The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-06-14 00:00:00

DRUICr.LANE THE4T-I{E.

Saturday a meeting of the Proprietor* of Drury-
-I.lle l'hestre took place, for the iourpo.- ..r receiv-
ing the Report of the Committee Hppolffirti sm tin-
turilay week, to inquire iuto the aceinuit*, re-
ceive proposal* for leasing or reinitig tie theatre.
Mr. CALCRAFT, M. r. haviog bevis called to,lie
Chair, otwerved, that it would be ~ter-•.r; to have
the Repurt of the Committee rend betorr i.. 11
thr kw observation* he hail to 1;144e tin the *Awe!.
lion of the establishment.
Mr. WARD, the ~ecretary, thou read the Report.
whirls was, fdlowv

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" T're Select Committee have to report to the Georial
Assembly, that they have proceeded 1p ii,. I.g V( 111
410C.Iffielill. WI-MA to their 1•1415.1.11.1211,111 wuh all 1101.
liog &nem ty, to justify the confidence *it's whicii they have
been honoured by the Gen. rat Aaseoilily
" The accounts and iliicismeutr, as far as th* y c.. 414 he
made uot, bare been found curt ;
which anly riot between the accounts pridileed 1.111 114 fstlt
iastaiit, and those which complete the theatrical searou uu
the Silt, must be of the moot trifling import.
" he Select Comusittee visiaiderril it top. the'r first di.ty
to give effect to the unanimous aipiifioti of Ilse Gem cal
Atl-
retnbly, expressed at their last chug no 111 r bit., ohs: OW
Theatie sl Id he let tin lease; and they ounet.iliately
atlveriirements inviting tenders.

.* The t: • lee then determined, as an iiblisvensable
condition, one ism equally upon the Georral
in le, sing the theatre, anti upon the party undret..kme tot
lease it, that it should aloud I.er (lion every coconuts
whit it, by legal pressure, could tutu rrupt, or pri vei.t
tenure of the lease; that, is f to, it should be delierreil
over, free of adl euronthraitees, to the lemon ; mot that iln y
alionld I.e thrown culls% Iv upon the amount uP raid
” With this view of the subject, zloty resolved upon I!
measure of recommending, by a circular lytter ad.h.ruseil it.
the Proprietors, New Itentres, and Ibind.leildera, as p.n.s,. a
all equally interested its for pruserilatiUll of the properly,
advance of 25,000/. by a vo:stillary subscription, to :iitu,si•lie
those micutnbraures anon the arriority
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the reps!. view of such advance with inkiest, fruits the 1.1
lowing resources:-
Ist The rents of private houses .C150
td. Rent of fruit... Aces... teat
34. Surplus Reut

" Asd they now sold, all a further guarep.et,
sums so subscrabrd not be called fur until a pr..% 6101).1
agreement is entered into with it cumpt teat teusut, fvr
Mg the theatre...

Tu justify this their recommenthition to the partite no
'tressed iu the theatre, the Select Committee have com-
menced the sulisci ipt ion themselves to the amount of 1.000
guineas, thongs they bays nut beeu favoured with she sub-
script ieu or at teutliauce of 'recent of their culleagio s.
" The Select Committee have the sat olaelsots to a tttttt mire
that, short as the public suttee has heels of the iteterimuation
to let the theatre, they haye already received several tesoleit,
which are highly worthy of attention, pmTided the ?wit
difficulty can he removed, by a voluutall subscription of
She sum proposed by the Geueral Amerulsir-
" Adisl the *elect Committee eat..rtain a conti,lent expec-
tation, that list Neat acacia anti Baud-Itoitltta w•Il
common cause with the Proprietors so any opea,ttirs to be
odopled, for the puecessful artangenit ist of the coact pus of
the Joint Studs Conspany."

Mr. CALchttrT regrettetl that the Report was not
of a more satisfactory stature. It anus Vrry unislra,
sant, after the wieritjcrs which had beets made by
the different parties connected with the !bestir, to
call upon them for additional advances. The Cons-
'unite felt very sensibly the arduous :11/11 unpleasant
duties which were imposed upon them, but the in.
terevt of the establiduncut made it iodive;is:,bly
necessary that such measurer should be :.titpi.d.
Uuless the suns proposed by the Committee %,,re
alvancrd to liguniate the outstanding desnato;.,
1111 11eill013 who ought to be inland Nlll7 NOI
4rent a responsiliilsty would be found to votive
'coward to undertake it. Is the couise of the lai4
week the Commitlce had received sevend ad-
yaiitogeous offers from !wroos highs in the Omen,
cal ',sold, with the most satisfactory srcurity.
This he conceived was a favourable omen to the
Prop.ictots for the improvement of the colice.n.—
He regretted to Oustl that the old pairois. of the
establishment, those who ui,ed to rally round it its
its prosperity, were absent; but he hoped that, not.
withstandmg their tubsetive ow the lorPriot occosiou,
they woutd be found ready to come fur Lard awl
*twig in entricating the 11111Cerll fision Its plesettt
diffioultser. lie ti tpted that, losvill suppot ted
eatablishment in the ittitoilsioe it. itruiprtill
they would nyt desert it to the hour of utiativ....,
late Committee had deemed it their duty to are that
creiliters of the concern, and he
. felt
to mote, pat • more reasonable and furbeariusg7ct of
gentlemen were and to be found. Ile felt couvisieed

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