The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-07 00:00:00

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of the Senior) hisLordshi le might hive said—"Oh; it is too
soon,their Lordships are net yet arrived in town!" At the
end of the Seuion he says their Lordships have left it ;
and had the Sentare heed introduced in the Middle of
the Session; be might have said, great pubic basiness is
Isow in progress, requiring a full. atten lance, which may
be bad, their Lordships being row, in town, aria them
fore flat is no time for the distugsion of the paltry ease
of the grant of the Elective Franchise, *bid almost
'every Irish Catholic peasant enjoys, to a haadfill of
English Catholic Gentry. This argument 'Of time is a
.captious and paltry objection. The rules Of practice ill
the Court of Chancery may require that justice be *Wt.'
ironed from Term to Term, from year to year, or, as to
some cases, arl inibsetatn, arid the courienee of the Lord
Chancellor may be reconciled to these rttles, althotigh
thousands may peirsh, under their operation ; but the
public expect a different measure of justice from the
Senate. It will ill deserve the praise of havinittith•
fully performed its duty, if it shall refuse a redress of
their wrongs to the English Catholics, even, in the
the trivial case now tinder consideration, merely because
Dag.days commenced on Thursday, and the Session is
drawing to a close.

THEATRICALS.
ITALIAN °PARA.—the storm anticipated on Saturday
at this Theatre, was dexterously evaded by the hlaspyiet.
who_published a short address. stating that his only dtueet
in curtailing the ballet of the last act, was a sense of the
tediousness of the performanee at a late honrof the'lves-
ing—thereby giving our fashionabletra gentle blot that be
was aware they ought to be in bed as soon after twelve is
possible; and, in good troth, we should not quarrel with „If
determination, either on the part of the Mansiers, or ISW
Lord Chamberlain, that the certainrof every Theatre Assad
fall at ten o'clock. It may do well enough for the casual
visitors of such entertainments to feed like•cormorants alma
a five hour's banquet ; but we, who are ao frequently at the'
board, went the courses removed much quicker. But It is'
to us the more astoelsbing that any one should
-feel Offend-
(slat the curtailment of an operatic, or ballet, aitiusareedt..
One may be so interested In the exhibition of maters!
vinery, in a natural manner, as to forget hoer time passes
tat when we have nothing but art before us, however tin'
leellent, we count the minutes as tediously, after theirs&
surprise is over, as a Lady would count them betimes
the hour promised for the appearance• Of a bridegroom
and his actual arrival. To be stare, one inconvenience
might be felt by those who did not go to see the• opera,
but met there merely to arrange assignatious, or to in-
dulge in preparations for other fashionable amusements.
To such people it most have appeared as impertinent to
be.ent short in the midst of -their business; as it does tog
lover of live bottles to have a visit from the landlord before
the third is emptied, to tell him that it is time to shut up. And
such folks had a right to expect-an apology for a breach of
custom. They bad it, and were luckily satisfied with it ;
and the performances of the evening met with no totem?.
lion. The performances were the new Opera of Malihte e
Corradino; and the musical department was as effective
usual; but, except the hidoro of De 'Begets, there
was not the slightest exhibition of any thing that
could be eal:ed acting: though, perhaps; when rage and
sorrow are contended to be musical, it wash' be taal
much ta expect any. The dance between the acts
and the Ballet went off with the usual effect ; and we
congratulate the female dancers upon haring gone quite
as far in the way of exhibition, as they can go, until they
leave off their drawers,
ENGLISH ONCRA House.-+A Miss Lositsa. DANCS
made her appearance here on Saturday night, for the
first time, as Susannah; in the Marriage of Figaro.
Her yoke is not of the first order of voices ; and
there is some disadvantage in appearing before
the public in a part so freqttenty played of late. by
Miss STEPHENS, Miss PATON, and Miff TRILL Still the
young lady has sufficient talent to justify her selectioo of
such a part ; and though she may be accounted no
rodigy, she is a pleasing, impressive, and scientific per-
former. That abe will ultimately develope more powers
than could be expected on a first appearance is very
probable; and we shall wait to have more opportunity
of jedging of them. It was quite delightful to see Miss
Kew( as the Page. It has been so trilled with of late,
that it had ceased to be of any importance.

Mr. and Mrs. S. Blount, ef Cumberland-place, left town
fortheir seat, In Staffordshire, on Wednesday last.
James Grattao, Esq. M. P., left his house in Hertford-
street, May-fair, on Saturday for his seat near Bray, in
the county of Wicklow.
The Autocrat of Russia is domineering over the Con-
tinental Press very gloriously. The French Qnotidienne
of Wednesday asserts that the readers of the Opposition
Journals of trance are to be watched by the Police; and
the following Proclamation of the Duke of Saxe Hit&
burghansen is given in the Frankfort papers :
Httnueeon usitra, Jux E 2l.—We have been ordered
to publish the following Sovereign Rescript addressed to
the Censors of the Dorfzeituag
We FRSDIRRICK, by the Grave of GOD, Duke of Sax-
ony, Sovereign Prince of If ildburgliausen, Bsc.
" The Dorfzeierrnif has in its 23d Number of this year,
page 97, an article, in which the account, published also
in other Journals, of a change of some Russian Ministers
and Adjutants-General, is represented in a false light.—
As this escaped the Ceusor.hip for the want of other ac-
counts that did not arrive soon enough, we order diatour
high displeasure at this representation, which is quite
inconsistent with the respect due to friendly Powers, be
stated in the next number of the Dorf :Wiring:
" Unremitting attention is to be exercised in future,
that similar improprieties may not recur, and that we may
not be placed under the disagreeable necessity of employ-
ing more rigorous measures against an establishment, the
utility of mach, in many respects, is acknowledged.
" F RAIDSRICR, Duke of Saxony.
Hildbargliaasen, Jane 16."

Accounts from Perpignan, received on Saturday, state,
that a mutiny has-broken out among the veterans at Per-
pignan : eight were arrested—one of them for.seditious,
'cries. The French and Royalist troops occupy the town
of Urgel, and blockade the forts. All the Royalist Chiefs
in Catalonia have published Proclamations, in which
they. style Mine—" The Brigand and Assassin Mina."
The Dublin Papers are engagad in a contest relative to
the approval said to have been.given by the Lord Lieute-
nant to the conciliatory Orange Manifesto. The Free-
man's Journal says, the document was sent to his Ex-
' cellency, and his Secretary merely returned a formal an-
ewer acknowlAging its receipt. The Dublin Morning
Post, on the contrary, gives the following letter from the
Secretary of his Excellency containing a positive ap-
proval.
" rtuxxix-Psarc, tune 25, 1823.
" Sta—l have submitted to the Lord-Lieutenant. your
litter of this day's date, together with the Address,
which it incloses ; and I am commanded by his Excel-
lency to return his thanks f r this acceptable communi-
cation; and to express his Excellency's approbation of a
proceeding so judiciously calculated to allay the irrita
tion of the public mind in the City of Dublin, and through-
out Ireland.
" I have the honour to be, Sir. your obedient and hum-
isle Servant, EDWARD J. JouusTou.
Alderman Darley, Head Office, Police."
A correspondent in Elgin writes as follows:—" It af-
fords us great pleasure todnform you, that 40 guineas
heve been subscribed for the Spanish cause in the town
of Elgin in the course of a few hours. Would all the
towns of the same size in the kingdom come forward to
the same amount, Prince Hilt and his gang would soon
e compelled to march the quick step scrota the Pyre-
Imes, if they did not find a grave in the country they have
shamefully outraged."- (Invernett Courier.)

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