The National Register.
London, England, 1814-02-27 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.,

FEB. 9.7.

I.),LICE OF STACKS IteV‘:TERDAT.

3 per Cent. Red. null to . I.er Cent
s per Cent. Err% 64iff70 (haulms iCi4l MI p
Exchequer Mint.

The press of political 'intelligence obliges mg to omit rainy covumioni-
cations cations; among others, that or our old currevundent, the LAY-
slot; also T. C.'s on Edlicatioe.
Mr. KEANCS Richard positively in our next.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

ton Don,
SU.Vl)_4l', FEB.RGT..4RY 27, 1814.

NFGOLIVII(INS.

It appears that the lion. Mr. Robinson was selected by
lord Castlereagh as -the bearer of his last dispatches on
account of their importance, and in order that he should
impress with more force than before the sentiments wl:ich
his Lordship had • already expressed on the subject of
peace. We find, in consequence, that soon after one
o'clock on Friday last, the Earl of Liverpool, accom-
panied by Mr. RoLinson, went in his carriage to Carlton
House, whew they had an interview with the Prince Re-
gent till near three o'clock, when the Noble Earl went in
his carriage to the Foreign 011 ice, to attend a meeting of
the Cabinet Council. The Cabinet continued in delibera-
tions till past five o'clock.
The dispatches brought by Mr. Robinson, and his ;ver-
bal communications, more important, perhaps, than hie
dispatches, remain known only to the Regent and his Mi-
nisters. It ha been stated" that the object of the Allies
was to enter Paris, and then to make a full disclosure of
their views. Austria is said to have adopted this measure
ith some reluctance. I; lore the battles of the 'l7th and
Pith, Buonaparte is said to have transmitted a project of
a treaty upon the bases of the ancient limits, aiu the retreat
of the grand Austrian army toTroy-es after the partial disas-
ters experienced by the Russians, Bavarians, and Wurtem-
burghOs alone, at .yang's and Montereau, is suspect 2d
to have taken place on account of Napoleon's proposals,
backed by his victories. The Emperor of Austria, who
did not entirely approve of the attempt on Paris, "finding
that the other armies had failed, and that all the weight
of the enterprise fell on his own, after their defeats, or-
dered his troops to fall back, although only one of their
corps (Bianchi's) had been partially engaged, and they
still possessed a great superiority of numbers, which no
doubt would have ensured the r success had they re-
solutely pushed on to the French capital. This retrograde
movement, and the explanation of the reasons on which
it was founded, as well as of the renewed pacific views of
Austria, arc thought to have created some difficulties
amongst the Allies, and to have occasioned the important
communications which. Mr. Robinson has been ordered to
make to the Prince Regent.

REPORTED ACCESSION OF MURAT AND
BEAUHARNOIS.

The Dutch Papers received in the course of the week,
continue to assert that Murat has abandoned the cause
of his brother-in-law, Napoleon, to become a member of
the coalition against him. They even give an article from
Milan, containing a proclamation said to have been is-
sued by the new Ally, in which he is made to state that
he has purchased the friendship of the coalesced Powers
by the cessiola of the three small islands in front of Na-

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pies, and of his whole fleet : and that he has obtained
in compeusAtion the whole of Italy as far-as the right bank
of the Po. We• still doubt this intelligence. The force
which Muriit possesses, is taro trifling to-produce in the
balance an effect correspor lent to the magnitUde of the
advantages said to be granted him. He cannot, 'at the •
Utmost, bring.thore than 20,003 men to the field, and yet
Rome and the S'-ates of the Church, all Tuscany, Parma,
And Modena, would be ceded to him as a substitue fors the
sacrifice of his lieet, consisting of a few vesSels, and a re-
ward ;for his future exertions in the common 'cause. It is
evident, too, that his proclamation NS c,::1(1 not be allowed
to be published at Milan where Bucnaparte still rules
in the .perst)n of the Viceroy of Italy. It is true that
rumours have been circulated of Benuharnois having
at last forsaken Napoleon, on condition of being made
King of Lombardy ; but these are setfic!ontly dis-
, proved by the battles which, on the 10th and 14th, ho
fought with the Austrians on the Mincio. It is known,
besides, that whet! offers to that purpose were made himl;
Fo me time since, by hi 3 father-in-law, the King of Bavaria,
he returned a positive and indignant refusal. Another
reason that seems decisive against the- reported accession
either of Murat or Beanharnois, is the total silence
maintained on the subject by our ministers with the allies.
Neither is it likely, that whilst the a/cc is. laid at the foot
of the tree, the saplins which it. has produced should be
carefully spared, and even tenderly nourished.

The probable return of Ferdinand Vllth to resume. the
crown of Spain, has caused the Cortes to issue a wise de-
cree, by which they order that the King shall only be ac-
knowledged free, and obeyed such, when he shall have
taken the oath prescribed by the new constitution. No
armed force, and no foreigners, are to be allowed to enter
with the King ; but the General who shall receive him shalt
appoint a detachment of troops to accompany him with the
honours glue to his rank. The President of the Regency is
author iced to present him a copy of the new constitution,
in order that he may have time to deliberate before he takes
the oath, which he must do immediately after his arrival in
the capital, after which the Regency shall deliver the Go-
vernment into his hands. There is no doubt but these pre-
cautions will produce the intended effect, and pi event the
exertion of any undue French influence in future in the
Pew i nsula.

In the sitting of the Cortes of Feb 3, the Deputy for Se-
ville, named Reyna, had the temerity to declare, that when
Ferdinand VU. was born, with. him was born the right of
commanding despotically all Spain ; and that, consequently,
when he shall return to Spain, the new Constitution will be
null and void. The people who were in the gallery, could
not restrain their indignation on bearing this outrage against
the majesty of the law, and at the same .moment many .of
the Deputies rose from their seats, •ind demanded justice
of the aggressor. Reyna was driven from the Assembly, and
a commission was immediately appointed to consider of the
form of proceeding to be instituted against him.
Monsieur is said to have arrived at Frankfort, where he
found a dispatch waiting for him from the Emperor of
Russia, inviting him immediately to repair' to the Imperial
head-quarters, for which place he set off the next day.
We have the pleasure to state, that the French frigates,
Alcmene and Iphigenie, are taken off Madeira, by his Ma•
jest y's ships Venerable and Cyane.

Dispatches were received on ‘k ednisday, front !And
Wellington, brought by the Duke of Kent packet, but con-
tain nothing of itnpnrtance. Reinforcements were ex-
pected by his Lottiship, and seven sail of light transports'
have prceede..l to Holland, to convey some of the British
troops from thence to the Adour, the approach of the
Swedish army .rendeting their assistance no longer neceSl
nary. .
By a vessel from Christiansand, letters of the gth inst. are
stated to have been received, containing intelligence 'of a
.Declaration of Indeeendence on the piart of the People of
'Norway, in order to prevent themselves from beitrg trans-
fei red to the dominion of Sweden-. It is qated, that during
the negociatit.ns between the ( Pt ince ef Sweden and
the Danish Government, the Not wegian Nobility and Gen-
tr,v, without communicating their views to the Danish Mi-
nistets, sent a confidential message to Prince Christian, re-
cresting his immediate presence in Norway. ills Royal
nighness instantly obeyed the summons, and passed over to
Norway in the disguise of a sailor. Whilst the negociation
was pending, he occupied
.himself in visiting the different
fortresses, aid holding clandestine meetings with the leading
personages in various parts of the country. Every prepara-
tion was, consequently, made for the line of conduct in-
tended to be pursued, should their Sovereign, yielding to
the necessity of his affairs, consent to the union of Norway
with Sweden. Thoinstant the event, which they had antici-
pated, was ascertained to have taken place, the inciebers of
the secret associations threw aside all disguise, and dispers-
ing themselves all over the kingdom, loused the lower orders
resntance. They were every where I eceiyed with enthu-
tiasm, and the result has been, that on the instant, Prince
Christian was solemnly proclaimed hie;; Not-way, and the
country declated independci".. It is added, that a flag of
truce was to sail on tilt 9th for this country, with dispatches
Am- Government, 'apprising them of the establishment of the
new order of things, and soliciting their mediation with
Sweden.
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DRAMA TIC REGISTER.

COVi:NT-GARDinsT.
On Thursday night, after Mrs. Jo r,D A N'S re-appearance in
The Conntry Girl had seemed the good humour of the audi-
ence, a new dramatic Itpmalice, in two acts, called. The dean':
dering Boys; or, The Castle qf 01;:;a1, was produced. This
piece, like most, if no' all, of those which appeal in a rno lo-
dramatic shape on the British stage, of F ench origin We
witnessed its first representation tinder the name of Lc Pelerils
Blanc, at the glean/. of l'Anzbiga-Comit;nc, at Pat-is, eleven
yea:s ago, and do not find that it has improved either in in-
terest or Wit in. its English d,-ess,:althatigh, even iteits present
state, it is not %%holly deli( id of the fortner. We understand
that atr.ther translator had set at work on the same sobject,
and that a second edition of Le Prierin Wane is ii;liortly to
appear at Drury-lane, from the pen of Mr. SY. FFi NC TON.
We hope he will have profited by the faults T his retie, es-
Lsor, and given more spirit to the dialogue, othei tris- he
night as well have suffered Covent-garden to enjoy atone
the honour of reviving the forgotten pieces of a second-sate
french Theatre.
'lnc plot of this dramatic Romance consists, as nsnal, of
perils and escapes The only nove:ty, in this country at
least, is the age of the heroes• steal of persecuted Princes
or flying damsels, in the strength of manhoad or the Hower of
beauty, we have two helple..s boys, whose artlessness, inno-
cence, and daneerS, create sympathy. They are, but unc,in-
scionsly, the sons of the Count de Croisso. In the ahsenec of
the Count, his castle was treacherotely fired beneath the
apartment wilet e his Lady and her infants slept. The per-
petia7ors (ileitis a t (the Count's niece and Hirariand) sup-
! pascd them to have pet ished in the flatnes. The boys arrive
Lt Oliva' on the eve-of an annual festival instituted by Dc
Crois.iy. They arc kindry received by the rejoicing rustics,
and adorted by the hamlet, but are conveyed to the castle by
• Howland. Thetc the contents ilia box whioil they received,
sealed up, from the woman they believed to be their mother,
'make the Baroness de (Mica, and the paltrier of her guilt,
acquainted with the secret of their birth. Their destruction
.s resolved on. Poison is nut before them instead of wins,
hY Rowland, but by a device of the porter of the castle, he
drinks the poison himself. This porter is no less a personage
;than the Count de Crnis:;y, who, having returned after twelve
years captivity, so altered that no one could recognize him,
-had thus gained admittance to his own castle. Throtrgli his
means the boys arc liberated. They again reach PliYal, but
pursued by Rowland, are charged with robbery, are about to
return, when the entrance of the Count at the head cf troops.
furnished by the Government, once more rescues the Youths
ft tam danger, and consigns Rovland to a prison, there to await
the etTeet of the draught he had swallowed.
Such is the fable of this piece, which, though 'frequently
biirdel log on improbability, is still r-srranged with sufficient
skill to keep .surprise and interest alive. As to the dialogue,
it appears to us still. more indifferent than that of the mi-
tgitial. The situations in which the juvenile' wanderers arc
placed alone speak to the feelpigs : the language is barren
! of seatiments and energy. With the assistance of some
Il pretty music by Mr. Distrait, beautiful scenery, and some
pleasant dances by Mr. LE CLERq and Miss (anus, this
dratna:ic piece reached its close without utter condemnation.
It ',as hissed, and perhaps more abundantly than its defects
merited, but the applause at the end secured it a 'secund re-
presentation.

That fascinating actress Mrs. Edwin is playing at Coven-
try, the 'arrangements of Drury-lane at this titige not rts
(riling her preienen in London.