The National Register.
London, England, 1819-02-01 00:00:00

OLY Vi PIC PAVILLION.

We visited this little Theatre on Wednesday even-
ing, and were much pleased with the simplicity and
elegance of its decorations The chandelier suspended
in the centre, and from the top of the house with its
chastened globular lights is particularly attractive. Nor
were we .less gratified with the entertainments of the
evening Rochester pr " Ark's; Charles the Second's'
merry days," is founded on. a copular story, the banish-
ment. of those two lovers of frolic awl dissipation,
Rochester and Buckinham, from the Court of Ckarle.
These two brothers of-wit, fun, awl humour, conse-
quently retire into the country, and there play off
cuany of those 'pranks which they had so successfully
exhiLited in,town. The Earl of Rochester is admirably
supported by Mr. Elliston, he establishes himself first
as a country innkeeper, with the Duke of Bucking /ova
for his servant, ind in pursuit of a girl, with whom he
is enamoured. exhibits a great variety of amusing and
quickly changed disguises. He appears in a very short
time as a Ave, an old witch, and a quack doctor, all of
these are admirably supported, and in the last character
he continues to get reconciled to his offended sovereign,
who happens to come into the neighbourhood on a bunt-
ing party. Two ladies of the Court, the Couniesa of
Lovelough and Ludy Gay, follow Rochester and Buck•
ingham, in their retirement, disguised, and unknown,
and at last the rakes reform, and become steady husbands
in good earliest. The squt lid appearance of an old miser
Starvemouse Cllr. Knight) and Jeremiah Thin, his
man, is excellent'y done, and the continued and hail-
rious verbal mistakes of Muddle, the Mayor of Newport
(Mr. Lee) set the house in a roar. Don Wotan:xi in
Loudon was afterwards respectably got up.

An application is intended to be made to Parliament,.
by certain Clergymen, Members of Sion College, for en
increase of their present parochial incomes; this appli-
cetion is not from the College, as a body corporate, but
front the incumbents of livings, within the ancient limits
of the city of London. under what is termed the Fire
Act.—The inhabitants are preparing to oppose the
measure.
DRUR Y LANs'.. The price of standard silver is now above the value
The order of the day at this Theatre still eontiuues of aiNte eur:ency, being live shillings and seen-pence
to be Brutus, ante the pantomime. As botte•t critics we an ounce, conseelnently it already pays a profit to melt,
cannot account fn. the great run which this tragedy and we may soon expect to undergo great evils and
has had, but from its Leing a fine sPcceacle, and from inconvenience for want of a silver currency.
the expressive countenance of Mr. Kean. The tragedy A mail from Hatnburgh arrived yestenlay. The
itself we think below mediocrity. We have heard that Emperor Alexander arrived at Petal sburg in excellent
the plan and outlines of it were Cumberland's; but we health on the Stb. The Rnssian troops returned from
should smiler tlank, that fie whole of it belonged to France, had already entered the Kingdom of Poland,
the gentleman to when some attribute its entire pro- and were shortly expected at Warsaw.
eduction. The diah_ue we think particularly defective, The returns, in four clays, of the shooting party, last
and so far from possee:n:, Roman dignity, that it frc- week, at Randleshens Hall, of which His Rossi High-
sauently .inks into dandyish and ni:Cc ed expressions ness the Duke of York was Conentaader-ha-Chief; amoun-
of our modern times. The costume is, generally speak- i tad to stet hundred head of game
ing, beautiful.and correct. There is boo ever one ma- Freuth Bishops have thought fit to write to
terial error in this respect. The Itelra,ts are not Ro- hi M jetty a letter, pressing hiss to put in execution
man, but Grecian, or to sped: more distinctly, Mace- eh C tcordat ecateluded with the Pope; notwithstan-
doni tn. Oa the whole we think the pantomime the dini; it has never been ratified by the French Chem-
hest piece of tie. two. The nerve sad activity of Mr. hers—in other words, for the King to act in total de-
Sosilsk9, the Clown, is wonderful, and Ise do not bee I fiance of the Charter.

WEB. 1

On Tuesday c.,...ening, s::rn after six o'clock, James
Harris, the postman employed to convey the tnail
between Chertsey t:nd Staines, was stopped by n single
footputl, when he had got -about half-way, and robbed
of b!s watch, he., anti afterwards beat most
by the robber, who was in this act joined by several
others. _ _ _ _ . _

he Lord Advocate of Scotland, who Itad been di.
rected by the High Court of Justiciary to make inquiry
into the cause of the late outrage at the execution of
Johnston, reported, on Monday last, that ►here was no
ground for any proceedings against the Nlagistrates.
The Lord Justice ( lerk expressed a hope, that the most
active measures would be taken to prevent a recurrence
of an event which, he said, was a disgrace to the me.
tropolis of Scotland.
It is stated in the last accounts from Gotteliburg, that
there were never so many whales seen on the coast as
at that moment. Their appearance attributad to a
revolution of the Polar ices.

The numerous cases of appeal in which Sir Samuel
Romilly was retained as leading Counsel in the /louse
of Lorili, have now been chiefly divided between the
Solicitor General and Mr. Warren. Mr. Brougham
and Mr. Adam have lost a larger share of the ems'
causes from Scotland.
Extrart of a letter from Commis, dated the 9th
inst. : " We are here in such a dreadful state of d stress
that I cannot describe it rxl as to give you an idea of it.
We are so ignorant of every thing that happens beyond
our own immediate circle of misery, that you in Lon.
don, know more about Spain than we do who inhabit
it. Indeed, unless it were fur an English newspape-,
which sometimes is smuggled into this port like contr..-
band ware, nothing that passes, either in this kingdom
or in any other, would b. known to ns, such it the
darkness and blindness in which our Governors hold us.
With sreAuril to the commercial state of this place, I
shall say nothing more than that in less than three
weeks we have had three failures, and one of them is
to the amount of three milions of reals. If there be no
improvement in our condition soon, we shall be obliged
to eat one another, like the inhabitants of ancient Nu-
mantia. We bear nothing of the forwardness of tl.e
expedition which is to sail from Cudis for the Plate,
but we feel a part f the evils which it causes, by an
embargo laid in our port on all vessels of a certain ton-
nage, by order of the Government. When you write
me next, have the goodness to make no political allusi-
ons, and to give me no political news; for however dc..
:irons I should be to hear from you on political topics,
I cannot receive any letter into whir* they are intro-
duced. All our correspondence is opened, so that too
muck circumspection cannot be used to prevent the
dangers which might arise from a frank COMlllanication
of sentiments or views."

13-ink Stock has experienced an improvement of
nearly 4 per cent. Our city correspondent says upon
this fact, " We have heard no attempt to account for
this circumstance, neither was the fact, indeed, gene-
rally known in the city : it appears, however, to imply
a confidence on the part of the proprietors, that the
expected disclosure of the affairs of the Bank will tend
to increase the public estimation of the prosperity of
the establishment." The endless writngs and reason-
ings upon the afi.airs of the Bank have at length thrown
a blaze of light upon the subject. We perfectly join
in the opinion of our correspondent as to the flonrishing
affairs of that great establishment; but we must ob-
serve, that the determination ot Guvernment. to con-
tinue the restriction upon cash payments, definitively
known the night Wino, stems a more proximate cause
of the sudden rise of Bank stock on Friday, than any
new light respecting the thriving state of its affairs.
The seignorage on silver coin, therefore, no longer
exists; on the contrary, there is a premium un its ex-
portation.

CHARLES RENNET (the child-stealer).—A para-
ragraph in a Sunday paper insinuate', that Mr Horsley
has abandoned all idea of prosecuting Reno, t, who
stole the child; it goes farther, and intimates hat Mr.
Horsley never had any intention of a legal Fri °ceding.
The public have a right to some explanation on this
matter; for we cannot forget that Mr. Horsey, in one
of his letters, hail the appea:miiv It least tifit int) see•king
proper redress; for he instrocted his friend to take ne-
cessitry perliininary steps at I. IA Bit burst's
It is reported at the Bar, that Lord El& n has at
length determined to resign the Scats. We hive heard
that he is to be aucceeded by Lord Mani ens, the
present Lord-Chancellor of Ireland. It• thi arrange-
ment shall take place, it is added that Sir Jr in Leach
will be presented with the Irish Seals, accompanied
with a Barinty.—Ministerial Paper.
It is said that the Marquis of Buth is to succeed
Earl Poulett as Lord-Lieutenant of the ( (linty of
Somerset ; t! e Earl of Aylestury is to be he new
Knight of the Thistle ; and the Earl of Fife is to be
the Lord of His Majesty's Bed-chamber, in tlic room
of Lord Pouley.—Morning Paper.
The Emperor Alexander was expected turetiwn to
his capital by the 4th of this month. The Schah of
Persia has sent to his Imperial Majesty a present of
30 tine Persian horses.

TISTS. I

Froas the LONDON GAZETTE, Staurlall, Jam. 30.

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BANKBUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
N. Walker. brewer.
J. 'Taylor, Cotton-dealer. WhittinUP'TCYgton
Alit?hTD.
11A.NER
C. Emery, Dealer, BrotnleyßANK-wno
RUPTS . Stafforatire.
T. Lloyd and J. Win er, Blue Ball le.rd, St. James's Street,
Westminster, Whir Merchants Ans. Mears. liennetts and Co.
King's Arms Yard, Coleman Streit.
Bnilder, Chatham. Att. Mr. James, Solicitor, Earl
Street Blackfliars.
J. Borgia, Ornamental Paper Manufacturer, Southampton Street
Strand. Att. Mr Castle, Solicitor, Cursitor Street.
J. Barker, ISrcwer, Stratford Essex. Att. Mr. E. G. Smith, Fins-
bury Square.
J. llaulley. Coal Master, 'Worcester. Att. Mr. Edware Bigg, South-
ampton Buildings. Chancery Lane.
j. Vradley, Cheesemonger, Coventry Street, flay Market. AtL Mr.
Popkin, Dean Street, Soho.
D. Baylis, Clothier. Stroud, Gloucestershire, Att. Mr. T. Young,
New Com Exchange, Mark Lane.
C. Perkins, Westminster, victualler. Att. Mr. D. Jones, New
inn, Strand.
D. Price, Watford, Ihnts. linemdraper. Atte. Mews. Davies
and Son, Letitbury.
J. Jai, Old Jewry. wighell Sntne-treet.erchant. ABS. Messrs. Taylor. Smith,
and GA. New Basin
R. Greetulade, Plymouth, bailder. Atte. Mc‘srs. Darks, Chu.elt,
and Duke. Chancery Lane.
J. Permit, Birmingham, printer. Ans. Messrs. Swain and Co.
Jou Jewry.
Wi
T. R. Macleod. nchester Street, wine merchant. AU. Mr.
J. !lore, jun. Hatton Garden.
11. Hudeon and G. Huelsea, Liverpool, elopsollere. ABS. Messrs.
AT.ington and Gregory, liedftird Row.
'l'. RAdaAii. 'Aymara, merchant. Ans. NISSiTS. Adlington and
frrrgory, Belford Row.
W. Redden, Liverpool, merchant. Attc. Mess is. Addington and
Gregory, Beilfo.d Row.
.1. Jena, Liverpool. merchant. Ans. Messrs. Dacia and John,
Tmiple Bar.
Isaac Henn. Birmingham. screw-makes. Atu. Messrs. Hicks
and Braikenridge, Bartlett':-Buildings, London.
Ralph Walker.lelewcastls-upon-Tyne, grocer. Atte. Messrs.
AtVason and Wilde*. Chancery Lane-
'r. Cer,per, Loudon. merchant. Att. Mr. B. Crosley, Great
Jr.:ll et St re Rearm: Row.
F. Tlompson, Ship-builder, Globe stairs, Bothrerhithe. Atts.
Alessre Swain and Co., Er:Aeries-plane, Old Jewry.

'Ulf 1' NAL REGISTER.

LON1)0N:

AfONDAY, FEBRUARY, 1, 1819.

The limas have remained very steady for genie weeks
the fluctuations of the day seldom eeeeedine or 4 per
sent. Yesterday there was a Small declining to the
payment to the Pools of SO per cent. on the New Loan,
on which that establishment had advanced the Instal-
ments for the Pittlie, on being allowed five per cent.
per sou. interest. The next and final payment is on
the 10.11 of February.
On seronnt of these heavy paymente, money has
hermue rather waree in the City, Exchequer Bills,
formerly at 2f) and 21 premium, have fallen to 12 and
'3, slid a considerable quantity of new ctock has been
thrown upon the Market. When the effect of these
money tronse,,ti-ns has ribsiried, a very considerable
advance in the prices o° the funds is very generally an-
ticipated in the City.
In the House of Commons yesterdav, a petition we'
presented by Mr Sinclair. from Hint, avinet the
Westminster Hustinrs Bill, now in progress through
that House. The petition, though not without a due
portion of "skirnble-skamble stuff," was worded with
a suffic'ent tleeree a! respect to secure its reception.
Yet it commenced with a palpable violation of truth.
for it set forth that " at the last election for the city of
Westminster the prisoner stool, along with five other
gentlemen,' &c. We positively object to this classi-
fication on the mitt of quilt. The object of the peti-
tion vvas one, which is very familiar with those " other
gentlemen" who breed liberty ; namely, the liberty
of modyfeimr all esistin,r laws in such a way that they
To use a favourite phrase
in the pctit;on. they are lawny, for "snapping" at the

may rlt ea./44 t!•emsel'es.

ri.,ht to do ;,,st wis.nt illev
A short hot inter 41',senssion subsequently took
•phice. neon the Rt:l!e of silver currency of the country.
Mr. Cnv.rxrr.T.L, revertior ro what he had mentioned
(Jo a limner evening;, observe& that upon enquiry he
hail brand the statula-..1 price of silver was five shillings
una seven-renee rer nonce being one piny above the
Mint or two shilling in the pc and of silver.
Tiros 'h this prnit is too small to create any great
te.up..ution 1,1 perOons to melt it down, vet it presents a
fact cf sufficient importmee 'o call fear the attention of
Parliament. When the new coinage was issued, h was
certainly ex”ect.O. .1-oth by the le4islatnre and the
es‘..in•rv, zmerally. tot the t itn•age of six Isl. et.:lt..
ve‘whl be a3eqoaitc to the protection of our :Silver
currency. The eirtu:mstnnee, however, of its hein in
41auger so soon After the petitta °fit* iutar, dWii'V43ll