizers. Much consteremion was exile r:enced by the inhabitants of the neighbouring sidage, who thus timml themselves exp.ssed, defenceless, to future invasions. Yet their patriotism and wailike enthusiasm \veto not of that (parity. watch leads men to seek to repair disasters by encreascd wa!ehfid ness and exertions. Well informed, by their prism:cis, of the dis position of the peop!c, and forming a just opill;on of their value fiom their pusillanimity, 001. Tars lauded again the next night,_ when all the inhabitants were. in bed, awl caused it to 1w proclaim ed nigh the village, by sound of (rowed, •that if the Muniei ;dits consented to give them three pigs, these should he consitleeerl a stalk:it:id ransom for the six French warriors whom they ha,l taken. The Mayor was instantly awakened, and the proposals laid belbre him. Many were the intercessions made by insihers and wises to regain their sons and kustmods, even at the high price of arc: pip,. The Mayor, however, dist • not daie to act by himself in a matter of that iopertanee. His first impulse was, no doubt, to send .a -courier to the Doe peror NAPOLI:ON in Silesia. Ilut considering that since he had no time to write bulletins of his own victories, he wou'd have still le.s to interfere in su h distant soncerns, lie contented himself with ordering the numicipality to assemble, and in full ceencil eattAhl the weighty maw r to he di.euKed. Some cohsidered that a pig was more than equal in value to two Frenchmen. Others on the contrary maintained, that the offer ought to be is jectsti as de gradieg to the " U i eat Nation." A third party in winded 1! •ir op position to instant compliance with the demand, solely on their hopelessness that it could be set ions, and proposed to ascertain that point before they came to any settled iet•:rlLltioll. This advies %%4., adopted, and an application made to our tars having been answered tit the affirmative, the Council resumed the I;ersate. sifter a Wei _ 4