The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-12-15 00:00:00

eta sore you will think reasonable. If you will permit the Committee who have been appointed to receive " Subscriptions" to retire, and to sketch out a short proposal on the part of the Public—if you will refer it to them—they will return in less than ten minutes." [This was followed by ap plause and exclamations of fair! fair but was also accompattied with sonic hissing, and expres sions of disapprobation] The Members of the Committee having rctired— The amnia ant in4i,putlisle. Right of the Pit, was given by the Chairmin, and drank with al ',rut universal applause. We say drawl, for the sentiment was manifestly unexpected by Mr. Kemple, who appeared to be absorbed in reflec tion until the applause had subsided. The setiti meat is not howeTvr new, for it Was recognized and admitted by th.' Great Garrick. After this tout a Gentleman of the 11411 C of Jones favoured the company with a song, which, for Intrinsic merit, and the great humour with which it was sung, greatly surpassed what we hare usually heard at Public Meetings : nor did any Gentleman appear more gratified by the per formance than Mr. Kemple. 44 MAT TIM MIT'S MINTING IMODOCR A RECORICI " LIATIOR lIRTWORII TUE All•A MIER. AND TOL PUBLIC, " EQUALLY ADt"ANTAGEURs TO ROTH." [Loud huzzas, accompanied by clamour.] Mr. CLIFFORD.--.." Before Mr. Kemhle entered this room I infutsned you that he was in attendance, and received from you an assurance that he won't, be treated with civility—that asetorance, I am sure, you will fulfil, and I trust I may be permitted to say ) that any breach of it I should consider as a ►nark of un kindness to myself-4[ond h't-ca•, Certainly! yes! certainly !] —Mr. Kenile, having now heard all that has passed, k solicitous to address a few words on the subject, previous to his retiring to prepare what he may deem it proper to publish in the N:!wpapere of to.morrow morning. I have, therefore, only to request that with which I am sure you will comply—that you will hear him with that attention, and, on hip deptrtnre, . . treat him with that ci►ility of which you ha►e given your assurance." Mr. KEMBIX then rose amidst the plaudits of the Company, they were loud and almost univer. sal, some ,fete hisses were heard—the plaudits continued for some time, during which, Mr. Kembie repeatedly bowed to the Company. The applause having ceased, he addressed them in the following words Gentleinen-i.lt becomes my ditty to with draw, in order to prepare fur intblicatiou in the Newspapers, what is necessary to be slid on the Propositions, which have llgen so fortunate as to meet your approbation, and which I hope will lay .the foundation of a reconciliation between the Public and the Proprietors of the Theatre. [.lpplause.] Permit me to return you my very best thanks fur the kind and pulite treat ment I have experienced since I have been in this r00m.".--[Great applause! Kenible! • Bravo! Gothic fur ever.] Mr. LL1FF0H.D....." The toast which I mean to propose [Six shillings Boxes, ex. 'Mimed es voice!] I feel myself bound to gite ; and I will say, (ruin his handsome conduct in coming here this day, Mr. liemble certainly dues :oerit h i pplause. I give; you, Gentlemen, " T..! health of Mr. Kemble, and success to the Theatre." This was drank with marks of plural appro. tuition. Mr. Kenible then, hoiving to the company, re. fired d o t% lc th,. right hand sole of the room, ac. euutpanied by the Gentlemen by whom he hid been introduced. lie bowed in his progress re. niectfiilly to the co.np in), who cheered and hue. sac,' wail :pitted the room. The effort which he had made in thug appearing before a trtbunal of 500 individuals, every one of whom he hail in dividually anti personally offended—had, how ever, so completely, exhausted him, that he was unable to descend the stairs without assistance. ... Public is as generous as firm, and would revolt at the idea of requiriug fawning humilla. 1 tion. That the Peoprietors should have dared Eto initilt the People of Etiglatitl, by calling their acts, " Irregularities," is to us marvellous! England must hire reached a serious' point of , legrsolation, if the acts that have been committed by the Proprietors and their I.4ents are to be slurred over under the pretty fnin ing title . of " irre.l . tlaritier." If all the. brokels heads' anti bruised faces, and ibdiridlials who have been drat:LTtl to prison, were to be ranged on the Stage of the Theatre, the POO*, would see a pretty collection of " irregula rities." Perhapv, had Mr. Cowlam tawny died from the cons , lounces of the outrage ontatnit- ted on hie person, that woul.l have been contpre. handed in the epithet of ". irregularities." Our Readers, perhaps, have not furgistien the killing . waiter at a tavern, and directing hint to be ti put in the bill." It is scucely credible, that the man who coold have the atood sense to coniniit himself to the gene. rosily of 500 persons, amongst whom were many in. dividusls, on wh ow persons these c• irregularities" had been committed, could have display ,•4f so con. The Stage Vr AS the next toast, which was drank with great summate an ignorance of the human character, as to believe that an Englishman who has bilia first beaten and then dragged to wi4on, n ill tamely siibtnit to the applie clot' of such as 'H.,' that to SiitteaN*.euf rage. applause. sumo persons were discovered in the or. chestia, over the entrance dour—Parses, O ut, .Vo Spies, no Infornsert, no Private Borer, no .Peepint• Mseistraies, nu fnrcisitors," mounded from different parts of the room—the clamour and indignation of the company were extreme—hers one of the individuals turning his heck, accom panied that wino by a correspondent motion of the hand, which irritated the company to a de gree, that left nu room to doubt the real feeling of the public mind, and the parties retirel preri. pitately. The circumstance being sated to the Cligirman, he directed the door of the gallery to be locked, and informed the einnpany that he would have done it sooner, Lad he known the cause of •their disoleasure.... The person wl.o was accused of having su indecorously turned his back—on the Company, appeared before the Chairman, basin_ h:esi seized in coming down the Gallery. stair—after sume expostulati.oi he rctir.d, hilt on re.tehing the tower end of :he roam w.• 'iter'lly I:iCked out —the offending party hell; thus made the retrl. bJtive r ,, -astire of his owo punishment. T':e Committee who had retired ten returned. If to the conditions of the Propositions read _yesterday at the Grown and Anchor, the Proprie. tors should add the necessary measore of convert ing the Seven Shillings Pigeon-holes, to what is called the One Shilling Gallery ; and the Seven Shillings Slips to the Two Shillings Cral;ery, we have no doubt that the Piblie will he satisfied • Mr. CLIFFO'.III.—.- 44 Tho Committ who welt out Pr) draw tip a Resolution have delivered rut a paper whic:i I will do myself the pleisure of roadittg. " The vanes of the Gentlemen on the Commit ter, it is not necessary for me to recapdidate; they are the Gentlemen who have received the monies subscribed. " Neither mysolf, nor Mr. Kcmhle, hove read these propositions; all t 'wit I have to state is, that the Gentlealett of the Cons.nittee think than equi table." The propositioi9 were then read. were to the folluariasictrvet The. appearance of Mr. Kent/le in a company of what his Friends, his Piittirlull, his hired Newspapers, his Counsel, and a Learoed Judge have designated by the epithet " 4 Rioters," was alike creditable to his nerve and to his judgment. And, althonjh he did not as ettete that lofty and co nataudlng attitude in in which he ventures to accost the Yokels!' Chief is the midst of that army, who, like the people at the Theatre, he had so surely bruised, his recep tion, was not less generous ur respectful by the British Public than by the Viilscien Chief. There wanted but one accompaniment, a manly, candid iseltoowledgment of !wring committed a wif's of f ence against the Public, WO a dignified expres. sion of sorrow and regrm. Th., recoecilivion had then been cordial and perfect fur e het h id passed. But so far from this, it is only through Mr. Clif ford's communication that such sorrow is ex pressed. The introduction of " hired persons," of whose presence, Mr. Ketnble asserts, that he was ignorant until the next day, he lamented—but there were Gentlemen in that room, who, !luring the 80 nights that followed the intrutlactiim of hired persons, .have been beaten, insetted, and imprisoned. Will .l r. Kemble proved to assert his ignorance of the nightly continuance of those practices from the day on which he first saw the aceunnt in the newspapers ? Was be ignorant of the existence or them, even to the very moment at which lie was I speaking.--at that 'cry moment the Company in 1 the Pit were tiekiug out some Ruffians from the loundery. This is a paltry evasion and taintempti. Me equivocation, unworthy the chararter of Mr. 1 Kemble. That propositions may be finally ac. ceded to by the Public, if .the eigeon-heles and ' Slip.bores, are thrown into the One and Taro Shillings Galleries, we hope, trust, and believe —but let not the Proprietors, who have thus beaten apd insulted the People of this Kingdom, hope fur porifun until they hare made such apology as the case demands—an Englahman will I not demand from an Englishman any thing like I hum i liation ; but in a case where the outrage has beau so gross...so deliberately plannetl—so long, land so cold-bloodedly persevered in, let not the 1 Proprietors think to burnbaork the public...we ' beg p.‘loti fur the word—with such an apology as has appeared in the Morning Papers of this day :.-- 'De Prnpr4etars beg leave to sae, bow sineerely_they " lament, as/ haw sorry they are for ituy I RKEGULA " RI TI ES. that may have taken Placa, dui in the late an " happy dispute." Gracious God, 111.11 EG U 1. A It [TIES !! ! Hiring a host of Jews, Bruizcrs, Ruffians, Black. smiths, Carpenters, Labourers, and Thief-takerF, to beat and maim the PEuPLE or ENGLAND—hold ing them to excessive bail, committing them to prison without a shadow of legal authority, depriving the PEOPLE uP ENOLANn of their per. Mill liberty...-these are IRREctILAI:ITIES.... truly a must courtly name—this is cutting,' the throat with a goltlru knife. Rut for these irregularities, as they are called, the PEOPLE will demand a more satisfactory ac. knowledgment than the despicable bredinere which is thus attempted to be imposed un them. The insult has been personal, and such ought to be the apology. Let the authors of these frreg udo. rules, that is, abominable outrages, appear on the stage of that . l'heatre in which they wore coax. mated ; and let a candid acknowledgment of error be read is the fees of Ole Insulted Public. That " Wt, premise that the Public will he Itatisfied if the inqnwing Primn:itiaas are this night at-retied Is : First, that ,he Private Buses are redone., to the ,n.e number that the. sere ii and at..ther were." [kortof lianas, brava, whistles.] Mr. CLIFFOILD.—" I understand the mean. ing uT this to he, that the Private Boxes shall be reduced to the same number and situation in which tilt) , were before Mr. Kendsle came to the The. atre,—[Yawl Yes! Yes!]—and I am told that that was not until after 1802."—[Fair, fair.] " The Second Proposition h.— " That the Price of Adinios to the Pit be redsced to S. 6d." t Iluzsas and aniversal approbation.] " The nest Propolitiod is— " That the Price or the Boxes he 75." flm-vn, but mere divapprobation! N o , N o , No! 0. P. 0.1'.! hisses! the whistle! and IN malt!) 6 ' the nevt Virnpositiott is— " The aisminsi or Mr. Brandon." [list,..laY and tint w loud applause.] " It is My titity to submit theio Prnpositions to Hie vote of the company. 1 will read the whole •f !heti, and pat thins separately ; but there is which I hate o t mentioned, namely... - "That all vra.eratians and Retinas en both shies. shill he for t.wilh foluOted ( Loud Ausvrc, and stop's! general, bnt ititermised with kisses and groitm.). .' h is now my dnty to submit to your vote, *shether these Propositions are proper. [O. P. 1 O. P., a grtat noise and dancing.] Before I pat the Ptispositions to the Too., allow me to say, that in a plane meeting, it is of very little effect to carry a motion unkis it be carricd altnos: Una. itimensly." They were then pill one by one. The First was carried unanimously, and wit!' tOery great applause. l'hr Seined was also carried unanimously. The Tliird--• 46 Admission to the Boxes, Seven Shillings," was received with r mizture of ap plause and disspprobation ' but the latter greatly preponderated, and 0. P. 0. P. was 'followed by is Dance which continued fur many minute., dur ing which the whistle and hooting wen: also 'hard; the noise was precisely such as bas . beim !Art) at the Theatre. the ?text proposition.-- " An Artlogy Ir-.(4 tag Proprietor,. and Mr. Brandait's .wire..),' 4/11 receive., with saucy applause, and carried snanientroly. The next... " Divnatioonnee of all rrnsecutioas," was also carried alninft unanimously t, but 0. P. 49,ttinuci to be vociferated. M:. CI,IFFORD.—" Yon having agreed to R.ibmit the Propositions of the Committer to the Proprietors and Managers, 1 beg to propose a toast”—[No 1 . No !No !---Yet ! Yes dip feren.e in P.! 0. P. 1 osd s (intact joilorod.l . • THI M 1 gTATKSAN. • • • • • " God Save the King was sung ; and, after re. peated hunts, the Company, in abbot 44:i ad. antes, departed. After•Mr..Kemlolc had quitted din room at till Crown and Anclibt, The health of Mr. Cliford • was proposed by,,Mr: File. • • WI CLIFFORD then adslressed the Company 'in a sftech, !he particular tlt till of which we re. fret that our limits constrain us to defer till 'to. inorrew. In this course of his address he ad. erted to the iltroduction of his name by. Mr. Nekeli.i the Court of Conitnott Council, on Wed. aridity, in th. fallowing words:— " In the rep *I: of what t place yest:rd.sy, in the Court of CWIIII3OII PUUIYA, t !rive read a :won tonosanld attack on my character.-4 rail it nounatify, 'r:-nose I wns absent. " Grade:pen—l did readditinst have also he-Led, front snag that were preLeat, that a rain of the narie of .; ACK/ did make an attack on any ebanirter (" So he did," from it art e.t irinifieref %aim). Ne star!- th,:t attack by qati,,,g, Ease foe" nail with n view to insult me, t4.,1 I was called, by ;be People of this Teams , ex honest Ccomsellor. - Whether I am . an holiest l:,otiselier, it is ant f.,r t t decide. -:t will but from what ow could judge of the temper of th- Meeting yesterday, peace will not be resentful, se long as Seven Shillings shall continue to be de manded, for the inferior accoinniodatious of those parts of the House. There is assothA . point on which we shall make one passing observation. If the' Proprietors think that their active Agent, Mr. James limn. don, can be retained in any situation whatever about the Theatre, in defiance of that article which stipulates fur his dismissal, with the eon. scut and toleration of the Psiblic, we apprelletid that they will find elieniseivis to have been grossly deceived. Mr. J. Brandon has been the active instrument of the Proprietors, still althoueh he may have acted only iu obedience to command, 1w was nut tied to the service. And any men who nut being bound by the nature of his service to the elects lion of the commands of his superiors, be they lawful or unlawful, reasonahle or firir..a. , mahle perseveres in a system of outrage, such as t , t,tt which Mr. Brandon has been the organ, must ex pect to incur the resentment of an insulted public. The visit of Mr. Kemble to the Meeting at the Crown and Anchor was prudent, wife, and man!, ...let nut the Proprietors mar the effect of that judicious measure, 111 • blvitiking from that liberal censttuctiou of thit fesavesi tines► whisla.caorsetool: ensure a perfect reconciliation with the public. The peo:de of England have been nmalted in this remarkable dispute more grossly than in any in. staw.e on historical record—anti the moderation and . forbearance displayed by th-m hlte b:•en ab solutely astonishing. Oases Mr. K. after his visit,be lieve that if there bad bee's au, thing approaching to conspiracy amongst even the 500 persons whom he savr, a most isicult-iderable portion of the eines. sition, that the safety of the persons, or even the lives of the hired linfliatis euela be insured ? lie cannot beli.:ve it. To talk then of a conspi racy of the Public is infatuated absurdity. • From the Crown and Anchor, Mr. Kemble im. mediately proceeded to THE TREATII2, at which were performed 7 Provoked Hes band, and Tom 'thumb. Previous to Mr. Lem. ble's errival, a Gentleman had announced the concession of Mr. Kemble at the l rown and Anchor,—this information was received with three rheas, and " Irembk, Kemble," ,vas loud ly vociferated. A Gentleman from ilaxes at this tinte . coschely communicated what had passed at the Crown and Anchor, which was received with great applause. At length Mr. Kemble made his appearance on the stage, and was received with great applause. Ho apologised for his dress, and expressed, with some degree of animation, the satisfaction he felt at communicating the issue of the ',mg-protracted struggle-between the Public and the Proprietors, whose sorrow at the irregularities that had taken place, he begged leave sincerely to express. He then stated the particulars of the proeositions,but did not mention thitiame of Mr. Brandon, who; however, shortly alter appeared on the Stage, accompanied by 1 4 .1 r. Harry Harris. Mr. Harris, addressing the audience, mid something, Ina all that could be collected wag, theft Mr. Brandon Wes an old and faithful servant...bet at this an universal up roar burst forth, and Mr. Harris and Mr. Brandon bowed and bowed, awl nothing more was heard. Brandon's Diseharge—Brandon's Discharge-- B. D.---B. 1). resounded from all sides, and the H. D. dance being called fur. was immediately performed. At that time the Pit was three-fourths filled. During the first two Acts, there were at no time 30 persons present in it. 'ro the shouts of Brandon's Discharge, sue. ceeciell loud cries of i ‘ nowriting.tnasters...no Sketchley," and the attention of the Company was immediately directed to the fifth Private Ilex from the Stage, on the right hand, R here a Gentleman of that name, whowas said to be wri. ting.master to Mrs. Jordan's children, was seated., About this time it feenderganan, es bu was not snore conspicuous by his red waistcoat than his I insolence, was termed omit with great ,dscision. There appeared but one ~pinion in thelluose, with the exception of a mars in the Boxes,vr.huvecifer , ileil lauilly in favour of the Nianartrs, aceompanyie.: his expressinus %% Oh most otietelive gestic's! Won.- - amongst other abuse, he dared any one in the Pit to fight ;• he was sure there was nobody *he dared 64 to stand up to him." A young gentles:mu in the Pit stepped over ieto the Boggs, frosts wisCusteif however, she ehainpiiin precipitately retrieteil. l 6 CI CC A rti 'gnat*. 1 0 .. .. - -• • 4 0 1 . betho pride of my life, that they his Monett on; hat this Mow, That t have no interest In beluga (Moiled our; And I bow alit, that a nln, like Mr. Jacks, u ;to always was un the side of the Public, *Wit At got I ramrod far smakl:.‘ 47 ...at Coate, freer-proof, for I. each; the &rifest omit of hich is onl. 2,..—5t Profit •.f . £5l. per cent. itat:eu lint? • What Isa he May very fir pemos dine hunourano and Arnot men. Whether he him an Worm, la tciuKber&pcndsn, t know WI hot Ido know that a pu ma, ciicemstai..od, has a coosideralik intrust in track /in.i to every Coyer:aneet. however Wrap! or diciest. oat intly kr a r.. more olatervaitglto un Mr. Jacks.—bet me rAcommenct to nint, nod ever 7 rho perfum e when they shave tn girt to matter *find. " It has been my .mishrtane,thruggh lik, to be very sglro in error, and it eertaidy is therefore not disiteolt to allow nv.--why thou will any one have the folly so come P.srward, and attack me un ..hinted "Jett, whist *ewer *ad &a f lame,— /laving stated thu• much, 1 , 1 fear 1 sheald be gaitl of unmanly °Croce I imputed to Mr. Jacks, I WWI hot add-- that whether I am irascible or good-humruired, he has Dag etcited any emotion Ins alter in my mind—it is a Mont cooler feeling that has been pr,,dorea on title oreerine. • I heir leave, therefore, to consli;n Mr. dashs to the pirsking quiet feeimp of a *gentleman i but meat ird by me;, wI a tl.wes attack the character of another hi his ..tosee,,, * l i e u ice nine' hare an opponunity d threesteing himself. * Nif...rtitYrotto concluded het re:l stem, and rd. i lI ink addresh, in the la: if, kritig wunis : " V esitikut, iu adlitste tyro!, exprtsh my , grati_ tittle, fur (he htlitlsur anti the knttlottsll If. 111! conferred uti ittel; hot I ales grateful, anstutt•'• r the strong iinpresAto ell that Neliag, atilt great g satistiatiott,drink itli year heakh)." This speech was fuil.iterd with a burst of tip piausr, which continued near ten mittulcs. Mr. Cl.ll/ORD then quitted the Chair, and re. tired. • After which a Gentleman stated, that lie feared the Proposition with respect to the rairdllet of the Boles togs. had bean inisuntlerttuoil..-Itir that it did not appear to be the sense of the majority of the company that the pi ice of the Boxes be 7s. On this subject the cutaway_ was ditele.l Was nothing more. The objection •tu the price of !w' the Boxes appeared to arise principally against the Seven Shilling Neon Iluks and Slips. It appears to us that that difference may be easily reconciled by the conversion of those boxes ! to the purposes tee have tueutioned. 'nth important Treaty, of which thn prelimi naries noy be considered to have been settled, will, as we apprehend, finally be concluded in the following articles : The throwing open of all the Private Boles, estrept those over the Stae,e, and as many inure adjacent to them as there were before Mr. iitetable came to Covent.Gnrden Thettre. The reduction of the price of admission to the Pit to 3s. Gil. The a; o of the Seven.shillirys Pigeon. holes into as addttinn to the Shilling Cutlery. conversion If the Seten.shilliugs Sties into anmi.:ition to the T Gallery. That the other Boxes shall rental's at is. A respectful and adequate apo!ogy reed oa the stage. Th e disteis.al of Mr. Brani!un. On the subject of the last article, nutwithstand. ing all we feel, :red all we hare sail, we earnestly recommend t!es Initiridual to the mercy and gene. rosity of tile British Public. if he has erred, from a sewiment of stronz attachment to his masters, that species of fididify is certainly a consideration which, if he shall mate an humble apology, may be rgasonAbly admitted as an et.: teuuatiun, perhaps a* eapiation, of his offence. In the words of Mr. Cllffurtl, *e trust that the pablic will use this important victory with re:Alt:- ration. When the treaty befweee the Public and the Pruprieturs shall have been fully ratified, and thu stipillations 'terrorist...ll, we shall br foremost to applaud, as we hive been the foremost to cows*, and maintain tho RIGHT; OF THE PEOPLq., OF ENGLAtiII AG A INIiT ONPIt ES•;I0 AND AN INFRINGE.AENT OF Ttl ELM LUAU:I'IOS. AINIMMIIMMOOD PRICE . . OF lerilCKA ritis 1/AV AT ON I' OT.LoCk. V per Cest.Cnert. shut l Long ! Amt. .14 to-16 Reduced 49*4 I 014411 Mil 14 prem. 4 per Cent.... 541 ll.b.lia Hrui.ts ..21s. -b. :'• ~..- Crut. ..shut lath 106. V 4. lig. l . ”11101a fur:km.7o4 1 Letstr!. Th kelt4r. lbs. 7111 E . eir A itti`E S 11AN. 0 , , ,gp, 8 f1 g r.....,,,,,x. : I 4.; , !0 , 0% . 0, Pal urri - alliCalllit• 1•. . . --ow— Vora GZENTTT.T.E hit, g 'OK'd Ole omies, Tits ruii,,,v ill is I lie Stift,- of the Pull : .. '" ' • laid OR pirtaLs 1 ' 1'i."0:4 - - • • * Dote of 113 'sure wr 'I wi :~ J i i S I