The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-06 00:00:00

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TO JOUil PIIILIP KIMBLE.

Psu—ln one of your early addresses to the an.
.diessee, in the new Theatre, after making an as_
minion respecting, I think, the necessity of the
augmentation of the prices of admission, you
concluded as follows, " and if this were not true,
I would not say it."
Your declaration might, at that time, have
!mined credit ; hut I think, unless you can sates-
, facturily answer the charge I am about to mak:•
against you, the possibility of your aberration
from truth, whets your interest is ooticertod, will
at least remain questionable. You have coolly and
deliberately asserted, in your last rioted address to
the public, " that you are. happy to see that the pre-
sent prices of admission meet with the approval of a
very large mfijority of the community" —Credit
spivs:it. In soother part of this same address you
64 hope nut to be thought intrusive in a4ain ap-
pealing to the reason! and justice of the fre.
quenters of the Theatre!!!" Where were your
own " reason and justice" when you make th •
foregoing assertion ? Upton what grounds do you
make it ? Satisfy our reason as to4hat, it you
wish to attempt to impress the Public with the
opinion that you aro one ince' able of de_
*parting from the truth. No general meeting has
taken place, to collect the sentiments of the
it community" on this occasion ; I must, thcrt
faro, assume, that the majority you mean, is that
of the nightly audiences. Now, Sir, admitting
taw no &elite exertions have been made against
your by this majority, it is your duty to
tell• the Public how it is constituted : an-
swer, then, the following question :—lles not
the major , art of the nightly audiences been
admitted, without paying for snch admission
all.l if not the major part, what numbt.r each night
to toe best -of your knowledge? I have nut said
admitted by orders, because we have been toll
there has been a pass word, or parole, upon the
occasion. An answer to this question would be
only consistent with yodr professed respect fur
th..se who have made you what you are; mere
particularly after your assertion respecting the
majority of the communit), as connected with
your previous declaration, of being incapable of
asserting aught but the truth, which I fear you
will have some difficulty in establishing, even if
you answer this letter t and if you do not, the ob.
vious conclirsion will be drawn.

AN ADMIRER or YOUR TALENTS,
Bat not of your Mesons.

FOR TII1! STATESMJN.

Ma. Enrrost—l should he ♦ery glad to know
who is to be Presiding 3tagistrutc, should the
trials of the Covent Garden reputed itioten, take
place before the Bench of illative' asseikbleti - in
Quarter Sessions ; the Chair is generally taken by
Mr. Maintparing—sometimes by Mr. Jieadynn.
der all the circumstances (hit have Oaten place,
would it be strictly proper for either of these Gen-
tlemen tie fill the situation ?
Liwola's tern. A MODERATE MAN.

FOR THE STATES 314. V.

MR. EOTTOR—I was yesterday informed that
no half-price nail been taken at the Upper Gal.
lery of Covent-garden Theatre for spine time past.
I was determined to asrertain the fact; and with
a friend went last night 14 the gallery.dour. I
was then told by the os. ivy or order take►, that
it was half-price, but that no money would be
taken. I insisted on my right of admission, when
the man at the door told me there was no half.
price taken, nor had there been for three weeks
ur a month past. Atio.her man then said, An.
sorer no more qeestions ; there is no room.
I ..Efered to pay 24. for myself and friend ; the
answer then was—We have no pass-tickets, and
cannot take your money ; you may go to the
lower gallery.
I am your constant Reader,
Nov. 5. T. 5.

P. S. I think the. Managers wish to make the
experiment of not taking half-price, and have be.
gun at the Is. gallery.
[The above appeared in The Mornin 4r Chronicle of this day.)

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to the EDITOR of THE STATESMAN. •1
SI a —I am a constant reader of your paper, and
I admire the efforts you are making to bring the
.Wanageet of Covent Garden Theatre to their
senses, but have doubts of your succeeding in the
attempt ; the obstinacy of an avaricious man is as
difficult to overcome as is kit arrogance—and
those three virtues Mr. John Keinbl, possesses in
a pre-emistent degree. IVtien we t:ike a retro-
spect of what he was, and contrast uith it w hat
he has been raisbd to by the favour of the Public,
does not the heart of every honest Briton beat high
with indignation at his ingratitude ? When inco in
a situation lite Mr. Remble, not only insall,
but ferociously attack the Public—that very pub-
lic by whose bounty they rose to affluence—it may
be inferred that they have forgotten what they
truce been—and if their " old. lining" will bear
" ripping op," it assuredly, in the eye of an
Eeglio:tman IN no recommendation to John Kern.
hie, that he was educated at Dotsay fur a Jesuit—
nor is it agenerallypopular recommendation ta. say,
that heattempted td become a Methodist preacher—
that he attempted to become an author, and wrote
Poem, which was consigned to oblivion from
the hour of its birth--that he attempted to train-
, slate certain plays, which he murdered, as he has
dune his professional reputation—that he was a
Istroller—and when in necessity, a buffooo —hut
since raistal to attluence, a theatrical tyrant. //is
late coutluct entitles every man to speak his opi.
nion of hiss ; if Mr. Ken3ble is the cause ofpri-
rate characters being examined at a Police tribu-
nal, his own character should be erposed before
a tribunal, to the favour of which he is indebted
fur power, reputation, and affluence—the tribunal
where sits, Public Opinion.
These, Mr. Editor, are the opinions not only of
myself, but also of a very considerable proportion
of the public - and when I stand upon the firm
basis of truth., I defy consequences. Mr. Ketnble
to me is bids " shadow and a name," and so he
ought to be to us ell. The tenderness with which
he has been.treated, has only served to increase his
airroaant pretensions, Ind as far as the law will
permit, he shall meet my censure. I know as well
as Mr. Kimble, the difference between the rational,
and licentious liberty of the press.
In concluding, I cannot help observing that the
obstinacy of King Kemble is such, that if it be net
speedily subdued, it will create a degree of clamour
which will require the interposition of higher au.
thority to reduce the Proprietors to reason, and,
indeed, to the true sense of their own interest.—
: I hate a names and am neither afraid or ashamed
to .mA—it..
No.I, Brompton-row. JOHN MITFORD.

To the EDITOR of THE STATESMAN.

Sta—,As neither the Bow.stroet Traps nor the
Amateur Trap:, employed by the Mys Iger, have
been ab:e to suppress the groveling of Op 0. P.
Mn,d I beg leave to recommend tO Messrs. H. K.
and. (... to try whether the introduction of a few
heel trap, and spring-guns, would not have a
tendency to keep than discontented rascals in or.
der.
A HUMANE FRIEND TO ADVANCED
Surgeons Hall. PRICES.
Tv rfti EDITOR or TIIS ST‘ITESM,IN.

Ste—ln consequence of so many Bills being
thrown out by the Grand Jury, the Managers at
Covent-GArden were duly besieged with applica-
tions from the officers at Bow-street, to know
who was to indemnify them from the actions they
so justly apprehended for their active e.certions
against the hissers, groaners, &c. at the Theatre.
The Pnblic &reinter said, "that to the best of his
belief," Mr. K. would settle that matter. Mr. K.
accosted them with " Wilat do you want, Gentle
men," and sent them to Mr. H., who received
them very gracionsly, and kindly promised to get
up The Busy Body, The Comedy of Errors, awl
Much ado about Nothing, for their exclusive
Benefit.
Primes-Place. ONE IN THE SECRET.