The National Register. — London, England, 1814-05-15 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. pRuRY Last night, Mr. REIN repeated the character of largo, En several of the scenes 1w was very great, but in others which we have seen, prodiiously'effective—he w; s no, thing at all. Some of his admirers have spoken much of his exquisite bye play. We were on the alert to enjoy it, but in this respect we could find nothing extiaordinary. Both him and YOUNG, we are inclined to think, will much improve upon it, but at present they only furnish feeble miniatores of that Ivo of .which we have here tofore had the good fortune to see a whole length por e trait, We could point out several parts in which Mr. KEAY has the adiant4ge over Mr. 'YOUNG ) but really ther9 is not that difference between them which would make us at all anxious to see one in preference to the other. lle re. - xived great applause, but not such tumultuous, shouts as heretofore. The audience were very favourable, bit not absolutely inane. They gave him the praise to an actor of considerable talent, but no miracle. Mr. PopE played Othello, for the first time at this thea. tre, with much success. Miss SMITH ) as Desdemola, in the scene where site repels the charge of incontinence and in the (l} Ong scene was excellent. APi irate letter from Pat is says, " There are three !loyal ^Tarriages to take place forthwith: the Duke de Berri marries the Grand Duchess Anne, the King of Prussia the Duchess of Oldenburg!), and the Hereditary Prince of Prussia an Aus l i trian Princess. The .Afoodieur of the 10th contains Davoust's, and all the Generals of the Fretich army in Hamburgh, adhesioq ap4 oaths of obedience and hdr,ll7 to iouis 4V411, 316 61t AN'I"FO LORI) WELLINGTON. A grant of 400,0001. as a reward for the services of the Duke of Wellington, was on Thursday agreed to in the House of Commons. On this occasion the Opposition ran a race with Ministers to do honour to the illustrious Chief trio, and outstripped their rivals. The grant proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer w 300,0001. Mr. Whit bread and Mr. Ponconby complained that it was too small. The last mentioncd•Gentleman stated, that it was his inten tion to move, if it was not done in another quarter, that the sum shotild be increased to 4 or 500,0001. Mr. Vansittart then consented to move for 400,0001., and the Resolution was itntnediately agreed to nem. con. The Rotterdam. Courant of the sth gives the following as tune of the arrangements likely to form the basis of the approaching peace : Russia to have all Poland Prosiia not only recovers All its ancient pot-sessions iu Germany - , hut is likewise to be increased by a consi rlerable part of the kingdom of Saxony. Austria is to have 111yria and the 'Venetian dominions, and Lombardy. The'Grand Duke of Werztburg, Tuscany ; and the Viceroy of Italy, iVurtzburg. '• lie Pope to get buck his states. Murat to keep Naples. The Empress Maria Louisa to be Princess of Parma, and to be succeeded by her• son: The Ateliduke Francis of Este to have Modena. Napoleon llsionaparte to -go to Elba, and have 2,000,000 yearly ; his mother to have 5C0.000 •carly, and fix at Rome. Josephine to have the estate of Navarre, in Normandy, and a pension of half a million of francs. Joseph, Louis, and Jerome Hnonijarte to have each 500,000 francs per 8111111 M., No conjectures are foimed respecting the future lot of the .4th departments on tl:e left bank of the Rhine, or ofSavov pod Piedmont, which latter will most likely be restored to the King of Sardinia. France not only retains its former territory, but at Faris they flatter themselves with the addition of a part of Pelt:him, rest of whish, it is added, will be joined with the United Ne therlands. The island of Corsica has thrown otT the yoke of Bunnaparte, and declared for Louis XVIII. Three Deputies from the island arrived on the 14th at Leghorn, to solicit from Lord Bentinck the protection of England. -The Emperor of Russia held a few days ago a Levee for the English Gentlemen of Distinction at Paris—The Duke of Leinster, Earl Percy, Lord Viscount Lowther, Louis Cathcart, Binning, James Murray, Biadford, Kinn:tin!, Sir William &lesion!, Sir Chas. Stewart, Sir Tho:nas Ty rwhitt, Messrs. Irving, Milnes, Forbes, W. Pole, Finley, Foster, &c. were presented to him. There were nearly ton Englishmen present. T i ce Emperor spoke to them all, and surprised them by bis accurate knowledge of what was passing in pn g land.--lie s aid that be was most anxious to pay a visit to this country, that he. promised himself great pleasure from his tpur, and that he longed to have an oppoi tunity of e pressing to the Regent in person his high regard and The King of Prussia, though more reserved than the Em peror Alexander, a reserve wLich has been observeable ever since the death of that good and beautiful woman, the Queen of Prussia, has been moat marked in his attention and warm In his expressions to the English Gentlemen who have visit ed Paris. Both these illustrious personafTs come together, n 4 may be'expected at the beginning of the Week. The Emperor will be accommodated at the Pulteney-hotel, where Iris sister reeliides. The King of Prussia is to have the Duke of eta /vices apartments. pincher and Platow come in their suite. They will remain here about a mouth. Fire million, sterling voted in aid of the Allies was thus disposed of :—To Austria, 500,0001.; Holland, 200,0001. ; Prosssa 650,0391. 16s. Bd. ; Russia, 657,5001. ; Sweden, 320,0001. ; Spain, 428,5871. 19s. 11. ; Supplies for arms, 'clothing, &c, 2,243,9731. es. 114 DRAMATIC RHOISTER. COVENT-GARDkIN THEATRE MAY 15. On Friday Mr. YOUNG appeared as the representative of la o, in the tragedy of " Othello." Those who re membered the actors of other times used to say of Coon E's delineation of this character, that it was too coarse, and contend that Othello must have wanted common sense not to detect such a barefaced .villain. The physiognomy of that celebrated actor was.perhapi the best support of this opinion. That unquestionably enabled him to keep the malignant hypocrite full before the audienc6; but still with his depravity a semblance of affection and devotedness was seen that made it ap pear not improbable such a man might impose upon the uniuspec:ing Othello. Mr. YOUNG may, according to the i&..as of some persons, bring the character back to something like what it was in former times ; but we have always thought too highly of COOKE'S delinea tif,n of it to look upon such a change with much satis faction. With its coarseness the character has lost much of its strength, and if the scenes in which he is engaged become more probable, /ago himself has less importance. Mr. You ym's performance, though not entitled to un qualified praise, has nevertheless great merits to balance against its defects. Ilk counsel to Rodrigo, to " put money in his purse," was good ; as was his deportment, where Othello enquires of him, if the person seen to re tire is not Ca.c.sio. in working on the mind of Othello, when he first labours to till his breast with jealousy, he displayed considerable skill, but was not strikingly sue.. cessfut. In the last sccne he was much admired, and re. peated thunders of applause followed his final exit.