The National Register.
London, England, 1818-05-03 00:00:00

DRURY LANE.

A new romance, entitled The Mountain Chi f
was produced at this theatre, on Thursday evening.
The Amite is laid in Wales. Mr. Wallack sustained
the principal character, which is that of an .oue.aw ; but
though his exertions were not sparingly distributed, the
reception of the performance was so fan equivocal as to
leave it a matter of doubt.whether it could be repeat.
ed with any prospect of • success. We shall not detail
.the plot. It 41 enough to say of it, that Rhys the Red,
(Mr. Wallack) posse. ses himself by force of Anada
(Miss Cubist,) the datzhter of a miller ; that she is Also
loved by Sir.liddomen (Mr. Barnard,) who, together
with her father, and a large body of troops, pursue,
overtake, and redeem the captive, put the outlaw .t 0
death, and thus prepare the way for a wedding,
which concludes their adventures. The chief -.slefeeA
of the story was the want of incident. The events
are very few, and we do not think, that even. few -as
they. are, the connection is sufficiently elear to effect
that easy developenaent which is .required in such pro-
ductions. Mr. Knight had a part with which he could
do but little. An attempt was made to compensate
fur the tameness of. the beginning by introducing .a
sufficient quantity of bustle and fighting at the .close.
The experiment, .however, was not very successfal.
Qne scene had like to have been fatal to -the;dnanna.
We allude to_that in which the Outlaw .and. his :anta-
gonist Qght upon a bridge, from w'lich they .fitlhiato
the water. Either some change should be made in the
machiney .of this accident, or the accident shoUld be
omitted altogether. Areontest took place on the falling
of the curtain, in which the applause prevailbd,./2ut
the minority was by no means incoasiderable. .It was
with difficulty announced the repetition. The music
is agreeable.

Theimmurality and mawkish sentiment of the Ger.
man Dramatists and Novelists is said to be so admira-
bly satirised in a burlesque i)rama, called The Sorrow
c•r Weiler, that the Manager of Covent Carden .Th
tre is about. to introduce it .on the -.English stage.
Liston is tube the IVerter, :qrs. Liston the Charioae.
The Covent Garden Ntout,,,,er is remind, the Lead
season, -to have two musical strings .to his bow, Miss
Stephens and Mrs. Dickens living alicrnately to rise.aral
set in the vocal hemisplicreof taut theatre.

Little Clara Fisher' and her fairy tribe, after per-
forming the lust act of Rickard tie 1 hire thr her bents&
at the Bath theatre, wcait through the trial scene in
tls: Merchant of Venice, mud she.m.ta equally e;tritertlim.
nary in Shyluck.-.:.
Mr. Fence and li;s Charlton-place amateur friends
performed Hamlet, at the Canterbury theatre, for the
benefit of the ',millet .Benerblent gueiety, and addtal
considerably to their fund. Mr. Foote was the Hamlet,
which he played in such a style, as to add much to the
reputation of histrionic talents. Captain Hill was
Admirable lioral.in.

14,1

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF EXCOEQUER, APRIL 23.
SIR WATKIN v. J. MORGAN.

This cause, which has been in litigation 40 years. has a.
;length come to somethinl; like a termination. Mr. Morgai
lbas already entered an stisweitl in the House of Lords. againsi
the late decision in the Lschequer, and the Deputy Renton.
brancer has to make a geoeial report on the subject. Sit
lkilliam has also put in au answer to interrogatories on tin
part of Mr. Morgan. which fill hetet evil :1 and 100 folios.
Mr. Datineey Oct the part of Mr. Mot gall moved for post.
iponement of the order to pay into Court two sums lie hail re
ccived out of the estate, one of 4,0001. to pay off a mortgago
of his nephews, and another of 4,91101. neither of which had
been so applied.
Mr.4llake sw the part of Sir Waikin observed that accord
ring to the decision of die master, the mortgages were paid oft
is 1807, and vet since that period Mr. Morgan hatlcuntintied
to receive the prof ls of the estate.
Mr. Datincey intimated that the object of his client was to
secure the balance he timid due to him, on the final settle-
ment of title account. .

Mr. Baron Garrow recommended the parties to come to a
mutual understanding, and in consequence it VAS deter-
mined, "that Sir William should be put into immediate pos-
session of his estates on condition of paying into Court 4001.
per annum, one half to go to Mr.hlorgaii, and the remainder to
keep down the interests on Wilders mortgage. This sum to
be paid until the whole accounts are made up and the ba-
lance settled ; and the agreement to he entered into by Sir
**Atkin without prejudice to his own case."

COURT OF CH ‘NCERY..--TIMSDAY, Apna. 28.
TI pkaT V. Gap.

At an early hour the Court was much cro a tied by persons
anxious to bear the decision of the Lord Chancellor in this
interesting case. His Lordship took his seat at about 10
o'clock, and addressed the Court to the f•ollowing effect -
" This matter first came before me, by a petition reseeded
on the lttli of the present month; and it is a material duct,.
tuent, being a petition sent by Mrs. Taylor, and supported by
as affidavit, which rendered it my duty to make an order, ac-
cording to the common course of the Court, to re.,traia Lord
htewart from centracting matt Imony with Lady Frances Vane
'Tempest. or having any further commtittication with her
upon that subject until my further order. 1 Hardly disposed
•ef that petition by making such an order, when another pe-
tition was presented by Lady Frances, which petition prayed
an finmethate reference to the Master to receive proposals
of a settlemerit upon a marriage, of which she Improved.
The lint petition having given me notice that one of the
guardians approved of the marriage,audthat the other totally
411%4pp:eyed of it, the order that I was to make upuu
the second petition was obviously for the attendance of all
parties. Soon after this a third petition was presented,
store in the regular course of business, front Lerd Steuart
himself, praying that he might go before the mister to esta-
blish the tact that this would be a fit and suitable marriage
and that in case the Master was of opinion, that proposals of
settlement night he laid before him, andhere I remark upon the
expression of settlement, because in considering the question,
whether it would boor not asuitable marriage, itcannot be Mo-
sul:01y investigated without attendance to the cire 1111 l stance.
whether proposals could he made for a proper settlement. It
is due to the interest of the ward of the Court to give the
parties an opportunity to be heard, by directing a separate
report to be made by the Master, to take the opinion of the
Court upon the propriety or impropriety of the marriage, or
as to the justness of the Master's report as to that question.
'" it appears that the ease before me is new reduced
to two questions—lst, whether Lord Stewnrt should have
what had been called in the course of the argument the
'usual reference to the master. The second question
?which it is my duty to determine, is, whether that order.,
which has been prayed for to restrain Lady Autriiii lions
any communication with her daughter, excepting in the
presence of Mrs. Kay, until the issue of the reference to the
Master shall i.e known, shad be grouted. I have thought
it my ditty upon this occasion to endeavour to ascertain what
Las been the situation of the card, and of the nature of the
guardianship of those intrusted will' the care of her, appoiuted
on the death of her father, which took place in August. 1613,
at the time this young lady was about 13 years of atte."
Hie Lordship then referred to the Master's report of 1811,
settling a plan fur the education of this young lady ; necurd-
lug to which, she was tint to reside with either of her guar-
dians, but to be placed trader the ease of Mrs. Kay, a lady
of the highest respectability—it was likewise settled, that
except to her guardians, Lady Antrim and Mrs. To lur, she
should not be allowed to make any veils without their eon-
aeutotor should she otherwise receive nay. In consequence,
however, of repeated applications to the Court, the young
lady obtained permission for the benefit of her health, to go
fur some time to the sea side, where it appeared, according
to the affidavit of Mrs. Taylor, that propositions of marriage.
bad been made to her in the sprits of 1816, a ills the mincer-
fence of her mother Lady Antrim, although in conerqnence
of her, Mts. Taylor's remonstrances, they were afterwards
broken off. Not lona after this transaction an application wits
made to the Court, and indeed it was high time an applies.
tiou should be mails, to vary the plan of education which had
been adopted ; and it now appeared upon a report which the
Master had not been enabled to make until Bth 111arch,1810,
that, in his 00114.11, MI allicintionsbuulti be :nude with rein'.
trice to this polio.; :stirs toltication. And the Master, in 116
report, had rim:tared that by illsetitent this yating lady vf.ts tm
be introduced at Clout uy Ladyr Antrim, and to visit a ith .%Irs.
Tavlor and Lady Antrim ; butt added. that of any Menus eat.
tiler elion;d tie tell by this arrangement, a notice Lv rack of
the parcii., would operate as a 41'5e:barge of his iipinion. Ills
Lora shin then adverted to the proposal of marriage %%Men
hid been made by Lord Stewart, and accepted oy Lady
rewires on the 9th April. That basing been etentettinira tell
to 'it e. To hoc ii pun the of April, it produced a pelitiou
from the lady, itipported tiy tut affidavit. In this affillavii
Mrs. Taylor bad stated the grotto& upon wine!' she opposed
this *anion," that, recollecting lila 111.01 formerly entered into
by the Countess to efiect a marriage between her daiNlitri
and a nobleman, without leasing consulted the wishes of the
plaintitt,' the deponent became appreltensise lest a similar
project might again fosse li?eti ad sited without the kiwis'
ledge of the The .1114% it then proceeded to con
meta, the 'ammo' persomel objection!' to Lord Stewart, and
Ifirst,“ that he us SO years tit age, or theretruouts." His Lived'
ship would be i 0 )ears a2e in the month of May next ;
ant again, •• that lie is a Ni.invrtr, with a sun, Dal many
years yawner than the Omuta" Titat his Lordship observ-
ed, was a very motet tat tact, and one a Inch inic,ltt illestrate
thauelety which contest out of doom with respect to this