The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-11-03 00:00:00

I 1 - - 7 11 T*" 4./ 1 •• .. • .•• • RDitOtt of TIM j 1 7 : - MSMJN. St* beg ICATC 10 ree&nmend that Mars k t ai r es penny raffiu bj deposited in the British Maseini, to torch Magistratuti and Mana gers 'mercy. Soso-bqsare. A PIIRS M AI U. soutcommatims 71. Me EDrioll of TllE STATESMAN. . 4 rt—The &issuers, *ha are so anaiung tot their pit and Bet Costumer'. should bear is mold. that by the 18111 doses of mint is t h e New Pulite Act, all reputed pickpockeee f o und at the Thostre, or in any of Its issosises, sre Ilahie to sia nsuntiss imprisomniut. lira% 's itss. .t STUDEST Or LAW. • V. Fur further prat:slim, the hlasiagerK ar e rt:errod to Hill Semmes, C'extegeoess, ur any of the 11ua.,-street To the EDITOR of ?mg rriI'ESMA.V. -Aar— Si —As I cannot always restrain my feelings, at the Theatre, I should very much like to ku•sw from Jcnsmy Ilruserlon, whether laughing .!,,ad at a C.,..netti, or s;;;hing and robbing as ,:etiky at a 7'ragetly, are, in rause, to be consi dered as decided mark* of " insubordissettion:P' Anil also how many may lough, sob, or sigh, at one time, and in nne place, without risking the danger of being indicted for a contpirity, ('AUPIOUS THEATRICAL !lAA. P. 8. If Jmntelreran•lion can't resolve this nice q•iestioo,„ perh.ipa it. , disci-in:mating neighbour, the Major of the Geashbing Corp', will help hitu out. To the EDITOR of THE ST-ITES Sin—l do not soe it reasonable that the follow. ing passigi. ihuold any loner bs marked with •erteil comm.'s. If yon have any interest with the Ill.nriger% of the different TheAtres, I hope you will exert it, that sn great an impropriety may be coreeetial in Elie Prompt Book If it please your howler, I any the pot- Mikes tole, and toy name is Llbow I I do lean upao Justice, Sir. 4 . A d.v brio;; in here bc;Ore 'our good honour, two notorious benefactom." SHAILSMILRE. Duce by my Mister's order. Z. Y. CLGRE ro 0. P. .7',) the EDITOR of THE SP.I7'ES.II4N. request the favour of you to inform me, whether the bail of those individuals against whum Bills were found, on the pfulecution of Covent Garden Theatre, but whose trials are put off till the neat Sebsiuns, ate discharged from the receg. till.lllClll. A. A. In compliance with the request of A. B. we beg to inform .him, that such Nitrate not die. ciarged, until the party shall have appeared, or fresh bail Vac been put in, and the Indictment traversed. To nee . EDlffig or yin§ st,trissird Y. -........... Slta.—Struck with the coincidence of dark shades in the characters of two individuals, who now " strut and fret their hour upon the stage" of human exi,itenee, I hare ceannisitted to paper sonic ideas un the similitude, of which I request your insoction la Tits STATESMAN. A PARALLrA, BETWEEN THE GREAT TYRAN^, AND THE PETTY THEATRICAL TYIIANT. SONAPARTE. 11,4111L11. The fasaily of Bonaparte long So did Wu et finable. dived 'in poverty nod eh • •urity. The ftvnur of a female gave The favour of a female gave mi •iloit to the good :Inane a grand impahm to the for s :•.••rui parte. lanes of Kombk. '. 1-• ;, •rie stung the fostering Kemple Me" to make a 1• .. ~t• the King, Who bad " splendid dasort" of that - , -.sh e d and protected edikee which had nursed and .hellered him in the hour of his necessity. •p • rte rringellasd bowed So did liftable. ~slat opiates; till he . t Maimed wealth and wet. 125 ~tap .rte, hail the So did Ketable. - otircts of his a di• Intuited am Mrs meraus family elit altatKe end- and eheem-palbgs of i.lbee. ltmaparte exhibits the at- So dose Kemble. aunt coutlmpt ter the pee. Ple• Bonaparte is ty maples! and So is Keethle• oppressive. Bmaparte elides the public Su does Ketable. voice by spies, bayonets, and peacegidieers. Bonaparte is vain, pried, hy- Su is Kembk. pocri;ieal, and atubitinos. Bonaparte still maintains his Knoble has fallen, "sever fo pre-eminence. rise again"—and there the similitude fails. J. F. The following is a list of the persons against whom indictments were preferred, and the iiiihr thrown out by the Grand Jury : N tier'. It cCIFSATIONS. WITNCTIVS. Collllll4fied on the eiri .: oiefa . K ray, Blowing W Iliad", ) &see of W ill Parry, Fireflies. J. Wells. Kelt. V inall, 31. Same, Wm Blackball, ‘an. DoiAcid, -r--_~-9.-----cr,... _ .. I 1 7'o Ills EDITOR or TJE sTATEsO 'it ,V. 1 Sur was among the kat who contributed my mite fur the tidfdiWd of any fellow-countrymen, whom I 6 i considered as unjustly prosecuted by the Managers sod Proprietors of Cuvent-Garden Theatre ;" and it gives me infinite pleasure to toe the daily incresse of the fund, notwithstatuling Messrs. Uroion, Cobb, and Co. the Bankers, have taken such great painsto inform the Public that ,deny have no connection . with that Subscription fur tie 66 Defence of Pursuits under Prosecution for riotous behaviour." I will not, how - evar, w itite year (into on the subject of those Gulatlenamseevut whom, all that I shall say is, if grown, Cobb, and Co. are, as Mr. Miller in his letter has must happily observed. " ashamed" of becoming " depositaries of a subscription, hay. 44 ing fur its object the vindication of the rights and Liberties of the subject," I am nut. Sir, I gioi;y in avowing myself as having strenuously •, exerted myself for the promotion of an object so honourable tto the character of an Englishman. But, Sir, I hope the British Public will not stop here—there is (to use a favourite slang word of Lord Castlereagh) an ulterior object of paramount importance. We must have 6 ' Wenn( ity for thepast nnilsechility for the future,"—the verdict of a Bri tish Jury, by which the measure of damages for the outrages that hare been committed by the ilk. gaily bruising, seizing, and dragging to prison British subjects, may be assessed. For the promotion and final stecomplirketent-of this lect, I Will - again come forward with my mite as smog as a Subscription for the assistance of the parties shall be announced. I have been, Sir, on the Continent of Europe, ,where the liberty enjoyed in this Island is the aubjeci of universal envy and admiration ; but I take updu me to say, that in no part which I have 1-visited, would have been tolerated the outrages recently committed on the persons of the people of tibia metropolis. There is no Government on the , Continent that would have viewed with indtrer ence pruceedings so flagrantly outrageous. We have witnessed, Sir, an attempt to thump the people of England into submission, by the hired agents of the Proprietois and lislaitegers of Covent Garden Theatre. To intimidate and co erce the people of England, we have had Magis trates on the stage, flourishing the Riot Act, as if it were the truecheuti of a Field Marshal ; we have also seen every part of the Theatre stored with police-officers, runuers, constables, She. riff's-officers, prize-fighters, Jews of the lowest dais, watermen, firemen,....ruffians of every description—the very raking. of the metropolis— the very uutcasts of our primes ; we have seen, besides this respectable corps, the Gendarmerie of the " House," and of their Tradesmen Blacksmiths, Carpenters, Foundery-amen, and Bricklajers Labourers, have swelled out the le. jinns of the Proprietors.. This organised body, with Generalissimo James Brandon at :heir head, we have also seen iis acts of violence and personal outrage, more disgraceful to the perpetrators and their employers, than any that have been displayed in this metroputii, within the memory of any wan living. -ob. •• • The spirit of the People of England is not yet Cuiinct:—That in some classes it is woefully declining, it is impassible to doubt ; but the man who befietesthe moment to have already arrived when tbeedian Satellites of a Manager can thump the Public into dubmissiott, 'wall eventually disco ver that the sitteapt was nuthieg short of infatu ation. Indeed, were it possible that the public could submit, I have nu hesitation in pro nouncing such a public, MUNI more fit fur the soil of Turkey, than of England. We have beim in the habit "any time" these last ten years, of bawling against the tyranny of Bona. parte, and of deploring the misery, of the inha bitants of France. 1 have no inclination to at. tempt the defence of a character in which, amidst the brilliancy of his successful career, there are unquestionably many leading points which are wholly indefensible. Let us, however, view him and the people of France as they really aro, and not through the false medium of sycophantic re viler', pretended patriots, and hypocritical de claimers. Of the following incident I was myself an eye. witness. In crossing- the Pont Nenf at Paris, I saw a patrule of cavalry passing the bridge. An old man, who was crossing at the same time, not being able to get out of the way, was knucksist down by the horse of one of the patrule, but tats materially hurt. The populace, however, diately seized the soldier, and, in defiance of the •serjeant, and the rest of the troop, took him before the Magistrate, at the Hotel de Ville. Now, Sir this fact, which I would not have asserted had I net myself seen it, moon its nay humble opinion quite as much of liberty, as the treatment of the People of England by the Proprietors of Covent Garden Theatre, and their Ruffian Arils, Gennialissinso Brandon at their head. Thursday, Nov. t M. Hiettw,ty RosalaY---On Wednesday CTell ing, as Mr. Sanderson, of Chelsea, was returning homy in a single horse chaise from Bromley, he stopped by two footpads between Candler. I and Britten Cansewri, one of whom, in scia. ing fast the horse's reins, affrighted the spirited island, and notwithstandiag it set off at full speed, and dragged the follow a considerable dis. lance, he at last with much difficulty held It till secomptice came up, who after mounting the prageated a pistol le Mr. S. and be has mounded his money, threatened him with in. If be attemptod to make the beast assiOal resisiasee, sad being fearful of the come., qtrawas weduni, pee them what cub he had anseentieg ter between 131. and 141. ; these repas t not content with this boutyf then • search his pockets, and bridles within* of with what they had got. Alt. S., A that day upwards of 3001. the whole' (except a few shillings)s sith the sum he. robbed of, would in all probability bass the villains' hands, isui be nut diapadalli two hours before ho was Stopped. ... . I . . coujriEL We are happy in hating it in our power to tab that the Milandurstanding between Col. ‘Vanot.c and his Counsel. regpeeting the conduct of the late trial in the King's Illench, no longer exists. An explanation has taken pi.tce, equally honour able and satisfactory to bath parties. The fol. lowing Letters, which we publish by authority, cannot fail of giving sincere pleasure to the friends ot.those Gentlemen, and to ctery real friend of the country :--- James-street, Buckingham Gate, Oct. 23, 1809. MY DEMI Slit—l thank you leach for brin4ingabout the interview between Mr. Serjeant Best and myself. lam now fully convinced that he would have (*lied the witnesses I anx iously wished to have 'web examined, if the note which I seat, and the verbal answer which I afterwards gave to a message frost him, had been communicated : I feel it, therefore, an act of justice deg to Mr. Serjeant Best and the other tieutlemen who acted with him as Collo9el for me, to acquit them of any biome whateser I and I am glad to find Mr. Serjeant Best is satisfied that I wished, and intended my witnewes to have been railed. May I trouble you to coin munimte these, my sentintents, to Mr. Serjednt Beet, ::nd through bim, to Mr. Parke and Mr. Marryatt. I am, my dear Sir, Y our's, ever truly, ToJottx ELLts, F.sq. U. LL. WAROLt. • Gray's Inn-sivare. Ms De 4R Sta—The enclosed has been Just received by me from Mr. Wardle. I•feci sincerely leartry that It 11rt' inoted the interview, the result of which has confirmed my original °pistols, that you have been mutually deceived. Year's, my dear Sir, Very faithhtly. To Mr. Serjeant Ben. JOHN ELLIS. Lincoln's Inn-fields, Oct 26,1809. Desa ta—l have shewa Mr. Parke your letter of the Sid inst. and also that:of Col. Wardle, which your's in close'. Cot. Wardle having expressed his araction that we did not refuse to call tile witnesses he wished to have had etamined, find aaviag acquitted us of any blameti the con duct of the cause of Wright and Wardle, we have no ob jection to advise with him on the propriety of moving for the sew trial. I Mate been preveated fr•ac seeing Air. Mar ryatt, by hi, absence from town, hut will take the earliest opportunity of communicating to bin Col. Wardle's s nti loran. I am, dear Sir, Year's truly. W. D. BEST. To Joiri ELL'', Esq. REFLECTIONS ON A GENERAL PE.ICE. The following refiections on the ditlieulties at.. tending the conclusion of a general peace, have lately appeared in a work that has made some noise in France:— .. " A durable peace, founded on victories, ant consolidated by voluntary sacrifices, is an eternal monument of glory erected by a government. 66 What readers peace with England more difficult is, that even supposing that the Btitisb interests had chiefly been considered in the treaty. Prance will still preserve a superiority of strangle it'd means which will always alarm her rival ; for the power of the one teats un a real, and that of the other on a _Nahum basis. Eu.land. *III, therefore, deem a treaty hisootorable nod advatitageoes in proportion as it shall have huts. bled and weakened France. The letter, on ac. coast of her topographical situation, causes the welfare of Europe to depend un the maintenance of her power. The extent of her territory, her population, the genius of her subjects, their ta. kit ts, nod her warlike system, pieee- her- it w guard over the liberties and prosperity of sur. rounding nations. " Europe, at the present moment, can boast of only two Powers of the first order--France and Groat Britain. The latter had subju gated all the Coutinental Sovereigns by her gold and her intrigues ; the former bat raised them from beneath the yoke by the force of arms, and opened their eyes to the great political udvan biers which she held forth to their view. England Mill probably become totally passive on ceasing td pay subsidies to allies who are no longer her slaves ; whilst France displays her usual activity In preventing nations from selling the blood of 'their subjects. 66 Far greater would have been the difficulties which France would have had to encounter in the prosecution of war, had not the English Ministry previously poured into every country, conquered by our arms, treasures which only served to sup. port the French armies. The British Ministers may thus boast of having, for a tong series of years, been the chief paymasters of our troops. It is true, that they had respectable Commissaries ur Agents, their crowned allies, who, when defeated, abandoned the provinces which they had enriched with subsidies lately received, and which were: paid back into our hands under the shape of contri butions. " An important part- of the commercial proa.. l perity of England consisted formerly in her relpol tions with the Continent. Englishmen were ah. lowed to trade, and even to form among the curia. nettlel nations, colonies of despotic merchants. This system has long since ceased to exist. Its re hvival *wild probably he a condition warmly in ' stet on by the British itegociators who .should treat fur peace ; but the interest of Franco and of. Europe would imperiously .equire its cuutiottell. annihilation. .. " The prosperity of the whole world demands that the commercial stsperiority of Grist BASSOS i Avoid be prevented from becoming universal, Gel at least from maintaining its universality. To cheek the ambition of England is' in reality to serve het boat interests, for then jester prepor. liens will be iselablishod between her and her colo nies. 66 When the too greatest nations of the uni. verse, France aired Ensleed, contend together fur. the Merest' of Europe, who dies not clearly see that the motive of Fiance I. to extend the sphere of her itillueoce, and that of England to impose kr yoke upon nations ? The aim of the former gismo endanger the iodepeodenee....olsilst the pretensions of the latter must, if snereisful, pro. duce the slavery of the whole atorld.'' _ =L= • • l'lti fINIVARSITIES. 1164 4 .) s ' I tilitntEt odr. Miii - ' ir - alhettligy t tho - oroba elution, of St. Johles'Calt&O, l lll.4: l l.. ind"tdileilt In Divinith and alig Pfeliessility a ssrlferttfril'i,' was admitted Bache& ill' Divin altisliounder. r.'*. Wier 13.4 . of . Queen's Colter was adulhkeetfit,'A. t * Thursdif ti e' Gehtletneo were ad. mitted to dekreet " 1 ' •' Masters of Artiaaßlll4 VPi'Pery, of Mandates Hall; Rev. W. Coogreve blanket!, of Brosenose Corner ; Rev. John Rockland, Rev. James Illeacone, rood Rev. Arthur hileyrick. of. T. wit y Coll e. Bachelora of:Arlo-4dr. John Tuckey 4 of Megdalen Hail ; Mr. W. Porry Richard, of Queea's College; Mr. Cowles Asiatic', of turist Church; Mr. Andrew Quicke, nod Mr. John Lasts; irk. of New CulleTe ; Mr. Thomas Teaser. of Bailie' College; Mr. John Moore, and Mr. John Banister, of WOICWier College; lion. Jape* humete t.,:ocbs, of Bra, c o u s t College; Mr. N. Kin ey, ofTriolty College. ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. The Rev. John Parsons, D. D. Viet-Chaucellor of this Uoivenity, and Masterof Ranks' College, is noonioated Dean of Bristol, la the room of the Rev. Bowyer Edward Sparkea, D. D. promoted to the See of Chester. The Rev. Joseph Richardson, M. A. of Qateett's College, in this University, late Curate of Petworth, Sasser, to the Mastership of the Grammar School at Sheffield, Yor kshire. The Rev. Edmund Paley,• M. A. of quero's College, to this University, to the Elblag of Cawthorn, near Barusley, ork • ta ire. The Rev. Gainsfurd Smith, B. Co. Fellow of St. Mary Magdalen College, in this University, to the Vicarage of Eveody, in the cudoty of Northampton. Patron, the Petal , dent and Fellows of llaqd‘leso t , Tire Rev. Thomas Autbouy Methuen to the Rectory of Allcanivings, The King bas been pleased to prevent the Rev. James Kir den to the Church and Parish of Fetterruiro, in the Presby tery of ['yardman, nod County of Kincardine, vacant by the• death of Mr. Robert Foote late Minister there. The Rev.. Hugh Chattel :rev Jones, Stodeut of Christ- Church, thlbrd, and 111411:tin to his Grace the late Doke of Portland, is prr.euted to the Living of West Ham, iu ['Amex. void by the cession of the Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley. The Rey. Thomas Anthony Methuen. Clerk, has been in stituted by the Lord Bishop of Satishoey to the Rectory of Allcannirls, void by the death of the Rev. Mr. Heath, on the preseionatioa of Poilip Gal, Esq. of hisolso. Derbyshire. The Peesb3tery of Edinburgh have agreed to translatoillr. Boonton fro:lithe New Grey friars to the Trott Church, on the t,hl N or. ; Dr. Gram, of Cattukuigate, to pnaseb aod preside. The following aro elected at Cambridge for the • ensuing year:— The Proctors-Mr. Tatham, of St. John's College, and Mr. oilaule of Christ's College. 'ehe .11i)Zenttors -Mr Waiter, of St. John's College, aell Mr. Tortoni, .1 Catherine Hall. Toe nears-Mr. A. /harm, of Trinity College, std ,•' Mr. D'Oyly, of Booe't tj , ;. 1. blesses. Bloomfield and Clarke are elected Fellows of Tri nit/ Co:tege. ,aist • thr. alltoissiOns alNhOdillioreatsCidlleges of Cam. bridge have oriel . been raminsberad Ilb great l the ' number adosii,4;ol. at Trinity Culinviesalome it be. tweets BU &tut pa ) amongst niussas7aeoms. r .s , Lord Viseoupt,ruo4mours i Lost (iiingtraylkir. Hon. • Mr. Macire.isie, Mt. Melville, Mr. Xikaailll, Sir C. 8„ C. Come, :..tr N. Coition*, J. W. Hort, &c. du. ' • ; i STATTKViIe oft the 'Conscriptional Force qf . IFallgos, from the RepOrf of the Count de CISOAC, Orator of the Council of State. The Class of 1106, consisted of 4 4 ;9013, according to the Lists of Colowription. Thal Clam comprising 13 'nand,' . 4 , 23.00 u Tb..t of 1897 Stil,ax) 3fiv..000 369,00 J - • - vac= • Warm bet 5 Mew mall the pram shonalle lbws haw ham natal $4OOO 1 . 1d143° IF ISA Wiw i " kr. IOOUO IteY9 • • 4/041•0011 . . •••p • • • • 10 ' 2, NV 1810 ' 110,000 . I,' • . • 593.000 Themrimplegiently ressaintstlll at home of the Five Classes I,3t7,obizra. . „: I.* I . Sittialia.appoiukisk la :Middlesex and London, before the 41000100:Pia imosMansfvelb s Knight, Lord Chliar . i4mAithwok his .Majetty'S' Court of Common .Kteahoi;,restusinster, itv•and(ifter Mi chaelmas Turab e rlBo -t s- 4 II : in miDDLEsiirl 161u. '" ii.411140;4 . Friday - 1111.410 - Nov. It Tbursilay - hh 4 / :" - - 17 Thursday - • T.l riday - 24 AMR - .TE R M. Wednesday - Nov. 19 I Thor3day • NvV. It is somewhat remarkable that No. 4,699 was drattu a Prize of 50001. on the 20th of last month, at Coopers' Hall, end was :11so drattn it Prize of 10601. at the same place, in March, teat year. The late Rev. Mr. GLASSE was in possession (including the Rectory of Hatiwoll) of upwards of .10001. per ann. He was a Gentleman of tonsi. derable natural and acquired (emits. When intro. ducel at the French Court, during the late short BO!SAPAILTE pronounced him the most ac. complished Englishman he had seen at Paris. On the 25th, the inhabitants of Newcastle, in lieu of an illumination, subscribed upwards of 6001. for a public school on the plan of Mr. Lau. CArrEn. A number of debtors were liberated, end the poor in the different parishes were enter. tained with a good dinner. At the head of up.. wards of 500 poor persons, entertained by the parish of St. Nicholas, was a person of the name •of Jouts Asuzasox, in the 107th year of his age. On account of the Jubilee, Mr. WHITE and Mr. GANOT, of Plymouth, state prisoners In Exeter Jail, have been liberated. In consequence of the great quantity of rain that has fallen this year, immense numbers of beef hive been destroyed. tieing deprived of a suffi. recoil of foci(' in the waste grounds and fields, they hate swarmed In the grocer's shops and war ehouses ) in a very unusual manner. The pos. I swims -of Wes say that there will be very little horny this season. Th e w h ea t sown by .1. C. Curelltv, Esq. at the Schnose Farm, is truly remarkable : there.are al. ready 280 acres, With TOO WitiChever. ; there are '7O acres more to he sown, which will make 350 acres of winter , urn. The aNxl'aown on the Schuose g molly 1000 Vika. chester bushels; 010fAl thanhirai , probably heft town in one ti sown petb4,„ The Tice.Cilatice iiii;aicilhaMtrateisity of Cam. bridge, it a cougregition• kekrowhill4l,l, O ct . 30, declarod the vicen . r7 thix,p4oll4. Master. ship, soda pNiferl'Maili t ,l o l4l , ,af her, for the day ofWection. niece this be. cause it had been previuuslymnierstood that this Elect;ron wis to have taktil *place on Thursday, th.• 9th. ~-= _ • - "' - ;r• ^ "" 0 77 , ...."" 'MIS -.-, ( the Fireman. J Wells. Whittles's:l Horn, Ditto. /tow. in a Si Itoht. V inall, Hors & Ptswieds, Ditto. . was stopped M. Same, Placards, Ditto. well and Brij %to Blackburn, Dusintaa's Bell, 8 Bow-street Miters, , , a IC f Falkland, Ironmonger., Mg f oal U Great Queen-street. animal, and ca-n. Midfield ? Adder siog the Au- I °A°II4C/erk to C. F . ' speed, sod I / lurid. 9 1 disuse , - • CT:feret,. r ,Cleek deb, ling he at hhis secomptio f i su e relt, 011eer. carriage, pro oa I.Selka4nitli, Nam e , Julian. lug deusando Wm. sons, S it {Jew). alias slant death it or mimeo J o h n m ark, Placards Rad tbe C Six (Alien, 0. t' . W . ateb , illisnaw, gawps 4 g Ribbon, Two) libeellis 1" aroostot calipostert, • Alex. Cbseke s =, alias Ali " o- . t ry J. Dessasdril. laktidell Twelveotbers, more, Witt FV" Man i t g lee roositod P hi* " " Int * -of obkit (ex tn . usages Rue, Li:hr;ei ker lOilicers. had bees tel Edwards, . ' fallen into dl All the above returned ignoramus. • of it about. t I 'f. . s . 711IP RO r ‘ " Let s ..A .• • - . ~~ '