Cordelia, appeared to great advantage, and won upon our esteem. In the farce, Mr. Barnes, in Brummagum, and Mr. Hilson in Ralph, made a great deal of sport. Mr. Pritchard played Captain Vain with ease and spirit. The house was crowded. Saturday Evening, April 5. Macbeth-Prisoner at Large. Mr. Woodhull, for whose benefit the piece was announced, played the part of Macbeth, which, taking into consideration that it was his third appearance on the stage, he executed in a manner that warrants a hope of future excellence. He did great justice to some scenes; and if he appeared to fail in others, we were inclined to attribute it, rather to diffidence arising from a want of familiarity with the boards, and augmented by the discouraging aspect of a thin house, than to any defect of capacity: his voice, however, is not sufficiently tutored, and though his attitudes are not ungraceful, the management of his arms is awkward, and the mismanagement of his fingers is distressing. Mr. Simpson was very well in Macduff, and Duncan, Banquo, Malcolm, and Lenox, were respectably filled by Messrs. Anderson, Pritchard, Carpender, and Darley. author of the Honey-Moon, &c. It is a very indifferent play, though the author has pilfered plot, incident, character, and language, from most of the popular dramatists, from Shakspeare downwards. Patchwork is always an indication of poverty, and of whatever materials composed, produces but a mean effect. Mr. Tobin's audacity, in his plagiarisms, is much more conspicuous than his ingenuity in the management of his plunder. He has, in truth, been guilty of only petty larceny, for he has stolen nothing of value in all his thefts. But throwing novelty, probability, and morality, out of the question, as the author seems to have done, we may find some amusement in the Guardians. The whole strength of the company was brought out in aid of the piece, and we were gratified with much good acting. Mr Hilson personated Hint to admiration. Mr. Robertson, in Charles Sedgemore, gave evidence of his acquaintance with the character of a gentleman. He played off no airs, exhibited no swaggering, affected no bustle. Mr. Pritchard played Barton with his accustomed propriety. Mrs. Darley exhibited great ease in the character of the vivacious lady Welgrove. The other parts were, generally, well supported. up. Friday Evening, April 11. The Guardians, or the Faro Table.-Woodman's Hut. Mrs. Groshon very agreeably disappointed us in lady Macbeth, from her performance of The afterpiece derived all its interest which wecannot withhold our commendation. from the splendour with which it was got The afterpiece is a broad farce, at which we could not help smiling, though we smiled at ourselves for so doing. There are some equivocal expressions put into the mouths of the characters, which convey a meaning of unequivocal indelicacy. We protest against this practice. When wit is purchased at the price of decency, its value is diminished in proportion to the sacrifice. At any rate, al lusions of the kind we are condemning, should not be permitted in public. Modesty should not be compelled to hear, what it would blush to repeat. Monday Evening, April 7. Battle of New Orleans-The Apprentice.— The Blazing Sun. This being a holiday, (Easter Monday) the entertainments were calculated for the audience that usually attend on such occasions, and were well suited to their taste. The play does not merit criticism. We presume, the writer's intentions were good, but his piece will never give any additional eclat to the exploit it is designed to celebrate fortunately, it is not in the power of either folly, or malice, to render it ridiculous,though the representation of it was truly so. Wednesday Evening, April 9. The Guardians, or the Faro Table-Ninth The performers, generally in the Guardian, showed proficiency in their parts. The Melo-drama of the Woodman's hut, is interesting, as well in its incident, as its scenery. Mrs. Barnes's Amelia is charming; Mr. Jones deserved and received applause in the Woodman. Saturday Evening, April 12. The Robbers-Aladdin. This is a German tragedy, in the worst style of German taste, and German morality. It is distressing throughout; but the catastrophe is shocking. It is a penance to witness the representation of a piece, the performance of which is painful in proportion as it is perfect; and which leaves on the mind an impression as difficult to be effaced, as it is dreadful to contemplate. The tendency of this play, is, in every respect, pernicious; its blasphemy is horrible; we wish it were altogether proscribed by the public. We augur well from the thinness of the house, which we willingly attribute to the general disapprobation of this unnatural drama. Mr. Robertson's Charles de Moor was impressive. Mr. Pritchard performed Francis de This is a new comedy, by J. Tobin, Esq. Moor, in a very superior style. He is an ac Statue. tor of great talent, and may aspire to excel- sing. Miss JOHNSON, in Albina Mandeville, lence in the highest walks of his profession. transcended the high expectations we had Mr Carpender acquitted himself remarkably formed. We were delighted with her vivawell in Herman. He divested himself of city and childishness. She introduced, with much of that stiffness which renders him singular propriety, the wild and charming usually so ungraceful and monotonous. Mr. song of the Cossack, which she accompanied, Baldwin played Speigelburg in a very lame with her harp, and to which she gave equal manner. Mr. Anderson did Rolla better. effect with her voice and her instrument. Mr. Jones's Count de Moor was a very re- The audience attested their satisfaction by no spectable performance. equivocal evidences. Mrs. Darley did great justice to the interesting character of Amelia. Aladdin is a magnificent spectacle; the story of which is taken from the Arabian Nights. Mrs. Barnes played Aladdin with great spirit and naïveté, and was deservedly applauded. Mr. Pritchard played with his usual judgment in Abenazac. Mrs Baldwin performed Mustapha very well. Her forte is in characters of this cast. Monday Evening, April 14. The World in a Village.-Who's Who. The performances of this evening went off rather heavily. There was nothing in them worthy of special notice. Wednesday Evening, April 16. As you Like It.-The Children in the Wood. The part of Rosalind was played by Miss Johnson, a young lady of great beauty, and very extraordinary talents, who performed for a few nights, in the early part of the sea son. She was greeted by the audience with the most cheering plaudits. She is quite a novice, but we have every thing to hope from the maturity of her powers. Her countenance is highly animated, and susceptible of every variety of expression. The tones of her voice are exquisitely fine, though she is not always full in her cadence. Without being affected, she is too studied, and too emphatic. She sings enchantingly. Mr Hilson was very great in Touchstone; he possesses equal discrimination and versa. tility. Mr. Pritchard was tolerable in Jaques; Mr. Robertson indifferent in Adam, and Mr. Simpson worse than indifferent in Orlando. We were disgusted by a great deal of ribald ry, which is unnecessarily retained in the representation of this comedy. In the afterpiece, Mr. Hilson played Walter. with his usual justness. Little Miss Brundige, in the female child, showed great quickness of apprehension. Friday Evening, April 18. The Will, or School for Daughters.-Adopted Child. The playing of this evening was such, as we have seldom the gratification of witnes Mr. Barnes did great justice to Sir Solomon Cynic Mr. Simpson was unusually happy in Howard. Mr. Pritchard, in Mandeville, did not play with his wonted animation. Mrs. Baldwin hit off Mrs. Rigid to the life. In the afterpiece, Mr. Hilson, in Michael, showed that his talents are not confined to that cast of characters, in which levity predominates. Such entertainments as have closed the performances of this, and the preceding evening, are infinitely preferable to the tawdry pageant of a melo drama. Saturday Evening, April 19. The Child of Nature.-Rosina, or the Reapers. Miss JOHNSON performed in both these pieces. As Amanthis, she was sufficiently unsophisticated, and lent an interest to the part by her youth, her beauty, and her ingenuousness. We do not, however, admire the play itself, as much as many others profess to do. Its title is a misnomer:-It is any thing but a delineation of traits of nature. Mr. Pritchard, Mr. Robertson, and Mr. Simpson, gave strength to the piece in the prominent characters. Mrs. Baldwin played spiritedly and with gout in the Marchioness. Rosina was well supported by Miss Johnson; who was, herself, supported by nobody. Mr. Darley was, indeed, indifferent, in Mr. Belville. He sings well, except that his articulation is so indistinct, that the whole force of the sentiment of his songs is lost. Mr. Darley has not made the slightest progress for years, in the walk of his profession. Is it because he is deficient in talent or in ambition? Mr. Banker's performance of capt. Belville was contemptible. This young man is not, however, so wanting in capacity, as he is redundant in complacency. If he did not think he had already attained to perfection he might arrive at mediocrity. Miss Dellinger is much such another fixture as Mr. Darley. She has not made the least improvement in three or four years; yet there is ample room for it. Should she seriously set about amendment, we would advise her, as the first step towards it, to leave off a distressing habit she has of catching her breath, after every word she utters. GERMANY. The emperor of Austria has founded in his states a sinking fund, like that of France and England. In 1816, no less than 2563 vessels of various millions. At the expiration of eight months, the Contractors for the first four millions tonnage, arrived at the port of Amsterdam. may take the second, but at a higher price of the French funds. The four millions absoIntely contracted for are taken at 55 French funds and the payments are to be complet ed by the end of ten months from the date of the contract. The contractors are-first, Mr. Baring, of London; next the Hopes, of Amsterdam; Parish, of Hamburgh; a house at Frankfort; and five banking houses at Paris. The population of France is officially reported to be 28.813.051 souls, exclusive of Corsien, and the colonies. March 10. The disputes between the Jews and the city of Frankfort are not yet terminated. The Diet has referred the Jews to the senate, and the senate has sent them to the legisla. tive body, where it is supposed their claims will be beard. Vienna, Jan. 25. The Duke of Montfort (Jerome Bonaparte,) and the Princess his wife, passed through here to-day, on their way to Upper One fifth of the Allied Army has left Austria, where they have bought the fine December 23, 1816 This with ester 1 inform you, that on the 16th, a trichtial avelanche had swallowed up nire demes, les of the hospital, and four men or the rowe of St. Peter, without there being ★ possibila of sendering them any assistance. Pone of them had set out from be hospital With letters. Two others wer: to meet them for the town, and al dissapeared. cedring på news from them, we set out in gee, sovery in sewnel of them -Night surprised me in the gorges of the mountain, and Re estate of Kamburg: they are to return in a few days to Hamburg; but it is said, that as soon as the fine chateau of Kamburg is put in order, they will go and reside there with Madame Murat and her family. The Wirtemberg army is to be reduced se as not to exceed 20.000 men. The king has ordered, that in all representations and putitions addressed to him, the use of all French and Latin expressions shall be avoided, and pare high German alone employed There are 1700 students in the university of Gottingen, many of whom are said to be Americans. The actual armed force of Austria. is conputed in a German journal at 530,000 men. DENMARK Elsiner-Jan. 4. Last year there passed the Sound 267! ships among which were from the north ssa, ng Swedish 40 Danist. 396 Norwegian, 208 Russian. 525 Prussian 9442 English Americat. & French & and from the Bat c. 900 English. 85 Americans. + French. 4 Spanish. 25 Portuguese ALL. SWEDEK A ship of the lime larger that any belong ing to the Swedish navy, is abon to be The navy will launcher & Cariscrone copsis: a la sins of the lure in the ther best state. besides frigates ac ASIA. The successes of the Ottoman forces in the Arabian Peninsula have led to an acknowledgment of the supremacy of the emperor of the Turks; and Abdullah ben Saood, the chief of the Wahabee Arabs, has been compelled to guarantee the payment of a yearly tribute, by the transmission of valuable hostages to Mahommed Ali Pacha, governor of Egypt and commander of the victorious army. Titiameh and Hejah have been ceded to the Porte, in which last province, the holy cities Mecca and Medina have their site. Advices, however, of the ratification of this treaty, had not been published. EAST INDIES. Calcutta, Nov. 1, 1816. The unusual epidemic disease still prevails in the upper provinces-there is an extraordinary mortality among the European troops. Our last accounts from Java, state that it would probably take till August to adjust all the business connected with the transfer of the island to the Dutch-the English flag continued to fly at Welturredeen, 1st Oct. The Lord Bishop of Calcutta is daily expected here; his Lordship and family arrived at Colombo, 12th Oct. ty with the US Advices from Fat Our accounts from the them with suficient certant the mother country Protes commerce. BRITISH AMERICA Expert for the year 1× 16. Dry goods, official va Salt 219 10 Muscovado, 1.809.422, c fire. 335 441 Kingston, c. c. March 1. On Thursday last, the inhabitants of this town experienced two shocks of an earthquake. The first took place about two, and Late accounts from Madras state that the the second at four o'clock in the afternoon. members of the French colonial govern- The duration of each was nearly a minute. ment still remained at the Admiralty Gar- The last shock was more sensibly felt, and dens, but were expected to return to Pondi- occasioned the glass to rattle in the windows, cherry by 15th instant. The French govern- They were both accompanied by a russing ment intend to reinstate the college formerly sound resembling that of distant thur fer. at Pondicherry; so as to supersede the ne- The weather, at the period of this unusual cessity of sending youth to Europe, for edu- occurrence, was moderate, and the wind at cation in the higher branches of literature, the N. E. quarter, with a slight fail of snow, science, &c. We doubt whether the scheme will be found to answer the good intention. Quebec, Miren 15. Pondicherry will be ceded to the members of days since run a-shore, near the Extraordinary-A prodigious is some the French colonial government very soon; Ouelle, in the county of Cornwa is the Madras Gazette has officially notified all mensions are said to be enormous of wich British subjects residing in the settlement and some idea may be formed from here middependencies of Pondicherry, except those ing and breaking whole feets of en on duty, to return to the British territories by traordinary thickness at ne vaar g the 10th inst. AFRICA. year, in its career It has draw. 1 The Dey of Algiers has confirmed his trea- employed in cutting the brander into junka te VOL. I. NO. I. H ART. 12. MONTHLY SUMMARY OF POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. EUROPE. GREAT BRITAIN. London, January 30. the return of the Prince Regent from bled in the streets, had increased greatly. In St. James's Park, in particular, the mob was immense, and they began to utter the most violent and indiscreet expressions the instant the royal carriage appeared. When the cavalcade had reached the stable-yard gate, it appears that the glasses of the state carriage were broken on both sides, almost instantaneously. The general impression was that the stones were the missiles employed, and yet the glasses, which are of uncommon thickness, were broken as cleanly as if done by a discharge from a musket or pistol. On the prince royal alighting from the state carriage at St. James's palace, he immediately sent for Lord Sidmouth; and after waiting a considerable time for the arrival of Lord Sidmouth, at St. James's palace, left it in his private carriage for Carleton-house; and the refractory part of the populace having left the Park, he was then received with loud huzzas. His royal highness left his commands for Lord Sidmouth to follow him to Carleton-house, where his lordship arrived shortly afterwards, as did the Duke of York, and the Duke and Dutchess of Gloucester; their royal highnesses having heard of what had happened, lost no time in repairing to Carleton-house to make inquiries. Lord J. Murray, who attended the regent in the state carriage as a lord in waiting, received a blow over his right eye from a piece of the strong plate glass being struck against him. January 31. A proclamation has been published, offering 10004 reward for the apprehension of the person or persons guilty of the late treasonable attempt on the life of the Prince Regent. HOUSE OF COMMONS. February 4. The order being read for taking into consideration the Message of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent on the State of the Country, the Message was accordingly read. Lord Castlereagh then moved successively, -1. That the papers containing the communication from the Crown be referred to a Committee. 2. That this Committee be secret. 3. That it consist of 21 members. 4. That it be chosen by ballot. 5. That the members of the House prepare a list of 21, to put into a glass to compose said Committee 6. That the papers remain on the table as they are, till the said Committee be chosen. All which motions were agreed to. February 8. Lord Castlereagh brought forward a statement of our Naval and Military Establishments, and the reductions that have already place, sources of expense; and moved for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the public income and expenditures for the year 1817. The army, in 1816, was 149,445 men; in 1817, it is 123,702-reduction, 25.743. The expense last year, exclusively of Ordnance, was 110.564.000-this year it is 19,280,000. The Ordnance last year cost 71,969,000—this year it is 1,246,000. Total, saving on Army, 71,784,000. Navy, last year, 33,000 men ; this year, 19,000 reduction, 14,000. It cost for last year, 110,114,000; this year it will be 16,397,000-saving, 13,717,000. Miscellaneous service in 1816, 12,500,000; ditto this year, 71,500,000-saving, 71,000,000. liament, through his ministers, his intention The Prince Regent has intimated to Parto surrender one fifth part of that portion of his income which is connected with his own personal services.-The amount of this fifth is calculated at 50,000l. a year. Ministers themselves have also more than intimated their intention to follow the example that has been given by the Prince Regent. February 11. |