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No. 11,978.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Portsmouth Herald of Sunday.)

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 29.—His Majesty's ship NOrth
Star, 28, Capt. the Right Hon Lnrd W. Paget, arrived
on Sunday from Bermuda, from which place she sailed on
the 28d of December, leaving there his Majesty's ship
Winchester 52, Capt. 11. G. Colpoys, with Admiral E.
G. Colpoy's flag flying. The Winchester had been on
shore iu the narrows at Bermuda, and lost her redder,
and seriously damaged her bottom. She had howe►er
been fitted with a new rudder, and it was expected she
would sail with the Admiral above the let of January to
visit the
,ships under his command. The. North Star
also left at Bermuda his Majesty's ship Hyacinth 18,
Commander R. M. Jackson. His Majesty's ship Blossom

eat, that he viu"J -7--_, •
Court-martial. l'il'el, x.,, ALBION INSURANCE OFFICE
-AV BRIDGE-STREET BLACKFRIARS,
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early to meet ao,
HECAPITAL, ONE MILLION.
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against him. having considered
DIRECTORS
sentence wa5,,,.,1,:0., to
Lifetll! various Plans presented to the Public in rela•
object throng°
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Insurance,
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tressed t fie .0, tj, nt is snore beneficial to personspr. effyecatinlgowlnsluiraatneceosf
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be had at the Companvt'seiOrffinew
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every Facility afforded, by which the into-
at the time Of fri., Nt iltui and
Convenience ofl:iie Public, may be promoted.
it had written lv-
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ant had ;acted fit.ll
of
ii-_______ EDWIN CHARLTON, Secretary.
night not 014 (I
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I. tje,..itSUANT to a Decree of the High
t Sir R. 0114 g'es.rii—urtof Chancery, Ar, made in a cause TREZEVANT
s motives, 'fl'reerr, 41,qt ,r,‘,ER, dated the 30th of March, 1830, the
,0 0,1,, !11 m)b.- hi of JOHN FAR.i.QU (11IaAyR, Esq., late of Font-
not forget
any intently 0 ,its,,,,,:cr, in the County-\Vilts,l and of Church House,
guilty or 4
,414,11 , in the Parish of St. 11,' arylebone, in the County
been
4vcitt
ate'ex, who died on the 6th day of July, 1826,
at Lieutenant fe'l,4' the time of his death, or the personal
he military
led in hislettsfl'fr la Y their Solicitors, on or before the 1
e prosecutiori,,°,;,,f,ter4tY, 1831
cto come in and prove their kindred be-
t worst descriPtit:v 14Llit;:.:411UEI: OMPI'ON COX, E. one tof the
aggravated 1,Y14 4.1, ." el the said Court, at his Chambestsq'in
Attecaildings, i
here was no LP' Chancery-lane, London; or, in lar-
)ssible that SirAt,'i 14
kajf'd they will be peremptorily excluded the benefirolf
BROUGHT ON and WHITE,
ii Decree
lese offences. ''
'Solicitors, 12, Great Marlborough-street.
the highest esled'''-'-laintiff's
'en %yid: the liii,.:l

16, Commander R. Omen, was engaged in a survey of
the Coast of Honduras, her first Lieut. Willson and eleven
men having died on board her from sickness. The rest
of the squadron were tolerably healthy. His Majesty's
ship Champion 18, Commander F. V. Cotten, sailed from
Bermuda on the 23d of November. His Majesty's ship
Columbine IS, Commander J. Gabriel, eailed on the 4th
of November, to cruise for slaves. His Majesty's ship
Falcon 10, Commander Smith (acting), sailed on a cruise
on the 12th, of December. His Majesty's ship Grass-
hopper 18, Commander J. E. Erskine, was at Jamaica on
the 28th of November, all well. The Hyacinth arrived
at Bermuda on the day before the North Star sailed from
thence. His Majesty's ship Mersey 26, Capt. G. W. C.
Cuurtenay, and Kangaroo 3, Lieut. Willoughby Short-
land, were lying at Barbadoes. His Majesty's schooner
Minx, Lieut. John Simpson (e) was ut Nassau, and not
having been (sound sea worthy, her foremast, &c. was
turned over to his Majesty's ship Speedwell 5, Lieut.
William Warren. His Majesty's ship Shannon 46, Capt.
Benjamin Clemente, sailed on the 21st of November from
Nassau to Barbadoes. His Majesty's ship Blanch 46,
Capt. A. Farquhar, K.H. was also on her way there to
meet the Admiral, who was expected to join the sc:radian
at Barbadoes in February. His Majesty's ship Sparrow-
hawk 18, Commander D. Mayne, and Victor 18, Com-
mander R. Keane, were cruising on the Spanish Main ;
the latter ship may be expected home in a few days.
His Majesty's ship Rose IS, Commander E. W. Pilking-
ton, sailed on the 23d of November from Jamaica for
Cuba. Capt. C. J. Austen of the Winchester, Lieut.
Holland of the Firefly, Mr. and Mrs. Richards from
Bermuda, Mr. William Roy, Assistant-Surgeon, Mr. G.
Fuller and Mr. NV. Mills, Clerks, Mr. J. Name,
Second-Master, and Mr. M‘Allieter, AssistAnt-Surgeon,
and about forty invalids from tile squadrons came home
passengers in the North Star, exclusive of Commander
Charles Parker, and the ship's company of his Majesty's
ship Slaney 20, which had been found nnfit for service,
and was therefore condemned to be broken up. The
North Star was met off the Isle of Wight by the Thames
steamer, belonging to time Dublin and London Steam
Marine Company ; she had suffered gre it privations for
upwards of ten days, being short of provisions, in conse-
quence of the number of souls on board. The Thames
took her in tow, and brought her to Spithead. Com-
mander Colpoys of the Falcon hod been promoted to the
rank of (acting) Captain and appointed to the Winchester
vice Austen. Lieut. Smith, of the Victor, had been pro-
moted to the rank of (acting) Commander, and appointed
to the Falcon, vice Colpoys. The Victor not having how-
ever arrived at Bermuda, Lieut. Warren of the Winchester
was appointed to act vice Smith, undrimis arrival. Mr.
Chetwood, mate of the Winchester, lad teen promoted to
the rank of (acting) Lieutenant and appointed to the
Victor, vice Smith. The North Star came into harbour
on Thursday, to hare a new foremast and bowsprit, her
present one having been sprung during a heavy gale.
She will return, when her repairs shall have been com-
pleted, to the West India Station. Mr. Richards, Agent
to the Hospital at Bermuda, having been re-appointed to
that situation, will shortly return to resume the duties of
that office. Lieut. Potbelly, whose appointment to the
Nimble we have mentioned in another place, has been
ordered a passage in the North Star, to join that vessel.
Capt. John Clavell is appointed to succeed Capt. Pil-
ford iu command of the Ordinary at Plymouth, on time
expiration of the latter's term of service in April next.
We have heard a flying report, for the correctness of
which we cannot vouch, that Sir Thomas Hardy will
shortly go to Ireland to relieve Sir Charles Paget as Com-
mander-in-Chief on that station, and that Sir Thomas's
present situation at the Admiralty will be filled by Vice-
Admiral the Hon. C. E. Fleeming.
An order has curiae down from the Admiralty for a
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Court Martial to be held on board his Majesty's ship St.
Vincent, Admiral Sir Thomas Foley, G.C.B. President,
to enquire into the circumstances attending the punish-
ment and death of William Heritage, a boy belonging to
his Majesty's ship North Star, and to try Captain Lord
William Paget for his conduct on the occasion. The
above occurrence took place i❑ July last, during the pas_
sage of the North Star to the West Indies. This is not
the particular circumstance alluded to by us some time
back of a man who fell overboard, pulling his Lordship
with him ; they were two distinct occurrences which have
however been confounded by the public. The Court
Martial will in all probability not take place before Wed-
nesday or Thursday.
A circular has been issued from the Victualling-011ice,
London, dated Jan. 19th, and signed by M. W. Clifton,
Esq., to the Surgeons of the Royal Navy, requiring each
to furnish, for the infortmtion dais Board, his nine and
age ; the date of his first warrant as Surgeon ; the time he
has served afloat, and on shore as Assistant Surgeon ; the
time he has served afloat and on shore as Surgeon ; when
he was last employed ; whether he is now fit and pre.
pared fur active service, and if not, what is the cause of

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:o depart frool
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counsel for the „
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thi, persons ccini. o',
;nizances in I°lii
appearance.,"

his unfitness ; whether he is settled in business or prac-
tice. He is a!so directed to furnish any general remarks
connected with the period and particulars of his service,
which way net come under either of the foregoing heads.
Extract of a letter from un board his Majesty's ship Ga-
latea, 42, Capt. Charles Napier, C.B. dated Dec. 23,
1830, lat. 18. 16. N. long. 28. 40. W. :—" We arrived
at Madeira, and anchored in Funchal Roads on the '7th
inst. after a rough and stormy passage, having experienced
very heavy and violent gales of wind in the BAy of Biscay.
We left Funchal on the 16th, and I fear we shall have a
long passage to Baibadoes, as we have made but little pro-
gress during the last week, having been delayed by calms
and light winds, which are so prevalent at this season oft'
the Cape de Verd Islauds, and we see no chance of getting
a trade-wind. I regret to tell you that when we crossed
the line, while Neptune was performing the usual cere-
mony of shaving the raw hands, Miss Uniacke, niece to
Sir George Hill, unfortunately fell on the quarter-deck,
and broke her arm, but I ant glad to be able to add, she is
now doing well.

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In Ilarkur.—St. Vincent, Ganges; Asia, Wellesley,
Royal George, Undaunted, Tweed, Sapphire, Actceen,
North Star, Belvidera, Onyx, Hermes, Sparrow, High-
flyer, and Linnet tender.

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Shire in Dock.—Marlborough, Pitt, Sultan, .lara, Yin-
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din:ive.

In Basin.—Queen Charlotte, Illustrious, Albion, Idd-
videra.

PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, &c.--Commander H.
S. Marsham of his Majesty's ship Windsor Castle, is ap-
pointed to his Majesty's ship Asia, vice Style. Com-
wander M. Quin is appointed to the Windsor Castle, vice
Marsham. Lieut. J. J. M•Donnell, of his Majesty's
ship Nimble, is appointed to his Majesty's ship Firefly,
vice Holland invalided. Lieut. J. Potberry is appointed
to the command of the Nimble, vice APDonnel. Lieut.
11, W. Parnell is appointed to his Majesty's ship Briton.
Lieutenants E. P. Halsted of his Majesty's ship Nimrod,
and R. F. Stupford, are appointed to his Majesty's ship
Asia. Lieut. C. Scutt, R.M. isappointed to his Majesty's
ship North Star. Mr. D. Harvey, Extra Hospital Mate
at the Royal Hospital at Haslar, is appointed Supernume-
rary Assistant Surgeon of his Majesty's ship St. Vincent.
Hr. Alex. B. M'Arthur, and Mr. J. Brown (b), arc
appointed Assistant Surgeons of his Majesty's ship Asia.
Second Lieut. A. F. D. Browne, of the Woolwich Divi-
sion, and Second Lieut. W. Lee, of the Royal Marine Ar-
tillery, are appointed to his Majesty's ship Gauges. Capt.
David J Ballingad, First Lieutenant John Pearce, and
Second Lieut. Martin Deacon, of the Royal Marine Ar-
tillery, are appointed to the Asia. The following Lieu-
tenants have accepted the rank and title of a retired Com-
naander on the half-pay of seven shillings a day, according
to his Majesty's late Order in Council, viz :—T.
T. Allardice, and G. M. Higginson.
His Majesty's ship Ganges, 81, one orthe guard-ships at
this part, was ordered on Wednesday to complete her
crew forthwith to the 101 l establishment as a sea-.geing
ship, and we understand his Majesty's ships Kent, 78,

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AON DON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUAIIr 1, 1831.

•te 1
and Revenge, 76,:at Ilymon4oth, have received similar
orders. Their deatniation is not known, but it is con-
jectured that they will. proceed to the Scheldt, as a mea-
.ure of precaution, to enforce if necessary the accomplish-
'nent of the late arrangement with regard to its free navi-
gation, which appears to have been very reluctantly con-
ented to by the King of Holland.
His Majesty's ship Asia, 84, was commissioned on Mon-
lay by Lieut. Cole, for the Mediterranean station.
We understand it is not intended that the newly-ap-
oointed Aides=de-camp to his Majesty of the Royal Ma-
rines shall receive each the I Os. 6d. per day as Aide-de-
camp, in addition to their full-pay as Lieut.-Colonels, but
that some arrangement will be effected with a view to re•
.luce the amount, which will nevertheless be something
handsome in addition to their former pay. •
We believe that the report mentioned in the papers
some short time since of a contemplated reduction in the
corps of Royal Marines, was entirely without foundation ;
indeed we have reason to think that it is the intention of
Government to increase this corps by five hundred. We
thought it, we confess, extremely unlikely at the time we
heard it mentioned, that, while the troops of the line were
ordered to receive a considerable asginentation, one of
the most gallant and efficient corps in the service would
be reduced, and we are glad. to find this is not to be
the case.

(From the Devonport Telegraph.)
DEvolirowr, JAN. 29.—His Majesty's skip Kent, 78,
Captain Pym, at this port, and the Ganges, 84, Captain
George Burdett, at Portsmouth, are ordered to complete
their complement to the full peace establishment, and get
ready for sea immediately.
Letters from Bermuda, to the 19th ult. state the dis-
position of the North A nerican and West India squadron
to be as follows :—Winchester, Captain H. G. Cotpeys
(acting) with the flag, at Bermuda, was to sail on the Ist
January, 1831, with the Admiral, to make a tour off the
We►t India Islands, and return to Bermuda in April, she
would then proceed to Halifax to be hove down. Captain
Austen was invalided on the 3d of December. Comman-
der 11. G. Colpoys, from the Falcon, appointed to the
Winchester; Lieutenant Andrew Smith (b), from the
Victor, appointed to command the Falcon; and Mr. Philip
Chetwode, to be Lieutenant of the Victor. Blanche,
Commodore Arthur Farquhar, is in charge of the Port-
duties, and Senior Officer at Jamaica. Shannon gone to
Rabadoes from Jamaica. Ranger gone to Nassau, N.P.
to embark the head-quarters and part of the 2d West India
Regiment, for Honduras. Mersey, having grounded dur-
ing a recent cruise on the coast of Brazil, at Antigua, to
be hove down. Mr. J. P. Bower, Mate of the Shannon,
to be Lieutenant, and to command the Nimble schooner,
vice M'Donnall, removed to the- command of the Firefly,
vice Lieut. Edward Holland, invalidea. Hyacinth bid
arrived at Bermuda, from inspectir4 the`schboners at New
Providence. Falcon sailed on the 13th Of December for
the coast of Colombia, to prifeCt British interests. Mr.
William Bothwell, Assistannurgeon, of Winchester, to
be Surgeon of the Harpy, vice W. F. O'Kane, deceased.
Squadron altogether remarkably healthy.
His Majesty's ship Windsor Castle, 76, the Hon. Capt.
Bouverie, is expected to leave this port fur the• Cork sta-
tion in a day or two. Mr. Scott, Master of the Windsor
Castle, is appointed to the Asia, 84, fitting at Portsmouth.
His Majesty's ship Primrose, 18, Commander Brough-
ton, has come up harbour to be paid off. The Saracen,
new 10-gun brig, will be launched at this Dock-yard to-
day. The Ariadne, 28, Captain Phillips, is ordered to sea.
There is ❑o truth in the reported action of the Falcon
gun-brig with a large pirate, which appeared in the Lon-
don and Portsmouth papers last moath, and which we
doubted at the time. The Falcon was at Bermuda early
in December, and had proceeded from thence to the coast
of Colombia.

The Success, 28, is to be sold or broken up in India,
and Captain Jervoice and the crew are to bring home the
Calcutta, 64, (new) from Bombay.
Remaining in Hatnoaae—The Caledonia, Kent, Re-
•enge, Ariadne, Nautilus, Savage, Primrose, Carron
steamer, Supply, and Diligence naval transports, and Neva
and Silvia transports.
In the Sound—The Windsor Castle.

MR. LEADER.--Mr. LEADER, M.P., for
Kilkenny, who arrived, in elonmel yesterday (Tuesday),
on his way to Dublin from the county of Cork, has de-
clared himself an advocate ler a Repeal of the Union.—
Conine/ Advertiser.

WILLIAM BLOOD, Esq., who was murdered
at Applevale, in the county of Clare, was a brother of Mr.
BLOOD, the burgeon, of Mount-street, Grosvenor-square,
who, some years ago, married the iteautiful Miss DANCE.

SINGULAR DEATIL—In January, 1777,
died JON N Ross, LL.D., Professor of Languages in flee
King's University of Aberdeen. His death was occasioned
by swallowing a spider in a glass of claret. Upon dissec-
tion his stomach was found to be much ulcerated, and dis-
tended beyond the usual cu.—Literary Gazette.
The salmon fishing comiumences for the
season on Tuesday next, the let of February. The fishe-
ries in the West of Scotland have been more powerfully
protected from poaching since the provisions of the late
several statute
instances into operation than they were before, and
nces have occurred during the winter, in
which poachers have been fined to large amounts for
transgiessions of the law.— Glasgow Chronicle.
On Wednesday last the notice of the toll-
taker at Sutton Bridge, near Abingdon, was attracted by a
g that out,
w s
a be
stated observedon a
floating that it
from
cry similar to that
made by a particular species of wild
fowl
ice, and going gently down with the stream. The man
contrived to take him alive.—Orford Journal.
ANOTHER FIRE.--The passengers by the
i ; a and,
young on
otgte°r"
Wonder coach brought the distressing intelligence to this
town last night that a large clover stack, containing from
40 to 60 tons, standing on the Manor House farm, near
Shiffnal, in this county, has been maliciously set on fire,
and was enveloped in flames when the coach passed the
tpaoct —,SNo hope was entertained of Living any part of the
slireicsimry Paper.

THE ASSIZES.—it is expected that the As-
sizes for Lancaster will commence on the 26th of Fe-
bruary. There are for trial three brothers charged with
the murder Gf Mr. Be awe, near Liverpool ; six individuals
charged with the horrid murder at Adlington ; four others,
charged with violation at Hollingwomil ; and two more,
charged with stabbing.— Carlisle Journal.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.--A New
oPaper states that a man, about
.50 years of age,
passing,
ing up Maiden-lane, thrust his hand through a pane
of glass in a cutler's window, reined a case of razors, took
one out, cut his throat, fell on the pavement, and died in
tffo minutes. A witness on the Coroner's Inqnest stated
that he was a Scotehman, who came to America last July,
his name Jaxtts BUTLER.—Verdict " Insanity." The
perm from whose "window the razor was taken, being
atinoyed with inquiries, placed the razor in the window
with the following label :—‘"f his is the raz.o with whiah
the man cut his throat. Please.to ask no questions within,
as I vront't be troubled."

ItEFORM--BARONY OF CLANWILLIAM.—
There was a great Reform meeting of the above barony,
held ill Tipperary, on Monday. RICHARD SADLISR, Esq.,
p., of Scallaheen, presided, and the chair was elo-
quently addressed by Messrs. Wrsa, M.P., Set:l.LT,
DwrLa, MottaissET, RYAN KINANI, 8/e. ; MRCh dif-
ference of opinion prevailed at the meeting, at which
upwards of 5,000 persons were aesembled, and which
(the Court-house not being sufficiently large) was held in
the opea air. After the meeting the immense multitude
gave three cheers for O'ColgrireLL and a repeal of the
Union, and then separated.— Tipperary Free Press.
FATAL COACH ACCIDENT.—On Wednes
day morning about six o'clock, a melancholy accident hap-
pened to the Telegraph coach, which runs between
Leeds and Newcastle. The coach was desceading the
hill at Harewood Bank, at a swift pace, wleeu the pole
chain broke, and the vehicle upset with a tremendous
crash. The coachman, JAMES WALr.s, was so much hurt
that he died in a short time. Mr. Tat es, of Scaro Mill,
Ripley, was also so severely injured that he now lite at
Mr. STURDY's, Harewood, in a state of suffering which
precludes all hope of recovery. WILLIAM ROUGIIEAD,
the vdangerously an], is also ill, report says his spine
is incurably injured ; and several of the other passengers
were variously contused, but Dot so seriously as to pre-
vent them from proceeding on their journey in a post-
chaise. —Doncaster Gazette, •

PRICE 7D.

THE PATENT THEATRES.

The discussion respecting the extension of thea-
.rical iicenses, which has lately occupied so much
if the time and attention of the Lord Chancellor and

" yoke-fellows in equity," has asstimed amuch
ess interesting shape than, from its nature, was to
te expected. Until Sir Charles Wetherell was

'irought on the scene, at very nearly the conclusion
if the arguments, nothing was said or done by the
!earned persons engaged in the discussion, which
it all compensated the crowds who were attracted
'o listen to the debate, or the far greater body of
ieraons who looked with eagerness to the printed
-eports. And even in Sir Charles 'Wetherell's ad-
Iress, as it reads, there is not much to distinguish it
from those of his fellow-labourers. To see it, would
be another matter ; for a better comic actor than
that gifted though eccentric personage, the stage
cannot produce, and in his pantomime he is abso-
lutely without a rival. The cause of that dullness
in the argument which has been its most remark-
ible feature is, that the advocates on all sides
have carefully kept out of view that which forms
its chief interest,—flee right: of the public, in the
matter in dispute. The old renters and the new
renters, the landlords and lessees, the creditors and
incumbrancers of Covent-garden, and Drury-lane,
and the Lyceum, and the Haymarket Theatres, may
squabble as much us they will, and end their diffe-
rences just in the manner that shall seem best to
themselves, without the great body of the public
caring one straw about the upshot of their conten-
tion; and this the parties to the dispute know full
well, for which reason they have wisely, in their ge-
neration, taken care to say as little as possible that
may attract the public attention to that which the
public are most concerned in attending to.
The only rational ground upon which the right
of enjoying such a privilege as any theatre can pre-
tend to must be, that it is the source of a public
advantage or convenience. Whether they affect to
furnish the public with mere amusement, or with
the higher intellectual and moral pleasures which
theatres, properly conducted, may, but do not, af-
ford, still the common good to be derived from
them is the very foundation of their title. An-
tiquaries may please themselves, and tire their
hearers, in narrating with painful accuracy the fri-
volous history of the circumstances under which
the first patents were granted, and lawyers may
discuss, according to the interests of their several
clients, the application of such law as they can
find to bear upon the rights which such patents may
•be supposed to confer; but the public, who have a
right to be heard upon'the matter, and who have the
deepest sthke in the subject, will neither attend to
the one, nor be bound by the other. For such law
as there is in the matter at all, that may be safely
left to the decision of the Judges, to whom the
King has referred the petitions : all that has been
said upon it at present seems to be little better than
moonshine, and wholly beside the real question.
The right of the public to have theatres in sufficient
number, and of a proper description for the really
useful and wholesome purposes of the drama, is not
to be decided, and as little to be limited, by a re-
ference to the merits of the Court pimps of the
reign of Charles the Second, or by such an inter-
pretation of the Royal prerogative (if there be, in
this respect, any such prerogative) as would establish
a monopoly in theatres wholly inconsistent with the
law of ;he country as it respects every other thing
that is produced for public use, and set up for public
sale. All that the State has to do with theatres is,
to take care, as a matter of police, that they are not
made vehicles for public or private slanders, and
that they are so regulated as, if they cannot mend,
they shall at least do no injury to the public morals.
Beyond this, neither the prerogative nor the Le-
gislature can have any reason to interfere with them.
The rights of the public in the theatres extend,
however, much further. For the contributions
which they make to the support of those establish-
ments, and which, by the way, are ample even to
prodigality, they have a right to expect that such
entertainment shall be furnished as is worth the
money they pay ;—that is to say, the best that can
be procured. If this right is not rendered them,
the theatres, as they exist, are too touch the debtors,
the bankrupt debtors, of the public, to be heard for
a moment in opposition to the demand for more
and more suitable places for the representation of
the drama. The slightest consideration of the sub-
ject will be sufficient to convince every one that
the public pays extravagantly to the theatres. There
is not a theatre now within the extensive range of
the metropolis, that is not more or less a thriving
concern. It may be said that tile two great theatres
have been in difficulties, and if that fact were admit-
ted, even without any attempt at explanation, it
would prove nothing, while the prosperity of the minor
theatres is so strikingly apparent. The Adelphi and
the Olympic theatres are tilled to the ceiling every
night. The Tottenham-street theatre was flourishing
enough to excite the envy and persecution of the
patent play-house',—flourishing enough to provoke
loud complaints from the late tenants when their
tenancy was put an end to,—flourishing enough to
induce a new manager to announce it for re-opening
npon a more extensive plan, after (if his play-bills
tell the truth) he has made a considerable outlay
upon it. The Coburg and Sadlers' Wells theatres
prosper so much, that they can and do afford to ad-
mit their audiences by means of tickets, which are

distributed gratis, at about half the prices commonly
demanded. But it may be said, Dewy-lane and
Covent-garden have both been under notorious difii-
culties: of the first theatre two managers in succes-
sion have failed, and the latter was lately nearly
brought to a stand-still in consequence of its embarass-
ments. The answer is, that Drury-lane has been
encumbered with a very heavy debt, prodigally,
if not dishonestly, contracted,—mismanaged by a
committee, saddled with annuities to persons who
have no more claim to them than the Ex-Dey of
Algiers, with Acts of Parliament and law-suits, and
exhausted by the copious bleedings of lawyers and
other charlatans. Covent-garden has alga under-
gone the process of phlebotomy in the Court of
Chancery for many years, and the proprietors and
managers have been engaged in a bitter warfare
against each other for the same period. The most
profitable trade in the woild may be so carried on as
to lead to bankruptcy, and the canse may perhaps
be traced to the personal eoptliaet of show by whom
it has been carried ohs,., At all events, when every
other simi!ar shop is found to flourish—when the
shops in question do more business than all, the
others put together—and whtrt almost wirry body
engaged in them is found to g:;ovs' rich, the failure
of the principals tr:zt be distinctly proved to have
arisen from actual losses in their trade before the
fault can be properly laid upon the trade itself.
There are few actors of any eminence who do not
enjoy quite us large, if not much larger, incomes
-than physicians, painters, literary men, lawyers, or
the members of any other profe,sions in which
men's gains depend upon their talents and ocei tams
Many living actors have retired it; tae passession
of considerable wealth ; many who have not retired
have saved fortunas ; and those who have not saved
are spending or have spent ample incomes. Who
would be heard to .argue from the failera of cer-
tain bankers that the trade of a banker is not a
gainful ores r
But-then it is saidlhe drama in Engl.ind has de-
clined. To be sure it has; and it is for that reason
more than any other that the absurd. monopoly of
theatres which now exists should he put an end to.