The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-10-11 00:00:00

It- • WC' Ilk -,4711. mosisor has borroiled thitlitforhiation from the Jouracd de Paris. But here, in Copenhagen, we know to the contrary, that the prices of all colo nial commodities have continually been upon the rise since.the beginning of the war, with the sole exception of two exchange days subsequent to the late revolution in Sweden. According to a letter from Milan, of a recent date, the prices of silk is very Jow, on account of the exportation of that article being still prohibited. Gotten from C.issef advise, that the King of Westphalia left that city on the 5111 inst. to visit and inspect the celebrated silver min:•s of the Jlara.—(Stockholus Gazette.) Java, SEPT. 3. - -A dispatch from Senor Equia, • of the 29th ult. communicates that he has joined the army of this province, with 14,000 infantry, and 4000 cavalry, to act in concert. He will en. ter La Mancha by Ciudad Real. The remainder of the army of Extremadura remains, covering eertain points, and ours is beginning its mos.. vents. One divisioa goes to Valdcpenas, and an other to Moral de Ca!alien, where it is probable ihiebeed-gearters will be fizeil ; t h e rest advanc. leg in proportion I. ?be enemy occupies the points of Mora, Ye. *Res, and i'embleque, as we have received ad. wire from Ilerencia, of the 29th ult. which town ur amused parties had entered. By accounts of the 11th Sept. the enemy still continued hie retreat, and• various diyisions, to the number of 12,000 infantry, awl 2000 car.ilry, Wu united at Toledo, abandoning all the inter. seeiliate points they held. Our army marches with some slowness, in order te facilitate the junction of the 18,000 men from Estremsdura, who are on their way; sad its di. 'visions occupy the following points ; the first at Vaidepenas, the second at Infante!, the third at Cardenas, the 4th at Vivclloe, the sth at the con. vent of Centime. • The cavalry occupies the points already men. Coned, the advanced guards continuing at Vilalta . and even farther. The total force of our army ,patounts now to 24,586 infantry, and 3,172 ca. 'airy, in which number is nut included the regi. vstent of volunteers of Spain. 111 . 1116. Ihie. Dublin ... .. . 0 •• • ........, . ; • ....y3 lr. Ciottenharel 1 I 0•••••• •• • List). in 1 9.oAgeo• VIA is I Flashing 0 riUCE - DV STOCKS TO I: per (lent. Cis. 5814 Ite4vee4 004 doe. II per Cest....lof_. 4 per Cent.... 871 Com* for Nev. r+9 TH DAY AT ON It O'CLOCK. Lon. At0....183r16 1 prem. 54. 11.. pretn. India 11.,ndi,11•. Lottery Tick. CU. 7*. STATESMAN. fROPUiITIi TENOR. LONDON : WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11. --oar— A Govrasavitou Mail, mid Spanish rapers to Ay 11th of September, were received this morn. ing, of which we have given extracts in anottitr part of tiso Paper. TRI Correspondence between Mr. PI-RCA:VAL, lE+l4 Gala, and Lord GRZY•ILLE, tve cuusideras the most curious political "asotscao" with which the palate or the public has fur a lung time been. fl iUuled To us the invitation to these Noble. pen to come up to London fur the purpose of ipasoing iu the formation of an extended 'kiwi iffskation, in which they were to have, then_ /ekes, no share—appears totally incomprehensible. We have uo doubt that it is not less so to the public, to whom the new PaEmiErt will, perhaps, find it difficult to explain a proposition, which at present 1i too deeply immersed in the abstruse depths of I political special pleading, to be intelligible to or. dinary capacities. The new Batch of Ministers kiss hands to-day •—as it is said. from the French Papers will be found highly interesting. With all the ingenuity of French dressing, the defeat at Talavera c.itinut be disguised. Yesterd iy Sir DA cin Du uts held a public day at thu Commander in Coirf's in the h one Guards, and gave audience to a number of Military Officers. . The (,oan Mayor: will hold a Court of Com sew; Cuyucil to.morrow, at twelve o'clock, to consider a motion to rescind the Itosolution voted on the Ist of August last, respecting Mr. W A II I) Ls, and ether business. To urge our Friends to buy speedily, must na turally appear interested in the persons whose ot4cial business is to recoinnieud the same.— itounses - and Co. on the preseut occasion, pre ume it will not be so cowidered, when Ow f,,!_ lowing fact is stated to the Sat el day last only 5000 Tickets remained at the Bank of F.eglan4 to be disposed of, which . is scarcely a alutply fur a fur or two before the Drawing : it is - therefore evident ) should the demmiel continue, that massy tteand persons, whir usually post peas parrots until the last day, will be disap pointed. Tickets and Shares are seltiog at the }worst Nieto by floaxass and Co. at their Old OW:dished 510, Lottery 96ees, 26, and S. Mar.arst's. tiorev i sh. . . • 'I • • • ... CORRESPONDENCE. LETTER SENT IN DUPLICATE TO "EARL GREY AND LORD GRENVILLE. " MY LoSD, " Wtndser, Settrasy, Sept. IS. 1809. " The Duke of Portland having signified to his Majesty his intention of retiring from his Majesty's service, io cooseqoente of the state of his Graces health, his Majesty has authorised Lord Liverpool, in conjunction with myself, to commonirale with your Lordship and Lord Grey, for tie purpose of form ing an extended and combined Administration. • " I hope, therefore, that your Lordship, in consequence of this communication, will come to town, in order that to little time as po.sible may be lost in forwarding this important ob ject, and that you will have the goodness to inform two( your arrival. "I am al-n to acquaint your Lordship, that I have re eeiveil hi`Majesty's commands to make a similar communi cation to Lord Grey of his Nlajesty's pleasure. " I think it proper to add, for your Lordship's informa tion, that Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Secretary Canning have intimated their intentions to resign their offices. I have the honour to be, dr. &c. (Signed) " SPENCER PLRCEYA.L." .' Son, No. lI.—(COPY.) ANSM ER FROM EARL GREY. 4 ' llowirk, Sept. 26. " I have thi4 evening had the honour of receiving your let ter If the 'ad, informing me, that inconsequence of the Duke of Portland's intention of retiring from his Majesty's service, his Majesty had authorised you, in conjunction with the Earl of Liverpool, to communicate with Lord Grenville and my self, for the purpose of forming an extended and combined Administration, and expressing a hope, that in consequence of this eaniownication I would go to town, in order that as little time as possible may be lost in forwarding this important object. " Had iris Majesty been pleased to signify that he bad any commands fur me personally, I should not have lost a moment in slinging any duty an I obedience, by a prompt attendance on his Royal pleasure. " Bat when it is proposed to me to communicate with his Majesty's present Ministers, for the purpose of forming a cionhir.ed Administration with them, 11. feel that I should be wanting in duty to his Majesty, and in fairness to them, if I did not frankly mid at once declare, that much an union is,. with respect to me, under the present circumstances, impos sible. This being the answer that I final myself under the necessity of giving, my appearance in London could bc of am advantage, and might possibly, at a moment like the pre sent, be Intended with some luconvenienee. " 1 have thought it better to request, that you will have the goodness to lay my duty at the feet of his Majesty, hum bly intrcating hint not to attribute twiny want of altachmeut to Isis Royal Person, or to diminished zeal fur his ger% Ire, my declining a communication, which, on the terms proposes', could lead to no useful mull, ani which might be of 'serious detriment to the country, if in cosecquence of a less decisive answer (mom me, any further delay should take place its the formation of a fettled goners's:sent. " L am, hn. (Signed) " GREY.- No. III.—(COPY). FIRST ANSWER FROM LORD GRINVILLE. "SIR. " Ilvottrio., Sept. 13, 18U9. •' I bare the honour to neknonledgc year letter of tbe 73d instant, and unden.tasolinz it as nn wheial t-iguiticatino of his Nlnjeit,', &Apure for attendance in town, I shall lose w time in repairing thither, in humble obedience to his ►tajes ty'• coninsondt.. " I mu-t h:•K leave to defer until my arrival all observa tions on the other umtterl to which your Hier relates. " I have, &c. (Hgned) " GRENVILLE." , MAN . COPTNT-G4RDEN T11E.4171E. We entreat our Readers to give implicit belief to our assertion, that the various accounts in the different Papers of this morning, of what passed at this Theatre last night, are all of them, without exception, either false, misrepre sented, or defective. There were in tho Pit about 164 individuals when the curtain rose—of these two-thirds were manifestly Jews, bruisers, and other ruffians. With these impartial and en lightened critics, coloured neckcloths, un shaven boards, great/ ragged clothes, dark cu. loured linen, stud unwashed hands and faces, were the predominant costume. In the Boxes of the ?weer there were more than three, hut certainly not 400 persons. In the Private Boxes of the privileged order—we counted sic. In the slips, the front rows alone were tenanted. The two first Acts of The Woodman were hoard, with no other interruptions, that what were I produced by the dragging from the Pit a Gentle man of very respectable appearance...and from the Lower Gallery, a person, who had, as well as that Gentleman, been found guilty by the ',vim!. dons of tho Proprietors of expressing dissappro bation, not by means of any instruments, but by kissing, and crying off! off! In the middle of the third act, symptoms of discontent began to manifest themselves, but the performers continued to be received fa vourably, as might naturally be expected from such an audience. Inc: Arms and hlusnax were each encored in a song ; Mrs. Dictioms was much applauded, as also were Mrs. Lts- Ton and Mr. EstinT.--d—Soon after the end of the third act the Pit was filled ; and the spaces in the Boxes appeared to be pretty generally occupied. In the fourth act, a Gentleman in the Pit Mounted a bench, and acquainted the house, that the song which Mr. TAYLOR was at that moment singing, had been foisted Vito the piece, of whirli it did not originally form a part. This excited much dissatisfaction, and uproar in the pit immediately ensued, and was sue ceesied by a similar effect in the lower gallery. The discontent was principally confined to these parts of the House. The Upper Gallery was mute, being filled, as was suggested, with the workmen or servants of the House. Foam the Boxes, the front rows of which were eiidently filled by the friends of the Proprietors, applause occasionally proceeded. Daring the remainder of the performance, the vocal music of the interior of the Home completely overpowered the voice of the Per formers—and of the remainder of the Woodman not one syllable was audible. When the curtain dropped, a Gentleman, whose name we under stand to he WRIGHT, addressing the House from the back of the Pit, strenuously maintained that all the disturbances which had taken place since the open i ng of the Theatre, were attributable solely to the Proprietors and Managers, who, he said, had outrageously insulted the people of England, by procuring the presence of the Ma gistrates on the first night, when the audience was threatened with the reading of the Riot Act, and he was astonished that any Magistrates could have been found to exhibit themselves in so ex. traordinary a performance. It was perfectly ridiculous to suppose that the Jews and prize fighters, that were placed in every part of the House, had come there of their own accord ; they were, doubtless, brought in by the Managers, and every body mast know it.—The Gentleman pro ceedtd— " Ladies and Gentlemen—The Proprietocsaad Manager of this Theatre themselves, nee the only peas* breakers. We, the audience, mould be, if they wetted let us, the peace-ma kers. If they feel a necessity to hire radians and vagabcaids . what do you think of a cause which can Daly be 'imported by violence and outrage, by desperate assaults and !battery of some, by menace operating as terror to others, by the most shameless unmasked violence Inwards all who have the can dour to express their feelinip ? I say this is the ease of thi Pro prietors and Manager, who, contrary to all law, coati ary to all reason, cootrary to jauke, monkey to every sentiment of humanity, have directed an hired mob of vagabonds to beat with !natal violeace every perms who dime:sternum their sys tem of extortion. Ls this usage for a British audience, oo whose favour the Proprietors and Manager subsist? I say they hare, night after night, insulted us. Nor are they content with insult only; they have gone the length of Wit:Kering our lives. Witness those spikes spots %kids two persons were shuck a few nights ago (eNiediag to the spikes which are placed is the bad: roe of the Pit, and in front of the tattier Boxes, to prevent those In the Pit getting into Oho Bares), and wise° wa resent these things, and resist that which endangers oar lives, we are charged with a breach of the peace, dragged before Magistrates, and held to bail for our riotous conduct.—[Braun 1 Bravo !] _ _ " Ladies and Gentlemen—Now that I have the Bond fer tilise togaiu your attention, allow roe to suggest the propriety of taking effectual care that no part of our conduct slosh ! imitate that of the Proprietors and Managers ; that nothing we shall do shall be marked by violence or outrage. I 'tope we shall neither say nor do say thing that 11114‘ oitreiheui a shadow of pretence for contending that we have violated the' law [Brom Bravo!) If we attend to this as the leadirkt principle of our conduct, we may assare ourselves of the ze ward of a glorious victory Leramt Bravo 11 " Ladies and Gentienien —There is one thing more which I have to observe to you. It is, that is the early purl of this struggle between your justice and the avarice of the &lama gers, some aildre,•-es were made to you agaimt t!ie preseat system fur the advanced prices, but they were soon relaxed' on the part of those who had espoused the ra.ise of the public; shall d tell you why? Your resistance to I mlenee was called riot, sad the very iudividual to 4o had frequesuly addressed you on that subject, was 'deuced by autiowity,r, operated upon by finesse. I will c plain to you immediately .what I moan by this observation; bat let me ask you, by the way, whether you thialt you sr, or are not, iu future, to be permitted to express your opinions freely at a Public, Theatre.—[ res, we believe ire are, indeed !)—b there, or is there not, freedom for the eaprewom of public opinion at a public Theatre? [less! yes! certainly item le !)—rhe Pro prietors and ilauager conduct themselves as if they the ht otherwise; for I aver it as a fact, that the Gentleman who addressed you here in the early part of this coolest, is a Clerk is the Yank of lgVland. That John Ketable seat with Mr. Loaosuan, a Booktadier, iu Paterauster-row, who hail ledluessee with the Governor of toe hank, tn that Gover nor, and the result or that visit was, that the Gentkosau who had addressed yea Amid diseontiase that practice. This is a tit whisk wee as tommeset. Ladies and fileutkoratm—. be Iftalasetw sad parsta t avoid violesce, sad yew swat trinitipb."—[./pecaos.] tiiis speech was received with peat 'Adams ) aed loud crie, of !' kokirk!' The Farce of The tillage 1414110 i esti Ow. fectly inaudible, being gesticalated,gilsidst a cue. fusion of hisses, lio%sls, yells, execrations, acid other species of vocul claluour, whiek eempletely • overpowered the voices of the Performer:. The curtain dropped about half past nine. The cumpaity us usual maintained their sees.. At length Air. Barr, I.ce, of bruising and othir notoriety—the ci.depaidontagouist of .Ifr. Dow e l illendo:a, was discovered sitting near the cen(ie of the second row of the second tier of the hoot Boxes---loud cries of " There's Ilarry Lee in the " front Boxes; no Boxers in the Boxes ; no liar. cc ry Lee and his fifty thievish Jews...tura him " out ! turn him out !" resounded from ill parts of thel'it,but this denei.lsraelite main taiueclhis seat. This clamour was succeeded by an Incident of a most extraordinary nature: a limn, in a short crimson jacket, with the badge of a /Ire-office els his arm, and who proclaimed himself the liremap of the House, mounted • bench In the centre of the I'it, and offered a challenge to any Gentleman who was disposed to fight him.— " 01i ! oh! this won't do"—" Oat with him, out with him," was the instant cry, and on; went the challenger, who was hurled, with out ceremony or deliberation, into the Lobby. This last insult roused the indignation of the inp dependent occnpiers of the Pit, and, with enu united effort, it was cleared in less than five minutes of every individual who carried in his countenance marks of his de. sceat from Abraham. A pole was instantly ele vated with the following inscription:— " And it cane to pass, that ti Bt: LL was sore vezt, and rule the hmelite," —the sudden roar of applause which followed absolutely shook the building. To this triumph of the Pit. succeeded the harmony of about a dozen rattles, which struck up in . Quo ce r t in dif. Item' parts of the House. A system of placardiug then took place in the pit, but no where else. The following are the most remarkable:— " The Thor, and Post are bought and sold, By KnoaLc's pride nod KEMBLCI gold.' . " Heuer sualiageineat mod lower prig:." " Removed from tbe—[Here was the figure of a huge hi; exhibited] in Cbandos-vtreet " The company sepArated as heretofore, armour MANIFESTING ASV DISPOSITION TO RIOT. Great numbers of respectable persons nho ap. paren:ly had visited the Theatre fur the sole pur pose of witnessing the performances on the State. were beard to declare, on leaving the hcluse, that they would never again enter that house until the prices were reduced. POLKA'. -......- # ' t . COVENZ4ARDEN THEATIRR. llow-stitcyr.—Yesterday evening a poor ems tore, of the name of Andrews, was brought N• fore Mr. Kato, charged on the oath of a Ms. Holmes, of E.sex-street, Strand, with tirenlo. lug the following haotiAssli its Mks 'moo leading to the Thutre:— ► . • • " MENDOZA AND 1111MET.E. " It is a notorious Earl, that the Milshiptirs of Oaveal.Cmem den Theatre have, bulb yesterday and I 4- mkt Mendoza. the lighting Jew, tMt a as mber of PIT (11l 0 Ems for Covent-tiarden Theater, he ham die s tributed to This' A Sacs. alai .ach other 44 the tribe .ittend, atkieng.tsc to a•'ault every Mid. the cooraer to express their disapprobation attempt to ram down the Nc w - . " This sh.onerot abuse is the A . Losageni JO he proved to the satisfaction of " Tlls &ORD 'CHAMBERLAIN. OrOsber Id, 184 M." a , nil. , .ra es Brandon stated of his (lath, that, to his knowledge, no such orders were issued by Mr. Kemble ; and that if such orders had been issued for the AlRive purpose, he must of necessity havo of it. A iiiirews, in his defence, said, the hand-bills were gi; en to him by a gentleman near the Royal Ext.:hinge, with a shilling for his trouble, to di*. tribute them near the Theatre ; that observing the same of a respectable printer to them, he cunsi.. bred be was 'nut doing wrung in circulating them ; that he got his bread by distributing bills, having for the lest fifteen months been engaged by Mr. Bish, who, ho bad no doubt, would give him a character. The Magistrate @squired if he would give up the name of the gentleman who employed him ; r this Andrews affirmed was unknown to him, and Is default of being ebb* to itwi bail, he was cote. milted. lie is a singular looking object, being without a nose. " Mr. lifackberrst, of the Borongh, was charged with coming into the boxes at half price, and ringing a dustman's bell. He was ordered to find bail. Mr. Hewitson charged Messrs. Heater! and Mossineao with assaulting him at the Theatre. They also charged him with assaulting them. The affray between the parties happened by Mr. Hewitson going out during the beginning of the. Qpe'ra, and on his returning, Messrs. Herbert and Alossinimu were with the crowd; waiting inset is at half price, and a dispute arose respecting Mr. Hewitson passing them. They were all ordered to find bail. A Clerk in the Navy.ollice was also ordered to find bail. fr No. IV.- (COPY.) SECOND ANSWER Fltt)l LORDGREN %lEEE. 44 S I rt ) " Sgt. 29, 1809. " Ilaeing last night arrived here, in humble obedience to Ins NEijevis's comnintb, I think it now my duly So lose no time in exprreing to sou the necessity under which 1 feel myself of declining the communication proposed in sour let- ter, being mtisfied that it could not, undegthe circumstances there mentioned, be produative of any public ndvautage. " 1 trust I need nut say, that this opinion is neither tangoed in any sentiment of personal hostility, nor in a desire of unne cessarily prolonging poliik.tl differences. " cowling., tint to inflame the dis isions of the Lmpire, has always been my anxious wish, and is now inure than ever the duty of every subject t but illy accession to the ea ses,* AdMinistration could, I am confident, iu no respect con tribute to this object ; nor could it, I think, be considered in other light Orin as a dereliction of public principle. " This ansseir, which I must have given to any such pro posal if made while the Government was yet entire, cannot be varied by the retreat of some of its Nlembers. My objections are not pendant —they apply to the prin ciple of the Government itself, and to the circumstances which atic ded its appointment. " I have mow, thereture, only to requevi, that you will do me tbelinnuur of submitting, in the malt respectful terms, these my humble opinions to his Majesty, accompanied by the dutiful and siocere assurance of my earnest desire at all Unseats. testify, by all such amens Sib are iu my power, my marled zeal fur his Majesty'svervice. t have, &c. (STOW) " GILEN V ILLE." •MME• V.—(COPY.) LurrEa FROM MIL I'EaCEVAL TO LOAD OREN ILLE. Iv LORD, " Sept. 29, 11309. " lI 4t nu, I . •in rommunicatiug to Lord Liverpool your , Loidship's letter of skis day. " It is wills great concern that we have learnt from it, that your Lordship feels yourself under the necessity of declinjug the communication which 1 have had the honour to propose " la proposing to your Lordship and Lord Grey, under his Majesty's autborti), la communicate u ith Lord Liverpool and myself, not fa: . the accession of your Lordship to the pre sent Adsninistnition, but for the purpose of forming a combi ned and extended Administration,sw idea existed in our minds of the necessity of any derelietioo of public principle °neither side. " Tour Lordship may rest assured, that in communicating to his Nl.tie-ty the it ce,-itv adder which yam feel yourself of declining the communication whieh I had the hootonr to pro. pose to your Lordship, I will de every ignite te the re•pect fel term., and the dutiful and sincere assurnace of your Lord ship's somatic I zeal for his Majesty's service, with which the expressioo of that oe,Tssit) was weeenipasiell. " I aurnst conchal: without expressing the satisfaction of Lord Liverpool and myself at your I,ordship'saskurance, that the failure of ibis proposal is tot to be atuibtled so easy esti ant at personal hostility. " I bare, &e. & e . (si im ed) bP. PIRCEVAL. " Lord Crcpville." _ CORN-ENO/INGE, Oct. 11. This day's supply of ‘Vileat is somewha , con. idderable, %flew are again dull at rafter leers prices. Harley and Malt likewise. IVnite Peas maintain their prices. Beaus of the tau descriptions in plenty, and cheaper. There are considerable sup plies of Oats, with several cargoes of foreign, and sales thereof are rather lower, excepting primo samples. Prices of Flour at the late reduction, and fine American also. CURRENT PRICE OF GRAIN. Whent, - - 7h. 88.. 101 p. Tick lieu", - - - - 51311. 56.. Fine disk) - - - - 1056. 11a6. ilai., Nye. - - - 384. 416. Bailey, - --- to 451. Mall, - - - £4ll AM. W. Pem (Boiler.) Pi. , . Ws. Floe Flour -- - - 91)'. 954. tire) Peas, M. OA. %woods beam - nth. his. LONDON t !Misled mod Pabliabed A. 0. Lovau, at el liToctwtx . urgla4, 8 11 (.041 1 1 ft. 46 1 el