The National Register. — London, England, 1818-05-17 00:00:00

MAY 17 THE DRA3M. DRURY LANE. Tuesday night the Comedy of The Drarerth:t was -performed, in which Mr. Edliston sustained the charac• ter of Vapid. The public are sufficiently at luainted with the talents of this lively and popular actor, to know how well his vivacity is adapted to the part. lb: was indeed admirable throughout. The devotion of a pet to his favourite pursuit, that abstraction of mind, which, w lether properly or nut, we ;tee in the habit of attributing to the worshiper of the Muses, were ex hii.ited with true comic energy. We would notice particularly his ezitation upon eadevionring*.a the last line of his epilogue. The anxiety eseressed in his countenance nt every attempt, drew down barets nt . 4 . ol:lase and laughter; and the ludiernis depair wish which he submitted to be shut up in the china closet, before he had completed his important couplet, was m e .. 11 eeri e :e st e !! by the extravagant trimnph with which he smadied the china in the mement of happy inspira tion. lie liefivered the original epilogue v ith great spirit, and nety be said upen the whole to have acquitted himself in a manner corresponding with his .high re patatiun. M. Penley's Florivale ver.ressed a good deal of merit, particularly in the duel scene. Lady Wailford was well represented by Mrs. Sparks. Mrs. Robinson as Louisa Courtney, and Mrs. Orgies, as Marian, acquitted themselves very creditably. The performance suffered a short interruption from an accident, of .i trifling nature, as it turned out, bet which for a moment caned very . serious alarm. Soon after the commencement cf the second act, some Gentlemen, who sat in a box near the stage on the Prince's side, ob:;e:ved that there MIR muce hustle behind the scenes opposite to them, and that men were carrying water up a ladder. The audience in some other parts of the house learned, from the apparent anxiety of these Gentlemen, that something of more moment wax passing than the action on the stage ; and the anxiety was becoming general, when pieces of blaz ing linen fell down near the King's box. " Fire— Fire!" was immediately shouted in the pit, and the whole at.;:icice rose Elliston, who was on the stage at the time, came forward and said something, but was not heard. lie, however, remained on the staee, and by so doing tranquillized part elthe audience. At length, he assured the house, that there never had been any danger ; and that the effects of the accident, which had produced so much alarm, svere already over. In the mean time, the pit had been nearly half emptied, and many persons bad left the Loxes. The greater part of these returned, and the play went cm, with many signs of approbation of Eilistods.conduct. We understand, that one of the wings had autgia lire from the lights which stand between theta near the etage. The West Indian wa represented here on Friday in very efficient style. Ellistan was the Belcour. Irlis merits in this part are now too well known and gene rally appreciated to require any tribute of praise from :Is. It is sufficient to say that they remain unimpaired. If there was any fault, it was an occasional monotony and seietieasness of manner peculinrly unsuited to the animated character and ardent soul of Belec.nr. Thu !lain,- Flo.kerty of Johnstone, the Crytain Dal:y f Wallack, and the Lady Thaport of Mrs. Sparks, are excellent. Miss Boyce, in Louisa 13ue11.4, displayed rnech good sense and true feeling. But the star of the evening,was Mrs. Davison. She leaves all her coin .Jetitors in genteel comedy at an immeasurable distance. Tire audience manifested their approbation and delight repented plaudits. The House was well filled. COIIOURG TIII: VTRE. This house was opened on Monday to the Public, f.sr the season. A very few minutes after the doors were thrown open, it was crowded, almost to suffocation, in every part—und the audience, by repeated cheers, ex ; ressed i heir n:cst unqualified approbation of the struc-• t:re. Be fore the commencement of the entertainments, the whole. of the performers stood forward and sang God ss re the King," which was enthusiastically ap plauded. Mr. Mutre then spoke an opening address, -.3 well receired. While the audience were waiting for the lerformance of the melo-dramatie sree facie, %%it!' which, as was announced in the this, the entertainiaents were to commence, Mr. Norman, the Stage Manager, appeared, and complained that he had been ill-treated by Mr. Glossop, the Proprietor of the Theatre. ;Es ground of complaint was, that having to perform in the Pantomime at Covent-garden that night, he had requested Mr. Glossop to bring forward his Pantomime as the first instead of the lost piece, by meats he would be able to do his duty at the two 'Theatres. This Mr. Glosson, who wished Mr. I' ;slier to take the par. o the Clown io lts allsenre, had refised—and had absolutely locked up his Clcwn's dress. This appeal created a deeadfil uproar. Mr. Munro, and Mr. W. Barrvmore, sright in v.:in to address the uu dience. No sooner did either of tnem commence his. address, than Mr. Norman caine forward, and all was chaos. The two imoffencling ildividuals, who were' . sent forward to er(plall, - .vm pelted with orange-peels, apples, and various otner missiles, o:ehilly rLiorted to in fteatrical warfare. At length the et./ 1.. r Mr. Glos sop was vociferated with ao uaucityiolent.:, that, to quell THE NATIONAL IrEGTSTIrtt. the storm, it was found necersary to coneodo the point to Mr. 74ur:nart ; and Cr.! audience were infrared that the Pantomime would to rerfotrod first ; peace was by . this means restored, and the entertainments were re ceived in the best possible manner. We think it Ir•;:ily intlerottft in any perfnmer at tom:ring to do duty at two . rinat , es on one and the sate, night. He must opine 101r:owl:Ind exhausted (if he can come at all) to his serni.l engat;em.mt. And it is by no 'ncans just to the rithlie, nu the part of the (i^.• ors. to admit of suoh doubliugs. It must stem s:a-Hy .i..twcr the cnvirtaininettt. The aTatel Theatre of Pe.eadatrgh, which was de stroyed hy tire in 18;1, he:; been rebuilt by a French architect in tile service of the Eiaperar Alexander. It was opened in February, and made a west brilliant appearance. His Majesty was present at its openin g , and testified his entire atistlicti.e! al. the aapearance of, the new saloon, which is not info for to any in Europe, either is the beauty of its Stvlcture, or its decorations. The Imperial Box is placed bet%we the curtain, and oe- cupies the space of three boxes; it is ornamented ill a superior style, and differs entirely from that of any'l other European Theatre. The Pit is furnished with about 360 arm-chairs, which are numla'red areording to the Russian custom. It comput'd, that at tho time of a masked ball, 12,000 persons may be present, and pass freely through the different put; of the build ing. It is neverthelessi itended to build another saloon on a larger scale near the palace of Anistchkoff The Report of the Select Committee of the !louse of Commons, on the administration of ja:itice upon the Northern Circuit, has Leen printed. It commends that, for the greater facility and dispatch of business, :each measures should be taken as would divide the present Northern Circuit into two separate circuits, the one comprehending the counties of Westmorland, .I.eateister, and Cumberland ; and the other including York, Northumberland, and Davhain: epil on advert- • ing particularly to the petition from the city of Nor- • arida the Committee farther recommend the augmen •tation to the present number of Judges, who might be usefaily employed in Westminster Hall and the regular tribunals of the country, by which means an opportu nity would be afforded of supplying the defect so loudly complained of on the Norfolk and Midland Circuit, viz. of having only one Judge on the Spring Circuit, to preside on the civil and cheinal•trials. A letter from Dr. Mei Sibley, dated at Natchitoehes, Jan. 30, to Dr. John H. R thiamin, of Natches, says— " Some traders lately arrived here from the Hietan In dians, and say, that about three months ago, a party of these Indians, with their great Chief, Chewawa, fell in with smite Spaniards not far feom St. Antonia : they ought, and Chewawa was killed. I'v hen these traders. left the nation (less than a month ago), 4000 warriors were assembled to go against St. Antonio, and said they would revange the death of their Chief, or all perish that they would not leave a soul alive, or a house stand ing at Ct. Antonio, or on this side the river Grande ; that the country, which was once a prairie, should again be a prairie." The curt House of the Bombay Presidency was neatly destroyed by fire on the 18th of Octobee. On the 10th ult. at live in the atm-noon, a dreadful storm burst in the town of Arnedo, in the province of the Rio: a, in Spain. Trees of an enormous size were torn up by the roots. The labourers in husbandry, who were in the lei's. were obliged to prostrate them selves, to prevent their being carried away by the tem pest. °sea in the team were bodily driven from 20 to .h' paces out at' their course, and immeuse damage was draw to every deeeription of crop. G,:zutes have arrived to the end of March. The general assembly haul leen prirognal by a pro clamation of his Eacellency the Governor, from the 3d of March to the 14th day of April. The Go vernor, ou the IPth of February, issued a proclama tion, peraiitting the importatien of all kind of met.- ch mdiza and pada in British built ships (weed by British salt eets, into the Baliama Islands, arail the a Ist day of Aagast next, unless sooner determined Or altered by an erder his Mejesty, with the advice of his Frivy These papers coetain accounts of the capture: of several British vessels by independent privateers, which have been already cotantueicated in letters from the agent to ',ova's at N as sau. _ _ Tnc ratification of the treaty of marriage of the Duke of Kent has arrived in Loudon. M B. Taylor, our Minister at Wurtemberg, conducted the negociations for his Royal Highness, which occitpieil him some time, I.e having to attend the contracting potties at Munich, Baf:en, Frankfrt, &c. Roy a l fliwhness was ex pected b leave London on Wednesday or Thursday last, to proceed on his way to Germany, for the solemniza tion of his marriage. 1)-1 N By a proclamation of the Lord Lieu tenant aril Council, dated April 18,1818, it is declared tract the Baronies of Coulestown and Philipstown, in the King's County, are restored to peace and good order ; and consequently the proclamation of 25th March, 1817, declaring those Baronies to be in a state of disturbance, requiring an ostraudinary establish meat of ?slice, is revoked. DEMERARA, MARCH 19. EXTRACT OF A LETTER# 157 " A shocking circumstance occurretk, inland, on the east coast of this colony a few day, a g o, the particua Lars of which, as Eir as they ' nave t rans pi tta l ., are these :--" Several of Mr. Ve.., Baires' having %he Bee-hive and the B as h, absconded from his estates, Mr. Torre, brother-in - ir.w to Mr. Van Bair es , an d an engineer working ors ',tie estate, volunteered th e i r ser vices to go back well armed, with thirteen of the trustiest of the o,statee negroes, to endea v o ur t o secure seine of the run-away. They travelled a short was , togethaa into the woods, when they met a party, ;vitls whom thay had a brush, and took nine prisoners. They despatched seven of their own negroes to carry these nine home to Beehive, and with the remainder of their party, which only consisted now of six, they deterusinad (though very imprudently) to peat ter.:e deeper into the forest; and, a short tine afterwartis, they fell in with a tiav more, among whom wen sltae of Mr. Van Baires' own people. Willi these the whittv remonstrated, and advised them to return home, and they would be pardoned. In this they appeared to :1 7 . quieNce, and were hcoiraiing to shape their course lion:t -it:lA when one nit t he runaways suddenly stopped, and sail to Ma Torila Massa, conic es a way, go and me sal: show yan plenty such negro here.' They agreed to go. This man had the way, and is a short time condama ell them to the very centre of a camp, composed, it is said, of upwards of b 0 uegroes. Their unlucky fate was soon decided. Mr. Torre roving a thick man dressed ia a red taut and epaulets, immediately aimed and fired at him ; but this ra.cal suddenly stooped, and the shot passed him, but killed :mother who stood by him.— Torre was wounded immediately by a shot from one of the camp negroe , , when, to complete his destruction, the man iu rc:l ran up, and, with one stroke of a cu:- lass, nearly severed his head froui Ma body. The er!i neer secin;r the fue of his companion, endeavoured to eil'ect au c.,cape, hut di.l not saeceal, fir he was br0.4.: hack in:aantty and murdered piece -meal. Ile. wal qoarterel-and otherwise shamefully mutilated. Peacrt says. that a large Lire was then made, and the butchery closed with a song, and dance round time murdered re mains of these two unFortunate young men. An expe dition of the East Coast Militia is preparing to preleed into the bush, and sanguine hopes are entertained of success, when somethiug decisive will no doubt be done." EXTRACT OF A LETTER TO SPESCMt Mf.e AY, tSCI, DATIO DRALRAttA, " From 50 to 150 ncroes have absented themselves for some time iu the Lick lauds, near Malmica, but particularly fro:n the estates of Beehive and Gree:.- field, alleging for cause, that the manager had c:-.. pected-too macl► labour. The Creenaeld begroes ins; returned on condition that the manager shou:d be discharged, and other negro driver, appointed, anti which was complied with, the remaining negroe: were occupied during the nights in conveying into the woods plan` gins and a good many cattle. " Yonng Van Bruck, and another young man on the estate, had reepemedly attempted to being home tl:c runaway ueg•rues, and partly succeeded ; Litt, Tina:'.;, these young men were decoyed by a party of the es_ states' negroes (who had absented.thetuselvcs) to taakr2 a last attempt, and in this attempt they were murdered in the most savage manner, their bodies being n:•,;i_ dated, and their heads and limbs carried in tr' , lmish. round their camp. This aflitir took place four dayr..ai , , (the ICU' of March). Every exertion is now making to send a formidable party of whites and Indians to en deaveur to d2stroy them." EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER, DAIFD APRIL 2. " Since the murder of the two whites on the 16th of March, another murder has taken place of two whites in one of the colony Louts, by the negro sailors. The heads of th r. two thriller men murdered were stuck upen poles, and placed at the Lack dams of the estate thy helot:gee. t , es a.detiance. ".('n tl:c st.of March no measures luul been adopt or expedition sent out, to arrest the procectlings of the bush-nwzroen ty.• ninaways. We have .5 el few trcors here, that the mi.itia is obli , ed to be constenily en guard. We have no seenrity whatever f , r our property; it wonll require about 1,000 men to give protection to these colonies. 1 much fear the eiu..-ro whkh held the ne4roes in subjection is compiete:y mender.— Ete negroes will no longer doubt tour own superio rity." Friday a boy of eleven years of a:-_fc. hauled himself at his father's house in Compton-qr.:et, Clerlienwell. The boy's father is a calicoglasticr, and works fer Mr. Marriott. On going to his work in the morning he usually set the boy a task, threatening to chastise him if he did not pertiirm it; and on his coming home to dinner on Fri;lay afternoon, he found the deceased suspended from the frame at which he worked, quite dead ;it is supposed that fear r, him to e e i e t eit th e rash act, he not hiving, his work t'•)ne