The National Register. — London, England, 1816-12-30 00:00:00

DT:CINDER eO. instantly answered, " I was justified in my uwii mind ; a id I _repeat the declaration which I have already made, that I would have ordered the execution of Louis the F.ighteenth. At the same time I solemnly affirm, that no message or letter from the Duke readied me after sentence , of death bad been passed upon him. Talleyrand, however, was said to be in possession e a let ter front the Royal Primmer, addressed' to Napoleon, width, they who are well qualified to know, declared lie took upon himself not to deliver, tilt it was too late to be of any setwiee 10 the wilier. I saw a copy of this letter in possession of Count de Las Casas, whirls be calmly represented to Inc as one of the mass of doeunieuts, formed or collected to an then ticate and justify certain mysterious parts of thb history which be was oreasionally employed in writing, under the dictation attic hero of it. Do not-startle—the letter was to beg his life; and to this effect.—lt stated his opinion -that the Ittnirlims dynasty was terminated. 'Mat was the settled opinion of his mind, and lie was about to prove the sincerity of it. He now considered Frailty no otherwise than as his country, which lie loved with the most patriotic ardor, but merely as a private citizen. The crown Was no longer in his view : it was now beyond the possibility of recovery: it would nut, it could nut be restored. He therefore re9uested to be allowed to lit and devote his life and services to Fiance, merely ai a native of it. He was ready to take any eounnand or any rank in the French army. to become blare and loyal sniffier, subject to the will and orders of the enverainent, in whose hand, snever it mieht be, to which he was ready to swear fealty; and that, it' his life'were'spared, he would devote it with the utmost courage and fidelity to. support France agaiost all its enemies. Mitch was the letter which, as it was represented to it, Talleyrand took care not to deliver till the hand that wrote It was unnerved by death. THE QUEEN OF SPAIN AND THE INFANTA. Extract of a letter fmm the wife of an officer nrrw in Cadiz, to her friend in England, dated in October last. It is not remarkably well written, but the cir cumstances are not without interest " Yost will, donlaless, be expecting me to say something of the young Queen of Spain and her sister the Infanta, who m essed here the 4th of September last. I know you are fond of descriptions, when interestiug: in the present instance I was not only a spectator, hot, previous to the Queen's departure, hail the high honour of being personally introduced to her Majesty and the Infanta. " r wrote a note to the Marquis of Villafranca, wishing, as the wife of Colonel J. Grant, formerly of the Loyal Lusita mien Legion of Portugal, to pay my respectful congratulations to the dasteliters of the Portuguese Monarch in the name of my loweband and myself. " As soon as 1 mentioned to the Marquis my husbaturs name, he mentioned me to the Queen. Iles Majesty appoint ed Me to he at the palace next day at five o'clock. " On my arrival at the palace,l was escorted by the Condo de Mtranila to the apartment of the Consoles-Is de Linares, who, finding I could speak neither nor Portuguese, beckoned to a lady who was It a li, dee, and on corn log up to sue, she said in very 044 ' I suppose, Ma dam, you are the Lady of Col. Oran . said, • I was, and *ai happy to be accosted in the language of my nation.' She replied. Madam, I am a native of England—he seated. bier Majesty is writing, but will be soon with yon.' " This lady seemed an intelligent well informed woman-- she said she had been in the King of Portegal's family some veers, as English Governess to the Princesses, alio, though diffident in speaking the English laugnsge, un leratood it ser.v well ; that they had requested she might accompany them to Spain --said they had the most amiable dispositions. and their wish was has make every one about them happy : that if their merits acre appreciated, they could not fad to diffuse it to all around them, that wide was a thing unknown in the King of Portugal's family, who, as well as the Queen. paid great attention to the education of their children, and flitsy • ere all affectionately united to each other. When their &tit:Otters left Brazil, they hail a sorrowful pasting, but had Ito fuller's promise that when he returned to Poi he • I !meet them at the frontiers, and the hope of th it kept lip tin it spirits. Ppon my expressing an awe, which I thought I should feel 'ellen the Queen appeared, this lady (whose name she told see was Chilly) replied, • Be under no apprehension, the goon and Infanta are both so affable, when yoa see thr:n von o ill kel qnitc at your ease ; her Majesty has the sweetest - disposition in the world. " I had a great deal of conversation before the Queen ap peared ;and I confess wilco she did, I felt myself as remelt at in, ease as if speaking to you. They both advanced with the mast dignified sweetness you Can conceive. I was introduc ed by the first Lady of the Bedchamber, 'Jae Conitessa de Linares. The Queen has the prettiest hand in 11w world, which she held out to me ; the infanta dill so likewise. •• The Queen is of the middle size, has an expressive coun tenance, fair complexion, and blue eyes. The Infanta is tall, slim, and of a dark complexion ' with sparkling black eyes: they were plainly and neatly dressed. The Queen wore a picture of the King about the size of a playiug card, set with two rows of brilliants. The Infanta wore one of Pon Carlos, round. When they had conversed a short tunic the ethiage was annonnecd,rierl not wishing to detain them, I offered to take lease ; but the Queen held out her h second time. I was golly overcome with the condescension, said, Slav God bless vista .Majesty, and grant that you he a blessing to this nation.' She looked up a n t i ▪ ;net zed toy hand." THE DRURY-LANE. [sTr•.n. On Thursday night after the performance of Lillu's Tragedy of George Barnwell, a new Pantomime was introduced, called llorleptin Horner; or the Cirrishteas Pie. As every year induces a fresh•demand for a pan tomime, and as our countrymen arc not remarkably, fertile in the invention of trilling amusements, it may be supposed that this entertainment has a great ten dency to lose even the semblance of novelty. Indeed -the new name is generally all the novelty of a new pantomime. In this respect at least the title was suffi. ciently happy ; for where is the man or woman who at some period of childhood has not sympathized with the Pie-loving Jack Horner? It is not unpleasant to be thrown back as it were en the ceenes of our infancy: it is an additional tie of connection between parents and children, a common focus of interest, excites more in tensely that kindly family feeling which the business of the world is perpetually weakening or destroying..— . The producing of the story, therefore, of Jack Horner, being calculated to excite such sensations, may be con sidered a very lucky hit, and almost as enticing as the former one of Whittington and his Cat ; for it may be a question, whether a Christmas pie present, or the Lord Mayor's coach in future, would be the greater object of delight. Next in merit to the name of the pantomime was its scenery, the whole of which was pleasing, and some heantitid : nor must we forget the pretty and unateetcd music of Mr. Hook. - It is almost needless to relate in what manner this piece of comic melange is strung together. Upon the appearance of Melia, genius of the stir, in her immortal power, grave looks are changed into grins, and clownish slothfulness into agility and buffoonery—the Harlequin skipped With great activity after happiness, and the Clown Wandered with wonted ingenuity. As to the in cidents and transformations, they are poor and uninte- reatirigl: there are scarcely any wonderful tricks per formed ; and in that respect this pantomime is inferior to that which was p:escnted last year to public notice. Mr. Ridgway, as Harlequin, was sufficiently active ; and Miss Tree, as Ceitinenne, displayed some elegance in the dance. Signor Paulo, as Clown, performed many extr.tordinary feats, particularly one of standing on his head at the top of a very high pole which reaches al most to the ceiling of the Theatre. The metamorphoses were of course fur the first night rather badly executed. The piece was announced tin• repetition amidst applause!, mixed with some few marks of disupprobaion. CONENT-CARDEN. We Lxik back with a sort of melancholy pleasure to those days when we could enjoy a pantomime without requiring more than a succession of tricks, hulf a dozen jumps, a dancing columbine, and a face-making clown. Now, unfortunately, we are inure flistitlious in our amusements ; our youth is paw, and the fund of pram. mime variety and ingenuity seems to be worn out with it. AT. er the tragedy of George Barnwell, which, taken as a preliminary to the pautominito of Thursday night, was like a condemned sermon before the execution of the cri tics, we were favoured with a detail of the history of Sir Simon Montfort, lLc Blind Biggar of Bcfkrad-green. otherwise called Harlequin eaultheSylphaf the Oak. Our readers know, if they have not forgotten the knowledge of their childhood, that the fair Bes.ry, the beggar's daughter, had many suitors : her lover's name is Tom to whom it would by no means accommodate either the truth of history or the interests of the stage, to marry her without the intervention of sundry obsta cles : out of them the story is composed. 117/ford is transformed by the .S;ti/ph, who inhabits an oak-tree close to the beggar's habitation, into Harlcoin, and it is en acted by Mr. Bologna with his usual elasticity and vi gour. Berry grows into Columbine, in which Miss Den. net obtains considereble applause. Mr. Grimaldi, vant Justice Baldynoodle, undergoes his proper metamor. phosis into the Clown ; and Mr. Norman, as on former occasions, is the Pantaloon. Besides these there is a young Grimaldi, a pocket clown attendant cu the per son of Harlequin. A new singer, of the name of King, came out as the Wind Beggar, and was applateled and encored in an agreeable song. If in the estimate of his voice we conclude his falsetto, he rssesses unusual com pass. llis best notes are the bass ; but he has uncommon sweetness and clearness throughout ; and though mani fez,tly indebted more to natural car and taste than to science, we arc of opinion that he will be listened to , FAT SHEEP.—Three extraorilinay fat sheep have late), science, we are or °potion mat ne 1%111 IR, 11:1,ii," C. F.; 71; '' bar- ' heen toireloased by Mr. Hill, butcher, in wriliorhy.-- Otte with greater pleasure than many perfhnners more ela - ken, Jan. 14. "6y1(.4 1941 b. ; another 20tfib., and one, equally fat, re borate], taught. The tricks and transformations in this CERTIFICATES. .Ism. Salo. and W. o r Ar ... 111.1111 S alive • pantomime are not eminently new or striking. The best o . ort , Throgniiirtun-street, merchants—ll [kit, of Bele San4gr e FXTRAORDINARIi OCCURRING[ .—On the fish instant a 1 I f I 1: • be ef 't ialgat.c•ln.l, wire merchant -E. Dron, oft ld ( g keepsa C. Gimer. of Broad-erect, tn , r,..:mut-11. It ippoi,, of I.Eerper. pa:k of arouse perched on the ' i — lethodist bleetinghouse'in euinge illt whethert (xt • into a au gro. o.— . . 2 ,1 tie tt.m ut' stranorlar. 'They were observed by n person. I MP * who, at first sig'it, mistook them for a flock of pigiMiss, lion on One contrivance, . regarded .41; a piece of me arts - dextenty, or as a military movement, equally brukrr—w. Pen:,, of Kidd( rn.beder. carl-ct m; nufw:titt N. ( o r o r f o rrpenter--J. Willoughby, ci' aunton, Belton-le-Mows, cotton nianutietura—T. a nearer examination discovered his mistake, and shot one novel and serviceable, most be allowed to obliterate the Calton, of hreoer. of them. It is supposed that the severity ane storm forced name glorious attempts of Mr. Puff or Napoleon Buona- Ill' ItSll IPS DISSOLVED. tar from tin ir native mountains. A fen days prior to this, Unwin and Agnew, of Sawbridgeworth, malt tees a icron.c was shot on a tree in the garden of Capt.. parte. The first endeavoured to carry his heroes oft the I e. , Lowaite nod Jones. of Devonshire -street, surgeor.s. Coehrine of rdentnore near the above place stage hnceling--the other use.] to bring thousaints of sea% sad Backs, of Tottenham-emort.rend, pint:rt. A few days since, a healthy young man, named Thomas slain en e mies to life, tiir the satisfaction of butchering C:yoptr Anil Cooke of Snahh, :Inkster; • :nzcoinue sou Co . of itmatn; .tunc, veal: ettztimo. Owens, of the pAristi Of Consiiiiiiy, met with his dust's hi the them in a scronil battle : but :qr. Grimaldi actually A Clall ' s a ', ch B na ,r (l ..n . w.n: . 11 , 1 ".kbum b . te . Wen. following sins:lo4r manner i—lie returned to hi, home late at I.ond, me:chants. succeeded in cutting off the heads of three cuirassiers , C. and F. Field, of night, and hooding the door locked, threw himself down to • upon sleep on a dung-heap, the heat of which affected and prevailirr. the said decapitated cuirassiers to Dlrd and Ass ton, Livrrpott, chemists Holt and Sons. of Italme, dyers. • him so much that morti fi cation ensued, and be died in &few march off the " field with their heads under their arms. Walker and Co. of Manchester, mcrisants. I I hours. The scenery in general woe picturesque and well ts- Cowper and Co. of Pcuritli, brewers. • * 571 ecuted. That of sun -set, with Haetney, &c. in the distance, the view of the Thames and Vauxhall-bridge, and the concluding scene, which of course was a mag nificent pavilion or temple, were distinguished Ibr taste, accuracy, and beauty. No very great feats of activity were displayed, cacept by an unti:rtunate mon key on the slack rope, when the audience had good taste and good nature enough to hiss the poor animal, and release him from a state of torture. The stage mechanism was more perfect than we have often seen. Mr. H. Johnston on Friday undertook the character of Sir Pertinax, in Macklin's comedy, called " The Man of Me World," and certainly did not disappoint the hopes he had raised by his performance of Sir Archy M'Sarcasm. The character is composed of ingredients ) p :culler to itself, that the most perfect success of the actor in it does not afford a necessary inference of his success in any extended range of comedy. At the same time we think it but fair to state, that it was not difft. cult to perceive gleams of superior power, and indicatit ns of general excellence. We have on a former occasion done justice to the accuracy of his utterance ; and are happy to add, that he was by no me! 4a ; deficient in archness, or wanting in that strong humour which plays about the ambition and grasping avarice of Sir rerli. na.r. To commend the truth and justness of his concep tion would be but an indifferent compliment in a part which is drawn in colours too broad and obvious to ad mit the possibility of anymistake on that score. The pre vailing tone of his execution, however, did jnsticc to his ideas ; and although he began as it were, in too hilt a key, and seemed to undervalue too much the difficulties of his. task, his energies sometime!.. suffering transcient depression, he maintained, on the whole, an animated, forcible, and effective delineation. War have no doubt that a few representations will fix him in familiarity with his part, and remove whatever little impediments were observable in the volubility of his , accent. From the LONDON GAZETTE, 2'ursday, Dec. 1,3 [This Gazette announce• that the Prime Regent has been pl to appoint Lord Con.berrnere Captain General and Guyana? in Chief of the Island of Barbadoes.] BANERUPI'CIES ENLARGED. . . J. PETTON, of Chrtatthurch Smath.uninnn, draper, from Dec. 2$ to Feb. 8. W. Dona ES, of Livetpool, merchant, from Jan. 1 to Feb. 22. BANKRUPTCY SUPCHSI w. BRADBURY, of Sirminghern, engraver. DAN 01111-'l'S. ROSE J. B. of Sheerness, upholder, Dec. SI. Jan. 11, Feb. 9uildhalL Ana. Walker and Co. Old Jewry. Noims: M. of Battersea, eogine•cnanufacturer. Dec. ist. Jan. 7, Feb. 4 6 at GsuldhalL Ada Jennings and CO. Corey-street. Ries 1.. of Ashby de Is &melt, porter-merehartr, lan. 9, 3. at Ash by de la Zouch. F eb. 4, at Market Bosworth. Iltt. Mr. Cookney, Castle-street. Holborn. Wo.sow W. late of Bridgefield, Lancashire. tanner, Jan. 17. 18. Feb. 4-, at 11-eitgeisen m Furnesi. Ans. Wiglesworth and Co. Gray's Inn-mot. Stance W. of Kuser, Mason, Jan. I, 2, Feb. .1, at Exeter. Att. Mr. Jones. Temple. (irt J. of Gistingtties. fletfolk. Jsuo. 6. P. Feb. 4. at Ipsslich. Alt. Mr. Terns, Copthall-rourt, Threriorten-stsect. BATE,' J. of Buxton, Derbyshire. insthelder, Jan. 9, 10, Feb. 4, at Matlock. Atts. Shaw and Cu. Tideswell. CARD S. of Mere, Wiltshire, farmer. Dee. 47, ot, at Wircanton, Feb. 4. at Frome. An. Mr. Dyne, I.ine.'n's InmSelds. WAINWRIGHT J. itf Demister. grocer, Jan. 18, 209 Feb- 4. at Doncaster. Atte. Longthil and Co. Gray's Inn-wmare. FORSTER V. late of Gloucester. picture-frame-dealer, Jan. 13. It, Feb. 4, at Gloucester. Att. 31r. King, Scrjcant's Inn. II UOIIES 11. of Monchester, grocer, Jan. tO, 11, Feb. 4, at Man. chaster. Att. Mr. Taylor, Manchester. IHVIDENDS AT GUILDHALL. J. Adcock, of St. Mary : ase, druggist, Jan. 414. W. Back, of Baffle, spirit-inerchauit. Jan. 28. E. Cohen, of London, merchant. inn. 21. J. ()awes and ("o. of I'all Mail, bankers, Feb. 11. H. B. Minikin, of Martin's-lane, s vac-refiner, Jan. 10. J. Moorhouse, of Slosne-strect, wine-merchant, Jan. 14. .1. Laing A. T. Rattray, of Ea•t India Cilambers. merchants, Jan. 90. Truslar, of Fashion-strest, silk-printer, Jan. 15. W. Turner, of Ripley, saddler, Jan. Is. H. (;owing, of Ho7born-bridge. stationtr, Jan. 30. J. Jamon, of New Bond -street, vietuallec, lin. 54. J. Ilighnor, of Brewer -street, dealer. Jan. 14. T. C. Edwards, of Leicester-square. silk-mercer, Jan. 14. It. l'ratt, of Liverpool, druggist, Jun. 4.45. U. Orton, of Honey-lune-market, butcher, inn.:. W. IS tickingham, Jun. of !Fervid', upholder, Jan. 11. J. Foreman, of Sheerness, carpenter. Ike. 31. IitVIt)ENI)S IN Till: COI'NTRV. .1. Knowles, of Unnekirk, woollen draper, Jun 15. 11". Hass and R. of Needham, merchants, Jan. 4:. C. Ito-c, of North !fashion. farmer. .pa/1. 11. Moon. of Liverpool, merchant, Jan. 15. .1. Middiehur t. of - Liverpool, corn-dealer, Jan. re. J. Matintyre, of Liverpool, merchant, Jan. 14. 11. Rtielhall. of Bristol, silk-mercer, .fan. eft. T. II: oekbalik. of (Ivenitone„ and I). Wilson. J. Cillrspy, and J. 'f.sylor, of Mary•port. cotton mahufacturers, Jan. .23. J. Barlow and .1. Grtgory, of Shetheld. i.nnfound.rs, Jan. 17.