The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-02-26 00:00:00

A ?inertly. ander the title of Comeeieltee. was prodired
at ibis Theatre on Wednesday last. II was reptmte.l oe
Friday. and protitteed that effect whici• eel only be mve •
mended by works of true genies. We believe them: i.
hut one opinion as to the great merits of this iday, It inv..t
rank muffing the ornn meats of our literature. and retain alit t
posseisloti of the shore. The plot, GOWN oad ;tickler%
possess mere simplicity and perspicuity • dm ea* P
extravagant, or indeed. Makin, ill list At tt
saute time, none of these meelmaliMl us... am %vr
would en!! them. of a Tragedy. ate or tieficie^t
Het the strait hold in which the Alt** has fiml t imt •:;.
is the beautiful spirit of poetry with which almost eve:,
scene abounds. We may really stow leek op with curtil
to the present era. as one, in ohich our dramatic iiteratur?
is destined to revivt, and Sourish. Conscience. .iiicalsdelo.
and l'irginites. stolid do honour to one age in ahie,t th •i
were pt oilfired : and when we have their .%ethers still rse-
rising the full vigour of their genius. it is not osireasmit,tl,
to expect thit their early efforts will at least be equalled. t.
not surpassed. by the future. The Author of this Teased s.
is Mr. A airs. a geotleman well-know% is dtte of the nie,l
econipli sliest :•nd elegant dramatic e-itics of 111 e r•esentslns
The amine. by which it is supported. w exerptior •tr
Mrs. Waves irre.issible partiffs. it is needless to obg.erry.
ant of a description to divide the palm of trllasoph. We as -
licipate a long career for the play, and a Nil treasury
Mr. EI.I.I*TO:S.
BOXIIIO.

Davin Hunsnx min Gnett4.—The Uhl@ Itteceer.
these pugilists takes places to-morrow, within VI mite,
of London, in Essex. From the activity of both of
combatants, a spirited contest is expected. It is aloort
even betting; in several instances Breen has been taken
for choice.
Titrzn Roars.—On Saturday next will be a gay da;
for the fancy in Surrey, about 20 miles front the Metr..•
polis. Jost. Ihrdion and Sasspea contend with rect,
other; and that is sure to he eat egad estate again. Bud.
of them are in high condition. 6, roggins and Pari.'•
also shake bands with each other on the sane occasior
Richmond's new man of colour will likewise exhibit hi.
knowledge of boxing for a purse with anodicr sloe u.•!•.
about his own weight.
LETTER PROM ItIIELTON TO NEAT.
Stft—Ob.erviug a paragraph, stating that the ranter
between you and Mr. Cribb *as oN. and as von hat
stated npon a former occasion. that you would fight ar'y
man attached to the London ring, meeting hint half way
between London and Bristol; 1 beg to *form yon. that
my friends are ready to hack toe fur 100 gnintas agi,ts
you. and that I have no objection to comply with yaw
wish of uteetint you half way. Also. that my friend..
will meet any friend of your's at toy house, Mr. Cs
or 3lr. Randall's; which ever you tO mat..
the match ; but I object to meet Mr. her upon the
occasion.
T. SitELTo v.

Yostes, Ste.
Black Bell. Cow Lane. Writ Smithfield,
Seth Feb. MI.

D.I.NGEROUS ADULTPRATIOS OF RREAP.

UNtoo Dish..—On Saturday a Cheap Dread Baker
appeared at this Office, to answer to an information ander
the Bread Act, for adulterating bread. It appeared tN .'
a quantity of flour was seised at the Defendant's pre-
mises, which was represented by bits to .be pentads. I
rice : but as it was suspected to be composed of otlicr ma.
serials, the 11Ingistrates ordered an sualyzatlon to b..
i made, fir ibe purpose of ascertainiog whether the si..
picions were well founded : actordingly an ounce of thi.
One was tried by a respectable chemist against a stmifo
quantity of pounded rice; and hi the former there we,
tound no less than 75 grains more of indissoluble
snL-
stance than in the latter, and the result of the exper:.
ment demonstrated, that one of the component part.: tat
the dour found at the Defendant's was sand or poundea
atone. Under these circumstances, the Magistrates
flirted the heaviest penalties allowed by law, whit.:.
was id/.

RhSCUE U.IIVG.

Onr readers have perceived from the account we gars
on Saturday, that foot of the lie.cue Hang hate been ss•n•
tenced to death, and the other four only or :ere! to Le im-
prisoned for twelve months, and publicly whipped. 'I
I•'
reason of this great disparity in the punishment is, tb
the first four had before been convicted of trilling 1,-
lunies, and received the benefit of Clergy; and the risk
of the I.tw is, that no one is entitled to claim that Iv-
nefit more than once; those luta, therefore, who h.ot
not been before convicted, chimed, oust received their •
Clergy on this 01'4 tion, and, after being severely
whipped in the Sessions Vara, yesterday, were c‘.n•
veyetl to the House of Correction to undergo their
months imprisonment.
Sts.:ley, Harris, seas. and jilts., and !linty, the former
four, being put to the bar, and asked .e whet they La.t
to sky, why they should not receive lodgment to die .11 -
cording to law ?"11se prisoners usmeeiaiely threw
themselves on their knees, and pealed the Isesse;it ut
Clergy ; to which, from the nature et their offence, the
Judges had derided them not to be eititleil.
The RICORDUR informed them, that Iselin; been con-
victed on former occasions of felunies, mid having then
received the benefit of Clergy, this being their second
offence, they mere not entitled to a repetition of
same indulgence. The records of their former consis •
Lions were then read, and they asheitted that they were
the persons described. The Harris's were much af-
fected ; and Hardy put in a paper staging that he hail
been driven to the former ofts- icy bard necessity,
adding, that he had been respectably brought up as a
miniature painter, and expressing a Lope that he should
net be excluded from the mercy d the Crown.
The prisoners were then put back to await their sen-
tence, which they snbsegnently received with the other
prisoner• whs were capitally convicted during the
- Sessions.

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