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London, England, 1818-10-31 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS.

T7RONI THE 1510I1NYNG PAPERS OF THIS DAY.]

[ll,lm.aing Herald.]
THE QUEEN.

" Kew, Eight o'Clork, Oct. 30.

" The QUEEN was evidently worse, on Thurs-
day evening, after our account was sent off, thaii
she -had heen to the early part of the (lay.
Though, from her great exhaustion, her Majes-
,ty's complaints are not made andintv, yet it was
Very appar,eHt, that she sntfered considerable (lake.l-ter coo;!:I,, too, Was more frequent, and her rest-
.lessness .procloccd much fever. in consegletre,
Sir Francis Milniau (the. only Pirpicial in at,
tendanee) did not re!ire fro;n the Royal Cham-
ber till near midnit:ht ; when her 114.irstY, it
still more exhausted, sunk into her usual

torpor.
Throllghout the day her :llnjest7 retwiined
iit the sAine enfeebled s'a:e as she has done
lot the I,,st e glit or nine days, and at seven
o'cloc(t this evetiinv, there NV Ai 110 perceptible
be Piinee Regent arrived at the
fr.,)(11 Cm-Jtaii-llouse, about six o'clock
:•ifter receiving the teporr clt
tae realained to dinner with the
i.esses, ,11111 probaViy will nut. leave tilt:al before
4.1 k yen o'dock.

[Morning l'ijst.l

L.'t; els received at M.4ncheoer from Rio Ja-
w.ito, of the 27th and 28th
,of August, speak in
very encooraging ti.rnts of the state of the markets
for liil sot ts .4 British manntac!nies, and repre-
rent the coarse of exchange as highly favour-
able for this country. They also give a flattering-
account of the treatment which British subjects
receive in the Brazilian territory, and express
confident hopes of extending Our commerce .
in
The interior provinces of that fertile king-
dom. It is generally understood at Rio, that
the Portuguese loran to take no part in
the quarrel between Spain and her Colonies,
torilier titan to secure their own territoty
from the violation or encroachment of either ;
and that tfe places now occupied by the Portu-
guese troops will he given up to whichever party
may gain the ascendancy %%hen the contest
has terminated ; and there appears a rational
prospect of affairs leutaitting on a permanent
footing.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS.

A General Meeting of the Proprietors of Drury-
lane Theatre took place in the Saloon yesterday,
for the purpose of taking into cousideration the
appointment of the Sub-Committee, as agreed
upon by the General Committee. •
The Earl of .YARMOUTH having been unani-
mously called to the chair, Mr. WARD, as Secre-
tary of the Theatre, proceeded to read the Ad-
vertisement by which the Meeting was convened.
The Earl of YahmouTti then stated, that the
question which he, as Chairatn, had to put, was,
whether the Meeting would agree to the nomina-
tion made by the General Committee? If any
Gentleman objected to such nomination, the re=
gular course was to call for a ballot, which, in
that case, must immediately take place.
Mr. Rout NS Said, that before they proceeded to
the business of the'day, he ,risked to pm a ques-
tion of some importance. Ile had seen in the
Newspapers, that a proposition bad been made
by the Sub-Committee to the Creditors, stating
that they would subscribe to the amount of
3,5001. each, for a discharge of a part of the debt.
He was desirous to know whether all the Mem-
bers of the Sub-Committee had agreed to this,
and whether they still rtmained of the same opi-

nion ?
Mr. IRoNMoNGER said, that the proposal od-
ginated with him, and was agreed to by all the
Members. A Meeting of the Creditors was held
in consequence, but the proposal was nor acceded
to by them. At a subsequent Meeting, however,
he believed their objections were removed, and
they were now willing to accept the offer. He
was bound to state, at the saute time, that Mr.
IVilsoo, who, as one of the Sub-Committee, was
ready in the first instance to advance 3,5001. had,
since the refusal of the Creditors to accept their
proposal, changed his mind.
Mr. ROBINS observed, that the proposition, as
he understood, was made upon condition that all
the Creditors should come into the tel ;he was
therefore slow to acknowledge the great merit of
the Sub-Committee in making such a proposition,
as they must he aware that it was almost impos-
sible it could have been accepted. lie could him-
self name some of the Creditors who could never
be Prevailed upon to give it their sanction. He
Nvisfied to be understood distinctly, as making no
objection to it on his own part, as he thought
ti at any Gentleman who refused so liberal an
oiler was, under the circumstances of the Theatre,
6: for Bedlam ; but, if he might suggest any
thing to the Sub-Committee, he would say, that
they should offer ten shillings in the pound to as
many as would collie into the terms, and make
the best bargain they could with the remainder.
He regretted that the Members of the Sub-Com-
mittee were not present.
• sir T. To RTON excused their absence; on the
ground of delicacy, aa their conduct might be ex-
pected to become the subject of inquiry, He
agteed \vitt) Mr. Rohins that the refusal of the
creditors generally to accept the liberal offer of the
Sob-Committee was an act of madness. The
Gentlemen who made the offer would, all like-
lihood, never see a sixpence of their money again.
.IAIr. Wilson, he was sure, was perfectly sincere in
the offer to bear his proportion of the expence ;
but as the creditors had refused, and as lie be-
lieved he felt that the Committee was ill treated,
he was perfectly justified in retracting his first
intention. For his own part, he felt disposed to
Move a vote of thanks to these Gentlemen tor their
hiberality ; and if the creditors generally felt any
regard for their own interest—if they felt any in-
clination to support one of the great national
Theatres, and, considered on the score of huma-
nity, the number of families whose support de-