The National Register.
London, England, 1820-06-19 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

The Managers of this Theatre produced on Saturday
night,* new set ions Opera, moier the title of kavid Rizzi°,
founded, of course, on the well-known stony of that on-
li.ippy inviolate of a still more nnhapoy mistress. • The
following Is a sketch of the Cable, which, e. is nsoal in
pieres of this sort, is only a medium fur the introduction,
of the music t

Hisao ;Brahma) having, by his talents and services,
advanced himself greatly in the favour of Mary Qatom of
Soots (Mrs West), becomes ass object of jealousy to the
haughty and vindictive Lord Ruthoeu (Hoe), who seeks,
by all Me 411.. In remove so lor 11l i l fable ass object to his
own ambition* views; nor is it in the path of greatness
Duly that he finds himself °helmeted by the elegant and
accomplished Italian, who is the favoured lover of Lady
Mary Livingston (klins Carew) the principal Lady of the
Bed-chamber to the Queen. This lady being also the
object of RbithreaSl regard, be adds the hatrestore sisal in
love to the envy of a political opponent. Rathosa forme
a sort of double plot with the assistanceof Mar Wytie, one
of his roanw is, who engages to minder Ramie, and to
carry off Lady Mary. Both attempts tail. Mao Wylie is
rests aino'd Is executing the.marder by souse canniest.
lions :itisgis jogs which are produced in the mind of the
assassin ou appropriate air sung by his intended victim
in an spat tment where the villain had concealed himself.
The abduction of the Lady is also prevented by the Mis•
take•of the persons who are employed to effect it, and
who carry off a waiting-in kid instead of Lady Mat y.—
Malaysia afterwards endeavours to procure the assassina-
tion of Rialto si a I ting-anatch, but is this he is defeated
by GLorgo Douglas (BM tiara) a faithisil servant of /Dui°.
Foiled iu this second attempt, he tries the effect of creating
in the mind of Lord Danle,y, (Hamblin) the weak and dis-
sipated lin‘hand of time, a jealousy of the estimation in
which Rizzio is held by his Royal Mistress ; is this he
readily sneered,,, and the Piece concludes by au attack
being, made on flizsiu in the Royal presence, at a banquet,
where Oariky Ilutkven and their coadjutors 1111611 in, and
drag their victim to ass adjoining chasinuer, in which they
inflict on him a mortal wound, mud then they take him
back to expire in the presence of she Queen, who Las in
vain struggled to protect him 00111. vim s IVICIMM of his as.
%Mining.

IL lulu not been usual to rriticizetiedes of thiwdescuiplioa
wills severity, nor me we disposed rn the prevent M-
eta:ice to depart (ram the unclear rule, but we must confess
that we have been itillie to discover %cry tittle merit in the
production iu queelinu : the dsotogue it of& very . ordinary
:lett ription, nod the poetry of the solt4t plit,e6,tet fie CialUi
to thatinction. The following by Brabant is perhaps the
best

SONG—Rut/la
Lovely maid! banish fear front thy brewt.
The bright thick! of thy lover, thy charms ;
Can the heart that is thine be imprest ?
Nu, it beats but to love's suit alarms.
Thou art mine! ar.d the world I defy.
Thy champion I my daring I'll prove,
Protect thee, or gloriously die,
Enubled by valour and love!
•
Lch ely thou'rt as dear to this heart
As his honour is dear to the brave ;
Thy sweet smile can more rapture imput
Than sweet Liberty's smut to the slave.
Thou art mine and the world I defy,
Thy champion! my daring I'll prove,
Protect thee, or gloriously die,
Enobled by valour and love.
Som.. opposition a as malt' w hen tl.e pit a was ammuoced
for repetition, hut the e was in its f. sour,
thim4it iie do not expect that it will become popular. The
aiu,ic uas principal), seleetcd, but neittar titer old nor Ow
nr w was of u very st,ik to; eliasoeter ; it must however be
confessed that 11w great exertions uf Mr.-L.44l+am anti
Citiew, produced in some parts or iLe were a considerable
elhct nod perhaps prevented that einidetiniation, which,
hut' the merits of the nutiiiir aluuc Dern consulted, would
probably have been the fate or 0,.rf:11.

The Catholics are now busily engaged in consi-
dering who shall present their petition. Alt eye
turn to Mr. Minket ; but it is deemed wise to
certain what his sentiments are about a Veto, before
any decision is taken with regard to him.

It is in contemplation to sign a Requisition to the
Lord Muyor to call a Common Hall, for the purrom
of considering a Congratulatory Address to hex
Majesty.


FUNERAL OF THE LATE
RIGHT HON. HENRY GRATTAN.
The remains of this venerable and distinguished
Patriot were yesterday conveyed to the tomb with
all the solemn pomp which was suitable for such a
mournful occasion.
They were at a late hour on Thursday night conveyed
in a hearse and four to Richmond House, Privy Gar-
dens, where, according to the published order, the
friends of the deceased were to assemble at ten o'clock
Friday morning, to he marshalled for the funeral pro-
cession. The body lay in state in one of the'parlours
on the ground floor. The room was hung in black,
and lighted with silver lamps.
At the appointed hour a considerable number of per-
sonages of the first rank attended, and were accommo-
dated on the ground floor. At a quarter before twelve'
o'clock, the necessary arrangements being, completed,
the procession (which was pedestrian) moved out of the
coach entrance, which opens into Whitehall, rind
advanced along the centre of Parliament Street, which
was newly gravelled for this melancholy occasion. A
considerable multitude of persons had as early as nine
o'clock assmtbled in the street; hut the constables, un-
der the management of Mr. Lee, the High Constable,
kept a sufficient space open for the funeral to advance.
A body of constables, with Mr. Lee, moved in front.
Then the mutes and assistants of the undertaker. Then
about 200 gentlemen in-full mourning.
A nearer with a rich plume of feathers, front which
were appended the crest and armorial bearings of
Itir. Grattan.
THE COFFIN,

covered by a rich pall, stipported on one side by the
Dukes of Norfolk an d Wellington, Lord Holland. and
lkrd W. Fitzgerald;
ou the other side by the
Earl of Harrow by, the Duke of Leinster, the Earl of
Charlemons, and the Earl of Minium'more.
011ie Mourner, HENRY GRATTAN, Esq. eldest son
of ilk deceased, followed by his Brother,
J. GRAITAN. Esq.
A very large body of Noblemen and Gentlemen fol-
lowed, chiefly arranged in rows of three each, and
Ivearing silk hat bands. At the head of them, next the
coffin, were his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex,
the Duke of Devonshire, Marquis Wellesley, Marquis
Conyngham, the Marquis Downshire, and the Marquis
of Lausdown; Mr. 1 ierney, Mr. Brougham Sir J.
Mackintosh, Src.—intleed, we may add above 200
Members of the Imperial Farliament.—The Irish Cha-
rity Children attended, with crape round the left anti.
The whole of the.thstinguished characters who com-
pose that most respectable body the English Catholic
Board, were also in the procession, and a number of
other gentlemen of that profession.
The proces • occupied nearly an hour in moving
from Richmond House to Westminster Abbey, where
it-vias • received at "the great western door by the Rev.
Dr. Ireland, the Dean of Westminster, and attended
by the whole choir of the Abbey, who chaunted one of
Handers grand anthems, as it advanced along the aisle
to the vault prepared to receive the coffin.
The Dean, at ten minutes past one o'clock, read the
service:for the dead, and innnediately after the doors of
the tomb were closed upon the remains of Mr. Grattan,
amid the strong and unaffected grief of the most illus-
trious characters of the Empire. The tomb lies nearly
between the spot of earth which incloses all that was
mortal of Pitt and fox. It adjoins die grave of the
great Lord Chatham, and is surrounded by the tombs
of Lord Mansfield, and other public eminent charac-
ters. The foot of Mr. Grattan 's coffin nearly touches
that of Mr. Fox. It is exactly the spot, out of his own
country, which we should imagine Mr. Grattan would
have selected fur his tomb.

MR, GRATTAW.—The following letter was writ-
ten by Mr. Grattan, close by the body of his father
after he had breathed bis last. It was intended for
the eye of friendship alone. Publication never
entered the thoughts of the writer, but justice to
the dead and the living, requires that its contents
-should be made known:—
" 6d, Baker Street, Portman Street,
London. June 6.
MY DEAR Hum PIIRCYII.—YOU will ere this reaches you,
have heard the melancholy tidings of the death of your ever-
to-be lamented friend. He expired s ithuut a groan, sur-
rounded by his family. His understanding per freely near
—sensible to the tort.—Hu anxiety for his country and her
future fortunes, was the last sentiment that occupied him,
and " his dying hopes, Lk his breath, belonged to his
Country." These, his worn•, ere ill icily folded ;he felt
no pain, and the smile that lightened up his countenance
still remains upon it.
Since he left you all, he conversed about the City, and ad-
vised me to art as he had formerly expressed himself. 1
shall therefore have the satisfaction to rrtlect that [ discharge
bis injunction as my unn duty, %%Aro I solicit the tupport of
my fellow citizens. As I cannot leave thi• fur some time,
will you and the other friends of my dear late father,
try what can be done to uphold the independence of our
native City. As you know my Stilliflit nit upon the subject,
proceed in the business on my behalf, If I were present.—
This mode of acting can alone make up fur the disadvantage
under which 1 labour.
Believe me, dear Humphreys,
Must oder truir.riely your's
H It Y GRATTAN.

Mr. Henry Grattan has offered himself a Candi-
date to represent the City of Dublin in Parliament,
in the rcom of his law <xtclicnt father. Nit.. Thos.
Ellis, it appears from the Dublin papers, intends to
oppose him, on the Corporation and Government
interest. Mr. Ellis is a Master in Chancery.

TILE NATIONAL EEGISTER,