The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-22 00:00:00

HERDONI WARY.

Sundity, Sept. 91-,--SixrEENTH SUNDAY' AFTER TRINITY.—.•
Sun, rose at 48 minute,. past five o'clock, am! set at seven
minutes past six.-Saint qatthew's Doy.

31ondaw.—:Colowsti.,o of their present Mli'jesties in Westmin-
ster Abbey. Annu 1761, in vuumeitioration of which eve!,t
the !tithe and Duchess of Gloucester will to-day give a
_ grand Recatta at Weymouth..

. . ..
ni..vday—l-lorl aare, the cebbrated chemist, died. aunt) 17$8.
I; 'edvostlaq—Nl.mo will South about twelve o'clock at'night.
2W/tn./fig—Dayligla has now decreased tour hours and 31
minutes.--dino!er ,its at iS minutes", past eight o'clock,
and M srs rises at eig,ht mitodes before nine o'clock this
cveoing.

MmoY this day,,at 47 u.inutes past nine o'cloch in
the mornimr.

........... Day.-014 Holy Rood.
Sa t it/ lt .lopiter's Satellites, at eight hours,
SS minutes, and 33 sccoli(k.

THEATRICALS-,ExTuAffitorcAßY.-«'e gave firi
account' wt, k t,t A li* ilr,,•xr!eNs of B,lce ha nalial
y nn the pdyt of x Celebrait'e L,l,rittii Per-
former, Iv 11,ippe,e(1 nt N rwieh. The
'Litton of the I)iiv:est, seem,. i
to (Honer for !he thivtoPowioxr 1115 ihearcereilion ;
bEhr tP.ttr:thmtat)ditta-'l4ll, ottexpceted eve.t, the
lill •al~nlintirrl l'rehtte would oo• rer,ll the i-tivita-
tion, doobreSS Will a hope tit it A better or(1-17 of
sor?ety 'nigh! tem, tifweitn hint front Connexions
which hid. ird hint itito su tiopleasitot a scene of
'action.

niz •.
fc.,i;sitfol-gartlens are undergoing impsove-
ruent• ; ,IpwAnts 460 mr"rk men are employed.
I rpent ine iti:er a small island lia been
prepares! for Hue swans, ails! ;be river banked :0
prevent act idents Ins,ead of constables, several
gate -ketlie•rs ale appointeol to attend
'file Montnimit wiled by l'arliamentin memory
of tilt- gallant Hero of TE4falear, is now erectiqg.
in St. Paid's Cat liedral, on the right band entrance
into tile Choir, exactly opposite to tt.at of Marquis
Cott N WALLIS. P is to.be cx remely splendid.

ISO ING MATCH OEIOOO MILES IN 20 sUCCFS-
SIVE' DAYS H-Gyueell at seven o'ciork on Friday
eveninv completed 56 miles. On Saturday lie
*owed 50 miles ; lie started again yesterdayAnorn-
ling a. a quarterp r five, and at four to the after-
noon he had gone 39 lodes, its vine 65 -miles to,
complete his task by seven this evening.
• PEDFSTRIANISM.-:C.rilL t!te hticklayer,of Bell-
street, Paddington,,wito offered to perform for
20 successive days. alternately, the distance be-
twee9 London and rpswich,,a space ,of 70 miles,
has received forfeit, and is barked in a consider-
able sum to walk for 24 successive days to and
from London to Oxford, 'a
.distance of 57 miles. 4—
This is cow.idereti a more ard.ions task ihAn that
Of. goin:.! to Ipswich, on account of the badness
of the row!.

(FROM A Contir=Pf)NDENT.)--The case of Jo-
seph /lording, d l'obliclo; who isceps the Castk
at Brent rord,, may not be ing. from the -recollection
of oor.Reoders had. his Lireose taken away
last year, turd with his family became reduced
from ,blpfort to penury The whole neigrhoor-
hood came for wsr , ,tn in a Pet it irOn to ahr Howie
of Commons, d, cl tied Min to bo a man of exem-
plary:eon!! 'cc,' nod hit Iris house srai managed
Kith tioitot decorum. A mass of 6.iitente be-
fore the 'Police -Commi.ltee hrliv confirmed this
statement, and the Report of the Commit tye
dwells On the case as one of great inj ,stice.---Not •
vrithstan iog this, the Magistrates, at their rccetr
Amittil Licensing in Hammersmith, determined
tot 'to i•est-te the LiCetige. As the Licensing Jus-
tices are at liberty to ruin families at pleasure,
tvi 11001 assigning any reasoi no reason can be
expected to lia%e been de( tared on the above oc-
caNion— one fault. was hid to his 'charge by
the Bench, viz. that in his Petition he bad not 114-
pitted to be true a complaint preferred by the
II WI Constable,. which Complaint was notoriously
false.—The Whit echapel Licensers have a. ted a
inure, ;audible part ; they have corrected the er-
ror of former annual decisions in refusing a Li-
cense to the' Public-house in White Worse-lane,
Stepney, in relattoo to which reflisAl. Sir SAMUEL
noNILLY laid a Petit ion Wore the House o' Corn-
lnusns last Sessions, signed uv all the inhabitants
around.--At the Annual Licensing last Wednes-
day, they granted•the Lic,rsie wtanimousty, -and
the neighbotirliood testified their joy, by boo-
tire', an exhibition of fire-works, and Other lo-
th-Wigs.

THE TITEA'fRr.§.

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.D.K171,1.Y. -LANE THE:OIIe..

A meetint'r.f.the.,prnpt ielorS o„f this Theatre
ivas held on Sat 'lrony, at he ito-
tttoda, in.pursnstrrre g.,f public ndyerlisemstit.
the PlirpoSr of:elect in, six new members
of the Chinmirlee, in the six
w• re ballotand of v.n4 the} e-
port of t-.e C?intrw,er tip:m r!,e stare of
he affairs or the 'esablisittnem: lire meeting
WA% 110 t, v iinitierowdy altended, a'cii-Ciirostanee
which. 'tn.ty perhaps he 11161)6re/I io its Navin;;
been origin Ally anacvtineed ro ink •!lie
Ctowo and A 'who! 'fate, io.oe'fil of theThea-
ic-now, dioeci to he, plaretirst
anpoihjetl. and tyres iu runseyuruce, Wsaltlioint-
ed in brink present at t. e i.roceedintia. which'oe-
enpied Imt" a very short Hee of time.
Earl of F,:se,i havin° taken
ihe chair. .llr. Nyarti,,the Secretary of 'tine pr!le-
nit (ointitii tee, read the adveriisement by which
,the meting was convened, ir the threw nii
the talde a tininh-r tit folded slips of paper, on
which were written the name, of *the ptt,on, put
in innnilation to fill the Yaeanries in the Conn-.
rtee, and front these seleeteel. six, which, on
be,..!: examined, were round to contikin the names
01, lie,followin Gentlemen, namely—

Edward. nrnnis.. Esq
C:ol•sibel
Nr.Tl)..mas 'Parton,

The'fio,;;Geo. Lamb,
Richard Wilson. 4

Upon'these names being called over,
Mr. PETER Mootta addressed the proprietors,
and lt;,t•ing stited that one of the (►hire's of their
being called together was to fill the six vacancies
in their General Committee, occasioned by those
which had been withdrawn, he proposed each of
the names drawn by the Secretary as fit persons
he erected, and they were elected without
opposition.

The Hon. Mr. Lama then read the report of
the General Committee. It commenced by stating
thy the
.Committee had convened the present
meeting, first, tor the purpose of electing six
members in the place's of those who had been
drawn out of their number, and secondly, for the
purpose of submitting to the General Assembly
Propriettn4 a statement of their joint stock.
J'!, Act of Par liatikgnt under which their estab-
lishment was, fortned, impetatively directed the
Committee to call such a meeting .as the present
within three- wombs atter the close of the last
season, and tinder that provision they were now
assembled. The Committee ,had deferred this
meeting till the West possible period, and were
xious to have deferred it still later, as from the
season having only just commenced, they were
unable to enter at large into those details which,
they were satisfied, would ultimately prove most
satisfactory to those who were interested in the
property.

The' present period was, perhaps, the moat on-
propitious at which a view ortheir affairs could
be taken, and therefore the Committee had thought
it proper not to enter into arrenlarged account of
their• finances until a future and more fitting occa-

The General Commit(eebad been furnished by'
the .41.11)..00111Mitte With an accurate and lull de.•
of their pi oceedings on a scrupulous review
of which they bad every reason to be satisfied,
both with regard to the general reduction of ex-
pences, and to the vigilant anti economical ar-
rangetnent-: which bad been made in every depart-
ment of the theatre. The conduct of the Sub-
Committe had, in f4et, been such as to merit their
um eserved confidence.

The General and Sob-Committees invited from
the proprietors, in private, such suggestions as
might be cow:civet! eligible to the est hiblkliment,
And assured them that whatever they might he,
they should be treated with the most respectful
Attetrion. in fine, the General Committee de-
sired- to state, that the Company of Drury• Lane
Theatre bad been considerably strengthened, and
expressed a conviction,. that tinder these circum-
stances, and aided by the exertions and economy
of the Sub-Committee, the profit of the current
season would. ntit alone be consider able, but would
tend to redeem much of their forme'r defalcations.

This was the substance of the report, andon its
being read,
Mr. P. i\looßs moved, that it should he received
and approved ; and it was received and approved
accordingly.

AIr:PETER MooRE then moved the thanks of the
meeting to their worthy- Chairman, the Earl- of
Essex. Wi it regard to him Self and'to the. Com-
mittee in general, of which he was tt member, he
desired to state, that they felt highly flattered by
the conhilence which It atLbeen placed in them.
They had no other interests than those of the pro-,
ytittots 10 consult; • for in consulting those inte-
rests. they .cOnsulted their own. The same eco-
"witty aril vigilance which had liten-ehertedduring
the last season would, he had no
,doubt, assisted
by the new attractions of the Theatrv., render them
at least as snceessfol in the present
The thanks to the Earl of •Essex • were pasqed
una, core, mid the meetiog w,ts dissolved. Pre-
% ~is to the Committee quoting the table, how-
ever.

Mr. Robertson, a shareholder, addressed the Chairman,
and expressed his-ahhoirence of the alteratioiis which hail
taken place in the Saloon. Nothing, he said; Could be more
disgusting than to see that" beautiful Grecian room►, in the
d►signing and erection of which an architect of taleot had
been eiAployeti. utterly destroyed by the substitution of Chi-
nese ornaments, as trightul as they were -incons.stent with
Briikh taste.

A Gentleman, who we believed to be one of the Committee,
an,Wered—Sir, they tend to encourage an assemblage of pret-
ty WIMICH.
Another Proprietor.-1 deny that. The,pietty women oh,
ject to these uncouth ornaments as much as any other of our
Visitors. . .

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Here the Committee made their exit, very prudently de-
cluing any altercation on so delicaft, a subject. • Their Stage-
Manager, Mr. Itomon however, remained, and 3 dialogue
ensued which had considerable-dramatic and which, as
it may tend to throw a light on the o4scurity of the Chinese
Saloon, we shall endeavour to detail with as much accuracy as
circumstances will permit:
First Proprietor.--I say, never was there any thing more
disgraceful than the introduction of this' barbarous sort of
taste.

Second Proprivtor.,—lt is trnly shocking.
Third Proprietor.—lt can easily he removed.
First Proptictor.—Well, lint, Sir, are we to see our money
thiis idly and lavishly expended, and not he incensed at those
who have conntenaneed the extravagance? ,

St.tge Nlanager.—Geut lemlett, you are wasting your 'breath
in objecting to that wilicl; Is really atlvantagcous—let ate. tell

!'on, that whatere.r mad• be yonr (o.4ectiont to.the Chinele Sa-
loon, hat ti,, the Treacuev it IN, been truly productive.
Pirf.t Proprietor.—Oh ! convince inc of that. and I atu
•
Stkige Nriinager.T c'an'cottvinee -von. • • •

Secowl opriet cin tick,r convince mt that such
exhihitif,t) can he npprored by men of •

stag., Nl:uirver.—Air, I f;ly the buildir.w,s.iu Ore S thwn are.
at iv. iy classigal., 'IsI. PV e a pure and utia.i u:t.erat ed sped-
tni.o or Chirfese architecture., ." • • '-

• .
Files certainly cannitt, as a•itt:itter of taste,
apitriire.iif the alterations; Mit profit is a 'grand inducetnent
for, the Sacrifice of-iistr..jiiitg-itient; • ,
Second I'rtiprietar.---74ir, I ant sorriy,to
man,'ilt Peth'ik ,
sacriiien_l2. the, .ita-
tiatial taste for 1 h s.,ke, of a frith:lz personal gain ; 1)ilt
deny that any ailvantag.e cpn in the'.'ild he iilitained. There
of at least 5001. op this notable s„,,eciil.i-
tion, whieb,l, ALI ',ati;fied neier he repaid. •
lttrte •
Manager.---Nat half the !Win has kern expended.--
izA.e timhtit Mile It of the profits resulting, fro), the inereased
:111:nr,i,ioliti this, season, as comp:, ctl with :lie ag-
gri•Kate of the thrt.e last seatons, and I will hear all the •e,-
penees, botTi of rrectiugsthe Chinese temples-anal
the body in the,hiiiise. ;I -:tin 9iroriseil that any writ can rind
fault. with the strloffli. I donsider it 'truly heautifal.
Fourth Proprit tirr.—lt,,is any body
seen the Prince's TP/iiin-wkaitt at Brighton ? It is extremely
like it, and quit e.after the saint. taste.•
Second Proprietor.—/ do not conceive that our taste is to be
guided by a lirightott /Phint-iiiikant , • •
Stage Manager.—What fault have you to6lid, Sir ? Do you
deny the elaSsicality of theerct lint ?, '
Second Proprietor.--I don't ,lieaktiy say that.itis.nrit
.per-,
fectly Chinese ; but I never cinisidereil the.Chinest!astandard
for classical taste : they were always rather the objects of oiir
merriment than our admiration.

First Proprietor -bare liccn' in all pmts of China, nod
must the building is,perfect in all it is mei-nut° represent.
NStage-Manager.----1 contenitthat the inspeoi-ements in the
s4leolLhave- done. wonders fur us. . Why,. Sir, JII3IY consider
the adrantalke of the admi..i.ius of the half-priCe.. vlsitorsio'
the saloon at R o Clock, iitstcid.of t belt: being' 'kept. as hereto-
fore cooling; their heels:in the exposed to.t he wind
of fire doors. The common 'Cry' WaS; " let its go to Coreut-
Gi,irtlen, where we, can get aecomniodation.7 • Sir, the two
new staircases by,which admission is now gained.to the Sa-
loon without interference' with the grand staircase has pro-
duced other beneficial effects. A clear distinction is kept.he-
tWeen those ladies 'win, I,e -the Saloon,flicprofessional pur-
poses (and.let me tell_you we can't do without ladies) and the
respectable part Of the andie'nce. Heretofore you could not
come down those grand stairca=es without being shocked by
the grossest obscenity proceeding from the nionths'Aif fe-
males. 'lt is so no longer: The peaceable and modest visitors
may now more backwards and forwards without such painful
exhibitions.

Second Proprietor.—lt, it to be lamented that the British
public cannot support two Theatres, without the attractions
of such females as those to whom von allude..

Fifth Proprietor.—Lord, Sir ! What Would a theatre be
without the girls ?-
Second Proprietor.—What it ought to he—a source of moral
instruction, unmixed with.viciotis temptation.
Fifth ProprietOr.—Ynu had better sell out, Sir; -for morali-
ty-and profit can't go hand in hand in our Theatres.
Second Proprietor.—That is.certainly,to'be lamented ; but
this is foreign to the object o( our discussion, and does not
at all altef my objection to the -saloon. •
• Stage Manager.--Will Gt.ntlenien allow me to show-them
the improvements zis they exist ?
• annes.—CertaiDly. •
gei:e the Stage-manager led the way fo the vestibule in
which the half-price visitors formerly assembled before the
opening of the doors, and pointed out the inconveniences re-
sulting from the old practice ; front thence he ascended the
geometrital staircase, and so into the saloon, the beauties. of
which he dwelt upon with great energy, and contended, that
for 50 visitors they had there last season, they had 500 in the
present.
First Proprietor.-That certainly Alters the case ;
ob-
jection to the Chinese temple principally arose from conceiv-
ing it to he, independent of its want -of taste, a misapplication
olthe funds of the Proprietors.
Stage Manager.--Tastes of all descriptions are to be con-•
stilted.hy a body like. (Mrs. The 5.,11001.1 never was intended
as a place of resort for the general • fregnenter4 of the Then-.
tre. It is only intended rot, those. yQung men and women by
whom it is frequented : and has the good effect of-keeping
them from the other parts of the house, where their presence
has always been considered an annoyance..
• Second Proprietor.—The conveiti.ercO.--of half-price adinis-
sioint ro ilea:nut/et al161“ wlti..,ut the taxi.
nese ornaments.

The Stage Manager.—But would not have been half. so at-
tracqve. Proprietors should not talk ill of their own
.pro-
' 'pe y : if. the public are pleased, they ()tght to be'satisfid
and that the public are pleased, this treasury forms the best
• criterion. ; • • .

Second Prpprietor.—l am still not convinced, nor will I
sacrifice ma taste to the gratification of idle curiosity.

Fifth PrOprietor.7—Thiise who disapprove of the S'aloon can
keep &Mil it, and on the star will find an ample and
.valttblp
store of talent to recompetme them fur all other disappoint-
menti. For my part, give me the Saloon and its attractions
of all descriptions..
Sixth Proprietor.—l must confess, front my own observa-
tion, the Saloon never was so crowded as it has bee» during
the present season, and fur all oar sakes I hope it will con-
tinue so.

The Stage Manozer.— I have. ,only to hope that the profits
of the Proprietors will keep pace With the anxious labours of
those. in whom they have confided their interest. Of myself
I hfii.e no right to say any thing,' although my attendance
here during the recess has often been from six in the morn-
ing till twelve at night t bot, of others, I cannot help oh-
st:lting, that a hotly of-Proprietors never had a more Zealous
or a more honourable set of, representatives than are to be
found in the General and Snb-Committees. .

First Proprietor.—So as our finances flourishi I shall be
content. •

The Stage Manager.—We have daily proofs.of aalendmeat
in that way ; and if we only go on as we have commenced, we
shall have reason to be grateful to the public.
Thus ended a dialogue, which we have been induced to
give from its novelty and the public, manner in which- it took
place and without the sightest wish to give-offehce to ,any of
the lirallial is P yrs onee.—(o hserver .)