The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-25 00:00:00

COYM? cuaDitir-rmsArns.
We were not a little gratified tut night on witnessin:e
the appearance of our old favourite Mr. Youxa once
more od the London boards, not .IFIT. we siognlar in
our feelings; lbr the pit which was crowded to excess,
unanimodsly rose at the first moment ofhle appearance;
and if we may judge by the repeated peals of applause
which echoed from every part of the bons, and from
the affectionate gate of every eouotitiadie, we firmly be=
lieve that we shall say no more Min the truth if we
affirm, that had Mr. YOUNG been in the midst of the ass.
dience, that there was scarcely an individ dal among their;
who would hot have striven to have taken him by the
hand and bade him welcome. We, keel" what the con.
Ilia of such a moment is, and we therefore at once pitied
and envied him his feelings, for wrought up to the ex-
cess that his feelings must have been • .hy the anbrehea
acclamation of such an audience for dearly the spared
three minutes, they must, we are confident, have been at-
• most overpowering. But let us proceed s--The play was
Hamlet, the Prince by Mr. Youtro, and wells by Mist
Foova. It was in this character that l.lr. YOUNG first
exhibited his great powers to the public, and never did an
actor sustain the difficult character of Hamlet with more
energy and dignity than Mr. YOUNG did last night. lint
it is impossible for written words to convey the effects
which they may have upon the human heart, when de-
livered by one who in personating himself into the ant=
feting individuals poured out the glowing language of
our greatdramatist with all the tones and action that ex-
cessive passion could dictate, or highly gifted eloquence
inspire. " Seems madam nay, It ; I know sin
seems" was uttered with an effect that aroused the whole
house; aad in that masterly soliloquy, "Oh, that
this tog, too solid flesh would melt" . was towards
the close (we could not hear the commencement) a was-
ter-piece of energy, dignity and fueling that justly re-
ceived the greatest applause. In the scene with the
ghost, particularly where he cries out. " unhand me,
gentlemen," he seemed no longer Mr. Youxa, but the
generous and brave Hender, the dutiful and loving son
of an injured father and King. forgetting his own
safety, and willingly encountering every danger, in, or-
der, iereby, to satisfy the " purtubated spirit" of his
lamented Sire. In the scene with his mother, where be
says, "Leave wringing of your hands ; peace, sit you
down, and let me *ring your heart." And in contrast-
ing the pictures of the two brothers, he, in reality,
wring the hearts of the whole audience, by a depth of
pathos that cannot be surpassed. But we must not give
way to our own feelings, or we may thereby tire our
readers. Let it then suffice to say, that the remainder
of the play was slimily well sustained, and received an
much applause, that to prisons like ourselves, who wish
to hear,-it became really tiresome. As for Miss Poore,
as Opkelis, she pourtrayed the outlines of the character
with no inferior degree or silence. But, were she
utterly devoid of those tae which she undoubtedly
possesses, behalf, as we are, " in the youth and prime of
nature," we could not gaze on her lovely features, or
bear the sound of her sweetly-toned voice, without feel-
ing in our beads an interest for her that forces us to
be pleased with all the says or does—a kind of melan-
choly pleasure, that has been aptly termed the joy of
grief.
The house has not undergone much alteration, bit
there have been many minor improvements made.

EXECIITION.—Thin morning the following male-
factors underwent the execution of their awful sea..,,
tepee in the Old Smiley —Thorns Thompson, for a
highway-robbery 1 George Lee, for uttering forged
Bank of England notes, and Thomas Patmore, for
cutting and maiming General Eaton. The unhappy
men conducted themselves in a manner becoming their
condition.
At the Coati of Excise,
_James Stn.yl3,,a publican,
was charged with having feloalias-ry cOmpounded sit
gallons of liquor with grains of Paradile, gins* mod
other pernicious ingredients, not malt and hops, wick
intent to defraud the Revenue. Samples. of the cos•
tents of a cask seised on his premises were produced
in Court. It was a fluid of a most powerful name,
highly conteotrated, intolerably hot and bitter. It was of
a yellowish, semi-transparent colour, and when the cork
was drawn, &pungent smell exhaled. A witness was giv-
ing his evidence-, when Mr. Mayew, the Solicitor of
the Excise, stepped forward, and stated that the case
was compromised. Judgment was accordingly
awarded against the defendant in the penalty of 1001.
The above ease-excited the greatest interest. It is
said that abOst 90 publicans are implicated in similar
practices. By the application of drugs like those
produced before the Court, and other ingredients of a
similar description, it is stated that they are enabled
to compound to the extent of converting two butts of
potter into three.
MOPitMOUTHISHIRC.-011 Tuesday last, application
sVu made to J. H. Moggridge, Esq., for Magistrates'
summoates *galas' thirty-four person living in one
of three hamlets of one parish in this County, for ate
rears of Poot's Rate.

Menatson EztaionntNAßT.—At StaffOrdstown,l*
Ireland; Mostro James Cunningham, a youth of 14
years, four feet two inches high, to the amiable Miss
Richardson, a little tamed of her fiftieth year—•botb.
of Derrygowasi.
Entracte from the adores of the Steil 031ce, skew-
ing the homage and decrease of du* paid laris=
throe yerrs ending st Christines last; by the at
Nee Oases. amplifying the prlftarence igivieu by the
public to the Plea and Management of the Comex
nits Osnat.
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wife if a loot-asaket, in Silk-street, criPplegate.
welt to !asthenia me/Mk health sad spirits se her
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reachiog het hooto, she knocked alike for,‘ was
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answered by her husband, sod so bet Ong to die
• passage, she Instantly felt and expired. "Idre.; 11. Lae
left a family of several riser Andre! to . her
loss. Sunday morainic, Mr:Jambi Wells,. ;of
Lower-street, Islington;
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hang gone is rest the prewidite al* .104. . i
*old health: •
Mr. Jolts Furry, *
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