452 Dramatic Register-Covent-Garden. [June 1, Oh woman! lovely woman! nature made thee To temper man: we had been brutes with out you: musical after-piece of The Jubilee, writ- the exclamation of Jaffier:-- There's in you, all that we believe of heav'n, On the 30th of April, the tragedy of Venice Preserved afforded an extraordinary treat to the lovers of the drama, Mr. John Kemble personated Pierre, with all the impressive dignity befitting the character. Owing to the indisposition of his brother, the part of Jaffer was sustained by Mr. Conway, a change which the audience had no reason to regret. Conway certainly gave a prominence and importance to the character which, in other hands, it is not in general found to possess. He combined great energy with profound feeling; and did not suffer the tenderness of Jaffier's nature to degenerate into that tameness by which this part is so often neutralized on the stage. The fine manly person of Mr. Conway, was no mean auxiliary to the just conceptions of his mind. Miss O'Neil displayed perhaps more than her accustomed excellence in Belvidera-a character, which by the strong hold that it seizes upon the heart, is fraught with irresistible interest. Our limits will not permit us to attempt to analyse all her excellencies in this character: indeed if any particular scene of this piece excites higher admiration than another, it is only inasmuch as it affords a wider scope for her unrivalled powers. Such is that where Jaffier, stung by the recollection of having been induced by her entreaties to save her father by betraying his friend, would plunge his dagger into her bosom. Her heart rending struggle, the fondness with which she snatches a parting kiss, and then sinks into his arms, resigning herself to his will, are touches which must be witnessed by those who would form an adequate idea of their effect. The tempestuous passion of insulted virtue; the irresistible endearments of conjugal tenderness; the warmth of filial affection in spite of the severe usage of an inexorable father, are alternately represented with a pathos which captivates the feelings with all the force of reality, and fully verifies We cannot suppress an observation vails on the stage, of giving to the words on an impropriety which universally premy, and thy, the same sound as me and the. Though we have often been struck with the absurdity of this practice, for for what reason adopted we are at a loss to conceive, yet it never appeared so glaring as in the speech in which Pierre which begins thus:renounces his friendship for Jaffier, and On thy misfortunes sought thee in thy mise-as when first my foolish heart took pity ries, Reliev'd thy wants, and rais'd thee from the state Of wretchedness, in which thy fate had plung'd thee. Let these lines be repeated as an actor would deliver them, and every reader must be sensible of the impropriety of which we complain. Liberties of this kind cannot be too severely censured, especially as the example of the stage in such matters is likely to give the tone to the great mass of society. On the 4th of May, Miss O'Neil, for her own benefit, undertook her second new part in comedy, since her quitting the Dublin stage. The character of Lady Teazle, though nothing could be more flattering than the applause which she received in it, is in our opinion at least, of so inferior a cast, as to be utterly unworthy of one whose talents and whose loveliness combine to qualify her for the most arduous parts. Mrs. Oakley, in the Jealous Wife, affords wider range for her powers, and was personated by her with the most complete success.The brevity to which we are confined, will not allow us to enter into any enumeration of the excellencies which she displayed in this character; but all those who have witnessed her performance, will be ready to admit that the evident tenderness, the affected good-humour, and the occasional embarrassinent which marked the inquiries directed to her husband, concerning Miss Russett, the object of her suspicion; the storm of rage and jealousy which so abruptly succceded; the agitation which betrayed the secret of her labouring bosom, in the interview with Lady Freelove; the frenzy into which she works herself before she 1816.] General Treaty of Vienna. employs her last resource, the feigned fit, are passages which have never been excelled. May 6, we witnessed with pain, the effort of Mr. Kemble to personate Brutus in the tragedy of Julius Cæsar, in spite of a cold which rendered him almost inaudible. We take the liberty of putting a question to those whom it may concern-why Cæsar falls apostrophizing the noblest of his murderers: Et tu Brute! and why these Romans should immediately afterwards employ the incongruous term of pulpit instead of rostrum, a word which has long been naturalized in our language. The tragedy was followed by a new musical entertainment, in honour of the marriage of the Princess Charlotte, entitled, The Royal Nuptials, or the Masque of Hymen, which was several times repeated, though not without considerable disapprobation. We noticed in our last number, the successful debut of Mr. Bibby before a London audience, in the difficult part of Sir Pertinax Macsycophant. On the 10th of May he appeared for the second time, in the character of Shylock. It has been intimated to us, that on the former occasion, an actor of talent disgraced himself by instigating an opposition to this gentleman, whose merits are certainly far above mediocrity; and the treatment which he again received, seemed to imply a determination to drive GENERAL TREATY, 453 him from the stage; though the expression of undeserved persecution was uniformly drowned by the warm and just applause bestowed upon his performance. He evinced a strong conception, feeling and energy: indeed, in regard to the latter, we are rather disposed to censure him for excess. The passages in the third scene of the third act, and the first scene of the fourth, where the obdurate Jew insists upon having his bond, and nothing but his bond, and the scowl of rage and maglignity with which he made his final exit, with clasped hands, as if imprecating curses on the head of his triumphant debtor, would have done bonour to any actor, and were duly felt by the audience. He afterwards personated Sir Archy Macsarcasm in the farce of Love a-la-Mode, with much effect. It may be confidently asasserted that any man who could perform two such different characters, even in a style much inferior to Mr. Bibby, would be a valuable acquisition to either theatre. We will add one remark, not for the purpose of detracting from this gentleman's merit, but in the hope that it may be useful to him. Mr. Bibby as we understand is a native of America, and to this circumstance may be owing certain peculiarities of pronunciation, which are rather grating to an English ear; but which a little attention would enable him to correct. STATE PAPERS. Signed in Congress at Vienna, June 1, 1815. (Continued from page 354). LIII. The sovereign princes and freetowns of Germany, under which denomination, for the present purpose, are comprehended their majesties the Emperor of Austria, the Kings of Prussia, of Denmark, and of the Netherlands; that is to say, the Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia for all their possessions which anciently belonged to the German Empire, the King of Denmark for the Duchy of Holstein, and the King of the Netherlands for the grand Duchy of Luxembourg, establish among themselves a perpetual confederation, which shall be called "the Germanic Confederation." LIV. The object of this confederation is the maintenance of the external and internal safety of Germany, and of the independence and inviolability of the confederated states. LV. The members of the confederation, as such, are equal with regard to their 454 General Treaty of Vienna: 15. Holstein-Oldenburg, An- 17. The free towns of Lubeck, Hamburgh One One Total seventeen votes. LVII. Austria shall preside at the federative diet. Bach state of the confederation has the right of making propositions, and the presiding state shall bring them under deliberation within a definite time. LVIII. Whenever fundamental laws are to be enacted, changes made in the fundamental laws of the confederation, measures adopted relative to the federative act itself, and organic institutions or other arrangements made for the common interest, the diet shall form itself into a general assembly, and, in that case, the distribution of votes shall be as follows, calculated according to the respective extent of the individual states: Austria shall have 4 Votes. Prussia 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 Baden Electoral Hesse Grand Duchy of Hesse 3 2 2 2 1 1 [June 1, LIX. The question, whether a subject is to be discussed by the general assembly, conformably to the principles above established, shall be decided in the ordinary assembly by a majority of votes. The same assembly shall prepare the drafts of resolutions which are to be proposed to the general assembly, and shall furnish the latter with all the neces sary information, either for adopting or rejecting them. The plurality of votes shall regulate the decisions, both in the ordinary and general assemblies, with this difference, however, that, in the ordinary assembly, an absolute majority shall be deemed sufficient, while, in the other, two-thirds of the votes shall be necessary to form the majority. When the votes are even in the ordinary assembly, the president shall have the casting vote; but when the assembly is to deliberate on the acceptance or change of any of the fundamental laws, upon organic institutions, upon individual rights, or upon affairs of religion, the plurality of votes shall not be deemed sufficient, either in the ordinary or in the general assembly. The diet is permanent: It may, however, when the subjects submitted to its deliberation are disposed of, adjourn for a fixed period, which shall not exceed four months. All ulterior arrangements relative to the postponement or the dispatch of urgent business, which may arise during the recess, shall be reserved for the diet, which will consider them when engaged in preparing the organic laws. LX. With respect to the order in which the members of the confederation shall vote, it is agreed, that while the diet shall be occupied in framing organic laws, there shall be no fixed regulation; and whatever may be the order observed on such an occasion, it shall neither prejudice any of the members, nor establish a precedent for the future. After framing the organic laws, the diet will deliberate upon the manner of arranging this matter by a permanent regulation, for which purpose it will depart as little as possible from those which have been observed in the ancient diet, and more particularly according to the recess of the deputation of the empire in 1803. The order to be adopted shall in no way affect the rank and precedence of the members of the confederation, except in as far as they concern the diet. LXI. The diet shall assemble at Francfort on the Maine. Its first meeting is fixed for the 1st of September 1815. LXII. The first object to be considered by the diet after its opening, shall be the framing of the fundamental laws of the confederation, and of its organic institutions, with respect to its exterior, military, and interior relations. LXIII. The states of the confederation engage to defend not only the whole of Germany, but each individual state of the union, in case it should be attacked, and they mu 1816.] General Treaty of Vienna. tually guarantee to each other such of their possessions as are comprised in this union. When war shall be declared by the confederation, no member can open a separate negociation with the enemy, nor make peace, nor conclude an armistice, without the consent of the other members. The confederated states engage, in the same manner, nor to make war against each other, on any pretext, nor to pursue their differences by force of arms, but to submit them to the diet, which will attempt a mediation by means of a commission. If this should not succeed, and a juridical sentence becomes necessary, recourse shall be had to a well-organized Austregal Court (Austregal instanz), to the decision of which the contending parties are to submit without appeal. LXIV. The articles comprised under the title of Particular Arrangements, in the act of the Germanic Confederation, as annexed to the present general treaty, both in original and in a French translation, shall have the same force and validity as if they were textually inserted herein. LXV. The ancient United Provinces of the Netherlands and the late Belgic Provinces, both within the limits fixed by the following article, shall form, together with the countries and territories designated in the same article, under the sovereignty of his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange-Nassau, Sovereign Prince of the United Provinces, the kingdom of the Netherlands, hereditary in the order of the succession already established by the act of the constitution of the said united provinces. The title and the prerogatives of the royal dignity are recognised by all the powers in the House of Orange-Nassau. LXVI. The line comprising the territories which compose the kingdom of the Netherlands, is determined in the following man ner : It leaves the sea, and extends along the frontiers of France on the side of the Netherlands, as rectified and fixed by article III of the treaty of Paris of the 30th May 1814, to the Meuse; thence along the same frontiers to the old limits of the Duchy of Luxenbourg. From this point it follows the direction of the limits between that Duchy and the ancient Bishopric of Liege,till it meets (to the south of Deiffelt) the western limits of that canton, and of that of Malmedy, to the point where the latter reaches the limits between the old departments of the Ourthe and the Roer; it then follows these limits, to where they touch those of the former French canton of Eupen, in the Duchy of Limburg, and following the western limit of that canton, in a northerly direction, leaving to the right a small part of the former French canton of Aubel, joins the point of contact of the three old departments of the Ourthe, the Lower Meuse, and the Roer; parting again from this point, this line follows that which 455 divides the two latter departments, until it reaches the Worm (a river falling into the Roer), and goes along this river to the point where it again reaches the limit of these two departments, pursues this limit to the south of Hillensberg (the old department of the Roer), from whence it re-ascends to the north, and leaving Hillensberg to the right, and dividing the canton of Sittard into two nearly equal parts, so that Sittard and Susteren remain on the left, it reaches the old Dutch territory; from whence, leaving this territory to the left, it goes on following its castern frontier to the point where it touches the old Austrian principality of Gueldres, on the side of Ruremonde, and directing itself towards the most eastern point of the Dutch territory, to the north of Swalmen, continues to inclose this territory. Lastly, setting out from the most eastern point, it joins that part of the Dutch territory in which Venloo is situated: that town and its territory being included within it. From thence to the old Dutch frontier near Monk, situated above Genep, the line follows the course of the Meuse, at such a distance from the right bank, that all the places within a thousand Rhenish yards (Rheinlandische Ruthen) from it shall belong, with their territories, to the kingdom of the Netherlands; it being understood, however, as to the reciprocity of this principle, that the Prussian territory shall not at any point touch the Meuse, or approach it within the distance of a thousand Rhenish yards. From the point where the line just described reaches the ancient Dutch frontier, as far as the Rhine, this frontier shall remain essentially the same as it was in 1795, between. Cleves and the United Provinces. This lin shall be examined by a commission, which the governments of Prussia and the Netherlands shall name without delay, for the purpose of proceeding to the exact determination of the limits, as well of the kingdom of the Netherlands, as of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, specified in Article LXVIII; and this Commission, aided by professional persons, shall regulate every thing concerning the hydrotechnical constructions, and other similar points, in the most equitable manner, and the most conformable to the mutual interests of the Prussian states, and of those of the Netherlands. This same arrangement refers to the fixing of limits in the districts of Kyfwaerd, Lobith, and in the whole territory as far as Kekerdom, The enclaves of Huissen, Malburg, Lymers, with the town of Sevenaer and lordship of Weel, shall form a part of the kingdom of the Netherlands; and his Prussian Majesty renounces them in perpetuity, for himself, his heirs and successors. LXVII. That part of the old Duchy of Luxembourg which is comprised in the li mits specified in the following article, is likewise ceded to the Sovereign Prince of the 456 General Treaty of Vienna. United Provinces, now King of the Netherlands, to be possessed in perpetuity by him and his successors, in full property and sovereignty. The Sovereign of the Netherlands shall add to his titles that of Grand Duke of Luxembourg, his majesty reserving to himself the privilege of making such family arrangement between the Princes his sons, relative to the succession to the Grand Duchy, as he shall think conformable to the interests of his monarchy and to his paternal intentions. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, serving as a compensation for the principalities of Nassau Dillenburg, Siegen, Hadamar and Dietz, shall form one of the states of the Germanic confederation: and the Prince, King of the Netherlands, shall enter into the system of this confederation, as Grand Duke of Luxembourg, with all the prerogatives and privileges enjoyed by the other German Princes. The town of Luxembourg, in a military point of view, shall be considered as a fortress of the confederation: The Grand Duke shall, however, retain the right of appointing the governor and military commandant of this fortress, subject to the approbation of the executive power of the confederation, and under such other conditions as it may be judged necessary to establish, in conformity with the future constitution of the said confederation. LXVIII. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg shall consist of all the territory situated between the kingdom of the Netherlands, as it has been designated by article LXVI, France, the Moselle, as far as the mouth of the Sure, the course of the Sure, as far as the junction of the Our, and the course of this last river, as far as the limits of the former French canton of St. Vith, which shall not belong to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. LXIX. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, shall possess in perpetuity for himself and his successors, the full and entire sovereignty of that part of the Duchy of Bouillon, which is not ceded to France by the treaty of Paris; and which, therefore, shall be united to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Disputes having arisen with respect to the said Duchy of Bouillon, the competitor who shall legally establish his right, in the manner hereafter specified, shall possess, in full property, the said part of the Duchy, as it was enjoyed by the last Duke, under the sovereignty of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. This decision shall be made by arbitration, and be without appeal. For this purpose there shall be appointed a certain number of arbitrators, one by each of the two competitors, and others, to the number of three by the courts of Austria, Prussia and Sardinia. [June 1, They shall assemble at Aix-la-Chapelle, as soon as the state of the war and other circumstances may admit of it, and their determination shall be made known within six months from their first meeting. In the interim, his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, shall hold in trust the property of the said part of the Duchy of Bouillon, in order that he may restore it, together with the revenues of the provincial administration, to the competitor in whose favour the arbitrators shall decide; and his said Majesty shall indemnify him for the loss of the revenues arising from the rights of Sovereignty, by means of some equitable arrangement.Should the restitution fall to Prince Charles of Rohan, this property, when in his possession, shall be regulated by the laws of the substitution which constitutes his title thereto. LXX. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands renounces, in perpetuity for himself, his heirs and successors, in favour of his Majesty the King of Prussia, the sovereign possessions which the House of Nassau-Orange held in Germany, namely, the principalities of Dillenburg, Dietz, Siegen, and Hadamar, with the Lordships of Beilstein, such as those possessions have been definitively arranged between the two branches of the House of Nassau, by the treaty concluded at the Hague on the 14th July 1814. His Majesty also renounces the principality of Fulda, and the other districts and territories which were secured to him by the 12th article of the principal Recess of the extraordinary deputation of the Empire of the 25th of February 1803. LXXI. The right and order of succession, established between the two branches of the House of Nassau, by the act of 1788, called Nassauischer Erbverein is confirmed, and transferred from the four principalities of Orange Nassau, to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. LXXII. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, in uniting under his sovereignty the countries designated in the 66th and 68th articles, enters into all the rights, and takes upon himself all the charges and all the stipulated engagements, relative to the provin ces and districts detached from France by the treaty of peace concluded at Paris the 30th May 1814. LXXIII. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, having recognised and sanctioned, under date of the 21st July 1814, as the basis of the union of the Belgic Provinces with the United Provinces, the eight articles contained in the document annexed to the present treaty, the said articles shall have the same force and validity as if they were inserted, word for word, in the present instru ment. (To be concluded in our next.) |