The National Register. — London, England, 1818-06-01 00:00:00

JINE 1 TILE DRA3IA. (::IVEST-GA RDEN. That frightful burlesque on common feeling and ec.ommon justice in France, the trial of the nteiekyers of Fnaldes, has at length taken its natural staw, and been turned intolo-drarae. The Cattle of Pa!uzzi, performed on Wednesday night, is the French murder thrown into a popbahle farm, and rescued from the re volting and abominable circumstances of the original by some deference for human feelings, and, wei ta it a i rn , ) , t said, the decency of human crime. The Count Sahriati Las married a reluctant beauty. Her lover, Ferdinaad, from whom she bad beat separated by treachery, re turns; the husband, with the 'help of a conferierete, aornezo, murders him The Countess has seen the act, and is about to be put to death to prevent detec tion, when she is savod by her husbe:W. The ?if:air cnnee before the tribunal, the Countess and her atten dant Zerina are accased. The Count is nrcsent, bat his wife dreads to accuse her preserver. Ze'rlina, however, :peaks out, as the French trial expresses it, and charges the crime on Soranza The Bagger is protium!, the Count seizes it p,lunges it in his broom, and perishes in despair. This is deep enough for Traged*, mere than repulsive enough for feeling; and yet it is otservable how much the author has been forced to soften and dimmish the or:gin , sl giddy infamy and dark abomina tion of the true French tale. What passes for an ex quisite display of sentiment in France, is fortunately tea Bass for the rude fictions of our stage; the romance this Frenc tribunal is too affected, revolting and dis graceful, far the extravagance of un English Theatre. The Melo-drame was well perfmned. Mrs. Faucit was the Countess, Mies Foote Zsrlina, Abbott, whose acting is always ra ional and manly, was Ferdinaxd, Terry the Old Marquis, Conn.,r Soranso, and Macreadv Sairiali. Same of the scenery was pretty, and that which gave the view of ,he murder by the reflection of a mirror was much apalanded. There was a tolerable dance by the corps de belles. The subject is still open, and if Farce will condescend to stele to the lowness of ite,buriesque, the most envenomed mockery could not find more copous food than in the pathetics of the French Law Ofhcers, the weeping Attorneys General., 'and senti.mentelizing Chief Justices, the Rouaseaus.on the Bench, and the Diderots at the Bar. This per formance is said to be written by a son of the late Mr. Raymond? Miss O'Neill is engsged at the Bath Theatre for six nightl. Her first appearance will be on the 13th of June, in the character of Be!lidera. The Tunisian squadron, which took refuge in Gi. braltar, continues to he closely watched and blockaded bly a Portuguese squadron. consisting of three frigates and two pi/lints, whose vigilance is represented as very ineommo ling to the barbarians. One of the frigates remains, constantly in the reed, while the rest of the squadron sets sail every morning to cruise in the Straits. The Tunisians will not venture to sail, fearing the re slit of an engagement wit's the Portuguese. Official accounts from St. Domingo state, that Gene ral Boyer has been elected successor- to Petion in the Presidency of the Black Republic. The accession of the new President took place without the least opposi tion, and the inhabitants appeared perfectly tranquil. and content with the change. The l'roclama•ioa of Boyer, published on the occasion, consists of a warm panegyric on the deceased Chieftain. The remainder of it is filled with thepraisessat the army and people to v.-horn it is addressed, and with solemn taguntnces on the part of the new President, that he will respect in violably the rights of property—that he will protect the enterprises of flireigrr and domestic commerce—and that t.e will regard as sacred, and preserve nnimisdred, the institutions and establishments of his " titignst prede cessor. ' The election of General Boyer to the Presidency of Hayti is gi nerally considered a favourable event for the commercial interest. Petion, his pre:lYcessoe, was s man little skilled in the true bearings of' (versions re inting to trade and commerce; and was, be:it:es, some what disposed to favour the natives, in a deg:-,c iietrirwntal, perhaes, to themselves and to ethers— The he..v rresiiheit. it is said, possesses mere enlight ened- views, and has evinced every disposition to carry them into execution. Friday het the Anniversary of the Restoration o f King 11. no business was arnie zt tho Stock Exchnlige, nor were there any proceedings in the 1....va Courts ; the morning was (Isla. red in with the ringing cf Wis, and at .:tic o'c! ),-k the Park and Tower butts were tire I in honour of the (lay. The eleventh Anniversary rf Sir F. Bu - dct's re turn for Westminster, v. as ct.ltlr:..ted at the Crown and Anchor. Sir Frnacis tcld his cons;itoonts that he could do them no good, and sholiirl be 1147, never again to set his foot in the House of Contnions, unle , s a radical reform too . place, for the wickedness and cur ritption practitiA against the people were su.Sci. nt to overwken them.—Lord Cochriule announced iris deter mination to go abroad, and Mr. Haut (who was rather mighty handhl) avowed his intention of offcring in his stead. THE NATTONAL REGISTEX SOCIF.TY OF ARTS. , Tuesday was a protel clan for this Institution, it was . the di.c:ihution et their Rewards! Sami after twelve o'clock, his Royal Highness the Duke cif Sussex, the Pre itlent, took the chair ; xn.i when the attention of the meeting was called to the business of the day, Mr. Aikin, the secretary, addressed the company, com menting principally on the *;rent irnFrovemencs which science had gcined since the earliest ages to the pr.:sent time; particularly seiverting to the knowleclge obtained in the various branches ef weaving; the extraord.eary and useful power of strum ;—the progrest. of the Arts applying, in no inconsiderable degree, the encouragement which merit, in its different situutions, .had received Prom this iestitntion. The Royal President, whom we never saw leek Letter, distributed the remade, among which were the followiog in agriculture:— Tu it. HalJine BradOrtiv,E%ry. M.P. of Wori.ley }ha, near anclirbier, to rrelaimiui lfri acres of peat moss, the Gold Medal. Thr Rev. E. Cartwright, D.D. ikollanden nrar Sr , ri) Oaks, for coonparitive qwerinacnts os Manates,the Guld ,slrdtl. Sir W. W. Wynne, Bart. M.P. Wyarstan Ter planting 815 Forrist Tures, :hr Gold H. Creyki., Esq. 1,,1te, ill Park. 'imitable?, for planting 1.563 I?..reEt Tires, the Silver Mr. J. Coin:non . Denwiek, ilear Alnw:ek, fur a double diUi tuiuip Aower, the silver Medal and 'ren thlineas. 1: F:4411114)00% rsq. Cliatierry.lane, far the waluageinent of Bet., the Silver Ceres Medal. There were.upward.a of 2000 persons present on the occasion. As some of the parties.to the Lean may not be aware that by omitting to complete their transfer of Sl. per cent. Stock on.or before the ed of June, they will lose the half-year s dividend, which will be due on the Si per cent. Stock granted in exchange for it on the 10th of October next—it is thougA right to call the attention of the public to the fallowing clause in the Resolutions of the House of Commons, on the 21st of April last, which was afterwards embodied in the Loan Act, via.— ,• That every person who shall. on or before the second day of June, 181$, have transferred to the account of the Commissioners for the Resift:x.6on of the National IJvbt the whole of the 31. per centorn Conselidated Reduced Ahnoities subscribed by him, shall be entititd to the principal sum of 881. in Annuities, at the rate of 31. sos. per centum for every 1001. 31.. per centutn Annuities so tzans ferred ' • such Annuity at the rate of SL !Os per centum to commence from the 3th day of Apia, HIM And every person who shall, after the second day of June, and before the r/th dal of November, have transferred to the account of theand commissioners tint whole of of 31 per centum Consolidated Reduced Annuities subscribed by theme, shall be entitled to the principal stun of 881. in Annuities.st the rate of 3L 10s. per cesium for every iool. of 31. per eentura Ann lA ties so transferred, such Annuities at the rate of 31. 10s. per etotum to commence from the 10th dayof GRAND MILITARY REVlEW—Tuesday being the day appointed for the Grand Military Review to take place upon Hounslow Heath, and it being generally understood that the Review was by the special com mand of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in or der to afford the Prince of Hesse Hombourg an oppor tunity of seeing our tiddlers perform their military manssovres, every vehicle calculated to convey persons anxious to be present was pat. in requisition. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent' left Carlton House a little before ten o'clock, and. arrived at Hounslow shortly after clever', by which time the troops, cc:mist ing of the first an.' second regiments of Life Guards, the Oxford Blues, the 10th Hussars (the Prince's Own), ;Ind the 19th (the Lancers), together with two brigades of Artillery. and several pieces ofcannon, were in complete order and arrangement for the inspection of His Royal Highness the Prince of Hesse HottiLaurg, and His Royal flighsess the Dake of York, Comman der in Chief. The line extended nearly a inile south of the kagshot road. The several troops continued to perform their evolutions till half-post two o'cleek.-- , They fired in detachments, vollies, :milieu de joie, and the artllery went through their various exercises with much rapidity and dexterity. A little before three the whsle marched oil the groond, and shortly after war, s Prince Regent and Lis distinguished party also lft. Six troops of the First regiment cf Essex Yeomanry Cavalry, tinder the command of Captain Tuencifs, Cap:iiltibelloot'sy Capt. Smootetey's, Capt. Pollen's, Capt. Rudd&ll's, and Capt. Grove's, assembled on Frit'[...y, at Bmitattee, to perform six clays' permanent duty. Sir Humphry and I.al.y i navy is ft town on Monday fir tile Continent. Sir ',Hurnpary's first object is,. so asvist the Miners of Eintiers and Germany in using his sati:ty-lamps for the preservation of their lives; and his second ellitst, to go to Naples, fin. the purpose of applying a chemical process to the unrolling the Her culaneum MSS The House of Kloppznbnitrg at Amsteran:Ot. has. stopped payment, in consequence of a recent fairtire in' this country. We understand that his Majesty the. King of Saxony has decided that cvcry tkinrsUitli • regard tattle Jews is to retmtin %naltered, onlheirpay tog wine trifling duties, upon the same footing as here totiire ; so that the persecution of the lii,cral Christians of Leipsic will probably have no other result than to extort a little money from their countrymen of the , J e wish reryalsion.. I'M BOARD OF EXCISE-MAy SELLING GROUND BEANS AND PEASE FOR COFtEZ. AEI,. SAMUEL HALLET. The defendant, Halle!, a grocer and dealer in tea and coffee, residing in New Compton -street, St. Caters in the F.elds, was charged with having seven pounds of the imitation of cetree in his pes.•ession, &e. Charles Henry Lord an fficer of the Exch-e, being s'■•crn, sawed, that he and Spencer an officer, went on the :Bth of Fehruury hist, 'o the shop of the defendant, and asked for an ounce of coffee, at three halfpence per ounce. He tecziveii the same, and having paid for it, left the shop. He examined the same at u ho•tte near where the defendant lived, and found it was part coffee and part the imitation cofiee, or what the dc. fendant called vegetable powder, which is nothing more or less than burnt beans and pease ground in u He went hack to the defendant's shop, and asked Lim to shew him some Qs. cafee, not ground, which, lye./ examination, he found genuine. lie then told the defendant that he suspected that he commonly dealt in adulterated cofFee, and asked hires if he had any of tt.e vegetable powder in his house; he replied that he LIU • small quantity, and took a cannister from a shelf, contained 641 b of the vegetable powder. He (wit ness) then searched the place, and found some other cofhe mixed with the vegetable powder, which was in a state apparently prepared for sate. Spencer, an officer of time Excise, corroborated the above evidence, and stated, that the sham coffee seized at defendant's house was shewn to Mr. Joseph Hut hart, grocer and tea dealer, in High street, Borougn, Southwark. Mr. Hubbart being sworn, stated, that he hal ex amined•the sham euffee seized by the officers in defen • dant's shop. The one ounce purchased by Lord fc.r three halfpence, he knew to be nothing else than tt.e black pigeons beans; there was nu coffee amongt,t it. The six and a half pounds was a mixture of beans and coffee, and the quarter of a pound was the same kind of stuff ground and ready for sale. The defendant said, that he did not know he was acting contrary to the Excise Laws by keeping " ve getable powder" in bis possession ; that he was obliged to sell the same at a low price, or he should !use L.:, custo u. A Commissioner stated, that he could not be igno rant that he was acting .i.legally ; that by selling such fiborr. in..' bl e stuff, he was iujurin; the health of the public ; and the Board of Excise was determined to punish those found dealing .in the illicit manner de scribed, with the utmost severity. 'the defendant ass convicted in the penalty of 501. THURSDAY. TEL KING V. VOL Mr. Edward Fox, grocer and dealer in tea and coffee, Gray's Ina-lane, was charged with having a large quantity of sham coffee in his possession, and with selling the same for geauine coffee. Cutamissiouer—Do you ple.&d guilty or not.guilty Defeaciot—l plead guilty, my Lord. AnotheriCommissioner—This is a ca.e in which the defendant chooses to plead guilty, fur the purpose ct' induciog us to mitigate the punalty ; but I think proper to have the mile heard, as it is ore of the wora descrip tion that has come beti re us. _ _ Henry Spencer, an Officer-of Excise, stated, that on the 2 tat of February, he and Lord, another officer, went to the defendant . s slicp:and p•lrch...sed an ounce of coffee, for which he vial three-lialtp.aux. 'They ex amined it, and he was &itiatied it was not genuine coffee; they purchased another ounce (which he timed to the Conamissioncis, wi.o examined it) ant were convinced it cou.iisted.,partly of coffee and brans and peat:o..l - k, Spencer, ma!,:ed the defendant if he had any .vegetable powder in• his possession, and he Lit-- clamd that he had not. Lletendar.t—l deny that I ever said so. Witness —I looked into a mill and found it contained a small tiliantity of vegetable powder and coffee. 'lle defctitiar.t came up and, ground it all out upon the flour teilire I could stop him. The defendant asked his sin:v ictim if we had tound any vegetable powder in the tatil ? the shoptuati replied in the negative, and de letulant said, " Then i do not care fur thou." Upon searching the shop he filund the 6 paunch; of ectfee wixed witli vegetable Fr.oriler, which he then prutl:;;:etl. The Cotatintssionerianad Ca:: examining officer viewed the Ni , "1111 c:;ifee seized, anti it way tied:trod to be part genuine coffee and part hr. . . s pease • burnt and ground. The defendant in Lis d• fence said, th:it die poor pea;.le wanted a low piieed article, and by wising the vegetable powder and code,' together, he was: to sell it three ltaltj.c ucc .ut °Lowe ; he had field it for years, but never had so large a quantity as 61.1bs in his premises hefore at one time; he on: rot think it was a fraud ;. .he did it ;is a rcattir cf tathe poor,wito could nut ;;i . .e. a ;:iglu: -price; eld.-not ca:11 it f.,r gv rwiSe coffee. Cvonnissitiaee—" Then you havebcen defraittliag the public fur many years, and injuring the revenue by to be illicit practices ; the 1100 r have an equal r i g ht be sliTlictl with a I . 7 : ;riaitte article 118 the rice. Ica