The National Register. — London, England, 1819-10-24 00:00:00

t:bl . atticatt. Deunv.LANa.—Oa Wetlncsdity ermine s new musical anima, entitled, 7'he Fisherman's lied, was performed at this theatre. It is the production of Nr Tobin. the Author of The Ibmey Moon. Tile clious part of the dialogue, which is couched in blank verse, and contaiti3 some beautiful ideas—tl:e sun i pt, three or tour of which are highly poetical—and a small pJrtitm of the jocular division of the drama— we believe to have been written by Mr. Tobin— bat the remainder appears to 11l to be the work of interior hand. The characters are: Rosana Mr. HARMAN Dui azzo Mr. Pcx LEY stepliamo Mr. MENDER !kWh mar Mr. Dowrox ,V;ediko Mr. HARLEY C in Mr. HUGHES Coualen of Moir.ra W. WEST Lemon Miss CAREW Martha Mios KELLY The plot is extremely simple. 'rite Countess of Ikiodena, oung. rico, and beautiful. is courted by two noble youths, llessattato And Ifurazzo. 'lliese hero.... agree to decide their res_ pserive tale to this paragon of excellence, by an appeal to the sword, and they meet on the neat-shore for the purpose Of tilliting. Tile COlUltemi fob:dere, in the sight of the conflict, and the rivals agree to put up weir swords, provided she will declare to which of them she has gieeit her afteefiont, and wind toenail by en oath to niatry the fssouied Weer hew, sonic iteutstion she gives her band to ilosea.u. 'flit: breast ut ()WALL. is now filled with the must furious jealousy. lle eniploys two .• resolved villa.ins" to carry draw Couutiss. Sue:tallest to the reward which he prolicas, they arc to make booty of the various jewels which ornament the person of tie Countess. They succeed in is:emits her—but in placing her in the berm which is to convey her to a secure cavern tut the opposite side of the has, hsr oisroond necklace is loosened, and fulls into toe sea. It is subsequently lisehed up in the net of Nicolino, a fishermen, who pee sem. it for sale to Railthszar. a Jew. 'rite latter is per heady aware of its vain:, but pretends that it is composed only of rock crystal. and purchases it fur twenty ducats. The Jew, hearing ors proclaohuton, ofkring steward of one thousand ducats. for the discovery oldie perso.as alto had bean guilty uf the ab• duction of th'Counte-s, is I.a to believe, as toe Lady is stated to have worn a diamond necklace whenihe was caused off, that Nicolano was privy to the tool gee 1. In the hope of gaining the rzwitrel, he informs k.ainst Nieulioo, who is interrogated before hie Judge. lie posttively denies iny knowledge of the act, anal is allowed until use evening to search for the Countess. Caantace lesdo him to the cavern wiaere she is confined. He rescues her from her peruouslatuetion. sou is conveying her to his hot, wilco Deueezo. whose mop a. iyerh e in the idling, moult Liar toe purpose ui easily iog In. prey on board. lie diteuveri the flight of tile C aentess„:ursuet. ue ertakus. and beings her wick. A storm now obses s and w h en 11e is oil Coe puin. ut placing his prase on boatel, a thunderbolt strikes the ves,el, which is consumed. Foiled irt his attempt to bear her from Italy. he retires with her to hit cas tle. on the coast. llosano discuvent his retreat—fires pus Aron.; hold—and recovers the Countess—at whose interccusan. he spares the lif 01 his perfidious rival. The union of itosano said the Countess lolluws ut course. This is a brief view of the serious portion of the drama. "I he comic part is minimised of the chaste laves of Leah, a handsome 'iJewess, sail Nicholino, t fisherman —and the holy intrigues of Sitphano. a reverend Judge, and Bahhavir, to procure the ilvour of Martha, the sister of Nithol;no. She tricks theta bmb, and shames Balthazar so much, that, to escape further exposure, he consonts to the marriage of his daughter, Leai, with Nicholino.— The performers exerted their best powers. Mr. )tiwton appeared as Balliazar—a character which radii-aces every vice that prejudice has attributed to the children of Israel. Such portraits are illiberal at al unjust. Mr. Dowwn played the part in a richly homourous style. Slephano, a corropt old Judge, was excellently supported by Mr. Munden. Mr. Harley's Nieholino was lively and agreeable.— The rivals, Rosana and Daraz:,,, were respectably sustained by Messrs. Hamblin and Penley. Mrs. W. West, as the Countess, .played her short part with much feeling. Miss Carew's Leah evinced considerable degree of naircle—and the character of allurlbet was performed by Miss Kelly, with bur accustomed ability. The overture, by Mr. Reeve, is a pleasing com position. Of the airs, by the same composer, we cannot speak so favourably. An invocation, by sir, I)avy, is pretty It ,vas neatly executed by Miss Povey. The new scenery, particularly the view of an ltuliuu Buy, is very fine. The following Prologue was delivered, with con siderable cfreet, - by Mr. Pope Though living merit, well may critics dread, Yet wire their candour will protect Vow dead, And Envy'sself permit the fluter to bloom That only shed) its fragrance on' the tooth. Such is the flow r, that we tranvplant to-night, Nor need we fear from you—a sudden flight ; From you, who still impart, with shelesing care. The fint'ring sunshine, and the balmy air. 'Tit yours to make the bud with vigour shoot. To sinew, the foliage, and to fix the rout. And hence our Play, whate'et its worth may be. Whateer iii fate. may urge obe sotriting plea. The Bard has long bed) rialto praise and blame, lint r..indred only can envoy his bane: Bard, whose entulattive hopes could soar, To write as &intik Poets wrote of yore. And ti ace the steps of those gigantic urea, Themiglity masters of the scenic pen. Ft. wit. :tr.* and Nlasstgbt:o. and tare old tics. ! here where the rival Muses wont to reign As if Old Drury were their own dolman. Iltry. then. let (leuitr, from the grave arise, 'fo claim new laurels, as hio rightful Kiwi; The westet we now produce, trout 'lusts came. Nio'hoose former works must ratify Guard ttten the ratting—to his ittetit'ry show 'i hat well-urn'd praise, he did not live to know ; ' la Posoue's pound 'Temple place the votive play, llis audry .110.n—slti,11 guide you un the way. Thu 1:141 ,, gav w. 4.1 seuki.a by Mr. Eiliton, 1•7 ?I: A v. Mrs. Edwin, and Mrs. Orger. It is in some parts, we think, rather ill..jtiged. I t boasts of the '• crup.r" which the Theatre now imxl , tecs—adverts to the chundeliers—sneers at the late Committee of M.t. nageinent—and introdueys .Mr. Elliston to the ati,tii nee as•' lessee, aaor, and factolum!" 1% c subjoiii a specimen of the poetry, serious :nsd eunsie : SONG—Miss CAnr.w. Sweet are the stolen hours of Love, When none our tntnsports can reprove. And lips wah trembling rapture greet— Oit! then Lore's sttuen hour is sweet. Yet, midst the dear delight we sigh, For oh ! how quick the moments fly; Eike\ other lingering turns to view, And ere we part oft bid adieu! For *Nett, &c. SONG .Mr. HARLEY Mr.t fish that tab:l:tit the 'ea. With my net I can take now and then, Yet how much mote skilful it Ile. Who can thrive as a tisher tit men ; For tho' tonne ar: simple as dace. Aud greedy as gudgeons a tew, Yet I fancy that is nor the ewe With lawyer, a maid, or a Jew. Your lawyer, some say, is a shark, Yet he preys both by land and by water, And perbau: 'twonld be nearer the mark, If we utibb'd him a black alligator. Tu catch him, there is but one rule, One rogue can but hamper his brother, And they tell me, like pikes in n pool, ''our lawyers will bite one another. In cunning a Jew has nn match, He'll sop thromdi your hand, like an eel; And maids are still harder to catch, When of youth the first bludies they feel; But with patience an angler must wait, Till older and older they grow, When, like trouts, they'll all ri,e at his bait, Though a Catther's the way first throw. We perceived with considerable surprisc. that the above piece has been withdrawn. SHIELDS, Ocr. 15. An alarming riot tank place here y stenlay evening, in which a slidti unfortunately lust his life. Ike circuits st 'urea We these:-- l'he keenness upon the river still refusing to go to work. an elfin was yesterday uncle by the Mayor of Newcastle. assisted by the coil power, and four or five hosts, manned with sailors and marines front a sloop of war in the harbour. 141 luring down a few keels laden wain vials front different staiths above, and cast them on bowl such vessels as were waiting fur their cargoes. siet Neel] five and six o'clock in the afternoon the keels noised. accompanied by the Mayor of Newcastle and a body of special constables in one of the steam boats, and the sloop of war's heats shove mentioned. At this time a 'mintier of persons, bat principally boys, were Salem bled on the N-w Quay. opposite the Northumberland Arms, and they kept hissing. hooting, and gro. • g while the coals were casting sato the ships Ring oppu stte the Oday. Nothing serious, however, ;rout such sit assemblage asst : and accordingly, about h+l'-past five te:locli, the Mayor, the I%Tater-W.14 &c. landed from the steam-boat, and, crowing the Quay, 1111(1 the Nr.r:huaisherl Ind Arms, fur the por i soss: ~r g ttiliz s o me reireslownt. The Msyro, though very popular magistrate. was, however, grossly tusulted lin leasing the boat One man, in the act of ilasuo lug stones, the Mayor seemed with his own hands, and had m i n conveyed ti the N irtlininberland Antis, where he se is detained. SI h after, the *se upon the Q.say increased ; re stones were thrown inn the steastoodat, which was moored close to the Quay ; and the special emistahles and others, left on ward, being unable to defend themsels es, they despatched a small boat to raspiest the protection of the lit dines, who had then returned to Ihe sloop. Ore boat. with au °nicer and a few marines in it, ItrOCII/ly arrived, and pulled up close unaer the the sent of the steatu•imat, the persons on Ward of which had thus ii.n , ode and at 4 beets ihiren .0 seek slide r us the cabin!. Tlie boys mill kept piyiii.. their us:ssles boas 'lie Quay, hissing anal hasn't% at the parties 1111 the or der. l'o tr:gliteis theist. as was sup posed, Iwo muskets were howeser, tired by the marines; but the', were loaded only with blank cotridges. A pathe in a few aaa itt utes ensiled, and then a tress, mower of stones was pourtd lino tat steisiii-noai. One 01 winch struck the OttiCcf. Now a toad ket %%as heed, which killed a sailor *wilding oil the trunt of di. Q say, and who was merely .1 specs.s.ur of the tray. No Riot Act was read ; no magistrate, in fact, was near eXCei, the Mayor of Newcastlz, who has use jdrisdietiots ..t Shields, except upon the water, and tile pv,)pleasolubles. ha.l teeter tire 'inlet of being fires. Uoltlll. Cries 01" out der" followed. %Volum and men indiscrintinitely joined in assaulting the boats with stones and brick-bats, but the marines immediately pulling off, the fury of the mob was very soon directed to the Northumberland Arms, into which house it was said, the officer who commanded the marines had gone, and where were then present the Nlator of Newcastle, with other gentlemen, tile Water Bailiff. bre. Here the lt set no bounds to their rage. " Manchester over again !"—" Blood for blood !" were vociferated incessantly. The windows and window frames of the two lower stories of the house were com pletely demotishet Some metal pipes, for gas, which lay epti;iguoissly, were applied in breaking open tin ;leret doer, Ili" High Constable of Shields arrived, and declaring that at the risk of his life he would hre• serve the peace of the town, he succeeded by Ilia spilt:co conduct; its allaying the frantic feeling of the mob.— Tney demanded the release of the person who had been taken into collo ly by the Alreur, as tunas the surrender o rt h e 041t41.: Oehuhrhlell. who, they couteuded, had taken f: refuge in the house. The man was very prudently set at liberty ; bm the officer not being in the house, the[ were allowed to search for him, which they tli•I v e ry slightly, and then retiruil, and in a few minutes all WAS petlecily tranquil. Shortly after a small party of dragoons arrived, but their services were then wholly unnecessary. At ten o'clock scarcely a 111411 was to be seems in the streets. The Mayor of Newcastle did every tbisig in his poser to keep the peace ; hut waited by an infuriate mob, and shot up as he was in the N..eiliumbellaial Arms, it was impossible for him to make any effectual exertio n for the restoration of peace and order. This morning alt contisrms quiet, but large bodies of sailors are prow_ ling, stout, and bitterly complai aa ia ig (Witte colulucL of ihe magisirates in not grantinf warrants fur tile appre hension of the uterine, or officer of marines, who, as they say, so prematurely and inhumanly fired upon the people. . . - A coroner's inquest was held upon the body to•dac, hut after the ex: eeee iee anon of three witnesses, the pro ceedings have been adjourned till to-morrow. Enots3lt, otnerver, already appears to exonerate the officer from any charge of having hiusselt been the person who shot the unfortunate 111411. Mitch anxiety is felt for the result of the inquest. The Jury is very respectable. Extract of a letter dated Knutsford, Oct. Is.-- The trial of Sir Charles Wolseley .s transferred to the Conn of King's Bench, upon affidavits alleging t h e political prejudices in the coinny aooin,t the wor t hy Baronet. It will h e recollected Sisal the Magistrates of this county, upon the arrest of Sir Charles Wulseley, refused to accept any persons as bail for him who w, re not resident wiihin the comity, insisting upon bail to the amou. t of 1,0001. The fink demand, which was no doubt the result of a mere error of judgement, these Ma gistrates have been convinced was untenable, by the decision of B iron Wood at Lancaster,—while, as to the sec I, it appears extraordinary that Mr. Justice Bailey only required two uncles, in 2d. each, for die forth coming of a gentleman of great landed properly, resident in use huntediate vicinity of the M•igistrates of Cheshit v. But Justice Bailey had, no doubt, sonic recollection of that prescription of the Bill of Rights. which turbine excessive bail, while such antique know ledge may have been dislodged from the mind of Magistrttes distinguish ed for the Yaliety of their modern literature. "About two o'clock Sir (;holes Wolseley, accom panied by his Solicitor, Mr. Charles Pearson, entered the Court. It is intended, we learn, to Frier a Bill IA Indictment fur a conspiracy against Sir Charles Wol. *elev, on the part of some Of fi cers of the Court. "At four o clock the Grand Jury came into Court, and returned bills of indictment for conspiracy, by Joseph Swan, Burtenshaw, Richaids, and four other!, to produce a change in the Constiintiois ity force an.l violence. These persons were, we lerstood, to taw verse, and therefore their trial will take place at the county Sessions. " Another bill was found against the Rev. Joshua King, and Bryan King, his brother, for conspiracy. " When this bill was announced, Mr. Williatns ob served that as this bill was of no EN character, Inc parties being charged with laying miota for men and cattle, he felt it his duty to move for the issue of a Bench warrant for the arrest of the parties; which ma. von was it sssss ediately acceded to. " I was peculiarly surprised at the spacious end even grand editice which has been recently erected For the ling of this Session. It is really larger than the four Courts at IVestminster-IUL IVhat could be the reason for t.tx;tig the county. to defray the expruce of such a structure, which certainly is by no mean* necessary, one fifth of the bitilditiK being scarcely full at even this Sessions, at which au extraordinary WWII* thy of very ititerestnig business was pretty generally expected? " Application will, it is said, be made within a kw days by Mr. Pearson to tile Nlagisiraies at Warrington, fur warrants against some in the Nicoincii of Manche*. itt, for cutting and maitninit, nit tLe i(ith of August ; and thew warrants will, I understand, be grantcd.." SPIRITED ASSERTION OF NATIONAL HONOUR. ------- ----- Extract of a Letter trou► Hie de Jancrio, dated 2d July : t• It Has been the custom here, whenever any of the Royal Family are met, either in or out of the town. for every person to bend the knee to them whilst passing : and should a gentle man be on horseback, he must get oft; or it a gig, &c., he 'tout get out, and down on his knee. About a week sirce, as Com. itiodore Bowles, of his Majesty's ship Creole, who certainly is to tithing ehatacter. was coing to St. Christr•plie, a village whe' e the Loyal Family h a ve • palace, in coamany with either \lr. Chamberlain's (the Consul General) run, or nephew, they mit the Queen coining to town, and being rather in a hurry did n• t alight, but passed on, anti immediately they were attack:4l by the I/ragoon (imirds, pulled utl their horsse, and very ill treated. (hie Cominodorr inn; willately returned, and made a formal cool. munication, through the proper channel, to the 'loyal ear, to thi s coin:—•• 'That unless an instant submission was made by the two officers commanding the guard, and such punishment inflicted on them as the British thug anti country required. he should remain on board hi. ship with his offic e rs; u. 4; be should not ay any attention or respttct to the Postugtin•c flag; and that he s hould Nal in a few days our the nver Kits, but wJaht levee au officer wirlt his orders to the above effect ; and on hi. arrival there, despatch the first ship ro England with the account of his treatment." Tills had the desired all'eet; the two officers were immediately taken into custody, and ...ern to gaol, where they remained till yesterday, when, under a guard, they were taken to the Creole's quarter deck, with u., English flag flying over their heads, where the Commodore, Consul r reneral, and several Englishmen, had omit on the occasion, and before all the utlicere and crew (the officer* in full uniform) they begged pardon in the most submissive manner for their conduct, and implored the Cot onodore's intercession for their forgiveness. They were agent taken to prison, hut I believe they are to be liberated t h is day, at the request of the Comnrodorts. l'ott can have no idea of the sentiments of the I.nglish ill this affair; all warndY Coif* inudorc Bowles for hi...determined conduct."