The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-06-04 00:00:00

Ir .' rim KING'S EXCURSIONS. hit re p o tted that in este Parßetsina shoal/ be m ood by the 24th of this month , that it is his ts- . ` tie ',tendon to commence his proposed excursion nth. Ireland appears to be decided as one of the r i o mpal objects; and his Majesty has, it is said, ren his comniands to the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord to ward of the Household, and the Master of the Horse, le sake ibe necessary arrangements in their respective !oods for the visit. The horses which are en pre his Majesty have been selected, as well as those s m e l l ar e to convey him and his suite. It is now un &lowa that bill Majesty will go, not from Brighton se h a d bees 'specter!, but through Wales from Holy head. By a reference which the Chester Chronicle snakes to the proceedings of the Cambrian Institution, it a ppears that the fact of the Royal visit to Wales was formally a nnounced b Sirway that Mares tbe ma tter beyon y d all doubt. His Majesty, it is sta t e d, will be attended by his Royal Highness the Dike of Clarence, and some of his Ministers and p eeet h o ld, with a large party of Nobility and Gentry, especially those of Ireland. It is espected that the lOU to Ireland will occupy silt weeks, and it is now said that his hisjestv will return through Scotland; and in bit way tisk Olasgow and Edinburgh. As to the Coro• nation, the officer's of the Herald's Office still remain in ignorance of the day on which it will take place, sett are not a little puzzled on that account, as much of the details of their business will require considerable ilia for preparation. Notwithstanding this and other eireemo r a nees, which have been recently noticed vela ti" to t h e subject, an article in the Brussels papers, received last night, dated Hanover, May O. says his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, with his Con , we s, a m est yesterday for the Castle of Rumperheim, i n B ea m, whence he will proceed to London, to be pre sent at the Commits*. DRURY LANE THEATRE. A K w opera, entitled Dirce, was produced at this Thee tre on Saturday night. It is in the style of the opera of Artaxerxes: Arran Recitative. Thestory is as follows : The wrath of Apollo has demanded of the Thracian' the Ganes , sacrifice of a virgin, and the victim is to be deter mined by lot. Timaithes (Baanau), the supposed son of Dernowhoos (HORN) , is secretly married to Dirce (Miss i L sore,) the daughter of Gnashes. The fatal lot falls on Dirce, and Timanthee, to save her, reveals his marriage. But the Thracian law punishes with death the union of a subject with the Royal progeny, and Dirce from a victim becomes a criminal. At the entreaties of his . younger son, Cherinthwe (M adame Femurs) and of h is mistress. Leiria (Miss Povev), her life is spared. Tim:ratites, however, has further trials for his fortitnile. He discovers that Direr is the daughter of Dernoploon, and the discovery would be fatal did he pot ascertain at the same moment, by a most fortunate coincidence, himself to be the son of Clefusthee. In this event is involved the fulfilment of an oracular pre diction. The wrath of Apollo ceases, and the dreadful sacrifice is abolished. It may fairly be questioned, whether recitative is adapted to the taste of an English audience. Dirce was certainly well received on Saturday tiltht. but this we apprehend was chiefly owing to the excellent style in which some of the airs were executed. There is some fine music in the piece from MOZART. Ros wit, and other composers of eminence ; and Mr. BRA. RAN and Mr. Hoax have supplied a few original airs. Miss Wit.sox executed many passages with spirit. — Madame V 10411115 also sang charmingly. and Hoax mas tered some elaborate airs with tolerable facility. Miss Povev's recitative is tolerably good. The Opera was announced for repetition without opposition. The House was not very full. Mr. thse, of the Bank Bagland, has paid a high compliment to the talents of the Liverpool Bankers, for out of 80,0001. notes seat ap to town there was MOT ova forgery. They declined the kelp of • Bank inspector. From Manchester 200,0001. had l , een received, and only 0,11 forgery amongst them ; they had a Lowdon Inspector at that town. About 120,0001. has already been expended by the Bank for machinery, &c. to make the new notes, and there is a talk of the plan being abandoned. A few days ago, al 511/. Hank of England note was paid in, that was issued about eighty years since. Ent:saceutt. Jt ve I.—We have received letters this morning from New South Wales, which announce that theSkelton, from Leith, arrived at Hobart Town, Van Dietnan's Land, on the 27th of November last, with her numerous settlers, all well, and in good spirits. A letter was received from the Cape of Good Hope yesterday by a gentleman in this city, which an nouncer theeafe arrival of the Westmorland, from Leith for New South Wales, after a passage of twelve weeks Yrom Portsmouth. We understand that the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council, have fixed Wednesday the Gth of Jnne, for the Election of Professor of the Practice of Medi cine in thie University, in room of the late Dr. James Gregory. The candidates are said to be no fewer than fourteen. The population of Doncaster has been taken in the course of the last week, the following is stated to be the number of inhabitants, vis.:-3857 m ales, 4687 females—total 8544, being an increase of 1509 since the last census was taken in 1811. In the Borough of Lewes there is found an increase from 1801 to 1811, 1407 ; an increase from 1811 to 1821, 1038—total increase in 20 years 2445. From the Census of Brighton it appears there are in that plate inhabited hou ses, 3947 ; Houses sow build ing. 360; Houses empty, 352 ; Number of families, 4718; of which are employed in Agriculture, 92 ; ditto in Trade, 383 I ; and families (net Ineluded in the above descriptions), 792. Agreeably to the above statement, the whole popu lation being 24,429, the number in family, in each house, will average about 6 one-fifth persons. The greatest number of children are under five years of age ; and the greatest number of adults between 20 and 30. The number of persons above 80 years of age is 44 ; of which 41 are between 80 and 90: 2 between 90 and and 100 ; and 1 (Phoebe Hassell) 105. Last Thursday, Jasper Bailey, otherwise Norris, was committed to the House of C orrection at L e wes, by T. R. Kemp, Esq. charged on the oath of James Terry, mariner, with having on that day, at Newhaven, as saulted, ravished, and cruelly used Mary Ann Terry, an infant under ten years of age. The East India Company's ship Castle Neatlyrom ar rived off Scilly the 30 th u lt ; she was despatched f China in company with the Prince Regent on the 27th January, arrived at St. Helena on the 10th April, and sailed from thence for England on the 15th.—Tbo Prince Regent parted company for Table Bay on the • 21st March, in lat. 34 . 10 . S. long. 46. 45. E.--The Republic le ft Si. Helena for Beacoolen oa the 15tb of April. ;as 1 , THE 3T4011; •Lo•s Tlk •' RROVLAR", DRAMA. •LIAi ?DR "?D$ sire sawn. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. Sts—Many of your readers, no donbt, will imagine that the following lines are a Satire upon the Pretest inimitable ' 1 School" of is IMOULlillt " Drama; and that they were written expressly to ridicule the ea ratite taste and judgment of oar " asout.aa" Ma nagers. Such censorious gentry will be a little amazed when they discover that they were not written in de rision, but were actually stolen from the study table of a Right Regular Thespian Monarch, and are in hls well-known hand-writ-•crarel. Notwithstanding. the " Reoutans" had, throng), the agency of their Performers per Prologue and E'i logue, vo repeatedly assured the &Natty public that the decline of the Drama was the scarcity of (mitts, and the depravity of the public taste, I always did suspect that this " scarcity and depravity" was the scarcity of intellect and of education, with a depraved propensity for trash and tawdry, in a certain " Regie jar" quarter. By the following confessions, as I may certainly call them, it will appear my suspirions are altogether verified and that the public is acquittedhl thou insulting and unjust imputations which hate been east upon them by the despots of the Stage. . NOVIILTY being the )tanager's laith--and the Performers" Creed—l think my Right " Repko" •Friend has invoked her aid with a vengeance. INVOCATION TO NOVELTY ; 02, THE THCSPIAN 1011111C11 . 11‘ PLUMS. —11••• Dear NOVlLTY—whate'er thy name, Bet glaring gas—or seelding-eteem— Or any other—pestileere : Or dark--or light—or thin—or douse — Or foreign frightful monster, fed On •burning-coal, or boiling-lead: Bird, insect, beast ; e'en though thou be— Or reptile—or +A ntipode— Or worse than monster, bird, or beast, That can deprave the public taste, And at the sacrifice of sense, Yea, decency ; produce the pence. Come, come, and welcome: 'Thespian Kings Delight in nought, but—monstrous things. [Here follow in the Ms. several most whimsical limes: but as they contain personalities, I must omit them for the present, at least.) To schools and colleges begone Learning, deadly foe to—rt s ; And to the stage come every ass With leaden pen, and face of brass: Each fool can spout, and faces make, And any thing can do, but—seesx.: Each diluter can Melo Dram* indite. And eery thing can do, but—WRITE. Each ignorant and vulgal botch Can turn " Sir Walt." to Drama—SCOTCH. And every male and female thing Can squall, and shake, and think can ',mai Each vain monopolizing elf, Who'd the wrote play perform utuasfre, Yes. every mountebank and mints Cis jump, or fly, or crawl, or climb. Come, and to us as welcome be As to Week -Doctor is— a fee ; Or to the "Inerereary tribe Of scribbling critics is—e bribe As to a -- 's a glass of—gin ; As to a vtce-screnessoe—sas ; Or as to the—or roiITION, IS 11-11ADIC‘t. PETITION Oh, come ! and welcome onto me, As is a was, et the-0. P ; 4 + Or as our " bones" are to each chap, Who, though he cannot pay. can—clap. Or to each " swell"—or dandy clerk, Who'd to a PLAY, prefer ei—,;; csnic:t." Come fun, come pun, eons, hash, come trash, Come asv THING will bring the—casts ! [For delicate and humane reasons. I hive here taken another liberty with the MS. I hate setting people together by the ears.) Grant, grant my pray's - . deer !coerces. Oh, grant that we may never see An actor that is not a—fool! An author that has been at school, Who an't a stupid silly botch. Can novel turn to Drama—•° Seotek." Nor see an audience that, 'twixt sense And folly, know the difference, From playhouse keep the vile noblesse, And save us from the daily press ; From cursed type end critics' pen. From scholars' genies—wit—.MEN ! ! ! B: • Your coal-eaters, leed-drinkers, and sword-swallowers, reek as first-rate performers of the " Present" School. t The Antepodean Rosclus, who lately made his first appearance upon any ceiling at the Theatre Royal Coveet- Garden. I hope the actors do not nil what they say on the Stage " speaking ;" it is species of titteranee entirely Theatrical, but certainly is not speaking ; that if speak ing be that utterance nous% creatures make use of to convey their thoughts by sounds. h It is the literature of the " Present" School Ms brought the Stage into its " Present" contempt, end that bee banished from Theatres every soul that eau reed or write, or make his cress-eross. The whole Dramatic Poetry of England is et last botching Sir Wettv's Novels into " Pieces." Bravo Plaid end the Bagpipes !i ! 4 The greatest singer nor, is he or she who ex traordinary can. be the most distorted exertions, squeeze out hem t ost end laughable DOllOl. °a Whether this is en a ttack opals the Daily or Quarterly Press I am at a loss to guess. ++ 0. P. Tavern remarkable for its waggery. •• •• Lean," is f as hi ona ble slang term for fun," but •• fonnery. impertinence, Ike. *e. N. B. Several other Novelties are in active pre- partition. Lady Morgan's long expected Work on Italy, the result of two years travel, nearly twelve months sub's quest study, will appear in the course of 1 few days. It mast undoubtedly be c onsidered as the m ost inte resting and importan t literary production of the pre- seat seas 311. Fine melons, grapes, cherries, and caulillowers. were on Saturday displayed for sale in Covsat•6ardea market. Between 7 and NO weight of mullet and base were caught at one haal, on —andTusd morning, at the smooth of Shortham Harbour. were immediasely seat oir for the London ma rket. ...... -.... `' 41411011 D COUNTERF SIT SOVICRIBIONS. has been stated in moot of the Newspapers, that a eessiderable number of the Sovereigns now in elm- Wiest are debased, by an admixture, in some way or other. of platinum. Such a report, must have been raised from the unworthy motive of alarming the timid, and of rendering the public in genets! Suspi cious of the legal coin of the realm, and dl&posed to prefer the paper before the metallic currency. if any perms. however, will take the trouble of considering the following particular' they will be convinced that, Easy fears on this subject are perfectly groundless, and that with the ordinary precautions of inspection weighing, nothing will be more easy than to distin guish the genuine from a spurious sovereign. Tie specific gravity of platinum is 21.33; of stand. and gold, 17.13, and of copper 8.93 ; if in an alloy of platinum and gold. the platinum exceed the 42th part of the alloy, the colour of the gold is so materially in jured, that the fraud may be detected by the slightest ezamin +don. An alloy of platinum and copper may be made of precisely the same specific gravity as standard gold, and the proportions requisite are by calculation, 9.32 parts of platinum, and 4.39 parts of copper. Prim these data it follows--first, that gold tenant be alloyed with pure platinum ; nor can platinum, as is reported, be cased with gold ; if ei:ber of these modes were adopted, the fraud would instantly be detected. by the very great increased weight of the coin : 2dly, Nat if platinnus is seduced by copper to the same specific gravity as gold, the alloy esti only be mixed with gold in the proportion of 3.63, or about 3f per cent; for if it is in greater quantity, the platinum will exceed a 1.42 th part, and then t 4,. colour of the gold is so reduced, that no one can possibly be de ceived by it. Now a trade reqniring so large a quantity of the most precious of all metals can only be carried on by a man of capital; and prey, what man of capi tol worthd rem the ;isle of being honied for a pro fit of sonterehat less than three and three fearters per cent • -- Extract of a letter from Derbyshire received this morning :—" The remains of Mr. Cm'die, the unfor tunate gentleman who was shot at Wineter, was in terred on Sunday week. His funeral was attended by thoussads of persons. The spectacle can he more easily imagined than described. The deceased has left a character not to be excelled. His amiable dis positioo will long be remembered A subscription is going on to defray the expense of a monument to be erected to his memory." Last week came on the election of a Second Assist ant Clerk to the Court of Requests, at linildhall. The Candidates were Mr. Robinson and Mr. Kerte. After the election a scrutiny was demanded, when Mr. De puty Urifflth, and Samuel Nash, Esqrs. were appointed scrutineers on the part of Mr. Robinson, and Mr. De puty Reeves and Robert Carter, Esq. on that of Mr. Keyte. On the scrutiny being closed, the numbers were for the former, 110; and for the latter, 57. SOURS'S FOR TOE IMPROTRMENT or PRISON DISCI - PLlNR.—Saturday the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline, and the Re formation of Juvenile Offenders, took place at the Free masons' Tavern ; the Doke of Ol ou cester in the Chair. The Secretary read the Report of Ow Committee, which stated, that there hall rambee great itroveusent prism) diecipliao derfog the first e, asW Oldest to sire my beneficial effects that malted from the initialise et hard labour upon old and determined offenders. The Report dwelt strongly upon the good effects ofVeligious instruc tions to prisoners, and related many instances where, from the moment this had commenced in prisons, the number of criminals had considerably decreased; sad there was scarcely a n instance of the re - commi tment of persons in these "prisons who had been once discharged. The Report spoke in the warmest terms of the exertioosi of the Ladies Committee, and of the beneficial results of their labours, and presented a flattering account of lb. happy conseqnences which had accrued from the phis which the Committee had adopted of procuring an asy lum fur juvenile offenders, who, after being punished for their crimes, were turned loose upon society witlsoot friends, and without any resource but a return to their criminal pursuits. The meeting was then addreseed by Lord Calthorpe, Lord John Russell, Sir J. Mackintosh, Mr. Bennet, and other persons of distinction. The pro ceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the illustri ous Chairman. Maaatsoa Ann DRAT 11.—On Tuesday morning last we r e married at Ripley, by the Rev. .IV. H. Powell, Mr. John Houseman, of Clint, t, Mary, the eldest daughter of the late Mr. Mills, of the former place. The bride was given away by Sir Wm. Inglehv, Bart. the present High-Sherili. The newly married pair and a party of friends immediately resorted to York, for the purpose of spending the clay, it being in the race week. A dinner was ordered at the Falcon Inn, for the party, and they proceeded to the race course, where the bride complained of indisposition, and on her return to the inn, was seised with apoplexy, and melancholy to relate, lingered in that situation till Friday morning, when death closed her earthly pil grimage, to the great affliction of all tier friends and eennections, by whom she will be long and sincerely regretted. Her relatives bring sent for, at the com mencement of this lamentable occurrence, they were present at its close ; and the transcient scene of pro misee' happiness and joy has thus become a scene of mourning and of woe—an awful proof of the uncer tainty of human life, and of the necessity of constant preparation for death. Her remains were conveyed to Ripley, fur Wert:tent, on Friday last. Yesteeday morning, about ten o'clock, the oeighbour hood of Barota's-builiings, sear Waterloo-road, was put into the greatest confusion by a young etas having cut his throat in one of the houses of ill fame there. The young man is a Jew, and had lived for some time with a cyprian in the above place. He was ilomedi ately conveyed to the hospital. ArrICTINO AND sweet. occennewca.--Yesterday between 2 and 3 o'clock, a labouring man was ob served standing against a house in Union-street, South wark, suddenly affected with a violent discharge of blood from his mouth. He wasimmediately led to the shop of Mr. Jones, Surgeon, when on being placed in a chair, be exclaimed, " Oh ! my poor family !" "I work for Mr . Midgley, New Dover Road." —" I am a dead man !" gushing once or twice from little mere than a quarter into the sloop, be was carried corpse. Ths peer MIS 41 1 011TIlif0 INTI --.011P••••• - • • pm-n:4m fillticE THURSDAY. Daitsr...--Ule to 47 *int Gustavus— 9 to * sem Reginald. Outs.-11 to 1 asst Augusta-3 to I asst Hy Lady-9 to 2 apt Zeal. —— •••• On Thursday next. Second Edition of The Statesman will be pnbli4hed at b o'clock. containing a full and correct amount of the Derby Rite, with the betting thereon. te. The intelligence will be received by an P.c. Pares. All orders for the Paper oa that occasion will be most reictrally attended to. Persons desirous of sending the information to their various frienis will find this the bes esas of doing so. without trouble to themsel r es. or s a y wocertsinty in the mode of conveyance. 714 Shatesmia will be received in the country on Fri Jay morning per post. at the distance of 150 Hies frqm En -50111. Thdisappoine boat possible arrangements have been 'uncle to prevent tment, and also to Insure ttecuracy in the . . report. . On Friday a Second Edition win be poblishet i , eonteining the decision of the Oaks Stakea. A most unfortunate accident occurred last week at Mr. Ellisten's Sew Building, Leamington Spa. A peer fellow had the misfortune to fall from the scaf folding of the portico, and die/ after languishing two days in great misery. It appears he was an Irishman. and on Wednesday last his grave was surrounded early in the morning by several of his countr ;men, what kept howling, crying, and praying on it for several house, to the no small astonislonent of the numerous visitors who were walking round the church-yard. Betesta, MAY .2.n.—On nitridey lastinformatior was given at the Town Clerks (!:tier, that a stran ger girl was offering had money : Constable Warren soon after full in with her. and found upon her a bad half-crown; he demanded her residence. when she took him to the house of George Stewart, in Iltideon's-entry. Tiler:- were sereral people in the bottle, known to be rms.,s of had money—the most notorious soon fled. The constable being alone, the woman of the house made an attempt to send out a dinner of what is called champ, or culeannon, with a piece of butter in the top of it, to her husband by a little boy ; but the constable haying smile suspicion, stirred it up with the spoon, and soon discovered in the bottom a knit glove filled with base half-crowns, shillings, and tenpenniee. Upon further search I e found a shift, with forgeries upon the Ilelfaet Bank. Scotch Bank, Bank of Ireland. &r. to a large amount. I besides paper ready to be struck off. He then made ' further search, and found a bottle containing a solu tion of silver in aqua fortis, supposed for the purpose of coating. The party were then made prisows, sod others afterwards taken up. Upon an investi gation held by the Sovereign on Saturday, it appeared the young girl is Mary Anne Kelly, who came with her mother, Eliza Kelly, from Ayr. Het father she states to be a tailor there (an Irishman from Dungannon.) Her mother's name was Maeolm. fees Goadlatt's-ferry formerly. There is little doubt they belong to an extensive gang, many of them Sew here, whose names it might not br prudent to mention. These circumstances induced a more extended search, and in the house of Mrs. Mortimer, of notorious fame, in Mill-street, a man who calls him self Win. Creighton. was found. Upon his examin ation, be said he Caine from Glasgow about three weeks since, hut would give no satisfactory account of himself or ref•renee. It so fully appeared to the Sovereign that he is one of this dangerous gang, that he is detained until farther inquiry is made about him. for which purpose the Sovereign has written about him said the others. The notes and base coin were well executed, and the injury sustained by the public would, in all probability, have been extensive. They are now in the House of Correction, where they might be identi fied by any person having suspicion of them., and ap plying properly for admission. On Thursday last, Constables Warren and M'Mullen waited on the qn ty the arrival of the Steam packet, from which they ob• served a ivoman of notorious fame, named Johnston. land, which induced them to pay her an early visit on Friday morning. On searching her person, they found a quantity o bse coin, of exquisite workman shi. She ha s been a safely lodged in the House ot p Correction. BOW•STkRET.+OII Sntnrday Robert Ilolcliag and Charles Wade underwent a second examination, charged with burglariously breaking open the I e of Mr. Thomas Brown, a cheesemonger, of Grafton street, Soho, late last Tuesday night, or early on Wednesday morning, and stealing about 1101. in Bank of England notes, 301. in guineas and sove reigns, nett. in silver, and 121. in halfpence. Cum ;tied for trial. MA 11 NETS. _..........._ 1: oRN -Es clt Ax rat, J ars 4.—Our market was well slip plied ss iiii Wheat tisis morning, a considerable propor tion of last week's arrivals rema inin g on hand, beelo. fresh supplies from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk' for which there was very little dem and at a decline of as. per qr., and without buyers for the inferior qualities. —Barley i, Is. per qr. cheaper, the supply being rather large for the mason, and the Alaltsters having left off buying , occa sioned very dull sale at that abatement.—The Britoil* of Oats have been considerable, and the trade was ex ceedingly dull at a reduction of Is. per sir. from the prices of this day se'unight.—ln Beans and Peas no alteration. Eriouso. - I %mall Reimsq. 11. ... 20 9 - 3 Tick ditto . 24 Ott Oats, Potato. 2s 95 Ditto, Poland... 2l 21 Ditto, Feed l4 10 Flour, Per Sack. 46 30 Rapeseed. per Last IR 161 FoaRICIS. Wheat, Americas..: . S 0 Mettle . Baltic, Red 6O 54 OU lit, Hambro' Red . 'I. sp. Wheat, Kent, and Essex New OW 00 Suffolk Old . Norfolk, (Old) Rye Barley Malt ................ 30 36 White Peas .......... 30 3t Boilers ............ 36 IS Bray ditt0.......... 96 30 ; SAIITUDIEL D 31AngiT, Juni 4.—There was • good Market this morning of all descriptions of cattle, and the prices are much the same as of per last mar ) ket day. (To sink the offal ; per Stone Sibs. Beef . ... St. Md. to 4s. ILL I CATTLI AT ISAREILT. MUMS.. 3s. 0.1. to 4s. (Id. Beasts Calves . 1 1900 Veal .... 3s. lid. to 3s. 44. 944 Pork •• .. Ili. &I. to be. 411. Sheep and Lambs —.1.3,9410 Lamb ..• . 4,4. (kl. to Os. bd. Pigs OAT APID STRAW pelt LOAD. Hay ....31. 10s. to it. 4s. I Straw ..11. Si. to It. Hs. Clover ..41. Os. to 41 . 3s. I Al' ' -4 11 1 , , in . .•••••• • lowers. '' I work for lir• klidgloy, carman, New Dover swan airs . - garden "lam a dead man !" A qeantity of blood ag --, se were little more than a quarter of an hour trout his entrance in. 34.—Beens , Oh. +s4. — Petw , api• 4d.—Oatin , 1 mouth into the shop, he was carried out apea a shatter, a le' Id. AVERAGE PRIED or CORN Pt ENGLAND Ann scatty. gushing once cot twice from his mouth, he expired. le Wheat. Ms. 9d.—Rye, 325. Od.—Barley, Its. 3d. —Oats, ly seat corpse. The poor ana has, it appears, left a wife and The Average Pries of Brown 43- Maseolndo gnat, eon- Feted from the Beltway made in the Wee' coding the Mk fin children. day of May, ISM, is Vbs. id. per cwt. -..- • s a- the Won ir e lents, moo. 1 the NH'S of the los a ct in- Lima &knit' bye yenta