The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-10-13 00:00:00

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in the habit of
mortifying must
to find that they
rugo of asak and
the sole per-
Proprietors
:whose cause . simple sags have soinCiimei at,
fected to bluster. tut be it remembered, that the
sound of reform and the name of Colonel Wardle
arc odious to the British Press and Gloikt,
who may exclaim with Falstaff, substitutittg
fur secerity, another word, " Reform— f would
aselirre he thrust ratsbano in my mouth."
Ns! Nu ! place rid party for these soidisant
Whigs, and down wieth Wardle and Reform,
say. The Press and Globe. We really beg par.
due of our Readers, fur troubling them on
so unworthy a subject ; but such us they are, ,
and suck only, have we represented to our
Readers by way of caution, the two pepers we;
have mentioned. • But the best part of the joke is,
that the Ilarlrfpsin Courier, last uighte gravely
copied ye: baling this apeech of the Lady in the
Pit. A pretty trig of faithful I(eporters to in-
form the public of what actually passel et the
'Theatre.
11'e repeat, that whatever are our sentiments'
the
,tiel-lity of the Reports in this Paper may at To Mr. JA3Ib:S JOHN BILINDON
all times be received with confidence. whether the BOIKEEPER OF COVENT-GA It DEN THEATRE.
rrocerdiags which we undertake to record, be in s
unison with,or in direct oppoeition Nome opiniuus. ra.--As you have thought proper, ha the pre-
sent content bet w inn your employers and ) our
THUBSDAY NIGIIT. musters...thepubiic....to stand forward and cx.
The detection and exposure of the accredited habit yourself in the houtetreble character Of as
Inform:a-, and have already marked out one or
introduction of the tribe of Israel boo tberteeatn-,
tau individual' as objects of Magisterial. interter.
ill no wise restrained the activity uf our old ere.
t 1
t''°"
I beg leave to propound to you a few
quustious, sewers I expect you to LIMN erexpliciltfe
uain tau ce Denier. 31 k Dote, whu es ;as ac-
tively employeel during a greet part of tie fore.
noon of yesterday, in organising his new twitsOnblicia' and without °hailing, evasion, rooter.
ill fugc, prevarication, equivocation, urtiscutai re.
Dake's Place, as NAN/LION 1146 lately bete ou
the Danube. The flambee of Jews in the Theatre serration.
last night, appested, if any thing, to have ie. Question Ist. Are all the orders for free ad.
creased. Until this- the third act of Love in mission subjected to your inspection ; and are no
'
persons admitted without your knowledge into
a Pillage, no great disapprobation was ex.
any part of the Theatre?
Thu applauders were manifestly Inc-
,leminaut,
and
many
of the
songs
were
encored. ! 2(1....Did nut idr. LONGMAN, a Gentle.
man, whose respoldbility and real worth cit.
but from Opera, the end of the third Act of the Ope,
Cite soy regret at his interference in so disgrace.'
to the dropping uf the curtain at the conclusion
ful and humiliating a transaction, receive per. I
of Animal Magmata, the Performers on the
mission (ruin the Managers to issue free admis.
Stage were rendered inaudible, by the euperier
stubs; and did he not send a large patty, princi.
lulus: of sound that issued (rum the performers ill i
pally consisting of his own journeymen and work.
the interior of the Roane men, to the Pit, and other parts of the Theatre,
The resentment of the Public azeieet the Jews for 'the (seemed purpose of supporting the Ma.
began to manifest itself with alarming flecieion be. I
1141 len
fore the conclusion of -the Opera, but the outnd
!,tars. 3d_•-Nero tot Row-street Offieers..--no-
burs of the circumcised were so great, that they , sorions prixe-fighters and other characters of
sat in proud defiance of the Christians. Voids! equal respectability, admitted onto too'
, towere
Saw appeared to Witte leader, and a man celled front Boxes rout on Monday evening last; and were
!key Pig, seemed to bu second in command. In not. the wives and daughters of sumo uf the first-
the fourth act a placard WAS elevated ill the mid. meminnett official agents, suffered to
plant theta.
die, amidst a thunder of Christian applause:— selves in ono of the must conspicuous seats of
" Clwkians arise -tura nut the Jews." I the Dress Boxes in company with the nobility.'
The Sons of Israel trade an almost instantaneous and gentry .1
and desperate attack, and down wrist the standard. Q •
Ise*. 4th.---Cau you inform me, from what
This was the signal fur* tumultr which continued, sources Dutch Sam, Isaac wood, Barry Lee,
with occasional pauses, during the remainder of and the Fireasuss, are epahled to atteud at
the evening. The conflicts le the Pit, between the 'Thieve -m,--Ilitluring the performance: and
Jews and air/shoat were various ; and, to speak if thb informaden is beyond even your contain.
in the dialect of the dthltrtir, several "corks mate knowledge, can you inform the public by
wcre awn"..--ill other words, there were massy whom, or by what means, they are admitted--
bloody noses. and what is the real motive which urges them
From the Upper Boxes, were suspended, in this to utee—or, in plain English, to assault
succession, the following placer& : t and beat th it part of the audience who express uy
Bun fur ever, MlCNuoir6, sever. any means their disapprobation of the New
Beware uf Kaisti.i's hired crew, Prices ?
In mischief I* prep ires for you. You hare said, or ereorn (no matter which),
Your prices testece
Veer salmi& oirrLier, that orders were not distributed to prise-fighters,
Tee rub& sill then and that such a circumstance could nut have hap-
seifet:rt yell tor ever, I pinged without your knowledge. To Wont you,
was elevated in the Pit. At length there appeared l teccufercl an opportunity of publicly peeving
from the Upper Busies that you have neither uttered deliberate falsehood;
A keg pelik-a Ailing poll, and a pull altogether. our COMsnsitied wilful and corrupt perjury (uf
This placard, like its preeecessors, was f which Ido nut accuse you), and to give you ate
soon destroyed, bet it had a prodigious ef- I opportunity of reconciling the apparent lamb.
feet in the Pit, where the cry of " turn out of sistency of your assertion or oath with these
the Jews" resounded from many places, and questionabk points, stud to mu palpable facts, I
great efforts were Made to expel them. The call upon you ((Heats immediate and satisfactory
fi;hting continued in the Pit for some time, but answer.
although some few were turned out, and there ore. 10, 1909.
A Airiest to TRUTH,
was a general cry that the Jews: :eere turned oat, And an Eastus to DRAGOONING.
we perceived a great number oho maintained their
po,itious. It hail, hunever, the effect of dimi-
nishing the tumult. A Gentlemse exhibited a
white handkerchief, on which was printed
an inscription, but we could nut read it.
An attempt was made to snatch it away, but on
the gentlemau announcing his il.:tetatiliation to
prosecute fur a robbery, the assadaat dtwistetl:
the handkerchief was, however, al poet torn to
pieces in the struggle. •• ,
A Gentleman addressed the company from
the Boxes. He recommessilml the company to ab-
stain from the coninsissioe of any uottrav, which
he said would essentially servo the cents,: of' the,
Managers. Ile was particularly indignant at the
base tergiversation of many of the Newspapers, I
and in particular reprobated tics weateeecock bee
haviour uf one of the Morning Papers (ho nist.ded
not to have confined himself to unity) Ile knew i
not whether the int:es:seise:tie), uf that Paper, or
its frivoluus feelll.l excuse, was most watt:midi-
Ile. Ile again weed a strict adherence to I
legality of conduct, and reeroheted in glow. '
ing terms the brute! conduct uf the Proprie-
tors, is hiring a gang of ruffians to beat the
public into compliance. This temperate :address I
was much applauded. To-moue* we prepusu to
ourselves, the pleasure of c spying the report of it
tram The Globe of this eeenisig, into which it
will be capital from The thrill h !'rest of this
day. It is a precious morceau, amid %ill prim: au
" bonne boos lsc” to such of our Readers as ad-
mire that uld-festautioil Lally " Truth."
At length the company dispersed. We only
observed one Goitleineti dragged out of the Boxes,
and that was on the suggestion of a person,
who appeared, from his girt' and shore! hat, to hal
a clergyman. We Iseg leave to observe to this
member of the Chorea militant, dm the presence
of.a minister of peace: at such a place, and on such.
att occasion
,i • nut very ineuti.istent with the dignity,
and decorum of their character ; but his busy in.,
terretence is ilecideelly a vissletion of every princisq
ple of propriety. litig4ol

iy foresees the - danger
to be ttipds if they do mot immediately
desist— at is i* this day, as we are informed,
and we believe from good anthority, ;male(' his
spiritual, prohibitors mandate to DANIEL
11ENDOZA, and the whole of the descendants
al the twelve tribes of Israel, against their fr.
tare appearance at the Theatre, until the present
dispels shall have been defritivelf Settled. We
fervently hope that this report is true—fur when
we turn our eyes back on the pages of our early
history, we find recorded some dreadful instances
of the result of popular animosity against the
individuate of that p...rseasion.
We deem it just to st.tte, that the conduct of
the two Jens towards the st Oralrix" in the Pit,
was strictly decent; and so far as the parley with
her, strititei mars-scuts, gross, nor even disre-
,
spectiul.
" Nothing estesiate,
Nor aught ref Owe fit maitre."

TUE 314AKETS.

CO RN-1.: XCII A E-Oero sea 13.
There k but tut itterniderahle supply of Wheat to-stay,
and the sales confirm. to be heavily effected, aad altar at
rather lower pat-vs.-Fine Harley keeps its price, but ink,-
rim is rather elseaper.-51011 and Brno of the two
tines hardly at last prices.-White Pea• nearly at last
tioa.-The supplies of Oats are considerable, and this In
is :Aro gassed caeaper.-FIOIIY, Mary sale, at the into rr
lion, and tine Atarrtean 565. to M. per barrel.
CURRENT•PILICE OF GRAIN.
Wheat, - 76, 11-8.. 10Js. Tick Betas, - - 535. 3.5..
I ditto -- - - 13:n. ltDti.. I )3L.,
Rye, - - - -311 s. 4ta.
Horey, - -- - 48,, 365. Potato'. ditto - - to --v.
Malt, - - *cis .€33.
N'. pea., Rollers) 965. Fine !lour - --90 s. 9.15.
tire. l'eas„ - - - Ads. Seconds
Reza (kW OS.
KU) -Our. 19.
To 910. tue Offal, per I,llltle of alb.
Rref....4.. 4d. to As. 6.1. !lead of Cattle this day
Mutton .. t.. 4d. to 3% I 6d. Berl, 930
Veil od. to is. 0.1. • 'cep and 411dJ
Pork ....84. 0.1. to 7s. 21. I Calves
Od. to Us. Od. Pins
HAY-MARKET.
Jtay 3l. 0.. *I. to 61. 6s. 04.
Str.tw
Closer
The dcfinitive answer of the Emperor FRANCIS
was expected on the return of M. de BOSNA, his
Aid-de-camp, to Vienna. '1 `.at Orncor returned
on the 21st to Vicuna ; but the substance of his
dispatches was uut made public.
Saturday a most shocking accident happened at
LechiaJe : as Mr. William Tombs and Mr. Tho-
mas Barr were allocating togerite, Mr. Barr's foot
struck against the Stump of a tree ; by the shook
his gun unfortunately exploded, the contents of
which passed through the body of Mr. Tombs,
which deprived Mai of life instantly. The de-
ceased bus left a widow pregnant, and four small
children. Mr. Barr bas • been almost la a state
of &Heim& ever since, as they were. intimate
friends. As in ant was taken on Wednesday
before William Trigg, Geut. Jurors' vvediet-
Accidental Dedih.

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of reading s Londisk-nowspapervhosv thilkiews, Who have hitherto .sold their peg.
most it be, on visitifig the 'metropolis, maim siiiitspice to the Proprietors, begin to
they have born crammed with'aldr.
,dossist theprepriety, of even scifeig, of their per.
re and female invention ; prod
,tread fait se“111114111.•-mod we kern with much satisfaction,
irpose of suppurting the esuse of the that the /Oa tease of the Rev. Socouost Ma.
against the people of England, in SCHCLLI so clearly.foresees the imminent dossier
these simple Wigs have sometimes af.. to be stpisswArtaricd, if they do not immediately