The National Register.
London, England, 1813-10-24 00:00:00

THE NATMSTAL REGISTER.

6. Those :)00,00n rans nt
Napoleon have disappeared; be
bas lost all his cavalry—several
Marslials,—W Generals ; of this
army only some thousands of
officers remain to him. The
C4llllOll, anus. effects, the 600
millions are lost, together with
Prussia and Polish contingents.
He has only of the latter 15,000
men, with the maledictions of
the country.
7. That monopoly has almost
(ithely disappeared, since the
ports of Russia and Prussia have
bcen opet;o, the war terminated
between the tossiani and 'forks
and the Reglish occupied all the
Dalmatian islands.

b. The Austrian, Polish, and
Prussian contributions have ce,ls.
ed. illyria is exhausted. 'rite
war and army expellees have
doubled. What theti, will be the
&licit for the Scar 1313 ?
ti.) longer exists a Continental
tips ens aeatokt England it is,
lint,iu ticAlu3 ca.

9 The battles of Smolensk
anti Btuotinto, of Krasnoi, of
'Attn.!), anti all the last caw.
pia'', prove, that with *larder
forces he can be resisted and
beaten ; and that, consequently,
he must by beaten with equal
forces, and destroys!' with supe•
tun ones.

Mrs IPGIBBON has performed the characters of Mira
and Belvidere, in the course of the week. In the- former
she displayed great powers, but did not give the character
all the interest and imFortance which we expected it would
derive from her exertions. Her Belvide) a yielded us much
more pleasure: Here her performance was easy, natural.
and affecting. In some parts of the character she fixed the
attention of the audience in a manner not to be described.
We did not approve of the hurried way in which she
repeated to Jafer, the words used by him when giving her
in charge to the Conspirators, and in several other instances
we had to complain of her speaking with too much iapidity ;
but, upon the whole, we think her more successful in
Belvi-
dem than in any part in which we have seen her yet; and with
Miss SMITH before our eyes, and Mrs. SIDDONS fresh in
our recollection, we admire the performance of Mrs.
NM In tioN, and think it only inferior to that of her who
had no equal. It perhaps- does not so frequently put the -
hands of the audience in requisition as the Belvidere of
Miss SMITH, but Mrs. WC BOON is quite as successful in
finding her way to the heart, and she calls forth quite as
much interest, though she gives less of theatrical embel-
lishment. Mr. CON WAY, in Jafer, appeared to less advantage
than before. In the scene with Renault, and in that which
precedes it, where he recounts to Pierre' what had been the
conduct of the hoary Conspirator, be was very successful ;
but, generally speaking, he was not sufficiently animated.
We like his hero better than his lover. In ./dier his faults
were more conspicuous, and his merits less prominent than
in A foal:der or Othello. He also lost much of his grace and
dignity by a continual amid useless bend of his body. He has
not yet found that medium of voice which would render him
audible throughout. But his conception of the pit was goto,
and as he seems to have no defects but what a little more study
remove, our opinion of his future excellence remains ow-
! altered. YuutsG played Pierre in the most effectual style.
I After the play of Venice Preserved, on Thursday, a new
Melo-Drama was performed, called The Miller and his Alen.
This piece is from the pen of Mr. POCOCK. Ile has not
surprised us by a display of original talent, for which we did
not before give him credit ; he has not evinced a knowledge
Gf men and marinCrs, to make us blush for the little fame be.
sowed upon his former works, nor has he yielded proofs cf
ingenuity, which of themselves ought to gain him a niche in
the temple of fame. lie has furnished a piece which gives an
improbable tale of benighted travellers and banditti, and which
aided by the scenic decorations bestowed upon it, is found
pleasing in repre,entation. He has so used the old materials,
that they frequently produce the effect of novelty, and the
business, though extravagant, is not devoid of interest. The
Al diet, amid his men, are a freebooter, and his band of robbers.
The Miller has a wish to possess a beautiful cottager, who.
according to immemorial custom, is provided with another
lover. Grimigfir (the miller and robber) takes Claudine to
his haunt, where her lover finds his way in disguise, amid after
a variety of perils, her deliverance is effected through the
means of her lover and a female who had been the mistress
of the f. cebooter, and who in that character had experienced
crue:ty which at length prompted her to revenge.
Theme i 3 nothing particularly striking in the dialogue of
this piece. and the dramatis personae are drawn with more
ex!r:,iiagar
evcr, whit:
the spleod,

ace than vigour. 'the bustle and animation, how-
:h pervade it tinougliout, entitle it to favour, and
lid scene wide winch it. concludes, iu which the-
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