The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-11 00:00:00

s'l ATKSIVAN.

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Intelligence has bre° rereisod that tho Duke of Axon-
QUORQV t has put himself in mistime mrith his army, and
pr ,ece.as by forced marches front Trosillo to Mimes. It
wool appear bow these moN 'Teats, that the three Closentis
4bacYs Gk. ALacQuCener, and Bum. art is coarert,
the purpose of dividing the enemy's Nimes by entwine
Ms attention to different points. Wald tkis:purpose be at.
t 'Led, what will become of the I milk—and osay lit not
in that tats entertain the must 'angrier hopes of a fermate
isaile of the /eve's. ce.illict in which we are engaged the
expulsion of the enemy from n!adrid, and the complete de-
' feat of his armies will soon be the fruit of rictory.—(Seville
Pawl, Nov. 11.)
SaIfILLE, Nov. 113.—The army of It Mancha is pasted
in the immediate vicinity of Zarzo, creep: the two divisions
which hive passed the Tagus, near Villarioque. The Semis,
from which these brave testers uttered much in their march,
bore atom. Fretrutcd tOem from aow bring ita the right bank
of the Ta;lus, uudertaking active operations.
The French in Castile occupy the Min, of Salosenseit, Za•
mots, TordesUlas, sad others. The army of the Duke of
ALM/QUI:RCVS if 00 its ',larch for the Tagus.
I By later .:'counts we hose 1, artist, that the arms in nitre-
nwieura i 3 m.trebing upno Talavera. The Duke Oct. Pa PQC a,
accordisig to ail ap..earance., will Join it there. One division
of his army ha.• been detached for an imptwtant Expedition.
As tits General has received lot advice of the retreat of the
French troop from nalamanca to Madrid, we are authori-ed
so consider it as false. The reports which have asserted this
retreat, which is now b-eome more'dillleult, both on account
of the distance to which the French have es tewled themselies
to the itin;dom of Leoutt, 'and the obstacles presented by the
Puerto de Goadarrami, the only pass which they have open
for Madrid. The army of Vulva is concentrated in Toledo.
—(3pectWor of Seville. Nov. W.)
Sevit.t.s, Nov. 19.—The army of the Duke Dm.
Pa otitis has inclined to the right, and occupied the Puerto
de Banos; its this manner it coven F.strevnadura. impedes the
movements of the ?reach Army, which occupies the plains
of Duero, nhstracts its retreat to New Castile, and is at li-
berty to form a !unction with our army of Estremadurt, sod
support, by Talavera and Toledo, the movements of
AssY-
z.'e.a on the Upper Tagus. It is scarcely credible with
what celerity the army of in hianclui has performed it
' march. It has gone six or seven leag-:es each day, in dread-
ful weather, through an overflowed country, awl suffering
privations of every kind. foreigners in our atones declares
that only Spaniards could hare wade a moves:seat so rapid
and laborious. It has hero such as effectually to surprise the
enemy.

Trerow renal did ant expert tt. Corps of observation
are posted al Mora, rani in front of A raniu.•'L, and a part of
the array has passed she Tagus ut Foeutidavania. In this
mann►r the Freuch corps ate cot oil from Telt do a;.d Aran•
ju. thry are speedily retiring.
The reports which were circulated, that there was a corps
of French at Cum*, are found to be false —(Bpr:tater of
Saville. Noe. 19.)

COVENT GARDEN TIMITHE.

If the Mangers are determined to persevere in
their scandalises contest, against the Public, they
might coeeitii.rahly retrench the expense of lights,
by diefeerine the Illumination of the Theatre, un-
til the period of half.price ; fat the performers
might as well declaini in darkness, as to empty
beaches. On Saturday night, the number of per.
lons in the Fit, previous to the third Act, did not
amount to twenty! The stuffing, in the Boles,
had been snore diligently provided. There might
be, in what are at present ludierustly termed the
Dress Boxes, 6(.1 persons. 'fhe Upper Boxes
were nearly empty ; and the Galleries presented a
naked appearance.
To this numerous and enlightened audience,
were performed the three MO acts of The Exile.
At half.prier, the secession of company vi AS so
considerable, as to make almost half a house.
The Pit, being absolutely 1`11,1117 et that period,
with the exception of the two bottom benches, on
which were several officers; the company who
came in at the centre (Inns, at half.peice, watt,.
rally ran down the
no get near the Stir.
This, which every body who has becti in the habit
of frequenting the mast have repeatedly
seen, was construed into au outrage, and VA .0 Gen.
tlemen, taken in that heinous act, were grabbed,
and carried off to Buw.street. The two last Acts of
The Exile, were inaudible from the vocal music
in the Pit and Boles, accompanied by a bugle
horn, which is ss blown with more than ordinary
skill.

During the performance of The Portrait of
Cervantes, the atlcatien of the Company, *MI
attracted 1:y a G:ntleman in Blue, in one of the
Managers' llost•, on the King's side, over the
Stage, who was very soon reetNisized as the Dbke
of Gloucester. The Company instantly saluted
him with an kazsa, which was enthusiasti.
rally repeated; and God save the King, be-
ing in vain demanded, of the Orchestra, it was
pimutmed limo Company. Every past of
the House joined, the Gentlemen standing and
uncovered.. His Royal Highness appeared deeply •
impressed, by thutu marks of attachment, and re.
spec*, and repeatedly bowed to the Company.
After the conclusion of God save the King, his
Rii)al Highness retired. .scveral phicanis were
then displayed, the inscriptions on which were
principally directed, against this Privatt Rotes,
which nightly become, more avowedly, the üb.
jectsuf public detestation: Several Of the females
retreated. Even the well-known ilbbett, Mrs.
Wood, of 1.--ttreet, with a-be•vy at sums, had
the good sense to bow to the publiconice ; but se.
veral of the femalei in the Prime. Boxes sat,
amidst the tempest of public indigestion, with on.
blushing, fashionable, insensibility.
Towards the conclusion of the rarer, Mr. 0,-
borne, the informer, and a strong corp., o :
made a. grab at a person in the centre of the t . • , ,end
were berrying him to the dour on the Priri is side.
when the 0. P.% set to, and a cletipitrate con Met eh.
wed. Fruits the tight hand side of the Pits the Uhl
bastioned, across the benches. :9 a retro:ode di.
reetinn, towards the Itieg's side, through the door
of which, the OReers were filially thrust—thon;h
not till many heavy blows had bee:i xchatigeil.
After this victory, the Pit Nas not polluted
by the presence of either trap; or informers...-
There seemed to he, on Saturday, a new si,tent
of Indict in the Pit ; hitherto the efforts to pre.
vent the capture of an individual, have been con.
fined to polling him back, whilst the Officers are
attempting to drag him out ; but on Saturday the
attempt to gritty was instantly resisted by blows.
Cheers, groans, and hisses, followed the con.
elusion of the farce; an the company departed
at an early hour.
In the tribute of respect and applause, paid by
the audielice to his Royal Highness the Doke of
Gloneesier, 'goes:rely joined—bn., it naturally
occurred to cr. ry one, to question the propriety
or decarnm of his Royal Llighnei,'s appearance
at such a moment, wills the .Manager's &so, flurry
Harris, by w limn he was escorted to the diarrrut
parts of the house behind the sorties. There cer-
tainly are considerations w,.ich, in our opinion,
rendered such a risk, at such a reason, and name.
diately after such a with that
geleral propriety and iterorem by which the coo..
Jett of his Royal Highness bas been distin-
guished.
BOW-STREET.

On Sitnrday evening it'ilitane Champion se.
brought to the Office, from (Mint Gerdes 'nos:a-
tm, charged by Mr. Janes Bromine, who add,
that ois the commencement of the half prier, he
saw the Prisoner, •with several others, running
about the pit, and eaesimg a grant noise and dis-
t rbance. —0 :skied to God bail; which he accord-
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-lobo Lord, one of tho patrols, Wes 'womb( to
the Opine, in the restudy of Mr. ThuruJs Lee, a
coach maker, of Pulaod.strwi, Oxford-strem, on
a charge or cutting his head open. The Magi'? 'Aid
_4l4_
inquired whet the parties were, and Lind;.,` 1 4 1
to he one of the patrole belonging to the Od;ces
took his charge against Mr. Lee.
Lord sated, that there was a great disturbance
in the pit of Covent Garden Theatre, and finding it
isselessary to go an to assist in takingeonie of the
persons into custody, he followed Taunton and
others of the parole belonging le the office, when
the Prisoner seized hold of his eta, and psilled
him from she upper part of the p:t towards the
orchestra, rid tried to wrect his staff from him,
hut which he was not able to accomplish. The
Prisoner having tokl several persons that he had
strut k bion on his head, they assisted him iu .seiz.
ing the witness again, when he was pulled down a
second time towards the orchestra, aioinst a num.
tier of people. By the violent conduct of the
Pi limner, he was separated (ruin the party of the
atrule be wen; into the pit with, and he under.
the porro.i they west into the pit with au
intention of securimg) was nut taken into cus.
bod.
John Smith, one of the conductors of the pa_
;role, said, there was a great disturbance in the
pit, e lien los went in with a member of others,
to take into etestody one of 11.,1 !wind:els in the
disturbance; but they were prevented from tab.