The National Register.
London, England, 1818-09-07 00:00:00

THE DRAMA.

ENGLISII OPERA !MUSE.
The new farce call"d Amateurs and At!tomira3 bfi-
c,:;ae, as we anticipated, completely popular, and will,
ff.!) doubt, run for the remainder of the season. The
Llase throughout the week has been crowded in every
part. On Monday their •Itoyal Highnesses the Behc and
Duchess of Kent, and 11. 11. the Duke of sumsc,„
lr.lottred the theatre to see the new farce, the whimsi-
calities of which created excessive mirth to the
Tarty, as well as to the whole audience. The man
datua of Two Words was perfumed also, and Miss Kelly
gave the delight init which we are always prepared. to
.r,.ceire front her very distinguished talent.
Oa Wedaesday ermAng, the musical entertainment
of the Boarding llouse was extremely well acted, and ,
Tarley, with the eccentricities of lido- Fidorl, kcpt",
the audience in a roar of laughter.
On 'Friday night, the comic opera of Tke Prirn!rer
.was repeated. A hand-bill vas affixed at the doors,
Eating that Miss Kelly laboured under violent
fosition,and interceding with the audience in behalf
of Miss Carcei, who had kindly undertaken tozead the
part of Sophia Dore, at a few hours actice. It is but
tq remark that this eopompliShed yoang ludy ac-
quitted hers,:lf •so wall, that if it had not been for
rOtt, of a bo3k in her hatal, the audience would not
'ave discovered that she had, not previously played
the port. In the whole of the u:osie (though at so
short a notice) she was completely perfect. bliss Carew.
h a powerful -aectiisition to 'the English sOpera, and
crery lover of a sweet voir.:. and s4ieutille execotiop,
added to a modest yet elegant deportment, must regret
.she want of Cresight in the Covent Garaen Ananage-
anent, in idlowint so much talent to escapettheir notice.
canaratulate Mr. Arnold upon Ler engagement.
-r:.;tieh, we understand is for a couriderable peried.

In consequence of the sudden indisposition of Miss
Kelly, the new opera, called The Rendezvous, whielt
was to have• appeutud ie:the English Opera, Saturday
evening was, we nnderiatal, obliged. to /a.-Tuned
until Weilmselay next •
-The interior imorov.ornents and tleenetttions of Covent
Carden tlicatre..whi'...ll have been carried Lao effect_
tasriug tho4hort recess, were on Friday night submitted
• to the t.:.st of the fill light used dtirhig performances,.
tool the inspeetieutif a few friends of the proprietors,
iavited for the pi:rim:ie. The chief alteration is in the
faints of the boxes; theprostottiom, and the eziling, al!
of which are of a soft !ialinon coheir. -which harmonizes
-ralminibly both with the deep crimson, the prevailin-,
tete of the boxes, and with the ornamental g.lding
ilayed on its surface. The drop-eurtain used last year
is, we understand, withdrawn, and another, before
only in occasional use, exhibiting a Grecian temple,
with die stautes of the great draraatie•poets, to be sub-
stituted. The theatre opens, we are happy to observe,
-With a penalise at least of .greater exeellence in every
• i.eportmeat of the bis rionie art that can be matched,
dicen cellectivcly,aluritio. the modern dramatic mu. I
Mr. inch-ion irrriveed it: Liverpool from ;America.
'lie has realised; it is said, bi his Trans-Atlantic expo •
•ditto, uptr.artls of 50001. • -
I)owerost —We are sorry to-state,. that as this
poonlar Actor, who is on a visit to kis friend-Mr Leigh,
at'Bexley, Kent, was amusing 'thyself on Wednesday
zooming in shorting, a spark entered his powder-horn,
which exploded on his right hand. ..fortunately, how-
ever, it occasioned no other injury than a general and
4 vvcre excoriation of the skin,' which isalready in
ileomirable a stato.as could be expected.
Mr. Kean retarus from his trip to the Continent
through Holland ;. but his: arrival in Lendou is not
e' petted until a few days before the. General Meeting
•oC Proprietors of Drury Lane Theatre, in October.
The Drury Lane Sub Committee continue., assem-.
•Ca daily, to form the necessary arrangements for the
opening of the Tlizatre. Besides the play from the
.eta of Mr. Walter Scott, which is fordteeraing.
tragedy by Ann Porter has alro been accepted,
and will speedily be produced.
Mr. the seen of the Manager, who' is to
• :Inca in Ranee on the opening of Dritry Lane 'thea-
tre, was intended for the Church, but quitted the
university for the .Stage.
The Lady who is to appear on the opening of New
Drury, in, the chsracter of thegentle Juliet, is Mrs:
:Mackenzie. who a. few years ago.perforined sone of
the late sirs. Jorilan's.paists, as a juvenile dramatic
prodigy, at Covent Gordon Theatre; she was then-
Miss Miulie.
Mr. H Harris has arrived -from 'the Continent, to •
- settle the final arrangements for the croening of Covent
• (.Garden Tlie.ore ; and the Public will proliohly be in-
tlibtzil to ll‘tS trip, tidr some novelor«::. of a seperiorould.
costly desc...i;itimi, in Vie course of' the se....vson.
•There are some niisue.es, it seems, in the accounts
giver. of the distribiltion s London performers. Neither
./olinstene oor Kni ht, it is no., stated, are to quit
Drary Leo. Theazi.,... N.r- is it true due. Dowton is
engac,oed by F.:Egon fer his &lymph; Theatre.
Elliston la expo:it:Ll 2,0301. in decorating the
Olyi tip' c • l' lie..:trt •

NATIONAT; REG TSTETI.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR AUGUST.

The average produce of the Wheat Harvest is al-
ready so well ascertained, as to demonstrate that it will
fall short of that:a:km(lmm which was expected ile-
fective, however, as it may prove in quantity, the gnat-.
lity is found generally superior to -the ‘Vlicteti of last
year; and those from drilled clover-lays to exceed those
sown on fallows considerably in weight. Balky and
Oats have turned out the must failing crept: aline:it.!
ever known ; ns have also Beans, and every ether article
of the pulse kin a. Front en accurate calculation in
several districts, it ancars, that the general produce of,
Soft Cora has scarc;:ly given hark the seed (that was
sowa. The flame of Clover is general, and the young
Cloversimve suffered much by the drought. Turnips
and Coleseed have planted. aril in the fiat parts, which.',
had the benefit of partial showers ; hut, in most coun-
ties, little or no vegetation of either isabservable Latin '
furrows. The general deficiency in tile Potatoe crops,
it is feared, will be severely felt. The f:74.,(1 of the
grazing counties is not only burnt up, but in *many et
them the cattle are destitute of water. Hay, which
proved but a sliOtt crop, is Fast dimini,thing, from the
necessity of appliiug it so untirtiely•thr the support of.
steak, and is thereibre daily advancing in .priew; and
when the shortness of .st=r, and probable want of
green crops, is also considered, the most experience,:
agricniturists are at a toss al devise means the the sus..
tenancc either of fat or lean cattle; through the winter.
Lean Beasts are fallen much in price, and ere expected'
to be touch lower. Sheep and Moths, burn the greet
losses iarthe flocks last spring, are scsrc e, and command
high prices. The prices at ..SmitliCeld are better, for
prime Beef, Alettan, end .real. The Wool Market is
statiowary at last mutant's prices. ,`.-,tore Hogs Ate
cheaper, from the statrcity of shtick feed. .Gatal Cart:
Colts kith more money.

Commissioxins or 13.xsKnurTs.—A plan has, it
is ',aid, beet' submitted to the Lora Chuncellor to pay
the Catulnissirmemin titture hy fixed salaried, instead
of thei{ taking feedlot. earth datiug., as the practice
hitherto has been.

'Hie Commissioners of the Northern tights arrived et
Portsmouthin their yacht on Titers:iv week, hewing
ivisited the Breakwater at fiyinouth, and the new
works atiCherbur . They again on the follow.
.in day, on their return to Leith.
The object of Mr. Galatiu'l,mission to this eetuntw
is•to ncgoeiate a (commercial TreatyAmtseeen Great
Britain and the United States.
Mr. Clark,: Purser of the 'lSlorthuteherhind, arrived
on Wednesday at Earl atilt t Otte, with dispatches
:from St. Helena, which we. c immediately forwarded
to his Lordship at Lisiscat at Paten.
The Duke and Duchess of Clarence were to quit
'Hanover, for some time, on a visit to the Queen
Dowager of Wirtetuberg. •
His R iyal Highness the Prince Regent has com-
muted the sentence of death passed %Ton Wm. Evison,
who was convicted ofiforgery at the Old Bailey in June
lust, to that of transport:icon for life.
Saturday week the Grand Duke Michael sailed from
Dublin for Holyhead, .on a. visit to- the linniais of '1
A ngl esea.
A meeting of -the alvocates:of a Radical Reform roe ,
Universal Suffrage is intended to take place w twelve
o'clock to-morrow hi Palace-yard, at 'which Hunt.iiii.to
.preside. The meeting is called by o Committee of •
.whom "E. J. Blandford is Chairmtni_and "James
Watson, Secretary.'
A Morning Paper says, "'lklr D. W.Alaryey,•.-iii
consegnetwo of Ening elected a Members" hc. Housenfi
Commons, declines offering himself at the next elotaioir.
for a Common C.ameiltnan of the City of Londtin."
Thirteen tbettsand firkins of 1 Chit butter have been
landed at Portsmouth within the last moorie;rthelprice
is upwards of per cwt.
,
A calculation is made in on article from Frankfort,
that it will cost the labour of ten long years to make'
the strong post of hrenbreitstein " impregnaltle."
The ReLfent's pock of which the composition ..is
champaigne, Mixed with various liqueurs, with ai amuL
portion of an infusion of green tea, titkieh is the only,
water used in the mixture, is now thedavourite
v:_x•tii•e during dinner, of .all. the higher order of Ain-
.
th •
es.
W uinftc t!.MISTAKE. —The death of M. Perrier, of,
the Royal Academy of Sciences, has occasioned a'
strange mistake. The . Secretary of the Royal 3oeiety
of Sciences happens to be also named Perrier. At a
recent • meeting of the Litter body, the Chevalier
entered with a countenance wo-begone,•aook his place
among his brethren. then rolemnlv stoodfrarew forth a
manuscript from his pocket, and with a voice of the
deepest sorrow, began a fnneral oration " upon his
deceased friend." What was his surprise, when the
" deceased friend" stood up, from the President's chair,
which he filled (the panegyrist was so blinded with tears
es not to oleierve him sooner), &slime the honour.
about to be conferred on bins, thankill' his fiend in
the warmest terms, and proposed, a roars of
laughter, to adjnurn the rat di;; of the oration inc die.
Pa ;is paper.

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BARTHOLOMEW Is AIR --This annual City festival of
noise and confusion on Thursday with all its
gaudy splendour. The Loni Muyor proclaimei it 'very
early. The fair is ranch larger than usual. rho exhibi-.
tors of wild beasts exce.tl by far a:,:y thing of the kind
hetbre known—there na less than twenty lions in
be seen. .Seventy years aso this fair lasted affortniillit
—now it .is restrained to four days.

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Summit
.Pni.v:.N•ru.n.—A French e:,!lbler had
.solved to commit suicide, nO, .to ituil.e his exit the
mow heroic, prepared the following nicntoritj, in writ-
ing. :—" I folluv.—the lesson of a great roaster, and
Mulicre r'ay's,
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