The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-10 00:00:00

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* The late Badget afforded a most flatterieg vied of th •
financial state of the country. Millions if cite: ditioual
debt paid off in six months ; reduced taxation, encreased
revenue, and excess of ways and means beyond the sup-
plies, all combined to render it one of the most pleasing
pictures of the kind ever presented to the public eye.—
We look in vain, however, for a corresponding chant e
in the state of society : the burthen, although reduce d,
continues too heavy for the country; and although the
pebli6 expenditure be kept within the reduced means,
p:ivate incomes are still inelequate to private ?cant, and
necessities. The improvement in our financial system may
be a pledge of future prosperity, but the individual does
not experience commensurate relief. lilies been justly ob
served, that this should be thehappiest season of the year;
yet to how many is it a season of difficulty ! Busy
Nature at this time most requires the labour of her
children, yet thousands are unemployed through the
long Lotus of a summer day. The farmer, if he thinks
at all of the coming crop, sees no prospect of benefit hut
in scarcity, while the labourer can scarcely obtain sub-
sistence amidst abundance. Candour must, however,
admit, that the fainter's condition is better than it was six
months age. The collective wisdom of Ministers, anti Spe.
cial Committees, could do nothing for him. His case was
pronounced desperate, and he was handed over to time
and patience, as the only doctors from whom lie could
expfct relief. in this extremity the farmer has contrived
to prescrkbe for himself ; and he has to a certain extent
effected cure for the depressed state of agriculture, in
the increased price of his articles. But the advance
which has taken place in the corn market, although
it may improve the condition of the farmer, cannot
extricate the country front its difficulties. It may re.
munerate for future cultivation, but cannot remove the
embarrVsments which past years have brought on. The
accumulation of these embarrassments, however reduced,
remains +efficient for present distress, and apprehension of
future itr

calamity.

THEA rit !CALS.

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.—Last night Miss LOWSA
Ds NCI THRtle her first appearance as Maria Darlington,
in the Farce of a Rowland fur an Oliver. To say that
she slid not fill it so well as Miss Poore, is only to say
that site has not the ease, and sprightline:s, and grace
of that fascinating actress, much of which can never b.
acquired without considerable practice. Miss Ifaxer is
an acquisition to the theatre, and %IP' he a favorite wi h
the public. Fixture was performed by Mr. 'Caswell,
and his success (tally justifies all that we anticipated in
his favour from his performance of Dandle Dininont at
Drury-lane. The lamented death of poor EMERY left
the stage without a Yorkshire-man. The Yorkshire
boy
.of IlixtunT is admirable; but the very excel-
lencies which render him unrivalled in the boy,
unfit him for the depth of character which
the tragic powers of *EMERY induced our modern
writers to attach to the parts which were written
for him. Mr. KNIGHT, in Tike, for instance, would be
quite oat of his element. No candidate for the posses-
nun of such characters haft yet appeared, except Mr.
RATNER ; and he comes with pretensions, which, to say
the least of them, excel all others, much more than they
fall short of the long-practised excellence of Engle.—
He is not quite so broad in his comic humour as Emma ;
though tench allowance must be made for U. agitation
of a first appearance ; encreased is it was by ti moil baste
and villainous attar k, in sde in the dark, by some person.
who imposed upon the Editor of a Weekly paper, (which
we shall nut at present name. In the Loire that he sell
clear himself from all share in the infamy of the t rattler
tion), to circulate a striag of falsehood- and abuse.—
Such despicable inrao.s will Dever injure talent
in the Metropolis ; but it is ca!enleted to prey
noon the feelings of a man who has his profess
shoal eeleJwity at stake, perhaps, upon one performance;
and added to the effect of the apprehensions natural on
such occasions, must tend strongly to impair the powers
of a performer In the earlier scenes. We are nat,
however, apologizing fur any failure of powers. From the
delirery of the first sentence, Mr., Raysen kept firm
possession of the House ; and in the last scene, where a
p-rilotts trial of strength is made, in the display of the
most tormenting passion, in its excess he acquitted him-
self in a style of excellence, which commanded the long
and unanimous applause of the whole house. llis per-
formanceof this scene +s ill bear comparison with the best sr
rioua etiut to of Est car. His song in the first act was encored;
hut of his power, as a comic singer, we take leave to say
the public has had no snthcient opportunity of judging.
Ile is yet unacquainted with the rotnpass of the house;
and his evids tat trepidation did not leave him in suffieient
possession of his voice. He repeats the character,
and we dare proudse with encrcased effect. The
piece was well played.throngliont. %Via:sett is a good
substitute for 3oates. Hakim plays as well as claimer,
in this part. BARTLEY and FAWCETT are nearly on a
par; and Miss Povus left its nothing to regret, in the
performance of Aire. Selburnc. She was warmly encored
in an air which she sang sweetly in the second act.
In further reply to the weekly journal al-
luded to, we have to state that our rsmarks
which elicited the sland^r, were true, to the very
letter—that we had no utlwr motive than to rail the pub-
lic attention to, is hat we deemed, tale.:;, that had b.en
neglected by those who cater for the public amusement
at the winter theatre—and, that, professionally, we are
neither to be biassed by friendship, nor intimidated by
cAlitouy. The vile imputation of a mercenary motive,
could only have suggested .itself to wretches it ho were
eapalileut the meanness they would impute to us ; and
we will, if possible, unmask them.

llis .AIAJESTV Will haver grand entertainment this
dav at Ca►lton Mance.
Yesterd sV the Dukes of CLARENCE and CUMBERLAND
visited the KING.

Sir Charles Lung kid an audience of his Majesty yes-
terday.

The statement of Colonel Pal am last night, in the
House of Commons, relative to Spain, lerit es peculiar in-
terest from the circumstance of his having served in the
late Peninsula war, as Lieutenant Colonel of the ldth
Dragoons.
bliss Toss made her first appearance at the Dublin
Theatre in the character of Adela in the Thaated Power .
Most of her songs were encored. Mr. BILtUA3I played
his favourite character of Lord William. '• His spirit
of my sainted sire," received the must enthusiastic ap-
plause.
The decision of the qnestion arising between the Doke
of Hamilton and Lady Douglas, as to the right tu carry
the Cronn of Scotland, part of the Scottish Regalia,
before the Ring, at processions in Scotland, is under.
stood to be, that Lord Douglas, of Douglas. the claimant
of the honour!: and privileges above described, has not
made out his claim.

An excellent meeting has been held at Nottingham
Octavi us T.Oldknow, Esq. the 51syor, in the eh ii r.to open
subscriptions in aid of the Spaniards and the Greeks. There
was much spirited discussion. and resolutions expres-
sive of the gtmerel feeling were unanimously passed. A
sum of about 601. was instantly raised. and contributions
were cootie, in from num
Ileri• The- subscrip-
tions at Derby hays ballot itgaL
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