The National Register. — London, England, 1808-06-27 00:00:00

PP JUNE 27. ipg her himself, and the most striking process of producing, his egects, than he can by studying nature without the advantage of a copy. 'the earliest artists in every sphere of genius, were obliged to study from nature alone, and find out the best moth of copying :mi.:Wonting her ; but in these times we have the ad vantage of models in art, and we should be foolish indeed not to employ them. Th.:. u-c of a model then to-a young artist, is not to serve him as an oriditud from ss hick he may make tinfoils-- copy, but to skew him the manner in which the greatest artists before him have been in the habit of studying nature for practi • cal purposes. lint whatever be the best mode of acquiring a knowledge of the dramatic art, of this at least, every actor and every actress may perfectly assure themselves, that, without acquiring that knowledge by some process or other, they can sever attain n high rank in their profession. C.Or F:NT-l; ARDE To-morrow evening Coven-Gorden %sill close the longest sea son during which it has been kept open within our recollection. *lt has been a season particularly unfruitful in literary eveellence. Indeed, the truth i., that as long as the present system of manage ment continues to be carried on, the town cannot expert air thing like good plays. Mr. Harris gives no encouragement to the new authors, and we know pretty well what sort of beings arc the old ones whom he does encourage. The whim of Mr. Reynolds amuses once a year, and once in two or three years. either Mr. Coleman or Mr. Morton brings out a play: but except these three, who is there that Inui any pretensions to be consult r cd as an author of great merit and these three, who, altogether, do nut probably upon an average furnish two, pieces in a yea,- to the theatre, are all the d.Teudenee of that Pmt and wealth hou e ! In some future nu:nber, we shall probably submit to eo.r readers a plan far the better conducting of the theatres in respect to the production of new 'Ames. At present the boom-. of the crown in granting the patent is exercised to 'Acme Mr. Harris, not to imirect and amuse the people; and this, we cOn'•-tai, is a (testi-It:flint of that haunt y, w Melt neither is jusi to country, nor was designed by the king. We do not sn‘ t';is from any petsou:A spite to Mr. Harris; it is a matter of little importance 1..• us, m heilivr Mr. Harris, or . Mr. Anybod, ma wanton !0 th e public loss; hut we think that it is high Coo: the stem were ended. Mr. Harris, it is true, might get rime inane), by bringing- out good 'Accept, than by acting the Ogre aid Little Thun:3, or Boni facia and Bridgelina, or Two Fuer; under a Hood; but mere money does not seem to he Mr. il:trris's object; he likes to exereiw his own humour. Now w ha vo no great desire to curtail Mr. Harris's enjoyment of his ow humour : ne object only to see him enjoying it at the eypence of the public. If lie is a man of very strong prejudices, or very bad taste, or both, his friends may be sorry for that, but there vai! be no reason why .the public Should pay for it. As long ther..,..ire as Mr. Ilarris continue` !o thrust upon the town that collet ion of wretch( a stud* which tar so long a time pat has excluded merit, and served only ' 6 To cloud y icing genius, bright'iling into day," We shell not conceive out - a-Ives blameable in occupyin,T, part of our paper w ith the censure of his mismanagement. Nor do we iatend to coatilie ourselves so the statements of his misma nagement alone the injustice of theatrical tyranny in /Mag.- 'na iIS It di as in Covent-f.;:l Men, N 1 ill tilt find our ceu'ures very easily stilled: for we have little pe:sonal knowledge of any of the peopralors, and what we wt-; is therefore written by no nn-;ins with a vie o of gratifying .:ay private pique against any raticular individual, but with the -, - eueral view, and we believe we may venture to say, the lumetit view, of Opening to the pub lic that public road which party and prejudice appear to have chised—,,t obtaining fair chances and • opportunities for every competitor in the writing or the octiog of plays, and of estab lishiog, as far as the ettort of an individual work Can establish, Heat kind of equa li ty i n t h e republi c of lettersy which is as de sirable there as in the political world,- although perhaps am bit/toms and intriguing members contrive to raise uu aristo ertcy much oftener iii literature than in politics. There are some kind, of of ences aaainst society which the law cantint ,• reach. P u bli c censure, the ill report of the world, are the onl , punishments of such delimpencies. As.long as we continue .tic hold ono twi g o f t h at public. rel, we will not forget its pow ems. or its use s ; th ose w h om we cannot influence by argument in'the tirst instance, nor puo,sh by law, in the second,. we - will Y et hold up to the animadvern of the public—for their public offence.. M e repeat once more th:A these observations are persotmll v" - reil9l against no ore iNdividu.d ; it is general Itijustle, we wiCi ro expose, and we fear our particular ipttaricaa of delinuency • ~~~~' .. . THE NATIONAL REGISTER. - LAW 14 EYOUT. -77pfg.-A •. • .ire likely to be too numerous to leave any suspicion of indivi dual malignity on our party. The season has now closed at both t• e winter theatres; but when tl.e next season shall commence, we hope to resume our inbours ; nor is it our intention to erase rrom those labours, till we shall have effectually assisted ---- to Apo Oppression's tide, To lash Presumption, .Prejudice, and Pride, To drag Corruption from her caves of night, And force her for ki ard on the public sight, To track the knave through all hie doubling chime, And tear, at the vizor from hi.: face! —"ow— COURT OF KING'S BENCII, sTrxr 23. The Court passed sentence upon two men, Bull and Smith, , otivicted of a conspiracy to procure the liberation of a persoo named Nl`Culloch, who was priseeer in the King's Beech ri sme for 1700/. The way they did it was, by falsely deposing to a notice of hail having! been served tipan the plaintiff ' s attorney, :Led then putting in sh am hail, by wlsicit the party was liberated, and has since sailed to the 44est Indies. The couservieuce is atat they deprive the plaitaitf of his security for debts and costs, lmotint in?: to t!,0001. 4ftlctice thtosn pronannred the judgment of the Court, %%Welt nas, that the defen.lants should he imprisoned Pi months in Netlgate, and stand in the pillory in Old Palace-yard, West. mitoer. CIRCUITS. Previous to the Judges taking their seats in their respective Courts, they met in the Chamber of the Lord Cu tEt . JusTicL, :•14 e.:19,,e , their Circuiis ns follow : !,,, How- Drportownt.—Lord Chief Justice Lllcnborough, and Chief Baron Macdonald. The N nrfolk.—Sir James Mamfic and Mr. Justice Heath. The Northern.—Mr. Justice Chauthreonul Baron Wood. rie ly'ord.—Mr..lustice Lawrence, and Mr. JUstice I.e Blanc. The li'cstern.—Baron Graham, and Mr. Jus!ie(;•ll:iley. The Mbiland.—Mr. .1 wtice “rose, and Thoiovson. The Commis-ion day at 11:•rtfor.1 in the Howe cit . rna, is fix— for Monday the ht of :August. • S RUIY, JUNI; `25. TIT!: h INC V. riIIITE AND 11 k RT. This was an indictment against the Defendants, the Palitor and Printer of the Intieprndam: ifhig, fur inserting. a Libel upon Lord Ellenborough, with a view to injure his character as a Jmige, and as a Peer of Parliament. The Libels were two Letters, signed Junius; the one inserted on the VOth December" :807, nod the other on the 11th June, ISOS. The publications :'.ere provel is the usual way, and Air. (7140 rd n4dreL‘sed the Jury for three liners in defence. The trial lasted tin near live :)'elock, when the Jon' found both the Defendank—Guilly. NAUTICAL ENTLLLIGIiNCE. We have the pleasure to mmounce the Fare arrival in the Downs of his Majesty's ship the Sceptre, Capt. .lose - plt Bing. ham, with three %alttable Danish East lurtiatnen, two of which are rrizes to the Sceptre, and the third is a prize 10 his Ma icsty's sloop of ar, the Cormorant. The Sceptre sailed from Madras late in On month of December last, and had but jiht reached her station ill' the tape of Hood Dope, when, faPir..; in with an PnAiisim privtiter, she learned that war had been .teelared I.g.ain-4 Denmark, and the very next day she hail the ood fortune to capture the two homeward-boned cue Norge anti the Cron Princess Maria. Ten before the Sceptre sailed front the Cape of Good Hope. the Martha, ton American shits, with a very rich homeward-bonmi cargo, ar rived at that place nom lteneal. This %essel tea. ailtcapturrtl by Cle Scep:re, and delivered over, with all her papers and private letters, to the Court of Admiralty of that colony, for adjuJication. • OMlNPicanliftno- , SerenisietsaillikeS . M A It lt • Lori Arthur Somerset, to the non. Mica Boscawen. Alter ;he ceremony they set oil . tcr Lord Falmouth's scat in Berkshire.. DIED. • At elochrotttich, May t Lient.Colonel Alexander Stewart,. late of the 42.1 regiment el foot, It hid' he eitaimanded.ou the ?Ist of March, Pst)l, in the bait, of A te - .:lntiri:t. Mr.Pears,.of Vsto.ford. hie had hera for tutee time, aut ~ k lunch fleeter II1) !!:11114,1a— tilia he hal a party ttefrie.als . to visit Poo. Ile left theta to .za to another room, which he had uo sucnict Leached, than lie dr..ppc flow r, and evired.. '‘ot • r ..~ • A.do' 415 • t 1' i