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• TO TILE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
Srit—l could accuse myself of 'nothing less than
absolute disrespect to the memory of my lamented
Father;did I longer withhold a confutation of the
calumnies that have so insidiously been attempted to
be stampt upon his name—first, by the insinuations
that were thrown out with respeck to Orders, at the
last General Meeting of the P4oprietors of Drury-,
lane Theatre pilth Ult.), from which I was compelled
to be absenCon private business; andosiecondlt; by a
tater, signed ." Pith/ius,"• in a Morning Paper of
Tuesday last, the tons paragraph of elich runs thus,
" My. nAiiiims'a'ne.erte.W the stage manafenaeut tinder the
dircetioti of th?Rub-eommittee, for 4400 per annum, a Ilenent,
and a privilege of ftve rcr rent. upon all receipts above .50,000;
to have no Orders beyond his personal
.privileges, and no inter.
ference in the purchase of stores. It is certain that Mr. RAY-
MOND did not confine hinist.lf to his own privileges in issuing
Orders. The abuse of hi, oilikeial advantages in this respect, was
the subject of deserved complaint on the part °Eche Committee,
and they Hand it necessary to adopt the most rirrous mea-
sures, in order to put an immediate stop to it. But the manage-
ment of Mr. RAYMMiII was suddenly terminated by his death
towards the end of October, and respect for his private virtues
should induce us to consign his frailties to the tomb where he
Dow sleeps."
If, Sir, you All do me the favour to ir.sert the ac-
companying Copies of Letters, it is needless for me
to enter fartrier into detail ; they are quite relevant
.to the subject, and will clearly elucidate the matter
timer discussion.
You will be pleased to bear in mind, that The As-
mixer 6 a literal transcript of the original, without ad-
dition, abbreviation, or embellishment.
However diffidern I may feel, in thus bringing
myself before the Public, I conceive it a duty incum-
bent on me: I say uaty, because it is in rescuing from
slander the memory of one whose name, whenever
coupled with that of Drury-lane Theatre, recalls to
mind circumstances the most heart-rending, which
must still be fresh in the recollection of his friends
and the Public at large ; and however repugnant
it may be to my wishes, to pluck one bright laurel
from the brow o!" Pat!iika," who has displayed such
extraordinary powers in epistolary writing, and so
little compunction in vilifying the dead; still, I must
say, in answer to what he has adduced, that his asser-
tions are at once unmanly, ungenerous, and unfounded.
alit niger est, hunt to Romane cacao.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant.
.JAMRS GRANT RAYMOND.
"taut, August 51, tails.

(COPY.)
Dean Sta—T• wrote yesterday, requesting you would furnish
Mr. Eantr with the Prompter's correct copy of the twister
Prestoe, that it may be forthwith printed for the use of the 'lle-
acre. I have not seen a Play-bill or a Newspaper since left
town; hut Mr. Lana informs me that he has left you with your
hands full—l hope, of Mexicos and Potosis, so very neet..ei y
to the support of our establishments.--The principal object of my
now ~*'tint to• you is, the already enormity of our pay lies,
which the receipts are not competent to support, with other un-
avoidable demands, unless the receipts increase; and all our
boasted economy, by ihe discharge of stagers and dancers, has
.virtually merged in the increase of the pay lists, as they begin
pier to operate. With one pay list I had, in fact, little or nothing
to do, as you well know. I was not once consulted as to any
of the new engagements, except Miss Ceare's. In looking at
it now, it perhaps, too late to be useful; but I think there are
many performers on the lists absolutely unnecessary and useless,
and I must twat earnestly entreat of you to induce as many as
you can of this description, which you must know better than
myself not to be wanted, to go into the country for air and peer-
cite; and in particular, I most anxiously request that you will not
engage any other performer whatsoever, unless of the superlative
order of KTAN, DOWTON, Mu :meat, and O'NEILL until they can
be provided for by absences and discharges. The present scale
of receipts cannot pay them, and the Treasury is already so in.
volved by anticipations, that I do not feel justified in further aid,
and will not undertake to pay additional performers otherwise
than on the priaciples before mentioned. Therefore, if any new
engagement be thouglat advisable for the interests of the Theatre,
it must be submitted to the Committee, and Acting Trustee, as
to the means of payment, for mature deliberation, that if the re-
columendation be not accompanied by the means of payment
from absences and discharges, the Committee may bef.tlly awale,
cf what means they may possess to meet the additional demand.
It is a state of misery to me to go to the Treasury, when so
crippled as not to be couspenot to meet just demands, and no
Member of the Committee can know and ferlthis as I do. Many
portions of out receipts, from necessity, are already hypothecated
to partial purposes, and, unddr these circumstances, an over-
whelming Pay List, such as our's,is death to the Theatre, as you
perfectly well know, while uo tradesman will longer give us any
credit, without a personal guarantee.—So much as to our finances.
My next object relates to Orders, as they are denominated.
My opinion, of which you are fully apprised, decidedly and une-
qtuvocally, is, to abolish the practice of issuing them for ever, as
worse than unnecessary, and operatively ruinous to the Theatre.
—Alleged custom is no justifiable excuse for vicious practices,
and ought never to be suffered I. extinguish goad sense. I have'
never altered my opinion on this point, but for the better, in
strengthening. it by. I:peels:ice, information, and reflection.--
Lest year, my efforts, by regulations, which I introduced, had
nearly put an end to this pernicioni practice, and those Reguis-
dons ere still in forte. Ile the result what it may, it cannot
' Plinzipla on winch soy opinion is founded, of the
1 mischief resulting from the practice, and as I see, by the nightly
'returns,. that. out of a house distressingly crowded, which by
calculation, 11811 paid for would yield mere than X 560, and
that we do'not recelWe one half of that sum, it is more than high
tit/19 t 9 adopt other Principles, and to resort to Use CoMmittee's
wholesome regulations, as deliberately and speeibt.4lY laid
dewa yea;. Thew, like all other regv.:..tions in force,
were deliberately passel in full Committee, and I know and
have the decided sentientr.ts of some of my colleagues, not only
that those regidations must be enforced, but that Orders, Ile."
r.erally speaking should be fur ever abolished. I urgently re-I
quoted of Mr. LAMBE to speak to you, most particularly on this
subject. I am again awakened to its pressing importance by
,the iotolvect condition of the T:easury, which must betal
lievC.l by some means or other ; and if we cannot effect
end otherwise than by resorting to extremes, to extremes we
must inevitably resort. I hare, therefore, written to the only
member of the Committee, ucw in town, to recommend, as my
decided and inn opinion, that the Secretary be directed offi-
cially to furnish you with the regulations of last year on this
subject of Orders, and fist they be rigidly enforced, be the
cor.sequence what it may.‘ As before staeed, I have the seats-
• This was not meant in an individual sense, but for general
observance throughout the Thertre. i.. a.

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benehes. Mittel we add, the pit, the prima facie evidence ee
good or bad Rouse the g illeries, and the average box receipts
(paltry as they are for such a company of collective faculty), the
further apprehension of empty benches, if at any time inferring
a depreciation of merit in the performers, • which I flatly deny,
becomes a mocker; of reason and the proof of the folly of willing
deceit. lam certain Mr. Intv. roe, Mr. MUNDLX, as well as
Mr. Kress and almost ever,- individual of the whole Company
,attached to the Theatre, superior to whice, in splendid talents,
no Companywas ever assembled under the same management,
' must, on reflection, one and all despise an audience of Order-
bearers, such as I must ever consider such an audience to be far
the just appreciation of the performer's merits.
On the same principle, in a certain Assembly not far from the
Theatre, paid oratory is as much despised, by every independent
mind, as a beggar's brawling song.
I-low, I repeat, with such tribes, such multitudes of privileged
orders, constantly attending and seldom absent from the Theatre,
can we for a moment listen to the degrading doctrine of empty'
benches, as a justifiable plea for issuing any orders? I detest the
very sound of such insulting nonsense, and whenever I hear it
from persons connected with the Theatre, I have been taught to
suspect imposition and deceit. But I feel it to be dishonour-
able ; and, if I cannot counsel and act with honour, I will not
counsel nor act at all. The Committee have an important trust
committed to their immediate charge, by a large and respect-
able Joint Stock Company of Proprtators, for which, and to
whom, the Committee, and they alone, are responsible ; and they
have no justification in pursuing measures which glaringly ope-
rate the certain breach of their trust. 'These and similar rea-
sonings command my mind, and tame to a prompt derision the
Committee must. Uwe fail of success, let it be prominently
seen, and testified by notoriety, that failure has nut proceeded
from any disregard to honour and fidelity in the diligent dis-
charge of our trust. The general bOdy of Proprietors under-
stand all theatrical points as well as ourselves ; much better than
any knowledge 1 pretend to possess, as my own originally. They
have spoken to us too unequivocally not to have demanded this
species of reform, while they have openly deprecated the impo-
sition which a crowded audience of orders exhibits, in direct
contradiction and condemnation of our reasons, why they con-
not have a dividend. I abhor and deprecate all concealment,
and attempt. no rfeception, and all temporary expedients as dis-
honourable ; and opprobrious imp,utation ought no more to at-
tach to the policy of a Theatre than. the unfounded discredit,
which, by pre meditated artifice, has been studiously attempted
to be stamped on the pecuniary eoncerns of all Theatres, as a
desperate, ruinous speculation, and wanton sacrifice of property.
Such imputations in both cases, false and defamatory, can argue
only immoral and indiscreet mananement in conducting the
Cancetn.
Morality is the foundation of all Theatres; and prudent ma-
nagement under her auspicious banners, confidently promises to
ensure fair remunerative profit, as much, at the least, as any
other pecuniary speculation ; and I have no hesitation in saying,
that the failire in Theatre concerns cannot be attributed to the
original principles of the Institution. They are " gcnnine,pure,
aid undefiled," and can never fail but from the contamination
of corrupt prattler."
The Drarna, skilfully conducted, =viciously assures remune-
rating returns, to its advocates, and supporters, in money, andsl
what is more valuable ard worthy it's standard, in mental gra-1
tification. It is one of the most interesting schools of instrue-
then for the inculcation of useful rules and wholesome reflections
for human conduct. It creates " disgust to vice, hatred for
clime, and contempt for folly: and, while it excites compassion)
for misery, it promotes social affection, prolifically engenders
generous sentiments, and tends, extensively, to polish manners."
And, from this department of poetry, the individual cannot fall
to derive instruction, " who never imbibed a moral from a pa-
rent, a maxim from a tutor, or a rule of deportment from so-,
ciety ;" in as pleasant, but in n more virtuous and dignified
mode than the Philosophers of the ancient schools vainly con-
templated, for the benefit of mankind, " that Rulers of States
should imbibe wisdom and humanity with their wine."
For the brilliant and successful display of all these inestime-
ble beer...hes of this moral Institution, Drury-lane singularly and
happily possesses a competent Establishment of the ablest Pro-
fessors of the Histrionic Art, whose intrinsic merits have most
justly acquired the unreserved applause of the Public ;—ard,
ii
their transcendent qualifications will not (-ono:mild eediences
rempetent to meet the moderate support of do. No.tional School,
fur the protection of private virtue and plielie morals, by pure
and spontaneous return for the invaluable benefits which society
must derive from a shrine of virtuous and exhilarating display
so celebrated, this splendid Theatre, so anxiously and rapidly
rebuilt, under the powerful and enthusiastic impulse of affection,
which the music of the artist's instruments sonorously chanted
in harmonious unison to the daily impatience of public feeling
to its completion for their reception. It has been kept open too
long, b' years, already; nearly half a million of money bas
been, vainly and improvidently, invested in a magnificent fabric,
highly honourable to the promoters, and truly creditable to the
metropolis, of a great, powerful, and opulent nation, but ruin-
-1 ous to the generous Subscribers • and we cannot too soon so-
lemnly immolate the inimitable production of The VicQl fyr &ate-
dal in the sacred tointe of its lamented Author, whose irrepaee-
ble loss, but yesterday, intuitively obliviated all Parry distinc-
-1 tion, that the remains of ibis intniortal genius were
soured by illustrious I'rinces, Statesundi and Nobility, Friends
land Opponents—self invited! in solemn attendance to his sepal-
chre—so that it may lest ruly said, Mature spontaneously mourned,
and a whole nation emulously ettested her grief !—l,ike the co-
lehrated Author, his celebrated work of enchantment, 7Vie
for Scandal, must rest front its labours :—but both will live till
time shall be no more.
Of our splendid Fotablishment, and all her irirreneonclieg vi-
prom faculties, you, dear bir, are the Chief Officer of die Corn-
rnittee cf Management under the Act of the Lied lawn.: and.
for myself, I meet rely on your own professed clessicel talents
for the tineley of attractun to the Public co-extensive with the
meant at out: disposal.
I have been led into this long discussion, I hardly know bow.
but such as it is, I scud it. Dear Sir, your's truly,
Litge Hrinti4m Oct. 14, 1817.
P. Moose.
J. G. ltaymondrEsq. Malrager, Drury-lane Theatre, London.
TIIE ANSWER.

mimrvontemessrmesomose _ _
Part dime, whb leafo regard to tsembeesi, levella-garde! -
'steeds as by st least fifty, in the various departments; need
sorely if Mr. HAILItIi, who, with nearly fifty years' etperitece
u a Proprietor, shall consider that extra number absolutely ne-
CCSVIry, we deserve some praise fey maintaining an elual eh,.
ratter with a letter number. You root have heard it ehreada
and been told it in private, that your Company of lest year teas
nut a fit on for lerury-I met—ye:lr lotaas told it-e-mehlic opinion
proclaimed it—and has net this evil heen reetediedeby the most
'prudent and skilful means--by discharging the utelest, and, with
their pay, substituting the valuable wad effective? Etceptiag
two who are bound by articles, and are rattly worth nothing,
decieree most solemnly, you hove not asuperlitenis being on the
laitabliahment; nay, two females are absolutely wowed :—one
in youthful, Sentimental Comedy, wad ohe in Tragedy—such
as
Mrs. litany Semmes, fur the pasd•osonas, &C. Sec.-1
have betore me at this moment a Cast-book of Geamee'a, eon-
t airtieg a list of the Company during the peeled Itinesor was a
member of his 'Thetere, and with his then comparatief.y small
'Theatre, being one-third less in magnitude than the present, the
numbers and pay-lists exceed our's considerably at the patient
moment. I mention this merely as a proof to bear nut the opi-
nion I have so forcibly given, that we heve no more in number
than are absolutely ueeessary. Ilicu pee, ecied GARRICC far in
thia respect ; because his pride and glory rested oat Sptctacle and
Pantomime (the curse of Theatres!) Th.: old Theatres, under
the management of those men, held at the utmost, about £400;
and it is well known, bet-emelt is recorded, that The
CnritIISAJ Tale, Conlon, and othet.SPectacks of this kind, cost
from #l,OOO to .£3,C! oin beineine out—yet they paid the Mr
nagets, and gratified the town. Geamor paid to a Wirc-dancs r:
and a few French Dancers, more in one part of the Season. that
is, from Christmas onward, than the pay of one quarter of our
present Company fer the whole Season. The evil of the present
day is the enormous size of our National Theatres—the curs d
monopeliling magnitude of them-where all pleasure of seeing
and hcariug is destroyed in the vast space between the Auditor
sad Perfortner—widela makes forced acting unnatural, and na-
tural acting insipid. The protest evil is in maintaining the ener-
Mous size of our present Theatres, rot in peeing the Col-merles
—I mean the increased quantity of materiel :—timber, canvas,
iron, paint, light, ornammt, and additional labour •--self of the
present expense was swed in the old Theatres, which constitmed
&great part of former gain. I need Oct mention ibia, yeu mutt
4howar it well; but it is an evil whith,"erldi us, can only be de-
Mired, not remedied, while our Tjr:etres retain their prasert
I overwhelming magnitude. I caatrest the present and former
periods, in order to banish from year mind altegether the idea,
that we have mulct-wary numbers: believe ma, I should be the
first to point out the speediest remedy, if such were the case;
but when I state, that in Snattereat's Monty the Sali, now in
rehearsal, there are nn 1-ass than thirty mile characters, me; as-
sertioos will be borne out by their validity. It is tante, that
while we are performhm a Comedy, the Tragic and Operatic
Performets cannot be employed, and the same argument Wel
hold good with the Comedians.whale we exhibit the contrary
armies of the Drama ; but as we must vary oar exhibidoes,
every person in the body cotporme 'rest here their alterrent
round of empltement. I needed tee the elution you have far
voured me with, relative to the emeagetnect of any additiimal'
Performer. r 114,2 I know nay duty too well, to resume that
power without the concurrence and approval of the Committee.
It is my task only an recatumend, and tender their sanction;
afterwards to engage, if it should he considered necessary.
It is my disposition and pride to guard the property, not waste
it; and I can with confidence declare, that since I have been
entrusted with the direction of it, tarn at penny coed
used ititheer are absolute flefeittillOr an Article obtained Withollt
my witnessing its appropriation ; and as I am tolerably well ac-
quainted with the rant value of the articles wanted fur the use of
a Theatre, I consider my judement of considerable import to
such a property, and shall conthrue my watchful observance of
the expenditure.
I Pete, et this season of the per, few can obtain temporary
Country Eogagementa, so as to relieve the Treasury in the way
of swing.—Hows has been shsent since the opening, and will
not return tiii the first of next month.—Mies Sox eavam.r will
be at Bath from the thirl of next month till Christmas.—These
are windfalls in the way you wish, and I shall not miss the op.
portunity, should it occur, to indulge others if offers be made
to seduce them from town—thet is, if we do not immedi ttely want
their services.—Miss Br:O.NT is an acquisition to us, as, without
her, we could not have pa-termed a single Deers—consequently
the Great National House would have lost its balance Its cum.
parison with its neighbour.. Iler reception was excellent ; not
from partial friends, but from every part, of the house.' and the
musical Professors consider her of high value to us.
I have plenty of business in hand—we must have no idle hours
here ; from ten till four is occupied in rehearsals—the interim
from four till de planning,—and from that hour till half after
eleven, in performiee,—and, from eight till ter in the morning,
iseumweying, plotting, elec. This, you will say, is a tolerable
'l4l y duty. .
1 now proceed to answer what to be the most particua
' hr part of your letter, namely, Orrvee.argl am sorry that fur rhr
firstlime we must diifer widely in our opinion on this subject.
It has been my good fortune, during my summer attendance
end duty at the Tiseatre, to have had your fall and
friendly eon.
CUITeliCe in every chile; I suggested for the improvement, ere-
dice and character of the Theatre; asokhowever we may dither
in one point I trust it will not distoth.any goad opinion you
may entertain pf my zeal, OCT change the beli tf you have in my
promptitude to labour assiduously for the interest and peon-
perity of the Establishment; and I shall-petered the same
undisguised freedom I have hitherto assumed on other material
'natters of dieciission, where you have yieldedeo what you have
liberally termed my more experienced judgment in theatri-
cal affeire . ,
During the many converettions I had with Mr. LAX", on the
subject of my undertaliee, the management, and when I a^-coed
to his request, I never varied from my determination on this
scars ; which was, to have a discretionery power of writing or-
ders, and to be responsible to the Commfotee for the exercise of
that power. ')'his wets acceded to; I clalt'n it as my agreement,
and you will find it recorded in the last Antites of a full Com-
mittee, in the very wurds I have now made use of, when I en-
tered upon my official duty. How, then, my dear Sir, am loi
-st the - ens • dement, to abstain freer'

(Corr.) Sunday, Ott. 14, 1817. 1 consider your order at the presets. ...... rt, -
Dana SlX—This being a holiday, and having a pause from ' writing any, alter exereishig the power voted to me for toe !pare
duty, and a little from the pain of an enormous blister on my of sit weeks, during which time 700 lave almost bean a daily
breast, I embrace the opportunity of replying to your latter on Ivisitor in the Theatrlr, without stating otte objection to the fer-
the burin's% of our great Establishment. While attempting to : tiler resolution of the l'ommittLe ? Cat I consider this order,
pea-fiant this task, I hope you will do me the justice, should toy issued during your vy s
erhort abwace fro town, in any other
opinion differ width twin four's on wine koints, to helm% L I „kin than that dite.i aceirsktion of ini m totukat,in the Ybyse