The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-06-01 00:00:00

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VIE PILOT THAT IVEATIIER'D THE

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(Torre, " Char ky osier the enter.")
It has often been said, " speak no ill of the dead,"
But with is nut surely a libel.
And. my narrative's baeled, with plain matter of fact,
A- swear any day on the bible :
pitri friend% us inform, that he leathered Me floras,
'Tis qure a politica. riddle,
As well rni ht we say, that the man woa.tbeilay, •
Who the battle left oil iu the middle. .•.
curious. '
rhea let earl take his glao, and this sentiment pas:—
SIM:COSS to the friends uf Reform, sir,
lu the King, and Me laws, and the People's good cause,
..ind may Britain sliti weather the storm, sir.
When Pitt took command, and to the helm shpt his baud,
Few finer slop: e'er swam the seas, sir,
Though the weather was rough, the old yewel was tough,
And, Well sicced. might have weathered the breeze, air;
Ae proinied the folks; but 'twas only a heax,
lle would steer fur the land of Reform, sir,
For oft he would say, there was nu other way,
To help as to weather the storm, sir.

ctioaus.,
lie %Weed al ,irst w thii4 'twos a short spell,
With freedom's bright star for his guide, sir,
A worthy 'descendant of Eo%laud's defmid.ott,
OLD CH Ctsi AD, of Patriots the pride, sir •
But he lutd not long steer'd, e'er the old tra,, k he veer'd,
And our ve.e.el liocame rather crank, sir, •
Corruption's vile blast hild•ait rotted our mast,.
That we ruu oa the National Bank, sir !! ! •
CHORUS.
Since the course he this changed, and himself thus cstraned
From the people he once swore to mand by,
Our abi..l has been tost, sir, from pillar to post, sic,
Witb ne'er a sate ha hour to haul by :
Spite of famine and Pitt ne'er made for Reform,
Though lie vessel Lay tier beitni rude, sii, ' •
Though ek,...wovosraus einise o'er as, and It rfoitn lay before us,
The thought linker my hair stand un elide ;iv: r! ! !
(.HUN VS.

While thug we were toss'd. a fine venet• we c,rits.:tl,
In distr.-rt. with the Gatlie d t dyio4,
From toarrly cape she h,td spade her escape,
And for libcriq port was hard :
The sailors on IstElul our assistance ins;4or'd,
BA our pilot repticd with a frown, sir,
" Let her e,iii.ealouride, then pour in a tireati4ide,
She's isFrenehinun, and should be run doss is," sir.
tuoaus.

But this pitiful deed quite fail'd to succeed,
And our pilot committed a bull, sir,
Fur nimble monsieur, soon rout is'il to get clear,
And we hulg'd in one ow vessel's httlf, sir :
The strong hOz in the hold, [Oat emitny.:'d all intrigold,
By the slosek, wai so maibkd..t..mt:sir,
And the bole in her ►i.le 1.1-10( wide,
Souse millions of Guineas fell put, ►ir.

r: aaaus.
Hy tlw tempest dense on, !bort and compas, tioth
Our *earl was Altai' a reek, sir,
When an 'dulcet::: gale lore away our nail soil.
And the pito. swept el r off t 'or deck, air:
T:111141111, 4 leeks of tae pilot asp o d to the high I:it,
Of c trrylog tits-ship ttiro' the storm, sir,
Hot the people all some, they ;toted ;ay. .aelt score,
U they did'ut make straight tar R:for,
cit anti b.
Now She old Commodorz.., had for wine time Lime,
Brett by sicitiwss, confin'a to his rot,
So he never vet knew 14711 his crew,
And :he ship had well ni.tA gone to pot, sir:
Then r(icait Nkessioatesso boat, like our Putroitosofmld,
hitp'd that their Coiwoodore toed them. .
Sent up a petition, to dale their entatiii iiiii
But eke gang Out Cabin door .thou'd th,-.7s!!!!!
thanes.
Then our crew rriondly swore. and sec op such -.1 roar,
'Tat our C.ininod,.?:- coed to't but hear it ;
So he pip'd up all hands, and he laid his comm:!:ris—
We shoald speak boldly out, awl iie'er fear it:
Then our sithhesm: i arose, !nag the dread of his foes,
Brave COCH RASE as limiest as bold, sir ;
please your honour, says he, the caw is--d'ye see
There's tee devil to play ia the kohl, sir.
C 110 11.1.15.
Ter site Piniorninvil ?Varlet's. Contractors. Quack Doctors
Have plionder'd and ph sick'd the crew,
od the vermin and rats, far the want of goad cats
Have guaw'd our main limbers near thro' sir;
But what is the worst, please your honour. none thirst
Complain of our sufferings and hardships
Bat BURI)ETT and a few, the delight of our crew,
And the scamps have sent them to the Guard:hips !!!
COO It US. •
Please your honor, we grumbled, and thought to have tumbled
The pitllLl lithSers o'er hoard, sir,
slut revs 1. neverfear, if we once gain his ear,
Ills Honour redress will afford, sir,
For though our old hull is of scorns holes too full,
Otirtrew are all still hearts of oak, sir,
and uu foreign foe, shall e'er take her in tow',
For Brituuswo`ot staudsuch u juke, sir.
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Then ear good Commodore, in an honest wrath swat., .
,Thai his olficen mach had baly'd
They e'eo been persuading, he'd call foreign aid in,
And flat us before theyhad try'll us""'
Bat, sayslw llove dearly my crew, nod see clearly
No safe shore we ever shall land 1111 ;
Such pilots Most fail, who're alarnm'd at a GALE,
They haven +; a kg for to stand on !!!!!
CHORUS.
May ear old Commodore and his ship reach the shore,
And moor.sung in the dock of Reform, sir,
And we so love the ship. we wo'pt cut a ch:p,
More than needful to weather the storm, Sir.
Theo let each take his Glass, and this sentiment pass—
Success to the friends of. Jtefurni, sir,
Tothe King, and the 1.0tc5, and the People's good cause,
And may Britain still weather the storm, sir.

The Four.in.liand Club held their Third Meet.
ing yesterday. The fineness of the day gave the
Members an opportunity of displaying their best
carriages, harness and horses. At two, when
they were • alt on the box, with. their friends,
ready to start, the Persian Ambassador- drove
down between the ranks. The Members saluted
him by waving their hats, and the Ladies at the
windows waved their handkevehiefs, which his
Excellency politely returned. Immediately after
they drove off in grand style, round the Square,
and nit to Salt-11411, as follews :
Elf %RI. as Bo xrolg. Esq. (Leader) four handsome Bays.
I,4)rit HAWK c, iddr ditto;
So Jour Root ns, four beautiful Blacks.

( AGAR t four Greys.
Sir CHAitt.its PFYLue, four Roans (touch admired).
l'apotutAcartts, Corr Bays.
Mr. NitHIGALV am*.
Mr. Srt‘Ln; tow Greys.
The rear was brought up by the finnotirahlo Mr.
11.twaL, with four beautiful Greys, and an elegant
aquipage. The last It/Leming, which is fixed for
Cie 14th inst. is expected to be much more nume-
rous. • • •
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Coax EiertAwni, JUNE I.—To.day, the mar.
t continues to have large supplies of Wheat,
mostly foreign, but few tine samples, a hie!' keep•
their price.; other qualities heavy s le. In Barley•
and Malt little variation; Peas and Deans of the
two kind likewise. New Ticks 4'2s to 475. per
quarter ; old as under. Oats are in tolerable sup.
ply, and this trade also at little variation, Flour
remains at late prices.
CURRENT PRICE.
Mem. - 96.. 1164. Tick Bean., (.44) ?Al. 551.
Fine ditto -- . - UM.. 12b. Oats, ols. ?.34. 50s.
Rye, - - - -834.:16+. 04.
Barley. - -18 s. 04.
Malt, - - - .eab XtiO
W. Net. Bailer) 724. 711 s. .Fine Flour - - 955. 100 s.
Grey Pens, - - - 454. Secuuds
brues, (old) - • 606 651.

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n the -EDITOR-of
Stn,—N,•cessity obliges me to trouble you on
a subject, which certainly most particularly coo.'
cerns• the inhabitants of this Town, but, at the
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same time, very materially affects the community
at large; by your assistance. an aristocratical ty-
ranny may be justly exposed, fur trampling upon
the libcities of the press and the freedom of the
peo4e,
Thei•e are probably 4 or 5000 persons in this
Town (tradesmen, and clerks in merchants' count-
ing-houses), who are unavoidably engaged in bu.
siness until nine o'clock every evening, that being
the hour the Post-Office closes ; these, being na.
fetidly found o'f the amusement the Theatre af.
fOrds, were anxious to do away with a palpable
injustice under which they laboured, and fur that
purpose politely addressed themselves to the Ma-
nagers, requesting they would permit adinissioh at
half-price, at some certain time after the perform.
ance had commenced, as is usual in nearly every
other Theatre in the kingdom. The accompanying
Pamphlet contains all the correspondence on the
subject, by which you will perceive the justice
and propriety of the request, and the unreason.
ableness of the Managers' refusal. The letters eu,
the subject were long befure.thePe bile, anal the Mae
*tigers had stitficient time, before the opening of the
Theatre, to have offered their arguments in favour
oltheirreffsal, but this they stubbornly avoided,
and obstinately persevered in opposing the public,
wish, without deigning to give a single reason.
It was naturally to be expected, that this haughty
conduct would not be overlooked ; of course when
the Theatre opened, the general indignation
was very loudly expressed, and the Mana-
gers, though every moment called for, refused to
appear and explain their insulting conduct. Who
can uc surprized that the same indignation should
be again .expressed on rile ensuing evening, and
au,;:nented, whey Mr. Knight (one of the
Managers) came forward, and allected to despise
their eadeavours to brie; him to reason ? Many
opulent Merchants, members of the Corpora.
tin and Magistrates, bore him out in this oppe,
sition, probably fur two reasons—viz. Recause•
the proposal was first made by sonic persons un-
knoes to :40m, and therefore ought to be op.
posed (thr.Corporatitra generally studying to pre.
vent any public measure being carried which did
leo originate in themselves —and could they pre-
vent it, we not permit the great body of the
people to have Any power or voice); and Idly,
as they are•rhemselves chiefly rich men, who can
attend the 'Theatre at the commencement of the
perfarmance, they dS not hesitate (not feeling the
incouvettietiec) to pay full pricey when nearly.,
tirree.parts;dr littiatt the' bast OW, ortlie en.
tertainments are over, should their avocations
prevent their:attendance at an earlier hour. •
It will cease to be surprising that many, other-
wise respectable men, should have lent, themselves
onihis-oceasion to act as constables, for the liter.
-pose of ingratiating themselves with the powerful
Party, but in their zeal, they have caused riots,
and disgraced the Authority which constituted
them the guardians of the peace.
Printer! have been threatened with every injury
in the po:sr,Tr of Magistrates to inflict, to compel'
them to gt,ve publicity to opinions contrary to
their wislla and sentiments.
Inn-keepers have been threatened with the loss
of their licences, on suspicion of persons having
ink at their houses, who presumed to think for
themselves.
• Young. men have been brutally dragged from
the theatre, and confined in a loathsome prison,
and when, the next day, they were brought before
the sitting magistrates, it has not been known by
whom or for what they had been so abused-a—
Others have' been knocked don n and otherwise
shamefully abused without giving the least offence ;
and though it is true that one of the forward spe.
cial constables has been (with much importunity)
ordered to find bail, it is to be lamented that many
must escape, when screened by so powerful a
party.
No schemes .have been left' untried to ensnare
the unwary. The friends of the H. P. proposal
have, with a parade of fairness, been requested to
Meet Mr. Knight privately to discuss the question,
and afterwards a rule is mei ell for in the King's
Benet, to file a criminal iitferination fur con.
spicery, against all those who date openly profess
.to tie of a different opinion to M. pagers and their
friends; some abstird arguments in oath Gisela
are then published in the papers, and though an
answer, refuting the whole, is offered, no printer
dare insert it. Under these circumstances, we
apply to you, as the firm supporter of the liberties
of the Press, and the cause of the people. Adieu
to our boasted rights as Englishmen, if we suffer
them to be trampled on by an aristocratical fac-
tion, who are even at the very moment vauntiug
themselves upon their loyalty.
We trust, Sir, that your disinterested paper will
be open to our complaints and representations, in
cunfidetice of which see will occasionallye send
you a'corroct statement of all proceedings which
may take place, hoping you will not fail to make
a•bencticial use of them for the public good, to
which it will certainly tend, though the subject is
of a local natere, fur every endeavour is using,
every engine 'Omployid, to intimidate the public
of this town.- (Rim expressing their wishes ; death
and destractiMi are threatened ; the crime of ills-
sering from ;We managers of a theatre is assimi-
laTed to mixiat in riots, or even high treason. In
short the spirit is enthiavoured to be extinguished,
because it is of in independent nature, and has
for its object to skew 'Olathe public voice ought
in some Matters to be attended to.
We are resPecifilly, yenta,. &c. .. •
TRUE IPIXIENDS TO THE D 2104.
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