The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-09-11 00:00:00

The Proprietor of TITS SrArtsstAN being sails.
fed that the most base and dishonourable means
have keen used to obtain Subscribers to a Near
Evening Paper, in London, by repre;enting suds
Paper lobe either a branch of, or a substitutttfors
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rrs SrtrEsiLem ; and being informed thql eat
Agent is gone to Ireland, with a vino to extend
the circulation of the said Nem Paper ; he tames
this method to guard his Friends and Beatles
of THE STATESMAN against any impallion
that may be attempted to be practiseduposthem.

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THE STATESMAN..

LONDON:

TUESDAY) SDETZEISEIL 11, 1810.

. ,
Vies have this day received the following impor.
tant Letter from Dover, and are unable to conjec.
tore what could give rise to such extraordinary
conduct towards the American Secretary.
Dor Ea, sere. 10.—Tbe lag of truce which salted yester-
day morning with the America. Secretary of Legatioe,,fil r.
Pow cr. r., for Calais, returned this afternoon with that Gen-
tleman oil board, he having been refused permission to land
either at Calais or Boulogne. On the arrival of the tiog Of
truce of Calais, a shot was immediately fired from the shore to
prevent her entering the harbour, but the Americau Secretary
eat being intimidated, continued abreast of the harbour, when
at length the Commissary, &c. came otf and informed him he
must in no wise !Melilla to enter Calais, nor would he permit
any person or dispatches to be landed Prom the vessel ; and at
the same time assured him, that unless he immediately set sail
for England the vessel would be tired into, and he would not be
answerable for the consequences.
Notwithstanding the unpleasant reception Mr. Pow ELI. ex-
perieeced at Calais, he was resolved not to depart witneut a
second attempt, and accordingly directed the Master of the
vessel to stand for Boulogne, and on reaching the fiptbettr,
there, was received in a similar manner with assur:ors,.at.
companied with shot and shells, and a rapid retreat aloe& siwed
them from a watery grave, as the shut fell about theta in every
direction, but luckily escaped with'ut 3ustailaing any chaise-fie.

Letters and Papers from Paris t the sth , init,
have been received. The former Mateo that the
French army hare raised the bluckatk-of'Cadiz,
but are silent with respect to the suthegaentoove.
meats of the enemy's force.

On Sunday last, the Deputies from the Caraceas
had an iateniew with the Marquis WILLESLCTI at
Apaley.House, preparatory to their departure for
South America. They proceeded yesterday to
Poasmouth, in order to embark ou board a British
vessel of war.

the Deputy from Buenos Ayres and General
MIRANDA had afterwards interviews with the Noble
Marquis, who, io the eveniug, proceeded to the sta.
coast, for the benefit of his health.

The Princess Attgatla packet, Captain Foist,
arrived on Thursday at Falmouth, from Messina,
which she 'often the 28th July ; touched at Malta,
and left Gibraltar 16 days ago. Captain Feast
was honoured by an interview with Sir Joum Stu-
A Jur, at Messina, and informed, that the French
army on the opposite shore amounted to 47,000, of
whom 14,000 were sick. The shells thrown by the
British freqnciitly fell into the enemy's camp. The
French General is in the habit of sending over his
proclamations, inclosed in tho hollow of canes, and
set on float ; some thousands of his threatening and
cajoling papers have been picked up on the aborts of
Sicily. The French army expect the Tonlon fleet to
come and convoy them over to the island : —Thu
British ships of war there, on the 38th July, were
the Canopus, Cumberland, Victorioui, -Warrior,
Thames, Success, Termagant, Weasel, Swallow,
Pilot, Bastard, Halcyon, and Daiiza.
mishcs are frequent with the French 'gun-boats ;
and in every instance the enemy ims.lifso -beaten or
put tonight.

A. groat many more letters from the Spanish ?Mi.,'
'Listen of insert; to the .Freitili Ministers °f .NA,.
pommy, and to the Ddke Fgo At
are'said to hate been intercepted. migte,....,10:-.01.
some from the. French GasiCiels in Spate.alsey.are
or the same complexion as the former; :4-,161.14t0t
giting a specimen, as we hue dune in some of ear.
former numbets, it it a fOklytp continuetise 204.-
cation of paparaof eu doubtful a omen.
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We have ibis day jiven a second Liii4ae. or Mr.
1 Coast:Teo from his Political Itegistarlp....ot Satur.
day last, addressed to his Friends and Neighbours'
iti the Caentry, upon the very important subject of
placing money in the Foss; and we are sorry to
admit there is too much truth in the picture he
has drawn of our national embarrasstneuts,-..
In fact, it is impossible for any impartial and dis.
ccrning man to deny the ;statement so clearly made
oat ; and we recommend to those Ministerial Pa.
perst The Morning Post and The ' which are
in the habit of condemning CossZ pat to at.
tempt to blast the character of a !swot whose write
ings arc in general calculated to serve bis country.
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It is menthited in the Penang tillevialle itt the
17th February, that a dreadful euniageatitterbruka
out at ltanjuon, in an arrack shop, tad which de-
stroyed windy 7000 houses ("sit of wood),
'raving cssly gli beildiass.its44l4lll64lo lowa,
. EcTcril ?mow to=t fly* lAici. . „ ' '

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THE MtiMIAN.

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- If it be painful sometimes to a man to do hit,
duty, that is but a temporary pain, fur a duty
faithfully performed always brings pleasure in the
event, as well as consolation. We still nut
`deny, 'that we witnessed the proccfetlings at Covent
Garden Theatre, last night, with a great deal of
anxiety and uueasioess. To hate an opinion, on
any subject, contrary to the general, and almost
universal sentiment, is matter of no pleasant sense.'
lion to those who have sincerely sought to serve the
Public, and deserve well of it. But even. if this
were to occur, duty cannot yield assent to the pub.
lic voice, if unconvinced, and uninformed, by the
conscience. We arc not, however, seduced, we,
believe, to oppose a universal, nor even a general
teeing. Last night manifested, certainly, that
there are some who disapprove of the conduct
of the Managers of Covent-garden Theatre, in
not fulfilling the letter of the Treaty. But it by'
no means spewed, that thereare many.. If this din.
vapproval were general, it is scarcely possible that
the opposers of the Theatre last night should have
so few, in the Pit, the grand scene of their intended
operations. To look closely at what passed last
night, the conclusion would be—that the opposition
was such as a new play often encounters, when very
few In the louse take any ,concern in the noise, '
and sometimes even when the generality of the au-
dience are favourable to the prodection. Is very
few persons can totally obstruct the qniet per.
forming of. a Drama, even when the audienite
wishes for the quiet procedure of the Piece ;
because, , the
every attempt to repel, and put J
down the opposition, .adds to the tumult, and
effectually administers to the
.wishes of those
who begin the confusion. We are not about to
find fault with the motives of those who inter.
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rupted the performances last night, in order to ex.
press their disapprubation of the conduct of the
Theatre. Bet it is fit that their numbers should
not be miscalculated ; fur, after all, we are at best 1
Crtilefes of sympathy and habit, and it will make,
much difference in the success of an undertuk ing,w he.
'thee good or bad, to have it made known, or believed,
that multitudes will join it. Now we are persuaded,
that had the disapproval of the Manager's conduct
been general, the oppositiOn could not have, and
would not have, mustered so poorly as they did
last night. We, therefore, conclude, that we
arc not dissenting front a general public voice, when
we say, that the opposition of last night was
unjust and wit;enerous. The Proprietors of the
Theatre had fairly put a case of difficulty, into
which they were drawn, without the fault of
either of the parties to the Treaty, but by the
operation of the Treaty, in concert with a circuit).
stance nut foreseen, and of course unprovided for.
We allude to the powers given, by the Act, to the
Managers of the intended Drury lane, to make
Private Bores at discretion. WM the 0. P. Com-
mittee say, they would have restricted Covent
Garden to six Private Boxes, had they known
what would have been done by the Dtury.lane Act?
Judging of their liberality, and the joy with which
they hailed the reconciliation, we cannot believe
so! But, wii.itever their individual feeling might be,
when the circumstance arose, the Public was to be
appealed to by the Proprietors of Covent Garden.
It could not be meant, that the ihrms of retort.
ciliation were to be the instruments of the Thee:
00* injury. Equity demanded that the Terms
should be revised, and allowances made for 'nee.
petted events. The same principle, and thesamejest
feeling which led the 0. P.'s to their struggle,
would naturally, if left to their duo influence, have
granted what the Manager of Covent Garden did
ask, even without waiting for the question. Lt is
but to follow ill the better and purer part
of 'the o'. P. impulse, to
,set the 0. P.'s
right 'uaW ; right un 'the . side of, condense and
generosity, as they were right before on the
side of auger and indignation. the 0. P.'s
have only to recellect, that justice mid. the.
ground of their former quarrel with the Theatre,
and that the very self-same spirit of justice will
prevent a new one, in opposition to reasonable M.
trioNts, pia fairly and candidly before the public.
The Proprietors of the Theatre had a right to sip.
posei they had received the sanction of the public,
la. their present deviation from the plan of the
. treaty. The Deese of the public, as to the concerns
of a Theatre, cannot be collected,except in the Thee-
, ere. A proposition, coming from the Proprietors,
cannot be banded about, or left at coffee-houses,
I for signatures. lion then, could the Manager cot-
Ica tbo Kase iif the Public, but as he dill ? And how
is the sanction of that deficient, he having obtained
it ? Ile took the moat conspicuous night ; he
took a night of expectation, ,and when the The.
atre was accordingly full. But hew was ho re-
ceived ? Will any one believe, that, if the gene.
ral sense of the Public had been against the
arrangement ho propesed, he could have hail no
opposition (for it could not be called an opposition,
what did happen, of, dissent), and that his proposal
should be received with general and great applause?
That is impossible ! And the troprietors had a
right to proceed upon the new arrangement, and
therefore Upton a deviation from the oh! one. (put there
was Mare nctstskseeisce given to the now arrange.
meat than what pissed At the Theatre? . If the 0-
, ties* public !vice had been againit. it -it • •