The National Register. — London, England, 1811-06-16 00:00:00

THE N ATIONAL RF.GISTER. quences ; but, how is that to be foreseen ? The man in time might discover it, and then he would most probably feel so mor titied, that he might ever doubt whether she had been faithful to him, and the consequence to her would, or might be far more material than if he had been put in possession of the circum stance in an honourable way at first, even if she lost the match. In that case, a dissentient may say she would never get married; but ..once men are less delicate upon this point than others, and upon a fair and honest statement of the case, and a conviction of her having been perfectly correct afterthe error, would not ob sect to the marriage. But, if she lost all chance by it, she must impute it to the necessary consequence of guilt's bringing its osvn punishment, which, it invariably does in some way or other even in this world. But as I said before, this is a sort of casuist ical question, that as much may be said fur as against ; and it too rarely occurs to be decided upon for general imitation in this place. I have merely made the observation, as I have actually met with it, to point out in how strict and impartial a way we ought to act if we would be just. The extreme of Justice, as I observed in my last paper, is Severity, which is simply exacting more than Justice allows, and what that is, in the ordinary commerce between man and man, is sufficiently obvious if we try it by the standard I have so fre quently mentioned In all abstract cases, which but rarely occur, we must decide according to the best of our honest con science, or the advice of some one more enlightened than our selves. A LAYUAN. June 6, 1811. DRAMATIC REGISTER. —.m em .- COVENT-GARDEN. The only novelty worthy of notice at this Theatre, is the re vival of P'zarro. Mr. KEMBLE was announced as the repre- , sentative of Rolla, but before the performance, the audience were informed by Mr, BARRY Moßi , that in consequence of the sudden indisposiion of Mr. KEMBLE, the character would be sustained by Mr. YOUNG. This arrangement, though a subject of regret with some, afforded general satisfaction. It affords me no small pleasure to be able to add, that that satisfaction was in no respect dimi nished by Mr.YouNo's performance, and save when in Mr. Kesteee's hands, the Peruvian Hero has seldom be . :n done such perfect justice to, and never perhaps better sustained. On Mr. YOUNG'S entrance, he was greeted with loud and very general applause. His deportment had all the expressive dignity which belongs to the character. The scene in the Temple of the Sun was well managed, and the address was given in a very masterly style. In the scenes with Cora, Mr. Yours displayed a feeling of warm, but chastened affection, a fervent, but respectfully distant love mingled with an expression of half-suppressed sadness, which well bespoke the generous warrior who had sacrificed every selfiA feeling to friendship and his country's love. In the prison scene with Alonzo he was very great, and the soliloquy which follows the exit of his friend was beautifully characteristic of fortitude and resignation ; but in no part cf the play did he appear to greater advantage than when he came forward at the call of Elvira from the dungeon of Abeizo. The firmness and serenity with which he discovered himself, and the strong resolution blended with trembling arm iety for the safety of his friend, which ought here to distinguish the generous hero, was pourtrayed with the greatest felicity; aed the animation he elbplayed in the subsequent scenes with out • 4 overstepping the moth sty of nature" leaves the critic only to echo the plaudit-, bestowed by the audience. Mrs. Sinn() s svai the El4dra of the night. Of her general merit as an actress it is quite unnecessary for me to speak ; and it is almost equally unnecssary to ment on her excellence in this character. It is sufficient to say, that her powers, which one sagac ions critic discovered to have beets on the decline from the year 17H5, still seem to delighted thougands, to be hut in their Zenith. Superior to age she still s ohines forth with di tinguished lustre, and still, while witnessing her exertions, ate critic can only wonder and admire. Mr. C. KENtaLx played Alonzo with his accustomed success Mr. ILeettv sloe le in Pizarro, was respectable, but not excel lent. Mrs. H. Jou STO N sustained the part of Cara with more* spirit than judgment, and !Lade the cliararter less pleasing than' prominetit. The minor characters, with the exception of the Blind Mat'. which Mr. MURRAY did perfect justice to, were very itidiffe rently filled up. Mr. EoreeroN appeared as Auditor. I cannot compliment him much on his taste in dress. I will not take upon myself to say the robes he wore were nothing at all like the costume of Peru ; but I must say they were exceedingly welt contrived to excite a laugh in England, and would have been much admired on the King of Utopia. Here, however, it wss. not much praised ; and indeed it was rather unhandsomely insi nuated that Mr. Eur-RTON had taken for his model the sign of the Hog in ilr,n)nr. The Play has been got up with great splendour throughout.— I think, however, the last scene would be well omitted. Mag nificence cannot atone for absurdity; and it is ridiculous, at the c lose of Pizarro, to take us to the funstral of Rolla. HAYMARKET THEATRE. At this House, a new Historical Play, in three acts, from the pen of Mr. DIMOND, was performed, for the first time, or! Mood y, called The Royal Oak. , tivs CHARITY CHILDRI:N. A scene was exhibited on Thurs lay last in St. Paul' Cathedral, which could not he excelled in any metro polls in the world. An immense r;.:mber of boys and girls clothed and educated by the humane citizens of London, walk_ ed in procession, to the number of 7,000, headed by the beadles, overseers, &c. of their respective parishes, bearit , g distinguished flags and devices. The girls were dressed with peculiar neat ness, and each wore a bunquelte of the freshest flowers. They were all seated by a quarter before eleven. The Organist then played the 100th Psalm, which was sung by the whole of the children, stlniding, in a most impressive manner, wid also the Anthem. Soon afterwards prayers were read by the Canon Residentiary, and the children chaunted the Restponses. " Glory be to the Father, &c." was also sung by the choti,ters and children; after which, " Ilalleli.jah! for the I.ovd God Omni potent reigneth," and an Anthem, from the:2d chapter of L u k e . An excell*nt sermon was preached on the occasion; after which the 104th Psalm was sung. Many fainted from the ex treme heat, and were removed out of Church. -everal of the Children were also taken out insensible, they, however, soon recovered in the air. The ceremony, and the spectacle, on the whole, was the most sublime, grand, and impo , irg, that could possibly be imagined, and excitcd in the mind of the company sensations the most pleasing and enviable. Gen. Money has made an offer to the Commanoler in Chief to raise 400 rough hussars, mounted on Welch horses, by men loe/ou , the army standard, and to be ready to embark in four months. The object of this corps is to relieve the line regime*ts of cavalry in the Peninsula from all the harrassing duties of the camp, such as forming patroles, carrying expresses, &c. by which they are at present crileled. Three Jews were held to bail last week, at Boston, for assault ing one of their fraternity in the Synagogue, who had inter rupted the ceremonies, and reproached their Rabbi with the sin of eating pork, at Stamford ! The West Essex Militia are on their march from Plymouth to Chelmsford, where they will arrive on the ‘23thiustant, after an absence of seven years from their native county. On Wednesday evening, as a Gentleman of the name of Spedding, was returning from Ascot Heath Races, in company with font . ladies in a chariot, the horses ran the carriage I) a declivity, between Blackness :led Egham, and it was furiously upset. The vehicle bounded over twice before it reached the valley, twelve feet below the road, and two of the ladies were so much hurt that they lie in a dangerous state. Mr. Spedding, who was on le box, had two ribs broken, and one of the horses was killed. The accident was occasioned by the rein of the mar side horse ,:ii)ping through the buckle. , / , •Pi*Ylpl