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

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

rAOII, MAY IO.—A report in circulation, that the nnke
de Leachtenberg (Pcittee Eugene) was to he appointed ot-
nei•slicsitno of the La% ariau army, is contradittid in an twi-
rl:: from Munich.
A letter lion Madrid of the 97th of April contains some
ictellicence respecting South America. A battle is art row.
!edged to have been near Calobose, its the beginning
of
last February, in which fVtorril o v:as defeated by suprr;ottty
of tinothera; Wit on the of the same mon.l:, haiir g or-
ic:Lv:. ot.loutt he mot-i attacked t4.e 11411 f •
at.rt gained a i ri• W of c.
yreoce, crew veil Marttlto, it,".,r " prey( ar-
..t tido from tatting sit end to the contemptible Repriblie
Vette:Lula." t lte Immo gents left 400 dead on the ti.,pl of bat.
tie, bc.ttics a great number of 'minded and prisoners. and the
la, sof al: tii. rr materi-?. The loss of the Spaniards was es-
tlinste.i at one chief, 13 oflickrs, and :53 killed; 4 Officers,
GI priiites. weanded: and P 4 prisoners.
A le ti et trent Albi speaks tiles of some of the persons who
tisH.ed so much painful *trice there 'Aludatee 7.lan.
*on is net a handsome woman, yet the is aereeaUle ; her e•: et
:.re smalls bot lively ; her mouth large, anti her complexiet:.
very : her figete small but wet formed, is assisted by
a • et.; .a I rheas; die sound of ler voice is agreeable. Tl:^
w man Iltaicellidiano traits of min- in her reentent, nee . she is
.mall, and may be about fro yeses of age. Ante Benett it it dif-
dealt to *peak of; a tare, hat hovers three-qt. triers of her fia-
urea ; she 'oder' no more that* a statue during the whole day.
tever,esiogitt a sufficient siew of her to say Oars/lb
otiert,el:: bare:rime, and may be about SS years of age.-
Neal Is the unto-inn BastiO4 Grammont. This is a man of
large site, a neat Colosees; vet he has in his features and in
the habits of his person every thing to announce a profound
villain. He txpress, s himself with cousidetable facility,
mingling with every thing he ta.i. 11111Cil irony and still more
audacity. I saw hin tly into a p;INSiOD twice in the sitting
of the 24th, and ant convinced that, it he had not been held
by t•io gendarmes, he would easily have escaped. Colard
seems like one ready fur ady crime that might be suggested
to Lim. After Colard is JAlls..loll. He is the only one of the
accused who has tile appearance of having been well e l tiated;
hut his features ioli:ate insiccerity. 'Yet I must ti;: al-1 :he
justice to say, that when the your), Firaliles spoke in the
sitting of the t:".',.!..liossion -daoe showed our sensibility. He
.r r. 1/4.1 meow.; tit 41..10E10 !macs, aegnir-1 by
me:.^ .; • the delicate ; by V..i‘t fortune he an al:lance
with the :.ectly of Bastide l'Aanimant, one of the most ii;.,t-
t;flisiatted in the department of L'Aveyrnii. The little
i‘ertsovl la on &Aim:sling audit for faculties and for
ott.ii• • .1 Pi ini:ers. Snob ;Plktrt!%l fill for her
:.y ratrett;r: of per mis of eonaision. who htf:.,, visit: J
hor at th r hospital, that their riedeve.leace has placed ker above
want for the remainder of her days."

COURT OF ASSIZE or ALB!:
OF THi MURDERER! OF I;;ALCES.

srq-rtNo or MAj.
Young Fualdes aldressed the Court In an energetic and
affecting manner, expresaing his gratitude for their effort? to
bring to justi•ze the ussassins of his 4nl'appy filler. The ac-
cused were asked by tse President, if they 44.1 any thing to
offer in their defence ; toe only reply was, a ve:ieniont rect.!.
Ill:11460a betwe•ni Aline Benoit and tild woman Baucal.

SlTTits s's; GP THE Sj. OF 311,..t.
The examinations anti dereuce of tlio aecnced having heels
concluded in the itch shrill:, the Prtsinent this day euterti
upon the recapitulation of all the proceedings relative to this
horrid affair.
At two o'clock +he jars" retired to deliberate. An express
order was given ;,v tins President, rigorously to prevent all
communication with them.
The SICCUSt .1 were not re-conducted to St. Cecile, to wait
wail their Judges detei mine their fate. They were taken
in a room adjoining tire Assizescourt ; a strong ward xi9l3
placed civet-thou. 'f he deliberations of the jury lasted fe.,:r
hours and a halt. Miring this time ttle spectators which thins!
the Court did not quit their places. At I o'i lock the jury
returned; a profound silence reigned in the auditoty, each
waited ss ith racer anxiety a vcrtliet which would acquit or
eoraleinn. l'iic foreman of the jury. with his hand upon his
heart,tind with evident emotion, read answers to the questiAl3
which had been submitted to them. 'They were all mireed
noon unanimously. The as limas) lianeal, Baritte, Joussion,
Colin', and faith were found guilty of oeing accomplices its
the minder, with prenteiiitatioo. Anne Benoit, guilty as an
accompilee without premeditation. Dastide, :mission, leach,
anti Colaid, guilty of throwing the body into the river; the
former guilty of the burglarions robbery. Itlossinuier not
guilty of being concerned in the murder, but an accosl• Oct; its
the throwing of the body int.) the riser. 3latiaine Jlaitsou was
unanimously declared not guilty. Afire pronouncing the
verdict of the Court, It.e foreman of the jut.} signed it ; aid
;he Pi ticdeut oidered the accused to he brought lirfsre them.
Jaino-ion was so weak, that the gilidarmcs iv:A e &Aged to
support him. He appeared to know already the fate wide('
Awaited him. Mande. alwo)s tirm, had ail air of confidence
wi.irli distil°, ed a striking coa:ItICI Will' the tivit thian al Ka
Oralllet.latsiitW. COW d. willow audacity, olive:vett cater,
and itsiguirl. Acne. Benoit's countenance expressed the
deepest g: It ft Alithalle Mile/3011 Wag rilittained, by pity for
the a vih4l,o objects eh') stirronsideit bee., fr ~,, devlayilig ow
jo, she isaaNt ha Vt. telt at the preyed tot being immediately set
at tilii.rty.
The Court retired to Jelihei ate upon the sentences „r r„.
ni,,,nia„t It was ,1„,•„ that Janissiou gave visit to his grief.--
Ills expses•ions were liars he rent. •• Alrl grinse iiie is," he ea.
claimed, ...lint it mart not tit•r tile Ullth. i ail, iiirineent.—
Von sliiiiiiil ask M. Frialdes who were his en,-our.. When 1
;" i is vti hese, the lit,,enretii.Grtiti at swore he world ruin in"
Oa the scAold I will speak as at Use present monieut. God

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LGt;DON:

Front the LONDON GAZETTE, Saturday, May 46.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
Aso T. Water-lent. Flect-street, printer, from May 23. to July 1
BANKRUPTS.
PORDZI. W. Biolngstoke, stage smelt -proprietor. May 10. 30.
Juue 97, at GIIikIhAIL Aus. Shearmso and Co Re.! Lion-Nutire.
TaIIiDDOLD R. law of Southampton, dealer, Ms 23, 30. June 27.
at Southampton. Ails. 11itks and Co. Bartlett 3-I.lttildillg&
ir.tHutstt J. Liverpool. Boar dealer. June 1, 2..7, at Liverpool.
Acta. Clarke and Co. Chancery-la.u.
Farrar T. Wow:side, York, manitaztarer. May e 4, !6. June 27, at
Halifax. Au:. Wi.;:les,,orth ut,.l Co.' 4.4.11 Inn.
Mnoax W. Sowtrliy, York, cloth matinfacturer. May t 3, 26, .1211 C
27, at Halifax. Ate. Mr. qv Ana. iirttun GArden.
Lions:Lt. .1. Ilud.::rsfield, York, cordwain,..r. May 27, June. 8, 279
at Staltbrd. Att. Mr. Thomas, Mild-mum Fleet-street.
SANSUM J. Cree Church-lant, Leadenball-stmt. victualler, May
19,30, Jun,: 27, at Ggildhall. Att. Mr. Lewis. Crutched Friars.
Ila Lan T. 11. alid I'. D. MERITON, 3laideu-lane. Wood-strut,
, C!teap.,ide, banon makers. May 23, 26, June 27, at Guildhall
Att Mr. Chilton. Chancery-lane.
t nsT T. N. nod J. WOOD, Huddersfield. York, merchants. Ma)
25, June 2.,, 27, at Halifax. Au. Mr. Beata,

ter-lane.
aIEALE W. late e f Warminster. Whits, vi-tualllr, June 4, 5 27, at
Nth. Att. Itlr. Lowden. Clots:et:es lt,n.
W mu: EY E. Tetbstry. Gloucester. grocer, J ur.c , /,27, at Bristol.
Mts. Jetikins and Co. Ncw
Wit.t. Gots 6. and G. and T. TARRANT. I.llgost-lanr, straw hat
makers, May 19, June d. 27, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. BrutueU,
Church-pa-sage, Guildhall.
U. Penchurch-sutet. merchant. May 19, June 6, 27, at
Guildhall. Att. Mr. Holt. Thre:vincedle-,erect.
I)IVMEN 11S.
3. Whitehead. M. Howard, and J. Haddock, Cateatoirstreet,
hankers, Julie 6.
M. and S. Vs". Woodward, flarksidc, thnhet merchants, Nov. 21.
Vi. Brown, late of Eutton at hone. Kvist, sheep de !ler. June G.
14- illareaKraat Serie-street, Lincoln's inn. peruke maker,
June 6.
W. Street, late of New Court, Throgniorton Street, incV merchant,

June 6.
J. Oliphant, Cockspur Street, Westminster, hatter, June S.
W. %vase, Cor!ioration Row, Cligkenwell, watch maker, June 6.
C. W. Barlee, I..tiniseth. brewer. June 6
.1. Wells, Poland St:Tet, clic:semen:or, June 6.
J. Roper, Long Nelrord, Suffolk, cabinet nviter, June 13.
J. Thomas, I.catlenhall Stre,n, tailor, Jit to 13.
W. Ashley. 1; (when Street, human, June 13.
IL Wyche, late of New Sarum, Wiltshire, wine-merchant, June 16.
T. Pinkerton, of New Bond-street, merclisnt, July 11.
J. Thomson, C. Osbourne, awl 1. Westmorland lidleter-equate, *hip

brokers. Judy
S. Cock, Hasingliall-street, merchant. Jaine 27.
B. P. Saiitkruin. Newt:ate-street, wine merchant, June C.
J. L. Breton, of Claw a-lane, Chel ea, niariner, June 16.
J. Wood, Varnwutli. vietualln, June 10.
11. Evans, Bien, hookseller..lime 4
W. Ileaby jut. and B. Buoy. Tiverton, Devon, merchants, June 8.
J. Spier's, Binning:lam. linen draper, Junes.
W. Paternoiter, Itocheitcr, it.nlwtdcr, Julie 2.
J. Ilowen, Wit. Jlartia's-lane, builder, June 6.
J. P. E. and 11. Kensington. W. Styrin, and D. Adams, bankers,

June G.
J. Wight, Stourbridge-Commoa, Worcester, m.iNcr, Ju."tr: IG.
tr. 1% . F. Walker. Exeter, iwermr, June et.
Fowkr. Leamington Prior, %Vary:id:, brewer, June S.
J. Welkin, Laneaater. woor.eia-draper, June 15.
4, D. Buis, Brixtoa, in..art.nee broker, Nlay 26.

CI:RTIVICATE6, J us?. 6.
Wra.Swianerton, Filloughley, Warwick. wheelwright—J. Ines,
late of Uxbridge, gent/swan—T. Bishop. Wr.:nford-court. Throg.
niorton-Arect, merchant—J. Riooke, and C. Bowstead. Nantwich,
• CI, ,ter, brewers—R. Harvey. Oxford.atreet, groctia—J. Chanipncy.
lure of Balby. York. inalster,—W. J. W. Wigglesworik, Halifax,
Inc:Than t Chipperfiekl, late of AI oat Hadham, Hertford,
miller--R. Evans, Grirnley, Worceiter, coal dealer.

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
FOIL VIZ A ”SITING
THEAT4tE. ROYAL, COVENT CARDF.N.
To.Mor►e-w—Point of Honour—Di:caliber and May—Harlequin
Tuesday—Rob Roy Macgregor—December arid May.
Wednesday—liellamira; or, 'fire Fall of Tunit—lPlerle: and
May.
Thursday—Guy Mannering—Drcember and May.
Friday.ltuli Roy Maczregur—Decvmber and .Y..vy.

FAPI.V.It'S WELLS.
In coweerler.::c• of thc grad Luse bestowed oa the entertain-
ments ofla.,t week, they will be rep,aied fcr six Light,. logger only.
--•

- -
TO-MORROW and five following evenings, will
lee presented a Harlequin Patron-nice (partly New, and partly com-
piled from some of the most Favorite Pantcniimes produced at
Sadler's W e!ls), called the SAL MAG UN D I ; or, Th..; Clown's !)ish
of All Sorts. Clown, Mr. Grimaldi. Among the favorite Selected
scenes to be represented, are the Clown's Military Care. r; the Magic
hitalien; or, Music and Mutton Chops. With the power of pant,-
-
!Mime. ' Flute Obligato, M:. Grimaldi. The Pantomime will
commence: with the Cloves Cookery. After which. a Musi:al Ex
travalransa, the Music by Mr. Whitaker, allied *. PLANTS AND
FLAN E'l'S.
Thcperpetnal enquiries at :lie Box office for S if.rnhr DIAVOLO.
has occasioned his re-engagement to: six nitrii!e me-r, he will
commence his sodubitiont on the COR 01.,‘ N.: E to-morrow
evening, To conclude with the New Caleth,niun Nle:..nge, called
The GATIIERING of the CLANS. The Uniod Circa. by Mr...M.
APGregor. Box 4s. Pit 2s. Gal. Is.—Doors open at half-past five,
begin at half-past six. On Monday, May 45, a New Hibernian
Acqua-Drania will be producedlealled Olionounnue AND 1518
INDITE HORSE. A Cambrian, and an Old English Piece are in
Preparation with other Novelties.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1818.

WE have rereivect the Paris Papers up to Wednesday,
tom which the following arc extracts:—

PARIP, MAY 13.
CITANIP,nR OF VEERS, MAY 12.

" Tin order of the day was read fur receiving the
Report of the Coramitt. appointed to inquire
into the Finance Law. The Report being made, it was
ordered to be. printed, and taken into consideration on
Tl.ursday.". •

Tur NATIONAL lIEGISTT.R.

" Bulletin of the health of his Serene Highness the
Prince de Conde—

" iiis Se? elle Highness the Prince de Corde had tonight
a violent i.wrea.e of fever, %%Pio very fregrut tits of coughing,
and a Zrt a' didieully of hreatLina and expectoratinn.
ow. lung the respiratit,:i is stiq more laborious; the pulse is
Icebl••, and %villa frequent intermission..
Otigned) " PORTAL, " ROCHARD.
" 7.13 x 12. " " A111.1,1:1'."

" liiis evening, at eight o'clock, his Serene High-
ness was a little better. No bulktin was issued.'

According to letters which have been received front
respectable individuals in Mexico, dated the 18th of
February, and received by the way of Ifavannali, the
rebellion was nearly suppressed throughout the whole
interior of that kiogdom. Oa the frontiers, and :dung
the toasts, there were some straggling band, of rub-
bers. All the cootmunic:-.,tions were entirely optn, and
connnerce was pursued with great activity. Toward
the cud of the same month (February) there had ar-
rived at Vera Cruz, from Mexico, a large convoy, with
merchandise, and three millions of piastres, without
having encountered ,the slightest etatacic during its
progress.

It e.ppears by the raris In:Tiers of Meshy:last, that
his Serene Highness the 'Prince of Conde was on SS..
turday week taken seriously ill. His complaint became
afterwards so much .more alarming, -that his eon, the
Duc de Bourbon, to whom his father has not spoken
for many years, was sent fiat express from London. At
the age of Et 2 small hopes can be entertained ore com-
plete recovery. The equipage of the puke of Wel-
lington left Paris for Cambray on the 9i inst. His
Grace is fooled for at he:aqua/ter* before the end of
the current ntontb.

American papers of the 26th March announce. that
the United States' ship Hornet has got under weigh
for St. Domingo, and thence for the Spanish Main,
having gentlemen on board who have been clothed by
the President with extensive diplomatic powers. Their
mission is said to be connected with the unfriendly
state of the Wegociations between America and Spain ;
and it is now not disguised, that the Executive of the
United States was, at the moment when the accounts
came away, discussing some very itnporteint z.eastwe in
relation-to the Spanish Government.
The new Auction Bill contains several clauses parti-
cularly interesting 'to the public, as well as to auc-
tioneers.; meong others it seecilles that no goods shall
be sold on presu!ses without •the preprietor's name
being mentioned in the advertisement; a certificate is
also required from the collector of the poor rates, that
the person whose goods arc to be sold has been assessed
to those rates for the house in his occupation. The
goods are also to be on-view (whether the proprietor
wishes it or not) a certain time previous to the sale
Another clause goes to prevent any auctioneer from
selling his own goods, or having them sold by another.
The Spanish Government, we learn, is making its
best exertions to oppose at once the claims of America
and reduce the insurgent proviaces. These are paints,
however, in which our interest is remote and contin-
gent. Respecting the pare which our countrymen may
be induced to take in these quarrels, which appertain
not to them personally, we feel greater anxiety—that
is, on their accouot—and have always expressed a
wish that they would not hazard their lives, nor even
their property. Some Spanish ships are already ordered
to this country, to intercept any vessels proceeding with
arms, &e. to join the South American insurgents, the
Spanish Government being perfectly aware of the pro-
ceedings of a certain General and his partisans here in
England. The British merchant should pnese before
he hazards his property under such circumstances.

Mr. Flaxma.n'smonument to Lord Nelson, erected
at the national expence. in St. Paul's C:Aliedral, was
on Wednemlay opened to public inspection. The statue
of Lord Nelson, dressed in the pelisse vo&ved from the
Grand Signior, leans on an anchor. r,,,ncath, on the
right of the hero, Britannia directs the attention of two
young seamen to Nelson, their .great example. The
Pritish Lion on the other side guards the irontuneet.
On the cornice of the pedestal arc the words, Copen-
hagen, Nile, Trafalgar. The figures on the pedestal
represent the North Sea, the GJanau Ocuan, the Nile
and the Mediterranean.

We learn from our Dover Corrt-spondent, that his
Grae& the Duke of Wellington arrived there on Friday
aftert:oen from London. It the wind permitted, it was
his Grace's intention to embark on board the Lord
Duncan packet imtuw•dwtcly for Calais.

The Royal Sovereign yacht was lying in the roads,
waiting for a wind to take her to Calais, to bring over
their Royal Highnesses! the Duke and Duchess of
Camhridg .
Henry Cobbett, snn of William Cobhen, states in a
public advertisement, thut he has discontinued the
publication of ,The Political Itegisidr, in consequence of
the want of patrona-e to encourage its continuance in
the United Statca.—.lmcrican Paper.

NT AY P 7

NVi•tlncstlay the Prince Rent vistitei the Queen at
her Pit!.itc,.c.s did the Duchess of Gloucester oul I)eke
of Clarence:.

\Vance:day, at three o'clock, the Prince Regent held
a Court, and afterwards a Privy Council, at which the
Royal nraction was given to one of tee intended Iloyel
murritqcs. Admiral Sir George Carnebell kissed hands
upon Ins being appeintel Counnar der in Chief at Ports-
month. The Keel of Harrowhy and the Earl of Id-
verpuel hat audiepees of the Prince Regent.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester lied s grand
party on Thureday night. We are told feat not
less than 1,400 persons were present, including the
Dukes of Yet*, Kent, and Sussex, the Prince of ffesse
Hombourg, most of the Foreign Ministers, several of
the Cabinet Ministers, and a I, ng list of nobility.--
The magnificence of the enters tireaent was worthy of
the exalted rank of the hest and bestess, but unfortu-
nately the comfort was not equal to the splendour : for
it appears, that in spite of the precise regulations which
had been given respecting the setting down of the
guests, and in spite of a pumerousettentlande of police
to execute these regulations, the crowd of carriages and
of spectators increased at length to a magnitude too
great to be managenble, and as soon as they felt their
power, became so boisterous and outrageous as to die-
turb the company in Glourester-house with their in-
cessant noises, from 11 (Meek till near 3 hi the morn-
ing. Nor was this all : for the avenues being blocked
up by the immense multitude, there was at last scarcely
any possibility of ingress or egress for their visitors, sa
that the suite of rooms, which, without this hi:meth:aunt,
would easily have accommodated all the guests in suc-
cession, were tow small for the whole assemblage cdl-
lected log:ether at once. The consequence was, that
from the brat and confusion, several ladies Nutt (I.
The constant attentions, however, of the Duke and
Duchess, who remained .conversing with their guests
to the last, served to alleviate this unforeseen incon-
venience. The dresses of the ladies were all new, and
are described as having been particularly splendid. All
the refreshment that fragrant plants and flowers, to-
gether with the most grateful viands, could afford,
was supplied with equal profusion and taste. The Do-
chess of Gloccster had recovered from her fatigue suf-
ficiently to attend Covent-garden theatre on Frid.ty
evening in cc:ninny with the Dul:e.
Teo: Pittece OF IIESSE fiOnCOURG'S Toun.—His
Serene Highness left the Queen's Palace on Friday
weel, between three and four o'clock in the morning,
and arrived at Portsmouth a halo before 12, where he
was received with all due honour; and, after being
conducted over the Dock-yard and the numerous Go-
vernment establishments, slept at the Crown hotel.—
On Saturday morning early, his Serene Highness sailed
in the Commissioner's yacht for Ryde. in the fele of
Wight, where, on landing, a sociable was precareZ art
the hotel, in which he wee; driven to Newport, Saint
Helen's, and other parts of the Island. He embarked
on .board -the Commissiover's yacht at Yarmouth, and
sailed for Lvieington, where he dined at the principal
inn, and afterwards went to Southampton, where he
slept. The next morning the Prince proceeded to
Winchester, where he alighted at the house of the
Rev. 1)r. Knott, who conducted him aver the Cathe-
dral, and other novelties worthy 4;f notice in the city.
His Serene Highness proceeded from Winchester to
Salisbury, where he arrived about five o'clock, and
dined with the Rev. Dr. Douglas. The Prince was
conducted over the Cathedral, the city cf Old Sarum,
&.. He left Salisbury at 10 o'clock on Monday morn-
ing, and proceeded for Stonehenge, where he stopped
and viewed the Druids"lemple, an Salisbury-plain.
He then proceeded to Devizes, where he stopped to
view the Castle : he next went on to Bath, bet only
changed horses there, and proceeded with all speed to
Bristol, where, after viewing some of the principal
places for a short time, he set off to Clifton, viewed
the Hot-wells, &c. and returned to Bath, where ke
was conducted over the Pt:nip-rooms, and several pub-
lic buildings, and, after dining at eight o'elcck, his
Serene Highness left Bath, travelled all night, and ar-
rived at Windsor Castle about half-past ten o'clock on
Tuesday morning, remained till about one, and arrived
at the Queen's Palace soon after three.

Thy Princess Dowager of Linengen, to whom, it -..11
said, the Duke of Kent is about to married, is sister
to Prince Leopo!d, and will be 32 years of age in AU.
gust nest.. She has a son and daughter by her deceased
huband. The sou is in his 14th year, the daughter
in her 12. th. The Frilicess herself has an establishment
and dower, :mourning to betweca 4 and 50001.• ster-
ling per annum, which, we hear, she loses by her union
with the Dukc.

The Dnke of Cambridge and his illustr;:yis PriJ~, at
the date of the last dispatches, were.at Br ti*ei.F, on their
way to Calais. Tbey are expected in Landon, either
on Wednesday, or Thursday next, at firm best. A nurn-
her of the domestics of • his Royal Highners arrived at
his house in South Audley-street, on Monday. _ _ _

A very severncontest is sow carrying on at Oxford,
for the office of Keeper or the Archives of that Univer-
sity. The c:rndidates are Mr. Professor Cooke of Corpus
College ; Mr. Reyes, Fellow of Exeter College, and
one of the Whitehall preachers; and Mr. Slims, Fellow
of St. Joha's

MAY 17

THE DRA3M.

DRURY LANE.

Tuesday night the Comedy of The Drarerth:t was
-performed, in which Mr. Edliston sustained the charac•
ter of Vapid. The public are sufficiently at luainted
with the talents of this lively and popular actor, to
know how well his vivacity is adapted to the part. lb:
was indeed admirable throughout. The devotion of a
pet to his favourite pursuit, that abstraction of mind,
which, w lether properly or nut, we ;tee in the habit
of attributing to the worshiper of the Muses, were ex-
hii.ited with true comic energy. We would notice
particularly his ezitation upon eadevionring*.a
the last line of his epilogue. The anxiety eseressed in
his countenance nt every attempt, drew down barets nt.
4.ol:lase and laughter; and the ludiernis depair wish
which he submitted to be shut up in the china closet,
before he had completed his important couplet, was
me.. 11 eerie:este!! by the extravagant trimnph with which
he smadied the china in the mement of happy inspira-
tion. lie liefivered the original epilogue v ith great
spirit, and nety be said upen the whole to have acquitted
himself in a manner corresponding with his .high re-
patatiun. M. Penley's Florivale ver.ressed a good deal
of merit, particularly in the duel scene. Lady Wailford
was well represented by Mrs. Sparks. Mrs. Robinson as
Louisa Courtney, and Mrs. Orgies, as Marian, acquitted
themselves very creditably. The performance suffered a
short interruption from an accident, of .i trifling nature,
as it turned out, bet which for a moment caned very .
serious alarm. Soon after the commencement cf the
second act, some Gentlemen, who sat in a box near the
stage on the Prince's side, ob:;e:ved that there MIR muce
hustle behind the scenes opposite to them, and that men
were carrying water up a ladder. The audience in some
other parts of the house learned, from the apparent
anxiety of these Gentlemen, that something of more
moment wax passing than the action on the stage ; and
the anxiety was becoming general, when pieces of blaz-
ing linen fell down near the King's box. " Fire—
Fire!" was immediately shouted in the pit, and the
whole at.;:icice rose Elliston, who was on the stage at
the time, came forward and said something, but was
not heard. lie, however, remained on the staee, and by
so doing tranquillized part elthe audience. At length,
he assured the house, that there never had been any
danger ; and that the effects of the accident, which had
produced so much alarm, svere already over. In the
mean time, the pit had been nearly half emptied, and
many persons bad left the Loxes. The greater part of
these returned, and the play went cm, with many signs
of approbation of Eilistods.conduct. We understand,
that one of the wings had autgia lire from the lights
which stand between theta near the etage.
The West Indian wa represented here on Friday
in very efficient style. Ellistan was the Belcour. Irlis
merits in this part are now too well known and gene-
rally appreciated to require any tribute of praise from
:Is. It is sufficient to say that they remain unimpaired.
If there was any fault, it was an occasional monotony
and seietieasness of manner peculinrly unsuited to the
animated character and ardent soul of Belec.nr. Thu
!lain,- Flo.kerty of Johnstone, the Crytain Dal:y
f Wallack, and the Lady Thaport of Mrs. Sparks, are
excellent. Miss Boyce, in Louisa 13ue11.4, displayed
rnech good sense and true feeling. But the star of the
evening,was Mrs. Davison. She leaves all her coin-
.Jetitors in genteel comedy at an immeasurable distance.
Tire audience manifested their approbation and delight
repented plaudits. The House was well filled.