JULY 15. This Theatre opened for its short season with a very good specimen of the quality of the entertainment its present Manager is able to offer to the public. The Poor Genlleman, Blue Devils, and A Day after the Wedding, were the pieces represented, and all went off very pleasantly. TERRY, JONES, RUSSELL, TOKELY, Mrs. GIBBS, Mrs. DAVENPORT, and other established favorites of the town, were received on their entrance with the usual kind and cordial greetings from the audience; and amply justified that good will, by the spirit and ability with which their several characters were performed. The part of Emily Worthington was sustained by Miss E. BLANCHARD, the daughter, we believe, of the celebrated actor of that name, and her second appearance on any stage, a young lady who bias fair to become an ornanieat to her profession; to whatever limit future expectation may be restricted, her success on this occasion was quite unequivocal; an agreeable person, mild gootle manners, with extreme attention to, and just conception of her part, ever in the by-play, left nothing to be wished for. Her recep tion was extremely flattering. A Mr. J. KUSSELL, from the Edinburgh Theatre, made his first essay on a London stage as Ullapod. The abilities of this performer certainly place him above mediocrity, but he suffers in this attempt by contrast with his predecessors, who have usually rendered the part much more piquante; he exhibited however, in more than one scene, a touch of the natural and just in acting, As a singer, he has more voice, and less humour, than usually belong to performers of this class. JULY 17. This evening a new candidate for public favor appeared on the boards of this Theatre. The play was "Rule a Wife and have a Wife:" and a Mr. Warde, already distinguished by his success at Bath, made his debut before London audience in the character of Leon. The task was bold, but it was most successful. A more chaste and correct delineation of the character than that which Mr. Warde gave we never witnessed; his conception of the part was exceedingly just-it was more; for it was delicate and just. Mr. Warde is of the Kemble schools, and even adopts the style and manners of Kembie. It was in the steady dignity of his mien and the apt marking of his eye, that he most closely resembled him. If there was any fault to be found with his performance, it was, that in the sarcastic pas sages in the second act, he was hardly emphatic enough but his spirit kindled as the business advanced; and in his rebuff of the Duke in the last act, we never saw a more successful display of the firmness and dignity of a gentle man vindicating his honour. JULY 18. This evening, a new come, dy, from the prolific pen of Mr Jame son, was produced at this Theatre, called "Nine Points of the Law: or, Possession," of the plot of which the following is a sketch. Precise, a London Magistrate (Terry), a peculiar man, lodges with a Mrs. Codicil (Mrs. Kendall), who occasions his leaving her house by her introducing her friend Mrs. Chubby (Mrs. Davenport), and her son (Tokely) a kind of travelled bumpkin in a French dress, who came over from Boulogne to seek one old Mr. Feeble, a relation, with a view to his will. Crafty (Barnard) a servant of Feeble, who is dead, keeps possession of the house, and wants to impose upon the relations a will made in his own favor. He therefore, for a time, keeps the house close against all whom he suspects. Interwoven with this story, is the receipt of a letter by Precise from Lord Liquorish (Russel) for the apprehension of a young lady, Miss Seymour (Miss Matthews), who comes to an inn by the stage, with Sophia Iphigenia Scribble (Mrs. GIBBS), a female author and poet. A request is also received to apprehend a person described as a foreigner. Precise comes to the inn about the time of the afrival of the parties, attended by the police officer, Townsend (J. Russell). The Hon. Mr. Harebrain (Jones), "Lord Liquorish, sen. has followed Miss Sey-ish consents to his son Hairbrain's mars riage with the heiress, and says, as he is a nobleman, he will marry by proxy.' Crafty is to be punished. The play takes its name from the frequent changes in the occupation of old Fee be's house. Such are the chief materials of which this play is composed; out of which, the author has worked up a variety of busy situations. Its general character assimilates in a considerable degree to that of " Teasing, made Easy." The dialogue is frequently. neat and happy. The wit about literature is not, however, in good taste; and there are some indelicacies which it may be adviseable to expunge. All the performers exerted themselves to the utmost of their abilities, and Miss Matthews sung a pretty song with great effect. Some disapprobation was expressed; but the general question was carried in favour of the piece, by a large majority of voices. mour; and after getting her trunks into a hackney coach, drives off with her, leaving the coachman; but an accident happening they are compelled to return, when old Lord Liquorish (Russel) himself appears in quest of Miss Seymour, whom he wishes to marry. The Justice, however, insists on his going on with his charge which had occasioned his detention. Lord Hurebrain changes his French surtout with Peregrine Chubby, who has appeared instead of hig The villainy of Crafty is at last detected by Liston, in the character of a drunken fellow servant, and who knew of Feeble's death, and the contrivance of Crafty. The latter, after a variety of incident and bustle, is apprehended, and all the parties are brought before old Precise; when it ap pears, that Feeble left no will, and that Miss Seymour is heiress at law, to the great confusion of Mrs. Codiel. Mrs. Chubby, and her son Perry. Lord Liquor THE POETRY. ARCTIC NAVIGATOR'S PRAYER. * in 1406, the seventeenth bishop of a colony settled at East Greenland was prevented from reaching them by a prodigious barrier of ice, and their fate has never been ascertained, Alas! thus Folly's venturers roam Spirit of Hope! at thy command bland- Come, and with playful meteors fill And though within the dread controul Of that dark zone that binds the pole, The needle from its place may turn, And loadstones new attraction learn, The true heart shall not lose its skill— Home, home shall be its magnet still! THE CANAL AND THE BROOK. THE proud Canal, serene and deep, V. Beneath it saw the streamlet creep"Haste, babbler! haste thee on!" it cried, "Thou emblem of man's shallow pride! Go, steal thy winding way along, With gilded pebbles make thy song. Refresh thy sun burn'd shepherd's flock, Or tinkle thro' the thirsty rock; Feed if thou canst the humble flow'r, Companion of thy little hour, Then slumber in forgotten earth, Hid by the clay that gave thee birth." Submissive paus'd the tuneful Brook. Then whisper'd thus its meek rebuke"Unseen I wind my quiet way, Unheard 'midst honied wild-flow'rs play; My music soothes the lonely ear, My gifts the cottage-banquet cheer: But though in dim inglorious gloom I wander now, the hour shall come, When thro' a channel broad and bright My peaceful stream shall burst to light, And mingle with the boundless sea Of Life and Joy's Eternity!Such is my doom-and what is thine, Colossal work of Art divine! Condemn'd the gaudy freights to bear Of shallow pomp and sordid care, While iron bondage quells thy force, And slaves like thee direct thy course! Go, share the doom of feeble man, Whose power thy mimic reign began→→ The traveller shall return, and see An emblem of his pride in thee; Thy giant arches shall decay, Thy borrow'd flood shall pass away, While to free Ocean's breast is given TURN from me those eyes of blue! If they must light a rival's flame, O hide that cheek's bewitching hue! That mantles at another's name. In pity hide each glance of thine, Whose tenderest feeling is not mine. If not for me those blushes rise, If not for me those tear drops swell;- And thou weep o'er thy lover slain. LINES, REDITURUS. And you, ye spirits of the silver flood! Permit no careless idler here to stray, Where POPE and THOMSON pour'd the bal low'd lay. But softly; -on these Boards I'm nothing new: Here's a raw actor, making his debut; show me, By patronizing the poor Thing below me. He's a Young Roscius,-rising Four,-his Jine (Though I'm not jealous) much the same as mine. He'll top me in one character I play,The part in X Y Z, called Neddy Bray, He has refused a Scotch engagement prof fered, No less than Twenty Thistles, weekly, offered. I throw him on your candour:-all his brothers, Aunts, uncles, with their fathers and their mothers, Are quite the rage ;—the Ladies (bless their faces!) Bump themselves on them, at the Wateringplaces. In short, without more ha'ing and more humming (Since there's a General Election coming), If for this Candidate your voice you give, He'll be your faithful Representative; And prove as useful, in this best of nag tions, As many of his near and dear relations, As for myself,-I've not a word to say ;I came, Lord Grizzle, on my grizzly Grey, To bring this acquisition to our corps, Then, like a ghost, glide off, and speak ne INTELLIGENCE FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1818. This Gazette notifies the appointment of John Bernard Gilpin, Esq. as Consul for the State of Rhode Island; and the Prince Regent's permission to the 5th regiment of Foot, to bear on their colours and appointments the words "Badajos, Orthes, and Toulouse;" the 47th, the words "Vittoria, and St. Sebastian;" the 14th, 59th, 69th, 78th, and 89th, the words "Java;" and the 19th lancers, 22d (late 25th) light dragoons, 12th, 33d, 73d, 74th, 75th, 77th, and 94th Foot, the words "Seringapatam." It also contains a notification from the Lords of the Treasury, that henceforth foreign linseed, and foreign hams, (not imported by the East India Company) will be permitted to be warehoused under the 43d of the King. TUESDAY, JULY 7th. This Gazette notifies the appointment of Charles Rushworth, Esq. to be a Commis sioner for the Affairs of Taxes, vice Thomas David Lamb, Esq. deceased. SATURDAY, JULY 11. This Gazette notifies the Prince Regent's permissior. Major W. Plunket de Bath, to accept and wear the Cross of the Royal Sicilian Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit. TUESDAY, JULY 14. This Gazette notifies that the Prince Regent has granted unto John Ingram, late of Barnet, Herts, but now of Great Queen street, in the County of Middlesex, Esq. his Majesty's Royal license and authority, that he and his issue may, in compliance with a direction in the last will and testament of his relation Frances Partheriche, late of Clapton in the parish of Old Stratford, Warwick, widow, deceased, take and use the surname of Clapton only, and also bear the arms of Clapton; such arms being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Herald's office, otherwise his Majesty's shid license and permission to be void and of none effect. KEW PALACE, SATURDAY, JULY II. This afternoon, at four o'clock, the solemnity of the marriage of his Royal Highness William Henry Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews, Admiral of the Fleet, third son of his Majesty, with her Serene Highness Adelaide-Amelia-Louisa-Theresa-Caroline, Princess of Saxe-Meiningen, eldest daughter of his Serene Highness the late reigning Duke of Saxe Meiningen, &c, was performed in the grand saloon at the palace at Kew by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Lord Bishop of London, in the presence of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York, Kent, and Cambridge, his Serene Highness Frede rick Langrave of Hesse, her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta Sophia, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, ber Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia of Gloucester, and her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe Meiningen (the mother of the bride, and Regent of the Dukedom of Saxe Meiningen); the following Ministers of State, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Sidmouth, Count Munster, Minister of State for Hanover, and the Baron Koenitz, Minister for the Dukedom of Saxe Meiningen, assisting at the ceremony. The solemnity of the marriage of Field Marshal his Royal Highness Edward Duke of Kent and Strathern, fourth son of his Majesty, with her Serene Highness Victoria Maria-Louisa, youngest daughter of his late Serene Highness Francis-Frederick Anthony, reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg of Saalfeld, consort of his late Serene Highness Charles-Louis Prince of Leiningen, sister of his Serene Highness Ernest-CharlesLouis-Anthony, reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg, and of his Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg (which marriage had been previously solemnized in due, form at Cobourg, on the 29th day of May last), was also performed this evening in the grand saloon at the palace of Kew, by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, in the presence of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and the other royal and illustrious personages above mentioned; the same Ministers of State also assisting at the ceremony. At the conclusion of the marriage servi ces, the registries of the marriages were attested with the usual formalities. The Ministers of State and other persons of distinction present, then paid their compli ments upon the occasion; after which her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, the brides and bridegrooms, with the rest of the Royal Family, retired to her Majesty's private apartments. Immediately after the conclusion of the marriages, the Park and Tower guns were fired, and the evening concluded with other public demonstrations of joy in the metropolis. SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF INDIA-ROARD, JULY 13, Despatches have been received at the East India House, from the Governor in Council at Bombay, of which despatches, and of their enclosures, the following are copies and extracts: Here follows the extract of a despatch from Sir, T. Hislop, to the Governor-General, dated on the 19th December, from the Head-quarters of the army of the Deccan, -seven miles north of Ougein. This relates to the action at Nagpore on the 26th and 27th November; a detailed account of which is given in Lieut.-Col. Scott's report, dated Nagpore, Nov. 30. (See Vol. LXXIII. p. 439.) Sir Thomas Hislop in his despatch says, cannot in this place but state to your lordship my decided opinion, that there never has been an instance in which not only the courage but the allegiance of the native troops have been put to a severer test, and been displayed in a more brilliant result, than on the present occasion. It required, indeed, no common exercise of both quali ties to enable these intrepid men to maintain their position, at a time when they saw their wives and children exposed and suffering under the same fire that was thinning their own ranks: such a trial was greater than falls in general to the lot of soldiers, and it has been gloriously met and supported at Nagpore." Copy of a Report from Major-General Sir W. G. Kier, to the Adjutant-General, dated Camp, Dewdah, Jan. 10. |