The National Register. — London, England, 1818-05-11 00:00:00

From lit LONDON G. liLI"PE, Salarday, May 9. I Saturday morning arrived acme more American Papers: the dates arc n,:t more rocent than we had DANK IWPTCIES SUrritst:DLu. J. lard J. 1.0,1•..inan. hnoi dr:ver. TiA..stlA,F 1' • • ~. .... Sorv:rs.o. nur 30. AU.% . . vi;•- t • `. i': 1; T:LLEY J. 11. man. otvig and ~..... . 1 WIC 2u. ?O, at i:arfLn. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LONDON: MONDAY, MAY 11, lsis. previously received ; their contents are, however, of the greatest importirar:., furaishiag the official details of the cause of the diTutes between Spain aad tho United St:lto. The clairli of the Litt.:r, as to territory, appear quite inathulisiLle. A Mail from Hamburgih has brought Papers, which contaia a Corresrete:ence between the Grand Duke of audll.e. King Bavaria, respecting a Project, under the sem tica of the great allied Powers, to rob the former of a port of his territeriea, in order.to in demnify Bavaria thr the losses which she has sustained under the new arraneements. The Grand Dube most justly up'eraids those who pretend to found the political system of Earape on the basis of morality, with being access:l:y to the meditated spoliation ; and feelingly laments that his broiler in-law should be the receiver of tl.e stulen prorerty. The King of Bavaria, in his reply, affects to have talg...a no part in the proceeding in e on7ceaplation ; and al:kiwi, that he waits " in si lence the regulation of the inter sts en which depend the col:elusion of the Acts which will fix the fate of Europe." This transaction adiirds another instructive connecetary upon the principles of the Holy Leaguers. A Platelet; mail whieh arrived on Friday brings no , panicle of political intelligence, but the awnver of the King cf Prussia to the petition of the people of Cob- Lentz, presented in October last, and [graying for the perfOrmance efhis Majesty's promise thathe would give them a representative constitution. The King very freely admits his.promise, and acknowledges his obligation to fulfil it ; but he insists on his superior right to judge of the time and circumstances which may justify' the meditated innovation, and rebukes the petitioners ra ther sharply for doubting their Sovereign's fidelity to his engagements, and hawking their petition about the country for signatures; declaring that he woald not tolerate the" excitement to petition," of which he re garded this proceeding as an evidence. Accounts have been received from St. Domingo, via New York, dated the 17th of Marelrinst, which men tion reports diet Christophe, and•perhape Petion, are te be pot in a state of blockade. The groond of com plaint against the former is the illegal detention of pro perty belonging to American merchants at Cape Henry, because a merchant at Baltimore had detained some property of Christophe's ; and against the latter Chief, fits shooting; un American sailor, under the most unjus tifiable cireninstames. Some negroes, working on board a vessel, stole' a knife belonging to the mate; end on the property being found on one, he became outrageous, refused to give it up, and was attempting to strike the mate, when the sailor came up, and, with a blow on the face, knocked the negro over the side of the vessel ; he fell into a boat which was alongside, and from the injury he received in the fall, he died. The sailor was taken, tried, condemned, end shot, in the space of t 24 hours. The Hornet sloop of war was or dered to &lain redress for these grievances ; and, in the event of a refUsal, the American-Government have expressed their determination to put the ports belong ing to the two Chiefs in a state of blockade.— keening Paper. Paris Papers up to Tuesday and Wednesday kst Lave arrived. The Committee of the Chamber of De pt-ales, charged to examine the pmjet of tile law rela tiae to the organization of the'llank of France, have commenced their labours. •'lt is thought that this law :iil'be the last subject submitted to the consideration Cle Chamber, and that in a few days the Session Letters have been received in town from . Cadiz, dated the 10th ult. which state, that a part of the squadron purchased from Rusin h, if possible, to be di patched early this month, uith a body or trovs, to assist the Royalist cause in Limit The great impediment to all enterprises of this description is the want of money ; fur, as soon as any treasure re Ickes the parent country from her colonies, or front any other source, its debts, tnn. s .n , aenients, and difficulties, arc such, that the appii cation of the sum acquited is wholly anticipated, and itching remains fur tnture services. .The Qvididientie contains the report of the proceed ings of two more de;s of the trial at Albi : they were occupied in hearing speeches for the defence : only two interesting circumstances occurred : one was, that Bastide read a speech ut once so able and so insulting to the Court, -that, at the instance of the.Procureur- Gtneral, it was entered on the record for the purpose of ihrther notice, it being gent ally understood that Bastide was not the writer of it ; the other was, that Madame Manson made a Io n. address in general es culpation cf her conduct, which from its energy of style and delivery, made a g:eut impression. Wednesday the dispatches were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the rtasers of the Hollow ing ships, viz. Lord Keith, Capt. Freeman ; and North awpten, Capt. Tibbutt,forMadras and Berg:.l. ill terminate. On Tuesday, three hundred citizens f Paris, almost all of them electors, gave a farewell (inner to a ccrLwt numinr of the Deputies, alining \:-bent were M. M. - D'A rgensci, Bignon, Church: 1, 1 - 3ysiini7 Perrier, Mftztin de Grmi, &r. &c. The law for enabling Fiance to lignilate the foreign elaints upon her, wa.t assenttil to in the Chamber et Peen; on Monday. It was.rofcried to a special Com rtittee, who were required to make th,_ir repor: during actual sitting of the Chamb2r. This was accord -1: June, nod the Committee recommendedthe simple t.• 1,1 unconditienal adoption of tie law. No il;.;cussion t , •o!: place, and upon piating the question, the -votes were unanimous, Icy 3, heing•all the I'et:l.s who were p-• ct!... On the followie . g n ilertntiou from the t ' , resented the litiv to the in the Reuse of (*emulous vn Friday Nfr. Erougham male an elaborate and speoch tion the subject of eilutatien. AVe cannot pretend to inflow the Honour:11)k A:ember thmttOi all his details, trit must refer our readers to the report of what he said. The itubject is etnihemly interesting, and we ore, certainly among tlice who view with a favourable evr every thing which true.. to elevate our species, by Int -1 the mean, Of knowhtlgo, which is the only se. , „ . • f t - of private virtue and serial happiness. , Letters reccivea from ISillaU (Near Pr - ovi.h.nee,) statc,• that there had been a public meeting ct-.1.-d to I•..vveseut 49 (it's-mama the mmoyam7e tai:L by thu truatas Of that Wawa: from the pirates tauter the namecif Insurgent privateers. They are represeate4 as paving no respect even to the British ling: - • An extract of a letter from Smyrna, published in the barna! des betiais, states, that the Oriental Greeks have taken possession of the Holy Sepulchre, to the great eonsternntion of the, Catholics of Palestine, who , have irattretl the A bite. Karlin-Aanson to *nuke a jonr ney to Constantinople for the purpose of claitning the restoration of the tomb of Chri4t. THE DRAM.I. DRURY LANE. Mr. Elliston, who is engaged for 12 nights at this theatre, made his app,:arance on Tuesday eveninO, as Rover, in the comedy of Wild Oats. The versatility of talent possessed by this gentleman has opened to him a wide range of character; ia the greater part of them he has distinguished himself, and in all has exceeded mediocrity. • We do not consider the character of Rover one of his happieSt eflbrts. The lightness, the hilarity, the buoyancy of spirit that " duffs the world aside," were wanting ; Rover is on inexhuustible fund of gaiety —happy in himself, and snaking others happy. The passages which, in his vocation of strolling player, he is perpetually quoting, were not sufficiently marked by a change of vosec and scanner ; it was imp.issiLle, swith out knowing, to distinguish them. For the other good points in this part Mr. Elliston deserves great praise: if his object is to relieve distrested merit, to resent in juries olli:red to an unprotected leins.le, or repel the slightest imputation on his honour, he is prompt, na tural, and effective. We have seldom seen any thing ',ester, at least thr some time past, than the scene where he recognizes his lost parents. Mr. Ellision, at any period of histrionic excellence, would be deemed an acquisition to the theatre ; he is particularly so at pre sent ; for in the sphere of genteel comedy, he stands without a competitor. The play was well performed throughout, The tragedy of Delights was perfumed on Weans - s day night; it presented two novelties—the first ap pearance of Mr. K ean in the character of Young '•lorval, and of Miss Macatiley in that of Lady Randolph. A grout de. , ree of curiosity was excited on the first an .. nouncement of . Mr. Kcun in this new undertaking ; and we may my with confidence, that the warmest ex pectations of his friends have been realized by the issue of the experiment. We believe that the general ex pectation has been considerably exceeded. The charac teristic peculiarities of Norval do not fall within that circle in which his powers had hitherto been exercised. They took their range among the darker passions of our nature, and the history of the human , mind went to fitvour an opinion, that all beyotel that circle was dan gerous, if not forbidden, ground. The brilliant sue- COS of We:11:141# night, however, has contradicted this notion ; it has placed him among the few exceptions to the general rule, and ranked him among those who re fuse to be classed in departments. His Norval was strikingly original : it abounded iu touches ofauture, distinguished at the same time by novelty as well as truth. Those who had witnessed the sarcastic violence of Richard could with difficulty suppose that they be held in the same person the representative of the gal lant yet tender Nova/. In the early part of the plu g , his delivery of the fine poetical passages for which this tragedy is so remarkable, was calculated to give them every effect; but as the passim' of the scene advanced, his energies were expanded in proportion. Tie inter view with Ladq Randolph, in which she disclosed his parentage, surpassed all praise. We shall only mest tiou his earnest leak and anxious tone when asking for his father, his uuguish on hearing that he had fallen, awl the pathos with which he delivered that tend , r compliment to his mother, which the Poet has so deli cutely involved in the inquiry about his flaher's accom plishments— •. And did my sire excl.l the rest of men A* thou Stall4..i4est ail of wonian Lii:d 9" the impression of those various touches was irresistible. In the scene where he quarrels with Glenalvon, it is unnecessary to sin• that he was excellent. Every one was prepared fur that. The dying scene was another extraordinary ellbrt, and we were gratified to see the curtain drop the moment he fell, without weakening the effect of the catastrophe by the lines, howc•.er poetical, which succeed it. The elii:ct of the whole may be collected floin the conduct of the audience ..t the conclusion. An attempt was made to announce another piece for the next night, but they insisted that Doits/as should be snbstittocd, and - that A. r. Keau should blinself come forward and assure them of tlle charge. 'll!is we take to be as nearly as possible coi:. elusive with regard to the merits of the performance. : for in this, as in all matters of taste, notwithstandhlg :lie variety of rules which reason and reflection have accumulated for cur guidance, feeling is the ultimate judge. We have already stated that the part of Luria/ Randolph was sustainedb Miss 'Mae:lulu, a lady lima the Dublin Theatre. The criticisms which appeared on bet iu the Irish Papers, were calculated to excite the most extravagant expectations, and it is dangercus to he taught to expect too muck. However, notwith standing such injudicious zeal, we were pleased AVILII the effort. 11cr countenance is expressive, her action slerate, and for the most pest graceful, her enuncia tion. is distinct, and her judgment coma. But the compass of her voice is not adapted to the site of our great theatres. The last scene was that in which she exerted herself with most success, though in many of the pr e c e ding ones she afforded instances of strong teeling. THE NATIONAL TIMISTER. ( Tor AT ry..l. I'. lorrEr. V . ;.; BlItt:1!. T. 11. meichx Co. Sr. ' I :Jr.:: • • .le r. A::. :lit Nu. G. It:— . hal. Att. . INtILrIeI I f. 1, 'A r : r . . • , tic!?t,;( 4 l Street Itt ci!Tcrtfr : 7tfiy ,W, • 1.(..1 Street. ;. ;: •; r. c. - T. June ?0, itt •••• 2: , June 20, I, Inn. : • ' y '2 , • '?5, JULt 20, a Wo^nwm:; - • ( . V 7 1 •I I .t. ! :\ ::.•!:cF•t! , r. ?.?0. nt !I , . 1 aL • : kf:inrs. june a; r . r.; O. at s:at% .......::. VC.. k. 1-sr.' ,', L , •• • • , 1 \V. • \ June 20. 4: ; •. , •-• , , :Lux t. 1 , : . 16, 26, .1 v.,: 20. et .\ • F.. `! •. 1:... 1.11/. A 4 ts. Gre4ion 1111 . ; '. • 4, R. C. firiatol, baker. • . Mar!. Scrjeant's .r. - . 11.1; W. Drury I.hoo, - 1, 23, June 20, at Guildhall. Mr. Mr. Cirrar.l46, CNA:Arr., i • atr.T. I.Blackw4ll.) , 4:aucr, May 1.;. - an , Coviea.d. I'. on 11: .1. late of Su-urn rn.upon-Avon, corn dealer, Ile vl t, 13, ale P• .u.a. A dii!igt.un :gad Cu. Bedford-row. I.IS. R. e.l. I J. Nniatan, II nrnt astle, Inick•inakers, June 4. J. Whiteheml. 11. 'lnward, and J. 114(1(10 , 1., L'aleuvan street, Ch• 4 27, ‘; '‘..• Ati 2J, at Guildhall. banl;e: . %, T. Snwerhy, Vii: w Bend Stmt. milliner, May Se. . (;ret!on.liolleAton, Sta Card, inakceper. J tme ; .1. Ileecl!. stone. Seafront. linendral,er. dna,: P. Yand.ill. F. ti Street. Illackfriars.etrrn.tiealer, May 12. J. Cramp. (Ittord, Kent. miller, May 3u . I'..lohn3en, ire of Plymouth I)uek. merchant, May sn. .7. Aire. caul C. Sutherland. St. Place. merwanta, May Se. .F... e-on, I.iverh 01, mcreitant. Jane nu-Mee-draper. May 7.0. .1. Fu.g. Kingston-3pm hull. hatter, Jun,: .2. .1. P. Grnees.- H. Sharp. and F. Fisher. K mg's-An . • • man Stree.t. mere ::mts..lum: AV 11. Cox. Broad-Strect, warehouveman, Junt46. A. 11:-ndy, late of Gower-btrect. Itedfor.l Square, builder. May 46. . I.ec, Liverpool. merchant, June 1. It. w-17., Thirk. Vo:k. watch-maker, May sn. T. Vaughan, Newport, 'Monmouth. shupkecper, May 30. A. Boyer, arat R. lict , p.m, kite of I.ivu-pool, tut-I-chants, June 3. CEHTIFICATES, MAY 30. 3obn Rycroft. Idle, York...loth manufh..-turer- John Conk. Liver pool, merchant --James Attlier. Iteirnt's Terrace. ihelwa, merchant —James llla.stin. Cambri2lge, confectioner—Edward EUiatnn. Torbmk, j.ancaster. flour dealer—William I (,',real Yarrututh. mast r mker—T. IV. Kershaw, Snuthwhrk , linen drawler—W. h.. Wright, sell.l:fonl.A•ubott, Wilk% FinAntry-square, • rehunt. COVENT-GARDEN. A hurlesinte drama in one net, was bronght out on Wedutulity at .this tkatre; called The Svrrove 2f MAY 'I w 3