The National Register.
London, England, 1819-01-10 00:00:00

BRIGHTON.

JAN. B.—At ha'f-pAst seven oclt*tel; this evening',
the I rinec Rev:lt arrived at the Pavilion from Curl_
ton House. In tr e wonting, t! se Duke of York
returned u •eccrnd visit to his Illustrious Brother. His
Royal High•le•s appeared 111110,4 the fashionable. pro-
menaders this afternutm, iu tln• fisll eujoyment of
health and s:pir.t•.
I fis Excellency f'ount :Munster arrived this after-
noon, a!:d dined with the royal party.
To-myrow, the Archduke %.aximilian is expected
here on a visit to the Prince Regent. upon the tormi-
nnion cf hiA tour throughout the United Kingdoms.
The Theatre his t cen numerously attended this
week, to witnesi the performances of Eli's
in the characters of Mrs. Beverlty, Janc Shore', and
Isabella. On th • latter represeantion, most of the
oval liousehold and vis: -big Nobility at the Pavilion,
patronised this disti .guished uctre s.

Tar. KM() s JEWELS —Tha discosery was mule by
the 1 rinse Regent h tits .If, whit nrt his Royal !+i. ters
n Thursday, at 13:ickinghata Howe, for th, purrse
of maki g some funily arrang, ments. in looking
over the ankle.: contained in one of her Majes.r.;
private rep(Aitaci.!s, a loi:ked het was found, for which
there was no ke-i. :+lr. Bridge, b:itig in the l'abose,
was al pied to, and having succeeded in op-ning tho
lock, the los; tr-asure was ohsetved They: is no
doubt that it had be n deposited in this place of c.ett-
tit by the King himself; at.d pro!•ab y her Majesty
we' the only other person who was aware of the
secret. •

The Duke of York left town on Wealeslay, for
Oetlant6.

Lord Arlen anti General Taylor, the excentors to
the late Queen's Will, are daily busily employed in the
discharge of their trust.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer gives a grand en.
tcrtainment•on Thursday next to a large party of dis.
tinct ion, at his residence in Downing-street.
We had thrmerly understo:a that her Nltiesty's va-
luable Wardrobe had been left to her old and faithful
servant Madame Beckendorfr No such heqtrAt ap.
pears ; but it deserves to be known to the honour of
their Hopi Highnesses the Prin CSAA that they all
eoncurred in presenting the wardrobe to that Lady,
being persuaded that such was the intention of their
Royal Parent.—Maraing Paper.
The Duchess of Kent is fully expected in England
in the month of April, in order to her ace ,vehement,
which is 'expected to take place in atx:ut six weeks
after.

SALE OF THE LATE QUEEN'S
HORSES AND CAR..
RIAGES.—Monday WAS the day appointed for the sale
of this property, at Tattersall's. Six of the most va-
laable carriage horses were parchasel for the earl of
Harcourt, Master of the Horse ti the late Queen ; and
one for the Duke of Wellington. The horses in ge-
neral sold very high, and in most ewes considerably
above their value. For instance, horses upwirils of 17
y:..ars of age, sold for 70 and 80 guineas each ; and
several, that in the hands of the deader would ult. hAve
fetched 101. sold for 50, 60, and 70 guineas each
The following are a few of the most valuable:—

Chance ... 7 years old 159 gallica&
Lofty ... 6 . 150
Maqin ... 7 153
Spanker ... aged ... 17ro
Spenser ... ditto ... ISI
... ditto ... ... 133
ir.ibUsh 7 I.lq
Tinted ... 5 ...
Stringhalt ... 6 ... 115
The total produce of the whole 55 horses was 4,5411.
The carriages sold but indifferently, and mostly among
the couchmakers. A sociable barouche landau, with
three detached heads, brought only 105 guineas. Tills
Larriage, within the last 18 months, cost 300 gulovss
altering and repairing. The state chariot of the M.:s-
ter of the Horse brought only 27 guineas ; a1.,1 the
whole 18 carriages produced only 1,0771. The most
valuable of the late Queen's carriages, a landau, re-
cently built, was left by her Majesty's Will to Madame
Beckendortf, who retires with it to Mecklenburiel, as
soon as the whole of the affairs are urrattged.
Wednesday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when William Taylor Money, Esq.
took the usual oaths, and his seat, as a Director, in the
room of John Lumsdcn, Esq. deceased.

One more omission of a Bank-note not being signed
by the signing clerk has occurred. On Saturday week.
a sailor went to the shop of Mr. Collindon, a salesman,
the corner of Goodman's Yard, in the .N'inories, and
tendered a two pound note ibr sonic wearing apparal
which he had bought; the shopman suspecting it to be
a forged one from its not being signed, said he tutua
detain him till he got inthrination from the Bank. On
his presenting it, toe Inspector said it was a good one,
tore off' the corner, and gave another note of the same
value, observing it was a mistake of the signing clerk.
Miss Stephens's lute concerts in Dublin netted )201.
and of this sum the young holy handed 2301. to the
Mendicity Association, being the one-fourth propar-
,tion of the whole.

JAN. 10

THE DR3.11.1.

DRURY LANE THEATRE.

On Monday, after the dramatic romance of Flodden
Field, O'Keeffe's humorous farce of The Prisoner al
Lark was performed for the first time at this Theatre.
Pobr Mice& ! \Vc never witness the perfininance of
one of his productions, without lamenting that he, who •
has contributed so much to the amusement of the pub-
lice—whose Castle of Andalusia, Wild Oats, ilgreea-
Mr surprise, Poor &Mier, &c. &c. are so often repeat-
ed, „load have hews suffered, in the decline of a long
protracted life, feebly to combat with penury and dis-
appointment. If we are not misinformed, " They
order thlse things better in France?' There, the Ma-
nager of every Theatre, metropolitan or provincial, is
obliged to keep an account of the receipts eft:net night's
portiauance—a portion of which is marked down to
the credit of the individual, or of the family of the in-
dividual, whose play has been performed. Thus the
acyceadants of Racine, or of Moliere, if necessity oblige
them to crave the boon, may look to the works of their
ancestor, as to a fund whence they may derive, if not
a competent, at least a respectable, source of subsistence.
Had such a principle been adored here, we should not,
some few years since, have heard of the distress of
Shakspcarc's posterity —nor. should we now have to
state, . what we have beets positively assured, that '
O'KeeK has been obliged to have recourse to parochial
assistance.

The managers of this theatre have kept their promise
to the public, by the production of a new pantomime.
The title of this bodily amusement is The Silver Ar-
ran.; or, Harlequin and the Fairy Pari-Banon. It is
founded upon a story in the " Arabian Nights' Enter-
tainments." T 9 give tiny thing like & detailed or con-.
fleeted account of the plot of this production front what
was represented on the stage would be imptkssible, sn
great was the uproar and confusion which prevailed in
almost every part of the house from its commencement
to the filling of the curtain. Some of the scenes are
splendid; particularly the opening one—the Mystic
Palace of the Fire King; and the Ise scene—the
Celestial Palace. Several of the trick,, are those with
which the Ewers of pantomime arc alrea ly well ac-
quainte I, but some are new, and tolerably well got '
up; others, end we must say the far greater part,
were very ill conceived at first, and much worse exe-
cuted ; but this is a defect which is generally excused
on a first representation. We come now to speak of
what, from the temper of the audience, seemed to be
a far more important business than the merits or de-
merits of nay pantomime—the dispute between the
friends of the late. Clown, Mr. Bradbury. and the pre-
sent holder or that enviable past, Mr. Hartland. It
will be recollected, that from . the offlmee alleged to
have hen given by Mr. Bradbury, in the late panto-
mime, to some of the audience, a formidable party was
made against him, and he in consequence lost ilia en-
gagement. This, after the apology he offered, was
considered by many, and was in fact, harsh treatment,
and they determined that his successor should not enjoy
undisputed possession of his new situation. Mr. Hart-
land's friends seemed equally zealous, and whet' the
curtain drew up, shouts of " No Bradbury," and " No
insolent Clown," were raised with a deafening clamour
from several parts of the house These were answered
in strains equally loud and inharmonious, of" Bradbury
Jim ever." aNo oppression." " Den't condemn un-
heard." Continaiog, with seemly any intermission,
till the piece ended. During this scene of' tumult, no
way creditable to either party, attempts were made to
address the acdience, but the noise was too great to
allow a hearing. The pit on this occasion, if we except
a part of the dress boxes, was the most orderly part of
the house. They buzz uxl, it was true; bus they did
not proceed to those disgraceful scenes of personal con-
test which were exhibited in other parts. The principal
contest seemed to be between some well-bred genitor=
it' the galleries, and their equally polished hut better
thessed antagonists .a the side boxes, Arlo, to do them
justice, showed themselves to be perfect adepts in low
and vulgar Teat-el. '['hey kooted, hissed, struck the
boxes with their canes, used, every species of abusive
language, and lestly, began to pelt at the gel:cries with
oral!.;‘, peels. This, it Tilly be supposel, was nut all
lost on the go:ls, who thundered ii:rth their indignation
in a very palpeble inenner. While t his continued, Mr.
Hartlairl—the double object of applause and disappro-
bation—did more for himself' than the indiscreet zeal of
his friends could possibly effect. He showed himself a
very good mater of tricks and of that bodily
which arc necessary to support the Character he
undertook. He is, lureeveronuch below the Grimaldi
:eandard of excellence. Mr. E. Yarn.:.l, as Harlequin,
appeared to inure advantage than his predecessor ; but
this is saving all that can he said in his favour. Miss
Tree, a: Culton'rinc, was in her usual style ; and Simp-
son was ridiculous enough in Pantaluan.—The piece
was announced for repetition.

During the perfimnance of the new Pantoinimi on
Thursday night, and more particularly. in the twenes
where Hartland was engaged, nearly the seine dis-
turbances occurred which disgraced the Theatre and