The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-29 00:00:00

MIMI

MR; ARM

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The fc;liowin; fetter has been addrtssed to the
311.;i.trates of the County of Slidillesear by Mr.
late G 0704110, of thw Cold-bath Prison
4. SlR—After devoting the last seventeen years of
iir„ to the soperintensianee of the Douse of Cur.
rectifir the County of Middlesex, and eonscien-
ti ,ley discharging the *duty of Governor of 'bat
pr;,„n, I find myself removed from my situation at
65 years of age, which renders me incapable of ob.
taittin; other employment, without any charge' hay.
iii 4 been made out against me, or even heard in my
otin defence.
gg Nor is this dismissal all. My son was accused
of felony, and the utmost industry employed by
hl icaris. pogoal on the walls, reports, and paragraphs',
to the newspapers, and no. opportunity omitted to
excite molar prejudice and indignation against
him and myself. We were held up as the most
emisemmate villains, and said to have receiled
bribes to betray our trust. We could not stem the
torrent of public oplaionr having thee so means of
Fusing our innocence. Nor hadl, le U4'04114.
ovation, the advice or consolation of a friend ; for
those, wbo before treated me with kindness anti at:
tention, were the brat to detert me without a cause.
66 Feeling the impossibility of demonstrating My
1014 innocence, J submitted silently to my fate;
living that subsequerit discoieries would develope
cie mystery, and clear him from all suspicion of 111
infimy and baseness of which he was accused.
44 These discoveries have now been made. Each
riteuthstance respecting the escape, those engaged in
it, and the part taken by each, are known to the
public, and fortunately for public justice, my 'in. I
jured chars :ter and for my poor; eon's safety, every
incident can and will be proved. Even the Bank
Solicitors (the most prejudiced of our adversaries),
bare ascertained, beyond all question, that my sun
is totally innocent, and that the escape could not
ban Succeeded*, but for the culpable negligence of
an officer of the prison ; one, who Was the most ac.
tin in vilifying me, and provoking the prosecution
against my son.
46 The material facts elucidating this mysterious ,
tnnsaction have been disclosed by the Prisoner,
Taylor, a principal agent in accomplishing what
was aecessaay to be done within the walls, and who
also knew the manner in which the rest of the plan
was greeted by Folkard. I should, however, ob.
serve, that the particulars stated by Taylor do not
depend on his assertion, but are confirmed by the
most incontrovertible and unquestionable testimony
of others.
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,‘ This discovery having taken place, I feel it
my duty to communicate the circumstances to you
e one of the Magistrates for the County of Mid.
tileorZ 41WOUlly hopin4 you will coodesccnd Co in.
restigata the facts, and, if on that investigation you
entertain eims a doubt of my innocence, let ute be
runiigned to poverty, distress, and ignomy, for the
remainder of my days. If, on the cotrtrary, the. re.
;ult should, as I am !Miami it must, demonstrate
my innocence, and you are convinced that I have
teen prematurely removed from r office, 4 do.
most respectfully appeal to your Justice and hu.
inanity for that protection sod support which I
humbly enneeile I am entitled to upon this occa.
gun ; and I keg t,. emigre you, that should I be
Tetitoreil aging to the situation of povernor of the
Noti,e of Correction, I will, by the most assiduous
and unremittiog attention to the duties of the office,
endeavour to prove myself once more worthy of the
coofidento• which coy heretofore reposed in me.
" Mam, Sir, fcc."

The people of England, notwithstanding all that
is said by the portizans of administration, seem
(Pe t,l11
.19111 to reconcile Lord WELLiNoTos's
victurebt Bissau, with his continued retreat be.
fore the French army. The general inquiry is, why
OH nut his Lordship, who, as the writer LIN us,
11181,000 regular, troops, British and Portuguese,
Ender his command, with 55,000. militia, " (Ter.\
sling upon the enemy's yonsintriacations,l' why did
besot follow up his sictory, and expel at once the
French army, consisting only of 60,000 conquered
and half.famished troops from the kingdom of POr.
tugal ? Why dues he suffer this handful of hungiy,
and infuriated invaders to lay waste a country that his
Lordship and his army were sent to protect and be.
friend? How is it that my Lord of Talavera, who is?
Ishii friends say, the Maamaitu' of the present day,
scores with a celerity unprecedented, before one.
lull his strength, and in country too where the
inhabitants burn with ardent friendship to hit cause,
and with inextinguishable hostility to the cause of
kis enemy ? We must candidly own, that it is not
is our power to reconcile these seeming contradic.
awns, but we have the satisfaction to know that the
Treasury Journals can supply our lack of ability ;
for so great are their powers that they can remove
mountains of difficulty, and so capacious the faith
of their adherents that they can swallow them.-
1651 ardently do we wish that the present campaign
may issue in the expulsion of the French invaders
the kingdom of Portugal ; but we cannot so
Play the fool as to surrender our judgment to
wishes ; nor tan we believe, in the face of evi.
; that the victory of BLIVICO, as it has been es..
"ivusly called, was more or Ices than an advals..
Pined by the French army at a heavy exposes
killed and wounded.—( Leeds Mercury.)
in American paper contains the following ez.
irdinary incident :—ln Fiacastle (Virginia),
non, who called himself by the assumed nun
Walsingham, who lately ran
off
with,
the
wits
1 child of * postmaster, in the State of New
irk, and for the apprehending of whom a large,
Id was offered ; not being able to find the
ordi•red, he was sent to gaol, and there com.l
thil suicide. The manner of his death involve:ll
mystery. Before the magistrate, and &ASP,
lernent, he steadily persisted in refusing to
the name; and after his death it was found
•, he had not only burnt every article of his,
th.1•1,-: that could lead to a discovery of his family,
11d alho burnt a large sum in bank-notes, from
rehi 'islets that they might afford some clue
(lid ct• s let paper on the sject
5 litt, I%Ale hat
inf a a disguised hand.ub His
1).)(itl were cut in small pieces, lest they should
; and Isis face and body so mangled la'
rcsumblave to their original ippetkcalliai.l

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THEATRES;

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geyser GAttidasr.
Suattsasattels Tragedy of Icing. John vu repro,
rented on Saturday night. Mi. EFl434lllinqi
1018
the character of the English Monarch. Vntil -the
third act, the part afftrde little opportunity for the
display of great powers. A Iligrsified deportment,
and a corresponding style, of declamation, are ill
that is trecestary. But the Xingii *interview /fiat
Hubert, in tint thir4 scene of that act, presents a
fine field for the display of a performer's abilitl4l
in depicting the passitmi which agitate the half.re.
solved Monarch, when, in dark hints and broken
sentences he imparts kia murderous desire to his.
minion—a desire so horrible, that he ,has not power
to utter it dircctly—hut, when on the point of
spcaking it, shrinks, inwardly appalled, from the
task. To give full'effect to this scene, requires the
nicest discrimination-the most intimate acquaint-7
mice with the working of the passions in the human
breast, and the effect of those irassions on the henian
Countenance. Mr. KestaLE's performance of this
character afforded the highest dcligkt.—The
Lady Constance of Mrs. SIZDONS is one of the
most subliine pictures of grief and rage that has
probably ever been eihibited en the stage.
&DOOMS feels her veal powers,and gives entire scopt
to them ; without, hosievcr, in the smallest degree
overstepping the boundary of truth. Her per.'
formanee is finer and greater than ever it it. 141',
C. KEldßLENFalconbricke was eatremelylrell
formed. He gave to the character all that rough
bluntness which so peaulierly•distinguislieslt. Ths
trifling part of Prince drthur was sustained ill a
most interesting manner by. Master Cliaissist.
The hoods was crowded. The boxeS were. 6,144
at a very early Isaac; •

The Comedy of All in .the Wrong l 'estimated
by the Critics as one of Mr. MURPHY'S at
dramas ; and on its first introduCtion received
very deserved success. The intention of the play
is to represent at one view the various effects
of the passion of jealousy in domestic life, act.
ing on different dispositions and tempers, snit tin.
.der the different circumstances' of husband and
wife, lover arid mistress. The 'plot lad coa?,
duct possess great merit ; and the characters are
well drawn. The misunderstandings and perplexities.
produced among them. by the indulgence of this an.
happy passion, gre natural and unforced ; and the
incidents are so happily contrived, that expectation
and interest are kept alive to the vet* last scene of
the play. Lady Restless is mere trot ly &Jealous Wife
than Mrs. Oakley (in Mr. Cor.stan's Comedy); N ho
is rather a virago'over a lien-pecked hushind ; de-
sire's; of supporting the appearance of jealousy to
procure an undue influence over her husband and
family.
This Comedy was on Saturday evening very well
supported :—WROUGHTON in • Sir John Restless
;lever lost sight of the scone, and performed with
great truth and spirit. Miss DUIcAN is much im.
proved in her personal attractions, end gave a gay
and pleasing delineation of Belinda, and the Como.
dy received additional support from the eacellent
acting of Mrs. OLOTEIL is Lady Restless. The
house was crowded.
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