The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-10-17 00:00:00

'rhe Company separited abinktideven. The follow in amongst other hrnd.bilh was showered in great Abundance from the Upper Bores : Last Night af Perforeestareeat the NEW PRI(' ES. NEW TIIR A Tit E, wrn vr.G.l it DP Y. This creels w ill be pees-mted firr the tat tine, an Operatic Fore. Jo fine 4et, railed Avarice, Mr. Kestal.r.! Mr. KI.VII. t!! A freetatioll. Mr. Kcm nv.r. !!I I ti-nlencr. Mr. Kystat.k! ! ! Being his Lo appearance before the Public, Fool Hardy, Nir. ARR 13. Noodle, Doodle. &c. The other PaoeststoaS. .Oath-Tiker, Janne !lot-Orrice, Informers, Lang Gililsons. Count Snip, of Castle-street, the Blind 80., the B Ittersen-firids Baron, &c. &e. sew Price. as Old Prices, (With the Song of " Many a true word h spoken *mishit") Belly Raymond. Between toe :trewr. , Slight of Hand and Leoerdentain Tricks, By the Proprietors. After which, as an Interlude, RAISING Tit INI). otherwise It stlH7lO vnit Or, niunixit moDLEI). In c luding the ilking Scene between Di.ldler rind Sam. P.6lkr, Mr. h cust.e.—" You haven't got such a thing as Eighteen Pence ith.ral 1 nu, have your" Sam, JOHN Bv 1.5..—" yes: and I mean to keep it about one. do volt see !"_ In the course of the Interlude, Mr. Ktsrat.e will recite, as on a twiner equally suit shit. occasion, when it wan recei ved with unbnended nppr ant applause, by a highly gra tified Imam?, his celebrated Address of 66 WHAT no you WANT ?" Immediately follnwint:llse literlode. will be_presented; foe the Be eat of the Proprit - tors. the lost Seem of the Farce of 711 K CO.VFEDER,ITES. a Capl al Deception by thr following inimitable Petb• C ongers. hired for the o ccasion—Le Chevalier ap Rice. Le Slear Thn nas i Ise Pla:ne. Gallows Black Jack, of the Old 8a1k.., M. Witless, frail Tiirewhieettle-street, and Men beer Pharisee Ankerstill, the well-known pnblie subscrip tion Actor. The farmer Seines of the Confederates are acted, in conjunc tion with the Proorient-. in private, behind the Curtain, f,r the Bev elt fir the Pahlic. Afterwards wilt he performed fist the la 4 t ime! the Rest Act of a Grand tutillnisli•Nl Tingle the of e, called O J JOIN St OR rle cruel Attempt to 1) spoil I Ain Bull' of his Nolde P.trts. Vv... whole heist arrinte I tinier the Management of • K &Hatt. rte reproof Ilion will take pl.tee isi the Atriknce Part af trae Ham,. folhain4 ntaNt stuitemat wirt de Ballet , I.aribated to the Bases, Pit, and GAlleries far that purp.se First Drew. nanTti. a( Li A, at the heal or 150 fight mot Jews and hired Bruisers. as Coo-tables. Semi brow. BILL Soasses, with his (aig of Howe breakers awi-Pi kircket 4 . ns keepers of the Peace. Card Drees, Tlw *toting Waterman, 'radio.; a Band of Desperadoes paid &Aleut, in the Dresses of now-sire.t Grew! Mob of Draftee, by. isit the Thieves. Bullies, and •, ut o regnarit. 11f i Metri•lliNaiS. chat can be prevailed otel " slaiangrre OrJriv" Is, perform. s:ergeternsess, Parson Ayres. Ir. Ede, Mr. M'llarney, tfte. &c. ad shiughtermatt„ Mr. OR 1.11A41, barest out from the Theatre Royal. Unary-laor. The Proprietors. after various and unsuccessful attempts, not harinz it in their power to conduit. the above striking re present:steal agreeable to their wishes, it will be with tbawn, and TIM n GOT WILL BE TWESEVTIIII the celebrated One Act Piece . (revived expressly for the ocett.itso) nf Long Pull, a Strew.: Pull, and a Pull altogether. As introdertnee to an entirely new Natirr.al Drama, called Till SEQ 0 Et., or Jci'm Bull Victorian; t In which Ow part of Jon • Rvt.t. will be performed (after an .11nence of:event Vent") by the Public. Boers, is. Pit, is. Gallery. 9. Upper Gallery, Is. To-marrow Eveninr, the OLD ',Mast will be taken Ai usual. TO 7'IIF: EDIVOR OF' TIII BRMSII PRESS AND GLOBE. Sta—Yeo are extremely welcome to amuse yourself and your headers, at my espence, by and species of badinage that May sagest itself to )ritt, or to Mr'. 1.. on the subject of any proftroien—in which I apprehend, at n fanner period of her life, that Lady was not entirela a stranger—bet to ribehood and misrepresentation I am determined not to sub -I,tSerefore, rint:t request that you N 4 ill publicly state r• the Pr a Z:?'4!, 'hat the Speech imerted in those Papers •in I r.d.ty last, as heing delivered by me., is false. I have no objection to Inform your Readen that it was tn. relf ajar ttc:prit of your owe, or of Mrs. L. bet I must iallaS "Is its public contradiction. I am, Octobcr 17, 1601► • A. ROSS, Jun. B. C. Y. TTIF. EDITOR OF 111:: sr.vrv.smAx. 9 , 2—The letters B. C. Y. chalked in tarp ehirarters on the wall" in various quarters of the laetraprdia, hare excited utousnal observation within the last three days. The " kand-toriting on Ike wall," is nniversally admitted to be Jewish. Amongst the var;olfs opinions of the words to wilich these initial' refer, I love heard it stig piled that they clearly relate to the appearance of a pair of Di' Impede and Noble Bruisers, who ap peared nn Friday eight last in the Pit, in support of the Peiet.rietnrs. BERK MET —GIRAVRIV—YAR: IO 'UTII lay SOrttr. BULL—CUDGEL—Y A RM GUTH say others. ISE CONTENTED YARMOUTH, say a thirii set. Be the words what they may, it appears el•sr, Sir, that the initials refei to these noble personages. 1 em, Sir, A ci-droani Chalker, QI/CYL. To the EDITOR df TIII? STATESMAN. SIR--I am informed, I know not whether cor. rectly, that if the riot at the Theatre continue fourteen nights, it operates as a f 'rreitote of the Patent. If such be the fact, we may hope, ere long, to heat the knell of theatrical monopoly.— But whatever he the law in that respect, there is one fact that I can confidently state, namely : The determination of some spirited indisidudds to more the Court of King's Bench on the first day of the next Michaelmas Term, against the Pro prietors,_ Managers, Box.lttcper, and Oath-taker of the Theatre, for a Criminal Information, on the ground of their having been instrumental in producing a riot, by hiring, or causing to be hirevi—Jews, known prize-fighters, and others, to silence those who expressed disapprobation at the Theatre. Albany, Piccadilly. Oct. II Cil A R L.E.S C-. We understand there is no truth whatever in the report of his MA/mTv's intention of restorits t he forfeited tides of the Scotch recap. • STATKS* 7. the EDITOR of The STATESMAN. Sin—l have taken no inconsiderable pains to obtain a last of the tenantry df Messrs. H aims, ion, and KuasLa, in their private stalls in the Theatre, but my efforts to obtain a complete list have hitherto been unsuccessful. I, however, inclose the names of such of the cattle as 1 have actually stacerfaitied.. Amongst them you will perceive more than one who aro well-known cha racters in that fueua of honourable independence, disinterested pursuit, and brilliant intellect, Lloyd's Coffee-house. The rigid steroid" of one of therm worthies, who has burst into notice like a fungus from that stcrcoracecus mass, will ab solve hiss or the civic friends he kindly indulges with occasional visits to his stall, from the impn. tation of an immoral or indecent etercise of that little privacy in the rear, which has excited animadversions so severe, so cruel, se ustfecling. The public delectation of these Private Boxes, which you brat roused, in your reprobation of which you have strenuously nod undeviatingly persevered, fur which you may justly claim the merit, and for vshithyou sell tle. serve the applause of -every honest independent man, daily acqoires strength. To me I confess it is astonishing, that any respectable character, can dire to shew a face, in a division of the Thea tre, which outrages so grossly the feelings of the other parts of the audience. The inconsistency of privacy with English manners, Eng!ish habits, and Entlish morals, you have justly exposed, and , I implicitly subscribe to your opiaiosse,ssith respect to tine dangerous innovation of admitting indi. viduals to the enjoyment of exclusive privi leges in a public Theatre. But, Sir, there is yet another consideration. We have now in this notion of traffic an army of Nabobs, and the operation of commerce and the natioital debt, have together produced such an advance in landed revenue, that we have also an army of land pro prietors, to whom 400 guineas for a Private Box %ere but a bagatelle. Now, exclubiTo o f the two Ilexes of the PRINCE of WA Las and the Deice of YORK, there arc but 30 Private Boxes. — The Peerage of the United Kits plom, added to the Members of .the House of Commons, ex. ceeils considerably in number one thousand individuals ; and taking upon the most mode rato calculation, the revenue of 300 only, of that number to he adequate to the expellee of a psi. rate box, and of these 300, only one-third par! to he so partial to Theatrical amusements as to inc .'s. such an expence, there would remain 70 of the first families of the state, who must mix with the Canaille in the dress-boxes, as they arc termed. I have not jet said a word of the Levy-en-masse—cl bloated votaries of Wealth on the Royal Exchange...—in Lombard-street and,though last, not least, at that concentration of civic importance, presumption, arrogance, cupi dity; avarice, ostentation, and folly—Lloyd's Coffee-house. Nor have I taken into considera tion the very large number of individuals in this bletropolis,of splendid fortune,who are wholly un connected with traffic or politics. These, added to the traders, I compute, if any thing, to exceed in number even the Peerage, and the Members of the House. But, admitting the same principle of cal culation, there sill be 70 additional, making, in the whole, 200 families, who may be presumed de. sirous of availing themselves of the superior ease and convenience of this mode of enjoying etseatri. cal amusements. But of these 200 families, 170 must be contented to view, with longing eyes, from the dress boxes, the more happy few, lounging at their ease, eith perfect nonchalance, in their private boxes, quizzing, from those aerial ci tadels, the less fortunate herd below. Sir, it will not be very agreeable for a Peer of this Realm, or a family that can trace its descent from the Conquest, to see the phiz of an ephe meral upstart from LLOYD'S, contemptuously en. joy jog an exclusive privilege conferred by wealth, and wealth alone, without the slightest reference to merit, or qualities of any description, but such AN lead to the acquirenieut of pelf—how gained in many instances those who kno;o these sus:. of tratlick are at no loss to diviae. The Proprietors have not oven consulted their own interest. Thu Private Boxes, it is assorted, now let fur 12.6001. per annum. Now, a ere the stalls of this Augiraii stable thrown open, and restored to the only form in which they ever can be toleratvd—upen boxes fourteen persons may be accommodated—every in dividual in a chair, and all perfectly at their ease, in each Box. Sir, I know e hat lam saying, for it is not once or twice, only, that I have been iii these Privileged Boxes. The anti-room is larger than the 80x..-and the partitions being removed, I say fourteen persons, each with a chair and at perfect case, might sit in each Box, which, multiplied by 30, gives 420. The sum of half a guinea for admission to that part of the House, would not only have been paid uithout a murmur, but the plan would have been ge. nerally applauded. The advantage of a select company would have been secured. The access would have been, as now, independent, and the elegance, the convenience, and the comfort of these Boxes might have been enjoyed in succession by every individual who prefers select,to promisee. uus society. The admission of improper or at least of disorderly persons hail been impracticable. The receipt un a full night would have been 210 guineas; and_presieming these Burrs to have been only one-1111,11 - filled 'luring the season of 200 nights, the Proprietors instead of 12,6001. would have received 14,7001. Every one with whom I have conversed on this suggestion, w hich I first saw in your Paper , con curs with me in opi nion that, half-a-guinea would have been thank fully paid for such a l ecornmodation, and that it would inevitably have becomes fashionable resort. I shall not trespass further on yen, than to assure you, that I think the idoptien of this plan Is the only inean left by which the Proprietors can satisfy the public ; and, certain I am, that it would greatly add to their own revenue. I am, &c. Oet. 141. W. • Tbese asses we, for the resent, decline sasussehx. • . N: MR. CIIEEICE. Of the disposition to support the Proprietors through " thick and thin," we conceive the fuf. lowing plain " unvarnished talc" of the very respectable writer to he a most decisive illustra tion. to n*, al doubtless, it will also to the pub lic—it appears a novel system of administering justice, to hold an individual to bail on the oaths of two witnesses, whose depositions were flatly contradicted by six persons oT at least equal cre dibility—four of whom are named in Mr. CUEEKE'S letter. We lament greatly that we w..re not present at the examination, and threatened commitment of Mr. CHLEILK, as it is, fur that rea lm, impossible to enter further into the circum stances of this most flagrant case. The Magis trates, as Mr. GRAHAM has correctly observed, act ministerially—nor is it our intention to in sinuate that they have ndt acted honestly, and to the best of their judgment. We confidently trust, that this much.injured •Gentleman will lose no, time in bringing forward an indictment for per jury against the two ilfurmers. Mr. CREEKS will excuse us for suggesting the propriety of ascertaining the names of such other Gentle men as witnessed the transaction, that the False. hood of the Informers may be established, even by numbers, beyond the possibility of doubt, itt the minds of a Jury. A Magistrate, in strictness of law, is not bound to hear exculpatory evi dence; he commits, on oath duly made before him of the offence ; this rule is, however, rarely if ever strictly enforced, and of the impartiality or propriety of a rigid adherence to the strict letter of the lam in tidy, or any other instance connected with the present dispiac, we beg to leave to the decision of the Public. SIR—It has hitherto been considered as the fundaments principle of Jodi*. that the accused should at least be heard with the same impartiality as the accuser; bat as this does not appear to be the new plan upon which justice is adtni nistered, I have 'As other resource to ♦indicate my uwo cha racter, than to state a plain, " unvarnished tale," that through the medium of your singularly candid and impartial Paper you will be induced to give, from your having seen a garbled statement of my having beets apprehended Mt com pelled to find hall for " riotous and disorderly conduct" at Covent-Garden Theatre, during the representation of last Thursday eveuing. It is due to myself, that my statement should also be made public, by an ingenuous 'lentil of fiefs, which will hereafter be proved by the most respectable and incontrovertible evidence. I was on the typal* side of the Theatre, when the placard of " A lung pull, Ike." was eZiblted from one of the upper boxes; curiosity, and the appearance of a friend In the neighbourhood, induced me to cross over to that part of the house ; but I not only did not exhibit "any riotous or disorderly conduct,' but I did not even espressthose common sentiments of independent dimppro- Dation hitherto considered legal and justifiable. I lease you to judge my ustmi3hment, at being seised like the beast criminal, nod charged with having exhibited this placard, and aided in the riot. Conscious of innocence, and the jos tke of my cause, I went without the thew of mimesis. said found at Buw-street a person residing in Castle-strut, Lei- Lester-square, attended by another, who deliberately swore to the fact of my having exhiloited the placard stud baying done my utauFt to contribute to the general torlf.n. I told my story with as much composore as the horrosof this mast as sertion would admit of; and the circurnstatre of my not only not having exhihited the placard, but having beets in another part of the Theatre was emphatically sworn to, and ' posi tively proved by the oaths of elm. Thomas Carter, Commer cial Chambers. or Heath-place. Hackney; Mr. T Candy, Lower Slnulwell; C. J. Hippies, Mare-street, llackney ; and Mr.D.frfott, Tower-street; and ether persons *retie:dist unpre judiced respectability ; the proore on mynas., were not jar a mo ment Listened to. I was ordered to find hail, or be fully commit ed !—The above Gentlemen immediately offered themselves— brit they were rejected. I expected tor-have passed the night in a dungeon, when by accident, Mr. Henry Webber, of Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, who witnessed every circumstance at the Theatre, georronsly came forward, and erns admitted as my bail, after undergoing all the most rigid minutia of legal examination, and I was allowed to take my departure. I make no comment on this unadorned detail. I consider it II due to myself, and essentially important to the reel inde pendence of every British rubject. I apologise for having as long intruded on your valuable altentiou, and am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, AI.EXAN 0 Lit CHEEKE, Coal-Merchant. Church-street, Hackney. A lover of ins/oar/in/justice says, he should be glad to know why the Magistrates of Bow-street demand bail to the amount of 8001. that is 4001. the offeuJer, and 4001. his sureties, of such persons as are accused of opposing the Proprietors' de mands, and accepting from the Author of me Blind Boy (accused of riotous conduct in support of the Managers) 401. 1. r. himself 2.01. and his friend in 201. On examining the orders that were given to Mendoza to distribute, It appears that they were all written on fool's -cap paper. There is a receipt still extant for a dish, which we do not remember to have seen, or uveu beard or —no, not at a Civic feast—How to dress a dol. phin—" First catch a dolphin s and then, 4.c." —The injunctions to the private-soldiers at 11 . al cheren to drink plenty of lied Port, reminds us strongly of the receipt for dressings dolphiu. In one of the Sunday papers a luminous writer ardently hopes that " every candle in Loehr'', 64 will be lighted in celebration of the Jubilo4" As the object of this ingenious Gentleman is obvi..l ously intended to produce darkness, we beg istaga to suggest that by lighting them at both iends r itie wish will be accoleplished in half the time. ..1 4 Same of oar loyal Papers scent to be afaaid test the Jubilee -day should have the appearasses of a Irut.day, from the circumstance of se atWi • tional prayer being ordered; but there is no rea. l solvable fouidetar fur such fears. • The ft:edit. tire of the day/M*l)ot be over-laid by the weight of /Wigton ! , 41CC031 D .17'10 OF 7'llE J UDC, ES IN - 1711? COUN7'Y Üb' ESSEX. The following letter, the veracity of the asser tions in which we cannot doubt, shews thtt we were incorrect in the statement to which it al. lodes. Ever ready, in all crises, to correct any error into which we may unavoidably fall, we with.great pleasure give insertion to this oorrec. lion. We 'cannot, at the same time, refrain from observing, that hail we been aware of the exist. ence of such accommodation for the itiages, 'as We described, no doubt truly, in the letter front O'er Correspondent, our observations on the ex. to 4:ordinary and unprecedented -conduct of the Magistrates at the Quartet Sessions, would have been cxpre►ed in language much stronger than that which we used in our remarks on this sub.. ject. TO THE EDITOit. OF THH STATESMAN. Silt—As the hrst ifrinciple of your excellent Paper is always to enlighten, and newer to de. eeire, you will, I hop permit me to vet yua right front au error which you have committed id the account which you gave un the 9th instant, of a Resolution passed at the Quarter Sessions at Chelmsford, to apply to Parliament for an Act to provide a suitable accommodation for his Ma. jr.styos inflict., of Assiv, out of the county rate. You say, that a suitable alteration wai aniver. sally admitted to be highly proper, because the present aecommodations are notoriously greatly inferior to what propriety and a due attention to their dignity require. Now, Sir, 1, as an inha. bitant who attend the Assizes, and mint of the meetings at Chelmsford, do assert, that the house fitted up by Mr. Alston is adequate to every thing %Ilia can reasonably be expected ;—his Ma jesty's Justices of Assize have been several times accommodated in this house, and that they hate expressed themselves thoroughly satisfied. The house is in the centre of the town, and in ap. r pearanee most respectable. It contains two drair. ing.rooms, a spacious eating-room, sufficiently large to dine forty persons, good bed.reome, and eight beds, Kith convenient offices of every sort. The furniture and fitting up of this house is not only comfortable, but magnificent to a degree, that the Judges have expressed themselves concerned that too great an expence has been incurred for their accoalinodation. The proprietor, Mr. AL stun, having fitted up this house in order to pro. v'tie that accommodation, which was certainly wanted before, has offered to make any reason. able addition ; but will feel himself hardly treated, if that use is not made of his house to which it is so well adapted. The inhabitants of the county Rill have still more reason to complain, if this un. necessary expence is imposed upon them by an alteration of the law of the land. Some circum. stances at present unknown to you, but which at a proper time will be submitted to the public, will ‘I pro►e this additional bortheu still more unreason. able and intolerable, than it appears on the first view. Oar reliance, however, on the justice of Parliament, forbids us to entertain any apprehen. dons that the Act will pass. A. Petition from the inhabitants will, most airiredly, be presented to the Heme l and they have the satisfaction to know that one of the Chairmen of the (Isis rter Sessions, who opposed the Resolution of the Court, has a scat in the House, and may he expected to give the same able support to the Petition, as he sac. cestfully afforded to that which was presented against the Bill brought in the last Sessions. I am, Sir, your's, AN INHABITANT OF ESSEX. The equestrian monument of JOSEPII the Se• cond, at Vienna, is so much admired by the French, that they have plated centinels before it, to prevent its being defaced. The Silesian linen-trade has, by the occupation of Trieste by the French, lost its lest channel. Silesia formerly exported linen, to the amount of sus or eight millions of dollars, Lb Portegal s Spain, and America; but since the war with Fong laud, the countries have been supplied with Irish Meth 111 consequence of the high price of corn in Norway, they have begun to bake bread at Drop.; theim of rein-deer moss dour and rye ; also wills barley, oats, and potatoes. When we read in the fashionabk daily tea coveters of expensive feasts, and especially of.the soimptuoas dinner given by the Marquis of If —, to a number of brother °Seers and Cofnenanders s it is impossible to avoid redeeting on• what has ever been the effect of luxury la all ages. Late on Friday night, or early on Saturday mornhig, the shop Of Mr. Palmer, woulten-draper s in Kitlig's.strtet, Covent-garden, was broke open ; and rubbed of a number of pieces of woollen cloth s ' to the amount of several bemired pounds. 'Me: robbe:t had contrived td . break the fanlight, and, it is supposed, by means of hooks, had polled the cloth aut. There was a disturbance and fight at the other end of the street, supposed to be at the time of the robbery, by the robbers' companions, for the purpose of stalling off the watchmen from the spot. A LITT or PAWNIIROICIRS In London, West minster, Borough of S.Jethwark; and, within the limits of the Twopenny Post :- 190(1 thecc were 216 1 1803 there were 2?? 1801 218 180 i . 218 leo; lEII4 A numerous body of persons assembled round au; avenues of Covent-Garden Theatre last night s and Bow-stret exhibited a continual scene of riot s sad many squabbles took place between the sol diers and the mob, to it,l.ep the passages clear. When the performance ended, strierill person 4 who had bee 3 active in the Pit daring the 'vesting, 'imbed out in. a body with large sticks sad vas. btellas. This party proceeded under the Pi4l2ll s followed by a mob of at least one hundred per. wa s who made a violent tumult 1U the biretta. 1