The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-23 00:00:00

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sing in the follow.
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to give it a place

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id perhaps Moths.,
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on Lady.day. Iu
ern asoisresitt the
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the Buspsinsion of
,Iron, which •of

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from the ferocious
surly would have

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,other, was revived
translation hem
for the hiPadly
IP3 was an eleve,
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19. b century.—
/Ole .pecintetts of
rnitication of mad-
led with four acts
.he impresAon, that
when his part was
iimself announce it
Ir DAVID FISIIER,
Pylacks, deserve
laps, never appear-
respective parts.—
' Ilermione, and,
we may say what
lid of the Duchess
man in the Ploy ;
ception of her cha..
(ed the Play Her-
>ruled the part of
id would have met
could believe that
Drury lane; for it
istinctly, Loch on
It in the galleries,
ming -wildness are

n the '6 small at

Jasirg prayers of a
captive quern. The misfortunes of Hector's widow
being little known in Britain, her representstieo asst
not with those kindred sympathies which
neeae the
soul wish courage, or subdue it with gratitude.—
Mrs. iri,scßENxix's character was one of sadness',
• sorrow, and anguish, hhtl she evinced a correct con-
ception of it, partlVulerly where she aupplicated
P.yr t hut to spare the young Astyanax. The dm-
touter thd not admit of much, yet what it did ad-
mit if ikke arromi.ligheti with propriety and dexterity.
COVENT OA DEN.—•-,1111481 SOMEKVILLE commenced
her engagement at this Theatre yeses day evening, by
ap;°easing in she character of Bianca, in the Tragedy
of Fazio. Mist. SOMERVILLE .55 orquestionaLly im-
proved much during her absence from she hletrnpo•
Wan *loge • bat the chine,. of the ch.ractet in which
she appeared last night was iirjoilicluus. She was,
of course, subjected fn a comparison with :bliss
O'Nevnr., and ibis she canont yes beer with &dram.
lege. it hlanagers will make such evidently absurd
and unnecessary changes, they must be condemed to
vi;ness the failure of Inch hopes. Miss SoMSaTILLE
is, however, a valuable per( mer, and must receive
. the approbation she merits when not placed in oppo-
sition to l ebtah —ished concen•io.,s.

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ARRIVAL OF Tilt. Finn I notAMAtti AT BRISTOL.—
TOrtelny morning tbe Al Capt. BuCKISAM. be.
. longing to Messrs. Emotes and Co. lades, with sugar,
lice., cottony intlig.t, Arc. arrived in this port direct
from Calcutta. Site is the first vessel here since the
plow og(oni.tg of the East India trade; she came
into Kstig.roatl with her studding Pails, topgallants,
vite. ad set, avid fired a salute of 14 ions. It is to he
hoptitl, that ri.e et.imple shown by her spirited owners
will be followed by Other Merchants, when the trade
of this city, the declension of which we have heard
so often, will be effectually revived. Capt. Sltm•
HOPE, Aid-ile-Camp to the Marquis of Harrisms,
came em br and at the Cape with dispatches, which,
frost the extreme caution out) vigilance of our Cus-
tom-house Officers, are n'.t yet suffered to be land.
ed. The Milton sailed from Calcutta the 6th May,
arrived et the Cape the '29th July, sailed the 4th
August, passed St. Helena the 27th, A.:cetision the
Ist September, and Cape de Vrrds the Witt, where
she storke the brig Battler, from Prince of Wales
Island,, fast from St. Helens, bound to Gibraltar.--
(Bristol Gazette )
Madame CATALAN!, after a due display of re.
lament airs, appears to be turning the flats to some
advantese at Aix-le-Chapelle. A letter from thence
of the
.19th says—" Madame CATALANI was heard
for the first time by the Emperor of Itussn, at the
.bake of WELLINGTON'S, on 'Thursday last. His lm-
pedal Majesty testified highly his admiration of her
talent, and has ordered a rich present to be vrepared
for her, as a reward for the eelight he enjoyed.—
This celebrated artiste is said not to have been
equally pleased with tis Grace the Duke, who paid
her in argent eon:plant (ready money), instead of a
sedeau of jewellery, as she expected. When she
Los given her promised concert here, she immediately
sets out for Liege, and thence to Brussels, where she
will give several concerts. It is said that ..he is now
in treaty with the minvger of the King's Theatre at
Lentien, for an engagement fur nest winter."
The intended nstigehle calla{ from the River
Thames, by Dagenham and ftotuford, to Collin's-
bridge, in E,sex, is to be 36 feet wide at the water-
surface, 21 feet wide at the bottom. and fire feet deep,
and to be oaxigsted b) barges *of from 40 to 60 tons
burdrn,

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IVAVAL 1 V i gLLIGENCE.

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,r Com-
mon Coon& of Ord, which was oameroosly at-
tended.
Immediately after forming the Court,
Mr. Mum moved, that the Sheriffs, although not
Memtileslior-Alre Court, be permitted to sit on the
• Bench with the Aldermen, which was onenimoosly
agreed 10, tied they were introduced, and took their
1 seats a rm. rforgl y .
A Position relative to Cotton's Wharf, praying
..that a Report presented in July last, recommending
a tense thereof to be granted at an animal tent of
2.3006 might he confirmed, and the treaty accord-
ingly carried into effect, was presented ; and also tti
further Report from the Committee, recommendits
the Wharf to be let by Public Auction ; upon which,
a very long discussion ensued, and the Court tesolv.l
ed, by a very great majority, to confirm the original
Report.
The Lord Mayor's Chaplain was requested to
print his Sermon preached at St. Lawrence Jewry,
on Michaelmas-day last, end to send a copy thereof
to every Member of the Court.
The Lord Mayor laid before the Court a letter
front Mr. Alderman Atkins, iignifyinj his assent to
m4er.orron himself the Office of Lord Mayor, to
which he hat beer, elected ; and the mime being read,
was ordered to be entered on the Journals.
It was referred to the Committee of 'City Lands
consider of the hest mode. of filling up the
!cation of Clerk of the Papers of the Poultry
Coropter.
The Cometittee in respect of. the Office of Sword
Bearer aAs directed to consider and report the best
means of disposing of the. said Office.
Ott the motion of Mr. Alderman Wommovf, it
was referred to the Committee of Improvements to
errosider of the prnctieahility of tusking an ripening at
llelborn.bridge to the great North Road, and report
dreir opinion.
Mr. Beckwith was appointed a Governor of
Christ's Hospital, in the room of R. Waithman, Esq.
now.air Alderman.
The Court considered the Report of the Toll Com-
mittee relative to the bar at the ender LowerTharnes-
street, and the Lord Mayor was requested to Rite
directions for the remuval thereof, as bring mr en-
croachment on the tifverlies of the City.

The Duke of DEVONSUIRE is shortly expected to
leave Englaod far the Con:inent.
It is now known that Lord 12.1.t.cxeonouon re-
tires from the Chief•Justiceship of the King's Bench,
and is to be succeeded by Sir CII \RUA ARROT, a
Paiute Judge of the same Court. The state of his
Lordship's health had for some time prepared
the Public to 'tweet his resignation.; vet it is not the
less on that account to be considered as a very im-
portant occurrence in the Court over which he pre-
sided. It will, we suppose, he matter of general re-
mask, that his successor has been prompted from the
s_ilisatiott of Puisne Judge to that of Chief Justice ;
utsill_ that by sogn a measure the boasted iodepertdence
'"of our inferioe Jetties is invalidated ; for, thoegh
they are protected from fear of the Court, by the Act
of She beginning of the Kina'e feign, they are not
mow removed beyond the influence of hope, or the
power of seduction ; insomuch as, though they can•
not NI, they may be moved hitcher. If there is any
justice in this observation, it will acquire additional
force, and the measure itself its he more prejudi-
cial as a.precedeirt, insits•oh as it is not on a death,
but on a resignation, that Sir CHARLES ABBot has
thus been promoted.
LORD SELKIRK.—The Albany Register says, It
appears by a letter from BENJaatta.O'FALToN, one
of our Indian Agents. that Lord SELKIRK has been
successful in alienating the affections of numbers of
the American Indians, seduced them from their Ole-
abuser to the United States, and with them and the
British emissary Dtcxsom, and his followers, located
himself on the Red Kiser, where he is constructing
fortifications. Ile countenances a species of fur spe-
culation,. carried on in the name of Americans,
wirch, however dishonourable to those engaged in
it, will be productive of more serious consequences,
by embroiling our relations with the Friendly In.

Chins.
NEW COINAGE.—We understand shot, by order of
Government, the farther issue of the new crown
pieces to the Public has been restrained, on account
of the introduction lido the die of the name of the
Italian artist who executed it. The several basking.
houses in town. have each received a supply to the
amount of 101)1. The remainder will all be rent
back to the Mint to receive the impression of the
altered die.
An affray of a serious nature has taken place at
Deal, between a party of smugglers and some men
belouging to the Severn frigate, in which it is re-
ported one of the latter was sho'.
We learn from Dowry, the 15th instant, that five,
ositicatri of the regiment of Dooley Artillery, three of 1
itellom are Chefs de Battalion, received orders on the
14th to proceed. immediately to. Maubeogo, Conde,
Landrecy, Botschaitr, and Cambray, to take posses.
*ion of the Artillery of those pieces in the name of the
King, immediately after the departure 'of the Allied
troops.
Accoents from Portsmouth stiste, that a disposition
to mutiny had manifested itself among the convicts
oft, boa rd the Surrey, Captain Raine, trouud for New
South Wales, on the 19th. It appears they intended
to have carried the ship into the Cove of Cork, had
their plans not been fortunately discovered. Five
of the ringleaders were in consequence heavily
ironed.
The port of Bell has participated greatly in the
general increase of the trade and revenue of this
country during the last year. The following is a
statement of the number of ships, &c. and amount of
duties in the correspowloig gimlets of 1817 end
1818, ending the 10th of October, viz.:
Vessels with writ.' from foreign pow.. t:JU
Number of entries of oods sled .hipionz;
in sod out -
Groot receipt of Customs
No less than 12 pecks of .hounds now hunt the
country round York, wiz :—The Earl Dattrivoa-
' Totes foe hounds, Sir M. M. SYwees, Mr. Fox's,
the Latobton pack, the York and Airisty, the
Rol-
derness, the Badsw firth, the Sinningtan, the Rosby,
land Cleveland, the City, the Boroughbridge, and Le-
i Tin harriers.

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Sin,—If you think there. is anything
log prophetic waruieg of Mother Sole
I. of remark, es coincident to events wa
country last year, you are at liberty to
s in your 0 idety -circotated Journal :
.4 when Etnter falt% in ony Lad 's
li
E. glioni beware of a great mbhati
• To 1817, Esster.day, old style (and 1
Oil SitieTow had not enough studied the I
; 10 Cornet the change of style), fell on
thia same year England usiversallj
death of her Illustrious Princess Ct
likewise suffered a great mishap in th
Habeas Corpus. Quere, Mr. Eby,
these events was predicted
Had my Lord CASTLEREAGH lost
Sequence of the injury received frog
Dive of Lady C.'s lapdogs DO one so
'• diebtertelf tkereel mishap foretold
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• DOISPY.LADE.•--Last evening, 0
iiiUrs's Tragedy of the Distrest liotiu
WA:Theatre. This Play is ati
EN Androntache ; ' and but fi
pea of Aootsas. of whom PHILLIP
lIN Antsetly, which has been bapti
would ,serer have appeared in the
KEAN, its OflB/4S, gave many admira
hii skill ; and such was his personil
nese, that the audience were satisfied
s tn place of five. So great was the
they insisted the Play should close w
I concluded. and that be should him
for r.petition on a 'ware night. Mr
PS Pyrrhus, end Wk. BARNARD, as
1 a respectfol mention. 'they, petits'
ed to better advantage in their re
Mil. WtsT performed the part of
with a very little variation, of her
' Vapoleon is reported to have sass
! of Angt.uletne,—she was the only a
for, according to this Lady's conce
ract.r, RAcINE should have called
mione. Beira. NI ACEENZIE perforr
the widowed wife of Hector; and
with much more applause if she cc
soundis preferable to sense, in D
was still'impossib;e to hear her dis
',mullet of the noise and tumult
where tisoaskous births and wean
c •more desleabie to the taste, then
voi:e" of sorrow. and the humiliat
captive quern. 'the misfortunes 6
being little known in Britain, her r
trot with those kindred sympathies
1 soul wish courage, or subdue it
Mrs. illsckENsis's character was
, • sotto*, slid anguish, It lid she evin,
ception of it, particularly where
P.ys t hut to spare the young As'
stirter thd not admit of much, yt

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CITY BUSINESS.
Yesterasy the Lord Mayor htld a Coati dr Com-
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