The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-08-07 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA.IIOUSK.

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lost nitht Wig prodeeed* fare., entitled sr
rithout Mall" Virginia (Mg t. CIIATSEULEY) is •
very ami dole Lady, whose disposition is rather too
strongly tinctured with prudish severity. Iler ferrate
friends and realises are entities to correct this foible,
end rower in • cnnstii•ary for that papas,. Mrs.
Daskingion (Miss KELLY) personates her brother,
In interestiot youth. mod mikes way from the bat.
cony into the Isoly's apartment at night-fall, just
after she has dismissed her cousin with en admonitory
lesson on the entirety of repelling the advances of her
lover, end in the midst of a soliloquy in which she is
congregating herself nn her own repulsive fortitude
in opposing the advances of the mete ass generally.
Sbe demands • rearm for such an intrusion; the
rads pleads his pretest with ingenuousness and mo.
&sty ; the Lady (already prepossessed in favour of
Riot platonicslly ) is not very violent in resenting his
behaviner. Ills slay is gradually protracted ;he
Silas her more and more amiable, and her objections
by degrees herniae mete discretioasty appendages to
the passion which he awakens. A variety of little
circumstances tend to the hyenas, of her lose end her
oath sinew—he to ready to faint from cold ; she
Is obliged In support his sinking head upon her bresat
—he tecosers,and sings thos a matury Teak which he has
composed for her ; she likes the compliment and pas•
pion which they contsio, but is friehtfolly alarmed lest
the mimosa cadences introduced by the youth should
reach the ears of the family—her cot sin breaks in to
announce suppee; by the forte of habitat' dis-
cipline, she lett her out of the room, while the yeath
is crouched behind her, sad partly enveloped by her
tohe—the maid servant 'screeds, and detects the in-
terview. Toe prude then affeets that it is an artifice.
soil that the youth is really Mrs. Dechingiatt, dress-
ed es her brother, orders the t to iitovide
male stare, end is in an estee, of pain lest the co-
retail) rif the wench sheet.' detect the real sea of bur
loser, w bile dressing. The females of the (sadly
press in for explanation of the rumour which
has relished them; the supposed disguise is •f.
feted to them as proof of innocence, b..t the hat
esti coat, by malicious accident. present them-
selves; these are captained away by the servant ;
the family retires, the insomnia) appears, end haling
caused the Lady is the CASSIS, of the stratagem. ton-
ality NI her merest vows, In accept a sing, reed a
hillet.does.and makes downright c..isression of Inc.',
seams the house with blustering, withdraws, assumes
teas si.plisranCr, and, in her teal character of
Mts. Dadaingtun, and at once clears the reputstini.
el the trade fries suspicios, and softens the unjust
lieur of her footsie.

•
Tho niece WAS eminently successful; it is striking-
ly masked with the characteristics of the French stage,
from lel ;,11 it has heap transferred; it is hough' with
List slelirBlB sconce f,•• which their herenraus pieces
are so le mei Ev2lish farces are ton &pen& t
spots incident ; the ',atonal non of events is second. I
int,* neatly alwAys siolated in them; almost any in-
cident will sense s 4 a vehicle for •the sit of French
authors, while their scenes aro straight to s pitch or,
iniprohable finesse ; the latter, it mast be allowed,
is .Ise most in enn-teal species of composition, and''.
Oat wherein the delight will last longest. The first'
chiefly eltncts surpsise, which is a poising% of kilw% n
fickleness, and tines nothing for the lasting ereili!
of the suitor; the ether, as It mast be the cress
tion of the rlialhot's mind, and the dependent of
his will, implies mote power, and power of all
kinds commands interest and tepee. H a few tae
Ont. bare been gifted with taste and juJiment, '.ke
Foist-resat, to it/sentient' the 'freer of 'limn.
dinary incident, by lbe skill exercise.' in devel,ping
it ! The performance 'Wised the title; lb. belles
accomplished it without any ether assists...re from
she beaus, then the aid of a sait of men's clothes,
which • ere used fo the great benefit of the piece, and
the highest amusement of the house, by Miss KILLY,
Q e 8,1 legit n4od non ornat.
Mrs. CIIATISOLLY played very perfectly, and de.
serves estiaordioary ;poise, bevies., somehow, she
is not frequently pat in the way of receiving b.—The
men were not trotted even with the ennouncement
of the repetition; it was done by Miss KELLT, and
ilso proposal was received •ith load and deserved

JOT FOR via COI/RM. POST, AND NEW TINVI
The Ministers, with their Grand Jurors and Cenci-
are grappling with the Ittristmaas, according
In the odious. *envoy say thekellish Wake end
mendatino of the first of those Papers. Take away
the flimsy mooning and specious falsehood from those
Journals, end the fined high horse, upon which
Out "4101(0t1T119, CAITLIRIAGII4, and CARNIFOS ride
an boldly at this etnrstent, tumid drop his tail and be
on his keets, as these ehamrions of the pus will be
en thsi.'s, at the bee of public justice one day, for
the injury then will hare done to polilic liberty.

THE A RlTtillimC AND POLICY OT THE COMM.
—lf she get•tlingt and provocative, of tbe real enemies
of the Poorle haJ gorged them to sell of violenc°,
their nomber would his, been 70,000, or more, in
order to t sae shown how 'Hi!. a body of regular
tort* and artillery rood have dispersed • mob ; hot
as 40011 seine of the People kept them, although
salts provoker!, peofer,lv quiet, and enabled them
sr...mistily to discos@ their wr,,res and remedies, the
Den,her dwindles doom to 10.000, its order In show
She tel.e.ters *Ley hare o,,thing to fear from such a
enntempliMe body of Reforaess, May they sleep
sweet!) if the c•is.

The representation at the Theatre of Lisle of •
time called Le Solicitcur, has been the cause of a
visite! b►toven some juatipreple rf that city and
thirtre of a 'element of infantry stationed in
garrison there. The author had indrlg d i r some
Pissiantry about the feudal stale; the ()dicers
thought proper to evince their disapprobation ;
townsmen, on the contrary, were loud in their ap
Neste; sad, •s is too often the ease, the parties
were proc►eding from words to blows, when the in-
terference of • superior Officer of the mittenl
,settled the disturbmire. Nest day the Colonel hat-
ing assembled the Officers, desired to know those
who had hissed ensile preceding evening on the oc-
casion of the elluainu so the feudal state; fortrtren
sif them immedisiely A4l. op their names, a ben the
C010n.% droosioled their swords, sud esdertd them
airier strict afros!.