The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-10-11 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Mat., oc4. 10.-:-Saiied the remainder of the home.
ward-hound for the River, except the Madras, which
ship remains to have her windlass repaired.—Arrived
this morning and sailed for the River the Scaleby
Castle, from Chitia.—Came down from the River the
Woodford, Chapman. for Madras and Calcuttat the
Lucy Davidson, Dilutor', for Trinidad; the Juno
Slati,, for Cadiz i the Racket, Chadwick, for Bilboa,
and remain with the rest of the outward-bound.—Winsl
West.

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FA LMOVTII. (cr. 9.—Arrived the Minus, Gibbs. from
Seville, in 19 days; Pilchard, IVilcocks, from Cape Coast,
in 81 days, with jails split; Portilnde Enervated, Man.
oing, from Londdo, for St. kites, has been as far to the
westward, as long. 8 deg.; Aurora, Garrett, from ditto,
to Seville.—Wind S. W.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 9.--Arrived the Alpha, Tower,,
from Shields, for Buenos Ayres; H.M.S. Windsor Castle
has been got off, without receiving any apparent damage,
and brought hawk to her moorings.—Wiod S. W.
The vessel that was lust off Milford, was the Britannia,
'levant, from Youghall, for Bristol.
HULL, OCT. 9.—Testerday it blew a gale from S.W.,
and towards 5 o'clock, a vessel which was going down
'het:lumber, upset nearele*Tborpoied the crew drown-
ed, name unknown, but supposed to belong to Dover.
The Mercurius schooner, from Newcastle to Holland,
foundered off Handy Foote.

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The wind having veered roand to the west, ntrwardi
of 170 vessels have arrived since Saturd.iv, via. 80 from
foreign parts, antl 93 coasters, including those from
Ireland —(Liverpool Advertiaer.)
The whole of the Riding Officers hitherto stationed
upon the Kentish and Sasses coasts, between Seaford
and Sheerness, are to be immediately discharge!, the
coast blockade service being considered as fully ade-
quate to the suppression of smuggling.
The following vessels have been seised, attempting to
smuggle tobacco into Plymouth :—the Hibernia, from
Trinidad; Maria, from Memel ; Good Intent, from St.
John's; and Hellebarden, from Drontbeim.

COTINT. THIBATRIL-LaSS night Miss LACT,
from the Dublin Theatre, made her first appearance is
this metropolis, as Belvidere, in the Tragedy of Venire
Preserved. The public will no doubt feel en additional
int . in the fate of tbie young lady, when they under-
stand that she is the grand-daughter of Mr. LACY, who
was joint Patentee with Mr. ()AMUCK in Drnry-lane
Theatre. It must also be a satisfaction, not only to the
public generally, but to those who have to record the
account of her complete success, to know that her vener-
able relative is still living to enjoy the satisfaction of
inch intelligence. OTWAT'S celebrated heroine has,
perhaps, been more frequently used in cases of intro-
doctor), experiment than any other in the range of the
drama ; she has, therefore, experienced agreater variety
of fortunes. Miss LACY'S name must he added to the
list of those who by West, taste, and feeling, are quali-
fied to give this high portrait of the life of dramatic ac-
tion. Her figure is tall and dignified, her deportment
is graceful, and her coonteoance, though not marked by
promineacy of feature, is capable of expressing strong
emotion in all its transitions. As to the qualities of her
voice, we do not feel that we should be justified in pro-
nouncing upon them with the same confidence on a first
trial. Oar opinion is that she overtrained their ener-
gies last night, in some of the more powerful passages,
probably from as idea that it required a greater exer-
tion to fill the House than it really does. Miss LACY
may rest assured that with half the pains that she took
to become audible, she will equally succeed in that
object while she improves the general effect of her per-
formance is other esteally inspenaat respeete. Dot after
all that may be said of more eitterior advantages, the
intellect is the great proprietor in whose possession
alone they can become a property available to the splen-
did purpose of the imitative arts. lo this point the new
aspirant to theatrical fame is eminently qualified—as
she manifested in her conception of the character, in
her selection of the passages in which sh,e,chose tom ike
prominent display, and in the effect which she produced
upon her audience. The effect was powerful in the
highestdegree, and criticism, however disposed to over-
rate itself, must not presume to quarrel with such de-
cision. It is the momentary burst of the lightning when
it strikes, and not the careful investigation of the na-
ture and (militia of the fluid, though dignified by, the
name of-philosophy, that fills the mind with wonder.—
The sublimity of the dash is not referable to our slow
discoveries, but to its own abrupt and magnificent ope-
rations. Miss LACT displayed considerable powers in
many scenes. Those which we would select for North
colar notice are the scenes in which she prevails upon
Jrcifier to disclose the conspiracy, that in which she en-
counters him after having been surrendered as an host-
age, that in which she prevails upon her father to inter-
pose with the Senate, and the concluding one in which
she exhibits& deranged intellect and dies. In her part-
ing with taffies, the intensity of her feeling Was be-
trayed into some extravagance, which we attribute to
her extravagant opinion of the stretch of lungs required
by the dimensions of the house. The loudness of her
shrieks in this and other scenes is to be accounted for
on the same principle. Hating pronounced some cen-
sure on her parting scene with Jew, we are bound to
admit, that in the soliloquy which follows, and in which
Belvidere bursts into madness, her acting was distin-
guished by judgment as well as feeling. The last scene
we have been so often accustomed to see overacted, that
it was with something bordering on surprise we wit-
nessed her pathetic and subdued exertions. Mr. Cutts.
KSMELS'S Jaffier is too well known to require any
comment. Mr. AIIIBOTT'S Pierre was more than re-
spectable, taking the word in its theatrical signification.
His taunting of the conspirators on the behalf of his
imbecile friend was a piece of acting which cannot be
praised tsso highly. The whole play was well got up;
and with respect to the new actress we do not hesitate
to say, that tf she maintains the promise of last night,
Covent-garden has made what is technically called a hit.
Wednesday morning a smart looking lad, about six-
teen years of age, called at the shop of John ireen,
dealer in rags, 10, Hath-street,Culd-bath-square,n)ifiz.
he was sent by a gentleman in Hatton-garden, to pur-
chase as many white linen rags as be had to sell, as his
master was trying an experiment to make Bank note
paper. Breen picked out and weighed forty pounds of
his best rags, which he put into a hag, and gave them
to the young gentleman to carry, and sent his daughter,
a girl of about twelve years of age, with him, to receive
the price. 18s. 4d., as they were to be paid for on deli-
very. The girl accompanied him to Mr. Young, 13,
Cross-street, liattoa-garden, he telling her to wait at the
door till he came out with the money; she did so: he
went in and sold the rags, for which he rec.-dyed tiairteee
shillings; when he came out he threw the bag over her
head, and said. .• tio, take that," and ran off, and ef-
fected his escape. information of this robbery, and a de-
scription of the thief, was giveo to Edward Read, the
police.otlicer.
The neighbourhood of Sweeting's-rents was on Wed•
nesday afternoon much alarmed, by a loud explosion on
the second floor of the Bath chop-house. On inquiry, it
was found to have arisen from a young man having
taken a barrel, in which was some gunpowder, near the
lire. A spark fell into it, by which his arm was much
lacerated, and it is feared amputation will be necessary.
The windows and the furniture of the room were consi-
derably damaged.
At Lancaster last week, herrings were so plentiful that
they were retailed at :10 fur a shilliog.