The National Register. — London, England, 1818-11-09 00:00:00

, NOV Various (minions continue to be stated respecting the probability of the Bank of England paying in specie ; bat, as they are derived from individuals who have generally an interest in raisins or depressing the funds, - they are entitled to less consideration. *Three rumours, bawever, are afloat on this subject that perhaps deserve mentioning, via. 1. That the standard will be silver, to be made a legal tender to the amount of 1001.- 2. That the Bank shall be it liberty to issue gold pieces at the current value of 41. Is. 9d. per ounce, the pre s..nt standard being 51..1.75. 1041 3. That an office fin. the sale of specie will be established .at the.Ballion Of fice in the Bank,• where it may be bought and sold like a regular article of trade.. After the manner in which the rountry has been drained of its standard gull, we klieve that shopkeepers and traders will rejoice in the relict' now likely to be affirded to commerce. lz cer tainly never was in contemplation tbr us to become the miners to foreign St ttes; and, supposing the Gold To kens to pa.ss among us for 20s. while its intrinsic value ibes not meet' 18s. there will be no danger ofits find ing so ready a passage to distant parte. The whole of the infantry of the British Army of o=upation, with the exception of the Guards and the rc4iment (left in possession of the French fortresses until the 15th instant) have bccn embarked at, and sailed from Calais, in the short space of 72 hours.— They are all safely landed in England. The total number, including men, women, and children, amount to very nearly 13,000 parsons, besides 610 horses. The Hastings, East Iniiaman, is arrived in the Channel, having on board an °lli= of tiro ship Cabalva, who stars that a great part of hex cargo would be saved, if the weather should have proved moderate.— 'The crew, with the exception of those mentioned in a - former account, wEre all safe. A meeting -has taken place at Rochester, the object of which is to make out Lord •lliening's election for that borough illegal, on account of his Lordship's being the eldest son of a Scotch Peer. The meeting appears to us to have been wholly in error upon this point. The eldest son of a Scotch Peer was ineligible to represent a Scotch borough in the Parliament of that kingdom ; nad by an Act passed in the Parliament of Scotland, which is recited and ratified by the Act of Union, sth a , f Queen Anne, eh.-8. see, 12., it is enacted, that none shall be capable 'of representing a Scotch borough in .the British Parliament, who was not before capable of representing it in that of Scotland. Hence the eldest son of a Scotch Peer cannot represent a Scotch shire or %burgh ; but these is no law to disqualify him from sit ting for a English alike or borough. See Hatsel, vol. ai page 18, test and notes :—" This . question," be says, " is now set at rest." _lt is futile, therefore, in the electors of Rochester to try to disturb it.' DovEn, Nov. E.—The arrivals in the last two days from France have not been so greet as heretofore, and have consisted entirely of artillery, ffoot, drivers and .horse artillery) with large quantities of ordnance stores, field pieces, carriages and pontoons. The 21 vessels •which came in yesterday and to-day brought 605 men, ••72 women, 104 children, and 530 horses. As soon as the embarkation of the artillero is completed, the cavalry will immediately follow. Yesterday the 57th are 91st Regiments came in from Deal undliamsgate ; the letter marched this morning to Hy the ; the 57th are gone into tb' heights barracks until the route arrives for them u) proceed to Ireland. Yesterday the Right Hon. the hiarl.of Liverpool hello. Harbour Session here, and •set off in the evening for Walmer-Castle. Parlisment is further prorogued from the 12th. of November.to the 29th of December. Au Order of Council was published in.the Gazelle of • Tuesday, -whereby the port - of Leith is declared tb•he one of those into which goods muy be imported direct from the dominions of the East India Company. Yesterdaybeing the first .undayin MielMelmas Term, de Judges, Serj2ants, and principal Barristers went in procession to St. Paufa, where an appropriate sermon -w..s preached by the Lord Mayors Chaplain. Sir Gregor M'Gregor sails in a few days for South Alwriok, in the brig Hero. . Green Peas nod Strawberries, of a remarLahly fine were gathered last week in an open garden at lioretbrd ; and scores of Roses are now daily brot.ght to Covent Garden market. ..... An immense bank, covered with ma-fish, has been Ai.; ev,trea ()tithe west coast of Shetland. AI A IIY Astir• on n.—A stone will be placed in the ichurch-yura of Sutton Coltlfield, to-morrow, over the rent.sins of the unfortunate Mary Ashford, by the Rev. Lulu; Boolvm, D. D. The ibilowing is the • As a Worniag t: , Female Virtue. And a bumble inonttorrlt to Female eitastil, This Stouc narks the Grave of MARY ASII FORD. -Who, in the min.:nth yrar of her age, klariog inatutiowly reili.ieztl to a Scene oft :tionmiat Withoot pier.; prozretien. • Wii brutally yiokted and nitacred On the 4!;t11 1317. Smile verses follow, but the t:ona intention of env Doctor (IL;q:rvt.:.:; that they should nut be publisllctl. N TUR 1)11.1314. fl! URY LANE TuEvrar.. A new melo-drama, called Barmeeih; or, The Fa tal qii:vpring, was produced on Tuesday night ut this theatre. Tice story is of Eastern origin, and not with out interest, if it had Ircn compressad into a smeller space, or the events continued in uninterrupted succes sion. The writers of these pieces must soon make a discovery which appears to be already known to the public, that battles and dances, and processions, unless they form an important part of the ruble, or involve some points necessary to its cotaluct, are worse than useless, and wcsleat instead of stimulating the atten tion. The piece has been gut up with much splendour, and was well acted by the •different lierfbriners: the music, too, is of u plea Sing cast, though. not remarkable for originality. The great defect was its length, some curtailment being absolutely necessary. The piece was favourably received. COVENT-GARDEN. Monday night the play of The Point of Honour, was pertinnc.l at this Theatre ; Miss O'Neill sustained the part of Bertha with her accustomed ability, and imparted to the character of the heroine of this interesting piece a pathos and force which failed not to beguile the au dience of their tears. The parts of the Chevalier de St. Franc and that of Darimel, were ably sustained by Mr. Young and Mr. C. bauble. The piece, on the whole, went off extremely well. 'the laughable farce of The Spoil'dGiAl followed, in which Mrs. T. Hill appeared for the first tiara us Little Pickle. She played with spirit and was well received. On Tuesday night Mr. W. Farren added to his the atrical fame by playing. Don 3fanuel,..in the comedy of She would and She would not : in the scene at the open ing of the sth act, the gradval transition fruit joy to grief was expressed in a masterly manner, and without the least deviation from the limits of legitimate comedy. Mrs. T. Hill was tolerably successful in Ilippolyta, and the whole play went oil with spirit. On Thursday night Miss Somerville repeated the character of Adelgitha, and was received with increas ing' testimonies of the public approbation. The tragedy was succeeded by a new ballet, founded on the beautiful story of Paul and Virginia, and adapted from another piece of the same name now performing at Paris. It is, however, merely a section of the original tale, and having no catastrophe is wholly without dramatic inte rest. To make some amends, the dances are pleasing and well contrived, and gave ample scope for exhibiting to advantage the talents of Noble and Miss Luppino, together with the chaste and cort , ct, though perhaps less graceful and finished evolutions of the kisses Den nett. The piece of ards a pleasing relief as an interlude between the play and entertainmentyand we think the public are much indebted to the new managers for the style in which it is brought forward, and the variation it occasions in the amusements of the evening. Care should be taken to have as few dances as possible of mere display, *ad that do not tend. so accelerate the action of the story. After the ballet, was revived a farce, called Who min, or the Widunis Choice. Mrs: C. Kemble performed the Widow Bc'lair with her usual spirit and good sense. The Lave itself is pleasant and humorous, without any pretensions to higher qua lities, and awed the evening with an agreeable impres sion. The .house was well filled. Mr. W. Farren performed the part of Sir Authong Absolute in The Rivals on Friday night, and that of Sir Freya' Plagiary in The Critic; the latter for the first time ; a coincidence both of acting and authorship that produced an overflowing house. His Sir ..Fr - cilul Plagiary was extremely happy ; in the celebrated pas sage, where he is provoked by the animadversions of Sneer, he contrived to temper his anger with the re (visite degree of . gentlemanly feeling ; while his con- . cluaing expressions of contempt were as happily blended with teat sort of awe which the strength joined to the rancour of the attack would naturally excite. ..If any alterations were to be wished in Mr...W. Farren's de lineation of this character, it is that a some%hat,greater degree of force might be given both to the anger and the contempt. The provocation is certainly okeei.ive, autl his wound NI ,eit-love can only find refuge in the semblance at least of strong contempt. He was highly and deservedly. applauded, and the whole piece (not forgetting Mrs. Ciilka's Tilburina) was given with much spirit. Miss Somerville and Miss O'Neill are announced to appear togethzr in Rowe's tragedy of Jauc Shore. A very melanclAy circumstance occurred at prury Lane 'l'lu•atre on Monday night, when .the tragedy of Ittch.rrel ILL was near itn conclusion. A person in the pit, who had been attentive to the progress of the per fortnance, but who had discovered no previous symp toms of agitatien, sudihntly dropped from his scat, and expired in a few u►o►ncnts. his app.:trance was respect able. His body was conveyed to the Crown and Cushion public house, near the theatre. On examining his porkets, it appeared that they contained pa .crs of value, with cards ofaddrcss, stating the name ca C. :IJ'Carthy, Bull Inn, liibliomatc Street. PREROGATIVE COUI?7, Nov. 6. f':l7 HOPPE AND ()TILERS V. LICATII AND This was a case of con:V:1(.1Ni: interest. Mr. Charles Heath (theu residing at ‘Thetstoae) wrote in January, 18 18, to his proctor in town, retpicting he would come down to his house, in order to receive instructions for making his will; but. that gentleman being pre vented by indisposition, deputed his clerk to represent him. The facts which occurred on that occasion were detailed with considerable aceurnev and clearness in a tkposition which was read to the Court, from which it appeared that the deponent, a Mr. Throng's in, on ar riving at the house of Mr. Heath, found him awaiting his arrival, and sitting at a table covered with leases, bonds, policies of insarance, and a variety of papers necessary for the dispositions about to be made by the testator ; he proceeded to prepare a draught of a will according to the directions of the deceased, and when finished, read it over to him carefully, clause by clause. —The deponenent stated that the testator appeared to be aged and infirm, but perfectly aware of the nature and importance of the will he had male, and that he considered his capacity fully equal to the act he was engaged upon. The - deceased expressed his entire ape probation of the draught, The funded property, be queathed by him, amounted to nlanut 16,0001. r. par cent. Consols, and huocrial Annuities. After leaving the interest of 3,0101. stock to each of his three devil tent, and his son Edward, the principal of which was to revert to certain grandchildren, he declared. that "as he had not fully made up his mind as to the disposition of his freehold and copyhold property. he should not devise the name until he had more maturely considered the subject ;" but that "as to all the rest, .residue and remainder, of his personal estate, he g ave, devised, and bequeathed the same unto his son, Williarn Heath." Deponent represented to him, that in the event of his • dying betbre completing the disposition alluded to, the said Win. Heath would possess the whole of his free hold, copy hold, and personal property ; to which tho deceased replied, that he was aware of that ; observing, that as William was his eldest son, and had so large family, he had the weatest claim upon him. Finally, he made arrangements to come to town very shortly, ix order to give directions for the .disposition of his . leasehold and other property, and to complete his will, but in the interim he died, without having executed any . other testamentary paper than the one in question. The Counsel fur Edward Heath, the son of the tea- . tutor, contended, that in the exceptive clause, after the - words "Freehold" and " Copyhuld," it was the iuten-4 tion of the deceased to have inserted the words " and Leasehold ;" and prayed that the Court would decree the adutissi::n of them accordiugly, by which the chil dren would come into the.distribution of his leasehold . estates: the case of Forster .againsr Aulten . ey, in 1810, he maintained, bore strongly in favour of such admis sion, and on its decision a property was pending of •- 600,0001. ; yet .there the Court held that un alteration of a will might be permitted, although contrary to the - written intention of the testator. The Counsel on the • other side insisted ou the validity of a paper, which there was the strongest evidence, to prove had been dictated by a man in a sound and disposing state of mind: and argued that from the whole tenour of. the • deposition which had been read to the Court, it w-as .clearly proved, that he not only knew the nature of the - dispicitions which he had mune, but that i%lr. Thomp son had explained to him the consequences of his death, us related to the residuary legacy, if he.should.die.be fore making..any diffe:ent or more cannplete.bequest of the property included in the exceptive clause. They commented also on tl'e mauitest injustice of' setting • aside the declared and utrirtea testament of the. di,. ceased, in favour of his presumed intentions ; which,The contended, would be the effect of admitting the itsser- • tion of two words, that there were no evidence of its ever having been the testator's intention to supply ; -aad he submitted, to the coosideratka- of the Court, . that great danger would arise from the establishment . of so mischievous a precedent. The Judge, after recapitulating some portion of the • evidence, contained in the dep: , sitions, declared his. con currency in the opinion, that much danger woahl fluty a sentence estabiishiog . the fact of so insnrt; o en omission as that he was called tlime to remedy in .41 clear testamentary paper. But he had no iLoulit it his . own mind of the intentions of the testator, which -were • the same, .after hearing the whole evidence, as they -.- would occur to every one, on a priwt facie view of the case, to be. It was gratifyi:-.g, au observed, to disci:x.)4e • a duty whi4 he felt to be itytnison with these Amen,- _ tions; and he theretbre decra.al _that the testa :tart' paper should ke _The late reecipta.of Miss O'Neill's bentilt, verprml, amounted to flfiti:7s lid. •I he net renm:e_ ration for her fortnight's exertlms in that town, wr; . 40971.-asul the profits of her three visits to that pi.leo amount collectively to little short of.:5,0(101. Mr. Yates, who is coming. out at Cover,t G.ween Theatre, is 4 riat the husband nor any. rt•Lizion tt, 0* Mrs. Yates wholately rcault !lerTilvannwc fot4e.