The National Register. — London, England, 1815-07-09 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. hail fregnently advised him to remit Something of his exer tions in !stabile affairs.—No man will be more sensibly missed by the r aple as one of their Reps esentut ives, fir no man was more more undaunted, more faithful in watching over their interest.:, rot sno:c ardent in asserting their rights. /1 0 had the good o ld K atz ii.h elnaacter of epetasess and ity. Ito called things by their t w o , ranks, and his detestation of eves:, thing in the nature of a j,:ts,mtle him the tettor of deiinvents. His death will be an tini ;.ersal sootee of sorrow to the country, and now that Cottrtiets are i(-1( a •l'a from his eastightion, even they will do jitsttee to Isis talents ;Mt/ integtitv. Mr. IVlsithread was a man most thishuhil and zealous in the disrilarge of all the duti es: Of (10111eSiie life ; 11114121111, ii!:I:CF, friend, and master, his conduct Was in the highest decree ex e snplary ; it is mine cessaty, then fore, to tay what affliction 11i4 death must have diffused through his bon+elinid and connections. To Fall Grey, with whom' he was so intimately milted in pclities, lie and his family were also mote closely bound by the ties of affinity; Ns. Whitbread was married to a sister of Isis Lotd-hip ; and Cein tnisioner Sir George Grey, his Lerdsliit.%'s brattier, was married to Mr. Whitlread's sister. He died in his 57111 year, leaving Lady Elinheth, Iris wife, With two sons and two danghtues, to lament a 1a.,, great to society, and to them irreparable. William livitry, 6, ! v et soli, nearly of age, will inherit the landed estates, fall Its unit;, per anenm ; the eldest daughter was milled, a short time since, so the brother of the Fail .of Waltlegrave. A consillerahfe potcriv in the ftmds, awl the kree capital is the extensive brewely, films whence the fortime of tie family was derived, are expected to be :siva tinned as an ample provision for the junior child' en, Tor embarrassments of Drnryslime Thea're are 010'1) kis a cause for the shove dreadful catastrophe ; there are other reports, but too ridiculous to think of. DRAMATIC REGISTER. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. Miss O'Neill has added congicetably to the fame she had previously acquired, by her admirable representation of the character of Jane Shore. Our confined limits preclude the possibility of our doing adequate justice to her inimitable and affecting performance, which was throughout so transcend antl`• great, that were we to particularize every passage in which she excel:ed, we should transcribe the whole (ha tactcr. Every-look and gesture of this excellent actress, conveyed to the imagination the most pathetic _picture of the suffering peni•ent. The sudden and transitory gleam of joy which steals over her countenance, when informed by Gloster that she has it in her power to do the Icahn much service, and the eager anxiety with which she replies i'oll!"where or how?--Can my unworthy hand Become an instiouncot of good to any. Could not be more happily express( d. The placid resigna tion with which she hears the cruel sentence pronounced against her by the tyrant, when sl.e opposes his treasonable wishes, was most admirably depicted ; and the fervent and natural manner in which he supplicates for resolution to bear such an accumulation of misery, drew firma the au dience thunders of applause. In the last scene, when Shore has thrown off his dispnise, and appears before her, as her wi!lt the intention of alleviating her misfortunes and forgiving her faults, she :was gr eat beyond the powers of description. .The agonised manner in which she exclaims— " It is in lio,bind !" The convulsive and heart-broken exclamation that precedes he" fainting, presented so faithful a poi tiait of the anguish hich such a situation must necessarily have produced upon ans erson vossessing her acute sensilrili y, that for a moment f0 , ! . ; 0t tile actress, and regarded the scene before us as the spot famous emanations of the heart of an unfortunate fe male, ".ho had been guilty, but not depraved, and whose (relines were at that moment worked up to the highest pitch, by Aceing ti it die very main whom aha had the molt injured 443 was the first to 'nave every danger to cherizh and support her in her affliction. If the merit of a performer is at aihto , he estimated by the effect which his exertions produce uron the audience, then Miss O'Neill possesses an unbounded share; for me saw scarcely a single countenance that was not suffused with tears when the curtain fell. Mrs. l'aueit rerresented A lido ; it is true that the characteristics of tbis part are violent passions arid unrestrained sentiments; it is possible however to " tear a passion to tatters," and to out. herod Herod." Mrs. V. should remember that the busittrs• of an actor is " to hold as 'twere the mirror up to Nature," Mr. Young in Hastin , s was most excellent, it would be impossiLle fur the most rigid critic to find fau!t with any part of his performance. Mr. Egerton as Gloster was higs..dy respectable. A new farce was hrnught put on the same evening calla the " Two Dr. Hottes," and we should have imagined that these dis,:iplus of Est ulapins would have stept into very swag practice, as they met with a considerable shale of applau;e; we were deceived, however, a:: they are withdrawn firms the public notice. The piece possesses considerahly more merit than many others of the same description which are frequently represented; and although the dialogue contains no very brilliant flashes of wit, it is sufficiently above me. dioctity to keep the attention alive to the many laughable incidents with which this Lice is replete, The characters were uncommonly well supported. Matthews as A Scotch - apothecary kept the house in a roar of laughter, It is on. necessary to give a detail of the plot, as the piece is with. di awn, from what reason we cannot even guess, as it Was an• uounced for repetition almost nein. dig. POETRY, ADDRESS. IN HONOUR OF TILE 1311,101M1L WELLINGTOY, SPOKEN BY DIRS• EDWIN, AT TIZEATHE FOYAL, OftUl2ll LANE', ON MONDAY MOUT. NIRITTEN BY S. J. ARNOLD, E. Oh ! for that " Muse of Fire!" whose burning pen Records the God-like deeds of valiant men ! Then might our humble, yet aspiring sere, Our matchless Hero's matchless deeds rehearse, llnt, pour the tribute of these artless lays, Superior deeds demand super ier Yet may this simple verse our zed imp;:rt, And find acceptance flow the grateful heart. Oh, to that Power he prai,e! whose gracious Innid Ontstreteli'd to save the guardian of our land Who, 'mid the fiercest shock of vior's alarms, Preserv'd the Hero to his country's arms ! Next, let the joyous 1 , 011!:, with loud areluiir, Record our WELLINnToN'S Mush ions name ! nigh !Imo' the air let shouts of tiitimph And bear that name exnl:ing to the skies ! Lo ! where our arms his oft-tried valour gniilvs, High o'er his !wirer victory presides ! Yet chid, and foremost of each elotions chtim, ins 16st great art has fisid his deatiale , s fame. When with o'ers behnii , g ferce NAeor.roN ironed Along our scanty hues l is (lc prate horde, Calm mid the din to where his banner was'd, Sriing the hr.ld Awi nun, and Coe w o:N.1 was sav'd On eitl.er side, the in.q.,hard troops advance, Biitiwniats here, and there the fibs of France ! Here, 13r itaites Suns, with swelling hearts, iuvito 'file germ of battle, and provoke the iht - s gity g. 111 1 \