The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-09-23 00:00:00

I to ,'.,)Duce al present any further document, from the almost tneahanstible fund in our possession, anJ to which, within the present week, we hate receirt-d &great increase. Scandalous as'is the at tempt to raise the prices, the Pritere Boles erV,Nts. our opinion, an insult .10'the Po We of &glom!, infiaitely more &hag tried oatragaous ; and we do trust that the good sense of the public - will see that this is only a revisal, or rather continuance, of tun attempt that was made in 174/2 lu exclude tie hods( of the people, anti thus draw a line of demarcation between the RICH ANID THI: Pooa. Ti! E AFARS. Such was the fondness of our forer;thers fur dra'vatic entertainments, that nu fewer than 19 piss Atomics had neen opened at different times be. fore the year 1633, when PILYNNI published his Hist/ion:earls. In the reigns of Cu 11ILLS the First and Seconil, there were six playhouses ll lowed to h.• upened at one time in London; that is, at Blackfryers, or the King's company ; the tilobe, on the Bank-side; the Ben, iu Si. s te c ot ; one io Salisbury-court; the Fortano and tor Cockpit, in Drury.lane. The price of ad. tuis‘iun to the play, called the Globe, in SHALE- Sr AIM'S time, about 1603, was ono shilling to the boxes, and sirpence to the pit ; and a (we pcnny gallery is mentioned In the Prologue to tUNONT dud FLSTCHSR'S Womaw Meter.— Sesis of th/ espence and a groat era also men. ta.oied : and afterwar.!s, to sonic of the houses, the trues were from 8:1. up to 2s. 8.1. At the th..atle in Drury-lane, 1703, the price to the h.oaes was 4.4. to the pit Is. 6tl. first gallery Is. 6d. and ol.per gallery Is. Many years after that pe riod the price to the boxes was raised to 3s. the pit to 3s. - and the first gallery to 2s. Since :hen, the Proorielors or some of the theatres have raised the price of the boxes to 6i. and the pit to 3i. 64.; aid now the Proprietor, of Covent-Gar. don fiimitre want to raise the pri, e of boxes to 7s. and the pit to as. AVIDDLEBURGH THEATRICALS. The town of Flushing solterod so srvelely dur. jolt the siege, that it still presents a ►oust n►elan. ch.sly spectacle; but Middlcheirgh is a accost: of gaiety. Plays, Puppet.shoiss, Tumblers, Horse manship, Sce. In abundance. In cuasplisnent to the English visitors, the M onagers of the Theatre give translations of their play bills. The follow. nos is one• of the bills, with the translation, given literally : MetGoedeoriog mit Myn Rev den DtTRGEMEESTER de &ad MIDDELBUItti. SCIIOVWBUIM On Salurdag den Yti, ran 004sboaltd. 180. NATUUIt EN LIEF DE IN STRYD. Tamslapel. in 5 licslryves. Ma Ise melee DE VERMONDE GELIEVEN. Zaogsprl, is 1 Iletltll Precistea ti mores op bet Tosmeel. Pryosoder Plasma : Illacon • f. Is Bak - f. 1: 6t Parviet • 2t I Gassiory - It —2— De Mown wordcn bosprskes yes 10 . tot 12, ea 1,00 tot 4 thirra. Wi!!‘ A pprobatifts of he tome BURGOMASTER ef the City of X lIMMABURGII. SPlit. TACLE. On lietardw , time dab of hem. 1609. N TULLE AND CHAR4TY IN FIGHT, sop Playikell Acts, And after the Awe TILE MAILKET LOVERS, A Stage Plby floe Act. The Play will begin eanetfy at 6 o'clock. Prices of the Places: First Rare; td: lit LI: keron I 14.akir 2: Gallery i : P 1 :tea uta) be taken from 10 to 12 im'Cleeke awl Owe 3 to 4 o'Clock. By a letter from Seville, dated the 7th Inst. it appear, that Lord What.turrom had passed from Elias I. estlijos, and was advancing upon Me. ride, which had s o long be e n th e ground of en. ramperneet at the French under Marshal VICTOR. Thisfiejebourflood, although possessing some mi titer* ad/swages, is one of the most unhealthy situations in Spain. The enemy suffered severely from the moist and stagnant atmosphere of this marshy territory. Baron Haiteassuo, the celebrated Minister of the King of PRORSIA, whom we annoenced as having b..en restored to the confidence of his So. • •reign, has retired from the arduous function which he had accepted. A letter received in town from Konigsberg, which we have seen, gives an ac. went of the ficolli of this Statesman. The Supreme Central Junta have promoted the following British Officers, for their conduct at the battle of Talavera, viz. Lord MaCDorr, and Coto,ei Roca's, To be Brigadier-Generale. Besides ohich they are expected to be iiisested with the ancient and distinguished Order of Saint Jago. Oa Saturday last the Right Honourable Mr. CURRAN, MASTER of the Rom.' and Mr. AT &MON, of Ireland, arrived at birenock from I. Mon Castle, on their way to Loch Lomond and Edinburgh. Mr. Cu:times Ews was on Wednesday ho noured by a visit from the Quecx, the Duchess of Ycate, and the Princesses Atieurra, ELIZA BETH, and SOPHIA, at his seat at Claremont, in Surrey, where they partook of a superb enter. tainm.nt. The only company invited besides the Royal Family were lbs Carl anJ Countess of LIVERPOOL The Royal Party, after viewing the grounds, went away at four o'clock to Oat. !ands. The Marquis of If u' who. we are con cerned to state, is much indisposrd, set out on Tharbday for Scotland, accompanied by his family physician. On Tuesday last A8RA11434 Mi.Lo, Esq. was elected Sah.G.,vernor of the London itrnyrance Corporatism, in the room of 11...mut HAPIILZT, EST elected Governor. On Tuesday, u Mr. GAUROW was going to Ramsgate, to join a sailing party, accompanied o nly by a Gentleman, the carriage was overturned, but without any serious injury happening. . " No Fr.uch frigate ieltitiver his'i4rived at Rio de Janeiro, as reported list week in the papers : it Wes a cartel, with Purtugeesc rigours heel the bile of France. It is with pleasure we have it in our power again to eotic.e an additional proof of the mein elk} good conduct, and, if it could be jnilged necessary, of the essential services, of that ilia. tituablit corns, the Royal Mariucs. Au extract fruit) Lieut.-General Sir ET ItE Coozr's Orders, dated Head-quarters, Alidklleburgh, August 1808: " The service of the Battalion of Royal MorinN. under the commas, of Cant. !JARS:EL, btin no longer regnimi on shore. Liew.-Geta. Sir EYRE Court annul allow that Carpet* be removed from Walchereo i without bearing MM. anoul, in politic orders, to the soldier-like nod praise-worthy conduct it has uniformly maintained, during its stay in the 1 , Island. and of whirl) (tae fissossrabk report has been made ta me. Is) Lieut.-Col. Fans, cummandiug at Vete." The ship of the line, building at Fleshing, is begun to . be taken to pieces, fur the purpose of ' sending to England, and the other two ships are to be completed, so that they may be launched there. There was a repurt in circulation at Plymouth on Ws:slow/Way, but how it came is not yet known, that letters from an officer of the 31th regiment, dated Tile, on the frontiers, the With of August, state, that General Ca urußo's brigade was ordered to halt ; that the country is wretched, but nu emit of cattle, which our troops ferret out, though the Portuguese endeavour to 'secrete them ; but by a stray bullock they ge. tterelly bud out the herd. The first battalion of the 1I th Regiment ha,l joined them iu perfect health from Madeira. All the heat)! baggage 'of General CRAUICIRD'S brigade was shipped on the Tagus, and sent on for Lisbon. The officers and men are but slightly equipped. This little army is hutted in a valley, in a wood of olives. and a park---a very pleasant situation. Nu brandy or liquor to be gut fer money ; and the wine of the country is described to be eiecrablc. The only thing the Portuguese pay attention to is the decoration .of their churches, which in most instances are very splendid, but all else is nothing but rags and filthiness in the extreme. An officer of the 58th, and two privates, were unfortunately drowned, on the 25th of August, %%bile bAllsitig in the Tagus, by the rapidity of the current. Information having been received last week at Playden, that some French Officers, on parole at %Vantage, had broken their parole, and were sits peeled to Ira iu the vicinity of Rye, a hue-and cry was made after them ; and two Fiench Gen tlemen, bearing the rank of Captains,were taken, about ten at night, at a bridge nett. Cliff's-End, by a party of the East Kent Militia, and lodged in the the guard-room of Playden Barracks. 1 _ All the Spanish ships at Ferrol are said to be ready fur ika, and under sailing orders. The British squadron there consists of the following ships, viz. Baljleur, T'onnant, Defiance, Tri umph, and Zealous, of the line, and Indcfatiga. Ole frigate. An article has appeared in some orthe pstpers, stating that Sir Ww. Gums has left this country with three companies of Guards for Portugal.... We have to say that it is Col. Jottit GUlblt, of the Goer*, brother to Sir WILLIAM, who it . (;sp. lain in the Gitoonoterahire Loral Militia.; •• • A letter from Centime, dated the 14th instant, status, Art they were in no dread of the French, as the province eras perfectly covered by the army, whit* would be augmented to more than one-third of Its actual force, had they possessed arms for the army of reserve, which has bt.vn train ing for some time past. Ilk Once the Lord Archbishop of CANTNR BURT passed through Canterbury, with a part of his fatuity, on Monday, on a visit to his son-iu law, the Honourable and Rev. lluon Penct, l at Bishopsbourn. flis•Crace inteuds to hull an i ordination at the Cathedral there on Sunday 'psi. The states of Lord NeLso:s is finished at Bit mingham, and will be erected in the market-place, on or before the ensiling 21st of October (the un. niversary of the glorious victory of Trafalgar), and will be splendidly illumieated the 25th of the same month. Thursday the Lonu MAYOR, according to an. nual custom, went in state to Christ's Hospital, attended by the Sheriffs and other City Otlicers, when, after hearing a sermon preached in Coast. Church, they were attended to the grand hall in the ILispital by the Governors, where they heard the orations delivered by the two oldest scholars, the one in Lstin by Mr. J. AbAss, and the other in English by Mr. T. MAL ; after which they re. Caved the custeniary donations from the Lord Mayor, Slieritfs, and most of the common which appeared numerous and respectable. Miss SIMITII, it is understood, is •engated as one of the Drury-lane Company, for a limited nainhor of nights, at the Lyceum, previous to her going to the Bath Theatre, at which she is to perform for four weeks, before bar retina to Ireland. The chary against Mr. Barrett, of Abelsneeh. lase s having eaciti.d more than ordinary , we insert the substauce of a haud.bill, Worthing a t rho time, and made out fro seription Miss Latham gave, at the time o rape. The bill eters a reward of one hundred guineas for the apprehension of the offender, who is re. presented as a man of genteel appearance, about 40 years of age, of ruddy complexion, tall, and well made, with black hair and whiskers. lie wore a slouched hat, black coat and waistcoat, leather small clothes, and boots ; and he was sup. posed to have lived at or near Worthing. Dated June 20, 1800. This haud.bill is far from a description of Mr. Barrett, although from the information Craig the Officer received at Worthing, he was led to sup. pose ho was right in his object, and it was on this ground alone that he took Mr. Barrett iu the City, having obtained his address at Worthing, where he is very well known. It will be recol lected, that in the Lady's testimony she declared having seen the man who ravished her on the inoruing of the 10th and 11th, previous to the 12th. It is on thecontrary proved by Mr. Back. house and many others, th Mr. Barrett was in London, on the 10th and 11th, as well at on the 12th. MAN• `At NAVIL . INTELLIGENOB. • PLcssoerat, San. 21.—Arneed the Unite frigate from Portminuth. Pat but yesterday, and Nailed again this mating, the Jaloose sloop of war. The Rhin frigate again got under way this morning with Beet of victualler, for floebeer, but were obliged to put hark again, tile wind having shifted to the south, nod blue• strong. PORTSMOUTH. SEPT. 'S.—Arrived the Christian VI I Sir !inept% Yorke, and the Bulwark, Coptain Boleles, frois is cruise. The Illustriool and Achille. are nnlrred of Cherbourg. to relieve the Christi.in VII and Bulwark. BASK COURT. ''''. II IIIN.... The following is the M-!,ion proposed by Mr. Randle Jackson :-.. Itesot.vea, That it appearing to MI Court, that doriln the Tenn NOS, .5, and ti, the Propriet,oei of dunk !tootels received hb way divliead or homes, the •um of PEI. per cent. per annum. and the ()erectors haring this day assnred the Proprietors of the condensed prosperity of their altos, they ti re of opiaios that one per Mt. inn, be safety added by war of to •rtns too the tire per teat. sow declared as the half yearly dirtilen.l. IRELAND. Minix, SUIT. 19.—Lord ifenry Petty and Lady arrived at Waterford, from Kngl.inil, on Wednesday last, on his way to visit his estates in the county of Kerry. . The scaffolding round that heavy edifier, nick named Nelson's Monument, has been removed, and that unmeaning structure is now open to public view, in all its deformity: We believe no work of the kind ever excited su much conk-glint and indignation as is rapressed fur rtiii •tiutnsy pile —((rorretpendent.) That circular old budding in the Lower Castle. yard, called Birmingham Tower, will, as to its present appearance, be entirely ',whilst from politic view, by being surrounded by a .Gothie building, connected with the new Castlo Chapel no, erecting there, with so much tasty, and pic turesque designi in architecture. The immense works erected on that part of the coast of Kent, which carryout be considered under the protection of our shipping in the Downs, and which is immediately opposite to that • great rendezvous of the Ft Lich Aotill 1, Boulogne, arc glow nearly . sonsidetcd ; they begiu with the ancient castle of Dover, which, frost its peculiar strength au/I elevated situation, has long been considered impregnable. Govern. moat hay.., however, been employed in construct. tug subterrancous works, consisting of three tiers of batteries, easements, &e. &e. with bar racks for 10,000 men. The height opposite the barracks is also regularly foe tifisd by flanking re. doubts, bastions, &c. &c. There is also a citadel, with ditch and draw-bridge, and barracks fur 5000 men ; a shaft of a most beautiful and commodious description, having four different staircases (round an open area which both lights and ventilates ) communicates with the town, the height of which is upwards of 300 feet. By this Craft it is calculated that 20,000 men might pass from the height to the town, or rice versa . ; In half an hour. There arc also four other banes ries calletl Guilford's, Townshend, Amherst's, and Arcliclifo, so that Dover is now the most completely fortified (exceptiug Malta and Gibral. tar) of any place in the British dominions, and forms a must novel and interesting spectacle to the eye of the stranger. From 1) ever to Folkestone no works of de. fence are necessary, as the cliff is inaccessible. From Folkestone to Dungeness, forming an open bay of about 20 utiies in breadth, a great nom• bee of martellu towers arc constructed, which are of a circular form, brrub proof, amp have one gun of very large calibre un the top; they arc in distributed, thief; noipart of the coast which is assailable is without the range of their shut ; thirty men in each alight defend themselves as lung ac their provision lasted in perfect security. The old castle of- floodgate hes oiso been greatly enlarged, and new contains a number of guns. A redoubt,. consisting of bemb.preef towers and very formidable outworks, has also bees , erected at Brockman's Barn. At Shnencliffe there is a battery, zoned by that name; and at Hy Pie; Sutherland, and fddricrief, hatteries t which, witistheer others at Dungeness, complete , the line of coast. In addition-Atli the %bum ts, military canal has been cut freer - Mierneliffe to near'Ryi. Much difference of opinion has arisen as to the utility of this canal, es a defensive mai. tory work ; but this meth is certain, that it eprnsl an easy communication with a part of the country ' called the Weeld'or- Wild of Kent, which, from the badness of its roads, and cousequent difficulty of getting its produce (consisting of timber) to market, has been cut off from intercourse with the rest of the County, and which this canal will most cffectnally obviate. It also, ivied to be of the most essetvial service fur the conveyance of troops and baggage : many regiments have passed (ruin Rye to (lythe, a distance of twenty. ties miles, without fatigue; and immediately af. ter landing, a distance of fifteen miles farther by land, without halting, thereby performing a distance of 40 miles in nue day, saving a great ez. pence to Government, and relieving the innkeepers, who are very thinly scattered in that ueighbour, hood, from an oppressive burthen. Yesterday, a serious accident occurred to a young lad of 14 years of age, of the name of Whitehead, in the service of Mr. ?site, Sad. ler, in Upper Ekook.stroet ; be was sent by kis master fur his horse, a spirited young animal, which stood . in Bruton Mews, Berketeymquare ; the boy mounted the horse, and in turning into Davies-street from the Square, the animal took fright, and ran feriously up Mountmtreet, and in turning into Park-lase threw the b 7 with semis violence, that hieekeli was fractured, and he was otherwise mock bruised. He was conveyed to a surgeon in South Aedley.strett, vie little hopes ' Of cscoaary. • W P i k. ifin.-Simix has entered intoiwildbliesperhons, vitt dog Drury•lsos Umpooltoegiall VAIPAINsi /VIM. '.: !.:. ..~ _ 7400 .~., T , • •• . A if ' -eir .: :, OLD „BAILEE ~,,,,44-eir,. ~ i., 4 . F, May, Septemb er ti. 'del* Jordan, and Amy, his so ifs, shoed es pitally indicted fur the wilful murder of %Vatter Flaghert ) , in the mouth of July last. . . It *lettered from the evidence in this case, that the Prisoners were both natives of Ireland, and that, in consequence of some national dispute be tween twopetties, the one from a place called Ca.- 'leiter, andilte other. from Galway, a renewer* took place on a Sunday evening at a place. eallot Wright's-builti:ogs, near Smithfield.. The dents's ed belouged to the Castleitar tm.rty, %s he it appeass ed were the must peaceable, the Galway mil having been the ag.tressurs, aiid hating acted in tilt most riotous and testrageona manakin, dinging tilts and briek-bais at the Castlebar people. *lhe Pd. loners were of the latter parts., and were parties. laxly concideauus in the afirsy, the• stem bting armed etch the handle of a pitch-fork, mid the woman with as 'hilt/4.40m Flagherty, the sect used, came oat of his house in Wright's-headman, to expostulate with the prisoner and his brother, on their unstriAltbeurly conduct ; in tho c terse of their eouversation, some altercation and a scut& ctsued. lii theism terita, Slaty Jorolau, having gone iuto her las* ingot, retntned stripped of all her clothe 4, exceptl log her shift and petticoat, holding in her band a smoothing-iron, whirl► she brandished over her 'head-with the greatest fury; end souisse her his. band and bruther-itt.latt engaged with the (tedium ed, she rwhed forward, and struck hie a Ire. nodulous blow on the head, in consespience 01l which be Kill in the impend. Her huelsagsta and at man natned li•otty, not in enstodys -Shane newt hint as he lay prostrate with Linde' illearteils. 'The tinfortunate man was shortly after votive% est to ilarth.domew's ilespital, where, en surgical examination, It was found that his skull leasehoet dreadfully fracteced, of which wounds, after *lingering a fortnight, he dirsl. The prigimers were therefore taken up, and committed to New. gate. These frets having been proved by severel per. eons who had been ele.wiontsees of the trensac -1 floe, the Limed Judge, Harm REAM addres sing himself to Mr. GURNEY, the Copuiel for the i prosecution, said he did not think it would be etc ! cessary to proceed farther in the evidence, enough ' having already been proved to sabstantiatu the 'co issue of Alanslanglot • r against the Prisoners. As it appeared 'that the horrid result bad nut arisen ' from malice aforethought, but In consequence of a sadden aiel unpremeditated quarrel, however iinjostillable the cdnddct of the prisoners naiOt be, they must be acquitted of the capital part of the charge. Mr. G entice therefore closed the evidence for the prosecution, and the Jury, in compliance with the direction of the Judge, returned a verdict of Munefewthier. Win. User was convicted of privately itealieti from the parses of a eentlemad, lamed Goode. t ridge, a silk pocket-handkerchief, value Its. id. t iwthe pinup leading to the pit of the New Thee. ! tee, Covent-garden, ciente night of Monday, the 18th inst. ..... The prisoner was seen in the actual committal Of the fact, and the property was found otmosaled in his sniall-elothes. Robert Arnett, who yretertlef pledted Guilty • on bring biought to the bit; but was ofterwar& I acquitted in consequence ill a defect in legal evidence, was this day brought up again, on an indictment for stealing seven blankets, a match, and some other snicks, the property of a Mr." Dingerfteld, of Deatt.strect, Soho, ipardie 1011 instant. Mr. Dangertcld stated, that on the they spit. aid in the indictment, he was informed that a man had gut into his sister's room, who lodged on his first enur, and who had gage out a fee► minutes before, locking her door after her.. lie immediately rail up stairs, and mama.% toner on the landing-place, whom he aiscansd a t having robbed the room. This, however,: is a deoicd, saying he had butte op to the lop of Olt . 1 house on some business with a sboona!ter whir • • lodged there. Witnam, however, seeing the door ripest, was at once convinced of *falsehood of the subterfuge, .aad seised us the Prisoner, who •dropped a hag.lse held sip big- hated. A Condo. ble way then mart for, mket a on examining the bag tillotled lo s - found it eontsieed the articles • enumerated in the indictestalk, eat on seersiiint the Prisonyr's person, be Usual therttod fen. rap picklock bye, a small Peeli-lever, and otitet• • prifesasonal isettsments of- *oder. On Me r • emitting tho room also, he faand.a ' bateau bad been broken open, he presumed, by the help ea the lever. This evidence being incontrovertible, the Jury, on receiving their charge, without a aturuent's he: 'teflon, returned a verdict of Geilty..-Dentn. i n a llk notes mud gold having been found on the Prisoner's person, not claimed by the prosecutor, 'to the amount of eight or nine points, he preyed '4hat it might be returned to Mat. This, boweireri •was refused, and he was informed that he had for. tfeited all his property is consequence of his con t viction. He tisen prayed for Dewey, and retired. Ile is an old offender. Judith Ittektford was convicted of a similar offence, having stolen a watch, the property of John Sheinnao, on the 11th of July, fres hit 'edgings. r t Margaret Downing ant likewise convicted of stealing two blankets, a beleter, •and a pillow. ease, the property of Mo. Margaret Atkitmou s with whom abs had lived servant. The Prisoner was AO interesting looking gill, laud wastvidefilly a young offender. She made a tekbetie appeal to the feelings of the Court and s i l ur y , assigning es a &dee for her delinquency the went of those habiliments which *ere eecessaty to render her St to appear isi bet situation. The Jury recommended her to mercy, in cones. tomes of her youth and apparent contrition. Joseph Levi, a reputed ea/ notorious pick. pekes, was evoricted of eimilliOg from the parson 0 lboore !termina l a peer Itottiq me., is Whitecrose-street, on the eiskt of UM SA et July lest, a silver welsh. *'~~'l I