The National Register. — London, England, 1817-10-06 00:00:00

• _ adjustment , , Tarlfiletwain the two countries. Hoptinmsefi course entertained, that the duties on iron and timber, ' exported into England, will undergo a modification' an/I reduction, and that the transit of British manufac tures into the ports of Sweden will be again allowed last accounts from St. Petersburg are to the Bth ult. The Emperor did not set out until the 6th for Moscow, where the Court will remain till next May. The Nobility of Courland, following the ea:maple set them last year by the Nobles of Esthonin, have sub mitted to the EMperor Alexander, for Ms approval and confirmation, their resolution to abolish the vassalage of the peasantry. the private commtmnications from Al giers are filled with afflicting details of the horrible ra vages caused by the plague. The contagion began its -deadly work, so Eer back as May, but did not attain its acme of fury and desolation until July, when it swept away hundreds by the day. The mortality pervaded the whole of (the Fartern districts, and almost the en tire population of Buona are stated to hard fallen vic tims to the pestilence. Yet with all these agonising sa crifices, and the doors of the war, plague, and &mate, the Algerines cannot forget thr principle and love of rapine by which they arc bound and associated. They have found hands, labour, and resources sufficient to re-establish their practical navy, which now consists of a frigate of 44 guns, five sloops of from 18 to 24 guns, and several other vessels, all con structed the the purpose of spreading destruction and dismay among the seas of the defenceless States ofChris tendom. • Four of these were to sail the end of Au gust on a northern expedition, and may be in the Chan nel with the plague en board. ELECTION Or a LORD MAYOR.—The proceedings in the City during the week, have possessed no common deg ee of interest. There are circumstances wader' which we cannot wish even our friends success, ' and this appears to be the &cling of the Livery with _respect to the Lord Mayor. His Lordship has twice experienced their good will, and been returned *to his . high office by triumphant majorities; but then the Li very anticipated much good from his known activity, mid devotion, to the interests of the City. Previous to his last election his Lordship gave reason to believe that he could arrange a superior system of police, and with a liberality which did them honour, the Livery continued him in the office of chief magistrate for 'Ma ther year, that lie might mature his system with Brea: ter felicity. If what his Lordship promised has been ac complished, the necessity for returning him again does not exist, if it has not been acomplished, the Livery have certainly some reason to complain, and may justi fy their present conduct on the ground of a broken pro mise. But the priacipal causes, as it appears to us of his Lordship's present di,eomfiture, are the instruments which have been used on the behalf of him, and Alder man Goodbehere to propitiate the public. That man must he ignorant, indeed, who con be led in opinion by the superficial and ungrammatical hsurmngues of Mr. Hitching, and impudent, indeed, and regardless of cha racter who can put his band to the same oar with the Eliza avid: In another part of our paper, we have given the first day's proceedings, and they will serve as a fair sample of the whole Mr. kitchen's bad grammar, Mr. Woolcr's common-place abuse of every body who will not think with him, and the tumultuous vociferations of a mob met for the purpose of growing; every voice not raised in praise of what is jocosely called the paps- Ins candidate; have constituted the unvarying feature of each day's proceedings at Guildhall. We will not -trouble our readers with a statement of each day's poll: at the final close this day, Mr. Smith found himself in a triumphant majority, the 'umbels being as follows: Smith, 2275 Wood, 8:27 Atkins, 1587 Goodbehere 763. Sunday last, the Sheriff's elect, F. Deranges, Esq. Citizen and Dyer, and G. Alderson, Esq. Chien and Pewterer, preceded by the Courts of Assistailts at their respective Companies, proceeded to Guildhall and were swell) into office with the accustomed tiwnialities; after which they proceeded to the City of London Ta vern, where an elegant dinner was provided at the ex. pense of the first named gentleman. The exertions making by the Patriots of Berlin to obtaiv the liberty of the press, arc denounced as in compatible with the existence of a monarchical Govern. znent, ox any Government. This is exactly what Napoleon used to preach up with regard to the liberty of the press. The Earl of Essex and Edward Ellice, Esq. have given in their resbmation atMembcrs of the Sub.CAlm mittee of Drury 'Loa. nos, In saying this we _ . May wood his due share of merit; be considerable powers, but not much originaAitv, and this is more evi dent in the character which lit''txs . fartunately chose for his dcbui, accustomed as the town has been to the just and vigorous conception of Mr. Kean, for it is in this character, adore all others, that Keen excels. Skylock is a strongly drawn character, but it is the strength of a slosh rather than t! *elaborate pencilling of a finitet ed picture, and from this want of precision in its subor dinate parts, arose that 'totai'minoonception of its na ture which existed previous to the time of Macklin, and that circumstance also is probably the reason that so many young men fix upon fit for a first appearance. Mr. Maywood possesses all • the requisites of figure, countenance and voice, bat he wants feeling. We know it is wrong to try the MASS of odic performer by the standard of another, but we cannot help contrasting him with Kean ; it is an involuntary act of the judg ment which we cannot coatroul, and although we do not number ourselves among Mr. Kcan's warmest ad mirers, yet we as compelled to own in this instance the contrasts sinks Mr. Maywood infinitely beneath his rival. After the play, Charles Johnson's farce of the Cs - ler of Preston was revived. It has lain on the shelf these forty years, and it is a pity its repose should have ever been disturbed. Charles Johnson was one of those easy good natured loungers in the time of Po and Addison, who aban doned the profession tithe v, to follow in the train of the muses. Pope, with his venal spleen, gives the ' lowing notice of him in his notes to the Our " Charles Johnson, famous fur writing a piny , ste z year, and for being ut Button's eve day. He probably thriven better in his ,vocat' , had 1- - - small matter leaner ;he nuty ju be called lyr to obesiiy; and be said to have fallen a • she rotundity of his parts." Baker rays, that by contracting an intimacy Wills the manager, he found it un easy thing I his pinys brought on the Sage; 4 - and being . * tea leaner of those-grand us of wits of that t :IVill's and Button's coffee - be, by a polite inoffensive behaviour fo imam:lva an acqut ance ana intintacy;ss CIA MTh great s lumcnts on his benefit night ' This will sufficiently advent for tie success ef fewer than nineteen bad tragedies, cotnedies, and farces of which he was the aathor, almost all of them founded on the plots of better pieces. But this was the of bud dramatic taste. The inimitable productions .. the preceetling age were only then known• by the wretched parodies which were made of them.. The Merchant of Venice bad suet. before Lansdowne's Jew of Venice, Mins Cesar have the trash of Bucking ham, and the Taming of tit Shrew, before Swaney the Scot. Johnson, not to be behind hand with the rest, tore to pieces Shakespear's admirable Induction to the Taming ~f the Shrew, and batched it together again according to his own taste under the appellation of the Co6'er of l'reston. If the managers wanted a piece in which to exhibit the drunken talent of Munden why did they not revive Shakeapear's performance ? Little alteration is necessary to fit it for the stage, and compared with Johnsen's ftrce, it is " Itperion to a Satyr." On Thursday Mr. Maywood assumed the part of Zangn, in the Revenge, and in his performance of that character gave us a much higher opinion of his powers. The character of Shylack it not calculated to display a good voice or a fine figure, Zane, on the contrary eminently requires both ; we were therefore happy to have au opportunity of being convinced that Mr. May wood was not deficient in either. His manner of tread ing the stage is particularly easy and graceful, and never, with one great exception, did we see the Moor look better. His action is good, aad there were pas sages during the first tour acts ofthc play, which would, have done credit to any actor. In the fifth, when he proclaims himself to .9/ouzo, he was not equally suc cessful. In the passage, " Know, then, "twas I," wnich omit to produce a sort of electric effect, he failed. Not wishing, we suppose, to imitate others, he dwelt too long upon the pronoun, which produced a drawl, and greatly injured the effect, We are wil ling to snake every allowance fa the diffidence of one so new to the London hoards, and we think it very likely that over anxiety to well, and not a want of j judgment occasioned this failure. During the course of the performance, some passages were• given by Mr. ' Maywood with peculiar elegance and strength, but in a few instances a little imam energy would have been as impryvymeni. This was, perhaps . , thy .snon sta., r = inix tli t t wbo ep Seek 0 1 0 The mew hi *Me Mei illerwouti Bete dee Ore tripties at aheirangittery cease,- hetabilett Car* heti honors, titaievealy egad teeth toe* applies; es WO the tellowiai pomp. " 1f yes forgive—the world uM rail you kind. " If yogi forget—the world will roll yes wise. " Kew If you take her to you, arm% anoint " The world will eidl you very—very kind." In ibis :ma many other parts Mr. Maywood wee - eminently sticdestful, and we doubt not that the nest tune he appears in this character, we shall find bias • nearly equal to any of his contemporaries. Mr. Ws l t.. lack gave much effect to Co, kis. Mrs. Bartley played well, but her appearance is rather too matronly. • COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. A new musical play called " The tale of Saw% cc the ff ifs and Miami, was produced on Monday, and very contrary to the widen of the audience was repsa ed on Wednesday, when we understand it was wits drawn. On Thursday a new Melo-Dramamalled "The. Yoorth. fel Days 91Fiolerick the Great met with bett e r se cc c e ss. ,Tta following is a list of the I jaaalli Persotse4:— IN4orkk William. Mr. Terry: the Piles Royal. Mr. Abbott i'• lsssan Inipbauatn, Mr. Egman Cowtt lkokeadoff, Mr. C.hafteml *ak. Mr. Conner; Barad Fred:moue Mr. Pardee Coots, Mr. Coiner ; Christine,, Mis. Pima r Justine, Mks Shaw. • The very title of Melo-Drama m once prevatiti . all tri. tical severity, for while that kind of entertainment boa beerf the object of the severest censures, individual productions of this class have been treated:with uniform mildness, because lea is expeeted from them than fkom the more regular efforts of the Coniic or Tragic muse. Their principle object is to keep alive a strong interest, and to please by the union of acting, music, and splendid scenery. Improbabilities and extravagances am-over looked. if they conduce to the general effect. The plot of the piece before - rhic.h is partly founded in hist*. ENOLLSH This Theatre closed on Friday night, alter a season in which, if the Proprietor did not miaowed seeress, he certainly deserved it. Between the performance of the first and second pieces of the weend perforanwes, Mr. Bartley came forward and spoke the foilowtni fkorivell address :-- " Lapin AVDOstrrastriss.....Tbeetrisag ra lsessiers le si r ibeen have Wen allomml.hy a kind d . she et Yak • in their own preieseethslast etpsWittionmis svmvieeee. es . home of the ezatioms that hale mil to Nab jew lireses. Awl L. to enlarge on the minim that bows pisdisea ibr neer gligib. matt ; it was of lit* mil Maim& I • rengild All 40M full it they did not spoilt Ars thameibust but we . trust..ll4o when dm' : struggling drafts of this Amite suisreray diondwilltew eta Jim's,/ stmon, anti powertid oppouvrits. top rowellibitsds it. will met be tio gott,n, that in the shod rigid Or hew ilimilht=eltes gime tall operas, and iris maim' re m witriumwril lame bum . submitted to your approvals and *bit. le idilealtrassmasedleerp elan this exertion ha per swim. and white we bliss we mav ala aiyi e venture to state to be eiressbot el• that gal eember. net one single instance of haw bss mewled . JO to them nth stkies, we may perhaps ho allowed to mind that ao hint than 14 revivals, or plum stew SO this theatre. have brought tuts ward. Many complainte reached the air olthept deixerning the want of accommodation for the emeerons embers se t#s ham s . 4 . the second price. To remedy this inalinatimaaeba piseeptir di:vie. . ed the plait -of opening the great same all, dlell=ala ni : l l4lghiCh . we have every reason to suppose afthedad Nimbi en lms we eccupt a celebrated critic, no less mmaslibbi *Oa srestitlt than for his talents. The last novelty of tai *a, (Brea)) , before you, that a few words on that subject Mks. . A aimed not : recapitulate what has been so fully stated before. respeeibili des mew plan of opening the theatre twice 's) one evening. Many hum titembe - it highly benencial to the public., and many have condemned it se lowering the consequence of .a mpalor theism. We cannot presider • any thing degra,i,ng that...without injuringthebterestsof tbetlaMtlas contributes t your acoommodation ; but rte inauspicious nionialittrte which the experiment hea.been tried, with the overwhelming bear ot the winter (or pat,nt) theatres in terrible arrsy against us, have hard. lv given us a fair chance of estimating it; SUCCOS ; BO fare na we can , nalge. i: has suiamoded ; .for during the bast 10 nights, compered w:th the 10 preceding. an addition of at keit one-third has bees nut:in to tilt numbor of visitors in the thea.re. • WM/nowt ver, mit has been found sullied to altectinits, the proprietor dues MA at the pre. . sent feel justified in pledging himself so contituswit on a future ma. . son. Thus far, however. he pledges Abuser without reierve—that during the loog interval for whkit he is compelkd to elms his tbee. . ere, every effort shall be used to merit a tneur Mince of that . age for which I have now the hont.or to tender vow his gratoth =l . and in my owe flume, Lie that of i.it the ptabgetah .1 nireldeltit; bid you farewell.. . ! ocr.t, - . THIS. NittlON Al TER. Mega filinlionand and Hambutt, aid Porta i r spere TX D AMA stAg• tar the 341 instant arrived yesterday. The attention of Aki the Governaieut of the Netherlands is meirelyiliected D1W1t17.475r.... aux t o the eosumlidation of its military strength. The na- Mr. Maywood repealed Shots= of d'Alied en Mon- to b tional army is to be completed before the middle of the day eataing, and if the applauds *hick hereseired was 1 Feint month, sod to be separately rovioold in three the tangs of a coavietiou on part of the audience mill ,md divisions by the King ! the Prince of Orange, and , that he really dmanted it, should say that he was Leo , oat 4 i hut, we greatly fear the Fabce Frederick. Aoming to levers transmitted already a favoluiteffillt the to Haarlem from Stockholm, a negeciation is actually that much et it' yesteedid , those aver-zealous pendin. , between the British Minister at that Cwirc friends, who think they serve ionifonaer by interrapt- and the r ' '4ivedish government, fur the adjustment of a , ing him in every sentence id their injudicious bra- new Tariflietwaeu the two countries . Hop= are of I au, in saying this we do no i'itn to deny Mr. May- k coarse entertained, that the duties on iron and timber, ' wood hip due share of merit •he possesses considerable . . • • . v. . • . ••• , —a . I . eientri ihe very boistrouo wing. of 664.6, 10 bete 141$ And Ire itiow set, oppisted Milli ill the plaudits at the Vete ON? me train 01 of the piece before us,, which is partly founded in hist*. cs the fol. rival fact, is brit* thii-- • • , • Dunciatt(' •rrederick, Ole Prince Hoyel Offal% 011 to beIR-11411111et day every lit harshness Iris father's wow ? renabsel se have his aninry jag H e h a d as he is on diaper. cif mania, with the ArrikimAtismi Chlidlar y Austria, whom he has an yetneen. His isseaill ceropeniee in he been a si g ht is iimask.san ether efthalleyal Cittartianthbe is ahatiihmlby led a mar- Bilbraek Prierstur4asassa itsiAlea The phek homeeter.th dh-• v i ct i m „, covered to the Kai • Aleghtniaselsole *fiat tlonires Frederlek. his Alsteety waft S . * von striking, by makbg it as publics, peei and than* there*.at . am. with • be arrested in the presence of Orlither, lad ,intzteLteptleht about to be celebrated. At thilatenting. _with a ing to get admissible is a hide- Deana . lb, AlehMarlase h e is bar; :jag a tie- bawl Atli vials* thieve with each other. of the t h a t time , is that anima he ofietzaa othre he Staley ilesee t a her iathieues. estlatithat it paellas lathe Ana polite and 44rAtielseadea OM= ing wan% :Mead acquaint- siarvi-air ties. wtem_osnocakel in the ;rent maw- • wog afteeth,llte ender for the thil Prineawaved I** cess of no warded with lead pleudies. ihlße the King whe t is= he r oitt sa d fa mes mist la his reeeladon ot . leir es set the 41104 et da anima, the impart els plant is haat. It immunised ant /Mew la founded P'rederiat hes put eh /sad to lie own life. At the lemma that the the age King e h inshod ebakie=the wa& _ef holm and grei4 _Ciereilmw actions of her seta. thei/or the impethe abed., die ILing rushes Ws the anus of his sea sal pardons . • ..