The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-08-10 00:00:00

RAYMARKRT THEATM.

Fauebttea's comedy of The Cesistent Couplet was IV-
Tired last mains at this theatre, flat the beeedt •f Mrs,
Hansen, w►o undertook to permeate the hero of the piece,
Sit Marrs Wilde?. We did not hid mesh regret at wit-
semis, the More of this attempt. We *mild not help cos-
Westing the graceful and unheated appearance of this lady
Is her legitimate characters, with till awkward embarrassed
hare which she now presented, irroyed in habiliments to
which AO was unused, and representing a character for
which her own seem of female propriety should here told
her she was totally audited. If there be any ritiostiou es to
the propriety of reviving this comedy, there can be none
as to the indelicacy of its mini by a female. The other
characters were well supported. ?Aimee IN Rafts Meeker.
and J. Reurti.t., the bees's ►rother, won spirited and
amusing. Comma performed the ehararter of the Colmar!.
with tone end feel's/. Tease looked well in the Alder-
men; and Miss lattee gave to .4ereitea, all the interest
which It wag possible to do with her voice and person.

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The boon was Clod with a good has and satisilod
wadlesita.

ENGLISH OPERA NO 'SE.

A sone

,iatitled " TA, Vestere."

and OPOWlnthil them • French rime of the same name, was
;#lllllltheid lose eight at this ?Matra. TO origin of the piece
Ile hoverer, we bdleve; to be name to the soiree of
'Ateentie superstition. white, seeenliag to easiest Make,
the Vampires were befitted to be sepal spirits, who wars
deprived of all Awe effelielty. by the trims which they had
emosiitteif os earth. Seth beat the foesdation of the Play.
we meet but admire the shake of the translator biro has
transported the seems of adios to 'boards that favosirits
spot of 'estuary tradition. " Where Flinn& lived end
OMAN Mtg." Out limns will est poseilt es to enter into •
full description of this inteeedieg Ploy, but the following is
• faint Milne :the lest mese topmost. the Wedge of
Emmet me. where Lody Margaret is aiming upon a
frogmen of the Orono, with Veda, the spirit of the waters.
ventsklag *tee bow sidedeie-the 01/40or of j wide. atm&
',wettish aciteete of the rest, sad a enevatiatiee awes Wi-
nters them, relative to the sleeping hsrtlty, Pro• this se
karts, that lady Margaret bad bees Operated from her
father by • Mown, tad that she le le-morrow destined to be-
come the bride of the Carl of Marsden, who is, in feet, •
diagonal Vampire. At the reggae of her sister. on-
ters lath a detail of the properties and dodge of the Vam-
pire, and mintiodes her description by statist,
that It is asseetial to the salaam* of • Vampire, that he
should marry • Able and ileums lady, and preserve Massif
from estenaleatioe, by settles the blood of his !Wino. In
eonseteenee of this nesessity, If the Earl of Meted,* did
not become the husband of mese yowls and beautiful vir-
gin before the setting of the meeit, his ram of terror would
terminate. A mineralise thew ensues bennus the
sisters, upon the best method of preserving Lady
3forgeret. They agree to raise a Tinos to wars the lair
lady of her danger. They eon some pities's' lints, after
which a Vampire rises, sad amens the appearance of a
Scottish Chief. He attempts t• approach Margaret ; but is
prevented from doing so by Arid. The scene deeee by the
dlsappeanusee of the Vim**. The seese thee change- ;
and we are presented with a view of the dependants of
Ronald. who had been dispatehed is quest of the lost fed, •
Margaret. They are surprised carousing by a vigilant lady
oldie name of Bridget, who Mee their leader, Arkkeill.
(HANLEY), soundly for his ingratitude, sod adds, that
beert, an Radish thevest, had, la the boluses of
We march penetrated eves to the save of Fingal. M'Sseill
Oath it Milo& to believe this part of the story, sad
Motet to his astoeislied @editors, the " horrid sights."
log the " deeds withal,' Mot have been sees is
the mystic eine. 11,111111116111111111 rt of relating this story
received the loudest applause, floes altar Lady Mervoret
retires, and is astonished to Oldie Alert Marsden the very
person who had hose remnbillind by the Vampire. A va-
Hoy of stratagems are eow Moiled to ea the part et the
Hatt to mere the Air lady as We bride. At the eve et the
accomplishment of this perms^ hole boiled by the latortee-
tion of two geniis. spirits. Tide dreunateuee tioneledes
the play. We menet spa* of the whole prodeeties too
highly. It was meet fames* vomited, end gives oat
fee repetition amid general epplanes.

Last week, a rata-trap being accidentally left in a
garden sear Irvine, a blackbird was unwarily caught in
the snare I a operant seeing the bled se wangled, was
reaming to take It op, whoa, lot a large hawk darted
dews. and in an instant melee el lath the blackbird
sod crass-trap.—(Edishostio orwast.)
The Lords of the Tresegry have tweed warrants as
the Comoissionses of Ceases, to allow the maws and
seamen of vessels belonging to Osomark. Swede', Nor-
way, sod Finland, to take frost similar. a Leaden.
Boston. Hell. Stockton. sod . wicks, 1186.
fish inanafacture for the use of fessiliee, . .
misters to the amount of SOL owe wanows as eke
it
of Si. each. without subjecting either the raddrf' the
vessel to say Arty*. that aeossan.
biI►I.IWCNOIMEvaxT.—A kustipess wager, Non ir
Wales, dated the Mb lost. Matsu die ihnowing dread-
ful accident 1--" A wet nainsbely oc-
curred here this morning I a few" beat. hose Angle%
sea, owaining treatty-two plosole. with dm& «no-
r Wake he the market, ors, • INNb *Bedre Semi
(I riga minas Illeare,) sod srpokbol. see ego
I man, who essayed by elingiog Markle Oldie bold."