The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-08 00:00:00

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COVENT GARDEN TiIEATRE.

But for the notice in the play-bills, it would
have been impossible for a spectator to have ga-
idsered, (coin the gesticulations of the Performers
le Tile 'exile, the name of the performance.
• The unwise Managers obsiiioately persevere in
the:r futile attempts to put down the public ; and
siiliough they are perfectly aware that the termi.
Ration of every performance will be attended with
lan overwhelming clamour, their myrmidons always
make some attack during the two first acts.
Early in the performance, a Mr.CAticriar.o, of
Foster-lane, was dragged out of the Pit for ex-
',hissing his disapprobation by hissing :end crying
.q/f, off. On appearing before Mr. Git Paws, a
man calling himself Cadwallader, stated the griev-
ous disappointment he had sustained by not hear.
Ing the performance on the stage from the ince,.
sant nuisance Mr. CAULtIEID kept up. No as-
*wit being even alleged by Cadwallader, Mr.
CAurstecn returned into the Pit. His brother,
who aec.,mpauied him, lust his hat in the scuffle
excited by this Cadwallader, who, we trust, will
not hesitate to provide him with a new one, on
which it would not be unreasonable to require the
letters 0 P to be embroidered its spangles, as we
saw many in the Pit lest night.

The return of Mr. Caulfield was announced by
an universdi shout. The dance of the MlSat.ll
Adams, in the concluding scene, where the Rein
i)eer in the car so ridiculously opesi to right and
left, produced, if possible, an inermmed degree of
clamour, and the curtain dropped amidst the usual
roar. Placards were displayed in greaser numbers
than usual. Gentlemen in the lower Boxes held
up several ; and in the centre Box of the second
4let three were, at one time, suspended front the
Nat. We heard no rattles, but several horns.
At second price the Pit was more crowded than
we have seen it since the Aril and second nights.
The farce of The Jew ieild the Docter was
performed in less than 25 minutes, and the cur-
tain dropped amidst the must decided marks of
disapprobsition that we have yet witnessed. We
did not see any fighting dr scuffle, except that in
which Mr. CA ULIVIIILD was dragged uut.
Soon after the curtain dropped, the audience
seated themselves, and " (;;cad Save the King"
was about to be sung in full chorus, when a Gen.
tleunan in the truant row of she centre Dress Box,
stood up, and requested the attention of the
House. All eyes were immediately turned in that
direction. The partizans of the Managers is!.re
very strenuous in their efforts to prevent the
Gentleman from being heard ; but, at length,
silence being obtained, the Gentleman addressed
the Company to the following effect :—We
Init leave to preface our Report of what he
said, by stating, that we were on the second
bench of the Pit, from the top, very little re.
waved from the centre., and we pledge cur.
selves for the authenticity of the report—a second
and a third Gentlesuaa afterwards arks trees die
centre of the sixth bench in the Pit ; so that" we
heard what was said as distinctly as the occasional
Interruptions of the partizans of the Managers
would perisdat.
L•DlieS AND GEN num elv—ll have the hon.ur of pretest-
ing myself before you, fur the purpose of stating, circumstance
that is related io a Newspaper of this evening, which I
now hold ha my lund. As I believe it has not been stated in
any other print, it ptubably may be maknowu to many per-
nun Ia this House, that circumstances so disgracefia to the
country i., which Mr live, eau by nay possibility have hap-
pened. The fails to which I allude are particularly and nsi-
nuttly related in Tll/I STATEINVI of thit. evening—and
they are such as will excite the astmtishinent of those
to Whom they may yet be unknown.—Gentlemen, it is a
Brace to the name of Briton, that Emdishmen should be

&sidled and abused as they have been in this Theatre. The
respected Monarc:i of this Kingdom, the Father of hisPenple,
told u., when he first ascended the Throne, that he was a
Brittle born, and that he gloried hi the same of Higlislonan.
1 also. Gentlemen. glory In the woe of Briton; and I glory
in Magilli Chariot. and the Bill of Rights, by which oat only
the preptrty, but the lice: and personal liberty of Engliihinea
ate proteettd—qcsasidersik applause front every part of tie
Horse, and " Go on, go en." frets elf aides] —That the perms
ofanEnglishosisa should with impuuitsbeattachtted in any place,
is most seandalnus—but that in a poblie Theatre ladividlials

should he insulted, alweed, and assaulted, as they hart brew
here, is an outrage upon every principle of the Constitatbso.—
(linnes, and " Go on! go ea /"]—:hat sari has bees the
we, since the opening of thh Theatre, it is intpoesible any
we can be ignorant; but with respect to the outrages coo-
•issitted last night, shall beg leave, with your permission,
,11, read an extract fillets Tut STATESMAW of this evening, is
ritidi She fans OM placed in a stranger point of view than I
phtsps port theser:(" Read, read, road.l
[The Gentleman then read an ostract.ir-
STATV3MAN of yesterday, in sebietslatw •
fir. Wtsetnet.T and other Gentlemen were stated._,
Gesttlenteo, I have full coaddewee in the correctness stf this
account; and I beg leave to observe, that the anther adds,
(after staling that tisteilead of one of the pante* so cruelly
beaten, fell on several parts within the orekesleo)—" That
" our Readers may feel confidence In this assertion, we call
'" oven elms- Performs's-its the neelpess.- -

" stalesonst, (fit io wet corrod."--Gentienten, the ease of Mr.
Wasv U 0 LT himself demoods your particslar attendee—
dial Geatlesan, as it is partkularly Waled ia this Paper, af-
ter being knocked dawn and violently taro nut of the Pit, for
hints,;, and for hissing oily, applied to the Magistrate thou
tilting at the Public 0 See in now-street, * a warrant
to appgeheod one of the persons We had so treated him t
bet this could not he granted—although he knew the per-
ms, be could not tell the WM. lie Owls applied to the Ma-
gistrate fur a warrant, or fur the aisinatiee of the Olken, to
apprehend the person who bad hero guilty of a felony, by
forcibly taking away and keeping Isis hat—observe Grade-
osee, I says a felony—but this the Mazistette said he was
01111411110ble to grant—and Mr. W I a yam iv was dismissed with
Ibis obsorsalioa, " You have had my tretteer."
[lien thaGostlentan.nut being able instantly
'6l refer to the passage in lied SrAriesmax, some
of the order(ft attempted, by smelting a tumult,
lip prevent his proceeding.]
Veotlesacu—lf I hesitate in this part of ney statement—it
lifieve a 11110 to express no mare than what IS restyled is
ihre gr Avs;IIIMP. ( *elm ! that's fatte .' go 414,1 'pawl A-4,
astoel-o,llUNtatitl, go on!) Gentlemen —Mr. W 3 iristal.e.
go retire.* to the Pit, poisted out to owl oat
7 themes against whole he had wilicited a w
asisireg Mate take the 'moo into cessely I b
illsakee-oficers, who can be so superlasoosi, I
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TEI It STATESMAN.

Bally." The tumult contineed for sow nionseists.] Gen-
'time*, I hnve nut exaggerated this transaction. I state
fluts. and here is nay authority. [Holding up Tut ST A r
II AN. "GO Oil, go Oil."] There b one other point to
which I- beg leave to draw your atteetioo, bat I will not de-
ale Ise.
[Here the efforts of the orderlys to excite a tu-
mutt acre revived—but "go on, go en," (rum
all sides, restored order.]

I was about to advert to the " excessive hair which kas
been demanded and taken for the appearance of theme persons
who have been dragged from this House as charges preferred
against them by the Agents of the Managers. Now " exces-
sive WV we all know, Is contrary to law, and is expressly
Meted se to be in Magee Charm. We have seen
recent instances in which persons accused by the Managers'
agents of committing breaches of the peace in this Tile-
atre, bate been held to ball—themselves in filter •r fire
Aradred pentads. and two sitreties in proportionable sums.
Some persons have been able to find the ball demanded ;
while others, unable to procure such "excessive bail," have
bees committed to prison.—[le they have! go on.]—Unw it
happens 1 cannot tell, but lo other cases, where the company
who have rade/ for admittance to this Theatre, have preferred
complahott before the same Magistrates, the party accused has
been disatimed on finding bail—himself in 'MI. and two sureties 1
la 101. each—and this, Gentlemen, in cases in which the son
of ens of the Managers or Proprietors was the party accused
of comailttioe breaches of the peace, by violently assaulting
two penoei In the Pit.—(34r. W /TITS, see TIIR STA TM- ,
MAN of Monday...-. 1 great 7lownsit ! " trose, true ;Go on,
go mss."]—Gentlemen, these are stahhorri facts. Let as, how-
ever, act consistently, and In no Instance violate the law. I
implore yea. to expeess your disapprobation by such means
only as the law, established tiros the custom of two cen-
turies, has given as a legitimate rower to express. But in
the mime of God exprt.s your dieepprnbation in a. other
manner. There are many who now hear me nho hear the
honourable and trader character of father, Husband orßro-
doer. What man bearing each a character, can view those
private receptacles of privileged vice—(pointing to the pri.
rats Moses)—without horror and disgust ?—lit tool shoat
'front all parte of the Houss)—Aithongh I am not a Fa-
ther, I am a Brother; and a Daughter, a Wit., or a
Sister, by appearing ie one of them nem of infamy,
however she might escape the reel danger with which, In
such a placeohe certainly would be tbreate ned. it is impossible
that her reputation oeuM escape disgrace. I appeal to all
who now hear .me, whether it is reasonable, moistest. •rir
even decent, in the Managers of a British Theatre—
to appropriate any part of it to such purposes, as it is obvious
to every roma theme private boxes may be applied. It is
outrageous to the feelings of Lagliskasen en tsetse principle:
for it is certainly an insult to every Brit., that there should
be any part of this hater, to which every see semen have
semi, on pay iug the customary price of adilleidesi•—
[Bravo !mu is semsdateas.l Ladles sal Gentlemen, I bare
but see word to add : Muck Ur been mid of aossystous
friskers. I, however, have Mated farts, and do sat memo to
shelter myself under the mask of CROOMIIRICIII : my swine, my
residence, mid my occupation, 1 shall, therefore, freely dis-
einso—my Marne it3o*grliq BPI anew, my ereidereere the East
(Nina CEIA 1111111 L% and my occupation, that of a Wis a-
alltaelle a N T."

[The ham Irosaa'd and cheered Mr. turnaltow
for several minutes.]
A Mr.Ocivest soon after the conclusion of Mr.
SPA RRow's speech, presented himself to the com-
pany, on the pis th bench of the Pit (from the 4,p),
and silence being obtained, addressed the House
in the following terms

LADIVI AND GllNTLVtalet-4 lUD 42 advocate fee Old
Prices—and sty Tema for expressing disapprobation of the
ceadert of the Proprietors la, the iris comic-6os I feel of
the jeatice of the claim mew made by the British public, the
character of which I serioesly call upon you to -upport.—
Rorer, that oisce boasted residence of freedom, is now en
more—and we may say, in the language of our imam-fa
bard, that her frzedota and her power sue dissolved,
" And like the baseless fabric of a vittioa,
Leave not a wreck bellied."
Let us. however, preserve that freedom which has been
headed down to as by our ariendors, and elf which we are us
iyet living examples. hs Cie cause of freedom, and to main-
; lain the prisjlege of exercising our just rights, let us continue
M exert ourselves. 1 had the honour of addressing you
snot ten evenings ago, and certainly did et.epe the raw of
those men, who, like " roaring lions," ga stb.out devouring
these who dare stand up for their right, of expressing public
disapprobation in this Theatre. I see w ith pleasure the ex-
ertious of the Fair Sr.r IN the cause of Freedom—their coon-
temusceaalmates in; arguments, and gives force to what I now
say. !Durgin you to persevere in what you have begun, per-
mit me to express a sincere hope, that nothing like a mob, or
disorderly asemblage, may, only insportaut as occasioa, coun-
(erect our legal efforts—by giving the Managers, or their parti-
zans, that opportunity which they so asaiously seek, of imput-
ing to us an intentioe to rist. Let it be al ways in year recollec-
tion that we are met to rapport the law. sot to Mortise it,
as the blimagers bare One. (Muth appkossa.) Let mode-
ration be your motto. The haughty Coviakintsa, which Mr
Kaltaus has as ably pattssaided, will net bead* ad"'
And before he will yields be most feel Moro'
paldkresentment and score.

Pim a person exclaimed, 66 Mtn* b on Ail
ren.q from Both."]
Gentlemen. It is not new that " nefelety casing" baps
liprwag from apparently " ceases." The question far
which the people are now eoetending is, tlle preserve-
don of that freedom which animates as yen tlaf " Priv
-WC as !WE "--"Peer."—tfivisi.7-711 the elms of tie
Managers, that despicable hireling, The Post, has mos
lunteered its services, as it does in every thing that Is
bare and dishonourable.— [ Hasse .] —Bat I am enema..
ed soh all view it as it really is, a vehicle of eormildhas
Bat the spirit of the people i* rowed, and the tide offended&
has burst forth from the floodgates which restrained it s
and let as keep our runt on the*pot where it is planted, that
line which Justice and the Comtitution draws t—we aught
to persist in this contest or perish its the came. If we
enatishe to persevere in our opposition by the expression of
legal hod canstitutional disapprobation, we shall eertssi.sly
succeed ; and here, I beg leave t n say, that, though I come
forward na this occasion to repress my sentonerib, I newr
win lend my name, my arm, my stick, or my earned, on ally
occasion which I did sot think justifiable, and where, I. my
hawser mud eothrienec. I thossAlst I should be be borne out by
the rights of the Conaitotion, anal the law of the band. Geh-
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acmes, it appean to me that we have beat the btanagen

argameni, and that we have beat he la liberality. Let
also ,he them that the Britlita Public are superior to the

in purer.
[Mire several persons exclaimed, " There's
it the Manager's Box," to which the
attention of the whole House was lestantly di-
rected. A Gentleman immediately retired from
the Box, bat whether it was or was not Mr.
Kteor.a, we have not the means of kifitenting 'nue