The National Register. — London, England, 1815-09-24 00:00:00

SEPT. DEATH OF MRS. CLARKE. A passenger arrived at Brighton in the Lord 'Welling ton says, that the celebrated Mrs. Mary Ann Clarke, after a severe illness, and great agony, expired at Morel's .Marine Rotel, at Rouen, on Tuesday last. DRAMATIC REGISTER. COVENT GARDEN. The arduous and interesting character of Hamlet, was, on Monday evening represented by Mr. Charles Kemble ; this gentleman's personal appearance is admirably adapted to convey to the imagination of the audience a faithful pic ture of the young and elegant Danish prince, aird, although we cannot consider his performance entitled to ra'nk as a first rate, we may safely affirm that it was almost uniformly good, and sometimes approached even to excellence. A determination to revenge the death of his father, whose me mory he cherishes with the most enthusiastic affection,forms the leading trait . in the character of Hamlet, and of this Mr. K. never lost sight. His speech to the Ghost was judi ciously delivered, and impressed us with the idea, that, al though he was determined to follow it, in order to clear up, if possible, his suspicions relative to his father's death, lie was not destitute of that awe and fear which such a sight must necessarily occasion; this was certainly the in tention of Shakespeare, and our transcendent bard would doubtless have been much astonished and mortified, to have witnessed, as we have, on Provincial Boards, the Ghost of the departee! King driven as it were from the stage by the pugilistic attitude and appearance of his son. When Horatio informs hamlet that he has beheld the ghost of his departed sir-e, there was a coolness, and a want of emo tion in the mjnner in which the reply of " S aw ! Who ?" was delivered, which we should Kish to see rectified; such information must produce astonishment amounting even to amazement, and should not be received as the recital of an ordinary and uninteresting occurrence. In the closet scene he was eminently successful, his countenance and manner in the passage of `' This was your Husband," was admirably expressive of the veneration he is supposed to feel for the memory of his father; his delivery, and corresponding action when uttering "T 6 is is your Husband,"&c. justly marked his abhorrence of his uncle's depravity, heightened as . it were by being contrasted with the de scription of his murdered and virtuous parent. in the grave scene when flamlet discoiers accidentally from the words of Laertes that Ophelia is no more, we think there was an appearance of frigid indifference in Mr. K. which should be avoided, for although in the first act llu►nlet declares he will " Wipe away all trivial fond records" from his memory, it is not possible he could behold the funeral of the lovely Ophelia without feeling at the mo ment, the most poignant anguish. In the more empas sioned parts of this scene, he was particularly felicitous; and, in the dying scene, in the last act, he deservedly re ceived loud and continued applause. Upon the whole, we are of opinion, that Mr. C. Kern!)le's hamlet is eha .4:qerised, generally ; by a just couceptioa of aohor; ...T"..l.esnorwer.EP..•• ()NAL REGISTER. dl9 but, that in some scenes he might impart to it niest- orgy with considerable advantage and improlement, at ti., same time we confess we had much rather see ate actor ; catt.fol not to _ " (Yerstep the tuat!cAy of Nature." than run into the opposite extreme, and " Out littud Herod," merely for the purpose of "Splitting the ears of the groundlings." • '1 11. The Maid and the Magpie succeeded Hamlet : we fer this piece at the Lyceum : it is there much shorter, and, the Justice is not. represented as a bufheon,. which is tobe, case both at this house and Drury Lane. MP. Fat ley's Jew brogue does not sit easy upon him, it savours quite as much, if not more, of the Irishman than the Israelite. A young lady, a Miss M'Alpin, made her first appear ance on any stage, at this Theatre, on Wednesday evening in Ariel; she has a pleasing, but not powerful voice : Lc figure is- light and interesting. She will no doubt, prove a considerable acquisition to the vocal dein,' tinent of the Theatre, when her powers are more matured, for she is evi dently very young. Miss Hughes, a young lady long celebrated for her transcendaut musical talents, orrt he Dublin stage, and well known in this Metropolis as a first rate vocal perf( liner at the Hanover-square Collect t Rooms, made her first n [pc ar ance at Covent Garden Theatre, in the cha4ach r of Alan-, dime, on Friday last, and Intl with Oft most currplete suc cess. She received loud and reiterated applause from a crowded audience, and we have no hesitation in sayit4, that she will pro►c a very. valuable acquisition to the MI,- nagers and a source of infinite delight to the Publ;c. . In the "Soldier tir'd " she Ni'as universal) , encored, !eti would have been obliged to repeat it a third time, had it not been for the interference of a part of the auditlxe. The Opera was announced for repetition amidst thunders of applause. COURTS MARTIAL.-- A court martial, held at Dublin, the Hon. Lieut.-Col. Mullins, 44th regiment, iscon duct at New Orleans, has acquitted him of cowaidict . hut sentenced him ti be cashiered.—Lieut. Michael o'rlatina glian, of the Bth Foot, has been tiled at :Il,,titre I, Canada. and found guilty of misbehaviour bt fore the enemy, by lay . ing on the ground, and quitting his post while the enemy was engaged, Lie is sentenced to be cashiered. Some tcaLrai.,h tars, whose appearatice bespoke they , ha , '. squanciercd away their hard-earned wages, recently pas , in4; their former Comtnander, in plain clothes, exclaimed, ‘• pulling off hats now." To which the (Alice' . very aptly ic• plied, " Nor any piping to dinrier either " WALKING 111.1TC11. SEVENTH On Satnrd.►y Blackheath pi eseutt d a scene of mucl► gaiety and good liumoisr. Booths of all de et ;pllOl%. tbr the sale of tool and liquors, wt re erected in evety to rxetir tl.e po pulace( which was extremely numerous), to pat take of thu.e liquor% and provisions. I:ands of music playt d, colours welt' flying, and the fineness of the weather conjoined to attract thon.ands„ The Magistracy, however, thu.:Jit that the serite was iticreasing to an. evil, which would, if permitted to (soot ionic on Solidity, r• quirt. the Aiagistei ial interference; they accoitlii.,lly cosigregart .1, d dis. cussed the matters as far as regarded the legality of tile p•um L (Aloe, an d th e ce r o e Tt etici• was a refusal iu let bun welk eu ILL Sabbatl,. y. U A-41 . NA'