The National Register. — London, England, 1818-10-12 00:00:00

U OCT. le Information has -been received, that several vessels from the Nlediterranean, with cargoes of beans, have been seized at the Custom House, for a violation of the Navigation Laws, the article being the produce of Turkey, and therefore not allowed to be. imported.— A deputation of gentlemen interested in them have waited on the I,msls of the Treasury, and presented a l ong petition, in which they represented, that the vio. lotion of the Navigation Laws arose fimu ignorance of the subjact, and prayed the release of the vessels in question. The Lords of the Treasury have not, how ever, yet come to any decision; but it was intimated that a favourable determination may be expeeted shortly. The British Revenue from the sth July to the 10th October, 1818, has been ascertained to exceed that of the corresponding period of the year 1817, by a sum not less than 1,7000,0001. in the Consolidated Fund ; and though the produce of the Irish Revenue is not yet known beyond the 19th of September, it had already on that day improved above 150,0001. since the sth of July. And it gives us pleasure to add, that in both parts of the United kingdom the principal improvement has taken place in those great brandies of the Custom and Excise, which best prove the increasing consumption an.l comfort of the great bulk of the people. They antatint up►n these two branches of the Revenue to 2,510,0001. Lit us look back to the two corresponding Quarters of 1816 and 1817. During the first of these periods the Property Tax and War Duty on Malt produced nearly three millions and a half; whilst in the latter period the arrears of those Tires did not produce much mere than four hundred thousand pounds.—After de ducting therefore, as in fairn:"As it must be deducted, the surplus beyond the latter sum, from the total amount of Revenue received in the Quarter, the nett Revenue for the Octo er Quarter in 1817, exceeded the nett Revenue for the October Quarter. 1816, by 99,7661. It will also be cheering to notice the im provement in the October Quarter in the Excise Taxes since the October Quarter last year In that Quarter the produce of the Excise was less than the produce of the same Quarter in 1816, by nearly one million ; a deficiency in produce which was accounted for at the time, and which was owing to the deficiency in the barley crop of the preceding year, :mth in quantity and quality, which bad materially diminished the ' malting and brewing of the succeeding year (1817), aid the more so. as the harvest of 1817 approached, and gave promise of greater abundance and improved quality. Btit the deficiency of the Octob r Quarter, 1817, was prelictel at the time would be only tem porary—a prediction which has been amply verified.— The Excise Quarter ended sth January, 1818, was better than the corresponding Quarter of 1817. In the Quarter ended March, 1818, the improvement amounted to nearly half a million beyond the corres ponding Quarter of 1817. In the Quarter ended sth July, 1818, there was an improvement of nearly 950,0001. beyond the corresponding Quarter of 1817. We have already stated the improvement in the Quarter expired yesterday. The Customs have since October 1817 experienced a rapid increase. In that Quarter they were, nearly 700,0001. bey - ma the corresponding Qnarter of the preceding year. In the Custom Q•wrtcr ofJan int ry 1818, the im p rove:nent was above 1,100,0001. The April Q tarter presented a less improvement, be cause a larger sum had been pail up in the Christmas Quarter, which would not have been paid in the ordi nary. course till the April Quarter. The July Quarter presented a progressive improvement which has been made greater and more rapid in the Oztober Quarter. Tae Moniker contains an ordinance of the King of France relative to the organization of the National Guards of the kingdom, which must be deemed oteon siderable importance. Flis Majesty has by the present instrument withdrawn the National Guard from under the orders of its own separate and peculiar staff, and placed it at the disponi of the Minister of the Interior. The King has thus declared that respectable body of citizens to constitute no longer a military force, but lus recalled it to its original destination, and subjected it to the civil authorities.. The second article of the decree is a completa abotli,tion of the whole establishment of superior officers of that corps, the highest rank which is to exist in future being that of Commandant of a com mune or canton. The office, henceforth nominal, of Colonel-General of the National Guards continues to be bald by Monsieur, with the honours annexed 'to the rank of Colonel-General &Armes; but it is a shadow, of which the substance is no more. The General Harris Eaq In liarm, Cain Welstel, is arrive] off' Portsmouth from China. She left the mouth of the Canton river on the Ist of A;itil LL,t, and rings the most favourable reprts of the nati;re of the intereonrse between the English nal the Chi:m.4e. The Chinese, however, as if the continuance of this harmony was doubted on their .parts, were busily enr;:loye:1 in erecting forts along the shows of the Beea Tigris, which , thong-1111ot of the most formilable deseriotion, ifilPbcd the wish to-be proji.tred for a change of eireanistanciat. Traae was going ea prositeicously, Mud the fatury in a healthy -state. TTTE NATIONAL TUX:NTT:It. TUE DIUM.I. DRURY LANE. The Duenna was repeated here on Monday night, in complianct with the "particular desire" of the Grand Duke Michael. His Imperial Highness did not arri v e until near the conclusion of the Opera, when " Goa gave the King" was sung. The distinguished visitor, with a part of his suite, occupied Prince Leopold's box, and was noticed with that cordial expression of good feeling which ever animates the English people to wards strangers. His Imperial Highness did not re main above an hour at the Theatre, and sat so retired, as to be scarcely visible to the audience. The perform ers acquitted themselves with great spirit and success. Madame ILllgar, no longer discomposed by apprehension, but evidently animated by the kind encouragement she received on her first appearance. executed her songs with increased satisfaction. The Children in the nod followed ; and Mr. H. Johnston, as Waiter, gave proofs of ability, that deserved, we think, a better sphere. Wednesday night the excellent Comedy of The Sus picious ilusisand was performed at this Theatre. Mrs. Marlyn appeared for the first time this season, in the character of Jacintha. She looks remarkably well in her male attire, and as fascinating us ever in her own proper habiliments. She played with spirit, and was extretn- iv well received. Mr. Harley also resumed his professional duties in this place in the character of Jack Meggolt; he was greeted on his entree with a most cordial reception. Mr. Stanley played Ranger. This gentleman was correct ; we had all the sentiments of Raiizer, , bat the spirit which gave animation to those sentiments was wanting. Mrs. Glover, as Lucinda; Mrs. Orger, as Mrs. Strickland: and Mrs. Alsop, as !media, did ample justice to the tasks assigned them. Mr. Powell played Strickland most respectably. The comedy was followed by the farce of Love Laughs at Locksmiths, in which a Mr. Williams made his first appearance before a London audience in the character of Tottcdon. From the specimen presented to us, he appeared to possess some claim to public approbation; his reception was flattering. COVENYGABDEN. Monday night, after the comedy of The Way to Keep Him, in which Mr Farm perfnened Sir Rash ul Con stant tin- the second time, with the same success us on the first occasion, the pantomime of Harlequin Gulliver was represented, in which, as the bills stated, Nlessrs. Mahier -and Chalon, two French gentlemen, were to astonish the public by their performances. Only one of them, however, made his appearance; and his feats were, on the whole, not so extraordinary as we had been led to expect : they consisted in leaping, longitudinally, over a chariot and horses—jumping through hoops— and some other exercises of that kind. An inclined plane was erected at the back of the stag; leading to a platform which faced the orchestra. The perfin-mer ran down the plane, and leaped fivm the platform, which was about six feet high. So far as the mere act of leaping is concerned, we think Ireland, Brown, and alters whom we have seen, superior to the French Gentleman. But his seizing a bottle in one hand and a giass in the other, when in the act of flying over a table, and his jumping into a night-gown, when leap ing through a paper barrel, are novel tricks, and not deficient in ingenuity. His reception* was by no means encouraging. Loud cries of " Off, off !" together with hisses and applause attended him during the greater pert of his performance. Sheridan's comedy of The Rivals was acted on Thurs. day night at this theatre with great success. The Sir Anthony Absolute of the evening was assigned to Mr. W. Farren, being his first perfinenence of that character ; and, though far from a part of so much refinement, complexity, or difficulty as any of his former attempts, has certainly added to his rapidly-growing reputation, and his deserved estimation with the public. This gen tleman is an actor of that sterling merit as to improve in his progress by strongly-marked gradation, and to gain ground in our good opinion every time he appears on the stage. He bids fair, we think, to restore the good old ti:nes of comedy, when character, and nut caricature, was the object of all of his profession who fought to be popular, and befitre the public taste was vitiated by those monstrous zombinations of farce and sentiment which have so beteg infested the stage. Mr. W. Furren's advantages are equally supplied him by art and nature ; his conception is as perfect as his execution while both are kept in and restrained by a true obser, V:IIICe and pttrfeet comprehension dell that is striking in sentiment and character. He never by any accident so flu. loses his self-possession as to deviate into extrava gance. All his touches arc chaste and delicate, yet tell with such complete .effect to the most distant parts of the theatre, that the audience seem to anticipate by his previous gestures all that be is going to say or to do.— His best passages in The Kivals were those where his intlignatioe is roused at the supposed indifference of his sun to the description of the charms of his mistress, and the scene where he discovers amid ventiucbt Captain Abso lute of the livFocrisy he had practised. His perflirloarite, as all who know his figure and manner will suppose, was very Janette from that of Mc. Dowton; he pre- 3215 rented, perhaps, the simple expression of anger, Caddy compared with his celebrated predecessor, hot we think him on the whole much his superior, and aat the part in his hands possessed more nature as well as do refinement. S.r Lucius °Trigger was given to Mr. Jones, who might have introduced a stronger east of the brogue, and a tone of greater decision and import ance, without injuring our id:at of the portrait. Faulk land found an able representative in Mr.. Young; but, unfortunately, the more able the actor the more sensible we become of the native odiousness of this character, which never excites any dramatic interest, and is the great blot in the piece. Mr. C. Kemble played the part of Captain Absolute in general with peculiar felicity, but he failed in delineating a beautiful expression of tenderness when be is about to return to his mistress the portrait of herself which she had given him. Mr. Liston was not happy in Acres, compared with his usual style, but in the peculiar ex,iression of cowardice hp displayed in perfection his own inimitable talent. Miss Brunton, in Lydia, Languish, sustained her firmer reputation throughout, but appeared to most advan tage in the scene where she discovers that Captain Ali solute and her lover Beverisy are the same person.-.. Mrs. Faueit made an interesting Julia; and Mrs. Ds. venport, as Mrs. Malaprop, did not suffer any of the scenes in which she was engaged to languish. ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. On Monday night this elegant theatre closed for the season ; and we are happy to be able to state, which we do from our own knowit.tl4, , e, that it has been the most favourable one since it first opened, in 1809. The following address was delivered by Mr. Harley:— " LADIDS AND GENTLEMIIN.—.AS I have frequently heal the opportunity of making you laugh, 1 scarcely know how to present myself on so melancholy an occasion as that of bidding you froctvell. The Proprietor, however, having deputed we to perfiant rite .forf, al °Writ' of the season, you will. I trust, excuse me if I should not acquit myself on m 3 solemn a business with the usual and becoming gravity. The Proprietor. Ladias and Gentlemen, has redeerm.d the promise he made at the close of lust season. lie has exerted every effort to merit a contiuuance of your favour, and has been amply repaid by a season of unprecedented prosperity, notwithstanding the SCDOlig drawback which the strength of the Company has sustained by the long and severe illness of Mist Kelly, w'm is now so happ:ly restored to us. In less thanfinr mouths no fewer than thirteen new pieces and revirals have been brought out; and it is no small boast. in the present state of 'fneatricals, to say , . that the novelties produced lisse, without a single exceptiou, been sanctioned by your en:ire nja probation. Thus encouraged, the Proprietor desires MC to assure yin of his continued efllirts to con.iliate your favour; and though the unexpected limitation of his English Opera Licence to four months only, has shackled hi; means of providing you amusement, he trusts &hat his Theatre may Kill be kept in your friendly recol lection ; and that without infrin4ing on the suppose, rights of Pa tent Monopolies, he may occasionally be enabled to invite you here. with sad' performances and exhibitions err the Line allows. The Proprietor. Ladies and Gentlemen, tenders you. through me, his warmest acknowledgments ; and in my own name, and the tiaras of all the performers, whom you have so kindly honoured with • Lots' of applause. I beg to oirer you • Lots' of Monks, and' Lcts' at goccl wishes, till we meet again !" A little fracas took place the other evening at a ball at Margate, but which happily terminated without any unpleasant consequences.. A stranger (a naval officer dressed in plain clothes,) requested the honour of a lady's hand ; it was refused on the plea ofindispo, sitiou. However, shortly after, the impolite female was led to the upper end of the room, by another gen, tleman, for the express purpose of going down the same dance. The repulsed claimant interfered, alleging suck conduct to be contrary to the rules of politeness; the lady's guardian came up and said, " Sir, that lady shall dance when, and with whom, I please " That lady shall not dance when and with whom you please," was the reply. The first mentioned rejoined, " Shall not, Sir! Pray who are you ? Will you favour me with yOur cant ?" " Most readily," replied the latter.—. " What are you doing ?" continued the first P(having observed his antagonist a long time fumbling in his waistcoat pocket)—" I sin searching for my card, Sir." " You need nut take that trouble—fur I have your address, in the lining of my hst." At a Court of Directors held on Wednesday at the East India House. tie Court unanimously appointed the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone to succeed as Governor of Bombay, on the Ist of November. 1819, or on the previous death, resignation , or coming away of }he Right Hon. Sir Evan Nepean, Burt. _ _ The Bondino System has now been Mt; extended to the Port of Glosgow; a public measure ilia, will cer tainly be attended with many advantages, not only in consequence of its opening up a direct inqxwtation of fbreign and colonial produce &u that port, but also in the transportation from one bar.-ling part to another; thereby affording an additional elinice of markets to the British Merchant, as we:l.as a great facility and saving of expenee in shipping to foreign parts, besides a very great accommodation to the home trader. A new silver cnina_o• is in great forwardness at ilia Mint, and will very shortly be issue I to tho public; it .omsists cbietly of crown pieces, roid to be - of a very iteiutifal dye. and will tununoti is -.3,p:/),oat)1. sterling. Tite following is an extract of a letter' received by a Gentleman of Liverponl, on Wedne.s4ay last, from an (nicer of rank in the British army., now on the Freocli frontier :—" We are certainly coming - home., thii Duke of Wellin g ton hopes that the infi t ntry maul! he off by the end t& . October. i nt aii e;cu t e is inus , welcome to the i;reaterpart oil s."