The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-10 00:00:00

THEATRK DU YAUDEVILLE.

The Cuseite de France gives an account of an
amusing trifle lately produced at this theatre. en.
titled Moroi's de CAtoperume.--.4lloiAty Goon has
esteblished a magazine of magic hoods, which have
the power of preserving ferriage virtue, the favour
of courtiers, and of securing the success of actors,
&c.—A purchaser arrives, horue on a shield. lie
iisbbers ass Anglo-Freuch joripsii, and despises the
title of Milo►d, or evru of Sir. He calls himself
plain iirsof, and bears in his countenasice the glo-
rious traces of electoral honours. He boasts of his
handful!, of mud, his blows, his hors-whippings,
and his csneings, as a warrior does of his noble
wars. and purchases a hood, nut to ward off the
blow% bet to ensure him suffrage*. This scrim,
pleasantly perforiutd by Jely. caused much laugh.
ter. Several public characters were introduced in
the same trimmer, and the piece wet with general
applause.

Wm. WEST, the celebrated Oxfordshire petles.
stsrtrd yesterday alorniug at Minton. In do
30 wiles in four hosirs, for a strike of as many gni..
'seas itv wiles. lie did half the distance w three
11111111100 wader t.. Maim awl he areomplished the
%whole of the trek in ob., minute within the given
bane, but much distressed.

'
ootirstrOnduce

•, ' ; Iltirter !-
LORD SIDMOUI7I AND MR. HUNT.

! • I

. " Sidosuistb has directed one to herons' you,
,as the Paper eontainiug the Declaration and Remo.-
'trance, addressed to Ike Prince Regent, which you put Into
his Lordship's hands yesterday, purports by the description
therein sisals of it, to euntaio the Declaration and Renton-
atesuice of the Inhabitants of the Cities of London and
Westminster, mild parts stlisceot, and as this description is
evidently and notoriously untrue, his Lordship does not
think himself at tiherty to lay Ike mine before ►is Royal
Hi;liseus.
" I son, Sir, your obedi►nt Servant,
" HENRY CLIVE.
" H. Hunt, Esq. 8, Nurfolk-street, Strand."
MR. 'wars ANSWER.

" 9, Norfuik-at►art, Strand, Sept. 9, ISIS.
" My Loco—Wbes I delivered to )(Air Lordship the
Remonstrance unanimously agreed to at the Meeting held
in Palace-yard, on Monday last, addressed to the, Prince
Regent, you promised use tint you would read it over,
sad, if it did nut contain say improper tentriafte, you
world deliver it into the hands of his Royal Highness, and
that you would give me an answer in t►e course of three
cloys.

" Late last evening I received • /eller, signed. Henry
ales, which Mateo, that your, Lordship had instructed him
tar any that you did eat think yourself at liberty to lay the
same before the Prince Regent, because it purported to be
• The Dedaratio• and Bamairstrancs of the Inhabitant' of
the Cities of London aad Westminster, and parts adjacent,
which description was ortelonfly and nolorioody untrue.'
• Now, my Lord, by what means your Lordship nicer-
tained the fact that the persons who attended the Meeting in
Palace-yard were nut Inhabitants of London and Westmin.
stet, and parts adjacent, I know not; but this I du know,
that those persons who proposed and secouded r die Dicta.
ration of our manifold Gr lemmas, and Ike Ilmoomfrance

'atts of the

ugotait the cool, illegal, sad
corrupt esse sad **es Mal had been so long imposed upon
hi. Royal High's's: the Prince Begot! by Use yreat and
overerbolintag Borough Proprietors of this Country, ¢e.4-e.•
were laltabitauts of the Cities of lAnidus cud Westminster,
and parts adjacent, and I believe that almost the whole of
the five or six thousand pima, at the Meeting, who unani-
mously sanctioned the same, were also inhabitants of London
and Westminster, and parts adjacent. However, as your
Lordship has declined to deliver the Declaration and Remon-
strance to his Royal Highness the Prince* Regent, I will
trouble your Lordship to return me the origiusl document
that I left with you, that I may, agreeable to the iostruction
of that Meeting, take mime other method of laying it before
his !loyal Highness the Prince Regent.

" I am, my Lord,
" Your Lordehip's most obedient
" And most humble Servant,
" To Lord Viecouut Sidmeeti. " H. HUNT."

To the EDITOR of The BRITISH PRESS.

tiepleaber S. 18111.

Ste—in answer to the bade assertions of a Sun-
day Pape►. I request you will insert the following
copies of a correspondence between we and the
Treasurer of Drury-lane Theatre.

G. LAMB.

To Kr. DUNN, Treasurer, Drary-huse Theatre.

Whitehall-yard, September 1,1818.
Sta--Will you be so good as to look back over the Tres. •!
awry &consuls of Drury-Tear Tbeatte, and inform me whether
any sem of money has ever been received by me on ateuunt
of any play altered or brought forward by me, ur as a remu-
neration fir any part of my labours in that Th►atre ?
♦n answer to this as soon as possible will oblige,
Yours, G. LAMB.