The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-10 00:00:00

THE TYROL SSE.

pghe following particulars of Laes.avan's Ex.
ion against the Tyrol, in August last, have
been transmitted to us by a Correspondent, to
whom they were communicated byaSasou Major,
who escaped from the destruction of those terrible
days.]
" We had penetrated to Insprvck without great
resistance; and although much was every where
talked of the Tyrolese stationed upon and round
the Brenner, we gave little credit to it, thinking
the rebels to have been dispersed by a short can.
nonade, and already considering osirs,,lres as con-
querors. • Our entrance into the passz:s of tile
Brenner was only opposed by small corps, whit,'
confined falling back, after an obstinate, though
short resistance. Among where, I perceived a
man, full 80 years old, posted against (beside of a
rock, and sending death amongst our ranks with
every shot. Upon the Bavarians descendiug from
behind to make him prisoner, ho shunted aloud,
hurrah I struck the first man to the ground with
la ball, seized hold of the second, and with the
ejaculation, in God's name ! precipitated himself
rwith.him into the abyss'below.
ft Mucking onwards, wo heard resound treat
the summit of a high rock : Steepen ! shall I
chop it off yet t to which a loud nay! reverbe-
rated from the oplksite side. This was told t•
the Duke ef • Dantzie, who, notwithstanding, or.
!tiered us to advance; at the same time be prudently
withdrew from the centre to the reer. The van,
twisting of 4000 Bavarians, had just stormed a
deep ravine, when we again heard halloo'd over
LOUT head : Hans! for the most Holy Trinity !
Our terror was completed by the reply tnat
immediately followed : In the name of Me Iloly
Trinity!---Gst all loose above- 1. and, 'crc a lei_
flute had 'lapsed, were thoustods of my comrades
Its arms crushed, buried, and overwhelmed, by
an incredible heap of broken rocks, stones,
and trees, hurled down upon us. All of us were
petrified. Every one fled that could ; but a
shower of balls from the. Tyrokse, s ho now
rushed from the surrounding tnousitain., in ie.,-
mom nunibers,-and among them boys and gi,ls of
10 and I'2 years of age, killed or weutitlmi a great •
many of us. It was nut till we Had got these fatal
mountains six leagues behind us, that we were re-
assembled by the Duke, and formed into sift eo.
lumus. Soon after the Tyrolese appdaretl, headed
by lloferrthe inn-keeper. After a short address
from him, they gave a general tiro, Hung their
rifles aside, and rusliod upon our bavaileis %%Mt
only their clenched fists. Nothing could withstand
their impetuos.ty.. They darted at our feet, threw
or pulled us down, strati4lcd us, wreucned the
arms from our bands, awl, like ens aged
killed all—!'reach, Bitvari:itis, and Salons, .hat
did nut cry for quarter ! By doing so, I, with 400
men, was spared, and set at liberty.
" When all lay deal around, and the victory
was completed, the Tyrolese, as it .roved by one
impolse, Ml upoiretheir knees, and poured forth
the emotious,of their! hearts in prtyer, under the
canopy of /Leaven; a scene so awfully solemn,
that it srill'ever be present to my reniembrance.
I joined in the devotion, earnestt in my fife did
I pray more fervently."

To the EDITOR of TUB S7'4TESIIA.V.

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Sin—l saw with some surprise, in your Papor
for Monday last, an advertisement, signed by Mr.
Yeake, 'lreisurer to the Proprietors of the late
Theatre in Drury-lane. In this undress
Pealce is pleased to inform us, " T;ia t the Kim
for erecting, by subs'•riiition, a num Theittre its
the metropolis, onquestiunahly origitomi4l Itt.l
eeeds on a suppisition thsr therc exist incur.
mousitablelmpedonents to the routtililiug of Drury.
Lane Thatre."

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That such a supposition did not iodine me, as
an individnal, to become a stibverib-r, I most
,sitteeicly protest, and feel perfectly assured 'that
all connected with the utidertskimig were actuated
by very different motives. From every circuiu.
stance which has transpired dimming the prosecu.
tion of the design, it appears that two eery ea-
t;onal causes led In the eagerness with -*filch thu
Public embraced the scheme. In time first place,
the incr....,emi size and iwilitlation 11. t tnetropo.
lii enforce the propriety Of addiimg to the ou.ebtr
of re nisi. Theatres, since dramatic entertainments
are allowed to be conducive to a refinement of ns.
tional Immo ers. And, in the second, it appears
a 'nest desirable object, considering time import-
ance of stage-representation!, to construct 3 The.
atre, the management of which 1:4111,ba Wiled in
the hands of such a Committee us is likely to pro.
test the morals and encourage the geitins oT the
age. If this latter must difficult okra bee any
shape attainable, it must be so in the'resent in.
stance, Maisie, .accer‘liast So -the peslaosals- seder
which suliscriptimms were solieStia fug the purpose
of petitioning Parliament titerittl Theatre
in the metropolis, tlir&fo: i
mirit•td bearded
hy the body of Proprietuit; tbAdldthete
situations only fur a limited period; • ) 1.,

In a scheme like the preheat, while sucksta.
tives stimulate the ardor's of. the Proprietor', I
eanuot perceive any thincibuNertug vu " edit.
conception." The charge de IN ittitenitontil dela.
slim" appears singular, wheih' ilkia,attnaaent that
the Committee have undeviatingly rectonititoulatt
the constructing of a new Theatre, untisertlthez.
preial cotivictiost_of a third being necessary ep tko
wishes of the !petrol/Ohs.
One particular of Mr. Peake's address Wendy
'gratifying :—" Proper measures," au are in.
formed, for relnideliog Old Drurv, on n per.
Internal plan, It ace been perseverivly pat-sued,
ever since its 'inf.()) Innate destruction by fire ;
that those measurer are nearly completed, avid
the fwd') rebuilding of the 7'heatre certaia."—
reque.st those who, like /myself, feel an tame.
diate intarest heft* cone. env of Drury-Line Th:.
atm, to bear in mind !be t•tretootstaiteu of Mr.
Peaky having njictallyittinotinced that Me speedy
rebuilding of that Mt** is certain.
I am, Sit,
Yonr heinhie Servant,
A R ENTER OF OLD MILK
And a Sob.cribur to the Project far erecting a third Theatre.

►Mnl'OtllTl TI WAX.

LONDON:
?BMA lf, NOVEMBER 10.
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FaoK Dutch Papers to the sth, and Momiteurt
to the Sd instant, which arrived in town this
morning, we have made the folloning extracts :
PARIS, OcT.SL
•' WlPotanor. be the grace of Goo, aced the Constitd-
tors, Emperor otthe Patrice, Kiug of ITALY, &c.
&e &r.
" To arivrtn these preemie may come.—ficalth.
" Re have decreed. an 411.. deerre as felletss:—
The Lee'slatire Comm• shall epee its, srttiogs, for the ses.
size of the vow. t 9. en the Fit (lava Dee. next.
" We order and direct that the present decree shall be in.
yew,' in the bulimia of the laws,.
given in •ntr Palace of Eot.taialieau, the Wit of Octo-
ber, 1809.
(Signed) " 1 A POLEON.
" By the Eialpeter, H. B. NIA BET.
Minister and Secretary of State.
Electr

_ sisisidtt
MAJ riTY it fillS composed of Count Niose art, (Iv tot-
A SUI, and TtsTt, and "to Wen:lured •by his'Excellency
the (4and Ma-ter or 14e Cereinaines, in the Holt of the
'thrones; the Count !Jos:all delivered the following dies
coarse.
I:ifere follow cam `one admits. for which *e hare not,„
at present, rnoro.l—( .41 unitene, Nev. 1.)
Faavlsraar. till.persaos wise twine from OAF
fair at beipsig, agree is otat;rnig it to hare been oar of the best
that has taken place then-five y. its. The heaviness which
appeared at its commencemem, was Ott:hatable in the pre-:
hewr of some audacious Cngllsh emissaries, who, with a per-
tidy heemehrg their patroes, intimated to the Poles? RIMIAMII,
Tramaylveniais, iSte. ;tot to be hasty in parch-wing, as im-
mense cargoes of ,Ettglish merchandise were about to he
landed on the coasts of the Baltic, which they would obtain
at more moderate prices.
The credulous foreign merchants, who, daring the ten or
twelve Ors, days, abstained from making purchases, still es •
peeling the arri.al of the prothised goods no the coast, dii- '
coveted at last that they had been deceived; and then eager-
ly sought sfier t'o'uch awl German inerchaadive, of which
bought considerable quantitic...--f. _tfottiirer, Nov. 1.)
Mtrilltil, OCT. tab.--Oar army is ratily advancing
avian Tyrol. The division of ticueral Rau c has reader.
ed itself astAer of St. JAM, ar..l of jliferent other oeigh-
hauring posts, ft em whence it is to he pushed against Itotteo-
berg. The cornsionicatiorsi between the three divivious have
lima folly established., since the divisiou of Dolton paned
ti.uffsteio en the 19th
nevem) Warne has entered Rotteniverg, and is 'apposed
to have yesterday reached *ha is, in which cal.. oar troops
will occupy Impruck the day after tn-morrow jaleat.—
lieyal A *alert! aut Clement of Nor. 4.
NAPOLEON continues to relax by the pursuit of
his favourite wuusement, huntiug---at Fontain-
bleau.

The resitance at thp Tyrolese appears, from
every concurrent aciodat,' to be most obstinate.
In the narrow passes ',trough the rocky mountains
of that cosintry, whole‘olumns have been over-
whelmed by fragments of rock, and trees
which have been suspended by ropes from preci-
pices, until the column had completely filled the
pass, when, cutting the ropes, great numbers of
men have been crushed to pieces, as might be
expected Nit the fall of vast fragments of
ruck, lat'lltel midst of close columns. Bat,
howevcs. wroth able and iletermined may have been
the resistance of these hardy mountaineers, it is
impossible that they can long resist the concen-
trated efforts of the armies that will be brought
against there. If any circumstance can add
poignancy to the feelings of the iii-advised,
millated Faastcts.--it must be the obstinate de.
fence made by a people 'whom he abandousd by'
the armistice of Znaim !!!

Letters were received yesterday from Dieppe
and Caen, of dm dates of Ibe 26th and 27th ult.
Nothing of aoy consequence had transpired in the
neighbourhood of theme places ; hat it seems that
the law of Conscription has of late been execut.
e d with diminished severity.
The Formidable man of war arrived with the
fit et from Malta, at Gibraliar, on the '23d ult. and
intended to tail fur England on the 'ZS th.

COVENT GARDEW THEATRE.
, The Curtain rose last night to an absolutely
eoittemptible audience. In the Pit there mightle
about one hundred and tstenty individual', scat:
tered over the different benches—of their, at least
one hundred were of a quality, that btiggars de.
scription. That several of these individuals were
shirtless, we aver as a • ? fact and the tattered gar.
uients of the whole crew rendered it Impossible to
mistake the nature of their charatters. They
were in fact the very dregs and outcasts of the
lower classes of society. The Boxes were
nearly empty at the commeacement of Romeo
and Juliet, of obich not even the first act
was correctly henrd, in consequence of the
risibility cicited by Cite superlative elegance of
the Pit. After the cornmencetnent of the second
act the Cowan), and the noise increased—before
the third act the house began to fill—but after
(he .h.ilf:price the Pit was literally crammed—the
Boxes also were filled, and the opposition front
that part of the house was Ivry decided. 0. P.'s
shone conspicuously on the haniof the Gentle.
men, and on thC,fany of thirtstlitl. Two dust.
men's bells, rattles and whistles, aided the vocal
music of the Pit. 'rise eatitalninent of The
Poor Soldier was nut more audible than Romeo
and Juliet, and the Curtain dropped at a very
early hour, amidst an increased rim: of disaKru.
bation.

jithe course of the evening, Woon, the'Fire_j
man of the ltppearanee in the
Pit, from which he was expelled by the 0. P's.
Several noses being descried in different parts, were I
also expelled in succession. In some instauces,after
much resistance, in others, without violence. Nut
long aßcr the ex pulsien of WOOD, he re-entered
the Pit by another dolt.' but was soon descried,
and exclamations of o.P.'s! 0. P's! almost in.
stantaueously brought a corps round the Fireman,
which again expelkd him. This second expulsion
was followed by that of many Riithans.--of
whom the Pit was at length completely weeded
by the efforts of the 0. P.'s, who, on the sum.
nions of 0. P.'s to the right, or 0. P.'s to the
left, proceeded to the spot from whence the sum.
TOM issued. It is now manifest, that unless the
Managers will he at the trouble and expellee of
nightly stuffing the Pit with superior numbers,
their Bufflaus will be unable to repeat, with
impunity, their outrages on the persuns of
the People.—A !ter the Performance, the
company seated thealsAvtai in the Pit, and
testified their approbation and disapprobation
as usual, by buzz is and groans, of the former of
which, Mr. CLIFFORD, WtiO was present, had his
full share. While the Company were thus quietly
seated, Wood, the: Fireman, appeared for the third
time in the Pit, with arms folded, and his body
carelessly poised, presenting altogether an aspect or
contemptuous defiance, surpassing what we hue
ever seen displayed by any individual...." There's
137 " exclaimed a dozen voices. A.G en.
!y remonstrated with him on the
•
impropriety, of thrusting him.
conspany, who had so deridedly ma- I
-version to his presence. Mr. W000,)I
a, disposition to maintain hisiL
Oxstesttly slaingould Armin tql
r. WOOD stood, hu was thrown
—end others, in the scuffle, also fell.
rile noise and tumult were beyond description.
WOOD resisted, hut was soon driven out of
the house, together with a gang which ac.
companied hi n. When he got into the pas-
sage, es soon as he had regained his legs,
he mete deownitrations of sparring, which,
he had not before at any time done. We, how.
•ever, did nqt see any blows given, but a lamp in
the passage was rnashed—and the corps of reserve
in the passage,
.loudly blamed his temerity in
makings third attempt.
Several Gentlemen urged the propriety of ab.
staining from tumultuous :issenablage after leaving
the Theatre, in which the Company appeared
most Cbrdi:44;if to acquiesce—legitimate opposition,
and a determination to expel by fair means, if
practicable---and by foul means, if misted--
hired ruffians, from the. House, appeared to be the
determination of the 0. P.'s. There were no
speeches ; and the House was cleared in ten
minutes after the final expulsion of WOOD.
The avenues of the Theatre were again crowded
to excess, with persons anxiously waiting the
event of the night; but there was nut the slightest
appearance of riot.
Of carriages wu counted twelve hacks In Bow.
street, four private carriages iu the p, dome place,
and six hacks iu the Garden. We cannel. but ex.
press our astonishment at the nightly inselt offered
to the people, by the appearance of persons in
the Private-Boxes; in which, although there were
not many females, there were several Gentlemen.
Placards ware displayed in great numbers ; and
there was one which WAS got up with great lin.
sneer. It was a banner, on which an heraldic
shield was painted, regularly quartered. At the
top was " God save the King." First quarter,
dexter 0. P....sinister, a large Bell. Ia the other
_quarters were a Bull with 0. P. on a collar round
'tis neck, and a rattle dormant
Beneath the shield—

" Oar Rights sod lettepeedenty."
riai the Performance,an old wig was thrown
on the Stage, which, failing on the lamps, took
fire, and emitted a, smell by no Means agreeably
odoriferous. In Ute' prey of, this day it is stated,
that it could nut' be kaidtkfined " whether this
'• brown bob stai 'the manufaclare of Bishops.
" gale-strecl otifiet."—We apprehend that it
was ruznufacturci *by a well-known ci-devani ma-
nufacturer in Dublin.
We arc, for want of space, under the necessity
of dela-ring the insertion of Mr. Wienholea
statement, snd the remarkable case of Mr.Gooday,
who was, some weeks ago,. dragged out of the
Theatre, and inhumanly beaten by the agents of
the Managers.

Lady 'TOLLAND'S accouchensent took One yet-
terday at flollsud-house, when her Ladyship was
safely deirered of a daughter.
Forty traasports, with sick and woioded aa1..1
dicrs, from Liahqn, ars adroit at Plymouth,

4111111Ifv Ds, the Grand Elector. Woos again," eXt
(Slimed) "C. M. Prince of BEFEVENTE." demon theta caltulj
rm..iiguriv.v.
MILA nes. M.—Yesterday morninc nt 11 o'clstk, will i
itithstuse wa# perr.naried io the !Metropolitan Churels, in ar. mil into tti:l co*
kernieag.acat of the peace. The same rerynsony took Osier isifoated their aver
la Ike Cbapol Boval. Her ilightaks the Vire-QueNt assiskt„ ,
VOla akll,lw areal Officers, of she Crdwo an 3 vie Antbiriites, huov‘ert
when %trete alliet‘snlritiviteted ; biutaapiL
—( Monaco% Or?. 31.) the spot where Nri
roMTA I MIL KAU. OeT. 31. Is Depatatinn frog the Se- ,
.ir of Milan was yesterday astositted to an audience rsf his uowns anti several