The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-04
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A difference exists hetW ron Mr. Mathews
and the editor of the New England Galaxy
rising from some remarks upon Mr.. Ma
hens, which appeared IN that paper, and
dpOn which an action of libel has been
fnuuflrd. and the damages LAID ~ The mo-
lerate sim al ten thousand dollars :! -
tine of tie causes nj Mr.. Mathews COM
plant is, that an insiunaiun was thrown
| ont by the Galaxy, that his entertainments
are composed of materials which are old,
| state and paigar. The stories before The
public, purporting Ia he the entertainments
ri Mr.. Mathews, amply justify the asser-
ton for there are passages too gross IN he
tolerated by an enlightened community,
whether these are omitted in the perlor-
nance, We are unable 10 assert. The ed.
tor of thu Galaxy ON this subject, speaks AZ
follows:
1--WE come now To the second subject of
complaint, viz the charge, by implication,
that the entertainments given by Mr.. Ma
thews are not worthy of the patronage of
nm enlightened and refined community. II
those who have been present when DIR.
Mathews is "Ar HOME" would speak their
honest unprejndced opinions, our task
would here be nj an end, and the unani-
nous voice of the public would support
our remarks. But IL s la,neniable fact
that our fashionable aristocracy have more
money Than taste, more peryerseness OF
temper than honesty, and more caprice
| than intelligence and good sense. They do
not care so much tehm is said in their pre-
senee, as mho says il, Il the grosscst iudeli-
racles pronounced by man whom IL is laAh-
ionable to admire, will be applauded with
rapture; while the same expressions from
n stationary performer, tho accompanied
with much less insignificant gestures, would
be hlssod, aud perhaps the uuluck, fellow
who uttered them "seouled from the
stage"
II is likewise Unlimited that when Mr..
Mathews is "Ar HOME" in London, he
Will return the hospitality he has received
ON this side of the Atlantic, by ridiculing
his Boston friends for the amusement OF
the Cockncys of England the following
IL an extract from the Ednburg Magazine
! for Oct. last
Mathews has arrived ai New Y0rk. -
just before he sailed from England, hr
was IN the gallery of the House of Com
mons, where the members sat loI their
portraits To l,c conveyed across the Allan
tic. IL is To bc hoped that he will bring
back fine specimens of Yankee oratory,
and will give us notion of the true state
oil manners aud society in the u. States
Mr.. MArnEws-AoAiH--Such appears
TO be the excitement ut Boston with re-
gard Ia MIR. Mathews, ~ consequence of
The libel suit against the Galaxy, and of
remarks made by him at the close of his
last performances in that city, that Mr..
Manners, the British consul at Boston, has
deemed 1t necessary 10 publish note 10
the Editor of the Palladium, in order 10
protect and vndicate the general character
of the actor, and TO blazon forth his gene
rous and charitable disposition. The con-
sui states that he has known Mr.. Mathews
for twenty years that he frequently met
him in English circles Of talent, rcepecta-
bllty and rank, IN which he has always
been justly admired and esteemed, not on
ly for his histrionic powers, but for his So
cial virtues, gcntle'nanly deporiInept and
unimpcachnble propriety of moral conduct !;
that he has given five hundred dollars to
the Boston theatrical fund, aud n consider
able sum to the British Charitable Society
in that city. Mr.. Manners says that Mr..
Mathews has not appealed to the laws of
the United States TO silence the voice of
| criticism, but 10 SYNDICATE his moral char
| acter." We did not before know that his
moral character had been aasaicd but the
suit was very silly act, lei the reason
have been what it may; aud we are sor-
~, for his sake, that Nj. Mathews was
80 injudiclously nd,ised as 10 institute IT,
-O1J1s--
lady having asked NJ. dc Marchanges
a French deputy, why persons Of her sex
night not In electors: bereplied, "hladam
you might be electors, hut you could not
sc deputies" Why ~ said the lady,
= Because 10 wom1n would like 10 ae-