The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-10-02 00:00:00

a, . ..•••••••,•'- ,~--~ -- - , x 4.1% r • _ ter '"rrair - • T 71" " ,? THE STA' S PORTING . IN TE LLIGENGE. NEWbtAnKET mat OCTOBER MEETING, 1611. THURSDAY, Orr. 30. .Ir. Udoy's Corinne, Bet. 61b. heat Mr. Tborshilt's Steeltrap, 651. A. F. Wets. 2tol on Corianc. The Town Plate of 5.)1. for 9-yr old ruffs, Bot. 71b. and fillies, Sao. Sob. U. I. Mr. Neale'. chestnut coltirr,H versant • - Lurd (ir.svenor bay filly Fine.be 2 to 1 apt Mr. Neale's chesnut colt. The King's Plate of ICOO, fur 4.)r ..Id* carrying 100. efi. 5-yr 01M, 11et. 6th. 6.%r old*. oro# *pd. iv. so, • 18. C. Lord Jew*** boy born Cannon 8011, aged 1 Doke of Grafton)* bay colt Watelo. 4-yriold • 2 5t040n Ca 0 Ball. Major Witsoo's filly by Juniper, 4.yrs old, 10. bent Mr. Neville** filly by Juniper. 74'. 71b. Ftriot loaf of Ab. M. 50p. 2 to 1 apt Major Wilson'io hay. • TIM A TR Es. : . DauttY-Lawr...olhello, at this Theatre, last evening, attracted a fashionable auditory. Mr. KEAN'S Othello was of course deservedly and much applauded. Mr. CLEARY, who for the first time undertook the chat ratter of logo, displayed considerable talent; WI: appears to possess abilities, that with due cullima4ol' will one day place him much beyond enediocrity Mrs. Wricr,in Desdemona, appeared to mory advise. tags than when she first assumed the part. She le a young Lady of great promise, and we hail her esjs very considerable acquisition to the drama. COTENT•GARDEN. — The Comedy of the Way Keep him was performed et this Thersite v iast 04014 : the part of Sir Bashful Constant, for the first tittio b by. Mr. Vi t itegth it afforded *wither triumph fie this excellent performer. In Sir Bashfel, as in die other characters in which he has appeared, Mr. FAR. aro displayed that tare end valuable power of ea hibiting great comic force by singularly chaste and easy touches. There was no broad sketch of foilji and maavaise honle, yet the audience was moved its the highest tone of merriment. The distinctiie trsits_of the character, the silly dread of AA . - gularity and ridicule, making the persouage et the moment singular and ridiculous--the conflict be. tween his fully and his feelings—his transitions from the complacent joy, and . 'apposite affection with which he dwells upon his wife when alone, to the lu dicrous bursts of factitious passion into which he breaks out when he feels upon him the eye of any human creature—the luok of lively, !wherries scru. tiny with which he surveys those within observation, end the frank simplicity with which he receives the illusions practised upon hies through the medium or his own distorted fancy, by the .designs of his friend, were brought out with great force, happiness, mad keeping. His reconciliation with Lady Constant at the clote.—the banging down of the head on one side, then on the other.--the gradation of looks—the ap proach and the embrace, were inimitably The chief advantage, however, which Mr. Fungal draws from Sir Bashful, Is the display of the versael tility of his powers. As a performence„ it ranks with Sir Peter Teatle and Lord Ogleby; but the pars it. self is immeasurably below them. Mummy was a dramatist by trade, rather than by talent. ilis co= medies, as well as his tragedies, are all hashed up from the French ; and where they are entertaining the merit is not his. Mr. C. KcsaGe eaerted his usual ability as Lovemore, and Mr. JONES and Miss Bnosyroo were much applauded es the brilliant gal lant and gay widow. The dialogue of both chaise. ter* is, however, below mediactity.e...—eMrs. PAWCIT was remarkably successful in her per. formance of Mrs. Loretnare. . Miss FOOTE was in. teresting in Lady Constant; and Mrs. Gtitai, as usual, excellent in the Chambermaid. The Comedy was given out fur repetition on Monday, amidst the liveliest ezpres.ions of applause. The afterpiece was the farce of Killing no Murder. Mr. Russux. was the Buskin, and imitated Coot and INCLEDON very Successfully. lie showed considerable versatility in his various characters of Boots, Barber, &c., and was much applauded. aIIANUIESTER, Sm. 29. Two divisions of the 80th Regiment of Foot have arrived here from Colchester, having been nearly three weeks on their march. They are to remain during the winter, and until further orders. The whole of the regiment were to have come here; but, on their arrival at Stamford, they were met by an cypress, ordering three companies of them to (lull, where disturbances were apprehended, on account of a turn-out among the carpenters and others, for an advance of wages. The 4th Dragoons have not yet arrived ; and it is therefore conjectured they have been halted en their march between Dorchester and this place. • We learn from Preston that the weavers there have resolved, after finishing the webs now in their looms. to refuse to work any more unless their full demand of an increase of 7s. in the pound be complied with by the masters. They have sent deputations to the neighbouring villages, and induced the workmen of the like occupation to agree in pressing this advance, but recommending them to finish their work now in their looms. There have been no acts of violence there, owing, perhaps, to the presence of the military who were sent there a few days ago ; and so judici ously is this kind of force distributed, that in the event of any serious disturbance a large force could be collected at the spot in a few hours. W under stand bete that the Meeting at Stockport yesterday to pray for Parliamentary Reform was not nurnerost, and that it went off very quietly. The mestere having had recourse to what the men call the black book, in which the name of any work man being found he is refused employment, the weavers have resorted to the lex talionis f marking nut certain obnolioos masters, from whom employ ment will not be taken in future. Cotton experienced a very dull sale in our market to-day, - and prices may be quoted one halfpenny per lb. lower. Piece goods, however, experienced no reduction. The Duchess of DEVONSHIRE arrived yesterday evening at WARREN'S New hotel, Naw-street ) from Chiswick. Count LltirEN, the Rassian Ambassador at this Coot, left Loudon yesterday for Ais-la-Chapelle , by the directions of the Emperor• ilia Excellency was accompanied by M. Di POGGIN,OIII, the Sects tary of &salmi. peror oft Austria pasted !homes here yesterday, mid receivedell the maiks . of honour that the shortness •of the time allowed. We learn shot the Monarch arrived yesterday s evining at Mayence, and will be a t Ai s .i..Chspelle on the 28th. We learn from Mectlenhorg that the Ordinance o f March 4, 1813, respecting the prohibition of the importalien of various foreign articles is abotished,' becaose ex perience has shown that the Ordinance i n question has wholly missed its object; an exception it made to succory (prepared as a substitute for coffee), the importation of which remains prohibited till fur ther orders, and also that of foreign playing cards. The Duke and Duchess . of Kent are going to Ai:- la-Chapelle. It is said that their house at rossels a will be occupied by the two Em p resses of r ussia in their expected visits. Nothing in in 'the condom' of FEROINAIGO of Spain cats excite much surprise ; yet that Sovereign is in. dulging himself in strange • caprices. Another piece of very curious and important information has been communicated from Spain. • It is through a private channel, but the facts are strongly vouched for, and we suppose they may he relied upon. A sudden re volution has occurred in the Spanish Ministry ; bis Spanish Majesty, without any previous notice or as. sistance from the People, having sent the whole of the leaders of his Administration into exile, and placed another set of tools in their situations. M. Gaave, has been banished to Saragossa, we suppose to digest schemes of finance in the dungeons of that fortress ; M. PIZARRO has been transported to Valencia ; end M. FIGARRO, to Andalosis.-- The last dispatches from the Spanish capital exhibit. ed the Administration in the full possession of the Royal confidence, and managing public affairs as well, we apprehend, as it hsd ever done ; end now• we learn, that the persons who composed that Admi• nistration are exiles and captives. Such .iesiie to . have been the unceremonious violence exercised in the execution of the orders of the Court, that M. Pr. zaaao's wife, who refused to be separated from her husband, and had actually fallen into child.birth at the end of the first stage from the capital, was there, after bringing forth an infant, obliged to remount her carriage, and is new in talc-- these are certainly very summary methods of getting rid , of an obnoxious set of Ministers; and such are the revolutions that attend upon despotic power.— Messrs. P I ZARRO,GARAY, and FIGARRO, are doubt less rank Patriots and Liberals by this time. The Ministers who have succeeded them are little known by their names, and what is communicated of them represents them as feeble and undecisive. The three new Ministers who are mentioned, ere the Marqu i s • • /II II CAtIIAIRUJOI as Prime Minister; Councillor of State Haw, as Minister of Finances ; and Lieu's- Net-General Ctsezaos, as Minister of Marine. A sloop of this kind at this period is of gent im portance to the fate of Splits ; and we cannot but regartA f its an ominous time for so essential en I alters stkif the Congress at Ais.la•Chapelle is it all to )/tediste. on the affairs of Spain.-- The causes of such an event are still unknown.— tonjecture ascribes it to the predilection shown by the fallen Ministers towards America (we have not seen much predilection of this kiwi, unless the cession of the Floridas to fill his Majesty's Treasury may be considered as such), and their decided preference of Russian interests, PlzAneo and his Lady having made a festive appearance at the Russian Ambassa dor's ball on the day of St. Alexander ! Ilow will the present Saint ALEXANDtIt like to hear of this ? Such seems to be the public opinion at Madrid ; at this distance, and in the absence of farther informatirinfwe can only report the rumours in cirtulatlon, wit-b -out pretending to decide on their justness or in. iorrect nes.. The King has appeared at the useat drive on the Patio. At Madrid no wonder lasts 12-hours. ate word more. The Courier of yesterday assured la!, 66 that no change whatever is likely to take place in the administration of the Spanish Govern. scent 1." It appears by authentic accounts from the coast of Africa, that the Spaniards hare transported a greater number of slaves to the \Vest Indies in three months of the present year, than in the same interval in any preceding year. So much for the feeble policy of Lord C.►4rt.EKEAGtt at Vienna, in acquiescing in the Continor ore, for • Wren time, of the Slave Trade on the part of Spain and Portugal, after it had been abolished by Gres' Britain. It was obvious that the' effect of this arrangement must be to transfer the Bri tish portion of the trade to these two Powers, and that by limiting its continuance in point of time, they would pursue it with greater zeal and energy than if it load been left indefinite in its duration. — Twelve thousand slaves were lately imported into the nava:lush, from Africa, in the course of one week. • • Paris Pipers to tllp 29th have arrived. They contain little of importance, wept the restoration of Marshal MAnuolvi to the plenitude • of Royal favour, which he was supposed to have lost in consequence of the astiction which he had given to Colonel FAB VIER'S -Publication respeeting the outrages at Lvotts. He is announced to succeed the Duke of It scow (Oudinot), the command of the Royal Guard, in attendance on the King. This may be considered as a result of the proceedings against General Count., and ►.s a fresh triumph gained by the Ministers over the Ultras. .... Yesterday the Grand D.,k• MICIIAIL went to Chisoick t ou a visit to the Duke of DETOMUIRE. 1 I i • '1 ,~ , .• ~-: -- I)itritifcL * 'AfflrPTitzia _ TifF...,I4ITOR OP ?HP:STATESMAN: Sta.--L had the - impost to &Ares% you, last Wed nesday, on the performance of Robe° and Juliet; but She length to which that letter was drawn out, prevented me flats noticing the Opera of Rosina.—l ons not oue of those Oho think it necessary to have recourse to the second book of the first Analytic, of ;Iristotle, as an assailant, to carry on iy; attack so as to obtain a victory for the Committee of Management et Drury-lane Theatre; nor as a defendant, to keep its enemies at such a distance as that it shall nes ver be obliged to yield ; and I am Dot, therefore, at "'fiance with the critics respecting their ceasese of the Management, though perhaps a Itigiclio Might be able to enter the lists its its defence; bet I do ace knowledge myself the champion of unpretee,te4 male worth. For it is not to be supposed that •Misa WiTliAlkt will come forward and ask the Pabeic„ " Whether she sung sweetly, and the allies err wrong ?" This' young Lady, Sir, has miller claims on the indulgence of the dramatic celtic.-Ber south, her set, her first appearance, the refitted taste of her judges, all plead in her favour; yet, with all these claims, I will allow, that every critic Ms a right to say of her performance what Is feir and just ; for true criticism is a noble and a lib,. 141 art, but, like every other art, it is liable to be abased. The excellence sod usefulness of criticises con sists in an adaptation of its controlling dictate to check a custom, but not • rensorian power of in stant degradation. " Site bath the privilege of re monstrating, and, by means of this, when used die creetle, of bringing what is bad into disrepute, and so cancelling it gradually ; hot she bath no power. so establish any thing. tier power is like lbst of sin. quence ;she must operate on us purely by persuasion and depend for success on the solidity, or, at least, the speciousness of her arguments." iAt wh o will pi. amine the writings of our fir4t estshlished critics, sech as JOllllsOM, Kann, BLAIR. CAMPSEL.T., Pafrli and Aeoisox, and he will find that all these ricotta, ressouers, acted in all their canons of criticism be' the observatious which I. hive k,st introduced, and which, ,for' autburity's sake, I attribute to, Dr. CANTRELL. Now, if these premises be allowed, everyone who presumes to criticise must establish himself in our good opinion, by convincing our reason that what he stigmatises, bath been rattly and legitimately handled,. and tbat.by certain catfons of criticism le ought to be• exploded or retained. It is not An me to point out how those canons may be applied. I take it fur granted that every workman is skilled in the use of the tools of his art. But when I see a verdict re corded before I hear the Jury pronounce the accused guilty; when I 'see men usurp an authority that cloth not belong to them (for no men can presume to the high office of criticism, who does not legally use the weapons of her warfare); when I hear of a young besetiful lady esposeil, through the wanton ness of illiberality and not of criticism, to the midh of unseesensble and unmerited raillery, 1 must - ssy, that if any thing deserves to he Mandel with the name ungallant, it is this ostentation of judicial re pies* withosis a body of !Pistoling to establish its lawfulness. I, and hundreds besides, heart! Miss WITHAM sing in the Opera of Rosina; we heard her songs encored; a plain proof, if there be any testi mony in the *eidetice of the seat.", that she gave very general satisfaction. In fact, the applause she re ceived was unbounded. • But there is a much more serious charge than•that of reproaching her for not singing well, which I have In bring against the critics. his the use of their Wit— I would, I could call it so, but, alas lit cometh not from the common fountain of the imaginative powers, with all the ornaments of elocution, and the oratorical figures, simile, apostrophe, atitithesis, and metaphor ; but in the lowest limning of paronomasia and pun. Great and signal it most be owned are the effects of ridicule; but the subject must always appear to the ridculer, and to those affected, by his pleasantry, under the notion of littleness and futility, two essential requisites in the object of contempt esti cis Mealy. Now, this granted, let me ask every critic who has tried. to sport his wit at the expence of Miss Wixom*, if he believes in his heart that this young lady possesses the requisites jest mentioned, to make her an object of ridicule before the Public ? if toot, then is there an alarming boldness in those *elm, with so powerful an eaglet as the Public Press in their hands, triumph over .trembling, unoffending female. I must lake leave, Sir, toasaure the crilici,that I am desirous they would (atoll& themselves with the t o ols of their craft, like Ikolitall'i priests and taracista, who were— Shonitied withsoktileid Prriskor. 1-.. .o:4•1/4) a. And maeozines or amisunnioa; , • . With cro.sea. relics, erecter" B ea d., pi c ture". rosaries. and piles; l'he tools of working our salvation, By mere mechanic operation. When any thing oonsensicel in principle is to be availed by ridic u le, the natural ally of reason Is wit ; • When any estravaganie 'or impropriety in conduit, !inmost , seldom fails to be of the confederacy ; but what was nonsensical' in Miss Witnaw's singing, what extravagance in her acting, whet Inspeoprieti in her appearing as Roane? She is yet tbipapil of nature, study, and the prictice of het' profession will in lime distinguish her to the critic . ' bye, and ear, and taste, as much as can be *Mod; by your •f) : 9 • • obedient servant, Loudon, Sept.Srpt.4B. A LOVER OF Vat DitAISIA. t -. thellsDmDce A u s t L t e c i i h n , ° f from i c ge 1 -A C D olph i n,f is t r i a r i n v l (al from'f a ; d t Portsmouth. he .ai T i et ed il t . r h o e r 04 k g o f A r l and the West Indies, and remain In the Dosisie.tsis . Came down from the . Rivet sad Palmy 11r1 . 11M1 ,.,. 0: 1 Eagle, Gibbs, for Lisbon. tor i:or ie s h wt a o rd wr so ig 4 O fr of. oni the Rusy, Clatk,'from Brhiport ; and Dispateb, Bad tatdMonrifvoera a s ea hi ra p I SP :l e o le op a cock, from *Lymington, both 'for LondCopes. ono—Salled the (A) brig ?repos, Sparrolabask , for lisaletat, OCT. 1.--Arrived that .. N . tackat 1 with . ' MO, kc. from fialind. - ~: . 1 p . •1 The AND TI or The financial espospionteril. 110. fair 114 expenditure of that-yoke, ex the t ilis i mentsie. lee come by mere than 17 millions, geleraireiing the:Weri and Metes et the war rate of taxation. TheestiesiM eaceeded 27 millions mid a half, exeleeiteinPhis• *I serest upon the National D.bt„.Tile dofieliorgog44 l other expedients, was made up.,14 ail adepece 6,40 part of the Bank of three Willow . , PK ilhhich. 11/0114 Bank was allowed to make an incroaut of. opilgt three millions—from .11 to 14 sn.ilittnikll4,o4 6 44 reissue of Exchequer Bills—and after the eignalxiew fetst.,*en". the Property jar, , peer which 04 Obancellor of the Exchequer snede the most In. deceut lamentations, by the enapplied gragie,oet Ilhe preceding • yea!, 1815 s Which - Imes is A. first pa telnetst, estimated . isk, Wee isillfosts t, Nod when Parliament could no laver bear lie Inge tenant teeetion with whick.the, Moister, *edges toured !oppress the coeutre c and they were drive the wall.,,they found that dilte„701101111 dnd e were 'dee surplus of the last loose/14mi sett. I 'is necaseery to pause on. this, dreamscape. In the preceding year, when war with Francs *as declared upon the return of Maisie Emperor, the Parliameot, in order to give Mioisters efficient seppeet, had toted 4 an Immense supply. The coutee:t being decided by anauespetted single victor', prevented farther es pence, and the immense Spans (hoe vested in their hands became a surplus; olid the Ministers act fairly or honestly by the country, to meet the Parliament in ri s e th en ensu i n g Sessi o n, iripnsing fresh burthens, and denianding a continuance of that WO Tat o arid neglect, or forget, nr ',Warily fetuse to elate, until cornpelled,that more 'lieu dm minions of the former grant remedied, and creld be applied to the eapeudit ere of that yes"! .%sich conduct 'seeds ne comment. 1( h.,. five millions mere ',tactfully' iluiterts.into the Ways end 34ms. when 1 4 4 ! %We of Commons, supported hy,Owetrosig and 'mini. moos expression of puhilx,agigiop, refused trs,c es i v tissue the detested impestition-el Air: Properly T .# b t u stii! etsuatmoel 1110111114 Ifs, proposed,. ceesiswg etnilinus, the 14pirse,w1IS entreated slot to consoles this as a poste eitaislishejeet—i-thai iiimeilliett 'slept..., . before the .cornlty coult1 : -*Fetern,,ten that . healthy slate, ...3 hest ifs expeirdilatit sheald be mord OD 0 11,01 'fit!, its tontine.; ' 7 ' . , . H In 11117, the Bud g et opened with a demand for 1. 145.,147.4,1411.4, the Ws), snit deans amounted trs 9,541. : 4,17.1 ; s.l that upyards . f lustre millions and nowt, wili,o to Ite,rused Su that yea's.. " The inter. 1 imels4#o,l Ikr4e.t.' stands Oaf! reglosti•ible to a ,hest! apr.4444mir,like Army .Feitins rtes •I•tne exceeding the W ,4 104 MeeliP, he ug ten millions. Duthie! INV litosi .ts the repeated motions bsonght form ward:by sic Opposition, foe tbe.anoliti•er of Sinn. cores old Places useless, hot her theiteome in time of peace—for the reduction of War Salaries paid to the official Set rants of Governmeno,—for Retrenchment and [';economy in the Civil D.iteitmenta,-14 the reduction of the immense Military Est. lilis'unetty-6 mere met by the Ministers by Ve most Mossy de. fe4sces, and by decreasing mai•rities—oituess Mr. r traer's War Salary, the Jetting' 1., , rils of the Ad. mitally, &c. &c. &c; but the Ministers still per. sesered in the maintenance of their only system, •thet of burthening the country. It operi-elb e isosine sae remark, that the only !parties! effect these laud. able and constitutional efforts of the Opposition prof duced, was—the dismissal and reduction of some of the poor subordinate Clerks, who had wasted their energies at the desk, while the higher t t erwauts of the Goverument not only retained, but received augment.. 'id salaried. For the expenditure cif this sear, 1 818,121,011,00M' 'was required, the Ways and Means calculated at 7,271,4.481. making a deficiency in the Ways and Mean, of last year, of 2,270,0991. while the reduced demand eel only 1,126,8011. kelow the preceding year ; pp tbst though • the deatTnil was less then the former year, yet the decrease. was not in proportium to the falling off of the .Ways.sed Means. So sorts for the financial arrangements of the Ministers. Anti yet the country, if you could believe them, thottgeit sufferfil'iri the ridden transition from war to peacc. sod' . bough the intermediate state produced addi+ done, pressure; yet the country is its a stele of pro ; gresaive improvement. , A deficieucy of 14 millions was the declined amount of 1818, and in 1817 it was less by one millinO and a half. This deficiency of 14 millions was supplied by centractioge new loan, frost a three sn4 a half or 1000 per cent. stock, the iitri west of which, smoenting in 1,200,0001. was to be charged' un the Sulking Fund, thereby pcotractieg the liquidation of our'previaiskfiwy national debt, by embarrassing its operatiess _mph new chargee. —Thus, after three years of pest!, and that of our own making, such is the flourishing state of the country, that in the third year, a wet espedieeig • loin makei sip the deficiency of 14 millions in the expentliterelequired by the Ministers. Lamentable as this may appear, it is moreteitevleplored, that no plan,' no system hes ,been c . kifermkon as : pert ilf the Chancellor of the Exchegoer, ; tic by any ,of the Ministers, to remedy these 'destructive deficiencies; all their statements are made up of bepesand tongra. • • Itilaticina upon the improving state of the Gauntry, placing in the speech from the Throne its high felici-, . cations updn the aniversel.appearance of increesieg Wealth and Oirepeeity, trusting that some onfurfoots !inky actl4isiti will tern up to give a colour to Woo eowarraatabli isiettions. . mMeesimai7asmnscsmg . ~ . The Doipl of Devonsutne gave a soberb defame yeateduloy,serthe Greed Dske MlClLiti. and Suite, lin ral l is o ti f n i g h uhd personages, e is Fo e reignAinbasa e d t his villa aatiarge partly t e Chiswick. Ooze Redo defies oer I —There hate here considerable ar vitals of Wheat daring s h e week, sales exeerdingl% dutl fnr all Ivpr line samples of ear own grow ih. o Wets o , ,ialoea Lot 4Whiy's prices:—B*lkb Barley without variation truss Moo. day.—Oats Is. cheaper.-- White Peas 6,. lewer.oola Beau ant other ankles no alteration. 11121TkiliSLD MALES?, Off. 2. Is. 4111111. lb. odul, leer dune or sm feet ... 1.. 81. tae fa. 01.1 Head of Cottle thb My s Ilietssa . 4s. at. so 11.. flu Rebuts • Veal ... os. Of. to*. 4d. Sheep and Lambe .....0 , Leo e~ttasM. ix r ip , 66. V. p Ci t l e ir ..... &• . • S.. •• • 141: • ' .. . HAY-MARIO. Rev ....... at. is. ud. 14 Cl. Si. Ott. • ewer .... et. 04. ton.to 95, 91. 04. *caw „... St. Us. 1.4. to It. /Os. ed. I s i ~I The PINANG/ 41, .48R ANGICME NTS Its , MIIVIATit XS, • NaTea Fbotnusattilit et fps •COWITItta _ • „:; )z.p: • 1 Y ..../...1 ; )