The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-11-21 00:00:00

.. SLTBSCRIPTIOAS. THE CONIMITtEE beg leave to 'suggest, to the SUBSCRIBERS to the Fund already established for the Assistance of those who ate CONSIDERED AS BEING PROSECUTED by the PROPRIETORS of CO- V F.NT-GARDEN TIIEATRE, that although Y 7 cut of 41 of the I N DICTM ENTS presented, were thrown ma by the Grand Jury, set toe claims upon thc Fund may become nisch greater than is, licrhaps. in general, apprehended ; and that their exertions should, therefor:, be redoubled, rather thence .iraSCRIPTIONS CONVINCE TO DE RECEIVED AT The 'like of THE STATE/NA N, 87, Fleet-street ; Mr. Ssonsel Miler, 13, Skinner-street, (Treasurer); Mr. Powell,+,(;rose-Pinee,Camd-n-Town,(Senrtarry; ) Moots. Ham mid Hoar, 11aattnile 1.., 331, Stand; Mr. Dually, I:fattener, 4, Dake-street, Grosvenor-square Mr. T. Tim Bookseller, ell, Ciseapside; 11r. Simennor, corner of Leather-lane, lolborn. Amount of Subscriptions already advertised .. • £4OO 0 Si Three Soxar-bakers Clerks 1 1 0 Three Si, ...buyers An Env monopolies A few ' ricnris, sulwcribed last Saturday night... ..... 2 1 6 An to Italian conveniences . ... 010 6 The British Forum, by the hands of J. (1. Jones 2 7 0 It is requested that all Communications oo the subject of the Above prthecattnas say be made to Mr. William West, A t torne, , No.l, Cleattses-lan. TO CORRESPON N l'S. We shell esteem It a partirular favour if " Ofrerea" will either call at I:1110Oct, or far nor ui with hi, midi-cu. /~t•tcea. Mntls. Due. 0 o...Waterford.... 1 0 0 PRICF. Of STOCKS Till: 3 per Cent.Cnns. 7069 j Itedured 19H 4 per Cent....B4j 5 per Cent....lolff ini Arc. 701 DAY Al' ONE O'CLOCK. Long. Ann... 18 9-163 0 ttttt tuns If prem. India E*ch. Bills, 84. Lb. Lottery Tickets 4YI. 15.. THE STATESMAN. ruorusitt rEnai. LONDON: 2UILSD tY, MUvEYeR SI. THx anxiety of the public on the subject of the ToUI In Fleet is nut )et reli , !ved, but fresh accounts continue to arrive s by %hicit the probs.. bility of the battle having been fought is Duni febtly increased. Mini ,tors Lut night received the following coin. tnnoicatton I " A ves•••i ..om Port ' , Johan :iirived at Gibraltar no the 29.. h mit. la al gate auto tatiot; to captain F A yERN, of the formidable, that • .7 Frew% Ate:, eon iaityl of 17 tail of the line. had put t. ra i.oM Tot,:utt o.i the 21st of that to: atb. This in 'natation was communicated to thy Unger of the above .c•&.. th, 1' pare frk„ e, of %thou: he aas ul,o infor,od that Lnr I Cut.t.t;:t.a nob had left that plnrt pursait of the Freara, wlt.• tt, -en sail of the line ; two soil of the line had alto parsed 'Mabun on the Uth to join him, and another sail of toe line was statitmed of Cape Sebastian, near the Bay of Ro-as." lii corroboration of the alleged result, the ful- Jossirg letter from Cette has also been received : " The 9.5:h of chit month Member) we have had the ad-fortune to lice stranded on our blioers In° ships of the line the Palmer, of •t) gum, ciintn.inded by Vire-Admiral ; and the [lto, of Thew two ships, wish the Bowes, of 74, tw frigates. *.fifi two g a ho rea ,• beefe d as au escort to a convoy o hic:i s..iled from - Toulon a tr w days het re, destined for liarceltma. Abreast of tape Crests, near Hums, 15 or In sad of the enemy gas e cheer to the pima dren, as well as to its convoy. It is li,iprd, that the Iran.- v ,, rt . t o the number of tld, tt JI have readied the Rey of hips*. The ilawria, the frigate P.tulisse, and a gtabJa eh sr, Pi.rt ..f Ct i.e. on I 44: mine dly (1. - Ih.) •• io meal to lie rrgrt tied is. drat the follow. day six at the enemy's snips of sae inse d:rerted their course to I he tau etet.t;a eltips whwh vs ere stramled, with the inteudosi of bursting t:it dad ice-Admiral BA OD I It, redo* it was im po,siSle t i t ,ove them, tiiiik the desperate resoledue of de si: ma diem Word( by tire." aPtenivitrgh Mail arrived last night, by %kb II- learn, tliat the Merciuntl are extremely pecnitnal to know in whit manner to construe , nerrintile stipulstions in the Treaty bet*cen Russia and Sweden. The Merchants here ire, weir •,, in high spirits at the intelligence commu nicated by this arrival, of permission having been granted to the British vessels, in the Swedish ports, to load and sail for England. The following are extracts from the Journals: STOCKNOLIII, Nev. R.—According to a kit. r from Count Beearreare, the Danish Niinisters Piesir.:entinry, up pelt& 1 to attend the irionsding Congress In Joakupi.:.!, nn the pan .t the Diusish Court, were I , ) set out yosterd .y, on their furoished svizit fill poweri to mi tts& a Treaty of Peace a ish this cs.::otry. The Swedish Zerrey, his Majesty's Lard Cleamberloh, Count C. ti. At, • tiItISPA as i s has 'teen ordered. its couscgaence or theta's)* isnacdiately to 'proceed to Joakopine, to re ceive them in rhos place. Au Arefouiee has hero concluded between the Swedish Major-finier.ll, Kann 1' tvaa, and the Davide Aketant-General Itarna IC:pen ;or cow- Mese, en live 14th in d.“ 2 -(Sieekkobse Utp:stic, 811 A ur. .Tbe object of our Expedvaoti (ruin Sicily is sow 'aimertained.—The islands...of the lonian Repablic, Zante, Cophalunis, and St. Marc, are already in our possession. General o s wALD is tbeComminder. His force is about, 2000 men, sad hitherto he has met with no resistance. The strong Wand of Corfu etas not, however, yet keit attempted. E'EN to this niumesit Ministers arc said to bu untlecidtd r,•spccting the evacuation of Walcheren --this, to us, appears absolute!) , impossible. The history of the memorable and ill-fated enter. prize s hick led to this acquisition, w ill liras curious as it is mortifying, though not more Lo Ulan the mea sures of our Ministers. No sooner have w•e obtained possession of the place, than we are sentlin troops to protect our army in the evacuation. One week, Mr. COPELAND is sett, at the head of 500 rarpenterg and brick !ay( rs, A 411 a due pro. portion of tiinb:-r, brick, and mortar, to cutl et-act barracks and fortifications 4and in the next, we ship a cargo of canal digge: s to itevel every fortified protuberance in the bland. Most wise, must vigorous, most decisive, and most capable Ministers !!! "• ' 1 1? p. . THE'. STATESMAN. COVENT G.IRDEN THEATRE. The stfatagemt to which the Proprietors and their Agents successively resort, have hitherto been as unsuccessful, as their efforts to thump the people of this Metropolis into sidroission. It is nut long since we had the brilliant, 'impartial, and profound charge of Justice illaintearing, to the Grand Jury of the County of Middlesex, distributed at the doors of the TheAtre, that the insubordinate people 5.3: the fate that await ed them if they per.kteri in their mutinous opposition to the 64 mimetic" despots ; but that Jury, some hey or other, proved as muttisonsly insubordinate to the opinions of the worthy Jus tice, as the 0. P.'s themselves. That project failed. A new levy of ruffians from the Founders was then brought into the Gehl: Mr. Caseley was almost killed by these fellows ; and Mr. Cowlam, after having, on a preceding even. ing, been severely o oundtxl in the arm with a sharp instrument, %, as carried nut of the Theatre in a state of insensibility. Coercion, for the second time, totally failed. An liver fed, and we believe incurred, statement of the recent charge of a Learned Judge to the West minster Jury was then brought forward, together with the observations of the Learned Chief of the Common Pleas, on Mr. Serjeant Shepherd's ap plication to the Court for leave to plead several matters in Mr. Clifford's action against the Pro fessor, which were wilfully misrepresented, with the view of persuading the public of the illegality of their insubordination. Those futile efforts were also fruitless; the opposition continued to rage. At last the Managers " cry havoc—and let loose"—Out " the dogs of war," but his Ma jesty's Attoroey-Goneral—of whose :notion for a rule to sicsr cause why a criminal information should not issue against ti re pci an, for a con spiracy) a full account will b found in another part of Tax STATII,SMAN. " To give mere dread to this mo•t dreaded i:our"— The people of Eng'and arc this day most affec tionately warned of their danger by The Press, in a composition which will, we presume, this evening grace the columns of that lively Print The Globs—the most siosp:e—aviongst the simple —hired servants of the Theatre, ozzesot;fig always the brilliant Press, from a hick the follouilig is ai extract : " When it was known that the Grand Joey of Westmin ster bad found the fifteen of the Coveot Garden Rioters, the distur:mnee w hich disgraced that Th.utre diately subsided. We noticed, -it the 'hoe, this fact, so coo- Lenin' with the good sense of hnglishmen, than whom there ire no people whit more sin. rely love tint laws. The happy Mange.how-tier. only cot.' tamed 'inf.! some very acute and karst. t-oderi ci the pea end instigators at the riots, contrive.' to per an& their followers Mat there were (*r oll', species or riot, and bre:irises ••f the peace, perfectly innocent, and in which they might indulge with safely. Its support of this doetr• • , the bills thrown out by . time Grant Jury were adduced ev:dence, and the actors were ear-await .4 to repot: the „me parts. This, with the other srlifices for the nurpc-e, we regret to state, proved hut too successful ; hence the repetition of those scenes which hate so loo;; - .:1-graced the metropolis. We trust, however, t:•at the proceedings in the Court of King's Bench, yesterday, will completely open the eye, of those thoughtlew held ignrm ot 'some crecollity has been abased Le a few &Mtnl nod sulachi -nor intri-,uers. If they regard their tires or their fortunes, tom personal liberty or their purse, their children or then:-else, hey will leant, from tie tunny judicial warnings which they have receiv •d, to deso.!ort the,aselves according to the I rats. Toe appear ance of rite heus2, lase: algal. we are happy to find, jultifier this expectation. AltkosiAh the proceetitags of the morning, iu the Court of Kitties lien: h, could not nave b vat 'solver sally known in the evening, the spirit of disorder And trsaili subsided." Now the Public very well know that the assertions in this denunciation are nut es. icily consistent with truth—to which, indeed, then lively Prints invariably display a marvellous aversion. Thus stand the facts— ‘V hen it was known that the Grand Jury of Westminster had rejected, without exception, all the Bills presented against the individuals held to bail, for hissing, hooting, whistling, barking, bell-ringing, rattle. springing, and placurd-hoisting—that out of 42 bills, only 13 were found; and those onlyfur assaults SLOW'S! to (not proved)-1 hat against Maryilustin, the innocent young woman who was committed to a common jail, fur springing a penny rattle, no charge was preferred ; that Richard Draper, who had been committed, upon oath, to Cie same prison, was discharged, by due course of law, after a con. anement of several days, no charge having been preferred against him ; and that tweaty.three other bills, that had been prepared, were sup., pressed—when all these facts were known, the' , diteirbance, or insubordination (as it has been termed in the same papers) of the Public, so far from subsiding, iwee,•diatcy increased, has since continued to increase, and is now increasing. Nor do we hesitate to predict, that this ingenious in dictment for a conspiracy, 4 five persons, some of hinn were absolutely unknown to each other, at the time the acts arc charged to have been committed-4nd others of whom are * at this moment, igauraat—of- even tltlt persons of their bristlier conspirators, will terminate u it hos be. gun, in vapour. Tins "c oftspiresey" will afford the public more ensusemen4 than any cause that has been heard is our lime. Ify „horn it may have been advised, it is not our province to invire ; but that a Gen tlearyi of the acktiot, ;edged talents and re. s‘ai h of his Majesty's Attorney - General, has been the advi s er of the measure, no per son whh knows his ehai'acter can possibly believe. Here are five Gentlemen accused of a conspiracy—which by Johnson is defined to be, in an ordinary sense, " A private agree_ c" anent. among several persens"—and, iu law, " an agreement of men to do any thing."-- Upon what species of evidence these Gentlemen, no three of whom were ever in company toge ther, or have spoken to each other, are to be con victed of falsely and maliciously conspiring to. other, we are as much at a loss to conjecture as will he our Readers. support of this " con spiracy," a considerable number of affidavit men have stepped forth—Alr. Kemble leading the van, supported, agreeably to the laws of the drama, by his Prompter, Mr. Glassington, and flanked by the Professor and his host, amcsugat whom, however, we did not hear the names of l)an. Mendoza, the Hittite, or Dutch Sam, " Bruiser Batavian." Mr. J. P. Kemble swears, that the old Theatre was burnt, and a new Theatre built, exactly on the spot where the old one stood ; that the build ing of this splendid edifice cost money ; and that ' the prices of admission have been advanced— faets which we apprehend any link-boy in the Garden could have sworn to. This is the seb. stance of the affidavit of J. P. Kemble, Esq. The Prompter swears, that the Theatre was opened on the 18th of September [We were there, and can corroborate this statenient] : That the prices were advanced [This, we know, to our cost, having uniformly paid for our admission, ex cept in one instance, whet) we were admitted to the Pit, en presenting an order, signed Harry Harris, and received from, and countersigned by, Daniel Mendoza, the Hittite] : That the Newspapers had previously excited the People to resist the New Prices [Tux STATESMAN did not open on this sub ject, until the day after the opening of the The atre] : That, upon the opening of the doors, a great number of persons forced their way into the Theatre, in a disorderly manner [Determined to reach the Pit, we waited from three till six, in Bow -street, and when admission was obtained, found the House occupied by groat num'iers who had been introduced by private doors.] That some of the doors were pulled off the bingo. [Boxes which had been taken for weeks, were tilled with " friends of the house," gratuitously admitted, and lawful claimants, in vain, demanded admission.] That the linings were cut, " Off, off, off," exclaimed, and also " Old Prices for ever." That there was shouting, hissing, bark ing, mewing, and hallooing. That trumpets, horns, bells, whistles, &c. &e. were used and placards hoisted ; that the " initials huteful" of 0. P. were worn ; that the %eaters of such 0. P.'s performed divers dances ; that there have been muck fights ; that persons have been pushed not of the Theatre, and constables beaten ; that the persons wearing 0. P. subsequently took them out of (heir hats ; that rioters have been appre. bends(, and have hen eidieled ; that advertise ! ments have appeared in the newslnspers, encourag ling the rioters ; that the house was shut ; limit the accounts were referred to a Com evince, and that the hulls:: nns opened the greater part of which fact, se t ouid, in common with thousands, corroborate ; some of thetn, we can expressly contradict ; and in particular, that any Newspaper in London en. couraged a•riot in the Theatre.---Directly the rn. verse is the fact. Who prompted the Prompter we know not ; such is the substance of his affi. ' davit. The charge of conspiracy, by taking out • the 0. P.'s (ruin the hats of the rioters, is abun dantly amusing. It is just as if a number of persons were to be inflicted for agreeing to refrain I from committing an assault. The Professor's affidavit goes over the same ground, only rather more strongly, and with some emendations, such as that " a certein num " bcr of persons had entered into an agreement " for compelling the Propriaton to lower their " prices," Ibe.--some of which persons, who constantly attended for thist purpose, the Professor points out. Its these affidavits, the conduct of Mr. Clifford at various times in the Theatre, is minutely partieularbted. That Gentleman is accused of having appeared in the Pit at half price; and although no specific ladt of riot for taisult could be fixed on him, he certainly gave countenance to the riot ous proceedings—and had combated so to do. The company had :ken him three cheers. The object of his appearance was well understood— they cheered him as their heeler— (risuns teneatis). lie had said, if they continued their exertions they would be sure to gain their object—and had afterwards added " that's right, go on, perse. were, and when you leave the House disperse."— From this it seems, that recomm e nding the O. P.'s to take those initials out of their hats, and I quietly to disperse, are proofs of conspiracy and ' giving countenance to riot—doctrine somewhat novel, and nut a little curious!] A number of facts, equally curious, are sworn to lov ilia P: J. fessor and his worthy coadjutors, e Well it is un necessary fur ns te wade through. As to the other four Gentlemen, their cases exceed in curiosity that of Mr. Clifford. I The proof of conspiracy against Mr. Ridley is remarkably clear and convincing, " there is no proof about him, but that be was at the Theatre on the evening of the 31st, with an 0. P. in his hat, made a noise, was dragged to Bow.striet, confessed wearing 0. P. and said he would do it again—here was a manifest determination to perse. vere"—and here dropped this wonderful proof against Mr. Ridley. " The Proprietors might " have selected many more...persons, bet these " were the most active, and they hoped that pro. " seeding against them will be suMcient to re. " store order and tranquillity to the Theatre!" That is, the Proprietors hope by this measure, which forms the climax of their absurdity, to frighten the People of England into a submission to Private Boxes and advanced Prices. Let them hope—and let them see the result of their hope. We are really concerned, that Mr. keasble— the Pronspler—and the Professor, should have given us so ingenious a selection only of the his. tory of the proceedings at the Theatre. They have totally passed over the previous enlistment of hired supporters, who were so numerously dis. persed in various parts of the Theatre on the first night, and before they could, IT possibility, know what would be the sentiments of the Public.—This it is impoisible to deny. They have also omitted to state the various ad. dresses that have been made to the Jew and Christian bruisers, and other ruffians, before they were admitted into the Pa—the instructions they received to demand silence—to enforce it by club law—the promised support of the police—the or ders distributed by Mendoza►—in short, a multiode of facts by which a conspiracy could be proved n conspiracy to dragoon agl beat the public into submission. But although these trifling facts have been deemed unworthy the notice of this Junta, there are certain persons amongst the active per formers of the nightly tragedies at Covent-Garden —who ► repentant and ashamed of tiwir conduct, will supply these omissions in the affidavits of the Manager, the Prompter, and the Professor. The fact is simply this...fur Mr. Clifford's ac. tion against the Prufessur—Harris and Co. have nu stomach ; and this motion has been made iu the hope of evitating,or at least delaying,the lion of a question wltich,in all probability, will tear off the mask and expose the whole gang...from the Proprietors to the Foundery men, includio4 all the intermediate gradations of ruffianism, and hold them up to all indignant public iu their true colours. The institution of legal proceedings will hapr:ly afford the public that opportunity, which tht y could by no other means have obtained of proving the mean, disgraceful, contemptihk, insolent, and ungrateful behaviour of the Proprietors, Ms. nagers and Agents of this splendid and Memoir,- sliour edifice of privileged accommodation—of glare and darkticts—to their Patrons and Master; the PIOPLF. OF ENGLAN D. MONDAY EVENING. Romeo and Juliet was substituted for Richard the Third, in consequence of the indisposition of Mr. Comm The performers gesticulated ()lei. parts as usual— for of the dialogue in the play, and the music in the entertainment, no pert:nn was heard. The result of the motion was, as The Pe eis observes, partially known—the noise in the Theatre equalled any that has been heard the lilth of S..ptemher last. What might hue been the effect, had the information been rerNnt (which the poor Pre*: seems to Ir•ner.t was not the case), it is dilicult to conjecture; for of an increase of sound we have no conception. The placards were very ovine/Qui. Amongst them one was pre.cw►oently conspicuous ► bearing these words, " From the Imo Fooodery." We heard no instrumental music in the Pit. A Gentleman in the Boats was consdiruous iu his disapprobation, and, at last, fell into an airbus_ cads, and was led, or rather dragged, to head-quar ters at Bow-street. The result of his examination we did not bear ; he was said to br a young Ba. ronet. A Mate was secured by a similar strata. gem. Neither the I raps nor the Ruffians dared to encounter the concentrated plial.inz in the Pit. The Private Buses were very thiu, and were, as usual, cleared in successioai by the observations from the Pit. The other parts of the House %sae filled, but chiefly with Orderly', one of whom displayed the Amazonian qualities of a Thaltwtris with much vigour, attempting to tear down pla. cards, violently clapping the Performers on the stage, and occasional ly crUjiirt her dissenting neighbours. We could not see die face of this female warrior so distinctly its to a.eertaiii whe ther it was the Thalestris or out) some accilsaly Doll 7'earskeet. \l•e ra ther suppusi• 111 ,, latter. The Opposition last night was loud, and is manifestly increasing. A Lady, who ought to have been in the private boxes, has rendered herself very conspicuous in the boles i■ the first tier, by the anner 111 which, with unexampled modegla, sh.. braves the 0. P.'s in the pit, and by the truly feminine delicacy with which she spits at tbem. After bring pointed at for some time, and receiving three groans, which were given her by name in the pit, she at length withdrew with the same troodegy and delicacy hich had previously marked her conduct. His Highness the Duke of GcovcErrce has been on 4 visit to Sir PETER IV RBURTOPI, at Harley-Hall, Cheshire, which place his Highness left on Saturday, for the seat of Cir WA i LIN WII. 1. , A ME VyNYE , at ) Wynnstay, D..94ighshire. Lord GRA Nr•ILLE Lerma GOWER°, intended marriage with Lady HARRIET CATINDIIII, has been declared ; as also has Lord Haottorox's (only sort of the Marquis of Aasacoax) with Miss Douotas, grand-daughter of Lord Haas. WOOD. On Satnniay was married, at St. George's, 113.iuver..quare, I/kV:3OW Ben PIA RD, eldest ion of the Fart of DARLINGTON, to Lady SOPiilA POULYTT I eldest daughter of Esti POO UM...-. Tit. Earl of DA RU/467014, and Earl mid Colonies* Pourer?, w. re present. After the ceremony, the happy pair set off for Twickenham, where they propose to remain for a few days, and then to proceed to Northamptonshire. Several navigators, or canal diggers, were on Wednesday embarked at Gravesend for Walche refs, in order to be employed, it is 'imposed, in levelliug the works and fortifications ea the island previously to its evacuation. The Quebec frig tie. on Tuesday, fell is with s boat in the Chaotic!, with three nun in it, oppa• randy exhausted, the boat being half full of wa. ter, and the men lying down in the bottom ; when taken on board, they proved to be French prisoners who had escaped from Kill Prison about ten days since, and stole a boat from Trigninouth. They bad been without food or drink for three day". Government is understood to be in possession of dispatches from Mr. ADA la, dated early in the last month, which du not correspond with the reports in tL.• French Papers, of the British in digence in that capital having declined. A New York Paper to the 4th ult. from Ton. niugen, states, that the suspension of the inter. course between the United States and St. Domin. go was removed ; but whether this applies to the whole of the island, or only to the Spanish part of it, does not appear. The report that the French had made an attempt, on the sth inst. to cross from South Boveland, in which they sustained a loss of 5000 men, is dis. credited. On Tuesday, about 600 of f icers and men, be. longing to nine different regiments from Spain, &c. who had landed at Portsmouth, arrived in Salis bury, and this day they will march from thence to join their respective regiments. The Master and Wardens of the Bakers' Com pany 'this day waited out the Lord Mayor to fix tho assize of Bread, when his Lordship, after in. specting the Mealweighers' returns, ordered It to cuutinue at the present prices. _ •