The National Register. — London, England, 1812-12-06 00:00:00

EC. G. DRAMATIC REGISTER. DRURY LANE. Nl;.-PorE and Miss StAITII have appeared at this Theatre. gr. POPE came out in Lord Tow.i/y, and acquitted himself ruclt to the satisfaction of the audience. It is unnecessar' l ac to speak of his gcneral meritg, as the whole town most ,sufficiently acquainted with them. Miss SMITH made ler first appearance in Isabella and was eminently successful. [his theatle is now much richer than Covent Carden in fe rale excellence. We know of no actress on the stage who r an do so much to console us for the absence of Mrs. SID MONS as Miss Shunt. • COVENT U UDEN. On Wednesday an operatic spectacle wr.s performed for fir: first time, called, " The Renegade." Air. REYNOLDS IS the person held responsible for the merits of this piece, al ced as it i; from the " Don Sebastian" of DRYDEN. The Qom , and decorations, the 'moat essential parts of such a pelformance, " The Renegide" is inferior to nothing that the modern stage has produced, and thus far Mr. REY NOLDS' new production may be said to be spte;tdidly success ful. The practice of taking the works of old authors and bringing them forward in a modern garb, has been much condemned by some of the critics of the day. It has been censured as unjust to the dead and degrading to the living. For ourselves, however, as we are disposed to take the best side of things, we cannot help deriving hope from that which seems to have plunged our contemporaries in despair. We cannot help pleasing ourselves with the thought, that the day is not far distant when those writers for the stage, who so frequently fall under the critic's lash will cease to offend ; for as they already feel they cannot produce a decent original performance, it is hardly too much to expect that in time they may discover, they have not sufficient talent to alter what another has written to any good purpose. When this happy day arrives, room will be made for a new set of dra matists, and though it is possible the next may not be better than the present, yet (to imitate the language of Mr. CAN NING on another occasion,) we think it impossible for any roan so to chasten his feelings as not to look forward with hope. To lose by a change is hardly within the range of things possible. • If we were to judge of this piece from the degree of lite lary talent displayed by Mr. REYNOLDS, we should not be likely to p . ronounce a very mild sentence. Its other recom mendations,• however, ought to he taken into the account; and,. this done, it is but fair to admit that it is not altoge ther unworthy the applause it received. In some of the scevies the excellence of DRYDEN still survives, and. per haps appears to greater advantage than ever, from the fine contrast supplied by that which is understood exclusively to belong to Mr. REYNOLDS. The songs we purpose noticing next week, if we have room, when we may possibly speak further of the general merits of the play. At present, from the mass of important matter which is forced upon us, we can only say, that if it is not likely to and to the fame of , finances REYN O LD S as a n Author,. it bids fair to benefit the finances of the Theatre, which will be thought by some of much greater importance. EnYvARD Ancars of No. 1.1 Cathrrinc• , ''reet• Strand (onl y 4ucressor to , 4 TiinS• nvTLS:Rtoe of th e 1ir.1.4f-Sertar B*ls'eaclP,tlt4ir and n fi . and alio 111:1 ED r IDLES), I.it%t• to lnfoim Publi.4? in ge:local, that thm mit) l,r. -nplali.:.l •,viih the I ' l4l eery 'DILA' article of furniture. In any quantity, on iihu4t, , st eutwo. rl:lhr belt .n(::1 s•*.orrior givilitv, and are i..v:to-.11.3 P. , mt,-Cage,iiiteiided for tl.e centre of a larrc Libr..ry, of v:•ty !lot rr,,rknimi4;,ip aga Utility . -1111witril Kum; front Li; ion! !leo I giul,t4ry and CAlart lie - •;1at.4.4, and from tL eNc. hi' 11.0. 4;4' I°l* 4 "Cliitea WILL o...lpeLlia pittaraaze. THE NATIONAL REGISTELI. MISCELLA 161 Plotstottrn, Nov. 3.—Arriv es the tranvort Dawn, Caotriiit Win-dell, from Ushon, With about • V2O sick and wounded sot In the night of the 2:3d of . Ni.vember, in lat. 4-?. dorira a !lea , y gale, she came close to a large ship, and it living moon•h nht, :•mv, ker decks full of men, awl from that circumstance, suppos.d her to be 4 troop ship. She was in a sinking state, and close to the waters• rdge, and hailed for assistagee, on , t hich the 1)4 vn wore round with drat intention, but having lust sight of her soon Laker, it is feared she COMMODORE RODGERS —On the '26th-inst. the Grower spike the American ship William. Wilson, from New-York, out Is‘ enty-four days. with flnur for Lisbon; wit.' infortned that the suttd.on under Couno 'sore flo4gerv, htt(l proceeded to cruise off 'Madeira ; w4s aim) info Trued Matt two British packets had been captured, and carried into Sa vannah and Philadelphia. It is supposed that the 5...a110w is one of these. °Pour°. Nov. 25.--Otsr last ace:stints from the &Hied Army say. that the headquarters were expected to be in Fuente isle Guitialln uu the nth or '2lst inst. where it was (generally :unposed they would re main. The retreat is spoken of as a most inasteily one. Unfortunately the gallant Lieut.-6d. Sir E. Paget was taken prisoner. The Freneis force is estimated•at 35,000 infantry and 7000 cavalry. It how,'ver. impossible that they can exist in their present positions, as the country catinct afford them transport, shelter, or pro% isions; the want of the latter will be found particularly severe, the whole country from Burgos bting exhausted. Government have ordered ten new fricates to he immediately' built of .fir timber, fin the American seas, some to be ready for sea iu tweve months. The CniNert.con of the EXCEIr Qttrr, in the coarse of next , '•ocki will bring in Bills to renew the Bank Note Act, the Act to prohihit this Distillation from Corn, the Grain Starch Act, and the Sugar Brewery Act. •Wceru TYSTER Wednesday the Eunittlitis of Terence, was acted for the first time this Season, by the Kinrr's Sell lars Westminster School. The audience was numerous and respviaide ; and the representation was throughout highly judicious and spitted. • OLD BAILEY. Thefte Sessims commenced on \Vrdne•day. when foir perrons were capitally convicted—four were condemned likewise on Thursday, two of thom street robbers, named Dogherty and 111‘Kone. The .rmkei who tried them intimated that the Ir:eve:len& of their offence rendered it necessary to make a dreadful example. of them. MURDER. • John Chaplin was, tried on the Coroner's Inquest for the %Caul mur der Elizabeth his wife • Our readers are &ready kn possession o f the particular. o f " se . as gi'cu before the Coroner of the city of London Th „,„„, Sh e lt on , Esq. and it is merely necessary to state, that Mr. Be.lfold, the landlord of the Earle attd Child public-house, in Shoe.htte , , g.av:. the sante tes timony whilelt be, announced up , m that oecesi , :t ; as dui Mr. John Car ter, the constable, Mr. \Vaitsten, a neighhour, Dui Mr. Itadev, the , surgeon, and others, who had.seett the de: - eased otter slrt was killed. at behalf of the prisoner several acts of insanity were proved up to, the feat day when the lute der took place, The Learned Judge, who.t tied the ease, totem - led up the evidence with v reat crew:ley, commeniluel on the facts deposed on both and stating the law in cases of real instutity. The Jury, atter s..nte telih••T Ition, brought in the prisoret vaulty, but that he was insane at C;f2 ti , tie he committed the rt,.'t, wl.ich . saves l hint front capital punishment, but imp' i-ons hint for life. ACCIDENTS AND OFVENCES. IlTennutt.-- -On Wednesdav I.otvern *it end sevn► o'clock in the es er.ing, Mr. .who reside:t about two ntile* front lititlgnori‘, wa. n;ordtrt-I betwurn that r!ece and Itis own lie wtti :•i• ff. II \Volt erlvimpton tnar:et, ; y i d W:l3 met by a footp:ld a!):;n! home., It i 4 St4ITOSed thict ( II :t: a >ittst te,ist:tnee,ll: , 2 erew t Ft-ted, and iltot ltirn thrtiogli tile to , dy ; the bull pwised in L. direct !ine je.tt beiow his beart. It LoNever, ttint the trl•n . ..•g% w.ts alarmed by hi, trey. us etc. tim( k. I. ri* w.l;iont 33:iii;g-any of cum:l.-sled of itetA4-7,e3 and mates. ' is ..-:•!911 - 1.6...1.0.;!, that tia.d•u::fv:tun Ire nd :ut