The National Register.
London, England, 1819-07-19 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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The !Sleeting of Mold icier' of Dritry•lane Theatie
took plate in the 'pond Saloon on Saturday.
Mr. Calcraft having been called to the Chair, stated,
that he tile t the Proprietor* with more pleasni c to-day
than he had bet etoloue experienced, becassae he had In
announce to them the coutident 'reliance felt by the Select
Committee that ultimately the irrxertiniss would nut be un-
availing; tint the sulosesiission wetild in a few days Ise
filled; and that Dritry•lons. Theatre would still shine in the
lifanti tic sphere a star of the tr.a umucist
clotted wus 024,000—i22,C8S ea•IY heel' sub-
scribed, all i the Select Committee a, Aril of those who
had originally intrusted to thesis their ilitettate, all exten-
sion for a few days of their confidence, in oi der that the
General Committer (for Ilse Select Committer war. a body
nut tecognixed by the Act) might be Oared in such a si-
tuation as to enable theist to let the l'heafte in an
nniu-
cutnbered state. 'the wen thy ClosSl man next (billowier
10 the liberal forbearance and co operation of die s•teditura
of the Ilseatie and the New Renters—had either class of
those Gentlemen b ladled their own apprvent individual
interest, the whole tosseern might WV(' hefts consigned to
ruin. Of the ItonJ holders, (to the amount of i 1,0001.,)
mire than 20,0001. had consented to the prolossusl•pu•l
Panellise's( of their pas mends, and the it maitolcr, he had
no doubt, would follow the nutde exaturl.t. Ite next- ad-
verted to the iidicillous lepork its the newspapers of the
part iest!.irs of the 11:tforent offers mask by those ploposing
to become Lessees of the Theatre, and assured the Pro-
prieloi that the Committee had obsersed a gloss deft
sect cry nn that point.
A lhopra•tor observed that Mr. Keno's offer had been
tail and corret tly known lie Chr 7rmati ii.ked w het her
Cie inf. ionisation came from Sir. Keali or the Committee?
When %Ir. }:.. la'r Fri mud replied, he bell. yi d rum. Al r.Kraii
The Chairman then ra mimed, hS saym that ide sliorlises, of
the vacation render. d piiimptlmde it duty of nerexrity, and
Ilan in reconworistbeg a lel,SeC, the Committee nimbi look to
the nutrient of the•ta r, the respous bilay of ths 'unposed
seem itics, nnd the prolialudity.of the party in ik in!, the 14,-r
being candies, lit to render the Tlwatse onrr suture impular.
That u• unfair preference should be shewn, but Ord II was
intended no• Thursday next to receive nonentle.l, extended,
and ultimat, sealed tearless for the Theatre, and that out that
das the Setret Committee wonld come to a d. lionise deter-
mination as to is Isom they would recommend as lessee.
After repealing his rullogium on the Creditors' tint New
Rents,' liberaity, the Chairman sat down, when
Mr G. Rabur. rose and ssi I, be should indeed lament, that
after so mac!) of the S. I. et Committee's time hto been de
unt.d to Cue plait i run, it should foil. and from or. tri-
vial a &Belt in 111110(101 of the subscription-loass. Alaoy of
those w fa, by their bring memhers of the Sub C•mmiltteos
mid Gen rat Comm Liver, bad manly contributed to the dis•
WS, and haakrudtey of the Theatre, now mean'y left 'the'
l'cisproetors to " work out their own salvation" from the
eels they had entails d upon them There-wits amxtlo r.elaw
he w.rhed to notice, and that was a set of la id eating gels-
tlemcn, this surly appeared at the Amoral-'or Genernl
Meetings, to 'nine " 'thanks to th • Sab .andeeneral Com-
sua ts•e for their r sect ions"— by which exertions the concern
had been placed in immiamit jeopardy. The Proprietors
and the public. (for the subscription was open to the public
who were no hof now to detente ise xxhrther
Drurs-lane Theatre'. 55 10 111011I!` into du,( or to fiSt• mink
an ornament of the Metropolis and oftlie notion, but proinp-
diode was re gaui se. Cow. nt Garden Thsatre was to open on
the 6th of Sept. usher, and Drury-lane must open rut
01. time was theichsi Pto be lost. After some oles rear •
from Mr. Alderman Wm sd, and expl mations I. oas Mr. G
Robins, it was resolvs d that Tendess should he aettivrrltill
Thursday 134.%1, and that the powers of tie Committee
should be «nitinued to them.

DL r. Bwlrr, addressing the Chairmin. requested to add
1,, her former 1111 iIIUS, w it h the fenent hap • that
" Druo.lane Theatre would lao;: remain in a stale of loos.
perity, us an honourable monument to t be deceased and buio
liant Sheridan."

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Thanks here then voted to the Chairman, and the Meet•
ing udjoarned sine die.

Letters from Amsterdam, received yesterday,
mention a report being prevalent there of the plague
being at Mogadore, and consequently persona who
were about to go there deferred doing so, until it
was-ascertained whether there-was any truth in the
report or not. Upon inquiry we learn, that by the
last advicea from Mogudore, which are to the 21
ult. the plague bud not then reached there; but as
no precautions were taken to prev.-nt it, fears were
entertained it would, as it raged in various parts of
the Emperor of M orocco's domin irms. •
• A Paris paper says, " A telegraphic dispatch from
3trasburgh states, that on the Irth inst. the Chief of
the Customs at Afarlenheim, seized on the persons
of I ladschi jussuf, and Hadschi Ali Echbec, calling
themselves Envoys of the Prince of Persia, and pro-
ceedicg to Paris, 88 Cachemire shawls, and various
other articles of Caeheinire. These two travellers
are suspected to be Armenian Jews."
CHILD 'STEALER DETECTED.—A woman of de-
cent appearance was detected yesterday afternoon in
stripping a child in the fields, at the bad. of Somers
TOwn, which proved to be the son of Mr. Wilbra
him, of Drill street, about five years old. She -was
lodged in custody, acd the child, wh:ch had been
sedoetsl by some cherries fi•uar home, was restored
to bisdisconsolate parents.
Dartireo BeauLA ev:—Tbe house of Mrs. Sal
monhurst, of Ili?ad lane, Upper Hammead.road,
was broken and entered by three robbers en Wed.
nesday morning, about two o'clock, and the lower
rJoms were literally stripped of every article that a
man could carry. The family are on the coast, and
an elderly woman, rho was an unwilling spectator
of all that passed, had the care of the house. A
cart was ‘vaiting to receive the goods at the corner
of the lane leading to Child's hiil, and by which
hopes arc entertained that the villains will be de-
tcctud•