The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-19 00:00:00

COVENT-G.4RDEN THEATRE.

The Oratorios fur the season commence,' last night
upon a principle which, if followed up, must amply re-
ward the spirit and taste of the management, which ap-
pears to have devolved upon Mr. !honor. The present
selection doe. him much credit, and it is impossible that
his exertions could have been seconded by a company
mere competent to the execution of the task he had
so qtly appropriated. The first piece claiming our
particular notice nos hisacect.o's duetto, goal Aaaleate,
sang by Mill STIPHILNII and Miss Taos very pleas-
ingly. Miss STIPIIIINS sang with more spirit than
usual throe bout the evening, one or two instances
p....
bid It not trees .ialieved by
Lilt' t briffiSe-it-Mses, would have Wen wholly
instpid. In *of ye to the Lord, the opposite extrema
waft appio ed ; Miss Svarinves strained her voice to
a degree which must not only be highly injurious to its
intuit Operations, but which ceases to be grateful to
the ear. In Come wale him all ye that labour, there was
a charm beyond all that the most extravagant embellish-
meats!l that the most astonishing fulness of sound can
create; it was the natural beauty of her simplest tones, 1
undistorted and unadorned, save with the modulating
haod of feeling.
We must prefer a like complaint against Miss M. Tars
in singing ,Ifely, Holy, Holy. It would have required
oolbneottmenon stretch of the imagination of an enthusiast
kin music to have believed the sounds she uttered to be
more than human, in several passages of this heaven-
breathing song. Others were of a different character.
Profitse ornament destroyed time melody, and the diamond
brightness of II txttet. was hid in the earthy dross of a
modern singing-ouster. Miss Tare's best sir was, He
was deerieed. lier deep soprano notes are indisputably
finer than those of any singer of the present day; and this
lr Is the best calculated of all others for their exercise.
Its performance left nothing to be wished. Not a tone was
heard that could not be read its the tapir ; and if there
was any thing we wished to bear repeated at the con-
clusion of au Oratorio, extended to the length of nearly
six boors, it was this. In an air of Itlmmitst t a (Di placer
sal lee;.:s if eor) blips '1 arc's rapid execution was pro-
perly introduced, and, we confess, astonished us greatly.
It was loudly °scored. BRAIIAII sang nothing new, but
gave the most powerful support to every thing allotted
him; amongst which was pre-eminent the fatuous reci-
tative, Comfort ye my peep/e. BARTIAMAN is failing ;
the One tones to which the world has so long listened
with admiration, no longer how with the same ease and
steadiness. They are evidently predated with consider-
able exertion, and sustained with difficulty. His OA
-Lord hare mercy apex me, by PanooLast, is, however,
still a toaster-piece of the science. Mr. LinDLICT delighted
I.us with i meet° on his own violoncello, and with his
accompaniment of BRAMAN. in a tine eawlata of Dr.
.111heiln. We cannot say much of Mr. 13111110 P'S powers
'as an organist. We should certainly recommend bim
to reserve the creative powers of his fancy, for an occa-
sion when they may be used with more advantage than
le the symphonies of MINT'S anthems. We are sore
they cannot be improved. A grand Battle Sinjonia, by
Mutton, was performed, for the first time, by a crowded
orchestra. It is a composition rivalling in spirit and
grandeur even the Battle iiinfooia of BKITHOVIN. The
crashes of discord are pethaps rather too frequent for a
dentate ear, but they seldom fail to produce the most ma-
jestic effect. The whole concluded with God sore the
/Gag, and the additional swiss, which were cheered
by the audience with enthusiasm. It was nearly one
o'cleek when the performance closed.

'The Duke de Banat is said to hate peewees/id
an heroic tranquillity to the last. He said, " Ab, why
haiel not met with my death in battle!" and added, in
• serrowful tone, " It is cruel to think I should die by
the hand of a Frenchman !" A few momenta before the
Prlace expired he exclaimed, in words which remind us
of the ejaculation of the late 11r. PITT, " Oh, my
country! unhappy France!" The Duke of Boureon,
unhappy father of the Duke D'Esontan, waited epos
Mortataua, to Mier consolation to the disconsolate father
of the Doke of BIRAI. Ile had not, it seems, the
streagtb I. perform the intended kind office. On en-
iteringtbe apartment his knees failed to support him,
apt Nova:tom was obliged to gy to his aid td keep
him from failing. The deportees% of Laurel, the as-
sagehy just before his essasiastioa asimowiled, Is said
to boa keen issite composed. .
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cow' 9, WATS BENCIL—(IFEL!tkiff.)
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" • lawn: a minas.
*Mb *Alit Mika
IPA broogilt to retinver initwt;
And paid- ta the defendant for 16 '
vlter; In valuing and taklitg are of Some roue%
1.400 the plaintiff.
The Jory tonna foe die plaintiff—rtainigta 1001. m.
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OLD 1141LitY.--(Tatabrowsixi.)

liana nOlloteTtnni.
Mer'y Hard, slits Ahry Davies, and Joke. Pillar,
severally pleaded guilty to the minor offence of befit%
forged Rank-notes in 'their possession.
Josa Sod'A stood indicted for having, on the Nth of
Janus}, last, uttered a forged Int. note, with intent to
defiled the Government and Company of the Hank of
F.tegland. There was also another charge fot the same
offence.
Mrs. Ann Appleby stated, that the keeps a boiler'.
shop; at No. 13, Parliament-street, IVesttninster; weal-
lects the prisoner coming to her shop on the 'let Jan.
last, and asking fora pair of gloves; the prisoner's lam'
was so huge, that considerable difficulty was feted in
fitting It ; the priwiner also plitchased some other arti-
cles; the value of the whole was between V. Ind St; the
prisoner offered a IW. note in payment; witness ;rase
the note to her daughter to go and procnre change.
In a few Minutes her daughter return'ett, 'without beiN
able to procure change, and gave the note to the pre-
sorter. She afterwards went out again flit the ilalfit.
purpose. ./10/ ha* Miss Appleby was out time second •
time, a:sobar .man came in, who said that be has
conic for a pair of stockings, which he bud purchased
in the •afternoon, but which he had left, because the
witness could not change him a 11. note.—He now
paid fur the gob& in silver. ''his person obeerved
to the prisoner, that it was a fine night. The prisoner
replied, it was. The man then left the shop, and im-
mediately afterwards the prisoner followed him to the
door, telling witness that lie could not wait. Me desired
the goods to be sent after hint, to the White Horse Cel-
lae, and said his name was John IVest. The address was
given in the street, as the prisoner was in such haste to
ho, that the daughter of witness was obliged to follow
im to learn it. The note was found to be it forgery.—..
The following day a person called fur the goods and the
change, saying, that ne was to tarry them to the
George and Dragon. Wittiest refused to KIK the goods
to the person who called, but afterwards Wei to the
tieorge and Dragon, and ascertained that the prisoner .
was not there.
Miss Aon Appleby, the 'laughter of the last witness,
confirmed the testimony of het mother.
Mr. Richard Mansell, a chresetnonger, residing in
King-street; Westminster, deposed, that on the evening
in question Miss Appleby brought him a ten pound no..
to change. He inspected the note to be bad, and sent
his servant for Pace, the constable. The prisoner bad
left Mrs. Appleby's 'bop when witness reached it.
Thomas Pace is an officer, belonging to queen-square
office.—Recollects being sent for to Mr. Mansell's
house, en the Stith January, where he met Mrs. Appleby.
A 101. note was sbcwo him, which was the one now
produced., The next morning he was sent for to Mrs. Ap-
pleby's, anti witness accompanied MN. Appleby's servant
to the Heorge and Dragon, Jerenywetivet. The servant
carried some goods with her. Witness waited near
whilst the servant went to inquire for the prisoner.
They then went to the White Horse Cellar, but the pri-
soner was not to be found. On the 3d of February wit•
ness received information that a person resembling the
prisoner was in confinement at Tothill-fieldi prison;
under another charge. Witness took Mrs. Applebe Ista
her slighter wltli bill; led 'bey ifientlietttbe prriitier
immediately.
Marryat resides at No. VI, Wilooti.streit;
bury-square. This witness proved list; uphn s pre:
sloes occasion, the prisoner had attempted to joss. a M. •
note at his shop, butt left the shop hastily, upon suspi-
cion being displayed, without taking either the pur-
chased goods, or the change of the note. He here gave
his address John Wllsoni Edmonton, add said that his
father was a well-knbwo person in that place. .•
The ihoptnan of the last witness confirmed the above
statement.

Peter Perry, a Row-stteet oMcri, prOied, that in com-
pany with another officer he apprehended the prisoner
for another offence. la handcuffing the prisoner his'
hand was found to be so large, that witness sulieeiad
him to be the person who had attempted to pass the um
at Mrs. Appleby's shop. The prisoner had bk.en descrlbM
at the Mice as a man with a hand remarkably Wird, • •
Mr. John Lees, a Batik Inspector, proved the nolo tit
be a forgrty.
Mr. Charles Phillips, a cashier Of tke Bank, Owed •
that his name affixed to this note was a forgery. -•
The prisoner made no deluge, Ind called no wit-
nesses.
Mr. Justice GRAHAM! summed up the evidence, and Am
Jury found the prisoner (talky.

N4V4L INTELLIORNeIt
DeaL, Fee. lB.—Arrited and Wind firt-the Ritef.f.
transport (name dowel the West lndtes, fast'
from Portsmonth.—Came from thy Rivet, and ettil-
ed, the Aim. Falvoy, for Hayti; Thetis, Middleton, for
Jamaica Earl of Wellington, Newton, for St. Mi-
chael's;and Aurora, Pearson, for the Cape of 004
Hope; the latter vessel remains. •
Porrstionlit, Fen. 18.--.Atrited Ole Chives, Chine%
from Londilt. he Madras and Beep); bereft AIL
Daw, from St. Thomas's i sad Norfolk,
South Georgia, sailed let Deoesdbei,- ;rifle about 'MO
tons of oil. Left at South lieorgia the Mary Ani, 940-
drick ; lorligpetroable, Crown; and Recovery, Bacon,
the two former Lad le tons of oil eselt, and the hate;
11 tons.
. Hanwtcd, Fin. Hl.--Arrived the lAkiNelson packet,,
with a mail frdm

NOR?. SHIELD*. ?. 11.4 Resolution, 8011,
ia
that was upon the nen Said, was got off yesterday,
and brought in here in a damaged soak.
PLYMOVTII, Fri. 17--Sailed thanisabeth and Mary,..,
for Jamaica; Amy, Bldomgetd, for Leghorn; and In-
dustry, Witterman, for St. Ches.
Ltfunriitn., Fen. 17.—Sailed the Gilbert Hendersok,
Christopherson, fat Cuba ; Thorn, Brewer, for Savan-
nah; Fldra, Leightdit, for Terceira; Lively, Primrose. ,
for Gibraltar; and Hibernia, Williams, fpr Malta. *,
FatorouTu, Fta. It—Arrived the Ann,•Pahnev; anal •
the Friend., from Cork ;. also the Two Brothers,'Burch, •
from London.--45ailed tie Libirty, Ahltidge.tor.St. Mi-
chaels; and Hibernia. ficlatni.)ll illakjr. •• ' '
,t; , :ft .
We bare
Sovereign,
course of

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ties of Stiglitou
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ma authority to state, *aim beitelmilfr+.
a, whose arrival may iv tie. • •
the tasting week, does not, tinder the:
,euasstatseis of his health, wish the hid bi-.'
if Brightest to receive hintwithiedletie
o# trot t respeettid and devoted attentinit t;
he paid is tied wishes of hivltlajMly, yet pc,
deal the taint will feel 'With disappoinimpoL:
, faoo sneb a came speradag to deprave thepid7r
ertmeity (otherwise re seaderable)zijl
*IWO besigrd• admitatins
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