The National Register.
London, England, 1818-10-05 00:00:00

THE QUEEN.

Her Majesty, on Thursday, slept the greater part
•ef the night; and, as throughout the preceding day she
had been tree from pain, it was hoped she would have
derived some advantage from the repast. The hope,
however, was not realized, for the physicians on visiting
the chamber of their Royal I'atient, at eight o'clock in
Ole morning,found no alteration whatever in her ge-
,noral state,

Toward the middle of the day, her Majesty was
a•;•,,iu moved into the room adjoining her chamber,
sail she took a slight repast there at five o'clock ; but
up to half past seven, no variation inter health had
tak'.;:i place.
In the forenoon, the Princesses again oecainisd an
„hour or two on the lawn, inspecting the progress of the
'workmen. Their Royal Highnesses were attended -in
their wa'k by General Taylor and Sir Henry HAW.
Oa the return of the 'Royal Wills to the, Palace, they
filial Lady • Campbell .and Lady -Elisabeth hiont4tue•
just al igh ted, to pay their firsittisit to the Royal
may, !dime their return 'Emu attending the Princes
Elizabeth of Besse Hembourg• to the continent.
.They were most graciously received ; and after re.
neerly ar. lunar an conversauion, the Princesses
conducted them to see •cieir improvements on the lawn
and shrublierizs. The ii•alk was widely excursiv.:, for
Vie La lies did not retura to the Palace again till after
a lupseml nearly three hours: a:11 I,lten the 'Ladies
Gismo -eil M nitague alinost• immediately
returned ts) to No
Thu Prime Regent reached the Palace punctually at
his usual hour of half !list. live o'olock, when the phy-
sicians made their report of the state of her Majesty to
his Royal Highness, and directly after Sir Henry
•nalford left the Palace tits Windsor Castle, to be
,present or the Monthly Council. The Prince afterwards
visited her MAjesty and the Princesses, and after
leataining with them till about half past six o'chi k, his
Royal flihness returned totarlton Ilouse to dine.
The tiollowing Bulletins of the Queen's health have
ben issued since our last : _ _

" Kew Palare, Sept. 28.
"The Qleen f_ is hersolf rrnewhot refreshed this nmitias, her
IMujs sty having slept well in the night."
" Kew Palace. Sept. 29.
" The Q tc.m has not slept gaits so is ell Cie lad nights io the
t,!cr proardinA Oleg. Tile cyriiptai.lll ex her Afuj,uityri complaint era
emelt the same as those of yesterday."
"Kc Palace, Sept. sn.
" The Queen has slept well.ip.the night, and her Alajiaity is a little
la:ter this 'writing.'
•
" Kew Palace, Oct. t.
" The Q'ieen hats hal several hours deep in the riA;ght. but it titr:s
ittapper to have pr0.1ue...1 an, ruateiial oilhe symptoms of
bee lily yesty's disease."
4, Kew Palace, Oct. IL
"The Queen has se.:ev.! L.u. .Li as not
a to dare ;frolic-41 auy visible effect on the state of bcr 314.71.
's car::;
" Ke w Palace. Oast. 3.
",The guezn i,41 had several hours slcen, but the symptoms of
her Majesty's disease do trot Siprzar to have flew relieved hy h.
" F. MILLMAN."

'l4.,stertitty mornin:,, Sir !Teary Halfori visited her
N!ajesty previous to her leaving her vhaudier ; after
which he issued the following Bulled': as to the state
of her Majesty
_ _ _

" Kew P.ll3ce. Oct. 4.
" The Queen cot inucs in the sane state.—Her Al.kiesty hul sotr.e
rtheehing sleep in the night. " H. 11.11.let)filk"

The Prince Regent arrived at Kew-Palace ak.half-
pait 5 o'clock, and remained till near seven, w.hep. he
ldt for London.

The Queen was in the same state last evening as
slid was in the morning.

Tan KINCL—The following paragraph is from a pro-
vi:icial paper:—" We are enabled, exclusively, to give
a few particulars us to the presmt situation of onr ve-
nerable Sovereign, which may not be uninteresting to
our readers, and particularly so when such a studied
silence prevails. oa the subject. His Majesty is:perfectly
blind, and ()couples a long suite of rooms, through
which be is almost continually strolling. Several piano-
f wtes and-tarpsichords are placed at certain intervals,
and the Nlutiarch frequently stops at them, runs over a
few notes of Handel's Oratorios, and proceeds on his
walk. He dines chiefly on cold meats, and frequently
eats standing. He has a sin. raid dress, and:will some-
times stop and address liiinselt: to a noble Duke. or Lord,
thus holding a colloquy, and • furnishing their answers.
The King• suflbrs his heard to grow two or three days,
seldom, however, excettling three days. His .hair is
perfectly white. The Doetorr,Willis attend wit% the
other physicians,.bot not with the privacy of the,King.
Ile is quite elieerfcl in his conduct anti convcr4ation,
. carts very heartily, alai enjoys good bod4y health."
On .Eaturd:.y the
,Q.►een's Council assentbd4l ,at
Windsor, itgreabiy.to the directions of the Itcc:c.‘l
Act. The follraviitg.balletin was exhibited yesteriLty
at St. Juines'b.p.ilacc,
Gude.
" Maj:47 cs.ritiaws wry nimiut state prune . aw la
good iskiilY health, bat ii..:t.ia;:ay4l.ll 2161104 IN.
The Lords of the Treastity have ortLicl, that all

Biblts and reit:fluent; exported by the lisitith aad
':,:Forcign. 13i1)1a Sycia!;, 4bal ailatTed to ciLN., d:aty
Ake.

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TUE DRAMA.

DRUM. Lit:E.

The antouncement of Mr. Kean in the character of
Richard, on Monday night, his first appearance this
seasn, proved sufficient attraction to fill the house
previ•ms to the rising of the curtain. His reception
was such as must have been must gratifying to him on
ids eat ee ; he was greeted with u general shout of
applause from the audience generally, and the Pit rose
tut if by common consent, :aid received him with a
wavilg of hats and handkerchiefs, which continued I hr
scvcral minutes. Mr. Kean went through the three
first acts with his usual energy At the commencement
of the fimrth, however, in the coronation scene, whilst
sounding.. Buckingham on the subject of the murder of
the Princes, some pc:Noes in the galicry created a dis-
turbance which evidently ,ennoyed both .the audience
stud the actor. The former did not notice it. The latter,
however, appeared determined it should not pass over
without observation ; for, in the midst of his speech.
ne stopped, and, coating forward towards the foot lights,
.directed bib. looks towards the Gullery, continuing silent
till she Pit souk up the cause, anti called loudly on the
Police Officers to remove the cause of the afisturhance,
which wise thus prolonged to an exteitt of several mi-
nutes; whereas, but fur, Mr. Kelln'S extraordinary ap-
peal, it would is Artl probability have subsided in :Is
many seclnds. -Silence having been restored, Mr.
Kean lma, and resumed the business of the Stage.—
mot so seen recover himself. The whsle ef.the
finath..ect, =hit the exception of " So much for Buck-
ingham," went off with a degreo of flatness we have
never before witnessed, ,when Mr. Kean was the repre-
sentative of' the crook-backed tyrant. The sentence
alluded to above, was given by him in the happiest
manner, and called forth the mint rapturous applause :
it wm not, however, till the tent scene that Richard
was completely himself again ; and ultimately the cur-
tain fell amidst the acclamations of the audience. _

'file new piece of Sigcnnar the Switzer, followed,-
-It has undergone some judicious curt.tilments. The
aulienci. were in good humour, and it went off much
better than on its first produe.tion.

Tuesday night the favourite 'Comedy of •Speed the
Plough was perfernied at this Theatre, when Mr.
Munden appeared, for the first time this season, in the
character of Sir .1/,cl 'toddy. This old and deserving
favourite of the public was received, us his talents
demand, with the warmest greetings: the audience
welcomed him as an old friend, whose return, after a
long absence, was a subject of congratulation. Mr.
Munden's merits in the character of S;r Abel Handy
have long been acknowledged: it is sufficient now to
say, that his powers of pleasing the audience, remain
unitapairta. We .nevite •recollect to .have seen him to
greater .advantage. Mr. Penley bustled through the
part of Bob Handy with considerable spirit. Mr. H.
Kemble played Henry; be does not impart sufficient
energy to the patt. Bengough pea respectable in Sir
Philip Bfroultimd. This gentleman improves in the
estimation of the public. Miss Smithson rendered the
part of :U/ as Blanclfbrd very interesting ; she was loudly
and deservedly applauded in the scene in which she so
artlessly discovers her love for Henry. Mr. Western
attempted the character of Fanner Ashlield. We regret
that we cannot congratulate him on the success of his
efrort In oar opinion he felled entirely ;he seemed
to have mistaken rudeness and vulgarity for native sin-
cerity and simplicity.
The Opera of the Duenna was represented on Sa-
turday evening at this theatre, for the purpose of in-
troducing Madame Beligar to a London audience. The
part selected for her .w.as that of Don Carlos—a singu-
lar choice • if the sex of the character is considered, but
well calculated fbr a first essay on account of its slight
connexion with the story, leaving the performer. little
to attend to besides the songs, which are in a very
simple easy style of composition. TVs lady is.by birth
an Englishman:la, but has resided many years in
Italy, where she has devoted herself to the study of
music, and has acquired, if report may b.! trusted, great
reputation by her performer:co there. She is not, how..
ever, it Mrs. Billington, or it M'sdain Mara, though the
evident einlywrmisuient v.,:der which she laboured
ropclers it extremely difii.:alt to guess at the real extent
ef her prayers. lier voics in soft and agreeable, and her
lowernotes are of an exsiellent quality ; her upper notes
a:a imperfect and not always at her commautl, neither
does het compass appear to be very extensive. flag
style, afar us we are able to a ja4,acut, vory
pure and delicate, but.limited to simple.expression, and
possessing nothing of,the grand and striking. Her action
is after the foreign manner, extremely redundant,
bat by no means deficient in grace. In speaking, Ma-
dame Zwllgar betrays by her accent her long residence
abroad, hut nut in a degree at all unpleasant. She is
a great acquisition to this theatre, where the musical
departmeat has been,,geplorably neglected.