The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-10-25 00:00:00

MIMI - S The Advettisement which appeared hi this Paper yesterday. w.oreilsoad insertion at the Mee al The Thom. The lo wans of the Nissan. Advent... 4 wad thee requested, and Outtakes was refried tesettins. 'cogratulase the blic m tie Wilk beteurthas tats allL—friste gm trimming, temporizing, palavering, coasseptidie stitas,—respect log which we ,Anew my further observidda, at present, unnecessary. Sueday Paper, smiled The Bsolishment, AO declined the isscrtiom, wider the pretence of its being , to. late ou Satur • slay last; bat that respectable Papet, ,The Observer, to kr. whom it was subsequently dciissred, 'owned the ether tisement without hesitation. Wt; deem it candid also to in irm our readers, that The Morning Post has inserted the "rih aderrtisemeot tbh day, and expressed, to .the permit who applied no the 'abject, regret that it bad not appeared yeeterday. We direr from The Meriting Pest completely; but we admit it to possess at least moistest", • a merit to which we apprehead The Mus will no have the audacity to aspire. Be that, however, as it may— " It's **sr besets ;" far its Readers arc convinced. SUBSCRIPTIONS the Assistance of PERSONS considered as I ' U NJUSTLY PROSECUTED by the PROPRAL 'TORS and MANAGERS of COVEN'f-GARDEN THE ATRE, are received on account of the Treasurer, at the fol lowing plates : Tim Office of Tat STATBSNA X i 87, Fleet-street; Mr. G. Smith, 14, Giltspar-street ; Mr. Welch, Stationer. Y, Saibbury-court, Fleet-street ; Mr. Yolthis, Btatiatier.2, Sloane-street, Knightsbridge; Mr. numb, as-winner, 4, Duke-street, Orosvcaor-bqu. i re ; Mr. Hilt. Grocer, Cock-hill, Ratcliffe; Mr. Walltr, (Aims and Autism Timers, Leadeoliall-street; Mr. T. Teo, Bookseller, 111, Cheupside. THE ST ATZ3IIIIIII Mr. Thomas Tegg, !'area - 5 0 Lbeapside - S 5 0 Tree Blue - 5U U Oh, my ditches 1 0 7 Juba Bull, with his Chas. Roberts, Esq. U 10 ti Basle Honk - - 5 0 U A Carpenter - 0 5 0 An Enemy to lope- " What doyouWant" 1 1 U lialSll • - 2 2 0 Asoiall taste forlil.ick A Erirud to tbeTbe- Jack - - 1 1 0 ' acre, but an Enemy Father Justice - Uld 6 to Private Boxes 1 1 0 A Loyal Subject - 1 1 U The House that Jack I'. Vi Miami, Esq. 1 1 U • - - 22 0 W. ii.irtien, E.q. 11 U Ore of the God., cos- " lie taut become I hued with huane- worse to make his nem - - 010 6 Prices good - 1 1- 10' J. IL - 110 i A Dee. ster of typo- Arthar - - Ul4 0 adult - - 2 2 $ M. W. Esq. - - 1 1 u The Patitie are respectfully informed, that a Committee ' yolk be appointed in a kw thus to invemigette the claims of sink sodividuab as say cinwider themselves mititkd to amass . sate. B. The &cased will thank ady 'Gentleman who cam fernish them with information or evidease that way be see. viceabie in their defmore to coniasunicate Lim moue to Mr. J. II NIMICA, their No. 6, St. Jobn-squArr, Clerken- I I THA - BTATES.M. 1111UPOSITI ISMAIL. IN/f.......' w....- 11••im....r. •T by a Jubilee, et mortiosal festival Ihreegfewl WWI gig/dom. The*" of smelt a Memo. eflestrie he to Iwo, chromosomes. hut where these de wet Ilshillsdo, lsi tt submitted that resins and psi& triage* In the mortlivir, and hats mid Ulleminethes is the saisaleg, will be muss sp =tud gemerally agreeable at that mime. Where o; is intended. it shook% be descriptive of the isillaseg trimmed* , awl isaitutiose et the Order of the Cotner smiler Edward the Third, and the powers of lb. Arts and licleeme, Commercial Greatness, and Naval Victories, daring the pre sent reign. As a fete on so eztessive a scale will repine a sebecriptioe and much previous art'aujesseet, it is hosped this commenica nun will not be deemed premature." July 4,1809. " To *As Worshipful the Shirr and Corporation of Canterbury. in THE STATESMAN of the 13th of Oct. last,was inserted a letter from the Provost of Glasgow, in which he communicates to the Editor of the Glasgow Courier, the receipt of an anonymous letier,—which, although not a literal copy of the Letter to the Miyor of Canterbury, contains a suggestion and recommendation of a precisely similar tendency. The anonymous letter to the Provost of Glasgow, bean date the 12th of Aug. and is also marked with the London Post-mark. On the 15th of September, the Court of Com ma!, Council of London, was convened in conse. (pence of a Requisiton—" For the purpose of " considering the propriety of celebrating in a particular manner the 25th day of Octo. " bcr, being the day on which his MAJESTY 41 . will cuter the Fiftieth year of his Reign." The motion was made by Alderman Sir WI i lia's CURTIS, whose speech appeared to have been dictated by a coincidence of sentiment, so precisely parallel with that of the writers of these anony. Mous recommendations, that it is difficult to con. eeive them not to have had one common origin. The remarkable epoch of " Our Great ED WARD," which is so particularly urged in the Canterbury and Glasgow Letters, was in. tended to have been dwelt upon by the Worthy Baronet ; but, unfortunately, although he had gut his lesson by heart pretty tole. tably, he used the name of IlLney the Tom) instead of that of EDWARD OCTIII RD, repeatedly, ht the course of his speech—whether by design, by mistake, or through a want of historical recullec.. Oka, is unknown. We can scarcely impute it to the latter, as he introduced the Battle of Cressy into his speech. The result of the deliheratiam of the Court, was a determination to celebrate the Anniversary, sad a Committee was appointed to consider of She best means of carrying such determination Mato eff,:ct. Ou the 25th of Septeniber, that Committee reported it as their opinion, that the front of Guildhall should be illumivated ; hut " That it 66 was neither necessary nor expedient that the " Corporation should dine together oii that day." A debate ensued, in which Mr. Mavens sr warm. ly contended for a dinner, and made a motion in favour of one, which, was carriu I. Several other Motions and Amendments were moved, but the Court was dissolved in consequence of a tumult. On the sth of October, the Court again mct, and finally resolved, " That it was mute accept. 66 able to Almighty Gon, and more con •nial to " the paternal feelings of his Majesty, to pro. " mote the liberation of prisoners avid captives on 64 the day of a Jubilee, than by expending sums 66 of money in feasts and illuminations." Such was the final decision of the Court of Common Council of the City of London. While these proceedings were in progress, the General Meeting of " the Merchants and Bankers" had announced to the public their, opinion that " a general Illamination was ex pedient," but on the 13th of Oct. they thought it expedient to retract that opinion by a public ad. vertisement, in which the Coternittoe state, that they no longer think ." it expedient to recommend a general Ilumination ;" and that instead of a general illumination, it " will be more desirable 64 to open a Subscription for the relief of persons 41 contined fur small Debts." A Subscription, was accordingly opened for that purpose s . to which the names of many of the princliral Merchants of this mighty metropolis appear subscribers of theenormiius sum of—rive rot:Welt, EACH. Now, when we first saw the amount of these subscriptions in figures, we naturally con. eluded that one cypher, at least, was omitted... but at lengths the name of a Gentleman, who enjoys in possession, and has in reversion, about 40,0001. per annum of the public money, appeared prefixed to this liberal and handsome subscription Or lISTE POUNDS—the Rt. lion. STEN. PERCEYAL. Thsdinncrat which these" Merchants and Bank. era" are to celebrate the Jubilee, is advertised at three guineas per head. New, it may be fairly asked, whether on an occasion which the " Mer chants and Banisters" affect to consider so im portant, a Subscription of Fire Pounds, is con. *tent with • dinner at throe guineas per head ? The liberation of a Prisoner, according to Civic estimation, is worth exactly 37 shillings more that' a single dinner. lint to proceed—the re. tomniendation of an illumination having failed, the Public were, on Thursday last favoured with • ; STATESMAN. _ at this request of the Committee of Rooters, recommend that BUM *ad Noses dee ma the said 25th invest, be paid on Tues day, the Ittlit WNW( t and that they wilt, for SW purpose, give direction to their Clerks to present them for payment pa that day. • R. HEST, Sec. " The recommendations of superiors" (es Mr. Cossrrr has very.judicieusly quoted) 44 sa vour very strongly of commands." Some time ago, the Bank of England thought proper to come to a Resolution, not to discount any bill which was not accepted payable at a Banker's—thus incalculably increasing the influ ence and ascendancy of that body of men, over the Merchants and Traders. A single day out of two months, is not, to be sure, a considerable portion ; but that Resolution of the Bank of Eng land has compelled every acceptor of a bill, to provide for the payment one day sooner. The commercial part of London were constrained to obey the despots of the paper system. It , however, was reserved for this period of a Jubi.' lee, to issue to the traders of London, a manda. tory recommendation to pay the bills that fall due on the day of Jubilee, on the preceding day ! I To what 'abject humility is the commercial part of the City of London, at length, reduced— Recommendation !—Who dates resist the recom mendation of the Bank ? IVhose paper will be discounted, if this recommendation be disobeyed ? The people either cannot, or willtiot see how they arc trodden under foot, and humbled to the very disst,by an ore, gro w n, overbearing,Commcrcial oligarchy, and limiting better du such groveling spirits deserve. Ilad the " Merchants and Bankers of London," 50 years ago, dared to issue their opinion of the expediency of a " general illumination," what would have been the opinion of the people at large ? What would the Traders of London have said to the Batik of England, if, half a century ago, they had had the presumptuous arro:ance to issue the advertisement we have copied ? Thrne and abject must be that People w ho can patiently endure such insulem 0. There is one other circumstance respecting the proceedings of "these Merchantsand Bankers," which we shall mention, merely as marking the alteration of manners aid universal progress o f luxury. 44 The Gentlemen silo intend to dine at 66 Merchant Taylor's Hall, are requested to di_ rest their coachmen to set down eith their 66 horses' heeds upstart!' Bishopsgate.street." This foppery may, perhaps, be tolerated at the Opera.house, where the custom originated ; but at a gormandising meeting of " Citizens, of Merchants, and Bankers," it dues appear to be the very essence of affectation au.l frivolity ; as well might each of the sober Citizens appear, on this fouling occasion, with his chapeau bras. It ini.:lit have been expected that the Public Bodies of the city of London would have followed the exaniple of the Corporatism—the municipal go. vernment which represents them. lint no, not. withstanding an Illumination is declared by the Court of Common Council " not to be cape. 44 dient or necessary"...the Bank, and Lloyd's, regardless of even common decency, have resolved, in delience of the opinion ref the Court of Common Council formally promulgated, to disturb the peace of the metropolis, by an il lumination which will cost Three Thousand Pounds, %%bile the sithscriptiots (for the relief of the " Prisoner and the (;aptive") of " all the Merelianis and Bankers," of tho! richest CO the world, perhaps, ever saw, and including the mite of the Prime Mini , ter of 1.:1%1.1nd, does not yet amount to two-thirds of that %s Anton, wasteful, and insulting expenditure—And here we think it nece.sary to introduce a paragraph which appeare.l in the faithless, insidious, and detestable Harlequin Courier oi last Saturday : " We perceive witiTegrei, that it k prop hod in ill.smidate moat of t .oe tb.oblic Basildon*: om the/Ph iirot. We acre in hops that iso.,e or the gre.at Corporate Roder. ow Public Of fices would he found to sanction it. It it not enough to sly that the init.thitanta at large are not basal to fallow His st 'aspic. tee:, sante, of n.westity, follow it. A 'Wen mis• clamor boys, or interested persona, are sodlisient to .rtginsto ort impulse that will prove orresi,ti.olc. We striol, m.o.' pro bably, Mal hondras of th.sc in the endear of the evertors.; running thrnup the street. and b:to lin.: out," Light', Lights, for the ; ' he must be either a very imprudent or is very deatiectrat Howe-holder, whigshould take it in his fowl to refuse c pliancy to such ao appeal to his loyalty, and soh.. jrct his pr.operty acr d fatuity to the cowmptences that would probably follow.' The real object of this recommendation, which is toattack the dwellings of such or the inhabitAtiti as shall dare to resist the mandate of 66 a dozen mis chievous Boys," is but asskwardly attempted to be concealed by an exordium of affected regret. It is not constructed with a tythe of the skill of one of those common puffs, a hich dis. grace the pages of newspapers, but in which, per. haps, the deception is not discovered, till the reader approaches the last line. IVe see, at once, that the object of the doll Courier is to sound the tocsin of riot, and the destrue .4ion. of the " imps-au/lent" albs& " elinsfecied " householder who shall refuse complialsce to " such an appeal to his loyalty, and subject his " property and family to the consequenae that 64 would follow." And pray by whom i, this ao. I knot appeal to loyalty to be made I—lly a dozen mischievous boys or interested persons. As to the predicted, threatened consequence to properly and family, it is impoisibl.: to mistake the base, but clumsy incendiary, the Harlequin Courier. We have, for some time, refrained from mak. lug the exquisitely absurd and insulting celebra. lion of a National Jubilee at this moment of sorrow, distress, and imminent clanger, the subject or our remark— nor shalt we, now, repeat our reason , for opposing the principle; but hi detailing the particulars of this act of nations, folly—we shall, at • future period, state fur what we think thee people have been rejoicintv. T. these remarks we shall hut add, that his Ma. jetty leas declined receiving the Address cm this day ; and there are, our Readers may be *Mired, some very substantial seasons fur believing, that the celebration of the Jubilee is not only the ex cloosive plan of Ministers, but that it is much store in unison with their wishes sod /dogs, than with the inelinatiow of their Royal Master. His Majesty has reigned, it is tree, , Sq years ; but we have nut heard that he haslet fell the weight of years sat greatly as to iseapasitate Dien from coati. lining to exercise the foostintis "Mortity I ! and Oscar and 3.l a l r i na, were THEATRE COVENT-GARDEN. last i i i t . ig l h r t wi pe C r h fo es r i ch i eti, under the usual circum. stances : the first part of the performanc e *as au dible, the latter part inaudible. The ortlrrly rows in the Dress Boxes were filled ; but the v,:hicl es in which the orderly inhauitarits of that fashion able region had been brought to the Theatre, had unaccountably vanished. In Ilart. s t reet and 111 w. street (inelue of the privileged area in Prmee's fur the carriages of the tenants of the Pd., rate itlores)—we enumerated a train of carriages, amounting, in number, to threc—a trio r f hacks. After the half-price bad commenced, we again looked out for lac splendid equipages of th e or. ' duly votaries of fashion ; but a beggarly succes. 'ion of harks, at mu time exceeding six in number, was all that we could see. The Pit was unusually thin—but the spirit i s untamed. Mr. YouNG was reedited with as much applause as could be bestowed by the company, without a departure from ti:optical opposition to the sys. teat of the Proprietors. The fable of the Piece will be recollected to have been taken by Mr. COLMAN, from the Caleb Willicme of Genius' —and it will also be remembered that, in the character of sir Edward alvrtimer, Nassau failed so egregiously, that Mr. COLMAN, in the preface to the Play, %hen subsegyently printed, expressed his resentment and contempt in very forcible terms. Mr. Cli.int.l3 KumuLt hail been not Only toleratud, but applauded by the Orderlys— bin in the fourth aid, he met with the accustomed well_ merited reception from the Pit, with which he lux recently been so generally greeted. A piece of apple nas thrown till the stage, near Mrs. LisTos, but it dill nut touch her. The national airs of Rule Britannia and God Save ay King, %ere performed with the amts. touted enthusiasm of the Ptt—several persons in the Boxes joined with much fervor its these per. forniances. To these serious airs, SUCCCUeciI the more lively one of nUtftli-illaily, to %Ili(1 company in the Pit joined in a dance— the Per. farmers, by practice, hare become more accurate its the figure, and the dance was gone 14. rough willitiot the slightest mistake or interruption. When the Placattls reared their heads,a struggle arose its consequence of one of the Orderly. mak ing a snatch. Lie nas on the point of expulsion whets lie surrendered at discretion, anti till yield. jug up his prize, was stiffen:ll to remain in the Pit. The 0. P.'g--" initials hateful" were sported in the hats of considerable numbers'. Otte young Gratictstait, who W• 11 distinguished as well by his loudly expressed vocal opposite:too, as by th e di s ., pl.sy of that 1).1(140, was seized by the myrmidons and hurried to Bow -street litre he was urdervil to find bail, as appears by the following ILeport _ 110W-SfREET. " The only perbuit brought before the Magis. trate was a Ridll Hama' Tu:►y is lititsta.. a clerk in the counting.holise of a Mr. lioNTErt o a tnerchaut, in the v.ciiiity of Blackfriars, and resident at No. 17, Newman street, Oxford, road, who was charged by Mr. BRANDON, with r int o os ci►nduet in the Pit, _and wearing in his hat the letters " U. P." signifying " Uld I" rites," cost in lead. 4 ' Thy • evidence of Mr. BRA MDON was currobo, rated he. that of another person. •' Toe prisoner edict nut deny the fact of hishar, ing warn the letters 0. P. in hit het, bast said it was false that he had tattle any noire. Ile had remained .t (Wet spectator of the Play, and was utietiosetous of the impropriety of sticking the in. above.metitioned in his hat, bee.satie be saw several other persons around him doing the same thing, and whose example: he had innocently fot. lowed. He was ordered, however, to find boil." Now whether this Gentleman was ordered to find bail for committing a breach of the peace by expressing his disapprobation, or whether the of. (dice was the wearing of the letters 0. P. in his hat, we really should very much wish to know. If the latter a ere the fact, we should hay. strongly urged the Gentleman to decline finding bail, and to have made application in the regular course to a Judge We yesterday embraced with cagernesc the solitary opportunity which has lately been afforded us, of commending the conduct of the Alagiatrateso ho, we trust, are now awake to a sense of what they owe to the Public, an I to their characters. We, therefore, do out hesitate to avow our disbelief of their having admitted the wearing of the letters in the hat as any part of the accusation un which they ordered bail to be Numd by the accured. If the Proprietors hare a u g reat an aversion to these 44 hateful initials," let their rnyrsairloni, satellites, 'Allis's', sod or. derkis„ . trattnt . the 146415 - for nets price. The curtain dropped, amidst a rogr of disap probation ; and after a few songs, soil a e.oicluil. tog jig, the company ivied . ) , retired about half pa s t te•n. A beautiful exhibition of Mr. Ks:mates slur. nine countestalice, though appare•nety tiken •.hen that gentleman was nut in one of his very hap. Oda moods, was displayed, with the old question of " What do you want ?"—and the old reply * Old Prices." _ _ " Br bold and manner. Sink K cent.C . s pritl.., Nor in his ftl* account% coefide." " Jnu NI By Lt. he entintgrous ; let this.be year guide; By towering the priers you'll sink KitinnLa's pride." •' The statement the made, mid the mode of inspection, Is justly repaid by your stroneest rejection. Maintain the true mese, in spite of ineir Terrors, And n t their memento, with LicErrion o► ERRORS." At intervals a very excellent imitation of Cock a-doodle.duo amwied the audience, and whistles and cat-calls occasionally enlivened the concert. The following handbill was thrown into the etc : ROYAL JUBILEE. JOHN RUI.i. respeetfiely brigs leave In inform his Frirads, that on W LON ESOA Y sea, he intends to we his utmost Etertioos in Favour of the SUBSCRIPTION for the Relief of Persons confined he smell Debts; for this she Performances waif be enodected an the most * ve ei sede.drod last as hitherto—to eatnigenee at the ll "lib. Ird Act,—bit at haf past 6 o'clock pro -44,10. TS* performances ti awake of Alarmed 'Cowen of Vocal sea Isattesnewal Music, ' To senesce with dip palmier Andean *1 • 00k) SAYE. Tiik. RIAU. . • :: - I !.., I 'I .. I. i 1/4, t 1' ; t ) t, • LO 1% 1 DUN : WZONESDAY, OCTOBER £5. KtNG'sila.ckSsio:i.—Kitlidssy at (As fluidic-Offices. Tut following following . extracts fro*" German and Paris Papers show, that at Amsterdam on the 19th instant, the news of Peal* between France and Austria was nut cuitfirmeol':•—• AMSTERDAM, Oct. o.—The intelligence of Peace bar bs.; been bigned beorre o . Aineroa bind t rAner tins not bveu cuatirmed. The information attired in Holland by toe way alf atutgarde and Catrrl. In both ritits the pubis. tepiessi A s whirl' took place in consequence of these happy tulitti,s, have been surceeacd by general cuastensatiou isfrJ 'egret. Leer) thinA. however, wears to indicate that uu the Cataluna Prate still speedily be concluded, it that fortunate trent should nut already nave actually Wien' place.—(ltayal 4m arribm Courant, Oci. IL PARIS. Ocr. 13.—The accounts from Viemei, of the 7th instant, state, mat Inc baborbs aft Ailed with troops retuntiog fruits toe camps in the neighbourhuod of V WINS. and, iss par ticular. from souse formed at bpilz and We andrrbtatid that the gees u'arnbes, aims are destined to et.cort isas Varsty from stage to sta g e, nave already vet tint from V tram*, tin' their eat stattous. His E xcelleacy the Marshal Duke of It ado...arrived here lnit uight. Tee troops of thetDuke of SAXONY, under the orders of General It %iv vs* i who fur some time nave formed pan us the ar.iiy of she Du ke of D• !crate, have marebedas . by Upper and Lower Austral, and are now hi cantonments 131 the vicinity of Lunt capital. kite Majuity toe Eitattoa re viewed turn' at Sclaseuaruua. The bruit-se are stated to be is the istosost isnot of several article!, their communicative with the neighbouring States being at present more strictly intercepted than et has +serene fere. It Ls utterly impossible fur them to obtain any sup plest of provistoor, aretentin.iixe, or nunninswion, especiatsy shire the regencies of toe chlfrresit cantors have aoopted mea sores to shat np that paa.age. 'ninth Zara, under date of the 4th of Scptcm. I) . er, it is s•••ol, that the Austrian army bad received orders to evacuate Dalmatia. Ktma's Messenger sailed from Plymouth, in the Whiling schooner, on Sunday, for Spain, with dispatches for Marquis WaLLser.cy. That the liritisb army must speedily crucuate the Nein. likele, it were impossible to doubt, and we think it •ore than probable that these dispatcb►x coot:tin 'piers to that effect. ' TUE JUBILEE. On the subj►:ct of this curious Ministeriql ma- seessore to amuse the people of England, and to divert their attention front put and passing events, ye offered our sentiments at the very first pro. melsatinn of the delusion. It is somewhat curious to trace the rise anti pro. geese it thle measure of profound sagacity, which was first ushered to the notice of the public in • paragraph iu the accredited, •' veritable," organ of 'misters, The Morning Port. From me Morning Post, the annunciation of this met was transferred to some of the London, and many of the provincial prints, until at last becoming the subject of general conversation, it was taken srp by a body of men calling themselves the Mer. chants and Bankers of the City of London. On the sth of July, the fullowiag enespnous Letter, batriog the I..amlon simst.anark t was re. ceived by the Mayer. Canterbury s ty Men' M fr omit 10901:1 - the 31apor of LAtateroary 8— . • - , 4 - .1( viret t e ll i tio thr eagm hi e r i d sl e = awl Plowing recommendation : Nation 4 *at ass diriells of BANK to ENGLAND, Oct. VOL ty eaters the year of Me; that so roe Colirt of Directors of the Gov aad Castiout, of Is as epoc h' artestrost . use th e thaw one as Dam of Ei l ehid, d is her e by g i n Th at is N .* BA* IVO daritil e t- day treat, the Stielt tsp. Wag the of the Mit ik ant. 4 that UN= OPOlyear of kis flittipyl Lek, arid int la he paoSicialart ty nor Callk itt /A mkt Mod, the Courser i;rtoes, with esantreesce and 1 I w irgs 6 ,4 4