The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-16 00:00:00

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Mr. I toady, Stationer, 4, Duke-street, Grosvenor-9(1113re
Mr. T. fe4g, Ilooksellett, 111, Cheapside ;
NI. Simmons, corner of benther-lane, Holborn.
Amount of Subscripti:llls already advertised ... .1.:377 1 6
By the hands of theTreestirer ofthe Ancient and Hos.
IA ober Troop, N (me -stmt.-up:are, Shoe. I toe, to
the .r Lic.otenant,„Miller, T:ea•orer to the Food for
• tee ilettuclinic of Perform curnidrrrd as unjustly pre-
ferred by the Atomics of Ooreut-GurdenTheutre £6 6 0
Vice Society 1 1 0

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Towards A hating the unfair attempt to take advan-
Mgt- of the fosse 4 0 0
A few Friends, ituyal Oik, Seven Dials 0 12 11
•It is requested that all Commisnir..atiuns nn the subject •f
the above pro.ecutodis may he made to Mr. William West,
Attoroev, Ni. 7, Cleuvroe4-Inn.

COVIgHT-GARUEN THEATRE.
WHEREAS a MOSTATROCIOUS and
VIOLENT • ASSAULT said BATTERY was
act' iwirrnso an Mr. GOWLAM, ht the PIT of this
111E11N:1.E LAST NIGHT, tom which floe. oust micas
qtrst-rittence:. ere likely to rewire, by. a :I UM BEM of EU
NPI Nu
S. Some of thew meld to le WOKKM t R estptoyea
• • about IWTheaur, APti others; mid n 3 there is moo. to
wts-
.peet they were Introduced fay the Pnrpuse,vit is ragstraill
that inforioatiiin respecting the above Our tie he glycol.
Mr. WM. WEST, Ammeter, 7, Cleasest's loa. . .

LITTLE EASTCIILAP, FISH-STREET HILL.
• Very extelleot Household Furnitove litimisome four-poet
bedsten stud rich hangings, lined :tad termed ; cleats bed-
ding ; wardrobes, secretaries am! hosibcases, pedestal side-
board ; I I goad nueoNtity dining-rnom chains, covered
with red Moroeco, several capital carpets, French draw-
lug-room w judo w-cartaios,
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
By /dr. SKINNER,
On the Premises, No. 15, Little Eastcheap, TO-MOR-
ROW, at Eleven o'clock, without reserve, by order of
the P•oprietor, Mr. JO,IN HEWITT, going aloroad.-1-
Tbr Furniture is its excellent condition', being nearly new,
nod consists of every article warthy the lineation of those
• wh.s waist furnish usefully mad oroameutally, via.
LOFTY maboxsoy double-screwed four-post
bedsteads, sfeet 6 ouches wide, stith rich chime fond-
tore, priiue goose ant (lowa bordered feather heM, coach-
tap b-dstends, with furnitures ;um suitable bedding; ward-
rstoe ; double and single eiseAs of draviers ; secretary and
boo c I.‘r. ; mahogany portagr chairs, and sofas to match ;
• some handsome carpets, one of which I. an elegant Turkey
Brussels carpet, 15 feet by 15, and a ditto 15 feet by 12
feet ; hearth rugs ; mahogany disdox, card, Pessibiolte, and
dres-ing tables; cosisunej, pier, and drew* giaaws. and
micro..., in righ and etrtasst gilt ftameto ; twelve drawing•
room elbow dinars some fine ; print' ; china ; a
capital eight-day clock in .aniss,- Lay raw ; kitchen requi-
sites; about four chaldran of caal-, Hie. itc.
Toe whole may be viewed the Mornings of each Day's
bale; mid Cattioxues ito on the Premises; Bridge- A and
Cofer-hoove, Grim dottrel-Wert ; Sin Tavern, La,tcheap ;
and of the Auctiower, Newisisktn.

PRA CF. OP %Tacl:B i) AY AT ON E O'CLOCK.
Spec Piet.
,C.oer. 14 • Long. A5e...131
1N14148111 011114•11 . fir pie..
4 per Gest... Ala [ Lela.' &Nide... J4l.
I par Cast.. .IUI f 4 E %co. Se.. Is.
for Ace. 301 . LJtiery Tirketi

THE STATESMAN.

. LONDOP t
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TIIIISSI/A If, 1110110111111$ 16.
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Tlltltle L. nothing in tie' Foreign Papers,

to *corroborate the report, if the defeat
Ilht Tuition Squedross.• 'the silence of
the French Prints is nut, however, conclusive
MONK that 'event having happened. The Wool-
tikkitore..ship is arrived from Gibraltar, where
/lee saw -adios; was unknown. A Gentleman
from Holland asserts, th it he there saw letters
freest Montitellior, stating that the ilii.nirrins had
met, and fiat from Toulon *as dispersal. The
eiiii6ritiatioo of that report would induce us to
believe, without hesitAtiiiti, that the French had
been defeated, for which dispersed-would naturally
be the term by which they would describe the
event.

Every day brings contr.stlictory reports respect-
ing the state of the Tyrol—what do Ministers
WWI by the " statement" that has beer, so Indus.
trionsly propagated? Is it on the resktatice of
the. Tyrol and 150,000 -harp-shouters that we nre
to pLace reli.mee fur lite delNoratiee of Europe? are
the Tyrolese to be subsidized Z If they are, we
should be happy to know by whin means the sub.
slily is to be conveyed. This is the perfcc;itni of
ridicule !
WE are happy In find, in an Altmann Piper
of the 25th of September, a contradietion of the
report that Mr. JEFFEIOON had refused to receive
our. iihnister, Mr. JAcastivt.

I.r is now slid that Naroutom will not revisit
S paia, almost immediately proceed against
Turkey, at the head of a formidable army. Of
the truth, or even origin, of these reports, we arc
il,eorant. That the dismeotherment of European
Torkey would be one of the results of the Treaty
bztween France and Germany, we lung ago
stated as our Opinion. A settled state of
adairs in Europe is not to be expected,
until erer source of compensation is exhausted.
A report is in circulation on the Continent, that
the Russian troops have reused to quit Gallicia.
This appears unworthy of credit.

The conductor the Proprietors and Managers
of Covent Garden Theatre, has at length reached
ti.e To illitstrate their treatment of the
Public, we intreat the attention of that Public to
the Ai ire tiserni•nt on the subject of the atrocious
outrage cunituitted un the person of Mr. Coattails !

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COVENT GARDRN TiIE4TRE.
What we have long anticipated hat at Web.
happened. A gentleman of the name of Jed*
seph Corrlans, in a wholesale linen-house
the City, was last flight carried out of the The.
etre in a stale of insettsihility. On being Cla
emitted by the Surgeon, to whose house at the
senior of Charles-street, Covent Garden, Is
,was taken, his life was declared to be in itnndt
meet danger. He was speechless for a consi.
derable time; but at length, with much diffi-
culty, expressing a desire to be removed, he was
taken away by hi, friends. At an early hour this
morning he eas examintal by Mc. Jackson, the
surgeon...the mast material injury appears to be
in the chest and loins; but Mr. Jackson at pre.
sent declines pronouticiug a decisive opinion.
That the Public fury form a correct opinion on
thili unparalleled outrage, it is necessary to state
the circumstances, which unquestiouably led to the
commission of this atrocious act.
On Saturday last Mr. Cipslam applied at nth
Public Office, Bow-street, fur a warrant *plait
Certain Hewetson and Mr. White, die latter 'of
which Gentlemen lie charged with having assaultedd,
and the former with having rescued White%
whom Mr. Cowlam had seized, and was cooduet.
iug to the office. Mr. Birnie, who was the Sit-
ting Magistrate, granted a warrant, but.desired
the officer to defer the execution of,it till Mon-
day, when" the parties were to Wed at the office
for an hearing.
In the afternoon of that day, Ibit..Cowlatn at:
tended at the Office, where he found Captain ,Hew-
etson, attenfled by his Lady. Mr. White having
gone out of town, as it was said, " on horse-
back," was not present ; it.was therefore pro.
posed by Mr. Birnie, the Magistrate, to meet
again on Thursday, when Mr. Read, who was
also present, asked Mr. Cowlam, " what he
wanted?" Mr. Cowlain then stated his case ; min
the conclusion of which, Mr. Road obseived,
that the Grand Jury was now sitting, and he
might prefer indictments there. Mr. Bernie then
said, that Mr. White was discharged; and after
some conversation, the Captain was dismissed.
%Viten the doors were opened last night, the
Pit filled faster than usual. Oa the bottom rows
were stationed about sixty hired ruffians, consist-
ing of bruisers, workmen, and labourers. Speed
the Plough was interrupted at an early period of
the performance, by the disapprobation of time
company ; and before the curtain 'hopped, the
nuise and tumult acre very groat. The rid.
flans were particularly active in pushing per.
suns about, with a view to produce a distill..
lance ; and, acting in concert, they attacked
those individuals wise store 0. P.'s, amid who ap-
peared unsupported by any of the oppositian being
near them.

As the curtain M 39 rising, at the commencement
of The Blind B:►y, Mr. Cowlam catered the
wl►eye he was accosted by a Gentleman,
of the name of Powell, who sdiqt, Ace. Cow-
lam, there is a gang of ruffians in the P►t,
who are committing • terrible outrages, and
I advise you to keep out 'of their way." Mr.
Cowlam said, " where ?—perhaps thecumay be
the persons who behaved so ill before—l may re.
collect waled their faces"— when stepping down
two benches to look At them, he was instantly
suriuuntled, and a person tAclaiened, " Air is
the ►eon, none for it !" It is necessary to state,
that Mr. Cowtam had NUT an 0. P. in hit lest,
isor did he wear a meth!, or any other badge of
opposition. lie had neither hissed, shouted, •or
opened his lips, but ►n the etroversation with Mr.
Powell, that has Wee related, and had not
been in the Pit quite five minutes. A few
minutes previous to 31r. C.'s being surrounded,.
a Gentleman's pocket was picked by one of
the Ruffians, who was seized in the act, but on
the Gentleman's requiring one of the Police 011.
cers to take charge of the offender, the Officer re-
fused. The Rtillians then making a general attack,
rescued the pickpocket. On being surrounded,
Mr. Cowlam was collared by one Nicholls, said
to be a journeyman belt-hanger, by Rich. Wood,
a smith, and by a man of the name of Cadwallader.
At the same instant, a person of the name of
Smith, raised a bledgeon, and Mr. Cowlam fell.
fhe gang immediately jumped upon him,
.and he
was kicked by every one who cou;d reach him, ,
till he was senseless, in which state he was
carried into the pissege, and left on the floor.
At the apprehension of his death, the greater
part of the Ruffians instantly bolted out of the
Pit, releasing six other Gentlemen, who they had
seized at the same moment. Perry, the fireman,
going into the passage, saw the body of Mr. Cow.'
lam, which he iminixliately took up, and carried hint
on his shoulders out of thetheatre,to the house of
surgeon, at the corner of Charles-street. The re-
port of• a man being murdered, spreading through
the House, produced violent agitation amongst the
tampion), fur several minutes, and 'only tiotishlt!tl
on intelligence being received that Mr. Cowlam was I
not dead.

The performances closed amidst expressions of
disapprobation, indignation, and 'rage, greatly
surpassing those of any former evening.
After the curtain iirnpped, a Gentleman in the
Pit adcriessing the audience, stated the particulars
of the outra;e that had been committed, and the
dangerous state of the gentleman. He called on
such of the company present as had witnessed the
transaction, immediately to adjourn to some
Coffee-house, for the purpose of drawing up a
statement of the facts, as information had just been
received of the Magistrates having refused to grant
a warrant for the apprehension of Smith, the sup-
posed murderer. lie added, that numbers could
testily the outrageous behaviour of Smith, during
the whole evening, in attacking persons who wore
0. P.'s. Immediately on the Gentleman, who
was heard with the profoundest attention,
ceasing to speak, there was a general cry
of "Ile's dead !" throughout the house, in
which the agitation again became considerable.
At length, " To the Temple Coffee-house" was
vociferated, to which place a considerable num-
ber of Gentlemen immediately adjourned. The
following declarations were drawn lop and sip'
by the Gentlemen present.

TYSNIAN.

ASSAULT AND OUTRAGE ON MR. COWLAM.
We, the undersigned, were preset at Covent-garden Thea-
tre this night, and witnessed en outrageous assault upon the
person of Mr. Cowlam, whose conduct was perfectly peace-
able, bya number of very moan-looking persists, who, evi-
dently connected together, seized that Gentleman and struck
him with great violence. Upon Mr. Con lam's attempting to
remonstrate, he was knocked down; and two persists., whose
names we understand to be Smith lad Cadwallader, stamped
upon him. In consequence of this attack, Mr. Cowlam was
unable to move, but, was tarried away to a Surgeon's in Rus-
sell-street, where be lay, while under our observation, in the
greatest agony. On examination, the surgeon declared kis
opinion, that Mr. Cowlam had received such an injury in the
chest as was likely to bring on na iutlaunnation in his lungs,
and produce his death.
We think it our duty us testify—
HENRY COOD, Searle-street, Lincoln's lon-/ells.
WM. WILLIAMS, Finsbury-place.
RICHARD ASHTON, Minuries.
N. EDMONDS, Skinner-street, Bishopegate-street.
C. BURTON, ditto.
W. H. BRADLEY, Threadneedle-street.
J. CAZALY, Bisisapegaie-etreet.
FREDERICK CREIWICK, Noble-street.
JAMES BROWN, Drury-lane.
ROBERT HENNING, Leicester-square.
J. NORMINGTON, St. Martin's-Ic-Grand.
J. W. GOODFELLOW, Austin-friars.
JOHN ROBSON, America-qunre.
J. CUMMINS, Cleapside.
• J. L. WAUGH, America-square.
FRAS. COBB AUS I'EN, Gray's Intl.
Temple Coffee-house, Nov. 15, 1869.
" I testify that I heard Mr. Cowlum, nt the surgeon's, de-
clare that, as be was enterinr, the Theatre he overheard
some persona express their resolution to do for his to-night.
• " J. CAZALY."
" I testify that I beanie person, whom I can identify, load-
ly exclaim—" D—n my eyes, I will kill sons' (Wens;"
at the same time flourishing n bludgeon.
" W. H. BRA DLEY, Threadneedle-street."
The House was cleared by 11 o'clock.

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