The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-23 00:00:00

LI FERARY REVIEW.

A LETTER to ALL THE PROPRIETORS' of DR7RY-
kNat Ttin ‘TIVE (esceptin._: PE rEtt MOOT E, El,. and
eqters wh.i are, '3i' I,llVie peen, concerned in the Manage-
:meta th,creof); hying. a Commentary on certain parts of an
anonymous Pamphlet, called c 4 A Brief Review of the Sea-
son at the Theatre Ro:,111, Drury-lane, &c. &e.
&T." and a conclusive Detection of the Author, by SA-
MUEL JAMES ARNOLD, Esq. a Proprietor. Also, a
LETTER, relatice to the Subject, front tite hate SAMUEL
WHITBR F. A 13, Esti. M P. &c.

" The Vinplom swarms with sneh onlohors of felonious
trturtlecorA, .and rolillers of private chavarter and virtue; that
Itst tioneSt or tood man is safe ospecially :is theso conartily
La-c assainins stall itt the sysithlott Iravingt lit vim rage to
aitzti their real attars:'—Draper's teams to Jxreilte, Le-
w 1, col. A.

We previously noticed this l'amplilet because
the Anthot of it has been exposed to severe ani-
madversions on his character. and conduct chitin
Iris Management of Drury-Lane Theatre. We
tape n© part in the question ourselves, heartily
wishing well to the Theatre, without sacrificing
our duty to the Public, and being anxious tct rea-
ler justice to all parties. The Author holds a re-
spectable rank in society, and is, we understand,
lagilly respected for kindness, liberality, and
justice, by all who have been under his con-
troul as Manager, botb of tortur3r-Lattc rota-
tre and his own. The *fairs of Dairy-Lane
Theatre hare (tulip:4l6ly been too atsondautly
eiit:clused for us to be accused of giving them
ittereasell publicity by the following extract front
ti,e walk before os. ‘Ve most, however, disagree
'milli the Author in deeming the reduction of

Prices of mittiksiten impolitic, as Uve c(ous.itits• it as
a pi utiesit coraSlMe in itself-, as weal as z latitiablt

elinformity to the p'essure cf the tittles,

" 1 twow come to their master-stroke ! To ci,lat
fast retuge nt" despair, vrhich has given the deci-
sive blow to their fate, •atiri revolntioniced the
Titentre—rtit Qt titYUCTV(3,N 02 TH I' tilt; F$ . HOW
are tire mighty fallen! reduced, avowedly reduced,
to a t•ompetiticon with the Minor Theatres its
1 experiment to draw the Public from the Nlinor
Theatres ami pZares of inferior entertainment,
which the Patent Theaters have not ile themselves
the power tif suppressing *.'
" in justification of this desperate measure, they
compare the receipts of six years, when the prices
were Gs. To Tilt taoxes, against the six last years,
when the boxes we e 7s.

44 obsvtve this iiistification—they prove
that during the six years at 6s. the average
rec,ipt was 267(. anti a ftactioci tier night ; and
that during- the List six years at 7s. the average
receipt was VII. and a fraction per night ; leav-
ing certainly a very small halance iu favolir of the
7s. (i. e. 4t pet night), but still it is a taJlarice in
favour, goes diz4etly to prove the contrary to
that which their present policy of reducing the
prices vroiild tits lit.tin
" Anil iiiwv do they reduce the prices ?

" gt•cause lecs motley was actually taken at fi,e
titjti at 7A., tiley determine that more must be
uke,s, Rii(i sn rceittce die adniksioit to

:surely, it ever fallacy tvas conspicuous in a
caoritiSioh, this is ntost obviously fallacious !
What ! Breause less ti-,oney wAS taken at ,6s. titan
as 7s. more triit he taken at. .55.! Well, this one
would imagine Wits; carrying a false calculation
far etvoittie ; but not satisfied with itsaking this
blessed experiment on the boxes ooly, they must
weds Herod, and knock of 6(1, 'trout
the rice. of admission to the pit ! thus reducing
tfoßt kr wee that' it ltas Crer ()Ceti tiltCe the
first tat/tiding of the old Theatre !
" Aa some apology for this outrageous mem-
sure they next otert, that it is adopted Q itl Obt-
ttieitce to lbe wishes of the ptchiic !' How dare
stay man utter Midis a libel on the,lilierality
of the public 111110 are the public here nam-
ed ? How, and where, have the public ex-
pressed any such wish ? Iti point of tact, the
public have deciarcd the contrary E they GAYE
--they ACCORDED (trOittOtddly god foritially),tliose
prices which contiOne to he received Coven t-
Eiardeti Theatre ! and that they pay them now
cheetfully, is heaved by Ike Oital contrast exhibit-
ed Siy full benches nightly at the one !louse,
Where they ACC ttkett, wit/ by (too coustatilly?,
desolate nakedness at the other ! Fitt query ?
was twat x i‘tetit hope indulged by the projector
tit this sophism (this modern M Arti ; this ex-
emplifier of the practical lenthat) , the a SeCOmi
edition of the disgracefut U.l.° riots of l RO3 would
ruin the rural Theatre, and force the public to wit-
ness the mutilated exhibitions is; Drury-Line ? If
so, bow hitter roust hare been tint disappoint:tient!
[tow just ! how turrited! Coveitt-6,ardett is now
essalilished as the first Theatre, and poor old
Diury is degraded to • a cortipetitiou with the
iqinur Theatres

" How some of the clear-beaded and
Geottemett, who't tiallleS are gives* as haviitg
attemled the Getterat Committee who sancliotted
t4is ruin:riots aoti ilegradittg measure ; /amongst
whorti 1 read the names of sante men kititwo aud
.irlistowiedged as ret-sotts of sottud Surl;s9trtit and
foresight ;--Iris such men cottl4 stiffer thetuselyes
to he SO s!raugely duped iwo a hasty acid despe-
rate decision, is to in utterly ii comp
Bit this is trot all. Let tiff, it you please, make a
fairer estimate on this subject.—Do clot let theta
huddle together in a lump the three first of the
last six years, with those that followed the dis-
astrous loss of Nlr.'Whitbread. Let us separate
the grain trout the chaff, arid then look to the

En the three first sealotts (commeticitta with
titer of 1812-13, All7l encliitg wig' that of 1814-15

11. S Committee Report in the J?ri.:( !Jeri, te, pay e
t s.r Torton, Lord Y.irmouth, MC. Wllson, Mr.
trenfell, Co!. thm,•lai, Mr. Cox, Nit'. 11 oire. Sir Thomas
`Fulton candidly ileelaveci, RS i understood him, at a late
A,tembly of the Proprietor.:, ,that tiffs opinion w•is
agairi:t the reduction of the prices. Lord Yarmouth.
as is recorded, moved that the measure •diutild ire" bulniiitted
to the General Assembly of the i'voprictorx," and this correct,
res;iret 'awl precautionary tuotion, was " with-
cai i lliviirurt,"

with boxes at 75,), it will be found admitted by
their own account, that the average nightly receipt
was 3191. and a fraction. Place this against the
average of the former six years at 6s. when the
receipt was 2671. per night, anti it will be found
that the receipt was better at the 7s. by no less, a
stun than 52/. per nigyt, or 11,4401. per 8411111141
—Thew tak.el.the last/three years of the present
Theatre, under the improved, experimental, ma-'
nagements, and you will find their receipts were
222/. and a fraction only, which makes their re-
ceipts worse by 451: per night than the average
of the former six years !
" Thus it appears then that the receipts, dur-
ing the three years that I had the honour to
manage the Theatre, averaged 3191. odd per
night ; and during. the ,three years which have
been snbiert to the controul of onprolessional,
Gentlemen, the average was stink to 222t.0dd; mind
even here, accomding to their calculation, you will
find a stupentions (him-fence of 319-222-971. per
night (i. e. 21,3401. per annum)* hi the income
of your Theatre, between a regular and systema-
tical management, anti the direction of experi-
mentalists tl—Mter all, with this glaring fact
before their eyes—with their owes calculations
staring them its the face—the products of the two
tllßilagentelitS are (not very decently or hottestly),.
lumped in time scale to prove, not merely a nega-
tive, a fiat contradiction to their own argu-
ments!! I have already s.liewn you, that during
the last three years of experimental management
your receipts have fallen off, by their own ac-,
cctire, 21,3401. per annum from the three preced-
ing ! in fact, they have fallen of above 25,(1001.
per annum ; brit then a Pamphleteer tells you,
that 11-. Peter Moore has re344leed the expcodi-
ture upwards of 27.00-W. per 4141111111 I 1 shall
spew you presently, in treating that part of the
subject, how dating an imposition is attempted
to be practised upon you, by this grossly false
assertion."

° 041 4?.i3

t I take their own fi;ures as stated an the Report. It will
SlieWll,preseta;y, however, th4t their reovip-s, by x Iliii-
lakv, .are tittitecstated; as, ii stead Of 3191. Cary wece actually
ab.out pet- itighi.

LONDON JOURNALS.

FIIOM THE MORNING PAPEPS OF THIS DAY.
Ellorning Herald.]
THE ROYAL FAMILY.

The Prince ilegent's carriages were ordered to
readiness at eleven o'clock, yesterday $llOll-
- to convey his Royal Highness and suite to
Windsor Castle but at One o'clock the order was
count, Tut 4 tided, and his Royal Highness <lid not
leave town.

The Princess Augusta will remove from Wind-
sor L.:estle, to Frogmore, en the course of a few
clays, where sf►e will take op her permanent re-
si►lence ; and the Ductless of, +Gloucester will re-
side there, wilt her Royal sister, till the return of
the Duke front the Continent. A huge quantity
of silks, ecnusisti►ig of upwards of 300 pieces, part
of her late Majesty'i wardrobe, were removed
from the Castle to Frogmore, last week. _

The Princess Sophia will reside at the Lower
Lodge in NVitnisor Park. The whole of the for-
mer estahlisliments there have been discharged, to
make COOM for that of her Royal Highness, and
it is expected she will take op her residence there,
in the course of the following week.
The whole of the carriages and horses of the
late Queen will shortly besot(' by public auction.
The h.es were brought to town, from Windsor,
ott Monday, and workmen are stow employed in
obliterating the (loyal AVMs, on the paunch of the
carriages, previous to the sale.
The late Queen left her snit of garnets only to
the Dowager Queen of Wirtemberg, because
garnets are the only precious stones that can be
%emit with deep mourning, which the Dowager
Queen is resolved to wear for lite. All her other
diamonds she left to be divided among the other
four Princesses, equally. /ler fine wardrobe, said
to be of immense value, she ,has left to Madame
Beckendorif.

[Morning Post.]
SPAIN.

We were enabled on Monday to state most po-
sitively, that 140 information had 'been received to
sanction the alarming accounts from Spain with
which some cat our Copenzporaries had thooght
proper to imuse their Iteadvcs. have now
to add, that advices of the 7th instant from Ma.,
dri.d have since been received, at which 'hue every
thing remained perfectly tranquil. The Royal
Fattii!y and the aritish Alnhassador cootioned tea
reside at Madrid, where not tyro a rumour evist-
ed to countenance the reports that have been
circulated in this country. /t it true, as we have
stilted, that bands of banditti infest some of the
roads 7ind commit depredations, but no other
power than that of the Police had been employed
to subdue ti a lawhe•;s ruffians, who we have reason
to helieve have long ere this been either dispersed
or brought to justice.

[The Timeg
SPAIN.

.onr opinion respecting the ruts oureti occur-
rences at Madrid proves 'correct. The same Paper
I.vhich originated the reports, now acknowledges
that 4' uninterrupted tranquillity has prevailed in
that capital ; that the King has not fled to the
Escorial, but is gnietly waiting the accouchement
of the Queen, at Madrid ; and that there also Sir
Henry Wellesley, the British Ambassador, (Ivo-
tinkles to reside." It is diflicolt, in a case echere
one possesses no documents, to oppoF, inductive
reasoning to positive assertion, ci titliSlag to rest
on authority; yet, in this case. we appear to have
argued not unsuccessfully; and our Readers May,
at least, admit it as ;, proof of the caution with
which we genet ov adopt or listen to reports, of
the truth of wh;ch we have ourselves no satisfac-
tory evidence- Large bodies of armed men—
banditt; they arc called in the private letters—are
said t. assemble in greater numbers than hitherto
ia the mountains, to make descents from thence
upon the towns And villages, and to lay (he'll tin-
der contribution.