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London, England, 1819-09-25 00:00:00

COVENT-GAB DEN 771 F.ATR

The musical drama of Guy Manner* was last
night repeated—the part of Daminie Sampson, for
the first time. by Mr. W. FARREN. Mr. LISTON
had,-from the time when the piece was first per-
formed, up to the present period, delighted the
town with his humorous representation Of honest
Dositine. Its consequence of his severe Oboes., the
character was on this oecesion filled by Mr.
FANNEN. %O:) had acquired great fame its bublin
by his clever personation of the worthy tutor. It
was • fearful task to eater the lista with so excel-
lent a comedian, and so deserved a favourite, as Nlr.
Ltirrow—hot the new Domiitie acquitted hinr(so.f
with rest ability. In some points, we think his
view of the character more nearly approached
the original than that of Mr. LISTON —in others
it certainly had not so muds of truth. In Mr.
F•inan's performance thcre was snore of the
sedate, the severe, and serious—qualm's which
Dominic Sompson's studious life was likely to eis.
gender—Mao was exhibited in Mr. Lis roN's re•
presentation—but the latter, in richness of ha.
moor, and, ashore all, in Muse occagiutial fits of ab.
sence and abstraction, by which poor Dominie is
visited, was greatly superior. Much of the chit.
meter, as played by Mr. Li'ros, was of his own
formation—but Mr. FA IMEN oilliered strictly to
hi* text. and, if lie did not ex rite so much laugh-
ter as the original I)ominie, he g:sve abundant
proof that, even in this walk of the drama, so dif-
ferent from that in which he has latterly been tic.
costumed to appear, lie possesses very considerable
talent. Ilia hest scene Wit% I hilt iu which he cocoon-
tens Meg Merrifies. Ilia terror, in the commence.
meat or I he interview, was of the most ludicrous, and,
at the setae time, natural description. The scene
which follow., where, for a considerable time, he
is unable to muster up his faculties, so as to deliver
his message, was very wrl! acted. The utter con.
fusion of Doreirtie's mind was strongly depicted in
the criunterainceof his representative. Mr. FARREN
sung his portion of the glee, " The Fax jumped
over the Parson's gale," vt ry effectively. [lts per-
formance (and it is tin slight rinse) was, with the re-
collection of Mr. Lts•rox strong in the public
niisod, received with great applause. Miss M. TREE
again sustained the character of Lacy Berirom.
She is a very deasing actress, and a sill more
pleasing singer. She was encored in two of her airs.
Mr. Duellerr was the Hurry Bertram of the
evening. lie sang prettily—and, iii the scene with
Meg .)lerrilies, showed a more just taste for acting-
then we psesiouslv supposed lons to poises.. Mr.
EMERY awl Mr. IlLastcn•en. as Daadie DiamoNt
and Calker Giusti*, afforded infinite entertain-
ment.

E't-nct from a letter doted Cowes, 52 3,1 iirtant
(T»ur•day):—" His Royal 1114Iniess the Prince
Itegei4 entertained it large party, including
Ltiffit's, on board the royal yacht on Monday. Ou
Tuesday his Royal Ilighnesp Irk sea-sick thiriag
his short cruise. The weather baying become cool,
and the Equinox nut generally considered the most
favourable moment for ittivatic excursions, it is pre-
sumed hia Royal Highness will not long continue
his cruiee.

The Right Hon. Lady ANNE BERFSFORD and
family, set off on Thursday morning fr:ins her
house iu Timm, on their way to London. 'rim de-
parture of this amiable and highly respected Lady
from the town where she constantly resided for the
last seven or eight years, oust be regretted by all
those families of distinction who auew her, and will
be au almost irreparable his. to the many distressed
families about her house, whose want' she has so
often relieves/. Her is the second daugh-
ter of the Earl of TsricritveLt.s. and married to
the Hun moil Rom. Wit Li.iN lisitEsFuttni, third
sou to the late Lord Dscirs. Archbishop of 'roam.
A ktter from St. Petersburg!). dated Sept. 1,
says •• Lust Sunday the young Princess, daughter
6:1 the tirand Duke Millais, was baptized iii the
cluirch attached to the Palace of Pawlow.k Niko-
lainana. The summers were, the Empress Maria
Frodurowna, the Kim! of Prussia, trod the Em-
peror. After the cererniniy, Te Deno was per-
formed, and a salute of :WI guns fired. The Ent-
pre.ii Mails gave a grata ratertaitlitient, used her
PAlnve ut Prwhisysk. and this elipitul. were ilia..
ruiliat.ol in tier rvrt.ing."

/rah coloured hats :ire now worn by Reformers,
in 11/1111lIttlelli to the froljle Radicals, who, by way
of Cllr quid pro quo, adapt nrrL cape !
Mr. KEAN to Haider articles of engagement to
perlitrto at D•nry-lane and 141 far Mr.
ELLISTON If correct in annotn.cing lum as one of
his comp:soy ; hut Mr. KEA N goirog to America
in spite of the articles, the validity of which he hus
instructed his anoint.y to dispute.
CUMETS.—Areortvg to the calculation% of the
learned rottorintner of Cremen, M. OtatEßs, after
a lapse of BEt,OOO year., a comet will opinion:lt to
the earth to the same prnhirmity as the after
4,000,000 years it will approach to the distaisce of
7.700 geographical mile., and theca, if it,. at traction
quids that of the earth, the waters of the lice's') will
lie elevated 13.000 feet, and a &Inge will uteri's*.
rily ensue; alter a laps of 2/0,000,000 years, it
will with the earth; and a hat the consequences
will be, in case the comet is formed of fire, is easy
to determine.

EVIDENCES
OT A TRAITOROUS DESIGN TO oTERTURN TO'
EXISTING GOT ERMINE% T.

" do vehemently suspect a plot intended ninst
Government Mete derices."—Swirr.

Nearly a century hag elapsed, Mr. Editor, 'lint.,
Dean Swift wrote the recondite essay from winch I
have borrowed my motto. The acute and
ons mind of that great man. discovered in the gig,:
of the public-hooves of Dublin. and in the c,, ,
of that City. the clearest proofs Ilia
racy way tl►e Government of 1:,..

day. The c ^Acid state of the tines has indur,

me to pursue a similar line of reasoninz, 2.1 I
have entered into a serious investigation of the mei:l-
ing of different inscriptions, which I have nr.t;c-i
chalked on the walls of this metropolis, or irniiodeig,
ly painted on boards, as well as into as exam,,,
lion of the signs of the public-houses, 4,„1 401
each I have extracted the most decided evid.ii:•.„
a deep-laid scheme io overthrow the C0n5t.:,,,,,
in Church and State. I shall now, as 1111.117
possible, lay before yon what I hare observe 1, . .
gether with the impression made oti my mind_
leaving it afterwards to my Lord Sidosouth, as tie
head of the Police Departmeht, to take eh4tiort.,
steps lie may think necessary for the removal of „,,
evil, which, if not checked, will irievitably prwhirt
the most disastrous consequences.
First, with respect to inscriptions :--1 loop bar's.
seen exhibited, in divers parts of Loudon and
monster, boards, inscribed with the *only, flak.
ti.Sh may be shot hese." Short-sigliteil
would suppose that this was nothing more ?Inn an
invitation to throw quantities of dirt and Hip.,

files of Treasury Journals, Scr, into pbre%

it was thought desirable to fill up. 1, no the rm.-
trary, sicw the inscription with great alarm—h:.ei.
much as I verily believe, that the word. s.
DISH may be SHOT litre," are intended as an tio-
'nation to certain blood-thirsty persoi%, that

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hi►elings and panders of Ministers may he as•a

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netted, without difficulty, in those particular plan•..
I am convinced that this is the fact, becun•e 'lie
affected constantly speak of these creatures us mere
rubbish.

There is now, and has been for some time, plito.
ed in %Ike letters on a black ground, on the fravi
of the Treasury in IVhitehall, the following iascnp.
tion :—" No Beggars admitted here." This, at
first sight, may appear only an interdiction again.:
street-beggars or paupers begging barns, and a 04.
lutary caution to apply elsewhere, because the
Treasury is empty, and there is nothing to he had
there. It is plain, however, that the words bear
much more comprehensive meaning, and may h.
construed into a public declaration of the Alinisteei
determination to reject the Petitions of the people,
and shut the doors against all their comp!aitits.
I see also in the neighbourhood, the Llitish Navy
chalked upon the pavement, and two equestrian
statues on the opposite side at the Horse Guards,
so well executed, that the men and horses appear
actually alive. These I consider symbolic of the
present policy to trample upon the my, that eon.
stitutional arm of our strength, and to ea dt the
army.

We find from the Foreign Papers that the word
Hess, chalked on the walls of the several town% on
the Continent in which the Jews are now persecut-
ed, is the watch-word adopted by their enemies,
being formed of the initials of the following words—
" Hierosolynse est perdita"—Jero,alem is lost.—
Thus the word F-i-g puzzled me for a long time,
until I at length recollected that they are the ini-
tials of " lire is good," and it became evident to
me that they had reference to the intended cones-
gration of the metropolis--an event. which tl•e
foolish inhabitants of London, with the exception
of the Lord Mayo► and myself, affect to behest
was never contemplated.

XVith respect to public-house signs. 1 loot' open
them as telegraphs of treason.

The Crown and Cushion, as loyal as the 6,.r
may appear, conveys a direct ceitsore on the NlO-
- Ile i 4 typified by the (',acre, and the peo-
ple are clearly meant by the Cushion. The iith r-
pretation then is, that the Monarch is soul; its
supineness, and that he treats the people only as a
crshion, made to be pressed and kept down.
Can any thing be conceived more jaicoi,imeal
than the sign of the King's Ilend LI
of pious memory, hong rep a scoundrel. tar
that he would make his son hr.a to the
and, for my part, I think that those Who phi
their Sovereign's head over their doors, deserve
have their own stuck in the same situation.
The sign of Ilse Gold and Siker Crass has, of
late years, been considerably multiplied. It lea.
Popish sign, and in, I fear, indicit;ve of some
design agaltwt the Protestant eatablishnient. L aLI
the rather inclined to thick so, because Dlr. Watso,
and other Mining spirits. have, in their Isle ha-.
'vogues, solicited the assi,tance of the Ronnot
Cat holies !

The sign of the liarFeria has been aratilly
placed in front of several houses, in order. to Itrn.,:
into contempt what the malcontents denominate the
parti-coloured measures of Administration,
Those infatuated people are not conic:at soli
abusing their own mkt., but extend their scirriloy
to foreign Monarchs. There is scarcely t part °I
the town in which I do not OISTFVII the yip of
Brow,' Bear—the suitor! being ultra's depleted

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with a golden (Lis. What is this lout sn't:rult
loose sagest ally, the Emperor of All the Rog.
,io.—who is hieroglyphically described as being
bound by the gold of Englund to move only in a
certain circle?
Again. the Rear and Ragged Staff, is n direct
wig; k on the same august personage, and on Ite
smirlyScers of his army, who are impudently de-
clared to he in n ragged situa"on.
The titan of the. Magpie and Stomp contains a
satitical reflection an two of his Majesty's
Ithitisters. The ilingpie is intended for Mr. Can.
and the Stroup for that clear-headed senator,
lYculd any man, unless he was an enemy to the
exiotaxe of different orders in soci.ty, put tip such
a as the Gentleman and Porter ? None but a
brii:ee would place, check-by-jowl, two persons
tin far removed from each other by the wise dupes..
saline of Providence.
Nct less than twenty signs of The Jolly L3nt-
(4(ll have been erected within the last fortnight.
It mit,t be plain, to the dullest comprehension.
tiLlt this sign has been adopted for the purpose of
east••.: a reflection on the brave Yeomanry Cavalry
I:lll,!..cheeter.
The sign of the Ship in Distress has become
very prevalent of lee. It is quite clear. as the
word itrifnaria appears on the stern, that it is
meant to give an idea of the state of the country,
vers. diffet-t IA from that with which Lord Castle-
reagit lateured Parliament, at the commencement
of the last Se,,ion.
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The sign of The Good Woman may appear a
very harmless sign, but a loyal Jury may find it,
with proper innendos, to be supplied by the Alter.
r•-y.lUellet3l in the indictment, a very mischi
device. A gc.od woman is painted a body without
n head—the very type of • Republic. What, Mr.
Editor, is tbit, but an invitation to revolutionize
this Kingly (;nvernment into • Republic?
'he Strng,lles is another sign of insidious and
jneubinical invention. It is meant as a striking
likeliest of the Chancellor of the Ezchequer stuck
hot in the noddle of his Budget. _ .

I hope, Mr. Editor, that this important sohjrct
Bill he taken up by the Legislature at an early period
Wand that a proper officer will be appointed. with a
commenststate salary, to examine the pohlic•hoa*e
slues throogliout the country, and to remove all
these that cuntitenance disaffection and disloyalty,
I am, Ik.c. N.