The National Register.
London, England, 1818-04-06 00:00:00

COVET GARDFN.

'On Monday, the Marquis de Cara6r..nmadc his first
and last appearance on this stage. The piece was
brought forward with al' the effect thst.twourite actors
and beautiful scenery could give; but not all the re.
potations or exertions of .Messrs. Ertery,.Liston, Tyke.
.Iy, Crimaldi, &c. nor the .showy. maguificence of the
scenic department, could proveut mud catastrophe
that ensued. The audience were displeased with the
ceremony of Puss (Grimaldi) devouring the Ogre,
when transformed into a mouse. A scene of confusion
ensttbd, which continued till.the curtain fell) when
Mr.:Listonesme forward, but retitled without being
heard. The chandelier., was darkened, and the stage
lights were extinguished. The cry of ". Manager,"
was still raised by. a strong phalanx in the pit ; and
after some time had elapsed, Mr. Fawcett made his
appearanco,ard•or. obtainier, silence, delivered the fol-
lowing neat and judicious address:—

"LADIES .\ND GENTLE MI N,—l had fat the Theatre shortly
after the commeneznient of the performance of thestfuw.piece. ion
will recollect, that the direction ofit did not c.onie.within my deyart-
ment. As soon as I learned that the Aliutrei had been eallad for.
I lost. not a moment in coming back •to -the Theatre. It must be
very well known to those who triouent Garden Theatre, that
the Managers arc indefatigable in their exertions for the publie al=
; aid whenever any attempt of theirs (MN s.:on of your
eapectatioirs or their ..wisbes, it is by ri,l swans the policy of the
Theatre to pre.is it uron the andivice. 11, therefore, it be the wish
of Ws audience, that tile piece which has been just acted, skodld be
withdrals•nohat wish no doubt will bo•attended to."

Mr. Fawcett .then ....rithdrew amidst the loudest
plaudits, anti the victors left the Theatre. In comp E.
ance with the pallie opinion, thus unequivocally
pressed, the piece has not been repeated. -We always
regret when a production so expensive as the present
is unsuccessful ; but as there swans to be an increasing
disposition in the pubF6 to revert to the legitimate
drama, the Managers ought to do all in their power to
.eneourage it, as we La: convinced they would lied it to
their advantage in the end.

E:ZGIF-11 OPITA HOUSE.

Mr. Mathews having lununinceit kind he Shahla .be
at home, at this theatre, • on Thursday evening, he had
the pleasure of receiving and reagy•entertaitung a very
large. party, to the vio satisfaction of the visitors and
the visited.

Ile amusements consisted principally of Mr. Ma.
thew's celebrated Mail Coach Adcratures, which are
too well known to our dramatic friends to require a
particular descrirtion. Varicus new katures were of
course, introduced on this occasion, to give as much
interest as possible, to.an entertainment, the support of
which, by a single individual. doe&intleed (to use his
own words) " place a feather in his cap," which he is
Most justly entitled to .wear. He observed, that "to

amuse .an audience a whole evening by itir, own exer-
tions was an arduous task," .but the -complete display
of his extraordinary powers which ensued, and the suc-
cess of his endeavours, fully justify hi•n in making the
attempt. In .the course of an excellent prciatory ad-
dress, he declared his decided. predilection fur the legi-
mute drama, am: assured the audience that nothing but
the want of opportunity to appear be£ire them in that
line, could have induced him to entertain them (so
viten as he had been ob!4;ed to do) with mimicry,
which had sometimes been_ carried to.principal person-
ality. Finding that there was no probability of t
ing his favourite object, he determined to withdaw
from the theatre to which he lielongett.observing, that
since he could not obtain admission among the regular
practitioners if he must be. 4 qtui4:%, he will at least
sell his medicine on l►is•e+wu account. " I may he
called a nintinsebank," said Lc, " but if I he so, I will
have n ..r.tage to myself." his address was received
with •the loudest acclamations from all parts of the
theatre. and Mr. Mathews procealed to narrate kis

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Adventures, interspersinif them with a number of his best
songs and rpceimcns of imitation and ventriloquy. In
the latter he personated a French valet, and gave a
conversation between five people, whose voices were all
essentially ditlimnt. His surprising powers of imita-
tion are well known ; during .a whimsical trial, which
intrcaluced, be imitatesl the Judge and Counsel in a
manner that drew down the warmest applause. He
also recited, in the character of an old Scotch Lady,
.1 long story stbout,snothing., which was admirable--it
w.ls, perhaps, the nrnst strikingly accurate cf . any of
l:is reprewntations. 'Ellat of Taftna is very. good, but
a little in carricature. .He concluded .by giving a
sreacip4ani Hamlet, in the manner,of John Kemble,
can, OUTIg, G.T. Cooke, 'Pope, Mundell, Fawcett,
B:anchard, Brabant, and Ineledor. _ .

Altogetherl it was a very high treat, and it was, so
acc:4l4,:telty the audience,- who maniested their appro-
ation throughout, by the most enthusiastic applause.
.fannister was in the house,:aimd on bciug recognized
:eccived a must hearty .welcome.

'Mr.. Kean's success at Glasgow is without precedent;
so great were the audiences attracted by his ,perferm-
tutees, that to maim room in the pit, sha orchestra was
removed, and the band placed behind Cie scenes. From
. Glasgow he proceeded w Abepleen. At every place he
has performed since he Las Jeft.tevert he has received
1001. per night.
Mrs. Barns, who appeared, two or three seasonr. ago,
• at. Covent Garden Theatre, is now the favourite actress
of the New York strge.
Mr. Arnold is. actively preparing for the opening of
tbe New English Opera Him*, by 'forming a company
of perferners, many of whom are old favourites, and
the remainder of high lir:Nimbi fame.
A young gentleman, whose name is Race,. a native of
Newcastle, . has made his • appearance at the theatre of
that town, as 'Richard the Third, with unequivocal
success.
Miss Clara Fisher, who gained such singular cele-
brlty at Drury-lane, is now performing at the Birming-
ham Theatre, to crowded houses.
.A new Opera, in three' Acts, written by r. gentleman
of Dublin, tle: music of which is composed by Sir John
Ste:el-loom:is in rehearsal, at • the theatre of that city.
The new and suecessfnlT :tree of the Sleeping Draieghl
produced on %S ednesday evening at Drury-laue, is the
first dramatic banding S.-Penley, of that theatre.
It is whispered as-a fact, that-a lady at the height of
tragic fame; though pectin-ming at a Theatre Royal un-
der her maiden name,. has been warred sometime ; nay,
was convicted and found.gniky of nutrimany at an Irish
Par two years ago. . This report Yeas more than whis-
pered about the same period, but was not then credited
in the theatrical circlet.--Sin.
A Corporation. in the West of England (with which
one of the principal ofracers of the Prince Regent is
closely conaected) are advertisiagfor sale the next Pre-
sentation to their principal church, in onler.topay
at their Nentre 1-4:vetting paper.
A grand Musical Coiumemoration is to talcepiace
:a die theatre of she' University of Oxford, in the en-
cuing summer, fcr which all the orchestra-of the con-
verts of ancient 'music is engaged, by the permission of
the Directors. _ _ .

At the anniverinry•dinner•of the New Musical Fund
held on, Thursday at the kreentasons Tavern, the
Duke of Sussex, accordir.g to an evening paper, pro-
posed ass toast—" Mrs: Itillington, Sunni Cecilia
of England."
It is reported in the musical circles, that Madame
Catalani shortly intends returning to this country. The
French papers, however, hint to the .contrary.

Wednesday her 'Majesty -una the Princess Augusta
and Elizabetha-xeived a visit from the Prince offTesse
-1-lomberg. Nisi Serene ,Highness aftertvards received
visits feLm the Dukes of Clarence and. Gloucester ; and
in the evening had a dinner party ; among the comprny
were the Prince Esterhazy and suite, Lord Stewart,&c.
We are happy to say, the Prince Regent was much
better- od, Wednesday. His Royal Highness gave au-
dience to Earl Bathurst, and Sir W. Scott, the Judge
of the Admiralty. He also received visits from the
Duchess of Glocester, thirDukes of York;.Cumberland,
and Clarence.
Prince Leopold, contrary. to expectation, still resides
at Weymouth.
Wednesday the. Duchessef Gloucester, the Dukes of
York and Sussex, and the Prince of Besse Homberg,
visited her Majesty, and the 'Princesses Angustit and
Elizabeth, at the;•(Queen's Palace the Duke of Cla-
rence dined with • his Royal 'Mother and Sisterf. • In
the evening her Majesty had a select-party.
The eleenet enita of apartments on the ground flees:
of the.. Mirth. Ve est wing of the 'Queen's' Palace, in
whi:h the Prince Regent and the. I)uke of York xes:dcd
tiering their minority, . are now fitting up in :►a appro-
peiate style, fur • the reception of the Prince ef Hesse
Hamberg and the Princess Elizabeth, after their uniun,
until theirdepartnre for Germany.
The Duke of Norfidlt has just added .!to the family
plate a most superb (limier service, which, for value,
taste; and highly finished workmanship, is said tobaun-
NI Lulled.

THE NATIONAL• lIECTS.T7R.

APPREHEX.eION Of HUSSEY.

Since. Hussey was suspected of being the perpetra-
tor el the murders at Greenwich, the Magistrates and
officers belonging to Bow-street have .been intlefati-
rable in their exertions to trace and apprehend him.
rthe last account that was heard of him in London was
on Sunday ce'nnight, at the Lamb public-house, near
Fitzroy-market, where having drank some .peppermint
with a relation, who was understood to be his.trother,
he took leave of Lim, anti said he was going into the
country. Adkins traced him frnm thence to Basing.
stoke, and there all direct knowledge of him was lust.
The officer went to Burton, is Doasetshire, where,. his
wife was living with her relations,. and had lately been
confined- in child-bed ; she and her family were ex-
tremely shocked on learning the crimes with.which he
was charged ; he had net been there,
.nor had they
heard any thing of him. Most of the officers have
been after hint in various directions, where there hat
been any suspicion of finding him, but they did nut
succeed on Thursday morning, however, the accept
table intelligence was brought to Bow-street Office of
his being taken at Deddington, in Oxfonl,,hire. The
intbrmation was brought to the Office by the law-
agent, in London, to Mr.. Field, the attorney of Ded-
dington, who stated, that he had received a letter front
Mr. Field informing hint that Hussey was taken in
that town, and that he would be hrought to .Londoa .by
the constable, accompanied by a man who wits to ASsist
in keeping Ilussey secure, and also by Mr. Field him-
self. The information was sent to Greenwich ; and
Mr. Bicknell, the solicitor, of that place, who has ex-
erted himself su much to discover the murderer, and
other gentlemen of that town, came to tile Office to ix:
present et his examination. A brother of Hussey's, a
sawyer, in Tottertham-court-road„ on learning his bro-
ther
was taken, went to the Office to wait his arrival.
At fnir o'clock the Magistrates and others were as-
sembled, in anxious expectation of the arrival of Hus-
sey, am! in this state of snspence they were kept for
•nearly three, hours.. A little belbre seven o'clock, all
SUSIKASC was relieved by a hackney coach driving to
the door, in which were •Mr. Field, the constable, and
Hussey handcuffed to another m an. He was delivered
into the custody of Adkins and Vickery, who con-
veyed him into their room ; and after, he was released
from his handcuff, the officers proceeded. to search him
very minutely. On taking off his boots, something
dropped out of one of them, -which proved to be a
large -ring, supposed to be set with diamonds. It was
asked if he had been searched, in the country ? it was
answered that he had ; but it admitted that his boots
had not been taken off The 'account Hussey gave of
the ring being in hit boot was, that when he went to
the privy, itICII out of his fob into his boot.
I le gave. the following account of being possessed of
the ring :.
It was the anon..b the thinms—"
.. . .

Question. NVICit taints ?'7
Answer.—" In the bundle which the things
were that ! found against a treeia Mr. Smith's grounds
at Greenwich."

Question —" Is this the account you mean to give
of the ring
Answer.—" Yes, it is; I have, no other account to
give."
The prlfoner, who had been searched, znd who had
drewd idniself, was taken . into the Odice, and placed
ar the bar,with .Adkins anlVickery on each side of him.
Mr. thee commenced the examination of the pri-
sow_v. _ _

Joke 1 eulten, the man who discovered and appre-
hended the prisoner, stated, that he keeps a public-
house -irt 'Deddington, in Oxfordshire, and is the cod-
stable of the-parish. On Tuesday. night two men, one
of then: r. lath-render, and the other, a tradesman of
‘‘ eh-trent, ..came to his house, called for supper. and
beds, with which they were eccemmodated. . They kft
his house about six o'clock on Wednesday morning;
they tultilim.their business in travelling was being in
pursuit of the prisoner, and described his person very
accurately •to him, and said he had ti,gnld ring upon his
person, with the remarkable inscription.on it, " To the
memory of six children." They left his house fin. Ban-
bury, saying, they were going there in pursuit W.' hill.
After the men had left his houre,.he went.and read the
Oxford newspaper, in which he.saw the jai •..aer
.ad-
,,ertised as described by the men • Slim. iit,er 9 di duck
he saw fly" prisoner pass his house, and his•petNon an-
swering the description given by Cie m n and in .the
advertisement, he went ..crt and followed hint 'to the
tap of the King's Arms.lnr, where he had spine bread
and cheese, awl a ,cup of beer. The witness asked a
neighbour of the eame of Churchill to accompany him ;
they watelied,mul iiillowed the prisoner from the top of
the King's Arms to.a. farm-yard, which he supposed
was a ihuroughfara, and finding it w', tot so, returned
;grin; he,was then convinced that the prisoner wits a
strarger, and he went up to him boldly,.and said he
• must.zo with him, as he hod .streez suspicion .he was
the man advertised. The poisoner, after wow hesitation,
confessed his name was Chrrles Hussey. :On his taking
him to his house he proceeded to search him, and thund
a watch and a pocket-hook, with a ring in it, part of'
the property stolen from the late Mr. Bird's house.