The National Register. — London, England, 1817-07-28 00:00:00

JULY 29. THE DRAMA. ENGLISH OPERt Howe.—The opera of Love in a Village was brought out at this Theatre on Tuesday evening, when a young l; sly, of' the mane of Stevenson, appeared as Itoscila, and Mr. rettrman as Young Mea dows. Miss Stevenson is a pretty girl, but seems to sing to herself rather than to the audience. l'earman, in Young Meadolos, was de-:ervedly honoured with great applause ; and in the beautiful air, Has she then filed in her Truth ?" he was encored with repeated plaudits. Chatterley, Isaacs, Broadhurst; Wilkinson, Miss Bugging, and !Miss Kelly, in Justice 16iio !cock, Hawthorn, Eu slace, images, Lucinda, and Madge, greatly contributed to the eclat that attended the performance of' this very favourite opera The audience were numerous, and the boxes boasted a fine display of elegant company. Saturday evening a new melo-dramatic romance was performed for the first time at this Theatre under the title of the trizard, or the aroma Man of the Moor. The Pece is founded npan the story of the Week Drutzef, in the Tales of any Landlord, but to render the , interest more compact and dramatic, the deviations from the tale are numerous and essential. Tile scene is laid among the Ediots and eilieslaws of the Scottish borders, in the latter part of the reign of Queen Anne.-110bLie r. Bartley.) is represented as plodding his way homeward from deer chasing, us the gloom of an autumnal evening, when he is sought after by a peasant n Uuckel.) at the instigation of his grandmother AV' Elliot ( Mrs Grove,) end intended bride Gerre .1. (Miss IL Bag.,ins.) to hasten his steps. when they are encountered on a lonely moor, by a strange being, (Mr. 11. Jodeston,) who rejects their profferred coarta-sy, in a tone of insane misanthropy, and leaves ff 04.- and Ditr;e per ataded, that he is not of mortal lineage, but a goblin of no a:niable disposition ; althinigh be stuns all society. he has acquired a certain awful reputation in the neighbourhood. of being a heaven taught wizard—lle is con salted in secret by k.sliel r re, (Miss Kelly.) who is distressed by her father's threats, to solemnize a forced marriage between her, an d F.-ed rt* t Mr• T. Short,) when he promises to appear and deliver her from the impending ruin which threatens her. Jn the mean time, Ihirtoe's cottage. is destroyed by fi re, and his cattle and bride carri ed oil by the reivers, in.stiganal chiefly by the Laird of jg/ifre tw . (tr. Whearlev,) between whose daughter, and yoling Ears: lip (also Mr. 14. Johnson,) there is an attachment, which the old Laird disapproves. Cram .lr nut tong being missing during the fi re at the cottage. If dgile is plunged into toe deepest despair, and seeks information of the Wizard, for the reto- I very of his destined bride. By an oracular hint given him hi the Wizard, heseeks his lot mistress in the Tower of ;Vestisumtiat, kept by G, ( Mr. late -a). A plunderer, or one of the border foragers, who after capitulation, leads forty in the astonishment of the be sir:sere not Gra^e A rflutruitg, but Vere, who had been en trusted by the old Laird. her father, to the temporary care of the moss troapers. /req., in time cad, however, finds his bride balmily re stored tohins.—The catastrophe is be-moist about by the appearance of the Wiser], who, whentaey are all ranled for the sacrifice madeen the part of 3f7,, Ir.re, in order .to save her father's life, and, at the mom ant of the solemnization befo e the altar in the Castle chapel, suddenly appears, from the interior of a moms tient, and is soon recognized uy the guilty Ea;-slaw, to be nu other than yr.ang Reese •: p%, the Laird's vital enemy. The inveterate at first thinks of having recousme to force, when he is stulleoli arrested in Ida progress. by the discovery, that the sup. posed i....arittetyl , is no other than the rightful heir to the estate, who 11.1,1 :seen stolen rib -1 his cradle, and was be.teved to have died its his infancy ; but vim. in fact, was sent to a distant country, where. us he advanced to .u..13 . .0cid, he bra! been persecuted by !us thinattwal Cnele. and cenfinel on Lis return to Engl..nd, as a maniac. IC rem this op •ression and disastron.: sit ninon, he had been roamed by a young frieral, w'm hat aecidentally be.m his companion in child hood ; this friend, wan appears in the Drama. under the aueroed -tame of //a.4 Rid ", (Mr. Wrench,) but who is the real E.Jrns . has introduced himself by a knowledge of Da .Garth: fatal se • .het. into his family, and is largely instrumental to the devel‘v.ment ef the plot. I: appears in final es:plantation, that to ensile the de frauded heir saixessfidly to assert Ins rights, Bares •li.ye had lent his nine to his friend, who, its ostler to be constantly near the mistress of his :dfection.s, (Juliet Vert%) whose life he has saved, assumes the c'eange disguise of the %Viten! ; a character well suited to the misan thropic turn of mind, which his sufferings and injuries have occ.aion. ally , eased. Frotn these materials, the Author, (what we under stand to be Mr Arnold,) has worked up a very inter esting. and effective I)ra.na. The Muic is the com position cr Mr. Horn, and is very creditable to his talents, both for style and originality. Mexers. Johnson, Bartley, Wrench, and Isaacs, were powerful auxiliaries; and Miss Kelly acted as well as usual, whica is a sufficient encomiwn. The Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations, are of the first order, and we have no dotilh. but titat .the Wizard • will be productive .to the theatre, and have a successful run. The House was crowded to excess. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT AT CLAREMONT.—.OR Thursday the Princess Charlotte gave a mogniiicent entertainment to her august Father. To in,:et his Royal Higluies.s were invited a select party. In the evening, her Royal Highness had a musical party of the most charming description, principally from Mo. Bart, whose works are so much a favourite with her Highness. It is said the reception which Sir William Congrcve has met with at Plymouth, leaves no doubt of his succeeding, without opposition, to the representation of that Borough, in the room of Sir Benjamin Bloom field, appointed .Private Secretary to the Prince Regent. Government on . Thurslay issued 100,0001. of new Exchequer Bills, which were eagerly taken by the nionie.l men-in the city at a premium of 31. It is ge nerally supposed, that this will be the last issue the Chancellor of the Exchetiner will make of 2Ad. bills, •but that the remainder of the nine millions which lie originally intended to issue will be brought heiore the pubuc at an interest of xd. per day. The Ptinceee Charlotte of Prussia ari.:yed the 29'h ult. ut Petersburgh ; tlik.! - Emperor, the two Empresses, and the Impclial Family, received her in the Ines; atfvvtionate manner. Her marriage with the Grand Doke Nicholas was to take place on the Bth July. The most flattering accounts are received from every part of the kineom, of the state of the ensuing harvest, and the expectancies of abundant crops are so prevalent, that many of the farmers, with their characteristic in consistency, begin to apprehend some injury to the ag ricultural classes, in consequence of the low prices of provisions. We notice this strange apprehension, tier the purpose of expressing our asttmishn*ut at itr being se riously entertained by any rational creature. What possible difference een it make to the fanner, in the a i ,egreggte amount of his profits, whether he receives high priced for small quantities, or low prices for large quantities of cis corn, provided the sum ultimately re ceived be received be the same in the one case us in the other? In a plentiful r.ar he will give more corn for a certain sum of mono- than he would in a year less abundant ; but he shell 1 also remember, that the pri ces of all other articles of consumption experience a pro portionate variation in price, so that he enjoys, as much as any other person in society, the advantages arising from a prosperous harvest. It is a strange infatuation to thick that the abundance of the article can injure the proprietor, because lie thereby obtains a smaller price fbr each particular quantity of it. It reminds us of the conduct of the Dutch merchants, in destroying the superfluous produce of their spieeries in abundant years, that the article might bring its usually high price in the European markets : but in such a mode of reason ing, it is difficult to determine whether most to con demn, its extreme absurdity or its ungenerous selfish ness. The hops in Worcestershire have assumed a favour able appearance within the last ten days. The planta tions are greatly improved. The plants arc much clean er, and the vine exhibits vigour. We are happy to find that the Barrosa and Esse:: East Indiamen, which were reported to have been lost, have arrived in safety at China. Great hopes are en tertained that the Anna is also safe ; but the Elplkin stone (the f mrth ship), it is ascertained har been burnt at XVitamooa, after having dtlivered only three chop boats of cotton. Mr Courtenay, M. P. is said to be named as the Master in Chancery, to succeed Robert Steel Esq. The King of Prussia lives at Carlsbad in the simplest and most unassuming way. He attends the public rooms, like a common subscriber, every evening, and sometimes joins in the merry dance, always retiring at an early hour, and avoiding every thing like gaming. The Ki.:g and Queen of Wirtemberg have gone from Baden, the firmer to Sutz, in Alsace, where a con ci leruble detachment of Wirtembergesa truops is st►- tione.l, and the latter to Strasburg. The grand steam-boat La Duthesse de Berri, will be launched at Rouen on the , 2r.th of Aogust, the fes tival of St. Louis. This v. 1, built by order of the Marquis de Jouirroy, under the. directi n of Captain [Lille, with the greatest care, will in nothing he found inferior to the finest steain-buets of America She per fectly resembles a beautiful corvette with 20 pieces of cannon, and will carry 300 passengers, and merchan dize in proportion. Her bottom is coppered, and her pump possesses the force of twenty-four horses. It is reported that her first voyage will be for Paris. A letter from Vienna, dated July 9, says, " Since Jerome Buonaparte inhabits the chateau of Schoenen, a very unexpected attention is excited by the etiquette he observes ; he never rides but with his flamer Royal state, the train consisting of several carriages, with two, fiver, and six horses, and with out-riders besides to clear the way for him : one must wonder more at his pre sumption, when one hears that he insists upon being treated as a King by his own sister Madame Murat. Accounts from Switzerland inform us, that the Lakes have tidlen, and restored litnuirels of houses to their inhabitants, but in u dilapidated state. Mr. Mr. S idler, jun. ascended from the Cavalry Ba rack, near Dublin, on Tuesday, the 2:2d instant, at forty minutes past one p. m. and lauded about a mile and a half from Holyhead, at seven p. m. having crossed the Irish Channel in five hours uud twenty minutes. Since the Paris Papers which we have already given' others have just been received, they state, that an Eng. lish frigate has arrived at Leghorn in order to bring away five millions in ca.:ll, being the sum reimbursed to England by his Sardinian Majesty for the expences of the war. It appears (say the same papers) that all the French refugees have received orders to quit the kingdom of the Netherlands.—The French funds have risen to 671. A Hamburgh Mail is also arrived. It announces the important fact that the Grand Seignior, after issu— ing two energetic rescript• against the delay of his Mi nisters in adjusting the differences with Russia, las dismissed the Reis Effendi, severely reprimanded the Grand Vizier, and announced his• unequivocal inter'. tion of " amicably arranging matters" with the Empe— ror of Russia. The accounts from all parts ef the Continent assure us that the harvest has commenced with the promise of general abundance ; and truly rejoiced are we to add, that nothing can be more gratifying than the acemnts which we continue to receive from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland upon this most important subject. The Dutch Mail, states, that the Government of Hesse Darmstadt have, by way of polishing a merchant at Worms, who had hoarded up 180,000 bushels of corn, prohibited him from selling any part of his stock until the harvest is got in. At Leige two speculators in corn have hanged themselves in despair, at the depres. sion of the prices. THE. NATIONAL REGISTER GRAND REVIEW. The Grand Cavalry Review on Hounslow Heath, proved on Fritlay the great attraction of the day. The road to the Heath was covered by company of the first distinction, or of great respectability. The ground was kept by detachments of the 10th Light Dragoons, and of the City Light Horse Volun— teers; The Regiments reviewed were the first and second Life Guards, and the Oxford Blues. Including a detachment of the Scotch Greys, which were station ed about the person of the Prince Regent, those which kept the ground, and those which passed in review, the numbers of the military assembled on the Heath amounted to about 2,500 men. At about half-past eleven the Prince Regent accotre• panied by the Duke of York and other General °di cers, uppeared on the grotetd. lie was received in. the usual manner, was in good health and spirits, and evidently took the most lively interest in the scene. BeSides the Duke of York, his Royal Highness was accompanied by. the Duke of Cumberland, attired in a superb hussar uniform An open landau was drawn up near the carriage of the Prince, in which the Duchess of Cumberland, and several attendants, were seated, who seemed to derive the most unqualified gratification from the exhibition of the day. The Marquis of Worcester, Lord George Cavendish, and many other Noblemen, were present. We shall not fhtigue our readers by detailing with military accuracy the various and complicated =men vres which the regiments reviewed were called upon to execute. It is sufficient to say, tl at all that coal de monstrate the utility and importance of covers action, was successfully displayed. The Prince; by his. directed all the evolutions of greatest importance. Shortly after one, the troops dismounted, went through their exercise as infantry, and us such pn.s.sed in review. Nu firing took place, but by his commend the troops reviewed charged in three divi sions, the Oxford Blues flaming the centre division. Their several charges were admirably executed. The three Regimeuts subsequently charged in line, ad vancing in full gallop. The regularity of their march was equal to its rapidity. The extent- of the Lne--- the velocity of the advance, and the perfect arrauge menu which arrested attention and &mended applewe in every part of it, were fit subjects for panegyzie. After one of the charges, a horse was discovered without a rider, prancin4 over the field, as if anxious to resume it.; proper station. The Prince observed the; animal, and remarked, with much concern, that a man had been dismounted. The seldier had, in the third charge, been precipitated over the head of the hore , , awl subsequently trampled upon by his comrwler e Though severely hurt, he was, able, .with s.m.ie assist ance, to walk off the Heath teweids the Barracks. This, we believe, was the only accident of tbe. day. At three o clock the Review concluded, when the Prince Regent, after complimenting the Ofacerat , ri the appearance and exemplary steadiness of the soldiers, took leave of them, and immediately left the ground. By a letter from an officer on board the Batavia, which sailed from St. Helena, on the of May, it appwrs that Iltionaparte has rOcovered from his sulky tit, and condescends to take what exercise ho gun, Ll 6 ho finds he cannot take what he wished. He has pro bably rAiriquished.all hope of benefiting from a sea rv~age. Paris Papers to the 231 inst. have just arrived. The Duke of NVellington had a long audience of the French King on Sunday ; and it is again reported that a fur- ther diminution of the Allied Artnio; in Franco is to take ritve. The restoration of the Royal Power in Pernambeco has been formally announced in the Official Gazette of Lisbon. Wedr.esdoy a Mint was - hell by the East India- House, fitr the election of u Dircetor in the room - of R. .. Parry, Esq. del:east:3, when Itobrt Campbell, Esq. was THE ELWES Poosravv.—Tbe dot) , paid •to Go.. elected. The Bank of Scotland, and the Royal Bank, have verament oo dd.; itomcose property, which has lately announced that in pre. tian S f.er cent- will be .al- a-gtvna- 1 front N'lf• 30411 Lees, on of the ee:ebzu.ttzl 'lowed by theta .for rooney.loe.ged pt .their respective Elwes, is a.ud to ::. , w)litt to nearly 40,00401, offices. :The polioet ,iar.hiun base prod:teed a sehisra The expellees - incorred hanling up the ii.ent, of among; the I . .E.vesy 'female who wears lobe gou§, at .I ) ,(yeatAitb, am estiaaatztl. atait 1550(11: petticoats is now tat donla as havii% thick lop.