The National Register.
London, England, 1818-05-17 00:00:00

COIIOURG TIII: VTRE.

This house was opened on Monday to the Public,
f.sr the season. A very few minutes after the doors were
thrown open, it was crowded, almost to suffocation, in
every part—und the audience, by repeated cheers, ex-
; ressed i heir n:cst unqualified approbation of the struc-•
t:re. Be fore the commencement of the entertainments,
the whole. of the performers stood forward and sang
God ss re the King," which was enthusiastically ap-
plauded. Mr. Mutre then spoke an opening address,
-.3 well receired. While the audience were
waiting for the lerformance of the melo-dramatie sree-
facie, %%it!' which, as was announced in the this, the
entertainiaents were to commence, Mr. Norman, the
Stage Manager, appeared, and complained that he had
been ill-treated by Mr. Glossop, the Proprietor of the
Theatre. ;Es ground of complaint was, that having to
perform in the Pantomime at Covent-garden that night,
he had requested Mr. Glossop to bring forward his
Pantomime as the first instead of the lost piece, by
meats he would be able to do his duty at the
two 'Theatres. This Mr. Glosson, who wished Mr.
I' ;slier to take the par. o the Clown io lts allsenre, had
refised—and had absolutely locked up his Clcwn's dress.
This appeal created a deeadfil uproar. Mr. Munro, and
Mr. W. Barrvmore, sright in v.:in to address the uu-
dience. No sooner did either of tnem commence his.
address, than Mr. Norman caine forward, and all was
chaos. The two imoffencling ildividuals, who were'.
sent forward to er(plall, -.vm pelted with orange-peels,
apples, and various otner missiles, o:ehilly rLiorted to
in fteatrical warfare. At length the et./ 1.. r Mr. Glos-
sop was vociferated with ao uaucityiolent.:, that, to quell

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the storm, it was found necersary to coneodo the point
to Mr. 74ur:nart ; and Cr.! audience were infrared that
the Pantomime would to rerfotrod first ; peace was by
. this means restored, and the entertainments were re-
ceived in the best possible manner.
We think it Ir•;:ily intlerottft in any perfnmer at-
tom:ring to do duty at two .rinat,es on one and the
sate, night. He must opine 101r:owl:Ind exhausted (if
he can come at all) to his serni.l engat;em.mt. And it
is by no 'ncans just to the rithlie, nu the part of the
(i^.• ors. to admit of suoh doubliugs. It must stem-
s:a-Hy .i..twcr the cnvirtaininettt.

The aTatel Theatre of Pe.eadatrgh, which was de-
stroyed hy tire in 18;1, he:; been rebuilt by a French
architect in tile service of the Eiaperar Alexander. It
was opened in February, and made a west brilliant
appearance. His Majesty was present at its opening,
and testified his entire atistlicti.e! al. the aapearance of,
the new saloon, which is not info for to any in Europe,
either is the beauty of its Stvlcture, or its decorations.
The Imperial Box is placed bet%we the curtain, and oe-
cupies the space of three boxes; it is ornamented ill a
superior style, and differs entirely from that of any'l
other European Theatre. The Pit is furnished with
about 360 arm-chairs, which are numla'red areording
to the Russian custom. It comput'd, that at tho
time of a masked ball, 12,000 persons may be present,
and pass freely through the different put; of the build-
ing. It is neverthelessi itended to build another saloon
on a larger scale near the palace of Anistchkoff
The Report of the Select Committee of the !louse of
Commons, on the administration of ja:itice upon the
Northern Circuit, has Leen printed. It commends
that, for the greater facility and dispatch of business,
:each measures should be taken as would divide the
present Northern Circuit into two separate circuits, the
one comprehending the counties of Westmorland,
.I.eateister, and Cumberland ; and the other including
York, Northumberland, and Davhain: epil on advert- •
ing particularly to the petition from the city of Nor- •
arida the Committee farther recommend the augmen-
•tation to the present number of Judges, who might be
usefaily employed in Westminster Hall and the regular
tribunals of the country, by which means an opportu-
nity would be afforded of supplying the defect so
loudly complained of on the Norfolk and Midland
Circuit, viz. of having only one Judge on the Spring
Circuit, to preside on the civil and cheinal•trials.
A letter from Dr. Mei Sibley, dated at Natchitoehes,
Jan. 30, to Dr. John H. R thiamin, of Natches, says—
" Some traders lately arrived here from the Hietan In-
dians, and say, that about three months ago, a party of
these Indians, with their great Chief, Chewawa, fell in
with smite Spaniards not far feom St. Antonia : they
ought, and Chewawa was killed. I'v hen these traders.
left the nation (less than a month ago), 4000 warriors
were assembled to go against St. Antonio, and said they
would revange the death of their Chief, or all perish
that they would not leave a soul alive, or a house stand-
ing at Ct. Antonio, or on this side the river Grande ;
that the country, which was once a prairie, should again
be a prairie."
The curt House of the Bombay Presidency was
neatly destroyed by fire on the 18th of Octobee.
On the 10th ult. at live in the atm-noon, a dreadful
storm burst in the town of Arnedo, in the province of
the Rio: a, in Spain. Trees of an enormous size were
torn up by the roots. The labourers in husbandry,
who were in the lei's. were obliged to prostrate them-
selves, to prevent their being carried away by the tem-
pest. °sea in the team were bodily driven from 20
to .h' paces out at' their course, and immeuse damage
was draw to every deeeription of crop.
G,:zutes have arrived to the end of March.
The general assembly haul leen prirognal by a pro-
clamation of his Eacellency the Governor, from the
3d of March to the 14th day of April. The Go-
vernor, ou the IPth of February, issued a proclama-
tion, peraiitting the importatien of all kind of met.-
ch mdiza and pada in British built ships (weed by
British salt eets, into the Baliama Islands, arail the
a Ist day of Aagast next, unless sooner determined Or
altered by an erder his Mejesty, with the advice
of his Frivy These papers coetain accounts
of the capture: of several British vessels by independent
privateers, which have been already cotantueicated in
letters from the agent to ',ova's at Nassau.
_ _

Tnc ratification of the treaty of marriage of the Duke
of Kent has arrived in Loudon. M B. Taylor, our
Minister at Wurtemberg, conducted the negociations for
his Royal Highness, which occitpieil him some time, I.e
having to attend the contracting potties at Munich,
Baf:en, Frankfrt, &c. Royal fliwhness was ex-
pected b leave London on Wednesday or Thursday last,
to proceed on his way to Germany, for the solemniza-
tion of his marriage.
1)-1 N By a proclamation of the Lord Lieu-
tenant aril Council, dated April 18,1818, it is declared
tract the Baronies of Coulestown and Philipstown, in
the King's County, are restored to peace and good
order ; and consequently the proclamation of 25th
March, 1817, declaring those Baronies to be in a state
of disturbance, requiring an ostraudinary establish-
meat of ?slice, is revoked.

DEMERARA, MARCH 19.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER#

157

" A shocking circumstance occurretk, inland, on the
east coast of this colony a few day, ago, the particua
Lars of which, as Eir as they 'nave transpittal., are
these :--" Several of Mr. Ve.., Baires' having
%he Bee-hive and the Bash,
absconded from his estates,
Mr. Torre, brother-in -ir.w to Mr. Van Baires, and an
engineer working ors
',tie estate, volunteered their ser-
vices to go back well armed, with thirteen of the
trustiest of the o,statee negroes, to endeavour to secure
seine of the run-away. They travelled a short was,
togethaa into the woods, when they met a party, ;vitls
whom thay had a brush, and took nine prisoners. They
despatched seven of their own negroes to carry
these nine home to Beehive, and with the remainder
of their party, which only consisted now of six, they
deterusinad (though very imprudently) to peat ter.:e
deeper into the forest; and, a short tine afterwartis,
they fell in with a tiav more, among whom wen sltae
of Mr. Van Baires' own people. Willi these the whittv
remonstrated, and advised them to return home, and
they would be pardoned. In this they appeared to :17.
quieNce, and were hcoiraiing to shape their course lion:t-
-it:lA when one nit the runaways suddenly stopped, and
sail to Ma Torila Massa, conic es a way, go and me
sal: show yan plenty such negro here.' They agreed to
go. This man had the way, and is a short time condama
ell them to the very centre of a camp, composed, it is
said, of upwards of b 0 uegroes. Their unlucky fate was
soon decided. Mr. Torre roving a thick man dressed ia
a red taut and epaulets, immediately aimed and fired at
him ; but this ra.cal suddenly stooped, and the shot
passed him, but killed :mother who stood by him.—
Torre was wounded immediately by a shot from one of
the camp negroe,, when, to complete his destruction,
the man iu rc:l ran up, and, with one stroke of a cu:-
lass, nearly severed his head froui Ma body. The er!i-
neer secin;r the fue of his companion, endeavoured to
eil'ect au c.,cape, hut di.l not saeceal, fir he was br0.4.:
hack in:aantty and murdered piece-meal. Ile. wal
qoarterel-and otherwise shamefully mutilated. Peacrt
says. that a large Lire was then made, and the butchery
closed with a song, and dance round time murdered re-
mains of these two unFortunate young men. An expe-
dition of the East Coast Militia is preparing to preleed
into the bush, and sanguine hopes are entertained of
success, when somethiug decisive will no doubt be
done."

EXTRACT OF A LETTER TO SPESCMt Mf.e AY, tSCI, DATIO
DRALRAttA,

" From 50 to 150 ncroes have absented themselves
for some time iu the Lick lauds, near Malmica, but
particularly fro:n the estates of Beehive and Gree:.-
field, alleging for cause, that the manager had c:-..
pected-too macl► labour. The Creenaeld begroes
ins; returned on condition that the manager shou:d
be discharged, and other negro driver, appointed, anti
which was complied with, the remaining negroe: were
occupied during the nights in conveying into the woods
plan` gins and a good many cattle.
" Yonng Van Bruck, and another young man on the
estate, had reepemedly attempted to being home tl:c
runaway ueg•rues, and partly succeeded ; Litt, Tina:'.;,
these young men were decoyed by a party of the es_
states' negroes (who had absented.thetuselvcs) to taakr2
a last attempt, and in this attempt they were murdered
in the most savage manner, their bodies being n:•,;i_
dated, and their heads and limbs carried in tr',lmish.
round their camp. This aflitir took place four dayr..ai,,
(the ICU' of March). Every exertion is now making
to send a formidable party of whites and Indians to en-
deaveur to d2stroy them."

EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER, DAIFD APRIL 2.

" Since the murder of the two whites on the 16th of
March, another murder has taken place of two whites
in one of the colony Louts, by the negro sailors. The
heads of th r. two thriller men murdered were stuck upen
poles, and placed at the Lack dams of the estate thy
helot:gee. t, es a.detiance.
".('n tl:c st.of March no measures luul been adopt-
or expedition sent out, to arrest the procectlings of
the bush-nwzroen ty.• ninaways. We have .5 el few trcors
here, that the mi.itia is obli ,ed to be constenily en
guard. We have no seenrity whatever f,r our property;
it wonll require about 1,000 men to give protection to
these colonies. 1 much fear the eiu..-ro whkh held the
ne4roes in subjection is compiete:y mender.—
Ete negroes will no longer doubt tour own superio-
rity."

Friday a boy of eleven years of a:-_fc. hauled himself
at his father's house in Compton-qr.:et, Clerlienwell.
The boy's father is a calicoglasticr, and works fer Mr.
Marriott. On going to his work in the morning he
usually set the boy a task, threatening to chastise him
if he did not pertiirm it; and on his coming home to
dinner on Fri;lay afternoon, he found the deceased
suspended from the frame at which he worked, quite
dead ;it is supposed that fear r, him to eeieteit the
rash act, he not hiving, his work t'•)ne

LAIV IYTELLIGENC.E.

COURT OF KING'S !WNW., TaurtsnAv, MAY 14.

THE KING V. AW:01:It THI%TLEUOED,

The Attorney Genemi stated the case to Cie ~T.try
very shortly. It appeared that "il,istiewood Lad
been charged with other parsers ith the crime of
High Treason, and it became Lord Sidmouth 's de'y as
SeLretary of State, to issue his warrant to arprehend
tl:e deti:ntlant, who was afterwards acquitter.: after
this, flamer, on 'the 'third of February last, the Noble
Lord received the letter in question from the defendant,
which contained as plain and unequivocal a challenge
as it was possible for any language used on the face
of the arth to express.
Lord Vin.onnt Sidmouth deprec3, that he received
the letter in question by the two penny post, at his
Louse in Clifferd-street, on the 3d of February last.
Thomas Bayley, butler to Dora Sidmouth, deposed,
that the letter in question was delivered by the two-
penny past, in Cliftwd-street, on the ca of February,
and he immediately save it into the hands of the pro-.
secular _ _ _ _ _ _ .

The defendant complained of the hardship of 'his
ease, and of that cruel treatment on the part of tie
Crown Office, respecting his witnesses. He had been
most hardly used, and it was out of his power to sub-
poena witnesses.
The letter was then read by the Clerk at Nisi Prius.
Mr Justice Bayley asked the defendant if he had
any thing to say to the Jury?
The defendant replied that he had not ; but reiterat-
ed his complaint against the Crown ()dice. There was
ene gentleman in Court, whom he had subpmnited,
who could give evidence, lie believed, on his behalf.
Mt. Justice Bayley told hira that he was perfortly
at liberty to examine any person present, w nova evi-
dence would be of al. an tap to him, although he had
not been regularly suLpeen..ed ; but
The defendant declined this, saving, .hat he could
not examine that person withcot the rest of his wit-
nesses.

Mr. Justice Bayley, In charging the Jury, adverted
to the defendant's complaint that he hal not had an
opportunity of producing his W itne ss e s His Lordship
said that if the defendant had any just estis.! cf com-
plaint upon this point, and should hereafter he able to
satisfy the Court, upon affidavit, that that was the case.
it would be proper fur him to make an ►pplicetion to
the Court upon the subject, and his Lordship had no
doubt that the Court would afford him such redress as
under all the circumstances of the case lie ought to re-
ceive. Ample justice would be afforded him, whatever
suight be the result of the ease. The defendant, how-
ever, ought to have been prepared to lay his clew fully
and fairly bethre the Jury, and it was now too late to
stop the ease upon his mere suggestion that he had been
deprived of the me. ms of producing his witnesses. His
J.ordship's duty was confined within very narrow
lacunas ; he hal nothing to do but state the case ae it
how appeared upon the evidence.
The Learned Judge then summed up the case for
tt•e Jury. who returned the following verdict—" We
arc unanimously of opinion that the defendant wrote
letter, intending to provoke the prosecutor to fight
sided. and therefore we find him Guilty."
Mr Thistlewood then asked his Lordship if he was
at liberty to stove for a new trial?
Mr. Justice Bayley applied in the affirmative.
The defendant was taken away in the custody of
th Marshal.