The National Register.
London, England, 1815-07-16 00:00:00

JULY 16.

Some corps of armed peasants and freebooters have established
themselves in the woods and mountains the army h.ts lately
passed, and from whence they have committed depredations and tub.
ben, upon perm us tiailowing the army.
To re.; ed these, ordttrs !Live been given to General Wintsinwrode,
who at thr he•cl of some divisions of CiiV:ll,V, to clear the country
of these people. and to sere the communications in the rear, until
the rc.estabh,hmeil of a ‘3vcriiinent.

Cnnit Barclay de Tory, and General Count Platoir,
met the Emperor ai Vic, and the tbimer has marched with the ad..
vanced pat; ot this corps. The heaci.quarters, with the Russian di.
visions, will pass the Moselle a little bdow you!, xvhcre there is 4
ford, and the Meuse at Pagny, and will advance to Void.
I hilve the honour to inclose a report of the occupation of Chalons
upon the Marne by Lieut.-General Count CzerniLlietr, with mime
Cossacks and a few other hglit troops, where he took from the enemy
six pieces of ordnance, and he has vroceeded to connect lthuselt with
Maryial Blucher or the Duke of Wellington.
Plime IVreele has ativanced on the great road from Strasburgh to
Pa:is, and was at St. vizier when I last heard of him.

REPORT OF THE OCCUPATION OP CHALONS Sy GENERAL
CZERNICIIEFE.
General Czernicheff, after having made several forced marches,
arrived on the i3:h July before Citation; Stir Marne, and having learnt
that they had a garrison there, coMpoiied of the 12tii regiment of in-
fantry of the line, and six pieces of cannon, under the orders ot
Ri-
gaud, General of D vision, lie d....termirt,d to make an immediate at-
tack by three Oak:rent gates. The enemy defended Win -.elf with great
obstini.cy, but was obliKed to %kid to the bravery of the troops com-
manded by Gcneral Czernichelf. Tlw town was taken by assault as
soon as the gates were forced. All the garrison, with tne General,
were-trade nriNooers.

* June Z 7, to Spires ; June CS, to P. beinzabein ; June t 9, to Weis.
senburg ; June to 1-Ligenau ; July 1, to Severn ; July 2, to Scar.
bourgh ; July 3, •to Hall; )uly 4, to Vick ; July 5, to Nancy,

DRAMATIC REGISITR.

MR. KEAN's oCTAVINN.

'We should have taken notice of Mr. bean's ()act,. ian, and.
Aid Drugetr last week, hut were prevented by the press
of interesting political intelligence. We shall now discharge
that duty. The author of the Mountitineirs, when he wrote
the character of Octa•cian, no doubt intended that Nlr. Kern-
ble should be the representative of the love-sick hero. Se-
veral passages in the play, which are very descriptive of that
gentleman's • noble figure and manly countenance, seem to
support this opinion. Mr. Kemble's performance of it was
such as we think Can rever be excelled, and fear never will
be equalled. We trust that our remarks tipon that of
Nit-. Kean will preclude the possibility of our being charged
with wishing to obscare his merit, by mentioning the 'excel-
lencies of Mr. liemble ; on the contrary, we are of opinion
that the greatest praise due to him for his highly respecta-
ble representation of a part, for which his per3onal appear-
ance is Si) little adapted. Mr. Kean's performance of the
romantic Octat,;.aa is characterized by as strict an adherence.
to the semblance of reality as is possible, in a character which
is in itself so very unnatural: Poets, however, ate allowed a
little scope for their imaginations to wander in, and truly
the author of the Afwintaineers has taken full advantage
of the liberty. In the scene where the cave is occupied
by Sadi and Afnes, Mr. Kean was particularly happy ;
the emotion with which he hears Sadi utter sentiments that
are so congenial to the feelings of Octarian=the assurances
which he gives them that he will he their friend and protec-
tor, and the manner in which he endeavours to overcome the
timidity of Agile;, were admirably depicted. lie delight( d
us by the masterly skill with which he pourtrays the
conllicting emotions that agitate Octavian when time ap-
proach of Floranthe is first announced to him» ; and he was
equally successful in representing the delight he experiences
on being convinced that his long-lost mistress is at length
restored to his arms. Upon the 'hole, however, we are of
opinion that Mr. Lean's Qctacian is inferior to many other

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