The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-30 00:00:00

COVENT Ci44lltiniN TIIISATICK.

is this " Paradise ReraitedP" exclaimed a
Piltite, last night, Ise the midst of the row, ad-
dressing himself to a Gentleman in the Boxes.
Frum die ccriduct of the public pritos, it may
pomibly be inferred, by such of their Readers,
as live at a distance from the metropolis, that the
opposition has subsided, Into a feeble and timid
expression of disapprehateuu, at those intervals
when the Traps are aliseet. That such is not the
fact, the nightly examitiatiuns of victim', at Bow.
street, would of themselves suCciently priive.
From the frequent repetition of the Ezik, it
might be inferred, that the Managers hate a vi.
olent attachment to Ilastiun costoris.-44 Oh t.
66 for the Knout and Siberia,to quell the mutinous
" insubordination of the British Public!" But,
Sort y, Gentlemen, it is nut come to that in
Eagle: d where there is a certain ceremony,
called Trial by Jury ; before which, nut only
a.o the a cased, but the sewers (as we are
itsfuemtd., about to be brought. Against
' the fo -suer some Bills have heel, (wool --
and against the l titer —the Gentlemen of
house, proprietors, managers, professors, infer.
mers, bruisers, thief-takere, traps, prigs, black-
smiths, ;41 other Gentlemen—certain Wad.
' guards, to %ll', Public—are about to ors cant a
bill of limbic:tine:a fur a eonspirary, agaiust that
same PuSlic.
In the Pit, there ever • last night, neat ly two
hendre.l pet suns, of *bpi!, es e conjecture almo3t
one-balf to have been money customers, including
those who entered at half price. In the Boxes, duo
appearance was, indeed, most dismal—We saw,
j amongst the Orderly., faces, and dresses, that have
nightly appears] in different parts of the Dress
Circle, from the very openiug of the Theatre.
A punctual attendance fur 33 nights demands
ample recompense. Tlut the services of these
Performer: are remunerated, we certaiuly have
no reason to doubt, for, although they have not
beset employed ou active duty, cc think them
as well entitled to 41. 6d. per night, as the gang
of ruffians. Indeed, it would be dill:belt, upon
any other principle, to account fur the rumoured
deficiency of twelve thousand potteds, said to have
been "stated and settied" at the Theatrical Tres_
sury last week. Twelve amassed alines, in lire
ttf tz.:enty thousand plus, which were the Mi.
owed profit:, of the list 50 nights of the Near
los
e heatre—is no joke—the Proprietors, it seems,
1 have 66 reckoned without their hoof' with ;
vengeance. We have not heard whether these
accounts are to be sub nitted to the " Old
Committee." We should not he surprised if
this loss were to he made the 'subject of e
i further advance of prices. If the actuante
'Mould he laid before the Committee, it may be
`hoped,i!a they a ill not Welk to sera dieted* ertease,,.
• and particularly them which relate to the pito&
prints.—the' expence of advertisements, has Ali-
so-oily been a subject of complaint, at the theairio
cal treasury, since the Managers condescended to
pay the shay on their ad ve rtisemen ts, w h ieh formerly
sentout ofthe pockets of theNewspeper ; al slos' be
it known to the Public, that the New.papersitssert
Theatrical advertisements gratis. There are massy
other expences that mill come under the head of
Newspaper services; peo.aps there may he a
chirgeof 17415; but pos.'i hly,all these charges may
he included ender the cumprehensive title of merest .
:orrice mosey, et hick, from the unwearied sc.
drily of Professor C:andon, who, be that quality,
rivals even Nopoleon himself, we presume to he
dispensed by that faithful servant of the Mimetic
government.

" Di,l yin come in with Pen., Gordon ?"
said a gentleman loudly from the kit, to an ac.
qttaintauce in the Dress-1104M, who sat inimedi.
ately beitiod a Belle, with whose smart figure and
lively mien, the Cornliill promenade is daily
graced, to the high gratificaliou of admiring
loungers, at the doors of Tom's and Batson's.—
This question, attracted the attention of the Coin.
pally towaids the lady, who was enveloped in
a " scarlet". mantle, which blued conspicuous
in the Lott row of the centre dress boa.—
The lady was almost overalielitied a ith confusion,
from wheels she was fortunately relieved by a
breeze in the Pit, that gradually increased to a
tempest. The row began by the caption of Mr.
Forster, again,t whom a true bill bad been found

by the druten (Vice Jiir), by a Joilge's Warrant.
This gentleman is a merchant of revectability in
the city, consequently, there could be uo difficulty
in finding him at his own house; bid it was pro.
bibly dawned an occoinotricbtliou to Slr.Forster to

execute the warrant in a public Theatre, and at an
hour by which the probability of obtaining bail
was so obviously incrca•ed.
Mr. Fouler, of course, made uo resistance;
but an L. mpt to some other individaals, did
not so readily meet the acquiescence of the par-
ties. At length, after a violent contest, two per.
sons were dragged out of the Pit, from whence,
they were followed,by almost the u hole of the op-
position, to _