The National Register.
London, England, 1816-05-27 00:00:00

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COGENT-G.IRTWN.

A trageay, rcw to tbe Loudon boards, was on Thurs-
day night performed at thi; the Attic. It is entitled Adc.
lahk ; or, The Emigrants ;—rind l already ben
stamped, as a work of great poetical merit, by the comur-
rent praises of the theatrical critics of the Irish metropolis,
',Acre it was played w ith 'uncommon success. So tt,
:t young Barrister of risingreputation. wrote it expreNsly
for Mist ()'NEILL. The story of Adelaide is, in brief, as
follows :

A French F.lnignuit (VoINO, drivels from his Native land bs
the tetniblvt 4,f the revolutino, takes roftsze with his wife (.its.
E(;EKT.,N ), a clatielcte? MIR I and a-protects, Oleos
Esstertil, in the vicinity of the Castle of Cuu,t 7.uwwihrtrt (Cm..
lir.>ua.r.). In the initht wintry dorm, the retreat of the
Finirr int •is ,•onsttniesi bv tire um!, sthelterlers and in pempy,
they wander f. to 111 into the :Quest. (9111411ce conducts them to
the erictle, is, si Welt the Emigrants rrgeffr an asylom
tentre‘t. The l'ontit receives and proroctli them, 7.ivcs them a
enttaZe near the castle. and becomes tit esdanghter's lover and
the I,ither'A friend. The (',tint hesitatr.. however, between
e and tiosibition, till he derides to eratify the Hilo, 7A Itik sic
rrettikr% l imself to the other, by flirtintg villain. tie he-
Ilinv:ebe to a Priurrg., 31111 Al the same time, by /Mate) or
a fake Pt iest and injitisetions of secresy, deludes Adadiile
into t 1 steppocilitlN .srivate marriage. soon afterwards, a no-
. Me snitor eke* .4i./tride his hand: and rmivicrisssment* wise
whirls prnslusse.a des.lopetisent of turi, obairg's imposture. Jost
at this eviei., the mono( the Ensilrasit l l tower long 51134140,yd
decal, aecii4lentelly re 'wins his Boni y, wed the pla% tsinds 4414
tilos Lumakeexsin pen4.4.4k4.-41 to draw ming' 'the brother of Ade.
iairt,e, Ai .0.1 7% boccie awn IA be fa:l.—and dies and .1641( (jilt. Tier-
s( la p( ri•lst, toy pciipon,learirg tier Caller ntilltirltily in despair.
We ttre.;;lntittt, .see die taste for tragedy revive. Had
Mr. SHEtt.'s piece been less rieritorieve; than it is. ivL
should have applauded the :nsalsenseof those who brought
it forward; rinee every eneouravnient and every facility
should be given to du se who seek to enrich tine
to amuse and toaustruct the public,—by the ptrxhiction
(Illegitimate draTuts. Want of room renders it inipossi-
Me for us to cuter•arts) partitulars. l'he piece on the
whole was received sssth great applause. Towards tlu.'
renclusion of the tintrfh act it experienced same (Imola-
thin : the murmurs, however, were only of short duration ;
:tad the :play was suitiouLeed for repetition with very ge-
neral 111)01)&160n. -
The acting of Ytn, NV, CHARLES KI:MOLE, and above
sll, Miss O'NEr.a., was excellent—The Epilogue, by
:MATHEWS, in the character rtf,S'ir Fretful Plagiary, con-
tained allusions to Drury-Lane, apparently provoked by
the Hon. Mr. I.AsinE's Fpilogne to Bertram; and corn-
141tirent sio aiif•A YNEI 1.1 , which. as ?right w4.;1 he ek..l
ita•ed,• ...4:11 3 V.:1•1,14:14C;,••1
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VISIT of the ROYAL. PAIR to the THEATRES.

Monday afternoon the Prince of Saxe Cnbourg, =cm-
puttied by his Royal Consort and the Duchess of York,
went to the British Gallery, in Pall-mall, previous to the
Exhibition opening to the Public.—ht the evening the
Royal Pair went to Drury-lane Theatre, where they ar-
rived about to minutes before nine ; when Messrs. bib.
din, Rae, Ward, Spring, &c. received them according to
royal etiquette, being in full court mourning, and con-
ducted them to the Prince Regent's private box. At the
time they entered the box the hot Act of Bertram was
on, and Mr. bean in his mo't trying scene. The play
ceased in conseqoence. Her Royal Highness was dress-
ed in raouniine., with a chaplet of white roses and lilies
round her head; and she in the most condescending man-
ner, leant us forward as possible in the front of the box.
—Her illustrious consort stood in the front, on her left
hand.—The audience were enthusiastic in their applause.
The whole of the performers then appeared on the stage,
decorated with white favours, and sang God save Me King
in a very superior style, with additional stanzas. At the
conclusion of the national anthem her Royel Highnese
bowed very respectfidly, and appeared sensible of the re-
spect and attention ahewn her.
Friday Prince Leopold and Princess Charlotte culled
at York-house, and took leave of the Duchess, previous
to her going to Oatlands. The illustrious couple in the
evening went to Covent Garden Theatre. At esenty
minutes before seven o'clock, attended by Si: Ruben
Gardiner, and Baron Hardenbrooke, they entered the
Prince Regent's box, by way of Prince's-place, Hart-
street, where they were received by Mr. Harris, jun. Mr.
Fawcett, and Mr. Brandon, in full dress4nonrning, with
two large tvax-lights each, and conducted to their seats.
Her ltoyal Highness spoke to the managers in thi. most
condescending manner, hoped she was in time, and had
not kept the audience waiting, &c: After they had en-
tered the box, the Managers presented them copies of the
play of The Jealous Wye, bound in red, and play-bille
printed on superior paper. Ow appearing in front of the
royal box, they were received by the audience with rap-
' turous applause, which they acknowledged in the. melt
condescending manner. • On drawing up the curtain,
the whole company appeared on the stage, the remake
in elegant white dresses, in compliment to the royalnup-
and sang God star Me King ! The additional eerie s
by Sinclair and Duruset ; and the whole was highly tr:;-
', plauded.

Tuesday the Prince Regent held a Court at Carlton
Howse, which was attended by the Cabinet Ministers and
Great Officers of State. The object of the Court was, to
rec'...ive an Address from the University of Cambrid..;e,
upon the late Royal Marriage. The uncommon
of the procesrien attracted a great ...oneourse of people i
Pail-mall. The number amounted to near 40%. an:l
they lealked two and two; amongst whom were the Duke
of Gloucester, as Chancellor of the University; in kis
splendid robes ; Dr. Kaye, the Vice-Ch:op-Thor; the
!leads of Colleges ; a:so the Archbishop of Cashel ; the
Bishops of Exeter, Bangor, St. Asaph, and Clogher ; the
Marquis of Lansdowne ; Fails Spencer, Compton and
Percy ; trr.ll Calthorp, Berner!, Sidney, &c. They were
conducted Into the presence of the Regent, who was
seated on his Throne; when the Duke of Gloticerter read
the Address ; to I7hich the Regent returned a most gra-
cious anlwer, and the assembly had the honour to kiss
his hand ;of which his Iteyal Highneto came down
from the threme, and walked among the Members of the
Utiversi:y, chewing them the most gracious attention.
On Thursday Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopol:'_
had their first dner party at Cumelford-house, which
was honoured with the presence of the Regent. The
dinner was most sumptuous, and etmAsted of evere
rarity and delicacy of the season. Among the company
were the Margaisses of Ilertfort, Anglesea, hol-
mondelev, and floarlfort; the Earl of Liverp,),4,
(cunt Retetsham, Lord W. Gordon, Count Munster, &c.

As our illustrious persrnageir s&cnt to be of opinion
that nothing cau exceed the grandeur of their entertait, -
merits, ',crimps the following account ruay excite a little
,jealousy. %Ne take it frr•ra the travels of the lute well-
known Mr. I)tircits.—" The most superb festival I ever
saw was that Nrhiel: given by the Empress.st Vienna,
on the occasion of ziN, izt.nentl incetin2; of her fouilv
The Urands Duke cz.orse to see her. Prince ('harks re-
ceived the Arclobthe Mrlximilitin us his ,coadjutor of the .
Teutonic order. The Empress govt. a yu,llie nutshell buit 'le
at Belvedere, t. house of Prince Fa4enc. to which a
gallery of 4(1.3 het in length, W`IK 'ildak.a, lighted up
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with 7,100 wax-lirlits. The front of the gallery was ••
...hut, with ,30,000 lamps. There were I B,(H'
wax-lights within tire palace walls. The companfr that
assembled was to the mnriber of 7000 persons, The
whole was conducted Without the least 4isorde9' or et rt." . .
fusion. A supper wets ordered NT 10,000 people. Phy2, • :
sicians, surgeons, tiudrrirrs, and beds, were preptiml ita
ease of stetidents !"
At a dress party some evenings .alsce, a wit, alludirg
to the fashionable appearance of the Ladies dresses, rc-
siestled, that good habits seemed to be.felliog
We understand that the Author of n Ofornm's Oath" ill
-. Vii.wpoon, Ihk• Gelreinau t•-no whi7tel the Ph:t•f
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