The National Register.
London, England, 1812-09-20 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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(Morning Chronicle )

THE DECA MPI N G DUELLISTS,

A moving SCENE i

AS IT WAS PERFORMED AT DUIAVICII WITII,:*NIVERSAL APPLAUSE.

[The Duellists arc seen in the act ty. firintr. One appears to aim at the
Sun, the other is only anxious to send a bull through the Moon. They
display great courage, and far front frinting at hearing the tisunder
their pistols, with a tittle assistance from their Seconds, are able to gaud
nearly us well as before the Duel. Hartshorn and water are promptly
supplied by the Propertyman, with greed eject.]
FIRST DU EL LI ST.
Now since we've pi4-Is tied in air,
Content we each may home repair,
For who shall either scoff?
&nee hoth like men of honour feel,
And inj,tr'd honeur's wounds to heal,
Have let two pistols of?
SECO% D Dt'ETJ.LIST.
You'r right, we've done enough fur fame,
We'll now go homeward as we came,
Tu town at once we'll tramp.

FIRST DUELLIST.
We ought to fly, swift as the wind,
To ease nt once the public mind,
I'll run, will you Decamp ?
[ilere the Music strikes up " To Arms," hut afterwards brats "The
Generale." Fl .f
of Bartholomew Fair trumpets, and exeunt
Dualists.]

at mighty risk, .
" To fight with fury near the Obelisk,
FIRST DUELLIST SINGING,
'Tis wonderful the triumphs that were won
41 Last year, by Great Reid Marshal ELL 'mtg."

S. Y.

SEPT no

POETRY.

ON IIEAttINO THAT nun ge TIIANs-ATLANTIC BRETIIRIIN," IN A RE-

ri.NT NAVAL FAIGAGLMENT LEP(' IIILIA DECKS, AND " RUN
ALLOW" TO SAVE THEIR LIVES

Sons politicians, w;se and shrewd,
T(Il us, we're of the brotherhood
Of each AMEn IC.► N sire •gym ;
BLit it in►teed our kin they te,
From ii h,w ditrri•ut when at sea,
Since, fighting, they find courage to run! .CRETUS

STATUE OF MR. SHERIDA?i.

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

DRURY-LANE ADDRESSES.

TO THE EDITOR.
Sin—Having met with the fnilowing sensible observations on
sect which has excited so 1110(.11 public interest and expectation;
;)eriodical Work of considere'ble titelit, called The Cosmopolite, I
they will be welcome to your readers, and prevent disappointmet
teaching them what kind of excellence is likely to be crowned with
cess io the present competition. I sincerely wish, however, that
the author i f these remarks, and myself, may have formed an error
opinion of the judgmeut of the Coininittt e, and that the superi,.r
the sentiments a=cct poetry, awnd not its theatrical fitness, way
the sole ground on which arty Address will be preferrtd :
I remain, Sir, Your's, SPECTA

" The Committee who are to choose, from among these competition-
addresses, one which will suit their purpose, must have formed some:
previous notions in regard to the manner in which the Theatre will bet
managed. They must have decided, in their own muds, whether to
make a hold stand in belmlf of the genuine diama, by presenting thee
public with reAldug hut chat is classical amid elegant ; or whether to.
pamper wiaitever absurd taste may rise up. by playing only such.
pieces as are profitable and attractive. 'they must, too, consider that;
the lime and attention which they have bestowed on the concern. them
eistrumeutality in rresing again the oe-eolished structure and present.'
tug it as a tribute or temple to the Muses—entitles them rifle- r to P 1
portion, or to none, of the merit which the public are ever disi.oset
to award to those who provide for them gratifying entertainmeet.
" Of these preconceived notions the pre7er-ed address must say no -
thieg ; or, if any th.tig be said, it must be in perfect tinisoe with tin
• views and opinions of the Coma:ince, whaeyer oey are. This sub..
st ottiates what was said before, that it will not be the bfaety 4:r bin-
of the sentiments and nllusiwei, which will pike the decision
of the judges. but their applicability to. anti concordance %.ith, the
ideas which the Committe : have formed, in regard to the mar.age-
ment .1 their new establislittent. How errout ous, therefore, is it to
regard this competition as a tiial of poetic kill ; or to imagine tn. t
its result will 'blow any considerable light nit tl,e stute of poetic coae.
position at time present period. If (iitlinl had eelarged the bee...-
get of addresses by a spark of Lis classic satire and caustic we
if Campbell had sent some of his strains lull of the true tire
feeling of poetry,—if Crabhe had contributed his portieri of pathei
and [neural descriptitee—or if both Southey and Scott had comet-rot d
to curb and chasten the wild exuberances of their genius fur the
casiou—all their preduations wet tild very probably h e•t laid lei.ter,
and the effusioes of soma minor pee accepted. 'nu. would have oeeir
t,•o bold and severe in applying the critical scourge; Wiele that woall
have been too sanguine in its anticipations, and too %Val 111 in its ex
tions at returning sense and reviving nature. One wauld, perhaps,
have too tri.ly told the detemerated state of popular taste ; tied the
other would probably have taken too high a filet)• to be able to stn p
to pay a passing t ouiclimeht to the exerti ns or the C. minittee. The
talents it these great poets would ha‘e been ine,letat•d, :les • tlica-
aoxiety for the chgeity amid reptereion of the ge• eine dr,,.ea p
bl) betrayed them lee. some sublime and (cousevently apinopriate)s
let() some noble (and of caurse out or )
Poetic excellence would have been overlooked in the search atter seine.
neat, pretty, will-turned conichineut; and timely cmtti, ism, II feared,.
would have been passed by, in an endeavour io find on- meta, ..,.eclous•
and ingenious apology for complyieg with the taste . t do •
Unless the opium.), at the several menthe:, to the Drum y ka. , u;a-
inittee, in regard to dramatic entertaina.enrs preseet
and as they ought to he conducted, had been pubiicl . knei.
hand, it was absurd and idle to expect any public ited of potai. n:•••it :
for atortuitaus, rather than a mound, aptituee of thouelit nud
sum will now bear away the palm ; and s. roc blett, Veotlier, wh i!.ay
chalice to have stumbled on the same strain of thhaing his,emeges,,
will beat down all upposidoie even that of genius tied ;xcel.teice."

Screnty•nine poetical Addresses have been tron,initted to Drury-. )ne
Theatre.

The new Opera, composed by Sir John Stephen.tor, and whie!! is
forthcoming at the Lyceum, was written by Mr. ('ode, an 11.0.'1 Gen,!tt-
man—and, according to report, it possesses no ordwriry share ut
merit.

The celebrated Mr. Arthur Young, and the no lest c-let.vated
Walcot, better known by the name of Peter Pcndar, have bath, to;
line tutee past, been afflicted with total bbninsess.
The Building Comipittee of the city of Lon,lon have 'narked out to
ground for the new square, il.tenderl to be built in ; and tilits
extensive work is ordered to &e carried into immediate execution.

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