The National Register. — London, England, 1808-06-27 00:00:00

414 THE COURT AND W 01114) OF FASHION. Thursday, his Majesty arrived in town, from Windsor, and held a private levee. The following had the honour of being presented to his llajesty The Rev. Dr. John 'Atmore, the Bishop of Bristol, on hi,. trnnslation to the See of Hereford; Lieutenant-General Sir Lyre Coyle, on his return from the Government of Jamaica ; Alajor- General Gordon, on his promotion, and on his appointment to the Stair; Major• Geneml Lord Clarina, on coming to his title. llis Majesty held a Privy Council, and gave audiences to the Duke of Portland, and the rest of the.Cnhiuet Ministers. ••••••••••=I.IIIIOIW The Faux Pal which the fashionable world have been some days discussing:, occurred at an inn at Winchester, betneen sporting Lord pad a Lady of the Toll. Much anxiety Was ex pressed by the Lady 'respecting her character; she positively declared tier innocence, and that she entered the apartment of his Lordship by u i-take 1 On the other hand, it is affirmed, that she was seen secretly to enter the room and shut the dam after her. The circumstances, however, will be more fully dis cus,cJ next term by the wntlemen of toe long robe. The Yoble Lord, it is said, of Mr. Taylor, the peepit7g landlord. 6000 f. for himself, and MO/. for each of his fine children, icludition he should not divul„;e the secret; but limiest BottiPrer indignantly refused the oiler, and drone Mr in a elini=e and four .to Southampton, to inform the Intsbaod of his dishonnur.• The expected trial of two paramours, in a recent Crim. Con. case, has been considered as a novelly in that department; bir surely since the Lady has tried them both, it is not unfair in the husband to tru them also. A club of authors, a few evening,s ago, complaii:inz of the espy-right bill as oppresive, an lliberniAe brotlijr 1:f the qui ii observed, that the bill fr.,- privately stealing was certainly their favour. A!, Ilibernianagriculturist, w:to came over to the sheep-shear ing., anxiously enquiring for the best show of chrtive4, was di rected by a Cockney to 1Joe:-tfr,•et. CIT V. Tileslav, the kw.; 111a7. or o)rtlered the priee of Bread to be redn:•o2l half on as‘ize or ie. in the peck loaf: the quartern loaf' of wheaten Pld. and houshold Friday a Common flail was held at Gnil•dhall, for the elec tion of various Officers annonlly chosen on that day, which was uutnerously attended. Upon tins show of hands being taken, the Sheriffs were of opinion the elee:ioo had fallen upon Joshua Jonathan Smith, Esq. and Claudius Stephen Iluater, Esq. and istade their report accordinp,ly ; upon which the. Recorder de clared them to be duly elected Sheriff of London and 111Lidlcsex, Ond they were called forth to declare their consent to take upon tise.tt th e . °dice. OnsaIin,MMIIMOIMMIMMAIIVAMII.II4I.I . . . THE NATIONAL REGISTER. -- . THE THEATRES. 11.111" MA UM. On Monday evening the play of The Stranger this theatre. The port of The Stranger was represew Young. This is one of the characters in which hr the greatest advantage; and although there are siaine acs as a very of manner, and other defects to be uoticed in his performance of it, Net it deserves to be considered, on the whole, London i att ' s. ex cellent piece of acting : and,gnertlire..l4(r'dxscuelfi.ta best effort that he has made u Mrs. Bellamy, whose performance of .elneela, in The Castle Spectre, we noticed in the last Number of The ,aational ter, performed the part of airs. Huller. There are many actors and actresses, who, iv alma much science in their professimehave feeling enough to act tolerably well in sceno of very stroe. l emotion. But hav leg no real knowledge of the art which the; levee - else, they only please while the stimulm operates; and the instant the feeling ceases, or becomes of ba delicate a kind as only to touch, not to siese and fill the soul. they crow tiresom e alike to themselves and to their audiences. Little pasetete, though they seem of small iinvortance individually, vet in coa. junction may, perhaps, go further ia explaining: the train of thought or feeling that belongs to each character, than many scenes that appear to consaia visitt paezioa. /10:er, fur instance, has two sceaes of very lively emotion ; one in which she relates her story to the Ceunic..e and the Other in which she meets l'.er husband, at the conclusion ef the play. Put besides these, iltrx. natter ha many passaecs that teark her character, or rather the character of her sorrow, in a ver. , particular way , : many oblique speeches made to Becon p ii.rt, and to ev . to, !non, acid to the Lady's Magda thin,o which, though when ill delivered, they are not observed by a cometoo audicace, vet, if well expressed, have a great weight in effecting the eenerel im pression which the character ought to produce. Mrs. 'Bellamy did not appear to (each the deli•eicies or the part. She played the principal scene with a ereet deal of eel ; nig : but these nicer passages seemed to have cseaped her. Au actress ysho represents Mrs. 1/alter, should make tenderness, 4entleness, sweetness of manner, the principal ex twee-iota. Once 'U' twice these soft and a inning virtues are intercepted by a tran sitory veliemeace : hut it is the vehemence of a full heart, net of a bad temper. Beneath that tenderness, gentlenese, and se vet ness, which we have •reeemalended, theme must be a coirrant appearance of sorrow: The traaquillity of Airy. Miller's cha racter is but a thin surface : the depth beneath is sad and cell,- forties:. But Mrs. Haller is ie.ver inarose : her tuelancliol of a lovely nature : her own wreritedness has taught her to reel the more deeply for those who surround her. Mrs. Bellamy, in performing the earlier scenes of the part, scenes, in which this ,enitthle sorrow is ;tartlet:la:le seen, was not sufficiently antiahle or sorrowful. She spoke sometimes w iUI a. degree of sternness not accordant w it h a gentle temper, and soiectie,e • with a degree of iad Blet elite out accordant with a billeting heart. The failure in such poiet, a, these,`. hews a want of professional koowhalge, which vie hope Mrs. Bellamy, with the advantages of seeing' London actors in the winter, will tat - e pains to sap ply. Vi itu we as that Mrs. Bellamy seems to watt knowledi;e of her pro fee.ion, we do not mean mere ktio iv ledge of the stage, hecate.e e , e seems to possess that alt a very conspicuous degree ; het an actor may know the stage perfectly, and yet know nothing of his pia.— :ion. Knowledge of the stage refers almost entirely to the eye• of the spectators; knowledge of the profession refers to their hears; a skilful and al-arena method of making an ex it, of rnatel• lug the action, and of walking the boards, w ill gain fur arm act.a the reputation of knowing the stage. Perhaps Mr. DEe%ii!fa the hallet-master, knows it as well as Mr. Kemble. But that is nut a kna w ledge of the profession of acting. This kaowledge relates to soul, not matter, grace of action, and the know ledee of the stage, are tile mere executive branches of the art, as ver sification is of the art of poetry, or colouring of the art of paint ing. A trogir actor, who knows his profession, fall , t know the appearances of the hituran heart ; and that is the reaem wily we have so few good tragedins; a comic actor otily needs kemr the le mauners of men, loch, l)ing oil the surface, are Wore c ale learnt, and therefore we have many good comedians. Bet lova an actor should remember that there is a shorter way of studying the human heart, than studying it from nature alone. Ile may study it from tense authors, and actors, those poets, and pain ters, who have been acknowledged to ropy her f.tithfully. `eat that we recommend the study •of an original by its copy alpine but any actor, by studying original natio - L., w ith a copy also he 'fore him, a learn much suure quicklj the hest mode of iteitat- - UNE 9"' vilts acted at aeuted by Mr. he appears to me hardsie,es 111 11113 . N er to ied ilainy, in Writ this amiable sternness a dee ree tr f.olute nwlct'ige, of Seeing' her pro- t an ;I(iiir is 'wore.- , the eye• to their of rnaint• na aet..r [l.:g. We, gut ;;;:it aowledge w It asver - of paidt- know the %di v we ktu the re cali!y :t lava ;19 'l4lldying 1111 may Ina pin- k-. ;Not aline : V also he- )l . _ -.• EAST INDIA A FFA I RS. Thursday a General Court was held at the East-India House, st hen the dividend on the half-year, commencing. the sth of January last, and ending the sth of July next, was decli n ed to be 3.±: per cent, The Chairman acquainted the Court, that 'the petition to the Mouse of Commons, approved on the last (4%1(4111 Court, had Hero presented, and referred to the Committee for investigating the Company's Affairs; that, in consequence of the first Report from that Committee, the Haase hod resolved, that a sum not exceeding 1,500,0001. be paid ta the Company, on account of expences incurred by them in the public service; and that it was understood that the Committee are to continue their inves tigation of the several :natters contained in the Company's petition, and to report further to the mou-e. • The titles of several papers, presented to the 'rouge of Com.- mum, having been read, the Court adjourned slur die. In the Grand and Last Stoic Lottcry for 1807, w bleb begins Drawing the 2Sth !Atte. ISOI, beliald the following Capital Prizes, all floating ! namely, six of 20,0007. two of 10,0001. tw o of 5.000!. three Id 2,000 Y. tive nt 1,0001. !eve : 01'5001. and only 23,000 Tickets. For such Capitals. buy I srkel or Shares of S.r dame;, 13rwascomb anti Co. at their Toutple of Good Fortune, No. 11, Holborn, S 7, cornhill, or 3/4, Ilayiniuket t brhere, in tilt. last State Lottery were sold, in 182 Siiare , , thy I,tiowing Capi tals :—Nos. 14,223, a Prize of 20.0001. ; 12,909, ; 10,276, 1,000 L; 12,861, 1 ,0 0 0. 1 .; 5,t'00.. 1 'OM.: 12,197, 1,00 a.; 18,200, 5001. ; 1,814,5001. ; 5.744, 5001. ; 5.798, 500'. ; 5001.; 17,949, 500'. &c. cte. Likewise, No. 2,510, the only grand 40,0001. prize ever known, was sold at tht.above efficris, in 16 Sixteenths, in the precediug Lottery. .