The National Register. — London, England, 1812-08-16 00:00:00

•••• Tliy, NATIOYAk REGISTER. DRAMATIC REGISTER. HAYMARKET THEATRE. On Monday Mr. TALBOT undertook the character o f Young Mirabe in The Ineonstaut. The defects which niamd his first re: formance prevented his giving this part the penance which belongs to it. His failure, however, was not so comnlete as in Rantrtr, and this is saying a ;Tom! deal when we reflect what an arduous task the representative of Yur.ng .11ira3e1 has to pet form. There was less of ttriui tiee in his manner than on the first night, and we could aim 'st have tlattQled curselv-s that the gentle chastisement we frit it our rainfal ditty to inflict, had had the desited effect Ili., performance became absolute:y respectrble towaids the la t . ter end of the play, and it is but fair to acl;nowlede flea if we have in some instances seen that pact of the chara c t er played with mote effect, we have also seen it (and that lc ccotly) acted much worse. The Ilioneynonn was performed on Thursd a y. We nt.ver before felt inclined to rejoice that the author of this 1;110% a‘imirecl play could no longer feel the ill, of frail o;ortaiity. Had he lived .to have seen his play murdered a , it was this evening it would have driven him mad—perhap to suicide. • JONES, Mrs. (=tens, and Mrs. W Ms. oh taincd and merited considerable applause as /Wand.), iieidihr and tolante. By the way we must here just hit to Mr. JONES that when he pretends to hum a tune hr ought not to make a noise as if he woe gargling his throat. Of the :est of the characters, the le3s we say the better, as it is dif ficult to determine which most deserved to be le sett, Mr. RENNET in focrieg, Mr. CHIP P ENDALE in Lampad, Mr. EVttE in Balthazar, or Mr. T A LBOT in the Duke. Iti cctefv ail Mr. T.'s ingenuity to find out a character in which he has less chance of being tolerable than in tins, Ile cant nei ther look the character tior weak it. Instead of appearing like the Duke disguised in order ' i n) humble the spirit of A woman he loved, he looked mare like the leader of a ban ditti who had dragged an unfortuvire female to his retreat for the worst of purposes. When be took the key from his girdle to threaten Juliana with confinement, the air with which he di4l it, and the ferocious t ti in which preceded and accompanied the action must have made that part of the audience who were not well acquainted with the play sup pose that he was drawing a dagger to stab her to the heart, the only WaV, by. the bye, in which a person of his opputc (ince could be expected to make any impression on it. PROLOW2E TO THE NEW PLAY OF " LOOK AT HOME," WRITTEN BY HENRY HARP Lit, ESQ. AND sroKLN BV MR. GRANT. (The lines between inrerted commas avec °ruined.) A, oft the sorry si4o.bourd of at; I.:n (-041 promi-e of the smiler 13re within j, Swing , to the Traveller's eye these words of er:ursep " Cionti entertuiument ft.!. Alan Hilt' Hoise So our dull l'aoiogutt is hole , out to cloy To c .tch (if c;,tcii we can) attraction to enr labs. (/..r tart ' s 11111)S indlrrellr—wbal P 3 Stilt ‘%urse, :For Mau. we've eitterluiri ment--ann fin Ho, se. And. as times vu, his flows are p ate, I weed, " %Vito cannot rube a horse-limgh by his I , cent:a " 't be broad humour or distal ton lac s,' • " at. acturti hilt must a die, will, Inientss tat their backs." S,,me would-be hniliorlitig, ot lute deemed, A, PLys grew dull, they must improve the breed ; ostugicians urgue different ways, They thoogitt. Ns Ploys Were Pportp,oll spurts were Plays. Hence., eager to attract by something new, TA-r) - gavy their jiad spoitt to tho ptiblie•vicw; - NO op those Igt.krds where wwerahrb* fgt. tataic, ' S..iti teal hauters to contest lit Alma!, 41 • * . • 4 . SW: ‘t • ft;t' 1111SC'E7.LANIES. Two thousand infneas are s- , .thscr ;hes! for the ptirchase of a puce o' plate, as it testilo,•oy of il ie divO:iefea.te.: zool, eloquence, i , tol of Mr. Brougham, in t:.e debate upon the Ordurs tot t A new comet has Le.eti diseot e rd by 31 Pens, '.l the Ob•crvar. ry Alaiseilles. Ile isogon it ia a et..sisal sweep uI the heaver. s oil the tot the UOth ssf Jt.l%. ft, C lose With Cheat between the !eel pi the Calinelopurd at d the II •;‘,l ot the Lytix• 1114.1.10.e1y Otis ilice• f.eeit asceitaitied by nelaitoste, tti it the cur teestasices, that the comet h WI 114)11i it Nat o. i11e1.11,1l to the nuked eye, but exit Iv bet 1,1 44111• d 01111111011 111 . A1 111 em 141 . The eleUlt.lll 01 :New Betit!eie, it. St. lies.rgr'--Ce!dit, is proceeding Mills great r +bitty. It las near:y le.,elled its to luta. Had i• extrciiie! extensi‘e • (11:1111141(11ttlei. lie rill. air adosirably tveil arr 401, to atfurd et ery pos•ible :u the aill:ettiltate ;I.W:tits; tool Ilse soi the whyle, c..mbules subtle:, and secutily, with tiestnies arid elegance. A etitious and lau2liable . eccurrente took el:ice in ("multi;!, it `Jew days since. During a trenicittloas sh,wer tot rain, iti course vt which every passenger was eitg..;• to ebtain some %chide %oriels might cor.vey hi home, wader cover from t h e, s o I ns.cliney coach st.•pped at tile door 1.1 a res. celable 13 althm4 -1 • 0 ' 1, e, and disburdeited litioself of a lo d which had now an ived at .ts ties tatatiult. A comp& talon us to the ineirily of to rettiiii the vacant catilage, immediately aru•e between two parties, eacis headed ht au effective Milli. OM' of these lieioes, irritated at 'lie decisbn of !Lc cusielimati, who. with eutisc eatious propriety, had declared iii favnin 14 the first app icatiuis, placed 41 herculean Liu i I.utli aglinst the roach-door, • anti iseteilig ilatlt 11l posture of d. fetice, swcro lassal itistily that it he could tibt enjoy tlie feat., at iestA leis adversary slt• tilt! cot. Scarce had he uttered tae treiweildotis oath. when lie Thildenly discovered that the grotoid With tmoursh. , •ted, o.' the streagth of whicli lie turned %jilt CI .1141 1011, 11.1e..141ttg In take iialibeillate pus ,c,;jun ;. when l's 1 to his unutterable astanisinuent and cunt ilium, hi.. ear was sainted by the well kniswir voice of his opp tient, who, sillsA *lg li.s pkasaist 1)114, coiled kindly fiche Iled ilied/tV, &tering I:.e suadituari to drive solo Jarvis, always %pock iii the pescept inn tot i• toutuited his box w ion alacrity and proceeded twine with Lis snug P•irY. lea% iog our disappointed hero, atitiost a Coll( 4)11e.e of amused specialists, to rccoltcct (if his laineutei ]y wet co-wiition *mild give him tunic tar ttearght) that a hack ney coatis, like most ether .carriages, is tisuall . y furnished with two doors, watt that recess to the trite is nu less easy than to the rither. Aixuntr. ;Ivry 10.—The Willmar% interesting ant! Ore( tit g I:ttle itury, which I have just heard frum the .ips of tone of the Officers of the Swallow, will, 1 am sure, be of interest 10 mail of your readers: 4 lit the gallant and saisguiliaty action wit ch that ship ilittintained against so superior a force, close 111 with Fiejtrs, a short tine. sicte. itiiere was a seaman named iPlielan, who had his elle via board ; she was statiuued (as Is usual when wo ; cot are on board in lime of bottle) to 44441 the surgeon its the care of the %%omitted. how the cl •se manner in which the Swallow eit.m. he euen.y, • 1 a id-aria cod yard arm, wounded, as may be eXpl o Tted, Were broug . ht below very but ifutwingl the rest, a alestionite at her lessband's, (consequently her own) alto had x.ceived a musket-ball thiough the side. ller ext.! tions . were a ad to console the pour lellow, who was in great itg.seirs, 1111(1 11e111.y bieettlititg : whim, by some chalice, she hesird [ter 1:tr,1.141,11 worn.deof, on deck It. r tto,aely . ..oat already iiverin,wCied teelsini• ;ttort-tinie tounient-ire restrutia d ; she rushed instantly oil deck, and recce, ed fuse wuttoded tar in ittr arms ; he ftsiiiil‘ nosed Isis head itr.kurs her—blie•buist into a tbs. d td teats, and told bier to . take con rage.." all %%unlit yet be well," but scarcely prow inneed the lust stl !able, who nau ilfs..inectefl th•it tooicher head irlf. 'llte poor tar, w II" * . was el . .sely "rapt in her urine, opened Ina ill's OliCe inure —t hi a shut our cur. What telitlets he c;V:taiii,totice lite mole affecting was, Ge pour crt ature had isnly been :blue deltyvted of a line hu was in a nonacid. Oinked of is tathcr motin.r. As suplll 11% the ac.ion sebsided, " and mittne began again t ' tits.'' its comrs,4" the ts.ellitgs of the tars, elm %%wiled no nencces-stry iactie- Meat to I:lCa4 were allaittetc•lrd : , Au Tommy ( for SO he was cal:ed ); wasty said, and ell feared, he trit••t ; they WA- to:teed lie filaottict have au fiithers, bat what c•stild be the tub-Clime 4.1 Alif4e and a unstlitr? Lowe% er, the tined tit Immunity sow, discovered there was a Maltese goat onboard, to the Otheers. which gave an abnedatiee ut and as there Wili no better expedient, she was resotted to, fur the . purpose of suckling Ike' child, .who, siii &tiler to sity, is/ hiring. and gr hisig one ot the finest Atli% fellows in the world; .and sts.tractaLle is his nurse, that even now, sh I .es • • *bell 1el?/1,/iftVTiritsnty is iironht lobe sucklett by her: Ptielau 'sod h iti l trek aikwed, Ulf Cue ktitIOIK/lA. ruld e oit 'la W La • ictlid eat •"" ..' . • •.. sos AUG. IC.