The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-10-24 00:00:00

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The (snowiest /tog ad vertlaarite•tt. Snit ed
is *U the Morniag Perri 0f this day
itor4L, POINT 041 ADEN.
THIS SYSNING, Tit. IRON CHEST.,
• To which wig be added, OSCAR and MALVINA.
Tbe•S•ors will be "end at Wiest 5, sod the Play be-
e gds at half-peat f.
Boxes. lts Second Price 3s. Seeesd Prime
Si
Gallery 6. Second Pdte le.—Vppet itellery Is.
Tn-ohnrcow, The Bias of tho Wahl, with a mew
llwioal
Piet* called the .labilee. The Pablic are respectfally la-
that the *profits of tit% Rvisidg's Entertableints will
gives ,to die Fad' of the Society for the Discharge sad
lief of Poisons insprlioaed for Small Debts.
The Proprietors of the art Theatre Royal Is Covent-
Illaiden beg leave errin most resporolly to address themeelves
to the Public, by *hose jedgemeitt they ate etatible they
eget, in every thing stithie their pewee, to begelded. They
promos to Wok that the present regulate*. or the prices of
sloblition wail, cm due cousideration, be feted to be sup-
porta! by terry ferment of reams and justice. awl are
happy to see that it ',sett with the approval a sr', largo
osojarity of tee ererwaintp. The Proprietors steno; sliming
at wealth sod exorbitant pint they ate sweetly Ishowriag,
for a fair sabsinteme. It had been outhoritatively aced
factor* rood, after thefallset sad most inipstrtioi
that the adoptive of the fuser prices would subject
them to • owes" tors of three-simmers per cent. per an-
new oe **capital : but some persons have said that this
evil might be obviated by a system of stricter eenoomy:
the Proprietors, is the steeliest of there w Theatre, have Med
no the eldest expense, it has *tee, tap from se *stint 4WD
to molt lA* ocoommatletion, sad come the safety of allatie
meet to It : sand secondly (as the ;Wale had a right libl;pedt
they should), to collect such perhitoters, sot display sec,,
dresses, and decorations, Ike. as alight heetatmeri-
'--••the *Shiite leer of the drama words's(lt ori•
----gale. under what heeds .cos st. se. •
1- The Amore sot Aslteeses
Ishoows for a saiellee ,opos- ,
-oetdat.sheeid Thoolemot that*"
_ so Theatres oat of idoedoor-gos4ll*Oltotideises
have id bathes* Otteaahlts:to mrslertotte to dlrsett Ron. is
gre•Mws her *seethe praspot:i .f web et citifoitore fame: ait
homed .tbdetaisolood,lidoro oolsood.i!ele. jia the scenery,,
dresses, deestratisses. lightly* #e. et 1111101" i, article
ie
daily eleawasimai is price, all reduction of
,espeisi
&oily. impracticable, Tile wmellegueimfteetatis, thag, even at
the present prices, the secs sty' the Proprietors' ate admen
of providing every. thing veer fur ilMest every repitsenta rine;
wilt, with the chalk eceosety.,* foe time years malfrially,
reduce, if not tosallietsiaile,. their Ovid.' • .
The Proprietors hope they shall not be thnoght tntraleive
fee 'pia appalling to the reason and justice at the freapoweers
ett the nig* to save all who are. c ocerhell In it frolu'osz
ler rule : they trust that they shall mot be disenpointed in
!heir confident reliance, of this steeminn, on the iiherraity,
inindelli, nod justice of a great and generous nation aced they
are persuaded that, as itsfeetmooteig it is not at Oar choice to
~stisr As present terms of asboission, which are as moderate as
Ow could make titan, they shall be allowed by their weirder-
raped exertions, to autenvoar, as the only return they can of-
r,llhPfav the potreasge and favour they testiest, while tbcy
Moe the honour of evincing, by ensnaring efforts, their un-
ailed seal for the improvement of the auseweinests of the
tio'Propristors
"- " truly—to

rem eeeesiey Ile-1
meet be express& 1
pestles dire they

, thems*lres " respect-
Public, *hose persons Mg*

address
ely— that POO,
been bruised, *tangled, :sited, and imprisoned
by ruffians, bruisers, Bow.atreet officers,and Box.
keeping professors—the turnkeys of the Theatre,
retained, hired, and paid by these worthies, who
so respectfully address that public, which, by
their agents, hat been so treated..,." Due cuis.l
aideration" oaf the prices, the publin cartelnit
have given, and bate considered, nut ii Wee* to
them. They have also givea "due eino.llervitian4.,
tin the Private Runt, respectiat which, not one'
word have the Proprietor& yet .dareil to
Mistake opt, Citandeasen Proprietors, the true and
sieery.rooted source of the. opposition to twat
attempt—the private BOXO4--tho *irate Ale
cliaisbere...the privileged Circle—fitted of
boundless, wasteful,_ mutton expenew ; to dci.
which the public Roses and Pit are loaded wii,
advanced prices—id that privileged Circle lies ,
t•l'e true soitrre of the resistance of the public.
Threw down the privileged Inclasures, admit the
pablic at large to a third tier id public Boxes—
r:charge half a' guinesit. guinea---any sum you I
se, • but let that tier or Boxes be upon
v- —Who. to visit them. —Yon
,tnay, by that measure, remunerate. yourselves
amply, and yet reduce the public Mores and Pit hi
the old standard. Your preen wiU be then much
greater than: they veer could be; were it pos.
sible that you could carry the point you are now
SO vainly attempting to enforce. What insanity
Lean possen the Proprietor', that they du not see.
and adept this plan !
We shall not take the trouble of wading through
this precious Advertisement ; it is clear, that after
basing, failed in bullying the public, the Proprie-
tors ere now imploring their merciful compassion. 1
The fact is, the Kzanz.r family begin them.
41110101 to dread that result, of which their few re.
iwareing from& have king been apprehensive—
thet their. Meow on the boards of an
Staglish Theitre, will-not be tolerated by the in.
.l cant and justly enraged People of England..
r7;*
*The Woodman, and Oscar and Malvina, were
Vie performing" of the evesting. The early part
of that play went off with little interruption, but
the sound of the performers' voices on the Stage
in.the last Act, and of the music of the enter/
tainment in the orchestra, were completely sub,,
ducal, by the yokes of the performers in the body
of the House. The disapprobstioo woe more hied,
and more decisive,. than it has been fur many nights,
and has certainly increased generally. Tie House
was filled...and amongst the spectators females
predominated, not only in the Boxes, but in the
Pit, at the early part of the performance.,-froin
the arena thelentalett, however, prudently retires(
at the conimoteensent of the performance, there..
For the information of many of our ltesders, who
are at a lose to account fur the
.preseneo of
many females in the house during such a pooled of,
nightly tumult...we beg leave to inform them that
the orders now Issued fur the Boxes &reconditions'.
Each order to the Boxes admits four—three of
whom, U Is saderstood, are to be Ladies. Tha
same practice to a certain extent prevails with re.
spect to the Pit. Places in fictitious names are,
encrsed in the bot 4 of thop l'refescer-rler the

at a

den. This is see of the warless modes of filling the
noes.. Beth the GSMelee are also now regularly
packed every everting—otte.fentale with a gypser
hat, Ile base specked Wit's@ front row et the Two
Shillings Gallery, five serieeseiwe nights. The Pit,
elk particularly a majority of the upper beeches
was tiled last night dressed wee, whose
desubanour was perfectly correspondent with theft
appearance. Disapprobation was expressed, loud.
ly, and decisively, by Scleral parts of the House,
but chielly by the Pit—severai persous joined its
-the Boxes.
When the Second Price cotnmenctd, the. Bow.
street Of exerted themselves to prevent an
overflow In the Boxes; but the parties who had
paid theft money, finally prevailed.
To the numere placards displayed in the pit,
there Was nut an attempt at opposition—they were
raised and moved about without molestation :
and here it 'may not be improper to observe, in
answer to these falsestoosts, by which it is at.
tempted to egoism the oppositiva to the Pit alone
—that the greater nembee•of the placards that
nightly rear their obnoxious beads, are thrown
ft tna the Baste into the Pit.
In the After-piece, when the Cramp is fh
,jfaires, the spectators expressed their otesperielic
feelings, with loud acidamatioasy lentil the covla.
grebes, Ainisiredi •
• The Private Braes were thin—and the females,
as might be expected, not numerous—these Kure,
however, Wine Who fir a sioasWerable time heaved
the observed/AS of the +it...140t they were at
lest losable. ani longer to maintain their -teat.,
and the Private Boxes were finally entirely cleared
of females. They can never go down with the
Public; they are inennsistelit with the parity of
English s6clety, and habits ; and they are incon.
latent with the rights- of the public.
The 'operation, of :these pewerful principlre
wttt hhaity aumPal the.Proprieters to throw theta
open, foe the ob-oions consequence.. is, twits upon
OW pretest plan, they will be deserted:
." Two young Gentkniett„, in •Naval unif,irms,
Appearing in the left hand Stage Hos,- the c lu-
rid', sung God save the king, Auk Britannia,
`had Hearts of 00.1... in ultich the youths joiii.•4l.,
and waved their bats. • ;
• The Firemen of the ilouFe obtruded them_
si•lees, at usual, .upon the tompany in the
theft was at one period a violent struggle for the
:-irpOlsion of some obnoxious characters, in o litcb
the °position, were successful...bet there was no
fighting...oor was any individual apprehended by
the Putice;o4ficers.
The oppositian• has certainly increased ; hut it
is now manifeiteti by hitting; ballooi.ig, whistling,
and cries of 44' 01 (JJI Or" sinatcompanied
by bores or rattles:
IVhen the lights tame almost ill extinguished,
the company finally atatiklved.
The House, whets tintpty„ looks forlorn and
dirty, bearing manifest digits of wear and tear, so
considerable, as to have the appearance of the cum,
elusion, rather thins the asnithenceuien t of• season.
$h ill we perialt aer king's to be King John's yobike !••
Be BMus& on the 26th, and rally foals the.Bleth,:'
liad. le the
VIA Übe* pit,
iitineneltiness
KKiyi Jeeset Jahns'
Schoen° the 'jitney
, • '
• • And rally on the Isth I
. Hasse I inutaali" 4• • '
4teellne to "t.
to tweor-,..
•! •10;ToTte eke -
rier •
Therefore dna t
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ai likes ost cant
Old Pentes,'e
• ..Oily Per CeoiewA lie! a grew tje M
~.
" OW pHees, et se play."
Beware ennead prine-lightarvf '
" tbe new ; •
fast--neg Al I do," •
•• A dance, to the tusk of Itans(g.iddity, wk
perform about this bins on the beaches iu the
44 Ito CAW. CON. Sines."
Tie Onto asap were cleared by the corm.
spondenta4lervallons un this placerd.
The followitig was read aloud to the Buses
during the performance, where it excited very
great applause : ..•
By desire of the Greet, will he pee/leveed, in the Private
Bases, THE BELLE'S STRATAtitAI,
. With LUCK and KEY.
To whiea will be edged, Sac terr *oat* 111101rINC.
A Quotation fro* Sitasaisitatt. •
' 6o tell his we come to *peak his Iota; mad Asa no
go it 'wade say, we thi.rk him osonyoroiteointosiirernitoroli-•
via seltquovoiptiva greater than in the awe of jadgwce
At. Go tall hint tolv, and Ode—Tsai if he operhoid ft*
op Ouch, %ell owe of Wyo."—
Tatait.us me Gammas, Act Yd. Scene 7th.
. •
PETITION to the LO RD (31.11//3E R L
. Yesterday a Petition, signed by upwards of
lifty rispeetAble I loaseholderst resident in rho
neighbourhood of"the New 'Theatre, Coventa.ger:.
den, was presented at the Office of the Lord
Cbs.Mberlain, by the Gentleman whew mime was
t -the heed ef the List.
irises Peettitsur Mr wsbedies" etiteea3-thltr- the
nightly distartiatioes in the neighbourhood of the
Theatre were' its alarming, Oa; the' inhsbifalits
were, apprehitisive of serious euntequenc..and
rayed the Interfer em
enee of the authority ISO
.hortizChamberlaist to suppress the istrisuntel att.
. tub Gentleman tee huiti the .petition was pre.
'tented et the Office, bolting Cold it, stated his•
gret at beiiig 'leder the neceestai helenaing 'the
44:Witmer's that the authority of thetord
CMtees-
be:slaftt was restricted to' perfortioicivs di the
stage only...he thwiefure lamented. that his Lord..
ship could not take .cokailatten of so ittitly-
fosintied a ciesplains...and suggeited the propriety,
of presenting the petititnr to the Secretary tlf state
for the /lunge ikpartment—to whom, ilreuitse-
ouetice of such "inivrte, st was aCeorilingli
vercd. No ensile has yet Weil received; indeed
this lime obviousty could not yet admit of one
being given:
Bestwo.,ltirre matches wilt 'shortly take
place the host between Rachman, the black,
Young Belcher, fur *OO guineas; anoili..r.
tweets Dutch Sans and.a Young If ate ; .1
the third, between Cropley sod Angell; lei
them' are to take place' tin use same daf, '
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