The National Register. — London, England, 1816-07-01 00:00:00

JUYL 1. POETRY. FROM MOORE'S SACRED MELODIES. This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given: The smiles of Joy, the tears of Woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, — There's nothing true but Heaven! And false the light on glory's plume, A+ fading hues of Even ; And Love and Hope arid Beauty's bloom Are blossoms gathered front the tomb, — There's nothing bright but Heavers! Poor wanderers of a stormy day, From wave ti. wave we're driven ; And fancy's flash, and reason's ray, Serve hut to light the troubled way,— 'llere's nothing calm but Heaven! EPIGRAM. Written on a Window at Windsor, by an Eton Scholar. (From the Jays of Lucian till the present, Physicians have been raged at, as useless. or mischievous, by men —in good health. The eminent and valuable characters, with whom an Eton boy itas taken a liberty in the following Epigram, will, me are sore, rather thank us for giving them an old juke in a new shape, than be angry at seeing their names employed in it.) Von may send, if aught should ail ye, '1•o Willis, Heber.len, or Baillie, All exceeding skilful men ; iA lilts, Hanker , I Icberden ; But doubtful which more sure to kill is, .Itaillie, tieberden, or Willi•. The Duke of York went to Windsor on Saturday, for the first time since his indisposition, to see the King. The Duchess of York gave a dinner on Saturday to V..! Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, previous to their going to Covent-garden theatre.—The same day the Prince Segent gave a grand dinner to a select party. The Prince will give a grand entertainment on the I ttli inst. includin. , a dress-ball. Yesterday the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leo pold gave their first grand party. Among the company were-- The Lord Chancellcr, the Earl and Countess of Hariowby, Mr Ea ;id, She Earl anJ Coolness of Mulgrave, Viscount and Viscountess Mei s tile, Lady Murray, Earl of Wegmoreland, the Spantnh Amba•sailor, Baron Just. the Sas.on Nl;ntster, the C awellor of the FAchequer, Mr. L. W. Pule and Mr.. 1.. W. Pole, the Count and Conutess Lie van, Mr. and Mrs. Ormond, ere. Thursday the Prince Regent held a Court at Carlton- Louse ; when Earl Stanhope, at the head of a deputa tion from both Houses of Parliament, presented an Ad dress to his Royal Highness upon the state of the Sta tutes.—A numerous deputation from the Body of the Three Denominations of Dissenting Ministers were next introduced; when the President read an Address upon the marriage of the Princess Charlotte with Prince Leo pold. Mr. Canning kissed the Regent's hand on being appointed President of the Board of Controul. The Austrian and French Ambassadors, and the Sardinian, Bavarian, Danish, Saxon, awl Wurtemburg Ministers, had private audiences, and presented congratulatory Ad dresses from their Sovereigns to the Regent upon the marriage of his Royal Daughter. The Portuguese Mi nister formally communicated the death of the Queen of Portugal. W. A'Court, Envoy Extraordinary from the States of Barbary, and Sir F. B. Hill, Secretary of Le gation at hie Janeiro, were likewise introduced on their return from those places. His Royal Highness after wards held a Privy Council, when Sir H. Russell was sworn a Member, and the Marquis of Hertford was sworn in as Lord Lieutenant ef Warwickshire, in the room of the Earl of Warw:ck. The original Addresses sent to the Gazette office for insertion, are requested by the Princess Charlotte to be kept clean, and returned to her: such Addresses are in in general disposed of as waste parchment This is an instance of her Royal Highness's regard for memorials of good-will from the people, and is creditable to her feelings. We are happy to announce the recovery of the Duke of York. Wednesday his Royal Highness went out in his carriage, for the first time since his indisposition. Ile went from York-house to the Queen's Palace, to pay his respects to his Royal Mother and Sisters, and return ed do York-house, and transacted business. The Duke of Clarence has been confined by indispo sition, at his house in Bushy Park, for several days past. In a letter from Naples of the 14th of June, we read that her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales appears to have settled at Malts, where she arrived in a Turkish tducca. She is said to have received urgent invitations not to continue a romantic journey, derogatory to the dignity of her family. Her Royal Highnessisaccompanied by William Austin, whom she took under her protection in 1801. The improved semaphore has been erected on the tap of the Admiralty. It consists of a hollow mast of S O feet, in which two arms are suspended when not making si,rnals. There is sho one erected in Vest-square, I.a a beth, and in a few flays the experiment of coniny. nicatiug to Sheerness will be made. It appears from the French Paoers, th-:t at one of the minor theatres of Paris, wher n ~ c orral the broadest f.rce is acted, they are now performing a religious piece, called The Sacrifice al Atr.a. in. succeeds prodigiously. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. DRAMATIC REGISTER. DRURY LANE. This Theatre closed a successful season on Friday night ; when an Address, of which the following is the substance, was delivered by Mr. Rae, the stage-manager, —a Gentleman of whom it is hut justice to say, that he promotes the interests of the Theatre by a conduct and demeanour calculated to conciliate the good will of those who are connected with it. •' Ladies and Gentlemen,— Ihe performance of this evening will terminate a season, throughout which it has been our study to culti vate and promote the Legitimate Drama—(Loud applause)—and for the flattering approbation with which you have honoured our etlurts, we beg leave to utter our grateful acknowledgments. (Applause.) The successful revivals of ancient authors have been numerous. I may venture to say. beyond precedent. Among the novelties presented to you, which, with very new exceptions, has met your approbation, one has lately appeared, the offspring of the Sister rtgdurn—(.4pplause) —upon which your upprolation has bestowed a success, which will, we hope, animate and encourage the efforts of contemporary genius, until the highest tragic honours shall not exclusively belong to our forefathers. This, Ladies and Gentlemen, i 5 the cheering retrospect of the past-1 will not detain you by a detailed anticipation of the future. The time that may elapse before we meet again shall, be em ployed in preparation for your entertainment; and we shall meet again with the same determination to support legitimate taste, native genius, and the national drama. We venture co hope for the renewal of your kindness and protection. The Performers, Ladies and Gen tlemen, beg to offer their sincere thanks for the liberal protection and patronage with which you have honoured them—a continuance of which it will be our study to merit, and our greatest pride to obtain. We respectfully bid you farewell !" This Address was received with the greastest possible applause throughout. MR. KEAN. On Tuesday Mr. Kau received frum the hands of Mr. Pal. MUT (the father of the Drury-Lane Stage) the magnificent Gold Cup, which the Cominithe and the Performers awarded Min for his admit able performance of Sir Giles Overreach. The e reinou took place at twu o'clock, un the Stage. After reading the 'mines of the donors and t h e subset - titers, viz.: The Bight Hon. Lord Byron, Hon. Douglas Kinnaird, Hon. G. Lambe, S. Davies, Esq. Oland°, Leigh, Esq. Messrs. Pope, Oxberry. Painter, Dibdin, Rae. Wcwitzer, Harley, Knight. Powell, Brabant, Pyne, Hughes, Wyatt, G. Smith, Peake; Madame Storace, Mrs. Billington, Miss Kelly. Mrs. Bland. Mrs. Sparks, Mrs. Mardyn, Mrs. Orger, and others of the Drury-lane carps, amounting to upwards of 30 persons, Me. Palmer addressed Mr. Kean as follows: " To make any individiud comment, after what has been unani mously expressed in the donation, would be• superfluous; but believe this, you cannot feel more satisfaction in receiving the Cup. than I have pleasure in presenting it, by the desire of the Ladies and Gentle men whose names are here subscribed. Permit me to give you this Cup, wishing you health, happiness, and long life to enjoy it. MR. kEANS REPLY. •• Gentlemen—lf I ever lamented a want of eloquence it is on the present occasion. when I feel how incapable I am to reply to my friends in the glowing and brilliant language they have used. I cannot but lament my deficiency. and express my pleasurable feelings in the dic tates of my heart. Gentlemen, it is not hyperbole when I declare that this moment is the proudest of my existence in public favour. There has been, there is, there will be those, that hold an equal, perhaps su perior slave; but the superiority I have gained in the attachment of my brother professionals, I will resign to no one. It has ever been my study to maintain their good opinion ; and this token of regard I proudly conceive a testimony of the success of my endeavours. As true feeling, I humbly consider. can be expressed in few words, I shall endeavour to be as brief as possible; but I must be deemed insensible if I did not express how fully I appreciate the honour conferred on me in the presence now, and past attentions of, Mr. Palmer. the Father of the Stage. A certain prejudice generally exists in favour of early impressions, particularly in the veterans who can remember the old and acknowledged superior school ;—the respect they owe the memories of a Garrick. Barry. and Cibber, makes them consider theta always alive and present; consequently I must say, the approbation of a man who has trod the boards with those whose fame must live for ever, is the tee plus ultra of drainatic commendation. Still, I say, I should re ceive this valuable donation with diffidence, did not my heart whisper me, that my professional success but gratities me so far as it procures me the means of serving those who may not be equally Mrtunate ; nor can envy, however violent against rite, confute a bold asseveration — If fortune has exalted. she hat not changed ow. I conclude, Gentlemen, with offering you, individually and all, my sincere thanks; assuring you Lou it shall always be my study to preserve your good wishes; and that the action of this hour is engraven on my heart, and will live there, earesoria is skews." The Cup is a ehrlitarsivre, and does infinite credit to the taste of Mr. Hamlet, Ow art,st who prepared it. It is formed aft, r the beautiful antique vase in Warwick Castle. The Baceini nalian ornaments in auto rritero ere eveented with consummate art. The inscription is short and appropriate. The oruuk of the donors are 411 inscribed on the side, with an apt and Ile. served quotation from passings r, in compliment to Mr. Kean. Mr. Kean is engaged Cr three nights to perform in Operatic Characters, At the new English Opera-house, and is expected to make his appearance there very shortly. The theatrical world are highly interested in this new attempt. The Prince of Saxe Cobourg, attended by Sir Robert Gardiner, visited Drury-lane Theatre on Tuesday, to give his commands respecting a box for his Royal Con sort and himself for the next season. The Princess Charlotte wonld have accompanied him, but her Royal Highness was prevented by a slight cold, which, however, we are happy to say, is likely to be of only temporary duration. The box tixed upon for the Royal personages, is on the King's side, and next to that of the Duke of Bedford. We lament to hear that Mr. Sheridan lies dangerously ill at his house in Saville-row. Ile has, it appears, been in a declining state fir sonic time. His complaint is said to be an internal inflammation, augmented by a re cent cold. The physicians yesterday had little hopes of his recovery. A Saturday's paper says, letters from Paris state, that Mrs. Jordan died at St. Cloud on Monday morning last. She was taken ill of an iothontuation on the ebcst, an I died by the rupture of a blootl-vessel.—We hope the statement is incorrect. When shall we " look ulna her like again ?" Warwick-huts-, the late residence of the Princess Charlotte of Wales, is in future to be occupied by Sir B. Bloomfield. 165 EXECUTION OF THE ELY RIOTERS. The five persons condemnd to death for being con cerned in the riots at Ely, &c. suffered the sentence of the law on Friday. Our letters inform us, that they all evinced great repentance. The execution was attended by an immense concourse of spectators, who behaved with the greatest order, and upon whom the awful scene seemed to make a deep impression. They departed quietly after the execution. A few infantry only were present. Previous to their execution they signed, volun tarily, a written confession of their offences. A deputation of merchants in the Quebec trade bad an. interview with Lord Melville, and the Board of Admi ralty on Saturday. They represented to the board, that in cor.gequence of the seamen belonging to the merchant vessels arrived out at Quebec having been offered 90s. per month to serve in his Majesty's ships on Lakes Erie and Ontario, whilst they received only 355. per month in the merchants' service, the whole of the crews had left their employ and joined the navy, and the ships were de tained at Quebec, to the great loss of the owners of the vessels and cargoes. Lord Melville reminded the gentle men, that it had invariably been the custom during peace to obtain men for his Majesty's ships of war in the colo nies by means of the merchant service. With respect to the wages given, at the rate of 90s. per month, his lord ship was totally at a loss to explain, as only 455. per month were allowed by Government. If any advance was made beyond that sum, it must have been done by way of bounty. He assured the deputation, that no time should be lost in writing out to the proper officers, to allow all the accommodation in their power to the merchant-vessels; and promised, at the same time, that Government would as speedily as possible send ont a a transport, with men, to supply the deficiency of hands in North America The New Insolvent Debtors Bill, to suspend the ope rations of the present Act, and to inflict severe pains and penalties on fraudulent debtors, authorises the Judge of Court in London, or the Justices at the Courts of Quarter Sessions, to refuse the privilege of the existing Act, for a time to be limited, to any debtor who shall. appear to them, on examination, to have been guilty of • great injustice, in contracting debts without the means of satisfying them, or shall have squandered money which ought to have been applied to that purpose. Per sons guilty of gross frauds, in the opinion of the Judge, are to remain in prison for five years ; if a debtor cars procure the sanction of all his creditors, the Judge will. grant him his release, no matter what the circumstances of the case are : the consent of all the creditors will be necessary to a debtor's discharge ; but the Judge has this power of interposing in behalf of the debtor, if he thisiks. the creditors, in their opposition, are actuated by base or. • malicious motives. It appears, by papers presented to the House of Com mons, that the original Orphan's Debt of 747,4711. created by Charles the Second's seizure of that Fund.. and provided for by the Act of William and Mary, has. been reduced by gradual payments, of which one to the amount of 28,0001. was made last year, to 145,0001. Prince Leopold on Wednesday inspected Cumberlarnt house, Pall Mall, which the Board of Ordnance is about to remove from ; this inspection is, is is said, with a view to his Serene Highness's residence there with his Royal Consort ; Camelford-house being found inadequate and inconvenient. The freedom of the City having been voted to Prince Leopold, and the Dukes of Kent, Sussex, and Glouces ter, their Royal Highnesses have intimated their inten tion of attending to receive the same on the It?th of July. The Lord Mayor informed the members of the Corporation, that it was intended to present the freedoms in the open hall. A letter from Boulogne, inserted in the Mosiiirip-, states a fact, which, considering the tune of the year, and the close population of that part of France, may ba called h.; rtrahrtlinary Nelcs—the appearance of au, sp in several parts of the district of Boulogne, where tilty have made themselves known by their ravages. A Brussels Journal says, that the Ex-Director Barns has arrived in Belgium. The fat sous Barrere has beers there for some time. In Paris. on the occasion of the Duke of Berry's mar riage, I feralds were sent before the processions, to teach the people what cries they should utter. Vre le Rai ! was of course predominant ; but the populace in a per verse humour, affecting to obey, shcaited Vice l'Oie I (Long lire Me Goose ) A writer in the Journal des Debat.N in a critique cn the translation of Roscoe's " Leo X." sf , eaks of the Re formation in the severest terms: he says, that the pre tended Reformation has caused more evil; to Europe than the French Revolution ; that almost ester Throne has been shaken by it ; and that it has desolated all nations with the scourge of war. We lea .1 by the Isabella, that informatacn had reach ed Sant.,-Martha, previously to her sailing, that Fe de Ragota, the Capital of New Granada, had surreu ered under capitulation to the fort es of Gen. M rah); and the Congress of that place hi.d previously fled to Antioquia. It is also mentioned, that 8000 troops Lai recently arrived from Old SI We regret to find that Prlnce B ucher co.* nuts in a very Lai state of heal h.