The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-09 00:00:00

EXTRA STOCK.-BEASTS.

No. 91.—The Right Hon. Earl Spencer, of Althorp, a
4 years old Durham ox, bred by his Lordship, and fed
on cake, mangold wurtzel, turnips, carrots, vetches, and
hay. Travelled in van 11 miles, by railway 60
Silver medal.

LONG-WOOLLED SHEEP.
NO. 122.—Mr. Large, of Broadwell, a new Oxford-
shire long-woolled ewe, bred by himself, 68 months old
--Commended.
No. 124.—Mr. Twitchell, of Willington, a new Lei-
nester wether, bred by himself, from a ram of Mr. S.
Bennett, of Bickerings Park,
months old.—Silver medal. near Woburn, Beds, 20
SHORT-WOOLLED SHEEP.
No. 153.—Mr. Grantham, of Stoneham, near Lewes, a
south-down wether, bred by himself, 44 months old.—
Silver medal.
No. 159.—Mr. Samuel Webb, of Dabraham, near Cam-
bridge, a south-down wether, bred by himself, 20 months
old. Highly recommended.

Pia.
No. 171—Colonel Wood, of Littleton, near Staines, a
ltiddl sex pig, bred by himself, and fed on barley-meal,
skimmed milk, and house-waah, 27 weeks old
Silver medal.
pollard,e
London, 1841.

HUMPHREY GIBBS, Hon. Sec.

A STACK MOVED WHOLE BY THE \VT
—A very extraordinary circumstance occurred duringl
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the late severe gales which have prevailed. vA.ie
stack, of about 60 quarters, the property of Mr. Whitwellt
at Little Potton Island. which had been placed on a nine_
stone frame, was lifted up by the wind, and carried adis_
twice of four feet from the stones; neither the thatch nor
a sheaf being misplaced ; it now stands as perpendicular
as when placed on the stones.—Essex Herald.
THE POSTMASTER.—BaiI was accepted for
Mr. Wall last Thursday, and it is understood that his
trial will be traversed from the next sessions to Glouces-
ter Lent Assize:;. Numerous applications have been made
for the appointment, which is worth from 300/. to 400/.
a-year, but we have not heard who is most likely to be
the " lucky man," nor do we know, indeed, that the situ-
ation has been declared vacant as yet.—Cheltenham
Journal.

AN UNFORTUNATE BARONET.--Amongst
he persons seeking relief under the Insolvent Act, at the
pproae hing sittings of the Commissioners at Chester,
we perceive the name of Sir Henry Mainwaring Main-
waring, Bart., formerly of Peover Hall, and at one time
master of the Cheshire fox hounds

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
I GENERAL MEETING OF THE NEW RENTERS:
A General Meeting of the New Renters of Drury-.
lane Theatre was held at Mr. George Robins's Bodes,:
Covent-garden, yesterday, at ten o'clock.
On the motion of Mr. CARR, Mr. George Robins was
called to the Chair amidst acclamation.
Mr. GEO. Ronirts, after thanking the meeting for the
honour conferred upon him by calling him to the Chair,
said he was rejoiced to see the gentlemen of the press in at-
tendance, as the object of the meeting was one to which
publicity should be given. Some time since Captain
Carpenter and he (Mr. Robins), with some other gentle-
men, had been appointed trustees, and he hoped he
should be able to show that they had not been idle nor inac-
tive in their uphill struggle They had availed themselves of
the abilities of their respected solicitor, Mr. Ford, a gen-
tleman who was the very first to become a shareholder,
and paid his money down for twelve shares, and without
whose assistance they could not have arrived at the re-
sult to which they have now. He (Mr. Robins) had
been obliged to attend in the Bankruptcy Court yester-
day, at much trouble and expense ; however he was
happy to be able to offer his humble services
to the renters this day. On the 3d of February, 1840,
a meeting of the renters was held, at which he and Cap-
tain Carpenter were appointed trustees, and that ap-
pointment had been subsequently approved of by the
Master in Chancery. Finding it impossible by either
persuasion or courtesy to make any satisfactory
arrangements respecting the large arrears that were
due to the renters, the opinions of two eminent Counsel
were obtained, and being favourable, they were compelled
to adopt the dernier and most painful resort of putting
a distress into the theatre, for the sum of 14,941/. ss.
After considerable trouble and delay, the following
document was signed :
" Agreement entered into between- the Committee of
Proprietors of Drury Lane Theatre, and the Trustees of
the new Renters of the said theatre.
" The sum of 1021. 10s. 9d. balance remaining in the
hands of the Committee on account of last season, is to
be paid to the Trustees within fourteen days, on account
of the sum of 14,9411.55. arrears of the rent-charges due
the 16th December last.
" A sum of 51. nightly for every night performance
in October last to this day, to be paid to the trustees
on account of the said rent-charges, one-third of such
payment to be made within 21 days. Upon the above
payment being made, the present distress in Drury Lane
for 14,9411. ss. shall be withdrawn, the Committe pay-
ing Mr. Stevens, the broker, his expenses relative to such
distress.
" A like payment of 5/. per night of every performance,
to be made to the trustees in future on each quarter-
day, or within three days thereof, any balance
on the receipts and payment in favour of the
theatre, after deducting the ground rent and such
other outgoings (authorised by Act of Parliament)
at the end of the present and all future seasons (which
season shall be from Michaelmas day to Michaelmas day
in each year) shall be paid to the Trustees on account of
the said rent-charges (such payments respectively not
to exceed the amount due on the said rent-charges, but
such balance not to be accounted for and paid over
until the end of the then next season after such
balance shall have accrued, so that the season ending
March, 1841, shall be accounted for and paid in March,e
1842, or within twenty-one days afterwards, and so on for
every subsequent year.
" The trustees of the new renters, or their solicitor,
authorised in writing, shall be at liberty to examine the
accounts of the committee of the said theatre, and the
annual accounts shall be made out and adjusted between
the committee and trustees quarterly.
" If the above terms be complied with by the com-
mittee the present trustees agree that no proceedings
shall be taken for the recovery of the rent-charge now
or hereafter to become due, but in the event of the above
terms not being complied with, the trustees are em-
powered to re-enter and distrain for such arrears of the
said rent-charge as may be due.
" Nothing herein contained to be considered to effect
their rights, or the rights of any other persons, under
the several statutes or otherwise, relating to the said
theatre.

" Dated April 6, 1841, signed Joseph Arden, on be-
half of the Earl of Glengal, Chairman of the Committee,
and Charles Ford, solicitor to the trustees of the new
renters."

He (Mr. Robins) acting upon the old adage, that half a loaf
was better than no bread, consented to this arrangement, al-
though he was fully aware of its being an enormous sacrifice.
At that time Mr. Macready was in treaty for the thea-
tre, and he (Mr. Robins) need Not inform the meeting
how disgraced the boards of " Old Drury" had been by
the exhibition of horses, asses, and elephants ; and,
therefore, when he heard that a man who had
done so much to revive the classic drama as
Mr. Maeready—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—he, in
common with his co •trustees did all that lay in his power
to further his views ;: and although a distress was in
the theatre at the time, it was done in the most honest
manner. Mr. Macready being about to leave for the
Provinces at the time, it became necessary to
come quickly to some arrangement, as he would
have nothing to do with the theatre as matters then
stood, and to prevent its being shut up for ever the
trustees consented to the arrangement.—(Hear, hear.)
He had spoken of the enormous debrof 14,9411. 55.,
and it now behoved him to allude to what
he got in his capacity of trustee —(Hear.)
He had received altogether the sum of 1,407/. 10s. 9d.,
from which was to be deducted the cost for printing
and incidental expenses, leaving a balance of 1,3021.,
which had been lodged in the hands of Messrs. Ransom
and Co., his bankers. What was proposed to be done
now was, to return to every one the sovereign which had
been subscribed, and to give to every share-
holder the sum of 5L on each share.—(Loud
cheers.) This, it was true, was but a small
dividend on 14,000/., but still he thought it was 51. more
than the shareholders ever expected.—(Hear, hear.)
He considered that the new renters owed the Drury-
lane Committee but little in the way of civility or cour-
tesy received ; and in doing so, in allusion to the Report
which had emanated from them, he felt bound to ex-
press the highest respect for their Noble Chairman.
On the first day of January, the dividends of Si. would
be payable at Ransom's, to those holding shares ; and
any time the subscribers called at his (Mr. Robins's)
offices, they would be returned the sovereigns which
they had subscribed. Considering the position in which
they stood two years ago, when they made the engage-
ment with Mr. Macready, he trusted the gentlemen
present would feel satisfied with the result of the trus-
tees' exertions.—(Cheers.)
Mr. GREGORY said, although he was not a large sub-
scriber, yet he was a large shareholder ; and in with-
holding his subscriptions he only followed the example
of Sir William Curtis.

Mr. ROBINS—If every one adopted your precaution
we should be without a penny now.
Mr. GREGORY—The sooner the dividend is made pay-
able the better, as even trifling as it is it would be an
object to a great many of the shareholders just now.
He thought the money ought to be paid to them during
the course of the present month, as it would then be
like a Christmas-box.

Mr. ROBINS, in answer to Mr. Haverfield, stated that
the agreement they had entered into he had no doubt
would enable them to obtain 31. Bs. 6d. per share.
Captain CARPENTER wished to take the earliest oppor-
tunity of supplying some of the deficiencies of his worthy
colleague, Mr. Robins, as well as to make a few ob-
servations concerning him as one of the three trustees.
With reference to the observations that had been made
reflecting on the Committee of Drury-lane Theatre he held
a report in his hand which was in one of the Sunday
papers, in which an account was given of the proceedings
of the proprietors of the general body which took place
on the 29th of October, and having read that over, and
duly considered it, he could not say that he found any-
thing in it that would justify him in making the strong
observations that his friend made, namely, that it con-
tained matters that were false. The report presented amore
favourable view than circumstances led him to expect,
although he should have been more satisfied with it if
the renters' trustees had been mentioned in it in a more
candid manner. That paper also contained the observa-
tions made by a gentleman who was reported to have
addressed the meeting, and which observations showed
that they were not altogether in the position in which
they were asserted to be, and that they were
not deserving the reflection that had been attempted
to be passed upon them ; namely, that of usurping
the proceeds of the theatre, to which they were
not entitled. One gentleman at that meeting was re-
ported to have said that the renters had slipped by chance
into the Act of Parliament, and another had asserted
that the renters had diddled the late Mr. Whitbread in
the insertion of their names into the Act of Parlia-
ment. Now, what was the effect of the Act of
Parliament---why, it contained provisos empowering
them to raise as large a sum as 300,000/ ; and such
being the case, he would put it to the meeting whether
such a sum could ever have been expected to have
been raised if the proprietors had set out with
a breach of faith? He thought it was, there-
fore, idle to make such an assertion. He
thought there could be no doubt of the strong claim
the renters possessed on the property ; they had relin-
quished part of their claim at the time the theatre was
rebuilt; and they had given up the sums of 16,337/,
and 14,800 L, and to which' was to be added the
amount of the rent-charge now due, which amounted
to the sum of 14,147/., so that altogether there was
a sum of about 45,2001. Now he was anxious to
put that in juxtaposition with what had been told
them by a gentleman who had attended some of the
meetings, which was that the renters had received be-
tween 60,0001 and 70,0001 since 1810. Now, if they put
in juxtaposition with that the sums they had failed
to receive, he thought there would be but little difference.
He felt bound upon that occasion to acknowledge the
courtesy they had received from the two gentlemen
who waited upon them from the general body ; that led
him to observe that after having recourse to strong
measures, the Trustees waited on their oars, and after
that waiting, the first communication was a requisi-
tion that the new renters 'would allow the distress
to stand over for some time, which was agreed to.
Several meetings afterwards took place, and ultimately
an arrangement was come to, by which those boards,
which had' been trod by a Kemble, a Cooke, a Sid-
dons, a Kean, and their own Macready, had been
thrown open again to the public. To those gentlemen
who were not acquainted with the history of the claims
strongly renters, he wished
powerfullysaywishedtoprotected
that their
b rightsthe
different Acts of Parliament, and the strongest
powers were
given by them to the renters. He
trusted under all the circumstances, that the renters
would be satisfied with what the trustees had done.—
(Cheers.) It was not commensurate with their wishes,
but it was the only chance they had of enabling the
renters to receive a portion of their dividends.
On the motion of ColonelJontisToriE, the best thanks
of the meeting were unaniraousl voted to the trustees,
for the great exertions they had made on behalf of the
renters.

Air. 'toms, on returning thanks for the trustees,