The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-07-20 00:00:00

COVENT GARDEN.

The Doke sod Deans of Karr were present et
this Theatre last night, and were saluted with the
national anthem of God Save the Kist. The Play
was Hamlet, and the Alter-piece a strange indesvib-
able farrago, falsely called Mother Goose, bat in
fact srarcel) bearing any resemblange to that justly
popular rantornierie. A Theatre so liberally patron-
ized as this is by the Public should, from a sense of
!wooer, disdain to fill its beaches by deluding the.
readers of its placards with the promise of an rotor-
tehment which is not to be performed. The folios.
log was the Farewell Address:— -

LADIILe ARO CZNTL•11131,—A1111111 ihr Pv.priNon nr this
Ihr.are hale In express their graieful thanks fee a ingot pro►
prrnh. and .oecess'isi sensate.
• Aided by yaw Murat parrissage. satiornal drum kas
bora saustinet ia all its various brat ries lea assioth r (the Pro-
prietors hope. worthy of tb( great mod ealishteoed hietropolis.
If tee Nook heels to tire performances's, the same. ee.11•11
and that hy. bees supported by a rosnbtantio• of Are
and OW gobbed Ithesinole latest 7tessburs. both oatmeal
and asiole:•. have had their tragedies meted with a streoph of
tompany perhaps sever eseelled. l'note.ty n.s pc e.en pore
pith Mr, sheer =me. and your plandiet hare greeted the per-
t rumor, of east of nor r%osiral mote is riten.

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elite ew.nt bilateral .1 Nlosars's saissie. with eke stains pee-
ei.ino mot ef-r*. is a penal Out oh t has hitherto bees the solo
pride wed bawd aide las taken, is likewiseanaisable to Eass-
lieh "wired /MOO. nod "washy.
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favour. and bore swe lafally answered She purpose of eseitiag
loiterers, and rind hummer.
• The rrepr trio • therefore lay,. they Mee 'poly to paeans
114 •••,•• atcl . in e:esei the km. roruerogreelit ; sad seising
raisidenity es. We reolutivi re of • neer favour. the! n... 4 re-
hire' Ira ynis farewell. ladi" and tieill'eatef, until the
ne.nrw.ese M may. 'be bah or ,ereasbir.
•7M l'efienswei beg irate in: A their h •4refele aekaow.
iedrewois far .war Sitrar,etl kind's". and thtlattehe and an.
111 ear neat raerry-oseeensi we silk yens all health and hap-
plans."

TIATM VIM Tnr.trstr. —Th• admirers of comic
eacelletir are likely to be grasifisri by the jadiciores
carving of the M of Ibis old established Sim-
mer r•estre. A new force will follow The Soldier's
Daughter, on its opening to.srighr, end from the
shereh and merits of the Company engaged, it may
be (hemmed, as it is sincerely hoped, that the season,
thuegh short, may he profitable.
Miss STEPHENS does mot visit Ireland this season ;
she has sailed for Leith, hawing 'shines Mowing in-
vitations from the Wailers of the northern theatres.
Yesterday Prince LEOPOLD bad a numerous dimmer
party at Marlboroegh-house.
The POUNCE It EOLVE appelred in the Aestrian uni-
form at his shit to Prioce DITITRUALY, on Sunday,
in b of the Emperor of AUSTIIA'S Birtb-day.
The Persian Ambassador had not long arrived at
Coriton.hoese, on the evening of the fancy-bell, when
the Duke of Moralism& wss sent to him on the part
of his Rose! Highness the Panic& iltesrar, request.
log his attendance in a errors!, room, when his
Royal Iliglisess presented his Etcellency with his
Royal Highness's Portrait, most richly set in dia-
monds, which be placed with his own hand round
the Ambassador's neck, suspended by a dark blue
aiband. This viendid and interesting token of his
Royal Highness's weem and (scour, appeared highly
to gratify the Ambessatler, who must Wee the dis.
ticisisbed honour 'Lich was paid Isiirt.—(Courkr.)

it is said that the LORD MAYOR /Obiltilloll to Go-
vernment that he- had it in his power to prevent any
Meeting whatever at Smith Geld no Wednesday, and
would evert it if they thought proper; but that Co-
moment have declined his Lordship's interference for
that purpose, observing, that they would not put it
in the power of any person to say that they prevent-
et! the People from Meeting to declare their grief.
evicts, if they did it in a peaceable manlier ; bet that
care should be taken •o prevent riot.—(Globe.)
The Debt Horse Volunteers hove received orders
to assemble at 'heir head-quarters to-morrow morn-
ing, at 10 o'clogk.

'The Statue of Britannia wag placed op last week
on the summit or the Naval Monument, erected at
Yarmouth, to co-nmernerate the splendid eletnries of
Lord Nct.sosr. The figure is 13 feet arrd•a-balf high,
end •eilbs between rnor and fine tons; a brunch of
laurel is placed in tl•e right band, end in tbe left
trident of cnrper bronsed.