The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-14 00:00:00

TII 11 ATR ES.

DRURY t*wa ..-The excellent Comedy of the
Prumpked husband was performed last night, for
the purpose of introducing Mrs. W. WesT in the part.
of Lady Turenly. This 1,44 has' already made sn
favourable an impression in the characters she has
sustained in Tragedy, that considerable interest was
attached to witnessing her performance in Comedy ;
much was eapected, and co believe none were dis-
appointed. An interesting countenance, a fine-
figure, and harmonious voice, are great qualifies.
lions in an actress, but these alone would not be suf.
fici•nt. Mos. W. WRiTpoigotffil dusts to an eminent
degree, and adds to them grire, ease, sprightliness,
elegance, and feeling. En the playful scenes with
,her hsishand she was very successful, and in the last
she left the audience delighted with her performance.
Mr. i) %TM Fltilf ER Oa., for the first time, the Lord,
7'oonly of the eight, and went through the part very
respectably. Souse of his speeches were delivered
with moth feeling, and deservedly applauded. Mr.
Wmt,tAms. who, for the first time. appeared in Sir
Francis Wronghead, and Mr. Cowat.r., in Squire
Richard, were both very well received, and the
whole piece went utf with much good humour and
success.

The lively Farce of the Turnpike Gate suecoodot i ,
in which Mcsste, in h.s favourite part of Crork,!
was irresistibly laughable. Miss CUOITT acid Mr.
T. COOKE sang very sweetly.
COVENT•O aunEN.—An operatic piece, in two sets,
called The Barber of Seville, was last night acted
for the first time. It is founded on the Opera of the
same name, and embodying, as it duel, the principal
incidents of the former piece from Btaemancti sic, I
end associating with them part of Rosier and PAE- I
stELLo's celebrated music, it is entitled to warm I
approbation in its compressed form, and the burst,'
of laughter and shoots of applause with which it was'.
received, promise it a lasting pnpularity
The object in bringing the piece forward at this i
moment seems to he t• give additional eclat to the ,
first appearance of Mrs. Dtercosts on this stage, w hose ,
return from the Continent the admirers of British
"harmony have hailed with much satisfaction. The
Opera was happily chosen; as the character of Rosina,
which she assumes, is well calculated to display not
only the powers of the singer, but the abilities which
belong to her as an actress. Several of the scones
were admirably worked up, and the effect of the
whole was equal to any thing the Managers could
have desired, It follows that the success of " 77se
Barber of Seville" was complete.
In the course of the last scene, the tranquillity of
the audience was disturbed by an alarm, which, we
believe, arose front the wantonness of some drunken
intruders, at half price, who excited an apprehension
lof fire. For some moments every thing was ID a
state of confusion, but the tranquillity of the Per.
I formers, and of the greater part of the audience,
I°velem@ the fears of the more timid, and confidence
end good humour was soon restored.
The Comedy of The Miser followed, in which
I Mr. FAitecsr pet formed the part of Lovegold. for
1 the first time. In this effort, he rather introased
than diminished our former high opinion of his OA-
lilies. The whole went off well. •

ABIERDFEV, OCT. 7.—last M eek, Miss BYRNE and
Mr. SINCLAIR, gave three concerts here. Miss
thitivE is a powerful singer, and possessed of much
execution. We never heard Mr. Stnctatit in better
coke, and can observe a marked improvement upon
even his former excellence: oar national song of
•' Scots wha' hae Wallace bled," was given and
received with the greatest enthusiasm. At the close
of the lest concert in the Theatre, an incident oc-
curred, which, while it did honour to Mr. SINCL 41 R'S
showed the esteem entertained for him by
his did patrons :—When he was retiring, " Auld
lank ene" was eagerly called for, and instantly
compiled with—these words, in the second verse—

" But Pve waualet'd many a weary• font,
•' Store the days o' Log sytte,"
were seized upon by the audience, and applied to him
in a manner. which so affected hie►, that he with
difficulty finished the following verse; awl, on corn.
mincing the last, he was so much overcome as to be
onaWe to go on ; and was obliged to leave the stage,
having indistinctly articulated the cause.—( Aberdeen
Journal.)
The new Soh-Committee of Drury-lane consists of
AloottE, Colonel DOUGLAS, Mr. WiLsom, Al-
derman Cox (the 13Attker), and Mr. IRONMONGER.
Mr. ROBINS was proposed by Lord YARMOUTH, and
had one tote. It is said that the election of the
above Sub-Committee is to be submitted to a General
Meeting of the Proprietors.

Lord C tST LER EAG HIS diplomatic School at Air-
la•Chopelle, will form no small item in the account of
the extraordinary espences of his Lordship's mission
to the Congrecs of Sovereigns. The young Gentlemen
who are thus educating for the good of their country,
are now so numerous, that it ought to be recommend-
ed to that great economist, the Chairman of the Com-
mittee of Finance (which, of course will be revived
in the new Parliament), to suggest some cheap plan
for the education of our future Statesmen.

A Correspondent wishes to know why the present
.14nttery is not as much published and puff'd as for-
mai. ones ? We refer him to a single line in the
scheme—" 4 Prizes of 230,000"—these alone, in a
Lottery of only 14,000 'l'ickets, are CAPITAL reasons
for adventuring, and require no puff to convince
every Wader that any person may gaits Thirty Thou-
sand Poendi, one of which at least must be Drawo
on the Y4th Neat Month.
• The ground of the intended plantetions in the new
enclosure in it. James's.sqoare, is at length msrkesl
Louts and sill pi otubly be placated the eusaiagSpriot