The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-11-18 00:00:00

COVENT-CARDEN THEATRE.

It haying been antrinneed, that Mr. .....Mmwat was to aspire to
the part of Noche'''. and, for the fast time, we .I.l.mtlett hot
night as a matter of duty. We are fur from appr"viag ashes-
strical system, which has grown within tly.s.r few yews to a
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rI act preposterous excess, of play in; uponthat weakarss of Me
multitude. which consists in a stereo mhos! craving A: ~f. no-
'city, unsupported by any reasonable eh-ace of gratdicatimi.
If Managers will persist in turning over s..ch eivieurie,, as
Ilamlet.Mashetkaadßichard,and even/tomemioserund. 1,1141.. '
fourth-rate performers', it is time that they sir Id he mod. a Ws-
out cireumbsention, that they instill the pub ie. Li.d .bgr ate the
stage. To say that we had formed expectations. w., .1 made
us liabre to any severe disappoin meat from best sight, world
expose as to the ridicule of every person wits sad m.. 444
SNAILS/MARE, or compared Mr. CONWAY with his emempora-
ries. lie is entirely lentil for this very dillieolt umtlertakiftg.--.
When we are desired to point out his faults, we reply by a-
verting. that the Oars is oat the other side ; and we waa
that some ingenious advocate would specify his qoalilicatioto.—
Far from feeling any strong repognance to see Sir. CONWAY a
member of the profession which he follows, ye thiuk he ran do
very little mischief in the way of corrupting the public taste.
nit spider.lilte fighke might to witgt,st to him the expediency of
cow:acing the sy rep of his anas. His powerful voice mixot
be shown of to more advantage, with less laborious variety 0
'modulation. Yet we have seen Macbeth mare imperfectly It,
derstood by hi, repr, sentativr, when that representative ass
a t Mr. CoNWAY. ills most tangible defleiencies.are Mated
ex,cution, which, in this Gentleosan, is crude ,iid .iutootti. In
scenes of violence he is ant so offensive to an inexperienced e., e.
Bat wherever Macbeth 'is to be pour:rayed. order the tuner's
' of aa "evil conscience, as dissatisfied With the fruits of his aura.
eioat crimes, and waited in the midst of his unholy grandeur,
Mr. CONWAY throws a false light upon his feelings. Ile seems
to overtook the difference between regret nod remorse, and is
substitute a lirrejestof seutimi•ntai sorrow fitr the oceasioual
gleams 'Of ferocious and frightful tiler,. which betray the
crime, without recalling the criminal to virtue. "denoted out
Mt out the whole of this petrol manor ; and not having seesaw
' Fifth Act,. we leave Mr. CONWAY the full enjoyment of what-
ever admiration Dimity have procured him.

An American Paper Oates, that in October last, a
man of the name of RIATIes was tried at New York,
' and found guilty of beasplienty, in uttering certain
expressions of and concerning Jews Cultist, m
contempt of the Christian aeligiOn, .114 d of 1110 "I
of New York. He was sensencidto pay a fine of
• 600 dollars.
nu E.,— Enrly on Thursday mhrniirg a. fire broke
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out in the under part ot•ti.st house. of *4 Clements,
linetn.draper, in the Minstries, and qhickly comma-
, &cater! to the shop, the whole of Which was shortly
• enveloped in flames. Mr. Gunship, an officer, piss.
ilag, alarmed the ,inhabitants, and brought out the
..parish .011114.. No water, however, was to !Is
found.tlt the neighbouring houses having tuvlita
. the' Neficlency,, ebb. i rk. was 'subdued without es.
'tending
.!)eyend-thcfirst floor.' We regret to state,
'that's yriunrantlensati.linionging to the. Comas•
house, a lodger of Me. -Clements, jumped frosty a
two pair of stair, window; and lies without hopes of
recovery.

The barns and valuable corn stacks of a consider-
able rely' of Earl Cowper's, in )lortfordshire, sera
set fire to last week, and totally cons lined. Thea
felonious acts are principally directed agalost thew
farmers a ho have erected =chives for threshing out
their corn.
Yesterday morning, between nee and two o'clock,
as Mr. Angelo, of l3nitmt.r w, May Fair, ats
passing within a low doors of St. James's watch-boost,
two watchmen were conveying a you,g 111°n et"'
v. Ito, upon seeing Mr. A. called out, that he WAS
sure that gentleman would he bail for biro. Mr. A.
recognised in the Prisoner the son of a trader's!'
with whom he had some dealings, and upon this
offered his assistance, and assured the yoong man he
should not be used ill. The parties appearing before
Nee constable of the night, the affair proved to hoe
been a quarrel in the street ; but to the astonishment
of all present, a shoemaker its Brewer-street, *h°
had given the "(mug man in charge, now stood for-
ward, and accused Mr. Angelo as the person alo
had assaulted and struck him ! although the watch-
men who had secured the real Defendant, came f‘"'
ward and positively asserted that Mr. A. was oat
the person that had been in their custody. But 11'8
hardship of the case of Mr. Angelo did not end
he was detained, in spite of his expostulations, all
night, akd at half-past four o'clock ~forma to
take the remainder of his night's lodging au
boards of the strong rooms, the •bare walls for 16
curtains, although the constable of the night acknel-
!edged the mistake that had been mide. After "
hours coofinement, the last•sia of them in a fill'.`
✓oom. Mr. Angelo appeared in Marlborough-street,
end was immediately discharged, Ito person appc.4.-
ing against him. During his confinement his ii°l'
brella was stolen. As the cave is likely to und.o.g.)
n legal itire4ti4ation, we khall' forbear se);
than that many of these Angela skaas (ttaW
houses') are sai;ly fit Wont vta an egin&