The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-02-16 00:00:00

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brporuftw a piers Was(ezteibited 'at this hods, s_
Abe( lkeemiere,,m. the Children of the Mat •IF
hwiftroped fres Mr. lAstoir; When be aemenced It is:
eopaddea, that it wee to be called an Opera; a
ful Mess of iofientatiap, without whisk, massC
would hem Immo at a Isisa evea to geese, oaks
speeise Hifi were to class The CAildree ofahe v
Theplef la-formed out of a thing called the !,ege„i
Mistress. 'Ming, we understand, one of a 4144
semis GAM rake of asp Landlord; aad those efts freen
bees at fisetnnate as to raw, and are so Made! Is%
asimiamlbem, may think say farther &scripts' sue.
essies7, if set aupsellumes. There are, however, is ea.
hapxfew, amen whom (we mast admit waselres
6,4- who have notfiad that gratification ; and to tbm
will be quite 'sough at present to say, that the period
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time selected bl the dramatic *ether, is that is visits
the gallant ass generate, but issfortanat•Mearrees,
tiogaished himself in behalfof his ementerilimaisgaid.li
sad obstinate Churl's. We by so meths admire as
taste of such a selection, larceny as we suppose the
author bad the liberty of chiming from the whole slate.
deal world. No perms, who understands, and admires
the English Coestatutioo, can ever wish streets toys
asserters of divine right ; and as lithe can he !pros,
the conduct of Argyle and the Scottish Parliament, is
whose measures it most be difficult to say, whether tm
nuance or; hypocrisy disclosed itself the most—ais,
ever, is the author thought proper to fake this peeled sal
itt crests as his ground work ; as he decided apes mac
login the difficulties of an attempt to create extraerthsal
interest upon sods a subject. say persica calraluted alp
the times is question would salmi!, suppose that oat
or 'other of the leaders is those politicol broils bad lON
made the promiedut character; on matter whether} •
good or a had one. Montrose, for instance, who elk'
one of the bravest and most accomplished men of the
age, might have been made the hers of the piece, mi.
cially as there was sometbi mg chivalries, ahem his cla.
raster, which well adapted it for theatrical mpresset,..
' tioo. The anther, however, has thought alimony ;
fier ifootrase is little more than as lassgslicast ehF
reefer in the piece, and, therefore, not improperly ego
seated by Mr. Con:lost. Some of one ootempones4
more discriminating than ourselves, may probably tali
Ili who is the hero. There is a young NoWes.eis
love, represented by Mr. DURMAST; a 'epee-1111114
braggart, in the person of Mr. ASSIST; and sa
outlaw in that of Mr. YATES. It is sot itopossili:e
that the latter may be considered the !riding claa-
tarter, merely because it was pat into the bards si
Mr. Yents ; for there is nothing .intsinsic.ally hi iodise
stub a supposition. This outlaw is like most of the oar.
laws of Novelists. He is • brutal'', tater,. with in..
*dine just sufficient to snake him abhor a gaol and %Ice
a coasiable ; and vet be has the highest Opl bins of his
own prowess and fame. But mete brutality is not %ef-
ficient to excite interest, and, in the course of the per-
formsnce of this piece, no one can feel any anxinr fur
the fate of the outlaw. The plot, if so it way be cilled,
consists of the rival loves of Mr. DURUSIT tied ,
noir for Miss STEPHENS, (we really prefer s
the characters by their proper neutes,),ol4ll.rti
Miss STIPRENS IS compelled by she Cruel MA
fur the former. Every thing else in this pi 'merely
collateral ; and, as we before observed, the floe charade
of Montrose is almost withdraws from tthereistiort. Ife
will just observe, that a sort of pareatheeteei ontlasdin
characterwas Riven to Mr.Liirrox, us which even he cod
not succeed is raising teegleter.:lladeed, the jolts
which were pat into his mouth wereitsm chers as they •
were stale; though we by oe watts insinuate that -
the piece deserved any better embellishment. But `.
then there were the Horses. The Horses! A gra*
attack took place between some half-dozen men mon.,
on some half-doeen horses. The audience were es

Ws` saved by the Horses and Min STSPRZNII. WOr are Irti
this excellent singer will excuse oar emitting her with
the quadrupeds; for she will recollect that we are rt.
marking upon the opinion of those who jade merely
from their eyes and ears. Talents, like hers, have saved
a worse piece than Moat roes or tAs Mildreit of Mc ilist.

Letters from Amsterdam mate, that a mercantile
house in that city is engaged in expediting seresd
thousand muskets for the service of the Greeks. They
are cossigned to a British merchant at Marseilirs. It
is also said that s great deemed exists all over the
Continent, at present, for Prussian and other cheap
muskets, destined for the same purpose. The average
purchase is about it sterling each.
His Majesty's ship Hedonist, on a voyage of disco-
very, arrived at the !Mauritius on the Stith of &wels-
her ; and his Majesty's ship Cygnet, from Ss. Hitless,
en the 22 of Qctober.

His )lejesty's ships Hyperion and Glasgow have ar-
rived at tie Cape of Goad Hope from England : the
former on the 30th November, and the latter on the
7th December.

Pumadc OFFICE, HOW•STRIET.—EIarie Areeeid de
G *err" de Maabreril, a native of France, was bsough:
by Sint th, the officer, before Mr. Halls yesterday, charged
by M. Domery de Riensi, also a Frenchman, with w•
sanitiog bins and threatening bis life. The complainau
and defendant, itapppeared, were both residingtwParira
and knew each other during the reign of Bonaparte at
that time, and subsequently. M. Rienzi had bag ago
on several occasions accused Maubreuil of being alO
of the Bourbon family, and of having been employed to
assassinate Bonaparte; and the two political adversaries
met by accident at a tavern near Leicester-square, when
the old quarrel was revived, and since that IL
Manbreuil went so far as to thrust his fist iota
Hissers face, and threatened that he would annihilate
therespon M. Riensi took out a warrant.
When M. Manbresil was called upon for his answer
to the charge of the assault, he said he bad a charge of
a very grave nature to prefer against Rienzi, and he re•
quested the Magistrate not to let him ma away.
Mr. HALLS—He will not ran away, I dare say; bat
you must first answer the charge against yourself.
Maubresilsaid he could not state his charge then, ht
he most request that Kittle be detained till to-morrow
(this dal/.
Mr. Ilat.t.s —I cannot detain a man, Sir, without a
charge upon oath.
Alanbreeil—l am ready to writ* down my charge soil
to sign it, and to swear to it before every body, or I will
tell you is private, but I cannot until to-morroi tell it
In public. Here he snatched a piece of paper and wrote
on it, " in the name of your King," and then laying it
before the Magistrate, he placed his finger 'Tun the
words, and said, .6 I charge you to arrest this 11130 until
to-morrow, for he will run away if you do not. ;
Mr. Hat.hs repeated that he coniti not detain hius
%Mono a specific charge, and told M. Manineuil he
attest find bail for the assault.

Alaubreuil—Do what you please with roe. but I charge
roe to arrest this mans and before to-morrow, perhaps..
he will be arrested for high treason.
Mr. H•LLII said hr was toady to rrerive any char,,:r.
hut Maubreuil declined snaking one of spPritic 'mum.
awl be was locked up himself until bo could glee ball.

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