The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-23 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

spoke an favour

and others against

them, and after some further debate, the proposition
of M. de Chavelin, for the adjournment of the dis-
cussion to the following dayi was adopted, and the
Chamber adjourned accordingly.
An expedition was under order• to sail forthwith
from Cadiz, with reinforcements to the army on the
Spanish Main, consisting of La Legere, 44 guns;
the Arethusa, of 36 the Hercules, of 22 ; and the
Hyena, of 16 guns. They were ordered to be at
sea within one week at farthest, from the 23d
According to advices from Madrid, of the 3d inst.,
Brigadier Vargas, Secretary to the Board of General
inspection of the Militia, and Captain Dorningues,
one of the Clerks in the same department, have been
arrested on suspicion of having been concerned in
the fabricated orders, issued some time since for
calling out the Militia. The yellow fever has en-
tirely disappeared at Cadiz and its neighbourhood,
and the only deaths which have lately taken place
are attributed to common disorders.

THE Dolts or KENT.—It is with regret we lay
before our readers the following bulletins of the
state of his Royal Highness's health, from the last
of which it appears that on Thursday morning his
Royal Highness was considerably worse, and his
danger much increased:—
Woolbrook Cottage. Sitimouth, Jan. If. 1820, 9, a.m.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent experienced last nigh.
considerable increase of his complaint, but we find his Royal
Ilighnesseonsewhat better this morning.
(Signed). J. O
WILPONI ;cm
W. G. MATN, M.D.
Woolhroolc Cottage, Sidinoutlf, Jan. 19, IWO, 8, P.M.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent has had some c.eas-
fortable sleep, and is at present in a more favourable state.
(Signed) J. WILSON. M.D.
W. G. MATON, M.D.

Sidmouth. Devon. JAIL 20, 1820, Lade:
Since the date of our last Report, his Royal nighties. the
Duke of Kent is become much worse, and his danger is
aasi-
derably insreascd.
(Signed) J. WILSON. MD.
W. G. SIATON. M.D.

Wehave just received the Bulletin of Thursday
evening, 8, rat., which, we regret to say, holds-
out no promise of amendment is his Royal High-
ness's health.

It is reported on the Stock Exchange, that it is
the intentiois of the Chancellor of tile Exchequer
to fund seven or eight millions of the Exchequer
bills, and by prevailing on the bank to hold over the
sum for which he stands pledged. to enable him to
go on with the same temporising system at he has
hithetto acted on, ter another year, by merely tak-
ing twelve millions from the sinking fund. Exche-
quer bills have now been done at a premium, after
elapse of many months, but not exceeding one
shilling. This shews the continued abundance of
money in•tlte city, which is even greater than at
the beginning of the week; but the funds are,.
notwithstanding, nearly one per cent. lower'
The approaching. time, when the bank -rill
be compelled to pay their notes in bullion, in
duces a• number of individuals to sell large quail-
titiea of stock, under the idea-that a considerahle
scarrity of money will arise from this circumstance.
A Dutch mail has arrived with the ordinance of
the king of PriisSia, fur strictly prolibiting the in-
tnaluetwn into his dominions of any newspaper in
the Germanianguage, published either in England
or France: and of all papers published in the Ne-
therlands, except with license of the Prussian am-
bassador at Brussels. A penalty of 10 bllars is
annexed to the violation of this decree, and attaches
with equal force to the -transmission o•• papers
through the Prussian states, as to their intreduction-
for perusal by Prussian subjects.
We have received a Jamaica Courant of theBth
of November, from which we extract the following
articles of intelligence:—
We learn by recent accounts from Eartliag,ena,
that an American schooner had arrived at that port
after. a short passage from Porto Bello, and cum-
muoicated information that. the. Patriot privateer,
which had been oaf Panama, had proceeded from
thence, and that there was a free ':ogress into the
port for traders; she also states, that-a packet had
arrival with letters from Limit, saying, that the
Spanish vessels of war from Cndiz had arrived off
the port of Callao, and two Patriot privarcers which
annoyed the Royaliats' vessels, immediately nude off.
—lntermation is derived from the Victory, of Lord
Ctichnine having taken a brig, called the Hose,
from Lima bound to Panama, with 400,000 dollars
on board. Galeria lime, on understanding,. this
irctunstance, sent-the iniermution to Captain. Hart,
ct' the Sappiairo, at the me lying in the Rio Cha
gees, to request that he would send and demand
the restoration of the vessel, which his Lordship
refused to deliver up, saying, that British vessels
should never be a cover ti,r an enemy's pr-Terti.r

THEATRICAL.

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COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

The young Lady, Miss Wensell, who made *
very favouroble impression by her interesting per•
formence of Rosalind, in .45 not Like It. on Thum-
cloy night appeared as Beatrice in the Comedy of
Match Ado About Nothing. The countenance here
tofure extended to this young Lady, has had the
good effect of apphrently giving her more complete
command of herself,-asive did not on this occasion
perceive any overwhelming timidity. We have
before spoken of the advantage.* of countenance and
person possessed• by her ; we might say, to adopt,
language from the play—.ti Were she other than
what she is, She were unhandsome.' Her *action;
particularly her active walk, &c. in the earlier
scenes, however, where she is pursuing. Dinedick,
to tease and taunt him, did not appear to advantage
It was too broad ea attempt nt an independent air.,
The subsequent scenes, in this respect,- were -awls.
better. There is something so preposesting in• her
appearance and manner generally, .so lady-like and
superior, that she could not but impart an intermit
to• the character of Bealricei and on the whole-
Miss Wensell played it with good sense and an
effect, considering how unused she is to the boards,.
that en,itled her to the flattering applause with
which she was greeted. •
Mr. C. Kemble sustained the character of
Iknedick, the Married Man," in admirable style.
We have seldom seen him to greater advantage.—
The assumed heroism of the gallant that flouted at
matrimony, was well contrasted by the interest lie
evinced when he learned that Beatriceloved him, but
would not let him know it. Here he teatime mere
mortal earth ; and although the countenance was
overshadowed with an air of melancholy, the rich
and gay attire shored that the vulnerable part of
Bcncdick was wounded. He bad not emaped heart-
whole; and the transitions were marked with great
skill. We cannot but notice the bad taste with
which Don Pedko, Leonalo, and Claudia. (Egerton..
Cornier, and Abbott), relate in the garden, knowin; •
that they are overheard by Benet-lick, how much he
it beloved by Beatrice ; for each as he spoke turned
his head round toward Benedick, when they ought to
have spoken as if they were confidentially speaking
to one another. • In real iife their plan of proceeding
would have defeated their seheme ; it tended to
make the plotting too apparent.. The mine was the
cael too when the ladies practiced a similar trick to
entrap Beatrice, by stating that Bencdtek loved her
most earnestly. As nothing was more likely to
counteract their own views—te imitate an erroneous

example was bad.
Sigh. no more Ladies" Was prettily rang by
Mr•. Sterling, Ste. and it was encored.
That heaviest of all heavy Tragedies, " The Fa-
tal Marriage," was last night brought. forward'
again, for the purpose of introducing a Miss Jersey
de. Beaumont in the character of Isabella. Mrs.
Siddons was the only woman Whose appearance as
Isabella could tolerate its representation, and we.
think it an unpropitious selection fora debut. Never-•
o...iless, from the judgment a very short presence in
the theatre enabled us to fore, we think Miss (we
wish the lady had been announ►ed us Mrs., for she
is certainly nearer fifty. than forty) Jersey de Be
munt may prove an acquisition to the stage at this
moment, when there ►s, from a recent retirement, so
great a dearth of merit in the line she has chosen.
—We had closed our observations here had not the
extremely fine acting of Mr. M'Cready, as Biron,
extorted. from us an additional line in praise of a.
degree of excellence we have rarely witnessed in.
that.iiharaster.