The National Register.
London, England, 1815-05-07 00:00:00

TII E NATIONAL REGISTER.

The Journal. of Louis XVIII, publisted at Ghent, contains
the following:—
" One of the soldiers who came with Bonaparte fmm Elba,
went lately to the Theatre St. Martin. with the intention of
making them sink coplets in honour of their Chief. Pre-
gently. he threw them about in profusion in the pit and
among the actors on the stage requiring them to be sung.
The spertators opposed it; he insisted; they ordered silence;
his vocifeta•ions disturbed the play; they cried " Turn him
ant !" and be was driven out in spite of his resistance.
Dui ing this scene the couplet in praise of Buonaparte had'
pa sed into the hand- of the ladies in the boxes, -who cut into'
ifemrs•tle-lis the raper on which the couplet; were printed,
and threw them into the pit. This gave- the idea of convert-
ing into /.7,/-de-lis all the papers which could be procured,
and. the vi !cot expulsion Of the Janizary, was not so speedy
hat t ha. he was covered with a cloud, or, to use the vxpres-
siou of the person who witnessed the scene, with a snow
shower of ficuis-dc-iii) which descended from ihe boxes into
the pit.

DR.111.-ITIC I?EGISTER.

utterance. Tbis Address, as well as the whole of the enter-
tainments, were received with the warmest applause, and she
retired, or rather was borne off the Stage, in a state of help-
less anxiety, amidst the fullest testimony that the occasion
admitted, of public respect and esteem.—The pressure was
so great, that much of the iron railing in the passage to the
Pit was broken away, and many persors were in imminent
danger for some time, but happily no serious accident oc-
curred.

At the Meeting of the Subscribers of Drury-lane Theatre.
held yesterday, at the Crown and Anchor, Mr. Whitbread
intimated that at the end of tho present season, he, and the
rest of the Sub-Committee should relinquish the manage-
ment. Tt was not the trouble of the business which induced
him to decline it, but the responsibility and anxiety arising
from, the fluctuations of so important a concern were more
than he could continue to endure. Nothing was more queer-
fain than the prosperity of a theatre, as nothing . was more
difficult to keep up than a perpetual public attraction. The
.Company of Drury-lane was as good as ever adorned the
boards of.any stage; the exertions of Mr Kean were as great
as ever, his reputation was as great and deservedly ; for,
instead of retrograding, lie bad improved ; yet it was im-
possible that he could be equally attractive as he was during
his first season. It was therefore of the utmost consequence
that the management should he confided to some person or
persons who would have the strongest interests in sup-
porting the concern. It was hardly to be supposed that any
gentlemen would be found who would continue to discharge
such a duty gratuitously. He had himself hitherto done it,
because he felt his honour piqued in sustaining the theatre
- which he had had the credit of building. Under these cir
cunistances he should suggest the propriety of letting the
theatre to some person who would furnishadequate securities,
and who would of 'course feel the stron.gest interest in promo-
ting its prosperity. fTe must also hint, that owing to the
immeuse expence necessary for preparing dramatic pieces in
that style of splendour which the public expected, it would
be expedient to consider whether the public should not con-
tribute towards that magnificence, by some additiOn to their
price of admission—such as an increase of 6d. on the price
for the pit. After some discussion among the subscribers,
it was agreed that tire proposition of letting the theatre should
be stihrnitted to a fuller meeting of the subscribers, to be con-
.vened next Wednesday. It appeared that the dividend was
about 5 per cent.

*The Masquerade at the Argyle Rooms, to-morrow evening,
we hear will be uncommonly brilliant : in addition to the
expected exertions of some excellent delineated characters,
Bologna, Glimaldi,&c. are to be among the fantastic groupe.

NEW 13 %rut tsTrae..—Janes Dowling E•q. and Thomas Swift, Esq.
of the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple, were yesterday cal-
led to the bar.

It is surprising the number of persons that apply daily
flop) eleven till three, at No. 84, Wells-street, Oxford-street,
to consult Dr. Cameron, who discovers disorders by an
inspection of the morning urine, and 'although his method is
singular. it is a well known fact, that he has restored many to
perfect health, when the most eminent of the profession had
failed, in painful, lingering, and dangerous cases, such as dis-
eases of the liver. bilious obstructions, dropsy, nervous de•
bilit), consumptions, Src. Also those complaints peculiar to
females at the different periods of life.

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MAY 7.

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The following account of the fate of the last of these
men, and of the island on which the survivor of them was
found, is from the pen of the gallant and sensible Sir Tho-
mas Staines, the captain of the ship that lately touched at
the island. Sir Thomas writes from Valpavaiso :

n 0o my passage from the Marquesses Islands to this port in the
morning of the 17th of September, I fell in with an island where
none is laid down either on the Admiralty c: other charts, accord.
ing to the several chronometers of Briton and lagus ; I therefore
hove to until day light, and then closed, to ascertain whether it was
inhabited, which I soon discovered it to be, and to my very great
astoni.hment found that every individual on the island (40 in num-
ber) spoke exceeding good English. They prove to be the descend-
acts of the deluded crew of the Bounty, which front Otaheite pro-
ceeded to the above mentioned island, where the ship was burnt.
Christian appeared to have been the leader and sole cause of the
Mutiny in that ship. A venerable old man, named John Adams is
the only surviving Englidtman of those who last quitted Otaheite
in her, and whose exemplary conduct and fatherly care of the whole
of the little colony could not but command admiration. The pious
manner in which all those born on the island have been reared—the
correct sense of religion which has been instilled into their young
minds by this old man, has given him the pre-eminence over the
whole of them, to whom they look up as the father of the whole,
and one family
" A son of Christian's was the first horn on the bibmd, now about
25 years of age, named Thursday October Christian ; the eldest
Christian fell a sacrifice to the jealousy of an Otaheitian man, within
three or four years after their arrival on the island. They were
accompanied thither by six Otaheitian men and twelve women ; the
former were all swept away by desperate contention,' between them
and the Englishmen, and five of the latter have died at different
periods, leaving only one man and seven women of the original set.
tiers.

‘1 The island must undoubtedly be that called Pitcairn's, although
erroneously laid down in the charts. We had the meridian aim close
to it, whioh gave us 23 deg. 1 min. S. for its latitude ; and longitude,
per chronometers of Briton and lagus, 140 deg. 25 min. W. It is
abundant in yams, plaintaisis, hogs, goats, and fowls, but affords no
shelter for a ship or vessel of any deseriptioon ; neither could a
sbip water without great difficulty. I cannot refrain, however,
from offering my opinion, that it is well worthy the attention of
our laudable religious societies, particularly that for propagating
the Christian religion. the whole of the inhabitants speaking the
Otaheitian tongue, as well as the English.— During the whole of
the time they have been on. the island, only one ship has ever cim-
municated with them, which took place about six years since Wan
American ship, called the Topa;, of Boston, Matthew Folger,
master. The island is eminpletely iron bound, with rocky shores,
and landing in boats at all times difficult, although safe to approach
within a short distance in a ship."
" Manley Dixon, Esq. Vice• Admiral
of the Blue, &c. &c."

TILE NATION,
' MUTINEERS OF THE BOUNTY.