The National Register.
London, England, 1816-03-17 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE.

The lateness of the hour at which the -revival of Mas-
singer's play of The Duke of Milan finished on Saturday,
prevented us giving but a brief account of the perform-
mice in our last. The Play has been repeated this week
with increased success, and may be considered as another
specimen of the great talents of the ancient dramatists.
From the mail with which the Managers of Drury-lane
Theatre have laboured in this respect, it may be interred,
that there is no intention to abandon this rich and bril-
liant mine. Some of the characters of this play, present
objects in whose situation and fate we are deerly inte-
rested, and of these none strike so feelingly upon the at-
tention as himself, if we except the much-injured
and virtuous Marcella. The latter character was sus-
tained by Mrs. Bartley with an effect equal to any of
those excellent performances which have already raised
her so deservedly high in her profession; bat on Mr.
Kean the attention of the audience was principally fixed,
and the genius which he displayed drew down the plan-
, dits of the audience. I his scene with Fraueiseo, previous
to his departing to surreuilcr himself to the Emperor

Charles, where, from excess of love to his Duchess, the
fear of not returning to her embraces, and the dread of
her becoming the partner of another, he suggests her mur-
der, was a most arduous and extraordinary exertion. The
scene upon his return, when from the treacherous plots of
Francisco, to whose care the Duchess had been confided
in his absence, and when rushing anxiously to her arms,
she receives him coldly, was very affecting. His con-
cluding scenes, however, when forced by strong circum-
stances to believe itfarcelia false—the frenzied heat of
jealousy, which urges him to her assassination—the sub-
sequent conviction of her inuocence, and the picture of
hope and despair exhibited over the lxxly of his murdered
partner—fnally, his own death ; were pourtrayed with
superior tbree and effect —The other characters were
adequately sustained. The piece has been got up in a,
most splendid style.
PRoi.oGrE TO TIIF' DUKE OF MILAN.
Still irr the Orsini's anoint round we dwell,
And Mas.singer is master of the Fpell—
Whilst Shalcspeare„ rising nitilst the seulprtied dertd, .
Reams like the genius of the saereti shade;
Whilst we have seen where Johnsoll'i ashes lie,
And point the moral of mortality; .
Nor moon:no:nil urn, nor image thews,
Where the last relics of our Haiti repot:—
Yet shall he rest secure of fame to come--
. Your praise his Epitaph—Otis vault his Tomb.
!Pre Fletcher too, mid Farquhar Nov behold,
Those smiles reviv'd that wak'd their wit of old—
In its own shrine each lionour'd burst replae'd,
And British Genius erown'a hy. girlish Taste.
But not your smile returning life imparts
To one rilove of all the sister art.;
Here too (fir Gratitude nary 'boast her zeal),
The living warmth our glowing boiunis re,'.—
Thee let your kindness still improve our skill,
And lead from triumph on to triumph still.

Ye that have thrill'd beneath the smile cr frown._
When Richard courts a Queen, or wins a crown;
Ye that have throhb'd at all Othello's
Ills jealous mailnesS, and repentant throe,:
And ye who nightly Fwill the throng, to SiIAIV
The villain's daring guilt, and last de psir—
l'artake our mimic transport.] fi,,re, and prove
The double tyranny of hate and love:
And if thc Bard, in every look exprvs'd,
Shall kindle all the passions of the breast;
If Critics, kindly partial, krl they vi,w
The portraits Nlasaingeis own paicil drew,
Oh! let your favour then divide the priise,
Mid blend the Actor's with the Poet s bays.

The Prince Regent, having nearly recovered from hir•
extreme &Way, expected to return to London at the
beginning of next week.
On Saturday se'nnight the Archdukes John avd Lewis
arrived at the Ship Inn, Dover, with their respective
suites, and on Monday morning embarked on board the
Royal Charlotte yacht, which railed at eight o'clock with
a Lir wind for Calais. On the vessel leaving the har-
bour, she was saluted by the guns at- the Heights, and.
their Highnesses were repeatedly cheered on their way
from the Ship Inn, until they left the pier.
A division has taken place among the leaders of thst
Irish Catholics ; and two separate petitions to the Com-
mons have been determined on, one of them. from the
moderate, and the other from the violent party : their
meetings are held separately in Dublin.

General Count Below, the welWatown Prussian Ge-
neral, died lately at Koningsberg, within a few days
after he had retired from tho army. He was only in the
61st year of his age.
The French Budget presents a total expenditure, ordi-
nary and extraordinary, of nearly 8'26 millions of francs,
about 34' millions and a half sterling, for the current
year, and a total-receipt of nearly 8:27, rather more than
34 millions and a half sterling. Thu ways and means,
consist of the ordinary direct taxes upon land, personal
and moveable property, doors and windows, and patents,
to the amount of nearly nine millions sterling ;Attics nit
registers, wood, salt, tobacco, customs, and juilieect con-
tributions to the amount of 13 millions and a hull ster-
ling ; the extraordinary taxes are nO per cent. additional
upon the tax on landed property, about 3,600,0001. ster-,
ling ; 75 per cent. _addition to the tax on moveable and
personal property, about 900,0001. sterling ; 60 per c:mt; -
addition to the tax on windows and doors ; 125 per cent.
addition to the duty- on patents, amounting to about
800,0001. The ordinary expellees are the Fended Debt,
Annuities, and Pensions, between five and six millions
sterling ; Foreign Affitirs alO,OOOl. sterling; Minister
of the Interior, 600,06101. War, nearly nine millions
sterling; Marine, two millions; Negotiations. 590,0001.;
the King's Civil List, 1,040,000 L sterling; and the
Royal Family, near SlO,OOOl. The Kin{ of Franm's
Cif i 1 List does not include the payment ot -the Judges,.
Foreign Ambassadors, &e. It is entirely for the ria;nt-
nonce of the personal splendour of the .King, who has,
besides a large revenue in domains, Ike. The King's,
brother, his two nephews, and niece, have each about
85,0001. sterling a year.
The Budget reconunends economy in all the depart-
ments of the Stott:, except the Royal Household. This
exception is accounted for most satisfactorily. His Ma-
jesty had, by his conduct, anticipated the necessity. Not
content with promising economy, he hat practised it.
He had made a voluntary retrenchment in his cxpences,
to the amount of 10 millions. The French Ministers
have recommended a reduction in their own salaries, and
those of the heads in other Offices.

We barn that Denmark has cone tided a pew • for
seven years with the Dey of 'llipoli, to whoin
gents to ray an annual tribute of JO,OOO piastiiis.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S MARCh 9.
silt AI R. COCIIRANE, E. B. r. cit•pri.r.

This was an action hronglit by Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander
-Torrester Cochrane, K. B. to recover damages against the de-
fendant, the bookseller of Pall•mall, for printing and publish-
ing a acandalons libel of anti concerning the plaintiff; imputing
to bins cowardice apd dishonourable and corrupt conduct in his
Ammeter of Vice-Admiral.
It appeared, that the libel was published in a pamphlet. en-
titled—" Secret Memoirs of the Hon. Andrew Corttrane John-
stone, of the Hon. Vice-Admiral Sir Alex. Forrester Cochrane,
K. B. a Captain in the Royal Navy; with an account of the
circumstances which led to the diacovery of Lord Cochrane
Owl others, to defraud the Stork Exchange."
The libelloita matter, which was the subject of the action,
imputed to the plaintiff, Ist. That he was guilty of cowardice,
When he was Commander in Chief off the Leeward Island sta-
tion, on the 6th Jab not making the necessary preparations
to lien *tie French squadron, under Admiral n'illatime, and
Jennie Buonaparte, oil the bland Tortola and St. '1 liomes,
/sc. 2.1. That lie curruptiv snoiggled on board of his Majesty's
ship Bellidc when at Halifax, mules, which he caused to be
sold at 'fortola for his own profit, without entering them at the
Custom-lions,. 3d. That he defrauded the Victualling Board,
by paying for a quantity of duck, purchased on his own lir.
count, in Bilk of Exchange drawn upon that Board, purport-
ing to he for fresh heef supplied to his ‘.ajcsiy's ships in the
road of Tortola, no qtr.!) beef having ever been in fact supplied
to the ships; and tth, That he had fraudulently appropriated
to himself shout 2011 ;wife negroef, condemned notice the Act
4T lien. 111. c. 36; and tiansported them to a sugar plantation
of his own at Trinidad, &e.
The knowledge of this scandalous publication came by acci-
dent to the plaintiff through Vice Admiral Durham, iipm,
which he iirdantly applied to the defendant to has° the author
delivered up. Mr. Chapple, of course, referred him to A.
Mackenrott, who was lately acquitted at the Old Bailey of for-
gery on the ground of insanity ; and the plaintiff immediately
commenced his action against the latter, as the author; but in
consequence of his being confined after the recent trial as a
lunatic, that action was discontineed. and the present foie
brought against the defendant. The publication being proved
in the regular way,
Mr. Smitten addressed the Jury in mitigation of damages,
expressing the contrition of the defendant for having been un-
happily led into the publication of a libel, the tendency of
which he did not know at the time it was put to press. He
was exeectlingly sorry for what he hail done, confessing that
there was no foundation fur the libellous allegations in the
pamphlet.
The Jury, under the direction of the Judge, found a verdict
for the plaintiff—Damages Tire Hundred "sands.

MANSION HOUSE.

Yetterday H. Phillips was brought up and underwent a se-
cond examination, charged on suspicion of having stolen silks,
&e. from the warehouse oh' Messrs. Popeham and Co. of Cheap_
side. It appeared, that on Tuesday morning last the door of
the prosecutor's warehouse was broken open, and an immense
quantity of goods. of the description mentioned, carried away.
No trace of the depredators could then be made; but urn the
rime day the prisoner and another person went to an inn in
Aldgate, where they requested leave to deposit a number of
packages. The prisoner being known to the innkeeper, the
latter suspected his conduct, and having sent for an officer, he
was taken into custody ; and an enquiry having taken place,
the whole of the goods proved to have been the property of the
prosecutor.
The prisoner having made a communication to the Lord
Mayor, and requested to be again examined with the aid of his
Solicitor, he was again remanded.

GUILDHALL.
Yesterday John Pankhurat was charged with stealing a
quantity of money, from time to time, the property of Mr.
Joliff, of Fleet Market. The prisoner, it appeared, was in the
service of the prosecutor only two mouths, and into which he
had entered in rather aii .tressed state. During Ihe time men-
tioned, however, his appearance and means bespoke a gulden
improvement; and a quantity of money being unsied from the
till, suspieiore fell upon Min. Another person, who had been
in the service of the prosecutor severed years, having un oppor.
timity of observing his emitter, watched him more narrowly.
He stated, that in the course of the week he had missed several
dollars, three shilling pieces, and other silver. Out Friday after-
noon lie put two dollars, and flute tokens for three shillings
each into the till, and having left the shop about ten minutes he
found (otitis return two of the latter gone, while no person !awe
the prisoner could have approached the place where they were.
The latter was bnte,liately secured!: a quantity of money,
amounting to more ;hull 151. all in silver, together with several
suits of wearing apparel, were rondo' in his possession.
The prisoner was remanded for further examination.
UNIOJ HALL.

(}raves a Hackney Coaehman, was brought up by Col-
linxhoorile, charged on suspicion of stealing nearing apparel,
the property of Miss Brown. It will be recollected, that a
statenn in la'ely appeared in our paper, of a young lady basing
been robbed by a Hackney Colchioan, who set her down at the
corner of Ivy-lane, and then drove oft with her trunk. On
Thursday last information was given at the office, that a young
woman had offered for Sale a valuable pelisse and lace cap at a
Shop in the Borough toad. The younz woman was appre-
hended. and on searching her !edgings, two „.,..!nwils anal a hand-
kerchief, niarkes! inis Brown were found. The prisoner who
lived with her was apprehended. On being asked respecting
this property he said he had found it in Holborn. kiss Brom-
berg, is at present with a noble family in Scotland, a female
friend who attended, identified the property. The prisoner
WWI remanded fur a future emmiination.
BOW-STREE'V.

11. Fidier was re-examiavd, charged With stealing
books ; %%item, in addition to the former charge, Mr. Egerton,
of CharMg-Cross ; Mr. Carpenter, of Bowl-street; Mr. Wood,
of the Sir ; tilr. Highley, of Fleet-street; Mr. Pi iestly, of
Holborn and Mr. Cittliell, of Middle-row, identified a great
proportion of the books protlnced by the otlieer4, stolen
from their shone,. Mr. Wood's son positively identified the
pristine' as coming to his father's shop about a month ago, and
in a shy or two after the books were missed. Mr. Carpenter,
after having identified two valnahle books, tell the office, de-
clining to prosecute. lie pr;soner was overwhelmed in tears
den itt: the whole of the e‘antination. lie delivered in a letter,
CA/Olt SSllig his guilt; hot there appeared every disposition on
the part the bookseiters to treat him n ith as iiineh lenity as
the nature of the ease would admit Wt..— lie Wils fyav CUM.
be Li ttiti ur Use charge of Air. Setrisell.