The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-08 00:00:00


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P4TESM.IN.

It of
Stu—Mr. HENRY Buttons, of Curzon.street,
hlay-fair, who calls himself the'Soliaitor of the
Proprietors of Drury-li:se Theatre, referring to
the letter addressed by me to the Papers on the
Ist instant, has alleged, in apparent contradiction
to my statement, that an action has been com-
menced against me at the suit of those-Proprie-
tors.
Mr. Buttozis, who acts in this case on behalf
of the Right Honourable RICHARD BItINSLEV
Suzainam, has, with a finesse in which few men
excel; attempted to convey the worst description
of fallacy ; namely, a fallacy in the language of
truth.
An action has certainly been commented against.
tire. It was not commenced, however, until two
days after I had declared that no such proceeding
existed ; and had publicly called on the parties to
make good the threats they had been previously
huiding out,
The autiesed note from my S elicitor, Mr. ALLEN,
will show that my statement is correct; and that
the insinuation aimed at by Mr. Boast:sit, namely,
that an action had been commenced whoa I as-
serted it had not, is unfounded.
The action against me is brought in the names
of Mr. SHERI °AN, of his son Mr. THOMAS SHE
SUDAN, of -Mrs. litcnatiosus, and Mr. Gaulle.
I have receivul a letter, however; from Mrs. RI-
CIIARINJON, in which that Lady not only dis-
claims the having authorized any such proceeding,
bat declares it has been adopted,_ as far as she is
concerned, against her judgment and express in-
junction:
I knpw not whether it be unlucky or not for
the reputation of Mr. BURGESS, that he should
have published a letter importing an untruth ; or
that he should have used the name of a person in
an action at law, against the consent and diree.
Voss of that person. Without entering, bow.
ever, into any prevent discussion, I am quite sa.
tistied, from thew specimens, that Mr. 13uaoass
is a worthy agent to the attempt made to convert
me into the servant of a partnership with which I
have formed no conntstioo: and with which I cer-
tainty mean never to be in any way connected.
I tArbear further remark until the proper mo-
ment, and am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
ROBERT WILLIAM ELUSION.

Stratront.plote. -
bth Nov. 1809.
As Solicitor to Mr. Et.tarrotr, I hue to states
Ai his request? that I received process from Mr.
Buttons, inclosed in a note, dated the 3d instant,
and that the process was indorsed as issued on that
day, !lamely, two days idler the date of Mr. EL.
LintOu'S totter iu thu public papers.
W. E. ALLEN.
19, new Briklie-street, 6th Nov. 1110.1.

To ritz EDITOR or Till rrilltSitat
SlR—These aro rare times, truly, when cus-
tomers are advised tocome into our shops, tp fir
the prices we are to sell at. They are getting
thoir hands in at Covent-garden Theatre; but,
damn me if I don't send the first man out of my
shop., with a flea in his ear, that attempts to play
such a trick with me.
What !,have nut the farmers, graziers, shoe-
makers, tailor.', bricklayers, carpenters, editor*
of newspapers, as well as all their journeymen,
raised their prices ? I pray what is their plea ?
Why this---that they cannot buy the same thing
(of any sort) for the same sum as formerly, and
they therefore cannot sell it at the formers price :
this is, and has been, the plea of every tradesman,
and upon this he grounds his right to au advance ;
and, out of a Theatre, it is universally acquiesced
in ; but why not in a Theatre ? Why, in the
uanie of justice, whin* all ranks of men in the
kingdom, except the Proprietors of a Theatre, are
allowed to raise their pikes, are. they to be ea-
eldded ! Say the oppifticnts to the new prices,
" Covent-garden Theatre possesses a monopoly,
and therefore ought not to have raised their pricet.
Give Ili (say they) a rival Theatre, and then
charge what you please, but do lint advance till
then." I beg leave to sobinit a few observatiotilo
in answer to this :—lf it were right twelve years'
ago to pay three shillings and sixpence into the
pit, can four shillings, amidst such a inighw en-
crease of every expence, he thought tin munch
now ?--If it h not too much, then, the Proprie-
tors have not abused their power, but have done
au more than a hi.: they were jubtly entitled to do.
The rise is ccrtiikty nut in proportion to the rise
in other tkiess—bent it is said " the profits were
*efficient, sed therefore the price of admisato
ought not to have been raised." In answer tollhl .
five respectable men have said, that they. have had
recourso to every information, era: and wilts*,
and they are of a different opinion. Soppoes
them to' wrong ; chew met in all Engioadv it
you can, a single individual who acts, or who has
acted, upon the principle you recommend. Where
lives thu man, whatever his profits might hare
been, oho has not raised his price when the price
was raised to him ;—and upon what principle of
justice is it that a Proprietor of a Theatre is to
be singled out from the beet( is—ls this doing as
we wocld he done unto?
I was never acquainted with a theatrical man in
my life. I kttow neither proprietor or actor ; but
.a play is a great source of amusement to me, and
it hurts me to see them belonging to it ill-used. I
take in your Paper, and have read every thing
you have published against them ; but that has not
altered my opinion of the treatment they have re.
(sired. Your known impartiality induces me to
believe you will give this letter a piece in your Pa-
per of to-morrow, to oblige
AN OLD ENGLISHMAN.
Westminster, Nov. ti, 1809.
At one O'clock on Sunday a large fleet was seen
from Yarmouth, in the offing, under convoy of a
line of battle ship and two frigates, (men the
North Ward. There can be no doubt that this
is the convoy from Gottenburgli. As the Ivied
was S. E. when they were seen, they would pro.
bably come to anchor in Yarmouth Roads late in
ohs aftersoon.

.aIM.- •

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JUSTICE 2.01561, GUI LIM ALL.
Livme Gur.s.—Yesterday Thomas Hughes,
Beigjoinin Bradley,
.John Wicks, Ann Deacon,
and Hannah Rackham, who were taken isto cus-
tody the night before by Mr. Nailer, the City
Marshal, in consequence of information he had
received, that a number of persons were collected
together at a house in Newgate-strect, and en.
gaged in drawing a Little Go, or illegal lottery,
were brought up before the Sitting Alderman (C.
SIM urn), at Guildhall.
Mr. Nalder stated, that in consequence of the
information he had received, he went, with pro.
per assistance, to a house in Newgate.street,where
the name of Hughes's Lottery Office appeared on
the door ; on gaining admission, which he did
without dfficulty, he proceeded op stairs, and in
the back room, first floor, he discovered the pri-
soners sitting round a table, on which laid some
money and loose pieces of paper with %Lumbers
on them ; he also found some books, which ap.
parently related to lottery transactions. On
searching the prisoners, bal. was found in the
possession of one of the men, and a quantity of
halfpence in the apron of one of the women.
Nothing further, however, appearing to criminate.
the prisoners, Mr. limArr, who attended on their
behalf, submitted to the Magistrates that there
was no ground for convicting them.
The Alderman observed, it was fortunate for
the Prisoners that the evidence was so imperfect, as
to that they were indebted for their escape ; he
had no doubt, in his own mind, that they-had
been engaged in an illegal transaction, and he hop.
ad the narrow escape they now had would operate.
as a caution to prevent them engaging in such
practices in future. They were then dismissed.
M A aLBOR01:1 GIi•STHEET.---David Wingrore
Butter is in custody at this Office, and has been
examined on the charge of horse stealing at Great
Marlow fair last week.

The Prosecutor, who is a farmer in Bucking.
bansshire, stated, that he had a horse for sale at
the fair, and the Prisoner, who was supposed to
be a London horse.dealer, offered to purchase it.
The price was 26 guineas ; and the purchase har.
ing been agreed on, the Prisoner paid for the
horse with 26 pounds in notes, purporting to be
of the Westham Bank. The Prosecutor hesi.
tated to take these notes, but the Prisoner, in or-
der to satisfy him, mounted the horse to go to the
inn where he put up, in order that the lendlord
might prove the validity of the notes. The Prose.
cetor, to his misfortune, soon found that be had lost
Ms hone, the Prisoner having rode oat of the town
instead of going to his quarters. It was soon dig.
covered that a oeosiieroble quantity of fps mule
paper had obtained eirculetion through the fair,
and a pursuit towards London isas made by the
sufferen. The prisoner was traced to Smithfield,
where he was exhibitiug the horse for sale, and he
was taken into custody. Ile gave his address
" No. 30, lialf-Moon-alley, Bishopseste.street,"
bat no such person is known there. The prisoner
was remanded for another examination.

RAIfdRiC4BLE MUIthER.

DUBLIN COMMISSION INTELLIGENCE.

resenky, Oct. c 2 I.

John Sinnot, Janes Conully, Thomas Shields,
and Christopher Finnegan, were indicted for tho
murder of Thomas Cunningham in the month of
May last, at Santry, in the county of Dublin.
Tho cireumatancos of this case were rather unu-
sual. The Prisoners at the bar, toge.her with
the deceased, and an approver of the name of
Thomas Dwyer, in the month of May last went.,
out to commit robberies, and in the evening of
the 25th of that month they stopped a jaunting
car, and were about to rub a man of the name of
Ke!shot ho was upon it, when the pistol which the
Prisoner Sinnut then had went off by accident,
and the contents having lodged in (he left breast
of their companion, Thomas Cunningham, he was
brought upoc the jaunting car of the man they
stopped (who was acquainted with one of the rob.
hers) to lielsh's house, where he lanailhed about
two hours, and then died. The nest evening
Dwyer, the approver, with the twri prisoners
Connally land Shields, came and took away the
body, and it was buried in Glasnovin church-
yard ; but in a few weeks after, •when some rob-
bers were apprehended in the county, this trans.
action came to light; the body was taken up, and
an inquest was held.
Tim evidence upon the trial gave all the circum-
stances and facts is the dcarat point of view ' • and
Lord No nil; it r, at* laying down the law elf the
' ease, gave a moat Impartial chtsrge to the Jury,
I who retired for soma time, and returned with a
verdict against all the Vrisouere.--Guilty.
Lord IVORBURY the% is a very impressive man-
I net, prono—unced the awful tennis. of the kw,
pursuant to the statute, by which they arc to be
executed on Thursday next, and their bodies
handed over to the Surgeons for dissection.

All the Prisoners, upon receiving sentence), con.
ducted themselves in the most hardened manner,
declaring their innocence, and calling the jury a
set of perjured men.

Mr. WILtERIORCEIS Committee have liberally
applied the unappropriated surplus of the Sub-
scription Monies for the late Election (sl101.) to
dime valuable charitable Institutiotts, the York
County Hospital, the York Lunatic Asylum, the
Sheffield Infirmary, the Leeds lofirmary, and the
Hell Infirmary.
- A Cabinet Minister is said to have written a let-,
ter to his Lady, containing the following extraor.:
dinary expression :—" We shall outy be able to
continue in office till tlic Meeting of Parliaments.,
and then we may all expect to be kicked out like,
a.parctl of doge."
. Vie General of the Sussex District, Lord C.So.
loftier, has received orders that the principal part
.of several regiments of infantry, .At present id
Sussex, should hold themselves in readiness- for
embarkation and foreign service, at a tnomeet'J
eel*.