The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-05-27 00:00:00

'COVRNTGARDRN MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
The last of these performances for the season, took
place on Satorde,y, and cloised a series of C oncerts.
which have received and deserved the must Lberal sop•
port of the public. • P. Butirsa has proved himselt
eminently qualified for ihitask of render' rog them an oh.
poet situational pridr,insstunch as they have displayed the
advanced state of the science of music in this coantry
the mostlavourable Slew of which it is susceptible. The
compositions'of the best movers, ancient and modern,
have been got up with the powerful support of the finest
performers of the age. The great body of the native la.
lent of the country, in conjunction with toe most distio
gnished foreign musicians, in the instrumental as well
as vocal departments, has been bronglot into the field;
and although the expense incurred must have been
erermons. we rejoice that the manner in which the pub
lit has met Mr. Bocusa's spirited exertions, most have
amply remunerated him. The performances of Satin..
113 V night Consisted of selections from the works which
hail been most successful during the season, and its
only objection was ifslength. The better the music to
which we listen, the /loaner is the mind tired : for it is
in proportion to the excitement that exhaustion ensues
The novelty on the occasion was MOSCIIELLEIS on the
Piano Forte;. the first time of his playing before a
theatrical audience. The effect of his wonderful per.
formance was electrifying. His style unite the promi-
nent excellencies of i:rtalten and KA LttaaENNEri. He
is at one time all pathss and richness lilhb the former.
and at the meet moment the instrument sends forth all
the passion and brilliancy of the latter. • These qualities
undoebteolly place him above all his competitors in this
country.
• OLD Dirrir)r-licis .i7onvrxs.

The COMMON SELMAN? took his seat en the Bench
this morning, or the first time since hie election.
Henry Suellgrove, aged IS, as principal. ao.I Samuel
Deighton, Thomas Buckminster, Joseph Smith and
Francis Ileyd, as Afters and abettor.," were put to the
her, charged on the verdict of a Coroner's inquest with
killing and slaying Wm. Pratt.
Mr. BAODCMCK took an ohjection to the inquisition of
the Coroner, it not having the time and place specified.
He quoted several cases wherein pripeioals in a second
degree, as in this rise, hail been charged WWI 11)3!1-
...laughter, but they loviri..bly had time and place spe-
cified. .
The ltecottoee thought the better time to raise the
objection would be in arrest of judgment, as it was far
toe important for him to decide upon.'
Samuel Thompson, a beadle in Mile-End New Town,
said he was at the fight on the 22d April last, and it ap-
peared to have been conducted very fairly. William
' Fordham, headborongb, deposed to the same effect; and
other four witnesses were called, who confirmed the tes-
timony of the above.
Wm: Black, a surgeon, said he was called in a few
hones before the death of the deceased ; who was at the
time ilia -state of inseneibility. After his death, be open-
ed the bead and found an extravasation of the blood
upon the brain, which might have been occasioned
either by a blow or fall.
The prisoner Suellgeove, in his defence, aaid, the (Te-
emed tiaosent him a challenge, which had provoked
him to
Thes Recoao it. in summing np, observed to the Jury
thottSbere did not appear to be aggravated circomstaoces
connected with the tight. The prisoner, Smellgroce,
recording to the testimony of one witness said,
before the fight—" He loved Pratt as his own
brother." There was not a certainty that the de-
ceased had come to his death by the blows on that
particular day, because the Surgeon said a fall'on a pre-
views day, via. as much as three flays before the decease,
right haveoccasioned his death. With respect to the
ekes. prisoners there was not sufficient evidence to con-
vies th-tm. ti
Verdict—Snellgrove Guilty. The other prisoners
not Guilty.
TRAVELLING.—An Edinburgh gentleman
give. ‘lmsfoßowing account of his travelling expences
Frans boadop, to Manchester, at the rate of 9 miles an
hour.,ll. Is.; Manchester to Liverpool,. 45.; Lief.
pool tp Dumfries, per the steam packet, IL la;
Dumfries to Edinburgh, per mail, 10s. ; in all 21. 16s.
from London to Edinburgh, being little more than, led.
per mile.,
The Lords of the Admiralty have issued directions
to all floral officers, &c. to state to them without
delay their respective ages, with the amount of any
public pension they may be in possession of. or any
place, with the amount of salary attached thereto,
independently of their half-pay. The same is s
required of all pensioners, &c. throughout the naval
departments, including the widows of officers.
At a meeting of some inhabitants of the hundreds
of Medford and Lothinglanel, Suffolk, on the 7th in-
stant, on the subject of agricultural distress, a resolu-
tion was passed. stating that Mr. Gooch, " by his ;a-
dilating conduct at the county meeting, and by votes
in Parliament, bas forfeited all confidence in his cha-
racter as an independent member —(iFiltslareGazete.)
The Editor of the Mame/water (keerver tnentioashis
having received a letter from Mr. {leery Hunt, who
says that the Rev. Messrs. Colston, Thring, and Wha-
ley, and four others, visiting Magistrates. have re-
ceived a letter from the Lord Lisutenant of the county,
informing them that their services as visiting Magis-
trates will be dispensed with in futon..
On Shinday last an unusually heavy storm of thun-
der and lightning visited the neighbourhood of Hud-
dersfield and Minified', but in general with little or
nu rain. A cloud, however, burst on the hills above
Holiofirth and blelthatn, sod sent down by the two
channels of those valleys, an immense flood of water,
the streams of which came in contact at a place called
Steps. The effect was truly tremendous, and highly
alarmed all the neighbourhood. A breast of wetted
from seven to eine feet high rushed down the valley,
and spread desolation along its ccurse ; but happily
no lives, as far as we hare heard, were lost. Had
this tremendous visitation token place in the night, its
effects woul I probably have been dreadful indeed
All down the liver a sudden and unaccountable flood
took place, which astonished and conf moded the con-
jectures of all who saw it.—(Leeds ilercury.)

nee.—About one o'clock in the mortsin-gof Wed-
nesday last, a fire broke on: on the premises of .It.
T7IOIU Lsrkin, of Bexhill, by which, we regret to
say, two barns, two lodges, a thrashing ma. !sine, pet
of a granary, a considerable lion of fence, ;shots: six
quarteraef wheat, ten quarters of oats, one varier of
barley, and twenty loads of straw, were consumed : a
calf, and numerous heals of poultry, fell victims to
the flames.— I he fire was occasioned by the thought.
lessness of a servant boy and girl, who, (unknown to
)Ir. Larkins) amused themselves with tiring olf a small
cannot), not larger than a tobaccospipe, a brand from
which fell moo,: the straw.—)Jr. Larkin, in rodeo-
touring to save the calf, gut very much burnt in his
hoods and face, but we are happy to hear that no se.
done cons,quences are likely to result from the inju-
ries be received.