The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-10-09 00:00:00

THEATRICALS.

Con HsratEX.—The School of Reform was Tepee.
sented last night, to introduce Mr. K MIER, in the chew
ter of Tyke, to a metropolitan dramatic audience. Great
interest had been excited by the announcement, and tl.e
house was crowded at an early period:The trial *as an *Mt,
ous one. On the same boards where poor EMERY hail se
often displayed his tremendous energy of action,simplt.e,
of feeling, anti breadth of humour—within a few months oc
his having passed the bourne from whence notravellerrete tel
—and with all his power as fresh in the recollections o:: the
audience, as if he were still living—under these clime
stances a successor stands is a critical situation; and Ifs'
thing but genius and talent of the first order could fm 3
mom, nt sustain the rival ry.Th e Odes of 31r. fts vs ert, at the
English Opera House, bad prepared us to expect mock
from hiru in Ty.',-e ; but we candidly confess we did not
anticipate, even from him, such extraordinary, and melt
varied ability, as that which he exhibited last night. Wits.
out the slightest imitation of E m city, he praduced a pos.
trait as highly coloured, as faithfully drawn, and Want
only a little of that absolute ease which cannot attest
a first representation, to be as admirably finiilied.
On his first appearance he was most ja licionsly dressed;
and his manners were just such as became the hard,seg
profligate.. The native cunning with which he atteisprcd
fu turn the cuurcrsatiou—t.e apparently easay,impudesee
of his familiar replies, with all the anainty. incident tip
his situation, working in his heert, and occesionelly stealing
out of his eyes, were all dexterously coabin.d. hits
surprise on the appearance of toed elcOndale was
natural and iatpressiVc i ap!. the transition from
fearful doubt;' to bigli.grounded confidence in his
personil security, was excellently managed. the Iletaitsof
the rain brought upon him by the misplaced liberalite of
Lord Avondale, was impressive, and • tinged with a rids
vein of comic humour. The interview with Ferment (a
',on excellently played by .logics) was as perfeet is such a
scene could be. Tyke s misapprehension of Permene's
declaration that he apprehended him, and his seizing the
chair to protect himself, produced the loudest and most
d' edafptspsi. His nest interview with Atom/air.
where he describes. the loss of the child, and his father's sire.
posed death on the beach, as the ship bore offthe guilty fele*
triton his native land, was terrifically affecting. Walnut
some of the force of EMERY'S expression, there_was, we
'Think, a greater intensity of feeling. Remorse was never
better depicted.. In the interview with Isis father. he
eras equally powerful. The it viterkte force of had habits
Lirthich prompted him to rob the old man of his purse, whet
Avondale's protection left him not ecru necessity to pleat
fur the depravity, was illustrated with the best effect; aid
his agony on the discovery that his father was the pawl
be had robbed, with his remorse and penitenee, and
joy at finding the old man alive and well, brought tears
into the eyes of all around us. He vest appears as the
joyous penitent—the industrious, incorruptible labonret;
and his steady refusal to embark again in desperate par-
suits, was a fine contrast to his previous eager appetite tee
crime. The parts of the character are as opposite as tight
and darkne,ss.; yet Mr. RATNER was equally admirable is
alll—tVe do not pretend sto say that criticism could have
found nothing' on which to offer &censure ; but our feelings
were too deeply affected to allow as to remember any Haag
but the excellence of the performance. On the fallings('
the curtain, Mr. AnnOTT stepped forward to annoince
the ' pieces that were to follos to-night; but do
audience required that Mr. Re:versa shObld perform this
story, to afford them an opportunity of expressing to hies
.self the delight which his perfOrniance had given flux
After some . minutes had daintier:l, lie came forward;. ant
with muck • grateful trepidation informed us that the
piece would be repeated on Friday nigbt. The Fergana o
,Jones and the General Tarragon of Mr. &AMERCED, won
as adminthloas could be desired. Mr. EGenTores.iirondels
seas as stately, and solemn, and despairing, and furious, as. a
'lord shotdd I*CM has a charactil tomaintain which bedoes
tot deur* lb. Assort. exerted himself greatly in Fre4e.
tfck. Mn.* Giltialieas dire. Fin:teal, and Mra. PAM-
Posr as Mrs. 117441, Were Mekong the prominent favourites
of the eveilltig. 'Fauctri- had very' little to de
as Mr*. SK Mated mad Mies who played 'Julie,
ettild do
.noting with the ipsigt, the Sheclult of Mrs.
litaPno. frau ogresealile enough.
•' After the play.-a new romance, founded on the anecdote
•Mf William Tell, was represented. It is set off by Mow
•exquisitely beautiful scenery ; but will not repay the expeose
of production: The dialogue is weak, and the story hie*.
eiently told. Altera scene or two, +weakly attempting ti
tleserche the. horrors of foreign oppression, 'we hare the
Proclamation that the inhabitants of Uri shali'do homage
to the cap. This is refused by Tell, who is doomed is
shoot the apple from uhf his eon's head. Ile performs the
Task, in the presence of the audience ; and is cominitteki is
prison for saying, that had lie harmed the child, he would
have fixed another arrow in the Governor's beset. A re-
volt is the consequence, healed by Arnold, whose
father's eyes were put out by the Governor's order, for the
son's having resisted the seizure of his cattle. Tell escapes
:from a boat, into which we know no reason why he sheoll
hare been put. The Governor orders his cottage to be
burnt, and his wife to be hurried to. the castle, when Thll
appears, and sends an arrow through the tyrant's heart.—
liestaterr played the liberator of Switzerland with good
emphasis and discretion ; Miss Foer& made him an
interesting wife ; and all the perforrners exerted them-
selves to the utmost,• but the noes prevailed at the fall of
the curtain, although Mr. Aomori. resolutely gave it out
for a second trial. Some of the music is very good. A
duet between Master LoNOHURST, and Miss It. RODEN, was
simple and pretty.

CRITICISM.—A Morning Paper says of the School
Reform. that the two principal scenes arc those in whirl
Tyke aids the escape of Lot d Alriagslone, and recognits
his fvtlier. We know no such scene in the play; and the
whole critique hears evident marks of having been written
independent of the performances.
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RENCONTM—A dispute arose yesterday morning in the
Foreign Stock Exchange, between Mr. L. and Mr. G. WA
gentlemen of bigh respectability. Argument ran high—bon
parties waxed warm—and Mr. G., transported beyoud the
limits of reason, nt length so far forgot himself as to apply die
ungracious epithet of “zascal " to Ms. L., who, by a meet*,
nical vibration of his nit, so completely destroyed the Wile*
brium of Mr. G., that but for the dense crowd by which*"
were enclosed, that gentleman would have been undoubted/I
prostrated. The rencoutre here terminated through the Muir
position of by-standers.

LorroEVITY.—We learn from a Gentleman of undoubted cr.
vanity. who lately visited this city from Mstanzas, that therek
now living in a village near thnt piece a couple who are yet it
health, although greatly impaired in bodily powers and mead
faculties, who have lived together in a state of wedlock ist*
limn a hundred years. The husband is aged 120, the w*
120. They are whites, and 'latices of the island of Cubs:-
(Nem York American.)
Tile French papers mention a living instance of remarkable
' longevity in the department of the Oriental Pyrenees. A wlr
man named Anne Benet, of the canton of Oletie, is at the AP
of 109, in the full enjoyment of all her faculties.

Among the feats announced to be executed by a far
dancer in the Montreal Advertiser, is the following :-
6, Mr. tioneau will dance on the shoulders of Mother
Axon, ninety years old, from • Paris."-((Missouri Re
*Mean, Avg. G.) • •• •