The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-11-15 00:00:00

1, 1 A' .1 V. I L I TELL 16; PING E. -+- TRPE.4.I I EI'iI; 1 OEI)I!QUEEN. Says King JoU to his sister, " We neer wil.l submit, " Thu' s people with orders our benciies, " partr-bsertied ,lews einheU.44 the Pii, •' Grace each Hoc with apisiAbtem wenches. shift, , • " e. pretty rake mode to diepiay them ; _ 64 F r oar pawn-irroki.tiz friends wit., len i us a lift, An-.I their caste iltre clofiessitall art ay tilval. " rse rtoton.i ,mater who n :he town r.noits firth " desperite adventures anti troason: . 41 inte.ititres.sts bLek, as Hell's multly broth,. " Shan be tangle, io ralingoish in Tribes). 66 There Seiletters — Clerks, and Nimble-stlteb Men. 66 Who with earbes nod glees thought to cheat ab, " The nne faun ibis needle, and the other Ms pen, " Shall deepairiney make his (pietal. ." Sn shall nave dare in relate our emtrylates to senrn ; " Though they *bough; them solves cunning as foxes ; * And MiT'd with the bhst of a mini kin horn " To demolish our Annual linst.s. Poatewourri, Nor. 11.—Arrived the AVoolerieh store- Viip, from tobralitr; 1101 it on the 29th ult. ; brings dip patt• from t!::, Cbrentor of Gibraltar, in charge of an °Seer of Inc army, hat no (lilt:tic:L-1 or bens front Lord U.illieNtvna4l.--tthe is ander qua , antinr. Weut out of barttour the Lat inia . friglte, Lord William Stuart. Thy 4ybillc frigwe sail, for the Cork station to-sorrow. Sailed the l'earko frigate, Captain Thomsen, ss ith dis patches for Sir Aie%auder Cochrisac. I s t.Tatotrrst, Nov. !J.—Arrived the Wondbioe, William Blevans, from Oporto to svith wow and cork; the SWedish ship Candatice, John Paltrigrist, Ma,ter, from Ma laga, with broody and %shoe. fur Sheerness; the ship Provi eerier, Samncl Read, Mister, fr Stockholm, with tar and deal for the Dock 'Van, ; the livig Caledonia, William lint ehtnso:, frost Oporto to Leith, %shit wins• and fruit; the Swedish brig Eallkten, Oluf Chen-wits, Master, fr . om St. I...'bes, with salt, fur Stockholm. The French lugger priva teer Le Lizard, pierced for lti 'pow, 6 only mounted, with 45 now, caplared after is long cliaw by his Majesty's sloop Miser I the Phuasant sloop of war, from a craire Five chesty of tea were landed at the C.attam-House this mornini, has* been picked op to the eastward of this po►t, supposed to have been part of the (-arse of a settle' wrecked In Start flas on Saturday night. said to he from [motion. cartel soiled yesterday lur Modals, with seventy old French prisotwis and women. 1 savour's, Nov. 14..--The Portuguese schooner, Nao redact . , Capra* Fimeatera .foatire Sea**. arrived bete ,elterda frost Oporto, from whence she sidled melba Ofd of October. She 6104* not thosefore bring any a •11 1 1$ of a later date thou that Which hat been already received. Deli, Nov. Cie Cherokee and Fly ships of war to shecraea I and the Nedpule ship of war, with a cos any Portunoutb. pose down from the (liver, and sailed to the Westward, 1t Row, ',Marsha, far DurothY Fester, dowdeti, for Jamaica, mad the Arai*, Carey, fur Oporto. Snttits ass. N , v. yesterday his Majer.ty's . . t.htv (iloclotadt, with a convoy '4l Gottetaburgli. It is un cest.sis %%bra the tacit convoy will sail. Gieriaseatt, Nov. 14.—Arrived the Lively, Bath, and Richard and Alta, —, from Malta. Sailed t: e I atia; I.Miran, Staith, for Ha)ti ; and the liar. snotty, Fairly, for Mietrads. ...•••,...•••••••••• ,WWIEN TUE TRIGEDT-SING AND TUE TRA- " Tiou' our wardrobe's but scant % yet we'H make a god " The otind that we +wav by. tie hr.trt which ae bear, " Disd tio or to crotch or dissemble ; " They shalt sever with deobt mei:, oar vihr4tr with fear, •' Witibe we Aida the mune of John Kentble." Tit* Monarch, here panting, Melpomene ey'd, Wbo agape stool cult accent to treastote : She step'd back is a slate, she r-tont'd with a striae, And thud she deliyeed her pleasaret " Reduce the New Prices, the Bases enclose, "To conciliate ho p e ragamuffins !? " We will still keep up these, we will qtill lock up those, • • " Mauve all their placards, and their hutlin,74. " That In closets so snug entfrtainments paw paw May he acted, I sorely lament Jolt : " Yetmorse In ,ay •irtue e'er hinted a Mw ; • "So oar maid, not our nil, yields coastal Joey. 0 Rat to Harris and C.,. blur your faculties meek, al For pride, opposition carnet : Aod tho' small the receipts, at the end of each week, 4 ' We and Clfaat.es sh.di neat pocket our wages." ^Tr r ~ ~ : tHt To the EDITOR of THE STATESMAN. sii—The Private Duxes having been very pablitly talked of, I wish to know whether the Magi.trates who have been so busy in arranging the a liin of the Theatre, have any intention or appointing an in rector, to noxe upon the loving loungers, in these snag retreats ? Key, Chasclus-street. PE HPING TOM. To the EDITOR. of TILE STATES.WAIV. new Sta=lt is mntter of much surprise that the Bishop of London has not sent a message to Messrs. Harris and Kemble, of Covent Garden Theatre, respecting the ample accommodations of the Private Boxes ; and the only reason we can assign for it is, that his Lordship's translation has been su recent as nut to permit him to consider of the message. We know well his Lordship's high orthodox character ; and we persuade ourselves, that be will not permit such a glaring innovation in his extensive diocese, especially as it is copied from the Italian and French Theatres, where such accommodations are destined•to the most detesta ble purposes. His late amiable predeceisur, Bi shop Purteus, much to his honour, soon settled the. Opera house, both as to decency of dress among the figurantcs, and the dropping of the curtain precisely at twelve (o'clock on Saturday nights. May the present Bishop follow his great eanspla 4: - s Nov. 11, Saturday. A~ A M( To the EDITOR of THE STATESMAN. St a—The disturbanCe at Covent Garden Theatre has now assumed so decided an appearance, that,, every idea of voluntary submission on either side scents to have vanished. The Managers, by their perseverance, evince their determination, not to yield to the demands of the Public; while the Pub lir, on the other hand, consider this disregard or ,xintempt of those demands, as only an additional reason for the continuation of the contest. With out ittquiring which party is in the right (though upon that question interested men can alone hesi. tate to deride), it must be allowed •by both, that the peace of the metropolis is disturbed by the . , manner iu which the controversy is carried on.— This being the case, it has now become the duty of every good c:tizeu, to dismiss the subject of dispute from his mind, as of nu comparative im portance, and to consider alone, pf the best means, by which the evil consequence that has en. Sued may be removed. The maintenance of the peace of the metropolis is so great an 'object to the country at large, that it must be allowed to be the duty of the Government to preserve it invio. late, by ever) , constitutional and legal method; and though no man would deprecate the needless and wanton interference of Government in disputes of this kind more than myself, yet I do etmeeive, from the virulence, and even desperation of the contest, that the present is one of those (hies in which that interference ought to be ezereis , el. Now, Sir, Government can 04 art in one of two ways, it must force either the People or the 'Managers to submit. With regard to the first, I mean the submission of the Public, it can only be effected by the strong held of power. The Police has proved unequal to the task, and the mi litary is the only resource. Whether the calling out of the soldiery, would quell the disturbance, or only add fuel to the dame, Peed not be argued ; fur the employ .ant of fureible means, to hinder the people from legal opposition to the New Prices, would be as unconstitutional and tyraonical is the Government as the continuation of these prices is insolent and unjust in the Managers. Then, Sir, the submission of 'he Managers is the only re. source; and surely a free and a great Government might not to hesitate a moment in enforcing it. The emolument (nay, if it were the fact, even the rain of the Managers) ought not to be put in competition with the wish, mnch more the peace of the public. But the Government, no doubt for wise motives (as sailors sometimes throw a tub to the whale), has not thought proper (ostensibly at least) to interfere. it therefore remains to be considered, whether the inhabitants of these cities have not a le al and constitutional right to call fur that interference. Now, I conceive it would be perfectly legal and constitutional for the high Bailiff of Westminster (iu whose jurisdiction I believe the Theatre stands), upon a proper requi. sition being made to him, to convene a Meeting for the purpose of considering the best means for the preservation of this peace of that city—and at such a Meeting I also think, it would be both legal and advisable to frame a Petition to the King, setting forth the grievance, and praying, that he will be graciously pleased to direct, that proper steps may be taken for shutting up that place, which is the scene of tumult and disorder, that disturbs the peace of the Me tropolis. That a meeting of this kind, for this perjure, would be strictly conslitutional, is, I be lieve, unquestionable; and that iii case of its tak. , iag place, it would be the duty of every good cis then to give it his support, nut out of Ogee fis the Managers, but a regard to the public welfare, sad for the restoration of the public peace, is, I think, equally clear. I hare taken the liberty to send you these sentiments, in the hope that sense person of recpectability, who is connected with the dispute, will think it his duty to interfere, and thereby put an end to 'the nightly scene of .61 Theatre. I'AtZSM AN. - cAr4i4Nr AT BATIL -......- Bata, lath Nev. 1009. Sta---The consistency which you have main. taitied, oe the subject of the New Theatre at Cu vent Garden, induces me to request the insertion in Tux ST %TEM.% N, of the following pe,•tP : On Wednesday last the intended appearance of Madame Catalani, at our Theatre on Saturday evening, was publicly announced in this city. This important event, of course, became the sob. ject of general conversation. In truth, it absorbed every other subject, in all the comps:tie; at Bath. The opinion of the public at large, was soon as certained to be hostile to the introduction of an Italian singer, and the walls of the houses and public buildings of Bath were covered with scrawls, in chalk, of " Ao C a l a t an i ,, ,...." No Fresteh Spy"—" God save the Kirke—and other sentituents, equally expressive of the public opinion. As it was evident that the opposition would be strong, application wai male to the Civil Power, for the purpose of taking measures to preserve the peace---td which, all due alien' Mr. Palmer, in whose person triple character of Mayor of tor and Manager of the Theatre. It ought to have been observ , ris, of Covent-garden Theatre concluded, that Mr. Palmer •ou himself of his experience, and j so tni portant Int 'beession. • At an early hour the Hoge in every part, with Mayor's Officers, and Con. stables..-to which active corps, were added the usual visitants, of the Corporation, their wives, and families, by all of whom orders are at any time obtainable. Of others, admitted gratuitously, the number was considerable. This can excite no . surprise, as it is notorious that there are more " orders" issued at this Theatre, than at any other , in the kingdom of the same size. There was some, hissing, as well as other symp toms of disapprobation, bef ire the rising of the curtain—but when Madame Catalani came on the stage, led by Mr. Charlton, one of the Nana gers, there was a general burst of hissing and hooting from the Pit and Gallery : some persons !joined* the Opposition in the Boxes, but it was principally conGned to the Pit and Gallery. The Constables lust no time in charging the mal contents, and order was in some measure restored. Madame Catalani went through her song, but not without par ial interruption. At half price the House was extremely fu11.... The hissing and hooting from that (tine became more formidelle, until at length the uproar and confusion were very ereat. In different parts of the Pit and Gallery there were several scuttles at the same moment—and I assure you, that the Ruffians of Bath, displayed a degree of ferocity on the occasion, not tin worthyof even the disciples - of Bow-street. A gentleman of the name of Limbic, who chose to his *as violently assaulted in the Pit, by the servants, and a painter belonging to the House, and at length dragged out of the Pit. .A respectable tradesman of the name of Clark, and another person, were, for the same offence, dragged by the Mayor's Officers out of the Gallery to the watch.house, from whence Mr. Clark was bailed, after the conclusion of . the performance, by some Gentlemen (strangers to Mr. C.) who being at the Castle and Ball Inn, happened to hear of the circumstance. The remainder of the performance was so greatly interrupted, that the admirers of Madame Catalani were deprived of the expected treat—her pearls were thrown away upon the Swinish Mid titude, who were insensible to the eliatms of Italian cotes. When Mr. Charlton appeared on the Stage, to announce a repetition of Madame Catalani's per formance on Tuesday, he was received non strepito—the hissing, hooting, and hallooing, were so extreme, that what lie said w'43 ligible. On Sunday, nothing was talked of, or, I be- Here, thought of, but tile disturbance at the Thea. tre ; and the intention of persmwing in snppressing future opposition, was circulated in every com pany, Mr. PaTmer, the Mayor, Proprietor, Ma. nager, and formerly Member for Bath, being de. termined, as it was reported, to give uo quarter to the insurgents. On Monday Mr. Clark, who had been held do bail, appeared before the Magistrates, when he was charged with having hissed, hooted, a,nd hel loed, whereby, as Mr. Dimond alleged, the Pro prietors sustained very serious damage, inasmuch as the amateurs were deprived of the captivating 'notes of Madame Catalatii. Neither assault of persons or damage to the House was alleged ; and Mr.. Clarke was discharged ; on which he announced his intention of amusing the Constables by whom he was seized, with an action. IVhile the Public were in anful expectation of The consequences of Madame Catalani's appear ance, the sodden indisposition of that lady, Announced in the Bath papers, at once de stroyed the 'ropes of the Daktanti l the Jim:- kart, sad the Cognorcenti of Bath. Rumour has been very busy in assigning the cause of this indis. position—fri,;ist, mortification, and chagrin at her reception are universilly admitted...the friends of the Managers go so frr as to sayi-that tfr. con. sequences of this fright have destroyed the germ of a fature Catalatii---but on this important sub. jest I do not presume to speak with colfideucc. Maclaine Catalani has, declared her deterrai. or so general. In fact, they were buoyed up by tie fallacious assurances of the Metropolitan Mu. naqh. Best, althoegh .1( " The King's same Is a tower of stfeugtb," •Catelani Would nut go down at Bath, backed even as the Managers were, by the Great Man. It is said that Mr. 'liras has kft os for Lon don, dreadfully mortified and chagrined at the lock of obstinacy and perteverance displayed by our !gingers, who have had the thspicable pu( sillaninsity to concede to the base voice of the public.—l am, A WEST COUNTRY ENGLISRMAN. The following curious statement of the losses which the French are said to have austained in is extracted from the Lisbon Diary of the '27th of October: LOGICS suffered by the French Arm:e. in Spain, froro the Vlst of April, 1808, to the Gin of September, 1809. Ness. In the two sieges of Gerona. in July ani Aur. 18A 10,000 lo the four mouths siege of the berme plate, la the present year ••• 15,000 In the tasking of the fortress of Rosas In the b.alle of Brach r.,.; 3.500 battle of Valls . tisooo the Soluntenes of Ampuerda, at least .... 4,000 battle of Molinos del Re mut bottle 4,5,4 ramp vf Vich was attacked in April of eat year the Sontateurs before Random. vouaded in the hospitals Total reneh Papers state, that Bonaparte contL , at Fontein!).least, where he avowed him. self hunting, and occasionally riding oat in as open chaise with the Empress Josephine. They also mention some anecdotes of his agilil . y. The Bavarian troops did not enter losprock without sustaining considerable loss; and it is said that Baron Wrede, who commanded them," was wounded during the siege. The Ty ruleans did not lung attempt to defend the city, bat retreated to the mountains, and occupy in force the formi. viable defiles of Brenner. Letters Irons St. Pctcrsburgh report, that Alex. ander is too much afraid of his subjects, complete. ly to close his ports against Great.Britaia : they however assert that there is nut the smallest Chance of any pacific accommodation of the differencee between itussia and this Country, on account of the subserviency of the Ministers of that Court to i the purposes of France. litt the hoer of a wide-wasting pestilence, when hundreds daily go to the grave, as well as in that of totai root and defeat, the words " command" and "obey" lose their force. The anthority of the officer, and the subordination of the soldier, are forgotten in the calamities that await both. It will be sere from the following extract of a latter from Flushing, that this picture of the state of discipline in Walehaen is nut too highly co. looted : " I suppose you will not think of 'requiring here at Ibis seasua of the year. indeed, in my opinion, yea area Icr at home ' unless you would like to be where the west pars feet state of repniilicanism exists, that of every body as they phase, which is rertaiuly the ease here. robberies and depreciations are committed, even to small of the Illayo ,Magistrates, and agistratep, by the soldiers, ten, and opt = men. We are all ;ins lowly waiting tie detiosivation of r Nisillars, whether evarastioa will Or wiU not iake place." ~. 'lllllllr WllitllAw, of the 40th regiment, Bd. pea. sajnr to General Werroau, proceeds to Waleheren in the Ulysses. The second West York Militia have marched into Portsmouth garrison. The third Royal Lan. eashire front Gosport, are marched into Sussex. Nearly twenty artillery waggons from Ring. mer, are on their way to the Tower for ammu. nition. Lest week three French officers, on parole at Brecon, decamped fr'inn thence; one of them speaks the English language fluently, and the other two are well acquainted with the southern roast of the kingdom, whither it is supposed they arc gone, with the view of escaping to France. The Transport Board have given orders to their respertive Agents at the different ports to get ships ready to scud to Walcheren, to bring away the garrison and stores, preparatory to gibing up the place altogether. The transports which were ready to sail from the Downs, with troops on board, for Walcheren, have also been counter manded. Mr. HILL, of Whitton, near Hounslow, V, hose death we noticed on Monday, was a manufacturer of gunpounkr, which accounts satisfactorily for the enormous wealt i. of which he was possessed. —Were the means by which many princely for tunes are raised, minutely investigated, it, would be seta that the numerous Members of the War Poetic , : have most substantial reasoue for their antipathy to Peace. On Sunday last, a gentleman travelling In his gig from Cork to Dublin, alighted at the foot *f a hill near Littleton, in the County of Tipperary, in order to relieve his horses, whom he left to the di. recOun of his servant. He had scarcely begun to walk up the hill, when he saw a ruffian level U horse pistol at him from behind the hedge vrhfela bounded the road ; on this he steeped quickly across, tea u to get the gig between him and the assailant ; but here again he was received by another 'ruffian, posted also with a pistol on the opposite hedge. IL: then thought of escaping by the front of the glg, and pushing forward, hut immediately observed a third villain posted at the I head of his horses; and holding the reins. As he had iii Iris possession a very large suni of money in ! lank notes, the traveller was deteretifted to make every e ff or t to avoid being robbed, and accord. ~~ • w , • . 1 tit; Intt;1;-; Killed by the !Wiwi was paid by lis combine the in the Bra h a Bath, and j. In the lecoutt Whets the eat re. • t:Ht pregeot red, that Mr. Killed It) the being hcre, it Sick and wou tuld nut fail to as judicious advice, out he Frei . - • • 'Mild still a was well stockcJ tpif huntin, SO I.II.OQVY. • Well, Frecdow, I will live with thee nigh t. Let's see for mecto-0, Rattle., thou art swift To n,ipr se thi imalesec of upstart meal . I de remrioher me a civil Manver, Aod bere.shout. he dwells, whom Late I MOO s . In sumptuous dress, with overbearing browny Insult his benefactors : hio were his lucid, Good rna.le him to forget blense;f t And is his splendid home, c pigeon-hale appeared; A costly row of Private Sozes—oonvenieueies shhared Of ilt4trn'd repotatien--and in hit Pit, A ragged esimpany of Israel's Sons— • csa libirway kolsbe rs--PaaJers—llawls. and Bullies, As* rdetly scatter'd to make up a show. Uftbis proud player, to myself f said Aunt if a man would learn ingratitude. tfere livetti one whose motto it obstinacy, Ana fsj Caitiff, who would teacit it him. -, . 0; this mole iitonitit dill bet forerun my need s . ..t., , . 116;1 Am., t:II, d vane Plafr shall itarh it we— . riot and confusion at our national Theatre. 4. 1 raoir.ozb.!r Mk shwaid be die Doan.— I am, Sir, nation never again to - appeai at Bath ; nor is ingly, by one desperate plunge., burst by the rob. Beine; Saint Mooday—tbe Beggar's s:irip 14 fell, . Your humble servant, Bristol to be honoured with her pres e nce, iil_ bens, and ran with ail •ypred back towards the though her in,tended appearance at the Theatre stage he had just left„ as well in ender t o avo id b e. What ho: limbic— A QUILT MAN. " WIIAT DO YOU WANT ?" Nov. 11 ' 18°9. of that City was anuouti;ed for Monday next. inn plontiertal, as to :liana the neighbourhood: In II ; -- -- The Grand Theatrical Me , lal is now published True it is, that such communication was re• the mean time his silvan( amused the banditti into appeared at a it is said that the King and Council have deter. , mined on not granting any more lieeiicea fur the import of corn from France and Holland, until they final that what they have granted are acted on. Si, then, Ministers have at last made the won. derful discovery, that Napoleon has not a fellow- meat. 'feeling fur as ! Our _Ministers and ,ifeechisistr an d may b e h a d at .sir. lIATHWAT'S Newspaper Offire, Royal Exchange. Detachments of the 77th, landed at Gas join their are to proem! to Winqiester to , sffor ati n dis• approbatiu by to which circum. to have had i. m u ) was contained in a tea. I stance, perhaps, is attributable the cruel prise. veining box attached to the carriage., ii,,,i kc.,t p r ( t ) . r i t, tiun in which that city, together with path, is u. i i than employed in searching it, midi . his mast , / d - volved. Mr. Loader, the leader of the Band, i with a 4iarty of the co•iivry people, has collected and packed up all liar music ; attach whatever. Lin. ; and this I distance, when tile miscreants fled with precipita. Mr. Tonnunsza, of the Museum, Kendals indignant goddess of sung is about to bid adieu to; (ion, without taking any teem to have forgotten the slarV:llion system ol has now in his possession a potatne, weighing 31b. Bath for ever ! furtuu : st , .ly Ow Iviowledge tiaey povapasva of - 4 ,a l 'pia, by chit h the sitting/Won of France was to 1001. %winch was taken ui in a field belonging to The Managers of the Theatre, I believe, did neightionriogniorainsa rendered thisici ake d, at -- aM i c.• be ellected—preciouTsouls ! Mr. TiIOYAI FIELSTILE, neat Attnau. • uut elpcct the uppoiition to hare been so decided ) i•suit unstinting. . • . . - - ■