The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-02-11 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN:

NArdL INTRLLIGICNCE.

DTAL, Frs. 10.—Came rinvrn (rem the River and
remain, the %Viradaiar, Franklin, for Madras; Ge-
nets! Kyd, Nairne for Madras and China; Arles,
Mayne, for Bengal ;a
w d China ; aad Streatham, heart-
ae, r. dn.

Four o'Clnck, P. M.--Sailed the Waterloo, Al-
ine'''. fnr Bengal end China, basing en board the
Marchioness of Hastings. and several other passers-
gels ; the rest of the or teard.boood remain all well.
Ltratiroot., Fua. 9.—Arrived the Yarmouth,
Coann, from Begone Ayres; sailed the 24th Nov.—
Ott the 28th Dec. was boarded by the South Star,
Ford, from Baltimore, which vessel bad captared a
Portegeose vesael, from Liverpool to Mersnbam
her cargo, consisting of porter, dry goods, butte.,,
and earthenware (supposed to be lb. Sociedade Fultz).
—Sailed the Berscoolett, for New South Wales.
fir.aysu, Fee. s.—The Isabella Simpson. Fraser,
otaud from Leith, for the West Indies, arrived here
in a wrecked stale, having lost her mesh. bowsprit,
sails, rigging, Ike., and • greet part of ber bulwarks,
bet apperearly slot injured in soy ether respect.
ltssixte, FIB. C.—The brig James and Mary,
Murdock, from New Orleans for Liverpool, was
struck en the 30th inst. by a sea, which carried away
the greater pert of lien sieunchions and bulwark,.
both rattles, Ate. She was brought up here by the
Pilot with the only rope remaining. bet before a
cable could begot down she parted and treat en shore
at Cove. She is expected to be got of *ell tide, and
the property to Nall saved.
Mic►on°, Fits. B.—Arrived the brig George,
'rocker, free Liverpool for America, eith lass of
bulwarks.

Batinsw, Fae. o.—Sevanl of the •hips sailed
yesterday, but are again forced back by • strong
S.W. wied, whkh continues.
Ilk Majesty's ship Tyne arrived at Valparaiso no
the 15th October, and wu to sail i■ 15 days fur It..
Janeiro.

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COVENT.GARDRN.

A mew Tragedy wee last night produced at this
Theatre, ander the title of Evadne; or, the Statue.
The plot is as follows r—
todosico(_Mr.MACßEADT), Chief Minister and ft.
voorite of a King of Naples (Mr. Aaartr), conceives
the design of destroying his master's life' and raising
himself to the Throne. With this view he Ingle, by
canting In the King a guilty ponies for Eoedne (Miss
O'Nitz.t.), sister of Colonno (Me. Yount)), a Noble.
ono of Naples, and engages his promise that the
brother himself shall consent to the sister's shame.
—The traitor himself has no intention of sacrificing
Evadne, whom be secretly loves, to the Kiss, bet
sets the plot is movement to destroy the King
by Colones's hand. It is further necessary that,
to abseil: Erudite, her lover, Vincentie (Mr.
C. ttstrot.a), shotild be disposed of by marriage
to Whin (Mrs. FAUCti), Ludovico's kinswoman,
irlis loves him. rineeidio is recalled from a
foreign embassy ; and, upon his return, is told
by Ludo*, that Eredne was false, and had become
the mistress of the King. ifrincentio is persuaded to
believe his mistress faithless, on the evidence of a let-
ter written by Bradlee, containing the most passionate
avowal of tenderness, really intended for Vincentin,
bat, by the change of name, coritrived by Ludooico,
to appear addressed to the King. Vincentio mess
Irvintne; reproaches her with her falsehood ; is half
persuaded by her protestations of her innocence; bet
asks, as the last means of removing his setpleions,
that she shoeld let him see whether she still wore
round her net k his picture, which he bad given her
at his departure. She is overjoyed; produces the
picture, aid gives it to him: it proves, however, to be
the platers of the King. rinccalio now becomes to-
rtoni and innorable. Cdossna enters, insults, and
challenge. Vincentio, and they go out to fight. Oliria
comes la, and confesses to thindne, that she had Coe.
trived the false letter, and sehstheted the picture of
the King for that of Vincentio resod Evedne's neck,
st the inMiestion of I.ndortro, who engaged fur re-
ward her by making Viacesitie tier husband. Colones t
end Vinceritie fight • the latter is supposed dead, sad
the forest et:punster" in a dungeon. Ludorico visits
him, gives him his fteedom—tells him that the King
demanded his sister's shame, end his emu se-
quieicenee, es the price of his perils's—eta' per.
suedes him, by artfully working on his realism, to
give a seeming cement ; to invite the King to his
Paine, and at the moment when be espects the
brother's base sacrifice of the sister's honour, to
murder Isis. The King is invited and feasted by
Colonna. The hoar •of rest approaches, and the
King retiree to his chamber. Colossi eaters en ado
joining apartment, sad proceeds t.t the doer of that
in whisk he was waiting the nosing of Reedits.—
Ile easheaths the dagger, • atl is about to open the
door; when he bears a voice. It is Evadne; she
knew his purpose, and persuades him to let her meet
the King. lie aaaaaa ts, bet Inspecting her weakness,
cones" himself so as to overhear what passes. The
/Urters at, Inds &eds.; she nodes his dis.
honeerable propositions, by tolling his ertestiess,
with mysteries: sad solemn pathos, to the stators .4
her family, which stood le the chamber. At length
she COWIN to one statue, sad asks the King if he
knew it. It was her father's, who had boon the
Kings tater, sad died by a stroke aimed at the
King in battle. She embraces the stating aid
ionskirs the spirit of her father. The King Is
mooed—abandoos his base wishes—Colonna cases
births, embraces his sister, and is reconciled to the
King._ Ludorice is approaching—Ca?oesa places
the King behind the statues, and &mine ratites.—
La:dr:vita enters. and is told by Celoerse that the
King is dead. His joy and ambition berm forth ta-
multeuosly. He tells Colonies be shall die :he :loath
of a murderer, and orders his :lairds to advance and
seise his, when soddenly the King appears before
him; Leib:ice is confounded—recovers himself—
and tries the seems of hypocrisy. Ile is spurned
by the King—is ironed to the Velleeillne of despair.
makes an attempt to kill the King, and is himself
killed by Csienne, and the Play concieJes. The
sem is at Naples, end the time, withoet say (re-
press historic fact in the teat appears to have bete
about the Mb century, from the tone of character
and sentiment of the piece.

Such are the sated's!, which form this riveter, of
the Poet's fancy. The author is, we euderstaud, Mr.
Sum., a Geist!man of the sister kingdom, well
known in the theatrical world as the author of The
Apostate, BeUm-aura, sad seen other pieces. The
production of last night, like every former produc-
lion of this author, abounds in situations of horror;
his style is lofty, and fell of imagery, studied com-
parisons, and similies. Ills allusions to the person
sod charms of his heroine are, in more than one its-
stance, overcoloured to be consistent with that deli-
cacy which suits the female part of the medium,. la
this, as is all Ilse former ',redactions of Mr. Stint's
pee, frightful ideas are worked up to such
pitch es to become palatal to the audience. The
reiterated acts of villainy on the part of Ludo-
rico, sod the aggravated misery which they draw
down on the heads of his devoted victims, EValil&C,
,her brother, and her loves, follow each other so ra-
pidly that they leave no pint un which the attention
of the audience can rest for a moeteet to roles said
refresh itself. The first four acts went off well, bet
the fifth act is by far too long; and It was apparent
that weariness was pervading the audience. Tb. states
vase is by far too leog. Whilst Evoke was Oleg
the King a history of her secestors, we were strongly
reminded of the scene in the School for Scandal, in
which Charke Surface descants on the merits of his
forefathers. The Piece world be greatly improved,
if the lady were to omit her dissertation on the vir-
tues of her earliest ancestry, sod bet her appeal to the
latent virtues of her Sovereign, commence, by im-
mediately drawing his attention to the states of
her father ; the effect would be much stronger. Se-
veral other parts of the Piece would be much im-
proved by a judicious curtailment. The performers
eserted themselves I. the utmost for their Author. Of
I the acting of Miss O'NEILL, Measn. Youjeo, Mac*
MILADY, sod C. KLIMILt, tea much cannel be sold.
Mrs. FAUCIT. as Olivia, sad Mr. Ampere, as lb.
King, made as much of the characters as the charac-
ters themselves admitted of. The Prologue and Epi-
lope coolain some geed pint.; and the latter, la
particular, was well delivered by Mn. The
hew was eatremely fell ; and the Piece was given
oat for repetition to-night, amidst geOltral apprisbat los.

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LAW INT!? I. LIG IMO?.

cover OM KING'S 111111C14, Pas 10.

tilt ZING V. Tan OVINNIVIONINI OF N MOATS ►MMI.
ON a former day Mt. Gurney bad obtained a rale,
milling on the Defersdaals to show mute why a Man.
dames shoold net be leased, to compel Ilea to pay
a certain earn to the Poor's-Rate.

Mr. MAIIZAT 1104, shooed moo,. 11. Imo/,
that the Commissioners hod 'invited s {este of oho

tells to Mr. Chancellor, their Clem, sell Mal, es the
►ale Wit not made till the day after the won& that
testes sod occupier, and not the Cammissioners,
ought to pay this rate. llra coatended, that there
was no instance in which a Mantissas had been
issued to compel a Corpora*loo to pay a Poor's
Rate.

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Mr. Gnawer urged that, le lids ease, there aria me
other romedy, ea there was 'milling In levy open ;
and that the lease was wade to the Clerk for IS
purpose of evading the Role. .

The COUOT, after haring the affidavits en both
skim, said, that they did not think it nocesstry to
glee any •pinion at present, whether • blondes.*
would lie sgaiast a Corporation, to compel lb•. re
pay • Poor's Hato, bat as it Is obvious that there boa
boen some trick in ibis case, they thought it right ift
give the Perisk-olfioers an opportunity of bringing the
question *flaw before IheC•urt; with Obi' New, they
directed that a Meadow's. should be issuer, end it
the Company mode • faint rotors, it woold remain
for the Parish-takers to act as they might be ad-
eited, and t►e Coen would then consider lb.
question.