The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-09-17 00:00:00

41 11 4 ila . • agibeiL Mists. Due. -- ) r . Wuterford .. ........ .... Cadiz r , . 0 I .. getignland 0 .. . Gotienburgb I • . 'MICR OF itTocKII THIS DAY AT ONE. O'CLOCK. I ricsol• Refl. (skst.L aume i s per cent. Cow. 671 61i 4it X es. THE STATESMAN. LONDON: ....ses...- MONDAY, 6SI , YEMBEIt 17, 1810. SURRENDER OF ALMEIDA. Government hare received Dispatches, stating the. surrender of Almcid4.—This event was Gera - .aioned by a most melaneho'y accident. The prin. cipal magazine blew up, and 500 men were killed by the explosion, and a great many wounded, among whom, we arc sorry to state, is General Cor. R.oxima is said to have been defeated by Mon- TIZa. -We, this morning, received German Papers ftwn to the gth instant, brought by Heligoland and Gottenburgh Mails. We have no room to give any extrvta from them ; the following, how ever, is the summary of the news they contain.— An article in the Abcille dtt Nord,. dated Con. stantinopte, July 26, state' that 100,000 Persians are marching against the Raglans. It is also stated, in the same paper, that the Russians have felled in all their enterprizes against Saturnia ; and that, from the large reinforcements marching to joie the GRAND VIRICR ) it is supposed the Russians must fall back. Tie Captain PAcHA is posted, with his fleet, in the Black Sea, from Wenn to the mouth et the Danube, with a view of iotercepting all pro visions, &c. coming by that route to the enemy ! The march of the Austrian troops to the frontiers et Turkey continues. Ao article, dated Vienne, Ang. 25, says t -1,6 The Russians have lost three Generals in the three assaults uhieh they made en the ratress of itudschek, In the night of the 4th. ; among others Geyer.' I.Aesoeitov, who acenirecfsci much honour at the siege of iilistria. It is doubted whether G oust KAMP.t.ILOI e•in maintain himself ell the sight bank ,•1 the Danube; and the more so, as the GRAND "NEIGNO.I4 has began hi% march, and ad. Natieg4J Adrusople, at the head of a consid. ra. ble army."—By order of Ili- KING of Dcvmank, street reilsoF,;o4tiot been laid upon all the ships itt the IVethivre,l'orts of the Pushy and tits Riser —A lotto * sistied , Aschallio bit rg, A , 12. '27, says et 110. Word iiialsioss the GRANO punt has, by an Abet, Axed the orgaullatioe of the Grand Du. phy of Fr imkiort, according to' which it is formed of the city of Fralfkfort and its territories, the p r incipality of Aicuatreolnirg, the greatest part of the principality of Fulda, the greatest part of II pan, and of the city of Wezlar.. The Vienna paper.ittoney is still in the same ditcyc. alit. f o r 100 anrins iu cash, were, given 4,1 J S. fins in bank.ttills„...Count Go . rroar, (the I;2.lein g of slr j ramx,) is now at Weimar, st hero his inns. ti loos spouse and pest of kis titioily "ill ruuow r--Accounts aru cuistradictury respectiue, the 1)41,e of aTisAwith (Foucita,) test says, hu p‘sssed through A.lssaandria, on the 21th tilt, en hi) way to Prris —saasts—. Yesterday Papers worp..rrroiTo4l from Alicalit, front which we hate "singed some interesting par. Oculars relative to the successful enterprizes of the Spanish guerrillas. it rs, that the cetebratr ci vorAizso NINA 1123 compelled l'ausspeluns, though it is garcisautd by the frt.ttcli, to supply biro with ra. Woe- The raper of the I lilt gives On account of the outrance of General O'Dourtvi into Tortosa, with a stittforpcmeut of MOO ittfrustr: soil 800 cavalry, We have• *awl' mititioectl i that the result of Ifte dispute between the new Jentn at Recaps Ayres I end the Members of the former Government eats that the Junta seat the Members of the Amlleriele and the late "Viten)/ In Spain: Wq qqw too full and authentic details of the &pate ; but do Mai think it necessary to trouble the reader with theta; it luny be Inferred, however, that the Jimia are determined to maintain their independence at all hazards. On the other hand, the Regestcy will perhaps think it necessary to taste a proclamation respecung the settlements on the Rio Plata, similar to that which the disavowal of their authority by the carracas called forth. • s C Private fetters were yesterdAy received from St. Petershtirgh to the 23d - ult. The election of Ben. stAoorrs to be Crown Prince of Sweden had oeca aloned a strong sesuatioa in that capital ; and ap. prehensions were entertained lest the restitution of the territories ar,quired daring the late scar with Sweden should he insisted on. A clisnge of Mi. ni e stry was expected, and the march of a body of 15,0000 men destined to reinforce Count KAusztazol bad been countermanded for the present. Oo Saturday Faris Joetroala to, the Bth were re ceived. Tile: tatiatiott, that of 0000 Dutch troops w hich, !tad been:marched ioto France, 3500 had go esivol orders it, bold th t lttrt , in, rowdiness for a ostast grace. Their destination had not been THE SIX distinctly stated, but from particular eironessien tea itwas known to be Poland. Bettsestag had lately reviewed a body of 12,090 men, many of whom were conscripts. A. part of theta two days after recei►ed'a route for the eastern part of Spain ; and the remainder. it wu conjectured, would bo or. dared to the North of Germany. Important negotietions, it was reported, were carrying on between BONAPARTE and the Emperor Fitsmcts, but their immediate object had nut trans. Aired, further than that the Austrian Monarchy would shortly recei►e some territorial accessions. One of these Papers hints (alluding, we suppose, .o the miscarriage of the Emmen), that the expec tations of all loyal Frenchmen had been blighted by an untoward accident which lately beret the Em press LOOM, in descending the steps of her chariot. ' Dispatches were received on Saturday, at the Ad. miralty, from our squadron ofi Flashing, announc. ing, we understand, some movements in the enemy's fleet up the river, corroborative of reports which had reached our Commanders, that they intend to avail themselves of the first favourable opportunity to send a strong detachment to sea. The number and destination of this force is differently represent. rd, but tho report most credited here is, that it is intended fur the East Indies. It is with extreme pleasure we observed, in the Morning Papers of this day, the Address of the Proprietors of Covent Garden Theatre to the Pub. lie. This will put au end to the unfortunate dis. pate between the Theatre and the 0. P's. which so , unexpectedly has arisen this season. And new, wo might retire from the contest in silence. The course we took was so self.evidootly right, that it requires no explanation; laud we should not condesored to give any, were it not fact (and a melancholy fact it is), 'bat litany well-disposed, although inconsiderate, per.' , suns have been drawn into this year's opposition against the Theatre, and have, naturally, in their warmth condemned every Paper that has nut taken part with them. Tu these periods especially we now address ourselves. In truth, there is a great', deal yet to develops in this affair, and there is some very wholesome admonition to be given tv the honest part of the 0. P.'s. Bit first, for the course we have taken, we are willing to explain what we know needs explanation only to few. That many 0. P.'s of last year tisi,,!st think ass opposition this season, nut only justiti.ible but praise-worthy, we have no doubt. But the ground was slut the'l same ; and any Paper that was really Waft pendent, and had taken the part of the 0. 1' 's last year, wont(' consider whether it was called upon to do so this season. It 'night be correct and commendable to be 'with the 0. Pr's be fore, and against them now. The to 0 things might be consistent ; and the only question fur an hide. pcoleot Paw to decide was, Who has the justice of the cases Ult their bile, the 0. P.'s, or the Pro. prictors of the Theatre ? (laving deckled that, in its own 'lliad, against tlse 0. P.'s there could be no controul on its conduct. To have been controuled by the hopes of approbation front the 0. P.'s (sweet as the recullectiots of enjoyed approbation is), or awed by the fear of censure, might have shcwil the reatlintss of the Paper to sacrifice every considera. tion to its sole and its populsu ily, but could not have demonstrated its independence: Is there no i such a thing as being dependent ass a' pan de- I pendent on upp Wing fears, and dependent on ex. cited hopes ? But if a Paper is swayed by any of these, how is it snore independent than the Paper that I is sold, for money, to an individual or the Govern. went, and is ever toady to take any con rseits employ ers Heat!? People are not to be reasoned out of the plain meaning of plaits words. They will not zay, a Pa. per is independent, which is palpably dependent on I motives more unworthy, and more dastardly, than even the taking of money. We have never been influenced by one, and were not new, to be swayed by the other. There is something so evelelicdly mean in being sithsertient to a . party, especially a mistaken party, feeding its appetites, however disgusting, and being a pander to its lusts, however low and vile; there is its this something su mean as to make a moderately firm and honest man shrink from it with horror ! there is in independence that sunshine which authing Can clued from the heart in any of its moments, either of bliss or paiu I—We looked upon the dispute, this season, at the Theatre s and made our choice. Bat we ace sail s to have s bought in Ibis. We were bought! we were 1 Ism bought by a price already given, by the public favour; we were bought by the hope of preserving that fustier, by boldly and histautaneously disseut. ing from friends and supporters,. where we thought disicut honest ; —we were bought too, by the calm and happiuesa of our own feelings, It is well to be so bought ! and we congratulate ourselves on the bargain !—So much for this; and now, as to the . Moans, tan which we acted.—These we hate statist, in our argument on the subject ; and we need: not repeat them. We have not seen that reasoning answered. As to the pretexts of the 0. P. leaden, those do disgractsthew more than the cruelty of their persecution, of the Theatre, But what will the Public say, when they hear that ally or most, of the a P. leaders were consulted by Mt. Xtatioce on the eApptellatit ttOte übittetasi to' Matt WM El . . v I • . 3• --~ • 0... ~. -T--~-: - - the Public think, whew they are told, that Mr. ABISULE did show a plan to thew of the present arrangements, ratvioes to the statestesz and RE QUEST he suede to the general public, is his Thews tai, en the last eight of the last season? Aye! , but what most the public say, when it Is added t them, that those 0. P. leaders did cement, did give their sanction to this very a trangement ? Why ! Will they not gasp for breath with unutterable in dignation? If the public were to give wey to their feelings as the persons do, who are deluded by these Leaders, where would the safety of those deluded people be ? Could they stead up against public rage, acting, compact, and combined upon them, as they act upon their opponents ? Fearful would their case be, and let them learn to feel pity through fear ! —But- we have not yet told the whole case. Many of the 0. P. leaders, and many of the 0. P. rank and file, were in the Theatre on the night Mr. hexane made the proposition for the present arrangement, and did not oppose, but did tacitly join in the general con. gent. They, at least, were precluded for ever from opposition. And the Public mill ask, why they i permitted the Proprietors to act upon that public assent of the last season, and to make arrangements which might be irrettlerable, and then turn short upon the Managers In a new season, wills a' spectre of a. contract, actually suffered to die in peisee I The PUIILIC still ask that—and must have an answer. If the system of torture is to be continued, we shall soon see whose turn it is—to be Whited' What! to Ile by ; petsone calling themselves thePublie, to lie by, as tin wor. thily as if they had been suborned individuals, and permit Into, already unfortunate enough for any malice, to walk, uukueetiogly, into the toils ; to lie by, and permit the reel Public Inn, to fall into the ealamitY.of a new coolest, when all this odious evil night have been prevented by a protest in the moment, and on the spot, of Mr. Kt:mut-Vs pro position. Will any thing excuse that to the Public? And is there any man hardy enough to try to do so ? Who is he to be? Shall he be the man who did go to the Theatre, before its opening this season, did inspect • the present ar iiingemeists, the eight obnoxious boxes there, and did give has spprothttion to the arrangement, and did promise to give no opposition to the plan, illy even to give his support to the Theatre, if opposition sh,thl arise ? Is he to be the man, los will now step out, and justify the Pea- Liu lyii:g '‘y, to ensnare the Theatre, and en. tangle tie Town in a flew and dangerous cote. test? Be it so;—it will be of • colour with some other things—of a colour to tincture the public countenance with Wive** have laid, the Address of this day, from the Prol:rietnrs of the Theatre, will end the eonteet ; and we presume out Isom cannot be deceived in that; The O. P's. will have gained a triumph; and the Public wilt gain, as speedily al' ptattieable, eight Private 11010.1 from the Proprietors, which old custom had ceded to them. Dues any body want any more triumphs ? ()r any more advantages t The trieinph of the O. P's.is as perfect, us great, as if the eight Boxes were thrown open this night; and they will betray other locutions than their professed ob. ject, if they do not greet the Theatre with their assent to the new proposition, which must and ell: Ihave that of the Public. If, however, there are l any aniong them that think otherwise, let them pause, if they have character, or the peace of rela. I tives, to preerve. hat them tern to our account of ' the trials at Lancaster, of the rioters at the Liver. pool Theatre. If it had not been for the huwauity and mercy of the Judge, its pity to mislead and ruin. taken men. those rioters must have sull'ered trims. portation for their offence. Will any malt that has a feeliog for himself, or any belonging to hint, go iuto transportation, leaving a ruined name and weeping children, or parents, behind, fur the triumph of brutal noise and force, for a few nights ? 'Let those young men, who come out of the city, and their friends, look to this! It is no longer a mum ! the test ef the thing is gone, and nothing but bitterness and ashes will be left in the nauseated isms of the hitherto joyous Performers, in this scene of riot. We have only one word more to say on this snb.: jet.t. We call the emotion of our readers to the' Letter of CoNCILIATok in a subsequent column. We received it yesterday ; and although it "is in some degree superseded by the Theatre's Ad. dress to the Public, the remonstrance of the Writer to his Brother 0. P.'s is so candid, so powerful, and so penuasive, that we cannot forbear to give it s Aided by the Manager's appeal •of this day to the Public, it cannot fail to nick every heart into relenting, that may by chance still adhere to the propriety of this year's opposition, as far as it has already gone. If there be any such now, let them read that Letter with attention and, ',etragdour„ and we answer for their quietness. seensememesemsemb Yesterday morning his Al taste, Princesses Au - GUSTA and Soroti i , went ro St. eorges Chapel, and heard a biomes preached by the Noe. Mr. More, from tWbtath Psal i ai, v. ?.; tad elicp wards returned to the Pal.ice. Princess AMELIA teallSitts much the same as she has Ns some time past; it is hoped she doe* not get worse, but it 1,1 ecru* her health k tot h4l sgpr tlteans. Ampsoted aim et last .Itcpotta ~~.:a► rw,,, 4 -1 LANC:ISTER ASSIZES, Sser.l4. ULFURS MR. BARON iIAAMAK AND A SPACIAL INIT. RIOTS AT ,A THEATRE. TUT KING AGAIN!! &MIMS AND groan% The trials of the H. P. rioters at littrpool tz. cited a degree of interest similar to Ow o oidd bate been felt is iguktust, if the leader of (WO. p . toloults at Covent Gorden led been called in Judi. ment for his conduct.—The Court MK orowdeit to excess; and his with regret we ara coin pilled tor". fins, to a very brief statement, that report „hi d , might, without appearing at all tedious, late ilk every column of our Paper. The su bj ec t was brought before the Cost upo h a crimittel Information against Mr. Abraham L e . mon, the nephew of Dr. Srilemon, and four other persons, charging them with intending to find impoverish Mr. William Thomas Lewis cut Mr. Thomas Knight, the Managers of the L. pool Theatre, and fur that purpose conspirin g compel them, by riotous and tumultuous prlic m c lugs, to admit persons to the Theatre at hatf.priee, Mr. ATtettileT-G Litt/tel., in a most o,,ep," e and incomparable speech, unfolded to the Jury t h e nature and object of this proseehtion, tem i t . eid more peculiarly important by the scene which bud so recently beers renewed iu Loudon. Ile obs vtee d, that the Fuld* lied, by designing persuus, ken greenly deluded, with respect to the law N am A s Subject of the conduct to be observed in Ih eetree and places elf pulalic entertainment. They had, he peid, an undoebted right to express their disappro. Italian of a theatrical performance, or the p er . foresees, provided it was dune bona * fide and ititly; botany tumult, whielp was the result of venous concert and conspiracy, either against partietainac. tors, or the Managers, was an offence :degas' nag. nitude with that of conspiring to injure any other individual in his person or property. Ile srvtaily censured those who had been instrumental in dried. lug the unwary, desciibiitg theta as men who, astke the pretence of liberty, were in disposition the veriest tyrants. Ile pointed eer y in fureible lan. gnage, the danger which was to be appreheridd from a le whit mob, is hatever might be the supposed cause for exciting it, and cited, as an instance, the dreadful riots in 1780. He paid a high, but well. merited compliment to Mr. Lewis, amid ergrettui that the evening el his life, spent in the service of the Public, should hate met with the rehire it hay. Having stated that persons bad aestr been admitted at half.pricu to the Liverpool Theatre, sine its original establishment, and commented ulna the propriety of such an exclusion is that peptise and turbulent city, he pruiecdrd to detail the farts which were afterwards deposed to by the whetters, and be concluded his address, *eery part of Ina riveted the attention of the Jury and tba Amato, by expressing hie firm persetsion, that the ,iithd on this occasion would conteuee the Defendsatt tit the public at large, of the illegality or that cundod which hail called fur the present prosecution. A vast number of witnesses were examined, who proved a variety of acts of violence pronsely nudist to those which took place at Corent (garden ire last season, and partially on time first night of the present unc. Ln & v ie:aced that burns, whistles, catcalls, and other annoy anew were set in nudes to elect the purpose of time conspirators; and the evidettee Completely implicated all the rioters tinged is the recutd. Mr. *atria addreesed the Jury with great ability on the, part of the Deleadanu; the scope d hit argument was chiefly directed to repel the Oder Of donspiracy. Mr. BAttgo,l GRAttAlt was of opinion, Oat de reittenct Weal stOiciently to the 'waif of a Cowl• gaira9 ; but as Me consequences qf a coatrdive for that offence were so hied," pena l he recni a * • mended that the count its toe information for w e ' ,spiracy should be give* up. This proposition, after some discussion, was is -the must liberal manner acceded to by the A tturney- Cetteral l who übserved, that the prosecution wat not carried on by Messrs. Lewis and Knight, bet by the Magistrates of Liverpool. The Defendants were then acquitted of thews. spiracy (by censeut), and found Getcri of the tent. ?HZ ♦. CARTER. 1%4 was a prusecution of similar aslan t the Defendant *u ohm found guilty. The trials occupied the time of du Cuitit trim te•tt its the usurping 'till six in the evening. umiecemumemmunm The Royal Academy of Lisbou has proposed did following question: —cc What will be the tnot proper nwde of erecting, hi Portugal, a meounrest of eternal gratitude, Unit may preserve to pustcrill an indelible testimony of British generosity. *hie b f by the must costly sacrifices, has liberally bes t''" all the means of saying our country, aisd aisintii'' log its independence." Essays WI the aubjvci ' rs to be received till the end Lit lJecember. Coax-Etchisba. Sitet. 17.—T0-day t4ere are mkt soppitei of Wile it coos tt or, enielly riew, Mite pan ot wreles arrival. of Foreign. *hoot. 26,0,10 wither*: 's e plea saint: tie their prow& but pitcher, o f tie tant"'„ A t"."Per- as d MIA Lit Bene, of the two kind, Likes, pie. 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