The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-18 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN.
conversation which I bold at the Theatre hart
sight, with Mr. H. Harris, besotted to toe distinctly, that
it was NOT the intention of the Proprietors to throw open
wire theWthe TWELVE FRONT BOILS of the tier of
Private Dose;.

I am, &C.
W. H. SkVABE.

Satanlay.

The "fortunate" Propositions acceded to at
the Crown and Anchor—the whole of those Pro.
positions—and nothing but the performance of
those. Prepositions will satisfy the Public. And,
unless the Proprietors, immediately come forward,
and give to the Public, eq assurance, that the
PRIVATE BOXES SHALL BE REDUCED
TO THE NUMBER THAT EXISTED BE.
FORE MR. KEMBLE'S ENGAGEMENT
AT COVpIT-GARDEN THEATRE—there
is reams Ie believe, from (every appearance by
which we can judge, that the Public will con.
sitter the Treaty to be wholly broken off.
The Proprietors must by this time be pretty
well convinced that, the disapprobatiou expressed
at the Theatre, has nut been limited to a few restless,
turbulent persons of attars condition. Persons of
every rank /lave concurred, and do at this mo-
ment concur, in unqualified disapprobation of Pri.
rate Boxes ; and had we been the parties to treat
with Mr. Kemble, we never would hare acceded
to the existence of one single Private Box, ex-
cept the four over the Stage for the use of the Pro-
prietors and Managers. But as the Treaty, has
referred to a period at which there were 8 Pri-
vate Boxes; namely, four over the stage and
four others ; that number must be tolerated,
, if the Proprietor* trunk proper immediately to
come forward and ratify the treaty into witich
their "Plenipotentiarg 'entered in the parish of St.
Clement. That, onr readers may feel no doubt
of the terms to which Mr. Kemble acceded, at
the treaty of St. Clement's, we give the fulluwing
extract from our account of that Meeting—to
the correctness of which we strictly pledge our.
selves.
" The Propositions were then read. They
" were to the following effect :--.
66 We presume that the public will be satisfied
" if the following Propositions are this night
acceded to..
" Firs, that the Private 1141 es are reduced to the same
" numtwr that they were in trio!.
" Mr. Cuvrottn. I understand the meaning
46 of this to he, that the Private Boxes shall be
" reduced to the same number and situation in
" which they were before Mr. Keinble came to
" this Theatre [Yes! Yes! Yes !], and 1 am
64 told that that %sag not until after 180'2."
Now we beg leave to ask, whether upon this
I distinct explanatory comment from the Chairman,
delivered deliberately aii.l emphatically, it was
persitle for any of the Company in the room, to
misunderstand or usiteuiteeire the conditiuns re-
lating to th.l reduction of the Private Ilexes? Mr.
Clifford was heard with profound attention, and
we undertake to say (from the information of
others), that this proposition and explanatory
comment were heard Sin the remotest part of the

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MEETING AT THIS cttorVN AND ANC 1110/e.
TAVERN.

roost.
As Mr. Kemble was seated on the right hand
of the Chairman, he must be presumed to have
heard what we have quoted. That he acquiesced
in such a proposition we apprehend his address
.• the Company incontrovertibly proves. _
" Mr. LEI RIX —Gentlemen, it become* my
6' duty to withdraw, in order to prepare fur
64 publication in the newspapers, what is twee,-
" nary to be said on the Propositions which have
" been so fortunate as to meet your approba.
" (ion, and which I hope will lay the fouudetion
66 of a reconciliation between the Public and the
" Proprietors of the Theatre. Permit me to re-
" turn you my very best thanks for the kind aid
64 polite treatment that I have experienced in this
46 room."--That was the whole of what Mr.
Kettible said.
This is the pleilge give's publicly by Mr. rem.
ble at the Crown and Anchor—which on the stage
and in the advertisement, the Proprietors have at-
tempted, and are attempting, to evade.
We have thus given a correct, direct, and po-
sitive statemeut of facts, of which we dare and
defy :t entitradiction.
Mr. Kenible, on the behalf of himself and his
Co. Proprietors, even deemed the Propositions
" furturrele"---those Propositions they not only
arc attempting to evade, but have directly de-
clared their intention not to fulfil, as clearly ap.
pears by the letter of Mr. Savage, which we hate
again inserted. Mr. Wienbolt also received from
Mr. Kemble in reply to a direct question on the
subject, an answer to the same effect. It may,
therefore, he assumed, to be the determination of
the Proprietors nut to fulfil the terms of the
treaty with filar,' to the reduction of the Private
Boxes. We shall, therefore, now see, whether
the Public, after il contention uf more than sixty
nights, will at la.t sutler themselves to be bam-
boozled, defeated, and tricked, into patient, tame,
and dastardly submission to the Manager's espia-
lstation of a treaty eutered into in the face of 500
persons.

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formed the 'conditions of the Treaty—vihicli he
did not doubt—but which, we arc confident, they
have nu intention of deing,, 'minis they are corn.
ogled by the kind voice of Public inifignatinit.
POT the sake of tekiiyelidity, we sincerely hope
and eliraestly_reconaniend, that they will not have
the prelim pßin ittlitirio defy the PrAOLE.,..kint
that Mr.-4.etuble will illi4 night announce thr
litstentirmrat the Proprietdts to fulfil the Treaty of
St. C.Jenterit'i, by reducing, the Private loges to
eke tfaVir aud state hi ithitla they were in 1802.
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SLCOND I • TIO t.
tYIrArES MAN OFFIgEI
s .
: 'nut eur.oca.
'COLONEL WARDLE.

At one o'clock this day
PHILIP MALLET?, Esq. took the Cbair,
it the Ore&lee of a numerous assemblage of Geo.
tlemen, 4" the Great Room, and opeoed the bu. ,
siness, iu an address of muck energy, which was
'most loudly applauded.
Mr. WAITHMAN followed Mr. Mallett, in 111 •!ts
speech which also excited repeated plardits.
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Mr. JONES commented with considerable
energy and ability on the late Trial in the Court •
of -King's Bench. • •
The tillowing Resolutions, inter being read, •
were severally pat and carried, without a disscpti, 0014_
ing voice, amklst repeated bursts of applause. • '•?...4.1f.v -
At a Meeting, reinvested by Advenibenient iu the ii4bl •
Papers, held at the Crown Anchor Tavern, Straildp
Monday the lilth of December, Idetl,
PHILIP MALLET'', EN. in the Chair.
IT 111 1111140
That G. 1.. WARI)LE, F.sq. by bringing tbir
respecting the • late Costentander in Chief before the Pea-
-1 moons iloa.a of Parliament, and by the enmity. Arm, an/ 1
6 independent manner in which he conducted II amidst grist
• discouragements, undaunted by the threats of infamy and
' heavy responsibility, equally unconnected with and gimp-
' ported by part); and for which he receive:l the Thanks of
spa arch of 51) Counties, Cities, Boronebs, and Tows., has
merited the gratitude of hi, Fellow-Citizens.
That (1. L. W AItOLE, Esq. io his Kadeavours, I.nbtain
sabstantial dustiest for the People of Ragland, bets, In addi-
dna to the Anxiety caused by an unprincipled, and harassing
oppositiuu. su,taloed many heavy k;xpences.
/That G. L. WARDLE., Efq. besides hazarding hi, private
Fortune. has given Numerous pronfs, of the parity of the
Motives, by n nit+ he was actuated ; and i, now, more than
ever, entitled to the Praise and Sapport of every honest mad
independent Man.
That G. L. WARDLE, lisq. having honourably perse..
erred, is perforusing his par:, towards the People, this
Meeting, declare it to he their Wangle° deity, to call upon
the Public, to indemnify bin against all loses, charges, and
expence., he may have incurred or be liable tu, is come-
qaeace thereof.
That a Subscription for tits pawpaw be immediately en-
tered into.

That the following aentleusen he requested to form a
Committee, with rower to add to their number ; to ma-
nage the Subscription, 'stitch they are desired to pay, from
time to time. taro the hu.l.b of Messrs. Drummond% Ban-
kers, in the Name/nal for the Use of Colonel W A RDLE :
Messrs. Philip Moffett (Chairman), Timothy Brown, •
Sarnia) Brook', Majo, Cartwright, %% Thom Colsbett. H P:
Cliford, Rev. Draper, Stlllflei Envefl, William Fstadhir- al. •
Ald?naan Gioodbehere, James Gliffiths, John Hoppe, Ed-- I
bard Lauutley, Samuel Join Plash, Sturch,
John Slater, Henry Hare Townsend, 4hdrid. Wood, Robert
Waithman, and Andrew M Aso°.
That the Thanks of this Meeting be gitro to PHILLP
rit•LLETT, Esq. for his able and judicious Conduct in the
Chair.

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We arc sorry to state that the ffurrijr frigate,
of 313 gums, Captain Szcsve, which sailed from
Torbay uts the oth instant, to resume hoe station.
off Guernsey, hat been %sleeked on that reeky
coasts and out of 300 persons on board, only
three tnen hare Ween saved. The above intelhontras
- cached Plymouth un Thursday, by a yowl ar-
rived at Cawsand. No confirmation, however,
of this melancholy event was brought by plater.
day's post.
Sir R. G. &taus is appointed Governor of
Malta, in the room of the late Sir A. Batt..
The Lords of the Coital! stet updil Oita at
peals on Friday at the Cooneil Office, Whitehall.
The Doke of PORTLAND has had
.ebisut 400
deer shot in his park at Bitlitroilv. ..,'' •
, The Earl of WlAlrmottr.AND arrieitrindsor
'on Thursday eight, oil a •isit to thetir lC.lssiqs).
•
1 Twu of the pout der.mills near.lloo4ll, were
I blown up en Thursday evening. . -: .4„.
The Trinity Board have appointed ittetsisahlor.
able number of pilots, for navigating o*kb ess.
different parts of the coast fio‘n Dm ' se
SATURCAY. 'Dartmouth.
At the conclusion of the performances (The On the Titian alteration is iiitended to betitiV9
Exile, audatil the World's a Stage) a Gentlionan i in the appearaace of Bank Notes, chisly in ha ~
v-
in ate Pit addressed the Company on the sehject I ing the date and number printed, instead of being
of the refusal of the Proprietors to reduce the Pri. written as at present, and the number printed oil
rate Boxes to the state in which they were priorto
the words, 66 I Promise," and " ur Bearer," with
the engagetient of Mr. Kemble, at Covent-garden.
the omission of the names of the entering clerks.
butt the company were evidently ignorant of the
We arc gratified
attempt the Managers are now making ; and oon- in hearitte that the address of
siderable opposition was made to his address, un_ Ft %Bern Beacom which, upon inquiry, in
lit the letter from Mr- Savage, which appeared in t
regard to a legacy bequeathed to her, could nut 1•':
found out for softie years, is stow left at the !hop'.
Tux STATRIMAN of Saturday, was pretty gene.
tal, at which she was educated, in Loudon.
rally circulated, when the company expressed
strong and marked indignation at this attempt at The PERSIA\ Retinae. on their areirai 111 this poinstry,
.evailan. Mr. Swage, who was tinder the in au - 7,7ew;`,C7:. r',4‘.l*(et4,„"Z."lifonsgl."(ritnirn"leher6l7l"l Stot
once of a violent hoarseness, atiliounced his in- present, have hen e tunas: Aft, a deep -invest Iron .Iw'(in
tension of appearing in the Pit TMs air ENINO, and 'he Prr-eneerr 1.11! ant dewy). nt?,t u;iiiity sea G ), they
With requested then- I rinds te purchase Tirane :tad Shares is tho
pledged himself to support his assertion. 7tolic; tamer% . it Ertolsstwity mare (late partner with
this ttie company were satisfied. the
...erased ;Si. a awes Ms* sewit so, ditaliartly 'triclinia'
Mr. Dudfield addressed the company from the :"`"ati", Dear the Marino+ Idolise. Corea 11, avowing. es
i the tOile. elm a penpuenu Ceasteliatinu directly rill to
7s. gallery, recommending forgiveness and re- ' thmi ructoole,pot—so.
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