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London, England, 1810-05-01 00:00:00

DRURY•LANB

The Petitions presented to the Privy Council,
from the Proprietor,. of the late Drury-latie The.
tore, hive c ortiitily thrown a new light on the sub-
ject. The monopoly, though reco4iii,oed by the
I'rivy Council, is not contended for by them, if
t,,ir remuneration can be made, its its the cases
—,red of other patent rights ressimed. We readily
a place to the following Petition from Mi.„
Hiuds,,ii. It lay* more sties, on ti,e inuitepoly
-,0 m teat t.f Nlr. Sheridan :
to) TIIi IVNG'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
The Humb!ePetitios of Sarah Itirha. dawn, widow ot Joseph
Richardson Esq. late Mender for Newport in Cornwall,
and, hy bs will, sepreacutative for her four Daughters of •
Quarter Share of the Patents and other semaining Pro.
petty ..f the lute Drury-lane Theatre, iii behalf of 'nisei(
anal and of all those who have interests depeusi.
leg im that Property ;
111 tWler it,
That your Majesty's Petitioner lofting been Informed, that,
without any regard to the calamitous situation into which
the and her family are plunged by the destruction of the late
Drury-lane Theatre. and without any cuusidination for the
various interests allow. cunnee led with that pi ()petty, • err.
Mho combination has been formed, and a subscription set on
font, fur op-mog a third Thai re in this metropolis, and that
• Petition b hecu presented to your Makin), soliciting your
floral authority fur that purpose.
That your Majesty's Petitioner, under an impression that,
were she uut to use her best endeavours to prevent any such
tacnir from being granted to the above Subscribers and Peti-
tioners, tt would lie e failure in what she elves to herself, her
family, and to those who in Drury-lane Theatre have mu-
barked a own greatly exce ding abuse bemired thousand
polio 14, mem ih • faith of them home right of represent
prams, amid other theatrical periormauces vesting in that
Theatre, soul the Theatre-Royal Covent-Garden, bees limo.
fats to sultana to your Majesty, as to the Fountain in all
lu.twe in the Birtr.h Dui nut °lily the peculiarly
it IS air and ,lm tressed
hire wo Kaye. ty whatever but the above Quarter Share, hut
11. e remotu emu...Tamen that mast inevitably result to their
im lei's, „,,,t time ,nisyssie of all 'hone who have ailvauced
their money in the lee Theatre-Royal Drury lam should
the est4hlidinsent of a (bird Theatre take place in Ibis
usetnipolos.
That haviag considered a Royal retest as an 'iviulable
security, those who eni'iarkeil their initimy, either its Drury-
lane Theatre, or ilt.t Covent cinleu, feeling themselves
assured in that particular, willingly advisracsAl heavy coins
teem& ra'sing anal ea 'Tortuga those eitablishintuts for
liberal and Mirth el nal amusement.
That shvald a third Theatre be sanctioned, the value of
the tee Winter Theatre. 11.1 long r‘talilisiscil, would MA ouly
inevitably he iliusioisistd, cacti a third, but the exclusive
Patents which wine granted to Sir Wilburn bavenaot and
Thainas Kali grew, being wire violated, [beet could no
longer lie any certainty that mire Tueuirea might nut he
isle lied ; let peripta would awed'. e tic 6.1 rash at to advance
runny fur re huilAing. Aud this ariros your Majesty's Pe-
titioner feels to rip-rate moodily neniiiitt Drury-lase Theatre,
tlit endear-nos wed to reinstate that diminished pre-

..t lierT4Sl the invrs i•olalility of the Patents appeared to the Pro
`' prieto of Dim:tams Cheep. of twat e.t.a i 's' moortanee,
that they rather chose to purchase., at a heavy expense, the
Patent granted to Thomas Kt;legless, tool then donator,
than to build their late Theatre on the presumption of Its
heiar, totirporteol by reorwals of their cynicism Patent. The
• Patent for twenty-vac years of His late Majesty King George
,the ton, uut oily having beets granted at a period when the
Ken Patent, .if the late King ("limits the Second were in the
moniession of au iiidividnal, but whea, from the nascoudoet
of tbe prrs•ia WtiopossesseJ the ii, they were sospru'ica ; and
4.1t1 gli that huipeOsitot, His late Majesty King George the
Wiest tsar phased afterwards to remove, yet, from the eircum-
Maiire of one person holt:tug both the Patents granted by
Mint (Volt:. the Scmiiil, those Patents virtually were held
eace.tl, there still bring but tau Theatres sanctioued in the
mettmoilis.
Th a the rinses of Theatrical Proprie•ora must in any
woe Lieviribly be very great, cud that ma,' persons have
been retard Of •iventurost; the aceumula•ed gains of many
sears of diligence and frugalriy, upon the certain heavy
expenditure, and precarious seeress of a Theatre.
Tait Authors, polished by allocation, awl respectable,
'both by situation and by character, count not be expected
-to direct their talents in the Drama, oulestithe reward should
immune to be adequate to the exertion.
That the respectability of the Company of Pet formers
eamt greatly result bons the pre ~,,, ary litlVSOlorall they de-
live, as has b en much exemplified by the mere awl cumin-
'l"' dom iii ohieh they.have been held, since the salivate al.
-elite.' to them by the Proprirtars have brim so I,beral. Per-
tfarniers of en•r:t net having of late years been subject to
Ithuse domestic ditheudies which formerly so much inter-
tfeted with the exercise of their prof. 'urinal dulti a.
That it having been generally conjectured, that al-
•though the Proprietors of the two Patents granted by
„Ht. fete Majesty King Charles the Second were obliged,
into l'm failure of 1111.1kocilS, to unite their Companies
teen hiring the eetgo of that Sovereign, yet the increased
populatton of the metropolis was such, that it would
St ow 14%1.1'y .4.11 support three 'llseatrea ; your Majesty's
Ile,iii e'er boa' ,:, oe4t leave to state, its l'Cfiatalsoli of that
"lt,,thm, that the Kum:Ours of Diary- I ante Theatre hove
it '" (heir power to prove inemitioveridoly to any pctsult,
ninon sour Majesty in your goodoess may please to appoint
r.... ...tiamisog the feet, that their Theatre, (aid it is .up-
P'..l that they mini eately add that ref Covent (:arden)
could heir: kehl, taking Me average of the Season, and carry-
on that mein ;” through every 'Amin, since eta mailetsoctitm,
denhle the number it bas ever leeeived.
lu Minable, yet confident rclimire, therefore, or your Ma-
ra illelitt, graeioussains, sad muceasing dt sire to gassed
the. rights sad property of every class of pow Majesty's
ttoincts : and particularly regarding )i.o, 51.i.ii sty as
In^ elefeuiter of the widow and the (alto, tow, your Pe-
tition.r etil;oLte, is ration of herself s" (truth,., sad " tiug
ttrlnnf of those who Wee eusbasked nit till ZitCOSt* properly iii
the late Theatre-loyal, Diary-lane, that co.lliotal.itoot re.
:Pectiog their case, and that slielierinz podertion a liiirti it
• the ti . archer of your blairsty to afford to all those alto
147 tutu grievances at the foot of the Thrum
A u il your 'Majesty's hu nark Peti I ienwe,
'll, 11.-. teas-.fired, Fib. g. Atisll ever pray, flee
lki4egeo, grow 1-04 ism. SARAN IMCIIIA It Detrt.

Mr. Wthaiital has ore led a New
Ilal!. Nur irt4l t he performed the
1.'4104 of roacred wad .Ni;;lsmaluts, mad the
Ewe- of The Agreeable Surprise. Sigis•auhtla
vi.l Cowslip by Mr,. S. KENIOLV. Wilo tr e!ls4ageat
hightr. The other 'me, pies .tee. M. Roo-
Taarereal; RUSSELL iu Limp,: gild
Learn, from l'at Maroche,ter

in-
A I.4r.b.wt. writer aunutle,l hi. rea:ivra ky
'emq to their notoce a ow.. tr,tit 1,1
,•1641" laTU/SKID..L UVittIIN ;" II .1 i!I
mire! occur to uur reader. that the
11" M
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. ' S:t Fauutts Bvisarres letter v, his Cots-
acut,