The National Register. — London, England, 1816-11-11 00:00:00

THE DRAMA. DRURY-LANE. Tuesday night a new Comedy, under the title of . The Guardians, was performed at this Theatre for the ism tine. The Dramatis Persona were as folhrw Lard Pillagrea Mr. R. Pesky. :Mr. Barton Mr. Mira, Mr. Seagram Mr. Wallet& Mr. Wavelet' - Mr. lise. runts.„ Mr. Harley. Lady Lovegrove Mr.. Daviroat 1 .ady I ; o =rie Mra Plarkir. Mil/ MN. Mow ?PM FABLE. The faith) of tho pleee pamegairs ne .seer y. Mr. Ilisrtrds, sir honest country gentleman, formerly prartisiwg as a Soli eitor, and Steuart( to the du ceased bfr. hatimmore. but beet TeA Guardian to the son awl daughter of Isis eicreasad ants eV'lQ eoujuuctioa with Lady Nightshade, their aunt, a lady tif ftwhion, re•ltling in imam. the proprietress of a I'haro Bank, and deep/y emb a rl iu her circumstances. The nephew apd niece having beret brought lip with their aunt, the (..rnier has iroldbed many of her failings, and deeply in valved bit fhiptisac long previews to his haying beeollloe pen teamed of it- NW fitaardian rffierton), however, basing eiosely welched his comfort, has intervened between bier and ride ; and, wilder disgeiso, as a Jew meney-lessiter, advanced hint loam at erlsirammii lateresa s till he has eompktely got his es tate lerte his power, avellimilly mimes Marie be:minted ;- is horn by thus retiorrimi Mtn to the extremity of distress, to eoemet his errors and recoil bins boa le the paths of recti tude and honour. While the brother is tints &Winding hie patrimony. Linty Nightshade is farming strimme• spout the ftwhinv of her nitre and hit catered into an agreement with ellsairated aid nosed Noblemen, Lord Filleeree, by whir* ft is wrgellated, that Ms Lordship Is to marry Miss netigmore; and en the marriage taking plagg Lady NighWhatte is to re. ceive .4001 part el her *'fee's formed. The better to ac compile% this scheme, lOW SIP4IIIIOIre is betrayed into the power of Lord Pillegree; and when ea the point of becalm ing*, victim of this plot, she is emceed Waveley, to whom she Is attached, and by whom she is fondly behsved. Wastetey is the nephew , of bat , a votary also to fashion* Lie fillfea; and wise, Nike Iris friend Scripture, has become deeply indebted to his uncle. in his assumed character of Levi, the Jew money-leader. Ultimately hots Serlgnsore and 11 avert tee arse at the mit of Oweems, who, Haying thus violinist:4 them, is induced to forgive their errors; and, Laving by his exertions presemed his Ward, Miss Sedgmore, from the Schemes of their other Guardian, Lady Nightshade, he bestows the hand of Miss Seilimore on Wavelet,, and wnierayeang Sedignsom to Lady Lovegrove, to wheat he is fondtrattachml, and by whoa he is winch betoved; hut who hashitherto hems ten/wrest from marrying bias by hi. attach ment to gaming. Suet is the outline of the plot of " The Grardisnu," which is mid to be the offspring of the pen of the late J. tohin * Esq. When first we heard this piece announ ced as one of tte posthuntotut productions of this Author, we, felt mu t * inclined to doubt the truth of the state ment. Our doubts, however, have been much shaken hy witnessing the represcutatiou of " The Guardians," whia eatrks upon the face.of it the stamp of Tobin 's genius ; and eta doubts i.fetVC *en to astoniabatent, that a gem so valuable, in this throe of dearth in the dramatic world, should have remained so long in obscurity. The Giar dina{ is, without exception, the best Comedy that has beet reduced for several musette at either Theatre. The plot, though by no means novel, is well wrought up, and the interest is well kept up from the first scene to the last. The, dialogue is spirited, and the wit chaste. The characters are strowly drawn; and the censure on the vice of gaming, and the modern practice of duelling, is excellent. Many of the sentiments were loudly and cnthusiastimlly applauded, and the interest did not floc up to the hut scow. The merits of the piece met wit)* a stoonf and able support in the exertions of the perform. era. Do toton's enactment of the Honest Strained and Guardian was exeallent. Rae gave full force to the re presentation of nitwits, a young man brought up in the fashionable world and tinctured with its vices, but whose fitildes were corrected and subdued by the goodness of his heart. Wallack was loudly and deservedly applauded for his representation of the dissipated, though not depra ved, man of fashion. Mrs. Davison gave it fascinating picture of the amiuhleand lovely woman of fashion. Mrs. Hatlowe and Mr. S. Penley did full justice to Lady Night shade and Lord liiingrse ; and Harley in Hints, a wholesale male slenderer and murderer of characters, did lull justice to that despicable character. Mrs. Horn loolkea lovely as Julia Sedgutore. The Prologue was well delivered, and loudly applauded by the audience ; as was also the Epilogue, in which were some happy &lesions to the revival of Tinton, and the exclusion of Ladies front that Piece. The Play throughout was re ceived without a single dissentient yoke; and its an nouncement fin. repetition was loudly cheered by a very crowded audience. In ‘607. an appropriate Prologue wax written by bliss Benger 11.. she Comedy, whir b, after the 'spec of many :moo, is now happsiy psesmaatird to the public. This little composition does not 'contain mort than about 30 Inns, but they deserve to he rerordetl both fur their inetical taste and their moral feeling. llse Cowie W. 1 .. may, !Ike her sister, claim A actions object and ii aim ; Fiona tiny now* entwines Huila .1w draws, And now t 1 tt lien vier r%tortx spotauxe. TI -night, the set tae tontiihN to view the crimes Ti at stain the annals attar modern times ? , Crime. that the shrine ark-goner psutanc, Where v , i)pnii oodles and virtsse ought to reign,— Crimes that in sordid isissi.ms fast Largsti, Au,tl sink the social to the savJge man, TI e gamester fur no ;e'er part designed, 4, curs e 14,1141(,, lit es but to curie andukind THE NATIONAL REGISTER. A feeble thing, that wayward isas.sion rules, The slave of foNy, thank the semlrge of auk ; Fu rapine,like the s mbless rompseror proise, For miseltief furso'd, bi sleeolatioa known; His firtagard brow 110 laurell'd wreaths So t est. No martial glory *'aria his sordid breast ; A wife deserted, or a friend betraved 71se happy home by hild a rnia inside— There me hit troptsita--pity yields a sigh, And the sad tribute falls from virtue's eye. So felt our author—though to vice otter', lie drept on es ring nom the tender tear. Ott vs! from whmst, had Heaven proloord his days, lie Impel to Audio the clierisis'd mead of praise—.. Yost, with whore faeried smiles he sooth'd his talus% When mau poured Noe, or forroot looked waled— ! consecrate to future times his claim, Proteet, what more thtm' life he luv'di hiss fame? These his. rentaleus with geterrses zeal defrost, And advocate thic cause of Virtue's friend. F:PILOOITE. lIPOILifIt sr KRS. DAVIICKI7I, f ste•Liat th' S6We Dew] !twillgo firth and speak it—Let use thretteh,ates—{ lingerie') The Epilogue's autos% the tights of woman. Though thethenit yen Timms tit a female's heard, r The Pity ewe dose. no an dull say a weed. Lathe*, my ventage are yours. Shall Actors flout us—e Shall Msesagers pretend to de without es? I And peewee's, for they have dared bests it, area Mir wlthetle g *ennui iis it ? They tol-- 0 Shektrapear's." Thee I asset 'seen It much destroys my reverence for Orees Ream She, whetter Feesseh emits{ tame, the Spaniard fetter, Hight sere have taught her saner Poet teener. Thee tierce with mm ; sae Prermitee's mutilate elleelle; Lushes, I stand the champion ef the sex ; And fee est bird claim your apply's* by right, Fur wow* guide one mural plot to night. And hard, and bold, and high in praise should be, 'Me task oat elleshig drams leaves to me. A Gamester this by wedlock to reclaim! How amity thigh I plan a despeeate game Yet eau goad wives, it' untie, la emery stenos, 0* OWN Meek minselea of reformation ? And seeremiellt wives mere manna, I'd emitter it, However great the saidedy, they'd cave it. And mach their aid Is wanted ionisation 'Mat payee" deep the game of Speeelatiote Some to purse* it le 9t.Oileks inert— Sense s .ore genteelly in St. Jantes's-street; 'Po bagged thousands at a biotic dawn, Of 140 k a tornmy eu a Little Go. Herr rises briskly from his womb% slumber, Oue who's hems dreausiug of a lucky *ember. His fortune's made—he seeks the shop whets prises, Is geldea rhymes, are preens's* in ittl sires, With bead brinefkll of wealth, rind empty perse, The letter coves—Alas! 'tie all blank verse. Ie vain the Lover hangs o'er Ghlee's charms ; What's Love to her, while Pam isisi her arms. What on her check can raise the glowing blush? A Lover's testier vows? Oh, 110....111 Flesh. As Author too stakes deep, who dares engage, His all in that uncertain game, tiro Stage. When ye, who Mere is solemn judgment sit, Approue his settee, or applaud his wit, He thiselss his Ain fur assets a lucky hit, Sue's up his winaings, leaves the table gay, And stake. again epos another Play. LAW INTELLIGENCE. --•-- • Themlay Michaelmas Tyree commeered. The Judges pp:wended from sle Loed ChasevUor's house to Westusoastor with the wool stew be open their respeetite Course. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. Mr. Juatiee Abbott set at It o'Clock to hear justification of bisil,Ae. The Alter Jadttro came into the Court at one. The usual report of the state of the cooviets no board the hulks at Sheernes.s at Patistriertth, mid at Fort Cumberland, &v. was made to doe Court ; as was also the first report of the state of the prisoners in the Nan Penitentiarrhouse at Milltiank. Mr. Serjeant °aglow basing been appointed a liCing's her jean.. now appeared in Court. and was celled on by tttc Lord Chiefinstice to take Ida seat within the bar with the usual formalities. Mr. Marryatt and ?4r. Gurney also took their seats for the first tune within the bar as King's Cusiosel. TIACRSDAY, Nov. 7. LORD RIVERS C. ICING AND OVIPAS. Tbia was an action of trespass tried before Mr. Justice Holroyd, at the last Assizes fur WiitilhiVe, in which the plaintiff *aegis. to recover igouagea Croon Übe defeadants, who had broken and entered the Chase of Craohoorne, belonging to the piens/if, and had driven and chased the deer therein. Thu defendant* put in several pleas of justiliestion, contend ing, that with respect to two. places called 'Drew Does and tiosconibc Copse (their several estates), they hail a right to Oleg sad rberrote the deer which woougfitily cow there; it was wit stoned by thew that the phsisniii could chrism loner port of the district is a chase, awl the various que.tiosis at the trial resolved themselves into this main point —what were the limits of the chase; whether the rigid& of Lord Rivers were contisied to the inner boundary, cowprisiaq only about 11,004 acres iu the county of Dorset, or whether 'ley CX tended over nearly 300,000 acres in the counties of Wills, Dorset, cud Soutgattiptoa?—The verdict was is favour of the defewlauts, and Mr. hcrjeatit Lew now moved fur a ruk fur a new trial, on the gretuul that the verdict was 'fount evidence. The Court granted the rata to show cause, re visiting to be supplied with various itietwii of docinnwslarY evidence, particularly the proceeding owlet a yeti norrardo in the time of Edward I. produced at tits IsioL MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Saturday aennight, R. Hobbs. master of tb woskftsmee at Turnhem-green, was tried for vhdatiug the pertain of Mary l'ov e), a child 12 years of age, who was in !be workhouse mu tter his care. It appeared that the >outfit of the ail kud beeu abuse] by another inmate of tke wur►►oaae; hut from the te.tintony of the surgeon, there beiuw doubt of sae cli minalityof the prisoner, be ut.a found guilty, awl sestiraemli by the court to twelve months imprisonment is tip How* o(. Correction. The trial lasted five bouts. NOVEMftiti 11. OL1) BAILEY. Cin►loUe Marva was indicted fur stralinx a quantity of lace *ail wriatiaa apparel, the property of ZapWiwi* Middle ton, iu her gur elfin home. The pri.oner burin been at large oir boil, aarrenitered to take tier trial. ' The proseestris hi widow of a gent/roma formerly Mein's' , of Parliament for Denbigh, and the prisoner was her set vast; she reside. ia Bromptuu-row. The prisoner had ashy ' been is her sect ice a wreck heftse the robbery, which woe committed on Suiulay, the 6th of October. Os that day a gentienteri celled, about four o'clock, and she gat him sour s lrmo rust bacon, the latter wasseraped with a hirife Iles woe then whole. About seers, in the evening she west not wish the gentleman, and returned about half past sight. Whim she knorked at the door, nobody stidwered. Piuseetstent then tried to *Work the door, but fumed it ems barred ; she kiweted ausiapand time ',isomer opened the parlowr window, to see who was there, aril thee she opened the deer. Ppss set:ldris went into the piscleer, ausl fisted the hook ease broken open, whirl, slid heti left locked. l'eoseestrix theft missed her leer, awl seine other things. She never missed a flak Lade. There were silt mikados eisteinstaiten oat of the oirwirtsisig loom. She gave a• alarm that night; bat she did not go to bed. The next morning she anted the prisoner about breaking open the leek, end she said she did not do it. She then asked her how the knife (Yoe broken which had her,, used for cutting the bacon, and the prisone• said it had beta Wakes is sairaping the door wows, mad that she had thrown it on the *nos hint, but could net had it. Oa the Tuesday evening the prisoner wished to ge away s Litt the ' proserietris wasted tier to stay, thosigh she did not ttlt her so. There were prepie around the lonise, tad the prisoner wee* are harangued admit from the area, styles she was Oleg to he isierdere4- 'the peeeecetsix told the people she was is nu danger. The prisoner then threatened the proseentrie with sick-nee; and this the pesseeetris nalotitesi the door red let her out. The neat day the prisoner wasispipsehendad she was remanded for a week, and thew she was taken bob a !inseam ream K Bow-street to be &curbed.' Edward's, the officer, was three ; hat be lashed eat of the esindline. The prisoner took her left hand out of the gesso, amid wises ohm Caine to the right, slot called out that she should faiat. The proseentria saw her fruit knife drop from her wrist, anal the prisoner bombe diatitly oat—' New my life will be swore away.' Propeciitriz knew the katie by a scratch ow the handle, ado 61014 M die had mot inseam it for years` 'the prisoserls mother is-law culk-6 oat, that the promstetria had herself iir.ipped the knife, which she ticebireit before (led she ilia not. Proseont •is NSW a hod It *beat the 'shimmer's 'inch. 4, ail 4.1. wished her seisrela4 *seek bat Edward's amid not nutter it. W. flregory, a watelman, examined tire Mek at the heat case, nod' threat it bait been broken open by a knife or sown sharp instriiment. He examined it on the 2Wth of October. It might have hen broken urea with a chissel. r. Edwards, a Bow-street officer, appreimmied the psi. 'osier. Whets she was scarebeil, he touted another wary, the provecutrix called out, " Now, Mr. Edwards, there is my property." Cross. examined.-i4tie apprehended her at her &Meer boast., which lie searched, hat Arad cone of the property stated in the iudirtntenl. lie searched the prisoner hiiiiseif, bat lomad no fruit knife about her.—Hr did not Will' the pri soner say she was going to faint. The preseentrix turned him round from looking at she prisoner white she wets being searched. It was after the prourcovirix had claimed the knife, that the prisoner ceded out lies life would he *wors en ay . —There wax nothing particular about the girl's ituelea,. and therefore he did nut have Par searched. 'the prisoner said nothing in her dvtenee. Ala Alumna, the prisoner's berscarched by firs. Mirldietou, who repeatedly pushed witness hack, anal world Oat let her go its, until Ertisiserta's father let her in. Mrs. lholdletues undressed the girl herself, and while the picked up Use girl's clothes, she threw the kiwi. herself on the ground, with which witness immediately charged, hies. Dliddluton. The Heeer.ter stopped the ensy here, as being itwohed iu Wu gr.e4at uneartainty.—N.4 'l:seedily, Elevate , ' a Frieker, Peter iielly, and James Miteiea were indiete4l.--Friekee and w in. Kelly for stealing plate, a gold watch, and other valuable attieles. to 11w amooloi Of 4001. in the dwelling house of Arra. Antic Ash• worth, in lienters•street, and burelarionsly breaking ont ; and Peter Kelly was 4:hunted as as accessary attar the knowing diem to be stolen. T h is case was our et a most atrocious nature. The prisoner Fricke, had cohabited the younger Kelly, till she got a place in the family of 13Irs. Ashworth; on the evening prior to the robliery, she con trived to get us much plate stud valuable property as passible in the lower part of tee house. nand in the niglit,,Keds s wires* entrance had neon farilitated by Frisker, got into the hoes° and took away the whole of the valuable property stated in the indicteneult—The evidence was very long in tracing se veral stoles articlea through a variety alum's, hat at length poi t of ;l ee l . were clearly traced to the prironers; and the elder hotly was proved to have received a trunk, part of the stolen property.—The prisoners being called on fur their de fence. W illi co Kelly solemaly declared he was the only ninny person. Witi that theeeher prisoners were pirlectly in nocent. —The Jury, however. disbelieved the assertion, and found Elizabeth Vrteker yy of We glary--Peter Kelly Ustilly of receiving—and acquitted flit , ehen.—The Commie Setjalurt desired bosh Pricker aid ' Kelly to prt-,iare kir another world, thr without doubt they . would not he witleced to live any longer iu thie. 'they ap peared resigned to their fine, and left the bur without inter-4 ing a Ityllaille.--Thr eldest Kelly will be transported fur 14 I.vb f ri Neyria was ladietwl for fraudulent,' transposine stump I one newspaper W iniuther. 'lle pi iioner was a pesos. einplu l eil in the newspaper uniee of Ilto 011streer, was admitted by hint ibat b* hail pasted a stamp WI a bleak sheet. It was, bounaver, denied !ha% at u u rb aleac.. dalent intent, but tbat it isa• *runlet/ litanalwis mitt lo P 14 " 4 " 11 them from being wasted, be cut them off arid pin•ted them en, blank sheets. The Jury. fuond the pAisiiner Nut ?tsars; a V.—Timmins Gularsisith was indicted tbr wilful and corrupt perjury. Mr. Alley mated the case for the prosecution. John J. Wiling, proditterl ass. Office /1 41 0 of a tecoritio a cause in which William Hisinlirilse was the plaint,d, and Air. Osborne the dektniant. ielseu 41 Smith, clerk to Load. ElkAtioulanalt, arporawb, time the action in question eras brauglat In dui I'o.l'. lku.:ll.wa I tire I:.t ofJtsly Mr. Oliver, an attorney, was resent at the trim. The ilc ' finifaut was m4'3168,81 as a attsawa tar 4/sburne. Aos ar cot. qt 11/10 put Yalu tika Jiiieulhasa's 11.44 on that netnaitias