The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-10-20 00:00:00

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THE POOR MAN'S LITANY.
From fear pounds of Bread, at Sistoosivenee pike,
Aid Butter at Fighters, though not very Wee.
And Cheese at a Shilling, though griaw'rd by the mice,
Good Lard deliveg.as !
From Mule Ribs of Beef, at a Shilling a postal.
Which, Sweater, se ithly-blowi and assaggois abound,
Or dry'd by the sisal, and sauce fit for a hound.'
Good Lod deliver as!
From Beer that's sl ivy pdison, though fioe-penes a pot,
And Gin mix'd with vitriol, though sold at a Groat,.
Ltuth the liver to burn and the bowels to red,;'
Good Lord deliver us!
From the lax tiptoe Inronte, Moaned by PITT,
Though the lireat Ones emotive to lose nothing by it.
Yet we who base little arc sure to be hit.
Goad Lord deliver us!
From Taxes .Issess'il, now rais'd at a nods
While liepectors rule 11. Cf us w ith their it rod, •
And expect homage paid them like some demi-god.
Good Lord deliver as! •
From Fores:allero, Regrolers, and all that rend
Who, to swell out their bags, will hoard up the Grain,
Against which we cry out it tilt our alight and main,
Good Lord deliser us!
From a Workhouse where hanger and'pnverty rage,
And distinction's a strang,r to birth, sex, or age;
Lone and blind, all must work, or be colip'd in the rage,
Good Lord deliver
From si.r in a bed in tho,e Mansious of Woe,
Where nothing but lit..trdc, Nail,. and Vermin do grow,
And from picking of Oakum in cellar. below,
Good laird deliver us !
From Stickin4s of Reef. old, withred, and tough,
Bread like haw-dust and Brant, and of that not enough,
And scarcely a Itag to covecour Buff,
Good Lord deliver us!
Prom the tantalized sight of viewing the Great,
Luxuriously rolling in coaches of state,
%Slide thousands are starving—for something to eat,
Good Lord deliver us!
From Femts and Rejoicings, ye Milan abstain!
Since the blessings you boast of but give the Poor pain,
And of which our itud all so loudly (Implant,
Good Lord deliver us!
But these Burthrow reamed. then *ailed well pray,
Both the Young and the Old, the Grave and the illy—
" May our Rulers he happy, and live to be Grey."
Rejoice then, ye Britons, ihai's our Jubilee Day.
We beseech thee to Itear us good I aril!
TOM ORTHODOX.

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Oct. 18.

titrasgßi loos'.
rimlE INDI Vi OL; A l.s who were IMPRI.
JR SONED in the JAIL, nt TOTHILL FIELDS. for
want of BAH, to owner the CH.I VMS of Oat PROPR lE.
fORS af COVENT GARIPEN rnEATI:c, baring at
length Lanni stdirroets.-j Bail, hate been diAhrtreed.'f 6r
Expence incurred by the Chirges to that Pn4u, the low of
'nine, and other Considerations, nill render tle presAire on
these unfortunate ICTIZS eat:vent-1v 'eyrie.
A SUBSCRIPTION for their Ittliet. and persoull At-
si,Litice it, therefore, respectfully self died from that Punt-I[c,
in whose CAUSE they hare endured, not only* privation of
Oterty, but hare canyon/era en Expense, be nliieh their
Families or Friends must Lc itsPUtraINTLY
Subscriptions will be received at Cie (lace of Tur
STATESMAN, Fleet-street.

COVENT-GARDE.

The audience, last night, conferred oti their fa.
rOurite, Comte, three distinct plaudits on his en.
traoce in the character of Shylock, in the Afer.
chant of Venice. The early part of the perform.
ance WA% uninterrupted, and disorder was first
created by an attempt of sum- ruffians (who by
the tongue of blander were said to be Officers), to
tear lit/ Wit three placards, dicoleyed by a party of
'Attics, on the front of their box. In this, how.
eve!, they rtiled, the ladies prudently conligaing
them to their friends in the pit.

The number of o.P.'s,"inkialshetefttl," con.
spicuausly dist:J.l).M in the hat, both in the
BOIC6 and in the Pit, wog considerable. A charae.
ter iu the farce of Mandates Choke excited the
sympathy of the l'it, and the capers of Liarom
were imitated by that mart of the company with a
very happy effect. The placards were numereus,
and met with little oppo.ition. A Lady in "Skj
Blue" tore down 11111', arbich dun. upon her awl au
attendant Gentleman, thodisopprubation of the Pie.
The Lady, who evidently was not unaccustomed
to " sky blue," However, sat it out with a face
of brass, till the curtain dropped, when bhe re.,
tired with an aukward rourtesy of affected dig.
‘titich excited great merriment through...,t
the house. God save the King was repeato;!),
bung, and is one iubtatice put down a dute, as e•
which a • performer entlcaroured to bombe a.,
atiAry pas.ians of the colipany, who di. • ,
quietly, after giving three hearty eleers, b..;
exchanging assurances of perseverance.'

A placard of
" Mi PRIVATE BdGNIOS!"
almost cleared Mt Pricabs Boxes et' females.

To the EDITOR of THE SrAl'4ti.ll4flC.

Stn—fir. Kemb.lc having stated, that the {Ali.
ries of the different performers were proportion-
ably increascd, at the time the advance on thu
prices of adtnissioa tts the Pit and Buses took.
place, alluw me to ask Mr. limbic., through the
medium of your paper—VVltether the Managers
diii out Wend that the performers should consi.
der, and iccept such increase of salary, is a com-
pensation fur depriving them of that part of the
Theatre *ilia the Private Boxes occupy, with
reference to their respective benefits
I am your's, &c.
A CONSTANT READER,

-We have been favnered with the following ex.
tract of a private letter yesterday from Constant
tinople, which, though of an old date, throws
some light on the state of Ottomau politics
CONSTANTIMOnt, JULY 6.—The Messenger .
Basilic° arrived here yesterday with the raiiticationi
of the Turkish treaty. The French still maintain
a considerable influence in the Divan- Tee Ter?
name of Bonaparte makes them tremble, and nu,
thing but decisive victories of the Archduke
Charles over the common enemy of Europe
can, 1 believe, save this distracted Empire
from inevitable destructten. The Turkish Mi.
nisters appear to be infatuated, and to hare
lost not only the power of fairly distinguish.
ing between friends and enemies, but even of
providing for their own preservation. The Grand
Vizier marches this day from the capital, at the
head of 40,000 Janissaries. LW army on the
Danube, when assembled, will amount to nearly
one hundred and fifty thousand men, a force
fully Nall to'repel the Russians ; but the result
of this campaign, like that of. every other in Eu.
rope, depends on the fate of the Archduke. Our
communication with the Continent is wholly cut
off by the Russians on the Danube, and the Ser.
vians and Bosnian, in league with them against
the forte. Our last accounts from Vienna are VI
the 29th of May, .when the Austrian army had
been triumphant. No business can be done here
with certainty, until we know more of what is
passing int the Danube. A Persian Envoy is
daily expected here, on his way to our Court.
Sir 11. Jones has succeeded in his mission, but the
activity-and address of the French in the Oriental
Courts is almost incredible."

Oo Wednesday evening a young man was
seduced by a woman of the town to an apartment
somewhere in Westminster, where, after drinking
he was put to bed, and about two
o'clock in the morning was awakened by a fellow,
who demanded what business he had there. The
deluded young man replied, that a woman had
brought him (here to sleep that night; to which
the other angrily retorted, th.it it was his own
room. and insisted on his quilling it immediately,
that himself and wife might come to bed. The
young man rose, in order to dress himself, and,
to his great surprise, found that his !meat% had,
been picked of a silver watch, and Bank of Eng-
land and sumo provincial notes, amounting to
nearly ten pounds, and that the rest of his clothes
and hat acre also carried off. The fellow then
forced him out of the lint se, and in that condi-
tion he was found wandering .in Tothill.street, by
Hero, an officer at Queen-square, who couttuct-
ed him to a public;ifuopte in the neighbourhoue,
where he r• hoed the above (-mice of his misfortune.
On being naked, if he could fiat! out the I,llcc
where he had been 3.1 ? He replied, that
the woman having led him through so many
mks and turnings, it was utterly impossible. The
oUlcer then conducted him to his relatives in Os-
ford-street. Ile is the son of a tradesman, at
Horsham, in Susses, and came to town only ou
Sunday last.