The National Register. — London, England, 1818-12-06 00:00:00

1 tilled the princi proceasion, after 11 Hounslow and composing it took rogmore, where it Chief Mourner, J and by Royal . 2 . 06 ,theace to e th R ,„ e o L !{rival :me-try, the sirdlerofire ceremonial e lr e atly publi.hed was observed, with the exception ofen•altete tied as to the State and Flousehoht Officers. • The procession, arrived at St. George's Cripel needy • en hour sootier than led been expeeted ; end some in convenience resulted from this unasked (Ayes.; of rune malty -_,We understood that several persons; wluse business it Wins to thrall .parte+ the chapel truce:select, •,arrized Lou late togain admittance. The Chance:lor of the Exchequer mid Lon% Bathurst were ex holed ; , some of the liieleer officers -of the Queen's Househulti gained admittance with great difficulty. Thu number of persons admitted as visitors into St. Ceoege's Chepel, on this occasion, and not forming part of the preparation itself, was very small, being limited to fifty.fleer, who were allowed, by means of tickets,* to pass by the eastern dour of the chapel, adjoining to the deanery, and to tnke their station in the orgese loft, from whence a tolerable view both of the entrance of the procession and the solemn concluding ceremony could be obtained. At eight o'clock the notes of the organ were heard, and the the choir etvered, each singer beering a lighted teper in his letnil, and sieging the well-known anthem Irma Croft's burial service. The strength and com pleteness of this choral band, at kart treble the usual number allotted to the cathedral service, and the select members of the principal choirs in and near the me tropolis, • breaking in upon the silence which before prevailed, produ ed an of truly solemn and impres sive. The procession then entered by the south doer of the chapel, nearly in the same order as given.in the eetetnunial previously arranged fur the obsequies of her Majesty. The Royal body haling been carried to the steps of the altar, was placed on the platthrm prepared to re ceive it ; the pall was eemoved, and the crown and cushion was placed on the coffin. The Prince Regent, as chief mourner, being seated in a chair at the head of the corpe, surrounded by his supporters and train bearsrs, standing, the funeral service commenced in the usual mananer, as performed at cathedrals, and at the demise of great rd illustrious persone. The first Psalm having been chanted by the choir, in the seine finished manner, as the anthem with which the ceremony com menced; the service was read by the Dean of Windsor, ir. that unefiletted and impressive manner which is re qeired by this sublime portion of our rubric. At the end of the first part, the celebreted anthem by Kent, " Hear my Prayer," was introduced, and executed in a , :ery finished manner. The body of her Majesty was fiten let down into the vault prepared for it, and the se:sinnity was closed in the manner usual on these oc caions, by the venerable Sir %Isaac Heard, who pro n elected in a distinct voice, and standing near the grave, t'e: style and tides of her late Majesty. As the mourners and attendants en this striking ceremony beeen slowly to separate and to quit the chapel, the notes of the organ asin filled the edifice, and produced at once the richest and most soothing effect. The numerous company st:eardted without the least disorder or inconvenience ; end in a few minutes after the obsequies of her late Majesty had closed, no vestige remained of the solemn pageantry which had just passed before the eyes of the 4 4 xetutorA. The whole , ceremony was conducted in a menner that reflects great credit on all concerned in its manage tient ; no confusion or difficulty arose in its progress; Aer did the different persons who formed the proceeion appear at all embarrassed, or at a loss to distever the situations in which they were to be placed. At the Chapel Royal, St. Junes's, there was no ser. vice; but at Whitehall Chapel, and most of the Churches in Westminster, appropriate Sermons were preached. In very sew Churches in the City was more than the usual service of the day pinilirmed. In Christ Church, Netvgateitreet, however, the Vicar, the Rev. Mr. Crowther, delivered a most impressive and eeitable disceuree. The Jews paid every respect (as fiey do on every public occasion) to the solemnity of the day. lathe Synegogue in Duke's Place, a form of rite*, preparddiur the occasion, was read ; the place was hung with superfine black cloth, k ti.d orders were isened that no person should be admitted without some emblem of mourning. In all the -other Synagogues, solemn service was likewise performed. The great bell of the Cathedral of St. Paul's was te:led at noon andiu the evening. Box'No.—Yesturdas the long talkei of Little be tween Randall and 'turner touk place, when, after a aesperate colitest of two hours and twenty minutes, Randall was declared the victor, in consequence of his ii.a.l, 4 onist not bein,; able tu.conte to time. - -• The Arch:lake Maximilian arriv,xl at Dublin nn F'.utday 6,3, where all pom , ible reyect has fr..en paid to him by the Lori Lieutenant and iniacip.l liLd. Cagle. Mfr. • 2.••• atul Cielitleinen who pal situations in hot. itottseltulti. The 11044ik.otto.kottv at 14 ortl, between yoinhrouk, where the in 111 cut some rerresitaiunt, set ;furatard fil? Fm trts joined by the Prince Regont. as toll by hi 4 Royal itrothers la its pr, 'THE NAT! AT. REGTSTEIt. ;('fits DRA.II.I. 1)1011:ZY LANE 'fHEITRE. A new tragedy, called Brutus, or The Fa!' of Tar quin, wasproduced at this theatre on Thursday night —Ott second title wilt immediately explain to all who anzsiu tiro ieay. conversant with liotnan history, that it is the fortunes of Attkoiler Brutus which form the sub jeCt of this drama. I'he piece is o.: a very extended scale, including nearly ali that is memorable in the lith of that illustrious individual: but we are doubtful if the ' author has nut excluded a regular dramatic interest, and converted his scenes ia Lc) a series of historical paintings, nut retaining a sufficient connexion with eueh other.— The pay Lsitutuences with the aatautnA idiotism offentias -. Brutus ; contains tile whole story of Lucretia, the in eiAnation of Brutue at the eanduct ofSealu.r Tarquinius, hi,: rousing Um-Roman people to revolt, and the conse quent expulsimi of the tinnily of Tarquin ; the elev a tiosi of Braille to the Consulate, and the whole of the memorable transaction mitiotely detailed, wherein, Lite feelings of a eitix..,n overcoming those of a father, he condemns ais sun Titus to drat h. I ndependently of these events, which every one knows occupy as histury a lung series of years, an epis.kle is introduced, Harmed out of as attachment supposed to exist between the son of Brutus and Tarquinia, a daughter of the reigning ty rant—an episod• , by the way, which thews occasionally no slight obstacle to the progress of the story : to this tire to he added, the fortunes of Tullia, the with at' Ta.- quin, who is left by her husband Regent of Rome during hip absence at the.iiege of Ardca: this flagitious wo ma', after Rome is fallen under the dominion of iiruius, is, in perfeet consistency with the superstition of the age, made, to terminate her days by being struck with horror arthe sight of her murdered father's ghost.— These form the tnaterials, and they are evidently ample in quantity, on which the present drama has been con structed. Consitred .as acting-for the performers must always partake largely in the success of a new piece,-the great attruction is the Brutus of Mr Kean,' which certainly will not suffer by a comparison with the wmet perfect histrionic aims within the recollec tion of the present generation : we Illive seldom seen this great actor more nappy, or more completely success ful: his peculiar powers seem indeed to have been care fully studied by the writer of this tragedy. The open ing scenes, where he dissembles f►tuity, while his real .character, like a volcano, seems every moment on the point of bursting the shell that cove* it, were con ceived and executed in the truest and most masterly style: the scene where &zees, by a very fortunate thought,is made to reveal to him the outrage committed on Lucretia, was not less happy: while listening to the art-Jail' tale, his hands moved convulsively, every muscle of his frame and of his countenance was agitated with passion, till at length, unable to resist ally longer, he rushes with clinched hands en the monster before him, and seems ready to extinguish him in his wrath. Mr. Kean's silent acting is, perhaps, the finest the world .ever saw. We are inclined to censure the manner in which the celebrated judgment scene has been wrought, and think it not only too long, but that the actiou is embarrassed, and even ruined, by the introduction of Tarquitra ; but it abounds with instances (lithe power just mentioned. We recollect no instance of an actor who could stand silently on the stage tbr minutes to gether, and calling up in succession all the skittles and degrees of passiou on his countenance, move his au dience tossilcnee and to tears of the truest sympathy. Mr. Kean does this in the judgment scene of 13ruius.— The rest of the play suffers, we think, by the style of the performance, with the exception of the Tahiti of 1 . Mrs: Glover, and the Y'arguinia of Mrs. West, both which were excellent. The author of this tragedy is said to be Mr. Howard Payne : it experienced a very favourable reception. The prologue was delivered by Mr. U. Ketuble, and the epilogue by Mrs. Glover. We subjoin au extract from the latter, in ridicule of " Tile Dandies," which will perhaps :muse our fair readers: Hat, bless me—what two nondextipts together! The Sht—a pile of ritEind, straw, and feather, Ilex back, a pillion—all above, and on it, A chundibell e cradle? tower? —no, 'faith, also:met; Ayc, antlan actual woman in it--able, Rouse but her tongue, to make that tower a Babel. Now for the Ile, the fellow nondescript— Whence has that mockery of titan been shipt ? Have alba or liuclhui hraught him to console Tne Quidnunc; for the psasage to the Pule? While on her iceberg howls some Grectila...l squaw, Hoblitl of her pretty monster—all hest tins* No. l'aris iii, tile honour, " oh, qa:: vli." " AA/44"—We air, grace. Cuing, smell of Paris! France gate his stcp trip, his tongue its phrase. 1114 heatia. per ilt.., aad his ws..t its stays ! The thing is contraband—leis crush the trade; Ladies, twist on't—all is laat nonte mode ! All Britisii—from your shoe-tie or your ran, Down to coat ne.ies.sary titans:. called—man I Nuw for the co.hround cr,ator.i—lirst the wig, With every itiZAIC itellgelieg to look big! On the roug'd vii.ek the mail •tlyed whisker spread. TOe thousandth way oftlressing a Call i hued ! T.c neckcloth neat—where starch and whalebone vie, To make site siavo et !talking pillory I The uot.tet '4l ho.nnl—x, ye =vying fait, How little dream ye of tlia stair toast% there! What straps, ropes, steel, the :wiling ribs compres3. To make tie t)ar.dy beautifully less Thtu fails, their rilial SLUM: 01 folly curt. .Dy instinct. to straight waistcoats conic at lag ! Moy4k4h3).; shmkapeare.—tins estnip'd time eye. Fur thei4.l oh; brvar air WA the Tianc wor: die: COVENT GARDEN. A no: t 7 appeared on Thursday night nt this thealre, called Ruse er.intour, or Tits Little lied Riding This is an operatic fairy tale, in two acts ; and is an • importation from our neighbours the Parisians, among whom it enjoys great popularity. The story consists of a series of designs formed against the person of the heroine, a young and beautiful girl, by a certain f )r -inidable person called Rudolf, the Wolf; who not being very ingenious at inventing love stratagems, calls even magic to his aid : the innocence of Rose ditinour, however, is protected by a certain bene volent fairy. She is rescued from Ro.log; and finally united to a nobleman cullts3. Count Lolly:ire. The principal part was played Ly an interesting yo'ung actress, u Miss Ili U WONT, who made her first thea trical appearance on the occasion, and acquitted herself in a very pleasing manner. For the piece. itself—whe ther what pletres the Parisians will not succeed and whether it is less skilfully got up than in its origi nal form, we know not ; but the piece was very far ftom making a favourable impression on the audience; so much so, that the announcement for repetition was with difficulty heard. The drama is certainly heavy, in several scenes, but contains asufficient portion of the agreeable, we think, to have merited less severe treatment Booth is no longer a member of the Covent-callen Corps Dranialiqrs, he haring aceerted return of his articles. TIM PRINCE REGENT'S CouaT..—Fritlay, his Royal • Highness the Prince Regent held a Court at Carlton house, at which his Excellency Baron Fogel, the Am bassador from the Court of the Netherlands was in-. trodtsevd with the usual ceremony, and delivered a . letter of condolence, on the Jeteisct of the late Queen, from the King of the Netherlato!'.. 'Sir Isaac Heard, Garter King at Arms, attains his • 88th year on the 10th of rtest month. It has been his melancholy dut) to attend the funeral ceremonials six members of oar Royal Fa•nily. viz. (according to their generation,.)-o , o)rge IL i• retieriek Prince of Walos, Queen Charlotte, Prince's Prince* Charlotte of Wales, and her Royal InKint. The subscription of one guinea from each subscriber ; for erecting a monument to the memory of the late Princes Charlotte, amounts to very near twenty thou sand pounds. Men of the highest rank were obliged at Windsor, during the ceremony, to forego the common attentions which their station and habits require. The Duke of Newcastle, one of the supporters of the Royal Hotly in the procession, was actuallyy obliged to put on, his • mourning habiliments fur the .ceremony, in one of 'the pan(ries of the Castle Tavern.• TOere was neither bed nor dressing-room to be had for money or entreaty. The Duchess of Gloucester anti the princess Aa gusto have removed from Cambridge House, Kew . Green to Frogmore House, near Windsor. The New York papers of the 9th nit insert a para. • graph front the Havannab, which states, that a body of • 400 Spaniards, dranghted from the Tarragoua and Havannah regiments, were to leave Havannah within a few days from the date of the intelligence, to receive • Pensacola from the American Government. By an act of the Provincial Legislature of New Jersey, the er-: portation of slaves from the said state is prohibited, under a penalty of Q,OOO dollars, or imprisonment of from two to four years. We do not learn how the saw stands as to the importation of the unhaopy race of negroes. It appears that the Government of the• United States have made arrangements for the imme diate execution of plans the the defence. of New Orleans, and the districts generally on the lower Missizippi, from the attacks of a foreign cum). We have received Gazettes front Cape Henry (St. Domingo) to the •.!7th September, and letters to the 20th October. It is quite evident from both these - sources of infitrmation, that if the idea of making as •• inroad into :he territory of Boyer ever entered the mind of Christophe, all thought of carryiag it into execution • is for the present abandoned. Ilia whole cares seem to • centre in the restoration of Fort Ferrier, constructed as ••- ' a last place of refuge fur himself and all his !trivia, after the inju.7 it lately received by being struck with lightning. We regret the despotic means employed for this purpose, because the remarces of the country are itijored ; the orops of coWee and other important proince cannot i.e gathered, nor can the merchants find ... hands to curry on their com:nercial operations. Every thing (according to the private accounts) was its a state of contusion and anxiety. _ _ Extract of a letter, dated Grenada. Oct. 11, 1818 " The Independena squadron, under Admiral Ilrion, has been laying here a lung time, rep..iring dani n ; one of them. tne brig Citlunabia, of .190 tons, and 12 guns, was run away with from the buy by her erew (most cf them Euglis'ainco), commanded by one Gee. Thomas, a half-pay British Lieutenant. Brion is gone after her in the Emerald ; she is supposed to have goat to America. During► the Line Brion was lying here, . most of his men deserted him. Colonel lilsou hua been shot by Bolivar, fur having spokeu tut/ freely uf that General at a dinner."