The Statesman.
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it as the moil intolerable oppression, that a proud
I,domineering Government, at that time on the Con-
; thient, did command us, instead of the Han-
overian accession, to receive back again the House of
*MART. Suppose BONAPARTE were now as power-
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ful by sea as be is by land, and were to tell the Eng.
Llish potion thins', would restore them to their rights,
*ad partieukitly that of se free Representation 'hi
Parliament; whiff '~enlist, he might, perhaps, day,
was now fraudulently revisited from them by a set of
i upstarts and usurpers, commonly called Borcmgh-
owners. Would not such an interference be far more
I just than that of the coalesced Powers in behalf of
' the Holmium ? inasmuch as it professes to restore
the people to their just rights ; Whereas the other pro.
posed to substitute lawless power in the place of the
people's right; bat notwithstanding the force of this
argument, the English nation, I presume, would not
i accept such an offer. They would prefer the mill-
nuance of corruption to the restoration of the right.
fel Constitution through the interference of Borti.
PARTE. For myself, at least., I must declare, that
highly as I should consider such a blessing, I shoug
be loath to receive it tali auxilio. From hence we
may discover how detestable a thing it is to interfere,
in the domestic concerns of independent nations.,
From a consciousness of what would be our own,
feelings on such an occasion, we may be able to form',
an estimate of those of others. If we would not be',
indebted to the French for the restoration of the most
precious right belonging to the people, how can wn
expect that they would receive from sus the' restore.
tine of the BOURBONS, whose authority they always
considered as an usurpation upon the rights of the
people in France? Besides, the French nation
knows well enough that this zeal for the BOURBONS*
was all a sham, a mere pretence to get a footing in
the country, which the Allies would afterwards hare
divided amongst themselves. They, had an eye to
the dismemberment of France : they hoped to set up ,
an usurpation of their own in that country; whilit
Mr. Prue flattered himself that he would defeat
reform ; or, hi other words, prolong the tisurpaliOnl
of the Borough.mongers at home. I wish those who
rant and rail against 13ortaratere as an simper end
an upstart would consider that we have upstarts and
usurpers at home in abundance. I wish they would
sp.are_a little of their indignation for those who shine
in splendour b) bartering away the rights of the pee.
ple. That the invasion of France was not just, will,
I think, sufficieutly appear from witethas been said,
"that it was not wise and penile has, I think, been
sufficiently proied by ,experience. It has- nearly
ruined the commerce of this country ; has over-
whelmed it with debt ; and what is the greatest mis-
fokine of all, has cost England a vast number of
very valuable lives, for which nothing can compensate.
As td out Continental allies they have, for the most
part, lost their own dominions in the attempt to seize
upon those of France. I will not say that the chance
of war has made the aggressors the losers, because I do
snot believe it was chance, but the natural operation of
cause and effect. lii the insulting demand to restore
the ElOunitoNs, in the threats of exermination in
cue of refusal, and in the piratical project of dis-
.onemberment; I perceive a yery powerful cause acting
on the minds of men highly elated with the recent
acquisition of liberty, and naturally generating there
that spirit of enthusiasm which has always been found
'to reader mankind invincible: that the French ter-
ritory should be augmented, instead of being parti-
tioned out among the assailants, is in my opinion, -a
consequeuce regularly flowing from so' powerful a
Cause, and I beg leave to ask why a repetition:of the:
same action should not produce the same effect.-.--
Are the French more patient of insult i Has victory
made them more tame and enduring than they were
when the former attack was made upon their inde. 1
pendence? We know from our own feelings, that an
attack of this nature is of all the injuries that can
be done by one nation to another the most unpardon- '
able. We have seen the delirium it produced in
France, and, in my, opinion, if ourt.Ministers wish
to revive jacobinism in that country, this would be
the effectual way of doing it. But it will be well to
ask what sort of a Government it is that we wish to
effect in France by the power of the sword. Would
we have a Bourbon Priuce with a Constitatiou as
Loeis XVI. was, and might have continued, if he,
and his good friends had pleased ; or would we
have a BOURBON with no restraint but his will, as
was the case before the Revolution. In the one in-
stance we should . shed British blood to re-establish
what British blood (that worthless commodity !) was
shed to pull down, and, in the other, we should shed

erected a guillotine,
!to" give strength and con-
sistency to such a 'oveenmint. Wherever they
went it would have been guerre aux phaleaux, and
paix aux chaumieree (war to castles and ieace to
cottages). On this principle repoied the Iretc.;...b of
the Jacobins, and who can say that it would not have
verified the motto, Greet* Estado. •Boivaemere, on'
the ether hand, has not; affl
pthid TO-Sned-the
old Governments,' t hough I re constantly forming
fresh confederacies tivenalhlikte him ; he wishes, on
the contrary, to conciliate them; and has often
bought their alliance with a renunciation of his con-
quests; but these sacrifices have been made in vain;
ainilvare created, as indeed it is natural to suppose,
some discontent in his own nation ; so that if any
accident were to happen to their present Chief, it is
most probable that the French people would return
to some portion of their 00 Jecobinical spirit, and
the war become of a more revolutionary nature ;
more decisively hostile against Sovereigns, and more
conciliating towards the oppressed part of their
subjects. This is agreeable to an opinion held
both in France and elsewhere, that 'the present
is not a contest between men, but between princi-
ples, which will never end till the one has entirely
subdued the other. -It is ridiculous to suppose that
the French will ever
,voluntarily cense, t-la return
- within their ancient limits. Two-thads of their
armies are foreigners, drawn from countries united,
or influenced by meant of their conquests. They
feel too sensibly these advantages .to put them
into the handy of their 'enemies, and depend in
. fotUre on their ewn national resources.---If
BONAPARTE himself, were to propose such. a mea-
sure, he would be considered as a traitor to
France. 'l'o, conclude these `remarks, already
I too voluminous, the invcsion of France, for the
purpose of restoring the BOURBONS, would be a
fresh insult to the independence of that nation, and
consequently would only add, fuel to .a flame which
has already spread tho much de.solatien over , the
earth. The peace and haplpiness Of tnankied• ityq4O,
41Fittained in a different Wifilifire-euitivatipn a
Jost and moderate sentiments, and phiticularly by an
1 aversion to infringe in others that independence we
frat. 4 so highly among ourselves. There will he 'no
want of respect in the poople towards their Sove-
reigns, when these Sovereigns areloged to conduct
themselves with moderation and jrAip; and vene-
rate, as they ought to do, the rights of the people,
from whence, indeed, they derive their own. I re-
!main, &c.
: Budd; :Ilia "shire,* •
Sept. 9, ISIS. . TIMOTRY T RUEMAN.
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rather an interruption to the performance, than an
accompaniment fo the dialogtrs. Oa cross-examine.
Lion, witness stated, that he had no hope of receiv-
ing a share of the penalties, he having bargained to
the conttiey; but a consideration had been paid him
for his time and trouble. Mr., Raymend sent witness
to the theatre to...an:use himself, as he cou!d be better
: siiirretlArte:l44. ether 9eritbefre4 the price of ad:
mission was given to him it the Lyceum Treasury,
but he Could not exactly say by order of Mr. Arnold.:
i Mr. Chambers, a performer at the Pantheon, who
had been summoned to give evidence, demurred at
being sworn; .when Mr. Guttmeir insisted on the
book being handed to him, and that the Magistrates
were bound to compel him
,to give evidence, in sk-
i
• fault of which he would be liable to be committed
for contempt of Court. The Magistrates said they
did not feel bound to compel the witness to be sworn
in a case of misdemeanour, and much less should
they think of committing him for contempt. If he
were to Ware the Court, they should not even issue a
process to bring him back. Mr. Chambers was ad-
wised by Counsel to depart, and he took the hint and
departed. •
Mr. Mash, first clerk at the Lord Chamberlain's
Office, stated, that he received instructions from his-
Lordship to .deliver a notification at the Pantheon
Theatre, that the performances could not be allovred
to go on. Witness saw Mr. Curdy on the subject,
who' informed him in reply, that he felt himself
authorised in continuing the performance under lila
I•Justices' jieence, and he should go on. The Da•
fendant had applied for a licence, which was refused.-
I On cross-examination, witness stated there was pas
thing betwixt •the Ljceum and the Chamberlain's
office, further than that the Lyceum had a licence,
and was considered under the protection of the Lord
° Chamberlain. Witness had applied at the Lyceum '
for the enforcement of the Lord Chamberlain's order,
becauie the people there mere better judges of
identiti 10: theatrical performances than most
• others,..
I MialiVircOntendecT,.theie was no evidence to
show thatOreCultdy was the proprietor, or that Ike
performances were for lucre and gain. The dialogue%
he contended, was accompanied by music, and was
within the authority of the Justices' licence, and not
prohibited by law; and, therefore, that the L.rd
Chamberlain had no authority to interfere with the
performances.
Mr. ADOLPIIVS followed on the same side. Af er
tome obsertatlons upon Mr. Lonsdale's hired ex r-
tions,_' and' Ms presumptuous memory, in averring
that The Cabinet, as performed at the Pantheon on
the 26th July,. was precisely 'the same piece as is
performed at the regular theatres, in every word,
song, &c. though. no authentic copy of the Cabinet
had ever been published, and disputing his science
and taste in musical tones, though he was the poet
of the Lyceum. Mr. Adolphus pursued nearly thls
same coarseef argument as had been adopted by Mr.
Alley. He contended, that whatever opinion might
exist, with regard to the case before them, no ade-
quate proof had 'been adduced, to make out the all'-
', gations laid in the informations. This question, in.
deed, was simply this, whether the Lord Chamber.'
lain, a hardened and determined breaker of the law
(and he spoke those words advisedly)should triumph,
or whether he should be defeated by the law. lie would
boldly affirms that the Lord Chamberlain had no right
to license the Lyceum Theatre ; and remember-
ing that, he really thought that persons who lived
in a hoes() of glass should not be the first to begin
throwing stones. high names had been foisted in to
'give an imposing air and authority
.to the business,
bat for himself he believed that no ether Object was
contempltited than that Mr. Arnold shntild be the only
proprietor, and Mr. Raymond the only stage mansger
during a certain period of the year, The perform,
tutees at.the Pantheon, he contended,. were strictly
musical, and they were certainly. better, and the
place itself more elegant, than the wretched booth
which had been opened in the Strand. There seemed
to be something vindictive on the face of the proceed-
ings ; nine informations were laid, to take the very
bed from under.the Defendant, and to cast him in at
jail, by the exaction of penalties consequent upon
them, if they should be established. A series of handl
decrees were sought, and the Lord Chamberlain did
not blush to avow himself the prosecutor, by his
agent there. Ltkltily, however, the paw of the case
was not to he tried before the present tribunal, much
as-he respected it; end until the highest law court in the
realm' had decided otherwise; he should• continue to
think the Defendant bad acted rightly',
denied

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FRANCE. ritstional notions. And tbiljillible of Renewer too I connection!; in ,skort) he woe,
.and is, the friend demitnds ht the !mistier an early 1 lei tl ti in the
lileduCed, no doubt, by theaataiceertaeltCaunciilora-- of - Monarchy, whilst the hewn' were Its mord circle *where the features are alotie to be Vocoettitted t
: 'STATESMAN. . 'mart house whose right to tis. Throne b derived en- tai enemies. Why have the French kneed vie. Mr. RAN in passages, was Hoek and playful ; but
tiie the consent of the people. Was not such tttrious? Not because they Were led 107 DOSAIDASTdo hi was ton harried, too bustling at times, and would
e have appeared In ..• from
_r • eertainly do Wetter If he did lest A Mr. GATTIS
• . 1-moisurehighly indecent with respect to the rights - but because no nation, 'natter simnel' elitemstances,
°s° .f excitinOOßAkfthat Mose ? Did it not seem to say that the right of , wits ever cntiresoreel:, j4ejt be initia,. however, that elide his appearance in the Jeur. Ile spoke the dia-
Franthe root of them consinnem aidepthevway of BONA. legit intelligibly, and acted withaut grimace, whfgh
c.ei.• in order t* ,;4.1t eritattee by which some Princes illy claim to a' .
to the Throne. The '.whole nation as a flock of sheep, was superior to the' PARTIC, has 'been -very. dill Ont 4.frem what they "gives it flite prombe of his joti4ment as an actor.
omnanied with a no- ,irlot derived from the consent of the people?, If Would have bop* undo,. the.af44..,the. Jacobins.--- i • - •- ',..--1( .' 4. .
ur Readers,
that at. Jinn doctrine should be admitted; thou t1)41 house of . The old Governmentisonimeemd a war of extern& . PANTHEON THEATite
'lllettifiT9 standing nearer In succeagion than the house nation against the. Jaciibine, and d the -tTecehins in re- "'+"'- .
se sentiments in the .
1 publicity out of a ,'of Haltom, would have a better righttethe Throne. , turn vowed to,extermittate_tbitn, .It sreswell fur , On Saturday last, at Marlhoroogh.etteet Clffiee,
ilnit it also be noted, that the Law of England brands : these Governments that the rile of I)i:wake:re su., ne less than.-nine. informations for penalties were
ability of the writer, I- With criminality the very principle that was here perseded that of the .Jacebins ; they.. .ought to feel heeled against Mr. Candy, Proprietor of the Pas-
s- republic of letterst l'acted upon ; for it declares it to be felony for any' gratitude to him for it. They ought to think their these Theatre, avowedly at the suit of the Lend
the smallest particle i, man to question the power of the people of England, stars that BONAPARTZ was ambitious of holding a Chamberlain. The. first information was fur a re.
of The Cabinet on the oath of
in Parliament assembled, to disanul tluvsuccession by : place among there. ' Would the. acobins- have re- presentation i - July:'
ither instance; at the .Mark Lcaesdale, the informer on the former ores:
Inheritance, or to make such changes as they please , turned, as he did, Vienna and Berlin to Weir ancient
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esteem for a teen's ri
to their government, so that, in fact, our Ministers possessors ?No they would haVe demolished those Bina, atm wno.rs deli Hated the. I. Poet, stated,
sots—confis.. that he was present at the representation of the Opera
Tary talents, is one. have, in the war against the French Revolutionists, . capitals—deposed: the old Gower'
inions another. The .acted upon principles which it would have been high . cated all the property of the rielf.,...e.us off the heads of The Cabinet, on thel6lll efjuly. He took with
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lends upon their jus. treason for them to have set up in England. lof all the Nobles, ,and set up such .s kind of rabble him a book of the opera, and the dialogue, Bte.swas
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the talent or private The.grand rule of right.is to 'do to others as we . Government as would have fraternized with their the same as at the Winter Theatres4ut the chord et'
thn. If I conceive' would be done by ; assuredly we • considered own. In every town 'they tdok they wield have a piano-forte was etruck at iti,terials, witirh was
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