Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-08-07
aleranDrta Dallp @a3ette.
TUESDAY, AUGUST z.
COMMUNE ALTON.

he AHcdtTS .opeHS III tiio PlaSC Ills VIZ
ing his ample source of rational amuse.
ment and instruction deserves md we hop'
will receive the liberal encouragement o
the inhabitants of Alexandria There are
however, some who consi der I theatrical ex.
hibitions of an immoral and licentious ten.
dency. That the Theatre, has been, an,
NAV be more or less abused is cert ain bu
it is equally certain that when duly regulates
it lends to the cultivation of virtue, the sup.
preston of vice and the due government o
the passions. Shall religion be discourage
because the unworthy sometimes fill tn
pulpit, or religious sects denounced becaus'
vice and hYpocricy sometimes mingle witt
theprofe ssions OF christianity?
The Theatrical corps who supply Gu
boards is not large, yet but lew cdmparle
can boast:ofa greater yarity OF comic talents
and excellence. There is, howe ver, a.partia
distribution Of that excellence needed in ira
gic performances. W are informed that the
celebrated Master PAYNE is in the District
1t is to be hoped thatthe citizens of this place
may be gratifed by witne ssing, at least for {
few evenings, an exhibition of his astonishing
powers He has performed on the plincipa
boards of the .UnIled States The public
voice has been uniform. The soundest crl-
tics have listened with wonder and with de-
light, and in strains Of high panegyric have
testified hissrare, and his youth conslderedl
his unequalled worth as ar actor. such pre-
cocity OF genius is indeed most uncommon /;
for such excellence of performance is nor the
effect OF laborious process ormechanic attain
ment il results alone from the direction and
exercise Of vast Intellectual superiority. A
mind mere comprehensive, taste more re-.
fined, iud,me t more severe, though seem
in-ly incompatible with tie immaturity of his
wears, SELDOM honor The boards or delight the
audience Hf the oluest Theatres. we trust
that should the managers engage him tor a
short time they will End the inhabitants ofthls
place tes,ifylng their satisfaction and graft
.ude b. croudca houses
Captain Storey says, that Mr.. Morier, the
new ap,, ointed British charge de af'alres, tor
America. was to sail from Portsmouth on the
Gath of June, for America, in the irlgate
Venus, and that Mr. Jackson was to- return
in the Venus ~ Y. Gaz.
ON the 9Th of June in the British House
of Lords, lord Stanhope moved Tor return
of !" all the ships of the line and other ships
of war which have been supplied with means
of commencing destruction by sub marine
bombs, clock work machines or trigger tor
pc does" He said in experiments in England
on the subject loo oot. had been supplied Mr.
Fulton, and l5,oool, were granted as re-
ward. His predatory remarks appeared to be
ironical. The motion was negatived.
Many distinguished members OF the British
Parliament are endeavoring to ameliorate the
laws o'f that country that provide for the pu-
nishment of criminals, and obtain the estab-
lishment of Penitentiary Houses as in the u
States
The arrangement by which British ships
are admitted at Buenos Ayres, are represent.
ed tby accounts from there to May II to be OF
atemporary nature:-l6id.
We have seen Liverpool Price Current
.to lime 9Th. but the renewal of intercourse
would reduce the prices greatly. There Is