The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-07-19 00:00:00

BAGLISII OPERA-HOUSE.

On S..turday night was redrewd a piece entitled
"One, Ttee,Three, Foer. Fine," which title Is ty.
picot of so many treasforsostions performed bya
young Gentlrene named Hacvs, who has already
been before the Pubic at Drery-lane sod the Han ay-
market. The piece written for the occasion, d
is of course, too mecbsuical is its composition to bear
criticism. An old mau advertises fora husband for
his &ashler; she informs her lover of the plan,
and he immediately offers himself under the
above variety of characters, In order to deter
the old Gentleman from holding to it ; he,
therefore, assumes these characters which are the
hew calculated to satisfy him I. enforcieg it. Ile is
announced first, as Sir Peter Tectle, in which be
mimics FARRIS; then as Dr. Moduli, in which he
ewe successfully imitate, Meuse • nest, es the
Doctor's men, Sens Dobbs, Wended for a likeness
of Monists; Oleo as a stage player, a tolerable
translation of MATHES'S, in • hich he hit off some
of the meaner peculiarities of Kcau, and very en.
soccessfolly attempted to do the same with Younu ;
lastly, haring distrusted the inventor with the effects
of his preject, he enters in his own character of Dick
Alias, and socceeds in gaining the father's contest.
He mimics 414 defects and grimaces of actors pretty
well, though by SO mesh, equal to Marticws,
isee-
pecially delectin In the pecoliarities of yoke and
enusuciatiots. At to bit capability of "imitating be.
mattity," ii Susasetaaa's sense of the word, Sean
soy nothing until hr tarnishes us with s better oppor.
trinity of esamining him. We cannot deny that he
was most vehemently applauded, nor will he deny
(we suppose) that the said applause was from his own
ladies+ ;
_• for, any thing so tantalises,. incessant,
inapt, and disturbing, we have hardly user witnessed.

Miff 1/IACAIILLT rehearsed, WAG OW, the Tn.'
gedy of the Italian. on Saturday night, to a tolerably I
full room at Freemasons' Tavern. It is with much
regret that we say any thing in condemnation of her
enterprise; but really it does seem to us that the
panegyrics which have been poured "pop it by some
of
the Papers, end listlessly copied into others, are
'mot only redeemed, bet mainly tend to establish
that reciprocal system of fain criticism and prays.
atonal mediocrity which at present subjugates all our
dramatic entertainments. How is it pos.ible that
excellence an be obtained under tech a combination
of sycophancy, white the friends of the actors in the
borne, and the Journals eat of it, overwhelm the
cemmonest god rs, or even ptetensious, with
'deletion which has been denied to the greatest
lemiearies of the stage. The mischief of it is,
that while ors one is benefited by this system, much
injury is done to the Stage, and *greet deal of h.,. '
is brought upon the Theatrical Proprietors. Miss
MACAULja for insane., is as ingenious person, tad
very sealers of excellence in her profession ; bet
where is the judgment when she can undertake to
plead the reversal of sentence pronounced by the
Public upon the Italian, sad where is the pro-
priNy or usefulness of the Newspiper declarations,
that she. of herself, imparted high interest to a piece
so irreparably damned for • meting it ?The troth loth's,
cases will out, and the Public having found eat the
deceptioo, avoid the chase. of being again cajoled till
their memories have lost the sense of injury in some
degree: in the moan time, the poor Manager has to
keep open his hoes, io enticipation of the reflex of
public conlideoce, sod last his forte's to the effects
of a new delusion. A little more troth in the daily
history of the Stage would be wouderfelly useful to
the Actors, the Proprietor', and the Public.
Yesterday the Patric[ Rum; the Duke and
Duchess of Yost, Prince Lzoroce, the HOMO
AUGUSTA, &c., dined with Prince &MIHALY, the
Austrian Ambassador, at Chandos.bouse.
Yesterday the 1.0110 CUANCILLLOS had an audience
of the Puma Recant.
On Friday eight the Duke end Duchess of GLou.
Orstaa, attended by lady Isanzzza TIMYNNIL and
Mr. COROT, strived at Gloucester-boese.P.rk•lane,
from Holltheur, Norfolk, the seat of Mr. Ctiat.--
Os Someday minting their Royal Highnesses wailed
upon the Paws Recent at Carlion.hosse, upon
their arrival is town from their tour. la the eves.
tog the Duke mid Duchess bad a *elect party to
dieser. Yesterday morning their Royal Highnesses
attended Divine Service at St. George's Church,
Haeover-equaret.
It it repotted that the NMI %MINT Will MO.
'ark on board the Royal George yacht, at Brighton,
the day after the races in that town. Ills Royal
Highness will alma cruise slang the coast to Ply.
mouth, view the breakwater and docks is that gear. I
ter, sea subsequently sail for the Isle of Wight,
when the fleet of Noblemen's yachts will wide'.
woe*.
The Dike and Duchess of Bermes, the Duke and
Hottest of WLLLINOTOX, the Duchess of Rau.
motto, the Ladies Lennox, the Marquis and Mar.
cinemas of Tattstoce, and a large party, took an
aquatic excursion to Richmond to dinner on Friday,
preceded by the Band of the Ist Regiment of Unsrds.
We are happy to hear that measures are taking et
Waterford to relieve the rat MOO pressure of 'offering
which created the left disturbances. Unhappily,
nothing less than hanger appears to have been the
nese of them, end the depredations, we are Worm-
ed, were contacted to bread end potatoes.
There has been a great deal of deep play doling
the last mister sad spring. Sums to an immense
emerowt.iseve been woo end lost, which bate involved
some of the parties ire greet difficulties and ember.
✓81111•1111. The vice of gaming. it would appear, is
Incurable. I is -I really surpritine to find men of im-
mense infants so dreadfully atericioes, that, to ac-
commodate more wealth, they tisk aid lose the whole
of their property.
We fffff the following from the Glom= (Aro-
nick of Thursday. We think it a encl.'s., ug pr trot
to enbelievers of the miseries of the People:—" A
person living in the New 111.10841 bass wife and four
children, all net of *spiny mart fur saris' three
weeks. The tamp mars earned by the father, one
sow, and the mother, during the lest aim weeks they
Id work, was 4s. a.eeek. Now this fsmily ditto
lot eat a morsel from ;ISt Saturday 1111PrIlopli ohm
Monday about it o'clock, when a few neict.bocrs
(who had rat reached the muting point) collected
,em of money not PlIf•Pd111.; 9d. which has pre-
wind the family is rattteoco to ibis dn ."