'I ::; From the LONDON GAZETTE, Saturday, May 9. DAN K RUPTE I !:-S SUPERSEDED. J. an 4 J. Leominirr. lion draper. P0471.1..1. Wringtnn. nwserviaaan. TO A :ILLY, Zi• Ps. I Lye's Ilea .1.11.4, Cu..11k611. Titttsaillr. TIANKRIIrrti. Ares.. '. P. Conrcn, a•la ittßcit. T. H. Perte"l-.,T9 Street. .1 tule itO. Atts. 'iottag and Co. I , t. M!lLlrri . 4 "Wonnyra an W. I Sire-t. carpenter. May 16, 2.6, June c.`l, at Guildh4ll. Att. Mr. Codiaintl, Earl Store. lloorEn %V. Tenbury. Worcester. to..ltster. June 3. 4. 00, at Mawr!. Au. Mr. Robinson. 'ionintry. WSTUVRELL .1. R. - whetter. bsuier, Slay 16, 23, June 2n. at ottilaall. Au. Mr. Poipp's. %Ifeay.r'm 11141, 11AZGE111714ST M. tiverrool. 4•1 !ALT. !11;ty Jane to. al Liverpool. A tt. Ittr..Chester, 05 , t:.p1.! Inn. Selma' W. Manchestvr,lny 25, 26, Jane r.t , Marr.h.voer. fklekirortli an.l Co. 'Alanchester. CARN: ri‘ M,Hl,ct!t. Nort.iumbeiland, brewer, June 1, 2.11f1. at Newca,tle yon -Ty ne. Atts. Venison and Co. fictoa G..rd.n. E J. Grey rake .e. Fetter builder, May 19. rt. June 2.1. at Oluila U hall. Att. Mr.Wartatia. Church flow, Fenchureh St. it. a in - . .1. :ten p,teotl, music seler. May 1 Yll. June CO, a Gailtihull. Att. M. Hartley. New ltrilge-street,Jilackfriar::. M:LNE C ltroadonreet, merchant, May IV, 16, June ten, at Guild hall. Am. Smith aad Co. ))rapers 11411. IX ILI 111' T. Birmingham, ear.ier.. May :11i, 29, June tn. at Staf . . fan!. Att. M. W"alker, Lincoln's BA:t•rtis W. De•ne4stor. York. saltster, May 22.23, June 20, at Doncw.tsr. At.. Mr. Lever. Gray's Inn. DORN r. A. alamx!i.ll, vitt:taller, May IG. i Juner.o, at Guildhall. Att. tt:.•;..r , i, Nxtlik-street, Strand. BAT T W. Kirkby-'4toi)hea, Westinorkend, tobacerwi. t, ltLy .1 kin,' 19. at Livcrpoil. ,%tt. Mr. (liester. si..yle tirl.t‘n W. %Vonlliner Stroct, Foithir, Iniildor, May ai, 2Cs Jur.: 1!:). st Gt iidhall. Att. Mr. IVulker. Lincoln's Jun. War:ur.e. Sussex. tailor, Nisy 11.50. June 20, at Guild. ha:l. Greg...ion ~id Co. Angel Court, l'hmgmorton Street. 110.1. , .. IL b.:Aker, May Ib, 10. June 20, at Bristol. Att. Mr. King'. Seri:lEo4 . S Jr.. 11!•ntir.i . W. Drury carpenter. May 16, 23. June 20, .at .I.iikife.l7. Mt. Mr. Connilts, Claud's Imi. painter, May 16. ko,Junev.o, at fluildhall. Mt.: , !:. Criodehild. M Morita. B 0I 1: .1. late of Stratforcl.upon-Avon, corn dealer, May 11,'15, June 20, at Warwi:k. Atts. Adlingten alai Co. Be:Mud-nu. DIVIDLNDS. It. and J. Por.istan, liorneastic, Lincoln. brick Ariake's. June 4. j. :I it:: :ad, M. Howard. and J. Haddock, Cateaton Street, 19. T. Sitveril a Bowl Street, uullircr, Mny :.n. F. .;:oton. J. Beech, stone. Statli)ra. limn:raper, June Ir. Earl SLrect.lllackfriars.corn.dealer. May 1:. rranlN Otfoid. Kent. miller. May 30. F. Julius" late of Plymouth Hock. merchant, May :J. J. Amos and C. Sutherliod, St. Helen's PlAce. [ameba:its, May 30. Dickenson. Livemsol. merdiant, June 1. J. Lewis. Bristol, woollen-cirruwr, May :0. .1. Fua. Kingston-upon hull, halter, Junk 2. J. P. G:Mtret• 11. Sharp, aD.I F. Fisher, Kines•Anns-yards, Cole man Street. inercliants. Jane 6. • W. H. Cox. Broad Street, w:.rolicusernan. :tine 6. A. Hendc, late of Gower-street. Bedford Square, bake, ;..Ay C 6. J. Lc'. Liverpool. inerclumt. J tele 1. H. &air, Thirk, York. watch-waker. Mr 3). T. Vaughan, Newport. Monmouth, shopkeeper. May 31. A. Boyer. and IL Kenyon, late of Livsrpool, titer harts, Junea. CEIVEIFICATES. MAY John ft pzroft. Idle, York, elvtit manufactarer- John Cock. Livcr pool, merchant-Jain s Miller. Regent's Tcrr..ee, Clet.ea, merchant -James Ma on, C.,mbritlge. ccufeetitiner-Ethrorcll:l.i.r.or., 'Torbeek. J.nicaster, flour dell r-...Wiliissro Hazard, Great Yarmouth, mast soaker-T. W. Kenhow, Southwark, line:l 4r - tiler-W. N. Wright. Stapletiml-Alabott, fume:-Jame.; Was, Fintoury-square, merchant. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS run TILE r.I4BIIIVM WLES. 111EAT1tL: ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. Tn-Nforrow—Bellantira; .or. The Fall of Timis—bc..Lbiztes Fu rio.k—llarltotiu ( iulliv r. Tucstlay--Itith Roy Macgregor. IViklizealay—The Stranger. Hoy Mucrecgor. Friday—Tbe Slave timoDecember and May. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LONDON: SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1818. Paris Papers , tlp to Tuesday and 'Wednesday last Lave arrived. The Committee of the Chamber of De rities, charged to examine the pro et of the law rela tiae to the organization of the 13. ink of France, have commeneed.their labours. It is thought that this law. Will be the last subject submitted to the consideratien of the Chamber, and that in a few dap the Session will terminate. On Tuesday, three hundred citizens of Paris, almost all of them electors, gave a farewell dinner to a certain number of the Deputies, among ...:tom were M. M. D'Argenson, Bignon, Chauvelin, Ltssintir Perrier, Martin de Gray, &c. &c. The law fur enabling France to lividate the foreign ...lints upon her, was assente , l t. , in the Chamber of Peers on forllay. It was ref: red to a Special Com mittee, who were required to make their report during► the actual sitting of the Chamber. This was accord ingly dcne,.and the Committee recoramendecith'e simple and uneinditional adoption of tic law. •No discussion tiolc pace, and Aipon putting Cie question, the votes were ununiino.is, 106, Leing•all the Peers who were present. On the following day, a deputation from the • t. 'amber presented the law to the King. TIM NATTONAT, RrGYSTEIt. In the House of Commons on Friday night, Mr. Broughum made an elaborate and interesting speech upon the subject of education. We cannot pretend to fallow the Honourable Member through all his details, but must, refer our readers tg the report of what he said. The subject is eminently interesting, and we are certainly among those wbo view with a favourable eye every thing which tends to elevate our species, by im parting the means of knowledge, which is .the only se cure tburelation . of private virtue and social happiness. Yesterday morning► arrived i:Juie more American Papers: the dates are nut more recent than we had previously reeciree..; their contents are, however, of the greatest importance, furnishing the official details of the cause of the disputes between Spain and the United States. The claims of the letter, as to territory, appear quite inadmissible. A Mail from Hamburg:li has breuglit 'Papers, which manila aCorrespondence between the Ge ll ed D u k e o f Rahn and the King of Bavaria, respecting a Project, under the °sanction of the great allied Powers, to rob the 'former of a part of his territories ; in order to in demnify Bavasia for the losse' which she has sustained under the .new arrangements. The (rend Duke-most justly upbraids those Nebo pretend to thunil the political system of Europe on the basis of moraliiy, with being accessary to the metlitence spoliation ; and feelingly laments that his brother•in-law should be the receiver of tke stolen prupertr. King et' Bavaria, in'his reply, affects to have taken no part in the proceeding in contemplation; and alit:ages, that lie waits " in si lence the regulation of the interests nu which depend the conclusion of the Acts whi:h fix the fine of Europe." This transaction affords another instructive commentary upon the principles of the llely Leaguers. A Flan d ers mail which crrived on F'r'iday brings no particle of political intelligence, but the answer of the King cf Prussia to the petition of the people of Cob lents, presented in ()ember last, and preying for the perthrmance ofhis Majesty's promise that he would give them a representative coreeitution. The King very freely adnilte his promise, and acknowledges his obligation to fulfil it ; but he insists on his superior right to judge of the dine and circumstances which may justify the meditated innovation, and rebukes the petitioners ra tite: sharply for doubting their Sovereign's fidelity to his engagements, and hawking their petition about the country for signatures; declaring that he would not tolerate 0;e " tercilesecnt to petition," of which he re garded this proceeding asst: evidence. Accounts have been received Irons St. Domingo, via New York, dated the 17th of Man: Mast, which men tion reports that Christophe, and perhaps Potion, are to be put in a state of blockade. The.ground of com plaint against the former is the illegal detention of pro perty belonging to American merchants at Cape I lenry, because a merchant at Baltimore had detained some property of Christophe'e ; and against the latter Chief, for shooting an American sailor, ender the most unjus tifiable circumstances. Some negroes, working on board a vessel, stole a knife belonging to the mate; and on the property being found on one, he became outrageous, refused to give it up, and was attempting to strike the mate, when the sailor came up, and, with a blow on the face, knocked the negro over the hide of the vessel ; he fell into a boat which was alongside, and from the injury he received in the Call, he died. The sailor was taken, tried, condemned, and shot, in the sleize of 24 hours. The Hornet sloop of war was or dered to obtain redress for these grievances ; and, in the event of a refusal, the American Government have expressed their determination to put the ports belong ing to the two Chiefs in a state of blockade.— Evening Paper. I setters have been received in town from Cadiz, dated the 10th ult. which • state, that a part e the sqnadron purchased from Russia.is, it' possible, to be dispatched early this month, with a body of troops, tnvassist the Royalist cause in Lima. The great impediment to all enterprises of this descriptiowis the want of honey; for, as soon as any treasure reaches the parent country from her colonies, or from any other source, its debts, engagements, and difficulties, aresuch; that the appli cation of the sum acquired is wholly anticipated, and nothing remains for future services. The Quotidienne contains the report of the proceed ings of two more deys of the trial at Albi: they were occupied in hearing speeches for the defence : only two interestieg circumstances occurred : one was, that llastide read a speech at once so abh: and so insulting to the. Court, that, at the instance of the l'rocureur- General, it was entered on the record for the purpose of farther notice, it being generally understood that &gide was not the writer of it ;• the other was, that Madame Manson made- a long address in general ex culpation of her conduct, which from its energy of style end delivery, made a great impression. Wednesday the dispatches were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Pursers of the follow ing ships, viz.' Lord Keith, Cnpt. Freeman ; and North ampton, Capt. Tibbutt, for Madras and Bengal. MAT 10 THE DRA.V.I. DRURY LANE. Mr. Elliston, who is vngaged for le nights at this theatre, made his appearance on Tuesday evening, as Rover, in the mealy of Wild Oats- The versatility of tuieut possessed by this gettlennut has opened to him $ wide raiseiv of character; in the greater part of them lie Las distinguished himself, and in all has•exceetled mediocrity. %V Jo nut consider the ehteractcr of Rover one of his happiest efiiirts. The -lightness, the hilarity, the buoyancy of spirit that " duffs the wor4l aside," were wanting ; Rover is an inexhaustiLie fund ofgaiety —happy in himself; and making others happy. Th.: passages which, in his vocation of strolling player, he is perpetually quoting, were not sufficiently marked by a c!ianze of voice and manner; it was impossible, with out knowhig, to elistinguisli them. Fur the other good points in this part Mr. Elliston deserves great praise: it' his object is - to rclieveedistressed merit, to resent in juries offered to an •unprotected female, or repel the slightest imputation on his honour, he is prompt, na tural, and effective. We have seldom seen any thing better, at least fur some time past, than the scene where he recoguizes his lust parents. Mr. Eliseo'', at any eeriod of histrionic excellence, would be .deemed an acquisition to the theatre ; he is particularly. .so at pre sent ; fin in the sphere of genteel comedy, he stands without a competitor. The play was well performed throughout. The tragedy of Douglas leas performed on Wednes day night ; it presented two novultim—the first ap peurance of Mr. Kean in the character of Young Norval, and of Miss Macauley in that of Ludy Randolph. A great degree of curiosity was .excited on the first an taniavement of Mr. Kean in this new amdertaking ; and we may say with confidence, that the warmest ex pectations of his friends have been realized by the is.-oe of the experiment. We believe that the general ex pectation has been considerably exceeded. The charac teristic peculiarities of Norval do nut -full within that eir,:le in which his powers had hitherto been exercised. They tuok.their range among the darker passions of our nature, and the history of the human mind went to Cleo:1r an (pinion, that all beyond that circle was due. gerous, if not forbidden, ground. The brilliant sue cess of IVednesday night, however, has contradicted this notion ; it has placed him among the few exceptions to the general rule, and ranked him among those who re fuse to be classed in departments. His Norval was strikingly original : it abounded in touches of nature, distinguished at the same time by novelty as well Its truth. Those who had witnessed the sarcastic violence of Richard could with difficulty suppose that they be held in the same person the represeutative of the gal lant yet tender Norval. In the early part of the play, his delivery of the fine poetical passages for which this tragedy.is so remarkable, was calculated to give them every effect; but as the passion of the scene advanced, his energies were expanded iu proportion. The inter view with Lady Randolph, in which she disclosed his parentage, surpassed all praise. We shall only men tion his earnest look and anxions tone when asking far his father, his anguish on hearing that he had fallen, and the pathos with which he delivered that tender compliment to his mother, which the Poet has to deli cately involved. in the inquiry about his father's accom plishments— And did my sire mmel the rest of men As thou surpassest sil of WOlll/11 kind ?" the impression of those various touches was irresistible. In the scene where he quarrels with Mestaloon, it is unnecessary to say that he was excellent. Every or.• was prepared for that. The dying scene was another extraordinary effort, and we were gratified to see the curtain dip the moment he fell, without weakening the etlixt of the catastrophe by the lines, however poetical, which succeed it. The effect of the whole may be collected from the conduct of the. audience as the conclusion. An attempt wee made to announce another piece for the next night, but they insisted that Douglas should be substitused, and that Mr. Kean should himself come forward and assure diem of the change. This we take to be as nearly as possible con clusive with regard tc the merits of the performance fur in this, as in all matters of taste, notwithstanding She variety of rules which reason and reflection have accumulated for our guidance, feeling is the ultimate judge. We have already stated that the part of Lady Randolph was sustained by Miss Macauley, a lady front the Dublin Theatre. The criticisms which appeared on her in the Irish Papers, were calculated to excite the most extravagant expectation!, and it is dangerom to be taught to expect too much_ However, notwith standing such injudicious zeal, we were pleased with the elfon. Her countenance is expressive, h•_r. action moat:rate, and for the most part graceful, her enuncia tion is distinct, and her judgment correct. But the compass of her voice. is not adapted to the size of our great theatres. The last scene was that iu which she exerted herself with most success, though in many of the preceding ones she afforded instances of strong feeling. COVENT-GARDEN. • A burlesque drama in one act, was brought out on Wedue4thiy at this theatre, called The Sorroms ef