The National Register.
London, England, 1813-11-14 00:00:00

ITS.riATIONAL REGPSTER.

. 5. --Citrinµs Robbery—Ur R. O'Connor. of Dangan,
Meath, for Which place he pays an annuli rent of
lone! Barroom who resides in London, has been in the
to pay his rent at any Place but on the pre-misses. A
"gory, agent to Colonel Burrowes, after some preliminary
Mr. O'Connor. employed Mr. Doyle, postneister of
lye the' last half-fear's rent. ,On the 28th ult. Mr.
Dangan for this purpose : at the gate lie was accosted
'ho said he was sostioned there to give Mr. O'C nnnr
ice of les approach ; and Mr. Doyle followed hen to
're he foiled Mr. O'Coenor anti Isis soss Roderick %%hen
'red, O'Connor desired his son to withdraw. lie 'hen
y Mr. Doyle the rent, amounting to 7501. and which
se-pound notes. Mr. Doyle observed upon the incon-
; vu de of payment, and requested the use of pen and
notes. This was refused. Mr. Doyle, alter counties
he house—and within 30 yards iif it, and befere he Had
e, he was attached from behind F. two persons in
faces erre maskiel ; they knockcii him demo tied a
'er his face, rubbed him of the money Ise had just received
of his nen : and hating hound Isis legs wills a cord,
it over his head, they left him. During the whole
robbers never littered a word. No person whatever
lie assistance. Mr. Doyle 'Tipsier(' some time before le.
ticate hi.nseit. On his retnru to the house, be saw
he mentioned how he had been treated. Shortly Ate
arr ved who expressed great surprise at the Ro.bbery.
eleyle then ti ok Isis departme. The Robbery having been com-
mitted at eleven o'clock hi the day, the necessiai v steps are in progress
to levy the money upon the county of Meath. We have every reliance
that the Gentle:lien of that vicinity will use their best exertions to dis-
cover the persons engaged in this most mystetious trausactime—
TsteNnt rt sloe m.—A house, situate in Oxford-place, et the north
part ut Righton, the property of Mr. Marshall, was literally orn
pieces by the electric fluid n Tuesday morning last ; and most astonish.
ing to remark, although Mr. Marshall and his servaet, Mrs. Becuy,
were in the premises, they escaped unhurt; a Brent part of the tool
of the house was forced in, the whole of -the ceiling demolished,
the timbers of the partitions nearly heist iloulile, the head posts of the
beadstead in which Mrs. lieeny lay destroyed, arid the curtains of the
bed burnt to a cinder ; the casement of the window cast upwards of
:30 yards from the ge ionises, the door removed a censiderab'e distance,
and the pavement of the wash-house throwu up The same flash els;
destroyed a weld port of Copperas Gap Mill, about three miles to the
westward of the town, and a young man, of the name of Ilegget, was
severely burnt; he was removed to a house it short distance from %vile-re
the accident occurred, where we understand he lies in a dangerous
state.

llontitro Mcitnr.n.-00 Friday last, an inquisition was taken at
Solihull, IVarwickshiie, on the body of Diary Bate, who-was Mond
murdered on the Wednesday prece ling. The circumstances of sln-
case are shortly these :—Tlie deceased, her Ism-baud, and the tb, 0
brothers of the deceased, the one aged ataitst 18. and the other 19
vcars, resided in a cottage, near Solihull looge. The two brothers on
the morning, of the day the murder was committed, rust ;shout a quarter
before 6 o'clock and went to work ; the hu-panel. John Bite, went to
work in hail an hour alserwards. About six o'clock in she cyclone,
the brothers returned, and nut finding the deceased, as they ilsou:_11•
in the house, theg waited near it for the return of the Isusoand, who
cause in a short time. and h.iving struck a light, went up stairs, and
isorni.diAtely exclaimed his wite w. .s murdered. The alarm was given
but nothing was discovered to lead to a supposition of any person
having entered the house. Strong suspicion, arose that the husband
hail committed the murder, in consequence of the contradictory ac-
counts lie gave to dstfetent persons, of some money he pretended so
have left sit the house ; and some blood ha: ing been found on hi,
shirt, togettier with other suspicious circumstancus, induced the Jury
to find a verdict of Wit/U1 Murder against him ; and he was committed
to Warwick gaol, to take his trial at the next Assizes. The head of
the deceased was literally dashed to pieces, and it appeared to have
been dine with an axe, as she lay asleep in beds but no instrument of
that description could he 10, rid with blood on it.
A diabolical attempt was made by some nefarious villain, or
villains, on Saturday se'nnight to destroy the powder-mills of ill. ssrs.
Tinckler and Niontlord, at Chitworth, Surrey, i,y putting several stones
in an about the gudgeon of the water-wheel of the coriii• r-house,
which, but fur the timely discovery, would, iu all Inciam probability,
have caused the destruction, not only of the whole woiks, 6,4 of she
paper-mills and Luber buildings in the vicinity, Ly which a number of
persons would have been throws out of employ, to nothing! of the
Jives that might have fallen a sacrifice. The proprietors hate offered a
reward of 5001. for the discovery of the vile perpetrators; and we
OftcCrelY wish condign punilimient tuffspeedily overtake them

The pressure oftite glorious and important fiweign intelligence with
which late events. have crowded our paused, prevented our doing
that justice to Mr. CONWAY last week, which the ability with
which he tilled the part of Henry the Fifth. in the revived play of
that name, required. Our atte%tion Wiit4 ton MOCII eliMilged With
the tremendous realities of the European Stage, with the march.
snuggles, and triempho of Kings, Eteperors' and nations, to find less
sore to describe the evolutities of mimic heroes On the confined
l'ht'atry•' Metreenits. -The crisis nt the war being past, hove-
e'er/ a momentary calm frillows, which, it not the harbinger of trait-
quitlity, at least atierds au opening for the coesideration of those
su 'wets which generally distinwinsh the reign of peace.
Whoever has cast his eye on the momentous events of the present,
cannot deny the policy of reviving a play ve Rich brings back to our
memory the glorie• gained by our alms in past ages in the invadkd
plains of France. Whoever has w i messed Mr. ('.'s performance. omit
form an eqnaliy favourable opinion of his jtelgment, in selecting
such a character as the heroic conqueror of Aginconrt. To a ti-
gnre, the grace anti manliness of which flown-11ply assist in deli-
neating sovereign majesty. and to featities that combine be may with
expression, he athiS,illitliS part,an ardour of sold, wanting in smite of
other cluiracters, which faitlificlv depicts the youilititl menareh
and spirited warrior. Considered as a whelp, ins Twrformarwe it
nuse equally excellent than any of his former efforts. The only part
in %%Welt he is It is perfect. is the moment when he delivers to the
treacherous lottis envies of their impeachment. Is it thiturai that he
should express astonishment at the surpriNe which he must have ex-
pected. sitsce lie occasioned it ? Iu giving them over to the hands of
justice, however, be was imprevive and affecting. His prayer before
the battle, and the wild spirit with which he rose suddenly on hear-
ing the trumpet's call, and rushed to the fight, seemed a real burst of
that heroic nature which is attributed to the knights of ancient
times, and which was a campound of religious and military claim-
s'am His thanks to heaven after his victory, were delivered with
the fervenr and solemnity of a sold truly impressed with gratitude
and awe. His pleasantry with the blunt hut loyal-soldier and the
IVelsh Captain, and the rough warlike mode of his con ship
ith Princess Catherine were amongst his most sncecssful p sages..
Upon the whole, his Henry the Fifth is a pertinmance which proves
the justice of his claims to occupy one of the first places on our
stage.
Ou Wednesday, a new farce, called the Intisibie 13ridegroont, was
prodeced at this theatre. It is one of those pieces which consist al.:
most entirely of disguises. A poor captain is arrested far debt the
very morning that he was to be married to .a tick heiress, and his
servant undertakes, by perterming several characters, to excuse h s
icon-appearaee both to the lady and her father, without revealing II s
real situation, and to procure him the MOO necessary for his libera-
tion. This is at last effected, but not until after the young lady h all
been privately married; and the bridegroom is not therefore o ce
compelled to appear. Poor in plot and in (halftone, though not ti,s-
tinge of bustle, this piece owes its success to fru• spirited exectimis
of the perlit mars, and chiefly, as its nature indicates, to these of
Mr. M ATV! E WS.

Miss STEritEss, .whose vocal powers have made such a favonr-
able impression on the public in this Theatrc,on Fl rforoletf '
the part of Clara, in The Duenna. It is bid justice to .her to say,
Viat she gave the airs with so much taste and skill, ass not on:y to
confirm that impression, but considerably to ;liniment her profess.
owil repute. She was encored in most of the airs, ‘shich she sun;
ivith feeling and simplicity. She has not yet overcome her diffi-
dence as an actress, but that diffidenee excited an interest in • her
favour. Miss MATTHEWS acquitted herself with spit it in Louisa,
and sting at least prettily. We are sorry to perceive that SlNcLatti
is getting entirely into the fiourishinr, toqc of the day. He sung
‘• Had I a heat t" in such a manner, nut the original tepure of gm
stuff' was lost in the embroidery. The rest of the performance has
been too often_ noticed to require any comment. There woos a very
immerons runlience. and hacknied as the piece is, it passed with.
a degree of spirit hardly exceeded in the zenith of tame. •

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Last night, Mr. BrtAHANI made his first appearance this season
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Limber in the 'opera of the Devil's Bridge He was in fine voice, and the
aof the clear, rapid, and Willi:int cxecntion of the graces of his songs, drew
offered a down reiterated plaudits an(' encores. Mrs. DtcxoNs exerted her.
se.f with considerable effect, and as the opera altogether was well
and we acted, it went off with great eclat. The Imre was crowded.