The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-25 00:00:00

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BRMIT-LARE.—Mutiovit's Tragedy or lie :km
of mime, wee revived at this Theatre last night.—
reot additions have been made to the original Tru-
dy, but they are few, and the merit of the restorer
of the piece seems to could merely in the alterations
mode in it for the purpose of chastiting it into pro-
priety. The most objectionable parts hare basin
omitted—all reference, for instance, to the poison-
ing, by Barabas, of an entire nunnery, together with
the ribald remarks on nulls and friars, having been
expunged—the death of the Jew, who, in the• origi-
not, is made to fall into a boiling cauldron, is also
lets horribly produced. The character of the Jew is
drawn with great force. lie is the soul of the piece.
Barabas is a part precisely in Mr. KEAN'S line. It
seems as if it were written for him—and he played it
to the life. Barabas is another Skylock—but mote
sweeping and malignant in his revenge, in which
principle his actions originate, for having been made
to contribute all his wealth to the payment of theTork-
Ish tribute. They ere a tissue of unmingled horror, a
client of atrocity and malignity, till he becomes the
victim in the end of nuts of hit own hellish devices._
The characterof Baraboo, the Jew,like-that of Stmts.
-TeAnt's Skelock, ois evidently written to stimulate
• that into!etaut feeling which too long existed against
the Jewish race. In •be 4th Act KLAN *cog a song!
and that too with considerable taste—it was lousily
encored. Mrs. BARTLEY sustained the part of All.
gait very effectively. Ferueze, Dan Maithias, and
Don Lodowick, were well represented • by Messrs.
Pore, STANLEY, slid WAL LACK. hhamore, a
Terki.b slave, was performid by Mr, ilmtLxe very
meritoriously, who spouts Latin pod English
drunk or sober! A Prologue was spoken by Mr.
BARNARD; and an Epilogue, containing a prupiiiat-
log allusion to the Royal Marriages, was well de-
livered by Mrs. BARTLEY. •
CHRISTOPHER MARLDW, the Author of the above
Play, which, by-the.by, is net his best, is one of the
few authors in this department of literature; who
wrote before SitaasexAne. lie died before he was
30, having been killed in a " lewd quarrel."
Coverer-oaaners.—The Tragedy of Bellamira
was repeated last night with infinite success, and an-
nounced for a third representation on Monday,
amidst the reiterated plaudits of the audience.

Yesterday the Duke of YORK transacted business
wi►h the PRINCE REGENT. Yesterday the Duke of
CUMBERLAND visited the PRINCE REGENT.

A new arrangement, it is said, has been made since
Monday, by the [total Inmates of the Queen's Pa-
lace, in consequence of which the Prince and I'rin.
cess of Hesse- lioneutto will not leave England
before the 29th of. the ensuing nserith ; by which
time, it is expected, ►he Duke of CAMBRIDGE asid his
bride will have arrived. In the meantime, her
MAJESTY will retire to the Castle, at Windsor, for
a week or two, accompaNied by the Princrss Au-
GOSTA, and the Prince and Princess of Iles,z-Box-
avec. They will most probably leave the Palace
one of the first (lays at the begin sing of nest week.
His Serene Highness is purchasing several foe horses
both for the csrriage and the saddle.
On Thursday morning the Prinie of HE+sE.lloa•
BURG visited the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, and
most of the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers.
Mr. H. F. THORNTON, well known in the theatrical
circles, as the Manager of several Ps oviocial Theatres,
for above thirty years, died on Tumdey last at
Chelmsford, in the 69th year of his age.
Strong suspicions are entertained, that the late
outrage committed on the Brazil packet was done by
Spanish vessels, and the greet object in view seems
to have been to obtein possession of the Mail. On
referring to the list of clearances, published in Cadiz,
we find that the ship Cincn [termini' (Five Brothers,
nod the name mentioned in the Captain of the
packet's report) sailed from Cadiz on the 27th Fe-
bravery, in company with the brig Itauconcito,
hound to Vera Cruz. The outrage took place in
lat. 19. 38 N. long. 40. W. in which part it is sup-
posed they would be about the 21st March, ac-
cording to the time eat their sailing, and the rout they
would pursue. This supposition receives additional
weight from the lotelligence received by Merchants,
as well as by Government ; and it is a (setter of
great anxiety to know what steps Ministers will take
to maintain the honour of the natiou violated in this
flagrant matter.
A French Paper quotes a letter from Palermo of
the 10th ult. stating that the shocks of earthquakes
in that neighbourhood continued from the 20th Fe-
bruary to 2d March, at which period Mount Gibel
sent forth some smoke, sod the earth appeared to
have resumed its firmness. The last shock on the
2d ult. caused a great number of accidents in the
Valley of Noto, and the villages of Miulo and'Pals.
genie in particular suffered greatly.
Pooa RA'rts•—From the last Report of the Se.
lest Committee on the Poor Laws, it appears that the
average sum raised by assessments for the relief or
the Poor, in the three years ending in 1750, was
only 730,1351. And that the average of three years
ending in 1815, assoented to the enormous sum of
8,16-1,4961. The Committee further state, that the
average annaal'a(noant of money emended in suits
of lass, esperice of parish officers and removals, is
327,5731. or one twenty-fifth part of the whole
money raised! These documents form a melancholy
and striking pronf of the almost incredible increase
of the poor Its the coarse of the preseut cello.
The supporters of Lord LON-DALE are said to
have declared, " they had so wish to bring is two
Members, bet were ready to 'rapport any indepen.
deal Gentleman of the &defy who Would only vote
es they wished him." What mild be mote gene.
rout?
It would appear that fto g r apliN fouln en part of
the education of a Lawyer, when we hear a Learned
Serjeaut mention the Colony of Berbice as an island,
Ind another eminent Counsel talking of the Island of
fistavia !
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The Theodosia is arrived at Kinsale. from Cal-
elite, which she left on the 7th of Deeembet. The
George Canning, from Cadmus, which she -left on
the 10th of October, is also arrived at the same port.
Ifussey, during the last week, has been very much
'sdiSpOied ; en •ccesnt of which, some of his irons
" bests taken off, upon the recoMmeodation of the
lrgeoe of Maidstone prison.