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guloierilwrs I. ma mate Mis large yelilic content, and tin
the 27th day of Angina following, poor Petitioner. M •ea.
jourtios with Mr. C+bles, whom interest has reseed, per-
t has. d all Mr. tketrille. rigid and Interest is the lease said
license 11114.11. J SO the Pa.•theon Theatre; and yon► Peti.
limper offitially i 4.11,111,41 the Right How. Lord Job. Threw,
meting as l ord Cloardwrlmin, of his perehak. and Isis Lord-
ship cave his ease. thereunto, to the mouth of No-
vantwe following.
Your Petit 66666 rr crier• leave Instate to tour Honnurehle
Hops►, that be made a ■,serial condition in Ins agreement
twit► Mr Merrill', that if the Prince Regent .linppro•ed of
the totablialogigist df,the Theitirt,, the screams, should be
call and void. VOtir Petitioner's pions being arranged thus
fat, he a.a►idertd P his pfiramouut duty, bifetritte primer&
strise betiding the Throb", to lay bit plans, fie. before the
Palace R test for his Royal Higlusem's apitrobatimi. The
Earl of Yarmouth accordingly lout them before the Prince
Regent, when him Royel Highness was most graciously
pleased to iaspeet the pleas, and commanded a bore foe
himself in the Theatre, which his Royal Highoess marked
upon the plow I and his Royal Highness was fw►Atre
graciously pforitied towed to your Petitioner (by ►is Lord.
►hip) a most gracious ntspiage, that hi. Royal Highness sp.
peorsd of the plasm, and.the establishment of the Theatre.
Toot Petitioaer conscgoestly embarked he the said public
colicern, upon this high and distinguished Royal authority
and sanction, coispkil wit► the Lord Chamberlain of his
Molest?. Household's license foe t►at porpooe, avid slop.
ported, tr. as he was with Ile patronage of fifty families of
the first distinction, and •mateeriof the dramatic a►t.
Upon the implicit faith of t►is, yolk lortithomer 'spherical
• large capital, seed purchased groailcl from the Poland
Elisio at • high price, and has built and fitted up • spe-
cious and elegant Theatre, iu t►e fulkst confidence sod re.
liance that the lord Chamberlain's 'item" would be am-
liaised from year to year, se has been the custom of that
office, anal a• it continues to be, to all other theatres in
Westminster.
Your Paitiesier completed the imildiet, and opened his
Theatre in the public, in Fcbrinry 18111, and the Right
Hon. Lo►d John Thynne anon after retired from office, anal
was enrceeded by Lord Hertford ; and the said license to
the Theatre was in full force aid action, when the present
Lard Chamberlain came auto office, and several dramatic
pieces were licensed by his lordship....but the annual license
expired in July, 18t2, and his Lordship has declined to
renew it.

Tow Petitioner, in eonjusselion with his Trustees, his
Gina the Dube of Marlborough, the Right Honourable
Lord Borglava, and J. C.Jeenyus, Esq. sod Mr. Goallle,
applied to the Lord Chamberlain for a renewal of the former
license, to which his Lordship gave a negative, without as-
signieg any reason thereof.
Your Petitioner purchased of Mr. Creellle the privilege
right of three distinct licenses, which are registered in the
Lord Chamberlain's OMee, viz —The first for the perform-
ances of Barletta, Music, and Dancing; the second for
the performance of the whole range of the Drama, by chit-
dam ender the age of seventeen years; the third for the
performance of Ilse English Opera, for the Winter Seasons,
similar to the lyceum in the Summer. The two first
licenses were granted to Mr. Greville by the late Earl of
Dartmouth, Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household,
in 1505, sad the last is 15011.
Your Petitioner humbly states to your Honourable House,
that the said license was in fall force, and recognised by
lord Hertford, iu March, ISIS, as will appear by his Lord-
ship's license.
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is It having hem' represented to 0,14 the examinee of all
theatrical testertaiameesta, that a manuscript, eatitled Le

Norse de Flose. king • Barletta, I. one act, does aol eon-
tails in it soy thing immoral, or otherwise improper, for the
stage, I, the Lord Cliambertaia of his Majesty's Household,
in cuasideration of the same, do, by sirtue of my dice,
and is pursuance of the Act of Partialnesst is that case pro-
vided, allow the said manuscript to keeled at your Theatre,
according to the copy thereadelieered to me, sad slimed by
yourself, without any variation whatsoever, oaks. such
varieties be likewise approved of by me in due form.
(Signed) INGRAM HERTFORD.
" To Mr Candy, Pantheon Theatre,
fith March, IBIS."
Your Pelitioser humbly submits to your Honourable
House, that a similar claim was recognised by the lord
Chancellor Thurlow, sod that it was laid down by that Noble
and Learned Lord, " That a license for oat year is a patent,
and the honour and compassion of the Crown is concerned
to matinee, the license, whim large same money have been
embarked spun the faith thereof, nutil it be abused."
Your Pelitioaer Nether most respectfully states to your
Hunonreble House, that, from the earliest period of the
musks, drama having hero introdeced isle England, the
usages and customs invariably have been to protect them by
annual literates front the Lord Chamberlain; it is this
day the ease with the two theatres in the Haymarket,
the Sous Pared and Lyeeam in the Strand, and the
Olympic Theatre in Wych-street; the former has been
bonght and sold a dosen times with the Lord Chem-
berlaia's license rl, and the latter was sold by
Mr. Philip Aatky, in 1813, to Mr. Ellision, hot the li-
cense was coatinurd in Mr Astley's name, until his death in
1818, when his Lordship renewed it to Mr. Ellision. Mr.
Crewinle is now dead also.
Your IPetitioner humbly begs to slate to your Honourable
House, that his expeetati )))) s un the benevolence, indulgence,
sad justice of the Crown, is the greater, as he did not In-
cam i oust y nubs, kin this very expensive undertaking. The
primp 'close', and the copyright of these dramatic enter-
ta anent., were duly exhibited at the Lord Chamberlain's
Office, and were licensed by his Lordship.
Your Petitioner is under the disagreeable necessity to at-
tribute to the suspension of the Lord Chamberlain's became,
the whole of his almost inexpressible misfortunes, the caner
of exposing his person and property to the vengeance of the
law.

Your Petitioner presented a Memorial to the Prince
Regent in Council; in Mae, 1816 (praying to be heard by
Counsel before their Lord.hipv), and his Royal Highness
was pleased to refer it so the Lords of his Majesty's Must
Honourable Privy Council, hut their Lordships rejected it,
and your Petitioner has been informed by Mr. Roller, that
the Privy Conseil could nut cute► into the merit of the Lord
Chamberlain's license.

Your Petitiouer humbly states to your Honourable House,
that there I. nu Court below that can take CUClllialiCe of
your Petitioner's bard and Inlncom ram, therefore earnestly
entreat your Honourable House will inquire into the allege-
item' therein contained.

That your Petitioner, and those Nobleases and Gentlemen
interested therein, upon the faith of which have expended
near 65,0001., the whole of his property, hie professional
skill, time, and science, and 150 persona who had also en-
gaged themselves upon the faith of that hitherto unviolated
document, the Lord assimberlain's official license, coupled
with the King. and Prince Regent's royal sanction end ap-
probation,_ arc thrown met of employment and rained.
Your Petitioner feels confident that the honour mud bene-
volence of your Honourable [louse will alfosti rata gracious
intei fertile, to prevent the pmperty uf au many outs iturions
and innocent persons from being entirely lust.
It is with pain and deep rezret that your Petitioner stale,
to your Ilinnoniable Flutter, that, after expending his own
and family's fortune in a public concern, fur the rational
amusement of his conntrymen, he has been immured in
prison fur four years ; his wife botany nuiproterle d, who is
illustriously descended, in fifteen successive generainins, from
the Thuan ; and his person is held in durance, mid under
the must ruinous responsibility, for heavy deists used honour-
able obligations' contracted be limbless the Meats?, upon
the faith of the Lord Chamberlain's license

♦our Petitioner humbly throw• hiimelf on the nwrcy,
jostler, and wisdom of your Honourable House, and that
your ft tttttt Hyalite Howse will he pleased to inquire lute the
all• rations in suds way as In obtain arlief
Yon, Petitioner humbly, and with all due respect, has
thus ventured to lay his cape, and its att. w4ul harilahips,
Is hire your llouurrahb House, the last and only resource
lett to ■u omorrsuerl Priiish subject Sue the redoes* of lass.
eras sonars, and She furtherance of justice ; toad he prays
that your Hoismiralite House, in your wowlu,n OW !mum
usiy, will lake ilw same into your cousideimion, and
Tour Pi Witmer will a vir pray.
Sir F. BURDETT stated, that it load beets the
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