The National Register. — London, England, 1817-10-13 00:00:00

16. As bad beerr antkiipatea, Government have come to the resolution of issuing Exchequer Bills bearing an interest of only '2d. 'per day. Friday, at a late hour of the day, official notice was in consequence of this de termination, given by Eta Bank of England to the Stock Exchange, that all bills dated November 1816, -you'd be paid off, or exchanged fiw new bills bearing aterest k the rate of Qd. per dav, till the 30th inst, Ihe bills to be taken to the Exchequer °dim by the t'.4th of the present month. When the notice, which was printed, reached the stock Exchaage, the business of the day was nearly over, as on a former occasion, and a great portion of the principal brokers and jobbers had left the house, so that the operation of the mea sure upon the funds could not be' tried. So far, how ever, success seemed to attend the plan, that the new bills, by anticipation, bore a premium of abont sixteen. shillings. The Prince Regent's Court.— Friday, at three o'clock, the Prince Regent held a Court at Carlton house, when the Duke de San Carlos, the Spanisn Am bassador, was introduced to his Royal Highness by Lord Castlereagh. His Excellency had a closet audi ence of the Regent, delivered his credentials, and was most graciously received. Afterwards, his Excellen ey's suite was introduced. They came to'Court in the French Ambassador's carriages, with the servants in the state liveries. Baron Humboldt, the Prossiam Ambassador, has had a closet audience of the Prince Regent, delivered his credentials, and was most graciously received. His Excellency and suite came to Court in Prince Ester hazy, the Austrian Ambassador's carriages, attended by the servants in their state liveries. On Saturday last the High Sheriff of the County of Dublin presented addresiesto Lord Whitworth and Mr. Peel, from a numerous and respectable assemblage of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of that County, held at Kilmainham on the preceding day. To the private cha racter of the respectable Nobleman who is on the point of retiring from the Government of Ireland, as well as to that of his amiable Consort, the most just and candid testimony is borne in the following paragraph, which we extract from the Dublin Evening Post, well known forits inveterate political hostility to the existing Ad ministration : " We believe whatever may be the difference of Party amongst us—whatever the heart-burnings and recriminations, to which all Parties, in their turn, have had such frequent and unfortunate recourse, there is but ore feeling on the subject of Lord Whitworth 's private virtues, and of the meekness with which he bore his faculties while discharging the duties of the Vice-Re gal Government in this Country. As to the Duchess of Dorset, her departure will be felt and lamented by every friend to goodness and humanity. May her suc cessor imitate her fair example." On Saturday at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Oflice, which was attended by the Earl of Liverpool, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lords Sidmouth, Castlereagh, and Bathurst, and Mr. Canning, The Council was summoned by Lord Castle reagh, and it was supposed to be for the purpose of take ing into consideration the dispatches brought by Mr. Mayers, the King's Messenger, from Lord Cathcart, our Ambassador at St. Petersburg. The Council did not break up till past four. CAUTION TO ARTISANS—The several Gazettes for sane time past have contained abstracts of Acts of Par liament, passed in the reigns of their late Majesty's King George I. and 11. and of his present Majesty George 111. stating the pains and penalties the sub jects of this realm arc liable to, who entice any artizan or mantiliicturer out of these kingdoms ; and also cx tcndit to those who are any way instrumental thereto, as well as the punishments, to the artificers or manu facturers themselves. Under the statute 5 George I. ..bap. 27, any person who shall contract with, entice, or solicit any artificer in wool, iron, steel, brass, or other metal, watchmaker, or other artificer out of the kingdom, 1001. penalty, three month's imprisonment, and till the fine be paid. By the statute 23 George 11. chap. 43, if an artificer in wool, mohair, cotton, silk, or in iron, steel, brass, or other metal, or any clock-. maker, watchmaker, &c. a fine of 5001. and imprison ment. Penalties of 1001. and 2001. to be levied by the aforesaid acts on any person or persons who knowing ly permit tools used by manufacturers in this country to be shipped for exportation. MALMAISON.—Cone of our tourists have said, that the Prussians, aided by British bayonets, destroyed the paintings, furniture, and valuables, of this favour ite abode of Josephine. A. person at present in France says—" I was surprised to find the paintings and fur niture iritici; and on inquiry was informed that some inconsiderable mischief had been done by a few strag glers from the I'russian army, before the entry of the Allies into Paris; but that not even a detachment cf the regular army bad entered the premises. On such slight grounds are stories created, and animosities in creased! In the house, Lord Combermere and General Vandelcur had, afterwards, the head-quarters of the cavalry:. We have in several preceding numbers dwelt upon the dangers which are to be apprehended from the sys tem of piracy, pursued by bands of lawless ruffians, sailing under what they call the Spanish Patriot Hag; and we have more than once adverted to the mistaken policy of the government of the United States of Ame rica, in affording facilities for the out-fit of such ves sels, and fire the disposal of their plunder in American ports On this subject we copy the ffillowin,g from an American paper, glad to observe that there is at least one man in the United States, whom cupidity has not blinded to the calls of humanity and the principles of honour : " Under the pretence of aiding the cause of the Spanish Patriots, they sully forth on the high road of nations in pur suit of the enemies of liberty. They board and overhaul every thing they meet, and the character of the vessel is generally determined by the number of Spanish dollars that may be found on board. If allegros none of these on board, why then patriotism will let her run ; but if a few thousands should happen to he found, pure patriotism is sure to fall in love with them, and• Ole vessel, beyond all doubt belongs to Ferdinand and the Spanish inquisijion. With their coadeet or patriotism, however, vie have nothing to do; ealy it does seem to us that the Government ought to take such steps as will prevent them from coinproarising the peace, and tarnish. ing the honour of the country. We are led to the above retlectious by seeing la the Baltimore papers that another pri- vateer, calling herself the Buenos Ayrean arvernment selsooner,General San Martin, Deiter, has arrived there from a cruise of five mouth., Lest from the coast of Spain. But a few days since, one was detected, if our memory serves us right, smuggling on shore her ill-gotten booty in some of the bye creeks in the vicinity of Baltimore. Another was not long since found in the river Delaware, ran on shore and deserted, first taking rare to unload and secure all the " pa triotism" she bad on board. The Chesapeake-bay has for along time been NA asylum for them, w here they refit, recruit and victual, contrary to law ; and yet the Government take: no notice of it. This is not right, and every man who pro. perks' estimates the character of Ins country will feel indig nom that the ports and harbours of the United Statesshould become the refuge of buccaniers." NATICVAI: REt4ST.eit. PIRATICAL PATRIOTS! CONSPIRATORS OF THE BLACK PIN. The trial of the conspirators °retie Black Pin, was proceded in on Tuesday the 30th alt, before the Assize Court at Paris. About nine o'clock the Clerk delivered in the list of witnesses for the Crown, with the list of those, amounting to 20 or 30, that were cited by the prisoners. Charles Sionnier was ad mitted an evidence for the prosecution, and confirmed the testimony he originally gave against Com retrioulio who did not deny the declaration of Monier, exceptiug as to his adhering to the plan lie received from the latter on the 12th of May, on which he had consulted his bosom friend M. F. Onfresene, who rejected it, and he himself Insult it the following day, and destroyed the directions for the attack on Vincennes.— The principal witness now produced for the prosecution was are Grimaldi, a police agent, who contrived to get introduced by Beaunder to the Loose of Bonnet, its the Rae de Renspart, where the conspirators met, and discussed the propriety of forming a society to liberate Preece from a foreign yoke. Bon net and Crouzet, two of the accused, protested with vehe mence against lb testimony of Grimaldi. Vie proceedingswere resumed on Wednesday, and after a further examination of witnesses on mutters of hiding importance, the Advocate General addressed the Jury on the part of the prosecution.— He entered at some length into a detail of the circuinst which legally constituted a p , ot, and which he defined to be a wicked design against the Government between two or more persons. This he contended had been fully brought home to the accused. He next reviewed the evidence as it affected each of the prisoners, but at the same time recapitu lated those parts of it which he allowed to he calculated to make a favourable impression upon the Jury. On Thursday the Advocates of Contreinceilia and the bro thers Dnelos were examined ow behalf of the former. The defence of Croutet and pusses was postponed to the fol lowing morning, when M. Mocand, a youug Advocate of promising talents made a most able defence for Bonner, in which lie contended that no circumstances had been stated to lead any one to believe in the existence of a plot. He ana madverted with great severity on the conduct of Grimaldi, the informer, whose bad moral character, he argued rendered him a Most suspicious winess unsupported as his evidence was by any other testimony. M. Maiiguin, advocate of Croazet, took a rapid sketch of the political etnithied of his client, which he asserted had been most harmless, and successively impugned the testimony of Grimaldi and the Commissioner ofPolice of Thoulonse, whom lee contended hail been influenced by prejudice and hatred against the prisoner, whose son, a lad of only 16 years of age lie hail arrested, and sentenced to 3 months imprisonment, because lie had traced the fuo lib of a bird upon the salad. M. the Presideut.—What was the bird, the fusni of which was traced un tLe floor ? M. Mauguin.—They pretended it was an eagle. (A laugh in Court.) The President asked the accused and their advocates whe ther they had any thing to add in their defence % They an swered in the negative, on which the Court adjourned to the following day. Ou the 4th the Court met again, when the Jury after a de libel anion of seven hours returned a verdict of—Not °witty, An artiele in the Hamburgh papers under date, Switaerland Sept. 2e, says : " A negotiation hail been commenced, and was nearly concluded, with Mr. Planta, of the Bi 3litsenno, respect ing the purchase of a very fire cabinet of nattiraLlistory at Schaffhausen, which consists of rare petreftetions, conchilia, minerali,&e. and la the property of Mr. Amount. These ne gociations ate, however, brokun off, beranse the Excherpser (or the Treasu►y) refused its• coment, and that for a reason whirl is very strange for England, because its finances were not in a condition to allow of such a purchase." NAVAL AIICIUTECTURE.--.-The Eden, lately sunk u an experiment for the cure of the dry-rot, has been minutely surveyed to ascertain the result, which ap pears to answer every expectation. The. Mersey is to undergo the MIK tretitMellt., DRURY-LANE. An attempt was made by the managers of this house two seasons ago, to revive the 06scenity of the last age. and the attempt met with the deserved reprobation of the public. They have now changed their ground, and brought forward the Dulness of the same period. This last attempt is certainly the most harmless of the two, but we have our doubts whether it will be any jot more productive to the treasury. The Cobkr of Pres ton has been followed by Cibber's Refusal: a play which never possessed anypowerful attractions, even at the pe riod at which it was written, and which being Nairn:- ed upon a subject of a wholly temporary nature, maid not be expected to improve as it grew older, Mr. Kean made his first appearance for the season on Monday, in his, favourite part of Richard. Some flail ish friend threw a wreath upon the stage to him, which appeared to have paralysed his efforts, for his perfonnance throughout was tame and feeble. The performance on Thursday evening of Otway's deeply affectiag tragedy, Venice Preserved, laid claim to more than ordiaary interest as it returned to the London stage, an actor of acknowledged worth, and gave us a debutante, in the highest department of the drama. Mr. H. Johnston as Pierre, and Miss Camp— bell from the Dublin theatre, were the novelties of the night. In the play before us the poet has drawn his characters less from fancy, than from reality. His own breast and knowledge of human kind, added to the fire of his genius, have marked every feature and operation with the most perfect verisimiltude, and consequently produced resistless effect. His principal personages. afford, a felicitous display of the contrarieties of our nature. The inflexible and haughty Pierre, thirsting for vengeance against the oppressors of his country, yet heedless of the consequences as regards the oppressed, obdurate in his hate, daring in his caeiduet but boundless in his confideneeand tender in his friendship. The gene zoos but vacillating Jaffier, bound by the most so lemn ties to the cause of liberty, yet seduced through the ardour of his affection, to betray his sacred trust, and signalizing his repentance, by self immolation ; the virtuous and all-lovingßdoederolostbufinherhusband's smiles, dignified,yet not superior to cunning, indignant resentful, yet melting into kindness, and existing only with the life of her soul's idol, presents *combination of merits and defects of perfections and infirmities, blen ded with such exquisite skill and force, that to affix an adequate idea of the author's excellence, arank next on. ly to Shakespeare must be ascribed. It would indeed mere that the mantle of our immortal bard, bee been left in the hands of Otway, that his soul had participa ted of that fire, which gave birth tothe formeesinspira floe. Mr Johnston's effort as Pierre was distinguished by many excellencies. His look, gestures, and action, fully identified the self-described, fine gay and bold faced villain," and not unfrequently reminded us of the late Mr. Cook. Still, it must be admitted, his per formance was nut wholly perfect ; his action was some what redundant, and more equanimity in the manage-. men of his voice had been highly desirable. Thep ; however, are merely corrigible faults sal ich may be traced to the erroneously elevated standard of pro vincial requisites to which hie exertions have been so long submitted. He is evidently a valuable acquisi— tion to the strength of the company. Of Mies Campbell's qualifications, we do not hesitate to pronounce them of the fi rst or der. ' She is well formal, her countenance if not soft is interesting, and although apparently incapable of much variety of ex pression, i• nevertheless intelligible and highly succes ful in giving effect to the delineation of strong feeling. Her voice is powerful and naturally melodious ; but, which, from its unacquaintance with its due regu lation applicable to the arena of the house, frequently burst beyond its stieugth ; she is evidently conversant with the business of the stage, and detailed the woes and sufferings concomitant on Belvedere's wayward tate with a poignancy and truth that awakened the most lively sympathies, and found access to every aperture of our heart. Her expostulation with Jaffler, and reference to if, ates's conduct to Portia, united the fullest weight of dignity and energy, and every prin ciple of offended and wounded pride. Her distractiou and death were also conspicuous for the excellence of her acting. In the tender attributes of the part, she was .not altogether suceessfill ; her assumption, as re ganls these, was more demonstrative than natural. Upon the whole, her effort is one of the must extra ordinary promise, and if inferior to that of Miss O'Neill, is only so in a general sense. The romance of Regan tiao followed, in which, Mr. H Johnston represented the Bravo with terrific effect. COVENT-0 ARD RN- TriEATIE: On Wedr.enluy Miss %Intros attempted the eharac. ter of Piolatde, in the-Woader., If she did not come up to that standard of 'excellence which a London au- - diem.% expects in their part, it.must be attributed rt ther toles lack of /cars than lack of talent. She is a girl of amazing promise, and only requires age to per ftet those lessons. which she has learnt in an excellent school. Pgs THE Dltdilg;':'