The National Register. — London, England, 1809-10-15 00:00:00

Q~ 1 ..~~~. _.. . THE NATIONAL REGISTER. . . . . shopsgate-street. "ft is truly edifying to see orators of this description start forward as supporters of British rights ; the cause of the Managers is desperate, indeed, when op posed to.such lurid and powdered eloquence. The sp, eel es were all in favour of the opposition, and were loudly ap plauded by many who did, and many who did not hear them. Last night the Theatre was respectably attended— the uproar was, notivithstauding, more tremencluous than on any former night. The Opposition were complete mas ters of the field,—Among the placards and bids 41;stri bated daring the week the following attracted the most up• roar. " Fair Accounts and fair Prices." " Old Prices and better times " " In an English Theatre, every one should see and be seen.—No Privat - e Boxes." " Irse Yorkshire too." " The pablic voice will he obeyed." " The public will never he satisfied with the partial report of the elected few." " The Drama's taws the Drama's patrons give, " For they who live to pleaie,inn-t please to live." Better management and lower prices." " No hired Ruffians." f 4 And it came to pass that John Bull smote the 'lsraelites sore." " Lids in the Pit, never submit." " John Bull, be firm, ilefy the ruffian throng. " Thy rattlessnfe—they.cannot touch thy tongue." " Oppose Shylock, • 66 And the whole tribe of Israel." " Fair .play and fair prices." Who stepport the Viasoigers 1 Profligate Jews, hired ruffians." " Reduce yonr Expenses—Pride-50 Guineas a night y ', " t hrimians! turn out the Jews." " Ri-h for ever ! Mendoza never !" 66 The public voice w ill not be,siteoced by foul means." " A•long will, a strotp: pull, and a poll altogether." 64 Let licit itviolvtice triumph " " Old Prices," and the figure of a newsman blowing his horn. . .. . " Englil.nwn aKsort yoUr riklillec." - " Old Prices and no private boxes," printed on an handkerchief. "In a British Theatre all the seats should be open to the public.' NENDOZ A AND Kt.:hi:lLE. 44 it is a notorious fact, that the Managers of Covent-Carden Theatre have, both yesterday and to-dly,fornishei Daniel Men dOza, the fighting Jew, with a prodigious nii . mber of Pit Orders flit* Covent (;:icdtn which he has distributed to Du:ch Sam, and such other of ti:e pugilistic tribe as would attend, and engage to assault every person whfr had the cour;:ge to express their disapprobation of the Managers' attenipt to rata dower the rvr Priers. • " This shameful tibuie in the 'Managers ihail be proved to the 'satisfaction of Oct. 10,1809. 64 T/1R LORD CLIA.MBEILLAIN. 16 " New Prices—may they share the fate of Catnlani !" " Shall a Christian people be sAhdued by the wanderers of Sertsaletn ? Forbid it, Heaven !" . . . _ " Whilst keinble (rains by Jews' applause, " And infidels. itisiilt outlaws, " We'll bring to mind the Holy Land, " And sbew that Christians will command." " Bring down Kemble's Pride and Prices." 4t An Auctioneeris nut to he frightened fr.• llow-street Officers." " Sixteenth time.— On Monday evening will be pre , ented a new • Comedy, rAilled.KentWe's Triumph, or John Bull's Isileven eruce.'"' POLICE. MARLSOROVOIT-STIUMT.-A cage of extreme cruelty in (parents came before the Magistrates at this Office yesterday, at the suit of the Officers of St. Pancras parish. A man of the namenf Marlhohotigh, anti his wife, were the defendants, and the object of their cruelty was the n ighter ofof the men, to whom the woman was step-mother. It appeared by the testimony of several noi t tithourkfrom Goadge-street. Tottenham-court-road, 'where the defendall, • reside, that the child had been confined frirthitty-fist hoar* toriciter witltrntt nourishment, and tore her with continual ievere • hratings she was minced to a most wretch:- ed object. The child was exhibited with hideous marks of Violence about the bead, and s Gurgeon gave it a* his opinion that she was in a state of star ration. In defence, the husband •attributed the cruelty to the vk i%e, %%Mai ‘% as ciwroborated, and she stated that she had acted severel) to check a lyine pro peusity in the girl, The defendants are repectahly Aildiiled o and they were committed in default of hail. A mob brdke every wialow in t heir house yeAerda . Tile child was yut under UM protection of the parish officers. ....•IiVMIPMNP PUBLIC OFFICE, BOW-STD PET. The folios ins persons have been e%stiained at the Pnhlir- . tr• fire, Bow-. trert, anti ()Merril tit filid bail. for riat•lus rwiduet it Covrotattlen Titeatre:—kVilliau3 I:toe-tem; Charles P. rock. 4 of Clicapsile Silrerthetroe, of Kenji. g oft ttiv~l Pits; Samuel S;allaril, of S6;1111,1'1(4.1; Ali x.:,ifilet Ckyteke !'horns Waugh; a young lad of the uapie Palasure; nml a Mr. Scots. An uafortunate rnania7 was brought forward in the custody or constalite for the rogniz..nre of she hLagi - statit under lb/ Ing• lithe holy tiscuoistapre* follo ing. A poor working shoe-maker a the Parish al St. Paul': Coyest Garden, represented that a few days ago, a decent ISO , . MM. I%' iso had beet' a tolger in his house, urged hs s .01e motives for n hich he no ' arcoOnt, hod swallowe s d a quantit., or 8-he was seized in the street with the consequeat fects, and taken to Covent Garden watch-house. P. ofessionall asOstance was obtained for r immedweiy, hue sh b i d ci te " . niurh of the poison, :tad was so long tooter it• (team op e ra,- lions, that all skill proved useless, awl she died in a few bourn. Front the watch-house she was rdjmat:dy conve‘ed•to het lodgings in the house of the witness preparatory to her interment,. On Thursday evening the unhappy wan wow its ciostedv ram i e to the room in which the dead body la +. , said he was a acquoits..! ance of her's, asked for some drink, and szoil to- should noA, quit the place ultil his wife should come, and for whom, at hi• request, the witness sent. Ile then Said be wanted to see another female lodger in the house; but as there had beets some. dispute between them, the witness declined calling her. When the Wife came, on her entering the room, the unhappy man drew a pistol from his pocket 'obviously with an, intent to shoot her; hut the witness snatched it from him. flf• then took nut another pistol and IevrIINI it at her. hot the witness iminc.diatAy pre sented at bins the pistol, of which be had just disarmed him, threatened to shoot him ir.he attempted to present it at any per. son in the room. This created a momentary diversion of the 'Prisoner's purpose; and some other persons then coming hit" the room, be was disarmed, and secured. On examining the pistol.l,. each was found to be loaded with powder ;tad three The Prisoner declared big intent was to have first shot his wife ant! afterwards himself, and then hur-t into a w Ott and incoherent train of expresions, accontp.tnied by •sticb frantic actions as left no doubtof his insanity. From other evidence, it appeared that the Prisoner was le p.irter at the gulden-cros, Charing-cross, was formerly no acquaintanee of the deceased, for whom he had a strong attar-fi r:lnt, and lamented his marriage with his present wife; vort it wric also . chewn that the deceased had attempted to poison the wife of.the Prisoner, by giving her poisoned liquid a rep, le!liCh most fortunately the wife, suspicious of her iinteltimi; threw into the fire, and thus escaped. The failure of this at— tempt was supposed to have urged her to suicide. • On Tuesday night, about eleven o'clock, as the watch.man of Dean's-Yard, Wrstminster, was going his round, he found on the steps of one of the hoarding-hol:es, a Lady in great distress of mind, and apparently 'just from her chanc t her, tivingna v a long white night-gown, which, may hereafter lead toll. dis covery of her person, &c. Her entreaty to the watchman was in a faiignage nwt tinders-toad. She was taken t 1 thiz pah lic house adjoining., and. pnt to het ; hut to the great astonish - !merit of the people of tto house, in the Morning-she was gone, leaving nothiog h. hitiil her hut the-gown she bad yin when taken in, ou..which there are Initials and a for. erirotiet; •: • A yonng lady, the da IR,hter of an eminent werehant in the city, ' eloped . en Ftifia_y inttrallig lag, with ao Enx igen.nt, who, for . ttpwnr4s of tw_o_years, hat, Sued offpreigh clerk in kot' se. c of the fu hives have . - et ht4i, coy .re lie young any wants uut en , . sveewt nt* b e i ng o f 'age, whet/ she will come into uncontrouled possestloa. of a fortune of 10,0001.