The National Register. — London, England, 1816-07-28 00:00:00

;TUYI, 18. DR , I ti.iTIC REGISTER. HA YMARKET. On Monday night, a new Comely was produced, called Exit by Illimake, said to be from the pen of Mr. ;Jamieson. It is an excellent little piece, in which we ran recollect tit Ailing at all for ill nature to snarl at, unless it be a too gr eat liberality in the quantity of puns. The interest of 'Ale scene is preserved throughout ; the cha racters are. strongly marked ; the language is pointed and elegant; and there arc, here and there, some very success ful hits, at the follies of the day. The following will give -,e3ine slight notion of the plot of the piece. AI r. Rs:Assisi (Ti:ital") realizes a 'erg.: fortune in India, and is elis• Po'cd to return and enjoy it in the land of his nativity. The person Wino has the managenicat of his affairs abroad is a quaker, who scuds along with his fortune the will of Mr. ltarland to Mr. Strum, (MI AT.. atsrsos), who is appointed executor, and, at the wane time, apprises Mr. Straw of the circumstance of Mr. Rawland's return, in language which givoa rise to the bustle of the piece. The quaker talks of Mr. Rawlind having departed on the Bth of May, and hill other equivocal expressions, which, taken together, address themselves to Mr. Straw as a communication of the Ikatli of his friend Mr. Itow , a4d. Upon the arrival therefore of the property, he proceeds to the distribution of it, as executor, and had actually paid over ono half of it to Mrs. Iral. siairliasi (Mrs. DAVE rollT), a widow, and her daughter Harriet (MIS TAY Lon) ; when a letter from Portsmouth, very much to his as toni,hutent. apprises him not only that Mr. It 'stand as still alive, but that lie will be in town instantly. Mrs. If was in the bus. tie of new arrangements. new establishments, and new equipages, when the mistake is communicated to her, and she faints of codese. Reco vering, at length. from the shock, the executor and the widow lay their heads tosfether ; and it is agreed, that Mr. Itawkiwt shall be tempted to take up his abode at the house of Mrs. liralsingliara, where he might pmbably fall in love with Harriet, and thus obviate the difficulty of re-paying the money, part of which had been actually expended. Mr. Rowland arrives at an ma, and so does a Mr. Rattletrap (RUSSELL). Bain the Baltimore Theatre, who is mistaken by Straw, when he waits upon him at the inn, fur Mr. Rowland. 11 , .• is treated accordingly, and, imagining that all this attention is laid to him front the reports of his professional talents, he feels flattered, closes with time invitation to Mrs. !raking/limes, and has almost succeeded in obtaining she blush ling consent of the widow herself; when Mi aim from a va- I-ley of circumstances imagines that a plot is laid to talk about his death and rub him of his prowrty. eventually 'Mikes hinisnr known. An arlaircissement takes p4.e, the mistakes are rectitkd. and Ilarriat is 'married to a nephew of Mr. Rowland, au artist, who was smitten by her as she was sitting to Min fur her portrait. lox ES has a rattling character, very slitable to him, as a legatee, and is v.:ry hard to be con. v dead. that Mr. Rowland is not really s:4i Nirs. 'Glens plays the bar maid at the tavern very effelively ; the land:onl of which tavern says, if it does not succeed, !s can " trim it into a Bazaar."—Mr. /two land, who is rather an sax nous old gentleman, calls the bar-maid a rogue and she says " she's at the Bar!" " She takes compliatents and gives change. and receives a good deal of French coin both ways." TOEZLT plays Mr. R servant, who is distressed upon his re turn to England to find the streets whetted, a relation grown rich, and a variety of other alt..rations taken place. What with the gay awl easy flow of the dialogue, set off by the admirable acting, this little piece was given out for repetition with universal applause, and we have 'no doubt will bring a plentiful harvest to the Theatre. EATON THE PI:DESTRLI!C. The lateness of the hour at which this enterprising individual concluded his unprecedented task on Saturday last, prevented us from giving more fully the particulars that occurred on that occasion.—As we before stated, the crowd that assembled to witness the completion of his perfornianee exceeded beyond comparison any thing of the kind heretolßue seen. Numbers of carriages, ha touches, Sze. of persons of distinction, were drawn up to facilitate the Pedestrian's course, and he accomplished his undertaking amidst boundless plaudits.—ln order, as we before stated, to convince the spectators that his vigour remained unabated, he walked an additional mile with perfect eau•—a nobleman present afterwards took Eaton and his children into his barouche, intending to drive them round the course ; but the impatience of the mul titude to testify their feelings upon the occasion induced them to take the horses from the brrouche before it had got half way round, and draw it with acclamations to the Hare and Billet ; where the Pedestrian, decorated with laurel and ribbons, was received by his friends. After a short time, he mounted a balcony in front of the I Tare and Billet, and, in a brief and modest address, re tnrind thanks for the protection and favour he had so li berally caperienced. He also took occasion to propose undertaking, without any delay, another task of walking tiO miles a day for 10 sucegssive days, for a subscription: or, by himself and son, a child under six Years of age, to walk 80 miles a day for the same time—the child to walk eo miles eta . day. Many of those present gave the pedestrian handsome marks of favour; among whom we remarked the celebrated Romeo Coates, who put down a sum of money, accom panied by na address to the multitude. Much of Eaton's success is to be attributed to the ex ertions of Mr. Robinson, a gentleman residing at the Heath, who, throughout the pedestrian's feat, affirded him every assistance and protection against the numerous attempts made to impede him in his undertaking. The Dublin Critics have designated Mr. Liston the irresistible Liston. The epithet is not meant to apply to his beauty. One of the Parisian Theatres, the Ambit,/ Comique, has procured a successful Melo-drame, entitled lialeslas; on, les Raines de r.lbbaye.' It presents a wonderful combination (say the Parisian Editors) of all that can please the spectators in this way; viz. Assassination, suicide, storm, battles of all kinds, explosion, &e. &c. ace. All ourjolies frames are eager to see Boleslas." Capt. R. Dacres has resigned his situation as Governor a the Royal Naval Asylum at Greenwich. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. POETRY. LINES IN ANSWER TO " HINTS TO FARMERS." If the Farmers their daughters put under the cow, And the nos must do nothing but follow the plough— Let the Tradranwri themselves to their counters confine. And give up their dating, their parties, and wine; Let the Nolges their hzeriPs and follies forego, And live as the worthies did cent'ries ago ! Why from farmers alone expect reformation ? When alike required from all ranks in the nation. LAURA. ON THIS RAINY MONTH. To name this month his own, great Clear chose; Thsonc it merits now is, Pluviosc. AN UT lIER. All ye may ape your stoma without delay, Who hoarded them against a ru iny day. I M PROM PT U. How arts improve in this inspiring age, Peers mount the box, and horses tread the stage:, While waltzing females, with unblu,hiug face, Disdain to dance but in a man's embrace. Ilow arts improve when Modesty is dead, And Sense and Taste are, like our Bullion, Red! A Clergyman iu the West, who had unfortunately quarrelled with his parrishoners, had lately the misfortune to have a shirt stolen front the hedge where it hon, to dry, and he posted hand bills littering a reward fur the discovery of the offender. Next ino g the following hues were found written at the foot of the copy stuck against the chili ch.door : Some thief has stoll'n the parson's shirt, To skin nought could be nearer; The parish will give Five Hiunirtal Pounds To him that steals the wearer! The following is the iiubject ofa caricature that has appeared In Pari• Marshal Sedict is looking with an air of contempt on his new (rundown (Batas de Marechal)ormunented with the fleurs.de tya ; yru see his old one buttoned under his coat, and pressed to his heart, with oue of the ends peeping out, on which is the imperial. eagle : in tile back gronsul are seen, on one site, Tarragonaoind .on the other side Bedouin in flames; tinders imam arc.thil two tirpt couplets of a popular song made against the repel army of the Loire : TRANSLATION. From the banks of the Loire I am come, A robber right famous in story ; Twice my King I betrayed, Sir, but—mum... 'Twas all from the passion of glory. Your Bayards, Doguesclins, and stuff. Are names at which eickens my heart= My motto is, Ntundrin the bluff: Grim Cartouche, and the grand Buonaparte. _ HACKNE.F-COACH ACT. As we see by the daily reports from the Poliee-otEcea that much ignorance prevails as to the regulations of hackney coaches, and that thus fraudulent drivels are continually at. tempting the most barefaced impositions, we think we canuut do better than rt-publish an acstract front the principal fea tures of the last Hackney-coach Art. The Act consists often, clauses, of which the followint , are the most important:— Clause 3. The driver of a hackney-chariot is compellable to carry three grown persons without any addition to the fare. 4. The usual additional tisres arc allowed upon driving into the country; with this exception, that in the day time no addition is allow ed except the distance he fine miles from town, and then at the rate NY d. for every mile alxive four. 6. The driver of beeknepanaches wherein any property, is left, shall carry melt property : in the state in which it :ilia found, within four days, to the haekneyeroach edict...and deposit lie same rith one of the clerks. under a penalty not exceeding 201. 7. No agreement m pay :more than the regular fare 1. btaditig: any person may, ane...ttfcate tiding such agnasnent, refuse to pay more than the established fare: anti if he pays more, he may surer the over p:hs, the driver being subject to the penalty of 51. for non-pxyment. 8. Hackiwy-eoachatten, who have their catches unatcentied, whether ;aired or toot, are liable teo penalty not exceeding 51. 11. Drivers must not refuse a far:, crithangh tlacy may have been out 12 hours: no more than the iegniar tare is allowed oa such occasions. 10. Haekney.orwehmen, witterraen, fax. liable to a tine and impri sonment for abusive language, &c.: the penalties of former acts con tinue in force. In France, as well as in this country, and 'generally throughout Europe, the prediction of the mad Italian Prophet, relative to the end of the world, had produced great dread in the minds cf some—•so that they neglected all business, and gave themselves up entirely to despon dency. The Bath Paper says, that "a maiden lady, who resides in a village. in Somersetskire, was deeply of cted at the expected approach of a second chaos, and had taken great pains to impress the younger branches of the tinni ly with similar apprehensions. The latter however laugh ed at her folly, and were severely rebuked for their unbe lief. On Thursday morning, between six and seven o'clock a girl, eight years of age, got out of bed, and ran to the lady's chamber, crying out—. lent, Anal, the Wort dat an End These words struck so moch terror into the mind of the lady, that she has not spoken since; and on Friday morning, she remained in a state of insensibility!" One of the Paris Papers states, that M. Fournier, a physician of Lyons, attributed the present inclemency of the weather to the death of dee moon, which he says has lately experienced an attack of apoplexy ! The learned Physician also asserts that the sun is sick, which ac counts for the paleness of his countenance!!—The Jour nal which announces this, very gravely adds a perheys, that all this sickness exists only in the brain of the l'hy sician. The following instances of cruelty are mentioned in the BriLdeton Herald :—A Captain Wombwell on Fri day drove a tandem, without changing horses, from Westminster-bridge to Brighton (a distance (4'5'2 miles) in four hours and three quarters, for a wager of 500 guineas. On Tuesday a Captain Brydges performed the same task gratuitously in four hours and fifty minutes. One a,h 7 antage froiu paving the metropolis with east iron is this :—lt will enable any Gentleman to electrify the whole town by a xivic /hock. MEDICINAL SPRINGS NEAR LONDON. Tire Medicinal Springs of Dulwich and Sydeeham, which were about half a century since in such utiles. tion as to be a common resort from London, are now entirely relinquished, but they might probably be re called, as the same soil remains through which they then ran. At that time, when the Green Man, oppo.. site Dulwich Grove, was a house of general assembly, the water was served in the same manner as it is now •at Tunbridge or Cheltenham ; this was lost when that house was sold, with the adjoining fields, into private hands; and Sydenliam has continued to preserve the springs in small tubes sunk in the earth near the little cottages muter the-hill, to which, until very lately, it yielded a trilling emolu ment. The water of the neighbourhood retains the quality in a lesser degree, in general so feeide as not to be noticed in the usual beverage; but It is peculiatly obnoxious to iron, and therefore iron pipes for all the weds aie avoided. Hut the beauty and healthiness of the neighbouring country would afford great encouragement for a speculation of that kind, if the short distance front town (lid not operate as a drawback on the virtue of these salts, as it would preclude the pleasure of a distant journey, which always furnishes the greater part of the proposed remedy ; and the judicious arrangement of assembly-rooms, and theatrical entertainments, including late hours in the evening, which are happily combined for all the family. with the absolute necessity of sue member• of it Ira%el ihug to take the waters, might if found necessary fur their moue recovery, be readily established, with a circulating library for a lounge; but without billiards or raffles. It is very remark ab:e that senative springs of this kind surround London ; and are on that vet) , account neglected. The Tunbridge waters have been taken for many yeats past, at a teahouse near the Spa-fields, now discontinued; the same spring has been also served at a place near Gray's Inn-road, called St. Clads, and at Kagnigge Wells. An opera well has for ages been resorted to fog eves, both at the Spa-fields, and the postern on Tower hill ; and yet we have not heard of any physician who has lately recommended it to his patients, to take the short journey to these places ; though they all,in times past, had acquired great use and eeleSrity.. Whatever is easily attainable and near home has no value, and *acne* no interest; and absence from London in the leisure months of the year, is of more im. . purtance than recovery at home at an unfashionable time. A Geseral Meeting of the Association for the relief of the • Manufacturing nod Lebow ing poor, is advertised to he held to morrow at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of con sidering the.anost beneficial way of giving assistance to such Ascociations as may. be formed for the relief of those parts of the ccuntry which at present are suffering most severely under - the pressure of temporary di,tress. The Dlte ct York wilt take 4iseetntir ; and the meeting, it is ex i ieeted, will be most respectably an 1 nuoierowdv attended. The. Lord Mayor of London arrived r..t South-End on Tuesday, on his. route for Rochester. Four hundred ticket; had been issued, and about gerrtlemen and la dies of the first respectability sat down to an excellent dinner at the Royal Hotel; and in the evening there was a most splendid ball. The dancing cornuicnced at eleven, led off by Alderman Heygate and Miss Wood, and was kept up until six o'clock on the following morning. Most of the neighbouring families were present and the bril liancy of the room was much added to 1w the attendance of a great number of naval and neilitrry oficers from. Sheerness. The Carnival of London is nearly at an end—a very few Nobility attached to the Court remain in town—the list of departures in every journal o" futhion is as much lengthened as it was in their arrir:l. two nomths since. The winter in London begins n.t the end of Nsay, and finishes at the end of July. But the frequent splen dours at the Regent's Palace. the Reyal Marriages, anti the consequent complimentary visits, the approach.. ing birth-day on the 12th of Aunlst, unite to keep up the lid) of the metropolis, and t I encourage the trades and manufactures and ingenious alt.. which would other.. wise decline at this period. The lk:archioness tie la Rochejsquelin, in her Me n( the it in La rendZc. :elutes the following anecdote while she ws, at lirenvire:—Two officers en tered into a dispute und?r our windows in the street. One drew his sabre and touched :he other gently, who put himself in a pasture of dth•nce. My hither, .who happened to be near them, stopped his arm, and said to him, " Jesus Christ pardoned his murderers, and shall a soldier of the Catholic Army kill .his comrade?"—This man immediately embraced the other. Besides this in stance, I never heard of a &el in our array. The war was so active and so perilous, that no man .dreamt of - shewing his courage other than ag,..inst the enemy. By letters of the 1I th of June from Constantinople we learn, that her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales arrived in that city on the 6th of thr:t month. She took up her abode at the British Palaec till a house at Buyuk. dere was fitted up for her reception. On the 9th were presented to the Princess all the Foreign Ministers, and the same evening the British Factory. Shortly anotht:r presentation was to take place, to give those an oppor tunity to be pre -anted who a ere disappointed on the thr rner occasion. Her Royal Highness, say the letters, con ducted herself at all.;roes vriih tho greatest affability ; yet in other respects she ti4led to Abed satisfaction to the British merchants; inasmuch as she gave a deciffill preference in all her dealings to foreigners. She lt;t:1 credit on a Greek home :lir 4C,000 Spanish dollars, when n British house could have accommonated her Royal l high ness as well. Being in want of jeaellery, the l'rincess applied to a Frenchman ; and she is attceded by a Nea politan Count and two I.adieti. At Genoa and Sicily lu.s. Royal Highness was well received ; hut at Malta, it is said the (inventor made the vessel, on board of' which her Royal Highness was, perform quarantine in the strietall 2181111er.