The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-04-05 00:00:00

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The final retirement of the Performers yea 40
compenied with ad uointerrupted volley of
greens, whistles, and r' direful" exclesilitteitt
ears in wrath—.-precisely such M were mad tti
assail our the memorable war of 0. P.

The Public have a right to demand of The Mi.
nagers a must sin ple apology for their Misconduct:
To attract tile town, the performance of Madame
CATALANI is announced. That Lady. is Attacked.
by a cold, which, at three o'clock, attains such a
pitch, that to sing is evidently inipossfille. Of
this, the Managers aro apprized. What is• their
conduct ? Do they instantly annoeace ibis fact
to the town, by printed haud-bills, itf, which a
sufficient 'toolbar could Wise been struck off in two
hours,
.to have informed even distant party of thu
metropolis ? This it was their duty to have done.
Blit • what had been the consequence? A. Mix
house. To secure, therefore, a bunsper, this poor
Lady is indecently forced to encounter the
nation of an audience, to whose language she was
a stratler, for an offence of which she was utterly
innocent, and of which, hajwily, the audience
were, at length, perfectly-con winced.

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GANISTICRL,--if file union of
those dregs of society, who feed on the vitals of
folly and fashionable intemperance, ever, attained
by combination and conspiracy a dangerous in.
lluence, 'the present may be pointed out as the •
moment, when their deep intrigue; have plunged
more individuals and families in ruin, than at any
previous time. This noble race of adventurers on
Oredolitylisab-nnt however escape detection
in our pages. •
Lord Baton cempares Fortune to "a market,
Towhakeh,
p if you yoouflchtinnebsutto
hwaaviet
faa-uwebni.l:, you wilt
suined.
house, in Albemarle-street, is a striking instance
of, the truth of the remark. His Lordship asked
16,000
,gqineas for it two, years ago; he lately
took 6,4)00 pounds!"
A celebrated Lady in high life has been the
subject of much newspaper panegyric. There is
much room for censure ; but we say, nothing•—•
" Praise atateservetl, is mere hi disguise."
Thome for book-buying was latelY exempli.
.1101 by. the sale of a set of Ptitaxist's Works
' producing three hundred and ninety - nine
pone ! ! !
Dexttrimact, one of the tranclees of Spain, being
at the Coosistory at Rome, the Port proclaimed
him King of Egypt. The Prince hearing the op-
pleases of the assembly, and not understanding
the Latin language, asked his interpreter what it
meant.—" Sir," says he, " the Poet has created
you King of. Egypt."—l must nut then be un.
grateful," said he; " do you arise, and proclaim
from me, the Holy Father Caliph' of Bagdad."
The humane conduct of Messrs. GaItVILLE and
Aanot.ri in opening the Lyceum for Theatricals,
to employ the distressed Drury-lane Performers,hes
really be. n overlooked by the Public.; npr should
we have discovered their humanity,- had not theft
Conirsef, on klate appeal-, described it in the most
glowing terms. Report speaks,' highly of a now
Dramatic production by M. SIIIISIDAN7
the Cant of Candour, or tho Privy C..-.+#.fir
begged: •
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-The:retirement from this brlvOnfrribi Ste CM.
urinous Knight f Match regraltati Vibe ...0,74
cis of fashioitables hobos so lung enlivened bt
his
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wit.
• The celebrated picture by Ruausts, of the Loves
of the Clentaurt„ map lately purchased by Mr.
[inertia's, of Funthilif at 030 guineas. '
A certain Lady protests against every oter:tufe
made for conjugal rectiricilirtion ; her Ladyship,
•iri this conduct, is guided by the most eitiwerinl of •
all Mermen' experience, which has ufteu die..
tate(' to-her feelings.
The •Ndbo6itti of Baker-street is perfectly my
as to the fate of her husband, the Colonel in the
East: She reflects on Insnoff, and blesses her
stars she has 66 Imo strings to her how !"
Satetne.—The body of a genteel young wo.
man, who turns out to be the wife of a tradesman
in lirtmouth.street, Westminster, was found itt
the river oft Chelsea College yesterday morning.
The unfortunate woman left her home on Sunday
night, expressing her 'determination not to return,
and she was not seen afterwards until picked up
by Samuel, a watermarti
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We are happy to be able to announce to our
readers every week fresh proofs of the general
feeling towards Mr. Lancaster and his System of
Education.—On Tuesday, the Sith ult. he deli.
vered a Lecture id Dim,- to a highly respectable
and crowded audience, where his plant met with
the warmest approbation ! mot, in consequeritt, •
a school upon his plan if, we nederstandl„ about
to be instituted there.—lt gites us great pleasure,
in comdion with every other reflecting mind, tL!
perceive, (rota the eagerness with which this worthy
eintriseterethogOes about doing good, is erery where
relived, that the enemies of the nyettat of en-
lightening the poor Ore very fist decreasing, -and ,
we hope, for the honour of our country, that they,z .
will soon 110 longer exist.' Ignorance certainly
has had a fair trod; and from the present depraved
state of the meet of thepoor, it is evident to every •
one that lemethinginest speedily be done to re.
press thegrewing evil, and• what cap be a more
men i than teaching
tedeatcliesi;la.
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lIREAD, "Let us throw open wide the portals of
errif:TiliOagtbinirrtroicilwanatenhzcePellifeteopngrreegmaricioidoeliotf Mr. WIIIT.
.the human understanding to the introduction of
light sod knowledge, hi order that virtue and hap..
ohms may follow in their train.":—The narrow
sanded and illiberal policy of keeping our fellow.
creatures in ignerance, now meets with compari.
lively few defenders ; and we may anticipate from
;the rigorous measures now taking to disseminate .
knowledge, end consequently virtue, She same
happy results in this countty as in Scotland ; their
pooriews are the same, but they are seldom re.
sorted to. Time was when the state of their poor
was mote wretched than. has ever been known
here; new ill is regularity and order. What wig
the day-star then which shone forth and calmed
their troubles 2 EDUCATION...4hr/ and Nor.
Mich Post.

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