The National Register.
London, England, 1817-06-09 00:00:00

NAVAL rrTE.

The follow NI 'renew of an entertain/trot given by the
o°lcers of the Nasal Establishment at ili grand slice of Ca-
nada on the 17th of February list, is taken hum a Quebec
Paper
" A very numerous assemblage of visitors had reiehed the
Naval Depot.by four o'clock, p. n. and were received by
the cornioandstit, Captaisi Piing, and his Lady, in the net.st
affable and hospitable manner. A sitinptisoits dinner was
prepared m the Officers' niess•roons, is the canipatiy.
upwaids of sixty iii number, at dim a, v here they ;omitted
till the limy was announced as ready to commence. Tha
ladies wine conveyed to the theatre in sleighs, nhich those
?pod ttttt ned lads, the sailors, insisted on drawing theme.
selves, a distance of a quarter of a talk. The Mould loft
hail been tilted op for the occasion. The entiance was
through an :on ails' Of e%erereciis, tt itt Med with lamps.
The hoonery as dveorations of the theatre, painted by the
joist tfloita of the (dicers, were esecnied in a very superior
style. An appropi ate pri.logne was spoken ins a masterlY
manner, and the celebrated cut, Site Stoops le Cunliter.
wits performed by the Naval Amateurs, in a stl,le abuse Me.
diorrity. Between the stets a comic song was given with
lituri humour and st.“!!e stem, was encored by thi
.1-!tn cniwoly over at ;ea, p. m. the I'olllol re»
turned, imich ,lelit:Lted with the pet tainialici , to the mess-
and partook of refreslimcii;...
An agreeable 111111111011 S was a.) N received, that the h.:11 :moot
was ready; and, on re torniug to the nsould loft, all were sur-
prised to find the [lustre vanished—Me boxes, pit, scenery
and all had disappeared, aval, like some paWnirionic track, the
linle was chao,,t d ie3,la hail room, seventy feet ial length.
well alumni:lied stud decorated with flags—l'weniy-live anti
thirty couple at tittles, OCClli.it'4l the boor till live in the
morning, m hen the niproiy it.:ain retired to Captain Pring's
quarters, where ass chltaut repast was prepared for them,
and where mirth and giant humour prevailed tuna daylight
gave its intrusive warning.
if the visitors stele really well pleased with the cordial
ecept ion they met v. ;Oa, both trona Cavt ato Priug, his amiable
Li.dy, and ah the Officers, they uu danht mast have been
equally pratitied iu seeing so euinerusis em asst 'oblige of nil
The reApettable part of the country vision Mem— front
Yu: k,. from Lone Poitit, and from the Nll.Lata froutier.
Cots ardsof thirty lathes were iiieseut.
Ibe foilimiee morning the etalipany Pct n..t no their re.
torn home, pleas d with the amusements, atid gretifieti
wan Iles ottalidity tied politeness Willi th.ey bad beep
.arrived and uitertaiued by the Otßeers of use Naval La-
mine 111141,t.

M. TiILMA, THE F3ENCII TRAGEDIAN.

v.lin is now in hi Spilt year, ilflB 11111 a in Fratec
and seinained is, his native country till he attained his rightb
yi st hen hr was sent to reeelse a pat tof his ethicafenit in
this country. 114 retnurinl to France iu his rith }ear, to tiiii-ti
his eddealiuu, remained :it Course a tine yt •s isat d
Engloild in 1783. It oab at tli:» period that lit tii; au inclina-
tion for that rinfessioa, of %%Lich he oas deeiint d to tweet:ye
An cii,iitattishril 0811111.1eill— 011 scriag Mr. Is.. 11114e:1'1 i Mts.
S6111.111r1•1 in 1141:11.01y. lie tout te-il toFrancein 17i t;, and began
to app: dinistil.to surgery, as his Intuit. pi 4; t*t.5..4.1; but Ida
pretionsinant paAsion still carrying him to the i•tat e, in 1.757
he made hi, first appealanre in the c l inacu t of St tG iu
tairr's " He W4Bllll'll uho s,t 2:1; 1118 11111.1'1!,4 U. 14
; !le 5004 ber.enti ce.r-
!pitted u• 4 1141:14i:411.111111 L r, 11 aho
fete Tii:laa made his alycari.iieii Anne el 111n4
forced to retire front the slay. ti.at 1-11.1r4eler sFhirit
he acquit td AO rally in bi• plot, rsiunal eer. ckpi truce in
las art has aiVell additioatil 'Lite Finch almost
pair of Ps er equal—lt's a:lw line tory thick impos-
tlinaks Logli,ll best iders not int. ntl
perfot in any c illtraetvr iu an play ; isideed, is it
certain t Lat i.e will in a Fil.alt:a one, a* be tame to Esigiond
art ely fur his amn.emcttt. the pi it Opal *etas of Covrst.
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CITY ELECHOY.

Wednesday a mimerons and most respectable lir cline was
held at the Mansion House, for the purpose of pußing the
Lord Mayor in .artaiistatiois as one of the Representatives of
Ate City of Lind., in the room of Mr. Alderman Cetahee
who has aces pti.d the Chiltern Hundreds, and vaeate•d his
seat•in obedience to the• wishes of the Livery.
At two o'clock one of the private apartments at the Manion
House, in which it was arranged the Meeting should be hs•ld,
became so crowded that it wax deemed necessary to adjon rot
to the Egyptian Hall, where the Lord Mayor soon amtea red,
attended l►y A Mermen 3..1. Smith and Goodheliere, Ne. when
Alderman J• J Smith was ea!leil to the chair. The worthy,
Alderman, after taking the chair, :14141re-wit the M. cling, and
thanked MI Utuiterous Awl respectable an assembly for the
honour they had stone him. They were met he said, to ielert
a lit and proper Representative. to succeed their I Ile excel-
lent w,vnbs•r Harvey Christian Conthe, who had l'or upwards
of twenty years, is the foil enjoyme•ut of their confide:ice,
been their hottest and itidepetolmst R 4 presentative tit Pat lia-
nreot.—(f;reut appbuive.):—ln procuriag a. FUeITS.Ur for so
excell nit a matt. it behoved them to select one of ispial a lnli•
ties and of equal ity.—( Hem, h•wr.l-1f they, as he•
hoped they won't', t [vet the present Lerd Mayor ;is one of
the Representatives in Pnrliament, lie „as convinced that ita
the end they would find Ids Lordship had discharged use high
political duties of seek a situation, in the same indepeolle..t
and efficient manner that be bad hitherto discharged the other
arduous duties es nsiemed to his cute, by the judicious and
well merited confidence of his fellow citizens.—(Greel up-
Nits Williams then proposed *string of Resolutions expres-
sive of the feelings spittle Meeting toward. llr. Harvey Combe;
their sense of their present Lord Mayor being a lit mot proper
person to succeed hint as their Represeotative its Parliament ;
and also a Ile-ohnion approving of lir. Waithinnte, conduct
its slot dividing the popular interest on the present occasion,
by emilaskitig in a contest for the Representation of the City.
In such tint as these it was of the highest consequence that
the City of London should have at least one Representative
—(applause)--who enald be reckoned mom as the organ of
Roil sentiments to Europe--to the whole civilized world—
(oppifitisc.) —ln appointing the present Lord llaynr, who had
reu•lcred him-e•lf' worths• of the eminent situation to waieh
they had twice called hint, by the indepealenee wills which
I►c bud filled their eisic chair--(opplastr)—they would be
discharging their public deity. The fits titer tinspeosion of the
HA beat Corpus Act would place the people of this country at
the feet of :Ministers; and if, in a time of profound peace, as;
with a standing army, such a measure were adopted, what
expert ition (-mild the people base, that the great bulwark of
their cisil linerlv•swuld ever be restored to them tier the pro-
tection of thoir and privileges. On that question then the
b.llVis Class of their eonstittitional ind epentlence inanity It penile-I,
and he implored them to call iato action, as one of •their Re-
preseinit tires, All its hividuat like Ilse Lord Mayor, isle) was so
well talent:sted to assist them hi the preservation of their
liberties. The worthy Gentennin concluded, amid grt a•r-
plause.
dllr. Alderman Gootlbehere, stated. that this vas .tit occasion
when it was aleCeSS3ly so say little, for the Lord Mayors cha-
racter was too well knna•u and too genci ally apprciated,
to t equire any praise which it wit, in his power to bestow—
(applause).— Its tiont of form. however. this Resoluaout mast
be secoudei, and h was for that purpose he rose to trespass
on their attention. _

Mr. Wilkes then came forward, and real to the Meeting
the Resolution passed by 11r. Waltham:l's friends yesterday.
He could not conceive that it womb] be ticeessavy ter him:to
enter at lar.e into the question of the Lord Alayor's fitness to
fill the h 4 Ii sitnation fat! which lie was proposed—enough
had been already said on that ;mild. The representation
of the City of London nets n heavy duty. The individual
possessing it had many applications and many interests to
attend to, moil much depended on tie steadiness and propriety
of his judgment. it was therefore necessary
for them to select a titan of active habits awl strong intelli-
gence : the I,nr.i Mayor is esactly that •11. ac.)--The
worthy Gentleman conelieled, I y warmly approving ef the
Resolution for the nomination of the Lord Alayrir as a Refire-
Sentative of the Ci,y of London In Parham...or.
The Resolution Mang carried he acclamation,
The Lord Mayor came forward amid loud applanse. lie
Commenced by saying, that they had overpowered him with
this act of their kindness, and deprived him of the means en
being able toespress hissentimenis as he should w Ht. an sn
gra-
filying an ()erasion. Vor many years he hat liven the canstant
idol %featly...friend of their late illost eXceellent iteliresesitanie,
t an whoushe knew nosinan for whom he cute, tuned a bigger
tad more cordial respect. Ile had always concurred in the
public principles of that worthy Man, and nothing would
give hint mare pain than any supposition that the recent vote
of the Livery had 'given pain to that Gentleman. If he (the
Lord Mayor) was, by, their partiality and eituiee., after the
many favours concerted .14. on hien, re leaned as their Reel e-
sentatire in Parliament, and continued in that high stanon
as his worthy friend had been, he would take it as a foto,or.
if. when the casualties of life precluded his attendance in
Parliament, that they world notiky to hiat their wishes,
which should he instantly obeyed. tie would in tlik as in
every other, follow the example evOlsis inestimable friend. and
invar.ably make the irons 'tenon% of his Constituents the rule
tit' his k 1 nod aid cold ;toted uppLiit.e.)—Nothit.g on
lois part should ever be Wanted to study the best interests
of the ('its, and support the best ciaaas of the people at
Jaege.—(:lppbaeae.)—The in-ztructions of lire Livery, Ise would
arroin say, ever be his Itise.—((;rent oi,k,iause.)— fly
could hatter liiirovelf by thinking that his reliant', as a Magis-
flare, laid met with their apitiOhatitsti.; ;Inked they h... 11
Pro Ned it Ley their continuing to hint ineler eircitioistanc,.s, so
goatify ing to his feelings, the high office lie now 1i.1...,1.
t-tqilareise)- -If, in the discharge of the various and "'dune's
doilies of that otnee Inc head lust the' feelings of any loth% i-
did, he in __et' to assure such a peeson tit* any Ilicrc w, is)
that lie was impelled to the course he adopted by an
pro ions sense• of public ditty, and ily any thing rather than
-a feeling of private gentlttettlioll„,—(appluttse)--In such aft
()thee, it was not in the power of ally ohm to pease eve r%
(erit qf hear, Ver)-- bin his conseieuce told 1:•n hr
he had done the best to deset re the general anrnino pun nf
of his fellow citizeos—tappian.se.,)— If called into the new
*ltnation, to which hr was otoposed, he could only promise
than a euntinitatice of those exertions which he had already
devoted to the public service; as has opinion would at ail
notes be guided by his feeble pumas ~t* judgment without
ffikittX Merited. Inatome NIA 'Ries. or the influence el. pd r. cr
thou se lie held In title estimation); the only reward r
w:,; ie he would eve.' 1..• unoktiors was the apitlae..e
a,,i it I) t!iilo of his fellow tie 411.10.1),,o •••• 114'
I t:,41. cluirdiiii—•a %%43 at: ili.lia!St we

S.A. VONA!. XFG-IS'rEit.
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or his heart, and the Attainment of it would be the greatest
aim 01' his puha: Worts. —(Great appilause.l-13e concluded
hy returoag the Meeting his Ormest rank most sincere ac-
knowaedgments, for the gratifying complitnehts they were
pan paving him. He wadi emanate, as tie had hitherto
done, to try to cfrve them faithfully.—(Load and continued
applause.)
Thanks were•then voted to the Chairman, for ilia conduct
in the chair. Mr. Wilkes itifornied the Meeting. that the
Ele.lion would probably take place early next week, and
the Meeting then separated, after all enthusiastic i.spies4ittit
of their approbation of the business of the day. The Hall
was crowded Co IXCVNS.

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