The National Register.
London, England, 1819-02-28 00:00:00

THE DR.IM4.

DRURY LANZ..

A new Melo drame, entitled Th Heroine, was pro-
duced at this Theatre on 11,1 °natty. It is a translation
of that beautiful French tale The Siege of Rochelle, so
far as the characters and the language are concerned ;
and, if the story could have been well compressed, we
should suppose it would have made a very interesting?
entertainment. But it would be bnpossible to introduce
all the incidents of the novel into a three-act play; and
they arise so naturally out of each other, from the be•
ginning to the and, and are so woven together by the
fine imagination of Madame de Geniis, that to wparate
is to confuse them. This was the essential, and, per-.
Imps, unavoidable fault of the Melo drame. The occur-
rences were accumulated upon each other without con-
nexion or order ; situations were brought into contact,
which in the Novel, are connected by distant intervals;
and the necessary result was, a mass of passions for
which there was no preparation, and of actions for,
which there was no motive The novel is itself so well
known, that it would be superfluous to give a sketch of
its fable. It will be sufficient to say, that the leading
charmers, being gifted with new names, are all in-
troduced, The name of Eloise is substituted for that
of Clara. There is in the original portrait of this
character something exceedingly engaging. We do not
admire her for her heroism so much as for that immacu-
late beauty by which she is surrounded. The sacrifice
she offers of her life for her supposed father seems not
wonderful from such a being as she is represented.—
Her thoughts are above our world ; she loJks and
breaths of Heaven, and her affections arc as pure and as
warm as if they were enkindled in the heart of a Seraph.
It is almost a profanation to place such a character on
the stage. Her language may be recited ; but her tone
of filial veneration and of sacred love for the man whom
alas deemed the future guardian of her happiness cannot
be isdleated. Mrs, West represented Eloise, and pro-
duced souse striking effects, particularly in the pavilion
and trial scenes. But Eloise is a truncated figure of
Clara. None of the elements of her character are pre-
served. Her devotion of her life fur her supposed father
was bat one of the actions which her mind WAS con-
stantly inspiring. The beauty of that mind itself is
kept out of view. This omission may have been un-
avoidable; bat it is not thmfore the less injurious.
Her supposed father who is called St. Aubyn, is of a
character perfectly fitted for the drama. His atrocious
designs, and daring schemes, have all been retained, and
they have found an excellent organ in Mr. Rae. lu
some psssages he was highly impressive. In order to
relieve the scene, a rural festival was introduced in the
second act, in which Miss Tree exhibited her powers
successfully. A more questionable attempt to work out
variety was made by introduciz the servants of the
Castle. Oxbery, as one of them, is. to be expeepted,
for he is humouroos in every thing ; bet the love affair
between the footman and Janet was gross even to in-
aecener. The most hazardous incident in this piece,
-is the restoration of tie child to life, which is unnces-
sary and absurd. This piece is, we understand, the
production of. Mr. It. Phillips, one of the corps of the
Theatre..

THIL ARCIIBISHOP or JERUSALRIAL—The Syrian
Archbishop of Jerusalem, Gregarlo Pietro Giarve, has
lately arrived ill this country, mid has taken up his
residence in Frith Street, Soho. He is in the dress of
the Apostle St. James, with the blue turban, a loose
robe, &c. His long beard, and venerable and apostolic
appearance, attract greet notice, and excite much cu-
riosity. We learn, that the Archbishop's object in
visiting England is, to solicit assistance, and obtain some
of the machinery, to establish a printing-press at Mount
Lebanon, fur the purpose of prep:living, and there dis-
tributing, correct editions of the Sacred Scriptures, in
the eyreic language. Althoueh Mount Lebanon is
under the dominion of a Christlau Prince, nearly all
the rest of Syria is governed by, end composed of Turks.
Nut, a few of them have lately tecome Christians, tbr
the fanatic fury of their faith. seems to be every day
ehatitig. To gain mane, very many, tions Mahorne-
tanism to Christianity, little mor,„ seems wanting than
to distribute copLe of the Bible as tile Syrian rots
in their own language ; but to prepare such works has
been thund, heretolure, generally impracticable. The
editions of the Bible printed in this country, for most
parts of the East, have. from their total inaccuracy, boeu
utterly useless. We believe, we may venture to say,
without any otfeaft to the teemed, that none but a
native ought to attempt to be a corrector of a Syria.:
nese. A single mistake in she placing of a pint may
netke the same word convey u meaning the most ludi-
c:oa. ler. what the author ittheeled to be of a precisely
opposite
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The Prince of Menace (I-tot:ore IV.), aged GO years,
fit into the Seine ou Thursday last. He Was drawn
out shortly after, but he coal not be restored to life,
th,4tigh eugy emaLiott wait matie for that purposo for
upwards of two hours and a :lull. The Pratee bad been
v.,... flrtn,

LAW INI'E,LLICiE,N

COURT OF KING% BENCH, Feb. 20.
EXTRAORDINARY CONSPIRACY.

THE KIND V. LEVY AND OTHERS.

Mr. Scarlett stated, that the defendants in this Nor
Mrs. Ella Levy, Mr. Hymn Alexander, Goodman.
Davies, and Joseph Davies, were indicted for conspi-
racy to make a noise to disturb Mrs. Elizabeth Harris
during the period dhow lying-in, and thereby injure
her health and that of her infant. He called the fol-
lowing evidence :
Elisabeth Harris, in September last, dresied at
No. 5, Holywell-street Ella Levy, the defendant, lived
next door. Witness had not spoken to any of her
'neighbours for two or three years. On the 13th of
September, about 6 in the morning, witivss was taken
in labour, and sent for her mother who lived opposite..
It was Sunday, and as soon as this message was scot,
witness heard a violent uproar and noise in the street,
and a knocking against a wainscot which separut. d the
witness's room front Mrs Levy's house. This noise
continued all clay : about S in the afternoon witness
was delivered, and immediately there was an outcry.
[Here the witness was so overcome she could not
proceel. Mr. Andrews, on her recovery, proceeded
to examine her. Her husband's name was tweedy ;-
he was a Christian she a Jewess. They had never
been married ; but she had a promise, and was shortly•
to be married in a Christian church.
Rosa Harris, sister to the last witness, stated, that
she knew the defendants, who all lived in the houses
adjoining the prosecutrix's. Mrs. Levy had said, iu the
witness's hearing, that when her time arrived they
would serve her out. The reason they assigned was, .
that she was intimate with a Christian. Witness
slated, that as soon as her sister was taken ill,
the noise commenced in the street with hooting
anti hallooing" Now we shall have the 3,-oungTweecly."
They palled down the iron bars of the shutters. The
noises of knocking and hooting continued at intervals
in Mrs. Levy's house, through the Jay ; at which time
witness's sister was delivered. Witness heard Mrs.
Levy call out to Hyarn Alexander, and Goodman Da-
vies, " Now is your time boys, she has gut a young
Tweedy." After this the noise was more violent than
before, when they blew horns and made a noise with
rattles in the strec•, is.consequenee of which her sis-
ter went into fits.
The defendants were. found Guilty.

The French Papers of the Bth inst have arrived ;
and these do not confirm, nor in any manner counte-
nance, the rumours which lad been circulated on the
übject of his Majesty's health_ It is true that the
King has been indisposed, but was on Wednesday so
much recovered, as to transact public business with
his Ministers, to receive a deputition from the Chamber
of Deputies, and to give audience to several of the
dignitaries and great nblcers of the kingdom. The de-
bates on the new arrangement of the financial year
were coneluded in Wednesday's sitting.; when the
Ministerial prrded passed into a law by a majority of
only 32 : the ayes wise 133, the noes 100. The taxes
are thus granted to the executive Government down
to the let of Jilin 1820, a period of nearly 18 months s
so that one great cause of anxiety to Ministers, and a
powertbl engine of control over their meaures, is ins.
paired, or suspended in its operation.

Charlotte Hill was, on Tuesday, conticted at th
Middlesex Sessions, of having dreadfully abused her
niece, l'runella, a child net five years of age. The
evidence detailed a series of sliceking cruelties.. One
of the Jury was so mach ntfected at the repetition of it
by the Chairman, as to be obliged to leave the Court
for some minutes. The'chill died
.soon after the scenes
described took ?It ce ; ILA a bill for murde: was pre-
sented, but thrown oat by the Grand Jury. The
cruelty exercised towards the chill was, drenching it
with water, making it stand its the yard naked, and
beating it severely. The Chairman sentenced her to •
six months imprisonment..
From the official returns, printed by -order of the
House otCommons, it appears that the aturegate amount
of gold coin issu-d from the Mtnti.in coarse of the
year 1813, was, in sovereigns, 2,5 t?,: >) 7s. (B. in
half sovereigns, 813,1431. 2s. 61. Ant sunt of silver e iu
issued from the N in: in ditto, total agg.-egate, 57,61801-
A letter of a recent date, fean Ma kid, repeats that
the Government of Spain, has begun to talk agin about
the.expedition to South America, and has dee:eed that
there shall be a loan of 60 millions of teals, bb tut
600.0a0i.; but a Royal o..dinance, though it may an,
thotisa the State to borrow, cannot oblige any man to
lend : accordingly, there is not a dollar forthcomit g. on
the oecasiod, and in the mein time the sli;ps rot, the
sailors starve, and tlia soldiers desert their colours. It is
alleged that the Ambassadors of Creat Brit:tin, France,
Austria, awl the United States, have expressed stntrig
displeasure at the decree for putt.,. to ',ll h szi,•7l
rcigners cs•slaall A 1: •,•. • 7 ;..