The National Register.
London, England, 1819-01-31 00:00:00

COVENT GA't DEN THEATRE.

Miss SOMEItVILF Friduay night made the 10N,,,-enpected
and inuch-talked of attempt, !:y appearing in the charac-
ter of Meg Merriles. We are sorry to record iras a ruin.
pleat failure sad disappoint.. .eat. A sacrifice has been
made of then.rical dignity, without advantage either to
the performer or the public. The Scotch dialect, it was
imagined, would be assumed throtighout ; but not more
than one word in ten was altered, and those chick in
the pronunciation; our former idea of the character
thcrefiire was destroyed, without giving it a new one.
We can only hope that the mistake will n be repeat-
ed, that Miss Somervile will heel the loss of dignity she
has sustained, and nut sutler it to be compromised past
recovery.

We are happy to find, from the publication of two
lette►s in the Times, tat Miss O'Neil was incapable of
the mean f cling imputed td her of refusing to appear
in the same play with Miss ,SOmerrilie. It seems ti:at
her objection of -the part of Mary Stuart was a seq.:
roweionsuess, that it was out of her power to make a
.cingfe died in it, or to discharge what she thought her
duty to the pa, lie.
lowever praiseworthy this may be on one view of
the subject, we cannot approve of it in another. In the
hest ages of our Drama, actors and actresses were made
for plays, and not plays fur actors and actresses. Thus
in the present instance a good tragedy of I,•hillers may
be lost to the public, because the principal part does
not exactly suit the taste of a popular performer. This
system is certainly one of the prevailing causes of the
present degraded state of the Drama, and needs a
speedy, as well as a radical reform.
OLYNIPIC PAVILLION.

We visited this little Theatra on Wednesday even-
ing, and were much pleased with the simplicity and
elegance of its decorations The chandelier suspended
in the centre, and Irani the top of the house with its
chastened globular lights is particularly attractite. Nor
were we less gratified with the entertainments of the
evening Rochester or " 'King Charles the Second's
merry days," is founded on a popular story, the bluish-
ment of those two lovers of frolic and dissipation.--
Rochester and Buckingham, from the Court of Chat*.
These two. brothers of wit, fun, and humour, conse-
quently retire into the contry, and there play off
many of those pranks wltici they had so successfully
extiL,ited in town. The Ear; of Rochester is admirably
supported by Mr. Elliston, /lc establishes himself first
as a country innkeeper, witl the !hike of Buckingham
fir his servant, and in pursuit of a girl, with whom he
is enamoured. exhibits a g, eat variety of amusing and
quickly changed disguises. He appears in u very short
time as a Jew, 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 rne neighbouilmod on a hunt-
ing party. Two ladies of the Court, the Coen/ass of
Luuelaugh and Lady Gay, follow Rochester and Buck
ingham, in their retirement, disguised, and unknown,
and at last the rakesrefimm, and become steady husbands
in good earnest. The squt lid appearance of an old miser
Slarcesuowse (Mr. Knight). and Jeremiah 7/on, his
man, is excellenVy done, and the continued and ludi-
rious verbal mistakes of Muddle, the Mayor of Newport
(Mr. Lee) act the house in a roar. Don Giovanni in
London was afterwards respectably got up.

An application is intended to be made to Parliament,
by certain Clergymen, Members of Sion College, for an
increase of their present parochial incomes ; this appli-
cation is not from the College, as a body corporate, but
from the incumbents of livings, within t .e ancient limits
of the city of London. under what is termed the Fire
Act.—The inhabitants arc preparing to oppose the
nica4ure.

The price of standard silver is now above the value
of sliver cut rency, being five shillings and seven-pence
an ounce, consequently it already pays a profit to melt,
and we may soon expect to undergo great evils and
inconvenience tor want of a silver currency.
A mail from Harnburgh arrived yesterday. The
Emperor Alexander arrived at Petersburg in excellent
health on the stb. The ltuss.an troops returned front
Friatce, had already entered tl:e Eingtlout of Poland,
and were shortly expected at Waisaw

The returns, in fintr days, of the bitooting party, last
at It:oldiesLam ILI!, of v.i:ieh !.-Fs Ito al
11:::.4 the Duke of York iv us C'o..irdawier-in C atuoun-
to nix I,tilic:r,;(l head cf;;;:aic !
The Freneh Ilisho;)a have thought fit to write to
his Nlik;,..st) a letter, pressi.lg hi:n to put in execution
the Co!lcartlat runelti.:ed with the Pope;' notwithstan-
ding it has never been ratified by the French
hers—in other words, for ilia King to act in total de-
fiance of the Charter.

JAN. M

Oa Tuesday evening, soon after six o'clock, Jars
Harris, the postman employed to convey the nix
between t h-rtsey and Staines, was stooped oy a single
thotpAtl, when he hx.l got about half-way, and robbed
of his watch, Sr., and afterwards boat most inhnmanly
by the robber, who was in this act joined by several
others.

Lord Advocate of Scotland, who had been di..
reeled by the High Court of justiciary to make inquiry
int() the cause of the late outrag.: at the execution of
Johnston, reported, on Mon.lay last, that there was tub
ground for any proceedings Axainat the Nlagistrutes.
The Lord Justice. -Jerk exure,,•ed a hope, that the most
active measures would be taken to prevent a recurrence
of an ev:!nt which, h.: sail, was a disgrace to the me.
tro po: is of Scotland.

It is stated m the J:vt accounts from Gotte',burg, th
there were never whales seen on the coast as
at that m0n:(.7,.. ..ir appearance is attributed to a
revolution 0.• i'..;:ir ices.

Thu nu r uf appal in which Sir Samuel
li::n illyoa4 re:au,rci ar lcucii Counsel in the liause
nt-1.14-2. , have now been elndly divided between the
Solicitor GeLeral and Mr. Warren. Mr. Brougham
avid Mr. Adam have leat a lar;,;t.r share of the appeal
causes from Seat

Extract of a letter from Corunna, dated the 9th
inst. : " We are here in soch a dreadfril state ofd stress
that I cannot describe it so as to give you au idea of it.
We are su ignorant of every thing that happens beyond
our own immediate circle of misery, that you in Lon.
don, know more about S:lain than we do who inhabit
it. Indeed, unless it were for an Englith newspaper,
which sometiim, is stntqgled into this !ift like contra-
band ware, noJting that passes, either in this kingdom
or in any other, would be known to its, such it the
darkaess and blindness in which our Governors hold us.
With regard 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 red s. titre be no
improvement in our condition soon, we shall b obliged
to eat one another, like the ialia:nttints of ancient Nu.
install. We hear nothing orate forwardness of the
expedition which is to sail from •.7atliz for the Plate,
but we feel a part of 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; ter however de-
sirous I should he to hear from you on poli•ical topics,
I cannot receive any letter into which they one intro-
duced. All our corresiamdence is opened, so that too
much circumspection cannot be used to prevent the
dangers which might arise from a frank commanieation
of sentiments or views."

BAIL Stock has experienced an improvement of
nearly 4 per cent. Our city correspon.lent says upon
this fact, " We have heard no attempt to account fir
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 tl:e
expected disclosure of the affairs of the Bank will tend
to increase the public estimation of the pros;)erity of
the e•tahiishment." The endless writings and reason-
ings upon the affairs of the Bank have ut length thrown
a blaze of light upon the subject. We perf2t:tly join
in the opinion of our correspondent as to the fl.mrishina.
affair's of that great establishmmt ; but we must
serve, that the determination of Government to con-
tinue the restriction upon cash payments, definitively
known the night before, seems a more proximate cause
of the sudden rise of Bank sto,.k on Friday, than any
new light respecting the thriving state of its affairs.
The seignorage on silver coin, tlieretbre, no longer
exists ; on the contrary, there is a premium on its ex.
portation.

A Report having been ind9strionsly disseminated,
that the Two Universities and the King's l'rinter are
endeavouring to suppress the Sale of ALL Bibles and
Books of Comnum Prayer with Notes or Cornownraries ;
we are authorized to state, that neither of the Univer-
sities, nor the Kings Printer, even entertained such an
Idea. It always has been, and it Rtill is, their Irate; -
'that to interfere only ia those Cases, a. here the Nelcs
are added for the purpose of violating their Privileges,
and evading the Law.
It is reported at the Bar, that Lord Eldon has at
length determined to resign the seals. We have heaid
that he is to be suce,:.eiled by Lord Manners, the
present Lord-Chancellor of Ireland. I: this arrange-
ment shall take place, it is added that ',it. Joim Leach
will Le presented with the Irish Seals, accompanied
with a Ilarony.—.llisisterial ?)aper.
It is said that the Marquis of Bath is to succeed
Earl l'oulett as Lord-Lieutenant of the County of
Somerset ; t e Earl of Aylesbury is to Le the new
Knii4lit of the Thistle ; and the 1:arl of Fiti: is to be
the Lord of Ilia Maj,!sty's Bed-chamber, in the room
of Lot )61 Puu let t.—.lloeeing Paper.
The Emperor Alexander was expected to return to
his cnpiaal Ly the 4th of this month. The Schali of
Persia has sent 'to his Imperial Majesty a present of
JO fine Persian horses.

JAM. 31

Fran the LONDON GAZETTE, Saturday, Jam. 30,

T. Lloyd and J. Win er, Bea Ball Yard. St. James's Street,
w„Amisrter, Wiue Merchasts Atts. Meson. Dmna sand Co.
AMPS Yard, Coleman Street.
g Aquas. Builder, Cnathatn. Att. Mr. Jatnes, Solicitor, Earl
Strcet Blacittriats.
J. Burgis, Omatnental Paper Manufacturer. Southampton Street
Straod. Au. Mr Castle. Solicitor, Cur.itor Street.
J. Harker. Brewer. Strai.Ord Essex. Att. Mr. E. G. Smith. Fins-
Sary Squce.
itrridlcy. Coal Master, Worcester. An. Mr. Edware Digg, South.
ar..,,0:0n Chano.ry Lane.
J. Wiullry, Clreisicmonler. Coventry Street, Hay Market. Mt. Mr.
Copkin. Dean •street, Soho.
Stroud. Gloucestershire. AU. Mr. T. Young,
New Corn gxeltamie, Mark I.a.te.
C. Perkins, NVas,nuostcr, victualler. Att. Mr. D. Jones, New
Str..nil.
D. price, IYatford, Herts, linen-draper. Atts. Messrs. Davies
sad Si.. Lothbory.
J. Jay, Old Jewry, wine-muchant. Aus. Messrs. Taylor, Smith,
aryl !Sea Bastugludl Street.
IL Gre n lade, Plymouth. builder. Atts. Messrs. Darke, Chu.ch,
is, 1 Dark., Clu Lane.
J. Fertscl, Ilirmingli.un, printer. Atts. Messrs. Swain and Co.

Old Jewry.
T. 11. Macleod, Winchester Street, winomerchant. Att. Mr.
.1. Horn, jun. [baton (Loden.
11. Hut Lon and G. lludson, Liverpool, slupseLlers. Aug. Nicest,.
AttlinAton and Gregory, Bedford Row.
T. RediAll. Liverpool, nieseiant. Atta. Nicasre. Adlington and
Gregory, Bedford Row.
W. Rattly.% Liverpool, merchant. Atts. Mears. Addington and
foid Stow.
.1. Jones. Livetrool, me chant. Atte. Messrs. 'Dade and John,
Temple Bar.
Isaac Ilena, Blrming'nern, screw-maker. Atte. Mont,. Hicks
and ht.' ken ridge, !tartlet's-Buildings, London.
Walker. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Atts. Mews.
Atac,tm and Wiklas, ChArieery Lane.
T. Caper, Loudon, mer6iunt. Att. Mr. B. Crowley, Great
Jaint*Street, Fiedler 1 Raw.

PC fiLIC AMUSEMENTS

FOR THE 4RSUIW• WEEK.
THEATRE ROYAL. COVE:si'r GARDEN.
To-mortow—Jung 3lunchau.eti.
To...day—floe tuy—The Pautemitne.
Welluesday—Toc i'oint of Honour—The Pantomime.
TintreLy—The I.1:!:gar': Opera—The 'antoranue..
Fr:day—Guy Mannering—rhe Par.toanrue.

'l'l -Ili ATIO NAL REGISTER.

LON DON :

SUNDAY, J.I. U.IIIY, 31, tBl9.

Or The funds have remained very steely for some weeks
the fluctuations of the (hay seldom ex:ce.ling 4 or 4 per

Yestw.lay there was a small declining to the
payment to the Bank of 30 per cent. on the New Loan,
on which that establishment had advanced the fits tal-
rnents fuL. the Public, on being allowed five per cent.
per ann. interest. The next and final payment is on
the 10th of Feb' nary.

cent.

" On account of these heavy payments, money has
bowl= rather scarce in tile City, Exchequer Bills,
finmerly at 20 and 21 premium, have fallen to 12 and
and a consi.lerable quantity of new Stuck has been
thrown upon the Market. When the effect of these
money transactions has imbsPed, a very considerable
a Ivance in the prices of the funds i, very generally an-
ticii,ated in the City.
In the House of Commons yesterday, a petition was
presented by \lr Sinclair, from Hunt, against the
Westminster Hustings Bill, now in progress throng!'
that House. The petition, though not without a due
pardon of "skituble-skamble stuff,' was worded with
a sufficient degree of respect to secure its reception.
Yet it commenced with a palpable violation of truth,
for it set fitrth that " at the last election for the city of
Westminster the Fisneter stool, along with ave other
gentlemen,' &e. NVe positively object to this classi-
fication on the part of Hunt. The object of the peti-
tion was one, which is very familiar with those " other
vitleincn" who brawl for liberty ; namely, the liberty
of modyfying all existing laws in such a way that they
may net e!katt themselves. To use a favourite phrase
in the petition, they arc always for "snapping" at the

to do jutit what they litse
A short but iilter• sting discussion subsequently took
place, upon the state of silver currency of the country.
Mr. Gav:EsEELL, reverting to what he had mentioned
on Si thriller observed, that upon enquiry he
hit found the standard price of silver was live shillings
and seven-pence per ounce. being one penny above the
Mint price, or one shilling in the pound of Silver.
Though this profit is too small to create en. great
temptation in persons to melt it down, yet it presents a
Let of sniiicient importance la call for 'lie attentio7i

, • pew eeiii‘gu as issued,
fertainly lll', by t.l..te

. .
ax.n jy, generally, that the seignora,ge of six p

VelP,11:1

to tine pi' .n 2. ion of ,)ur s:
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i.e Cirelllll3tUlleC, litlWeV.2r, alt,,
thiLge; wt ni aft.er tIAu period (Zits