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appoint a set of Gentlemen as a Committer! for A
TiArticuhr purpose, and afterwards to, refuse to
bear their opinions upon the subject which they
lead-met to consider.

Mr, P. MOORE conceived that • the authority
and powers ofl,hc Select Committee had been al-
Teady ,set at rest by the decision of the Lord
Chaucellor ; and after that, .he thought the ge-
net al meeting of the proprietors Ought not to he
bound by any act of theirs. The fact was, that
these individuals, highly, respectable no doubt,
had acted in a manner calculated to destroy the
very inundation of the establishment. They had
alyeady.bten instruineotalin preventing some ar-
rangements with. respect. to. pecuniary matters,
which would. have been of the utmost service to
tficTheßtm tie was certain that
.the formation
of: 4bis.pai.ty,. if they, gained any influence with
the proprietors, would not tend to benefit the
concern ioany war. .„

Alderman Cox objected to
,the reading of
.the
Repot t.; and observed that -meao3 had been taken
by one Gentleman (tilt. George Robins) to bring.
to tie present Meeting such Members as were.
most likely to support .particular measures ; and
he read a Circular better, not, he observed, a ge-
neral one, but one sent to particular persons by.
Air. Robins, calling upon them, as they valued
their interest. in Drury-Land Theatre, to attend
Iva, the present occasion, when six "Members of
the General Committee were to be chosen. This
%Teti signed Mr. Robins's name, but the
writing was in the baud of his Solicitor (as was
understood).
Mr. G. LAMB expressed his surprise at this ob-
•servation of the last speaker. Surely the Meeting
were not., bound to re-elect all Members who
were tgoing out by ballot. There could not on
the present occasion be any great fear that all the
Members would be refused, for there were six
Gentlemen applied to, all of whom.had refuscd.to
accept of a situationite the Committee, because,
as some of them observed, they -,donceived the
Establishment had been degraded to the character.
of a Minor Theatre, and below it.
Mr. P. Mootth said alew words to order, ob-
jecting to this.
Mr. LAMB observed, that he did not use the words
as his own, but as those of some of the Gentlemen
who had refused, as he had mentioned, to.beconte_
Members of the General Committee. He was
surprised that the worthy Auditor (Alder Man Cox)
should have conceived that this Report would be
productive of a division of power or authority, or
would cause any injury to the, Theatre... With
respect to what. itad been said by the Lord Chan-
cellor in the decision upon the injunction, it could
not, in his opinion, be at all construed into an as-.
sertion that the Special Committee should not
have been appointed ; his observations had quite
a different tendency. As to the Report which he
then held in his hand, he should state that, if his
motion for the reading of it was not carried, he
should read it as part of-his speech.
Mr. P. Moons said, that his object in opposing
the bringing up and reading of this Report was,
there might be only one authotity in the
• Thea, it for tt number of conflicting authorities
would be productive only of its ruin.
Mr.,Cootc opposed die reading of the Report.

r%lr. COCRIF a asked whether any such thing
was tvur hetete heard of, as appoitoktg a Com-
mittee to to,dre a Report, and afterwards refusing
to hear 'chat it was they had to say ?
Mr. CALCRAFT conceived that there ought to
be no objection to the reading of the Report. He
-was one of the Special Committee, and had agreed
to the Report, the refusal to read.which, he
thought, would be a very strange and unjust pro-
ceeding. The powers of the Committee would be-
come extinct when this Report was read, and it
would be a singular proceeding to rtfu'se to hear
them on the very subject to which their attention
had been directed.—(Hear, hear !)—He could
not conceive why any objection should be made
to it, except that which came from the Gentle-
man (Mr. I'. Moore, as understood) who seemed
to be sole director on the present occasion, and
‘v!,e could not bear in his own court to hear any
thing disagreeable, or at all contrary to his own
opinions.--(Hear, and a laugh.)
The CHAIRMAN, before putting the question
helter the report should be read, observed, that
the Special Committee had been appointed by a
General Meeting; that they had not yet been dis-
solved by any motion, and therefore it could not
be said that they did not exist---(Hear, hear !)
They had been acting with the General and'Sub-
Con»nitters,-and he conceived that they ought to
be heard in their Report.
The question was then put, and carried in the
affirmative by a large linijority.
Mr,. LAMB then began to read the Report. It
commenced by stating, that the Special Commit-
tee had been appointed by a general meeting of
Proprietors; that in pursuance of the object of
their appointment, the Committee had recom-
tuendedpa proposition, which had been adopted by
a General Meeting, namely, that the sole direc-
tion of the Theatre, the appointment of Manager,
and the selection of such pieces as he should think
fit, should be given to Mr. Colman. They had
also proposed, and it were agreed to, that the pre=
sent Sub-Committee were entirely unqualified for
the management which had been intrusted to them,
and that a compromise should be made with the
creditors. This was followed up by an offer, by
six individuals, to subscribe a sum of money,
4,500/,, towards carrying on the concerns for the
present. Not withstanding these had met the con-
currence of the General Meeting, the Committee
had learned, that no steps had been taken to carry
any of them into effect ; that they (the Sub-Com-
mittee) not only had mit engaged Mr, Colman,
but were in actual treaty with Mr. S. Kemble to
undertake the management of the Theatre ; they
therefore, in July last, sent to the Sub-Commit-
tee a protest against their proceedings, offering at
the satin: time, if they acted according to the ge-
Leral sense of the Proprietors, to co-operate with
them. No notice having been taken of this, and
no step taken to carry the former Resolutions
agreed to into effect, the Committee, understand-
ing also that Mr. S. Kemble had been actually en-
gaged, in opposition to the known wishes of the
rnvi,torg, did give a notice of an injunction in
Cliaticcry, to check any further proceedings of the
Committee,untilthe resolutions of the general body
ere complid wail; and, in a few days aft er,by the

advice of ye' y able counsel, that injunction was
Moved for and obtained. The object of the Se-
lect Committee in this was not to shut up the
Theatre, but to bring those individuals (the Sub-
Committee) back to•a proper sense of the rhity
they owed to the Proprietors at large. The Re-
port then noticed the result of proceedings
in Chancery, and then proceeded to an act of the
General Committee, the lowering of the, .prices.
This the Special Committee formally protested
against, as pregnant with ruin to the interest-of the
Proprietors. It was a measure agreed to by a body
of seven individuals, four of whom were members
Of the Sub-Committee, and one. the Auditor of
Accounts..So far had the Special Committee been
from adopting such a measure us this, or from, as
was alleged, shutting up the Theatre altogether,
that they had agreed to open the Theatre., 'at the
usual time, with the old prices, but kith increas-
ed attractions. Alter noticing the means which
tlie Special Committee were about to have had re-
course to for the payThent of the debts, means
which they had strong reason to believe matl
have been filially successful, the Report expressed
their hope, that the Sub-Committee, whose ne-
glect, disobedience, and Osmanagement,_had al-
really been productive of so .much loss to the pro.
prietors, would feel themselves bound to. make
good that loss from their own resources. The
Report next stated, that the Special Committee
had , full reason to know that Mr. Colman would
have engaged,- but no application had been made
to him by the Sub-Committee for months before
the re-opening of the season, neither had Colonel
Patrick Douglas nor Mr. Wilson resigned, as
hail been before intimated. In conclusion, the
Repot t called upon the proprietors to exert them-
selves, and to take such step! us would prevent
what remained c,f their rights from being further
encroached upon, and-trout having their property
bunt:erred with increased debts.
It was then moved amid seconded that this Re-
port be approved. The question wps put, and on
a show of hands, the Chairman deckled it to be
carried in the affirmative.
_ _ _

Mr., P. Moons was, not satisfied with -the de-
cision, and demanded a ballot, which was granted
accordingly.
Before the scrutinizers proceeded to the ballot,
Mr. Moons observed, that his object in having
applied to Parliament last Session was to comply
with the standing orders of the House by an
early notice, but that the application was not in-
tended to be in any way in opposition to the ge-
neral will of the Proprietors.
Mrs. BUTLER then addressed the Chair nearly
in these words Mr. Chairman,. I wish to be
informed of the reason why Mr. J. Johnstone
(Irish Johnstone), one of the greatest :ruppotts of
.the.Theatre, and the most popular public favou-
rite, is not at present engaged, and how does it
happen that his services were dispensed with so
suddenly ?"
The Co AIRMAN.--" Madam, your question
shall be attended to ; but at present the ballot is
about to commence : after that is concluded, 1
shall ask the question of some of the-Sub-Com-
mit.tee, for your information."
The ballot then went on ; and, on a scrutiny,
there appeared
For approving the Report liEi
Againbt it
Majority —3
The Report was received
_and approved accord-
ingly
The Chairman was then about to proceed with
the ballot for the six Members of the General
Committee, When _ _

Mr. COCKER begged to offer a few remarks be-
fore it commenced, on the subject of some papers
which had been circulated by the Sub-Committee,
purporting to be Reports from them and I be-cie-
nerd Committee, but containing what he must
term many things the very reverse of truth. In
some part of these the conduct of the Special Com-
mittee seemed to be particularly alliided to, and
their proceedings treated with contempt. Mr.
Cocker was about to read some parts of those pa-
pers, when
Alderman Cox rose to order ; he conceived it
would be irregular to have any of them read. There
was no motion before the Meeting, and in order
to go on with the regular busintss of the day, he
should move that the ballot be forthwith pro-
ceeded in.

The CHAIRMAN said, that if Mr. Cocker meant
to conclude with a motion, hie was in order.
Mr. COCKER said that Was his intention, and
continued his speech. The Sub-Committee had,
he observed, objected to the Report of the Spe-
cial Committee, as being on:y their opinion—but
this was an error : the opinions of the Select
Committee had been approved by a General Com-
mittee, which they .were hound to obey. In one
part of the Report it was said, that steps had been
taken to engage Mr. Cullum' that the Sub!.
Coinmitteeihad sent to know the terms on which
lie would consent to accept it ; but that Mr.
Colman's answer, which was, that he would
state his terms as soon as the pecuniary embar-
rassments of the Theatre bad been got rid of, had
of course concluded the negotiation. .This part of
the report he (Mr. Cocker) contended was incor-
rect, and went on to spew, from the former de-
claration of the Sub-Committee, as to the arrange-
ment of the pecuniary embarrassments, and from
their letter to Mr. Colman, 'and his answers, that
his having required the Settlement of those pecu-
niary difficulties, before he stated his terms, ought
not to have put an end to the negotiation, if they
*ere really disposed to go on with it. Ile next
adverted to the placard 'published by Mr. Robins,
which he maintained that Gentleman had a right.
to do as a proprietor. He then called the atten-
tion of the Meeting to the statement of the Com-
mittee respecting the finances. This statement,
which was for two years, showed that
In the season of 1816-17 the income wa5...4.43,926 0 0
Expences in same times 41,923 14

Rent and charges 5,354 17 3
This last item would, to an ordinary observer,
appear as having been part of the expellees, and
forming part of the gross sum of 49,2-231. ; but
the fact was not so, for it was a separate charge,
and should have been added to the rest. From
this calculation it appeared that there was a loss
to the Theatre in the season 1810-17 exceeding
10,0001. ; and from. the account of the sums re-
ceived and expended in the season 1817-18, it ap-
peared that the tote loss of that period was

9,9661, Gs. hl., making a grand total of loss
in the two seasons (A 1,20,8171. 16s. I Id. and no
interest whatever paid. From this the Meeting
might form a general idea of the nature of the
-management. With respect to the reducing of the
prices of admission, he was of opinion that no-
thing could be more ruinous te, the concern.
Taking the showing of the Sub-Committee, it
was certain to he unproductive, unless indeed
there was, what as yet there was no prospect of,
such an ;extraordinary accession of talent to the
company as would ensure constantly crowded
houses. The Committee themselves had shown,
that,' upon a comparison of the receipts, when
the prices were at 6s. to the period of their
being at 75., the difference was near thirty pounds
a night in favour of the latter price; and yet,
with this comparison, they thought fit, without at
all consulting the general body, to reduce the price
not to six, but to five shillings at once. - Mr. Cocker
went on at considerable length to comment on the
several parts:of theßeport of he Special Committee,
and to show (bat those of the other Committees
were grossly erroneous in their allusions to it. • In
conclusion he begged the Meeting to keep a watch-
ful eye on the proceedings of the Sub-Committee ;
if not, they would in time find themselves called
upon, perhaps, for additional sums on their shares,
which would be more than their sharesanight be
tvorth. He then moved, apparently pro forma,
that certain documents do lie on the table.

Mr. Wlt.iosi laving observed, that if the Sub-
Committee were to blame for their management,
it was a blame which ought to be borne with
them by his (Mr. Cocker's) colleague, Mr. Lamb,
Mr.-Lasts rose, and in a speech of nearly an ,
'hour 'defended hinrself from the impetations
which, he said, had been attempted 'to be cast
upon bins, not by the Gentleman opposite (Mr.
Wilson),, for he.was the only one who had the
manliness to come forward with any thing like a
charge, but by anonymous writers ; by publica-
tions which-, it'not coining slireetly from the Sub-
Committee, were, he had no doubt, under its
sanction. In some of these were inserted letters,
some of them private, -and conversations often
confidentiel, which the Members of the Commit-
tee alone could know, and which therefore could
not have reached the public eye without their
knowledge and consent. He was free to admit
that he hail a right to take his share of the blame
attendant upon any ni;smanagement of the Sub-
Committee up to a certain time, but then it did
not follow that he could sit tamely under charges
and insinuations of beiog the cause of the disas-
ters which had occurred since. The Honour-
able Gentleman then went into a long state-
ment of his principal transactions with the
Committee to the period of his resignation.
His object seemed to be, not so much to cast
imputations on any of those who acted with
hint, as to defend himself from those who throw
the blame of every thing on him alone. He
strongly denied his having ever agreed with Mr.
Kinnaird to refuse a seat in the Sub-Committee,
unless he were also named", and read a letter of
Mr. D. Kinnaird's to that effect. After Mr.
Kintraird had left the Committee, he (Mr. Lamb)
offered to resign, but, at the earnest request of
several Members, lie continued to give theta
his services. He -took upon himself, by their
desire, nearly the whole weight of business, which
he endeavoured. to discharge as well as his abili-
ties permitted. When, however, he could not
afterwards approve of the proceedings which were
adopted, be resigned : and a long_ time after be
was accused not merely of every thing which was
not successful in his own time, but also of every
failure which had taken place since then. In reply
to this he observed, that there was scarcely one
piece which failed since he resigned, that he had
either refused or sent back for revision. Indeed
so great was this,rage for novelty, and so rowed
was the notion that novelty aud 'variety alone
would fill the Treasury, that it was by this Sub-
Committee, or by its sole Director, suggested that
the Manager should be instructed to produce two
new pieces every week.—(Hear, 'and a laugh.)--..
After he had resigned, he was anxious to let some
of the Proprietors know his reasons ' • and with
this view lie told them to Mr. Robins. Mr. Robins
asked him, as he disapproved of what was going
on in the Sub-Committee, to coalese with those
Who opposed them, which he conceived it would
be cowardice its him to have refused, and he did
therefore join. Mr. Lamb then alluded to the
conduct of the present sole Director, and endea-
voured to shew, that with his system the Theatre
could not be benefited. In conclusion, he thanked
the Meeting for the kind indulgence they had al-
ways shown to him ; and assured them, that
though the present would be his last appearance
on that stage, lie should be at all times ready to
forward their best ruttrests.—(Great applause.)
Mr. WILSON said, he only meant, in alluding
to Mr. Lamb, to say, that it the Sub-Committee
deserved blame, he ought to have his share. He
meant not to detract from his merits, when in
saying, es he now did, that he would rather con-
stilt him as a lawyer than a stage-manager.—
With respect to the appointment of Mr. Kemble,
it was such as met his warm concurrence, es he
conceived' that under the direction of such a man
there was the only chance of the proprietors re-
ceiving one shilling.
Time CHAIRMAN defended the General Commit-
tee from a charge of neglect. They were accused
of being led by a small body; it was true, and
he was always against it ; for he was of opinion
that a little oligarchy of five could not govern any
thing, much less \a concern of such importance 3
and in assenting to their appointment, it was that
they should have the controul of the expenditure
until the Theatre should be let ; and moil it was
let; he thought the concern would be growing
worse and worse every year. Ile was also against
the reduction of the prices, because he conceived
it a degradation to Old Drury ; but in this his
opinion did not prevail.
The CHAIIIMAN was again about to proceed
with the Election, when he -recollected that a
question bad been put by a Lady, which had not
yet been answered. He now requested her to
put, it again.
Mrs. BUTLER repeated her question relative to
the non-engagement of Mr. J. Johnstone, and
expressed her regret that any mistaken notions of
economy on thts, part of the Committee should
have deprived the Theatre of so great a support,

and the publie.of the exertions of one of its grea"cost
layout ites. serer
Mr. LAMB said, that the Committee bad
consulted the Proprietors upon any engagelieiniect
which they made. It was contrary to est:11311i"
rule. ,n ir•
The CHAIRMAN then referred the Lady
S. Kemble.
Mrs. IiUTLER begged Mr, Ketnble to alls-c

her question.. tot
Mr. KeMBLE said, the present place was
the proper one for such d discussion.•
s
Here the matter dropped.—The ballot le,
.
then proceeded with, and the following G-'ll(—
men were drawn as those who 5410,11,1 go not !--'lO
'
Richard Wilson, Esq.; the Earl of Essex • Lewis Grelfe,;Vbi
Esq. ; David Ricardo, Esq.; Sir Thomas Turton ;
Earl of Yarmouth. or;
They were all re-proposed and elected, -",-or
Lewis Gretreulle, Esq. in whose place a Proln'e-,te
proposed Mr. G. Robins. To this il'. Afr"of
moved an amendment, substituting the
Mr. Church for that of Mr. Robins.
Upon this.question the Meeting divided--•
For the Motion 32 I For the Amendment 26 I MaPit). a
Mr. Robins was then proposed, and the que'"°-
carried almost nanimously. Ifa
An apology from -Lord Yarmouth was rea(
the Noble Lord's absence. Po
Thanks were afterwards voted to the ChaLlll •
and the Meeting adjourned.

UNPARALLELED CRUEL lA'•

A dreadful case of parental cruelty was
disco`
vered yesterday morning at a house kept .1 Coto,
Elliott and Leonora, his wife, No.lo, Fisher-sir it
next door to Red Lion-square, Hortrorn, wberofit ,
was ascertained by some lodgers in the house sof
they kept their own child, a boy about, 7 v.eitiaros6
age, tied with a strap of leather to the bed` me
in a corner of the back garret, where he wosc • ,
bot s
fined, quite naked; with nothing to lie upon for
small bit of sacking, and only brad and orate' Df
it
his food. The case was brought to lig-clop,'
means of an anonymous letter received Yest oita
morning by the Magistrates at Hatton-C4tpC
Police Office. On the perusal of the kW!" tl
Magistrates sent William Read, jun. to WO'
necessary inquiries. 4. 1-0
Read accordingly repaired to No. 10, Fisher-sire,;;: Os..
knocked at the door, w`iicli was opened by Mrs. f.lli
twat' ".
officer asked, was she Mrs. Elliott ?—She answered i 9 e
firmative. .On which he asked if Mr: Elliott was.at liOra.i:a to F
he wanted to speak to hint? She conducted him tloWo '1'0„-,
the kitchen, where there was a man sitting at the firftwiricoe;
said, was Mr. Elliott. After a few words of iutrodaet°,ol;
vcrsation, the officer asked them how many children tbe1,011;
She answered three. The officer asked her where tbe'sfefg'
She said, out at play. He then asked her. where Oil .I,col
She said, in the garret. On his expressing a wish to b',:diebi
ap .stairs to the garret, she told hen he could not, ai'la let.;
bins his business. He then pulled out his staff, to
set
;Pr.,
was an officer, and came fur the purpose of making 3„r,, .sto
tar search. She said she would go up hrst,-and ra° ;1,0/ t r
for that purpose, followed closely by Read. She u°l°;r of
garret door, and run over to the bed, in a narrosveot?,-,,,W4
room. The officer laid hold of her, and pulled her
found the pour child as above described. very
lady occupies the first floor, and there )vent: settle ge iV
-and ladies on a visit to her. e
Read called them-tip to the garret, where they I"'
u ,as
tresses to the horrible state of the poor child: he :3,511,1:44
'Addy naked, tied with a leather strap under both a'
di
the body to the foot of the lied, lying on the bare hoa'ilfer",o
was a small bit of sacking at a short distance, snririse W.
to lie on; he had coot plvtely lost the use of his
of exercise; he was led on bread and water; arts
with filth. The officer with difficulty unloosed the' tt
the bed-post, but left it round the child's body "
the poor boy in a blanket, and carried hint in I),9,liott•'
Hatton-garden Police-ethee, and also conveyed ,lino '0
his wife handcuffed together in a hackney-co:rob, aa/sPM
Magistrates, where all the inmates, and those %,°')
a visit there, and who witnessed this dreadful secd,e,:or 000
tended. The Office seas crowded to cxcess. The
a I'trar
was produced naked, tied round the body witu va,
sight struck all with horror. "
Tbe witnesses proved that the child had been i°
Lion described for nearly four months. ,•010
On the nude prisoner being asked what the
child was, he said it had never been cbristenJti.---
Otficers of St. Andrew's, Holborn above the Pi
who ordered the child to be carried to the vial7oll,,,,,liiite
every care to be taken of biro. The prisonersi Clot
the execrations of all present, were committed , -to Gallit
well prison in default of bait. The parish iotewl
the prosecution. tr!
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CORONIIR'S InqUiSitioll
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yesterday before THoMAS STIRLING, ESCI les
nor, at the Spread Lijagle, Broad-streets Sboild:14);
upon the body of Johanna- Deggao) 3(1,014
tweet five and six years of age, wiwsell, spir
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produced by an excessive quantity of 10'11 tett;'e
being given to her by a woman 030ve,stir ro.,t
Bryan, Who is in castody, as stated in
(ier asao
Report yesterday. Verdict—Wit/al Mar
Eleanor Bryan.
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tor, Newton had been successful 1,," 000 per'
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