The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-15 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

The annual general meeting of the proprietary of
Drury-lane Tlieatre was held in the Saloon yester-
day, to receive a statement of accounts, elect corn-
mitte2-men, &c. Among the persons present were
Sir Edward Codrington, the Lion. Douglas Kin-
naird, Mr. Soane, Sir George Duckett, &c.
Mr. CALCRAFT, M.P., took the Chair.
Mr. DUNN read the report of the general committee.
The CHAIRMAN said the report would speak for
itself. The only thing in which it differed from the
reports latterly made was, that a remission of rent
was recommended, amounting to 1,8001., to the
lessee. This remission had been recommended on

account of the unproductiveness of the last season,
and under the peculiar circumstances it was wise
aad politic to remit the proceeds of the thirty-six
additional nights. The committee were perfectly
satisfied with the conduct of the lessee, and thought

it but right to recommend the remission. The state
of the affairs of Drury-lane Theatre were not to be

compared with those of other establishments. Since
the committee had got rid of the management, the
proprietary had derived 10,0001. per annum from
the theatre, making a sum paid in the last ten years
of not less than 100,0001. to the shareholders—(hear,

hear)—over and above the sum paid for manage.
ment. He hoped the report would be unanimously

agreed to.
In answer to a question, Mr. G. ROBINS stated,
that the is. 3d. per night paid to new renters were
already deposited at the bankers, and would be paid

on application.
The CHAIRMAN—The remission will only affect
the bondholders. Every other claim on the theatre
had been or would be paid. To the bondholders a
per centage of 10 per cent. would be paid, reducing
the debt from 24,0001. to 9,5001.
A Proprietor alladed to the statement of the
Chairman relative to the abatement to Mr. Price,

and asked if there were not securities for the rent,
and if Mr. Price wanted an abatement of rent ?
Mr. ROBINS said Mr. Price had not asked for any
abatement of rent.

Mr. GREGORY complained of the proposed abate-
ment of 1,800/., as no sufficient cause had been
shown for such a proceeding. If such sums were
so disposed of, the bondholders might wait long
enough for any return for the money advanced to
build the theatre. With respect to the outlay for
the sewers, that might be proper ; but he could not
support the remission of 1,800/., merely because
Mr. Price had performed his engagements. He
would oppose such an improvident grant.
The CHAIRMAN was sorry the Hon. Proprietors
should think it proper to use so strong a term. The
Committee, looking at the unprecedented low state
of theatrical property, and on an enlarged view, had,
after many meetings, thought proper to recommend
the abatement. They were not anxious to part with
money already in their possession, but thought it
prudent to prevent the theatre again coming into
the market; and if that were the case, be should
be glad to know where they would find a man to take
the theatre, unless at a reduction of a considerable
amount in the rent. 'With respect to the 840/. ex-
pended in the formation of sewers, such outlay had
greatly benefited the theatre, rendering the founda-
tion secure, and doing away with the chance of the
loss of life by the rotting of the ropes connected
with the machinery by damp.
Mr. GREGORY did not mean to pass any censure
en the Committee, neither did he complain of the
outlay of the 8401., but he had heard nothing to in-
duce him to agree to the remission of 1,800/. to
Mr. Price.

Mr. GEORGE ROBINS said he felt it necessary to
make one or two observations on what had fallen

from the Worthy Proprietor opposite. That Gentle-
man was a frequent visitor of the Theatre, and he
had, doubtless, observed that, notwithstanding all
the spirited exertions of the Lessee, the Theatre
suffered in common with all others during the last
season. In fact, since the month of February, the
Lessee had lost several thousand pounds ; and the
Committee, without in the slightest pledging them-
selves, or intending to make any reduction in the
annual rent, felt, after repeated discussions and in-
quiries, that the most politic course they could
adopt, and the course the most advantageous to the
future interests of the Proprietors, would be to re-
mit the rent of the 36 nights alluded to in the Re-
port. This they did, as the Right Hon. Gentle-
man in the Chair very properly observed, under a
sense of the pressure of the times, of the competi-
tion produced by the number of theatres, and of
their sense of the advantages which the Proprietors
obtained from having such a tenant as Mr. Price.
If, as the worthy Chairman observed, they were to
insist upon the strict fulfilment of their bond, and
have the Theatre thrown on their hands, where, he
would ask, could they, at the present moment, hope
to find a tenant for Drury-lane ?—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. GREGORY said they had, he knew, many
offers made to them.
Mr. Rot-um—Not one of the offers was worth a
straw.
Mr. GREGORY--Yes ; but you have had offers.

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Mr. RomNs—As the worthy Proprietor presses
this point so strongly, I must take leave to say, that
the very highest acceptable offer we had was not
within more than 2,0001. of the rent now paid by
Mr. Price.—(Hear, hear.)—lf they insisted upon
the payment of the rent, they might, it was true,
pay themselves for a season or two, but at the end
of that time they would be compelled to look about
for another tenant, while they would say to Mr.
Price, " Now we have got all we can out of you,
you may go about your business." He was sure
this was not the way the Proprietors of Drury-lane
wished to conduct themselves toward the lessee,
and he was confident they would, from deliberate
consideration, approve of the course pursued on this
occasion by the committee.—( Hear, hear.)—Mr.
Price did not ask or expect any permanent reduc-
tion He merely require] a slight remission on a
season which had proved singularly unfortunate, and
which, notwithstanding all the energy and enter-
prise he displayed, had proved since February ex-
ceedingly unproductive. It was worthy of remark
too, and with that he would conclude, that Mr.
Price did not, like some other persons, go on pay-
ing the rent, and running into debt at the same time
with all the tradesmen who supplied the theatre.
On the contrary, he paid every one weekly, and at
the present moment he could say, with confidence,
that Mr. Price did not owe a single shilling con-
nected with Drury-lane Theatre.—(Applause.)—
Such a tenant was worth retaining, and he would
conclude by expressing a hope that the proprietors
would agree with the committee in the propriety of
the slight remission which they made to his losses,
and the more readily when they contrasted the state
of their property with that of Covent-garden
Theatre, and every other theatre in the metropolis,
Mr. PRICE said that he (lid not ask the remission
of the 1,8001. because the last season had been very
bad, and because he had lost thousands. He took
the theatre at 10,6001. with its patent rights.
These rights had been infringed, and had not been
protected properly. All the theatres round Lon-
don had tended to his disadvantage by such infrae•
tion. He was willing to go on the same terms as
heretofore, but the remission in this instance ought
to be made.
Mr. GREGORY said, another topic had been
started, the infraction of patent rights. He be.
lieved that the late action against Mr. Price, in the
case of Mr. Farren, was the real cause of Mr. Price
requiring the remittal of the 1,8001.
Mr. Pateg denied this, and said it was improper
to discuss that question, as it )yas now pending in a
court of law.
The report was then adopted, otily ene dissentient
voice being against it. The vacancies in the ge-
neral Cormittee were filled up, and the meeting
adjourned.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 12.—1 t is impossible
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broken. It is pot pertain that all the cargo will be savtd,
as the sea flows in and out of her every tide, and at kw
water there are ten feet water in the hold,

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

Whitehall, July 13, 1829.

The King has been pleased to order a congd d'elire to
the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Oxford,
empowering them to elect a Bishop of that See, the same
being void by the death of Doctor Charles Lloyd, late
Bishop thereof; and his Majesty has also been pleased to
recommend to the ,au; Dean and Chapter, the Very Re •
verend Richard Begot, Clerk, M.A. to be by them elected
Bishop of the said See.
The King has also been pleased to grant unto the Rev.
Edward Burton, 8.D., the office and place of Regius Pro-
fessor of Divinity in the University of Oxford, together
with the place and dignity of a Canon of the Cathedral
Church of Christ in the said University, properly belonging
to the Regius Professor of the said University, being void
by the death of Dr. Charles Lloyd, late Bishop of Oxford.
The King has also been pleased to present the Reverend
Thomas Gunn to the church of .Keiss, in the parish of
Wick and presbytery and county of Caithness, vacant by
the transportation of the Rev. Thomas Jollie, late Minis-
ter there, to the church and parish of Bowden, in the
county of Roxburgh.

War-Office, July 13.

7th Reg. of Light Dragoons —Surg. W. D. Thomas,
from half-pay Royal Waggon Train, to be Surgeon, vice
J. Callander, who retires upon half-pay. June 25.
I 1 th Light Dragoons—Cornet R. A. Reynolds to he
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Anson, dec. June 25.
13th Light Dragoons—Cornet W. Terry, from half-
pay 6th Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Hume, promoted.
Jane 25. _

3d Reg. of Foot—Ensign S. Robbins, from the 67th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Sterling,
deceased. June 18. _ .

sth Ditto—Ensign A. L'Estrange to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Bishop, deceased ; and Gentleman
Cadet J. F. Sparke, from the Royal Military College, to
be Ensign, vice L'Estrange. June 25.
7th Ditto--Lieut. G. F. Strangways to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Lord F. Lennox, who retires ; and Second
Lieut. Lord E. Thynne, from the 60th Foot, to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Strangways. June 25.
26th Ditto—Ensign T. Seccombe to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Boyes, deceased ; and Gentleman
Cadet J. W. Boyd, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, vice Seccombe. June 25.
28th Ditto—C. F. H. Smith, Gent. to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Craven, appointed to the 67th Foot.
June 18.

34th Ditto—Lieut. W. Considine, from the 43d Foot,
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cuff, who retires. June 25.
43d Ditto—Ensign J. Ford to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Considine, promoted in the 34th Foot ; H. S.
Kerr, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ford. June 25.
52d Ditto—Lieut. G. C. Swan to be Adjutant, vice
Bentham, who resigns the Adjutancy only. June 18.
53d Ditto—J. Scott, Gest. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Doyle, promoted. July 10.
60th Ditto—Hon. G. Byng to he Second Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Lord E. Thynne, promoted in the
ith Foot. June 25. _

. _
61st Ditto—To be Ensigns by purchase—Gentleman
Cadet J. Douglas, from the Royal Military College, vice
Blair, who retires, June IS ; and H. Kelty, Gent. vice
Douglas, appointed to the '79th Foot. June 25.
62d Ditto—Major J. Reed to be Lieutenant-Color.el, by
purchase, vice Smyth, who retires ; Capt. E. Parker to
be Major, by purchase, vice Reed ; Lieut. D. Burges to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Parker ; Ensign W. Campbell
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Burges ; W. A. Pender,
Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Campbell. June 15.
67th Ditto—Ensign and Adjutant T. J. Deverell to
have the rank of Lieutenant, June 25 ; Ensign Hon. A.
Craven, from the 28th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Robbins,
promoted in the 3d Foot. June 18.
75th Ditto—Ensign H. A. Graham, from the 17th
Foot, to be Ensign; vice Lord W. Betesford, appointed to
the 43d Foot. June 25.

79th Ditto—Ensign M. Fitzgerald to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Newhouse, who retires; Ensign J. Douglas,
from the 61st Foot, to beEnsign, vice Fitzgerald. June 25.
81st Ditto—Sergeant-Major J. Patterson to be Quar-
ter-Master, vice Roberts, who retires upon full pay.
June 25. _ _ _

85th Ditto—Ensign W. F. M. Mundy to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Keats, promoted; E. Humphrys, Gen-
tleman, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mundy. July 5.
91st Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon A. Callender, from the
4-sth Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice J. Robertson,
who retires upon half-pay 45th Foot. June 25.
97th Ditto--Gentlemal Cadet R. A. Jones, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Price, who resigns. June 25.
Rifle Brigade—Lieut. H. F. Beckwith to be Adjutant,
vice Dering, who resigns the Adjutantcy only. June 18.
UNATTACHED.—Lieut. J. S. Keats, from the 85th
Foot, to be Captain of Infantry, by purchase. July 9.
Ensign J. St. Clair Doyle to be Lieutenant of Infantry,
by purchase. July 10.
STAFF.-Capt. J. Woodgate, from half-pay 20th Light'
Dragoons, to be Paymaster of a Recruiting District, vice
S. Colberg, who retires upon half-pay. June 25.
MEMORANDA.-The name of the Quartermaster of the
74th Foot is Connon and not Connor, as formerly stated.
The date of Lieut. Wilmot's commission, in the 10th Foot,
is the 19th September, 1826, and not the 7th of that
month. The date of Lieut. Daly's commission, in the 14th
Foot, has been altered to the 6th Jan. 1826, from the 19th
of that month.
The under-mentioned Officers have been allowed to re-

•.. ••••“
tire •
from.. the Service, by the sale of unattached com-
missions : —Capt. W. Leard, half-pay unattached ; sth
July. Lieut. W. Shaw, half-pay Rifle Brigade; July 10.

BANKRUPTS.

Henry Hallam and John Taylor, Salford, Lancashire,
tallow-chandlers, to surrender Aug. 3,4, and 25, at ten,
at the York Hotel, Manchester. Milne and Parry, Temple ;
Ainsworth, Crossley, and Sudlow, Manchester.
Joseph Williams, Manchester, chemist, Aug. 3,4, and
25, at nine, at the York Hotel, Manchester. Atkinson
and Birch, Manchester; Makinson and Sanders, Middle
Temple.
William Dunn, Hatton-garden, perfumer, July 21, at
ten, 24, and Aug. 25, at nine,lat the Court of Commis-
sioners. Smith, Cateaton-street.
Henry Harman Sutton, Rutland-wharf, Upper Thames-
street, coal-merchant, July 21, at eleven, 28, and Aug. 25,
at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Sharp and Field,
Bread-street, London.
Robert Baden, Burford, Oxfordshire, innkeeper, July
24, at six, 25, and Aug. 25, at nine, at the Bull Inn,
Burford. Price, But ford ; King, Serjeant's-inn, Fleet-sr.
James Williams, Holborn, boot-manufacturer, July 21,
at eleven, 28, and Aug. 25, at ten, at the Court of Com-
missioners. Carter and Co., Lord Mayor's Court-office,
Royal Exchange.
Edmund Mitchell, Mincing-lane, broker, July 21, at
twelve, 28, and Aug. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Com-
missioners. Rankin, Richards, and Lake, Basinghall-street.
William Fuller, Pimlico, builder, July 21, at twelve,
28, and Aug. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Commis-
sioners. Iv;mey, Harper-street, Red Lion-square,
James Stonehouse, Mincing-lane, City, wine-merchant,
July 21, at twelve, 28, and Aug. 25, at eleven, at the
Court of Commissioners. Hutchison and Imeson, Crown-
court, Threadneedle-street.
Sophia Halentz and John Baker, St. James's-street,
dealers, July 21, at twelve, 28, at eleven, and Aug. 25, at
eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Ashurst, Novgate-
streot.