The National Register.
London, England, 1812-09-06 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

C. F.

FASMONS I'OR SSPTEMBER.
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NE IV DRURY THEATIti.

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ment. The Book-keeper produced his book, and the regular porter
vklw signs the tickets and delivers the parcels, when the complainant
declared he was not the porter who deliveted and overcharged the
Nreel, and whom he wished to puni.h according to law. The porter
pleaded his being ill in bed at the ti.ne, and that lie laud entrusted the
delivery to a man of the name of Sum, who came about the inn ; that
ie oas very sorry for what laud happened, and would return the mo-
•iev, and pay any expel cc. The Lord Mayor said, if they could
find 4 ut ilia. dam, he would certainly. ptoisli loan for the fraud ; but as
•lie porter did not seem to be privy to it. he should discharge him
upon reuirning the 'money, mid all the expellee, which he gladly
.lid."—The Lord Mayor's speech, on this occasion, Gught to be framed
.and hung up in Guildhall. To say the least cf it, it was quite as ra.
tioaal as his decision.
" lu the New Drury Theatre, an aqueduct is formed, of a contri-
vane:. 01 Colont I Coogreve, which will tarnish the house not only with an
.e.uple ripply of water, but with a profusion, should any accident
.ccur treats rilt."7--This fact has been given to the town we presume, as
a specimen of what may he expected from the new Managers. It is
certainly a notable piece of gated management to secure not only an
ample supply, but a prelusion. The Committee might do wea to ad-
' vertise for s!imebody to write poragr3phs for them as well as addresses.
" Mr. "I. Dibelin is engaged as factotum at the New Drury-Lane
theatre, and his active talents will render him usetul and efficient."—
Weep Elliston ! Hew is the Circus (alien ?
At the !at,' dinner given by the Lord Chancellor, in hon• ur of the
Earl a Wellington, the niece Regent proposed the health of Lord
Wellington, and requested that it might be a bumper. (oast. As the
•glasses were rather large, Sir William Grant, Master of the R ills, did
not quite fill his, which induced the Prince to say. " no day-light fiir
Lqrd Wellington." &ir William, readily filling his glass, said, he
wished his Lordship had had more daii-light at Salamanca, HS the vic-
tory *mild then, if possible, have been still greater.—This was a
i
bright thought of Sir William's it must be Grant-ed. -
I" Army and Navy.---The Advertiser, a fine spirited•and respectable
li pun Englishman, solicits the patronage of any Commandant in the
Army or Navy, who is immediately going abroad, to accept of his
1 services as a Volunteer, or in any other capacity under their com-
I, wand. The most satisfactory recommendation wall be kiveu."—There
!* are a great many fine spirited Englishmen, who, like the above adver-
tiser, want patronage before they can make up their minds, •to sent
their country;—all the Talents to it !
"Buonaparte is said to have issued sixty new licenses, thirty of which,
are for the importation of Buenos Ayres hides, being granted in cora-
-1 sequence of the great wont of shoes in the French army."—From this it
I should seem that his troops are not on the best footing with hint. They
want a good hiding. . .

EVFNING DRESS.- - A white crape robe, with derai-train, and long
full sleeves, gathered at regular distances, and ornamented with simple
bows of ribbon: bosom and back formed very low ; the former orna-
mented with gold or Chinese silk triming, and united frith gold buckles
on the right siee. The robe is worn over a white satin slip, and trim.
rued at the bottom with lace or silver ribbon. Hair confined in the
Eastern style, and ornamented with a *read) of variegated flowers.
Necklace and cross of blendid pearl, and amber ear-rings en suite. Ru.
man slippers of white satin, with gold clasps, fan of white and gold
crape, or carved ivory. An occasional Grecian scarf of white lace.
IVALarsto DRESS.—A Parisian wrapping dress of plain jacouot
muslin, or fine cambric, trimmed on each side, round the neck and
wrists, with double borders of fine mull" mhslin. The sleeves very
(WI, confined at the wrist with gold bracelets and drop shill,. it
Wellington bat, composed of blendid stilt* and white satin; confincd
malt r the chin with white ribbon, and decorated. with a %%read' of
flowers round the crown. A smell lace cap beneath, with s flower on
the right side. A small pelerine of blue satin, trimmed with tumid black
lace. A lung sash, or bracer, of blue figured ribbon, pas«a ever the.
shoulders, and tied in front of the waist. Roman shoe of bot-coluir.ed
Lid or jean ; gloves the same colour. Parasol of blue shut bilk, with
deep Chinese fringe.

The form of the house before the curtain, its circular, the extent of
three-fourths of the circumference of a circle. The basket is omitted
together, and the comptioy going 10 or coming from the dress
have to meet with the promiscuous frequenters of the 'otlie, circle:, of
boxes only in passing up or down the first flight of the grand staircase.
The grand entrance to the Theatre is in Br)dges-street; and, in order
to prevent the contusiin of promiscuous crowds, the company gun% to

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all parts of the house have distinct and in,•epeuthet tareeues to the re-
spective purls. There is no swoon ue the floor ICv, I with the diets-
boxes. The space in other Tht:ores oecopied %kith the nuisance of
that description, is a?propriateo t tie., graml staircases, of tt Inch there
are two, of equal extent ; ooe ..t each extremity ef the compirtmeot of
the builoing in which they ate p:iceo, and Loth continued no to the se-
cond tier of boxes. t tne outer noir of the Theatre, the
cowpony wet into an 141111-r:cue over width the eve.:id sakon is placed,
and ext-nd,ng the thole len:zit across the with the execieion •
or two Sllllll ,ap.litil%nllS at ef::11 ey.treinfty, intended tor the eecoiteee-
da ton of the remoriny gi a rite p:t, between winc:i trod tne 4rea: I.
anti-reoni, riere arc, on cacli Beak, which are to It kept leched,
111 eider to keep tiie duns of the Tficatre
iere
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bpeiwd.
In the Cr tere of tiie int w::!! o t!ii, nitti-roDia, an' the pay doors, ;
:
1111,1. passing which, 11:,r w,et me•flier epartmeet of er;aa
extent, at the esti dually 4,f which, Ott either side, is a graoti st.:irease,
consisting done 11 ght of steps twelve fret wale, and t%io
of six let eech. Su that whatever plasters asceint the ii '.t ijoat
may with ease, by divididg on the landing, ascend by the two inu,m
tights to the next flier. A, titis apartment is }laced Letwcen the outer •
pilti-roont arm the greater body of the Theatre, tt could IP t be helltrol
laterally from windows. Tlie c44ntrivonce rot sopplyow tin- want is by
a dome, which lets in the light fiont the top, aitil %%Mde forms ow; of tiii•
ourst beautiful ornaments of this part of the Iroise. In toe floor, over
the apart went wht re the fist grand staircases ere placed, :here is
ha
s cir-
e,
cular aperture, of the sante extent as the area of the dome at
o
enclosed with weemt iron-railing, through which tile light is admitted
'tido the apart went below.
-Upon arri• lug on the first floor, on either extremity of the apartment
into which the compail enter, aud which correTonds inoxt eat with float
iminedmtely unnei n, there is a grand staircase ot the same dintens:ons
as those below, teadil g tuthe second tier of boxes. fo the centre is the
dame, shedding its floods of light °vet the whole zipartmein, and under
the dome the circular 'aperture which rivesand pro‘pect to
the company below, and enables those above to see all the conivoty that
pas upon the lower staircases. This apartment conenuoicates, ~Y a
commodious Opeling in the centre with the grand saloon, which is im-
mediately over the anti•room, without the p:,v-doors, and, like it, ex-
torts across the whole buildieg, the Nits r.t each extremity corre-
sponding with the apartments below fur the aeennintodation of the pit
company, being appropriated as refreshment roots.
ykte have already noticed the form of the house : It is the best ad.-
opted to unobstructed vision, and the diffu,ion of sound. By a slieht al-
teration of the original plan, the persous on the back seats of the
boxes nest the stage will have a full view of more than tluee-fourths
of the stage, the proscenium springing from the back, instead of the
front of the boxes, as in other theatres.
B: aides these advantages, all the great (boys of the Theatre are so
formed and put up, that the event of their being closed, in case
alarm, when at crowd nay he pressing towards them flow within and
it nugitt be impossible to open teem inwards, the very pressure from
within will ne,ke the frames revolve upon an axis, anti tirrow the doors
wide open to the outside.