The National Register.
London, England, 1816-08-12 00:00:00

ATICaTST If.

enters into an engagement with the young lady's feeler; by which, who..
some' retracts, is to forf,it 5000. Such i 3 the state of affairs when the
piece opens, on a Chrisuriaa morning, by the solicitations of the Uncle't
footman to obtain Chriitinas boxes. The nephew steals in and leaves a
Comedy, of his own composition, as an offering to his irritated sciatica a
with a letter front hi., mistress to the same Gentleman, informing him,
that he will find in a ba,ket containing presents of the season. whirls she
has prepared for him, a secret pocket which she entrusts to his care, and
on which the happiness of her life depends. This, it is explained, is
the correspondence which hew taken place between her and her lover,
and which she hopes will induce ,7 r. not to press his own.
suit. The basket is brought during his absence; and immediately
after, the servant's mother Wrs.Gnovrioconies to see her son, bring..
ing his little sister, a baby, with her. She leaves the child in his arms,
while she snakes some other call. In a short time, it falls adeep, and
the embarrassed Mortnau can find no othe r bed for it than M3713.7..0: is
basket, which remains still une Ilis master returns; and having
read the young lady's letter, hastens to the basket to examine the packet
which it announces. lie finds the child, and naturally conceives that
it is the important trust which she commits to his care. After some
contention with himself, he resolves to make the lovers ultimately
happy and when the young, lady arrives with her father, a comer.
ration occurs between them, filled with equivespies.which convulsed the
audience with laughter, but approached rather closer to indelicacy than
any which modern authors have ventured to introdueesin our .stage;
the nephew forces hisway into the house, and a new series of equivoques
arises from the questions which he puts respecting the " bantling of his
brains," which the Uncle tinds toe substantial for an intellectual pro-
duction. At last, however, he gives up the lady, to whom he remits
the bond, conveying the penalty ; her bather follows his example, and
all seems likely to conclude happily, whin lie reveals the pretended se-
cret of the lovers, and produces the child. The Nephew is thunder-
struck, the young Lady indignant, and her Father furious. Hut tho
real mother fortunately returns, and all is explained and amicably
settled.

Out of these materials the Translator (Mr. Beasely)
has produced a piece highly laughable. The Perfbrmers
exerted themselves to the utmost, and were well received
throughout. There is some pretty music in it, composed
by Mr. M Corti ; and the piece was given out for repe-
tition without a single dissentient voice.
During the pertimuunce of Old Custom" at this Theatre
last Thursday night, the audienoe were annoyed by a
single individual in the Pit, who chose to express his dis-
approbation in a noisy manner. At the close of the
piece, Mr. Bartley (at whom the greatest portion of abuse
was levelled) pointed out to a friend the person who had
amused himself. and disturbed the house. This being
noticed by a party around the young Gentleman, Mr. H.
was assailed on his re-appearance in the Maid and the
Magpie, with u peremptory call for an apology. Mr.
Bartley immediately came forward, and said—
...

it' an a;mingy was, ailed for by the audience, situated
as he was, in the double capacity of Stage Manaccr and Per-
form r, lie should cheerfully acknowledge any error in obedi-
ence to their command?: ; but being called upon by a sinelc
person, wbo hail °illy distinguished himself by his annoyance to
the public, most decitledlyagni list what might be °them Be:curled
nnauimnus approbation, he felt, that if any apology was due, it
wai from the person who new culled upon him ; that it' more
was req•iired, he should be most happy to meet the Gentleman,
or any friend of his, at the conclusion of the entertainment :and
ceded by Astyine—Further than this no man can go—Further
than this no man mtche to go—Further titan this will nal co !"

The Address was frequently interrupted by cries of
c turn him out," " name him," and shouts of " bravo r
and on making his bow to the audience, Mr. Bartley was
cheered repeatedly by their unanimous applause.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester honoured this
Theatre on Friday night with their presence, to witness
the performances of The Siege of Belgrade, and The
3laid aid the Magpie. On their entree they were
greeted with rapturous and reiterated bursts of applause,
which they returned in a manner the most afiltble,
elcTunt, and gratifying. The house boasted an elegant
display of flishionables. At the conclnsion of the Play.
as well as at the entrance of the Royal Pair, " God save
Nee Ki'ig" was sung bp the vocal strenth of the Com-
pany, and loudly chorussed by the whole of the auditor•.
The following additional verse, written by Mr. Arnold,
was greatly applauded :

Long may the Royal Line,
I'roud Stir or Brunswick shine;
While thus we sing,
Joy may the Daughter share,
Bless'd by a Nation's prayer,
Bless'd be the Royal Pair;
God save the King.

It was announced that Mr. Inckdon was enzsge3
a few nights at t!:is Theatre, previous to his ruitting
country for America ; and that he would make his first
appearance on Tuesday next, in the character of Artaba.
tics, in the Opera of Artax,:rxes.

Miss Merry has been engaged for three years at Drury-
lane Theatre, as the principal singer.
Miss S. Booth, while mirforming the character of &t-
-actic, in The Maid and the Magpie, for her own benefit,
at the Plymouth Theatre, overcome by her feelings,
fainted in reality, and was removed senseless from the
stage, and the curtain dropped amidst shouts of approba-
tion and regret.
Incledon, whom some of the London Papers have fixed
at Paris, perflirmA on Thursday at the Binning-ham
Theatre; and, after singing a number of his most popular
songs, addressed the audience, stating, that in all proba-
bility it would be the last time he would ever appear be-
fore them, as he was about to proceed to America ; as it
was impossil for bi,n to obtain employment at either of
the London Winter Theatres, without submitting to " a
species of degradation unworthy a man, and disgraceful
to a Briton."

A Parisian Sign says, " Spani.si and Dutch Wax
made here." •

Among the singi•lar occurrences of the present day, it
is mentioned that the Fuippror of Austria has fallen deep-
ly in love with Madame Murat ! This Lady has liven
esteemed as extrewely fikeinating.