The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-17 00:00:00

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DRURY LANE THEATRE.

tie Egressifor Mew/4 tot last night played to a well at-
teaded.hoese, with the object of introducing Miss Comae
as Lcgdy Teazle. We were alwa)o inclined to think, when .L.
we saw this Lady faltering under the " pomp and circus-.
statics" of Tragedy, that More Ives something in her physi-
ognomy which indicated a beautiful index, it is that the
comic Muse was the more natural, and therefore, ought to
be the more welcon,e truest to her Raja: tier Lads 7 (ogle •
his so far eontirhied or,r su'spielon4, that we shall always
prefer to ace her continuing in the aim; path she bas chosen%
than returning to that which she ought to abandon.—Goons
played Joseph surface for the drat timr, with a glossy
smoothness, and, Indeed, a general spirit which tompletely
identilled him with the character. There were to other
changes worth noticing in the Dramatis Person*, and as a
matter of cantle, the Ooinedy went olio• the highest style
of excellence.

The Patriotie Addres4 of the inhabitants of this
town Las already received upwards of 4,000 signa-
tures. Wednesday a corporal and file of men marched
into the room where it lies fat signatures, with their
muskets shouldered—advanced towards the table oti
which it lay---mod signed it !--(Plyworth Paper.)
Mr. Haynes Red Mr. George ',donne, .have each
contradicted the reports which affixed to. them Hui
authorship of the late Tragedy of illontai.tot produced.
at Mery-lone Theatre. The fact is, that the author
is, and will most probably remain, entirely unknown
to the public. He is a Nobleman, and at present out
of the country ; and, we believe, quite uneonscious
that his Tragedy has been performed. The manage-
ment of it was entrusted to a highly respectable book-
seller, who is the only individual known, even by the
manager, as eonnectcil with the play.
Monday being the Duke of Glotv.ester's birth-day,
it was celebrated at Burshot, by the Duke and Duchess
having a select party of friends to dinner.
A requisition bad been presented to the Mayor of
Cambridge, requesting he would forthwith convene
a gcnerat meeting of the merchants, bankers, traders,
and other inhabitants thereof; to take into consider:i-
lk!' the distressed and alarming state of the country ;
and also the propriety of presenting dutiful and loyal
Addresses to their Majesties, the Kin and Queen ; as
well as Petitions to tit her, or both Houses of Parliament,
for a change of those measures, which have brought
rite country into its present distressed and alarming
aloe. The Mayor, however, replied, that be felt it
his duty to decline calling a meeting, from which be
conceived no beneficial result could be attained, while
the tranquillity of the town might too probably, be
disturbed by the agitation of subjects of go dtlicate
as well as of so comprehensive and difficult a charac •
ter. In consequence of the refusal of the Mayor, the
inhabitants of the town of Cambridge have been in-
gited to inert in the Auction Mart, Market-hill, on
Monday nest, for the purpose of taking into con-
I siderotion the subjects contained in the requisition.
A Meeting has been fixed by the nigh SliceitT of
Beer ottshire, of he Freeholders and Inhabitants, C'er
the 20th inst, to take into consideration the present
distressed state of the country, and to implore his Ma-
jesty to change his Counsels. A list of HMV, more
distinguished for respectability, numbers, or property,
was never before sitaplt‘ed in that county. In fa::t,
alusost all the great I.:ndell proprietors resident in the
county have signed the requisition, together mils up-
wards of 100 of the most respet table yeomen. Th•
meeting- is expected to be more fully attended th:.a
any former occasion. The rivisition is signed by
Mr. itilltins, M. P. for Radnorshire; Mr.- W. A.
Madocks, M. P. for Chippenhatn, &c.
The Inhabitants of Kendal and its vicinity, nct-
withstanding the Mayor declined, without aisignine. a
single reason, to call a puldie meeting, will have an
opportunity, early in the ensuing week, of signing an
Address and Petitione, expressive of their unshaken
loyalty t, the Sovereign, of their regard to the Con-
' stitution, and of their prayers for the dismissal of
a Ministry which lugs reduced a flourishing 'Mann to
the verge of ruin, and the nettled of a free people to
merely a name; and also of testifying their respect for
the honour of the Crown, by requesting Parliament to
restore her Majesty, without delay, Is the enjoyment
of all her Constitutional Rights and Dignities.

thtFAT PEOCATRI AN MATCH COMP!,ETED.—.IIr.
Arno?, a soinersetshire yeoman, it has been stated.
started on the North Itnail, on IVellnesday last, to do
Saco hatsdrol awl se fly:Ater utiles in four days, whirl. is
fir beyond the co.p-L.'s of the powers of aliorse.
firs! stage was to Dorchester, in Oxfordshire, and front
thence lie took a north-eastern route to Nottingham;
from thence to Doncaster, and back to Lincolnshire,
where he completed this extraordinary undertaking, at
eleven o'clock on S.ittirday night, although the wea-
ther %vas against him. The first day he completed
72 miles its I) !tours; second slay SO miles in 20 hours ;
third day Gd miles in 20 boors; fourth day 5.5 miles in
21 boors. The Pedestrian was much distressed on the
third day, but he took monk time to do the last disy's
work. Ilis blistered feet were relieved by worsted bit-
ing drawn through the blisters, which was left in.
Coos-EXCH A JAN. 17.—We have had hut few ar-
rivals of any grain since Monday; and although the
quantity of Wheat at market is hot small, the sales were
heavy, except fur prime samples, which supported !lon-
day's prices; hut there was little or no demand for the
interior descriptions.—Fine Barley being scarce, what
few samples appeared this morning, were readily did-
poled of on as good terms as on MonJay.—Oats are ra-
ttier dearer, in consequence of the scantiness of the sup-
ply.—ln Beans and Peas no alteration in prices, but the
sale of each was exceedingly heavy.
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On Monday afternoon the Earl of Harrowhy, on
his entering into town in his travelling carriage from
Bath proceeded down Constitution-hill to the Earl of
Liverpool's house it, Privy-gardens, where his Lord-
ship set down to dinner, when his valet returned in
the carriage towards his Lordship's hoes. in Gros-
venor-square. In' going out of Piccadilly into Berke-
ley-street, Mr. Butler, the valet, observed two men
suddenly separate from se►eral others in Piccadilly,
and followed the carriage down Berkeley-street.---. Sus.
pec:ing tiu.-ir design he watched them closely through
the glass in tie hind part of the carriage, when he
perceived one of them in the act of cutting off the
trunk from behind.; he immediately threw open the
door, jumped down, and seized the fellow by the col-
lar, whom he conducted back to the Glosteester Coffee
house, where he surrendered hint to a polioe.officer.
his companion having fled. on fir. Butler re-
tuning to Cm carriage. he fowl one of the straps
.of.the trunk cut of, and the other nearly severed.

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