The National Register. — London, England, 1809-12-24 00:00:00

DEC. 24. billniMageb THE NATIONAL REGISTER. had it not been for the Epilogue which was well written, and which MRS. EDWIN gave with a degree of point we did not suppose her capable of. Some .very necessary eurtadinents have rendered it more palalcable, through the Heel:. We understand that it is from the pen of Ma. COBB. 111 R. Bildt\ DOA". The restoration of order has produced an extraordinary change ; not only inside, but outside of the ho'use, inas ch as the most violent supporters of the Managers, are now become their most virulent accusers. From whence comes this spirit—not of Satire, but of the Satyr 7—from whence this blowing; hot and cold with the same breath ? Are we, indeed, to suppose that the Horning Post instigated Managers to continue their opposition to the sense of the public, in order that Ministers might carry on their pri vate Theatricals with universal applause ? This idea has before been started ; their cloak is too scanty—the cloven foot appears ! Is it for the Morning Post to tell us that the Xerragers have kept the public in a state of alarm—that they caused all their opponents to be treated wiih direspcct—and that they have sacrificed an old and faithful servant/ ls it for the iliorning• Post to tell us this ? We have throughout the contest, endeavoured to preserve the happy medium between a regard for the public voice, the public liberty, the public right of theatrical controol, and a due consideration for the interest and the ctedit of the Managers; and we will tell the Morning Post that the Managers have not by their aban donment of their system acknowledged it to have been un • justifiable throughout. No ! there have been mutual con cessions—prosecutions have been dropped on both sides —the public retain the old prices for the pit—the Managers establish the new prices for the boxes ; and a mutual arrangement has taken place respecting time private tier! With respect to their dismissal of an old awl faithful Servant, on that subject, we prefer the gener ?it warmth of the perhaps too violent Statesman, to the cold malignant censure of affected pity. This point cer tainly merits serous considerations that Mr. KEMBLE cer tainly did consent at the Crown and Ailchor, subject to the approval of . the Managers, to ali the articles proposed, there can be no doubt ; but these arrangements, when agreed to, were first to have been announced in the morn ing papers : it was not intended that Mr. KEMBLE should acquaint the audience with them that Evening ; but the unexpected call obliged him to come forward. What then did he at first say ?—" it has been proposed to me"—the eagerness with -which the audience caught at this—their happiness at the prospect of peace and order—the conse quent universal clamour—prevented ;hem from attending to his very words; when he had ended, they considered the whole as rafied, though strictly speaking the only part -which he had absolutely promised, was the mutual relinquishment of all prosecutions. This he certainly did • with a good grace, and the stibstquent conduct of the pro . prietors has sliewn that they litmally acquiesed in what v at first only offered to the public as a proposition. It was then objected that Mr. KEMI:LE did not notice the dis missal of Mr. ...aasinox.—We are not in the secrets of the greenroom, but we can w ell suppose that Mr. K cmicu hoped that the liberality and candour of a British Public, when it had time to reflect seriously would not insist on this sacri fice; and it is possible that Mr. K EsinLE avoided this part of the proposition, lest the very mention of it should be under stood as a promise to perform it. With respect to Mr. BRAN• DON he was the servant of the Managers, not so immediately of the public ; he had a duty to perform, for which, strictly speaking, the Managers alone were answerable—but say his enemie s , " h e overs t e pp e d th e ho u nds o f moderation." What then ! are we to allow nothing for the misrepresen tations of party, and for the exaggeration of newspaper accounts ? Besides, were there no traps laid for Mr. BRANDON, by those who wished to wreak ou him their vengeance, because they could not lay hold of Mr. KENiBLE For our parts, even granting the statements of the Opposi tion papers to be literally correct, we can make every allowance for him, considering the task be had to perform, the constant agitation and irritation into . which he was thrown, and the legal and Old Bailey kind of cross question ing with which he was assailed ; indeed, we are only sur prised at his general good sense and moderation during these arduous avocations. His duty to the Managers he certainly performed; his most inveterate enemies even now allow him to have been an old and faithful servant, and we think we can safely say that there are few men with so many charges to prefer, and to support in the face ofperso nal danger, e ho could have conducted themselves and their causes so well. We allow that the Managers ought to have taken all the blame oft' his shoulders; but on this subject the audience would neither hear hint nor theist ; they ought then, perhaps, to have vindicated him in the public prints ; had they done so, perhaps the clamour of the second evening would not have obliged him to withdraw ; this, however, we will say,that he has now masse every atone ment that reason or respect could require, and that the public have established their right; let not then the rage of personal virulence drive this old andfitiihjUl servant into retirement ; the accommodation of the public themselves requires that he should still superintend the internal ar rangements, instead of a stranger ; besldes, Mr. BRANDON, out of his situation, is as much a John Bull as any of his enemies ; he has his feeling's as alive to his oe:n honest sense of the dignity of a man as they can have, and we think that his behaviour on the stage denoted it. We must again repeat, let not a long and faithful servitude be changed into a banishment, which though not disgraceful, must yet strew thorns on that pillow of comfort which his industrious integrity and honest civility have enabled him to acquire. Those who have caused his dismissal, may now, without a forfeiture if Their own rights, plead pr his rein statement. Eagle Fire Tnsurance, Cornhill, London.—Pollcies of Insurance expirim.• ,t Michaelmas, should be rene::vd within fifteen days from that :)eriod, to prove,.! the narties interest ceasing therein. Payment of rent is go:u-ala:•eti Fire. Farming Stock insured without the average clause at 'ls. prr cent. lA , t • chandize in the West India and London Doclv;i insured at Is. &I. per I • three months. Large abatements on the Premium and Duty of losurant.l• t•- more years than one. Eagle Life insurance.—This descliptiun of Instil juca i„ of inestimable importance to all persons holding. Annuities, Leaso. or Office-, depeldant on lives, or whose incomes cease with life. Examplet—A pi rso.i thirty years of age may, by the small annual pament ,1•13. id. recut.' ,C.:00, to be paid (to his family, or otherwise, as 'he ;illy direct), at his &mil,. Any other sum mdy he insured in like tnannor t and any of her nze. One per sou may insure another's life, to the amount of any ivterest be may have in t 1 I. continuance thereof. No Entrance money or Admission Fine leg:tired. .1 la rg Commission allowed to Solicitors, or other persons proenrinc• Iniora.nep:„ W• BEE 111.'1111, Secra POLIO PUBLIC OFFICE, BO W-STR FET. On Sunday morning last. one of the most alarmiaz riots took place in St. Giles's that has threatened gni:- chief to the metropolis for a long time, under the following 4 h - camstances :—A few nights since an Irishman. Hho resides he Whitechapel, went to the White Hart public-house. in thanes._ street, Drury-lane, where he sent for an Irishman 4:t tat. hif of Murrrs, who resides in - St. Giles's. On Murray ewe! . t . - house, the Whitechapel man charged Murray t hayio r ; treated him and taken his character away, for w hi , h he ci w lenged him to fight. Murray declined, assigt:ing as a rew ,, .. that he had only been three weeks out of an hospital, and %4 not well enough. The Whitechapel man replied he was a strong as he had ever been, or would be, ansi Murray then pr posed that they should fight in a room, each of them ha% ja i : a. friend as a second. The Whitechapel man ohje.cied to this, re said he would fight in a field ; Murray replic4, his party (oe.e - ing the Whitechapel Irishmen) were too strong in ice field. it was at length agreed that they should tight in a fi e ld, an d t h e v tossed up for who should fi x upon the ground; Murray won, a I appointed a field near the Adam and Eve, at the end of Totte.l - and to meet at eight o'ciock 4)u Sunday mornie,., Murray, and a uember of the St. Giles's Irishmen, went to LI field at the time appointed. They waited for , ome tiuw, a 1 none of the Whitechapel men apileariog, they left the firld, a ...~