The National Register. — London, England, 1809-12-17 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER: som, .~.~: our. prueeedings ; and made no demonstration expressive or e 'an" intention .to molest the departure of our troops. On Sunday last, the dock-heads avd basitf were blown up and destroyed. The explosion was made wiih 2,500ewt. of pofftler. The duck-yard, store-houses and drseual were consumed on the same day ; and the conflagration is repre sented as having been awfully tremendous. The works, constructed by the French, at immense labour and expence, and which 'were carried oti for fifteen years, without inter- Mission, were thus destroyed in the course of a single day. The Persian Ambassador cannot stir out of doors until be has delivered his credentials to his Majesty at his Court. The ceremony is to take place on Wednesday . next, the 20th instant, when his Excellency will make his formal entry to the Queen's Palace with Eastern splendour. The Persian Ambassador is a person of noble and dignified deportment. He has a family, which is not considered large,, of only sixty-three children; but it is considered as a mark of peculiar good fortune, even in Persia, that he had six children born to him on one and the same day. A house is taken for his Excellency is Mauslield-street. The rufi.our of Lord Chatham's resignation daily gains ground ; the propriety of it is, we apprehend, unquestion able; and has been rendered more apparent, !,probably, by the proceedings iii the City. A change at the Admiralty is, likewise, said to be in agitation. The lion. Henry Wellesley is appointed Minister Pleni potentiary to ;:pain, in the room of Mr. Hookham Frere. Eight hundred thousand re-stamped dollars will shortly be added to our silver currency. They were sent a few cluys ago from the Bank to Birmingham, to be re-stamped. The weather was so tempestuous on Monday and Tues day last, that the most melancholy accounts may be ex pected. Many ships have heeu lost and driven on laud on various palls of the coast. A naval Court Martial was held on Mouday last in Portsmouth Harbour, on James Nehemiah Taylor, Esq. surgeon of his Majesty's ship Jamaica, of 24 guns, who was charged with an abominable offence. The Court, after hearing evidence in support of the charge, and on behalf of the prisoner, were of opinion that the charge had been proved, and sentenced him to be hanged. On Thursday night, after the performances had closed at Cirvent-garden Theatre, a great noise was kept up in the aveaues leadimr, into the Theatre, by way of rejoicing at the victory obtained by the 0. P.'s. Mr. Graham, the Magi strate, sent one of the patrole to ascertain the cause of the disturbance ; he returned, and reported, that Mere were about forty or fifty persons dancing the O. P. dance in the avenue leading to the pit, and two fifers playing to them, Mr. Graham desired the patrole to take assistance, and bring the fifers before him. The man took his own party of the patrole with him, rushed in among them, and seized one of the fifers by his collar. He and the fifer were immediately surrounded, and actually car ried off their legs to the iron gate. A woman kept elose to the side of the patrole, nuil was continually biting his thumb and baud, that had hold of the fifer's collar. When they got into the road, they all three fell down in the mud together; a violent scuffle ensued between the patrole and the fifer, and those who assisted him, in which the, coats of the tifficer• and the fifer were torn to rags, as well as the 'Woman's gown, ad they were literally cavered with mud. They got up, 'the patrole keeping his hold, and endea vouring to get the fifer into the Brown 'near politic house, but in which he was disappointed, by another party of the b. P.'s coming, by which he was carried to the upper part of the street, and he was then glad to extricate himself, and make his escape. • .. DEC. 17. Til E 4T • _. •`•+110 , 1•-• • ; p: • .; • •0. P. DlsVEit. • • S . • After a season of tumult and mutual irritation, we feel happy to announce to'our readerithe rester/Wen of Thee trio good-humour, by al, arrangement as honourable to the Managers, and we hope as finally lucrative to the_Pro- . prletors of Covent-Garden Theatre, as it is satisfactory to the public at large. This happy issue, we hope, will con vince all parties that candour and liberality are as much the characteristics of the British People, u energy and perseverance. We proudly say, the British People, be cause this contest has been carried on by all ranks, and by the natives of the three sister-kingdoms. The 0. P. dinner took place on Thursday, at the Crown and Anchor, as•advertised ; . when the good thingi being disposed of, the cloth reinoved, and his MA.I . 3STY's health drank with heartfelt applause, the chairman, Mr . CLIF FORD, informed thecompavy, .that Mr. KicaraLE had called on him, and in the handsomest manner s :with gentleman* like candour expressed his most anxious wishes that the present differences might be done away, and had even stated his desire of being present at the Meeting, Weer , tain that he should not be treated with incivility; to this Mr. CLIFFORD had pledged himself, and loud plaudits hav ing confirmed his proceedings, Mr. IslemnLa was introduced amidst a burst of applause and welcome. Mr. CLIFFORD then stated the substance of their pre vious conversation, and, as it was understood• that Mr. KEsiBLE recognised the present meeting as one with which he could treat with a certainty of the public approbation, .the Subscription Committee retired, and soon returned with U . sir propositions ; some confusion, however, ensued from straligers making their appearance in the music gal lery ; this, however, was soon cleared, and order restored: the propositions were as follow : First, That the private boxes should be reduced to the same number which existed in 1802; _Secondly, That the admission to the pit should be reduced to 3s. 6d. and that the price of admission to the boxes should continue at 7s. t Thirdly, That an apology should be made on the part of the Proprietors, and that Mr. BRANDON should be dis charged ; And, lastly, That all prosecutions on both sides should be completely done away. The applause was ge neral, and the propositions having met with approval, after the customary forms, the Chairman gave " the Stage, and may what has now passed lead to a reconciliation be tween the Manager and the Public, equally advantageous to both pasties." Mr. KEMBLE next addressed the com pany, premising that the business should be fiuuily ar• ranged in the moraine- papers, and hoping, from the hot toll) of his heart, that it would lead to a reconciliation between the Proprietors and the Pi:blic; his health being cordially drank, he withdrew amidst universal plaudits, and the business of the evening concluded with all the harmony possible. Whilst these events were passing at the Crown and Anchor, the curtain rose at CO V ENT-GARDEN . . L,. to a very thin house, the pit only containing sixty-seven, including the old orange women, and other non-effectives ; from this we judge that the Manigers had very prudently given up their orderly system, in order fairly to take the scum: of the public ; the house, however, filled towards half-play, when several orators, in the pit, and also from the boxes, informed the audience of the preceding arrangements. It was now universally expected that Mr. KENiIII,7 would make his appearance, and the tumult increased rapiOly, %then at length in the middle of the first" Act of Tom Thumb, 'Mier repeated consultations betwdem Mr. NI VN ncv and the front ranks of the pit, Mr. KEMBIA; stepped forward in his great coat and boots just as he had wa;ked from the meeting. The 'burst of ap pleat! 9romisvd a welcome to this old favourite of the pub. lie, nrd giience boing.at length.obtainekhe addressed him self in a manly and respectful wanner to the autritnice; -- A