The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-15 00:00:00

This w.is a proceeding 'ow an'Ordee against the
pre'4ent Lessee of theTiteatre Royal Drury-lane,:
calling on hitit.to. spew cause wit he (etosed to
pay into the Court 20.5.f0r the lilattitiffs*use. -
The 'plain ties, a:red ;.-ihret" he'' oceasiOnally
employed at Drury-Lane as a figurarite,,recOving
as. per night as a retutinera,ion- for his services.,,
Dining the first four of the new Panto.;
inin;e, called, " Jack' aitd tke Bean'Slak,'• "heat
tended, and daucetlin ithe:piece ; but on-: the firth
(ritl,rty) night ha.,was-nitable to attend, and on
the following day, when he,,atteitrled toi receive his
salary, he wk.'s- ititorineil that inconsequence of liiS
nott-rittendanee•on the evening before, his money
rvat.to be stoillted,• agreeably to a.standing regu-
lation of the Theatre. In day or two after-
wards,, he wrote a polite letter to Alt. Elliston, re-
questing 'the payment- of his four nights' perfor-
mance, 'and hinting that if it was not liquidated,
he would recover it by proceedings in the Court
of Itrquests ; bitt to this letter he received no sit--
tisfae'trirY..atisWer. Some days after lie accident-
ally met the defendant in the street, who jeeringly
said, " Wiry, Mr. Holman, I have been waiting
for your surtimon4."—" You shall not wait long,"'
was the answer ; rtiol'on the following day plain-
tiff did take out a summons, to which Mr.
ILllis-
tou refused to attend, till the present order was
issued.

It was now contended by a Gentleman, who
attended for Mr. b.:HistOu, that the plaintiff's
claim was not tenable, inasmuch as he bad been
guilty of a breach of those rules and orders, by
Which the highest as well as the lowest performer
wak bound, and -by the - strict enforcement" of
which alone any thing. like atithurity could be
maintained in ,he Theatre. These regulations
were rather nunietous ; but the -cla'u'se of them
WhiCh- particularly Tiplictlln the phi n was, for
abien,ing himself without chewing.carise for so do_
ing, or giving sufficient notice, io order that his
place might be supplied-by another.

A nuitibe'r of iegithtions were then pnt in ;
and atociiig:st the test w'as one which inflicted
on ROy performer, &c. a week's salary penalty,
for absenting bintselt under the conditions above
stated.

The plltantiff said, that Mr. Elliston, with a
view of saving.expence as much as possible, he
supppsed, iscpt no minor ballet performers on the
,establislunettt,, but employed such persons by the
night "Wita he wanted them, at the s'nm of five
shillings. He denied having subscribed to any
tegula t ions, or that ,ever the instrument produced
had had hisconeurrence ; but even itit had, he
cirtitetniti that he wtra a nightly ser'verit, and that
is °pet at lOti could trot apply to flitn.
The Leatined Codnitissionere, after a short deli-
beration, were of opinion, that the right of the
Phiintlff was not at all affected by the regulations
(owed, and they accordingly adjudged the defend-
ant to pay the whole of his demand and costs.
CHREVEY V. THE

. In this case the defendant was summoned for
,;i
the payment.-of *triflng debt claimed by tliepl44l-
- a respectable co'irAteeper in Drury-lane, for
c(irtirr.g it .qaattrity of rubbish 'away from Drury-
lane Theatre.

It appeared on the bearing of the case, that
when Mr. Ellition took the Theatre, he entered
into a contract with Mr. Cadogan, thesni.veyor
of the parish
,of. St. Clement Danes, for carting
away all rubbish trout the Theatre. The con-
tract, through the -remissness. of Cadogan's ser-
vants, was nOtregularly tulfig-ed, 'anti the conse-
quence was, that heafis of :dirt arid.rubbish were
freqUently'lying in the'street in front. of the:build,—
_lug. The surveyor of 'the.pariih of Sr.
(in whiCh Drury-lane Theatre is
situate), latiug his 'attention 'called to this nui-:
sauce, gave frequent notices to have the rubbish:
cleated away, and on the occasion which formed
the i'tibject at inquiry, said, Mot re
moved within- 'a iiinited titue,'he would lay an-
information against -tile. lessee, which would:
iubjeCt, to a fine 'Of /404. and costs. In
order to avoid this penalty, an authOrited agent;
of Mr. liffision's tent one of the men to,
look for some person who would undertake;
the removal of the rti6hish;•and'at-a late hour on:
Saturday nighttfie-plaiiififf,' by-means of his wen;
and carts, performed that duty; but when he sent
in his bill, nobody knew •any thing of it, and ha
was driven to the disagreeable' necessity of insti•4,
Luting prOceedings.

, .
Atr. Etlistott's rerresentAtiye only wanted to De
satisfied the justice cif this eiriaim tO ioty it, mod
'dime, lie 'felt 'tttitotfictl.