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

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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
lany 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 its 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 Sorotii, went ro St. eorges Chapel,
and heard a biomes preached by the Noe. Mr.
More, from tWbtath Psaliai, 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
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