The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-10-31 00:00:00

• , To the following letter (ei tit any other, however opposed to oar sentiments) we have no hesitation in giving insertion. The classical at. thin 'lents, the sound critical judgment, and the general gentlemanly reputation of Mr. 'Wilma; w.• not only admit, bet admire. With respect to the pronunciation of the pli -1.3i o f the word ache, as a dissyllable, we not only admit that in SMAKirEARE numerous instances may be found in support of that pronunciation., bit we beg to inform our Correspondent, that in aUTLER'S Itudibras, and the other Poets ante vedent to the reign of CHAILLS 11. the use of aches as a dissyllable, " °itches," is extremely common. The revival, however, of this obsolete pronun., ciation, we have ever viewed as the very essence of polemic affectation. The slightest alteration in the lase...sometimes a mere addition of a parti cle, or the transposition of a word. will render the rhythm perfect, without resorting to a pro. eunriation which is unpleasant to the cars of a majority of the people of this metropolis. It might have been judicious, and perhaps the " New Readings" of Mr. 'LEMMA had been well received in the days of ADDISON, Polls, and the coestellatiou of Wits who use; at Button's ; I but the genius, taste, and critical information of the People of England have undergone a total al. teration since the introduction of the 66 Pitt System," by which the attention of so large a proportion of the people is turned to Cie, wens. The paramount ascendancy of commerc-, while it. encourages the discovery and improvement of lee. : urioes accommodations, fur the sensual indulregett, slid gratification of flit: body, has, eisfortuivatity, a tendency of a natirre directly opposite with tea,: epe-t to the cultivation and i nprovement of the eland. It is perfectly unreasonable to expect from tic peo of a country, devoted to commerce, aa 4the, ian taste...glare, sing-song, sceeery, and ex. traragaiit action, are the attraction. by which the public are now allured. Mr. Kesast.r may (if he sh odd have the hardihood again to appear) ob. stir: WI) , persevere in the use of the word ditches, but we really thinkhe never win obtain, the appro. bation of the town in the lose of that dissyllable. The dr..eu ty of introducing a novel rrilitiincia tin again 4 the gesterai opinion, was decisively illutiated isl the well-knoen instance of the con. j ii t efforts of Lord Martinet.° and the celebrat rel Joan Nevis°, to esiable.h the roisenciatiots of the word Authority —rtuTOßits ; for, al. though they persever.d in that pronunciation, der. ing the whole of their public career, the word du TO itity was never once pronounced by ail y othii, considerable individual to As Court of King's Bench. With respect to the latter part of our Correspoa. dent's letter, our sentiments have been so °flail expressed, that we deem any observation unno. cessary. TO TILE EDITOR OF TILE STATESMAN. Stet—ln the torrent of abuse which has been lately poured upon Mr. Ketuble, I observe, that mucu has been said, and a great many jets d'erprit let forth, upon his prununciation of the word ache; and its literal aches. Knowiag Mr. Keivibleie accuracy in all matters relating to prosody, I was induced to believe, that although his pronunciation of the word aches, might be rather obsolete, it was perfectly classical, and was often in verse abso. lutely required. Upew referring to Johnson's Dictionary, 1 ball the following : " dote, new gametal', eke, nail Jo the plural Aka., of else " 1311.thle ; the priming. maw Mein, reserved. -Mai • • 'a poetry, for the sake at the measure. And he quotes as authority, from The Tempest, 16 I'll rack the. with old cramp ; " Fill all thy buns. with Our, make tbee roar, " That beams shall tints at thy din." " A cowing Owner, your sheeting map presage; " Old odes th rob, your /askew tooth will rage.' S W ti?. To which we add, from the excellent, but ueg lected play of Timex of 4therts, an example still more decibire ---- —" Commend me to there, " And tell them, that to ease them of their griefs. " Their fears or hostile strokes, weir aches, I , mer. " Their pulp of lose, with *MCI ieridest throes." In all these cases, it is very evident that tins word shonkl be pronounced ach—es, or sitclies. When we come to the word MIX in the Dic lionary, Johnson observes, " more grammatically written ache." I have not .a had an opportunity of observing whether Mr. Lemble pronounces the word in the common way, where it is allowable, sr net; but I think it most probable that he dots, and that in Hamlet's soliloquy, for instance, he says " 6 heart-alte." If he were to say ache (retch), we have seen that be would hare good authority for it • and even in prose, ash -er sounds much be tter than the hard autos.—.. Orthocpy is often sacrificed to orthometry; and, I hope, that yen will be impart enough to inform the witlings of the metropolis, that, in this instaoce, Mr. Xemble canting be accused of ifectation. It is a small matter, to be sure, but it has been made the instrument of ridicule, if not of calumny. I cannot close this letter without giving it as my opinion, and the opinion of all those with whom I have convened upon the subject, that the rise in the priers is reasonable; bet that dic Private Bores should be thrown open ; and that the conduct of One Ilkuagen, since the Opiate boom, has been lery repreheusible. fa pj s . we , " k nobl e scrum t • i them, but he amid sot y t his knew' eves; whether pride, " Te of jaalemest is him ; bat he has merit kis the utterance." Coate •14 VI. I am, Sir, year's, ihc. 1 "— d Ili-s —r, Get. itt. A COUNTRY LEADER.. • • . ~.-r .^~ t .0 0 , 1 1i4 ji . 1 rxs BED, ../It or THIS STATEMUN. Munn Mutton—AS WOO of your Korre. spondents as thought proper to interduce my name concerning the Common Garden Row, and my old pal, 'Kegler Barkly Craven havin tipped the publiek wish his hopittion•about the matter, I thinks as how its of grate himportence that you should no my centimens on this here ruin peece of bisness, and so I grabs this here hopportunity of lettin you no 'em. D'ye think for to go to make me beleeve as how all this rumpus is about payin a tizzy Or two? No, mill my v;g if it is: its a plot and conspire. acy agin our beloved King (God bless him), our holy halters, and glorus konstitashon, in defense of rich I'll spend my last tester, and loose the last dray o blood vat runs in my vanes. Some folks is mity squeemish for sooth, about me and my chums being hinterduced in the Play. house, saying as how v'ere blagards and thief. trees, and all that, and as how v'ere not fit for gemmen's cumpany—but I'll have 'em to know v'crc meat fur their masters, and is on a frendly footin in the hiest cerkles of rank and fashun. You must no, Muster Heditur, its I vat finds the Pod in all them are luminous hartieles about Dinners, and Crim. Con. and State Secruts—as you may tell by my stile and lingoand has I ham a pillow of pollished !Piety, I konsiders my. self in duty bound to hespose the desines of them are infermuus, scanderious, diabollikill, hickka. binnacle, retches and traytors, who abuses King Kemble as they calls him, wen all the time they meens good old George—and the huprore about downing with the heztra dust is only a fetch, d'ye see, fur throwin hof the Tazes himposed for carreing on this just and necessary var; howsome dower v'eve nabb'd a few, and vil keep a sharp look out arter the remainder ; and you too, Muster lleditor, if you come any lingo of that there biassed STATEN/10f in this here bloody Pit. I must kooclude, has my freed Jemmy as just sent me a few reams of borders to cut up for to. morrow nite, and so I remand, Muster Ile.!lfor t In duty bound, A PEACIR OF A POLISH HOFFItSUR. TOWNS END..illejs Bow-wow-street. Moody. TO LEARNED PROFESSOR. What's an oath ? An affirmation, insane. or promise, corroborated by the sierviolioss of the Devise RcMg. Jonasov. But our oath ran have ao indoence, except upon this. who kit** Orel then is Goo. SW WT. Take am his same, who made shy mouth, is vaia.. It gets thee nothing. andhatk no escuw. _ Lust sad IS isle plead a plemore, avarice a rain. - But the cheap swearer through his .pen shirt Lets his sv.ol run fur naught. H tnllltltir. • Now. by Ipn:to, Jim, thou swear'st thy Gods io vain. Linage's-11w, bl , sinlas. BOIL. To the EDITOR of THE STATESMAN. DE-4771 OP THE DUKE OP PORTLAND. Although this Nobleman hater some time bs considered in a very dangerous state, his imasediiite dissolution was not apprehends, by the Faculty. The escrociating - and increated pain which his Grace had lately endured, induced him to submit to the operation of Lithottsmy, and a stone it considerable size being successfully extracted, the recovery of his Grace was looked upon as being likely to be impeded only by his advanced age, 71. But not long after the operation, his Grace was attacked by Epilepsy, which, after C faint stink gic, terminated his existence, in the afternoon of . yesterday, at Burlington House. 'This Nobleman is succeeded by his son, the late Marquis of Titchfield„ now Duke of Port. land. His political life is su well known to our Readers, that it is needless to enter into any de tail of it. His Grace was Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, Keeper of Sherwood Forest and Folewood Park, Chancellor of the Univer. sity of °llford, High Steward of Bristol, as Elder Brother of the Trinity House, a Gspversor of the Charter Haw, and a Family Trustee of the &Wish Museum; he was lase a Knight of the Garter. The Duke was in the 72d year of his age. His Grace was born April 14, 1738; he one. seeded his father, William, the late Duke, May 1, 1762; and on the Bth November, 1766, h e mar . vied Dorothy, daughter to William, the fourth Duke of Devonshire, by whom, whit died in 1794, ho had issue, ‘Villiam Henry Cavendish Scott Bentinck, the present Dike, born 21th June, 1768; William Henry Cavendish, born 14th Sep. tember, 1774, a Major-General in the Army, and late Governor of Fort St. George, in the East Indies; Charlotte, born 3d October, 1775, Liar.. tied to Chides Greville, Esq.; Mary, born 13th March, 1778; Charles, a Lieutenatto-Colonol itt the army and a Captain in th- Foot Guards; and Frederick Cavendish, born 2d November, 1781, also a Lieutenant-Colonel in the army and a Cap. tam in the Ist Foot Guards. Hi- Grace's titles were, Duke of Portland, Mary of Titckfield, Earl of Portland, Viscount Woodstock, Baron of Cirencester. The political life of his Grace will, in future history, be intimately connected with the politics • of thi. • . FUN. Some fuimy Centimes had ingeniously contrived to pot a considerable number of persons to great inconvenience, by the following hoax t — The family of Mr. Gratin, a miser.; table Apothecary, in Bedford-street, Coventi.Gartleo, bens oat of town, the House is estraoll. to the rare of a single female, who on the day. preesibiethe Jiditlee " was ate. ebbed by the de livery et apart riatigle 'tithe largest lime; Wreeking-Itorse, of dinitelnisse equal la that produced on the stage hi Fasik's farce of " TAs Consoefeasrp," curpstiog in quantity sulleieot to hide every Soir aml stale la the homer and, as the awn* wittleolneay be seven, and cosh scarce; three large wawalmigs, W of which were duly shoe into the cellar and, though 111111,.. not least, several wpm of candle•, whkh, had the: all been 1 4dhwd, might have fig waned as Mal Latest at space with tiag pot of am AWL of F.aglaad. Numerous other articles arrived; the knocker sever rested; and the porters jostled each ..ibet gm the step throughout the day. The hall and rooms ea the grased floor absolutely resembled a shwa issAnisrlea,where you ma r be wp •piied with every article of European redaction. A; lengtlrden boa begat to be 'especial, tad toe housekeeper refused to re+ mire any more articies.and though enraged at the trick, bee tranquillity was returtshig, when o.i the day of the Jubilee, about 4 o'clock,she wassesimeoed by a treenail** thuntir rat the backer, and on owning the door, cot step ed dies sad a Heideman. During the esplaustids which ono up cams another chaise; mad shortly after eusuther The esippny adjoursed kin the deranged dining-room, w here they were finally joined by some Mem s of the Doctor, who suc cessively alighted from five other carriages—making in the whale sight carriages. A crowd soon collected, and teaming the cause of this utmost assemblaze, they instantly entered Into the spirit of the joke, much more so indeed than the dis appointed visitants, who drove off amidst the hostas of the Sta—Lest the Proprietors 'Muhl not be fully aware how unremittingly the Professor employs himself in their service, I take this method of as. snring them, that during his attendinte at the Westminster Sessions-house, be employs even the short intervals between swearing, in writing orders for the Theatre in the Clerk of the Pleas Office. This I saw, and notwithstanding any future oaths of Jemmy to the contrary, will, if necessary, make affidavit of what is here *Mkt', before Mr. Advocate Mainwaring, or any other advocat. ing Magistrate in the kingdom. I am, Sir, JOHN BULL, WITH HUI BUGLE-HORN. Temple, lilasday. • To the EDITOR of TIM ST4TESMiN. Ste—l take in your Paper daily, and beg leave to assure you, that the spirit and independence which you have displayed, and are now manifest ing in opposition to the insolent Proprietors of Covent Garden Theatre, meet with nut only my warmest thanks and approbation, but with those of all mg Neighbours. Proceed, good Sir, in the cause with the same seal, and you very soon will receive the unanimurs thanks of a generous public. But I must hope that neither that public, nor you, will stop, until you have effected a thorough reform in all the abuses of the Theatre. I request the favour of asking a few questions upon the subject, sad I trust they will be fair and impartial. Has it sot been the opinion of Government that two Theatres for the English Drama were sum. duet for the seetropolis; and under this opinion has eat every offer to build more been refused for per' past?—This opinion was formed and acted epee when there were uo Private Boxes ; cense queotly, the accommodation fur the public the • . . • a - is it for Mr. Y. and his coadjetors to intrude upon that /accommodation with impunity, or to insult the town by requiring what prices of admis sion they pkasaP It is obvious at present that neatly tine side of the Theatre is liable to be taken up by Asonual Private Bores; and it is no less so to those ♦cgnainted with London, that no o ther bon, or even seat, can be taken by an holiest Tradesman's faultily, unless they sebscribe 5. 10, or ID guineas to the Bo:keeper!, book at Christ. mu. Thus the middle class of people are totally excluded from the play, unless they cringe to the tyranny of Mr. Kausr.s. No, no, Mr. Editor, this must not be—l be. Hese I have stated reason enough, aid stated the cue fairly—John Bull will very soon see it clearly and demand justice. Oet. 28. THOM 4S ATKINSON. A Gentleman of Wye, fur a wager of My !guineas, was to ha►e walked yesterday 48 miles in twelve hours, with a mute basket upon his shoulders. A gro broke out last week in a range of about 20 cottages, near Ardleigh Crown, and entirely C Moaned the soot. No NM were lost. ; . • • • • • . •.; • .41 "• • • . . TH R STATKSMAN. • - 4" . . • . , I. - • 14. 1 v 'v . I y • e •. ' crowd. The Contriver of this piece of fun must have been lots mattly acquainted with Abe connections of Mr. G. No discovery Ilas yet been made of this funny Gestleman, but it is not likely that he can eventually be concealed. Toa good Joke, no lover of mints will refuse assent t but when prac tical jokes are tarried to as extent, which may be productive of inconvenience, and vexation, so great as have mimeo is this instance, they cannot but be considered as extremely on je,tiflable. There is this too to be considered, :34 the very • essence of apike Is lost, if the author is not present to missy the effect, which we apprehend could not be the case is the present, unites indec.l, and sctieb we suspect, tt•it eoetriver had the polky to make one in the number of those who came in the carriages. W, rec •ilintetid Mr. G. if be anxious to discover the author, to examine the Names of his visitors. Perhaps beauty not be disoppoirsted is the inquiry. The prisoners in Cold-Bath Fields, usually de. nominated the Biotite, were on Sunday last re.t galed by the liberality of the Magistrates of the County of Middlesex, with roast beef, plumb pudding and porter. About 300 persons partici. paled in this truly British cheer. The allowance was one pound of beef, one pound of pudding, as pound of bread, and of porter one last. We should have been glad to have said quart, for after swallowing three hounds of solids, one pound of lekt—than which a pint of pokier weighs hut little more, was au allowance somewhat too slen der for the occasion ; there is too this considers. lion, that the Englishman loves his pipe and his pint after he has satisfied the cravings of hunger. The brig Industry was ireek•A en the night at the 15th instant, near the Dursley Islands; oe Wee men who were on Nord, every soul periehads The crew consisted of dght men, and the ninth was, as our information states, a Jewish Clergy. .„ Sao, who was passenger. Thie penult's chime ter was aseerteived by some kooks that were picked up, one or more of which belonged to hiss, and the remainder to the stow. The Jed • &Wry was from Malta. a Joao - . Ou Saturday night, as Mr. and film G o idesi *let hens, of Bulton.street, Piccadilly, were returninf" a t o town from Walham-green, their ferriage was Avertioned near the latter precei and Mrs. G. a OM SO much bruised by the falling of tho • coach, and cut by the glass, that she was eono. yelled 10 remain at an inn on the road, and it nee yesterday uut cousidered safe to remove her. .~. TO the slum of THE YT4rgsm4N. St a-00 Friday last, I visited Covent Garde* 'Theatre for the first time, and confess that I felt no small de ereeof mortification in observing, that the opposition was chiefly directed against the New Prices, and that so little stress was laid on the im. proper use which the Managers have made of their Patent, by converting a considerable space of the House which was intended for the accommodation of the Public at large, to the exclusive gratification of a few wealthy voluptuaries. These Private Boxes, with their Turkish sofas in the recesses be.. hind them, are a disgrace to a Theatre, whitli should expose vice and immorality, instead of encouraging and accommodating them. if these receptacles for intrigue are permitted to continue, we shall soon have the loges aril. lets, as at Paris, and our wives and daugh ters may be entertained at the Theatre without our knowing either their company or conduct. The Gods, indeed, have had the patience of dei ties, or they would not have permitted this en croachment on that part of the house, which, in a!I other Theatres, kas been reserved for their ac commodation. The Galleries are both totally spoiled by this new arrangement ; and those who could formerly be entertained in them, must either now stay a(home, or submit to the extravagant priees of some other part of the House. Your raper, Mr. Editor, has made a noble stand for the public, in this business, and has gained an addition to that high character which :t before de. servedly enjoyed. Let me, therefore, strongly recommend it to you to euforce the propriety of demanding that the Private Boxes be done away, and the room which they and axis% recesses now occupy, be restored to the Gal. defy. If a few perseus, capable of delivering their sentiments in public, will in a decent orderly manner address the House, between the play mitt the farce, believe me that they will meet with limit support which in the end must succeed, notwithe ?standing the efforts of the miscreant mercenaries who arc sent to oppose and silence every corn. plaint. Observe, Sir, that though I have men. Boned that which appears to me the first cause of complaint, yet I condemn the New Prices as un necessary and unreasonable•. The high Baldrics given to the performers is no reason— they should not be given. Let us first reward real virtue and valour, before we pay so highly for an imitation of them. Let us prefer the hero in the field, to the hero on the stage.— I blush fur my country, when I draw a com parison between the encouragement given is those who sacrifice their lives fo► our defence, and those who oely amuse is with a mock and mimic_ -death, from which they soon recover, and lettere gales! by French wines, French rookery, and every luxury which the most refined sensualist can en. joy, whilst many of our heroic benefactors are obliged to be content with a small pittance uf the comforts of life. I am, Sir, &c. JOHN BULL. FOR TIIE STA7'ES4.I) Mn. Enercie—H the public are not to be to express their disapprobation of Pieces, Performers, Managers, or their lacquer, at Me nergroton Theatre of the Empire, would it no Advisable for them to make a point of frequent. Jag only such Theatres as do not attempt to in . -Mule their hitherto undisputed right. True, Sir, It needs no ghost to rise from the dead to tell os this—but as it is useless for one or one hundred to come to such conclusion in this metropolis, I humbly. submit, whether their avarice and pride might not be successfully opposed, by the head of each family abstaining from visiting the Theatre ? I have, myself, collected the names of upwards of two hundred persons, who would, were it general, give A shilling to return an hun. deal pounds, if themselves or any part of their families are seen within the walls of the Theatre, Coveut-garden, until the cause of the public dis. approbation Shall have been removed. Me' To TEL EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. StR-I trust you will insert this short note in your Paper, am: am led to suppose you will nut reject it, as yon appear on all occasions most ready to vindicate the rights and freedom of the people, and happy in observing those around you enjoying themselves. On Wednesday, the inbike Day, a party of respectable tradesmen in this town met at the , Fountain Inn, to enjoy a good dinner, and drink the King's Health. To the credit of the hostess of the house, a must otegnnt dinner was provided, and, as a mark of respect to those who were to meet together, she had illuminated the inside of the room with variegated lamps, and a transpe. rency of the King was hung over the head of the Chairman. About half an hour after the lamp were lighted, an Alderman of the Borough, Wm. Goldson, Esq. called at the Inn, and desired to speak with the Chairman, who would not quit his company. A Message was left, that the window. shutter , were either to be closed, or the lights extinguished, and a worn respecting the LICENCE of tho house was likewise hinted ; the landlady said she had no rontroul over a private party in her house, and that the room was their's till they qeitted it. The Magistrate left the house, and the party remained as if not interrupted, though highly incensed at the conduct of one of their fel. low-townsmen who, holding the situation hedoes of a Magistrate of the Borough, in which capacity his ought to be foremost iss ayserting the rights and upholding theMberties of the People, that he should attempt to arropte to himself a power of whiff ', he was not possesses!, and which no man but himself would be so impudent as to assume. The patty would have been willing to ascribe his eowduct seal, in endeavouring to do away with illsoilna. lions, arid preserving peace and qoietness ; br that could not be his motive, as no lights er be seen within IS or 20 feet of the windows. I am, Sir, Your very humble Servant, fag .oath, Oct. 21, 1809. A BRITON. - :" `'' • 'I 4 .. ~i