The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-29 00:00:00

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Sir JOHN MALcotdd gave" the health of the Mike of
Wellington ;" and stated he had a lever from hi,' Gran',
expressive of regret for being deprived of the satisfactitot
of attending the Meeting on that occasion. He th,-n
gave, the Marquess of Wellesley, Sir Itithard King, mod
the officers of the Naval Service employed id India—Sir
H. Blackwood, Lord Beiley, Lord Hollaadi Used PON
Lord Harris, &e.
At one o'clock the Deke of Sussex, Prince Leopold,
and the Marquess of Hastings retired. The company soon
after broke up.

THEAI'HICAL.

&IGLUS °nal HOolla.—Last night, in odd entnri•
latioo of grotesque horrors, under the title of " r-
esumption. or, Me Fate of Frankenstein," was played
for thefiret.—end, if the sense of the Impartial portioti
of the audience had been taken, we might have added,
for the hut time. The friends of the author, how-
ever, prevailed; and this monstrous abortion is to have an..-
thee trial. The meager promised ass piece of a "peculiar
interest ;" and he bas kept hit word ; bnt it is not every
thing that is peculiar that is good. The story is par: i)
borrowed from a novel of the same name. Frankenstein.
looks for the principles of life in the corruption of
death—no • very. likely place to find it by the bra
—and at last animates a cadaverous automaton, from
which be shrinks In as much terror, as the painter did
from the devil of his own painting. At first, we are let
to expect something very sublime, from the appearance
of a full-grown demon, with black hair, white teeth, and
the complexion of a dead carcase! Frankenstein very
unnaturally endeavours to dispatch this work of his own
baud : but the sword breaks : and the poor demon, not
liking such barbarity at the hands of its father, sets out
to seek its own fortune, Wherever it is seen, the people
ran away from it. It scares a troop of gypsies, and
burns its fingers at the fire. Theo its attention is roused
by the sound of music; and it " grins horribly a ghastly
smile." At first it is a good hutuoured monster ; picks
violets for a blind man; and fetches a huge bundle of
billets for firewood. Then it saves a Lady from droen-
ing; but on seeing the horrible form of her preserver,
the Lady screams—her brother thinks she is in danger,
and very unjustly shoots at the good natured- mhitn:
who, becoming indignant, at seeing a worse return
for restoring a sister to her brother, than it might
have expected for bringing back a dead wife to a merry
mourning husband, seises a brand and sets fire to the
house. The goblin now becomes furious, a-d m
lignant —rims away with Ftankenstein's broiler, an
shoots his betrothed spouse, the lady whom it had berme
saved. Frankenstein, maddened to distraction, pursues it
with loaded pistols; and after a deadly struggle, they
are both buried under a falling avalanche of snow!
WALLack is the Frankenstein, and plays admirably.
'P. P. Cooks is the Goblin. and does it all imsginalii.
justice. His pantomime is as excellent as we have et er
seen. The delineation (tithe different emotions of the
strange being, on the hearing of the music, was
horribly faithful to the author's idea. Keeley has a
humourotis part, which tells well enough. The re't of
the ladies and gentlemen bad very little to do, but to
I walk in and sing. The music was pretty; and there
was enough of it. Nothing, however, was encored dar-
ing the performance of the piece; though a duet between
Miss PovaY and PamtilAN, perhaps deserved to be a".
We were surprised to find such a drama advertised,
without a part for Miss Nubby; but there was nething in
it worthy of her pswers.
HAYII•IIIKET Tosatran.--Madame VERTRIS's Mac-
heath, and Miss Parox's Polly, attracted another over.
flowing audience to this Hopse yesterday evening. On
the subject of the former lady's usurpation of the m Ile
character, we have already expressed our-opinion; and
have now only to repeat oar commendation of the other
points of her performance, particularly the seen.) in the
prison, after Macheath's, condemnation. That ex-
cellent series of airs made a delightful impres-
sion on us. Mrs. C. AIN(' makes an excellent
Lacy, and well kept up the spirit of the part to the en,.l.
After the Opera, come the three-art comedy o
change no Robbery, in which, of course, Wive was
Sc,,. Swipes, and also, of course, kept the noise ill .1
as long as his face was visible. There are two or thre.•
prnriences in this part which we should like to at.e re-
trenched—the more so as they are out of keepine ; 'l-
though they tell well in the gallery. Mr. W. WesT
laughable enough in the caricature of the French, V Lt..
Laniotte; and ale. Violeta was a very goo I I risii rAl-
lant, Sir Lemnos Leicester. The evening's performa,•ccs
were all well received.

BETTING AT TATTERSALt'S.—Jotx oct.
DONCASTSR ST. ham STAK6S.-4 to I
ago Tinker —I ts
I eget Sherwood-7 to I apt Tancred—l Ito I asst Mi.s
Fanny-16 to 1 east Claude Lorraine-16 to I egst Palais
Royal-33 to 1 apt Honest John-40 to I apt Mr Gas-
coignes filly.
A good deal of even betting between Tinker and Sb r-
wood.

On Thursday the 17th inst. Jame' *Mullen, the pe-
destrian, undertook to walk 40 miles in 8 hoots, which
he performed with great ease 26 minutes within the
time; daring the performance be rested 31 minutes. lb
started from the Low-byer inn, Alston, and walked a
quarter of a mile back and forward, upon the Hexham
road. A subscription was set on fo-st, which was very
liberal, and with which he exoressed himself much al-
tistied.--(Newcasfle Chronicle)
A serjeant of the 84th Regiment shot himself throntrh
the neck, at New Inn, county Tipperary, en sa-
turday last. He was a native of Hanover, and It
been 17 years a non-coinmissioned officer. There are
hopes of his recovery.
Mr. George Ridge, an extensive and ItiOily resoect-
able grazier, of A lciston, SOME, has in his pasturtre
ten oxen, that are calculated, by repu'ed judges, to reach
by Christmas, barring misfortune,2oost. of Sib.eACii. A
first rate judge exp it to be his opinion, that if
one of them were at this moment slaughtered, he would
weigh 220 st.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDINT.—OH Wednesday evening,
the 16th inst., as Mr. J. Hart, of Allerthorpe, upwards
of 74 years of age, was returning front the assizes at
York, late in the evening, fell into the Porklingtoo
and was found the neat warning drowned.
On Friday Mat Ili. Chevalier V. de subknensen. Hono-
rary Counsellor of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Ito
sin, and his Vice-Consul in London, jointly with Mr. N.
M. Rothschild, and accompanied by Mr. C. Green, No-
taryuPblie, cancelled and delivered to his Excellency Count
Lieven, Envoy Extraordinary and Nlinister Plcuipotenthry
of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia to his Britannic 36-
jesty, the amount of fortyathree thousand bree hundred and
twenty-seven pounds sterling, or two hundred and eighty-
one thousand sud forty roubles of capital in Spanish bonds
of the Russian too, neptiated by Mr. N. M. Rothschild,
London, in 1822.

ELEGANT GLASSES, FURNITURE, &e.—The Nobility tind
Gentry are invited to inspect the Ware rooms of Coons.
and Sort, 93. Bishopsgate-Within, where it exhibited an
assortment of neat and second-hand Plate 013sses. sdmi•
!misty suited to every description of Drawing or Dieing-
Rooms. The prices are just 40 per cent. on Plates mea-
luring 100 inches by 72, and upwards ; and on those of
smaller dimensions the alteration -
portant. The ettensi-
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wilt is thankfully scan°,
in their endeavours to

turing articles io a super
the times, hope to merit
In the Furniture depart
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ensure the patruuzge

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Se alteration will 'be found equally kn-
ave prefierenew given to this blstablish-
knouriedged by the Propmtora, who.
o evince their gratitude• by manufae.
ulterior manner, at prices suitable to
mit a continuance of puhli.• support.—
artment, le eomprised every ti..w and
hoistery, Cabinet, and Chair Warkrio.-
scale of economy, as to &muse' 1
of ra. k sod fashion.
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