The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-08-09 00:00:00

DRUAY•LANE ruarATRE.

si4fssY $ ?4"li•Per the rivritftrlP or this estahlia.
• .t sow twirl, for the purpose of receiving the R••port
:4-Leet Cnoooktee. relative to the testing of ilte Theatre.
cArzuvry, %I.P. being called to the Cher. peteered.4l
. dad II fitopurt. it tiontstosetrl by stating. shit the
• Cunmiture had steady brotruht to a door the very us-
,. /laid duly iqopused ups. then. lise loan of 45.000!,
• h was sittototely necessary to relieve the property. was
,iced. The new renters led tresseeontly cseeto up the

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,• •rs doe to them op to the present period, soul also the
. ,rrroing to time.. for On next four years; ilia. is 1.0
... ...it .1 the end at the theatrical seines 01 1823, at which

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....out they were to et some their reels. The lamil.buiders I
, . of out Cientlema• who watt is the mom.
:,)t hul road' a sitn?lav wrier of the interest slue to them
.1 rrearist, rill well as of that which wouhl arise duet's,/ the •
.i•tt War years. Is was determined to give the tow motels
Om deed of agreammit provided 'by Ad of Pailtament, but
, at bittwrio tarried into rifest; and Os* to tore the bowl-
ioilders a valid ',rarity. The Gmasittee had experienced
tae greats' liberality from the tradesmen. creditors. of the
.stablisliraent, all of whom, with the reception of creditors
to the amount ul about one thousand six hundred pseud.,
come into the arrangement Pr"lnnwd lu "win--
The Committee bail examined the sealed tenders for taking
'tie Theatre osi lease. Among them were twit offers on terms
a most advantageous Onto,* Os the previews., with
wriirity; they had selected the highest offer, and re-
. maintained it to the (;1111..ral Committee, who were to in.
the scrority offered. The General Committee
ere satisfied with the a. vitrify uffrred. and this day the se.
',i11.% *ere realtra-il. "Ilw Report west On to state the pe.
1.4 of oldie", required by Art of Parliament on the renealt-
t:..a el the Soli.C.,maato tee, had expired, and probably am.
r could nut be elected before tiw Stit of
rooter, when the general lialMl would take place. The
svikcs Commits. c, having been honoured with the unlimited
‘tin6deute it the pinto iitors, felt it thew duty to offer their
wiiices until a Sub•Coinmittee wait elected. The Re..
Purl conrholail by repiasentont the necessity of the soh.
~crihrrs imineiliat.ly paying their subscriptions into the
hands of the bother of the establishment. The Honourable
I;eittlenlan ha. log concluded the Report, observed, That the
',.mother hot, ..CI,-1 much labour and attention, realised
rbe nbject f..r *bleb they had been ennatitated. The Theatre
v.-meow let, sod lie 1,4.1 nu tlwiM, from the judicious me.
togeisent of the griitlentatt who was to hold it, Ile. Ciliation,
that tiie hopes heir: out to the proprietors *On Id be realised.
hut even if is the lint, second. or third year of that gentle.
wan.* inannifrobwill. he was to fail in his tinderialistie, still
iroprietum would be is a notch loiter situation than
they ores at premmt. Here Ile felt it necessary to state,
tit the muse of stn ir negotiations with Mr. Ellistun
ant! his legal ad, user,' gentleman of great reepecsehi hey, they
t01t.14 the greatest liberality and puncluality—(Appiorsuo....
had brio 1.. Id out which had nut been realised.
'Via. Gentleman', tiller was a huge one, and the security was
as good ash was rearms:Ode to expect in mach a traimartion.
freer thing hoe le-en couthimed on the pert of Mr. Elliston
of a snowier ult.' I. ant much credit to that Gesitkman, and
1.". f flat "fisfectiou to the Committee.—( Mr.
tams, liehlu.l stir worthy Chairman, seemed evidently
sifecterl by these ohm-real ions I—The favourable manner in
ut.eh the theatre was let motored well for the interest of
oeorieturs. It wined b • necessary so appoint some
rail of the Select C unties, to diabsivse the sum raised
among the tradeamen en daturas :Nothing cuidd be mom
siitsfactory to 11.4.111 illot In pay off those demands; and he
:Fasted, that, ere rai y long, the proprielues would receive a
nn t`+ ii• ali.e. a. Mulch had been done to relieve
establishoo.nt Item the wright tinder which it laboured,
tu Inc than from 3!),(1011f. to acoooi. of debt bovine been
extinguished Icy the entiltriil id the tradesmen, new renters.
hund-litildirs. Thus the debt was reduced from se,oon
co teas thou bo,ollot. Ile slid nut mean to ski asy merit to
eCinamittee fur this. If they hail beers angels, instead of
mire men, they could not have brought about what had
en done witliont the consent of the renters, bonslAsoldemb
a•ol tratlernleol. nriderilig the aims now due, a inch,
with the accruing interests, had hero given up, it Might be
alid that clic debt hot been reduced to the •menitit of be.

loc. te 150 and Go.ienfii. Ile dill not wilds to dr sanguioe io
his exprciai ..... s, hot store was little doubt but Ilea hares of
reowirtevs would be realised, sod that, is the course of
tea plus. the propertywould be dee from all eueetnbcauceg,
• eve 11* claim. of the new vetoers; and though it the mess
tiew nu divoieted could be iseade,still the iodise of des shares
would be considerately increases,.
Mr. COcgro whetter no dividend would Weeds
to those oho had alsea.ly sidemen-tit such large soma?
Mr. CILCILAFr said these could lw nu expectation of a di-
vidend before ihr expivelima of ten years.
Mr. Homiest —“ Cereausly not"
Mr. Coca FR rail e !semitone, advanced ought to 'oe seemed
to the aseb.et Opera.
Mr. CALCRAFT raid he had omittetlio state some other
tewas held toot to the subscribers that the,
wire to receives sit itrity to the amount of &OMB. anouallyi
two the theatre was leased out at 10,2e.t01, a year to Mr.
Eihatini. The Guit.cirtres soil the lotuses in Vinegar.
vital were reserved, nutting altogether • rental of 11.2501.
a'ruin this there was • deduction of the Duke of Bedford's
tent, the tepelvtill of watch. antl firemen, amowatlng
2.1101 leaving a vicar 'rota' all:All/. being 7941 morellos
-es witittielify Indeed to the rh
bier I ben% No more than
%Ate!. loweever was to he sr%seess as a eeeprety to the gob.
".Jdore, slit mutlesielt ?Bays being kept as • Nemeses fur in-
c"iemel eseralseet In tt.e fiat four yours ette2s,oool. loan,
with inter. st, wnieid by tepid. Then the liquidation of the
moot dtbit *mild ee-.niesenee, after which the claims of the
his tree ores wesild color it.. Thy., in 11W course of ten
,lass. ate peopoittors welds& atop es, free from every hea
out the snood/ of the saw net's.
Alr. COCK"a said, that Gaylen yews she proprietor, Week;
shoot molding. For the fear Al Hewing years 'hey would
hoer about 11 pr. ceps. in erpnyamrst uf a sum of sitsoot.
$41,11 i9.ttitildwi 'be lbeatre.
M. r4ccpk.PT uhteretd, 11.4 at the end of 14 years the
"LIS %Vile (41 "1 is 1;/V 1 44:1•.10141, which ovoid greatly
sarrease air isieerest. The Beare was lot 14 'cows, and der.
let* that poriml a sum of WM. was eet he expended un
the theatre. lit the coats,• of the second season, it was in.
tended to eiviiirvrt the lonise considerably, which would
render tt attractive Its the pubic, mat hens Utile' to the pro-
Keeton!.

Ceetteß Reid. it smelt' IN better if those alterations
roll uule tostiterkatelf.. . . . . .

MI. CatcnArr oaiii:theCnounittee had stipulated that
tier enemy to he laid .1011 shunld he expended as beneficially

its 1,...,0)4.. 'I he NrrNrtg should recollect, that they had
canoe with the lessee; they ought hot to resets
him up. lye "I he Committee mete), on dor principle
sof g.se,stinl tale, lwe sod 11l live.—( Applause.)
COesten meant iit east tie tinfoils un the Com-
admit; they hall employed themselves nowt orelow.ly in
the trust confided to ilium; he merely wished to otoltrstotid
the situation iu which the proprietors stood
Mr. CAIVnA tT olinetveil, that the free admissioos to the
'ellers were to he secured. _ _

Mr Monies remukeil, that the low int tof 21 per
rrI.I. hid been objected to, but it should be remembered.,
'hat acre it not ior the ene•nurrs recently adopled, there
...,•od be no iiiielest al all. He had known share. to laser
Intl. told for 15t. and 171 each, but rn • short time thine
eir-s< UOiitd, lie bad no doubt, he raised to 401. and 501.
,er. He hoped the sulweriheis would speedily sate !good
that subscriptions, as at present eerily thing ileptesded ou
dopie4.
Mr, CALCRAFT here said, in a low bone, that be bad
Immo sharea to Is ire been sold for In/. each.
Hr. ELLI,Tom said, that he would at that torment give
151. each for 100 shares, if h. could procure tbrin.
Mr. CaLettairT said, that when the private boxes fell into
the proprietors, it would raise the interest vaid to more than
hre per ent.
It althea ntowd aid carried, that the Report of this
sleet Committee be confirmed, sod that the Committee Ye
(cub:lord es a Select Cnmmitlee, with power to carry the
oranzeneents recommended hi it tutu effect.
Mr. antents skived the thanks of the Meeting to their
'Pura) Coairmasi, tor his obi.- and indrfaiigable exertions in
LAlrlf of the theatre.—Carried 101111111110101,.
Mr ittxtston, in rising to second this mottos, said,
" tre:dleassa, pais have reposed a sacred trait is asst 1 Teel

Opie le he g?•••••• awfat mr,rat nt
gay all, lost stake. Prrmit nee; hues. vet
eneeinshag the within Aunts to tine
Mr.Cu,o•nar. in returning thanks,
asenibets lir the Committee were equally,
sled Su their 'haat* than he was. He did
Gvatleolleti wino eunegioned Ihr Gereinuttee,
had writ attended ; Anne, heinever,
eaerled thesswelves in a mistier to

ptuprietiees etemerally.
Thank* were then yellod to the other
'Wiles; arm *Web the Meeting Unite

NES. STEN.
Upon inquiry at M. Bartholomew's II
we learned list Mrs.lttent hail passed
and the, .he was, wpm the whole, -
wonld appear/ that she is likely to
the wounds wf the body, however finial,' those may he of
the mind. She hes been visited by her staters and Other
isternhers of her family, Who feel it a 41,4, whatever may
have been her failing*, to offer her She cousidaihres of af-
fection iii her preirent melatielin'y situation. It seems that
she has received eve slabs; one on her arm,, another un her
had, a third on her breast, a fourth is the right side, and
• fifth in her neck. Thai in the rich, side is the must to he
tippet-headed ; butt, if ion rinntation can be prevented, there is
no senors danger. Mr. Sten, remains resigned to his fate.
He sly+ he anticipates ; and, indeed, shall welcome it
a* • relief from slue wiarry which he has felt ever sifter his
wife's desertion. He was seep. hied ou hearing that he had
lisaieted more than nue wound, and said he was only con-
scious of having given oar stab. Nhs Mewls have codes.
'wired In console him; hit he says he needs not consols_
tins, as his mired is perfectly easy ; he still seems to feel so
affiction for his wife, and totpes that if she is to die, she
may sot linter in pain. The crime of which she had
guilty, hr says, was eye which lie could not frirgive; slid the
low be hare her rendered it the more agonising to his fed.
hugs. The unhappy man *rents painfully alive to his dishes-
orour, and to the ingratitude with which he has been Steeled;
and, if the crime of which be has been guilty can be excused
wader any circumstances, perhaps his case posse's,s the
strongest claims to that excuse. We can imagine no sac.
this so great as the infidelity of • wife, in whose bosom a
husband may have deposited his dewiest alleviates and his
humour, amid who Itrualised by the suggestions of illicit
passion, forgets the sacredness of her duly, anti plunges her-
self tulle infamy, and her husband into • stale of wretched-
mot and despair, which, iu a sensitive nainJ, cut admit of
to
mitigation.

Mn. Steed, we waderstandt is about sit•as4.tweaty years
of .Re—her husband eighi-and-tweuty. She is a wusaaa of
agreeable pers.o and pleasing meaner..

FORGERY.

R. Prior, the young man who stands charged with the
forgery on Hems. Martin, Sun, and Hughes, and for whose
apprehension a reward of 5001. him been off.ireil, 'has suc-
ceeded in effecting his escape to America. On his arrival
at Liverpool, be pet up at an Mu in that town, which is
kept by a person who was formerly a wailer at the Louden
Coffee-hoax, Ludgate-hill, and in that rapacity bad knows
Prior es occasional frequenter of the house. No sitspi-
Moil, however, wan entertained respecting hint ; but en the
arrival of the newspapers oe Friday week, which stated the
Foeticide's of the forgery, the innkeeper wrote to the par-
ties in town, stating the feet of Prier's having been there,
and informing Owns he sailed from that port in a vessel
honed. for America, on the Sunday precesliug, via, the 2Sth

On Turfolny the Snapper. Lieut. HENDERSON*
and'ille Thistle, Lieut. Hogan. misled from Porto-
mouth for the comet of. Attic's.

The Superb. or 74 guns, remains in Plymouth
Sound. welting for more men. Sir THOMAS HARDY
had returned fr Loudon, sod resumed the coot.
'nand or dui ship
iteuutiti st Spitheed-4"eitrur, Tartar, Ird-
moutA, Myrmidon, mud Grecile.

Extract from a letter from Nevis, dated June
28:-7-" A very fine Spanish brig. laden with
brandy and wine, hay been captured by the Coossti-
helium privateer, of IS gulls and 910 men, end
carried to Dog Island, where the vessel and cargo
have brew sold to samiumerchunts in St. Bartholo-
mew's fur 10,000 dollars.—The Constcptija wind
Constantia. Jl4ll. two small schooners. reported
C. have been fitted out at St. Thomas's, on their
first cruise. fell in sviih a Sparkish ship of 18 guns:
• severe conflict took place. when the priva-
teers were driven off, with the loss of all their
Officers, mid the greatest part of their crews.-6-
The Jane. Cox, of Bristol, arrived here yeeterdai
in 30 days—ill long. 40. spoke * large brig of
18 eons tell of uses. •**l. hey called her the Lady and
//utiond Patriot privateer; when they foviod .what
the Jane very she was suffered to proceed without
ever. borirt.ing.
A letter from a person who lately emigrated from
this town to Baltimore, nays:—" Out of 139 pas-
genera who came with us, the bearer of this as the
only one who has nut got into employ, end who re-
tures home. Some of them have obtained excel-
lent situations--constant and good enipb.yerrent. -I
will give you the price of fond at this lime
:
" Bread, 1.. 3d. per gallon; cheese 4d. per pentad, the
best, and roceriling goat' it is; beef, 34.1.; veal, 341 •
lamb, Sd.; mutton, 3d. ; brim lea, same you give ISs.•Sa;
ill Lugland, is only Ss. no other is drank ; tubacto, 7il. per
pound; surer, Id.; candles and 1004 7.1.; nankeen very
cheap, also Chian silts; hereto a vast trade to Chinni bat.
ter, Is. 2d. per pound; pmt WWIi Is. 3d. per geed; rem,
9.1.; whiskey, ; Ihl ; brandy, ls. • WOO Mll.ll cloth-
ing very chap.---.laty 9, 111197—(Hatopsitirs liespraph.)

On Fr►day the females of the Beth Penitentiary
were ',gated with an excellent d►uurr of roast beef
and plum pudding, the gift- of their worthy and
munificent patrw►, Mc. PARISH. This was really a
Yuri,h feast.

The price, or hops were from I/. to I/. 101. per
cwt. cheaper lust week; and such is the present
promising •plpearance, that the new duty is ex.
pected to exceed 160,000/. thuagh a short time
since it was crlul•tcd at only 75,000/.

A letter from Leicester, of the tith instant, 'says,
" Our 'neater hopiere, to the number of 35, had a
general meeting yepterday at the Exchange. A
Report was brought up Irons a Committee which
had met in the mnrniu, which being read, was aim-
niinowsly adopted, and recommended to the adop-
tion of the trade in general. I have jolt had a
perusal of it. it states, that the present state of
dernmd, when considered with refrrence to the sup-
ply, makes it ultsobittly impossible to wilted to the
frainewolk-knitters any higher remuneration than is
contained. in a list of prices accompanying the
Report, which, through higher than those recently
rid, me not so high, I understand, as. the attar-
went iwiersof 1817. The Reportiitlds. that to give
any higher prices' would, iii all probability, hive the
effect of removing.the asanufactore from this place
altogether, and that, were it in their power, nothing
would give 'higher pleating*. tq the Mister bourn
of Leieriter, than to set Oeig
basin% rowdies of a still foriltft?fist.
of their svarkaata."

'my lik. lest 14pilip,
Wive wet iv Ike sere
elllls,
oar worihip '
iks, sent, thee' : •
mill. it'll°. wee's_ e...
e did NM 1/1110•11 bathe
nitter, se sue eV Aro
, *he dud etbigel, 1411
merit Ills Musks a the
re keeksbere elk Cm-
,ke up.
1! T.
a Hospital ies liatureleys
mell re•stixt irowl alio,
much htiler. Thus is
• reel•ver the effivss of
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