The National Register.
London, England, 1818-07-13 00:00:00

JULY 13

" TiteuLtUits/'.
The bulletin on Friday was, " The Quid) has had
a very good night, and is much better this morning."
The l'riuce Regent, as usual, weat from Carlton fiouse
to Kew.

Tilt ritlNt E R EGE Nes CM) ra.—Wcanesaity the
Prince Regent held a Court at Carlton-house, which
was attended by the 'abinet Mioisters, Great Officers
of State, &c. when General Count Scebras Tafterrato
was presented to hi* Royal Highness by Count Pfeffel,
The Agrarian Minister, upon his arrival in England.—
The Regent afterwards held a Pricy emmeil, at which
thc sanction of the .marriage of his Royal Highness the
Duke of Clarence 'with her Serene I liglancss the Prin.
cm Adelaide of .Saxe Meiniugen was n, real upon.—
His Royal highness then gave audiences to the Bava-
rian 'Minister, taunt ScAras Tafterrata, the Duke of
• Clarence, Count Munster, the Lord Chancellor, the
Earls of Harrowby mad Liverpool, the Duke of Cum-
berland, and Viseount Silnanth.

On Thur Atty the Princess Adelaide of Nlciningen,
and the I)nehess her mother, were introduced to the
Queen at Lew, mil in the eveniu; returned to town
in compunv With thelittke of Clarence.
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Friday the Duchess of York visited the Princess
Adelaide and the Duchess of Meiningen, at Gni
hotel. The Duke of Clarence and Lord Keith dined
with the Princess Adelaide and the Duchess of Mein-
on Friday at Greiflon's hotel.
-The nuptials of his Royal highness the Duke of
Clarence, with her Serene Highness the Princess Ade-
-1 laide of Saxe Meiningen, was Celebrated on Satinlav
evening at Kew, at six o'clock. A dinner was given on
the occasion to a select party of the Nabilitv. The re-
marriage of their Royal Highnesses the lOttle and Du-
.chess of Kent, according to the limns of the Church of
tegland, 61so took place at the saute time.
On Thursday -his Royal Highness the Duke of York,
visited the General Penitentiary for Conviots.at Mill-
bank. His Royal 'Highness was attended through the
, interior of:that excellent Institution, by the Right hon.
C. Long, M. P., G. Mulford, Esq. NI. P. and the Go-
verner .and 'the respective Officers. After his Royal
Highness had viewetlthe several wards of the prison, he
proceeded to the.chapel, where the prisoners were ex-
atnined in their religious exercises by the Chaplain,
and afterwaras sung the A :4-8 th .Psalin. His Royal High..
mess expressed himself' highly v'...ratified at this interest-
ieg scene, and also at the gootlorder oldie prison, anti
the decent .demeanour of the convicts.

There has .been some disrespect shown by some
person or persons -in office -iu France, to the Prince
and Princess of :Hesse ;Honabourg. They arrived in
the Royal yacht off Calais on Monday afternoon, and it
low water, they were put on shore in .an open
lyiat about 4 o'clock, when the only military honour
ti:e al:liable Princess Elizabeth, the daughter of the
;King and Queen of Great Britain, the sister of the
Prince Legcnt, received, consisted of three soldiers and
a corporal in an undress, and they did.not even present
arms, and did not pay any awntion to the illustrious
personages; whereas, when the Grand Duke Michael
arrived there, he %ca.:Teat:iced with a discharge of can-
non, as is the case when a❑ ainhassadur passes through.
The Princess remained at an hotel till 12 o'clock the
nest day, and there was no guard of ho :oar at their
door.

On Wtilnesday evening about 7 o'clock the Prince
:Frederick anti the Prince William of Hesse Cassel, lute
brothers of the Duchess of Cambridge, arrived at tiie
.hooser of the Duke oftlon bridge, on New Green. They
were.,aceonnnodateil with iodging.at one of the
Equerries' houses. 'The Lung rave of Hesse Gssei is
also . accommodated .at one of those houses.
The Duke of Gloucester will set off in about a fart.
night on a long medikued tour to Italy. and to pass
sonic mouths in Rome, his native city. During his
absence, the Duchess will resily entirciy with her Ma-
jesty ; amsidernble reductions are miking in the esta-
blishment at Gloucester House, in consequence.
Wednesday the Grand Duke Michael. attended by
Baron Nieholay, Sir W ovreve, &e. went to view
the Lotalen Doek.:, where be was receiv d by several
of the Directors, %%tar conAticted him over the exten-
sive establishment. Ilk loiperial Highness proceeded
thence to the West Intiia Docks after viewing which,
he embarked on board the Admiralty Barge, and pro-
ceuded to Whitehall Stairs, where his carriage was in
wditing to convey him to Stratford House.

:en 41 giflay the Grand Duke Michael visited:lra:up.
ton Court Palace, and viewed the gardens. It is said
that the Duke. intends leaving town or !Fuca !ay next
.The. Prince .Ri44ent has app uinteti'll. Beard, ot'tb.
Inner Temple, Es' Barrister at LW, to succeed the
late E. Samuel, Lag. as President of his Majesty's
• Courts of Criminal Auld Civil Justice, in the Colony of
,')•l3erhiee.

,The Duchess of %Devonshire set out from Rome for
London on the I3th of last mouth.

The letters from the tuanutuetcritig districts state,
that trade bus lately. been mi unpreuedenteilly brisk, that
it has occasi (((( ell. the labourers to strike tbr higher
wages; 27 •
math •artt,bta•-idiii-. idle at Nlauchester. •

JULY Isl

7'HE DR.131.1.

ENGLISH OPER.% HfIL"E.

This school for national music has introduced Miss
Carew to the public in the character of Ciara, in the,
Duen nu, which she perfiirined throughout in a style of
excellence which we have seldom equalled. The sim-
plicity and pathos with which she executed the beauti-
.fol airs of this opera, reminded us strongly of Miss
Itephens's best stile; and the sweetness of her voice,
joined to the evident knowledge of music which she
dirplayed, enables us to welcome her as a very power-
ful
addition to the muswal talent of any stage. This
Theatre seems desined to rescue this species of talent '
from obscurity.; as M is. 4 Carew is only one among many
whose power 'hare been first felt and justly appreciated
on these boards. We are happy to see her announced
in two or three of our favorite operas, and shall look
with some eagerness to her performance of Polly. The
whole opera of the Manna was performed in so
spirited a manner, and gave such general satisfaction, li
that it has been performed three tines.
The indefatigability of the Manager has likewise re-
wived the interesting &diet of Perouse, which is got up
very splendidly under the superintendance of Mr. T. I'.
..Cooke. The merits of this ballet are too well known
to need any discussion here—it has tram the first mo-
ment of its appearance been a general favourite : but
we cannot help admiring the ingenuity with which the
Native Indians are introduced .to ploy the parts of the
savages who molest Perou.ve. Much pains must cen.
•taialy have .been bestowed upon these transatlantic
actors, since they perflirat their parts with great cor-
Tectuess, and adopt all their wild motions to the move-
ments of the music. They add greatly to the general
.effect ofthe piece. The exertions seem to obtain in.
.creased patronage, since we observed the boxes lined
,etch persons and .fitmilies of rank and &Asian ; asnong
'whom we noticed the Duchess of York, Lady Perth,
the Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Carisbruke, Mr. Anger-
cein, &e.

The public arc aware that sonic:time ago a mission
was sent by General Mover, the new President of
Hayti, to the Governor of Jamaica, to announce his
accession to the Prosidency,.and that the polite recep-
tion which the mission received from Sir H. Popham,
.our Admiral on the •Windward Island station, had
made an impression on the new President highly fa-
mourublc to the interests of the British merchants .re.
•siding within his territories. The Jamaica journalists
sliew the transaction in very ditfl!rent ight ,; and Sirl
U..Pophant, for having per nitted the Ambassadors to
:partake of the hospitality of his table in the midst of
.his own Lundy, is inveighed against with as much
.asperity as if he had been guilty of a high political
misdemeanour. The gallant Admiral may console
himself fur these invectives, with the reflection that in
•respecting:thc dignity of human nature, he at the same
time best consulted the interests of his country. Ilad
he acted otherwise, it is pretty generally understood
that•our merchants would have been instantly ordered
to quit the territories of the Haytiun Republic, and
their property, amounting to a million .and a half,
would most probably have been confiscated.
The filet is announced in_a private letter-from Paris,
that the fivaf•s of the United States have seized the
Floridas from Spain. "fhe Courier of the Spanish cm-
hasv at the 'French caoital had brought letters to seve-
ral commercial !lenses communicating the alrivc intern-
;;enee, of: which M. Unix is said to have conveyed the
particulars to the Court of Madrid. This, we aredp-
prebensive, will be considerea as an important Glow .in
the Spanish Cabinet. Grounds have been urged in-
vindication of the measure, of which we know not yet •
how to e::.iniute the solidity .or the justice ; but where
is au usurpation ever attempted, which we do not see

',coloured by some pretence of rilpht ? Wlutt atrocious
injury was ever commits d, which the aggressor
slat strive to mask under the crukraiderrof self-defence
,or. retaliation ?—We- fear: that tl,c -rest dad suhstantiul

CC: .“.1 14, the feehleocss of the Spanish .Government.
The Vire Cluuwellor on Tuesday rose at ten minutes
after eleven In consequence of the negli4,,ence of sn-
licitors, he was ohli.rod to strike nine causes out of the•
paper. He lautcured the insults offerexl to :.the Court.
hrt huge engaged.hy parties, wad said he should. with-
out toil, strike out every case where the solicitor or
~ctmusel were not present. I)elays had been complain-
ed of in the Court ; hut tllese delays could only be.:
endsiderei now ns oaynig to the negi,i,genee of the so-
he'ters
From the result of the fn. Westminster, it up-.
petrs that 10477 electors gave their votes on that ue-
ca ion of single.viites there were thr Burdett 2308 :
M.'xwell %.'204.; *mealy 453: 5289 gave double •

'sages —Several Foreign Aml,usa:ulors ar.3 said to have
iinerfereitin influencing voiers for Sir Nllirray Max •
well, and it is expected that the affair will be laid before

List week, pursuant to an 'old eqqtom. of new
f• embers returned lbr Grimsby stantliw; god-fathers
r any children that have not been pr,!viously Chris-
t ned, Mr. Tennyson arrivcd at that plaec to perform
lig part ; .whea upwards of .100 ekildren were chris-
t

THE NAMONAL ItEGT:TER.

.Ii9.IIZD OF EX CiSE.-F it IDA Y, July 10.

111 0, MKS V. EvAen•
John Lea& a dealer in tea and coffee, in Union-
street, Sitimlfields, was charged with having a quantity
of vegetahle ingredients iu his possession, called `‘ Ve-
getable Powder," and a ith selling some of the same.
C. 11. Lord, an oflie.T of Excise, stated, that he went
to defendant's shop ou the :25th April, and purchased
an mince of culn,e, fir which he paid him three half-
pence ; lie asked him if he had any vegetable powder
in his possession ? he said that he had no such thing;
he told him that he was an officer of Excise, and.mhowed
him his commission ; upon searching, he found one
pound and a half of vegetable powder, which was not
coffee. Lady, another Excise officer, had purchased an
ounce of three-halfpenny coffee prior to his going into
the defendant's shop. .He purchased an ounce of
coffee as well us Eatiy.
Defendant.—l deny that Lord purchased an ounce
of eofli!e.

Colutuissioner.—Did you, Lord, purchase an ounce
of e:)fiCe, or not ?

Lord.--Yea, your Honour ; I am satisfied I pur-
chased coffee, and gave a sample of it to Mr. Hubert,
Mr. Hubert, dealer in tea and coffee, High-street,
llorough, being sworn, said, that he xeceived a small
parcel from Lord, and upon examining; it, he found it
contained a mixture of vegetable powder and coffee.
The deCendant persisted, in a very determined man-
ner, that 'Lord, the officer, had not purchased any coffee
of him ; he admitted that Early, the officer, had pur-
chased an ounce, a short time before Lord came in.
Spencer, an officer of Excise, said, that he was. wait-
.ing outside of the door during the time Lord went into
the shop ; he waited until he saw him go on the inside
the counter, .and than he went into the shop. He
did not see Lord purchase any coffee ; he believed that
Lord told him that he bad, but he did not see the,coffi.se
be purchased.
The Court dismissed the information.
THE KING V. BLASE.
_ _ _

The defendant was charged npondifferent informa-
tions with receiving into his possession large. quantities
of liquor used for making vinegur, without giving
notice to the Excise, and upon one information with
obstructing the officer in taking stock of the liquor he
had on his premises The officers, and witnesses ex-
aminixl, proved that the defendant was a vinegar-maker,.
in Tooley-street, Borough, and upon the evidence, the
defendant was convicted on the first information in the
sum of I4L, in the second and third 51. each, in the
fourth (for obstructing the officer and preventing him
from taking an account of his stock) ;201 in .the fifth
SL the sixth information was dismissed, and. the seventh
withdrawn,