The National Register. — London, England, 1811-12-01 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. COURT AND WORLD OF FASHION. FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER. . Vly RIDINO-DRESS.—Of fine Georgian cloth ; colour, a pale lead or olive tinge ; ornamented with frogs a la militaire in front, and finished at the pocket-holes to correcpoud. Bee-hive hat of fine mess or cottage straw ; white lace cartain veil, twisted occasionally round the rim of the hat ; jean or kid half•boots. the colour of the habit, trimmed with fur; gloves of straw coloured kid or York tan. Pelerines of fur are a becoming and seasonable appendage to this equestrian habit. MOURNING DR Es/.—A round robe of fine iron-grey cloth or velvet, with long sleeves and demi-high front, trimmed down the centre of the figure, at a measured distance, with chenille fur, and clasped in the centre, from the bosom to the feet, with lozenge clasps of jet; the belt confined with the same. Antique scolloped ruff of white crape; cuffs to correspond. Hungarian mantle, with double capes, trimmed with chenille fur, coin posed of the same material as the robe, and ornamented with rich c )rd and tassels at the throat. A small Eastern turban of grey and silver tissue ; short willow feathers (alternately grey and white) drooping on the left side. Ear-rings and neck-lace of jet. Gloves of grey or white kid. Slippers of black queen silk, with jet clasps. Fan of black crape, frosted with silver. The official Bulletin of the King's health publish ed on Sunday last, notified, that " his Majesty con tinues nearly in the same state."—Dr. John Willis is become one of the regular attending PhySicians. The report of the state of the King, yesterday, was—that he continued in the same state, eats his meals regularly, but gets very little rest. On Friday, about vvelve o'clock, the Queen, Princesses Elizabeth and Mary, visited the Prince Regent, at Oatlands. The private account of his Royal Highness, on Friday, was—that he was in very good health, but could not put his injured foot to the ground. Mr. Perceval waited on the Prince Regent on Thursday, and had a long conference with his Royal Highness. The subject _ was supposed to relate to a change in some of the departments of the Admi nistration, respecting which a number of reports have for some d lys been circulated. The Marquis 'ellesley had also an audience of his Royal High ness on the preceding day. The Duke of Clarence is making a tour on the coast. On Tuesday he reviewed the Royal Lime rick regiment of militia on South Sea Common, Portsmouth. His Roy.tl Highness was to dine on Thursday with Admiral Hargood, Second in Com mand at Portsmouth, an old ship-mate. The Duke of Cambridge was last week engaged with a shooting party at Sir John Shelley's, at Gip ping -hall, SufFolk. Last Friday the Prince Regent paid his very liberal subscription of three hundred guineas into the hands of the Treasurer of Mr. Lancaster's Committee, in support of the Royal Lancastetian System of Educ3ti,n among the poor; 200 guineas towards erecting a national school in the metropolis, and one hundred guineas towards liquidating Mr. Lancaster's debts, incurred in prosecuting. his fa vourite object of educating the poor. His Royal Highness, has very condescendingly expressed him self ready to do more in this truly good cause if what he has doire is not found sufficient. :~s'~:.~. ~~ 76/ DRAMATIC REGISTER. COVENT-GARDEN. A Mr. HUNTLEY from the Circus came out here on Mon day. He sustained the part of James, in The Knight of Snow. doun, and that of Rontuldi, in The Talc of Mystery. In both characters he acquitted himself tolerably well. Fiis person is not bad, and his powers are very considerable, but there is no thing about him that gives promise of his ever becoming a first rate performer. Though I cannot see that to the present Covent-Garden com pany, Mr. HuNTLE V is likely to prove a very important acquisi tion, I still think him a respectable actor. A writer in one of the daily prints, however, has found out that he has no qualifica tions whatever for the stage. This he professes to write with great pain ; but he thinks that it would be more cruel to ap plaud a man, who after a few nights, must, if retained at all, descend to the lowest drudgery of the Theatre. lc is a wonder that this humane gentleman, whose geiti/encqs is only equalled by his dignity, did not find out the cruelty of praising in the case of Mr. PUTNAM. hat gentleman, the same parr spoke of as being no mean acquisition to a London Theatre, and some of his early performances were said to be excellent. There is no accounting for the difference of taste; but I would prefer the mediocrity of Mr. Hu NTLEY to the excellence of Mr. Pu INAM, and so 1 believe would the public at large, as the latter is to the former, what Mr. HUNTLEY is to KEMBLE. G. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland has been on a visit to John Vernon, Ecief. of Orwell Park, Suffolk, where he has taken the diversion of shooting with a number of the neighbouring gen tlemen, who have all been hospitably entertained there.—On Monday evening his Royal Highness attended a concert and ball at the Assembly Room, Ipswich. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—The grand and extensive improvements in the North-western suburbs of the metropolis, we are glad to perceive, in a state of considerable progress. According to the vast, comprehensive, and magnificent plan, of the able and ingenious artist, Mr. NASH, the revenue of the Crown will be benefited to the amount of 80001. per annum, and an enchanting outlet, studded with superb mansions, and ornamented with numberless plantations, be added to the Metropolis, without any expense to the Public. In ,the centre of the improvements, it is under stood that a Royal residence is to be erected. Mary-le-bone .Park is intended to comprise an ex tent of about 400 acres, to be planted with 17,000 trees, and to have a circus of houses or villas round it. me barracks, and the exercising ground for the troops, comprising about •10 acres, are intended to. be f. :rmed near Primrose-hill. The IC)r mation of the Park is proceeding in with consi,4erable expedition. A part of the plan connected with tiiis improvement was, to open a magnificent street from the southern end of Portland-place to Pall-mail, continuing also Portland-place to the New-road, where it would open opposite to the park ; but it is not yet de termined whether this part of the plan will be pti. sisted in. The park will include what was known by the name of \Velling's Farm, together with seve ral fields adjoining, the whole being Crown land, and extending on the west nearly to St. John's Wood, northward beyond Primrose-hill, on th., cast, nearly to the Hampstead road,. and bounded to the south by a part of the New-road.