The National Register. — London, England, 1817-05-19 00:00:00

MAY 19. THE PRINCE REGENT S COURT. Wednesday his Royal Highness the Prince Regent held a Court at Carlton House. Thel'rince of Salons was introduced to the Prince Re gent by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, and was most graciously received. The American Minister was introduced to his Royal Highncs.4, by Lord Viscount Castlereagh, as the Prin cipal Secretary of State tOr Foreign Affairs, and con ducted by Robert Chester, Esq. the Assistant Master of the Ceremonies. Ills Excellency was admitted to a closet audience, when he delivered to the Prince Regent his letter of recal, and took leave of his Royal Highness previous to his depart= for America. Baron Rehausen, the Swedish Minister, was intro •duced to the Prince Regent in a similar manner, when Excelkney tool; leave Of his Royal Highness, pre vious to his leaving England for a short ti►uc. The Earl of Liverpool and Viscount Castlereagh had audiences of the Prince Regent. Yesterday the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold visited the Prince Regent, at Carlton I louse. On Saturday night the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold honoured the Opera with their presence. On Friday evening, between six and seven o'clock, the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, arrived at Caine Word House from Claremont, to dinner. On Satur day they received a tisit front the Duke of York. In the afternoon they went in their new elegant state car riage to visit the Queen at her Palace. The hammer cloth of the carriage is very magnificent ; it is of scarlet cloth, ornamented with trimming in immitation of gold lace. 'The centre of the sides are of white satin, with the Princess's and Prince's arms embroidered on them. The Prince uud Princess returnod to Camelford House in another carriage. Prince Leopold afterwards visited the Prince Regent, called at the Duke of Clarence's, the Duke and Duchess of Cumberhuid, &c. and then returned to Cameltbrd House to dinner. Yesterday the Earl of Liverpool had an audience of the Prince Regent, at Carlton-house. Yesterday the Duke of York and the Lord Chtuicel lor had audiences of the Prince Regent_ THE DRAMA. -LANE Mr. Kean appeared on Tuesday night, for the first time, in the character of Eusiance de St. Pierre, in Colman's pleasant l'iay of The Surrender of Calais.— The noble and patriotic Fentiments of the part were marked with a spirit and energy, equally worthy of the author and the actor, and were enthusiastically applaud ed by the audience. Johnson's O'Carrol was in his best and rich,:st vein of native feeling and natural delinea tion. Mrs. Bland's Madelon was in every respect an ex quisite performance. COVENT-GARDEN. Mr. Kemble performed the character of 'raspy- on Wednesday night with an energy which strongly re called to our minds the utt exertions of iris earlier years. In every part of his delineation of this gallant and fiery soldier, he received the loud and lengthened plaudits of the audience, particularly in the scene whe. e he reads the letter. When the curtain dropped, there was a call front every quarter of the house for the re petition Of Henry_ the Fourth. We are sorry to state, that at the end of the finirth act of The Apostate, on Friday night. Miss O'NEILL becmnc so indisposed, from the exertions which she made, that she was unable to go through the remain ing act. This was immediately annolinced to the au dience, and it was received wick inauiii:st feelings of regret, on account of the amiable actress, in every part of the house. SURREY '1 IIEATRE. Since Mr. L Dibdin's prsluctioa of Harlequin IJuax at the English Opera, he has not brought out any thing so ludicrously effective as his grand Parody on non Gi ovanni, which on Monday night electrified the audi ence with laughter, from the first line to the filling of the curtain. Every point in the Opera. as well as in the Pantomime Ballet, is most forcibly retained, and placed in a most whimsical point of view. The end of the .first Act called down six or s..wen distinct plaudits ; and it was announced for repetition amidst the loudest and most general assent we have ever witnessed. 111 DA ME CATA LA NI .-A letter from Florence, dated the .29th lilt. gives the tollowing circumstances respect ing this celebrated singer : " Monsieur Vallebraque and Catalani are here. He is just gulag to Paris, to manage mutters about the Theatre he holds there. Catalani stays at Florence, but will not be able to give concerts thr a fiirtnight, in consequence of an accident, which happoned to them in coming from Rome. Their carriage was broken in being (bagged up a hill. Vallebraque was walking before, and Madame Catalani narrowly tscuped being otshed to piec;s down a precipice- Happily, she was n ot seriously hurt, and her purpose is to follow him to pais, and ultimutoly I iilipage to Loudon: THE NATIONAL REGISTER. THE COMMITTEE in London for promoting. the Election of SIR. WOOER candidate to succeed the late Sir Jacob Astley, in the Representation or the County of Norfolk, re sptctfully acquaint those Freeholders who inmul to honour him with their buppurt, that Carriages are engaged to convey them to Nor wich, where their early attendance at the Pell will prove of the highest consequence to the cause in which they are engaged. The Eketion commences this day, the 19th of May.—Committ..e Room, Golden Cross, Charing Cross, lyth May. Ibl7. 1111SCELI„lNEOL'S. Friday, in the House of Commons, Mr. Ponsonby put to Lord Castlereagh his promised question, relative to the renewal or continuation of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act. Lord Castlereagh, in reply, stated it was expected that a communication Would be made to Parliament by the end of the present month front the Prince Regent on the internal state of the Country, when it was intended to propose that the same course should be taken that had been resorted to in the first part of the Session—that Committees should be ap pointed to make inquiries into the real state of the na tion, and to report on the same. We, however, learn with regret, that from the intbrinatien of which Minis ters arc possessed on this subject, the public safety de mands that the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act shall not expire on the first of July, the period to which it is at present limited ; and they, accordingly, have it in contemplation to continue the pro Visions of it in force till the first day of the next Session!ef Parliament. Although the Emperor of China would not receive Lord Atnherst's Embassy, in (=sequence of the refitsal of his Lordship to submit to the prostration which the custom of the country prescribes, we urkderstand his Imperial Majesty has sent several most curious, rich and splendid presents to the Prince Regent. The num ber of Chinese killed in the forts by the fire of the Al ceste, amounted to 40. This affair was kept secret from the Emperor, his Alinisters being afraid to communicate it to him.—Morning paper. On Wednesday last the Duke of Sussex was hallotted for, and elected a member of the honourable Artillery Company. After going through the usual forms on the admission of members, his Royal Highness went over the house, armoury, &c. when he partook of a cold col lation, and left the Artillery-ground about 4'oelock. Letters from Mayence dated the Ist of May, an nounce that upwards of 10,000 emigrants from Swit zerland, Alsace, Wirtemberg, and Ratko, have passed there by water, in search of a new country, not in cluding those who arrived by land ; and that from the 13 to the 30th of April, no less than BS9 funilies had passed thut city, amounting in the whole to 3,3.'2 in diriduals. Lieut. C. Moore. who, at the extreme hazard of his own life in the cause ofhumanity, was enabled to save two Frenchmen, and nearly a third, who were wrecked off Calais, of which an honourable mention was made in the Mouileur, and inserted in sliis paper, had lately the honour of dining with his . Excellency the French Ambassador ; who was pleased, by order of his Most Christian Majesty the King of France, to signify to him his Majesty's full sense of so great an example of heroism. From the Finance Accounts of Great Britain, for the year ended the nth of January last, which have just been printed, it appears that the gross receipt of Revenue within the year, amounted to no less than 81 ‘ ,96:2,4781. 13s. :21d., and that the net sum, after deductions for management, &c. applicable to national objects, was 75,519,2231. ss. 3d. RonEnT GIFFORD ESQ., the new Solicitor-General, is a native of Exeter, and about 35 ,years of age. He served his Clerkship in the Jtiice of Messrs. Jones, of Exeter. .This firm wished to retain him hi their employ; but this be refused, unless they would take him into partnership. This not being agreed to, he said he would seek his fortune in London ; wilither he came, uud soon rose into considerable practice having hadgrcat business on the Western Circuit. Ile married last year to a Miss Drew, a relation of the Gentlenuut of that name in the firm of Drew and Loran, Solicitors, New Inn. Mr. Gifil3ril, has been returned flir the Borough of Eyre, is Snifidk, iu the room of Sir Vi in. (:arrow. The displeasure e.xpressed by King Ferdinand against the circulation of coarse likenesses of his royal counte,- nance, reminds its of the reply made by a Chinese por trait-painter to an English sailor, who made .0 similar complaint—" If master no got handsome face, how can master have handsome picture ?" The striking of the new Gold Sovereigns, Half So vereigns, and Double Sovereigns, began on Tucsday at the Mint. Ten millions sterling is the_ sum which it is said will be struck. —.. .............._,... Gold remain.' at 31. 191. per ounce; but Dollars have advanced to ns. :Id. MRS. HAYWOOD.—This amiable woman, and ad mired actress, died at Bristol, on Monday last. Iler maiden name was I)eley, under the pure sanction of which she first perthriukl at the Surrey Theatre. Iler disorder was, we axe sorry to say, a—broken heart ! DIVINO BELL—(Orders hive liven slut to I'ty outwit fur 111‘ Rest)tote vest; to repair to Porisokautlt, w urdei (hut tilt. s tal t ut•Utr Royiki (ieott a way be it,.eut I.titu plepardtut% t. ocatuvAl al her huh, a Ober top ther ur reittotits ale eNtiotated of 36,0001. while the 1.•1 , 1•111 , 1t . et 1 iiill44 them will, pfubably, be uut tuute than uue-titth part al Um tuustey. 157 The fidlowing letter from an Officer of his Majesty's ship Cherub, relates a very gallant and successfill at tack made on a French schooner, whilst engaged in the African slave trade : " lli.r :thijesty'sship Cherub, Cape Coast, March 3, 1817. a We capture d, on the 17th of January last, a Portuguese ship, with a cargo of 413 slaves on board, which we sent into Siena Leone. On the 30th of the same month, we Saw a schooner about eight a. in. a long way a-head : at one p. sent tie pinnace, under First-Lieutenant Henderson, and Messrs. Morrison, Crown, and Brag, Midshipmen; and the gig. aids Mr. Miller, Master; and Mr. T. W. Pearce, Mid shipman. A breeze springing up we could not catch her, and lost sight of her at sunset. Next day, at three a.m. saw a veesel right u-head, distant about three miles : at day-light, she proved to be the same schooner. At six a. m. tired severi.l shot, but a ithout etre ct : at eleven, becalmed, within two miles and a half of the schooner: at twelve, manned the heats, and sent them to the attack—the pinnace and gig, as to-fore, and the cutter. with Messrs. Belelicss and Young, makuag in all, 37, ins holing officers and men. Shortly after we shoved off, observed the schooner to cut her boat away and prepare for action. At I.:A. the se homier fired several guns and muskets at the boats ; returned them immediately : the gig being the fastest pulling boat, got alongside of her first, and alien in the act of boarding, bad seven men wounded out of eight, so that we were obliged to drop astern a little ; but the master (Mr. Mil ler) and two men, although wounded, pulled up alongside of her agaiu. The boats being now all tip, we gave three three British cheers, and boarded her, under a he avy tire of mess gentry ; every time flue Pinnace was going to tire, the cow ardly rascals ran below; and after they had struck they tired two guns at the cutter. Mr. Miller, the master, was wounded in the leg ; Mr. Morrison, Midshipman, in the eye—the ball lodged in the back part of his head (since dead). Mr.T. W. Pearce, Midshipman, received a dangerous wound in his left side—the ball catered between the fifth asset sixth riles, close to the bottom of the heart, and came out between the sixth an 4 seventh, the bone of the spine having turned it —he is getting better, and likely to do well. In this affair of the boats we lost two seamen killed, and eight severely, wounded. The vessel proved to be La Louisa, French schooner, of 16 guns, from Guadaloupe, bound to Bourbon.. with 800 slaves." PEDESTRIANISM ON ➢IWOOD SCRUBS.. Baker on Tiles<lay night, at twenty minutes after eight o'clock, aceormilislied 49 miles, and Eaton, at a quarter past nine, completed 49 miles. They both started tVeduesday morn,ng at rune o'clock, and at nine o'clock, when they went. to breakfast, Baker had gone twelve miles, having rested two hours in the interimtbrough the badness of the weather, and . Eaton eleven miles. Some heavy rain and hail falling at this time, the ground on which they walked wasstrewed over witls sifted ashes. Baker started at half past nine, and continued travelling, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, and at half past one o'clock (dinner lime), lie accomplished 28 miles aud a qnarter. Eaton, after breakfast started afresh, and at half past one (dinner time), be had gone 26 miles and a quarter. At dinner they both rested 50 minutes, and by four o'clock Baker had accomplished 31 miles, making in the whole sine's his commencement at that hour that day week 316 miles. Eaton, by font o'clock, had 392 miles, having perfortn ed since his starting that day week at the same hour 337} miles. The following is a correct return of each day's perform• ance SANER. EATON. May 7, Wednesday 10 wiles. 9 miles. 4, Thursday.....,. 65 041 9, Friday 52} 46 10, Saturday Sunday. • • • • . ....... 411 42 12, Monday .48 13, 'lnesday 11, Wednesday, at 4 o'clock ... .45 46 Baker, at lialf-fast eight o'clock on Tuesday night, rested from his laborious to k, having that day finished stzty Eaton rested at a (platter before tea o'clock, after walking sixty miles. Yesterday morning they both started at the same' time, li 'ninnies after four o'clock, and at breakfast time, nine o'clock, Baker had performed si•:teen wiles. He went to dinner 10 minutes before oneo'clock, having then travelled thirty miles. lie then rested nritil Eaton started again at halt past two o'clock, and at four lie had performed thirty.seven miles. Eaton, yesterday ',owning at nine o'clock, when he went to breakfast, had accomplished fourteen miles and a half. At dinner time, leaving off three avinutes before Bak. r, be had made good twenty-eight miles, and at four o'clock he had performed thirty.five teak's, at %Midi hoar both these ce lebrated Pedestrians were continuing ou their labours under taking. When they go to meals they stretch gut their beds until they start again. Baker. on Saturday night, at eight o'clock, finished 411 miles, and Eaton, at nine o'clock the same evening, finished 46 miles. yesterday morning they re-commenced their lobo. Haws undertaking a quarter be fore Emir o'clock, and at nine Baker had gone 16 ; at half past ten he had gone 23, he then re•tt d eluting chord' time, "tali! one o'clock. when hie again set oil, and travelled fain• niiks anal a half' mole, till two o'clock, when tic went to dinner, resting then till five minutes after three. He set off again, and at four u'ehoic had accomplished 31 miles anal a half, making, op to that time, 415 miles and a half, which he buss pflionned in eleven days. kattm. at nine weinek. bad performed 15 miles. and at half past ten o'clock he had made good 20 miles, he thew rest. d during divine service until 11 , 111 . v'elock, v. 111.11 he twilibl started, and went on till two, 166 dinner time, having the* gone thou mikes mole; lie started again at three, and at four he had areemiplished I . EUIII his beginning is the morning 27 unties, ekartly up to Whirl' time Eaton had performed 434 miles in eleven days, lea% ing Baler eleven mitt's and a half in advance up to that thou. l'esterilay standing the unfavourable state of the weather, several thou. andln•rsuusweerun?de . gloom'. The plea•iiic bualS WCIA! ;roweled, and the public houses filic,l to au overiluvr. FATAL Duet..—Abraham liewlitigg, Esq. who went out to practice its a banister, in Demerara, was mot.. tally wounded in a duo! there, by an officer of the army. The dispute which led to this lamented result arose at the Governor's aide. 7%ir. fiewlings expired in the anus of his wife, a short dale .after =Living his woutuL