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London, England, 1801-12-28 00:00:00

haie "occnpied an hour and a half, did not take
more than twenty minutes in reprefcntation, if re-
prefentation it could be called. By this time the
boxes were nearly empty, the pit abouthalf empty ;
but the galleries rem lined to a man in clofc co-
lumn, (hooting, rattling flicks, and hollow-
ing. The famps in front of the nage were funk,
the lights round the lower part of the boxes put
out ; Rill the galleries, with about two hundred in
the pit, remained roaring, yelping, and whiffling,
during more than an hour. In this time feveral
petfons were taken into cuftody for throwing
things on the nage. One man bean to pull up
the benches in the galleries; when fleeing no end to
the difturbances, and fearing it might end in the
deftrudion of the Theatre, Mr. Brandon headed
five foldiers, with their firelocks, into the gallery,
the majority of the foldicrs having been fuffered
before this time to depart. At fight of the glit-
tering of the bayonets in the almoft darkenedhuufe,
the gods took to flight, and General Brandon re-
mained mailer of their entrenchments. In a few
minutes the Theatre was cleared.
We cannot conclude without listing, what mull
have already appeared to the reader, that the
!lighten blame could not have been imputed to the
Managers, and that many thanks are due to the
performers, for perfevering at the hazard of their
lives, in purfoing the only courfe left of prevent-
ing a faious riot. We are happy to learn that
none of them are fcrioufly hurt. The Managers
would furely have been jullified in an earlier inter-
ference to the rioters by force. Perfons
throwing apples and oranges thould have been
feized and puniflied. It was a cowardly, wanton,
and cruel conduin towards the performers. With
regard to the throwing of the bottle, no punilli-
ment can• be too fevere for fo atrocious an aft.
The Managers are reduced to a very diftrelling
fituation. Mrs. llixxiscroir is ill of a cold and
hoarfencfs ; jou msroir is the fame; INCLEDON was
feized in the beginning of the week with a violent
rheurnatifin in the head; MUNDBN is ferioufly in-
difpofed ; and Mrs. MILLS is in the fame fituation.
Under there circumftances it was with difficulty
the Managers could find any Farce whatever that
could be reprefented.

LAW IN7 ELLIUENCE.

COURT Or CHANCERY, DEC. vS.
DRURY-LAN[ THEATRE.

Mr. l.'oN3Letutus flirted, that the Trullees and
Mr. Sheridan had come to a further arrangznumt
for the purpofe of including the payment and fail-
fadion of all debts for which a bona fine confidera-
lion had been given.
Mr. SHERIDAN laid, a queftion had been put by
Mr. Agar, as to the difpofal of the thirty.fcven
one pound Shares. He could not recognize Mr.
Agar's right to put that queflion to him, as he had
been in poffeffion of thole (hares long before he had
known Mr. Grubb, and had as much right to railz
money upon them as upon his private ellate. He
wifhed, however, to give every information to his
Lordthip that was in his power. He then handed
to the Lord Chancellor an account of the didribu-
lion of thole Shares. By far the grear.r part of
them had, he laid, b yen difpnfed of; nr placed as
fecurities to fatisfy debts contraaed on account of
the Theatre, and for the purpofe of enabling it to
go on.
Mr. Picot r,ia they underflcsod that Mr. Grubb
had no objellion to fuhmit to arbitration.
Mr. AGAR fail, nothing was more defircd on
the part of Mr. Grubb, but it could not be done
tinlefs his Lordlhip gave fufficient powers for that
purpofe.
The LORD C:IANCELLOR laid the arbitrators
would have power to ell' for papers and to (wear
witneffes.

Mr. Ansi oh:ie.:led that they would not have
power to compel att2ndanee.
The Loan CHANCELLOR laid he could not help
that; he walled to Itate all he knew upon the fob-
! jea, which he had invcßigated with the molt pain-
-1 till anxiety, and he believed be was tight in the
concluilon he had dratvn.. He thought it, how-
ever, the interell of all perfons concerned in the
Theatre, rather to endeavour to heal its wounds
and put an end to all differences, than to infilt
upon their Rria legal rights.
Mr. PICOT laid there was one of the arbitrators,
named by Mr. Sheridan, whom he wifhed might
be changed, which was himfelf. He had in the
courfe of the procee.lings, as one of the Counfel
for Mr. Sheridan, formed an opinion relative to
the rights of Mr. Grubb, and therefore he did not
think himfelf a proper perfon to be named as an
arbitrator.
Mr. S/i r ICAN faid he Ribmitted the matter en-
tirely to his Lordihip. Himfclf and the Truitees
were ready to go to arbitration. Mr. Grubb laid
he was ready, but lie wiflieti for a bond ofathitra.
tion, and alto provofed that he fhould be acknow-
ledged by him (Mr. Slictidan) as a partner. His
I Lordihip would not forrzet that Mr. Grubb was in-
debted to him fear the Ihares he had agreed for.
The CHANCELLOR faid, he did not think Mr.
Sheridan was bound to make that conecflion.—
Hid Lordfhip °Verret!, that throughout the whole
of this bollnefs, lic never witnefted more negleel
in any caufe whatever ; and how that Court coon
a& to remedy the evil without preffing the parties
to death, and the property to athes, he really did
not know. He thought it bell for all concerned
with the property to take the thing as it was, and
by mutual facrifices, to make the bell of it, for he
did not think that any one could infilt upon their
abßrad rights, without aboldhing the whole con•
cern. He wifhed. therefore, to give the parties
Cl the 17th of January, for further confideration ;
taking care in the mean time, that no new dLbt
Ihould be lingered to accumulate. His Lordfhip
then flitted the manner in which the caufe came
beforehim epon the two bills,and the twoconfequent
orders of March and June, which have already
been frequently alluded to. Thole orders, he faid,
upon a due cottlideratiun, he thought, could not
be fupported, as militating 'against the original
trolls. lle faid lie had received great alhilance
from the parties in tlie cattle, but be had wanted
that fort in intiottnation whirl, refulted from a dry
legal cor.Jier lilC :1 6 .6E4; of the deeds, which