The National Register.
London, England, 1819-01-11 00:00:00

upbraitling the king. 'iiss Beaunwn
ire of a character of

Perdita wa4
'ful bew

a pretty portraitu_ . a play'
Li ton and Blanchard were admirable in th,:ir parts ;
Abbott way. devoured too early in the piece to acquire
much distinction ; though his new ofike of Drll►urrtae
to the bundle which enactod the young expasee, pro.
cured him a prodigious explosion of laughter, and his
death by the lamest of possible bears made his exit as
jocular as his entrance; Fawcett'? Aulolycns was acute,
humorous, and indefatigable ; Ken►ble's Florizel was
the noblest of rustics ; and Young a ',follies was is the
early scenes a fine conception of far), jealousy, and in
the latter a close and painful sk..tch of dejection prey.
ing upon a powerful mind and an unwearied love.
The discovery of the ntatne was prctki!y arranged;-
Miss Somerville bore up the honours of sculpture.
steadily, and the grace of her descent was much ap-
plauded.

The opera of Figaro is to be produced at Covent. •
Garden Theatre as soon as Miss Stephens returns to
town. Ile part of the Page is to be personated, we
understand, by Mrs. T. UM, who is establishing her •
musical reputation under the able instruction of Mr.
Bishop.
The Earl of Miltown is the nobleman to whom, it
is said, Miss Stephens is about to give her hand.
Mr. Cruker, it is said, is going to I adia.

Extr►ct of a Private Letter from Paris, dated Jan.
4.—" It is now known that M. de Cazes and M. Ba-
ron Louis contributed most to the formation of the •
present Ministry, in which (so chance would hare it)
there are three Gascons (Dc Cazes, Dessulles and Poi...
tal), and three members from Lorrain (Louis, Gstvion -
St. Cyr, and De Serte). Yon may well believe that
this curious coincidence has excited muck merriment
here. The new Ministry will have much to do to rea-
lize its promises. Inslitutions of every kind am ex.-
pected from it. The guarantee of the liberty of the
press, the freedom of the journals, the re.'asting of the •
whole of the administrative system, impressed with the
despotism that presided at its origin, the reform of the
criminal code, and many other improvements, are ex-
pected. The Ministry of the Police is suppress2d, but
tin. some years this suppression will be more in name
than in reality. M. Coxes will even continue to occu-
py the hotel occupied by the successive Ministers of
Police tir the last 20 years, the Pouches, the Savarvs,
and such like agents, although the inscription placed
over the door is withdrawn. Many changes are con,
teruplated in the Prefectures, the military commands,
and the foreign missions. General Maisun, it is said,
succeeds NI. de N'osilles as Ambassador at Petersburgb.
There is a talk of the creation of 20 new Peers."

The following is a letter front a person of high re-
spectability in Madrid, addressed to a friend in Lotion,
upon
.the melancholy occurrence of the death of the
Queen of Spain. We give it in the writer's own-
words _

" Madrid, Dcc. 28, 1818.

" MY F.STEEMED Fare:ere—With this you will re..•
ceive intelligence, which will doubtless afflict you
deeply. The Queen, the object of all our hopes and de-
sires, at the very moment when she appear, d likely to
realize those hopesiand desires, by giving to his Majesty
and to the Spanish nation, a Prince of Asturias, sud-
denly expired, the night before last, at half past nine.
The feelings excited by so unlooked tar, and so fatal an
event, may be more easily conceived than described,-
when we consider all the eminent viitnes, and diqin-
geisha qualities, which characterized her Atejesty.—.
The atHiction of the King, who tenderly loved her,
must be greatly aggravated, by the deep souse which
entertains of her exalted merits, and by the cir-
cumstance that she expired in his arms. With 4
respect to the particulars of this most lamentable event
and of the su::sequent loss also of the !Men%
I must refer you to the Extraordinary Gozette. I
must add, however, that the King d.splayed, on this
sad occasion, a sensibility which did no less honour to •
his heart, than justice to the depend object of his
tears It was intended at first to bleed his :Majesty ;
but it was afterw,!rds abandoned ; and, in the midst -
of the g.meral affliction, we have the satistisaion of
knowilig that his Majesty is recovering from the first
shock, and that there is hope it may net essen-
tially allixt his important health. It would be hopes-
sib/a for you to ftrin au idea of the sensation which .;
has b. en every where produced by this event. The
Queen had gained, in en extraordinary manner, the
love and affection of all classes. The Royal Family, .
the t'onrt, the People. all. all, exhibit the most
striking prolfs the regard they bore towards her, and
of the pain which her death has ciccasioned. It so •
fampletely occupies every mind, that at the present .
moment 1 am unable to write to you upon an) other.
subject."
The French papers received on Friday announce the
death of the Queen of Spain, just on the puint of be....
coming a mother. The king himself is at such a time .
• of life, that it is not improbable he may still look fur •
heirs in a new marriage.
lier late ISlttesty was united in person to the King
on the 29th of September, ietti, having been betitre
married by proxy. ills Majesty was torn iu 1763. .