The National Register. — London, England, 1819-10-31 00:00:00

OCT. st. A Dutch Nlail has arrived, with Papers to the !ith instant. They contain some details of the insurrection that broke out last year in Java. It is attributed by the Dutch to the superstition of the ratives, but they were equally superstitious in the time of Governor Raffles, and yet the Island dill not then suffer any such troubles. A Dutch mail informs us, that the Belgic Legis lature was opened by commission on the 18th, at the Hague. The opening speech presents no striking passages, nor any unexpected topics. The spirit of peace which animates the several Governments of Europe is dwelt upon with 4.,coming satisfaction; the new code of laws is described as about to be laid before the States General ; the economy of Govern ment is much boasted of; the impossibility of reducing the military establishment is lamented; the good harvest, extending manufactures, and im proving colonies, are selected as subjects of congra tulation;: and, notwithstanding the degree to which trade has suffered, the general condition of the Netherlands is affirmed to be. such as leaves their inhabitants nothing to envy in that of other coun tries, and nothing. to grieve at in their own.. A private letter from Paris saya—" The Pilincess of Wales, who was at Fountainbleau on Tuesday the 19th, has taken the mad to Dieppe, as it is said, without passing by Paris. It is stated that the Austrian Governor of Milan granted her a passport without knowing her, thinking he was giving it to hes maid of honour; and it appears, that in this manner her Royal Highness trivets, whose whole life is milked by episodes mere ar less romantic.". Letters from Jamaica, dated Sept. , state, that the yellow fever has been severely felt in that island. The troops in particular have soared much. A few days previous to the date of the letters, Colonel Hill, of the 50th regiment, the oldest person in the corps, mid who had been 47 years in it, fell a sacrifice to Lk humanity. It is said that it arose from the men rAlking to act as nurses to their comrades in the Lospital, fur all those who had done so had invariably died. After some pause; four privates of the grena ciders offered their services, which were of course accepted. Two . of them in a short time became vic tims to the dreadful effects of the pestilence, when the other two instantly withdrew their assistance. This hopeless state of things did not long remain, fur CoL Hill exclaimed, " Then, my men, we must change our coats; since - I cannot find a man in my regiment to attend a sick soldier, I must do it my self:" Many days did not elapse ere this noble mintledofficer was himself .attacked• with this dreadful malady, which terminated with his death. He was universally respected, and his :mains- were fol- lowed to the grave by all the officers and men of the regiment whose health permitted their doing so. Among the motives which have induced Govern ment. to remere 19;000'of the veteran battalions and Chelsea out-pensioners to active duty, it is said, that great numbers of these met) (not officers) have been noticed in the ranks of the Radicals at their late public meetings. The officers thus recalled to the service have all retired on full pay, and the full pay of the men will not exceed the aggregate of their half pay and pensions. The proposed increase of the Royal Marine forces, to the extent of 20 men to each company, is not connected with the alarm excited by the proceedings of the Radicals. • A correspondence has been carried en for some time between the C,otmeander in-Chief and the Admiralty, on the subject of the Dock-yard duty, to which the present establishment of Marines was represented by the latter as inadequate. The ease has been made eta, and the increase of the Royal Marines is, we understand, to supply this deficiency. l'unue Fiststice--We apprehend that the re ceipt of the revenue for the current quarter 1611 be tar Awn cotnpensuting fur the delleienuy eXperielleed TITP. lIATTORAY. ittostatt; in the last quarter, or from realizing the hopes of the Lords of the Treagun. We understand that in the Customs abase, there was in the first week of the preent quarter, us compared with the corres ponding week in the last year, a falling oft' to the amount of 100,000/. The produce in the second week it seems was greater, but in the ,fortnight from the 14)th to the 2.1 d of October, it appears by official sta•.cments, that in the whole revenue, as compared with the produce of the corresponding quarter in the last year, there exists a deficiency of no less than 37011: The amount of the two week's revenue from the 10th to the 231 of October, for the years 1818 and 1819 are, Fur the ) t Iry _ £1.118.4.13 1b49 1,"80,b II Deficient—. It must, however, be admitted, that from the account of a week or a tintnight no argument can be drawn to prove either the improvement or retro. gre:Asion of our finances. The receipts of so short a period may be affected by a thousand various cir cumstances, and it appears in the present gnarter that the second week offered a much more flittering indication of the state of the revenue than did the week preceding, This partiAl statement having escaped from the Treasury, we felt it necessary to communicate it to our readers, but we think it would be much more prudent it' such statements were in all cases suppressed, fur they cun• tend no other purpose than to deceive the public by creatirg cr r impressions respecting the financial estate of the country. THE NOI:FOLIC COUNTY MEETING Vas held on Friday, pursuant to the appointment of the High Sheriff; the Freeholders were too nu merous to he contained in the Shire-hall, and the Mayor having• .politely grunted the use of St. An drew's Hall, the meeting was adjourned to that place; the late hour at which we received our report prevents our saying more than that a series of strong Resolutions were moved by the Right Honourable the Earl of Albemarle, seconded by S. T. South. well, Esq., and passed with scarcely any dissentents in the numerous body of the respe:AabilPY of the County— we shall next week give the particulars of this interesting meeting. ..,•iVet us great pleasure to learn, that, hesides the Chamber of ((mutterer at Birmingham, several other highly respectable Borties have it in contemplation to Petition Parliament for a modification of the restrictions on the ttatle with France, and for the diminution of the duties on French wines. We feel convinced, that dime who really wish to relieve the distresses of the country could not possibly adopt a safer or more prac.icable and eflicicitt means of accomplishing that object. At .his Instance of time it is needless to enquire whethes-creat Britain or France was foremost to fever and restrict the freedom of wad,. with its nearest and most opulent neigh bour. We believe both parties were in this rested equally blameable; and it Is certain that which ever may have been the first to commence this absurd crusade on the comforts and enjoynients oi its own subjects, its measures have been hot too well seconded by the other. Tue wretched effects of such blind and infatuated poli cy have at length become manifest. Instead of being natural enemies. Britain and France, from their near vicinity, anti the extreme variety, as well in their raw as in their manufactured proilucts,..re especially fitted to maintain au expensive and mutually beneficial inter course. And as the time is-prude by in which gold and silver were alone considered us real wealth, it is to be hoped that the restrietions and prohibitions to which these unfounded notions gave. birth, will no longer be permitted to retard the march of national prosperity-. It 4econtes the people of Britain to *hew that they have emancipated themselves from the disgraceful prejudices. by which their ancestrov were animated when they de clared the trade of France a 'sane -A rich, power ful and wealthy nation, must toitlosdnedly prove un infinitely better costumer that, (vie that is comparatively poor and miserable. We do urn reap a single. adiantase from our intercourse with Poringal, which we might not realize in a tenfokl proportion were we to permit a similar intercourse wish France. It cannot be too generally. understood, that it depends entirely on our selves whether thirty millions of peopleshall become the consumers of those commodities which are now heaped up lit our warehouse., and for which no market can be oh able& Ni, is it at all necessary, in order tobritia about thus most desirable result, that we shmild attempt to negociatt a commercial -treaty with France. It is more than probable, indeed, that sod, a measure would utiscarrr ; and it is therefore fortunate that it is of very s condary isnportance. All that is required to lay the foundation of a cot 1111 l erce, of which it is impossible to estimate the fissure extent, and which would give an immediate s * lug to the languishing inclastry of the country, is to hare senserenotiAli to porrhase from the French those commodities with which they can furnish us cheaper than any other nation, or than we can pro• duce at house. 'flits is the entire . %tent of the sacrifice that we are called on to make. li. as a nation, we consent to jet on thissmile principles, which rtgaila.e the comltter of every prudent indi.aclual, we shall infal libly open a stew and boundless market for the toothier of our capital and industry. The French, we may depend boot it will not refuse to sell, But as there can he no selling without an equal buying, there Call be no manlier of doubt that by acting on a liberal system unra-lves. we shall compel them to abandon their re sUictions. COVENI'•G.ARDEN THEATRE. Mr. %creed) , on . Monday night appeared in 0:1 , - - . character of Richard. The public, betre he essayed this most arduous task, acknowledged his merits us an able and accomplished actor, Lut this, his new achievement, places him, beyond dispute, in the first rank of histrionic genius. Nlr. Macretuly's concep tion of the part is accurate, even in the minutest poihts.--and his physical powers enable him, more completely than any representative of Richard have ever seen, to do perfect justice to that concep tion. His voice remains nnimpaired, even to the lust scene—a happiness which none of his predeco.- sors or contemporaries could boast of. Kcmble lungs failed hint long before the termination of the play ; Cooke became, in reality, hoarse with darin; Richmond to arms; and the same misfortune h: , generally attended •Kean's ~ 111,rts in this character. We do not recollect any part that demands such pow._ s of voice, zi.vaiie ad linens, as Richert—an:. ue know not of any actor who possesses them to great an extent. This is peculiarly remarkable the last stirring scenes, where all is bustle, agitAtioe, sad activity. Richard's short but energetic address to his army, in which he seeks to fill them with • indigmeiion, against A scum uil3retagnes, rascals, inhaways," was delivered with extruordinary ibrce. It was a most animated piece of declamation. We never Saw so great an elleet prod Aced by these lines— because we have hitherto heard them uttered when the previous exertions of the actor had occasioned a considerable degree of exhaustion. Mn. Macready spoke the soliloquies most felicitously. lie iiiiieart.-41 to feel, with the utmost intenseness, the sentimews. which he• delivered; they did not seem to drop • merely front the tongue—the countenance declared that they burst from the heart. The short soliloquy, :..ter the murder of King. Henry, was distinguished by the most acute discrimination—that which oc- curs before the interview with Lady Anti was admirably pointed, especially-where Rkhard declares that " he can smile, and murder while he smihs"— bnt, pet haps one of the greatest specimens of excel lence in this branch of the art, which the stage 114 lately seen, was NI r. Macready's delivery of Richard's soliloquy immediately after the departure of tha Mayor and Aldermen. The exultation of suecess ambition—of that ambition, which seeks— A Crown, the blest reward of ever-daring mind," was glorionsly described. The whole performance. was, indeed, worthy of the British stage in its best dayg—the audience appreciated it justly, add the applause was immense. The•minotcharacters were • well tilkxl. Mr. Egerton, as Henry ; Mr. Terry, as Buckingham ; Mr. Abbott, i.s Richmond ; aa.l Mr. Conner, as Sir W. Brandon. played With abilir. Mrs. Fauc:t, as the Queen, exhibited much fee.;tr e , , -- and Lady Anne was well sustained by Mrs. Yate,. Mr. Atkins, who supported the character of the Lord Mayor, was treated with as little ceremony as his name-sake, who at present fills the civic chair. M. CHARLES KEALDLE.—It is with feelings of unfeigned regret that we announce this gentleman's - secession from Covent-Garden Theatre, in conse quence of the overbearing conduct of one of the . Proprietors towards him. At any time such a loss roust be felt by every admirer of the Drama, and accustomed as we have long been to tremble at the anticipation of the moment at which Old Time. whose heats no a oral spares," should deprive us of that enjoyment we might always rely upon from the exertions of this gentle man and Mr. Young, we see with inexpressit:e surprise the establishment deprived of both the , e "towers of strength" by ether than untivoitial,l • means. Mr. Young, thong's at times heavy and sententious, WAS always clarrically correct and gen tlemanly in his pertbrmance, and the powers of Mr. Charles Kcmble, in the two prikic . pal departments of the - histrionic art, have long since entitled him to rank among the most able of its professors, and ren dered Mtn the deserved favourite of the pulp. indeed it is difficult to determine which is his greater excellence ; the spirit of Gaiety chastened by elegar: polish, which fascinates the audience in Comedy, cc those just and' forcible delineations of Passion, Ly whi.l he embodies. the effusions alter sterner sister. At the present moment we defy the Manager, with all his invention to ea.rf a Comedy or Tragi Iv,' so as to avoid every competent Judge, feeling the joss the. Theatre has stistained; and we ardently hope ;he interest and popularity of this s”lendid House wiq not he sacrificed on the shrine of private and impro- - per i.ersonal feelings. It c think perhaps the Treasury since this unfor. - ,tunate rupture may give the 1 roprietors the beet lesson—last evenint .it was nut only a " benarlr account of empty Boxes," but the company in the e Pit looked like..an.o)ster-sht.ll in the centre, and the Galleries were quite quic' On Wednesday last, Mr. Wrue, the publisher nCtins Nlanches.er Observer, traversed in° indicitnents had been fi ttttt t 1 agatast hint by the Grand Jur is gate 1 ail on each indictment, hitustif in 3001. • toga ^ jumies cacti 1.501. r 1 ~6•i.