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London, England, 1818-08-10 00:00:00

THE CAT AND THE CRAB.

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BOOZER D. ROLLA ND.
This was a proceeding by summons before the
Lord Mayor on Saturday, in Which both parties
pleaded their own aline.
Mr. Boozer opened the proceedings as follosist—u My
Lord, I ant • fish-selesmau of Billingsgate, my Gird, Wad
so is my father also. Ou Thiersitay afterneoe, may 14
please your Lordship, I was pursuing my own business
in our boiling-house, my Lord, by cutting • crab; by 'hick
means the crab was cut, and • very nice one it was. I awal
think I have seen • nicer, out this year. Well, my Lo
I lead no sooner laid the half of the crab out :of 114, Imo
but Mrs. Rolland's cat comes into the ass
without more ado, your Lordship, jumps upon the boirsi
and wises from me the half of the crab which l bad beim
cutting. I was in • desperate passion to think that I should
cut such • istifel crab for • cat, and so I hunted her out
of the place for it, when Mrs. Rolland comes down to roe is
• minute, abused me in the most appropriate language, end
before I could speak a word, she gives me two bard.slapsie
the face."
Mrs. Rolland, the Defendaht, In reply said." toter
slttp-1 am extremely worry to trespass on your Valuable
time ; but Mr. Boozer, as your Lordship no doubt per:
ccives, is but a young pragrnatical 'chap, and there is 'cartes
ly a bit of truth in what lie has said. I was told that hr and
one of his companions had gut my cat down in the binn, and
were going to poor a quart of water upon it. I, of course,
your Lordship, was dreadfully alarmed, for the eat is •
great favourite of mine, poor brute—l have had her therie
sea en years, may it please your Lordship, and !.never knew
her do • wrong thing; and-so I could not bear to hear it
was bring ill used, and I rag down, and snre enough I met
the poor thing just comfig out of the boiling hoes.; all
drippieg wet, your Lordship, as if it had been thrown tat,.
the Thames. This was wo mach, sod I owls I dot tell him
he (night to be ashamed of himself, when he had the impu-
dence to tell me, that if I did nut go along he would put ene
in the bine, and serve me the seat same; hoof, your Lord-
ship, I dray that I etre slapped his face, that* be 'richly
deserved it."

His Lordship recomrtiendt. a compromise; but
Mr. Hunter was " ah•oliste fo► war," and stoutly
calle•+l ripou the Lord Ma 1514 to bold her to had,
,;sy "he was deiermirted to have.the law iax her,
coot who% it Would."

The APINET Worm*, 14 'F ARLANE, from Hem-
pel, Isle of France, unit St. livlena, has arrived Of
the Wight.
His Mind jigloirso the Duke of GtorCESTER
after reviewing the truniol of three Legloos lireit,
the igth .1• lyoutiled front thence the rvciiitig of (Ise
3.1, and is to touch at Belle-Isle before i.toceed-
log to IR,•clielle osid Rot isetort.
The Lor, CRANCELLOR of 1 relami has been
pleased to present the Rev. It tctLiao Wird NE to
the Prrecesitorshits of St. Patrick's Collegiate and
Cathedral Church. vacant hv the promotion of the
Flom and Rev. Ittc.w. l'orfoossit to the Mowery
of that Church.

L4W INTLI`ttkENCP,

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COURT OF VIATifERY, 11-mc'otte. la*,
' laroapit, Asiaerte.

INJURtTION.
IttiltY.LA N F. THEATRE.
Air Rsetter Retett.ht aimed, that fM riot
motion fur an injunction, restrain the Bub-Coto-
mime' of Drory-lome TheAtm ..fgnm 'ist!oristo ion)
any new engagements Ps'ofit*Onersi.insd front
re-opening the Ther&si,' till the iiiedirtiens adopted
by the majority of the body Of Proorrietore lout been
complied-IT4lh. He itio.vrel this no a hiltdfrd by
Mr. G. Ff. Rollins, Mr. Calcrafo, 1110
Flritiourable Mr. !Auntie, who 1111. d it on b. Itn't of
themselves end the roller Proptier;irs. It souk!,
that at the time of the Theatre being tiestruoed by
fire it Waft much encumbered, aid in a short time
an Act of Parliattrent was passed. vestiont !he
power in twottergm• as tri:feet, to rani; the rum of
300,000(. by shares of PIO!. each, mot givonz to
each share-tioldei a proportionate number of votes
Tor their shares. A second Act of Psrli oreOt iLns
obtained, muthoriruing a Suli4.7.minttltree of Mit-
nagettnott to he appointed by the Gruen) corn..
miner, the Sub•Comniittee to hi• vested with the
powerof appointing a mtitioser, erigitoiogpetform;rs.
&e. but which enottgemeitts or contratostlo7 were to
lay before the Genera! Meeti rig of the Proprietors for
their approbation. The Sul. Committee at present
consisted of P. Moore, Esq. M.P., Lent Yarmouth,
Colonel Douglas. -- Walton.. F.‘q•• o!“-liticloora
Wasn't, Esq. The affairs of the Theatre not being
so prosperous as might hare been eortected, the
proprietor, held several meetings. and, a comritittee
was appointed to ingoire infO the affairs of the
theatre, and they. by their report, recommended
a redtietion of the expenditure, and :tiro of tlik
different silitiei.of the pertnimers ; but the erect
thing to proninte' the intereSt of the theatre would
be, always to keen stiftleieut attraction before toe
public. They • Further recommended that the
heatre should not 'be.kept open' lonr than *hilt
vias considered formerly the quiet ittbet slid that
it shoUld net he opened the ensiling season without
the'hentsent of the priiti.-tors, and tliat the systeni
of nomogrinerit slimed he chinge*dt Ttila report
was approved of at a general Meeting of the pro.-
prietors on the Bth of June, who appoiliteit a Select
Committee to inquire further into the state of the
theatre, and to make their report.
The Lono Crivstka.hoo—oo Yon bad better
furnish toe with the two Arts of Porlioament. us it
will enable me the better to oscertoiti, with seen..
racy, the authority with which the Strb-Cointhittee
are clothed."
Sir Samuot. Rostt OA% in continuation, said that
a General &leering was held at the Theatre, on the
esti, of Joly, which was numerously ;attended, acct
before the Report of the Select C 1111 l matte via*
read, that of the Sub:Committee rias, Mtn+ set
forth, that the Sub-Committee of Matiagenteut ft It
' extremely anxious to give eve:), effect to the views
of the Special Committee, appointed by the assent.;
bly of proprietors 011 the sth June ; that they Idol
secordinely given them access to their documents,
and to the accounts un:d iinpers of the Theatre, at
much personal inconvertienee they Intl male every
effort to procure a falbrattory ar:ahLt:•ti,..ht of the
pecunituy difficulties of the Theme:., and were
happy to be able to inform the letting, that they
had gained the consent of ihree-fmrtlis of the eredi;.'
tors to a composition, at the rale of 104. in the
pound ; the reMainieg creditors held not, in hopes
of gaining better terms. Tliongto many person, coo-
tamed recoil/mended that the Theetrostmeld not be
opened till all obstacles were cleared :tray, the con td
not accede to the propriety of that edvire, and us ,lit
earnest of their belief that it swig!), simeesbrnlly he
' re-opened at the meat, time, the Soh-Cconmittee
were prepared to advance out of their own pock, is
the sum of money that might for that occasion, and
. with that vie*, he item -valley. No decision wet
come tom] this Report by the .Meeting, and they
proceeded to read that of the Seleii t7minnittee, which
set forth. that by the arraitzemeot4, ir• which the
major part of the creditors agreed,. a saving to the
Proprietors of about i 000/. in iv be how made,
and the Theatre thereby relieved from a pre.-
,sure, which its general progressive receipts woeful
be inadequate to discharge, and whiolt ptessure;
they hate great reason to believe, would otherwise
be notch increased by the addition of law charges.
The Committee also, on the 16 1i instant, trans:
gritted to the General and Sob•Committera a State-
, merit of their progress, and sug,rested, that for the
purpose of providing for the immediate ',apricots
which had been proMised to creditors, and to de-
.fray the necessary expenses previous tai again open:
pug this Theatre, it was desirable to raise sum
of 17,000/. as a loan, by subscription, amongst
gentlemeta who feel interested in the prosperity of the
1. Theatre ; and the Select Committee recommend-
ed the manner in which it should be repaid, stint
also the rate of interest ; and it was their thumitvouo
opinion, that the sole regulation, conduct. and
control of the Theatre and its totpenditure, appoint.;
' meat of Stage Manager, engagement of performers;
soil selection of pieces fur dramatic reprettentatina:
should be confided to Geerge Culmati, Esq. ; and
that they were ready and desirous to co-iii,o.,tte
with the General and. Sob-Committees in ail
mutters which mtht be requisite; as well for
the purpose of tovesting him with the neces-
sary powers, as for completieg any arrangements
which might be deemed proper fur the security 011ie
Subscribers to the intended loan; and for efftetinO
alt the other objects fur which they weer oppointedi
But to this proposal they haul received sin answer
from the General and Sob-Co 11111 l Atte. 'fltey hid
been induced to hope, that notice of the iefsignii-
lions of all the members of the Subztatirrrritt‘...e bf
Management (eicept the Pad of Yarmouth, 'who
has been recently appointed. used *lines totems..
' assiduity, and taste, render hies highly quoilitierl
fur that office), would have relieVed them 1,011) the
painful necessity of recording their opinion Li the.
disqmilificatioris of the four other Ci titletio7n, f
which the Sub-Committee of Management is con-
stituted. And they t further pity, the
debts of the Theatre have been greatly inereuied
in consequence of the want of a proper Opel( to the
facility ef obtaining articles frniti trartes-persons hf
the dill:Trot artificers, and others 'septa) ed iu 11.1(
Theatre, who have been permitted to soutane ilsit
power of ordering materials of such prices. 'testi:
ties, and quantfties. as they timaiklit flt. IYhol.t
the rtiources have been their/09y diminished bit

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That general ill-eseuegement soul "Wet atheetiget
which has been so long a subject of universal and
continued complaint ; and also, es this Committee
believe. by the enormous slumber of orders fee
sightly free ailosiesanne, which hove been subscribed
and jostled t.v the Sith.Cosassitter (with the excels-
dun of the Ein of Yarmouth). demicor the interval
in which day have taken on themselves the active
snausigainent of the Theatre. The Theatre should
not he re-opened, her any engagement made by
1;W Sitb-Cosamitte, (who should not be permitted
to remain a day long.,► in office) until the some ac.
rippled by the creditors were paid. Such was the
Report sail its molt at the Gemmel Meeting. It
was moved and seconded, that the Report of the
S-seet Committee be agreed te sad adopted ; and
that the Pam of 17,000 L be rented in the manage,
and on the terms and cooditioes, recommeuded by
that Committee: That the Gabriel Committee be
inotisorised to make such cooveyaisers, deeds, and
tuatremsents, its may be necessary to raise that auto,
sod secure the pay meet of it.
The Loan Cttoscst.Loa—H Wes this resole-
lbse carried unanimously ?"
Mr. 1t0ver.u...." By a majority of 64, the num-
bers being MS *pima 71." •
Sir SABIDWI. RONILLT, in continuation, said,
that there were large sums of money due to the
performers. their safeties not having been paid. but
that they had accepted a composition on certain
terms. The Sub-Committee, however. continued
to see. although the voice of the majority of the
proprietors was against them. The case was au
important owe, in every vie". as there were so musty
interests concerned : be might say. from the Crown
testi', peasant. The Crown had up interest, to see
that dewiest was not abused ; the Legislature lied
au iutegest, that their Lets should be properly car-
ried into effect ; and the public had an interest. fur
they had a right to have the theatre open for their
amusement; and it was not necessary fur him to.
say that the performer, hod an interest. But his
clients had the greatest of all. and it mould not be
expected that they would allow their property to be
wasted by bad management. It was certainly nee.
pleosent to their feelings to bring the cute into
Court--but they could not avoid it. as it had be-
ams s duty incumbent on them ; they therefore
hod called on his Lordship to interfere, as a Judge,
and prevent the concern from being totally ruined.
Irma the circumstance, he bad stated. it was im-
possible the Court woultrallow the Sub-Committee
to proceed; he therefore had no doubt but his
Lordship would grant the injunction.
The Lunn CHANCIILLOR-iAt Have the Sub-
Committee been informed of this application ?"
Sr, SANUF.I. ROMILLY.O.O4 They know the bill
is tiled, and that the injunction would he moved for
these ridings; but perhaps they did trot know that
)he application would be made this day. Bat the
circumstances of the case are very preening, and I
theught it toy duty to move it as soon as possible.
It is true dist my statement is er-parse, but it is
sufficiently strong to justify your Lordship in grant-
iseirte
LORD CMANC6I.I.OII-46 I feet for the situs-
f those cow:ernes! with this Theatre. I was
,deshya of of • • that the begitiniug of a law-suit
telative to a Theatre was the end of the latter. It is
to he loirdeued : will not law burden it more?
l'ei haps the in:iunctiou will shut up the house for
..trer ; where then is the hope of profit ?
11r. BELL rose to follow Sir Samuel Romilly.
'I he Loan CHANCILLOII-44 It is tint necessary
for you to go on. Mr. Bell. Take the iiiesetion,
bin let notice he served immediately on the Sub.
Committee. If they should think proper to apply
to dissolve it before I rise, the sooner they have no-
tice the better. as no time ought to be lost, as I in-
tend to rise iii a few days."
Sir SAMUEL KOMILLT...." Notice of the itijanc.
Lion dual be served on theta this day."
Injunction granted.

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