The National Register. — London, England, 1821-10-21 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHTS GAZETTE. , BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. J. Goodwin. Bristol, coal merchant. J. P. and W. Finnstone, Sedgley, Staffordshire, iron and coal masters. S. Gleatc, Warrington, Lancashire, shopkeeper. BANKRUPTS. _ W. Steel, Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square. baker. Solicitor, Mr. Isaacson, Broad Coutt, Long Acre. J. and J. Surrey, Mark Lane, mealmen. Sole. Mears. Druce and Co. Billiter Square. DIVIDENDS. _ _ _ Nov. 10, T. Cnise, Chatham, brewer-17, D. Reid, Princes Street, Spitalfields, silk nianwfacturer —lO, J. Hudson) Birchin Lane, merchant -13, J. Barnwell, Leamington Priors, War wickshire, carpenter-13, J. Peele, Tower Street, sack manufac turer-6, J. Dowley, Willow Street, Banksitle, corn and coal merchant-17, J. Parker, Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square, goldsmith-17, R. Wilson, Bow Churchyard, merchAnt-13, J. Carruthers, Bristol, grocer-20. J. Henley, Hampstead Road, rectifier-24, 'f. Austin, J. Gregory, and J. Hinson, Bath, haberdashers-14, W. Akers, Uttozeter, Stafford, butcher-13, J. Shorey, Croydon, coal merchant-20, J. Golding, Colchester, Essex. tanner—lo, A. Gompertz, Great Winchester Street. merchant-111. J. Bromley, Circus Street, New Road, iron monger —to, T. H. Riley, Crawfurd Street, Marylebone, linen draper-10, J. William., Bishepsgate Street, linen draper—to, J. Wabey, Wellwyn, Herta, mealman-10, P, D. Abbott, Great Ormond Street, insurance broker-10, W. Lewis and J. A. Hen derson, Little Tower Street. wine merchants. CERTIFICATES to be granted Nov. 10. H. White, Graceelturch Street, merchant—J. Losses, Angel Court, Throgmorton Street, bill broker—J. R. West, Louth, Lincolnshire, coachmaker—T. E. V ipond. Newcastle upon Tyne, grocer—J. Wigln. Leadenhall Street, hatter-41 Bowman, Manchester, grocer...W. Tabberer, Hyde Street, Bloomsbury, factor—T. Bedford. Bristol, stationer. COURSE OF EXI Amsterdam, 12 17 C. F. Ditto, at sight, 12 14 Rotterdam, 12 18 Antwerp, 12 10 Hamburgh, 38 1 Altona, 58 2 Pail'', 3 days' eight, 25 75 Ditto, 26 5 Bourdeattx, 26 5 Frankfort on the Maine, 137 Petersborgh, Si 3 U. Vienna, Ef. Ho. 10 23 Trieste, El. Flo. 10 23 Madrid, 36—Cadiz, 36 Bilboa,3sl—Barcelona,3sl PRICE 04 Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 77i 3 per Cent. Euneela 78 3} per Cent. 87i 4 per Cent. 96i per Cent. Navy II I Loup Ann. 19 fit) THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Loußon : SUNDAY, OCTOBER V, -NON— The Agricultural Report, by a Committee of the House of Commons, which was ordered to be printed in June last, has at length appeared. It admits the distresses of the farmer, but the Com mittee having been appointed by that " most im pudent attempt to befool mankind," termed a ballot, which is, in the House of Commons, neither more nor less than u nomination of Ministers—the Mar quis of Londonderry had too many of his creatures in it to allow the most distant hint of the real cause of those distresses to escape them—the appointment, however, of a hundred Committees lan neither change the 'fact, nor prevent its being known, by any man of common sense : while the lavish expenditure of the public money by the existing Government continues—while the interest cf a debt of SQO millions (in exchange for which the English nation has the honour of being laughed at upon the Continent) is to be paid, the taxes must be enforced, and while that is done, distress must and will stare in the face, not the farmer only, but every one, of every class, who has to obtain an honest livelihood by the exercise of his abilities. This is a truth which Nit.. Coke has always insisted upon—a truth which no Agricultural Report can render controvertible. The nation sub mitted to an unnecessary, expensive, and, in many instances, dishonourable war—what are now the rewards? beggary and penury—a tax-gatherer's warrant or a workhouse. Such are the Tory tri umphs—such the blessings of the system introduced by " the pilot who weathered the storm," and so ruinously persisted in by Lords Eldon, Liverpool, and Castlereagh, with the horde of subordinates who would have gone twice as far if they had received as order to do so, though the ruin of their native land had been manifestly consequent. We have received the Paris Papers of Wednesday Lit. They announce that the King of France is :MANGE, Ocr. 19. Seville, 354—Gibraltar,1101 Leghorn, 461—Genoa, 431 Malta, 45—Venice, 27 GO Naples, 39}—Lisbon, Oporto, 50-13dhia, 5S Rio Janeiro. 4S} Palermo, I IS Dublin, 8i per cent. Cork, 9 per cent. Foreign gold iii bars,3l. Ile. 100. per oz. New Doubloons, I. I3s. 6d. New Dollars, 4s. 91. Silver in baisditatidarti, 4s. 100. STOCKS. Oninitim 0. Imp. 3 per Cent. hulks Bonds 71 India Stock Uri Exchequer Bills ss. prern. Cons. for Ac. 7h Lottery Tickets £lO 18s. THE TIONANAL REGISTER slightly indisposed. He is generally afflicted with a complaint in his legs in Autumn. but his general health is good. The city of Lyons appears to be visited periodically with political disquietude. It is occasionally agitated by some restless characters, similar to the Orange factions in Ireland. A dis turbance occurred in consequence of a toast having been given at a public entertainment, namely, gi Li berty and the Constitution"—this and other popular toasts were re-echoed by some persons near the Ta vern, which roused the choler and chagrin of the ultras, and the interference of the Municipal Au thorities was found necessary to restore order, or rather to suppress the harmless, if not salutary effervescence, of public opinion. According to ac counts from Madrid of the sth inst. the unhappy towns of Tortosa is filled with dcath, which is making gigantic strides, sweeping away whole fa milies, especially at Roquilla. Mequinenza is sur rounded with a cordon, and two unhappy persons, who had the temerity to pass it, have been stopped and given up to the rigour of the laws. A private letter from Marseilles, dated the ith inst. announces the entrance of two Spanish vessels into that port occasioned by dress of weather. The crews, on their knees, implored to be admitted in the Lazaret to, but were peremptorily refused, and not having put to sea again as ordered, the authorities threat ened to sink them, and mortars were ranged for that purpose, on seeing which they put to sea in despair. They were from Malaga. The Bishop of Tortosa has fallen a devoted victim to his humanity. He inhaled the baneful pestilence, and died the third day after the first symptoms of attack. The Spanish physicians do not agree in opinion respecting the frightful malady: some pronounce it the yellow fever, whilst others affirm that it the Guinea negro malady, or black vomit. Five French physicians arrived at Perpignan on the Bth inst., and set off again on the following day for Barcelona. Ministers, among the plans of retrenchment in immediate contemplation, mean to act upon the Re port of the Finance Committee respecting the office of Receivers-General of counties throughout the kingdom. There are at present two or more officers of this class in some counties, but it is proposed to reduce the number to one in each county. Their average income has hitherto been about 2,0001. a year, exclusive of the advantages of the regular ba lance, amounting to 6,5001. a year, which these officers are permitted to retain in their hands: but henceforth the compensation of the Receiver-Gene ral is to be red•jced to a dry salary of 6001. a year, without any other emolument, it being intended that no balance whatever shall in future remain in the hands of the Receiver-General,and even in cases where the business of a county is divided between two or more offices, the individual officer who un dertakes to do the whole on the lowest terms is to have the preference. As a consequence of the abo lition of the balance of 6,5001. the large securities now demanded from the Receivers-General, amount ing to 100,0001. and upwards, will no longer be required ; but surely, though this may be a good reason for reducing the security, it does not justify its total annihilation. The same quantity of'the public money will continue to pass through the hands of the Receiver-General, although it is not exposed in his hands to the same risk. The King's hounds, the whole of which were nearly destroyed by disease, at Brighton, last year, have been renovated this season by various couples of fine dogs, presented to his Majesty by the Earl Fitzwilliam, the Earl of Derby, and the Duke of Grateon. The breed of the Earl Fitzwilliam and the Earl of Derby are said to be the finest in the kingdom. Letters of administration of the personal estate and effects of the lute Christophe, King of Hayti, were, on the 3d instant, granted by the Prerogative Court, to his widow and relative, residing at Osborn's Hotel, in the Adelphi. The property within the Diocese of the Archbishop of Canterbury was sworn under 9,0001 The Irish have hitherto been•considered the mo nopolists of ammo/ay—we beg to put iii a claim on behalf of the Germans, and to substantiate that claim we need only refer to their account of the reception of our gracious Sovereign. Mr. Hieronymus and Mademoiselle Brunet are the only persons now remaining of the late Queen's domestics ; they are at present in South Audley suet. COIENT GARDEN THEATRE. 335 When Kemble and Mrs. Siddons were performing together, in the best of Shakspeare's plays, three nights a week to almost empty benches, the alternate nights boasted crowded houses. to witness the performance of Bine Beard, with the addition of the equestrian corps—who then can blame the managers for what is termed the degradation of our National Theatre—an immense capital is embarked in such an undertaking, and if the public taste is so degenerated that the most correct performances of our classic plays will not attract an audience, the manager are bound. in justice to the proprietors, to bow to the inclinations of the public, and let even PuNai (if they will have it so) occupy the place of the legitimate Drama—acting upon this principle, The Esik has been revived in a stile of splendour, and at an expense ' unexampled in the annals of a theatre—it has undergone con ' siderable alterations, and has had a fourth act added to the three original ones, for the purpose of introducing tbeCoronation of the Empress Elizabeth—many of our readers need not be told that the piece in question is taken from Madame Cottin's novel of The Exiles of Siberia," and was adapted for representation by that very successful dramatiet, Reynolds. For the convenience of onr younger friends, who had not commenced their play.going life when it was first brought out, we subjoin a sketch of the story—the scene is first in Siberia and afterwards in Russia.— Count (Brick has been banished to Siberia, the victim of state intrigues; and eileriera, his daughter, undertakes a journey to Moscow, in the hope of procuring his pardon. An Indian, named Doran, who, by representing himself to be the Exile's enost rancorous enemy, gets himself to be entrusted with the guardian ship of that unhappy man, throws himself in the way of :Hexing during her dangerous journey, and rescues her from several im minent dangers. Alesina arrives in Moscow, and by a concur rence of interesting and fortunate events she obtains her father's pardon from the Empress Elisabeth. A mistake, however, arises among the officers of the Crown, with regard to Ulriok's pardon. This misfortune is productive of important events, and the mistake is 'not resisted by the Exile's enemies. Amongst other matters, it involves Alois a in a marriage with Ektras. the Indian, to whom, however, she feels rather gratitude than love ; and the wedding is hardly concluded when the Empress's formal pardon is received, the arrival of which overwhelms Aksinu with regret, on account of her hasty nuptials. On a sudden Rotnarref her lover, enters, and discovers himself to have been the dusty Indian, Damn, who se long had preserved her, but who. from politic motives, had forborne to disclose himself until the definitive liberation of 17Irick.—Doran was originally Mr. You're:, part, and he has made it eminently his own. In Alesina, Miss FoO•rn has succeeded Mrs. 11. Johnstone -a change which might be looked upon in different points of view by the friends of each. l'hert of Katharine, in which Mrs. Dickons shone so bril liantly, has suffered by its transfer to Mrs. VAUORAsi, who is now playing under the name of 'TENNANT : this lady's forte is the simple ballad style, but some of the songs allotted to /I deer ries required the deep science and execution of Mrs. Dickons. who, certain)y, is inferior in those points to no English female singer now living. Mr. DtritusET has Mr. Bellamy's cha meter of Comsat Calmar, and when it is remembered that the songs his Lordship has assigned to him were composed expresely fur the fine bass voice of the latter gentleman, it will be no re. Section upon the exertions of our favoutite, DuausET, it' we confess that the performance did nor gain by the exchange.— Felines took al unden's"character of The Governor, and left us nothing to regret. Lisroet, in his original part of Mirada"; convinced us that time had rather increased his powers than otherwise, and Mr. FAWGETT'S Scrods was as lively. as bus tling, and as whimsical as ever. So much for the performers in the dramatical part of die exhi bition ; and now for the apparently more attractive part, the gorgeous splendour of the public entry of the Empress into Mowery, and her subsequent coronation. They are got up in the most magnificent and imposing style. The grand public entry of the Empress is through a fine triumphal arch, and the stage is eicellently arranged for its display. The Russian bands of music and military—the nobility of that country, together with the great officers of church and slate, appear in showy procession, their general brilliancy made more brilliant by the appearance amongst them of ladies in the richest dresses; and they are fel lowed by the deputies from the tributary states, next by the ambassedors of the different states of Europe and Asia. Their Excellencies attracted universal notice by the splendid variety of their appearance; several of diem were mounted on beautifully caparisoned horses. The Empress, in a large and magnificent car, drawn by six horses, and attended by numerous officers en horseback, closed the procession, which was must effectively grouped and conducted. The outside of the Grieek church, the next scene, with the buildings surrounding it illuminated, had a curl effect. T• e succeeding scene was the interior of the cathedral of MObCOW, in which the coronation of Elianeet/i is performed by the Grand Patriarch, Mrs. FauftlT personating the Empress in a , s , e , y stately manner. The whole scene was of the most splendid and impressive character; and the adhering pleading of Ale.rina (Hess Four e,) and die energetic entreaties of Dann (afterwards lionsatuilf ) to obtain a pardon for the injured Count (Erick, the Exile, from Elizebeth,tecatedoll her throne, gave peculiar inte rest, and something of momentary reality to the passing scene. As might be expected, such splendid representations of the most imposing processions and ceremonies that can be placed before the eyes of any people, under Kingly or Imperial Rulers, drew Moll the warmest applause. The pageant could hardly be more beautifully got up—:".e richness ot the whole surpassed what we expected, and role:led greet credit on the management. When Count Ulrich: is released, and restored to society and to all his honours, there are splendid rejoicings. Military. mow and toot, pass along the stage in grand procession; and they afterwards form on the stage, leaving a rine square in the cerise. Within such square there was some dancing. with the recognition of Wrieles innocence and ranks The nielo-draine is revived in the mast costly manner. Base cis the preparations for the procession, cone/anon. &c. there are some uncommonly fine scenes, particularly of mountains of snow in Siberia, and tit the Kremlin, .tc. of Moscow. It has been repeeted to overtioeing hous.:l every night the Theatre has been open, since the first night of its revival, e.id, we doubt not, will fully remunerate the Treasury for a. liberality of expence that has no equal in our theatrical experience. A meeting of the Gaol Committee for Westmia. ster took place on Tuesday, to consider the propriety of erecting a new prison, in the place of the fields Bridewell. This prison, which was original'y intended for SO persons, has now upwards of oO within its walls. The county gaols, we regret to state, are in the same condition, there being 300 prisoners in the New Prison, Clerkenwell. EAs - riocuse.—Much bustle has lately been cited in the coast blockade service by the discovery of a system of bribery. A Quarterinaster, and:seve ral men, have in consequence been sent to t!:e Downs. The smugglers have, most astonishiy, succeeded in conveying one man fioni his cootia„ ment on board—it being suspected that he wo:::d divulge the names of those who had, at different times given bribes. The penalty for such offence is . i