The National Register. — London, England, 1813-10-24 00:00:00

6. Napoleon had an army of 5 - 'O,OOO veterans Nino the (o.ler tune the-Vistiila to attack Russia: this war thew mote than tOs) unt of leis tr4,, , oiry, and V. 003 pieces of at liiit from his l'• I‘. Poies supplied hint with 80,000 (dell, and it,o .e 14.01L41it into this uar 70,0j0 CJt thy. T. Nanoli-on had in leis own hawk the monopoly of colonial ploiloct4 throw:Jolts' all Europe. 1' 1 .41 monopoly brought liim iu lOU millions. Nvoteem drew contributions from Austria, from Prussia, and from 1 - te had the IT- N cone of all Italy, from t.c eon dereley of Germany, from Po tli.rt of the French Em. Orr, t% Ili Hs al114 , 111)1t11 to neatly 0t ., 0 toihi..u.toutnois. Not%t ith standing tho-e resomees, the (kil t-ivory for the yeat 1814 uas dotibleti. Notwithstandinz the bat tits of Alipurn and Nuini. !eon had preserved the reputai thin of living invincible lie tn joed an pinion that waking could rt••ist : it stittejelit (01' hill) to order, and evciy Ihinz gage wiy to his ell:, —to older %tut it %%a' done,—to direct, and uvviv this g (wooled to 16.4 wish : In announce an cveut, and tbe %vas 6 +ilitin f4)11)10.1 :•11 *Al'4lllOlll ; 11()Vie` , . tie-si pa,ted the bciiet. I'he Di ;ti: 11 arwv tinder I .:lartini, Wellington now ha; its light :t Zo i ,analea;•di, flotn thence it extrnik by La Rhone to the Nlowaithe Vctte, r.nd floin thence to tho sea, holding what the end) Giverronent have invariably cotisideted the stlonL..e , t line of the Pyrenees, and what C a rdinal Maza. is much piaLcd for having induced tla; :•;paniaids to aband(At t 'Fan( c. It is exi.ected that the Al!lel army will winter on the line in front of the ii , .kssoa, if a firialici advance should not be rieemen advisab:e. The vale of the Bidasgtoa is perfectly sheltered fiom tit se extiernes and , evei ities of weather to ss h.cli the elevated ridge tithe mountains is subject. About ten (Lys or a Isor might hence, that is, in the course of the fti st ditVS of November, the hills will he covered with snow or dewged ‘-ith taw, anfl vicis , itudcs of this kind will prevail altei pz,tr.!y the re d of Januai v. A(' )LIET (.f Common Council was held on iday at Guild hall, when time Repolt of the Finance Com.nirree was read, which was , uggt stcd the ptorriety of arToir ting four new othee.s to or( et the public peace, in older to save the City flu exist we of extra Constahlr s, and the impositions to which it e v , 0 ,11;,14;e the:efioni. The recommendation mc! with much yooo , ition, :is it was agreed on :d1 hand; that the sub ject oni , ; !it met vise the Idlest con,ideratr n, the Repo , t was seta back to the Committee, for them to re consider this• t•a++ht•. l‘een as( ertained, that the surplus of the ('ons• li dati d li,► the 14't hal nipcutrs tt► 1,154.0001 th , ! 10,154.0c01. alid the charges exactly 9,. )0,0i.,01. DRAMATIC REWSTER. 68 3. COVENT GARDEN. lino the-Si-It this war tit' millloos °tit I/ ANY) pieces ht . • cloak. 'I him with tit uar 70,0j0 c , I i• hands, the n pi inhiets tilt monop lOU millions. Nvolec from A tistri; from II ria come ot all dereiey of ),ire, t. hiels toot) standing thu (-whey for &natl . !. Notw tits; AliflC !eon hatl 111 tion of twit jo (41 an (0111(1 for him to o gage ''tt . t Rod it %%L it uvvoy till atinutute , pv(11(.111.11 alone corn which, how pated the bl Tire Br; light t: to the Mu what the the stlonr... k nil abarld.Al t It is e, line ill fro be deemer sileltertAl ..1...rs .1... THE NATMSTAL REGISTER. 6. Those :)00,00n rans nt Napoleon have disappeared; be bas lost all his cavalry—several Marslials,—W Generals ; of this army only some thousands of officers remain to him. The C4llllOll, anus. effects, the 600 millions are lost, together with Prussia and Polish contingents. He has only of the latter 15,000 men, with the maledictions of the country. 7. That monopoly has almost (ithely disappeared, since the ports of Russia and Prussia have bcen opet;o, the war terminated between the tossiani and 'forks and the Reglish occupied all the Dalmatian islands. b. The Austrian, Polish, and Prussian contributions have ce,ls. ed. illyria is exhausted. 'rite war and army expellees have doubled. What theti, will be the &licit for the Scar 1313 ? ti.) longer exists a Continental tips ens aeatokt England it is, lint,iu ticAlu3 ca. 9 The battles of Smolensk anti Btuotinto, of Krasnoi, of 'Attn.!), anti all the last caw. pia'', prove, that with *larder forces he can be resisted and beaten ; and that, consequently, he must by beaten with equal forces, and destroys!' with supe• tun ones. Mrs IPGIBBON has performed the characters of Mira and Belvidere, in the course of the week. In the- former she displayed great powers, but did not give the character all the interest and imFortance which we expected it would derive from her exertions. Her Belvide) a yielded us much more pleasure: Here her performance was easy, natural. and affecting. In some parts of the character she fixed the attention of the audience in a manner not to be described. We did not approve of the hurried way in which she repeated to Jafer, the words used by him when giving her in charge to the Conspirators, and in several other instances we had to complain of her speaking with too much iapidity ; but, upon the whole, we think her more successful in Belvi dem than in any part in which we have seen her yet; and with Miss SMITH before our eyes, and Mrs. SIDDONS fresh in our recollection, we admire the performance of Mrs. NM In tioN, and think it only inferior to that of her who had no equal. It perhaps- does not so frequently put the - hands of the audience in requisition as the Belvidere of Miss SMITH, but Mrs. WC BOON is quite as successful in finding her way to the heart, and she calls forth quite as much interest, though she gives less of theatrical embel lishment. Mr. CON WAY, in Jafer, appeared to less advantage than before. In the scene with Renault, and in that which precedes it, where he recounts to Pierre' what had been the conduct of the hoary Conspirator, be was very successful ; but, generally speaking, he was not sufficiently animated. We like his hero better than his lover. In ./dier his faults were more conspicuous, and his merits less prominent than in A foal:der or Othello. He also lost much of his grace and dignity by a continual amid useless bend of his body. He has not yet found that medium of voice which would render him audible throughout. But his conception of the pit was goto, and as he seems to have no defects but what a little more stud y remove, our opinion of his future excellence remains ow ! altered. YuutsG played Pierre in the most effectual style. I After the play of Venice Preserved, on Thursday, a new Melo-Drama was performed, called The Miller and his Alen. This piece is from the pen of Mr. POCOCK. Ile has not surprised us by a display of original talent, for which we did not before give him credit ; he has not evinced a knowledge Gf men and marinCrs, to make us blush for the little fame be. sowed upon his former works, nor has he yielded proofs cf ingenuity, which of themselves ought to gain him a niche in the temple of fame. lie has furnished a piece which gives an improbable tale of benighted travellers and banditti, and which aided by the scenic decorations bestowed upon it, is found pleasing in repre , entation. He has so used the old materials, that they frequently produce the effect of novelty, and the business, though extravagant, is not devoid of interest. The Al diet, amid his men, are a freebooter, and his band of robbers. The Miller has a wish to possess a beautiful cottager, who. according to immemorial custom, is provided with another lover. Grimigfir (the miller and robber) takes Claudine to his haunt, where her lover finds his way in disguise, amid after a variety of perils, her deliverance is effected through the means of her lover and a female who had been the mistress of the f. cebooter, and who in that character had experienced crue:ty which at length prompted her to revenge. Theme i 3 nothing particularly striking in the dialogue of this piece. and the dramatis personae are drawn with more ex!r: , iiagar evcr, whit : the spleod, ace than vigour. 'the bustle and animation, how- :h pervade it tinougliout, entitle it to favour, and lid scene wide winch it. concludes, iu which the- . . . 1•.;.