The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-07-25 00:00:00

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HertfintlCET THEATRE.

MR. MEGGETTS SECOND APPIAt%NCE;

The efforts of malice and Ignorance to keep
down rising merit, are attended, not unfrequently,
ith effects totally different frcm those ss hich, at
the first view, might be expected to arise from
them. This fact is exemplified, in a very strik-
ing manner, by the scene which was last night ex-
hibited at this Theatre. Mr. fileuerrr, whose
cruet and illiberal treatment by a party, we were,
last week, unwillingly obliged to detail, made
his second appearance h. fare a Landau audience
in a new character. had the public Press, to which,.
both in a moral and p: ideal point of view, this
country owes so much, been silent on the occw,ion
of Mr. Mr:Gunes former appearance—or had it
been contented with a mere statement of the con-
duct of a portion of the audience, without boldly
expressing its disapprobatien of that conduct—it is
probable that Mr. Al euGe-rr would not again
hate presented himself tole re the public, and
that the triumph of his enemi..s aonld have been
complete. But tI•P severe strict ores which the tin-
wairantable proceedings of his persecutors, on NVed-
nesday night last, elicited—proceedings, doubly
unwarrantable, as the victim was a stranger and
a man of ability—taught Mr. 54 FGGETT to hope,
all the circumstances of his case being known, that
the justice and honour of a discriminating audience
would repair the injury he had sustained from the
prejudice, comparatively ape IL ing, of a few. He
acted wisely—and, however his feelings might have
suffered, amidst the uproar by which his performance
of Richard etas marred, he may reckon himself in-
debted, in a considerable degree, to the unfair op-
positien which that performance occasioned, for the
curiosity which his oday/4n (the character in which
he chose to make his sec%i(l uppearatice) escited in
the theatrical woild—and for the deep attention
which was paid to all his scenes.
•
Mr. MEctiETT'S faults are those which a little
time and attention to the taste of a London audience
will soon correct—they are the common faults of
theatrical candidates fresh from the country. But
these faults were, however, nobly redeemed by the
general correctness, feeling, and energy of his per.
formauce. The attention and the applause of the
audience encouraged him to develop his powers, and
the result more than justified the experiment. In
every scene there was something to praise; and in the
most difficult of all, he was pre-eminently suc-
cessful. The abstraction of mind, and the wild-
ness of the character he depicted:with great felicity.
His exultation in the Goatherd's distress, when in-'
formed by the iatter of his daughter having left him, I
was very eff,ctive, and the manner in which this was 1.
personally es presSrd gate the liveliest representation
of the bewildered Oclarian. His inability to recognise
Roque when he first accosts him, and thegradual opera-
tion of slow-returvioe tremors, w hich at tenth makes
him known, was pow et fully Nei skillfully marked. His
emo;ion on beholdiog rloranthe, the various sensations
which wring his heart, and which finally resolve them-
selves into extatie jos., were faithfully pictured in their'
progress and in their termination. this fury when he
discovers Bukazio about to destiny Soroyda was
perhaps, of al!, the happiest moment of his perform. •
anee. The impetuosity of his manlier, while snatch.
big the scymeter, and throwing his opponent to the!
earth, gave the business of the scene an air of reality
which it has not often received. Acting wholly from
feeling, his eye, his attitude, his voice, his gesture, -
were all in unison, and we had nothing to regret.— 7
The audience, liberal of their plaudits throughout,
here requited his exettions, with repeated shouts of
• " bravo !"

RUSSELL, in Satli, contributed greatly to the en-
tertainment of ittu evening. Xi[mattock and Balcazin
Maley were respectably sustained by Mr. LINDSAY
and Mr. Foote. Miss GREVILLE gave general sa-
tisfaction iu Floraullte, thottAb this is not one of the
Characters best suited to her talents. Miss MATlttvis
•and Mrs. HAY*OOo obtained considerable applause
as Agnes and Zorayda.

The play altogether went off very well, and was
announced for Thursday, amidst the shouts of the
audience.

Yesterday morning the 14th Regiment of Light
Dragoons had a grand field day on Hounslow-heath.
A singular occurence took place at the Admiralty,
soon after 12 o'clock, yesterday. Upwards of 200
seamen, who have been discharged from the navy,
attended at that office in procession, with the Union
Jack, and a clarionet playing God rare the King.—
They had a Petition to present to their Lordships, of
the distress in which they are plunged from the con-
duct of severs) persons employing foreign seamen in
merchant ships, at a lass rate of wages. Every at-
tention was shown to these defenders of the country,
and a deputation was sent for by the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, who, it seems, recommend-
ed them to remonstrate with the persons by whom
they are aggrieved, and that they had no doubt hut,
if proper means were resorted to, the foreign seamen
would he removed. The mon were satisfied with
this answer, and, giving three hearty cheers, retired
very peaceably.

SAILING AI vrcu.—The lo►ers of aquatic sports
were highly gratified yesterday, by one of the best.
contested Sailing Matches we ever have witnessed for
the silver cup and cover given annually by the Pro-
prietors of Vauxhall-Gardens. The number of spec-
tators on this occasion was beyond any thing in our
recollection. At ten minutes to three the four fol-
lowing pleasure sailing-boats started from Black-
friars'-bridge, each boat being distinguished by a
white flag, with as many red spots as corresponded
with the number against each of their names :

N
1. Ludlow,
Spir
Cutpl one,
4. C •11a,

Itesi letter. 0 %I nem. Torts.
NV :MI6 wt.r I h , •11. 1.v,,e, IV.
(:I:ekra. T. Bt teesstorih, IV.
S an:toe, Jame. Folon. 111.
S,Anote, P. Nokr, VII.

The Ludtow took the lead at starting, and kept it
during the whole of the contest : she passed round
the boat off Putney-bridge some time before the rest,
and afterwards ieturned to a boat moored off Cum-
berland-ga-dens, where she was declared the winner.
The Camilla arrived in about five minutes after—th_
other t u did not come in.

A boy who was bathing in the Thames, near Pud-
dle-dock, on Friday evening, went out of his depth,
and IiPS drowned,

.4GT OF THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA

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[Concluded from our Paper or Yederdayl
Art. 28. The King of Prossil renounces the claims
whith he might hire es Sovereign of Erchsfeld on
the Chapter of St. Peter in the Buez of Noerton.