The National Register.
London, England, 1816-02-25 00:00:00

TILE NATIOAL REGISTER.

character, Miss O'NEILL stands at, perhaps, not a very
distant interval. We forbear to particularise where we
have not to praise most highly, and shall prefer an oppor-
tunity in which we may point out particular beauties,
rather than deficiencies.

The comic characters were well cast. Lucio was,
perhaps, too frivolous; but Pompey, was really Poster.v
the Great ; for nu actor could have so little set down for
him by the author, and make so much of it witout tres-
passing beyond the limits of sound discretion. LISToN if
in such characters nature itself, and yet his delineation of
nature arises from a strong sense of truth, aml a just
feeling of humour; with a genius, which, while it seems
merely to copy, actually creates. Had nature given to
this actor the figure of K Emius., with us strong a sense of
the sublime as of the ridiculous, what would he not have
effected? At present, we never see him, without a renewed
satisfaction, and an acknowledgment, that he is, perhaps,
the first of comic actors in an age which alxmnds with so
much excellence in Comedy, that it puts our utmost skill
to the trial, when we endeavour to ascertain on where
to fix the laurel which is to mark the superiority.
The whole play, we repeat, is well got up, and so well
acted, that none but a critic would find leisure, perhaps,
to discover faults.

A new Pantomine, or rather a selection of the best 'danto-
mimic scenes, was performed GU Monday night at the chose
Theatre with great snee‘ss. It is called Iles Iriptin's Olio, and
a more pleasing Or diverting olio has seldom been witnessed.
'Coward the close of the performance, an Italian lady, who had
previously exhibited at the fenving-room of Mr. Angelo, in
Road-street, made a trial of skill's It h twit competitors. She
is rather a muscular, hut still a graceful tigiire; and to an ap-
parently perfect knowledge of the art, she added an extraor-
dinary degree of strength, precision, and agility, Her exer-
tions were loudly applauded.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KINGS BENCH, FED. 22.

LORI) ♦oI7IRANE'r. SMETHUR“.
This was an action to recover namages against the defendant,
for violating a patent obtained by the plaintiff for a neuly-iii-
vented lamp, for illumioating all cities, team, and villages.
The case occupied the whole day. It appeared, that the chief
novelty of the invention consisted in increasing the intensity
of light in Haps ; by an ingenious mode of bringing the at-
mospheric air to bear upon the wick of the burner. After a
considerable number of witnesses were examined, it turned
out that the plaintiffs specification was larger than his pa-
tent; the latter stating, that the invention was adapted for
lighting "all cities, towns, and villages," whereas the tld mer
supera,w, -• fight-houses, theatres, churches, chapels, &c."
This decided the case ; for the Learned Judge immediately
directed the plaintiff to be nomartied.

In the. King's Beach on Friday sennight, Mr. Wild, a ship
broker in the city, obtained a verdict, with 001. damages,
against the GAS light Company; being the value of a horse
killed through defendants' servants negligently leaving a titian-
tity,of rubbish in the Strand, where they bud been laying down
pipes for tne gas, and by which the animal was thrown down,
Mr. Wild thrown out and bruised, and the gig much injured.