The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-12-02 00:00:00

O. 1' . . , .• 1. t e . , ~. .lif It Is 1 . - • • 1 ..... .1 i l . ( . • b 0 ~ • , .... ... IC 11 IF li i . : I . I I • 1 i i i i . i 11;11 . t . ' llt . . . i :I I i 1 ,1 I IP . ...., SUBSCRIPTIONS. TIIE CO MXI ITT E E beg leave to suggest, to the SUBSCRIBERS to the riellid Weedy established for t:se Atom fore 4 rumor who are CaliilDSltia AS seMen 1.7 SJUITLY 4 rIIO%eCtrr to Av r t i te PROPRIETORS a CO VENT-GARDEN TH I: A. C, that although 27 wet 441 of the IN 0 ICT M 11 N rs posiewed, wet* 'broom nit by as Grand Jury, ‘et the claim apoa the Feed mei beciwnejmeill" greater than U. Perhaps, ie maid, upprehesdell s and that their esertioo. .add, therefore, be rakoselsd, thaw doe re. lased ( onScilllrttoNSCOlrfAßOS TO se *genteel' AT The Ode* of Tog State:. Sl. Fleet-street s Mr. Samuel Miller. 13, mousse , iTreeneser); Mr. J . Powell, 3. Moor- ,Chaties-Towe,(Secretate 1) Roar end Hume, to=s,Strand; It e r l . " ;reasly, Suisioasr, 4, Phincheetsr-square ; Mr. T. Teta. Rookseller, 111, Chastise& t 116. Si c Arun of Ireather.lone, Holborn. Amoont et etiolate already advertised .. • e 1414 19 09 Csestriboties levied nu Onus, we of the CseseobOns den Manna, by Mr. Graham, the Magistrate, for palming Mr. Wirebok's bat, of which he who robbed is the Pit 42 4 0 The 2.1 Seisses4ptine of a few Friends Waiting the sicusr at the nacos, Old Fish-street, per George Willa's. litipetary , 2 2 0 A. G. a Friend and Weil-wisher se the O. P.'s 0 10 6 X. CH In insints-.-n theinell Min. .ti Rean'sDktionary, __ per S. B. W B. 1 I 0 ti siren pints of " What do you worst r . Tbte iii llow•oinst the O. P.'s can fini so redrew 1 1 0 *mg Janx . Ching C 0 10 6 ' Just arries blahs rifth Day *Me north lines.... 0 10 6 ilcre's toy list 0 10 6 ;re away and bed---d ... . . 010 6 ts yen pigment ? bow many t 0 10 6 ne lel . 4 ' Vet Pesten Impress rat," Jails Mudge cries pee " Le:" b; And dm' by Gist. and Public preet, Fights bard for Mr Now Pries 1 0 0 Irt Is regenial that all Oennwidentions to tie subject of Idse abspe preset:atlas. inny be minds to Mr. Williams West, Attorney, Ifo. 7, Mews' 3. lee. PUB LIC DINNER. TIIE REAL LOVERS OF THE BRITISH DRAMA AND RRPROBATORS OF MANAGE RIAL INSOLENCE AND BRUTALITY, WILL DINS Too:3E111ER AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR TA VERN, STRAND ON TUESDAY. DEC. 11, 1809. Tickets. Es. id. each, to be had at the Bard the Ta vern; at Hathaway's New-office, Royal Esehanse ; Bookieller, 111. Choopeide; Mr. Huntl. stationer, 4, Duke greet, Nl.inetteder-square ; and Tog ST ATESII• Newspaper- Mice, 87, Fleet-wed. Diutier on Table at Five o'Cloelt, precisely. • rte. 15, EASTCHBAP, Near Pllywo-lens, Feischarci Street. HOUSEHOLD EURNITURF., its very excellent Condi tion, baits wady new within Three Months 1 viz,: Lofty loar-poet Bedsteads, with rich Yaraiontus,lhiedaad frisureiL dram weds and Ideddiog, Three sots of capital Mahogany Dialog-room Chairs, and Sofas to match, covered with Bettie Horse-bair, Tartlet Biomes Carpets of lave Di inarignes Ffellell Draw trams Yflaslow Curtails, lac.lbe. TO BE SOL BY AUCTION, By Mr. SK INN ER. as the Presume, Ne.lS. WO , cheap. on HONDA Y nest. December 4, and two blow lag D ell, at Elms o'Clock each Day_. without the Most Rireft,e. by order of tha Proprietor, NM George taMisg, Mug Mao the Army. 911. 1 111 E above EFFECTS us of the best Drs. scriptioa, and caw& of two haallowes Beads Mads awl To miters*, is ithGoose Bosik and suitable Baddiag, two Coach trz:,tilto sod Bedding. etaries sad Bookcases, Ward- Pedestal Sideboard. throe kw of (eight in cash set) Mattagami, Pettier sad Dinieg-rsout Chairs, Soho to watch. Set. of Wain& Card, resibtoke, awl Lady's Drool Ts- Ides. aye very good Carpets (sae of which% a baadsawo Terkel Brows* 111 feet by lb, astiobor In feet by It). Mir rors, Viisasy, Pier, and Orto Glasses, Fin Immo. some asectiest rich Cat Glass, is Devatkrs, Ilte. a Table Service, to l ita 110 Piece., $ capital Sight-day Clack, in a Ma- Sitches Raptisltes. He. &c. whole may be visaed the saaraings af each Day's Sal% pod Catalogers had to the Promises; Bridgo-Ward Ci-botsur, Gracreisarch-strasts eta Tams. Basteinsap (j wed of the Avetiosecr. Nessiogios. THE STATESMAN. ►KOPOIETI 1 I.N AZ. LONDON: lIATURDAV, PEClNilill Wire can peruse the letters (row Walcheren wltitent despondency f That a nation, possessing the power wad moms* of England, should have been asbjest to the direction of a set of tom so itabesile, so insapabk, sad so indecisive, will not be credited by posterity I Dritkisyers, bricks, and mortar, landing at the ve►y moment the order of evacuating the pl is announeml ! No tragicomedy ever produced, contained more subjects of alternate grief sad laughter than this dinar of all our absurdly-con ducted Expeditions. To the vigilant nativity of Lord CIATMIN, this seasonable arrival of tire bricklayers forms toast apt conclusion. An account of the means by , which Walcheren might have been rendered best. thy, was most husnourogsfy introduced last night in The Comfier, as a reason against the evacuation. Now, we suspect that the inconveniencies In which Walcheren is subject, are not so easily to be ranee. ed as has been suggested...for the Dutch are well known to possess more practical haw" lady Qll the subject of drainage, than any people in Europe. Near a century ago Dutch engineers were brought from Holland for the purpose of draining sense large districts of land in Yorkshire and Lincoln. shire. Itrnay be reasonably supposed, that the Dutch would not, amidst the stupendous monuments of their industry and ingenuity in this respect, have sacred Walcheren to be in the state it is, if human skill and iadiatry could have itasadied the facoaveaienee. Tat efforts of NAPOLSON against oar Mr aerie, may be henceforward expected to argyle Gaily strength and oessiatioci. It has always ap pored to us, that ebila Prawn, and the rest of be t quatinest, sett/stet to admit of Amaricaa ie. tercoturse s the eaclosiow at British eemmeree, can never Ire pc-trod. Amerces, probably will at lest, be sompelled to talhoptlell her neutrality. Irma will insist ow the aeseesion of America to the Cortfollsracy, or she sill relent admission of ibmericon smelt th * ports of the &mama coati. so w Reports Mee tegehed Tows that the deve lops's* ef Bosh a listing _has boss mode is ?why item *haw° the iwitit, AVektiw l Croat P 44 4.te, said toile 01 lb's , ' 0( ble ',spoors for Aifio sloal &egged with powers le supsibts Oelhdettely tbhp imptirtast &seised. COrENT GARDEN THEATRE. The dispute at this Theatre, hasalready, pro. diced one must important and beneficial effect,.-. it has enabled the People to form some judgment 4, the vigorous defence of their personal rights, the daily press of this metropolis. While the madness and approaching exit of Ms. tmleon—the ruinous superfluity of wheat in France--the Jubilee—the Tyrolese Deputies—the elution of a Chancellor for one of owe Uttiver titles, and the pamphleteering squabbles of a couple ref Ea.Misisters, respecting whom the People care ,not one farthing, cram the somniferous columns ist almost every Newspaper, the nightly violation ef personal liberty, passes unnoticed, even in a Illiatile paragraph. It is, however , impossible, much longer to dis guise the really Wooed condition to which the people of England are reduced. It will no longer be possible,for the despicable herd of trimmers, to conceal from them their real spirit, chase. ten, and objects. Although we deffivo, Ind dit• test, the principles of such a print 1111 1110 illsra. lag Post, we cannot deny it the it envy. It is an enemy to tba ' tat it is at least an open enemy. T h e "bit' iVilltu. does not trim, and palaver, and shift, pllib ble, and equivocate; it avows its principles; ad bad as they are, the Rights and Liberties of S People of England are in much less danger ham that Print, than from the %idiom treachery of those diurnal Professors of candour and helper tidily, who are, in truth, though locretly, taboo,. ing in the same vocation with their worthy Geed. jutors, The Post. ThePsople are nothing in the eyes atheist woe. thin ; wealth and power are the only objects of their adoration. Of this assertion, the total abandon ment of the People, by the silence of the daily prem. ou the subject of their wrongs, gives ample proof, The now well.knewn character of the Govern ment Harkquin, in the party-coloured jacket, The Courier, renders it superfluous to notice the part which it has taken in this dispute. To court the wealthy, to flatter the powerful, and to delude the people, under the mask of candour, is, of course, with this monotonous publisatioa. The morning counterpart of the caste's; Courier is the impartial trimming Times. This Print has too long thriven on the wages of servility and hypocrisy. The Times, in consequence of a previous difference, long before the opening of the Theatre, begins to bawl against Catalani, the Prices, the Private Boxes, the Building, and every arrangement connected with it. Thisfire, which redoubles on the opening of the House, suddenly stops, to the great marvel of the metropolis— When le ! it is discovered that Mr. John Philip Mumble had paida visit to the office of The Times. This, ?Xs Sleternian, takes the liberty of an. uounsiasg to the Public, whose universal reproba. lien convinces The Tinter, that a too sudden con viction of error, will nut pass. What subsequent hatercourso of visits may have taken place we do Ant affect to know s but that there was an under. /lending, as to the line of conduct necessary to be pursued, the Public naturally infers. The Times then renews the fire, informing the Public at the same time, that it is not to he influenced by gold! Thcu comes the Subscription for the relief and NM:folic" of the sufferers by managerial outrage, which The Times refuses to insert ; but, on a hint to the public of such refusal, subsequently admits it to a plate in Its impartial gold,abkorring ' columns. It was natural that The Times should be a little sore under this discipline, but notwithstanding its curveting and capering, and occasional restive ness, The Times had not the courage to avow its timents. The cloven foot was endeavoured, sough uusuccessfully, to be concealed, under the threadbare and tattered cloak of impartiality. It was then discovered by The Times, that the signs. titres under which different sums had been sub. scribed, were libellous. Then it refused to held in the advertisement the office of Tax STATIMIAIf, as one of the places for receiving subscriptions. 11l short The Tines has bad • very uneasy time of It throughout the contest, which it has long devout. lir wished at an end. Flattering itself at last that the people are bumbled, that they have been thumped, imprisoned, and persecuted into silence, the mask which, for some days, has been loreeri;l ; Is now wholly removed from the visage of [ Domes, whose impartial columns we shall net be surprised to see, in six months, extolling the Pros , prieturs, and their magnificent pile of dullness, in.' sipidity, and inconvenience. I The Times of yesterday ibformed the Public, that at the Theatre, on the preceding evening, " sproar there was none ;" nor was there any " dancing" in the Pit. This veritable account was followed by the statement of a charge it 80vi..1 ,street, against Mr. Morris, for "dancing" GI , . the benches! This account was copied verbatim into the Gess z ; rier, who daily selects from the Morning Pape* 1 the most palatable account of the preceding evesiu. lug ; and we venture to predict, that the fellow. lag veritable account from The Times of this day, will appear in the Courier of this evening. "CeeeeT-Gmteee Tlll4Xxe.—The "hang body." if abet soon, at Myth. la le bee," and " Lb b Male is bed hy Ms pubic, and " wee by Ms ?mfrs. The auditors. bet A* m quiet as they were the night behest; and sma only abet as .stet. hbeing en the pit asauserely meow , psis the partarumnee et a wee that's aol popa . ar. Thai weer. it se it can ha caned , is ma to be described ad, sca m =deo and last eight there were as hansom ranks, we as placer* no O. P. bets, no grows, sod no aborts I ea dot the whale sum of disapprobation ammoied ma few *MO " Pilsen-Orrice, Bow-natxr.—Tho Magistrates of Bow-street have. at Wog* some to a dam-186140 On not to se ad the Public Ofint after aim o'clock. The ally pen°, win ens brwaght out of the Theatre lest might, was Mktg to SL raid's watele-house, Great-gardes, mil gives in charge to. the Constable of the eight by Mr. James Imam fib maw was John Thomas, rosititme is Argyle-street; and the ac cetatisto against him was for elideavonnag te promote riot mod disterbance after the her of half-prior, daring the 4th and feb sets of the Comedy of the Airs for OW Hood Jos `goisi 4 a placard and the leikats 0. P. mg each slit S i f brnodishbig a stick avow his bead is a threarming dreamiest s aw4bortti rd. powen . sum= ti l e l a. dstaskassnt of tie , the Jig or, and cas te Oat- TIER STATESMAN. Now we apprehend that The Times is again unfortunate in its selection of the moment it has chosen, to throw off the people. The Manager" may have won The Time:, but it will require ar guments of a very different species finally to win the battle. The Managers have certainly " gained the day," so far as the superiority of outrage committed by their Agents goes—but outrageous violence—imprisonment in Covent-Garden watch. house till next day, at noon—and Crown-Office Indictments—are not the weapons by which the day is to be won by the Managers. The Public sill henceforward give no credit to The Tits:Ls. FRIDAY EVENING. There were more persons in the Pit, and indeedi every part of the house, than on Thursday—it might probably be about one.third of a house previous to the half price, when there was a to. lerable increase of company, but not sufficient to give it the appearance of a full house. Tho lower benches of the Pit were manifestly stuffed—but with characters that we did not im. mediately recognize. On a nearer view, we, however, had the comfort of discovering the Old Fates—but most of the Ruffians were disguised in decent coats and white neckcloths. This costume did not sit easy on them, they, for some time, persevered in an ineffectual effort to assume a corresponding decency of behaviour,' but the constraint was intolerable—and at length the Gentlemen (meaning the dramatic Gentleman) shone forth in the usual manner. Between the ',Acts of the Play, a person of very superior ap. pearance and manners, evidently a stranger to the Pit, addressed a Police Officer in terms ezpres. sire of regret at the state of the Theatre—" Are yen not weary of nightly attendance in such a seine 1"—" Ask -- was the coarse reply of the Ruffian miscreant. The Gentleman, astonished, asked what offence he had given to produce so much incivility. " D— nmy eyes, but if you give me any of our jaw here, but I'll haveon to the Watch House ;" —was the answer. This Peace Officer ours a black cravat, and several corresponding instances of his pacific behaviour were noticed in the Pit. The " Cure for the Ileart-ache" was occasi. 'many, bet not materially intcrrepted. Very few 0. P.'s appeared in hats, but the 0. P. medals • were numerous. The Times has informed the public that tie 0., P.'s appeared in hats—that is false. It hJs a few lines lower, in its account stated, that a Gentleman was torn out of the Pit for displaying 0. P.'s and a placard in his bat. That is tree. Very soon after the appearance of this gentle. man a rush was sad*, be was grabbed, and dragged to COVENT-GARDEN WATCH HOUSE. We have not heard, that any accommodations have been added to this place of elegant resort for the reception of " Customers;" but, be it known to the Publie, that the Magistrates, doubtless from being weary of their nightly job, have come to a resolution to quit the office in Bow-street, at nine n'elock every evening. This being the period when the Peace-Officers usually begin their nightly out rages in the Theatre, such luckless wiglits as may be grabbed, will have the pleasure of being licked up in the Watch house till about neoa of the next day. The Managers evidently consider this as a great Increase of accommodation to the public, of which, as an instance, the Professor very facetiously assured a Prisoner, last night, that he must remain there till the Magistrates met sleet day. Comfortable consolation !. The Constable of the Night, in general, will not accept bail for persons brought to a watch-house, unless the lwrsons of. fering themselves are parishioners. But notwith. ' standing the Professor's comfortable assurance, that no hail could be given at the watch-house, we venture to suggest the possibility that the Con stable of the Night will not have the imprudent te. escrity to refuse the bail of any two sufficient house-keepers of the parish.-..--With this 0. P. who was so dragged out, was also grabbed a young gentleman of the name of Campbell, who l had been guilty, of being knocked off a bench, where he was qvietlystationed, by the officers due. lag the grab on the 0. P. For being so knocked of I He also was seised, and carried to the match. house, where the Professor assured him that no bail could be girlie, and that those who were brought there, must there remain till the ensuing day. On inquiring what was the charge against him, the Professor said, "Oh ! stop a little ; there will be twenty cheeses against you presently : don't be in a hurry !" Mr. Campbell waited, with the patience recommended by the Professor, for 20 minutes, when, to his no small surprise, he was in. formed, by the Professor, that he was at liberty... he asked the advice of She Professor, who had be come obsequiously polite, as to his remedy for the violence committed on him, he was told it might be had against the Officer...whout, on looking round the room, he discovered near the door, and to whose person he offered to make oath. But he was assured he must be stir. takes—and his charge was rejected. It is proper to state, that when Mr. Campbell was grabbed, he'made not the least resistance, and reqwested that he might not be IN-treated. Oa which the miscreants, for such only can we term tams, thrust their hands between bi. skirt.collar and his neck, and firmly grasping his neckcloth, shook Mm from side to side in the lobby, with a degree of violence that rendered him for some time iteetithiebt. The affer.piece, a species of sing-song gew. gaw, entitled The Jubilee, followed The Care forage Heart-Ache. A sailor and a marine, and their sweethearts, sung several songs, whicl► were interrupted by occasional . hisses, hootiogs, and howling from the Pit. At i►►tervals the singing was heard perfectly, but the iolerruptions were frequent. The applauses, and vociferous encoring of the Pit, prevented the songs of the piece from• being in any-instinct completely beard. A scene, intended ad we were informed, by an inscription, to represent the destruction of the French Squadron in the Mediterranean, was then announced by the usual firing of crackers, but frun► mismanagement of the scene, which by opening was to display the 4ction, the greater pert of the firing was over before the Scene wu opened. Ride Britannia, and God :cm the Kin, were a part of the piece ; in these airs the company joined with an effect that was eatreniely itnlicroub. After the curtain dropped, there were cheers, groans, and hisses ; but the House nay very shortly cleared. Thus terminated the 55th night, which, be it remembered, was the commencement of the 6° WATCH HOUSE" T ACTI CS. THE USUAL CHIG'ULAIt. " I)eirning-street, Nov. SS. " SlR—The meeting of Parliament having been axed for Tuesday, the 23d of Jassary, and the prevent aituatios of again renderings full attendance desirable, I to►e the liberty of earnestly requesting your presence on that day—l trust )0s will exam may expressing wish that yuu would let am know whether it will he eonoisteat with your convenience to abed at the opeoiog of the Session. " lituve hooeur to hr, Sir, " Your most faith All and obedient Servant, " SPENCER PERCEVAL.' BIM tGT Off ♦ LITTIO PROM TARRAGONA, DATE) NOT. 2. " Stardoms nay be expected, if no supplies arrise, to yield So Spanish courage in a very short spare ; and our ar mies see vigilant in keeping up a most rigorous blockade• Prevision are said to be linos( extnivseautly dear. Meat is not to be procured ; nod the coarsest bread is eaten by t►e most distinguished °leen, at an enormous price. 1 would venture to prophecy, that Barcelona dues not resist a mouth longer. Must of the Gersoese that are so unfortunate as to fal! itio the brash of the French, are pot to death, or t. rated in Os safer extremely cruel and ignominious. They are not roe sidered prisoners of war, hot traitors. The women have be :wised with herniae gallantry, add several hoer been taken prisooen by the Freweb, ami barbarously 'settled." Ftessume s Nov. 27.—At the same time that immense quantities of regimental baggage, china, curiosities, &c. are daily embarking here, and that m e ntion is made of au inteutiou of blowing up the works, uo lam than four regiments have just ar. rived from England, and along with them, four master plasterers, ten surgeons, two maser but.. chess, tire physicians, thirty bricklayers, dye skips with bricks, tiles, mortar, &c. The Marquis WELLISLEY has not yet been for_ malty invested with the seals of the Foreign De partment, in consequence of his MAJESTY not having held a levee on Wednesday last, his Lord ship attends at the Fordo °lice, and transacts business. The Proclamation which th e Supreme Junta has issued fur assembliiig the Cortvs of Spain, should ' have been done when JOSCPII 130 /A PAUTE first usurped the throne of that Kingdum. It has been now done more from apprehension on the part of the Junta, as it is said, than through principle. They lost the confidence of the people in the first instance, when they annouhced the perpetuating the Inquisition. General VAN SVCHTELgN is appointe! Minister at Stockholm. M. CHAKKILLY, who made so conspicuous a figure iu the discussions in both Bonus of Parlia ment last Session, is arrived in London. Ile landed at Plymouth on Saturday last, and set off imme. diately for town. On Wednesday afternoon his Excellency the Persian Ambassador, who arrived in the Formi dable, of 98 gnns, landed at Mount Wise, and was received with every mark of respect. Notwithstanding the large quantity of treasure the Spaniards have drawn from Solidi America, they are still deficient in money, and application has been made to the Merchants of Cadiz, to ob tain a million of dollars to answer the immediate necessity. Yesterday letters were received from Lisbon to the date of the 111th ult. By which a serious mis. understanding between the Central Junta and the Commander in Chief of the British forces is re ported to have taken place. The most productive speculation at present is considered to be the banding of Tabernacles, and the more bigotted sad extravagantly ridiculous the preacher, the more certain he Is of collecting a nu. mesons migregation. Theeday morning a large detachment of the 89th rent miled from the Pigeon [louse Dock, Dub Ms-for Liverpool, on their route for the lie of WWII. 111r.firxeceaus, the Member for Ennis, who Itirtad in the List Seeman against Ministry, has just acce pted the emeloyment of one of Me Lords of the Treansu, worth 12001. a year. Lord Sussex Lemue l and Lord C. Lenox, suns of his Grace the LORD LIZUTIVANT, arrived in the Dublin packet from Ituiyhead on Saturday evening. The Bucephalos, Surru, coal laden, from New. castle ) took fire on Thursday night in the River, and was scuttled. -----•"`-****- His Majesty's ship Childers arrived at Leith on the 23J ult. from a cruise of five week v, lierin4 nude three prizes, one of which, a brig, with India produce, is valued at 20,0001. Mr. %VAUD has sent to the Society for Relieving Prisoners confined for Small Debts, seventy pounds, the profits arising from the Masquerade at the Pantheon, ou NVednesday night last. On Satunlay lit, WILLI ►m JOSEPH Er.cts, A. M. was called to tl►o Bar by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. The following Naval Premotions and Appoint. merits have recently taken place : Chrrut:is.—W. Maude, sou of T. Maude, Esq. of Great Georr-nreet, Westminster, is appointed to command the Jewel (late Topaze French frigate); Richards, made post, aad appointed to the Abercrombie : Mich. Halliday, to the Hermes Visa', to the Forrester; Barclay. to the Snap sloop; Hignian, to the Rattler; Sow to the Partridge; Love, to the Tisiplione I Lieut. Smith , of the Neptune, is promoted to the rank of Commander, anl appointed to the SI. Christopher; Achim., to the se)lia sloop; G. Hoare, to the Hesper ; Walton, so the Amethyst; Sir Mich. Seymour, to the Niemen; Hardyinw., for his services in Sammie /toads, is the Anneide, of 44 guns; Cathcart, oho so 'obis defend ed the Seagull against the Danes, to the Csanvinesk, vice Kerr; A. Familiar, to the Desiree; J. 11. tiodby, to the T hisDenald, to the itedpule I J. Bowlier, to the t Hoe. Copt. Dawson, to the nut hiau ; 1. H. Adye, le the ; W. Mort*, to the Amsterdam; and G. Sey giratts the Manilla frigate, lately Winched at Woolwich. WANT asif Midiag 61.11116 le the aii=ate Ills at the • Ofeers. 031Idigi NOM tendon of efameatie, *ha dinetted a datashaset ilearetreet cove ea sake as ataart, and were ihe niter a severe 3:lpr accomplhhed, !rimer& from mait,:r P" ="two. " daletleell=t4B :rM ---