The National Register. — London, England, 1818-04-19 00:00:00

0 APltt 10 THE PRINCE REGENT'S COURT. Ou Fridarthe Peirce Rcticnt -I•eld a Court at Carl .tou-house. A few mittutesbefore tour the. City rro ces:don, with the Address on the late marriage, arrived: it was composed of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Curtis, Flower, &holey, J. J. 'Smith, Eanter, Birch, Magnay, Bridges, and Cox, with the Recorder, and City Officers. fr hey were eendneted into one .of the State-rooms _ _ Prince entered about the same time, attended by his Officers tf State. His Royal Highness, being scat:7J, the itorrdcr read the following Address of the Corporation to the Prince Regent 14poa the marriar,-e of his lt , )yal sister, the Princess Elizabeth, with the Prince noste-Ilamberg:— " To his Royal Highness the Prinze of Wales. 'Regent of the l7uiterl Kingdom of Gnat Britain and Irelatid. .• .•-• • !nimble arid loyal Address of the Lori Mayor, Aldermen, • Comm 0:,., of the City of Lonloo., C..nrunou Ctomeil.at. a; nlzase yoar Royal Highness, • NVO, his Majcity's tiztt.ful and loyal sa:)jettts. tae Lord Mayor A Mermen and Conira:ms of the City of Latilon in Coniman Council humbly appro,:elayour Royal highness to aller our tin es:a: anigraellations or. the ieupiciour event to' the r.!cent nuptials of *bur Royal Sert , . , r, the t'0r.e.....4 Lis S.zlair la to cary the Pries: m Ilesl , r4iomnarg. We courilelttly tru.q. that this Winne:: lyre. be pro active eper moment haprirreis to the illastr:aw. individuals themselves, to every brr.neh of 7our attrirst family, air to :heal:aim. •• We indrilge uurselve.4 in the hare, that amiablo whh•h hash unifuni.ly firth our and ulorned the hish birth of the•hnyal bride, will secure w Ma every felicity in this illustrious • " Permit us to repc:st cur unalterabk sentiments of firm and loyal attachment to his 1a„).....5t7's Cruwa and Govemimnt. and to asmre yt,ar Royal Ili!einess of oar anxious desire to contribute to the ut- Dart of our pow in wi.at:.ver may promote the welfare and happi rrc,.; of the•Lerntl Kingdo:s2. (Signed by order of the Cairn •..15 N rot wooterlioßrE." To which Address his Royal Highness returned the most gracious answer : " 1 thank itat for this loyal and dutiful addre;s. It is highly gra. tit'y'ng to nac to rec.:ire this te.tunony of the fe?ling4 of the City of I,Jadoo. on no occasiuu so tutere-aiag to myself, and to all the Hopil Eauoily." 'i'h© Prince Re!Tent afterwarls held 4n investiture of the Bath, at which the honocr of linights Grand Crosses of the order A 721 conterred.upou Admirals Sir C. M. Pole, girt.,..ancl Sir G. Cockburn. _ _ His..fte;:al Highness conferred the honour of Knight hood on Francis Desanges, Es., and George Alder son, Esq. Sheriffs. .7.'he Prince Regent has had a regular fit the gout. It wits not till NEniday night that his Royal Highecss could get a shoe upon the rebellious toot. On Wednesday the Queen and Prineasr. Augusta ar rivzil at the Qieen's Palace from Wind sor, where they were von after- visited by the Duchess of Gloucester. At a quarter betbre tinir, the Princess Elizabeth and the Prince of I lesse Homberg arrived in their landaulet and four at the Qieen's Palace from Windsor. Her Royal and his Serene Hig!iness are, as we have already mentioned, to occupy 71w lower suite of rooms on the right side tif the Palace during their stay in London. 'TI Queen held • - ie.a private Court to receive the Ad dress of the House of Commons Her eluiestyes at tendants present were, her Chamberlain, her Vice- Chamberlain, and the Countess of Alauksfiel.l, as the lady in waiting. Among the Deputies were Viscount Valletort, Lord J. Tilynne, M. C. Long, Lord G. Beresford,• Sir T. Ackland, Mr. W. _Dunclas.—They 'were most graciously received. On Thursday the Princess Elizabeth and Prince of Hesse Humbug, attended by the Baron O'Naghten, Sir 11. Campbell, Lady Campbell, and Lady Montague, -received the Address of the House bi Commons, from a deputation of members, introduced by Robert Ches ter, Esq. The deputation was composed of Viscount Clive, the Earl of March, Lord - Lascellee, W. Bootle Wilbrahamiandelr. Cartwright. They were most gra- ciously received ; the Princess and Prince returned a .most,:acious answer. - The Prince:s ane Prince afro received the .Address of •the 1-iouse.of Peers, by deputation, consisting of the Duke of elontroee, Lord Boston, Lord St. Helens, and Viscount Bridport. Thursday evening, the Duke and Duchess of Glou cester*. and the Princees Augusta, honoured Covent Gar den Theatre with their presence, to see the play of Rob Roy. They were received by Mr. Brandon,who-lighted -them to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester's box.— This was the first time the Princess Augusta has been to tells, or any other public • place of amusement, for • about ten years past. The neyal. party were attended by Col. Dalton, Lady Charlotte Wynne Bellasyse, &c. ' The Duke of Sussex presided on Wednesday, at the • dinner of the Humane Institution for the recovery of drowned persons: he distributed the rewards, one of which was to young I.ordJ)c Roes, a boy dozily ie • years of age, Who had gallantly saved a son of Lord Shaftesbury from drowning. His Boyel Higlinese, en account of the necessary absence of this noble youth, said he should forward the medal to Lord Shaftesbury, that he might have the pleasure of bestowing it cn the preserver of his son. His Royal Highness mentioned, that he had himself lost one of his own children by drowning. Vauxhall Genlens were, on Tuesday, knccked lawn, Aectioa, fur e 8,500 guineas. TTIE NATIONAL REGIS'fF.R. TILL• DRAMA. RING'S THEATRE. 11 Barbieri IV Si-di:dirt was the opera performed here on Saturday week. the beautiful trio in the second act was as usual encored, but tho- singer had sufficient discretion and self-denial to repeat only the latter movement, for the sake t f which the applause and call for repetition were given, leaving out the first part, which possesses no peculiar merit. The opera vas followed by a new ballet, culled La Fee Urgele, a production quite unique of its kind. The story, with some trifling variation, is that which Chaucer, Beau mont and Fletcher, Dryden, La Fontaine, and several other great writers, have treated, of a knight con deemed to th-ath, but pardoned on condition of his dis coverirg, "Ce qui plait aux dares; Le Urgele, in a state of metantorphosit, is the old hag who com municates the secret, and her marriage with the knight, whieh is the price of that secret, is the charm which restores pew to her original form and beauty. When we say that Mademoiselle Melanie and Baptiste paiOnned . the evolutions with great skill, and that Malemoisek Lebreton is rapidly improving, we have expended olir whole stock of praise. Nat a' flew scene has been introlu.-41 to discredit the faded collection of this establishment. Tharesses, with the exception of a few tinselled figures sedidously placed in the front, are peer and wean : the music, crabbed and inharmoni ous—a more mass of notes, such as a tyro in compositiop would write eurrctle ettlamo, .as fast as his hand could travoree the paper. for the purpose of making the story intelligible. which is not well chosen, the clumsy expedient of plaeards was prpetually rewrsed to, written in pas -spelled French and nut legible beyond the fourth row of the pit. This concatenation of ill- 1 starred circumstances excited anger even in the temple of urbanity, and the poor ballet, at its exit, was saluted with aniost unceremonious volley of,hisses. UR(TRY LAXE. Mr. Kean resumed his pertimmanees at this Theatre, on Monday, in his tivourite character of Richard. The hoLse.was filled, and this distinguished and descrviw; object of popular favour was greeted on his first ap pearance, with lively and reiterated applause. COVENT GARDEN. After the Tragedy of laice Preserved, a new three was produced on Monday at this theatre, under the title of IVho is my fidher? The incidents of the piece are these: —Lord Alton is in love.-with the daughter of a grazier. who had been formerly a major in the army. The young nobleman contrives to get himself into th , . family in the capacity of a gardener. The Ma jor, however, is•aporised that such a pzzion is to. be tbund among his d ' omestia, and is resolved to unmask the intriguer. Luckily, at this time, there happens to reside in the f.unily a half-witted butler, Fitee/oddin, who has been fur some time greatly dissatisfied with his descent, and who takes ativuntnge of the above cir cumstance to profes.-: himself Lord Atm. -Many cir cumstances contribute to put this beyond all question in the mind of the Major. But what most seemed to decide.this necessary point was, a portrait which he was to receive, and which being a true resemblance of the disguised Nobleman, would enable 14e: at once to put an cad to the intrigue. The letter .by which this portrait is conveyed, is opened by a cunning (lamb. rtnaid, who substitutes for the enclosure, a picture of the unfortunate F'dsclod din, who is by this artful imposition immediately strip ped of his humble ,garb, and restored to his supposed hereditary dignity by the credulous Major. lit the mean time, the true Lord Alton is prosecnting his love aflitir, and after a variety of hair breadth escapes during his several interviews with the.young lady, he obtains his father's content to his matf_age, and satisfies the Major of his real character, to the utmost censteruation of the (IL:appointed Fil.::cluddin. Liston, in-this last mentioned character, is the life of the piece. The remaining cha racters required very little selection in the Green-room. The piece upon the whole was received with doubtful succ.ats. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Mr. Mathews coutinues to attract .most crowded audiences by the unrivalled powers that he exhibits. We regret that indisposition prcycntixl him from per forming one evening this week, but he was sufficiently recovered to resume his exertions last night. The Earl :cf Fife has presented -Mr. Kean with the identical Dirk, which was worn by his. Lordship's an eestor M'Duff, in the combat in which Macbeth fell; the weapon has been in possession .of .his Lordship's family ever since that memorable day. DAring Mr. Kean's late tour in the . North, he pa th:at :d at Aberdeen: Ilere he met., among the humbl e retainers of the Theatre, elle whom he had before known in a better plight : v. child•of .this man's acted the younger Prince, in Richard the Third, and through that medium 'Kean, with great delicacy, conveyed to the father a. present of ten guineas in token of auld tang sync! Miss Kelly, in her late theatrical . trip to Ireland, cleared 16001. L.IIV INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY.— WEDNESDAY. NON-.% i'TENDANCE OP SOLICITORS. Demurrers, &c. were put down in his Honour's Paper ; but when called on, the Solicitors wine absent, and seven Isere ottlered to.* struck out of the Paper. His Honour the Vice Chatteellor—" I cannot find words 11/tong enough to express my disr!essure at the conduct of those Solicitors absetaing tkennelva. It Ls adisgrace tor them first to insult the Court and the l'oblie, by not attending when causes are &All for hearing. I ant as much int:linit as amy man who ever sat here to give then every proper indul;;ciacc s but I will not allow the authority of the Court to te: trifled with • mad I am resolved to strike e v er y e . etse ou t of the paper in rhieb SAkiiors do not attend; Red I shall elsn take Tech.: care how t IP rests in ,ncll cases .:h:111 be !lupe I sLail not 'Li asked for ar.y favour. for I sun il.telmineti not to make a silicle exeeFtia;) in I,lvour of any.Solieitor." _ Ills I ionour v V ris;:;i an early :lour. owlng to OA. want of attendance of Soliceors. there being only oh: in Cutut. Tlltcr was fully attended by Counsel. coma OF KING'S BENCH, Trcsnay, APcit 11. Mr. Mout , moved lift a Habeas Carpus to bring op ihn holly of Mes. Jane Mai la Pearse, under Orem:lst:vices, a. the learned counsel stated, bordering upon romance. The ap.. plir:stion was made on the atlidavit of 31r. Eil iiiiii ed against Ctpte:is.Tholoas Pearse, both sons of Mrs. J. 31, Pearse It stated, that for.f.se years Mrs. J. M. Peat se hail tesitleil with the rle,ionent, who was her favourite soil, but that on Saturday, Aprills,ltil, , while the deponent was ab sent from home, Captain l'earse-came to his !muse and forced his mother artily. On Alidt following day he returned, and carried with hint proper belonnrglll.4ll-4111itepaJtil to the deponent. When deponent rettarLiA licane„ he applied to A :Magistrate at ClllOll Hall, end accompanied by two officers,` IP. went to the Howie of Captain Pearse to demand the restora tion of his property, and to insist upon seeing his mother. Neither of these points were accomplished, but miler some negotiatica, a meeting W 43 appointed at a horse at Blooms bury, from whence it was agreed that the parties should ad jouru to Qttecti-synarc Police Office, that all matte's in die= ference might be arranged by 31r. Fielding. When the de ponent, Mr. F. Pearse reached the place of appointment, instead of finding his mother and brother there, he was vtizeil by two stran,ge men, who forced him into a carriage, and throve hint away to a private mad-house, wh e n ce h e ma d e his escape in December html. lit the mean time, Captain l'earNe went to the War Office, and, under an alleged warrant of lunacy, received pay belonging to time deponent. .De. p onent had been examined at the Horse iguards, by the Medi cal Board, and had obtained the certificate of Or. Gordon, thathe was pgtfeetly.sane. THURSDAY. WILLIAM ASHFORD V. ABRAHAM THORNTON IN AN. API•FAL OF MURDER. This being the day appointed, when this case wet last before then Lordships, fur hearing the reply of Mr.Chitty, its the part of the appellor; the Court was crowded at a very early hour. The appellee was put to the bar at nine o'clock, and about an hour afterwards the appeu ur ,i ne k hi a p l ace before his counsel, Messrs. Clarke,Gurney,Ziehardson. anti Chitty. Mr. Reader, Mr. Reynolds, and Mr. Tindal attended as usual as sortusel for the appellee. At half-past 10 their Lordships took-their seato, wisest Lord Efieubotongh called neon Mr. Chitty, who began his reply by expressing his hope that it would not be necessary for him to occupy so large ts portion of the time of the Court as he imagined world be requisite on a finance day. He then stated the four points made- by Mr. Tindal in his argument. 1. That the trial by battle is the right of the appellee, not of the zppollee. 2. That a connterplea is only allowed where there is one sitif!le. self evident fact, on which the Judges can immediately pro nounce the guilt of the party accused. 3. Admitting that the counterplva iR this case is sufficient, and not bail for multi farionsness, still that it is fully answered by the replication. 4. That the, judgment of the Court might not to be, even that the appellee alfunld be allowed to wage 11:s battle, but that he should .be permitted to go a:aa die. Mr. Chitty said, that he should pursue:hes:fate line, and should attempt an answer to these points, in the order in which they presented them selvez. The first ps.sition he did not dispute, and he had been surprised to hear so much upon it—that the trial by battle was the right of the appellee, he never did and never meant to dispute. It is impossible to fallow the Learned Counsel through his argument, especially as it is not at all interesting to general readers, being in points of law, in order to prove that tlos presumption of guilt was sufficiently strong to defeat the plea of the battle. Mr. Justice Bayley asked if there was any thing in the counterplea to show that Abraham •Thornton was with Mary Ashlord after three o'clock in the inarniug, when the iyaiirder• was supposed to have been committed ?• Mr. Chitty answered, that there was nothing from .veikich could he gathered, but the incosisistent allegations of the ape petite. Mr. Justice Bayley.—They were together, according to your counterplea, from 12 o'clock nutit 3, and at no great dies lance from the pit where the. body was found ; and if these appearances on the grass, &c. exicted before 3 e'cl,ck, the presumption of innocence is strong. Is there nothing to raise a presumption that those appearances occurred after 3 o'clock in the morning ? Mr. Chitty referred to what was staled regarding the foot stem but the Conn muse erril, that they might have been im pressed before S o'clock, for any thing that was b.:llet . to the contrary. •Notli:ste was stated to show that the ..!ew feet been earooved by the hltenl that was traced along the clover grass, towards the pit. where the body wasfound. These peered to be en important ontivi,n. Mr. Justice Bayley observed. that .there appeared to be nothing to show that the pit ef the fig ire upon the trots the stain of blood, anti the theisn.ps near the pit., 'tad (i(' , !tlr• red after three in the morning. tat re ,:re modes by which Mary Ashford !night bat c rate to her death Colllbistrot with the innocenee ()Ellie appellee; stir might, pet haps have do greyed lierselfin remorse for her inapruilence, stud in dread cf its consequeures ; or the might have l'isj!as into the pit. Mr. Chitty answered, that the I...cis:A:lion was violent, that the saint per.uo who lia , t had an liiieit connexion with hat, had murdered her, and the appeilee confessed, that ite les•I h a d that illicit connexion. It was not likely that remorse lied induced her to.destroy herself, either nutter the suppoeitioit of consent.or resistance to the appellee ; beeaase in the ono .case,..tlespair did not a:rive so soon, not until the cense wieners oilier imprudence were apparent ; and in the other, thirst of reveuge, and a sense of injury, would have induced her to prolong her existence. Having gone at length into the proof,: an 4. vrostuurtiuut ou the one side, and on the other, 1115