The National Register. — London, England, 1819-11-01 00:00:00

in the last quarter, or from realising the hopes of the Lords of the Treasury. We understand that in the Customs alone, there was in the first week of th e present quarter, as compared with the corres ponding week in the last year, a falling off to the amount of 100,0001. The produce in the second week it seems was greater, but in the fortnight from the 10th to the 23d of October, it appears by official statements, 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 37,561/. The amount of the two week's revenue from the 10th to the 231 of October, for the years 1818 and 1819 are, Fur ihe year 18:8 £t.118.4n3 . 11319 1,080.8.11t £37.5 , It must, however, be admitted, that from the account of a week or a fortnight no argument can be drawn to prove either the improvement or retro gression 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 quarter that the second week offered a much more flittering indication of the state of the -revenue than did the week preceding, This partial ctutement having escaped from the Treasurv, we felt it necessary to communicate it to our readers, but we think it would be much more prudent if such statements were in all cases suppressed, for they can tend t no other purpose than to deceive the public by creating er runeous impressions reTecting the financial estate_of the country. THE NORFOLK COUNT) .- MEETING Was held on Frilay, pursuant to the appointment of the High Sheriff; the Freeholders were too nu merous to be contained in the Shire-hall, and the Alayor having politely granted the use of St. An drew's Hall, the meeting was adjuurned to that. place; the late hour at which we reecivedsourreport 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=',Sottth well, Esq., and passed with scarcely any dissentents in- the numerous body of the respectability of the County we shall next week give the particulars o f this interesting meeting. It gives us great pleasure to learn, that. betides the Chattibtr of Commerce at Biriiiiiniain, several other highly respectaVe Bodies have it in contemplation to Petition Parliament for a modification of the restrictions on the icicle with Fratice,and for the ditreitimion of the duties on French wines. • We` feel convinced, that those who really with to relieve the distresses of the country could not possibly adopt a safer or more practicable and efficient means of accomplishing that object. At this distance of time it is needless to et•qttire whe.her Great itain or France was foremost to fetter and restrict the fietilont of trade with its -nearest and sanest opulent neigh bour. IVe believe both parties were in this respect equally blasneahle ; and it is certain that which ever rosy have been the first to continence this absurdcrnearle an the comforts and enjoyments tat its own-subjects, Its measures have been but too well seconded by the other. Toe wretched effects of t ueb blind and infatuated poli cy have at length become manifest. Instead of being natural enemies, Britain and Franey, from their near anal the extreme variety, as well in their .aw its in their mantifactured products, are especially fitted to maintain an expensive and mutually heneficial inter :muse. And as the time is gore by in which gold and tilter were alone coot:jarred as real wealthivit is to be booed that the restrictions and prohibitionicto which these istihmoded notions gave birth, will no longer be pettlitted to retard the march of national prole-my. It liecontes the people of Britain to spew that they have emancipated themselves from the diaglaceful prejudices by which their ancestors were animated when they de clared the trade of France a ouisatece! A rich, power ful and wealthy nat . , must midwife's-Ay prove. an infauitely letter customer than ruse that is comparatively poor and miserable. We do not reap a single ads atitage toms our iiitercourse with Portugal, which we might not realize in a tenfold proportion were we to permit a similar intercourse with France. It cannot be too generally tvederstood, that it depends entirely on our selves whetorr thirty billions of people shall become the mounters of those eimmughties which are now heaped lip i•t our warehouses, and for which no market caw hetet, :Linea. Sir is it at all necessary, in order to britel about this must desirable result, that we should attcolpi to negociate a c tttttttt ercial treaty with France. It is more than pntbable, indeed, that sock a measure would miscarry; amp it is therefore limmiate that it is of ers s contlary importance. All that is required to lay the fonoidation tai a cotiimerce, of which it is impossible to estimate the future extent, ad.l whicii would give an immediate siinothis to toe languishing intlutatv , of the country, is to have astute entite4li to porch Ise front lie French those commodities with which they cap furoiso us cheaper than any oilier nation, or than we call WO- Ottee at hintie. This is the entire atent iii the •at liner that we are called oti — to make. It, as a halloo,. ttr consent tai JO oil the same principles. which. re wise. the conduct of every prudent :ndi• elstal. we shall iiilal liftly open a new and boundless market f o r the prttilun of our capital and industry. The French, we may depend upon it will not refuse to Fell. Boit as there fact be oat selling evithotit an equal lott‘ing, there eau be ho manlier of doubt that by acting on a liberal system onrwlyes, We sisal! .compel thew to abandon tbuir re- N'OV TIM NATIONAL REGISTE: covENT•GAR DEN THEATRE. Mr. %creamly on Monday night appeared in th, character of Richard. The public, before he essayed this most arduous task, acknowledged his merits as an able and accomplished actor, but this, his new achievement, places hint, beyond-dispnte, in the first rank of histrionic genius. Mr Macreialy's concep tion of the part is accurate, even in the minutest points—and his physical powers enable him, more completely than any representative of Richard we have ever seen, to do perfect justice to that concep tion. His voice remains unimpaired, even to the last scene—a happiness which none of his predeces sors or contemporaries could boast of. Kemble's lungs failed hint long before the termination of this play ; Cooke became, in reality, hoarse with daring Richntood to arms; and the same misfortune has generally attended Kean's efihrts in this character. We do not recollect any part that dentuals such powers of voice, toque ad fittem, as Richard—and we know not of any actor who possesses them to- so great an extent. This is peculiarly remarkable in the last stirring scenes, where all is hustle, agitation, sad activity. Richard's short but energetic address to his army, in which he seeks to fill them with intlignatiom, against •• A scum of 13retagrics, rascals, runaways," • was delivered with extraordinary tiiree. It was a moat animated piere of declamation We never I saw so great an effect• produced by these lines— because we have hitherto heard them uttered when the previous exert ions •of the actor had occasioned a considerable degree• of exhaustion. Mr Macrearly spoke the soliloquies most felicitously He ,ppeared to kr!, with the utmost intenseness, the sentiments which he delivered; they did not seem to drop merely from the tongue—the countenance declared that they burst from. the heart. The short soliloquy, after the murder, of King Henry, was distinguished by the most acute. discrimination—that . which oc curs before the interview. with Lay Ann. was admirably pointed, especially where Richard declares that " he can smile, and murder while he smiles" — but, perhaps one of the greatest specimens of excel lence in this branch of the art, which the stare has lately seen, was Air. Macready's lelivery of Richard's soliloquy immediately after the departure of the Mayor and Aldermen. The exultation of success ful ambition—of that ambition, which seeks—. Crown, the blest reward of ewe►-daring minds," was giorionsly described. The whole performance was, indeed, worthy of the British stlge in its best days—the audience appreciated it justly, and the applause was immense.• The minor characters were well tilled. Mr. Egerton, as Henry ; Mr: Terry, as Buckingham ; Mr. Abbott, as Richmond ; and Mr. Conner, as Sir 11".. Brandon, played with ability. Futic't, as the Queen, exhibited much feeling, and Lady Anne was well sustained by Mrs. Yates. Mr. Atkins, who supported the character of the Lord Mayor, was tr.stted with as little. ceremony as his ttame-sake, who at present fills the civic chair. MR. CiIARLES KEMBLE.—It is with feelings of unfeigned regret that we .:nnounce 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 must 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 okl Time, whole haste no mortal spares."' abmild deprive us of that enjoyment we might always rely upon from the exertions of this gentle man and -Mr. Yeung,„ we see with inexpressible surprise .the establishment deprived of both these " towers of strength" by other than unavoidable means.: Mr. Young, though at times heavy and sententious, was always classically correct and gen tlemanly in his performance, and the powers of Mr. Charles Kemble, in the two principal departments of the histrionic art, have long since • entitled• him to rank among the most able of its professors, and ren dered him the deserved favourite of the public; indeed it •is difficult to determine which is his greater excellence ; the spirit of Gaiety chastened by elegant polish, which fascinates the audience in Comedy, or those just and forcible delineations of Pas.tion, by which he embtslies the effusions of her sterner sister. At the present moment we defy the Manager, -with all his invention to caal a Comedy or Tragedy, so as to avoid every competent Judge, feeling the loss the Theatre has sustained; find , we ardently hope the interest mid uopularitv of tnis splendid House will not be sacrificed on the shrine of private and impro per personal feelings, 11e think perhaps the Treaattry since this urrfor. Innate rupture may give the Proprietors the best. lesson—last evettito. it Was not only a 4. beggarly account of empty 137)xes," but the company in the Pit looked like an Op4ter-sliell in the centre, and the Galleries were quite Tile' ! . On We.hivsday la,t, %IL Wroe, the publisher 9r :he M.mehes vr Observcr, trarcrscd ivy() imbeittieuts which had been found aautst hits by the Grand Jury, and save I ail on each indictment, Intuus f. in AWL turd tv. - t -ureties each 1501. Boxixo.—Weduesdny the long talked of fight" between Turner and Martin took place at 111:,Bing ham Common. The seconds were Cribb and Spring Km Martin, and Belcher and Itandall for Turnery Betting 13 to eight on Turner, and it was a gallant fight of 42 rounds, in one hour and nine minutes, and ended by Cribb's declaring that Nlartin had enough. Wednesday night, about half past ten o'clock, at a young gentleman was passing through Pitlistl street, Old-street-road, he was hustled by a gang of ten or twelve fellows, seemingly drunk, one of whom. thrust his hand into his waistcoat pocket, and ook from thence three half crowns. __ Ott Friday night, as one of the heavy Driver coaches was gaits,/ down Gravel-hill, the skid, which had Iseen applied to the wheel, flew off, and the coach was over turned. ltia,ert Carden, the guard, was so much hurt that no hope is entertained of his recovery. Among this passengers was Admiral Sir Robert Farrow, who, witlt the rest, escaped without any material injury. Whether the Princess of Wales intends to return, to England or not, it is certain that her Royal High ness has given orders to have her apartments in Kensington-palace prepared tin. her reception. Several robberies ii.ivv been lately committed to I.:ver- p 0 1; one of them sinatelarly daring. Two labouring porters, who ply for hire at the docks, are oppreht tided. - who, it appears, about six weeks or two 'mouths agr,, made a practice of hiring a cart groin the Dock-quay. and breskiug into a warehouse at the Queen's-dock. at noun•day, whets the labourers were at miter, and car • in c { away temp in qurs.tities averaging 2u cwt. at a time. Front the great ctsantity of hemp deposited in the rooms, it was only lately that it was missed; when. upon weighing it, nearly 9ocwt. were missing It ap pears that the thieves had been in the habit of sending It to Preston, where they had agents to receive it. A very eatal accident occurred so the Lord Wellington coach, oil the rood beta ten - Kendal and Shap on Sun- - day eveningwennight, near the inn at High Borrow- Bridge, known Ly the name of Ilnek',.. The hill fronS the north to this inn is upwards of a utile in length, the upper part of Which is an easy descent: at the iiiirld!c part there is a short spare of level road where carriages are usually locked to descend the steeper part below. lit the dusk of the evening, the Lswd ‘Vellington coach, ;it coming down Oilskin, was overturned with eleven pha%. tenger. inside and outside, four of whom were most dreadfully injured; one of then) died on Monday, ano ther ou Tuesday, and the other two are severely hurt, butare in a fair way of recovery. The inside passengeis escaped. An inquest was held on the bodies on Tues day, when verdicts of Accidental I)earn were given its both eases; it being satisfactorily proved that the acci dent did not occur, in the slightest degree; front the negligence of the driver or guard, but by the unexpected Ineaking of the reins, whereby the horses became tio mmageable. The names of me norortintate Ileceascd. are Joint Nicholson. of Itt Hoick,' Cumberland, whose. ii.;ht thigh was nearly cut through, much lacerated, the bone broken, and otherwise much mangled; awl John Ellis, (troth what part is not known,) who hotel both his legs broken, was otherwise much br tined and lacerated, and had sustained an injury upon the brain. which his medical attendants believeti was the insutedt ate cause of death. Friday afternoon jjigneighbourhood of Norton-falr. gate was thrown l , ' greatest consternation and alarm by the cries 4. . '1 -proceeded from the house of Mr. Knit 1- i ...... which ori s -i- Hated under the f 1: was attending a. Was boiling on the. is• Ili . means the vessrl • was etorvinped id' hand to her wsist , guish the Hann,: ran into the yt throng% the pal title, wnich sin dity, threatev. rived, awl./ - . under w• which id sent for most dr her reed g' A la by, on subscrtrlx . " and inchist, cure work fa, wliuit pounds were imn., • I),inn& Ilse lou t ; v.. most elvgAtitly and col, p ii nun , toi lee! longer Ilia. co% r red with fine crimson re .baize which used to be paintilig of Paid pleading • h • ; was at the tipper end of the hall, - Is • frame fresh glided, winch git es it a 5m.... ,hurt, 444C1rilims and splendid . which have been made, this Hall mu HOW be 'Cathay one of the thostr/eszt tureut 11111 l )(lions, and tin. st W.611r,s in the Ittit,4.to^s. The at:vantages also iesultitTAta Society will briery gr-at. At Nlel.tot•ilitfloek Fair, there-war iltelargest w of cattle nt all kinds Ittat has been seen for ;11aMe years. The Itio yrs, were ekry nuatertol,,•hurettiey bought rel iad:lv at hialt priee...—Shiwt.hurns oittatoeil Irons VOI. to 271. per eats, lii e ,hlautters and Runts in prop. newt,. Colchester fair was well supplied with sot Cs,; but hiult Imres being a-ked, little bootless was ouire. though the rmtpany 'W.IS as 11111U4ALMI Ai ea lumber gccasiolia. i,i4.