The National Register.
London, England, 1818-09-28 00:00:00

THE QUEEN.

Her Majoty was batter on Thursday night, than
ithe Las been OR any preceding night durir.4 the last
fo::iiight. From ten o'clock till four in the morning,
she slept without intermission, and she awoke in a state
great composure, and in a considerable degree free
..from those painful scrkations of the chest which have
heretofore oppmlsed her so very much. These favour-
Able symptoms continued throughout the whole of Fri-
.day, and at half-past seven o'clock-in the evening, there
was every prospect of another-eomfortable night.
. The Prince Regent and the Duke of !York armed
•fro:n town, at half-past five o'clock, in the Prince's
travelling carriage, the Prince having called for his
Royal Brother at his house in St. James s Palace. Their
Royal Highnesses paid a short visit to her Majesty,
and then sat down to dinner with the 'Princesses.
Sir Francis Milman, left the Palace, Cr London,
abont noon, but returned, soon after five o clock, and
remained in attendance with Sir IL Halfbrd, and Mr.
Brande, who.-nrrived At the Palace at six o'clock.
The following Bulletins of the Queen's health have
.Ixcn issued since our last

".Kew Palate, Sept. 21.
" The Queen has had more sleep last night than t::e preeedin.;
night: her Majesty continues [noel the st‘me to day a; ye-iterday."
" Kew Palace, Sept. 22.
" Th: Queen hai hal sleep in the night, but the symptoms of
her Mu. complaint are not improved."
" KeVl Palace, Sept. 23.
" The Queen has had some good sleep in the night, by which her
ht.je Ay appears this .meaning to be little refrashel. '
" Kew Palace, Sept. el,.
The Queen has not had a goal night ;—there is no material al-
- td•-ttion in the symptoms 4of het Zlajity's complaint."
Ket..-Palace, Sept. 25.
" The Queen has slept well in the night, and u a little better this
morning than ye,:teniay."

" Kew Palace. Sept. 2G.
' .'*The Quern has slept well in the night, but her Majesty's com-
plaint L..; lamb M t:V3 ssme state this morning as yesterday.
" Kew Palace, Sept. 27.
" 'Cite Queen has 144 stat-n in the night; b t Her Alajesty ttill
li.irmat under, clm saiaic sl.c piwns of disease."
" 11. HALFORD:
" F. NIII.LMAN."

Ller Majestrpr-ssect yesterday much better than was
e:pccted irunl..the sy*ptents which appeared in the
; she was free faint pain during the day, and
ix a.veKy composed stare.

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The .3 c:rning AA:slide says--" It appears, that the
. justly calekrutedDr. Baillic has been tailed in to attend
- her. hliOity„ Wc are essurei, that ,till within the last
three or flint day:;.ti:t hint was given.to the Queen of
}l.r alarming condition, am'. she was herself totally
s unaware of it:;- for when it wss with all-poeible deli-
cacy suggested to lee that the meta :y was of a nature
to excite apprehensions, her:lamer was, You de not
• think my complaint serious The eailing in of ano-
-*her Physician,..therefore, and of the high reputation
of Dr. Ituillie, must ne2essarily have made an hupres- •
aim on her mind ; and,. nailer all the circumstances,
,it is a proof that she is considered in -extreme danger."
Tuesday buirg the anniversary of his \!*sty'y cora.
natien, the mor.:ing was ushered in with the.ringing of
Yells, and other demonetra: ions of•ipy,.aad. the Park
..and Tower guns were .r.red at one &clod:.
Bow Cif anat. %li.P rzr..—"ft is reported, that .thc
greater part of the beliitiful steeple of thi.rchurah will
be pulled down. At Orr. time W the building of the
beautful tower and spire, by Sir Christopher Wren, in
the year 1763, and. for many years atterwardssit was
held in so high estimation, and its fatac spreal. so flit
. abroad, that many foreignere came aver to see he it
hes bean very justly deemed the masterpitee of Sir.C.
Wien ; he has not equalled it in any of his designs,
.pablie or privato,nor -indeed has any other architect.
The height of this steeple is (225 feet, and it is built-on
an old Romaireatisewo, discovered by 'Sir C. Wren at
the time of rebuilding the present church. We under.
•atand that the dragon which has nerved the puspasti of
it weathercock, on the summit .of• the .steepler for the
last 145 years, aviltbalowered to the.gmund on Tues-
day next, preparatory to taking down the stonework,
which she injudicious use • of iron. in • the original con-
struction of this justly adraired stricture has rendered
reeeisney fir the public safety. In asceading the. scaf-.
Llding lee lately been put up, it was.aatonishing
to ace the-p: e3l,,leus effect prodtt,:ed by .the, expansion
of the iruliweekablv^-meutiueeal, tyllieli• has partially
.lifted the obelisk oa its eastern side in a most surprising
and dengerous degree. The vane, which is. constructed
-of thick copper. gilt, is of exceeditisly curous work-
manship, and (pr, dragon) passesses a very intelligent
,eminteaance ; 1t tigusiosu seven teat six inches in
'wank
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q. 117. NATIONAL ItEGTSTEti.

TUE DRAMA.

DRURY LANE.

comedy of Wilds9aLt wus ptzfermed ort Tues.
day night at this ti:eatre, but not in the !:lost happy or
porfect manner. The cast of the character.: was of that
mingled kind which in a play of this description is al-
most fatal to the general effect. Mr. Watkinson's Sir
George Thunder was feeble and inane, and produced no
impression; and Mr. Stanley is not peculiarly happy in
personating the careless, generous /?over. Some of the
other characters bore a very faint ruetublance either to
their prAccessogo or to the idea intended by the author.
As a set-otl; we had Mrs. Glover in the part of Lady
Amaranth, and Knight in ikat of Siin ; but the best
thing in the play was Osbetry's Ephraim Smooth, a
species of character in which this actorleaves nothing to
be wished. The melo Bran m! of tLe Falls of Clyde,
which maintained its popularity so well during the
whole of last season, succeeded to the comedy.

The tragedy of Venire Presere'u was perfilrmed on
Thursday evening at this theatre, when Mr. b. Fisher,
who last year performed several of the leading charac
ters in our drama, made his first appearance for the
season in the pert of Allier. He is much improved
since that period, aral exhibited, on. Tilers lay night,
thilities and acquirements of no common order. His
great faults are.an imperfect pronunciation of particular
rvords, and a certain restlessness of manner which fre-
qttently spoils the effilet of his finest. passages. Fine
passages, however, are by no means unconunon with
bin, and _thee are often-sufficiently so to throw a veil 1
over much in ore glaring defeets- The scene where he
reproaches Renault-nr tire attempt on Belvidera; she
celebreted dialogue with Pierre in the senate house,
after having betrayed him ; and the parting scene
with Belvide a, were given throughout in the best
style ; and numerous detached pceee;es, when tie scene
as a whole failed, might be quoted as highly impressive
and striking. Mrs. West, the lady who appeared last
week in Desdemoia, was the Belvidera of the evening.
Her iname>r of giving that character was very different
from arty of her predecessor; and contemporaries ; there
was more flesh and blond about it, more heartiness and
reality than usual, and less of the high tragic tone; the
admirer of the old school of acting would perhaps call it
a compromise of the dignity of the buskin ; but with
the exception of n few tame and forgetful passages, the
impression on the audience MU; such as to leave no doubt
of her merit. The last scene, the most difficult and
dangerous of the whole, proved her greatest triumph,
and produced a strong and enthusiastic feeling in her
favour. The part of Pierre was sustained by the gen-
. tlerran who appeared a few nights stgo in 01.4eYee and
if there was nothing about him that particularly bore
the stamp of greatness, he has established his claims to
the rank of an able and intelligent perfurmer. The
three principal characters being confided to performers
so worthy of the trust, the whole tragedy went off with
spirit.
Last night a new afierplece WilS produced at Drury
Lane Theatre, entitled Sigesmar the Sw tzer ; the plot
is simple.— Sigesmar, (Mr. H. Kemble,) an outlawed
Chieftain, takes refuge in the cottage oft:nen:a, (Mice
Smithson>) and her father, (Mr. Holland,) the guards
arrive at the cottage, Sigesmar effect:: his escape by the
assistance of the cottager and his daughter—the cot-
tager is seized and condemned to be shot, when Siges-
mar:und- his band arrive and rescue them. The piece
has some bea-itiful scenery, it was well received, and
lu.ve.ro doubt will become a favourite for some
ti ne.

CCVENT•GARDIN.
Mr. W. Farren is proceeding in the full career of
popularity, or rather has already reached the goal ; his
third pet firmunce of Sir Peter Teazk on Wednesday
night drew an overflowing audience, and was rewartlad
with universal applams.,. The play was followed by a
new entertainment called The Burgomaster cf Saar.
dain ; oe, 'Lk Two Peters. The story-s-.. founded on
the fortunes of Peter the Great, while exercising the
functions of a shipwright, at Ssardam,, for the good of
his sulijectis; au interesting portion of history, hut very
defective is dramatic interest : an attempt is made to
supply this ditFc.Rt by introducing another-Peter, also
frem7ltussia, bet a deserter instead of ;in Emperor, and
frora Lis being mistaken for the Czar in disguise by the
Ambassadors, who have learnt the secret, and who pay
'o him the honours intendad• 'for Ilia Sovereign, pro-
thitted raue lulicrous tituations. In the person at' his
soul :r,- too, we find the celebrated Cutha,ine, who
sliared awl controlled the fortunes of the Czar. The
defects of the story have not, after all, been surmounted,
and the piece is consequently very dull. It contains
some tolerable music, some good dancing, and some
beautiful scenery. All of these were barely ,suffleient
to save the piece, which encountered .in its , progress
much disapprobation; at the conclusion, however, the.
applause appeared greatly to preponderate The cha-
racters were well supcoaed, but :resented nothing
particularly worthy of comment.