The National Register. — London, England, 1811-05-05 00:00:00

-<i " i THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 158;:i the record of his last glorious achievement off Trafalgar. 134- tannia on the left, strppurted by a Lion (the symbol of unshaken courage) is pensively musing over a portrait of the Cnequeror, end in silent grief deplores her loss. The recumbent figure in the fore ground, representing the Ocean, roused by the fame of his heroic actions, participates in Britannia's sorrow and regret for the Hero's fate. The naval action in front of the pedestal exhibits the situation of the fleet towards the conclusion of the battle, when the hero Was mortally wounded by a shot froth the main-top of a 74, with which the Victory appears to be closely engaged. In tb . e latches two British seamed, with implements of war and naviga tion, hear with deep concern the fate of their beloved Hero. The following inscription is from the pen of the Right Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan : TO HORATIO VISCOUNT AND BARON NELSON, frice-Admiral of Me White, and Knight the most Honoatiabk • Order cf the Both. A MAN amongst the few, who appear, At different periods, to have been created To promote the Grandeur, and add to the Security of Nations : locking by their high example their Fell Ow-mortals, Through all succeeding Times, to pursue the course That leads to the exaltation of our imperfect Nature. PROVIDENCE, Thatimplanted in Nelson's breast an ardent Passion for. Renown, As bounteously endowed him with the transcendant talents Necessary to the great purposes He was destined to accomplish. At an early period of life 7-1. , enter'd into the Naval Service of his Country; And early were the instances which marled The fearless nature and enterprize of his Character;- •nit:ag to the loftiest Spirit, and the ju e ,test title to Self-Con fidence A strict and humble obedience to The sovereign rule of Discipline and Subordination. Itistrtc by due gradation to Command, He infused into the bosoms of those he led The valorous Ardour and enthusiastic Zeal For the Beryice of his King and Country Which animated his own ; And while lie acquired the Love of all, • J3y the sweetness and moderation of his l'emper, He inspired a universal Confidence iia the never-failing rissources of his capacious mind. It will be for History to relate The many great exp!oits, through which, Solicitous of Peril, and regardless of wounds, . He became the Glory of pis Profession! But it belongs to this brief record of his illustrious Career To say,-that He' Commanded mid Conquer'd At the Battles of the NILE and COPENHAGEN : Victories never before equall'd, Yet afterwards surpass'd by his own last Achievement, The BATTLE of TR A EALG.AR ! Fought on the 21st of October, in the year 1805. ON THAT DAY, before the conclusion of the Action, He fell mortally wounded ; But the sources of Life and Sense fail'd not wail it was known to him That the destruction of the Enemy being completed, The Glory of-his Country and his own had attain'd their summ it Then laying his Baud on his brave Heart With a' look of exalted resignation to the will Of the Supreme Disposer of the Fate of Man and Nations, HE EXPIRED. The LoaD MAYOR, ALDERMEN and COMMON COUNCIL, Of the Crry of LONDON, Have caused this Monument to be elected, Not in. the presumptuous hope of sustaini ng t h e d eparte d Htro's • . memory, But to manifest their estimation of the Man, And their admiration of his deeds . . This Testimony of their Gratitude, They trust will remain a: long, As their own restawn'd City shall exist. Tlerind to NELSON'S I~:iME Can only be THE Ni)E OF TIME! Drnry-Lane Theatre is now said to be in a fair way of being rehttilt, the principal claimants bavirg agreed to the proposal of the Committee to accept a 25 per cent. in full for their respective do.haude. DRA,V4TIC REGISTER. COVENT-GARDEN. _.:..._ A new Melo Drama from the pen of Mr. M. G. Lewis, was performed for the first time on Monday. This gentleman ge nerally complains bitterly of the cruelty of the critics, and I mutt confess he has some reason to think himself hardly used on the present ()Cession. ,The furious attacks which have beta made •on him appear to me . to have been rather wanton. Theresis hardly a fault which can attach itself to a dramatic piece, which has not been pointed out in " Detour, the Tartar." Some censure it for the want of a plot, and others complain that it has too much. Generally speaking, I think these charges not very well bestowed on this occasion, but the. • reader will be enabled to form some idea for himself, from the following sketch of the FABLE. 64 Tintour, t' , e Tartar, having usurped thethrone, confines the son of the late king in a tower, the care of which he entrusts go his father, o,:gort. Faithful to his Sovereign, yet afraid of his fierce son, Oglou becomes the jailor of the- young Prince, with a view of alleviating his sufferings, and of ultimately restoring him to liberty. The mother of the Prince in:poses herself op Timmer as the Georgian Princess (to whom be wished, for pur poses of ambition, to he united) in the hope of being enabled to rescue her son from confinement. Og/ott knows her, but con+ teals his knowledge of her from Tintour. Sub.equently, how: ever, he discloses who she is, and in consequence she is contived. Ile visits her in prison, and explains away his seeming perfidy by informing -her that Oda ' who had just arrived, would infal libly have betrayed her had he not , appeared her enemy, ad thus she would have been plunged in the same distress without its being in his power to assist her, as he might hope to do, by thus retaining his power, and the confidenee of Timone. He forms a plan fur enabling her to escape at the hour of midnight, and conducts the young Prince to her chamber. The plan is frustrated by the presence of Tintour, who, smitten with the charms of the Queen, resolves on immediately espousing her. The young Prince is nearly sacrificed, but is at length with much difficulty, placed in safety with his friends, the Georgians, who come to attack the castle. Tintour flies to the ramparts with the Queen, and threatens his assailants with her death if they refuse to surren der the Prince. This threat he is about to execute when his arm is arrested by his father. The Queen flies, T imour put , sues, and the former precipitates herself from the ramparts iuto t a waves which are seen below. The Prince flies to her ani on horseback, and saves her from a watery grave. A ge:leral bittle ensues between the Georgians and the partisans of I Tiinour ; a breach is made in the wall of the castle with a battering ram ; and finally, the Tyrant, vanquished, is about to fall by the sword of a Georgian, when the entrance of Oglou saves his life, which the Queen had previously promised should be spared. The piece ends with the destruction of Tintour's castle by fire. This piece has been got up with more than ordinary magni ficence, and possessing, as it does, considerable merit, exclusive of its splendour, I think it likely to be the rage for some time. The situations are generally good, and some of them are new to the stage. A strong interest is excited in the progress of the piece, but the action is necessarily so hurried, that the effect of several of the scenes is neatly impaired. In some parts it is too pantomimic to be clearly Understood, but.thls is a fault which dramatists think it unnecessary to endeavour to avoid, when it is in their power, by an imposing spectacle, constantly to dazale the eyes of the multitude, and thus securing the applauses of the more powerful party, to effectually stifle the resentment of the other. The Horses are very prominent characters In this Afterpiece. Mrs H. 101 l NSTON Makes her appearance on a beautiful white Horse, who is taught to fall oia his knees when she wishes to dismount. Nothing can exceed the correctness and spirit With which these animals perform their parts, and nothing can be more striking than the charge which is made on horsehltek :\ through the breach in Tintour's Ca s tl e . -In the first Act a combat is introduced, which for the 4, dour of the scenery deserves to he particularly nod.' Stage is lintd on each side with Tartar soldiers, moon Horses. Irb the back ground two large golden OA ore' ." t• *.g• r, ~' ~ '. '► ~.;"s,