The National Register.
London, England, 1818-10-04 00:00:00

THE QUEEN.

ler Majesty, on Thursday, slept the greater part.
er tie; eight; and, as throughout the preceding day she
LA been free from pain, it was hoped she would have
derived saute advantage from the repose. The hope,
however, we.s not realised; for the physicians on visiting
the chamber of their Royal Patient, at eight o'clock in
the morning, fuund no alteration whatever in her ge-
neral state,
Toward the middle of the .day, her Majesty was
main moved into the room adjoining her chamber,
and she took a slight repast then: at five o'clock ; but
up to half past seven, no variation in her lealth had
taken place.
In the forenoon, the Princesses again occupied ar.
hour or two on the lawn, inspecting the progress of the
workm co- Their Royal- Highnesses were attended. in
their walk by General Taylor and Sir Henry Halford.
On the return of the Royal Indies to the Palace, they
litand Lady Campbell and Lady Elizabeth Montague
just alirlited, to pay their first? visit to the Royal Fa-
auily, Trlnce their return from attexding the Princess
„Elie:death of Hesse Eombourg to the continent.
They mere most graciously received ; and after re-
...
ellen:nag ne trly.an hour in conversmion, the Princesses
conducted the.n to see their improvements on the lawn
and shruble;riee. The wall was widely excursive, for
the Ladies did.not return to the Palace again till after
a lapse of .nearly three hours: and then the Ladies.
Campbell and Elizabeth Montague almost immediately
returned to tow a .
The Prince. Regent reached the Palace, punctually at
this usual hour of half past five o'clock, when the phy-
'sicians made their raport of the state of her Majesty to
his Royal Highness, and directly after Sir Henry
litlford left the Palace for 'Windsor Castle, to be
present at the Monthly Council. The Prince afterwards
visited her 'Majesty and the Princesses, and after
remaining with them till about halfpast six o'clock, his
Royal Highness returned to.Caritou House to dine.
The thllowing Bulletins of the Queen's .hettlth have
lean issued sum our last :

" Kew Palace. Sept. QB.
" The Queen feels herself suniztvliat refresiol thi morning, leer
Majesty having slept well in the night."
Kew Ware, Sept. 49.
"..The Quem has nit slept :mite so u ~11 Ihe la:: night as in, the
ta-a pteceaing ones. The syml,:mus of her Majesty's complaint are
niuch the same as tbose of yesteniay."
Keveralice, Sept. 30.
" The Queen has slept well in the night, and lier.NlAjelty is a little
better this rimming:"
". Kew Palace, Oct. 1.

" The•Quecn hai hal several hours Flcep in Me night, bat it does
not apper a have prolucel any material ciiange of the symptoms of
her 31ajesty 'a disease."
".Rem Palace. Oct. 4.

"The (lien has again had sneral Isours' sleep. bit: it dies not
alr4r to how. proluct:d P.4ly si.ible effect on the state of her Ma'jes-
ty s comidaint.'

•• Rey ralfICC. Ott.:.
•• The Qceen has itai several hours deep, Inn the r y rr. proms of
her Majesty's disease do not appeerte have been relieved by it.
•• 1+..41111. L 31.1. M."

The Monitour inserts among the proceedings of the
Royal Institute at Paris, a report on the book of M.
Dupin, who lately travelled into this country, .and has
published the result of his observations on the naval
. arsenals, and commercial pone of England. Dopin
is an Engineer Military end •-•Civil, .who received his
education iac the polytechnic school et.Purie, and visited
Great Britain with-the patriotic design of carrying off,
for the benefit of his own country, every particle of
knowledge to which he could gain access, respecting
those immense establishments .and magazines on which
depend the construction and.equipment of the British
navy. He examined, and ,was suffered to examine, in
.detail, the Dock-yards ofeDeptfimd, Woolwich, Sheer-
ness, Chatham,. Portsmouth, and 'Plymouth. M. Bu-
rin, it must be allowed, .does ample justice to the
genuity and extent of the various engines and opera.;
tions which he investigated. He states the prodigious
expense at which our dock-yards have been formed and
maintained, together with the facilities which are ad-
ministered by the bold and liberal use of the powers of
mechanism, to the construction, reception, repair, ice,-
provemeut, supply, and economy of our ships of war.
M. I)upin.has added to his written descriptions, a series
of exact and masterly drawings, which represent the •
most curious .and complex machines employed in the
various departments of the dock-yards. All these ,xon-
ders, and, hitherto, mysteries of British maritime
greatness, are now • made public by a French engineer,
fig the general use •of the French government, and
of the world. It is very certain that a mere knowledge
of British art may be far eneaigh distant froa• its prac-
tical application to the peeposes s f .other states. The
want of money, the division_ Pi' the French national
spirit from naval to military gfat4tur, with other eir-
cumetar.cas, may, for some years, ounben to the shelves
.oi the lnsfaute, and to the Buieau dal:. Marine, M.
])upin's suceeee:.el end meritorious labours r.elatt.e..hen
ceameree,ll-JuLielits, . end money abounds, and the
spirit of marithae eenhition shell be ezettiana.ed—timee
stands the book or ins:rilutiou.

The Nuremfii!rg Gazette states, tbat the
brinker who la;ely attempted buichift...at Vienna, has
eixbraced itud.rccciya

ViTE ittE(ntelVift•

THE DRAMA.

DRURY LANE.

The
announcement of Mr. Kean in the character of
Richard, on Monday night, his first appearance this
season, proved sufficient attraction to till the house
previous to the rising of the curtain. His reception
was such as must have been most gratifying to him on
his entree; he was greeted with a general shout of
applause from the audience generally, and the Pit rose
as if by common consent, and received him with a
waving of hats and handkerchiefs, which coat:Rued for
several minutes. ltlr. Kean went .through the three •
first acts with his usual energy. At the commencement
of the fourth, however, in the coronation scene, whilst
sounding Buckingham on the subkct of the murder of
the Princes, some persona in the gallery created a dis-
turbance which evidently annoyed ;Loth the audience
and the actor. The former did not notice it. The latter,
however, appeared determined it should not pass over
without observation ; fur, in the midst of his speech.
he stopped, and, coming forward towards the foot lights,
directed his looks tesvards the Gallery, continuing silent
till the Pit touknp the cause, and called loudly on the
Police Officers to remove the cause of the disturbance,
which was thus prolonged to an extent of several
nutes ; whereas, but for Mr. Keul's extraordinary ap-
peal, it would in all probability have subsidel in as
many seconds. Silence having been restored, Mr.
Kean bowl, and resumed the business of the Stii,ge.—
He did not so soon recover himself. The whole of the
fourth act, with the exception of "So much for Buck-
ingham," went off with a degree of flatness we lave
never before witnessed, when Mr. Kean was the repre-
sentative of the crook-barked tyrant. The sentence
alluded • to above, was given •by him in the happiest
manner, and called forth the most rapturous applause :
it was not, however, till the • tent .see.ne that Richard
was completely himself again; and ultimately the cur-
tain fell amidst the acclamations of the audience.

The new piece of Sigesmar the Switzer, followed.—
It has undergone some judicious curtsilments. The
audience were in good humour, and it went off much
better than on its first productien.
• Tuesday night the favourite Comedy of Speed the
Plough was performed at this Theatre, when Mr.
Munden appeared, for the first time this season, in the
character of• Sir Abel Handy. This old and deserving
favourite of the public was received, as his talents
demand, with the warmest greetings: the audience
welcomed him as an old friend, whose return, after a
long absence, was a subject of congratulation. Mr.
Munden's merits in. the character of Sir Ald Handy
have long been :acknowledged : it is sufficient now to
say, that his powers of pleasing the audience remain
unimpaired. We never recolleot to have seen him to
greater advantage. Mr. Penley bustled through the
part of Hob Handy with considerable spirit. Mr. H.
filenthle played Henry; he does not impart sufficient
energy to the part. Bengough was respectable in Sir
Philip Blanchard. This gentleman improves in the
.estimation of the public. Miss Smithson rendered the
. part of Miss Blcndjbrd very interesting; she was loudly
. and deservedly applauded in. the scene in which she so
artlessly discovers her love for Henry. Mr. Western.
.attempted.the character of*Fareter Ashfield. We regret
that we cdnnot congratulate him on the success of his
effort. In our opinion •he failed entirely ;he seemed
to have mistaken rudeness and vulgarity for native sin-
cerity and simplicity.