The National Register.
London, England, 1808-09-26 00:00:00

for the Theatre In• tfneelnis-Mn-flehrs, and came as heir-looms
to the Proprietors of the oviglent patent.
Ilandel's celebrated °mai,- supposed to he worth 1000 gui-
Was, and which tista swiebrated composer gave' by hie wilt to
Price; Gerdes, Thetas*, eted was only heard in the Oratories,
is completely destroyed.
Anenevotbeetitseses, the Society which held their meetings at
the top of the Theatre, called the ;Beef-stake Club, which has
existed for many yearn, have .leet their. old stock of wines.
worth At least 1500/. besides their sideboard nod table imple-
ments. 19 the Saloon a lows has been sustained to the amount
of 2001. expended in wines, liquors, and refreshments, for the
frequenters of the Theatre, not a silt* article of which was
either saved or insured. All the performers hare shared in the
calamity; and, according to the usage of the Theatre, their sa-
laries cease until their performances can be reamed Ly this
catastrophe upwards of 200 other persons, with jheir families,
consisting of artificers, door-keepersoind other inferior servants.
employed about the Theatre, are thrown out of bread. The
event may therefore he said to have spread distress through the
neighkuurhomt. and consigned many industrious families to actual
emit. We are happy to find that a subscription for the relief
otthe sufferers has keen opened by Mr. Wright, and other res-
pectable Bankers.
Nothing has yet been discovered that will account for the
origin of the dreadful lire shish has produced -the destruction of
Covent Carden Theatre ; but one eiecutnstneee might to hie melt-
tioned, as it may &aimd some clue to inquiry. It was observed
by the performer, in she IA Ole Green-room, define the whole
of the evening. that a remarkable degree of heat prevailed, in-
, sualuch that many of them were actually °Wird to quit Mil
place. This peculiar heat was obviously not the effect of an)'
unusual coneeterseof people in the room. and therefore the cause
of it requires investigation.
Respecting the insurance of the Theatre, we are enabled to
state, that as to the Theatre itself there is an insurance of
25,000/. in the Sun ffice, one of 15,000/. in the Pheenit,nad toe
l'ofbo9ol. each in the ltoyal Union and Exchange : besides these,
there is an insurance in the Phreuis of 8,000!. on the Eihaks-
peare Tavern, and the theatrical property therein depositell4
These different sums make a total of 55.0617. 11 is, likewise,
calculated that, iirlepentlent of the saving of the hooks, &c. ifte.
and other matters, ti;e proportion of savings from the Shaks-
peure premise= amounts to near one-half of the 80001. thereat
•
tnsured.

It appear: front the hest of information that can he obtained,
that the Proprietot!. of Covent Garden Theatre must be Less
to the amount of 70 or 80,000 pounds.

THEXTRICAL CONFIAGRATIONS.

Drury-Lane Theatre nas 1:?62; deil!royed by fire 16711
rebuilt 1611; pulled down 179 l; 'Huai 1791.
Covent 6ardeii 'Fiteatr..t wu.s built 173:3; enlarged 1792; de-
stroyed bv tire 1t50:4. •
Ilayinarket, opened 1704 ; burin .down 1180;
the Inundation of a new one laid 1700.

Pantheon, Oxfort!•street, opened ; converted to an
Opera-housf- I 784; burnt down 1.797?.
AFtley's Amphitheure, burnt down on the Duke of York's.
bitth-night, 179.1; rebuilt, and burnt down a second time in
1603. {Loyal circus, destroyed by tire 1:305, and rebuilt 1806.

Thursday afternoon, a fine little. boy, about five years nig.,
was accidentally struck down in Mackfriars-road, by our of live
horses of Sir dames Mansfield's carriage. The coachman used
the utmost exertions to pull up the horses ; but in spite of his
efforts, they got so ftr forward that the fore wheel of the ear,
riage passed over the poor child's breast, and killed him en the
spur. The boy, with one of his play-fellows was crossing the
road when the melancholy accident occurred. An Inquest hus
been held on the body. The circumstance was proved. to be
purely accidental, and the Jury found a verdict accordingly ; but
the Court levied a tine of N. upon thehorscs, and 24 upon the
wheels of the carriage.