The National Register. — London, England, 1820-01-23 00:00:00

COO of flunks. Wilk 3toelt 3 ner. C en t. Red.. Gs*. (I),inpu.i3"T 0i per Cent. 67 1 3 per Cent. Cow, Giii India Bonds W. die. e 1 per Cent. 67k twins Stuck 4 per Cent. 84 F.schetpier Bills 3s. die. !, per Cent. Nas) 102 i Cons. for Ac. 68) Lout/ Anu. le Lotiery Tickets .4:0 2s. __ mr - - -- VIE, NATIONAL REGISTER. E Oribent • SUNDAY. JANUARY 25. The Paris• Papers of Sunday have arrived. Their eutstents arc important, as manifesting a spirit of independence in the Chamber of Deputies,. that must make a very strong and favourable impression throughout France. The Ministers, much too aonfident in their strength, are determined on pro posing and carrying the project of a law for altering the Law of Elections. Against this measure, peti tions have Leen presented from various departments, but these were treated by the Ministerialists with ridicule, because they stare only signed by about 10,000 persons, The Opposition, however, con tended, that they were fortified by the Constitution, as any alteration in the Law of Election would be a. direct violation of the Charter.—These petitions were referred to a Committee, and a report having been drawn up, M. Mcstadier, as the Chairman, presented the report, and endeavoured to show that the petitions were prepared by the factious, a cant phrase, in fact, in most countries, applied_ to those who propose measurer not perfectly in unison with the projects of Ministers, however arbitrary or hos tile these latter may be to the feelings of the people. The recommendation of the Committee, to whom these important petitions were referred, 'was, that the Chamber should pass to the Order of the Day. Upon this motion an animated debate took place, and was continued till the following day, when the Ministers, on a division, had only a miserable majo rity. with all their influence, of five. This• was decidedly a defog; as there was never before so numerous a Meeting of Deputies. The nnmber that voted was 229, and the whole Chamber con sists only of £sB' Members. The announcement of the numbers was received with acclamation by the strangers present, but the popular ebullition was silenced by a threat of their being turned out. Should the Minister persist, he will find himself in a minority, and therefore he must abandon his place or his plan. 'rho Opposition, at all events, have gained a triumph worthy of so good a cause. The great work of charity goes on in France, but not so extensively as•with us in England. The Duchess of Angouleme has sent 1,000 francs to the Protestant Consistory of the Augsburg Confession, to be distributed amongst their poor during this rigorous season. The Duke of Angoilleme has also sent a donation of 1,000 francs in aid of the poor of the first arrondissement of Paris ; and the Com pany of Canals in that city have determined, that the product of the tolls taken from skaiters on the Canals, shall he distributed among the poor of La V ilctte, in bread, meat, fuel, clothing, and money. French Funds.—Five per Cents., 72f. 30c.; Bank Stock, 1,422 f 50c. . The Paris Papers of Saturday last are almost I entirely occupied with reports in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday. A number of reports were brought up from the Committees on Petitions; among others, a report on one hundred and thirty nine Petitions,. signed by 19,057 individuals, all praying that no change might be permitted in the Charter 411 the Law of Elections. These Petitions gave rise to an animated, if not an angry discussion. M. Pasquier. Minister of Foreign Afrairs, asMinister of the King, pronounced them unconstitutional, and as a Deputy, moved the Order of the Day. M. De Cevelles spoke against the alterations proposed in the Law of Elections by Ministers, which he pro nounced not a reform, but a total subversion of the Charter. It was not only the present Petitioners, but Thirty Millions of Petitioners, he said, would tlanoustratc against the measure. Other Deputies _. • THE NATIONAL REGISTER. spoke an favour and others against them, and after some further debate, the proposition of M. de Chavelin, for the adjournment of the dis cussion to the following dayi was adopted, and the Chamber adjourned accordingly. An expedition was under order• to sail forthwith from Cadiz, with reinforcements to the army on the Spanish Main, consisting of La Legere, 44 guns; the Arethusa, of 36 the Hercules, of 22 ; and the Hyena, of 16 guns. They were ordered to be at sea within one week at farthest, from the 23d According to advices from Madrid, of the 3d inst., Brigadier Vargas, Secretary to the Board of General inspection of the Militia, and Captain Dorningues, one of the Clerks in the same department, have been arrested on suspicion of having been concerned in the fabricated orders, issued some time since for calling out the Militia. The yellow fever has en tirely disappeared at Cadiz and its neighbourhood, and the only deaths which have lately taken place are attributed to common disorders. THE Dolts or KENT.—It is with regret we lay before our readers the following bulletins of the state of his Royal Highness's health, from the last of which it appears that on Thursday morning his Royal Highness was considerably worse, and his danger much increased:— Woolbrook Cottage. Sitimouth, Jan. If. 1820, 9, a.m. His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent experienced last nigh. considerable increase of his complaint, but we find his Royal Ilighnesseonsewhat better this morning. (Signed). J. O WILPONI ;cm W. G. MATN, M.D. Woolhroolc Cottage, Sidinoutlf, Jan. 19, IWO, 8, P.M. His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent has had some c.eas fortable sleep, and is at present in a more favourable state. (Signed) J. WILSON. M.D. W. G. MATON, M.D. Sidmouth. Devon. JAIL 20, 1820, Lade: Since the date of our last Report, his Royal nighties. the Duke of Kent is become much worse, and his danger is aasi derably insreascd. (Signed) J. WILSON. MD. W. G. SIATON. M.D. Wehave just received the Bulletin of Thursday evening, 8, rat., which, we regret to say, holds out no promise of amendment is his Royal High ness's health. It is reported on the Stock Exchange, that it is the intentiois of the Chancellor of tile Exchequer to fund seven or eight millions of the Exchequer bills, and by prevailing on the bank to hold over the sum for which he stands pledged. to enable him to go on with the same temporising system at he has hithetto acted on, ter another year, by merely tak ing twelve millions from the sinking fund. Exche quer bills have now been done at a premium, after elapse of many months, but not exceeding one shilling. This shews the continued abundance of money in•tlte city, which is even greater than at the beginning of the week; but the funds are,. notwithstanding, nearly one per cent. lower' The approaching. time, when the bank - rill be compelled to pay their notes in bullion, in duces a• number of individuals to sell large quail titiea of stock, under the idea-that a considerahle scarrity of money will arise from this circumstance. A Dutch mail has arrived with the ordinance of the king of PriisSia, fur strictly prolibiting the in tnaluetwn into his dominions of any newspaper in the Germanianguage, published either in England or France: and of all papers published in the Ne therlands, except with license of the Prussian am bassador at Brussels. A penalty of 10 bllars is annexed to the violation of this decree, and attaches with equal force to the - transmission o•• papers through the Prussian states, as to their intreduction for perusal by Prussian subjects. We have received a Jamaica Courant of theBth of November, from which we extract the following articles of intelligence :— We learn by recent accounts from Eartliag,ena, that an American schooner had arrived at that port after. a short passage from Porto Bello, and cum muoicated information that. the. Patriot privateer, which had been oaf Panama, had proceeded from thence, and that there was a free ':ogress into the port for traders; she also states, that-a packet had arrival with letters from Limit, saying, that the Spanish vessels of war from Cndiz had arrived off the port of Callao, and two Patriot privarcers which annoyed the Royaliats' vessels, immediately nude off. —lntermation is derived from the Victory, of Lord Ctichnine having taken a brig, called the Hose, from Lima bound to Panama, with 400,000 dollars on board. Galeria lime, on understanding,. this irctunstance, sent-the iniermution to Captain. Hart, ct' the Sappiairo, at the me lying in the Rio Cha gees, to request that he would send and demand the restoration of the vessel, which his Lordship refused to deliver up, saying, that British vessels should never be a cover ti,r an enemy's pr-Terti.r THEATRICAL. -r... COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. The young Lady, Miss Wensell, who made * very favouroble impression by her interesting per• formence of Rosalind, in .45 not Like It. on Thum cloy night appeared as Beatrice in the Comedy of Match Ado About Nothing. The countenance here tofure extended to this young Lady, has had the good effect of apphrently giving her more complete command of herself,-asive did not on this occasion perceive any overwhelming timidity. We have before spoken of the advantage.* of countenance and person possessed• by her ; we might say, to adopt, language from the play—.ti Were she other than what she is, She were unhandsome.' Her *action; particularly her active walk, &c. in the earlier scenes, however, where she is pursuing. Dinedick, to tease and taunt him, did not appear to advantage It was too broad ea attempt nt an independent air., The subsequent scenes, in this respect,- were -awls. better. There is something so preposesting in• her appearance and manner generally, .so lady-like and superior, that she could not but impart an intermit to• the character of Bealricei and on the whole - Miss Wensell played it with good sense and an effect, considering how unused she is to the boards,. that en,itled her to the flattering applause with which she was greeted. • Mr. C. Kemble sustained the character of Iknedick, the Married Man," in admirable style. We have seldom seen him to greater advantage.— The assumed heroism of the gallant that flouted at matrimony, was well contrasted by the interest lie evinced when he learned that Beatriceloved him, but would not let him know it. Here he teatime mere mortal earth ; and although the countenance was overshadowed with an air of melancholy, the rich and gay attire shored that the vulnerable part of Bcncdick was wounded. He bad not emaped heart whole; and the transitions were marked with great skill. We cannot but notice the bad taste with which Don Pedko, Leonalo, and Claudia . (Egerton.. Cornier, and Abbott), relate in the garden, knowin; • that they are overheard by Benet - lick, how much he it beloved by Beatrice ; for each as he spoke turned his head round toward Benedick, when they ought to have spoken as if they were confidentially speaking to one another. • In real iife their plan of proceeding would have defeated their seheme ; it tended to make the plotting too apparent.. The mine was the cael too when the ladies practiced a similar trick to entrap Beatrice, by stating that Bencdtek loved her most earnestly. As nothing was more likely to counteract their own views—te imitate an erroneous example was bad. Sigh. no more Ladies" Was prettily rang by Mr•. Sterling, Ste. and it was encored. That heaviest of all heavy Tragedies, " The Fa tal Marriage," was last night brought. forward' again, for the purpose of introducing a Miss Jersey de. Beaumont in the character of Isabella. Mrs. Siddons was the only woman Whose appearance as Isabella could tolerate its representation, and we. think it an unpropitious selection fora debut. Never-• o...iless, from the judgment a very short presence in the theatre enabled us to fore, we think Miss (we wish the lady had been announ►ed us Mrs., for she is certainly nearer fifty. than forty) Jersey de Be munt may prove an acquisition to the stage at this moment, when there ►s, from a recent retirement, so great a dearth of merit in the line she has chosen. —We had closed our observations here had not the extremely fine acting of Mr. M'Cready, as Biron, extorted. from us an additional line in praise of a. degree of excellence we have rarely witnessed in. that.iiharaster. DRURY LANE THEATRE. Oa 'rhurstlav night Nlr. Ellisum gave the profits or the night's performatiet to h appropriated to the objects id. the zealinta and •iteeritiinotts committee presiding nvi r.. the fund Ito Ow relief-of per-nos il-stititte of nightly shelter.—'l'he comedy of the I)ramatist was performed' on the kittlable occasion, with the new pantomime The audience were genteel and unnierons, the galleries and pit in particular were crowded notwithstanding t h e very unfavourable weather; and every individt:al seemed happy in thus contributing to 3:1 inatitatioit. which, in the course of a fret' ddys,- hat ikne s n and has saved many ' , until 11 IN•1/1!4% I perish 114 with cold, or fa mishiN. fr,r warn of sil‘tell; I .ord M Or was :lfet".ellt. An approvri ,ultire 5 , , WI •t -ten bly James En. %% - 41:: rtelied Itt }fug ity.Alrb. West. SINGULAR PHENUN.ExeN.—Frorr. the Qr•e;. Gazette of Nov. 18 —During the night of Tties , lay . last, there fell, in the township of Broughton, on the south shore, so great a quantity of a black pow der, as completely to cover the snow whiab was then on the ground. A small quantity of the powder has been brought to town, and will be analysed. It is a fact worthy of notice. Ch e t no less 0119 nicety. ik.• re I d-r v, •I• t*l. r 4.