The National Register. — London, England, 1815-10-15 00:00:00

representation of the enormous amount of establishments on the faith of the continued , therto enjoyed. " Ard the Committee trust they will di which may arise in the minds of the Proprietors on this" subjeft, by stating to you the intire a id implicit con fi dence with which they rely on the continued protecti d iof his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, who graciotoly condescetu ed in a special manner to countenance and promote the restoration of both these national establishments t which l , ad been ruined by misfortune , to th eir pr esent s p lendour and favour with the public." ' In answer to a question from a subscriber, Mr. D. Kin naird observed, that at the last meeting, when be bad alluded to the probability of the receipts of the two preceding sea sons furnishing a dividend of 101. per cent. he merely meant to state, that such a dividend would have accrued had not . 17,0.501. been drawn from the general receipts, to make .good the deficit of the original expence. Mr. P: Moore observed, that the great object of the re port which they had just heard, was to prove that the pledges originally held out would have been realised, had the whole of the funds appropriated to the payment of the dividend been strictly applicable to that purpose. Their pre sent difficulties had arisen, partly from the inevitable imper fections of the plan upon which they were forced to act. It was a joint stock concern, and.the subscriptions never were completed. Instead of 500,0001. which it was at first - proposed to raise, not more than about $46,0001. were ac- tually obtained, leaving a deficit of 54,0001. Notwithstandui ing this, however, a great deal had been done ; and for wisa4: bad been done, every proprietor must feel himself eternally 1 inciehted to his departed and much lamented friend--(Ap- ' plause.) But it surpassed the powers of any single indivi dual, especially of an individual who, like the late Mr. Whitbread, had so much of his time occupied by great po litical duties, and those of various magisterial offices which he filled in the country. He was therefore compelled to trust a great deal to others, and the consequence was, that loany abuses inevitably prevailed. He wished the present proprietors to come forward and pay up the deficiency, •in -which case he would boldly promise a dividend of 10 per cent. according to the original calculation. Their future prospects, however,•were most satisfactory. Within the last three or four days he knew that the market price of the shares had risen 10 per cent. Mr. Cocker thought the Committee intitled to the thanks of the Proprietors, for the clear and satisfactory statement which they had submitted to them. Mr. Perry most perfectly concurred in what had fallen from his friend Mr. Cocker, expressive of the great merits of the Committee, for the clear, intelligible, and satisfactory . Report they had made. He should therefore beg leave to move that the thanks of that Meeting he given to the Coin mittee for their Report. At the same time he must say, with respect to what had fallen from an Hon. Gentleman , opposite (Mr. P. Moore), that any expectation of . the defi ciency in the subscriptions being made up among them selv.es, would, he feared, from the present market price of the shares, prove fallacious. it was, however, most satis factory to reflect, that from the judicious regulations which had been adopted, they•had only to forbear fur one or two years (by keeping down the annual dividends), when the property would be placed upon a footing of perfect security to themselves and their heirs.—(Applause). Mr. Perry moved the -following resolutions, which were b Alt agreed to. Tirat the mretirru hi,hly apps oved of the Report of the Commit-' tee, and t,ineetely thanked them fur the clear aad satisfactory state• mew. which it rmit,:tited. Cato led unanimously. Thai the Met lulu a pproved .of the appointment of the Right the.Eail of are Right Holl—Aord /341" P the - - ugh . as to the propriety of letting the Theatre, yet he felt per fectly assured, tbat under the management of the Committee it would be relieved from all its difficulties. Mr. Perry moved, That the Meeting do approve and con firm the nomination of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, and-Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. as joint Trustees with Peter Moore, Esq. Mr. P. Moore wished to say a few words in explanation before that motion was put. Under the former system, he and his colleague in the office of Trustee (Mr. Harvey Combe) had full confidence in the integrity and ability of his departed friend. Of course all the receipts and expen diture of money passed through his hands. Upon the la mented death of Mr. Whitbread, rumours of a base and ma licious nature were propagated with respect to the disposal of the money. He (Mr. Moore) had laboured, since that 'afflicting event, morning, noon, and night, to ascertain the application of the money, even to the minutestfraction and he could now declare. in the face of God and that assembly, there was not the slightest ground for such suspicion.— (Applause). A Gentleman observed, that he never beard of the ex istence of any such suspicion before. Mr. P. Moore replied, it had been darkly rumoured, and b• had even received anonymous letters on the subject. In order, however, to prevent a repetition of those slanders, it had been resolved, until some new mode was adopted, no .money should be paid but by an order of the Committee, which should be entered in their proceedings. The motion was then carried unanimously. - The Earl of Essex having quitted the Chair, and Mr. P. Moore being called to it, Mr,,Perry moved the Thanks of the Meeting to the Right Hon. the Earl of Essex, for his atten tion and impartiality while. in the Chair.—Carried unani mously. The following Ilesolutions were also unanimously passed': That John Hosier, EA. and Richard Wilson, Esq. be elected Auditors in the Nom of the Hon. Thomas Brande and Richard Sharpe, Es q , who. had sent in their resignation. That the Thanks of the General Assembly be given to the Hon. Thomas Braude and Richard Sharpe, Esq. for their services as Auditors. That the Thanks of the General Assembly be given to the Right lion. the Earl of Essex, the Right Hon. Lord Byron, the lion. Douglas Kinnaird, the Hon. George Lambe, hncl. Peter Moore, Esq. who have undertaken the duty, of conducting the management of the Theatre. TIIE NATIONAL _ REGISTER. OCT. 15. .. •_. . 4 -, _ - 4, . . _ i. , ....., __ property vested WA* "Douglas klnne d, ' tTie Hon. lleoige . raiiitieTtiod Peter Moore, protection they have ki- - Esq. R. R. as the Sub-Committee for the ensuing year. (146 all apprehensions Sir T. Turton bore testimony to the zeal and diligence of tors oti this subirttt. by the lace Committee; and though he still retained his opinion ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES,. Wedoesdaya dreadful circumstance occurred at a house in Stepney : —A Captain of a West lndiaman lodged there, who had a black girl, about 14 or 15 years of age, living with him as a servant, whom he hid lately occasion _to punish for gross misconduct; since whiCh she had been extremely sullen and perverse.. •Wedriesday, she was in a room occupied by.her master, in which were several sre.arms, and had a little boy...the son of the landlord of the house with her After they had been there some time, the family were alarmed by the dis charge of are-arms; and on entering the room, the little boy was dis covered to b: shot in the 'most shocking manner, by the black girl, with a. musket. A surgeon was sent for, who ascertained that one side of his head was dreadfully injured, neatly all his teeth and nose on that side being carried away. Thurday afternoon the Old Boston coach, which leaves the Sara cen's Head, Snow-hill, having stopped at Waltham Cross, on the way to the former place, the following melancholy accident occurred me coachman, upon theirarrival, alighted and entered the yard of the ma to order the usual change of horses. Those which were already attached to the coach, however, almost instantly moved forward with considerable violence, and in attempting to enter the gateway of the occasionel such a fright to the outside passengers, that in at. t empting to escape ) four worm Were 'dreadfully bruised, two of ■ ( IN so' the wa wi anc pre dec Col U•