The National Register.
London, England, 1818-04-20 00:00:00

APRI. 20

THE PRINCE REGETPS COURT.

On Friday the Prince Regent held a Court at Carl-
ton-house. A few minutes before tour the City Pro-
cession, with the Address on the late marriage, arrived :
it was composed of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Currie,
Flower,-Scholey„). J. Smith, Earner, Birch, Maguey,
Bridges, and Cox, with the'Recottleri and City Officers.
They were conducted into One of the State-rooms.
The Prince entered about the same time, attended
by his Officers of State. His Royal 'Highness, being
Feated, the Recorder read the following Address of the
Corporation to the Prince Re ~,Pent upon the marriage of
his Royal sister, the Princess Fliaabzth, with the Prince.
of H ese-.l banberg
• •••Tn his !loyal Highness the Prinre,ef Wales, 11.-gent of the
Unitol Kingdom of Griot Briton and Ircland.
"The humble and lewd Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
and Cordiaton. at the City of Lyndon, in Common Council as-

seirhksl:
• May it please your Royal !lightness,
.4 We, Ili:: Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the. Lord Mayor
A.l,lcrinen and Comniuns of the City of London in Common Council
a,-en,bled, littntbly approach your Royal Highness to offer our sin-
.ere congratulations on the auspiciout event of tho recent nuptials of
ltayal Sister, the. Princess Elizabeth, with his Serene Highness
ileretlitary the Prince of Ilerse.lloir-betg.
4. We confidently trust. that this alliance will be prodiv4tive of per-
manent happiness to the illustrious individuals themselves, to every
branch of your august famili, end to Pie nation.
We indulge ourselves in the pleasing hope, that those amiable
qualities which have uniformly called forth our admiration, and
to-horned the high birth of the Royal Bride, will secure to her every
Mich v in this illustrious
.6 Permit us to repeat oar unalt.mble sentiments of firm and loyal
attachment to hi; Nlajasty's Crown and Gevernment, and to assure
your Royal Highness of our anxious desire to contribute to the iit-
mo..4 Jour power in whatever may promote the welfare and happi-
-11866 of the United Kingdom.
(Signed by order of the Court)
"IIE`RI WOODTIIORPE."
To which Address his Royal Highness returned the
fbliosiing must gracious answer
I thank you for this loyal and dean! address. It is highly mi..
ing to me to receive this testimony of the feelings of the (.2'.ty-cf
I.,adon, on an occasion so interesting to myself, and to all the
Itoyal Yetnily."
The Prince Regent afterwards held an investiture
of the Bath, at which the honour of Knights Grand
Crosses of the order was conferred upon Admirals Sir
C: M. Pole, Bart., and Sir G. Cockburn.
His Royal Highness conferred the honour of Knight.
on Francis Desanges, laq., and George Alder-
so:;,

The Prince Rcgent has had a regular fit of the gout.
h-was not till Monday night that his Royal Highness
could get a shoe upon the rebellious foot.
On Wednesday the Queen and Princess Augusta ar-
zivail at the Queen's Palace-from Windsor, where they
were.soon after visited by the Duchess of Gloucester.
At a quarter before timr, the Princess Elizabeth and
the Prince of Hesse I lomberg arrived in their landaulet
and four at the Queco's Palace front Windsor. Her
Royal awl his Serene flightless. are, as we havc -already
mentioned, to occupy the lower suite of rooms on the
right side of the Palace during their stay in London.
flic Queen held a private Court to receive•the Ad-
dress of the House. of Commons. Her Majesty's at-
tendants present were, her Chamberlain, her Vice-
Chamberlain, and the Countess of Mut:lc:dial, as the
lady in waiting. Among the Deputies were Viscount
Vailetort, Lord J. Thynne, M. C. loqg, Lord G.
-Be s 'Ord, Sir T. Ackland, Mr. W. Dundas.—They
were must graciously received.
On Thursday !the:Princess Elizabeth and Prince of
Hes. e Ho:nherg, attended by the Baron O'Naghtcn,
Sir H. Campbell, Lady Campbell, and Lady Montague,
,:ccelvc.: the Address of the Homo of Commons, from
a deputation of members, introduced by Robert Ches.
t.T, Esq. Th.: deputation was composed of. Viscount
Clive, the Earl of March, Lord Laseelles, W. Bootle
Wilbraham, andNl:. Cartwright. Tiny were most gra-
duusly received ; the Princess and Prince returned ail
most gracious answer.
The Priivess and.'Princelaleo_received the AddresNef
• the lloosc of Peers, by deputation, consisting of the
• Duke of Montrose, Lord Boston, . Lord St. Helens, .and
Vlscount Bridport.
Thursday evening, the Duke and Duchess of Glatt-
. ceder, and the Princess Augusta, hotunired Covent Gar-
den Theatre with their presence, to see the play of Rob
Roy. They were received by Mr. Brandon,whu lighted
them to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester's box.—
This was the first-time the Princess Augusta has been
•to this, or any ‘other public place of amusement, for
about ten years past. Ti'e Boyd party were attended
. by Col. Dalton, Lady Charlotte Wynne Bellasyse, &e.
.The Duke of Sussex presided on Wednesday, at the
dinner of the Humane Institution for the recovery of
drowned persons : he distributed the rewards, one of
which was to young Lo:d Dc Rous, a boy aunty 1:3
years of age, who hadrallantly saved a son- of Lord
Shaftesbury from drowniag. His Royal Highness, on
account of the necessary absence of this noble yoath,
said he should forward at,: medal to Lord Shaftesbury,
that he might have Ow pleasure of bestowing it on the
preserver of his sum ltis Royal Highness mentioned,
that he had himself k:st tile of his own children by
drowning.
Vauxhall Gardens were, on Tuesday, knockcd down,
at. Auction, for :03,500 guineas.

NATION.IT, nr.cisTrn.

THE DRAMA.
KING'S THEATRE.

.11 Barhiere di Sicilia was the opera performed l!cre
on Saturday week. The beautiful trio in the second
act was as usual encored, but the singer had sufficient
discretbn and self-denial •to repeat only the latter
movement, for the sake cf which the applause and call
for repetition were given, leaving out the first part,
which possesses no peculiar merit. The opera was
fbilowed by a new ballet, called ‘La Fee Urgele, a
production quite unique of its kind. The story, with
some trifling variation, is that which Chaucer, Beau-
mont and Fletcher, Dryden, La Fontaine, ,and several
other great writers, have treated, of a knight con •
denmcd to death, but pardoned on condition of his dis-
covering, " Ce qui plait aux dame.;" 'La Fee Urgele,
in a state of metamorphosis, is the old hag who com-
municates the secret, and her marriage with the
knight, which is the price of that secret, in the charm
which restores her to her original form and beauty.
When we say that Mademoiselle Melanie and Baptiste
pertiirmed the evolutions with great skill, and that
Mademoiselle Lcbrcton is rapidly improving, we have
expanded our whole stock.of praise. Not a nmseene
has been introduced to discredit the faded collection of
this establishment. The dresses, with the exception of
a flat tinselled figures sedulously placed is the front,
ltr! poor and. wean : the music, crahhed and inharmoni7
ous—a m,:re.mass of notes, such as a tyro in composition
would write currenie calano, as fast as his hand could
traverse the paper. For the purpose of making the
story intelligible, which is not well chosen, the clumsy
e:ipedient of placards was perpetually rcsorsed to,
written in mis-spelled French and not legible beyond
the fourth row of the pit. This concatenation of
ill-
starred circumstances excited anger even in the templa
of urbanity, and the poor ballet, at its exit, was saluted
witlt. • MUSt unceremonious volley of hisses.