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F; I . voice tried ad. "Wi 4.0 e tho recoiek to dim thee. mused Mr. Davies, perhaps it way be se in ens or tna polemist instauctiii and (or attechapel) complained in strong terms of the conduct of the East London► Company. He complained that the promise of not noising his rate from Itto. a year had beets broken, • and that an exorbitant levy of 51. les. fur arrears bad been made sport his property. He condemned the system of creating an increase of capital in the summer pursued by the Company. Mr. BIM said, that be hurts a friend who had also &offered by this preeencerted arrangement be. ltween the New River and East London Companies. Ne knew not what a monopoly was, if raising the rate from 10 to 00 per cent. was not one. where the ynblic had no alternative but to submit. The Companies cared little when they knew that Jolts Bull must pay whatever they thought proper to !relict. • Mr. YOUNG said, that he was interested its the Lel London Company, but more interested as an iuhribitaitt of that part of the metropolis said to be most affected by the regulations alluded to. He attended particularly to this day's proceedings, and certainly could not approve of them. He }sated mo nopoly as mach as ant• mart, and he knew that the dividends of the East London Compsuy were under 3 per cent. He also knew that they were not bilik lug their rents in capital in the way ►t had been de scribed. Au inquiry was certaiuly necessary, and he would therefore move, no an Amendment, that all the resolulintie hut the last be omitted, and that that he so framed as to empower the Committee to con fer with the Director, of the East London Company, and iriqiiire into the whole affairs, for the purpose of fronting a Report to be hereafter suhniitted to a public meeting. Ile thought this would be taking a srci tic and practical course. Mr. JAS. DAvtss seconded this motion, and as. aured the Meeting, that the Directors would aff.srd ever; information to the Committee. After some conversation on the point of order in putting the Amendment, it was @greed that the Mover of the original Resolutions should reply be fore any question was put. Mr. Emu accordingly replied. He said, the Meeting hod got this day a shew of argument to meet the facts which were mated against the cons ols't►ts of the conduct of the East London Water ko Company. These facto were met with uothing List the plainest sophistry, and if the amended pro position were acceded to, the only effect would be to embarrass all the proceedings to which the Meet. ing must resort for a redress of their grievance,. If they now sat down without doing any thing, the Company would go on to the root no increasing their price, as they more fully secured their mono poly. Ile dui not blame the Company for trying to increase their capital, but he blamed the public fur so long submitting to such so exaction. The Amendment was now put, and rejected by a large majority of the Meeting. The original Resolutions were then put seriatim. and curried uusiiimously, and it was agreed that she COmmittee should make a Report within one month. Mr. Howse asked Mr. Davies if he was deputed by the Directors of the East London Company to confess their intention of ameliorating their mode of supplying water, and at a fair price?, Mr. Devoe' replied, that he appeared there as a Director, and could certainly promise the fullest attention on the part of the Directors to any propor saints which may be submitted to them. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman. who **plowed himself much obliged to the Meet►ug for their attes►tiou. The Meeting separated at four o'clock. FOREIGN INTELLIGRACE. PARIS PAPERS. PAPERS. PALM, OCTOBIR .27. Cardinal Etienne Hobert Cambaceres died at Rouen on the night between Saturday and Sunday last. He was aged sixty-two years, bring horn at Montpellier the 11th or Sept. 1756. He was ap pointed iu IPO2 to the Archhishoprick of Rouen, and promoted to the Cardinglate in I mO3, by Pope Pius VII. He was nephew of the Abbe Coombe etre., Grand Vicar of &urges, who, next to our great veered orators, occupies a distinguished place in the number of our best preachers. The news of the evacuation of the French terri tory by the allied troops was received at Grenoble, and throughout the department, with the most lively joy, and sincere sentiments of gratitude for the pi tern.' regard of his Majesty. In consequence of this happy event, the Mayor of Grei,ol.l, caused a distribution of wine to be made to all the troops of the garrison. Au air-ballonti has been remarked for some days past in out of the halls of the Couservatory of Arts, LONDON. SATURDAY, ()crones 31, ISIS. attitude by the grand Deli, Imola, in the pre sent state of Europe, be exeredingly ridiculous, if • consideration of the eofferissip and printions which his folly must inflict up•a his unfortunate subjects did not excite feelings of • more pain ful character. The Grand Duchy forms part of the Germanic Confederation, as does Bavaria also. It would be well for the people of Germany, and eventually for all Europe, were all the Members of the Confederation to bind themselves not to make war upon each other, but to submit their occa sional disputes to the consideration of the Diet. The estimate of the aggregate military force of the Confederation has been printed by order of the Diet. It amounts to 300,943 men. The contin gent of Austria is 94,822 - men--that of Prussia 79.234. The lowest contingent is that of the Prince of Lichtenstein, which amounts only to 55 men ! The Governments of Berne and Lucerne have renewed their negotiations with the POPE, and have collected an expedient for removing the dif ferences which had arisen relative to the mode of appointing the Bishop of the two Cantons, from the Brief addressed some years ago by the Pops to the Roman Caihotics of Ireland, upon a similar question. The Governments propose, in case of vacancy, that the chapter of the diocese shall present to the Government a list of six can didates for it■ approbation, and that from the name approved of by the Government, the chap ter shall appoint the Bishop, to whom the POPE shall give canonical induction. In the adop tion of this expedient, we find the advantages of domestic nomination and the Government Veto united, offering at the same time a security to the church and people of the fitness of the ecclesiastic so chosen for the episcopal office, and to the Go vernment, of his loyalty and ready acknowledg ment of existing authority. Some additions to the Baden Constitution have been published, relating principally to the legisla tive and judiciary systems. They are said to be improvements. The Grand Duke still purpose. going to the south of France. The administration will, during hi. absence, be iutrusted to Ins uncle, the M a rgrave Lewis. The French Five per Cents. still look down. wards. They were on Monday ut 76 f. 95 c. The Bank Actions, 1,655 f. The Duke of YORK visited the PRINCE RE GENT yesterday. Yesterday the Earl of I.lllaarooL had en au dience of the PRINCR RITONNT. Yesterday the Loan CHANCELLOR paid his re spects to the PRINCE REGINT at Carlton-House, upon his arrival in town. A Paris Paper notices the arrivsil at Amiens of M. Coast's, who is honoured with the title of a Na tural Philosopher. This man is a juggler, or pro. lessor of the magic art of legerdemain. He has been lately in London, where he is said to have amuwil the PRINCE RIGENT exceedingly. " One of his magic tricks," says the Paris Paper, " and which particularly interested his Royal Highness, was to cause the trinkets, &c. of Lord CASTLE. REACH and the Ambassadors, to disappear. and to have them found in the pocket of Mt Prince." The Emperor of RUSSIA has so approved of the portrait of the Duke of ‘VELLitscrotv, which Mr. Dswe painted a short time since by command of his Imperial Majesty, that he has chosen that distinguished artist to take at Aix-la. Chissoelle, &c. all the likenesses of the Chief Com. niandent of the Russian armies, for the express purpose of hying placed in the Palace at St. Peters burgh. The object is truly grand, and will hind down to posterity the likenesses of the Russian mi. titary heroes who signalised themselves in the war. Accounts from St. Domingo state, that not long since three Deputies from Christoplie arrived nt Port-an-Prince, commissioned to offer Boyer and all his officers rank iii the siobilty of the pretended kingdom of Hayti, provided they submitted toChris tophe. Boyer was to be created • Prince, and his Generals, Dukes, &c. Of the three Deputies, two were Britons of Christophe's creation. They wore the old French costinne, with powdered hair and false tails, which with their black faces formed a very ridiculous contrast. Boyer replied to them that he would have nothing to do with either Gen. Christoplie or his Nobility. Lieut.-Colonel WATSON. of the Royal Artillery, goes out to the Island of Ceylon. to take the com mand of thut corps st•tiooed there. Lieutenant-Colonel WRIGHT, of the Royal En gineers. is appointed to the command of that corps, and of the Royal Engineer Department in the Island of Ceylon ; and Major HO►.t.owAY, of the sume corp., to the Cape of Good Hope. WEAV6IIO.—On Thursday last the calico and muslin weavers turned out, a• it is termed, for an advance of wages. About 3,000 of them assembled in Smithfield, and afterwards formed into proces sion, and marched in a peaceable manner through town, proceeding across tie Long Bridge, towards Ballymscar►ett, where they separated.•—(Be/fat Chrostick.) Last morning, about half-past ten o'clock, as one of the Woolwich coaches was corning to town, it was overturned at the corner of Pal liament-street, and Bridge-street, Westminster, owing to the sudden breaking of the off wheel, the sieve of which was literally shivered to pieces. Two snit lerymen were on the top of the coach, one of whom received no further injury than some cuts on the face, whilst the other unfortunately had his leg broken. A women and her child were also violently thrown from the coach. The child escaped unhurt, but the mother was much injured about the head. She was taken, along with the artilleryman, to the Hos pital. No blame attaches to the driver of the coach. as at the time when the accident happened lie was driving very cautiously. The mischief ori ginated entirely in the winnow' and rotten state of the wheel. N k • t‘ / ' t Al, .• • t•--1.--_-_. - N. l -t. fiF i w-- 7 •-...- 7 --- Ag"-•--......-,z-:—.,, 1 N \ -..), ;: „: 3 .-:5... 1 k....7-'• ...41....7(,. O P CO tkl"' . '..-rv:2... r , '<; , 17-.lk , 1 ORIGINAL POETRY. BY DOCTOR !OHM woLcor, on= PSTEIL PIIDAI, FrQ. TO MY MN,* •M SLIMY. To thee the wandering tribes were wont to roam, Each jovial Gipsy with his merry mate, With dark Entiority quite band on stove, Fo►telling, for • peony, folks their fate. To thee, through wind and rain, the good Kiag Parcw,t To get a warm straw-bed, was known to budge it— Of simple Knights, who made a batch, Nor drain'd his people's purses by a Budget. Where are the tribes that worship'd nut hip name' King Vann—what music to a Gipsy ear ! What Gipsy wi►hes nut for half his fame, Or reads his dying speech without a tear! Itu thee the Royal BANIWYLDE, t many a time, Etijoy'd his feast and dauce, and sunk to sleep, Who, like Utrists, rimmed from clime to clime lo search of wisdom, on the laud and deep. By Slander, parent of the blackest lies, The radiant form of Truth was never courted, That lie fur wisdom travelrd she denies, And swears be only traveird—wheu transported. Pieas . d have I seen this celebrated King, With brighter talents than must Monarchs born; Pkas'il have I heard hint Chase of Cheviot, sing, And Robin Hood, and wind his bugle-horn. Tax`d are the Gipsies too, by foul-irsouth'd Slander, With taking, but without the grace fops!, Pig, fowl, duck, turkey, gosling, goose, and gander, Their fingers tish-hooks, angling ea's y day. Say, Truth, if ever once. Gipsy stole From me, the Bard, the value of a grim, Goose, gander, gosling, turkey, duck, or fowl, Or from the sow purloited ber baby-pig ' too, have felt the force of Slander's tongue, And scot n'il her rage, her lying prose and metre, While Haw SANS yields a plaudit to my sonx, The snakes of Envy hiss in vain at PITER. Thus have I Jur d defend an injur'd rare, Calld by a wicked world a thieving crew; Herr let nut Justice blush to thew her face, What says the proverb ?—o Give the Heel Lis due." Farewell, my Barn! should man thy frame destroy, May birds of darkness on hi; runt alight, Owls break his slumbers with portentous cry. And groans of Gipsy ghosts his soul affright • The Foil had previously addressed two Odes to his Barn, but had taken nu notice of its frequent tenants the Gipsies. These lines are among many fugitive pieces of the Author, and were never before printed. t The designation of out of the Gipsy Sovereigns. The celebrated Bantrylde Mine Carew, well known to the Author in early life. LONDON NOVF.JIIBER FASHIONS. From " La Balt Aneueblie." that Duly proves that these peewees had not before paid their fair shave, sod ether Jew* of the com- inanity. mast have been poring it for them is their are tate. He complained is strong tains of the lawypege which had bees paired upon the East Loudest Compaq, ,and said e tbat flu erifett of the premed smog of he* ~irk if eeided; se embroil tilt pitblie elt*,gist. t ClesPenT. to th e evident injury . if eaehreger thety sapplyof.uoientritiiii qv aliment of sulk . presence as wateu,. 11. 4t .agat,n seoured the Meeting. thei:the Compel, wo e ready.to sirord the most. eateifecteey pecoent o'6ll their, .pieceedings—they wen ready. to vs the felled aatisreanion. if It were Galtat to: to the spirit cottethelitte.. He, _there- feee k eoljered this,,Meetieg net to take a step which , night aided? eitsatoWatieo. They Would, he thoonilit. heat .ftlearelt the "pirblic booed( by ad; youteme, witheat adopting the Itisointlien; which had beau just read. Mr. Lasso, late an ielreintont Of Us e kaerr rn e co- • plained that when the sepp)y of water is tt die. trick was impeded by some arrangements respect. ing a mural. the East London Company refused to lore aster wilco the inhabibints paid the expense the pipes, as well as a high rate for the supply. He, as as iudiddeal. certaitily refused to pay for pipes, which, when made, became the property of the Company. Mr. DAVIN was in the act of giving this state. peat a couiradietioa is rather too personal a man. isor. whew the Chairman called him to order. • Mr. LAS& repeated his statement. Mn ALIVINDia( , OI Whiiechapel) complained which soup wealthy Americans hare caused No he constructed. This globe is made of gemmed tat. fete, and to 23 feet in diameter. We are assured that it is destined for Americo. • GERMAN PAPERS. WORZSIBIZO, OCTOBER 18. The Euspeesa Doweled of Russia will, it is said, pay • visit to the Court of the Grand Duke of Ba den after she leaves Stutgsrd. Tlie•Supplement to the Constitution of Baden, that litosay, • certain number of organic laws, more imply develoiring lamina df the particulars of this Charter, will shortly be published. Among them is said to be a new organization of the Admiritstra •tion'lnd judicial system, the author of which is e•ppied to be the 'highly-esteemed Minister of -State, Von Reitenstein, the same to whom we are indebted fir most of the liberal dispositions of the 'Baden Constitution. . Nothing is known of the par ticulars of this orgo niXat ion, which all Patriots impa tientlyexpect, but it will certainly answer the general expedition. The establishment of Provincial Go vernments is isid'to be at hood. They also speak of • change in our Civil Legislation, and of in tended modifications of the present Civil Code of Baden, which is founded on the Code Napoleon, hut was adapted to the Haden Constitution by the late Counsellor Breuer. Many of the articles may be improved, but the whole has many advantages. It il affirmed, that • a Committee of experienced statesmen and lawyers will be appointed to discuss this subject. The political relations of Baden are near to their decision, and we hope it will be agreeable to the wishes of the Government and the people. It is certain that powerful influence has intervened in favour of Bairn. Our late apprehensions begin to disappear. There is nothing further said of calling together the Lasidwehr, and it is hoped that the military measures will shortly be discontinued ; we hear they have excited greet sensation in all Ger. many. The diplomatic proceedings of the Court of Baden ■re very active, hut nothing certain is known respecting them. 'the movements of the troops have indeed given rise to Many unfounded reporta. The circumstance that the calling in of the absentees did not include the Officers, sheers that it was not of such importance; only the sub alterus and privates have been rifted on to exercise as they are every year, and we hear they will be disembodied before the end of the month.— The report that the residence of the Grand Duke was surrounded by detachments of cavalry, is equally unfounded, and also that no persons, not even natives, are admitted. The health of the Grand Duke is such as to remove all apprehen sions of danger ; he works daily with the Ministers, and be wants only repose to recover entirely. THE BRITISH PRESS. THE QUEEN. Sir HENRY HALFOND left Kew Palace on Thursday, fur Windsor, to take his waiting ou ►he KING. and to attend the Princeu SOPHIA. Sir FRANCIS ditt.ts.►x did not attend her MA JESTY so early yesterday morning as he generally does, owing to the Quiets enjoying her repose, which caused the Bulletin to be much later than usual. The following is a copy of it : " Kew Palace, October 30, ISIS. " The Queen passed the greater part of yesterday in a very uncomfortable stale; bat the sleep which her Majesty bas had in the night has afforded relief this morning. " F. MILMAN." tier MAJESTY continued in the same improved state during the day. so that there was no necessity to make ll second to the Pattscc REGENT. His Royal Highness went to dine with his Royal Sisters at Kew, and remained in attend. mime upon the QUEEN till a late hour. Paris Papers of Tuesday last have arrived at our Office. The celebrated Cardinal CAMBACERES, Archbishop of Rouen. whose name holds so con. spicuous a place in the annals of the French Revo lution, has closed his career of earthly honours. lie died at Rouen on the night of Saturday last, in the 62d year of his age. The Emperor of Rossi* and King of PRUSSIA were expected at Sedan on the 23th, where they were to review the Prussian corps, commanded by General Zienter4. on the 26th. On the following day their Majesties were to proceed to Paris, where the Duke of WELLING TON was also expected. In the mean time, the Emperor of AUSTRIA remains at Aix-la-Chapelle, until the return of his august Allies. which, with the continued conferences between the Ministers of the several Powers, would intimate that the discus sions originally proposed for the Congress are not confined solely to the question of withdrawing the allied armies from the French territories. Private accounts from Aix-la-Chapelle indeed assert, that not less than eighteen questions still remniu for conference; but the extreme seamy uniformly observed by the diplomatists respecting the sub jects of their discussions. is a presumptive evidence against the authenticity of this story. We have also received German Papers of recent date. The powerful interference of some great Sovereign in favour of Baden, has. it is thought, terminated the differences that either existed, or were threatened, between that Principality and the Court of Munich. The military preparations of Baden have ceased. The effectation of a warlike lII* 41. 'i...4%.LN,-.\\ WA LKI N 0 DRESS. Garter purple tropliu pelisse, ornamented with black vel vet : Mary Scot humid of garter purple reps silk, ornament ed at the edge with a cordon of purple and black flowers, and surmounted by a full plume of tropic birds' fealhe a. variegated is black and purple. Fan corvette placed under the b •t; and Caslillian double ruff worn node, the black velvet e.spe of the pelisse. Waterloo haltboots of garter purple and black; and lemon.culoured kid gloves. BALI. DREbS. Ceres frock, with • very broad border of wheat ears in straw, worked on wile, and worn over a while satin slip. Toque turban of tulle, elegniiily worked with straw to cor respond, with Turkish folding. in front of crape and straw interspersed. Henrietta ruff of fine lace. hard low, and ter. minsting at the shoulders. White satin shoes, and white kid gloves. GENERAL. ORCERVATIONS. Th►r► is yet • kind of stagnation iu fashion this month, till the rioter modes become fixed. The favourite colours are garter purple, amaranth, a very light shade of fawn-colour, and French grey. The Duke of GLoucasTEa. who is now nt Rome, hair ordered his horses to be sent to France iu he course of December. It being Iris Highness's intention to visit Paris in the spring. The Earl and Countess of Ltsmuor and family are arrived at 3livart's Hotel, Lower Biuuk-atreei, from their seat in Ireland. The Margins of Taststocx arrived yesterday at his residence in Arlington -street, from Brighton. Earl BATHURST leases town this day. to meet the Ci,untegs at tier mother's (Lady LENNOX) seat, Woodeil, near Chichester. Lord and Lady NUGENT arrived yesterday at their brother's (the Marquis of BUCKINGHAM) house in Pall-mall, from their seat, Lileys, Bucks. The Girl of iIARRINGrom. we are concerned to stale, is co.•ti.ied with the gout, at his house in the Stable-hard, St. James's. frier Ladyship still con. tinuts much indisposed. The Countess of LYVERPOOL, we are happy to learn, is better. Clement's Inn hes the honour of possessing a Dandy or a superior order. He washes his mown linen, has his own smoothing-irons—and makes hie own otoyP. A con►iderahle number of workmen are at length employed in laying out the intended plantation in St. Jrnies'it-square. The idea of circumscribing the basin of water in the centre is given up. We are infoomeil, from respectable authority, that Abraham Thornton railed from Liverpool far America, in the ship .S'humrork, ou the 30th of September last.—(Birmingham Chronick./ ,• RURY-LAN E THEATRE. A Meeting of the Proprietors of this Theatre was held yesterday, pursuant to advertiwouent, to the great Saloon, for the purpoPe of deciding ots the pro priety of eontirtniti4 the nomination, by the G-neral Committee, of live Gelitlemeti, to art as the Sub- Committee of Nlandgetneiit for the en•umg year. On the motion of Sir Moans Tuaroti, second ed by Mr. G. }tomtits— LORD YARMOUTH TOOK TIIt CHAIR. Mr. %YARD, the Scerrlarv, then read the follow ing cotter, call,n th. togolner 'Notice it hereby z:Vell to the 'lsio-iti-c-Itoyal Drury. lane ( puny of Propro-tos t, t;:a 11, 4: renal Commit have nominated the following 31( tuber' i.f lite General Com• millet, being duly qualified, to be the Soh-Committee of Management for Ilia 'Tart—Robed Albion Cos, Li. Colo nel Patrick Douglas, Itiehard li-unmoor?, F.sq. Pent. Moore, Et.' Rieliard Wilson , Fag.; and that a General Attembly of the Proprietors will be held on Friday, the 30ih instant, at one o'clock precisely, in the Giest Saloon of the Theatre, to take jab consideration the propriety of ands nomination." The CHAIRMAN then observed, that the Pro prietor% were ;ism-nil/Ird for the mere purpose of agreeing to. or dissenting from, the nomination of the Gentlemen maned by the Gene►al Committee, us the Sub-Committee of Management for the year. The question would be put on each mime, and those individuals, if any there were, who telt objections to the selection, would be at liberty to state them. Mr. ROBINS, before the business proceeded far ther, wished to ask a question. The Sufi-Com mittee, as he had collected from the Newspapers, had proposed, collectively, to pay a certain sum, in order to discharge the Theatre from the weight of debt by which it was borne down. He now in quired, whether the Srib-Committee meant to hold firm to that proposition—with respect to those creditors who were willing to embrace the (der ? Mr. IxoNstoNoEn said, the proposition to put down 3,500!. each, making a sum of 17,500/. amouatiug to half the debt due, had comm. need with him. A meeting of creditors had been held, but the proposition of taking lbs. in the pound was not acceded to. Since that period many of the ob jections made by creditors had been gut rid of, and must of them expressed their ailal►gnrsc to assent to the proposed terms. Mr. Wilson had, however, stated, that he did not now feel himself bound to subscribe the sum of 3,500/. the propo sition having been regularly made to the creditors, and rejected by them. Mr. ROBINS, before they approved nr disap proved of the five Gentlemen nominated as the Committee, thought it would be right to learn how far the Proprietors were indebted to them, t‘itlo reference to the offer, which had iiiyarired in the Newspapers, of raining a certain soul of money.— fie understood Mr. lho,onooger had tria , k it a loot of his original proposition, that the sum in epiesiitat should be paid in satisfaction of the debts of the Theatre, provided all the creditors agreed to the compositioli—hot that, if the whole of them ii.rl not consent, then the proposal was not to hr fol. lowed up. Ile begged to leave to say, as a Pro. pewter, that if this were the fact, they were under no sort of obligation to the Sub-Committee—for they must have known, when they made the pima'. salon, that there were six or seven creditors, „Lout all the powers of heaven and earth could ion duce to assent to it. The proper course voirld have been, to have compounded with such as were willing to accept of their offer. Mr. IttoNsiosisut--6 4 When we met in the. Committee-room below, 1 endeav o ured t o d o away every objection. Mr. Walker, one of the creditors, knew this to be the fact—and lie is also aware that I am not one of those who would withhold the prof fsred assistance, provided, that, by granting it, I am likely to serve the Theatre essentially." Mr. Ronixs—" 1 mean merely to say, that it is necessary the specific fact —the decisive nature of the proposition—should he knowu." Mr. IttoNSIONGER-.." The Sub-Committee are ready to pith down 17,5001. and to do every doe : : in their power to remove the objections that hats been stated." Mr. Rontws did not meln, by any thin 4 +chief, fell from him, to impugn the liberality of the offer. It was, in his opinion. so good a one, that any man. looking to the situation of the Theatre, was fit fur Bedlam, if he did not accede to it. Bat he kit that the offer must come to 'mating, if they per eked in (sidling on a// the creditors to submit to the composition —or, iii the event of the refusal of a part of then►, withdrew their proposition. They ooght to meet those persons who were ready to ac cept of their conditions. Mr. iftONSIONGEIt" We wish to settle the Mr. ROIIINS-•-" NVill you, as one of the Coin tnitiee, promise to take this course ?" Mr. lILONMONGER--" I cannot answer fur the Committee." Sir T. TURTON said, it might be right to re mind Mr. Robins, that the Gentlemen nominated by the General Committee, under the statute, to act as a Sub-Committee, must he guided, in their conduct (running as they were a considerable risk) by a view of all the circumstances. With respect to the offer, be knew no more about it than Mr. Robins himself probably did. Without meaning offence to any other body, he conceived the offer of the Sub-Committee was a most liberal one. A meeting of creditors was called, and they thought tit to refuse the proposition. This was not tl.e fault of the Sub-Committee, to whom no blittne could be attached. They might say, justly enough, " We have made an iffer—eit hes been rejected and it is not for us to wait until those to whom the proposition was made, think proper to accept ii." He agreed with Mr. Robins that it was an set of the greatest madness for any person, connected with the Theatre, to refuse such an offer. It was most likely that those Gentlemen who pursued that course would never see any flirt of tneir money. The offer of ten shillings in the pound, which the Sub-Committee had made—the sum so old• vienced to be lepaid from any surplus that might remain after the current expenses of the Theatre were liquidated—was most liberal. Wheu did any person iris Ise there would be a surplus?-- Mr. Wilson was ready to put down Ins part of the money—but, when the proposition was refused, lie conceived, naturally enough, that he was not tied up to cotitinue the offer until the whole of the creditors chose to accept of it. • " I will," said he,