The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-10-19 00:00:00

STATESMAN.

a soldier of his army would have'agiin-seen Eng-
14414. If ever there was a ,Gencral wanting fore-
sight, it is certainly Lord Wellington. If he
should long command the English armies, we may
natter ourselves with obtaining great advantages
from the brilliant combinations of a Geticral so
inexperienced in the trade of war.
r.Ltsn PAPER.—" We are bad that the I reach haves
Millen/11$ flotilla, 'under the protection of the titteri,..
If the• should dare to come forward, we abet!, no
dolobt, sire a rood accuant of them."

• NoTs.—,-What a prudent resolotion ! We
should be very happy, should the English Cita-
bliA themselves in .the Island of Walcherea, in
order to take it. Wheu we choose to drivel'
them out, we can do it ; and then it will not be
a simple garrison of is or 3,000 men who must
lay down their arms, but an eutire corps of 15
ur 20,000. •
I. G Lisa Pa r .-" Passage ma letter horn en Oicer
at Hushing s—' I Now in a uagion thirteen Officers of Or
69th Regiment, suffering under Ibis cruel ditorder."
NOTE.—If the malady which afflicts the rug.
lish army were the consequence of laborious
marches, the great fatigues of a long Campaign,
br of some unforeseen causes, the English sol.
diets ought to support with courage the evils inc.
♦itably attached to the noble profeatioft of arms.
When maladies are a scourge of the climate,
when it is known to the whole world that to
send an army to (ho Isle of Aralcheren in the
months of August, September, October, or even
half of November, is to expose it to certain de-
traction, when it is only necessary to consult
the meatiest of the fishermen of the Scheldt, to
learn that dysenteries, hospital disorders, perni.
dons fevers, and even the plagne itself, are less 4
dangerous than the maladies which prevail it, the
Isle of Walchcren at this season of the• year,
we cannot but pity the fate of the English sol-
diers. The frantic, ignorant, or criminal men
who have thrown so many brave fellows into
certain danger, deserves not only their animal.
versions, but that of the generous of all coon.
tries.

I'O LiCE.

CO V INT-GA It DEN THEATRE.

Bowavrt El:T.—The examination of the Pit Ora.
tur of Covent-garden Theatre, who has held forth
for several nights past, took place at a very
late hour on Tuesday night. lie was taken by
one of the patrole belonging to the Office, at the
Ceri!.street Colfee.howse, when his friends, who
had accompanied him from the Theatre, had left
him.

From what cause this young man has assumed
the dress, manners, and language of a Natal 01
cer, is a mystery yet to ho explained.
Upon his aeknonktiging himself to be a che-
mist, and being asked whether he was a shopman,
he appeared extremely indignant ; he also, with
scorn, objected to the term shopruan, but insisted
upon the term assistant being used.
After considerable difficulty on the pert of Mr.
!Iran and Mr. Gnanan, to make him tell his
name, or who lie was, he said his name was Sa.
inuel Dudfield, assistant to Messrs. Kirk and Co.
druggists, and that he lodged at Mrs. Barber's,
Mr. Wm. Tolkard, of Great Queers-street,
Linosln's.inn-fields, ironmonger, said, that this
evening he observed the prisoner in the pit, making
a great noise and disturbance during the whole of
the performance ; that after the conclusion, he
stood up, upon one of the benches of the Pit, and
after calling silence, ho addressed the audience.
lie commenced- with noticing his having obtained
a former hearing, spoke at considerable length
respecting the advance in the price of admission,
and concluded with hoping that the approaching
Jubilee might not be tarnished by theatrical tyran.
ny, and desired the audience to give three cheers
to his hl.tjesty fur protecting their great rights,
while I hey protected their lesser ones. The audi-
ence cheered accordingly, and they agreed, For-
ticularly those in the pit, to take care of him;
which they actually did, by carrying him out of
the Theatre in triumph.
Thomas Carpenter, of New.street, Covent-gar-
den, said, that after the performance was over, he
saw the prisoner in the pit, haranguing the audi-
ence; and, addressing himself particularly to the
galleries, requested them to join with those o:m the
quarter-deck (meaning the pit), and they would
make the Admiral of the new prices either strike
or knock under. lle ennelnded by saying, he
would head then, in the Piazza, eahorting them,
at the same time, to persevere in the cassia, they
had begun. •
James Osborne, of Alilersgate-street, said, Alit
on Monday night, and Tuesday, he sass the pri.
sober in the pit, after the perfurmaitce was uver,
standing up, and haranguing the anslimice.respeett.
ing the new prices ; and amine other expressions
on Monday night, he said, " D—n my eyes, my"
lads, if we can get within our grappling-irons
Fair-weather .Tack, we'll bring him to book."—
in his speech this evening, among other things, he
said, " persevere, my lade and you will be suc-
cessful," and concluded by saying, while the King
defended their public rishts, they would deTend
their private ones. At the conclusion of his
speech, there was a general " Hum" in the pit,
and the general cry out wasi" Take care of him."
The noise and tumult were, after this address, si-
milar to that after the half price, and so fond,
that not a word could be heard of the perform.
ance.
Ile was ordered to tend bail, himself in 200
and two sureties in 1001. each.