The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-10-30 00:00:00

To THE EDIT° li OF TILE STATESMAN.

Silt—lf it 1x right to pay the Performers with
only equal, but f.tr superior, to the
tint Officers or ytute, I see no sufficient reason
dignities of honour should be withheld from
th 6 lliiiirtie lleroes,
Who strut and fret their Iron. upon the stage."

Why bhuni(l the Directio3 of Cori:tit-garden,
mure thaso th.it of the ludic House. or the
Corporation of Loudon, be without Knights,
*Liaruttets—nye, and Lords ton ?—The Proprie.
tun of Covent-garden Theatre, have rendered
11r. Percesal and his Colleagues as important ser.
rice is dirertitig the attention of the People
from contemplating the result of the Spassish
Campaign---the 44 Grand Expedition," and
the honourable intrigues of pistolling Secretaries,
aid a despicable, deceitful, hollow.hearted, set of
Ministers, as the belligerent Sir IVillia:n Curtis,
the stippk Sir James Shaw, or the ailq-tongned
Sir Charles Price. When peace shall be restored
to the Theatre, and the play of Pivirro h,. an-
nounced, why shush! we act see, in the hills of I
the nicht, the cis:trader-of ellon:o by Sir Charles
-Kemble, Bart. that of Italia, by John Plidip Earl
linable, ate' places to be taken of Sir .1. Brandon,
Knt. Professor of Boa-keeping, and Head Turn.
key eicuvent.garilen Theatre? If, unfortunately,
Clot great lax.yer and high anthoe•itg, Mr. Jets.
tics Mainzoaring shall be of opinion that the
peerage of the Great Philip is objectionable,
on account of the nightly prn,ll.4sional avocations
of that lofty personage, lI intreat him to remelt).
ber, that the .Itity in the house of Peers may be
performed by proxy, and Oat too on a scrap of
paper nu larger than one of D.tn the Hittite's or.
Minot' rs or rewards might surely be conferred ;
on the Proprietors of the Sew Theatre, am' their'
able and most judicious assistants. The int:rho.
rious minduct of Professor Brandon, 1 4rust, will
WIRT 1w forgotten, for if the 1)411 %%Inch that
fater/hd is perforating, hilt hitherto unhAitigly
faded is. Airing totirersal tiatiefaction to tire• Mob--5
the respectful, endearing twin of the' Professor for
that Public by %hunt he lives, the merit and fa-
lout of the Professor will nevertheless be hamled
down to posterity, as a brjlliant exa...aple of what
may be effected by a liberal and jearle.rs declare.
Lion on the E.Ningelisit.
I am, Sir, your's, &c.
Lincoln's Inn, Oct. ?S. 1908. Dr. PANGLOSS.

To the EDITOR of TUE STAMM AN.

SI R —My cariosity being excited by the marvel.
lees docriptiinis tha• have been given in the pub.
lic prints of the twelvepessuy pigenu.hules, 1 went
to the Theatre on Saturday evening, accompanied
by a friend, for the express purpose of seeing,
from those aerial regions, the now Performer, Mr.
Easturos. Ilavina reached the summit of the or.
duous ascent, we threw down our money, but judge
of my astonishment, when, instead of receiving the
accustomed passport of a check, we were asked,
%kith a vacant stare, what we wanted " Athnit.
thee to be sure," was the reply.—" The Gal.
lery latish," oai the rejoinder; and we in vain
I:rged admittance, stating, that we should require
no return of our money ; remonstrance was fruit.
less, and we were rudely repulsed. A person at
that moment leaving the Upper Gallery said, its
the pro,enee Of the door keepers, " Gentlemen,
Mere i. plenty of room.”--" That don't signify,
its of no use to persevere, you cannot go
in—
saeh are our orders"—terminJted the conference.
Nuw,Sir, you will infinitely oblige me, (and I have
no tl•subt you posse.. the information,) by stating in
your Paper, whether the Proprietors of this patent
Theatre can legally justify the refusal of admis-
sion to individuals to any part of the Theatre—
admitting even that it were full—for although the
Gallery, Pit, or Bow, may be crammed, yet, if
individuals ehoose to pay their soon, y for the
chance of obtaining the places of those who may
retire, it appears w holly inconsistent w ith justice
or propriety, cysts io that extreme case, to refuse
admission to any one who offers his mousey.
I am, Sir,
A DETESTOR OF IMPOSITION.

[On the subject of this letter, we think our 1
Correspondent, so far from cainplaiming, ottett to
congratulate himself on having been suffered to
ascend the stairs leading to the Gallery—for se-
veral Gentlemen, as we stated last week, were, on
litursday, stopped at the bottom doors by the
Guards, who presented fixed bayonets to those
who wished to enter the door leading to the
stairs of the Gallery. As to the question of right,
we have sot the smallest doubt that the conduct
of the Proprietors, by their servants, in this, as
in many other instances, is clearly an abuse of the
Patent ender which the monopoly is claimed, and
which Patent is, therefore, unquestionably im-
peachable un the ground of abuse—as is also
every Patent where abuse can be found.

StActot.—Last Thursday, a poor lrbouring
man at St. Alban's, who owed Is. Gd. at a pub-.
lie-house, And borrowed 10d. of another, being
unable to discharge the same, it preyed so strongly
0:1 his mind, that ►e hanged himself. A Coro.
u..r's Jury returned a verdict of Inourrity.