The National Register. — London, England, 1808-07-17 00:00:00

T JULY 17. - . to pieces on the marching foricard of the armies, which is to take place to-murrotn, 19th inst. " Clettanos is at Carmona, he will take the command in chief; It is impossible to have a better General; he is well secondi.d b: the celebrated Reding,, brother to the distinguished Swiss Pa triot, Alois Reding.. We are nil in the best spirits, and are in no fear respecting the ultimate success di the just cause in which %.e have so heartily engaged." When the CoMmissioners left Cadiz, the contributions in aid of the war, notwithstaoding the actual distressed state of Spain, were productive beyond all expectation. In Cadiz alone. the merchants furnished the sum of 350,000 hard dollars. Eight thousand men were also raised in that city, completely armed, and on their march against the .etiemy. The regulzir force ma; militia in Seville and its vicinity, amounted to 40,0(X) men. 'ehere were heicies 60,000 volunteers in arms. On the 15th of June, the inhabitants of Cadiz were in hourly expectation to official intelligence of the surrender of Dupont. The Governor of Malaga, at the head of 18,000 men, had marched to co-oper ate with the Patriots, by whom he was surrounded at Cordova and nu doubt is entertained of the utter annihilation of the ene my's force in that quarter.—From Valentia, it is stated, that such was tit(' inveteracy of the Spaniards towards the French, that upwards of 15(1 merchants resident in that province had fallen sacrifices to the indipation of the Spaniards at the atro cious perfidy of their Gallic oppressors. A Copy of the Letter of the French Admiral Rosilly to till Governor of Cadiz; on his agreeing to surrender to the Spaniard the &et under his command—it is as follows : (TRANSLATION.) " On Board the Hero, in the Bay of Cadiz,l4th June, 1808 " CA PTA IN-GEN ERA L-1 find myself compelled, in conse quence of the means exercised against me, to give up the Fleet finder my command, without further resistance ; seeing that it is the interest of both nations nut to destroy the ships. " Althongb sour E‘cellency has not announced to me, that the crews of the ships under my command, us well as their pro perty, should be respected, I should reckon too much on Spanish honour, and the known generosity of your own charac ter, to entertain any fears on those subjects. " I request that your Excellency will only send a few troops at first, that the crews may evacuate; ship after ship, in order to avoid the confusion which' has on such o:casions taken place. " According to the lAws of War, I" request that you will per mit, or procure permission for me to send an Officer to his Ma jesty the liitiperor of the French, in order that I may be enabler; to give hiM au account of the events which have taken place. " I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, your Excellency's must humble Senaut. (Signed) " Bost fax." Accounts from Majorca have been received at Gibraltar, which state that a vessel had arrived there from Barcaona, the Captain of which nitirins, that there had been fighting between the French and Patriots in that City on the 5111, 6th, 7th, and Bth of last month, and that it continued when lie left it on the 9th. General Cuenca, one of the Patriot GeneralF, it is said, hai sent word to Murat, at Madrid, that if he cho, , e to evacuate Madrid and Spain, he should not he molcgted in his telreat ; but that if he did not accept his offer, he must take the consequences, as he was advancing against him at the head of a strong army of the Patriots. THE COURT AND WORLD OF FASHION. Wednesday, his Majesty held a private levee at the Queen's Palace, when the following had the hanodr of being presented to his Majesty i Lieutenant-General Calcraft, on his promotion; Colonel Maw ker, on his being appointed Aide-du-Camp to his Majesty ; Major-General Sir Samuel Aelimuty, upon his being appointe , ? to the command of the Ninth Garrison Battalion; the Rev. Dr. Niatv•el, upon his being elected to the Bishopric of Bristol ; and Dr. Cornwall, the late Bishop of Hereford, on his translation to the Bishopric of Worcester. His Majesty held a Privy Council for public busi.tess, and af terward* held tituither to receive the Recower of London's report of the convicts under sentence of deata in Newgate ; %then his Majesty was pleased to respite them during pleasum hits Mtkjesty gave audiences to the Cabinet Ministers, Lord Deathtield, and Mr. it,thsr, the Judge Advocate, v..1t0 laid be fore his Majesty the proceedings of several Courts Mai tial. ~"' THE NATIONAL ItECISTETt. 46t CITY. Tuesday a Court of Aldermen was summoned tri twiet at quild will, but a sufficient number of A Idersfiest not atieuding tw ..01.stitute a Court. the Lord Nla”)r ordered use price of breast to be condoned at 120. the quarter's loaf of wheaten., gad lOttL household. SPiNI3II PATRIOTS: A Court of Common Cowl it was held oh 'thritcday at Gait& hall, Which *ti' nuistrioosly attended. Mr. Quin tinned, that a dutiful and loyal Address be pre :seated to his Majesty , expressi%e of the Thanks of the Court 's* the great, deicisive, and matnanionou measures adopted by !ris Majesty towards tt,si-tint; th•• glorious eau-e in %%tacit the • =parish nation is engaged. to defeat the pertiti j and ifitirpatlua of the common enein v of Europe. Mr. Alderman Birch *remitted the motion. Mr. Bell, in an animated speech, supported the motion. Ire did nut agree with the sehtiment maintained b% sonic persons. 'Cott we ought to wait a little longer. till further informutiou was received front Spain. 'l' he contest, said he, for freedom is c Immeneed ; the que. • bassist the Spairish People awl Por. .mparle at issue, and it is not 61 that Wt. should abide the • event before w e declare our opinion. If the Spanish Patriots dcceed, let us flitare with them the gi Jr of their ictory. But it' ( which God forbid) they are reduced to -lavery, let us not feel the remor , e of reflecting that we have withheld our , upport ' them on the day when they were fl :Ming fur freedom. He bought that more than an expression of our frelings might be ken, and that money, the sinews of war, ou,ht also to be oted, as the commencement of a general fund, teat might be 'raised an over the countr\ fist this t.,lorious purpose: Ile ~...11%e he highest aPitrobation to his Majesty's MisiisterS fiir their prompt decision, and trusted that it %%Wild be followed filth the happiest molt. After some diseu , sion the motion was unanimou ly agreed to, and a Committee of all the Aldermen pre-etit. %%Oh a Ctritiwoner from each ward, Was appointed to withdraw iminediately and prepare an Address. The Committee lia• its returned with a draft of an Address, tLe satne was read, agreed to, awl or- • tiered to be signed by the Town Clerk and the Sheriff., attend ed by the Itemembrancer, be ordered to wait oF.in his Majesty. !o know his Ito)al will and pleasure when the Court should at tend him to present the same. THE THEATRE. MR. MAY AS ROVER IN WILD OATS.-LILLON TitAGEDV OF FATAL. CURIOSITY. -MR. WINSTON'S ALTERATION OF MOLIERE'S FOURBEILIES DE SCAPIN. Mr. May, from the Belfast Theatre, on Tuesday night made his first appearance in London, as in Mr. O'Keefe'!, ` whimsical Comeau of Wild Oats. We are sottv to speak of any body with unqualified censure; an.' ate have in vain cimsidered how it would be possible, consistently with troth, :. mix any kind of praise with our account of Mr. May's perform- ' mire. It perhaps may be thought that it would be tinfair tit ja4e the powers of any actor by his. performsner of So extra vagant a character as Rorer: but wedo not allow this 'plea for it is to 1w presumed, ethough it •does not indeed invariably take place,) that an actor in choosing a- part for his first ap pearance, ehooses that kind of part which is most likely to spew his striaigth. A very good actor might fail in ,ueh.a part as Rover, but he would fail in a manner totally opposite to the -lamer of Mr. May's failure. He would fail by under-acting so broad a part, while Mr. May fails by over-acting it. It it the character of a lively young Gentleman, who having arrived from India without money or connections, goes upon the stage for a subsistence : his conduct is a tissue of generosity and cafe. lessness, courage and ab-urdity. He does a thous:in:l thiage very little suited to the general c ourse o f soc i ety , an d i nter l ar dl ais whole couversation with quotations from the Plays most generally acted. It is easy to see, that a character so eccentric toast he in perpetual danger of beetiwing very coarse, unless the actor who performs it ta' , se especial care to avoid every kind if inelegance, and coatrive to sustain the spirit of the humour, without dashing into vulgarity. In short, it is a sort of part, which, if it does strike, strikes with infinite force: but which, when displeases, must dkplease with an effect almost disgusting. An actor, accustomed to pia' in a more chaste kind of Comedy, (it' indeed this, which is but a fife•act Farce, rimy be called a Comedy at all,) would, perhaps; do but little with the part; would fail, but not displease. Ws habits and would he perpetually shocked: he would find himself damped and tlatteued: and the damp and flatnca would natu- M.MI iffWWIMM ulars iova, ulars The y cut ye cut