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reinstate , the Ihike of York : they can never rebut the charges of iniquity and corruption , vrhich have been proved or avowed by men high in the state . The want of a proper police at our theatres has been a complaint of long standing , and it might have been expected that when two were in ruins , measures
would be taken to secure the country from those imrnoralites , which were so flagrantly practised in . the former houses . A magnificent theatre has been built : but its opening , unfortunately offers no presage of improvement . Such a scene of riot and confusion has scarcely ever been exhibited in a civilized
country -as took place for a whole week at Covent Garden . Plays were performed every night , but not a word was heard by the audience , for it was occupied in clamour , and every species of outrage short of destruction . The cause of it was the rise in the price of admission , which was resisted by the public . The managers
seemed to be determined td pursue , and the people were equally resolved to resist their pla ^ n . At last , the managers \ yere obliged to give way , and on the last night of the week , it was- an ^ nounced , that the theatre should be shut up , till the question , of the propriety of advancing the price , had been submitted
to a committee , whose decision should be made known to the public . It is of consequence sometimes . t ; hat evils should grow to s « great a height , as absolutely to point out the necessity of reform , and we hope , that the disorders which have been committed , will give rise to
a . legislative inquiry into the state of the theatres * If they are to be permitted in any state , some care plight to be taken , that they are wot made the receptacles of vice , and if plays cannot be performed without the immoralities , so notorious in the former houses , it would be much better that that rwodeof amusement should be
proscribed by the state . The month past has thus presented many subjects to the reflecting jiugnd on affairs at . home '; those abroad have been of the most melancholy nature . Otfr last noticed the awful work of destruction in the town of th $ enemy . Severe have been the sufferings of the
conquerors . The expedition , which sailed from our ports , has brpughfc back a great part of the army ; bjtjt disease has effected mpre than coui 4 have been expected from a harassing campaign . After q , ehert residence iu the Butch
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islands , it was discovered' by the commander of the army , > ai * d his opinion * \ yas sanctioned by a eouncifcof generalofficers , that the great object ofthe "undertaking was not feasible ; that Antwerp was ; oo Well fortified to he taken : i * y -a coup de main ; that the French were
in sufficient force t 6 resist our army ; that their ships were not to be assailed . In consequence * the island-of Bevel and was quitted , and our army re-embtwked ., Sufficient force was , left for the . preservation of Wakhercn- * but-such \ vere * tne
effects of disesae , , tjiat is was doubtful whether our troops would he capable of retaining it . . . ' - . . Such has been * the end of this ill-fated expedition The Q&peece . has been enor- * mous , and vHvaterver : injury :. has been done the enemy , werh # ve felt tenfold ia the loss of men arid money , , To \ vhG , n £ »;
the ill-success is to bq attribute ^ retnainXI a question to be decided * Fhen complete ^ documents are before jibe public . But ic was by no means a secret :, that from , t ^ e j time Buonaparte has 5 been in possession of Antwerp , he fcadr c ^ erm ined to fer store it to its ancient } ' , splendour . F ^ r
this purpose he . ted ejected stupendous works , and the citfif- i § at this mon * enfc , one of the best fortified , if not the begfe fortified in the , w , p rW > < . The canals thp . % - have been ma 4 e , i&e arsenal that hasf been built , -the < W ) ss that have been , erected , the coini * v » mcatiqns by subte ^
raneous passages , vyould require a volume to explain them ; 3 n 4 when we reflect on the population ,, pij tjhe Netherlands * and the facility wi < Jii which troop . s couh ^ be conveyed into Antwerp , we are at & loss to cQnceive , pn , what pro |> ab | lg grounds , the chance of success in our expedition was founded , ~ ,
The triumph of . the French on this oc-r casidn may be easily c . oBiC £ ived ; and sue * cess has attended them ii } another quarter , which promises tjo leave Spain at their mercy , Tl ^ e bravery of our troops
at Talavera has been of little use . Thejf have displayed'CQMr £ g 6 , t > U £$ he repulse o £ the enemy only warde < j t pfl ^ jjfcjie blow fjor the time . He returned in greaf forces a . nd , at the same time , another army , under Soult , threatened the rear . The
consequence was , that our general left his sick and wpuflded at * their mercy , made a precipitate retreat , ajad gained , but with what loss is not known , we frontiers of , Portugal . The S pani ^ army soon . followed , and suffered stift jcn 9 r , e . A si ^ aUarmy ^ under Sir Rqfcc ? rf
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State of Builic A fairs . , £ 85 *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1809, page 525, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1740/page/51/
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