The National Register. — London, England, 1823-05-11 00:00:00

~r CU VANS-GARDEN SHEATRE. On Thursday•night, a new Opera, called Cirri, or The Maid 21 Wass; was performed, fur the first • time. The Theatre was most fashionably and nu merously attended, and the general expectation, which had. been very high, we are happy to say, suf fered no abatement in any respect. The story of the Opera, which is the production of Mr. Howard Payne, is certainly of tue serious a cast, but the efforts of the performers reconciled us in a great measure to this departure from the proper tone of the musical drama. The daughter of a pea sant has been induced to leave her father's house by her attachment to a Nobleman, who, however, finds it necessary. to.promise marriage belies) she con— sents, and afterwards fails in persuading her to be hiss on.iiishionable terms. When. he proposes thee, terms, the exhibits so much horror that he is obliged to . set two of his domestics to watch her motions, and prevent her escape Posar..his house. One of those domestics is a lively girl, who, for the Nil o* of keeping herself awake, in the room next to that in which the heroine of the story is confined, sings • merrily, and does other things to the great amuse ment of the autlieuce,.but at last foils fest asleep. Clani then issues from her room, • leaps from the window, and flies towards her father's house, where she soon becomes reconciled to her mother. It is, however, a more difficult matter to approach her father, and she is therefore introduced to him veiled, ass disobedient.child, who seeks• from him advice, rs to the means of procuring pardon. This scene is indeed a powerful one, and Mr. Fawcett, who played the father, gave a picture of parental feeling that would .hare redeemed a multitude of errors much greater than any in th 3 piece. The Opera ends with the marriage of te.lari and the Nobleman, who had put her virtue to the test, and who is more delighted at the defeat which his dishonoura ble prepubals sustained than at.the victory which he had gained over healeart. . Tnese are the materials upon which, together with a liule assistance from the introduction of two , or three sprightly characters, who have no immediate otnnexitni -with -the story, the writer has founded his Opera. The-incidents are well managed, and the catastrophe is powerful. Miss M. Tree .per formed the character of Clan with great success indeed, there. is scarcely a pandt the range which she has been acaustonsed to undertake, is which she exhibited her command over. the feelings more eflic tually. There . were several touches of dramatic skill in the early passages of the -piece; but .in the reconciliation scene, in which Miss Tree and Mr. Fawcett had the best- opportunity of proving their rank above the rest of those engaged in the piece; there was scarcely a.dry eye in the house. The Music is in. some 'parts beautiful. It is Bishop, with the exception.of the National Airs, as the bills say, A few songs are assigned to Miss M. Tree, but they are never mink tuiaterfare with the business of the scene, and they are mostly simple and melancleily„ They could not have been sung more delightfully.. Miss.Luve sang and played with great spirit, and. was ensured in a song describing the mischievous character of love. t The other chanisters, which are extremely subor dinate, were played. with propriety ; and -there were two excellent 'glees in •the piece, which were sung with great taste, and will, no-doubt, become warm hivottrites of the public. The Duke of Gloucester sat in a.private box, and seemed highly pleased at the Opera, which was gives. out for repetition by Mr. Fawcett amidst theloudest applause. .11011 r RY ESCAPICT3te ACCHNINT AMENEITRAORDIMA' Superb steam-packet, from Glasgow on her way to. Liverpool, about two o'clock un Saturday morning, was encountered by the Majestic, from Liverpool to Glasgow. The bow of the Superb was completely stove.in to the water's edge; fortunately the sett was unownsnmnly calm, and the -numerous passen gers were safely removed on board the Majesiic, kind conveyed to the Isle of Man. lteudesvoue , houses were on Monday opened on Tower-hill, for the.reccption of able and ordinary seamen, for clove* shipisof the line, four frigates, sit sloops of war, and.two cutters. The Garrick library, whick.before the sale had been estimated as worth k,2001., un account of the autographs of Mr. Garrick,. and other celebrated • persons of his time, absolutely sold for upwards of 2,0001. On Friday night, Mr. Smith, the King's aseases. ger, arrived in town with despatches from Stein. • • We regret to learn, that by the fall of& treenail . New Brunswick, Mr. Mathews, tke.comedian, re ceived some injury, and Mr. Price, the manager of the Park Theatre, had his leg broken, These gen tlemen were on their way from Philadelphia to Bal timore, in a private carriage. YARMOUTH, MAY B.—Arrived in the Roads his Majesty's frigate Seringapata" and sailed again fur Leith, to take on board Sir B. Bloomfield, Bart. tsar Sweden. . • - • Extract ofa letteirnesgeed-ftwas gs. ll • etersbergb, 1 Tws Gassistr--Ou Saturday 1s& a full nib-- ' dated March 80, O.S, :—" The differences which of the Greek Comniittee was held at the Crown ens hitherto subsisted between our Court and the Porte I Anchor, when a resolution was entered into to will have been amicably adjusted ; and M. deTatischeff a general public meeting in a few dart, in order to is mentioned as the Minister drains( to proceed to ' raise ksubscription . iii aid of the brave people who Constantinople." I have already nearly succeeded in their efforts - to • CONSCIEN cc—Messrs.- H. Fielding and Co, of shake off the yoke of Ottoman barbarians. Iliad • ,the Catteral. print-works, lately received a letter Erskine wss in the Chait, and the following dis enclosing two pounds, dated • Preston, and signed tinguished individuals were also present :--Lord " Juctice; * the writer of which saye—" Gentlemen Milton, Lord Ebrington, Lord Nugent, Mr. Hume, —ln the year 1797, I had the pleasure of doing a M. P. Mr. Maxwell, M.P., Mr. J. Williams. M.P.. little business• with you to my satisfaction, and in , Mt. J Smith, M.P., together with arteral Greeks - one instance r thought I rather charged - yon too of distinction. It war represented to the meeting. high; I therefore enclose you two pounds, which that one thousand Germans have beery formed into you will•please to distribete to• the right owners, u military body, by the aid of subscriptions raised in • •• The transaction was for the print-works at Carte- Germany, fur the purpose of proceeding-to the as ral."-- Wedmore/awl Gazelle. sistince of the Greek Patriots, and that they eye FALL or..WgsrosCotvitur Towen—On Toes. only waiting tie tt ship •to convey them to the place day evening, about eight o'clock, the tower of the of , their destination. The o b je ct of the Committee clutzch 4 etWeston Colville, in Cambridgeshire, turns is, to raise money su ffi cient fur defraying the cha r g e bled. down; part falling.upon the roof of the Church of this equipment •; and also to collect . together, • .broke through and , destroyed the seats and pews; and to-convay to their own country several tinfortu the other part hit to the west. Titer tower contained nate Greeks, who are now-wandering over the Con five bells, four of which wererbeaken by the fiat.— ttncnt. and who,. owing to - the tyranny of the Cott- • It is fortunate -that -no person wiw,pesx ;. if it had tinental Governments, cannot get away from any of happened during divine service, many of the con- the ports of France or Italy. • k;regAtion nould inevitably •have .lost their , lives Pi noeuts.—On Thursday last the Caret arrived About 58 "years ego, the tower of All-gainte at Liverpool, from* New Orleans. • Otte her voyage - church, Felbourne, fell in a simile" manner. ' , she was boarded by, a pirate, near Hakaunah. The - , A gentleman who is just arrived from Portugal, crew were most cruelly used, their` clothing, &e. states, that the Portuguese - Arm,' is in the finest purloined, and t heir provisions - taken; -so that the possible condition, - .w ad found in every particular, 'vessel was obliged to put Into . Nassau, to enable her and would-not suffer by comparison 'with any moms to proceed on the voyage. The pirate had previously in Europe. The Portuguese are coofsient, that captased a Dutch vessel, the individuals on board of • in the present struggle the *asked* will be vice , whiehierielethwelooptiesref the captain and u pas lorious; whir are :anxious that the French should ad- sengery wereput on board the Ceres.. eance r and the at greeter distance fee. their resources. '1 Sum mar DIA'PH Or MR. CARR, or DRORY•LAWN Fired th e, Ropt.stho„ . Sunday morning Tesaras.„—An inquest was held on Wednesday last at -- s last, between two and throe o'c • h oo d o f .pi tait ddly alas t h roat * , the atadone.otighabuutaiv:::, ‘thbeeforeL"rd'hetra:rStie*Arlirimig.hk.9l79lColiroe.isiterreet, o ' l S° i t i r c e n te l xl . 7o n f , . Mr. Camaro Carr, massy years Prompter of Drurydsne in consequence of a fire breaking Ott in the chimney Timitve.,it apparel Is om the evidence,• that o n h i s, a. the liseral Saloon, Piccadilly, The place - at zhe ssiantay, about move o'clock, Mr. Palouse , . • ueigh timeef the fire breaking out teessnmseronsirsee 44 MK, was seat for to Mr. Carts house, No. 11, Sydney tended. An alarm was spreadffiferhich caused the street. Somers Town, as all • Carr was very ill ; but jest nocturnal belles.and4raust to for their safety -as Mr. Whiten had got to the house Mr. Carr died.—rest Mr. Wit Ifuni,a surgeonovis sent . fer,and he attempted into the Area In a shot% petW the place WAS to bleed him, but it was cit no area. T he deceased hail lined with engines, firemen, and fora, andehe been unwell for some Mite but he 'hall been • out wi • plug holes opened. After a cortilderablir time the Friday. The Jury:returotfil a verdict of—Diedby the fite was got under, to the gr,:ut-consolittion . of the '‘ ;gelation of God. Elie deceased has left a • wife and 12 ' inhabitants, many of -whom were alarmed out of children. their beds, and appeared in their shirts, without • MYSTSRIOUS OC.CORRSNOe.—On h,lemlity evening; stockings. last, a man of gentlemanly appearance was.libsteryed by shoes and • Nsontract was entered into on Friday last far the a several persons walking by . the Avant side, at Gmthatn, • a hamlet within two miles to the emawasit afolkistol.—. erection-of a tread-will in Mairbierse gaol. which is Being actinted b y a woman. „i l l, ilia idle creamo. to be begun immediately. The expa nse of buildin g ~w a he Larking for a wile?" 1w answered•glomningly. and machinery is estimato r " at 2,4001 w stud when' that he .• had torife• enough already. " In the same completed will be capable uf•ensehrying aboureighty iteighlmerhoud is a , house in a state of decay, •the door prisoners at one tins*, Whose lzriun will , he • of which had continued for some time open. 'Me next' °Welly in grinning corn fer the , she prison. - day the door was found closed; and this circumstance, coupled with the recollection of. the solitary wanderer, Letters from Madeira; dated the ult., corn- induce' revers' persons to enter it; when they found the municute the -tidings of • lien*" accident havin g following lines penciled on a wall, Which were copied befallen his Excellency Lord Amherst, which at first by a geistlemais of the above city who was among the spec- • excited considerable appfthensiois fur his Lordship's tatu.sg— •• This gkiutuy inausinu will suit any hurpuse life. His Lordship ' s embarkation on board the J.e. well—it invites me torevel in d.soair, and CAM one mete * p(ler, at Plymonth, Wee delayed some days by an refl.:ctiou on . this world of • Vetree...alTill rale of lean.— ilinclis, from which ho had not- entirely recovered •Ist€iiiined"rnaberdiowsthe"whinri*tuilin'"gfeatithatsnis a i astturean. inrant,z:: When the ilitpiter smiled: Oh his arrival at Madeira aej weitt g eity.—hut well k i n n ot . vn in most water ing places. his Lordship kit the benefit of hie voyage thither; This a wl be me list wa.vgius.plaee, My loss if vase ; s on - d war so much a cenvaleseetiA se to be induced to 'lost my labour has been indelatigable. But what :Waits ride on horseback. It was on this oixesiou, that in - it? for jelousy, that greeti-eyed mouster, has deposited passing a horse which had been tied up, lie received tns comagiour venom in my breast. and nay antagonist a severe kick from tine on his l, which was ulann- siumphing its my downfall ; in a few home more I shall ' ig be te ascnt estiattwas sw,l—ns oblivious shade. ' then will ,iney lacerated_ its hittiesty* shi p /* o iler, with o proud moo's atomise' be meshed ; then will Lord Amherst and suite on hoa rd, sailed from Ma. • li-•+'s orient • meld, outlive sink, unpitied, into' his &ire, for Rio Janeiro end Bengal, April 5 - ,,- • own nuthinarodis."--(Here hallowed sonic wretched 1 . , Loss or' AN EiliT INDIAIIIAN.—We regret - to rhymes )--." Nature! 1 must recede. since 1 cannot announce that the Tholtou Calle East Indieman, attain to my Conner sphere. But why do 1 dwell so 10114 in coming op the river on Thursday last, took the upon it t Whit is a desperate matt like, but a horse iu 'round, in sansequenee of which she very soon went battle, rushing into the arms of death - olds-a feaslest and careless tepidity! But oh ! shy deaf wilt and Ott? . over on has side; and her cargo, it is feared, will be dren I after all your a--i who 'hail support you id the entirely lust. • trying hour, witeitrussitall hear of my indsabiutitaud • !" On Weanesday last a aeverenhattle took p lace in long premeditated catasiropha 2 Well I a little longer. the Green Croft; Salisbury, between a mac named and l shall he far foam II weary —.. 1 must recede ; r• "wrenee, of Winchester, and i ftilas Dew, of Solis- it is g • g dark." The period! of these reflections kJ bury t Dew is a man about the middle size, and to nuttier emery /Men of the river's brink, sad mar the 1 Lawrence , reminded us of the Goliali of. ancient F edge of the water was found the mark of a fusstoas if a search was in the act , ef descentliiis the batik. •Strict names. The battle lasted an hour end ,- 5. 1 0 minutes,. R and Lawrence won it 'by mesa dint , of - weight.— r„ e r n " f :L i made la" "4)4 ' which had "ti however There was but little science dhlplayed, but Dew was - • ' Stuoictse Was te.—A getlenum, rixtryeartof age, the greatest proficient. has undertakes,, lur a certain our, to row sixty times - 1 ' Cowie, May 7.—A few'days• since, Lieutenants: through, kilacktriars-bridge. cense sin slime, and go lite J ac k son R . N . o f the East Cowes preventive-boat, times over the said bridge on *tot, and from thence •to captured a boat and two men. The smugglers r an the Obelisk bean. George's-fields ; the whole to be herr the boat ashore, and.theew over the whole of the formed in the space of tote hoer, to start at three u'cloc • .; in the afternoon, en Tuesday, May ittb, baring a gee e • tubs excepting two. The mew were convicted in of wind. the penalty of 1001. each, befell) the. Newport ma- FLAOELLATION out POT rreseeas.—Oa-hlenda ~gistrates. Y morning, at a few minutes past nine o'cloci, a eetygreat ,- On Tuesday last a dreadful fire broker oursipen crowd issembled in London4treet, Tottenharo•coti%r ilaginuat Heath, in the vicinity of the Royal.Militazy tread. i 0 consequeuce of the politic vehipping mil cued College, which continued to burn fur several hours- upon Scott anal Scriitn, two pet stealers, who , wera without intermission, and caused great consterna- eoneioted at its, last sessions for offences in that 440- sion. Had itinvisbeen fur the wall-timed exertions nimienn"l• ' Tim Posia n inent was carried intoellsetwlt it of 2 k oo to y th ar e ds, atter; s rete r tt the cut. of the gentlemen cadets of the Royal Military Col- spervites"wVe'reacollin"albcel. undergo the rentatinferof• their sett - e. recti n t • ') lege, it must have occasioned ooesiderable damage. for the !Jibe uffe „suffered a Mika( p un is h. iltt It is supppsed to have been.'the act of incendiaries, man , sad proper inquiries are euryingpu.tu discover them. matt at Paddington. . . . .....-