The National Register. — London, England, 1808-03-20 00:00:00

MARCH suri•e-sful. IVe have said that his by pocrisy was too palpable : and this opinion may be proved by one of the ver.• p o ints at o hick he gains the greatest applause from the undiscerning pert of L►c audience. Richard being accosted by a Lieutenant, answers him sharply; but on he: the officer's errand, is UllNiitati to treat him with civility : " l.ie ul. My Lord, I beg your grave - Ile:rone, fellow ! I am not at leisure. " Vital. v Lord, the king your broil:cr . :l taken ill. I'll wait on hint : leave me. friend." In delivering these last words Mr. Cooke's. manner becomes, not civil, but servile : and a Li, utenant, to vv I the /bike uf (;toure%ter, after so rude a commencement, should have made a logic htsw and assumed an humble tone, must have either ima gined his trace to be mocking, or discovered him to be t heat- In the same masner throtternit the scene with Lady Anal-, Mr. Cooke's humility has the etlert or a sneer. It is impossi ble, that even that weak IN Onlati could have been deceived by eves so auk s isdly disguised. And the s hole manner of his suit is totally devoid of that wade! ness which is so neeessary for success among women, and st hick one expects Iron: a man hu has " A tongue shrill wheedle with the de;il. • ' There i , hoautifta soliloquy in the third:Let, concluding thus " then shall after ages think ms deeds '' inhuman? since ms worst are but ambition. " Lv'n all mankind to some lioy'd ills incline : " fireat mou choose greater sins, ambition's mine." This Mr. Cooke delivers w ith such an unfortunate littleness, that he make• the last line actually seem a satire on his •wn conception. he same want of 47randeur, indeed, is apparent through his whole perforutaure, and most particularly in the last act ; where the greater passions and the greater powers of Itirhard's mind are all called forth. The lines to w hid' he gives the greatest effect are these Jli , •hurrf prop u sing to Buckingham the murder of the Princes.) •' Coa-M, thou wert not wont to Ir so dull. " Steal! 1 he plain ? I w ish the bastards dead, " And 1 would have it suddenly performed— " Now, cousin, can'st thou alls%scr ►ue.? Richard, (answering Buckingham, who rye/nests the perform ance Of a prOlaiSr) rus busy— thou troublest ine--I'm nut i'tb. I rin. Richard.--T can smile, and murder while I smile. All these passages, ail partieulariy the last, ate conceived and uttered in the true spirit of a great actor. There are some others fur which Mr. Cooke deserves commendation; bet these exhibit the strun-est marks of his genius. Upon the vi h ole then vie conceive, that the talents of Mr. Cooke, powerful as they unquestionably are, do nut adapt him for the performance of Ajax , Richard thy Third. The praise we have torsion cd on his Muevicophuat does not preclude u. front disapproving his WoNter ; fur we have felt too much plea tut e from his merits, to be insensible to his defects. A dance called The Highland Laddie, was produced a few n;glat, ago, and has suttee been several times repeated between thy plat and farce ; but we ba s e not di,covered in it anything worth of particular prai.e. LA\V REPORT. COURT OF CHANCERY, LINCOLN'S INN HALL, IiATURDAV, MARCH °ern DISPUTES. At the opening of the Court, it was stated to the Lord Chan tailor by Mr. Waters's Counsel, that certain propositions tit Leen made to Mr. Taylor fur the accomplishment of a mu tual a; , ;reetnent between the parties since last Tuesdly ; and it %you'd be necessary for hit Lordship to peruse a copy before he prawatoccd.jaignient. The Lord Chancellor observed that he would 'Teel% I . the papers as he did not intend to give his final juil.,:ment until Mondav, when he would first bear whether tht parties were about to harmonize their disputes. The person of the name of 'toward, who represents himselfas being the legal owner of a part of the Duke of Norfolk's estates, in surry, again attempted to address the Lord Chancellor, as he faii, on behalf his rishts ; but his Lordship peremptorily re fu,ed to have the huAn,..s.3 of the Court interrupted, anti observ ed to the intruder, that Mr. Milne had undertaken to investigate Lis claiuty TUF NATIONAL REGISTER. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. 191 The complaints, which have been some time made, on ac count of the ntipr , ,tected state of our merchantmen in the North, ,yin. h e trust, io speedily removed. The following letter war cans this hope : " .4dmiraltg, March 17, 1808. " I have to acknowledge the receipt of Sour letter of the Intl. instant, aegnainting me that the. owners of the ships rind car goes, as also the underwriters of the ships detained at Carl‘hain and Carlserona, wish to he informed, if ans. of his Niajost)'s s!iips of war have orders to afford them relief. Captain Ya n- Kt:R, of the Stalely, and Senior Otlicer of his Nlajest's ship.; at tiottetiburg, has under his orders three sail of the line, a frigate, and small vessels. He sailed from Yarmouth on the 1 Ith a Ja nuary, and has direction;, dated the 2nd of that month, to ailiird them every relief and protection w hick the season aid the state of the Baltic will allow. Captain Pt it ha stated his in tention to proceed in the execution of his orders the moment the navigation from Gottenburg !.ttall be open. (Signed) " 1,6 R A V 1:." " TO THOMAS :8111)11E1:TO %, 1.. q. LOSS OF HIS ,11.1JEsTr'S SHIP lUCTRAcT or 4 1 rtitit I ROM .1N orrit•Cß. " parth , s in Jan '26, ISW. " I am sorry to inform ou that the flora struck upon Schel ling Reef last Slouchy, the Isth. ;toil about nine o'clock that night succeeded in getting her of!, but lost our rudder in the attempt, and after LP:riling her to sea, we could hardly keep her free w ith all the pumps, therefore was obliged the nest day to rim her on share a:2:ain about four o'clock that afti.c. noon ; after making raft4„„feating that if it came: cm to blow that night, she would go Et: piece:, the Captain, Furber, K eitn. Doneville, Watson, and my , el f, pushed oil hi the barge, th..t being the only boat w. then had, a ith about 130 of the crew 04 the rafts . ,.the rest chooswg to <tac b,.• the a hen afwv TOl% I fig tbichteen hours, ay did not knuw where, not being able to see thr land, without sustroa . ,:er, rye landed on t IslatA of Anniland, where they made us prisoners and marched us here. -lifter twine. four days and n._.9.• en board, the rest came on .bore OH !wine more rafts, and I believe all are saved. I have 111 : I every( thing: i sm when I left the ship, thourh my bag was in nit hand, I would not put it into the boat. as the l'apiain woulo not his, nor indeed was it a titne to think about any thing but one's life. Those whom u• left on the wreck arc at Harlingen.- I'Ol.lOE. Bo w-S r bollt live years since, a letter tvas put into the Post-of§re, at Brentwood, in Essex, with ri 5111. W in k Note in it, It hich did not come to hand as directed. Was in roncequence given. at the Post Office, in Loo.too and at the Bank ; but it was not wild into the Bank till :dotal three days siuee, when iaformatioo oit•;:i%eo tie , aad Nlr. Parkin, the Solicitor, eloplo:,cil All6lOlO t.. Ir:.••1• I.; note. The officer, alier eut•iile; able Csertion, Ira (..1 it t. the wife of a Seijeaut Dew, of the Prince of Regime:it of.. Light Dragoons, (paneled at Malden. On the Officer qur . don't:llr her, as to how she becoine Eli the note i she very readily - said she had it of her mother, vv ha gave it her to purchase a bed with, pre), ions to her beitny 11:turied, mid .be returned her thefhange. The officer, on tracing ant her 'twinet discovered her to he the vire of ilutinaiter of Brent ts outi, at the time the note v.as stolen, upon tvhich A tittions took her into custody. She was, on Thur-day evening, etomincd before Mr. Bead, and committed fur trial. The aid wtiniall, in her defeat., said, she ttruk the note of a man, genteely drewied, its her shop, fur goods. 1:1}t At Exeter, on sth itistata ii itw L:►dv of Lieutenant-Colonel Watson, of the Third Dragoon Guards, of a ‘on. On Thursday, at Enstinin House, Dorset, the Lady of Bri gttitier-t;enerfl Mont.°, of a con. On the 9th inst. ut Ediutourgh. Lady Jemima Johnstun Rope, of a ion. DIED. On Monday last. a: her houie in Portlani-place, Lady Sheridan. On the tlth of January last, at Compiegne, in Picardy, Mn. Beauvais, aged 71. On the 14th inst. tit his home in Netvninn-Ftroet, Of! Rev. Philip Du Val, D. 1). one of the Canons of Windsor, Vicar of Twiokeakivn, FeHow of the Royal imiciety, ~ ,~ 1111111111 ..A..-...-....,