The National Register. — London, England, 1818-04-20 00:00:00

APRI. 20 THE PRINCE REGETPS COURT. On Friday the Prince Regent held a Court at Carl ton-house. A few minutes before tour the City Pro cession, with the Address on the late marriage, arrived : it was composed of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Currie, Flower,-Scholey„). J. Smith, Earner, Birch, Maguey, Bridges, and Cox, with the'Recottleri and City Officers. They were conducted into One of the State-rooms. The Prince entered about the same time, attended by his Officers of State. His Royal 'Highness, being Feated, the Recorder read the following Address of the Corporation to the Prince Re ~ ,Pent upon the marriage of his Royal sister, the Princess Fliaabzth, with the Prince. of H ese-.l banberg • •••Tn his !loyal Highness the Prinre,ef Wales, 11.-gent of the Unitol Kingdom of Griot Briton and Ircland. "The humble and lewd Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Cordiaton. at the City of Lyndon, in Common Council as- seirhksl: • May it please your Royal !lightness, .4 We, Ili:: Majesty 's dutiful and loyal subjects, the. Lord Mayor A.l , lcrinen and Comniuns of the City of London in Common Council a,-en,bled, littntbly approach your Royal Highness to offer our sin .ere congratulations on the auspiciout event of tho recent nuptials of ltayal Sister, the. Princess Elizabeth, with his Serene Highness ileretlitary the Prince of Ilerse.lloir-betg. 4. We confidently trust. that this alliance will be prodiv4tive of per manent happiness to the illustrious individuals themselves, to every branch of your august famili, end to Pie nation. We indulge ourselves in the pleasing hope, that those amiable qualities which have uniformly called forth our admiration, and to - horned the high birth of the Royal Bride, will secure to her every Mich v in this illustrious .6 Permit us to repeat oar unalt.mble sentiments of firm and loyal attachment to hi; Nlajasty's Crown and Gevernment, and to assure your Royal Highness of our anxious desire to contribute to the iit mo..4 Jour power in whatever may promote the welfare and happi -11866 of the United Kingdom. (Signed by order of the Court) "IIE`RI WOODTIIORPE." To which Address his Royal Highness returned the fbliosiing must gracious answer I thank you for this loyal and dean! address. It is highly mi.. ing to me to receive this testimony of the feelings of the ( . 2'.ty-cf I.,adon, on an occasion so interesting to myself, and to all the Itoyal Yetnily." The Prince Regent afterwards held an investiture of the Bath, at which the honour of Knights Grand Crosses of the order was conferred upon Admirals Sir C: M. Pole, Bart., and Sir G. Cockburn. His Royal Highness conferred the honour of Knight. on Francis Desanges, laq., and George Alder so:;, The Prince Rcgent has had a regular fit of the gout. h-was not till Monday night that his Royal Highness could get a shoe upon the rebellious foot. On Wednesday the Queen and Princess Augusta ar zivail at the Queen's Palace-from Windsor, where they were.soon after visited by the Duchess of Gloucester. At a quarter before timr, the Princess Elizabeth and the Prince of Hesse I lomberg arrived in their landaulet and four at the Queco's Palace front Windsor. Her Royal awl his Serene flightless. are, as we havc -already mentioned, to occupy the lower suite of rooms on the right side of the Palace during their stay in London. flic Queen held a private Court to receive•the Ad dress of the House. of Commons. Her Majesty's at tendants present were, her Chamberlain, her Vice- Chamberlain, and the Countess of Mut:lc:dial, as the lady in waiting. Among the Deputies were Viscount Vailetort, Lord J. Thynne, M. C. loqg, Lord G. -Be s 'Ord, Sir T. Ackland, Mr. W. Dundas.—They were must graciously received. On Thursday !the:Princess Elizabeth and Prince of Hes. e Ho:nherg, attended by the Baron O'Naghtcn, Sir H. Campbell, Lady Campbell, and Lady Montague, ,:ccelvc.: the Address of the Homo of Commons, from a deputation of members, introduced by Robert Ches. t.T, Esq. Th.: deputation was composed of. Viscount Clive, the Earl of March, Lord Laseelles, W. Bootle Wilbraham, andNl:. Cartwright. Tiny were most gra- duusly received ; the Princess and Prince returned a il most gracious answer. The Priivess and.'Princelaleo_received the AddresNef • the lloosc of Peers, by deputation, consisting of the • Duke of Montrose, Lord Boston, . Lord St. Helens, .and Vlscount Bridport. Thursday evening, the Duke and Duchess of Glatt . ceder, and the Princess Augusta, hotunired Covent Gar den Theatre with their presence, to see the play of Rob Roy. They were received by Mr. Brandon,whu lighted them to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester's box. — This was the first-time the Princess Augusta has been •to this, or any ‘other public place of amusement, for about ten years past. Ti 'e Boyd party were attended . by Col. Dalton, Lady Charlotte Wynne Bellasyse, &e. .The Duke of Sussex presided on Wednesday, at the dinner of the Humane Institution for the recovery of drowned persons : he distributed the rewards, one of which was to young Lo:d Dc Rous, a boy aunty 1:3 years of age, who hadrallantly saved a son- of Lord Shaftesbury from drowniag. His Royal Highness, on account of the necessary absence of this noble yoath, said he should forward at,: medal to Lord Shaftesbury, that he might have Ow pleasure of bestowing it on the preserver of his sum ltis Royal Highness mentioned, that he had himself k:st tile of his own children by drowning. Vauxhall Gardens were, on Tuesday, knockcd down, at. Auction, for :03,500 guineas. NATION.IT, nr.cisTrn. THE DRAMA. KING'S THEATRE. .11 Barhiere di Sicilia was the opera performed l!cre on Saturday week. The beautiful trio in the second act was as usual encored, but the singer had sufficient discretbn and self-denial •to repeat only the latter movement, for the sake cf which the applause and call for repetition were given, leaving out the first part, which possesses no peculiar merit. The opera was fbilowed by a new ballet, called ‘La Fee Urgele, a production quite unique of its kind. The story, with some trifling variation, is that which Chaucer, Beau mont and Fletcher, Dryden, La Fontaine, ,and several other great writers, have treated, of a knight con • denmcd to death, but pardoned on condition of his dis covering, " Ce qui plait aux dame.;" 'La Fee Urgele, in a state of metamorphosis, is the old hag who com municates the secret, and her marriage with the knight, which is the price of that secret, in the charm which restores her to her original form and beauty. When we say that Mademoiselle Melanie and Baptiste pertiirmed the evolutions with great skill, and that Mademoiselle Lcbrcton is rapidly improving, we have expanded our whole stock.of praise. Not a nmseene has been introduced to discredit the faded collection of this establishment. The dresses, with the exception of a flat tinselled figures sedulously placed is the front, ltr! poor and. wean : the music, crahhed and inharmoni 7 ous—a m,:re.mass of notes, such as a tyro in composition would write currenie calano, as fast as his hand could traverse the paper. For the purpose of making the story intelligible, which is not well chosen, the clumsy e:ipedient of placards was perpetually rcsorsed to, written in mis-spelled French and not legible beyond the fourth row of the pit. This concatenation of ill starred circumstances excited anger even in the templa of urbanity, and the poor ballet, at its exit, was saluted witlt. • MUSt unceremonious volley of hisses. •DRURY LANE. Mr. 'Kean resumed his performances at this Theatre, on Monday, in his favourite character of Richard. The house was tilled, awl this distinguished and deserving , object of popular &your was greeted oa his tirst 4- pearance, with lively and reiterated apvla::s:;. COVENT GARDEN. -After the Tragedy of Venice. Presered, a Lew fhrce was produced on Monday at this theatre, under the title of Who is my father? The incidents of the piece are these: —Lord Alton is in love with the daughter of a grazier, who had been formerly a major in the army. The young nobleman contrives to get himself into the family in the capacity of a gardener. The Ma jor, however, is. apprised that such a person is to be tumid among his domestics, and is resolved to unmask the intriguer. Luckily, at this time, there happens to reside in the family a half-..vitted butler, Fdzeloddin, who has been fur some time greatly dissatisfied with his descent, and who,•takes advantage of the above tir cumstance to profess himself Lord Alion. Alany cir cumstances contribute to put this beyond all question in the mind of the Major, But what mc;st scetnc&to decide this necessary point was, a portrait which he was to receive, and which .bring a true resemblance of the disguised-Nobleman, would s:aable him at once to put an end to the intrigue. The letter by .which this portrait is conveyed, is opened by a cunning Chauila. rmaid, wlm sukr.itutes ti: the enclosure, a picture of the untigttenate Filzchsci din, who is by this artful imposition immediately strip ped of his humble garb, and restored to his supposed hereditary dignity by the credulous Major. In the mean time, the true Ler(' - Allan ie prosecuting his love atfair, and after a variety of hair breadth .escapes during his several interviews with the young lady, he obtains his other's content wins marriage, and satisfies the 'Major of his real character, to the utmost consternation of the disappointed Fitzc&ddin. Liston, in this last mentioned character, is the.life of the piece. The remaining cha racters required very little zelection in the -Green-room. The piece. upon . the whole•was received with. doubtful success. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Mr. Mathews. continues to attract most crowded audiences by the unrivalled powers that he exhibits. We regret that indisposition prevented him from per fi►rming one evening this week, but he was sufficiently recovered to resume his exertions last night. The Earl. of Fife has presented Mr. Kean. with the identical Dirk, which was worn by his .Lordship's an cestor M‘Dutf, in the combat in which Macbeth fell ; the weapon has been in possession of his Lordship's family , ever since that meir&rab.e. day. During. Mr. KC:111 . 8 lute tour in the North, he per fousAl at Aberdeen. Here he met, among th.: humble reta►ners of the Theatre, one whom he bout 1),:t1;re known in a better plight: a child of this ninn'a acted the younger Prince, in Richard the Third, and through that medium Kean, with great delicacy, conveyed to the t:►thcr a present of ten guineas in token of wild Lang sync! Miss Kelly, in her late theatrical trap to irclatul, cleared ICOOI. 1. fir lATELLIGENCT. 'I COUIIT OF CHA C V.—WCONESDAY. I.tuNntI;TENDANCL: soLICITOIIe. Demurrers, Ike. were intt down in his Onnour's Paper ; but w:-.ea called on, the Solicitors woe ishamt, and wacii wire ordaed Le struck out of the Paper. I (is I lonour the Vice Chaneellor—" I cannot find words stror.g enotv,di to express my displcasureeit the conduct of those Solicitors iu absenting themselves. It is a disgrace for there fiat to insult the Co wt and the Public, by not attending when causes are set down for hearing. I am at much inclined a; any man who ever sat here to give thrtta every proper indulgence: hut I will not uUow the authority of the Court to be trifled with ; anti I ant rt:Folved to strike every cause osit of the paper in which Solicitors do not attend; and I shall also take special oar how the costs in such cases shall be paid. I hope I shall not be asked for any favour, f. tr l am determined :a4 ra,rnakc u staple exception in favour of any Solicitor." Ma !honour Wit, obliged to rise at an early hour, owing to the want of attendance of Solicitors, there bciag only out iu Court. ear was fully attended by Counsel. COURT OF KING'S TvelDaY, APRIL 14. Mr. Ittonv moved fur a llalteos CorpnA to bring np the hotly of Mrs. Jane Maria Pearse, tinder tit e innstui•es, ;is the learned c o un se l stated, bordering npon romance. The ap_ 'theistical was made on the aflidavit of Mr. Edmund Peal se against Captain Thomas Pease, both sons of Mrs. J. M. reArse it stated, that fer:fice 3 cars :%Irs. J. M. Fears'. bad resided with the deponent, who was her favettrile son, but that on Saturday, April 15,1815, wbile the deponent was ab sent from home,Captain Peatse came to his house 41111 forced his mother away. On the followe,•g day he returned, and carried with him property belonging to his mother and to the deponent. When deponent rctucued home, he applied to a Magistrate at Union llall, Mid accompani ed by two officers, went to the House of Captain Peucse to demand the restora tion of his property, and to insist upon ,seeing his mother. Neither of these pout; were accomplished, but after some negotiating, a m e eting was appointed at a house at Blooms. bury, frcm whence it was agreed that the patties shunt(' ad journ to Queen-square Police Office, that all matters in 'id% ference might be arranged by Mr. Fielding. When the de ponent, Mc. E. Pearse reached the place of appointment, instead of finding his mother ,and I.rother thi re, he was seized by two strange men, who forced him, into a carriage, and drove him ;,:way to a private wad-house, whence he made his escape iss December last. In Alm mean tissue ' Captain Pearse went to the_War O ffi ce, and, tinder an alleged warrant of lunacy, received pay belonging to the deponent. De ponctit hail been eloamitied at the Jlorse • •glia ds, by the nedi. cal Board, and bed obtained the certificate of Dr. Oord.):1, that he was perfectly sane. •THURSDAV. WILLIAM Asuror.r. Y. 41311A111.14 THORNTON IN AN ArvEAL OF munur.n. This being the day appoiliteil, when this CHAP was last before dais I.ordshir, for hearing the reply of Mr.antty, on the part of the appellor; the Court was eriawdiol at a %c ry early hour. The appellee was put to the.har atmine o'clock, and about an hour afterwards the appellur took his place berm e COilllsCl, Messrs. Clark cy, Richardson. and Chitty. Mr. Reader, Mr. Reynolds, si! Mr. Tindal a ttesideJ as usual as counsel for the appellee. At half-past 10 their Lordships tools their seats, when Lord Lllenburough called upon Mr. Chitty, who Legamhis reply by expressing Isis hope that it would not be necessary for hint to occupy su large a. purtino of the time of the Court HA he imagined would be requisite on a. former Jay. He them statist the Maus points made by Mr. Tindal in 44is argunleet. 1. That the trial by battle is the right of the appellee, not of the appellor. 2. That a counts!' plea is only allowed where there is One Sillg!n self evident feet, on which the Judges can immediately pro.- instinct. tliegnilt -of the party accused. S. Admitting iliattlx conuterplea in this Case is and nut bad fur multi farionsimss, still that it is fully..allSvtereil by the teplicatiwt. 4. '111:.t the.judgmeut of theCaurt ought not to be, even that the appellee .should be allowed to wage has battle, but that he should be permitted to go sine die. Mr. Chitty. said, that he should inutile the saute lisle, and should attempt an tills wiT to these points, In the order in which they preset:test then:- selves. Thei:drst position lie did nut dispute, and lie had been surprised to hear so much upon it—that the trial by battle was the right of the appellee, Ito never did and never meant to dispute. It is impossi ble.to follow the I.cmred Counsel through. Ws argument, especially us it is not at all interesting to...general readers,.being in points of Law, in order to prove that the presumption of guilt was sufficiently strong to defeat the plea of the battle. . -• ;ll;.3loitice Bayley asked if there was any thing in the conoterplea to show.tbat Abraham Thornton was with Mary Aslitord after three o'clock in the morning, when the murde r •, ors sopßosed to have been committed ? Mr. (b tty answered, that there was nothing from which could be galas eil,.bet the inconsistent allegations of the ap ,pelli e. Mr. Justice ltaylcy..7•They were together, ,aceording to youi count el:pie:l,4om 1,2 o'clur k tietil ;Laud at au great dis tance trout the pit where the body was found ; and if these appraranees on the grass, Ace. existed before J u.'elirek, the presumption M . ninueenee is strimg. Is there notliiiig to raise a presumption that those appearances ocem isd Ohl I 3 , o'clock in the moriiiiig i Mr. Chitty referred to what was stated regarding the foot. stevs, but the Court answered, that they sioxiii hare 'teen iiii. pressed befurs, ..; o'clork, for any thing that WWI stated to the contrary. Niitliisig etas Milled to 511t•W that the dew trait been removed by nee blood Ilia was traced ohm: the closer. glass, tow:tills the pit, niter,: the body Was tumid. This ty pe:tred to be an important unit••ion. Mr. Justice Bayley etiserred, th . at there appeared t o b e mul l ing to show 11n I Ihe pres s ure ol the figure upon the grass 1,1. lain of til..uif, and the 11 , 101Ster• near Cle . 111 . .., hail occult... red after three in the morning. There were t0,,..1,,,by w h sc h Many Ashford might heat e emote to her 1. 1 ...it5.!.• .:insistent vita .1 the is':l:l"ll.ecril.ielt!itli t r i i i . e tu ' i t i l :s P r i :l i i i i i r .e l i ie S r h iL l e, il i l fifli r .;Xit ti t " tt i rl '' i ' n li d ia r y c e ad li' i7f it' I 7 oipeniiimers ; or she might immt• foam' into theisit. Mr. Cliiii alt-)tried, Ural lils,!lrebtilotiffit was ~,,,l ent, ih. ,.. : the .aunt, Itel's•OO %lisu haul lior_aut illicit cousiexion . %% pi t i i „.,, 1,44) doted her, awl ibe ailistlire e 0 Olt" , •ell, ;hitt he had held that Illicit cOllll4, Xtett.• It %5.1,, out 1,1, _ a e.. th a t e: 14.111111'&1° 11.aai * mi meo.) her to tiestroy lii iselt, either nailer tile soppositimi Of CIIIINetti or 1 esistance to the appellee 1 because in the one case, despair did not nook: so s 444444 , mut mull the roost:. iinenees of her impruilli hee wet e.appau t lit ; and to flit• other, thirst of revenge, and a sense of injory, would hair induced her to prolong her existence. Having gone at length into the 1 pi nollatiti , presumptions ou the one aide, and out the other,