The Sun.
London, England, 1815-05-04 00:00:00

THE KING V. CIIABLRS BRYANT.

The defendant was convicte,tl at el le Siftings
after last Term, of an assault hpim Thomas New:
man. The plaintiff, it appeared, was the 604)0
of the Red Lion xt.l44rnet, and the defendant
teas f he gon of the landlord of the Green Man Inn..

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in the stone town. Both tlwsti Intis,.it ,t,irpet!reds,
strongly coritesteil the st4pply of post-horsei upon
the road, and constant broils ensued; in the mu-
titai.codeavours of the parties, to titutclisfoin for
their le-spectife honles. In the present instance,'
the defendant; in the heat of his 'exertions to pro-
mote his latt►er's interests, forgot that line of pro-
deuce. which shcxtlii have guided his'contltteti and
committed the assault of which he was (mind
nifty : it was nut, boWerer, of a very %intent
nature.

The Cpurt'seuteneeil thedefendant to pay n fine
()f 201. 4lid being under ,age, dir4teil that he
should find two' sureties of 1501, enelt, for his
kt:epirift the peace for three years, and- that he
6:ootild be imprisoned in -Hie cust,cly of the Mar-
shal of the Murshalsea, till the said fine should be
paid, and securities found.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE,

A numerous Meeting of the Proprietors of
prory4marie , Theatre ev:ss held yesterday, for the
purpose of appoistring Anditairs.
,for the ensuing
year, %atm Mr. Ili-eatio INAS unanimously re.
I elected.
i Mr. WHITBREAD, as Chairman, observed, that
though the arowed porposeo(' the Meeting was
to elect an Auditor, yet other matters of import-
ance appeared to him to be indispensably Deers-
3ary to pass limier its consideration. It was al-
ready known that himself, with the Sab-Commit-
tee, would, relinquish their fuoctions at the close
'of the 'present season : a new CoMmittee most
therefore he appointed, or a measure he adopted
which seppe;!red to hint more beheficial•for the in-
terests of the Proprietary : be alluded to the pro-
posed of letting the Theatre for a term of years,
provided a Lessee could he found competent to
.the management of the Concern. 'The present
Committee, with all their assiduity, -attention,
and anxiety, had been incapable of making such
a dividend us they had fondly anticipated at the
commencemeut of theirlahours„and he appre-
hended that any new Committee would not be
likely to augment it. A system of rigid ecouomy
'mist be introduced in every Department, such as
an individual, deeply interested in this immense
Concert), could alone be expected to accomplish.
With this view of the case, he did not hesitate
to give it as his opinion, founded on long and se-
rious reflection, that ultimate success 'could only
be of
,hy letting it for'a term of. years.
Mr'..Geottcg flontsms then addressed the Meet-
. hie. otiiierving, that no one could deplore more
than himself the declaration of the Gentleman
wlol)virbtil
soi ;abril wouldyelis
ct c
rarioge.,:el the duty of Chair Man
thatt
1 ;
with the present sea-
son. Few pcirions were aware so well as himself
(N4r. Robins) of the unremitting attention, un-
ceasing labour, and extraordinary sacritice of
time, for which tbeY were indebted to that Hon.
Gentleman. It evould therefore be' almost pre-
4U/11pItitnii 1" ask him to resume so arduous an
(ace, yet, feeling as he did the impossibility of
selecting any other Gentleman who possessed so
fully and so deservedly the confidence of the Pro-
prietors at large, which he need
,not remind them
seas essential to the prosperity of the concern,
and
.taking, ioto consideration the.stimall diVidend
which his' nnexampled labours, supported by the
indefatigable attention of the Sub7Comtnittee,
were able to produce, he could not bring himself
to believe, that any More advantageous system
could be pursued, than in following the plan so
ably proposed' by the Chairman, of letting the
Theatre for a limited period. lt,must not be for-
gotten; that doting the last Season,' a Star had
appeared in the Theatrical hemisphere, from whose
,tlistinguished Josue the Treasury had derived new
„..
vigour; and the Theatre been saved fromimpemi-
ing ruin. The attraction of the great Actor to '
whoin he alluded continued with unabated influ-
ence, yet this ecquisition most not he our
sheet-anchor. A system of economy, unpractis-
ed by any IS, mid qt' Management or Committee, '
must be resorted to, by whose efforts a consider-
able' part of the expenditure might, .he reduced,
and 'this .'objeet he apprehended wcruhl never be
so well provided fur as by placing the whole re-.
spousibility oh one. competent person, whose
ilAcre4 should be materially connected with
the immediate atioption of such a system. No
Theatres could be expected to' prosper, when
exposed to the danger of having its operations
obstructed and embarrassed by the necessity of
coitsulting On every occasion a number of persons
among which migistprevail a diversity of opinions.
'For this reason 'he deprecated any Committee,
and auggested that it shoUld be recommended to
the present Soh-Committee to adopt the most ef-
fecirsal'nicans for letting the Theatre in the Illutt...
ner proposed.
. . Mr. Penav said be differed very materially from
the WOrtliv Chairman, as will as from his Friend
'who'spoke last, on the expediency of altering'the
present system. When be became a subscriber
to. this Theatre, it was with a view of seeing the"!
legitimate Drama restored,' and having, at least,
one Theatre where foul-legged animals of all des-.
eriptiona, should he excluded. The arnount of the
dividend was to him but a secondary considera-
tion, but if the Theatre iveme to be let to any in-
dividual, the taste of the.towu would naturally be
sacrificed to his pecuniary views. His mind,
hhwever, was not fully made up upon the'subject,, '
anti therefore he woula propose that a Meeting
should be especially convened in order to. take
the matter into consideration on Wednesday next.
-,Mr. WIIITI3READ arose for the purpose of
making a few remarks on (fie sentiments of time
last speaker. No alien was more anxious to re-
store the legitimate Drama, in all its brunches,
than hineseif; yet he was free to Confess that he
wa. not so over-fastidious as to prevent the ap,
pearance of those assithals on the stage, if the
taste of the town and the necessities of -the
theatre 'should require them One polo ' had
nearly eseaPed him ; the imtnense expellees at-
anding the two regular Theatres imperiously de-•
mounled, that a rise 0,, price, in sonic part, should
take place, and the Pit claimed the preference.'
—lle Wits sure when the Public knew that
neither Theatre yielded more than five pet
cent. upon- the. capital, they would readily
admit an additional sixpence on the Pit. lie had
been complimented by the' two Gentlemen who
preceded hint, on the trouble .which he had expi,
neueed in tbei'multifariotte concerns of the Theatre,'
fiat the, compliment would be more justly applied
to the other Memhers of "the Committee-, who had
always kindly udopted his suggestions," and ,
ProlliPtlY carried them into effect. He was biM-
self 'amply rewarded by the reflection Of having
partieipated in the boootir of restori.ll, Drury-
Lane Theatre to its former splendour. As As for
trouble, he knew of. none. 'rho .stihiity, judg-
ment, untl- incessant activity of Mr. AltioLD, aided s
by the Zeal, attention, and experienciof the Stage
Bittottger (Mr. ltavrauxo), rendered his an easy
t". After a few more observations of the same
tendency. 1.1 r.. WRIV ,
BRUAD concluded with pro- '
posing. "10 the-Meeting, as suggested, should i
take place on IVednesday next.
- , Me. PERRY signified, that Lc would only trouble
the meeting With a few More words, for the par- I '
pose ,of declaring bls watt acquiescence In the I

neeessity,of raising the price of the Pit; as sug-
gested th• iun. Cliairmit!).

111: RcBINS then pr,iposed,
of the nig shmdl he- given to Mr. WHIT.-
BREAD which nit,tiOn wn eai vied- by urn
acclamation, anti the. rneeting adji.ntraco ON the
(Lay appointed.

THE FINE .ARTS.

(No. X 11.)
THE ROYAL ACADEMY.

The venerable -President claims inir first notice
for the original sketch of his grand Pictuie of
Christ Rejected, now exhibiting in Pall -Mpdl. It
differs from the large work in some unim,:ortant
particulars, but affords equally powerful proof
of that genius for
.subl;rne which
is the characteristic of this admired 'Painter.—
We love to see:. the' first resolts of the con-
ception of so great &Sign, and tbAllk
Mr. WEST fur thus enabling as to contemplate
ab oco' the. forms of a which ,whether
we consider it on, its own merits, or with
ference to the honoured years of the INlaster,
is literally a prodigy in the history of the Art.
No. 101. The Crucifixion. K. STODHAKT,
Among the few great subjects In the Ex'hibit ion is
the above. It is a strange production, and seens to
have been painted for the purpose of proving that
it is,possible to disree.ard all the improvements of
the last four or five hundred years, and revert to
the style and inannerot a darker age. We cannot
help.thiuking that one of the old pieces, from' the
earliest division of the Louvre, has heeu put into
a new frame, varnished, and sent into the Exhibi-
tion as a hoax upon the able Artist whose name is
affixed to it in the Catalogue.
No. 123. Icarus after his falt,found on the sea-
shore. H jnoiePsoN,lLA.--.,,Almost the on!yothee
large picture advancing a clt;ina to an elevated
rank in composition. There are many sweet
parts in it,, and the distance with' the sca.is pecu-
liarly fine. Still, however, we say it reluc-
tantly, Mr. T. does not add to his tame by this
picture. He has produced many far superior
to it. The sun is not stifficiently high for the point
i)f the story which we imagine to be intend:v(l, and
though the. ruffled wing of the Son of Dezdajus is
beautifully painted, it certainly does not represent
the catastrophe related by OvID. There is a w,:nt
of light in the whole pictUre, and the' figures are
dot of the finest kind.,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.