The National Register.
London, England, 1813-01-03 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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most recent ditc ft.( to New York bola otrt a strong hope
that the negoc. iations will speedily take a pacific turn. The
Minerva brought New York and Philadelphia papers to the
17th ult. They communicate Captain RODGEIIS'S official
report of the capture of the Swallow packet., with 200,000
dollars on board. According to calculations in. the American
papers, the American ships of war and privateers bad cap-
tured, up to the 15th ult. IS British vessel's, carrying al-
togetfiet 574 guns, and manned with 3106 nacu.:,•among
thes?. arc Iwo British Frigates!
We are sorry to state, that all hopes arc given ap of the
safety of the Magnet sloop, commanded by Capt. Mautuct:
she went out to join Sir Justri BURLASE WAP.REN, at
Halifax, but no account of her has yet been received, an 4
it is supposed she must have foundered.
Some farther details have appeared in an evening paper
with regal d to the conspiracy of Generals NI AL ET and LA.-
HOitt E. it is stated to have been part of thcbr plan to get
possession of BUON AP ART E's wife, as well as her SQII, the
King of Romn. With this view they bad sent her a letter,
purporting to come from her father, the Emperor of AusTItIA.
in which he informed her of the death of BuoN A LIA TE, her
I husband, and desired her, in order to avoid the troubles that
would follow that event, to set oil immediately for Stirasburg,,
where his Amba'sador would wait for leer; but the carriage
in which she was to set off with her son would have ta'.:en the
road to Dieppe instead of the road to Strasburg; and flow
Dieppe she and the boy would have been sent to England.
It is stated, that the Lords of Trade have at length come
' to the determination of putting a stop to the inteicours;e
with France by licenses. An immense number latch-
been issued by Ar A TIT L, under the• expectation that
they would be met by corresponding licenses from the Board
of-Trade here, and the cessation of this indulgence will ren-
der „
ins grant mete waste paper. The impertinent now given
is, in course, not to be understood as aalicable to the li-
censes already issued from our Boaid, for the fulfilment of
which the faith of the Government being pledged, the con-
cession made under them cannot be withdrawn.
The 'Managers of the Opera•Comipt: at Paris have been
punished by tine and inipilsonment, for negligence, on ac-
count of a late riot in that theatre, in which the statue'id
BUON AP ART F. is represented to have been thrown down and
trampled upon by the audience.
It is pleasing to see, that whilst our countrymen so libe-
rally contribute to zu.siq the staeling W-s_ they are not
forgetful of our own manufacturing and labouring poor.
The Association lately established for their relict continue
their exertions with indetati;able activity, and have already-
produced much benefit to our (U,-tre:,,efi class Ls. In this
work of beneficence all ranks, all ranks and professions
are united, and fin m a monument of native patriotism.
which yields as much gladness to the heart of the observer,
as it does assistance to the spas of poverly arid %we.
It is reported, that a ('out icr (tom Vienna arm I: ea at tits
Foreign ()like, on W ednesday night, at eleven o'clock, with
dispatches of impoi lance, which were immediately forwaided
to Lord A•••11.1.:10,.1S;
W hen the la:t mail left Cottenburg on the the frost
had set in with extreme bevel it Tlw t:owageux, and two
or three merchantmen, frozen up, ale the only l3tii sh vessels

now remaining there.
A strong reinforcement 3!1-gun lately been
ordered to lre built, and named as 1ollow.:
..11ealidcr, ructulas,
Inter, Icarus, Nigt:r, Etidisnus, 11,c:rus, 0-rin.tes, and

12 THE NATIONAL RE

Wednesday, a most numetous and respectable meeting of I
the Merchants and Bankers of the City of London, was
'held at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of en-
tering into a subscription for the .suffering Russians. Mr.
M A NNING was called to the Chair, and stated in an appro.
Friate speech the laudable purpose for which the Gentlemen
present were assembled. Mr. BErSTON LONG moved some
resolutions, consistent with the object of the Meeting, which •
Here uranimously agreed to, and subscriptions were imme-
iliately entered into to a considerable amount. The sub
scriptio•ts amounted, in a few minutes, to little short of Ten
Thousand Pounds.
Tnestlav, a number of the inhabitants of London and
Westminster met at the London Tavern, and resolved to
retition Parliament against the Catholic Claims. ..
The wretched soldiers of NAPOLEON, were reduced to
the necessity of subsisting on the flesh of their slaughtered
comrades!!! In one shocking instance three French fugi-
tives were brought prisoners to the army of Genet al Mt-
] an A DOW/TCH, with the bort id account, that in a cavern,
where tiny had concealed themselves, there was found the
half-consumed body of a fourth, on which the three sur-
Ni‘•ors bad sustained their wietched existence; the Russian
4A-lici.,,s and soldiers expressed little surptize at it, saying
that they had a.scertaieed by searching the pockets and
knapsacks of the killed, that in the last days of 'he French
retreat, it was not uncommon to have recourse to such pro-
vision !! I i
The American navy will shortly, either become inactive
and inoffensive in its ports, or find an hospitable shelter in 1
ours, as the blockade of the chief rivers of the United
Stalcs, now at last ordered, will prevent the exit, or the i
return of their ships.
There are not less than 300 sail of English merchantmen
locked up by the frost in the Baltic till the Spring, with
goods on board to the amount of nearly four million sterling.
The Venerable, 74, Sir H. PorlifOr, arrived on Wed-
nesday at Portsmouth, from the north coast of Spain, where
the change of affairs has rendered the services of a squadron
for the present unnecessary.
An elegant robe of Genoa velvet, of the value of 2000
guineas, of the richest pattern, superbly trimmed with gold
1:-;ce, and tastefully embroidered, is making for the Russian
Ambassador, as a present from his Royal highness the
PRINCE REGENT.
It is said to be intended to submit to Parliament, very
soon after the recess, a proposition for a considerable in-
crease of the establishment of the Princess CHARLOTTE of
NV A T. Es.
The ('onnt I) F. Ltr.v EN, the new Russian Amlnvsador,
liz.-; r esented to Mr. EDWARD ORM F., of Bond Street, in 1
the name :1- the Emperor, a valuable diamond ring, as a •
ruirck of bi-; I:'4 PER lAL MAi cST Y'S favour and patronage.
A person of the name of Baldock, who dicd .ately at Canter-
bury, exhibited an instance of the accumulation of wealth
1, om very small beginnings, in tact from nothing. Ile died at
the age of little more than si%ty, possessed of one million one
Lund‘cd thousand pounds!! Ile was orLittafly a poor boy
twoloyyd to look af:er cows, and remarkalde for dirtiness
and s!ovenlines=. Ile afterwards carried the hod as a brick-
' ' ---rer; and,- at !ength, by dint of industry and parsi-
some assistance, he aw.ssed money to build the
Canterbury, which he let to Govetnment at the
,er week for each wilier ; a practice which proved
to him, that in the course of a few years the whole
cone his own, and continued to accoire wealth in
•5, til.l at the 4 ime of hni death it amounted to the
u'ii ~:,tted above.

GISTER.

DRA !VATIC REGISTER.

JAN. 3.

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.
On Saturday the 2Gth Dec. a most splendid Pantomime•
was produced at this theatre, called ‘. Harlequin and the
Red Dwarf, or the Adamant Rock." Its great length caused
it to experience considerable opposition towards the close
of the performance; but this, though a defect. much to be
complained of, as it is one which can he removed without
difficulty, wilt not oppose a bar to its ultimate success. It
contains within itself sufficient materials to form a good
pantomime, and the curtailment of the least effective parts
will not fail to make it a favourite. The tricks, though not
always so ludicrous as could be wiArcd, arc numerous and
• pleasing, and the changes arc frequent and good. The
scenery is supet b and does honour to the taste and liberality
of the Managers. A stag hunt is introduced, but this on
the first night did not go off well, through the indispositiwa
of a principal performer—the STAG, who would not go oy
rt all. The Managers have since succeeded in starting him,
and this of itself ensures the pantomime a run. Some
practical jokes were introduced, which told with great effect.
The burlesque given on the costume of the Ilussars, where
GRIMALDI in two japanned coal skuttles for boots, with a
thing in imitation of that worn on the head by the Hussars,
formed of a ladilt Midi; with the end of a red night cap
hanging out, a bear's skin over his shoulder, &c. excited
much laughter. The success of the cradle barourhe last year,
tras led to an unhappy imitation of it, this, in the build-
ing of a miniature panharmonicen. This concert afforded
no amusement. By haq Me audience it was not under•
stood, and those who did understand it, saw in it nothing to
admire. The pantomime upon the whole deserves praise,
and with some alteration and considerable curtailment will
answer the purpose of the managers, and afford the Holiday
! Folks a treat.

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