The National Register. — London, England, 1812-05-31 00:00:00

Pm"' I MAY 31. our etcnAltums. Every body knows, that his manner, which is pecu liar to himself, is full of floridity and sweetness ; that !use colouring, rerhaps the most forcible of the English school, never fails to pro duce a most admirable effect; that his imagination is abundant and fertile; and his genius fraught with all which is worthy of imitation in ancient and modern lore. These assertions will find their best proofs in the numerous Drawings, Sketches, and finished Pictures, which constitute his Gallery. Several have been exhibited before, and yet the pleasure of seeing them again is increased by the opportunity of comparing the fellow offsprings of the same pallet. Who would not be deligkted in looking, over and over again, at the attentive child "Iffred listening to the Songs of the Bards, from the mouth of his beautiful mother Who could ever be tired of playing, in imagination, with the ./qfittet Bacchus; or of telling his beads with the Manic at his Devotions? The Reproof of Henry 111. to the remonstrating Prelates ; the Death rf .Tantes 11. at St. Germain en Laye ; the compartment of the Achillean Shield, where the mental powers of Mr. WESTALL conceived, as FioNsza did, and executed with the boldness of RUBENS, Will always, and infallibly, excite admiration. His Sleeping Bacchante, surrounded with all the brilliancy of blooming nature, would keep awake for many hours, any one who has taste. But when we enter the small room where his l'ic ture of DiotiTSRYS AND DAMOCLES is exhibited, what impression dues it not make upon our mind ? The frightened courtier at the unexpected sight of the pendulous dagger—the wreath of fresh roses just fallen from his head—his attitude, where expression detracts nothing from elegance—the majestic and austere look of the King—the beautiful fonris who attend upon the ephemerous happiness of Damocles—the costly vases, the amber caskets. the golden chair, the tasteful and classical ornaments of this superb Csenactilurn, blazing with all the glow of Sicilian splendor; and, above all, the magic colouring of the magnificent vests and draperies, which does not look like light reflect ed, but has the inimitable brilliancy of light itself transmitted through pieces of the finest stained-glass ; every thing contributes to the general effect, which is truly wonderful, and gives to Mr. WI:Al - ALL a new claim to that tribute of admiration, which he has long been in the ha bit of receiving at the hands of an enlightened Public. *.• The Observations upon the Exhibition at Somerset House in our next. DRAMATIC RI GISTER. LYCEUM.- 6, HOW TO DIE FOR LOVE." Most of the pieces produced at our theatres for the List ten veers , have been either translations or imitations, and if we are to judge front their number, the prohibitory Decrees of France have had no effect on the importation of dramatic trash. Operas, melu-dramas, farce., al most every kind of theatrical entertainments have rained down upon our stage, from the neighbouring country, and French authors have been more successful than Napoleon's boasted warriors ; for whilst these have been kept aloof from our shores, the former have both invaded and taken possession of our land. Neither has France alone a right to boast that she supplies our stage. Germany, before her, sent us all her wild combinations of strained sentiment and unsound morality, and oc casionally still intrudes upon us some of her lesser productions ; for a faint revival of taste having banished her horrors from our stage, only her fooleries are now admitted. Among the latter may be reeked the new Farce callcd " How to Die for Love!" represented the week before last for the first time at the Lyceum Theatre. It is a translation of one of Kotzebue's most mo dern and harmless plays " Blind Gelader," and contains many ludicrous situations and the bustle generally expected in such pieces. The plot turns upon the singular resolution of Charlotte (Miss KELLY,) who is besieged by two lovers, to prefer him only who shall remain the longest upon the demesne of the Baron, (Mr. Pt NSori,) hence arise nu merous artifices between Bloomingfleld (Mr. WRIENCii,) and Turnwit De aftste,) and their servants Trap (Mr. K ran tur,) anti Trick (Mr. OESERRYO to induce each other to quit the premises. At length a mock quarrel Is excited by one of the parties, which is seriously adopted by the other, when they both fire, and Tarawa falls ; upon which B l99,ll ingfeeld, who supposes his rival mortally wounded, escapes to save hits life; during which time the Baron and Clairton,: come to enquire into the nature of the fracas; when Tur,ituit, hearing that Blooming fold had Passed the boundary, jumps up elated, and claims the hand of Cht‘rlol tr 33.5 '1 his piece which was produced fur Miss KELLY'S benefit, but which has since kept possession of the stage, excites much laught.-r ; and COn sequently gains too much on the good humour of the audience not to prove attractive. It afforded a good opportunity for the display of the excellent comic abilities employed in it, and as it offers no particular points to censure, so it deserves but the general praise of being amusing. THE NATIONAL REGISTF,R. FASHIONS FOR JUNE. MORNING DISH/MLLE.—An high dress of fine French cambric or plain Indian muain , richly embroidered round the bottom with a de-:p border; a demi sleeve, ornamented a-Tantigue surmounting the long sleeve, which is finished at the wrist by a narrow raffle ; the bast adorned partly en militaire, partly a-Pantique, to correspond with the demi sleeve: the whole of the upper part of the dress ornamented by a profusion of lace,and finished at the throat by an old English ruff. Pea sant's cap, with two rows of lace set on full, confined under the chin by a band formed of the same material as the cap, and terminating in a bow on the crown. Plain black kid or jean slippers. EQUESTRIAN COS LUBA E.—An habit of bright green, ornamented down the front, and embroidered at the cuffs d /a pti/iiaire with black. Small riding hat of black beaver, fancifully adorned with gold carats and tassels, with a long ostrich feather of green in front ; or a green hat with black tassais and black feather. Black halt-boots laced and fringed with green. York tan gloves. When this dress is worn as a cuncle or walking costume, it is made as a pelisse without the riding jlcket, and confined mind the waist by a fancy belt of black and green.—This hahit was made by Mr. S. Clark, 37, Golden square, whose superiour taste iu articles of this description has becii s* genrcaliy admired. LAW LVI'LLLIGt:NCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAT €2B. I'ARNIER V. DEERING. This was an action brought to recover the 5 Inn of •01. Si. represented to be the rent for a year and a quarter, of premises possessed by the defendant. ThcEe premises were in Catherine.lane, and had been in the posses sion of a widow lady, of the name of Mn.-i Mary Maclaskic, who, permitting herself to be wooed by one of ;ter lodgers, of the name of Dck,:ing, thought proper to ni::rry him. Thi, ceremony was acconi plished.!ii the month of June, 1810. The parish clerk attended with the marriage register, and proved the certainty of the wedding by the curate, the whole of which was attested br the wedded lady in a manner s:';ric what common amongst the Engliih peasantry—with her lunrk. From this period, the rent was ch:i.ned in the name of Joseph Farmer, his brother, Richard, having been in the h;tblr of lifting the rents, under his authority, for a considerable period of time. On the part of the defendant, it was maintained, that the name of Richard Farmer stood the lease, upon the receipts for rent, awl. upon every communication hetween him ard the tenants, and [oat the name of Joseph Farmer, the present plaintiff, was never before heard et. Several persons were calk d, who oroved thc accuracy of the Learned Counsel's assertions, and inentione l d that a rent of six shillings per week had been duly tendered to Richard Farmer, who refused to ac cept of a farthing lass than ten shillings per wcck, which, it had beer: stipulatA, would be given when he repaired the premises. The house was in such an untenable state, that sailors alone would venture to lodge within the walls. And a pretty modest little girl said, that she had to pin up tarpaulins to preserve the countenances of the sailors from being smitten with every storm which arose, and which, but for her exertions, would have fennd ready admittance. The Jury, without hesitation, nonsuited the plaintiff. COURT 01 nING S BENCH, MAY 28. r. ARNER v. FLOWER. The plaintiff in this case is a f irmer, and the defendant is a person who keeps horses in the tieighlrrlrhood of Whitechapel. It appeared that the plaintiff sold the defendant a load of clover hay for 61. 63. but on examining the several trusses after delivery, it turned out that eight of them were detective, avd defendant insisted that they should he ex changed for eight other trusses; this the plaintiff could not agree to, but be was desirous of making defendant any rtiler3nable and flir allow ance for them which should be thought just: to this defend.. t would not consent, and he took out a summons zi,;ain;t the thiver of the plain tiff's cart, for selling eight defective trusses, and the Magistrates fined the party 2s. 6d. a truss for each of the eight trusses, which the plain , if of course was obliged to pay ; still defendant did not think fit to pay the 61. 6s. for the whole load, but kept all the hay, good and bad. For this the plaintiff brought his action. On behalf of the defendant, it was argued ray Mr. Garroxv, that in:l,i -much as the plaintiff had not performed his part of the agto- rtnr. namely, that of delivering an emir, laud of perfect, good, an-i clover bay, he could not recover,