The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-11-11 00:00:00

LONDON,
SATURDAY. Novorsza

General STEWART awl Sir Roars? WILSON:BP-
rivoI, yesterday, from Lisbon. They have brought
an account of an action fought near Salamanca,
between the Trent h corps, lately unfit r the -cow.-
twand of Marshal NEI,, and the army of the Duke
DrL Fallout., The French force amounted
12,000 men, of whom it lost Lino ; and, after•the
action. retreated to a position to the northward 4eir
that city. The ftiliosihig uccunut of the action is
given in a letter from Governor Coi to Governor
TRANT, dated Alintida, ,20th October, of whittle
the Gaming is an extract :
u On the lath inst. the Duke del -Moque fell in with tin
French, ronsistiug of 10,000 (hot, aidas.dtau buise, avdm,u.
cannon, four leagues uu this side of lidlaniancs. 'ith•
niards took 1000 men, one oa.poundrr, one colour, and
' stand of arms, and, at the plot of the bayonet, re-took-sia
(ammo, that the French had taken early in the day. I'h.
Freoch have "mired beyond Salamanca. As English other%
who was takeu by the trench, nod made his esespe after Ahla
action, says, bets certain the trench lost at least law sorsa.
—I am to great bash, d.c."

A large Rest of tratispoiis Linked, on Minas%
at Poi tsinuntli, frown the 'll'agus, with troops. The
two regiments of embodied detachments, whit*
ginned so much renown at the battle of Talaverti
are on bourd ; the remainder consist of sit*.
amountingto nearly 1200.—Dr. FrAztm bus come
home in charge of the sick.

The Chichester packet is arrived ut Falmouth.
with letters and parrs front Jlllll4lCa to the Kith
of September, the substance of which is given in
our preceding column.. Before our troops left St.
Domingo an a4reeitient stes entered into, !oculist;
the free access into all the parts under the Spanish
Government, of all vessels hearing the British Nag.
The article is given ut kegth in our extracts.—We
are concerned to state, that seven of the Maier.
leis crew died of the yellow fe%er white .he re-
minuet! at Jamaica. The packet ha» al.o brought
home dispatches from Admiral liowl.ce, with the
particulars of the loss of the Lark .loop of war, I*
a dreadful gale of wind, with the whole of her
crew, except three men and a carpenter ; and also
an account of the loos of lhs Manset's gnu-brigs
Dominica. of 14 guar, Lieutenant C as.La
%%roust. Commander. upon the same station.

We have received French papers to the id, anti
Dutch to the sth inst. The reduction of the T 3.-
rolesr, those gallant and interesting people. whom
the Emperor of Ansvola, in the hour of his
nod isecessity, ahandoned to their fate, by the
Treaty or.' ientia. has already commenced. The Da.
V 116311 army, marching in three divisions, has cent.
'Brom! oolditry operations :spited the Tyrol. The
van of the division under Gen.Waxoe had entered
Itotteuberg previous to the enth last, and wee ex-
pected to reach Inspruck in a day or two. From the-
great difficulties of the country. the spirit of this.
hardy people, and the advanced season of the year,
we may, however, hoite, that the Bavarians will not be
idle to make much longer. se for a considetahle time.

Roe ervive lia. is,acil a Decree convening the
Legis'alike Budy uu the ibt of December.

If the third Article of the Treaty of Vienna ia
merely a local regulation, of an insignificant buturies
solely ilt‘igited for the convenience of BON APA scrsti
Saxon Ally, whose capital, standing close to the
Bohemian frontiers, derives some accornmodation
from the acquirement of a few villages; it is far
otherwise, when we contemplate the next stiptslm.
host. FRANCIS here pays the forfeit of the sushi-
lion and rapacity of his predecessors, in the two
measurable partitions of Poland, still more than he
expiates his own political misdeed's. At one strokes
all the Western Gollishi, inclittlitig the city of Crr
cow, is ceded to Saxony. Even to the south and
the east of the Vistula, a district, " to be hereafter
ascertained," together with .4 the Circle of Zumatic.
in Eastern C3llicin," is surrendered to the same
Prince. The tine of demarcation, pretended tw Ie
drawn, seems, and prithattly is intended to be,
iu-
detinite. Vieliczka, however, the great price, as
containing the salt mines that supply Hungary, WA•
less than all Poland, Moravia, and Silesia, a ith that
necessary article, is " to belting, its common.. to 4,e
Emperor of AUSTIIIA and the ACipg of SARIS'S if 4.
a fertile and interminable source of p.-rpetuisat
dissension and jealousy between the two Pone's:.
as, no doubt, their Machiaveli4n Cielipieeor
Master, projected I The pretende4 excittp.iorts
from tolls, stipulated ;a favonr of Anstriatt salt,.
moseyed across the Vistula', and through thee
Duchy of Warsaw, cannnot ofliird security
protection to the subjects of Paxsets, when tea-
erring the states of a creature of NArtibLuti.
whom lie has made, and can unmake, at pleassir..
By an additional clause to this Article, we he L
that the Suvereignsof AUSTRIA and SAXONY snap
fur* stuA, an arrangement, with respect to the vest-
bouitchilics of their state, as that the river San
shall hetiewforward constitme the line betwee•
them. This. stipulation is clear enough; leittil,;
in Saxony ali to the lost and north 01 the
Sd!l, vitule sill retails* the country son ti
and west of the river. Tlw city of Sar
therelsir, becontos Saxon; while Jailislarr, and ti.ot.

gees
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greet tract, of which Lemberg is the capital, re-
wino to FRANCIS.

• But the spoliation of that unfortunate Monarch
does nos te; 11l i l tate with these concessions. The
fifth Article, which, we believe, has no parallel in
modern diplomacy, compels him 4. to cede cod
mike over, to Russia, in Me Easternmost part of
Galicia, a tract of territory, containing a popula-
tion of 400,000 sods; the city of Brod, being,
nevertheless, tiot therein Melodcd." It adds a
•condition, not only difficult, but, as the Corsicali
and his Ministers, well know, almost impossible,
to be accomplished; namely, that " this Territory
shall be eunirably ascertained by Commissioners, on
the part of both Empires." Never did liumnii sub-
thy, ninlignity. And cunning. invent *nicks, more
calculated to .ow eternal animosity between Austria
and the two powers aggrandized at her expense ;
-we mean Sexoux and Russia ; than are these of the
Treaty of Vienna! They will still keep alive, and
tnitiistain, tit open, or a secret hosti•ity, between
'FRANCIS and ALEXANDER, as well as FRIIDEAICIE
AUGUSTUS. As the city of Broth stands in the most
Bolters part of Anatriati Poland, on the very edge
of the Ituasiau Palatinate of Luck°. it is more-
over not obvious, and, we believe, it will be practi-
andly build nut ease, for Fe* tic's to make °err a
—llllpilation of 400,000 souls, in that eery portion of
%elicits, reserving, neverthelesa, Broth. Its diffi-
culty, indeed, probably constitutes au essential part
of the merit of the article. Vague and ambiguous,
it is an apple of discord thrown down by NAPOLEON.
With this last-mentioned stipulatiou, may be
said to terminate the te►ritorial renunciations and
defalcations of the Emperor FnArtets. - But the
remaining conditions are not less humiliating to
his pride, cud painful to his feelings, public, as
well as personal, than the loss of dominion. If
Box APARTE allows hint still to retain his imperial
title, and it is roily a title, he compels FRA.NCISs
formally, to " abdicate• (for that is the expression
chosen) the
.granil mastership of the Teutonic Or-
der, in the name of the Arc;oduke ANTRUM in
his own States ;" while he is made " to recognize
the dispositions taken, with regard to the property
of the order, locally situated oat of the Audition
territories." To comment on such a provision, is
seedless. A Doge of GENOA was brought to Ver-
saille►, to make reparatioa to Loots N.IV. for firing
en the French galleys. But it is reser►ed fur the
present age to see an Italian soldier of fortune.
whose crimes mid whose acts of violence have deso-
lated the earth, first spoliate, and then degrade, the
represeutative of the Emperors of the West, King
Ifusioativ sod Boutsito.
We shall imam over the articles which affect to
regulate the mode of funding the debts of the ceded
Provinces ; us well as the manner of administering
those which are to be resto►ed. to Austria ; and the
arrangements to be wade respecting war contribu-
tions. All these, it is obvious, must be carried iiito
execution, at the arbitrement of the conqueror. A
most interesting object attracts onr attention; name-
ly, the feeble effort made by FRANCIS to obtain
SOCtle access to the sea; and some mode of yet im-
portrug, or exporting, the commodities produced
by, as well as necessa►y to, his reuiaiimig dominions.
But, the omicession rather displays the extent and
magnitude of the calamity, tlun it affords mu), re-
dress. To Trieste, he is Isamu, all access, or
approach. But, the Corsican " engages to give
no obstruction to the importation or exportation of
inerchandiete into, and from, Aust.iii, by way of the
Port of Fiume." As if, however, he instantly re-
tracted even this negative act of condescension, he
adds, "this, nevertheless, not being construed to in-
clude EnglisA goads, or manufactures." It seems
rather like mockery. than a serious clans' of a treaty,
when it is subjoined, that " an inquiry shall be insti-
tuted, to ascertain whether any advantages con be
allowed to the Austrian trade, in the other Ports
ceded by this treaty." It would, perhaps, have been
as beneficial to his subjects, and more dignified to
himself, if FRAIMIS had spared himself the trouble.
and the hninilianoti, of such condition.. Trieste
is a port, though not a very commodious one, si-
tuate on the Adriatic. But St. Vito. or Fiume,
as it is more commonly called, stands iu a remote.
and almost inaceessible part of Istria. at the head
of the daugerous Gulf of Cartier°. Any trade there
carried on, to the exclusion of English goods and
manufactures, under Freneh, or rather Corsican ne-
gative permission, ass really not worth contending
for by a Prince, who had ceded to his adversary all
the " Littorale,"Carniola, and their insular de-
pendencies. The commerce of Austria is extinct !

General I'6lllloYr. of the Royal Artillery, has
arrived at Portsmouth. from Flushing, in a bad
state of health; but his services are an much re-
quired there, that he could obtsiu only a month's
sick leave ; indeed, nil the Otbeers who have been
sent from thence siek, are order ...I to join with as
little delay a• possilde.
The Slat have marched into Portsmouth, and
embarked on board transports. This regiment,
with the 'ld battalion of the uttly, will sail immedi-
ately, under convoy of the Clutter, on their return
to the Ishind of Walcheren.
The end and the 10th lawn., •n their route
for Portsmouth, have halted at Brighton. The last
moved from thence on Tue;day morning, for their
destination. The men appeared to ezedlent health
and spirits..
Nothing has occurred to confirm the rumours
which letters Irons Holland, and other circum-
stances, have excited. respecting an intercourse
between the Government of tins country and that of
France.

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THEATRES.


COVENT-I:AMMO.

The Hart of the World and Oscar and 41lalwina
were the elate:Moments of this evening, and when
we have stated so much, the public are in posses-
sion of nearly as much intelligence, with respect to
the Play modllet, as we are. A disposition to
hissing was manifest from the beginning, though
the house was not more than half full. The ex-
cellent acting of Cooke, in Sir Perham", was, how-
ever,discernsble end audible, till nearly the end of the
second Act. At this time, au allusion in the Comedy
wits caught hold of, sud the row pretty well kept up
till the half-price auxiliaries pie it " a local habi-
tation," front whence Owes out to he onsted.—The
unlucky expression of the Highland Baronet to
SO!' (unfortunately for peace and quiet, persowited
by Mr. C. herniae), was, 4. the whole teurir of
your conduct it bad," which was iiiimedistily re-
echoed b% the pit, with the aoldnion, " and so is
that of all the herniae'!" From this moment,
nor rest isor silence were to be obtained. A battle-
royal ensued in the second tier of boxes, a [deli
ended in the transportation to Bow-street of a per-
son, who, andmirxter, wished to exhibit two pla-
cards at owe. Hole*" we were to repeat an ac-
count of roaring', juinpinge., and foolish hehavionr,
we could not swell this account with any matter
from the Theatre. The' only placard which ap-
peared new, was one to this effect :
" Eloped, a yawn lady, with a certain officer. They
were seen late last High' rooming &nut the New"—(a key.)
The others were either old, or poi** from certain
newepapers, which take this opportunity or smoking
themselves known, or keeping themselves 1111Ve.—
At the dropping of the curtain a horn etas ► nosed
front site of she boxes, and a hoarse mato' bawled
some unintelligible nonsense front the nit.
'rile only other ertraordinaires of the night were
the reeegmizances entered into by the pitiles to
such Iglesias is appeared in the bo%er, and the
eioseiis of these inieginary heroes in the boxes to
their friends in the pit.
LYCEUM.
The Beggar's Opera was performed at this
Theatre. last night, The pi o 11l ill esti feature of
the piece was hlr. Philipps in the part of taptain
.11acheath. His person and deportment on the
stage are very good. They are moody and well-
suiied to the character. 'there is tome iu which
also the qualities of sense mood sound are so equally
blended, awl mutually requisite. It is not enough
to be a good reform a good .inger. The pereon, who
would sneered, moot be buds. in many parts of the
dialogue Mr. Philipps was very happy. In the
vocal department, some of his song. were encored
with rapture. If he was less efficient in others, it
was, perhaps, from au excessive zeal to pirate, which
induced him to employ more embellishment than
the bold nusophistio.-atid chsracter of the Itighwey.
man requires,. Upon the whole, hlr. Philipps is
the best Uacheath we have. It pursued, it is a part
it whielt he may excel. Mis. Wolof* Lucy was
adiniseble : and him Bishop souial.tiso-oisio of Poky
with great taste, sweetness, and pathia.—Mr.
Knight was very good in Filch.—The house over-
flowed with an elegant eutliriire. and the perforrn-
rove of the night went off with roc/et.

The Countess of ESSEX has given tifty pounds to
be distributed amongst the poor of N'utford to ho-
nour of the Jubilee.
The Earl of Defile.' stag hounds threw off yes.
tertiary near Croydon ; a tine liter, actin-tied great
sport to it numerous assemblage of gelitl,,en, who
had • run of two hours sad a half. The st.ig was
taken near Highgate.
Lady CA ito LI Mk DAMElleft Windsor, yesterd.iy,
for her scat at Haat.
The Nlisrcissoliess of SALISBURY and the Larlies
CECIL hays been passing a few days with the
Countess of Essex at Caslitobury. Thiry returned,
esterday, to Hatfield, where her Lidysbip
tea entertain a numerous assemblage of Nobility at
dinner, to. morrow.

The Marquis and Marchioness of nrre returned,
yesterday, to their house, in South Atitiley-street,
trout Petersham. They hare discharges! several of
their servants, preparatory to their going sisoail.
Lady Dutavaotran is Patroness, and Lord
GaEAV ES sad Msjoi-Grtieral TH►wt.es, are Stew-
ards of the Exeter Assemblies, which continence on
Thursday nest.
The Earl and Countess of JERSEY left town, on
Wednesday, fo► their seat in Oxfordshire.
The Earl of Essex has been on a vivit to SA Gr.!.
Wiiiireiteatr, Esq. at South-hill, Bedfordvhire.
His Lordship returned to Cashiobury, ou Thur.-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. ARTIICR STttrenpß nre gone on a
visit to the Earl and Countess of Cues-rt.:arm Lo,
at lirsdhy-hall.
On Thursday Evening, GEORGE PLOWER, E•q.
Mr. JAMES LAURENCE. and Mr. JAMES DARES,
wire elected into the Common Council of the City
of Canterhu •y, in the room of Mr. THOMAS Wittre,
Mr. Jesse %Vern, and Mr. I. J. PIERCE.

An associatiou ;as formed in Liverpool, on Wed-
nesday se'unight, for the very hinnane purpose of
suppressing the cruelty so commonly inflicted on
animals. As a first objrct of their concern, they
purpose to notice the overbuilt% and ill treatment
to cart horses. Stc.

At u General Assembly of the Royal Academi-
cians, he.l4 on Monday last, NATRAattit. Msa-
(MCNT,
Esq. received hie diploma as Academician,
and DAVID Wtucts and GI:ORGIC Haws were
elected Associates.
Wednesday, the 25th ult., the recruiting officers
io Birmingham (twenty-two in number) dined tin
' gather at the Stork Hotel, to celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of His 41AJUTY.1 reign. The dinner
was most sumptuous the greatest harmony pre-
vailed, and many loyal and constitutional toasts
were drank with great enthusiasm. Lieutenant
Small, of the 23d Light Dragoons, was Presi-
dent ; Vice-President, Captain I.AOa►KCE, of the
Royal Marines. " God sai:e the Mag." with other
tuitional airs mud songs, were sung mud siteured.—
On the whole, we belie►e that no company in town
did more honour to the day.

ABUSE OF Tat? ENOLISI4:L4NGUIG4I.
VERBA MUTAWTVR."
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Si.t—Ynu some time istice:pohlislicd• ifs Tour
excellent paper, an exposition of several words, to
which certain individuals have lately affixed Hamm
ins, very different from their ori4inal signification.
On perusing Tlit Times, Stetting's*, and several
other newspapers, however, l have discovered many
others, which have also beto used ill a sense widely
different from that 'NA Englishmen have hitherto
been in the habit of attaching to them. Well know-
ing the erudition of the Editors of those papers, I '
have selected a few of the most remarkable instan-
ces; mid submit them to von, as worthy a place in
the vocabulary of the New School.

Joh nsoe•tvart. LEXICOGRA PHU&
77.4 Patiii•—A few narrow-n , iii !ed individu3le, who attend

a place of polke arouseineut, fur the express purpose
of revolts% rit.t.
TTis Liirvig of tAr Ples4—Thr privilege of selecting a parti-
cular (sassy, and orerwhelnoug it with tLe vilest and
must ni.ilevoleot slander.
Lietrality—.Fe. Gr.; The refusal to ply a very small addi-

lion to the prices of admission to Covent-Garden
Theatre ; which intstitiuo is militated fur the purpose
of remunerating the Proprietors for the immense
rxpense which tin, hate ii.rorreJ lit eceettAig that
noble ornament of ►he metropolis. •
Ltyal Opinium—,rlse advice of some arkgese Derristet, who,
basin; Ito practice in the Couts, end,avo,irs to ride
into public noun, upon the shoulders of the mob, by
shelling thou hi their infraction of the law.
Derormai—Paradbig the streets ■t night, blowing horns,

harking, shorting, and groaning, to the great tevriw
of die peaceable inhabitant.%
Gallantry—Ea. Gr.; Preventing Madame Cate'lasi, a lady
' of must unexceptitionbli murals, and of transcendent
abilities, from appearing ea the natioaal stage, be-
cause Asa was—.a foreigner !! ! And pelting Mrs. C.
lieuilite, (au Eaglishworam), ejr the stage, although
la a state of pregnancy, because sbe was connected
with a family of the tirst-rate histrionic aSility
The Age elf Chivalry is "oast.)

3ledeity—Ocatimandiug (not retersting) a aim to sell his
(ouds under prime cost-..sail t►us &suing hint I.
'nil bin days is a prison.
Native talefal—Ez. Cr. ; 1 it gra lirtatiaal and eri. 7•fe
siitectirs of Mr. Clifford; Mr. Moss, Mr. Da•l&cld,
(aline Lois!, the Apothscary's sena), Mr. Miultolt,
Mr. Caulfield, oat morel al usher equally promirine can-

didates for uratosical celebrity.
Cruelly and Oppression—Es. Gr., Committing certain Ben f
men to prison, fur innocently tearing down a number
' of iron rails, and breaking 31r.'Kesuble's windows, as
well as the peace.
The Drama', i'atraors—(iverlesses who nasally attend the
Theatre one a-year (8:. Stepken'r Jai ), awl s ho cannot
distiegoish between 3lesuls I.eiri,ls Tragedies, and
those of tat/al:spear*.

IN7'ELLIGANCE.

COORT OF CHANCLAY.—Noir zo.

MISS NICIIOLSuN awl MR. 011.104.
The LORD CIIANCLI.7.OI obirrved, that he had
considered the petition of Mr. Smith, and WAS N.
Iliti rti that he meted without knowing that
Nicholson was a ward of that Court, that he w•as ~t
liherly to depart, and that his ftwthesattendauLe
on that Court was no longer necessary.

CAIRT OF KING'S BUNCH, Wiptwirtai. SOT. MI,
CRIM. CON:
sruKcs v. itAmvirti.

Mr. ABBOTT moved far is rule to chew cum,
why the judgment, which vies obtained in this cum
l'y default, should not toe set aside, and the 13--
feadalit allowed to plead. It was sto wires brought
against the Defendant, foe bolding a criminal con-
verse t i tttt with the Plaintilht wife. It appeared
that the parties were attoriwys.at.law, and had
beets formerly virtnere, at Clieratow. The
motion we gromided on the declaration not
being served. The service was sworn to by
• clerk of the Phuntiff, who hid formerly been in
the employ of the pertnership ; and he was now
contradicted by the affidavits of the Defendant and
his two feinale servants : that of the latter persons
set forth, that, on the evening mentioned in the :tr.
tidavit of service, the clerk came, by a b.,ck way,
into the Delendant's kitchen, and handed them a
bundle of papers, whirl', lie said, belonged to their
master; that they Wit him their master ',AK is tits
office, and to take thorn to him; this he declined.
and went away, leaving the papers : that our of
them carried them to the Defendant ; and that its
no in 'ance had the clerk left any ether
The Defendant's affidavit stated, that he had re.
(Tired the papers from one of his servauts; that lie
examined them, and found they heln.iged to him ;
but there was not a declaration aroongat there ; and
that lie had a good defence to the action. The
Learned Counsel contended, that, under those cir-
cumstances, the Defendant wet entitled to a rule.
Lord I.t.t.xeleouormi—'‘ Take the rule."
DECOY.
CARRINGTON v. TAYLOR.

Mr. Gatauw moved for a rule t.• spew Cause
why the verdict in this case should net be set aside,
and a new trial granted. This was an action tried
at the laid assizes, before the Lord Cuter Baena,
and a verdict given for the Plaintiff. It appeared
that the parties Lived on the sea coast, and gained
their livelihood by the destroying of sea fowl. The
Plaintiff had ow his ground an ancient decoy pond ;
the Defendant was in the habit of firing his gun off
near this decoy. which frightened the wild fowl
away, which had been decoyed by the tame birds,
and gave the Defendant anopportunity of shooting
them. The Learned Counsel contended. that the
Defendant's firing his gun at a distance could nut
Le maintained to be a trespass.
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Lord ELLENSOROVGIV••-" t shOlild wish you
would state part of the evidence."
Mr. GARILOVI then compli►l, ar'd tool, it was
given in evidence, that the Plaustr!! 'fired his gun
within 100 yards of Cie pond.

Len' ELisbassousi observed. be theaght that

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.govt of the evidence sufficiently strong to mensal
the Jury 11.1 giving a verdict for the Piiiinutf.
[
t pile refused.

4 •••• COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nev. to.
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This Court was occupied in trying undefended
Aises, at A'isi Prays, of no public interest.
lii the course of the day. Mary DAviii, the neer.
testate maniac, who has beet so long a visitant ef
the Courts, was taken into custody in this Court.
from whence site was conveyed, e hackney-coach. •
to Queen-square Police-Office. She gave the Sit—
ting Magistrate a positive promise, that she would
not again visit %Vest:sinister-Hall, ant .he was dis-
charged. In ten minutes, however, she returned to
the Court, took out her brief,. and complained
loudly of the roug:i treatment she had received in
her ride.
Lord (Thief Justice 114AwsrtrI.D dare her a smile,
expressive of his commiseration im her state of
mind, and Wise was allowed to re:wain to the Court,
until it was Adjourned.

SUBSCRIPrio N
VOR TOIR ritoworioN or
RIOT AT COVEAT-GARDEN THEATRE.

TO TI!! EDITOR OE TILE BRITISH PIRESS.

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SIR—You are dnabtbsts aware, that a subscrip-
tion is at this moment goieg ou fair the purpose of
inesueg she disturbers ,of Covent-Garde° Theatre
to continue their depredations typo!. die property of
that house, and their disgnstieg Anti') ante of the
public in general. Whether this Le legal or not.
I shall not stop to inquire, beranie my want of
knowledge of the CONNOR LAW might expose me to
the statement of opinions not founded in the prac-
tice of the Courts ; but, as one belonging to the
grand jury of the British nation, whose uotioes ate
founded en the invariable principles of CollauN
SENSE, sound reason, and decent propriety, I shod
bey leave to occupy a portion of your attention and
limits with this very important subject. 'l' he first
adecrtisetuent for vett& ibutions which appeared OR
this occasion. stated the sub.ciriptioiss to be for
the assistance of persons russsiderest as unjustly pro-
secuted by the proprietors of Covent-gariten Thea-
tre." This notice appearing, and bring continued.
loug after true bills were found by a Jury of Eng.
lishusen 'against fourteen of the rioters iudicted by
the prnprieturs of the Theatre. it is evident that
subscriptions were then called for in order to sup.
port these persona against a ass diet of their coma-
try inen.
Lt is true, we may be told that a Grand Jury
have wily the evidence on one side before them.
And that their decision, being founded on ex parte
testimony. is not to be received as final, or couclu:-
sive.—Granted. But it must be remembered, the:
a (Wand Jury have all the circuinstautial evidence,
on the other side. before them ; and surely the
opinion of wen, who have investigated a case as
far as it is possible for them, in the first iustaoce,
to go into it. is, at least, presumptive. acid prima
facie, evidence, against the parties whom they so
fur decide against, as to we good grounds fur send-
ing theta to trial. And what better iuformatiun
have those sulitcriliers before them, that these rut,/
greed. miserly prosecuted" What eatables mem,
in coutrisdicuon to a jury, to make se rash and un.
hemming a declaration Have they eermined the
various eases in ali their beariuga ? Have they
weighed, under the direction of the laws of their
cotintry, sod with all due consideration of equity
end justice, on both sides, what are the real merit,.
Or demerits, of the question ?—No ! They have
never given the subject one thought : but, as led by
withsed and desigiiing men ; us actuated by their
Own ' unruly and macontrouled passions; or as
prompted by folly and nurefiecting whim, they
bare dared to pit themselves and their senti-
ments against the solemn, deliberate, and honest
decision of a British Jury. Could but the latter
description of these prisons tie taught to look at
consequeisces, (and it it to such as might here-
after be mowed Mtn a participation of these
crimes, that I now ad•iless myself), they would
be careful how they mitered themselves to he
inveigled and entrapped into a line of (Vw
duct to unworthy of Englishmen, so directly
hostile to the bites and constitution of their comet
try, an subversive of that bulwark of our liberty.
the Trial by Jury ; und su destructive of every right
which is dear to us as men, or as Britons. For.what
are the ',brims. consequeures of this infamous sob.
scription ? In the first place, it tends to bias and icti.
initiate the minds of the Jury, by when' these parties
ere ultiinately t; lie tried, accordiseg to the laws oldie
fa ail. This, iii itself, is so potent an objertion, and
errefregahle an argument against the subscriii-
%ion, that, I are sure, no good subject, after consi.
dering it, will unite in promoting, in any degree, a
purpose so fatally dangerous to his own interests, us
a member of the British empire. In the second
'dace. the persons against whom tree bills have
Leen foiled. must either lie guilty or innocent ;
though, as we have before stated, the presumptive
evidence, from the tinditig of the bills, is, that they
are guilty. If this be the case, then every shilling
givee for their assistance is given to support them
against the laws of she.: couittry, which they have
offended, and which ure called upon to punish
them. Will any man, then, of common integrity
ur sense, hind himself to the proration of so liOrrla
a design. as to set the subject up agniwat the laws
cud declare, that they consider the law as tiniest '
None but such as wish to subvert the Constitotioii.
and revolutionise the estahlsehed Goveroment,
can. for a moment, hesitate upon this point. Bet
there is a possibility. that, notwithstanduis the
decision of the Gram' Jury, (than which we will
say, a more discriminatiog, arienciful, end upright,
was never ;riven) these psr.ies may be innocent.—
Even to this the answer is obvious and conclosive.
If they are iimocent, the law will rot punish them.
and, therefore, they shall not want assistance. The
suliscriptiou iu that ease will not be wanted for the
purposes for which it is proposed, thouxh there can
be little doubt the Gentlrmies: I! into whose hands
it hue found its way; will nod other modes of apish.
c item, ernlly just, patriotic. and charitable.—
It has not escaped my attention. that it may be
negated by my opponents in this question, that tho'
their friatuds may nitimstely be fotrid Lesocent,
yet that much previous expellee is net:mosey to
enable them to try the case fairly—to fee the
woe able Counsel, sal to erne tbetusehts of all

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them advantages, Wkiell a full parse codtteNnils
oil litigated matters.--This brows me to et:wider
who the persons ate, against whom bills have been
found ; and, without contlcscetitling to mention
in-
dividuals (which. for many reasons, personal sad .
general, it in my desire ALWAYs to refrain front),
it in ei 1111111 l for the to state. that thry describe them?,
selves, and are designated in the bills. as " Gentle-,
men, merchants," and men of reipectelde rank arid..
professtons. They are also represented by their
0„ N. frienr, do uut wish their asimeiaies
to he coli,id,ied an 1.0 v rharecteor, or rid of Nat
descriptor, of 11:10011S, who, front their situa-
tion in life, are commonly culled " the mob,") to
be turn of reweetability, chowder, rlwpoinsibility,
and reputation. If they really ate, then, what they
and their abetton declare, surely, they are abate
the want, and ought to be allure the solicitation, of
p ililie charity. if, by their intemperance. their
folly. or their wickedness, they render themselves
a neine.tle to the °Glided lows, they ought to exer-
' c.n.e, the mine daring spirit. which led theist to the
er.o niwnion of crimes, iI supporting them under
penally iiillicted on these cremes by the baud of
Justice, lint, alas! when these heroic souls are
riowe•l in ditiresit .ituations, how Very unlike are
their mitiners, looks. end appearance ? In the
theatre, alien burl omitted by their partisans, full of
inisn!essee, threats, denunciations of vengeance.
splendid dialing*, and, appirently, invincible rrso.
lotto.' ! In a Court of Justice, bow
!
how timid !—bow nielaneholy rural in
counteuance l—how deplorable iu appeosauce :
Anil, is their ;appeal to the public, how humbly do
they be;; how vilely do they demean themselves!
Thus their supplication runs—
"To the trolv benevolent and hiving
trans:oasis.' every law of props iety ; having outraged every
principle of decency havin2 violated every dictate of ha-
wser ; haven seunar:d every seas, of lionnotitc or feeling ;
11 iviog trampled on rrety decision of justice, having marked
at terry ilea of o. der or decorum, maloucuur outs opinions
the only standard by which our actions were to be regii!at
and regard:es. of the opinions of °thins ; god thereby ten-
dered (mese:yes ulninzions to the laws of our country, and
to the reuse of the rosinsmi4, hen! La,rSfy Grp of TOVI in
coosaider our p.fp.nal 500t..61•1, it and ildlieoliics, as efforts
sad dil, moms to the redUic caose, and to bestow on us, mar-
tyr.! inch relief as y mar humanity deems .fit....—And your
petitioners stall ever pray, sot."
Truly, it is 0V0111%,111.g to heliol,l these bill, and
bizhly-minded gentlemen. these worthy nwrrhants,
these respTtable mem, come before the public tribu-.
not. la /urine pouperis.W lie! more could they dowers?
they teeth- pour, deluded, heartless wretches, such
as it is supposed the majority of the Coveut-Garden
Tioters are?
I have iso doubt but that, in cons-rpience of this
letter, some of the chief of these honotsrolde Gen-
tle:llea will come forward in some sell Ole for their *cur-
eility, dud tell us, that tliiistibse,irtion is not to be
applied for their defence, but fur the defence of
erre or tree of their poorer lirctliren in distress. if
there are only one or Iwo of this &set ipt ion—and I
believe there ave mare*—thro it follows that there
is already snore than tem times sufficieut
to afford them every advantage the law
But, ill point of fact. dime poor her, of th,
raw will heed little, if, a • v, The Ma.
nagers of r :lor try their
quit .t • .Lt 1,-e nor err hvisived
who, art able to stoner them in
dassa.7.-1. the cases of the needy will coi:secineut-
ly fotiooi the issue of the trials of tire m,,re el; •lent.
whose fortune* enabh- Them to Lurcttase o,i the
skill a •I *veil..:, ~; must nide lawyers; and
th.. r • ,•,. —.! •, thong's not in their
o'va loin , h - •.it or all ihrtt orguintot Casa
: tow 1,4•.1!• lint
ehreti.ti them. e.:.415Z11 Int- tried drat (a thing most int.
prob.:telt ). sur4sy • then friend, the sober barrister,
%vb.. stood boldlY Li their heed, iu the pit, writ
exer,ise hiS rhi:orical and pbwers, tI3 th-ir
advocate at the bur. 'This he will 4111.• it lie
or could:wort fur it octet cm be suppo-ed 'Brit
the Mind of tinny lifirraity-ethicit 'I profeddinout
112114 is cortapti.eil of uvitertala so hose ad to iudatit
hiru to seek *nig pecrit and,business, by betroS•M'g
deludexl wretches into trouble amid dan;:vr ! and
Otto deserting thiwt-, malt thiNitulatte. who have
not wheresitlial to purchase his assistance to extri-
cate them
Thus, Mr. Editor, seeing that dais subscription
cannot be ireecssarv, or iiitearled for the purpose
originally advertised, it helioveri the public to con.
slider for what it ready ie intruded. That its des-
tination.ie changed, is cotupletely peered, be the
later eivertiseinents on the subject to whi'eh I
• beg leave to refer those whom my preceding re-
urakd have not already convinced. These acknow-
• lodgments do not ask charity,' as before. for " per-
suns considered as stujostly prosecuted," but *lute,
" that although 97 out of 41 or the inilitcrYli%T3
presented were throats out by time grand Jury, yet
the claims upon the fond snay (in RalicsJ become
much greater than is, perhaps, in genera!, appre-
hended ; and that their (the subscribers') exertions
should therefore be rejosMed, rather than relared."
here then the mystery is out, and the plait of these
fomenters of discord is developed. They know
what are the precoricerted plane of riot and con-
spiracy—" greater than is. perhaps, be geaeral, ap-
.prehended," which, in their Issue " may" call for
increased funds, mid redoulkir exertions. Of The San Francisco 74 guns. arrived
the nodule of there schemes. the subscriber& are, at the Havanna, from Lit Vera Cruz, on the 12th
ot least runny of them, igitoraut ; and yet Can any June, with seven millions of dollars fur Old Spain,
one be mini etinugh to sorrender his money, to be and two millions for the 11/1111111113.
employed for purposes which he knows not but So popular has Lord Lisette' I.LE become in Ox-
rosy tom out Nbe the moat horrible and infamous? ford University, that it is supposed either the Duke
Those who subscribe have 130 after coatroul ewer of Ils&vroev or Lord ELDON will shortly resign.
their subscriptions ; and if they ere employed to By the ,11.1terosa, a vessel from the River Plota
instigate to murder, onoannination„ or the worst of and Rio de Janeiro. arrived at Jlawniun, in Corti-
lsnassn crimsm, they will have to suffer• under the wall, letters of the 16th of August have been re-
raihfril recollectioo, that it is through them, and enived from 'locum Ayres. They inform its tile
by their contributions, that these luirrors are per- f terms of the Proclamation of the new Viceroy,
petrated. This is no over-charged picture. Look I EIINRROP, respecting the admission of ships Min
012 the Theatre Air only one night. soul di.prassiorr the (tin de la Plot., had been rigidly enforced.
utely consider how, iu oil probability, else disgrace- Several vessel. under English and Portuguese co
-
fit! tumults which 'Oak it are likely to terzai- lours had appeared is the river, both with cargoes
ante. and in ballast, lint were all refused nitinission, and,
The Subscription now gnir' 011 may, therefore, consequently, could neither discharge nor be id-
with the most strict regard to truth and justice, he lowed to lost, : they were ordered away within
denominated, in the manner I have chosen at the twenty-tour hours, with an assurance that. without
head of this letter, vit. " A StadcßipTlor rot I alicense from the mother country, it would he iin-
TUE MLONOTION Or Riot., AT Covore i:Art- J possible to have leave to rider. it appears that
DUN:. It tticoura,;cs every bad ttsiud to off'e'nd. I there still exist, in South America, two putties, one
because it is known that there is a fund for of which is favourable, cud the other overlie to the
the support •f delinquents. It encourage,' the new Viceroy ; both these parties were strong, but
lower orders to commit depredations, because it the preponderance appeared in favour of the new
ammo the. of protection, at least for a time, tow tieder of things.
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the La of Sulfite. And it incites the unthinking
tokumelt, by making them believe, they are there-
by udvocating a public cutise.—Wretched, mis-
guided men ! bad would that cause be, which
required tech advocates, and such modes of sup-
port. Miserable indeed would he the state of de-
hum:wilt into which' the population (Inc enlighten-
ed population) of Britain would be sunk, were their
representatives to be found in those persons, who,
by every net offensive to decency, liberality, and
justice, nightly disgrace the Britisn character, in the
pit of Coveast-Garden Theatre. Upon.this part of
the sullied, I shall conclude with one reinatk—lf
the riots at Covent-Garden are illegal and punish-
able by law (of which there van be no cLitiht), then,
assuredly, the receiving and promoting of subscrip-
tions. to support and viicouragir throe note, is
an equal, or rather a greater, offence against the
laws, and ought, keg before this time, hare called
for. their interference. These subscriptions are well
known to lie the root of all the evil now flourishing
and spreading, and not a moment should be lost in
suppressing so dangerous a mischief.
Sir, leaving occupied so much of your excellent
and truly indepentlent paper (independent. because
it refuses us menace its principles, to become the'
pander of popular vice or delusi nnn ) I shall close
this letter with one of the many observatious which
still lots, on my mind, as connected with this sub-
ject. I allude to the manner in which these sub-
scriptions are made. The very perigees who give
their money. *poem., us well they may>, ashamed of
what they do. With the exception of a few notorious
characters in this list. you see no names by which
the donor. may be known or identified. Disgrace
ever skulks in ceocealineut, and fiiaisy attempts at
humour—vulgar peraonalities—deimneable witti-
cism—scurrilous al lusi o n s d. ewe all. the most
gross. indecent and detestable Hitch:by, (such as
would disgrace a brothel, and atieh as never before
was admitted into a public print,) are the badges
by which these subscribers clime to be diothignish-
ed. I was led, Sir, to this 'vibe:tine. by observing
how very differetii were Lie descrintioes of the sub-
scribers to the fowl the relief of small debtors,
which apnearet! n. 0.. t, Af the newspapers immedi-
ately preeeding that for the riJteri.
The first ie.....ted the Milne, . ,1 address of those
who were conscious, in .hei hearts, that they
were doing shat wits geed •,•• ..ight of Gail and
shwa; the last werestich as i I.a.e described—low„
disguised, and revolting to . very decent cud ho-
nourable feeling !
But I shall no low:^r te-• ...se on your patience.
In the sincere her t,ia: .at I have said will open
the eyes of some, and, 1, • .ups, put an end to this
abominable traffe,

I subscribe 7 elf, your's, &e.
FRIEND TO 0111Dgit.

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NOR II

3tr..l,nef Iran brought
.i -t En .ffictr, fur waking a riot. iu

./ • 1.1 the Mt, and saw the Defend.
rot hoist a plocarti in u. the side boxes, in the setouri
twr t that he din?ril.l nod • .nnted, to the great disturbance
of ti.. quiet itni f the 4,••'iciece ; that a number of persons
in the pa cal:rd Oil !tame ! shame ! Tura him out—
we Ixst the 1,...•AMITIIIIICO Gir hiut"-..at the acme i;1111
litlitqlt•Z Ulf in the 1.0'4 admit. That the witness west round
to the boss, and pi...tweed to tlfi• box where the Defendant
w•rh Wet •• as tioldin imp a placard end shouting; the wit-
sie..► f 11,11111,4 it nut of hi. heed, as which the Defendant
aidkin!trel hint by str.!ther hint.
31e. fiR All AM, the halite,: Magistrate, observed, that he
would never listen to as assault ati.ing nut of such a cam as
°.-arc either party. It was d.iubtful, if Mr. Rented did
act ee:nleit the first assault, by snatching the placard.
The Ittfen.lant ricketialedged, that he had held up the
rl*eard, and bed, daring the eight, It hewn hit denipprobalion
e:the perforidaace ; but drew,' that lie had either berried
IT shouted ; and that he was assaulted by Bennet, in a statist
diarracefrd inanser.

Mr. Jel.ired bim in find hail; himself in in I.
Md two stwri te his iiiirearatice at the next
Qnsirfer 'I RaR iffvuedintcl eiwnii!ied with
Mr. Jong; who '3.01 irc was PI haiiirdaslarr, nod lived in the
City; he was accurdhagly tiikepoirred.

GUILDHALL, NOV. 10.
jobt Crook and J.whu Pi:l P.eler were brought before the
fli!ting Alterman (Sc?astr.v), charged with stealing a silver
watch. It appeared titi:t the Prosecutor went into the tled
Lion politic-house, inbutithachl, on Thursday night, to in-
quire fur a lialgiug ; lie toad not beta mad) minutes in the
nom, in which were on other rennin@ except the I'rieutier
and himself, when Crook eitalt Up to him, snatched Isis
watch out of his rocket, a:4 i•ntio•diately rate out of the
house, before the Price..eutor, has an impediment in his
speech, could make known Lis lose. Silureire ran Ott at the
same tint,. Crook did; they were pursued, and I.:direst° win
stupt by the patrol,., malting down Cinv.lane; on searching
him a watch was found in his waistcoat pocket, which he said
he had fogad just on the outside of She Red Lion door. The
Prosecutor swore to the watch beam hi.s, and the satin! which
Crook bad taken frets his. The Prisoners were both fully
committed fur trial.

Semi al persons eve charged with disorderly ronrlurt,
duroictlie procession of the Lord Ularlfr:iirs'
to Gisadhall, and several on suspicion of picking pockets ;
one, warned 4bra4ams, was fully committed for picking a gen.
thimen's putt:cot of his putket-bot, ~ whilst be was standing
to ace the Lord Mayur laud at Blarkfriare.

UNION-11A1.1., 11011. 10.
flail/ins Ha/Ow/or, apprehended by Wortley and Golf, 011 •
thaw of sltecp•slraltng, was examined.
It appeared that the Prisoner had taken two sherpfrom a
field betwei n Londe* and Deptford, where they etre lied-
ine, with !others, and, tying their lap together, had
conveyed them away is lin cart.
H. was fully committed for Orin!.