The National Register.
London, England, 1814-01-16 00:00:00

I 4 REGISTER.

between Cologne, and Bonn,

Macdonald were defeated.

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in which the French ui de:

It is declared as a positive fact, that in one of the la e
affairs on the bank of the Ad iur, when a British regime ►t
cha!ged a French one through a village, the British we e
actually cheesed by the inhabitants ; this sentiment, whic't
regards the invaders deliverers, i 3 sa:d to be by no meals
race in that part of the country.

DRAMATIC lIEGMTER.

DRURY.I.ANE.

Narensky, or the load to rdroclqf, an Opera in three acts,
was performed for the first time last Tuesday at this Theatre.
Its plot and dialogue arc ft om the pen of Mr. Bttows, a new
candidate for dramatic fame, who, unless his next attempt
should prove more deserving, promises long to remain a can-
didate. The musk, however, amply compensates for the
poverty of the story and of the language. It is the joint
eomposition of Messrs. BILAHAM and It kIEvES, and displays
their usual taste and alhilities. Two of the songs in the first
act, are evidently wanting in originality, and the airs from
which they have been taken not sufficiently disguised. In
the rest, the met it of novelty is combined with that of ele-
gant and expressive melody. The Echo song is particularly
beautiful and was executed by BRAHAM with unrivalled
simplicity and feeling. This celebrated singer's chief fault
is, in general, an erroneous compliance with the taste of the
most boisterous pat t of the Public for ornament : throughout
this piece, however, both as a comnoser and a singer, he has
ventured to follow the dictates of his own taste, and the con-
tinual encores and thundering peals of applause with which
all his songs were received by the audience, wil', we trust,
induce him in future to obey his own impulse without fear-
ing to lose the plaudits which have hitherto crowned his ex-
ertions. Mrs. DicKoNs was also very successful and greeted
with as much public approbation in all her songs. Sim-
plicity may, 'however, he also recommended to that Lady,
whose powers of execution are hut too likely to lead her into
the contrary extreme. Miss KELLY had bat little to do,
but performed it with her accustomed spirit, and went
through her exel cise with remaikable ease and exactness.
ig the story of the piece little more need be said, titan
that it is a slight variation of The Miller aid kis Men, with
the addition of an under plot of little interest. As in that
afterpiece, the lover Iwcomes a robber in order to save his
mistresi who is tiavelling with her father, in which attempt
he is at length successful. The only difference is, that
Lothaire, in The .111/:cr and his Men, goes to meet the
banditti, whilst Netensly is taken by them, and only joins
them when he hears`that his mistress is in danger. Tins
dances at the conclusion of this Opera, and the excellent
music throughout, secured it a very favourable reception,
and will give it a run in spite of its want of general interest,
'COVENT GARDE".

After an absence of two years, Mr. JoaN firmr.LF mado
his first appearance last night, on these ly,ards, in Cwio!a-
//us, and was received with all the honour doe to so old and
distinguished a favourite. His ah,ence, far front having
impaired. seems to have given a new vigour :0 Ins spirits;
and, upon the whole, we think he never appeared to gi..atcr
advantage. The House was crowded.

The Olympic Theatre. continues to increase in at
the manaw.r, Mr. Russel, secures appionation, 1)
duction of novclrv, and the performers by their
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'k.re fully emitted to the applause with which they
noured.

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