in the use of musquetry and artil- his plans, and he returned to Buenos lery. Ayres to complete his preparations of "After the splendid succésses he had obtained, it might be supposed that Don Santiago would flatter him "What contributed not a little to defence. excite emulation was the attention which Don Santiago paid to distinguish each corps by different uniforms, according to their respective self with the expectation of receiving provinces. The Andalusian disputed the greatest favours at the hands of the palm of application with the the Court; and even of being hoGallician; he with the native of noured with the dignity of Viceroy of Biscay and Montagna, and they with a country which he had defended, and the Catalans, &c. The Creoles, under as it were conquered a second time. both the names of Patricios and Arre- But he conceived that the popularity - venos, in like manner laboured to sur- he had acquired on these occasions, pass the Europeans. The blacks and the relations, of every descrip- themselves, and all the free-casts, tion, which he had contracted as a I joined this aggregate of patriotism. citizen, during a residence of 17 years, Lead was wanting; the gutters of the (having married a Creole of Buenos houses and tin vessels were melted. Ayres), might prove obstacles in the Lima and Chili supplied powder, way of his maintaining, in a suitable which was carried across the Andes on manner, the dignity of a superior men's backs. It was carried in bot- chief: besides, as the principles of tles that formerly contained liqueres, subordination were necessarily relaxed and other articles of luxury. The by the new situation in which the inWe terraces of houses, formerly covered habitants were placed, and they would with flower-pots and orange-boxes, feel greater reluctance to obey a chief were covered with cases of grenades with whom they were in habits of and fire-pots. In a word, an opulent familiarity than a stranger; inasmuch and voluptuous city, at the voice of as the rigorous language of the laws one man, became suddenly converted which, in the mouth of the former, into a new Lacedemon. The very would seem harsh and disagreeable, ecclesiastics, by their exhortations, would in that of a stranger appear their writings, and their, presence at all the exercises, proved to all classes of the inhabitants that the love of 15 country, and fidelity to the lawful sovereign, are the first duties of a Christian. only what justly belonged to his character; Don Santiago, in his representations to the Court, strongly insisted upon the necessity of sending out to the River Plate, a Viceroy full of energy and integrity; and above all, that he should be accompanied by "General Whitelocke soon learnt to his cost, what can be done by a two regiments of troops of the line.. people fighting for their wives, their In this conduct he acted like an children, their property, and their able physician, who, after employing independence. The days of the 5th cold applications in an inflammatory and 6th of July, 1807, will be ever disorder, or tonics in a disease of apamemorable in the annals of the Spa- thy, is compelled, in both cases, as nish nation, as will also the treaty soon as the dangerous symptoms have which restored to the king an im- subsided, to resort to the contrary re portant fortress, which had cost the English an assault and a considerable loss, some months previous to the actions of Buenos Ayres. medies in order to restore the equilibrium in the human system. Thus was Don Santiago of opinion that the same method should be adopted "During the siege of Monte Video, with regard to the body politic; and Don Santiago had proposed to his that the military ideas impressed upon volunteers to march with him to its a people, together with a consciousrelief. He selected 8000 of them, ness of their own strength, things with whom he made two forced which, on certain occasions, might be marches on foot, a thing unprecedented in that country; but on the march he was informed of the reduction of Monte Video, which frustrated necessary and useful, might become verydangerous in other circumstances. What he, therefore, proposed, was to confer marks of distinction on such of 1 the citizens as had distinguished the vice-royalty, and rendering him the relations of those who had shed pen in case of resistance. "The bearer of these dispatches was the Baron de Sassaney, formerly deputy from Burgundy to the States employments, and the merchants to General, but who afterwards emigrat- of commerce, which, from the diffi- "Unfortunately, Spain then groan- racter of a merchant, made two voyages to the river Plate. "Don Santiago Liniers was not apprised of the name of this Envoy hours of his entering Buenos Ayres. He however had time to reflect upon the delicacy of receiving an emissary of that sort, and resolved to receive him only in the presence of the nagistrates and two menbers of the Municipal Body. Baron de Sassenay approached Don Santiago with open arms, as an old friend. He was much astonished at the return to these tokens of friendship, which consisted ceive a single line of instructions. In only in telling him in Spanish, that short he was wholly left to himself, at he regarded him only as an envor from Napoleon, and that he must de clare the purpose of his mission in the presence of the persons there as sembled. M. de Sassenay then opened his portmanteau, and laid all his pack-. ets upon the table hefore Don Santiago, who caused them to be opened and read aloud. While they were reading, the indignation of the as sembly manifested itself to a degree which it is impossible to describe. Don Santiago informed the envoy that he had, through a legitimate channel, received orders to proclaim "Preparations had been made at Buenos Ayres for the august ceremonial of taking the oath of fidelity, but while entertainments and public rejoicings were preparing, an emissary of Napoleon arrived with dispatches, in the name of Charles IV. announc- Ferdinand VII. King of Spain and the Indies; that he (Don Santiago) would receive no orders from the Emperor of the French; and that the ceremony of administering the oath of fidelity, which had been deferred only to give more splendour to the ing that the abdication he had made of War and Finance, who, as well as * M. de Sassenay was transported to Cadiz and put on board the hulks with the rest of the French prisoners. His spouse came to London to solicit the liberation of her husband, and had "In this conjuncture it was neces- Don Santiago? What part ought sary to acquaint the people with the he to take under circumstances so reason of the arrival of an emissary critical? He could not hesitate. from a man who, but a few weeks be- Doubly a subject of the House of fore, was regarded in the country as Bourbon by his birth and his appointthe best and most powerful ally of ments, he sacrificed a part of his poCharles IV. To declare the whole pularity to his loyalty-his personal secret was deemed dangerous by the interests to what he felt to be his duty. magistrates present. The Council Born a knight he acted as became a was convoked and consulted by Don knight; like a man of honour he opSantiago, upon the measures to be posed an energetic resistance to an taken in a case of so much delicacy. extravagant and disloyal project, and The fiscals drew up a proclamation, to the attempts of a neighbouring cawhich was approved of by the whole binet. This resistance has drawn of the Council. This production, upon him persecutions without numwhich has been laid to the charge of ber; and his efforts to preserve for Don Santiago Liniers, is the only one Ferdinand VII. his kingdom of Paraof the kind which he did not write. guay, have been represented by calumny, as the result of a plan to deliver it into the hands of the usurper "Amidst the entertainments and ceremonies upon taking the oath of fidelity to Ferdinand, an envoy from Napoleon." the Junta of Seville, announced that Spain had risen in mass to expel the [Here commences a contest, of a usurper of the throne of their young description absolutely novel. On the king, that war had been declared one side will be found Don Santiago against France, that peace had been Liniers, Viceroy, ad interim, united made with England, and the first with the Council of the Audiencia, operations of the Spanish arms had the Bishop, the Commandants, and been signalized by great victories. the faithful Corporations, to defend All these articles of intelligence were and maintain the sovereignty of Ferreceived with acclamation. It was to dinand VII.; and on the other a be expected, that the only thing that thren remained to be attended to, was to remit supplies of specie to the mother country, and to regulate trade, which henceforth would have nothing to fear from the masters of the sea. time. Colonel Elio, successively made Brigadier and Inspector-General, united with the municipality and the insurgents, desirous of emancipating themselves from their duties to the mother country. We shall also see figuring But if there were no longer any exter- in these civil broils, an emissary from nal enemies to fear, much more was the Brazils, who joins Elio; an Engto be dreaded on the part of certain lish knight, who displays on these factious individuals, compounds of half-savage coasts the same loyal and ignorance and ambition, on, who had heroic character which he manifestlong cherished ideas of independence, ed on the barbarous shores of Syria and who were supported and encou- and Egypt; a new Viceroy who arrives raged by secret intrigues which will from Europe, and is installed and be explained more at large at a future acknowledged at Buenos Ayres only after the interposition of Don Santi"What ought to be done by an of- ago has saved him from the plots of ficer in the service of his Catholic the opposite party; and finally Don Majesty for 35 years, the representa- Santiago himself, banished to Cordotive of Ferdinand VII. the Viceroy, va, 160 leagues from the town he had so bravely defended, where he waits her petition granted, at the moment previous to his setting off for Cadiz, when she learned that he was on board and coming to combat in Europe the one of the hulks which the prisoners enemy of the Bourbons, for satisfachad carried to the other side of the tory answers to the memorials which bay of Cadiz, and that her husband he has transmitted to Spain relative was thus already libérated. UNIVERSAL MAG. VOL. XIV. to his conduct.] THEATRICAL RECORDER. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. THIS of dogs, equalled that in the O. P. row. At length, finding it in vain to contend any longer, the managers thought fit to comply; and therefore caused it to be announced in the evening papers of Tuesday, "that they had determined to throw open the four boxes : HIS theatre was opened for the season, on Monday the 10th inst. with the Beggar's Opera, when, instead of an O. P. row, as before, another equally clamorous was begun by a party that may be called the O.C.'s, aş standing up for the old contract. In the treaty concluded last season on each side," the source of contenbetween the managers and the O. P. tion according to the alledged concommittee, it was stipulated and tract. But as some time was necessary agreed to by the former, that the num for the execution of this mortifying ber of private boxes should be reduced part of the business, it was proposed to three on each side: but on the last to shut the house up till Monday, night of the last season, Mr. Kemble September 24, when it was hoped came forward, and, for the reasons peace would be perfectly restored, and which be then stated, solicited from the public have the pleasure of seeing the public the favour of permitting the actors and actresses perfectly at the managers to retain seven private home in their proper places and cha. boxes on each side. This proposition racters; and which we are glad to see was certainly received with consider- has taken place. able applause by the audience then The house, however, has undergone present; and it seems, that upon the a material alteration since the last understanding that the favour then season, of which the expense is estisolicited was granted, the managers mated at no less than 70001. This has had subsequently made their arrange- been occasioned principally by the ment. This arrangement being now necessity of forming a communication brought to the test, in a very full for the public with the tier of private house, was very loudly objected to: boxes. To effect this, it became nethe ominous sound of O. P. was heard cessary, and, we think most fortunate- 1 very easily in the performance, and a ly, to take down the paltry winding noise was kept up, which rendered it stairs; this has accordingly been done, impossible, to hear connectedly the and in their place a flight of stairs, performance on the stage. The cur- much more commodious, though by tain finally dropped at a quarter past no means so spacious as such a buildten. The uproar was kept up the three ing demands, have been substituted. following nights of performance with increased vigour. No Private Boxes," and "The Contract," appearing on placards. Very little of the performances could be heard. The stairs are all of stone, as also are The day after the first row, Mr. The grand saloon, from which the Kemble thought proper to propose, public were excluded last season, is that the public should permit the seven now thrown open The twelve centre objectionable boxes to remain open boxes of the ci-devant private circle during the present season, upon the are now thrown open; in each box promise that they should be positively there are three benches, calculated to removed in the next. This promise, contain, in the whole, ten personshowever, which, like the former, they the first and second three each, and had no bond for the fulfilment of, the the third four. These twelve boxes public would by no means listen to. will, therefore, accommodate one hunAccordingly, on Monday the 17th, dred and twenty spectators. when the Suspicious Husband was The two shilling gallery, which, in brought forward, the audience was its original state, excited a suffocating more clamorous than before. Placards sensation, is essentially improved. The of every description were exhibited: space above the head has been inand the rattling, bawling, hooting, creased, by cutting away the cieling cat-calls, whistling, and the barking as close as possible to the floor of the e 1 1 upper gallery. There are ten benches presentation without a single disPieces of this dein this gallery, the lowest of which sentient voice. has not been moved, but the other scription are seldom intended for any nine have been raised out two higher purpose than to serve as veinches each; the top of the upper seat hicles for the music, and therefore being 18 inches higher than it was. must be estimated more as they serve In the upper gallery, and the side that end, than by the rules of the pigeon-holes, there is no alteration. legitimate drama. Mr. Arnold's proThe baize, with which the benches of duction, however, might, for plot and the pit were covered is removed, and interest, be ranked with many of the they are all neatly painted. The doors dramatic ephemera of modern times, of the pit have been rehung, upon a whilst the music it serves to convey plan which precludes the possibility entitles it to the applause with which of the frequent noise that was so great it was received. The overture is chaa nuisance. The bauging of the box racterised by movements at once vabenches is also prevented by the end rious and affecting, and several of the of the flap falling on a stuffed cushion, songs were encored. The performers exerted themselves with much zeal, and contributed essentially to the success of the piece. The songs have considerable poetic merit, and are LYCEUM THEATRE. Monday, Sept. 2d.-Plots; or, the North Tower. The piece is the pro- beside appropriate and correct. The duction of Mr. Arnold, and the music dialogue is generally chaste, and often the composition of Mr. King. It was marked by strong and novel sentiment. received with very general approba- This piece bids fair to have a run. tion, and given out for a second re MISCELLANEA, FACETIOUS AND ECCENTRIC. A Three French ladies having heard YOUNG woman who had professed to be converted in a sud- much of the grandeur of Hamptonden and violent manner, had asso- Court, determined to gratify their ciated with religious people some time curiosity. A coach was therefore when the return of the wake season hired, and off they set in that harhaving arrived, she thus disclosed to another fentile the genuine feelings of her heart, "There is to be a dance at the wake to night, I can't stay away, I must go to it. I wish I had not been converted till after the wakes." monious flow of spirits which the commencement of a journey always excites. The weather was fine, every thing was strange; every object was delightful; and they had proceeded more than half the way before the cravings of appetite had in any degree blunted the eagerness of disquisition. Francis de Malherbes, a French poet, used to say, that when the poor After stopping to breakfast, and repromised to pray for him, he did not entering the carriage, as they were, believe they could have any great in- generally speaking, ignorant of the terest in heaven, being left in so bad English language, they had delegated a condition upon earth; and that he one of their number to interpret, should be better pleased if the Duke when she being desired to urge the de Luyne, or some other grandee, had coachman to greater speed, had onmade him the same promise. fortunately forgotten these English expressions, "Make haste. Be speedy. A bookseller in the city, rather ec- Get on, &c." could think of nothing centric in his mode of labelling his but the French phrase, Allons donc, -books, having lately in his possession which the coachman naturally underan old folio in Divinity, called a stood as relating to London, especially Golden Chain, &c. made the following as the interpreter again popping her alteration:" A Golden Chain, but head out of the carriage, exclaiming rather spoiled by some of the Iron Allons donc, made him instantly conLinks of Calcinism." clude that some of them were taken |