The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-08 00:00:00

TBE MAREN7S.

COME LIGLIMAN as. imag.L
Tisb day mere are several fresh arrlrals 4
Wheat, which make a iniddling supply. Second
and Ordinary continue hesify ien sale, and hardly
at last prices. aiutile tine Vanteic about 11U. per
quarter. Rye somewhat cheaper. Barley in da..
[nand, sod 11l u dear. Matt and bite Prat
likewise. Scarce any Grey kills. Old Beans, ut
the (wn kinds, rather dearer, is under. New
Ticks 40e. to 445. per quartet. Oats are in Sole.;
rabic quantitie.t. Large arrivals being expected,
this erticlu inclines luster. flout remains at late
prices. • .1'

CUgRENT PRICK.
Whelt, - - 764. 00.. 104 s. 1 O
Tat Wolk (OM) ri• Rl'i
Floe auto -- - - 1034. 111 P. anit
Rye, ----- - - 20...544. Pulsed ditto -- -
-- 4lO. 1,0.
Barley.
:sisalc. - • - X4fe.. AIL.
W. pen. (Boiler) ios. Wt. 1 rh. Fluor -.- - vos. Vus .
tire% Pegs. Ai,. KA. Seconds b./.. *...
Beaus (Old) - - - -Its. Eta.

SIIITIIFILLI)—Dt:c. t.
To sin). the Uh 1, pet stole uI tilb.

Heef....ls. 44. 51. 4d. Iltiv! .d Cattle this day
Motto,' ..4s. 6d. to 53. 44. 1 Ileo4t. 930
Veal 44. to is. 61. I Sheep
Pierk I
4d. to is. 44.1 Califs
UJ to W. Od.
NtY.ll/01.K1.1.
IL 141. 41 to 51. 10s. Od.
!Straw
Clover

Three Dutch schuyts, each laden with tutivis
brass 64-poutide.s, destined by Cie French fur the
fortification of Flushing, as soon as the plate is
evacuated by the British troops, were, a few
nights ago, cut out of she. Scheldt by the boats of
the Diana frigate. fletwean forty and fifty sail
of transports, with trmilis front Flushing, ar-
rived at Yltrinuisth on Tuesday.
_ _ .

A caviare deem? of the Mishap of London's
Court was read iu the parish church of Isleworth,
on Sunday last, whereby one K! Na, a market-
gardener, was expelled the Church for four
month,, for brawling and chiding in the church and
church-yard.
The barracks at Chelmsfonl and Ipswich are
preparing to receive the truups at %Valeherrn.
Su unwholesome hay the island of Walchcren
been always con,idered by the Dutch, that when
troops are ohlered from IlJellero, or Amsterdam,
to gallium it, they take lease of their friends with
the Hanle melancholy foreboding!, as it they were
owing to Sue must Ittlysholesome ohm! In the West
Indies, in the trust sickly times. Of one Dutch
regiment which arrived in Walcherert, 800 strong,
about three years ago, there remained only R 5 at
the lime the tie itish landed ; and yet it had received
300 recruits from the Continent in the interval.
A Gne male wolf, sem months old, was landed
on IVediieshy at the Loudon Ducks, from a res•
sal arrived from Iludsoa's Bay. It is of a cream
colour, three feet two inches and as tame as
any house dug.
A paltry belonging to Mr. SOUTrtt, t publican,
galloped 1S miles in 65 minutes, resterday, on the
Ilamptun road, fur a stake of 100 guineas. The
animal is under lt hands, and was rode by a boy
eight years old. The animal was sold fur 31.1 gni-

POLITICAL ST.IG6 JUGGLERS.

LETTER I.

" Serlitlanaad Faettan. a. all ether wards, may be saiscon-
Word. attested. mad crier lied. If we sadergand by
Owens breaking the peace 'ii Society, GIIiHS asew's mind,
with jetting.). fonteeting pepteler rii.euvalevet, mu method.;
are more likely twofers taw irregularities, lutn appres-i e
practice*. stretclees of prerogative. arbitrary ttwasmrey,
infrivements spew establishul eishb, mad the like."
Sts,—The 'rem of Stage Politics, and Thee-
trice) government, has undergone, within these
few years, a complete revolution ; before the time
of Garrick we have seen wariness combinations and

rebellions take plate on the part of the Pro-
prietors and Performers of a Theatre, and
we have herd both parties complain of sari.
ons grievances and onprehsions. In all their

quarrels and animosities, the public hare been
appealed to for redress ; that very public,
Sir, whom the present Proprietors and Ma.
nagers, of Covent-garden, have thought pro-
per to insult, have been by them made Judges,
in all Theatrical disputes ; and as that is the fact, 1
bomb!y presume the Public still have a right to
condemn, or acquit, the Performers, or the Pro-
prietors, and Managers, as they have heretofore
done. It is true, that the decision in the Court of
kin='s Bench, in the &Ise of !lacllin, was, that it
is unlawful la .amesbine together, to go Mille play.
house, to hiss an actor, or disturb the performance ;
but is it not also unlawful f.or the Managers and
Proprietors of a Theatre to combine together,
to insult and beat the Public ? The co,lons of
hissing and clapping, at particular persous and pas.
ti4ges, has been practised time ionntemorial; and
if we come rightly to investigate this circumstance,
seashell hod, that rlippisig and hissing, in a Thee.
tre, is more favourable to the Managers and Pro.
. psiutors of such Theatre, than to the Pa hlic. The
desire of novelty, is on uoth sides, great ; the
Public, pour into the The 'lre, actuated by cu-
riosity, in the hope of gratification ; and the Pro.
prietors and Managers, in order to fill their cof-
fers, produce, eiti.e; new Performers, or new
• pieces, by way of drawing attrrction.
lit nevi ',leers. as writ atl in new performers,
the Managers and Proprietors have inure interest
than the Public ; and to point out that, they take ;
every advantage of an audience. l)ii they not
send people into the Theatre, whose baldness it is
to kpplaud any sow piece, or praise new per- I
former ? That this has been the cause of our

having juvenile actors, and actresses, forced upon
the town, atid new plays crammed don.; the
throats of thtl people, notwithstanding they have
skews evident mat ha of disapprobation, cannot
he denied; tits censure, or apphuse, attending
both, are perhaps ill.jodir(ll and erroneous,
They eta at hest, but favouring partiality,
Ind more frequently mislead tile Performers,
and the audience; than tend to the reforma-
tion of the Stage. It has been said, that
staying away from an ill-written pi..i e, nr turning
one's bark on a new perfori.ier, whose acting we
do not like, will be a more effect& espression of
our disgust, than any 'nark of disapprobation we
ran show; but that, in my opinion, is a gross mis.
take) for it would be lbe means of etfaßlitig the mi.
leetic touttetths to peke *heavy contribution Yltun
the public,—it would be the means of foster.
ing apon the public the patchcd.up pieces of
their Annuity Authors, and vitiating the taste of
the town (already too much vitiate)), by their
vapid operas, nalo.dramatic mummery, and gin.
gerbread spectacle.
It has been state), by the friends and parti.
sans, of the Proprietors and Managers of Co-
vent Garden Theafte, that Jacobinisos is at the
bottom of the uproar anti confusion which have
nightly, for sear 60 nights, prevai!etl in the Thea.
are ; but that is 64 nickJuing without their hoot."
Shall it be said, Sir, that in a free country, such
as England was, and such I trust as England is,
and mill be—resistance to the principle of
Private Roses is connected with Jacubittient ?
Forbid it common sense. if there are any who
will bow their necks to be yoke—if there
are any who will yield to the moat flagrant in.
fringements noon their liberty, or to the incroaei-
emits on politic and tiny rte rights; let them pause
awhile, ere they irrevocably subscribe to that de-
teet.sl them reflect, that by their
act they are deprivinz, ollters, of better hearts
And •pirits, of all hope of successfully resisting
privi:ege I distinctions, unwarrantably assumed
power, and brutal violence. While cabals are
nightly forming on one side, and murmur and
complaint continue, and that justly, to he heaftl
from the ether; whilst frsad, hypocrisy, arro.
gance, intrigue, and personal outrage, are op-
posed to justice and a nation's voice, it is high
time for the Legislative Power of that nation to
investigate the grievances of whit:4 complaint is
Made. For the negligence of onr Governors, " as
servants of the Pebbe, cannot be exempt from
" eensure,secing that the higher thestation,t he more
" exposed will their actions be toe strict scrutiny,
" and this liberty a free people always demand for
" the trust they repose in them." ilany, vt. ry many

observations base been daily mule, r-especting the
Paceit belonging to the Theatre, among the rest
should be Bled-to be informed, w 11: a prrrogativo
the Crown possesses, of it own authority, to grant
Patents for a term exceeding 14 years, ens u pported
by the sanction of Parliament 2" If any of your
numerous Correspondents can inform me, I 'lull
he highly obliged to them. lii my nest, I pro-
pose to enter into some particulars of the Riot
as well as more folly la discuss the Rights
of the People.
1 remain, Sir,
Your hatable Servant,
W. T.
At my Castle, Portugal-street.

SVICIDE.—The wife of a respectable tradesman,
in the neighbourhood of Duke-street, Manchester_
square, yesterdly morning. swallowed a large por-
tion of arsenic. The deceased has left a large fa_
wily and highly respectable connections. It is ►e.
ported that 1011IC family differences was the cause
of temporary derangement, which ltd to the
catastrophe. The deceased was found dead in her
bed by her servant maid, and only three days be.
fore she was detected in the act of cutting ber
thrust with a case keit*.