The National Register.
London, England, 1819-07-25 00:00:00

DRURY LANE THEATRE.

We copy the following paragraph from the Chro-
aide, but WE HAVE AUTHORITY for saying that the
assertion ►t contains, that the necessary Lian-
subscription has been filled, is not true, and we
regret that the Editor uhetild have so far misled his
readers by stating what, not being the fact, must
manifestly injurious to the concern, by prevouting
other names being added to the Luan-subscription
list.
"6 The special Committee, appointed by a meeting of the Pro-
prietors of Drury.lanc Theater, having accomplished, through
the liberality of the Creditors, the lasso, by which not only the
pressittg iticumbranees on the establishment mil be removed,
but tbe whole placed on a footing of stability, have also exa-
mined the different Tenders made for taking the Th, sore on
lease; and finding Mr, Elliston's offer the highest, have re•
solved to recommend him to the General Committee, as theit
Tenant, on terms highly advantageous to the concern, and which
we trust will secure to the public the rational entenainmeat of
the British Drarnaon a well-conducted systent."
A report has just reached us, which we hope may
not be correct: it is, that in consequence of the
rejection of an offer of rental made by Mr. Peter
Moore for the Theatre, that Gentleman has declared
his determination to oppose, as far as the Act may
have enabled him to do so, the letting of thoTheatre
to any one:

It is stated in the riench papers thai Generals
Grouchy, Clattsel, Lefebvre-Desnouetts, and mune
other expatriated Frenchmen in the United States,
are shortly expected in Belgium, where they have
obtained permission .to reside. The - Qtotidienne
announces, on the authority of letters from
London, that " the famous Hunt intends to visit
France during. the period of the elections."
Extract of a letter dated I lamburgh, July 16
" Notwithstanding the severe measures adopted by
the Prussian Government to prevent any communi-
cations getting abroad on the sultjeet of the revolu-
tionary machinations lately detected, it cannot fail
that within a short period the public will be in
possession of important intelligence relating to them,
as even the Prussian official gazette confesses that
they extend throughout all Germany. At Berlin,
M. Jahn, and many of his scholars, are said to hive
been arrested ; but the real seat of the cmispiracy
will probably be discovered in some of the newly-
acquired provinces on the Rhine, and in that of
Westphalia, where, according to the private letters,
some evidences of a mutinous dispositidn have al-
ready been manifested. If the arfair; after all,
should turn out less formidable than' had been sup-
posed, after the mysterious intimations in the Ber
lin papers, it must be owned that they are rather
calculated to encourage than to put a stop twun-
dertakings of the nature alluded to."
Ativices from Bombay to the 23d of February
have been received. Ott the 4th of that month the
Fort of Newtce, after being completely invested by
the force under Sir W. Keir, surrendered on condi-
tion of the garrison, consisting of three hundred
men, being allowed to march out with thtirarnw
The ordnance and stores had been again embarked
fix the investment of Raree. By letters from Chi-a
it was stated, that the permission to export Spanish
dollars to a ccr:ain 'extent has hem' at length grant-
ed, and will probably be continued during the time
that the present I hippo remains in office. lie is
represented to be favourable to the English, and is
the son of the mandarin who in 181 I was Viceroy
of Canton. and who visited the English ships, and
expressed his satisfaction and admiration at their
appearance.
The second payment on Omniutn took place on
Friday. It is now ascertained, that of the loan of
12,000,0001, 7,200,0001. have been paid at the
Bank, leaving 4,800,0001. for the eight instalments,
still remaining, which thus cannot exceed 600,0001. '
each ; and halt' of this, it must be recollected, will
he received in Exchequer-bills. A petition to the
Bank is said to be in circulation at the Stock Ex-
change, to obtain from the-Directors the iiceommo
dation, usual in former loans, of taking in the Om-
nium after the second inatalment, unit making fin.
the holder all the remaining payments except the
last. The party opposed to a rise in the lunds ap-
pear to dread this•measure, as they contend, that the
Bank Directors, after the answer given on the 4th
of June to the application made by Lord Liverpool,
cuunot with justice to the public cola-tale this ad-
vantage to the contractors. The Directors, on that
occasion, as they would have done at the formation-
of any other contract of a similar nature, and espe-
cially with the alterations in the state of the cur-
rency in prospect befitre them, very properly ref-toted
to engage to take in the Omnimn ; but they did nut
preclude themselves ms merchants front employing
their caeital in that or any other way that might be
found secure and beneficial to the proprietors whose
interests were intrusted to their maaagement. In
the present state of the money-market, which was
never more abundantly supplied, we believe that it
is a matter of perft:ct indifference whether the Bank
accedes to this arrangement or not, and that the
withdrawing front it 300,0001. each month (exclu-
sively of the exclim:l,l,db, which must be consi-
dered 41 already p.tid fur), eaunct produce any

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effect on the price of stock. The funds during
Friday and the preceding day have been compara-
tively steady and free from fluctuation. The settle-
ments, both for the last account and for Uranium,
are either disposed of, or carried forward to some
future period; and the market gives the best evi-
dence of improvement—that of a slow but regular
advance. thallium lvfi off at 2 premium, and
Consols for the account at 70t.

Friday the Recorder made a report to the Prince
Regent in Council of the &Rowing convicts under
sentence of death in Newgato viz.

Julio Leaver for burglary.
Benjamin Noble, Mary Bnran,John Butler, Yin. Henry
Bird. Bing, and Henry Phillips, fur stealia4 iu dart-
line houbes.
Sarah Lyon and Esther Levy, for dealing goods privately
in a silty,
Sarah Whittle and Thomas klabaster, for house-breaking
in the day-tione ; and
Nnlomon,, for highway robbery.
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When Benj. Noble was ordered fur exe,-ntion on
Wednesday next. The others were resulted during
pleasure.

Drtranrus•Fines..—On "'intraday evening about
10 o'clock, an alarming fire broke out in the shop
of Mr. Kennedy, cork•cutter, in Cow-lane, which,
after raging with the greatest violence, burnt down
that and the two adjoining houses, before it was
got under. We regret to state, that the female ser-
vant, who jumped out of the two pair of attars
window, died on Friday morning in St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital, where she bad been in a state of
insensibility ever since the dreadfuleveot: • Mrs.•
Kennedy, who broke her tis4la in a similar attempt; ;
is doing well.. A child, .Who was migsirtg,- and sup-
posed to have perished, was found On morn-
ing, safe, in the house ofd nJighbeur.--On Friday
morning, between two and three o'clock, a fire broke
out in Gravel-lane, Southwark, which raged with
great fury ; the houses being old, it was only by a
plentiful supply of water and great exertions that
the opposite premises were saved. Three houses
were consumed, and the unfortunate recupiers lost
all their property,. end it was with some difficulty
their lives were preserved, as several leaped from the
windows, without their cloaths.—During the fire
an attempt was made by some thieves to enter the
premises of Mr. Middleton, feilmonger, of Ber-
mondsey, and Mr. Beverley, of the same plane.
On Sunday afternoon last, Messrs. Walker and
Co.'s coach, the Comet, running between London,
Little Hampton, and Bognor-rucks, was overset in
the town of Arundel, and the whole of the outside
passengers dashed with the greatest violence vithe
earth, and dreadful to relate, Mr. Richard Payne,
of Nobleestreet, Cheapside, was killed on the spot ;
another gentleman was so dreadfully injures! as to
be confined ever since under surgical assistance.—
A Coroner's Jury have sat upon the remains of the
unfortunate Mr. Payne, and have returned a ver-
dict of'` Accidental death," but have also though-
it right to find a deodand of 301. against the prot
prietors of the conveythree.
The Petticoat Riliinners in the country begin to
alarm their husbandi, who have already discovered
that the• ladies are making rapid strides to wear M.:
breeches. Those among them who do not gu the
full length of die radicals will no doubt as.ist is
darning the Constitution. •
Newnv, Jots, • 17.—Yesterday mnrning Mss
Mary Templctor., daughter of Mr. Thomas Tem-
pleton, of North-street ; and Miss Mary Macklia,
daugiter of Mrs. Macklin, of Sugar Island, ro-
ceeded to the Green Hank, fee the p . use of bat:l-
ing: It is supposed that the young lathes had entert'd
into the current of the river, and had been hurried'
into deep water. They were observed in imminent
danger by Mr. Francis Haughey, of Derrabee, who,
regardlaas of personal risk, precipitated himself inio
the stream, and with great promptness caught N:ise
Macklin, whom he brought to land in safifty Ile
instantly made an alba to save Miss Ftlepli.tori,
fondly hoped that he had seized her by the hair, at
the moment she had sunk under the water—but
when he raised his hand, he found that it only
grasped a crooked comb, with which she had bound
up her tresses. Mean while the body was hurried
away by the retiring tide, and was not discovered
until two hours utter the total accident, and then at
a great distance from the spot where she had sunk.
All aorts to restore to life this line young women,
who was not more than 18 years of age, proved
fruitless.

On Saturday last Mr. Burgess had an interview
with Lord Liverpool, at Fife-house, and succeeded
in removing his Lordship's oljeetions to the new
plan of carrying the mails in iight carriages without
any passengers, at the rate of 11 miles an hone.—
There will be an additional postage ; but letters
may be sent at the present rate by the coaches t ith
passengers. The new arrangement is to be itnine-
diately carried into elEat. It will save a day in the
transmission of letters from Loudon to Edinburgh
and Glasgow.
One of the new Acts of Parliament makes the
er.pyholds of Linaties liable for their deLts.