The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-10-11 00:00:00

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mosisor has borroiled thitlitforhiation from the
Jouracd de Paris. But here, in Copenhagen, we
know to the contrary, that the prices of all colo-
nial commodities have continually been upon the
rise since.the beginning of the war, with the sole
exception of two exchange days subsequent to the
late revolution in Sweden. According to a letter
from Milan, of a recent date, the prices of silk
is very Jow, on account of the exportation of that
article being still prohibited.
Gotten from C.issef advise, that the King of
Westphalia left that city on the 5111 inst. to visit
and inspect the celebrated silver min:•s of the
Jlara.—(Stockholus Gazette.)
Java, SEPT. 3.--A dispatch from Senor Equia,
• of the 29th ult. communicates that he has joined
the army of this province, with 14,000 infantry,
and 4000 cavalry, to act in concert. He will en.
ter La Mancha by Ciudad Real. The remainder
of the army of Extremadura remains, covering
eertain points, and ours is beginning its mos..
vents. One divisioa goes to Valdcpenas, and an-
other to Moral de Ca!alien, where it is probable
ihiebeed-gearters will be fizeil ; the rest advanc.
leg in proportion

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?be enemy occupies the points of Mora, Ye.
*Res, and i'embleque, as we have received ad.
wire from Ilerencia, of the 29th ult. which town
ur amused parties had entered.
By accounts of the 11th Sept. the enemy still
continued hie retreat, and• various diyisions, to
the number of 12,000 infantry, awl 2000 car.ilry,
Wu united at Toledo, abandoning all the inter.
seeiliate points they held.
Our army marches with some slowness, in order
te facilitate the junction of the 18,000 men from
Estremsdura, who are on their way; sad its di.
'visions occupy the following points ; the first at
Vaidepenas, the second at Infante!, the third at
Cardenas, the 4th at Vivclloe, the sth at the con.
vent of Centime.
• The cavalry occupies the points already men.
Coned, the advanced guards continuing at Vilalta
.and even farther. The total force of our army
,patounts now to 24,586 infantry, and 3,172 ca.
'airy, in which number is nut included the regi.
vstent of volunteers of Spain.

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STATESMAN.

fROPUiITIi TENOR.

LONDON :
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11.
--oar—

A Govrasavitou Mail, mid Spanish rapers to
Ay 11th of September, were received this morn.
ing, of which we have given extracts in anottitr
part of tiso Paper.

TRI Correspondence between Mr. PI-RCA:VAL,
lE+l4 Gala, and Lord GRZY•ILLE, tve cuusideras
the most curious political "asotscao" with which
the palate or the public has fur a lung time been.
fl iUuled To us the invitation to these Noble.
pen to come up to London fur the purpose of
ipasoing iu the formation of an extended 'kiwi-
iffskation, in which they were to have, then_
/ekes, no share—appears totally incomprehensible.
We have uo doubt that it is not less so to the public,
to whom the new PaEmiErt will, perhaps, find it
difficult to explain a proposition, which at present
1i too deeply immersed in the abstruse depths of I
political special pleading, to be intelligible to or.
dinary capacities.
The new Batch of Ministers kiss hands to-day
•—as it is said.

from the French Papers will be

found highly interesting. With all the ingenuity
of French dressing, the defeat at Talavera c.itinut
be disguised.

Yesterd iy Sir DA cin Du uts held a public
day at thu Commander in Coirf's in the
h one Guards, and gave audience to a number of
Military Officers.
. The (,oan Mayor: will hold a Court of Com-
sew; Cuyucil to.morrow, at twelve o'clock, to
consider a motion to rescind the Itosolution voted
on the Ist of August last, respecting Mr. W A II I) Ls,
and ether business.
To urge our Friends to buy speedily, must na-
turally appear interested in the persons whose
ot4cial business is to recoinnieud the same.—
itounses- and Co. on the preseut occasion, pre-
ume it will not be so cowidered, when Ow f,,!_
lowing fact is stated to the Sat el day
last only 5000 Tickets remained at the Bank of
F.eglan4 to be disposed of, which. is scarcely a
alutply fur a fur or two before the Drawing : it
is -therefore evident) should the demmiel continue,
that massy tteand persons, whir usually post-
peas parrots until the last day, will be disap-
pointed. Tickets and Shares are seltiog at the
}worst Nieto by floaxass and Co. at their Old
OW:dished 510, Lottery 96ees, 26,
and S. Mar.arst's. tiorevish.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
LETTER SENT IN DUPLICATE TO "EARL GREY
AND LORD GRENVILLE.
" MY LoSD, " Wtndser, Settrasy, Sept. IS. 1809.
" The Duke of Portland having signified to his Majesty his
intention of retiring from his Majesty's service, io cooseqoente
of the state of his Graces health, his Majesty has authorised
Lord Liverpool, in conjunction with myself, to commonirale
with your Lordship and Lord Grey, for tie purpose of form-
ing an extended and combined Administration. •
" I hope, therefore, that your Lordship, in consequence of
this communication, will come to town, in order that to little
time as po.sible may be lost in forwarding this important ob-
ject, and that you will have the goodness to inform two( your
arrival.
"I am al-n to acquaint your Lordship, that I have re-
eeiveil hi`Majesty's commands to make a similar communi-
cation to Lord Grey of his Nlajesty's pleasure.
" I think it proper to add, for your Lordship's informa-
tion, that Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Secretary Canning have
intimated their intentions to resign their offices. I have the
honour to be, dr. &c.
(Signed) " SPENCER PLRCEYA.L."

.' Son,

No. lI.—(COPY.)
ANSM ER FROM EARL GREY.

4' llowirk, Sept. 26.

" I have thi4 evening had the honour of receiving your let-
ter If the 'ad, informing me, that inconsequence of the Duke
of Portland's intention of retiring from his Majesty's service,
his Majesty had authorised you, in conjunction with the Earl
of Liverpool, to communicate with Lord Grenville and my-
self, for the purpose of forming an extended and combined
Administration, and expressing a hope, that in consequence of
this eaniownication I would go to town, in order that as little
time as possible may be lost in forwarding this important
object.
" Had iris Majesty been pleased to signify that he bad any
commands fur me personally, I should not have lost a moment
in slinging any duty an I obedience, by a prompt attendance
on his Royal pleasure.
" Bat when it is proposed to me to communicate with his
Majesty's present Ministers, for the purpose of forming a
cionhir.ed Administration with them, 11. feel that I should be
wanting in duty to his Majesty, and in fairness to them, if I
did not frankly mid at once declare, that much an union is,.
with respect to me, under the present circumstances, impos-
sible. This being the answer that I final myself under the
necessity of giving, my appearance in London could bc of am
advantage, and might possibly, at a moment like the pre-
sent, be Intended with some luconvenienee.

" 1 have thought it better to request, that you will have
the goodness to lay my duty at the feet of his Majesty, hum-
bly intrcating hint not to attribute twiny want of altachmeut
to Isis Royal Person, or to diminished zeal fur his ger% Ire, my
declining a communication, which, on the terms proposes',
could lead to no useful mull, ani which might be of 'serious
detriment to the country, if in cosecquence of a less decisive
answer (mom me, any further delay should take place its the
formation of a fettled goners's:sent.

" L am, hn.
(Signed)

" GREY.-

No. III.—(COPY).
FIRST ANSWER FROM LORD GRINVILLE.
"SIR. " Ilvottrio., Sept. 13, 18U9.

•' I bare the honour to neknonledgc year letter of tbe 73d
instant, and unden.tasolinz it as nn wheial t-iguiticatino of his
Nlnjeit,', &Apure for attendance in town, I shall lose w
time in repairing thither, in humble obedience to his ►tajes-
ty'• coninsondt..
" I mu-t h:•K leave to defer until my arrival all observa-
tions on the other umtterl to which your Hier relates.
" I have, &c.
(Hgned) " GRENVILLE."

,MAN

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COPTNT-G4RDEN T11E.4171E.

We entreat our Readers to give implicit belief
to our assertion, that the various accounts in
the different Papers of this morning, of what
passed at this Theatre last night, are all of
them, without exception, either false, misrepre-
sented, or defective. There were in tho Pit about
164 individuals when the curtain rose—of these
two-thirds were manifestly Jews, bruisers, and
other ruffians. With these impartial and en-
lightened critics, coloured neckcloths, un-
shaven boards, great/ ragged clothes, dark cu.
loured linen, stud unwashed hands and faces, were
the predominant costume. In the Boxes of the
?weer there were more than three, hut certainly
not 400 persons. In the Private Boxes of the
privileged order—we counted sic. In the slips,
the front rows alone were tenanted.

The two first Acts of The Woodman were
hoard, with no other interruptions, that what were I
produced by the dragging from the Pit a Gentle-
man of very respectable appearance...and from
the Lower Gallery, a person, who had, as well as
that Gentleman, been found guilty by the ',vim!.
dons of tho Proprietors of expressing dissappro-
bation, not by means of any instruments, but by
kissing, and crying off! off!
In the middle of the third act, symptoms
of discontent began to manifest themselves, but
the performers continued to be received fa-
vourably, as might naturally be expected from
such an audience. Inc: Arms and hlusnax
were each encored in a song ; Mrs. Dictioms
was much applauded, as also were Mrs. Lts-
Ton and Mr. EstinT.--d—Soon after the end
of the third act the Pit was filled ; and the
spaces in the Boxes appeared to be pretty
generally occupied. In the fourth act, a
Gentleman in the Pit Mounted a bench, and
acquainted the house, that the song which Mr.
TAYLOR was at that moment singing, had been
foisted Vito the piece, of whirli it did not originally
form a part. This excited much dissatisfaction, and
uproar in the pit immediately ensued, and was sue-
ceesied by a similar effect in the lower gallery.
The discontent was principally confined to these
parts of the House. The Upper Gallery was
mute, being filled, as was suggested, with the
workmen or servants of the House. Foam the
Boxes, the front rows of which were eiidently
filled by the friends of the Proprietors, applause
occasionally proceeded.
Daring the remainder of the performance,
the vocal music of the interior of the Home
completely overpowered the voice of the Per-
formers—and of the remainder of the Woodman
not one syllable was audible. When the curtain
dropped, a Gentleman, whose name we under-
stand to he WRIGHT, addressing the House from
the back of the Pit, strenuously maintained that
all the disturbances which had taken place since
the opening of the Theatre, were attributable
solely to the Proprietors and Managers, who,
he said, had outrageously insulted the people of
England, by procuring the presence of the Ma-
gistrates on the first night, when the audience
was threatened with the reading of the Riot Act,
and he was astonished that any Magistrates could
have been found to exhibit themselves in so ex.
traordinary a performance. It was perfectly
ridiculous to suppose that the Jews and prize-
fighters, that were placed in every part of the
House, had come there of their own accord ; they
were, doubtless, brought in by the Managers, and
every body mast know it.—The Gentleman pro-
ceedtd—
" Ladies and Gentlemen—The Proprietocsaad Manager of
this Theatre themselves, nee the only peas* breakers. We,
the audience, mould be, if they wetted let us, the peace-ma-
kers. If they feel a necessity to hire radians and vagabcaids.
what do you think of a cause which can Daly be 'imported by
violence and outrage, by desperate assaults and !battery of
some, by menace operating as terror to others, by the most
shameless unmasked violence Inwards all who have the can-
dour to express their feelinip ? I say this is the ease of thi Pro-
prietors and Manager, who, contrary to all law, coati ary to
all reason, cootrary to jauke, monkey to every sentiment of
humanity, have directed an hired mob of vagabonds to beat
with !natal violeace every perms who dime:sternum their sys-
tem of extortion. Ls this usage for a British audience, oo
whose favour the Proprietors and Manager subsist? I say they
hare, night after night, insulted us. Nor are they content
with insult only; they have gone the length of Wit:Kering
our lives. Witness those spikes spots %kids two persons
were shuck a few nights ago (eNiediag to the spikes which
are placed is the bad: roe of the Pit, and in front of the
tattier Boxes, to prevent those In the Pit getting into Oho
Bares), and wise° wa resent these things, and resist that which
endangers oar lives, we are charged with a breach of the
peace, dragged before Magistrates, and held to bail for our
riotous conduct.—[Braun 1 Bravo !] _ _

" Ladies and Gentlemen—Now that I have the Bond fer-
tilise togaiu your attention, allow roe to suggest the propriety
of taking effectual care that no part of our conduct slosh !
imitate that of the Proprietors and Managers ; that nothing
we shall do shall be marked by violence or outrage. I 'tope
we shall neither say nor do say thing that 11114‘ oitreiheui a
shadow of pretence for contending that we have violated the'
law [Brom Bravo!) If we attend to this as the leadirkt
principle of our conduct, we may assare ourselves of the ze-
ward of a glorious victory Leramt Bravo 11
" Ladies and Gentienien —There is one thing more which I
have to observe to you. It is, that is the early purl of this
struggle between your justice and the avarice of the &lama-
gers, some aildre,•-es were made to you agaimt t!ie preseat
system fur the advanced prices, but they were soon relaxed'
on the part of those who had espoused the ra.ise of the
public; shall d tell you why? Your resistance to I mlenee
was called riot, sad the very iudividual to 4o had frequesuly
addressed you on that subject, was 'deuced by autiowity,r,
operated upon by finesse. I will c plain to you immediately
.what I moan by this observation; bat let me ask you, by the
way, whether you thialt you sr, or are not, iu future, to
be permitted to express your opinions freely at a Public,
Theatre.—[ res, we believe ire are, indeed !)—b there, or is
there not, freedom for the eaprewom of public opinion at a
public Theatre? [less! yes! certainly item le !)—rhe Pro-
prietors and ilauager conduct themselves as if they the ht
otherwise; for I aver it as a fact, that the Gentleman who
addressed you here in the early part of this coolest, is a
Clerk is the Yank of lgVland. That John Ketable seat
with Mr. Loaosuan, a Booktadier, iu Paterauster-row, who
hail ledluessee with the Governor of toe hank, tn that Gover-
nor, and the result or that visit was, that the Gentkosau who
had addressed yea Amid diseontiase that practice. This
is a tit whisk wee as tommeset. Ladies and fileutkoratm—.
be Iftalasetw sad parstat avoid violesce, sad yew swat
trinitipb."—[./pecaos.]
tiiis speech was received with peat 'Adams)
aed loud crie, of !' kokirk!'

The Farce of The tillage 1414110 i esti Ow.
fectly inaudible, being gesticalated,gilsidst a cue.
fusion of hisses, lio%sls, yells, execrations, acid
other species of vocul claluour, whiek eempletely •
overpowered the voices of the Performer:. The
curtain dropped about half past nine.
The cumpaity us usual maintained their sees..
At length Air. Barr, I.ce, of bruising and othir
notoriety—the ci.depaidontagouist of .Ifr. Dowel
illendo:a, was discovered sitting near the cen(ie
of the second row of the second tier of the hoot
Boxes---loud cries of " There's Ilarry Lee in the
" front Boxes; no Boxers in the Boxes ; no liar.
cc ry Lee and his fifty thievish Jews...tura him
" out ! turn him out !" resounded from ill parts
of thel'it,but this denei.lsraelite main taiueclhis seat.
This clamour was succeeded by an Incident of a
most extraordinary nature: a limn, in a short
crimson jacket, with the badge of a /Ire-office els
his arm, and who proclaimed himself the liremap
of the House, mounted • bench In the centre
of the I'it, and offered a challenge to any
Gentleman who was disposed to fight him.—
" 01i ! oh! this won't do"—" Oat with him,
out with him," was the instant cry, and on;
went the challenger, who was hurled, with-
out ceremony or deliberation, into the Lobby.
This last insult roused the indignation of the inp
dependent occnpiers of the Pit, and, with
enu united effort, it was cleared in less
than five minutes of every individual who
carried in his countenance marks of his de.
sceat from Abraham. A pole was instantly ele-
vated with the following inscription:—
" And it cane to pass, that ti Bt: LL was sore vezt, and
rule the hmelite,"
—the sudden roar of applause which followed
absolutely shook the building. To this triumph
of the Pit. succeeded the harmony of about a
dozen rattles, which struck up in. Quo ce r t in dif.
Item' parts of the House.
A system of placardiug then took place in the
pit, but no where else. The following are the
most remarkable:—

" The Thor, and Post are bought and sold,
By KnoaLc's pride nod KEMBLCI gold.'.
" Heuer sualiageineat mod lower prig:."

" Removed from tbe—[Here was the figure of a huge hi;
exhibited] in Cbandos-vtreet "

The company sepArated as heretofore, armour
MANIFESTING ASV DISPOSITION TO RIOT.

Great numbers of respectable persons nho ap.
paren:ly had visited the Theatre fur the sole pur-
pose of witnessing the performances on the State.
were beard to declare, on leaving the hcluse, that
they would never again enter that house until the
prices were reduced.

POLKA'.
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COVENZ4ARDEN THEATIRR.

llow-stitcyr.—Yesterday evening a poor ems
tore, of the name of Andrews, was brought N•
fore Mr. Kato, charged on the oath of a Ms.
Holmes, of E.sex-street, Strand, with tirenlo.
lug the following haotiAssli its Mks 'moo leading
to the Thutre:— ► . • •

" MENDOZA AND 1111MET.E.
" It is a notorious Earl, that the Milshiptirs of Oaveal.Cmem
den Theatre have, bulb yesterday and I 4-
mkt Mendoza. the lighting Jew, tMt a as mber of
PIT (11l 0 Ems for Covent-tiarden Theater, he ham dies
tributed to This' A Sacs. alai .ach other 44 the tribe
.ittend, atkieng.tsc to a•'ault every Mid.
the cooraer to express their disapprobation
attempt to ram down the Nc w - .
" This sh.onerot abuse is the A.Losageni JO he proved to
the satisfaction of
" Tlls &ORD 'CHAMBERLAIN.
OrOsber Id, 184 M."

a,
nil. , .ra es Brandon stated of his (lath, that, to
his knowledge, no such orders were issued by Mr.
Kemble ; and that if such orders had been issued
for the AlRive purpose, he must of necessity havo
of it.
A iiiirews, in his defence, said, the hand-bills
were gi; en to him by a gentleman near the Royal
Ext.:hinge, with a shilling for his trouble, to di*.
tribute them near the Theatre ; that observing the
same of a respectable printer to them, he cunsi..
bred be was 'nut doing wrung in circulating them ;
that he got his bread by distributing bills, having
for the lest fifteen months been engaged by Mr.
Bish, who, ho bad no doubt, would give him a
character.
The Magistrate @squired if he would give up
the name of the gentleman who employed him ;
r this Andrews affirmed was unknown to him, and
Is default of being ebb* to itwi bail, he was cote.
milted. lie is a singular looking object, being
without a nose. "
Mr. lifackberrst, of the Borongh, was charged
with coming into the boxes at half price, and
ringing a dustman's bell. He was ordered to find
bail.
Mr. Hewitson charged Messrs. Heater! and
Mossineao with assaulting him at the Theatre.
They also charged him with assaulting them.
The affray between the parties happened by Mr.
Hewitson going out during the beginning of the.
Qpe'ra, and on his returning, Messrs. Herbert and
Alossinimu were with the crowd; waiting inset is
at half price, and a dispute arose respecting Mr.
Hewitson passing them.
They were all ordered to find bail.
A Clerk in the Navy.ollice was also ordered to
find bail.

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