The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-10-25 00:00:00

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The Advettisement which appeared hi this Paper yesterday.
w.oreilsoad insertion at the Mee al The Thom. The lo-
wans of the Nissan. Advent... 4 wad thee requested,
and Outtakes was refried tesettins. 'cogratulase the
blic m tie Wilk beteurthas tats allL—friste gm trimming,
temporizing, palavering, coasseptidie stitas,—respect-
log which we ,Anew my further observidda, at present,
unnecessary.
Sueday Paper, smiled The Bsolishment, AO declined the
isscrtiom, wider the pretence of its being, to. late ou Satur-
• slay last; bat that respectable Papet, ,The Observer, to
kr.
whom it was subsequently dciissred, 'owned the ether-
tisement without hesitation. Wt; deem it candid also to in-
irm our readers, that The Morning Post has inserted the
"rih aderrtisemeot tbh day, and expressed, to .the permit
who applied no the 'abject, regret that it bad not
appeared yeeterday. We direr from The Meriting Pest
completely; but we admit it to possess at least moistest",
• a merit to which we apprehead The Mus will no have
the audacity to aspire. Be that, however, as it may—
" It's **sr besets ;" far its Readers arc convinced.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
the Assistance of PERSONS considered as

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NJUSTLY PROSECUTED by the PROPRAL-
'TORS and MANAGERS of COVEN'f-GARDEN THE-
ATRE, are received on account of the Treasurer, at the fol-
lowing plates :
Tim Office of Tat STATBSNA Xi 87, Fleet-street;
Mr. G. Smith, 14, Giltspar-street ;
Mr. Welch, Stationer. Y, Saibbury-court, Fleet-street ;
Mr. Yolthis, Btatiatier.2, Sloane-street, Knightsbridge;
Mr. numb, as-winner, 4, Duke-street, Orosvcaor-bqu.ire ;
Mr. Hilt. Grocer, Cock-hill, Ratcliffe;
Mr. Walltr, (Aims and Autism Timers, Leadeoliall-street;
Mr. T. Teo, Bookseller, 111, Cheupside.
THE ST ATZ3IIIIIII Mr. Thomas Tegg,
!'area - 5 0 Lbeapside - S 5 0
Tree Blue - 5U U Oh, my ditches 1 0 7
Juba Bull, with his Chas. Roberts, Esq. U 10 ti
Basle Honk - - 5 0 U A Carpenter - 0 5 0
An Enemy to lope- " What doyouWant" 1 1 U
lialSll • - 2 2 0 Asoiall taste forlil.ick
A Erirud to tbeTbe- Jack - - 1 1 0 '
acre, but an Enemy Father Justice - Uld 6
to Private Boxes 1 1 0 A Loyal Subject - 1 1 U
The House that Jack I'. Vi Miami, Esq. 1 1 U
• - - 22 0 W. ii.irtien, E.q. 11 U
Ore of the God., cos- " lie taut become
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hued with huane- worse to make his
nem - - 010 6 Prices good - 1 1- 10'
J. IL - 110 i A Dee. ster of typo-
Arthar - - Ul4 0 adult - - 2 2 $
M. W. Esq. - - 1 1 u
The Patitie are respectfully informed, that a Committee '
yolk be appointed in a kw thus to invemigette the claims of
sink sodividuab as say cinwider themselves mititkd to amass-
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sate.
B. The &cased will thank ady 'Gentleman who cam
fernish them with information or evidease that way be see.
viceabie in their defmore to coniasunicate Lim moue to Mr. J.
II NIMICA, their No. 6, St. Jobn-squArr, Clerken-

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1111UPOSITI ISMAIL.

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by a Jubilee, et mortiosal festival Ihreegfewl WWI
gig/dom. The*" of smelt a Memo. eflestrie he
to Iwo, chromosomes. hut where these de wet Ilshillsdo,lsitt
submitted that resins and psi& triage* In the mortlivir,
and hats mid Ulleminethes is the saisaleg, will be muss sp-
=tud gemerally agreeable at that mime. Where
o; is intended. it shook% be descriptive of the isillaseg
trimmed*, awl isaitutiose et the Order of the Cotner smiler
Edward the Third, and the powers of lb. Arts and licleeme,
Commercial Greatness, and Naval Victories, daring the pre-
sent reign.
As a fete on so eztessive a scale will repine a sebecriptioe
and much previous art'aujesseet, it is hosped this commenica-
nun will not be deemed premature." July 4,1809.
" To *As Worshipful the Shirr and
Corporation of Canterbury.
in THE STATESMAN of the 13th of Oct. last,was
inserted a letter from the Provost of Glasgow, in
which he communicates to the Editor of the
Glasgow Courier, the receipt of an anonymous
letier,—which, although not a literal copy of the
Letter to the Miyor of Canterbury, contains a
suggestion and recommendation of a precisely
similar tendency. The anonymous letter to the
Provost of Glasgow, bean date the 12th of Aug.
and is also marked with the London Post-mark.

On the 15th of September, the Court of Com-
ma!, Council of London, was convened in conse.
(pence of a Requisiton—" For the purpose of
" considering the propriety of celebrating in a
particular manner the 25th day of Octo.
" bcr, being the day on which his MAJESTY
41. will cuter the Fiftieth year of his Reign."
The motion was made by Alderman Sir WI i-
lia's CURTIS, whose speech appeared to have been
dictated by a coincidence of sentiment, so precisely
parallel with that of the writers of these anony.
Mous recommendations, that it is difficult to con.
eeive them not to have had one common origin.
The remarkable epoch of " Our Great ED-
WARD," which is so particularly urged in
the Canterbury and Glasgow Letters, was in.
tended to have been dwelt upon by the
Worthy Baronet ; but, unfortunately, although
he had gut his lesson by heart pretty tole.
tably, he used the name of IlLney the Tom)
instead of that of EDWARD OCTIII RD, repeatedly,
ht the course of his speech—whether by design, by
mistake, or through a want of historical recullec..
Oka, is unknown. We can scarcely impute it to
the latter, as he introduced the Battle of Cressy
into his speech.
The result of the deliheratiam of the Court,
was a determination to celebrate the Anniversary,
sad a Committee was appointed to consider of
She best means of carrying such determination
Mato eff,:ct.
Ou the 25th of Septeniber, that Committee
reported it as their opinion, that the front of
Guildhall should be illumivated ; hut " That it
66 was neither necessary nor expedient that the
" Corporation should dine together oii that day."
A debate ensued, in which Mr. Mavens sr warm.
ly contended for a dinner, and made a motion in
favour of one, which, was carriu I. Several other
Motions and Amendments were moved, but the
Court was dissolved in consequence of a tumult.
On the sth of October, the Court again mct,
and finally resolved, " That it was mute accept.
66 able to Almighty Gon, and more con •nial to
" the paternal feelings of his Majesty, to pro.
" mote the liberation of prisoners avid captives on
64 the day of a Jubilee, than by expending sums
66 of money in feasts and illuminations."
Such was the final decision of the Court of
Common Council of the City of London.
While these proceedings were in progress, the
General Meeting of " the Merchants and
Bankers" had announced to the public their,
opinion that " a general Illamination was ex-
pedient," but on the 13th of Oct. they thought it
expedient to retract that opinion by a public ad.
vertisement, in which the Coternittoe state, that
they no longer think ." it expedient to recommend
a general Ilumination ;" and that instead of a
general illumination, it " will be more desirable
64 to open a Subscription for the relief of persons
41 contined fur small Debts." A Subscription,
was accordingly opened for that purposes.
to which the names of many of the princliral
Merchants of this mighty metropolis appear
subscribers of theenormiius sum of—rive rot:Welt,
EACH. Now, when we first saw the amount of
these subscriptions in figures, we naturally con.
eluded that one cypher, at least, was omitted...
but at lengths the name of a Gentleman, who
enjoys in possession, and has in reversion, about
40,0001. per annum of the public money, appeared
prefixed to this liberal and handsome subscription
Or lISTE POUNDS—the Rt. lion. STEN. PERCEYAL.
Thsdinncrat which these" Merchants and Bank.
era" are to celebrate the Jubilee, is advertised at
three guineas per head. New, it may be fairly asked,
whether on an occasion which the " Mer-
chants and Banisters" affect to consider so im-
portant, a Subscription of Fire Pounds, is con.
*tent with • dinner at throe guineas per head ?
The liberation of a Prisoner, according to Civic
estimation, is worth exactly 37 shillings more
that' a single dinner. lint to proceed—the re.
tomniendation of an illumination having failed,
the Public were, on Thursday last favoured with
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at this request of the Committee of Rooters, recommend that
BUM *ad Noses dee ma the said 25th invest, be paid on Tues-
day, the Ittlit WNW( t and that they wilt, for SW purpose,
give direction to their Clerks to present them for payment
pa that day. • R. HEST, Sec.
" The recommendations of superiors" (es
Mr. Cossrrr has very.judicieusly quoted) 44 sa-
vour very strongly of commands."
Some time ago, the Bank of England thought
proper to come to a Resolution, not to discount
any bill which was not accepted payable at a
Banker's—thus incalculably increasing the influ-
ence and ascendancy of that body of men, over
the Merchants and Traders. A single day out of
two months, is not, to be sure, a considerable
portion ; but that Resolution of the Bank of Eng-
land has compelled every acceptor of a bill, to
provide for the payment one day sooner. The
commercial part of London were constrained to
obey the despots of the paper system. It ,
however, was reserved for this period of a Jubi.'
lee, to issue to the traders of London, a manda.
tory recommendation to pay the bills that fall due
on the day of Jubilee, on the preceding day ! I
To what 'abject humility is the commercial
part of the City of London, at length, reduced—
Recommendation !—Who dates resist the recom-
mendation of the Bank ? IVhose paper will be
discounted, if this recommendation be disobeyed ?
The people either cannot, or willtiot see how they arc
trodden under foot, and humbled to the very disst,by
an ore, gro w n, overbearing,Commcrcialoligarchy,
and limiting better du such groveling spirits deserve.
Ilad the " Merchants and Bankers of London,"
50 years ago, dared to issue their opinion of the
expediency of a " general illumination," what
would have been the opinion of the people at
large ? What would the Traders of London have
said to the Batik of England, if, half a century
ago, they had had the presumptuous arro:ance
to issue the advertisement we have copied ? Thrne
and

abject must be that People w ho can patiently
endure such insulem 0.
There is one other circumstance respecting the
proceedings of "these Merchantsand Bankers,"
which we shall mention, merely as marking the
alteration of manners aid universal progress of
luxury. 44 The Gentlemen silo intend to dine at
66 Merchant Taylor's Hall, are requested to di_
rest their coachmen to set down eith their
66 horses' heeds upstart!' Bishopsgate.street."
This foppery may, perhaps, be tolerated at
the Opera.house, where the custom originated ;
but at a gormandising meeting of " Citizens, of
Merchants, and Bankers," it dues appear to be
the very essence of affectation au.l frivolity ; as
well might each of the sober Citizens appear, on
this fouling occasion, with his chapeau bras. It
ini.:lit have been expected that the Public Bodies
of the city of London would have followed the
exaniple of the Corporatism—the municipal go.
vernment which represents them. lint no, not.
withstanding an Illumination is declared by the
Court of Common Council " not to be cape.
44 dient or necessary"...the Bank, and Lloyd's,
regardless of even common decency, have
resolved, in delience of the opinion ref the
Court of Common Council formally promulgated,
to disturb the peace of the metropolis, by an il-
lumination which will cost Three Thousand
Pounds, %%bile the sithscriptiots (for the relief of
the " Prisoner and the (;aptive") of " all
the Merelianis and Bankers," of tho! richest
CO the world, perhaps, ever saw, and including
the mite of the Prime Mini,ter of 1.:1%1.1nd, does
not yet amount to two-thirds of that %s Anton,
wasteful, and insulting expenditure—And here
we think it nece.sary to introduce a paragraph
which appeare.l in the faithless, insidious, and
detestable Harlequin Courier oi last Saturday :

" We perceive witiTegrei, that it k prop hod in ill.smidate
moat of t .oe tb.oblic Basildon*: om the/Ph iirot. We acre in
hops that iso.,e or the gre.at Corporate Roder. ow Public Of-
fices would he found to sanction it. It it not enough to sly
that the init.thitanta at large are not basal to fallow His st-
'aspic. tee:, sante, of n.westity, follow it. A 'Wen mis•
clamor boys, or interested persona, are sodlisient to .rtginsto
ort impulse that will prove orresi,ti.olc. We striol, m.o.' pro-
bably, Mal hondras of th.sc in the endear of the evertors.;
running thrnup the street. and b:to lin.: out," Light', Lights,
for the ; ' he must be either a very imprudent or is very
deatiectrat Howe-holder, whigshould take it in his fowl to
refuse c pliancy to such ao appeal to his loyalty, and soh..
jrct his pr.operty acrd fatuity to the cowmptences that would
probably follow.'
The real object of this recommendation, which is
toattack the dwellings of such or the inhabitAtiti as
shall dare to resist the mandate of 66 a dozen mis-
chievous Boys," is but asskwardly attempted to
be concealed by an exordium of affected regret.
It is not constructed with a tythe of the skill
of one of those common puffs, a hich dis.
grace the pages of newspapers, but in which, per.
haps, the deception is not discovered, till the
reader approaches the last line. IVe see, at
once, that the object of the doll Courier is
to sound the tocsin of riot, and the destrue-
.4ion. of the " imps-au/lent" albs& " elinsfecied
" householder who shall refuse complialsce to
" such an appeal to his loyalty, and subject his
" property and family to the consequenae that
64 would follow." And pray by whom i, this ao. I
knot appeal to loyalty to be made I—lly a
dozen mischievous boys or interested persons.
As to the predicted, threatened consequence to
properly and family, it is impoisibl.: to mistake
the base, but clumsy incendiary, the Harlequin
Courier.
We have, for some time, refrained from mak.
lug the exquisitely absurd and insulting celebra.
lion of a National Jubilee at this moment of sorrow,
distress, and imminent clanger, the subject or our
remark— nor shalt we, now, repeat our reason,
for opposing the principle; but hi detailing the
particulars of this act of nations, folly—we shall,
at • future period, state fur what we think thee
people have been rejoicintv.
T. these remarks we shall hut add, that his Ma.
jetty leas declined receiving the Address cm this
day ; and there are, our Readers may be *Mired,
some very substantial seasons fur believing, that
the celebration of the Jubilee is not only the ex-
cloosive plan of Ministers, but that it is much
store in unison with their wishes sod /dogs, than
with the inelinatiow of their Royal Master. His
Majesty has reigned, it is tree, ,Sq years ; but we
have nut heard that he haslet fell the weight of
years sat greatly as to iseapasitate Dien from coati.
lining to exercise the foostintis "Mortity I !


and Oscar and 3.lalrina, were
THEATRE COVENT-GARDEN.
last iiit.iglhrtwipeCrhfoesrichieti, under the usual circum.
stances : the first part of the performance *as au-
dible, the latter part inaudible. The ortlrrly rows
in the Dress Boxes were filled ; but the v,:hicles
in which the orderly inhauitarits of that fashion-
able region had been brought to the Theatre, had
unaccountably vanished. In Ilart.street and 111 w.
street (inelue of the privileged area in Prmee's
fur the carriages of the tenants of the Pd.,
rate itlores)—we enumerated a train of carriages,
amounting, in number, to threc—a trio r f hacks.
After the half-price bad commenced, we again
looked out for lac splendid equipages of the or.
' duly votaries of fashion ; but a beggarly succes.
'ion of harks, at mu time exceeding six in number,
was all that we could see.

The Pit was unusually thin—but the spirit is
untamed.
Mr. YouNG was reedited with as much applause
as could be bestowed by the company, without a
departure from ti:optical opposition to the sys.
teat of the Proprietors.
The fable of the Piece will be recollected to
have been taken by Mr. COLMAN, from the
Caleb Willicme of Genius' —and it will also be
remembered that, in the character of sir Edward
alvrtimer, Nassau failed so egregiously, that
Mr. COLMAN, in the preface to the Play, %hen
subsegyently printed, expressed his resentment
and contempt in very forcible terms.
Mr. Cli.int.l3 KumuLt hail been not Only
toleratud, but applauded by the Orderlys— bin in
the fourth aid, he met with the accustomed well_
merited reception from the Pit, with which he lux
recently been so generally greeted. A piece of
apple nas thrown till the stage, near Mrs. LisTos,
but it dill nut touch her.

The national airs of Rule Britannia and God
Save ay King, %ere performed with the amts.
touted enthusiasm of the Ptt—several persons in
the Boxes joined with much fervor its these per.
forniances. To these serious airs, SUCCCUeciI the
more lively one of nUtftli-illaily, to %Ili(1
company in the Pit joined in a dance— the Per.
farmers, by practice, hare become more accurate
its the figure, and the dance was gone 14. rough
willitiot the slightest mistake or interruption.
When the Placattls reared their heads,a struggle
arose its consequence of one of the Orderly. mak-
ing a snatch. Lie nas on the point of expulsion
whets lie surrendered at discretion, anti till yield.
jug up his prize, was stiffen:ll to remain in the Pit.
The 0. P.'g--" initials hateful" were sported in
the hats of considerable numbers'. Otte young
Gratictstait, who W• 11 distinguished as well by his
loudly expressed vocal opposite:too, as by the dis.,
pl.sy of that 1).1(140, was seized by the myrmidons
and hurried to Bow -street litre he was urdervil
to find bail, as appears by the following ILeport

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110W-SfREET.
" The only perbuit brought before the Magis.
trate was a Ridll Hama' Tu:►y is lititsta.. a
clerk in the counting.holise of a Mr. lioNTErto
a tnerchaut, in the v.ciiiity of Blackfriars, and
resident at No. 17, Newman street, Oxford,
road, who was charged by Mr. BRANDON, with
rintoos ci►nduet in the Pit, _and wearing in his
hat the letters " U. P." signifying " Uld
I" rites," cost in lead.
4' Thy• evidence of Mr. BRA MDON was currobo,
rated he. that of another person.
•' Toe prisoner edict nut deny the fact of hishar,
ing warn the letters 0. P. in hit het, bast said it
was false that he had tattle any noire. Ile had
remained .t (Wet spectator of the Play, and was
utietiosetous of the impropriety of sticking the in.
above.metitioned in his hat, bee.satie be saw
several other persons around him doing the same
thing, and whose example: he had innocently fot.
lowed. He was ordered, however, to find boil."
Now whether this Gentleman was ordered to
find bail for committing a breach of the peace by
expressing his disapprobation, or whether the of.
(dice was the wearing of the letters 0. P. in his
hat, we really should very much wish to know.
If the latter a ere the fact, we should hay.
strongly urged the Gentleman to decline finding
bail, and to have made application in the regular
course to a Judge We yesterday embraced with
cagernesc the solitary opportunity which has lately
been afforded us, of commending the conduct of
the Alagiatrateso ho, we trust, are now awake to a
sense of what they owe to the Public, an I to their
characters. We, therefore, do out hesitate to
avow our disbelief of their having admitted
the wearing of the letters in the hat as any part
of the accusation un which they ordered bail to
be Numd by the accured. If the Proprietors hare
au great an aversion to these 44 hateful initials,"
let their rnyrsairloni, satellites, 'Allis's', sod or.
derkis„.trattnt.the 146415-for nets price.
The curtain dropped, amidst a rogr of disap-
probation ; and after a few songs, soil a e.oicluil.
tog jig, the company ivied.), retired about half
past te•n.
A beautiful exhibition of Mr. Ks:mates slur.
nine countestalice, though appare•nety tiken •.hen
that gentleman was nut in one of his very hap.
Oda moods, was displayed, with the old question
of " What do you want ?"—and the old reply*
Old Prices."

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" Br bold and manner.
Sink K cent.C.s pritl..,
Nor in his ftl* account% coefide."
" Jnu NI By Lt. he entintgrous ; let this.be year guide;
By towering the priers you'll sink KitinnLa's pride."
•' The statement the made, mid the mode of inspection,
Is justly repaid by your stroneest rejection.
Maintain the true mese, in spite of ineir Terrors,
And n t their memento, with LicErrion o► ERRORS."

At intervals a very excellent imitation of Cock-
a-doodle.duo amwied the audience, and whistles
and cat-calls occasionally enlivened the concert.
The following handbill was thrown into the
etc :
ROYAL JUBILEE.
JOHN RUI.i. respeetfiely brigs leave In inform his
Frirads, that on W LON ESOA Y sea, he intends to we
his utmost Etertioos in Favour of the SUBSCRIPTION
for the Relief of Persons confined he smell Debts; for this
she Performances waif be enodected an the most
* ve ei sede.drod last as hitherto—to eatnigenee at the
ll
"lib. Ird Act,—bit at haf past 6 o'clock pro-
-44,10. TS* performances ti awake of
Alarmed 'Cowen of Vocal sea Isattesnewal Music,
' To senesce with dip palmier Andean *1
• 00k) SAYE. Tiik. RIAU.