The National Register. — London, England, 1812-09-06 00:00:00

EPT. 6. POE7'RY. TO A YOUNG LADY ON PRESENTING TIER WITH A NOSEGAY. Accept, dear girl, at these untiallow'd hand, A tribute which thy beauteous form demands; And thoagli tT►e,,e fading emblems only I►rove, flow short the time for bea.:iy and tOr love; Yet virtues such us thine shall never die, Itit live and bloom to all e ternity. Bromley. EPIGRAM. FROM T;IE SATITIISI OF THE PRESENT MONTH. On the State if the Pavement, through the laudable Excrtions of the 11'aterteorks Companies. These Water-workers' fiery zeal Loridorr save from c'er harti'd ; A n d m nre—to serve the common weal, They lace not left a .5 tone maimed. LUDICROUS GA:ETTE ; OR, MING TO BE LI.UGHED ! ! Some of our Correspondents apt.ear to have fallen into an error re ',prolog the ielentiou of the Ludicrous Catecte. We wish it to he un ricrAtrott that it is not intenthd to he the receptacle of light original ccs, jet( d'csprits, &c. Articles of this description our Correspon dents must he content to see disposed of in Varioul parts cf our publi. catio; , as heretofore. to take the chance of being looked roam in a vt ry grave light, according to the humour of the retqler, C.!' of being reg trdid a, things to he laughed at. This; explanatioa will account Ibr the non-insertion of various articles un d er 11 1 i, head, svlech have been se , tto its. The Ludicrous cricette will ee . ner tl'y be the repo-itory of things which tiplicar to be ridiculous, but which wire not intended to be so, or ut least Which were not its *coded to excite that sort of laughter which we roay conceive them I.kely to call forth. An extract from a bad comedj, for instance, may sometimes be given as a thing to be Worried 'at, on account of its containing nothing laughable. Tho-c things which are intended to be comic, but which are really grave ; and thoFe which nitenditig to be serious, are really comic, will to us appear equally oorthy a place among " things to be laughed at." Thus an impotent attwapt at humour in a Farce, and a comic song front an Opera, may be here inserted as ridiculous, from their gravity while endeavouring to provoke mirth, and a French Bulletin, mid a speech in Parliament, may ne placed in the .Ludicrous Gazette, on account of the extravagant absurdities which appear iu them, while their aim is to command re ap. ct tul belief and solemn attention. In making this statement, we feel we have been led in some measure to depart front our plan. Its formality sits awkwardly on us, as it 111113 t have the effect of making our profeisions and our actions seem rather at variance. This, however, after all, may have in it a something of the ridiculous, and therefore we may nut be too sanguine when we presume to hope that it will be laughed at. Among the most 'prominent incidents which have occurred in the ridiculous world (a comprehensive phrase) Mr.Waithman's declaration respecting the late victory deserves a place :---- " Had he proposed a vote of thanks, or of congratulation, on tills occasion, it might have appeared that he was running a race for popu larity, and this feeling, he assured the Court, upon his honour, had alone kept him front so coming. forward." If any of his enemies had imputed to him this affectation of a dread of appearing to court popularity, we should have thought them too severe on the worthy gentleman. To us it would have appeared, that they were quite es much tun hard on him as Lord Kenyon was, when his Lordship thought he was not to be believed upon his oath—not upon his bnour. The following paragraph has appeared in several papers:— " The immense Tummy of combustible matter which has been dis-. charged from the " Souffriere Mountain," says a St. Vincent's Journal, "is equal to the balk of the whole island. It is obvious that the matter thus exploded.cannot belong to the mountain itself, otherwise it would have been quickly consumed; it cannot be derived from mo derate depths, since its amazing quantity evinces that all the places near the bottom nnist have lung since been exhausted.". Quere—Who measured the combustible matter and the Island of St. Vincent, or how was the fact, here positively stated, ascertained ? MawsioN-Housz.—" On Wednesday the Book-keeper of an inn was summoned before the Lord Mayor for charging more for the car .fiage of a parcel from Canterbury than is allowed by act of parlia- THE NATIONAL REGISTER. C. F. FASMONS I'OR SSPTEMBER. -......-- NE IV DRURY THEATIti. 555 ment. The Book-keeper produced his book, and the regular porter vklw signs the tickets and delivers the parcels, when the complainant declared he was not the porter who deliveted and overcharged the Nreel, and whom he wished to puni.h according to law. The porter pleaded his being ill in bed at the ti.ne, and that lie laud entrusted the delivery to a man of the name of Sum, who came about the inn ; that ie oas very sorry for what laud happened, and would return the mo •iev, and pay any expel cc. The Lord Mayor said, if they could find 4 ut ilia. dam, he would certainly. ptoisli loan for the fraud ; but as •lie porter did not seem to be privy to it. he should discharge him upon reuirning the 'money, mid all the expellee, which he gladly .lid."—The Lord Mayor's speech, on this occasion, Gught to be framed .and hung up in Guildhall. To say the least cf it, it was quite as ra . tioaal as his decision. " lu the New Drury Theatre, an aqueduct is formed, of a contri vane:. 01 Colont I Coogreve, which will tarnish the house not only with an .e.uple ripply of water, but with a profusion, should any accident .ccur treats rilt." 7 --This fact has been given to the town we presume, as a specimen of what may he expected from the new Managers. It is certainly a notable piece of gated management to secure not only an ample supply, but a prelusion. The Committee might do wea to ad ' vertise for s!imebody to write poragr3phs for them as well as addresses. " Mr. "I. Dibelin is engaged as factotum at the New Drury-Lane theatre, and his active talents will render him usetul and efficient."— Weep Elliston ! Hew is the Circus (alien ? At the !at , ' dinner given by the Lord Chancellor, in hon• ur of the Earl a Wellington, the niece Regent proposed the health of Lord Wellington, and requested that it might be a bumper. (oast. As the •glasses were rather large, Sir William Grant, Master of the R ills, did not quite fill his, which induced the Prince to say. " no day-light fiir Lqrd Wellington." &ir William, readily filling his glass, said, he wished his Lordship had had more daii-light at Salamanca, HS the vic tory *mild then, if possible, have been still greater.—This was a i bright thought of Sir William's it must be Grant-ed. - I" Army and Navy.---The Advertiser, a fine spirited•and respectable l i pun Englishman, solicits the patronage of any Commandant in the Army or Navy, who is immediately going abroad, to accept of his 1 services as a Volunteer, or in any other capacity under their com- I, wand. The most satisfactory recommendation wall be kiveu."—There !* are a great many fine spirited Englishmen, who, like the above adver tiser, want patronage before they can make up their minds, •to sent their country;—all the Talents to it ! "Buonaparte is said to have issued sixty new licenses, thirty of which, are for the importation of Buenos Ayres hides, being granted in cora -1 sequence of the great wont of shoes in the French army."—From this it I should seem that his troops are not on the best footing with hint. They want a good hiding. . . EVFNING DRESS.- - A white crape robe, with derai-train, and long full sleeves, gathered at regular distances, and ornamented with simple bows of ribbon: bosom and back formed very low ; the former orna mented with gold or Chinese silk triming, and united frith gold buckles on the right siee. The robe is worn over a white satin slip, and trim. rued at the bottom with lace or silver ribbon. Hair confined in the Eastern style, and ornamented with a *read) of variegated flowers. Necklace and cross of blendid pearl, and amber ear-rings en suite. Ru. man slippers of white satin, with gold clasps, fan of white and gold crape, or carved ivory. An occasional Grecian scarf of white lace. IVALarsto DRESS.—A Parisian wrapping dress of plain jacouot muslin, or fine cambric, trimmed on each side, round the neck and wrists, with double borders of fine mull" mhslin. The sleeves very (WI, confined at the wrist with gold bracelets and drop shill,. it Wellington bat, composed of blendid stilt* and white satin; confincd malt r the chin with white ribbon, and decorated. with a %%read' of flowers round the crown. A smell lace cap beneath, with s flower on the right side. A small pelerine of blue satin, trimmed with tumid black lace. A lung sash, or bracer, of blue figured ribbon, pas«a ever the. shoulders, and tied in front of the waist. Roman shoe of bot-coluir.ed Lid or jean ; gloves the same colour. Parasol of blue shut bilk, with deep Chinese fringe. The form of the house before the curtain, its circular, the extent of three-fourths of the circumference of a circle. The basket is omitted together, and the comptioy going 10 or coming from the dress have to meet with the promiscuous frequenters of the 'otlie, circle: , of boxes only in passing up or down the first flight of the grand staircase. The grand entrance to the Theatre is in Br)dges-street; and, in order to prevent the contusiin of promiscuous crowds, the company gun% to r