The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-14 00:00:00

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mttted to the direction of ARTMOR O'CONNOR ;
a 4 limenee numbers of them have already been
digtriffuted in Spain. To counteract the effeei of
NA.roLEox's policy on the minds of the Catholics,
ths'story of the escape of the Purr., and the es.
communicatiottaf NAPOLISOM, has been circulated
in this and a neighbouring country.

la our opinion that Walcheren would be found
untenable, we have never fluctuated. The 600
carpenters, with Mr. COPEL %ND at their head,
hare just arrived• in tinsel at Flushing, to assist

the survivors of our brave army in ." packing
up," pieparatory to their return to England. The
' policy of our Ministersis sumewhatdifferent from
that of NAPOLEON, wbo dues not scruple to em-
play Poles, Germans, or Spaniards, oat the Pis.
tubs, the Danube, or the Ebro. Our Ministers
prudently keep their legions of foreign mercena-
ries in snug quarters at humc, whilst the soldiers
of England are sent to perish in the mephitic
marshes of Walcheren !!!

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GUVENT GARDEN 7'IIEATRE.

The conduct of the Agents employed to subdue
the insubordinate Public, becomes nightly more
outrageous.
Early in the second act of Richard the Third,
which was gesticulated last night, a party of Po.
lice Officers rushed into the Pit, and pouncing
on a mau who was standing near the end of the
sixth bench from the top, on the right band side,
carried him off la a twinkling. This indivkinalt
whose name is Robert Stephenson, wore on his
head a red worsted cap, tech as is worn by la.
bourors in the markets. In the front of the cap
was piuncd a piece of black silk, on which were
the " initials hateful" of 0. P. in gilt letters. On
arriving at the Public Office, Professor Brandon
charged Stephenson with " pinning the 0. P. a*
the cap, which he wore, and with running up mg
dozen the benches, and creating a tumuli." The
accused stated, that the person by whom he em
frequently employed (Mr. R. Turner, kW. of
Stepney.green, son of Mr. Turner, a respbellabie
salesman of headenhatl.strect), had offered to treat
him to (he ply, which offer belied accepted. He ad.
witted wearing the red cap, for which he assigned
a very cogent reason, namely, that he never were
any thing else. He denied the charge of running
up ISM down the beeches, or of caching tumult ie
any way. He bad walked quietly down the Pit
once (there were not 150 persons in the Pit when
he was seised), and afterwards quietly returned to
the bench on which he was standing, and he had
not, from the time of his entering the House, either
hissed, whistled, hooted, sung, cried Off ! 0. P.
or made any disturbance or noise whatever. The
Magistrate, Mr. RRA 0, ordered hun to find 1001.
bail, and two sureties for 501. cash. Mr. Robert
Turner, jun. who was in the Pit and close to
Stephenson, had followed him out and requested
the Officers, who had dragged him away with
the most ferocious violence, nut to use him ill
—and that he should accompany them to
the office fur the purpose of hailing the
man, if necessary. On arriving, however, at
the Office, Mr. TURNER was, at first, forcibly re-
strained from entering, and had only just ob.
tinned admission when the examination was closed.
He they offered himself as one of the, bail—
stating who and what he was, and where he lived.
, Mr. Rams asked if he was the person who had
paid fur. the admission of STEPHENSON ? Mr. R.
TU RNER, jun. admitted that he war; adding, that
as an Englishman, he had a right to du what he
pleased with his money. He well knew, and oc.
manna:illy employed, Seerusesom, who was a
singular character, and never appeared with any
covering on his head, but such a red cap as he
then wore, which was well known by all who
were in toe habit of seeing the man. lie had
walked to the Theatre, as he was accustomed to
do every where, in his cap. Mr. Real) de.
dined accepting his ball, on the ground of his
having paid for ST EPHILNION'S admission. Shortly
after, two other persons presented themselves at
the Office, and offered themselves as bail, having
came from the Pit of the Theatre fur that purpose;
Mr. DIAHTON MOTT, of Tower-street, and Mr.
MORRIS, of liishopsgatc.stveet, both respectable
tradesmen and housekeepers. The bail of these
Gentlemen was also rejected, on the ground of
their having walked to the Theatre *id entered
the house together with Att.. Tvezrclit and the
arched, SrtruaNsort. At length two Gentle-
men, Mr. Bose, of 3el, in the Strand, and Mr.
N. JOLLY, of Charing.cross, struck with these
very extraordinary circumstances, offered to be..
come bail for his appearance, although they were
total strangers to all the parties—their bail was ac.
cepted; and be was discharged.
Two other persons were dragged out of the Pit
Is the coarse of the neat *Act of the Play, and
were proved to have whistled, fur which crime
they were ordered to find bail.
Before the conclusion of the third Act, n per.
son in what are bumourously termed the Dress
Boxes, stood forward and addressed the audience
in an unconnected speech, which was very imper-
fectly heard. We flowerer collected, that while
he thought the conduct of the Managers objec-
tionable, he disapproved of the 0. P.'s; and by a
strange confusion of ideas, seemed to think, from
the repetition of Mr. (iobbett's name, that be was
at the bottom of this dreadful plot and con-
spiracy.
This statement will, doubtless, not A little as.
tonish Mr. Cubbett, who is peaceably, honour.
ibiy, and laudably employed in Hampshire, iu
agricultural pursuits, and Neither knows, nor cares
what it diiing in the Theatre. Whether the ore.
for had any hand in the placard that was hung
round the horse's, week at Charilig.ceoes, on. the-
day of the Jubilee, •we know not ; but certain it
is, that he seemed to have the same dreadful opinion
of Mr. Cobbott, with the author of that exceiritell
production.
Soon after this speech, a person in a naval eel.
form roared out from the Boxes' "tern out the ,
blackguards." This was re-echoed tram Ale pada
of the house, who naturally conceived hiss to
mean tie bireliegs of the Managers—but limbs".
soonlcurrected this mistake, by shouting, "Sera•
out the 0. P.'s--N. P. for ever." .This was ass
signal for tumult; but, before the consequences 8i
the Gentlemasi's praise of New Prices could -be
manifested, the doors were opened at the secant.
price. In ten minutes, the heuclies of the Pk
were inaccessible—the remainder of Richard was

drowned in the accumulated roar which was kept
up in the Pit, Boxes, and Galleries.
Mr. Wienholt, the English Gentleman (and
not the Foreigner, as has been asserted in the Wog
Prints), who as so inhumanly treated, as we have
already stated, appeared in the Boxes with the
insignia of " lasubordisation," o.l'. lle was, as
usual a passivw spectpter, and fora wonder wan not
molested. Thu .P.sfessor, Whose bload boils
with indignation at the sight of this Gentle.
man, did nut talk of " having hiss 0ut."...
The Professor did, not appear last night to have
been so much heated by " libations" to the New
Prices as on several former evenings.
When Mr. 'ASTON appeared in the muskcal en-
tertainmet.l of 7'he Quaker, he was assailed with.