The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-11-08 00:00:00

P LAM: IN A' PUNLiCi OFFICE. • • • • fir.i N l'E D, A TO TDB EDITOR 01.' THR STITES:WC fiat—On lo,,king over the list of Clerks in the Office of Crates Bream:a, in the Court of Com . : Mon Ple-a. ' I find the names er Lodi Most g n and llrz. L. Bromaing— my curiosity, therefore. • teotio‘ me to enquire of.yon, or any of your tel:4ent Correitiondents, whether these Ladies ex cute the duties of their Office persoitally, or by proAl, as I heist, myself, never some them attend ing ai their desks in the Office 3 It would be wrong, however, in me not to own, Oat while I um wishing to 4ratify my curiosity, I havo also another motive i not quite so disinte r••,t,d, in *Mini in you, 1. e. I oWI to promote toy nun interest ; for as I have been educated to the la, (anti perhaps the Ladies may nut have had that advaatage), I am anxious to assistlhese Ladies in getting through fhe arduous Usk which . they have undertaken-4nd, in hopes that this will meet the rye of my Lady Mostyn, or Of other Lady, I beg leave to assure them, that 1 wilt perform the business, for eithexi-or both those Lionel, on as love terms as any tither loan. If this application dues n.lt succeed, I s h i ll I-►w•k art for some Other La4v in 'ant one of the Fabric Vices ; frit' thon4h I have been bred to • litmatevrr yet-thu-hrstittoftaliog yet hero ft- breid to are," I Ste able and to turn lily hand to any thirigln'ttio above line. An ans►rer through the medium of your Paper, yin be taken 'ha a very great mark of kindness conferred un, Sir, you rc Timer Temple, Ndv. S. A I.RAL I. DT'S MAN. FOR 771 g .S . TATESAIAM COVENT GARDEN TII RATtliv Mu. Eorrott —As the preciao 'point of the Lord Ciainbsrlain over tho Theatrrn4nirl.Attors, s e ems not to be very generally known, I Conceive the which a perusal of the itick*eil Cause of the fantails sir Robert Walpole's Play lour! 4:t, will give to many acme detirable k no ,s ledge. on that point. By this clause it nil( b. distinctly seen, that the Lurd Chanib •rlain is in •etell %rtlli MI abs el te controul over the Per.. formantea, and that he may, by prohibiting them, shut up lientre at any tune. This power It Is r‘perted, fur the tianq of the public, he will 1.,.1„;er delay ertercishig on the present occa sion, as it certainly will tiling tne Pr. , prietors to, thrir senses. The Act was 'obtained in the year 1737, by the Ministry, in consequence of impro ver allusions to the politics of the day having been inaik in some Theatrical compositions, but it did not vHss in silent*, for it Was strongly op inisml by the celebratxd Lord Chesterfield, who roatle a ' , ivy a iiiinattd spueth in the House of Lords e j n th^ 1:10014:111..4tTSUI011et, e. xi. p. 8,0, 10, t ind th e * Parliamentary Debales of the time. Your's, &c. A. TEMPLAR. By the fourth section of the Act, i. e. 10 Gee. e.,sfi s .it.ia enacted, 't That Itareltal4- sort Amy he lawful to and for the Lord Chamberlain for ilk: time being, from tinie to time, and when and as often as he shall think fit, to prohibit the acting, performing, or representing any Interlude, Tra. gedy, Comedy, Opera, iy, Farce, or other en. tertaininent of the Stage, or any act, mite, or part thereof, or any prologue or epilogue ; and in Cabe any parson or persons ;hall, for hire, gain, or reward, act, perform, or represent, or cause to be acted, performed, or represented, any Interlude, Tragedy, Comedy, Opera, Play, Farce, Or other entertainment of the stage, or auv iglaet act, Scene, or part thereof, or any pro. loge. or epillgue, contrary to such prohibition as aforesaid, every persou so offending shall fur •• 7v such offence forfeit the sum of fifty pounds ; r .ry grant, license, and authority (in case he any such) hy, or under which the Mas. • or Misters, or Maneger or Managers set up, iormetl, or coutititkett, such play-house, or such iinsiany of actors, shall cease, determine, and, 1,#•••ome, absflutt.ly •nid, to all intents and pur. poses wtiatst.ever." CO RN-EXCIUNGE, Nor. 8. To.day the supplies of Wheat are somewhat considerable. chit fly of the late arrical3 of Foreign, and tales in gener.il maintain last price•. Rye at less., Barley and Alait rather lower, escepting fne. Whitt. Peas 3re cheaper. In Beans, of the tn ndi seriptions, little fluctuation. Of Oats the snpplies are large, mostly of second and infetiur and cabs thereof hardly sit: Tort last price:. Fl , ,ur an the terms of our last quotation, and fine American 583. to 6%1. per barrel. CURRENT PRICE. When', - - Sgs. 90% 104 N. 'lltsi Bray, - - • - 461. 51s. Filar (I: 11u - - - - lU*. 113,5. ().113, * Mc. - - - - 3i4. 4),. IS it-Irv, • 46 :144. Pettsitte ditto - -- - to SI , . N1..1t, - - - £4B .I: .53. I% W. Pea. (Rollers) 754 floe Flour -- - - 901. 9:-. Or,. Pe4s, lk•ala bei. Os. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of CLA RENCE and Cameatoot, the Princesses MART and AME LIA, and suite, left Weymouth on Friday last, in their travelling carriages, for Windsor. The Royal Party slept the first night at Gen. GARTIO'S, at Pidiletown ; the second at WoooysT's Inn; the third at Salisbury ; and were to proceed from thence by short and easy stages. Her Royal High. n. , s Princess Astet.ta, we are concerned to say, is still in a very weak state. The Deputies from the Tyrol pakl a visit yester- Cay to the Bank and the India House. They were received with the greatest politeness by the Chairman and Directors of those two great Cum panics. When they entered the .119tunda and Transfer Otlices of the Bank, the national interest in the fate of the brave people' they represent wanted itself by repeated acclamations and cheering,. Pruner persons were appointed at both places to skew them the interior of the respec tive building., and they returned much gratified by attentions they received. --7404e.5D1Z111 rd EST-A . I I EBMA V. • a-0440W paper, signed An Ent OM* purporting to be an answer to my 14tter upon ratty, taus, anti tithes, is thu followin; pas-. 'sap Os." Hut Oat wilt be when it is farther kno*ii that the taxes and tithes or which he corn ptains, ius.l +which he states to be paid for the farm of 1601. ontg,.inelude his elegant mansion.house;. ollieds; gardens, green-hutoe, pleasure-grounds, fish.puuds, kc. Now, Sir, though it would be endless to answer all the nonsense that has been written respeoting my statement, yet, as in the paper I have mentioned, and' particularly the pa%_ rage above quoted, I have beets accused of an at tempt to deceive, I would wish, in jastice to my own character, through' the medium of your,Ps per, to she* of 'what nature the deeeptiole Tint been. In fact, my situatkin is Inlittitity reoree than I at first thought it right Cr . fairtc Tcpteient it. My house is much 'fuser' than any - farm house, and of course thitaies_ fie* irsatiry Water, for which re mion I &together' oositled the 'hailer 'and zeindow-iiti.• Eierrifatin however, though ales► proportion, bits a house :114' 41%1(11m-tax to pay, whith must come net of the profits of the land ; and however the Englishman, may puzzle himself, or attempt to puzzle ckliera,..with his dis tinction between occupiers and ianiasaAs this fact still remains, that every c)targe laraTupon the l.nd, must come out of it, by e humsoever it may be paid, and of course raise the price of the- protium to the consumer—a fact which is as clearly proved, as it is severely felt in. the present high price of bleat mid breed. Without farther comment; Sir, I shall now proceed to add 'to my former State. meet, the differznt sums I pay for house and win. dow-tae, and the tat on farming-hose's, which I had before omitted through inatteetidn: Land Tax - - ;el 6 8 5 Property fat - - 31 6 4 Peer !tate - -4; 5 0 .Ifighwat Rate - - 10 1; 3 Church Rate - - 1 13 6 I:rent Tithes - - 39 V 6 Soon Tithes . - - 11 5 0 111,1P0 nod Wiedows lioh • 1.1tr,1 Iluu.r - Hor,es fur llu;sai►dry 157 18 0 55' 9 6 5 1J 4 12 0 2 -.! 4 I'2 10 In e:c Tax.gcherer's bill, which is now before me, there is ou distinction made in the Land and Property Tax, of what is f•ir the house, and what is for the laud ; but Lavin.; !aid the whole concern before the Fablic exactly as it has been paid by me, I think every im i tartial p.•rson will agree that • I did not, iu the first instauce, wish to exaggerate or dec.eire. I am your obeoVient humble servant, • HENRY HARE TOWNSEND. ilustarlder, Nrr.o6, 1809. • Tg. :az EDIMR OF THE ST•ITES.II.IN. Stb—As yon have lately designated the unt;oar at Covent-Garden Theatre, by the tiile of " Pa radi.a Lott," I have sent you an citrate from that book, with several alterations, whieb ierve as an address, front the Manager, when he presumes to appear again on that stage ; it is at your disposal, if you think proper to insert it in your paper. R. S. (1 th to al: powerful Pit, with 0 P's crowed, hone very looks strike terror to the breans Of the Proprietors of this Dew House, And from whosesight we hide nor shallow heads, To thee I call, but with no friendly voice, That I may tell thee how I heir thy groans., That bring to my remembrance from what slate I fill, to what a pitch of greatness you Ilad raia'd me, when pride and av'riee hurl'd me down Warring in vain against the voice unanimous. Alt wherefore ? you desery'd ni, sack return From rue, whom you uprais'd front nothing Into affluence; nor were your tenns, so hard, " 01.1 Prices and no Private Boxes all," Who would not then have yielded to your wish ? • Yet all your kindness prov'd but ill louse, And wrought ingratitude. so big!! uplifted I 'sdain'd subjection, and th night one step higher Would set me highest, and in a moment quit The debt immense •$f (utiles, gratitude, . So burdensome, still paying,. stilt to owe, Forgetful what faills'ina I had reeeiv'd, Nor recollecting iisat - ymmor fost'ring hand Front dark obscurity; bad drawn mne forth— And made me what I am, possesn'd of wealth And ev'ry comfort that this 11th ran give. Oh ! had but your indulgent voice (matured Me some inferior Actor, I had stood Then happy, no unbounded hope had cooed 411nbtlion. Yet why not ? some other Actor," As great, might have aspired, and me, though mean, Drawn to his part g but other actors greet as I Felt not, but stand maths/on, from within, Or frail without, ta all templationt urned. Haslet then the kali, free-Wilt and pow'r to stand ? Thou haskt : whom has( thou then, or what t'accuse, Fee thou receiv'dst thy portion of applAuse? 'Turas thine own avarice, and love of gold, That made thee thus despise the people's voice, Which uow does rack my bones.% ith aitches, and Old cramps, down from my bird--e'en unto my toe.. This makes me miserable—which way 1 ay . Cat-reels, and rattles, gioans, and hisses deep, With placards keen, assail mime eyes and can. nisich way I Ay is Hell, myself am Hell, And in the lowest deep, a lower deep Heil threatening to devour me opens wide, To swallow up my princely salary, So long, and so unworthily enjoy'd. O then at last relent: Is there no place Left for repentance, Done for pardon left ? None left but by submission ? and that word Disdain forbids mar, and my d.-ead of shame Among th' Proprietors, wholn 1 twdsseti With other promises, and other vaunts, Than to submit, boasting I could subdue The people's voice. Ah! one they little know, Haw dearly I abide that boast sts vain, Under what turmeots inwardly 1 groan, When nightly I am ask'd, dal do gas mast And quickly ring Old Priers in mite ear, A mood more terrible then dustman's bell, Or watchman's rattle; horn, sr penorttampal—• Such is the peace of mind ambition gives. Nos. 6. lift • : :14 - R. S. ~, Tin S'l' AS I AN. C LAW INTE Lb-wwvci: COURT OF CIIANC:ERY. Tuesday . , Nov. 7. . the rtilegitis of Lansdowne is possessed, as te. want in coalman, of the estate of Beau wood, iii •=tshire; on which there are.most extensive and noble woods, to tlse es4pkt, gs has been gupeused, of more than a million of Ord. Suate time ago, at the.instance of the trustee of the heirs in re mainder, who complained that waste. had been 'comoi.ittell by cutting down dies.: woods to the detriment.of their interests, the Court was pleased to issue an injunction prohibiting the Marquis to 'cut down iiity,trotis, till the qiiestion reloaded on the original bill had been set at rest. Sir A:Ptoorr new applied on behalf of the Marquis of Lansdowne for the removal of this in. junction. Ile proilue4 a variety of affidavits from the Surveyors of Woodlands, the object of which was to show, that though the Marquis, in the space of font. yeire,,cut dime timber to the value of more than 4Q,0001. yet 'so ,extensive were the plantations, that this. had only thinned them, and was necessary for the growth of the younger trees. It was also contended that the urnamentol parts of these woode in the park, surrounding the man siott, had not received attir deterioration, and, that ' nothing had been cut down which could be consi dered as urnatneutal to the grounds. _ Me. ALEXSNDER was heard at some length on the same side, and the further heariug.was post. pon Cd tilt tet-morrovre • • • Chusktbrltlic's BENCH. Nopeotber 7. AGA,III) *SD If V. GIBSON Ant) ANoTtiER. Mr. CLARK said, that this was an action fur the purpose of recovering the sum of 2361. being the price, as the Plaintiffs contended, of a quantity of lee n sold and delivered by them to the Defend ants, who contended that the pieces of which it Hate tompoied, were not of the sir,: which the Plaintiffs stated them to be, and that the amount iif the demand was, in reality, no more than 2191. which sum the Defendants offered to pay, but which the Plaintiffs refused to take, and imme. diately arrested the Defendants, and this cause came on to be tried at Warwick, at the last as. sines. 'fhere was no question whatever upon the amount; for now the narties were agreed upon.i that matter. But he contended that the aetien was breeght too soon, it being before the time for whhh tredit was given bad expired, and that therefore, the Plaintiffs ought to hare been non. suited; but the learned Judge held that the offer to pay the sun* of 2191. was a waver of the dine of credit ; and so a verdict paised for the Plaintiff. Now this, Mr. Clarke submitted, was a mis-divection of the learned Judge, and, there. fore, he moved, that this verdict should be set aside, and a new trial had, on the ground that' as the Plapitiff had not. accepted the Defendants" offer, the parties reverted to their oeiglnal rights, by which the l)efeudaots were emitted to the agred upon credit. Rule to sitew geese pealed. • BROWN Di WILLZR. Mr. Serjeant Pecewet.t. moved for a rule to chew cause why the verdict in this cause should not be set aside, and a tionsuit entered, or a new trial granted. This was an. action for money had and received by the D.:fend:int for the Plaintiff's tele. The sum was 100 guineas, being the amount of a stake whit h had heeti deposited by the Plaintiff in part, and by a person of the name of Gutridge is part, that is to say, fifty gulucas each, of which 100 guineas the defendant was the stake-holder, being the amount of a bet made between Mr. Brown and Mr. Gutridge, upon the following question— " Whether or not Gutridge had kept his word with Mr. Whitbread, in an award made by Mr. Whitbread upon the subject of an Inclosure Bill which had been submitted to the House of Com. moos ?" It was contended by the Learned Serjeant, that although Mr. Whitbread bad made his award with a view to settle all differences between the contending parties, yet that it was not an award confined to the subject which was referred to him as an arbitrator ; that the award was, there fore, void; and that the promise to abide by his nwatd by Gutridge was also void. Mr. Whit. bread had bruugbt a paper with him, without dis closing its contents, when he met these parties, end had asked them, " will you abide by my awartV" and they said "yes ;" but hen Gutridge found that the award related to matters which were not submitted to the arbitrator n he declined to obey it, and (he wager was, whether Gutridge had kept his word or promise with Mr.-Whit bread ? The Learned Serjeant contended, that he was not bound to do so, if the award was ille gal, which be maintained this to be; and of this opinion he alleged Sir James Mansfield, (before whom the cause was tried) to be also, as would appear by. his report ;.hut,theJury found fur the Plaintiff. • Tb. Court ioolisokkettishak that as Gutridgel bad promised to ahide by the award, good or bad, no matter, he had , lost .his wager by not obeying. flowerer. they would look at tho report of the Learned Judge, and here the matter ended for the present. A very destructive tire broke out in the +►tables of Major Phelleii, at Hardinge Green, tiorrey, on Sunday evening, which was occasioned by a candle falling from a lanthorn, which communi cated itself to a truss of straw. Tl►e Major had just returned home in his curricle, end the stable man was gone for a pall of stater, whets the acci dent happened. The build►ng, - consisting , of a stable and oat-house, was destroyed, as here also two horses, worth 200 pineal. The *welling_ house caught fire, but it was extinguished 'before the fla►ues spread. Yesterday Jmortes Aden, ' of Camden Town, a Tender of coal•, was charged with hoeing neglect-1 ml to place a Nisbet ins enftspieuetta pert of kis cart, u the Act directs. Th. Dettsglamt 1 guilty, and was conviated in thy --- - of 51.. and 11. co_ti. I / a '. -.. UtCH P liPater aL." ' • PA ithly OCT. 26.--TNPC Mani iCar3 C3f)tain some articles citract,ll from (Lc tfuJiih Newspaivers from the 2d to thti 7th instatlVptic of whit], is as ftell( t wb • 44. .1Vhatever may' be the retultsof the ne..ocia tions, it seems 441.1i1l that France means to retain Vienna, bectitso a line of telegraphs has been formed which extends from that capital to the Rhine. It appears (tilt Napoleon has been seri ously indisposed in We palace of Schuenbittnn, and that a Courier has been a. nt tit Paris math or tiers for the first I'hysican of the Court ti ) repair immediately to Schoenbrunn." The Menitear makes cie following observations on that passage:— " The Emperor has not been ill; nay, he has not experienced the slightest indisposition; the first Physician, M. Could:tint, it is Imo, pro. cutlet! to Schoinbron9, but the Emperor Aid not stand to need of hii professional att,ndanCe. Sono symptoms of the flux having shewn 0 . 3,11)104ex among Vie troops, it was deemed necosaiiry-fo have the advice of that experienced Phi:rice/1r on those symptom.; but they fortimati3ly 'sport disnlipear_ ed. IYlule the above false report of.the Emperor's illness vras circulated, , he was travelling at thi: rate of fifty leagueli a day." —( Rotierdtif Oct. 31 ; l t . MILAN, OCT—el.—The official taletentalna two Drerces, dated Schoenbrusyni mbar 14. 'ha first is as follows e. ^ " • " Napoleon, by the grain : of oprietti Con. ititetion; Esuprror of the French, Kin; nfitaly, .and !Interior of the ConfederaLion of the Rhine, se have decreed, and do decree as follows; "theakcles of Villach, Condole, the provinces of Istria, forineily Austrian ;, the provinces of Fiume and Trieste, the . countrlet known, by the name of the Litturale; the part of Croatia, and all that has been ceded to its ou the right bank of the Sa.Te; Dalmatia and its islands; shall hereafter bear the name of the Illyrian provinces." The substance of the Decree is, tlie'Coun. tenor of State, D tocliy, is appointed Intendant. of the Illyrian Provinces, ceded by the treaty of Vienna. Anuther Decree, of the 10th of Odobar,directa that the kingdom of Italy be divided into eix mili. tary divisions. The tirst will consist of the de. partments of Aquoquis Mena, Lario, and Adda, and tha head.quarten will be at Milan;—the 2d, of the departments of Cella, Serio, and Upper Po ;—ilie 3d, of the departee ots of the Mincio, ,the Adige, said this LoWee Po, head-quarters RI kn. 'tua 4tb, of the depaittisents of the 'Rena, Rubican, Patiaro, and Crostula, bead-quarter. Bolognal—the sth, of the depArtments of (10 Me. (auto, slnsone, and Trento, headquarters Au. cons;—the 6th, of the departments of the Buc. chiglione, Brenta, Piave, Tagliamento, Adriatic Sea, acid Passeriativ, heed-quarters V.:nice- 7 (!dent.) MUNICH, OCT. 21.—The most satisfactory in.. telligence has been received from the twv Bavarian divisions, which had orders to enter the birch,, of •4,e hen. • The first dixillilP7 - teKfiliinZl4 - 111 his Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince, entered Leifer on the 17th in the afternoon. 'lt had.pre viously had an affair, in which the rebels list about 300 men killed and wounded, 400 prisoner s , t wo - pieces of heavy artillery, and .otue caiseoni:Apeek. .ichcr, one of their principal Chic rs, is among the 'slain. The prisoners ass,:r t 1, that they had been forced to take part in the insurrection. Tn promp titude with which the insurgents were adacked at once on several sides, was the cause that the divi. sion ha 3 only 13 men missing and six wounded. The troops distinguished them‘-Ives not more by their courage than by their discipline: A t tha same time the seeend division , cuinJiaii.leti by Lieutenant-General IVrede, rnarrhed u where the headqiiarte , s were cs.abliseed on the 17th. Had It nut been for lei bad sive of tha roads, • it would have emeriti St. John on the same (lay. IYhen the advanced guard left Reiter. winkle, the rebels made a discharge at 1500 oces distance (rem their entrenchments upon the Schtnidtherg and Klansberg, and then took to flight so precipitately, that our advanced guard could not overtake them. The insurgents endea_ vourcd to take the bridge of Achen, but were prevented. Tho truops of the second division dis tinguished themselves equally by their valour and their discipline. We expect the reports of the third division, which advanced by Kufsteiu.— ( Leyden Gazette, Oct. 31.) OLD - --.7.-1/Lt.k. .. Tuesday, I 1 °render 7. The Reconnur passed Sentence of Dzath ots the following Prisoners, via.— George King, for burglary in the d welling-hens of • Jatnes Fositaine; Anthony Juiag, (dr bared.. .tiously breaking out of the dwelling-kuns t of Michael Poasetai, after having conimitted.a ! o..ity ; therein ;. Joseph Fawcett, fur stealing 201. intim dwelling house of William Ridley; dies nth "Flinn, fur stetting gouda in tbe•dwelling:ho'aiis el Samuel Butler ; Denis Shield, for stealing goods In the dwelling-house of. Francis Todd ; Chart a Rotherfortl,lot a burglary in the divellinkhouse of Henry Davidson ; •Jarie VVllltams, fur stealing 'Martgo*Os privately to the. shop 6( S.unttel Cla.k ; 'Martha. Nagle, Healing SI I. and upw ar d-, o f ha. Pomptiss, widow, in her divelling-Itoce ; IPatriek Cane, fur stealing goods of Cot. in a dwelllng.hulase; John aidson, for a r „a. berg ou the fling's highway ; J oseph Hatiadi, for stealing goody in the d nat.. of R o b er t Shedd , Egg. ; William Handeuek, lir breaking and entering.the-dwulloi*.huuse of Juhit Taylor, and stealing grinds value 31. ; Edward Edwanig, fur stealing goudtpriyately in'a ; and Mary Williams Ca hop 'Judgment as respited 'the last Session ott,acoeunt of illness), for slealingsuods privately in ii Ar'l• ' * ,* • On Mondey_elettiog, A 3 buy, eight years of *iv, was tallying- twine to -kit; %outlier (a Jana alatm, in.thu New read) a ',moll ixandle of ffelloir snatched it fr om him in Tottenham.toiir - 'road, near London.strect ) and Bid& his escape irfli•it. 1 • 1 , 0 1 "11 , I .t A. • r. it • )r 13 It •, • - • 1 • • F Ii ! I - • • PI! r f l' ~~ ~ 7 711 ~