The National Register.
London, England, 1818-10-12 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.

On Monday night this elegant theatre closed for
the season ; and we are happy to be able to state, which
we do from our own knowit.tl4,,e, that it has been the
most favourable one since it first opened, in 1809. The
following address was delivered by Mr. Harley:—

" LADIDS AND GENTLEMIIN.—.AS I have frequently heal the
opportunity of making you laugh, 1 scarcely know how to present
myself on so melancholy an occasion as that of bidding you froctvell.
The Proprietor, however, having deputed we to perfiant rite
.forf, al
°Writ' of the season, you will. I trust, excuse me if I should not
acquit myself on m 3 solemn a business with the usual and becoming
gravity. The Proprietor. Ladias and Gentlemen, has redeerm.d the
promise he made at the close of lust season. lie has exerted every
effort to merit a contiuuance of your favour, and has been amply
repaid by a season of unprecedented prosperity, notwithstanding the
SCDOlig drawback which the strength of the Company has sustained
by the long and severe illness of Mist Kelly, w'm is now so happ:ly
restored to us. In less thanfinr mouths no fewer than thirteen new
pieces and revirals have been brought out; and it is no small boast.
in the present state of 'fneatricals, to say,. that the novelties produced
lisse, without a single exceptiou, been sanctioned by your en:ire nja-
probation. Thus encouraged, the Proprietor desires MC to assure yin
of his continued efllirts to con.iliate your favour; and though the
unexpected limitation of his English Opera Licence to four months
only, has shackled hi; means of providing you amusement, he
trusts &hat his Theatre may Kill be kept in your friendly recol-
lection ; and that without infrin4ing on the suppose, rights of Pa-
tent Monopolies, he may occasionally be enabled to invite you here.
with sad' performances and exhibitions err the Line allows. The
Proprietor. Ladies and Gentlemen, tenders you. through me, his
warmest acknowledgments ; and in my own name, and the tiaras of
all the performers, whom you have so kindly honoured with • Lots' of
applause. I beg to oirer you • Lots' of Monks, and' Lcts' at goccl
wishes, till we meet again !"

A little fracas took place the other evening at a
ball at Margate, but which happily terminated without
any unpleasant consequences.. A stranger (a naval
officer dressed in plain clothes,) requested the honour
of a lady's hand ; it was refused on the plea ofindispo,
sitiou. However, shortly after, the impolite female
was led to the upper end of the room, by another gen,
tleman, for the express purpose of going down the same
dance. The repulsed claimant interfered, alleging suck
conduct to be contrary to the rules of politeness; the
lady's guardian came up and said, " Sir, that lady shall
dance when, and with whom, I please " That lady
shall not dance when and with whom you please," was
the reply. The first mentioned rejoined, " Shall not,
Sir! Pray who are you ? Will you favour me with
yOur cant ?" " Most readily," replied the latter.—.
" What are you doing ?" continued the first P(having
observed his antagonist a long time fumbling in his
waistcoat pocket)—" I sin searching for my card, Sir."
" You need nut take that trouble—fur I have your
address, in the lining of my hst."
At a Court of Directors held on Wednesday at the
East India House. tie Court unanimously appointed
the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone to succeed as
Governor of Bombay, on the Ist of November. 1819, or
on the previous death, resignation, or coming away of
}he Right Hon. Sir Evan Nepean, Burt.
_ _

The Bondino System has now been Mt; extended to
the Port of Glosgow; a public measure ilia, will cer-
tainly be attended with many advantages, not only in
consequence of its opening up a direct inqxwtation of
fbreign and colonial produce &u that port, but also in
the transportation from one bar.-ling part to another;
thereby affording an additional elinice of markets to the
British Merchant, as we:l.as a great facility and saving
of expenee in shipping to foreign parts, besides a very
great accommodation to the home trader.
A new silver cnina_o• is in great forwardness at ilia
Mint, and will very shortly be issue I to tho public;
it .omsists cbietly of crown pieces, roid to be-of a very
iteiutifal dye. and will tununoti is -.3,p:/),oat)1. sterling.
Tite following is an extract of a letter' received by a
Gentleman of Liverponl, on Wedne.s4ay last, from an
(nicer of rank in the British army., now on the Freocli
frontier :—" We are certainly coming- home., thii
Duke of Wellington hopes that the infitntry maul! he
off by the end t&. October. intaiie;cute is inus,
welcome to the i;reaterpart oil s."

!6

POLICE.

GUILDHALL.

J. Smith, a man of respectable appearance, Was charged
Tef•th embeziling nearly 7001.11 m property of \l r. Fagg, of the
1101 and Croun, 11.1 ho Fagg Awed, that the to IA )))))
Mas employed by hint in the tottikiou, other, bad lived
with or four yrititi. in the pri•otivi '• accounts there
wag a deficiency, ell'eni dill!: it. hAa ; their
tbesitles. a deficiency at Ilion the nonpayment of the
seri/vibe u•a:lcs of 5;) or ,;01. The •ervitatts could prove they
had not been It4lll their t•ai.te• ; and the to ':• sliew
that hr Nlr. F.) bad heeil ch.trt.tell ith them the i•otier.
The 411111% appropt iAted by the pri,..oner, take.' %ppm:twit',
Were uccussalily small, but colicett% el) , they amounted to ti e
•oove NMI). —ltematitl..(l.

A respectable tradesman in the City applied to the sJagis.
trate, in his private room, to giant a warrant for the
hensiun of his own sister and a sr rvatit man. with whom she
had thoitglit pror er to elope, and marry without Ilia euelbrilt.
,Nlagistrair—`• Pray, Sir, is the lady a 11111101'P.
Applieant—" 1 minor' the d—l! she is within a year of
Inc own age, and I ant nearly threescore!"
Magistrate—" 1 inn 41140 your application to nie will be
•eif no use, for yott cannot eVI•II show lII4t you have ally legal
contront over the lade. Von may, howeser, relate the cir-
cumstances, and if I cult assist con I will."
The tradesman then pi oceeiled, with ranch warmth, to in_
form the !Magistrate, that the tails had been his housekeeper,
bis nurse, and his every comfort ler more than 2 years, for
he hinivelf wil4 a batchrior. Th. only domestic in the family,
with the exception of a cook-maid, was a man aged about -10.
of :rave and sober habits, mum d Miehael, who had been all
hi, life in the service the family. His sister was constantly
aoenditig the praises of .‘ 5ti.,1.1% sober Mieliael;" and the
result was, I 11,1 I she eloped with him, leaving a letter addressed
to the tomplatuant, stating that she could not resist the en-
treaties of the dear fellow" to make him happy. The fn.
Fitt ves were now living in Aldeisgate street. lie had soli-
cited hit sister to retain, but to this she 55'011111 not consent,
tiniest accompained by her linsban.l. He determined upon
trying whether or not the law could compel her to art as he
visited, and at the same time paniill the pea
The illagistrate said he felt match for his distress ; hut he
AIMS surprised at his application, us it was a matter of which
a Magistrate could not possibly take cognizance. He would
recommend him to axeept t.f the terms proposed by hi. sister.
To this the applicant would not for at moment listen, and
departed in hitter wrath, vowing vengeance upon the bead
of poor Michael.

On Wetlnes.lay application was made on the tent of a
Sunday newspaper, to the Sitting Magistrates (Thurp and
Wallin's:in), that a warrant might issue to apprehend Mr.
Thomas Acton, of 139, St. Martiu's•lane, fur attempting to
commit a hand upon the establishment. Thu individual com-
plained of being pi asent, the euelinistanees which had given
.rise to the applieition were immediately investigatial. It
appeared that on Similav, the 2711, of Sept., a ease purporting
to have occurred at the litiblie Odice, Bow-•trot, .ippeared iu
'Tate En;lishman, tinder the head " A ion of Misfortune," and
the following day was copied into Mite Tenses and other Jour-
nals. Thu ease in question was a narrative of a long train of
misfortunes, alleged to have been related to the Magistrate at
the above ()thee by an individual calling himself an attorney,
who was stated to have :Imbed for relief for a wife anti tan
children, aho were suffering under exit eine dishes.; and pe-
nury, hrutight on by disease and other tinfortimate eire -
stances. The publicity cis eli to the rase hail the effect of
indueing many humane prtAoll, to Newt money to be applied
to the use of the intliritlnal mentioncd. inpiiiivs were in
consegnence made at How-street Mr the aditreslof the sup-
posed thou 'lcy, when, to Ilse a,lonisituivol of those employed
to find his resitirtme, 111..7 were info' melt that no such ease as
that reported lira (-vet taken Ware at that ;Ace. 'Phis led
to further inquiry, but the matter could be traced to no
source. _ _

The applicant on helialf of The Engli.shnuat said,lic had been
occupied for several days in enlleaVonluuL to find out the
tt nfortunate Atonic v, awl W... 111 to JIIIIO3I ceCr, house in the
neighbourhood of lbritiy-laue, where lie was stated to
but without success. Convinced at leut2lll 111.41. Illy whole o
a gross fabrication, and detetulim d, aluisLt with the oilier gen
'kitten connected with The Eurlishman if possible, to lied out
thr author, they learned at their otfire, that the article in
question IV•Pt furni•lied by a Mr. Acton, echo had been In the
habit ofsupplying them atilt intelligent e of various demi ip-
.110115. The oi igisial ropy Wlittyu and signed by that indivi-
dual Wa, aloo Since Ihn pnblir.luun of 11.4. report Ac-
ton had sent a bill to 7hc Englishman office, in which he charg-
ed 155.61. for till 4.4,11... g that Orion!. tin *subsequent day
he called fir the payment of that hill, but the fa 111 ic.aliusi hay.
lag been discovered. lie was toll it had nut been irsainitied.—
The proprietors of The Eregli+honan, feeling that it was a ditty
they owed, trot only to to cotitclopoia.y joist -
palms, that •1101 a Ca.(' ,110111 l be properly investigated and
exposed, the worthy Magistrates wen' 111.1%. if' they
should lie of opinion that there were sufficient grounds to jut.
t:fv such a pi ..certiing, to hold Acts ir to bail.
The of ignial copy of the al iirlc, together with the bill, were
then h,lI lr l to the Ma4istraies.

Mr. Acton, brine etlii d upon to answer the complainant,
addressed the Nlagistrairs. Ile had, he said, been ealled
upon very unexpi e.eit'y to answer a charge of it serious
titre ; for unto the picsent :wpm-atom had been made, lie was
twit aware 111. a my such pi oceeding hail been in eumempla.
tints. The eliarge was or rush A nature at to affect his clia-
ear ter and 'titillation most materially, but lie disavowed the
cart nee imputed 1., him altogether. It had berm ha a con-
siderable time past los occoupation to supply ilitlercht new a-
pa,.ers ;Ili toter:or attacks ot inn Mgt lice, and in plat sliallee
Of this °Ceara limn lit' was ill the habit of MI1'110114: Vd1i111).
politic others. lu the course of Ill:. attendance he had tot ined
a slight acquaintance with an nicht Wiwi whom he had fie
rpiently niet at Holt Strict. and other °triers, and who, Oki-
many other pet soils, attended those places me, el) tier itiaown
amittement. It known to time otEcial prisons &low
present, that there were a great number of individnalt who
Ina& it a d4i1.% pr.ictior to attend at police wheys, and (whet
e„oeie, as spectators, to pat. away the time. On Thu1..14.v,
Ito.. 2•tili r, he (.Ir. Aetoil) met the iudtvidual be
had alluded to in the evening, in Cathei toe Sttcet, Strand.—
Atter the missal •alotattotis, the latter asked him (knowing
that he was I,llllVill ii atilt s.ttne of llie 11 hr
WAn e.l •• 4 good stoiy." or words to 'that etrert. He irp!ien
11.,.y Aunt loge•llicr to a tavern In Rossi It Conti,
Do is, V I. 111.. Itt-I p. rson related the narintive of Ilic
--furtimate alturney, etaity, AS In CII-Clittlat.tilet'a, as it a .b.
ppeau' in .1 ha Englishmos 5.1,41
your.. I. Ile (.4,t0t0) !ook noteg of the tale I- went ..n. and
-.% Csutat ut am 541110 evening Wititu min the cast. On