The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-10-23 00:00:00

ORD TBURLOW.
The following opinion of Lord Chancelles
Thuile's., on the subject of (he Patents under
which the Proprietors of the Theatres have hi-
therto maintained their respective abonoptiliev, will,
we conceive, be acceptable to oar readers. It is
extracted from a Cate entitled NAPA aTs O'Ret LLY,
1 res. Jur: 11.1:

" The old patents of the Theatres granted to Killigrew
and Davenaat, at the time of Charier 11. were, 1 one told,
lo fee; but whether they were or oat, the pateioss Ames net
provoked se iarsiry Into them, tat 1 dips bry this will hers
tee much diserotimo to do so, fir M. if deg get to At, M.
Mai Rot :Jowl hey' an hoar. Jr ABUsaa. I owed not mi.
visa the Crown to estiuguirli ripen) to the envoi's or
70,,000 nr 80,1031. by grassing a mud patent, maim Mr* loos
stlscsarlissi, sir salsa the miserably euteagled state of the
property wadi; it lisposi hie for them tags eoIoW mimalstio
of tee point. TR. aCtArIINIODATION RP Tan PUBLIC II
TNa PRINCIPAL TUINI. TO as CONUDIIRRD. Many Me-
ttgrequire that public establishmeats thf. nature
sm:sl Is the handsorAhe King. It priests:illy relates
Is my *Bee, to see am the King be ant deceived, vow dim
eipet itlseppolaged. to the tbae at James I. as In that of
Queen Elizabeth, masks and each diveralane were wiser the
Immediaas Wrestles of the Crowe, ceeested partly by the
Clansherlaiss, bat more immediately by the Nagler at
the Ittrcis. They acted m the Kiss's Servaste ; and Charts,
H. still preserved eltaisme idea whoa he gave a Paseut to
11.11ligrew trot liavesatati but lamest of-leaving it to the
itimisgessest of theassiel Serval* ot the Court, of which
the Laval Chamberlain is eertahsly sae, the King appointed
ether perms to execute it."
Mow the validity of the perpetard Patent right,
affected to be claimed by the Patentees, has, Iffy
many censlitatioial lawyers, hese strongly doubt-
ed. It has been said that one of the must pro.
found lawyers) that ever appeared in this king.
dote, the late Mr. Serjeant Hill, more than
Owe expressed obiter opitiiou, that pre.
dance certainly did not call upon them Is
agitate the question until indiapensible necessity
compelled them so to do. And Mr. Fox once ob.
served, that so long as the Public and the Pa.
tentage were in good humour with each Ater, it
were superfluous to argue a question in which, on
Constitutional grounds, the Pateutees might per.
haps be awakened front the security in which they
rested. Peculiarly ci, cumstanced as is the propertyot
the Patentees,founded on a title unquestionably pre.
t.ariatts and indecisive, the conduct of the Proprie-
tors of Coveld.ganten dues, in truth, appear to bar
littleshort of insanity. They will, however, devise
one consolation from the inquiry they have pro.
yoked—their title will be sifted to the very bot.
tom, and will be either cottfiresed or opertassitesi.
There arc, perhaps, few who will not think with
us, that they had cunsulted their own interest by
evading the agitation of the question ; to accom.
plish which the preservation of a good understand..
jug with their friends and benefactors, the Public,
were the obvious means.
The measure of their folly cannot be estimated
by any ordinary comparison. Presuming on the
embarrassed situation of their only rival, Drury.
tense, they proudly arrogated the right of walking
over the course—but bitter has beeti the disap.
pointment. To the loss of property, the Pro.
reefers have now the mortification of feeling tint
they have already sustained a lust more bitter,
that of character—and it is knpossible that they
can conceal from themselves the coriviction) that
by hiring tdiest: forcibly to silence the disap.
probation .1 the opt-taws-14 they have ineenid the
indelible hatred and contempt o the public.
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SPORTIND INT'RLLIGENCS.
X EWSIA.RIILET SECOND OCTOBER 114111ZUNC.I SW,
SATVftD.tY, OCTORin SI.
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Ur. Wyndbant's Castiolo,
Ges. Gower's Briberz,;st. 6111.
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pee, tl.t. 1). 1. 11141.-1 to lon Meet.
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TITS JIJBILRE.
The following Circular has been sent by Sir D.
Dundas to the Commanding Officers et the eeverai-
distriCts, granting so Amnesty to ail Military V...
Umlauts on the above day t--
(CO PT.)Boren-(sands, Oct. 17.
64 Silt—The Commander to Chief deem* it proper to
mark, by every possible means, the approach* bapPY
event of his Majesty mitering ea the 30th year of Ms rewi,
nod it appeerlog to his Excellency Sir David Dusdas,
theta* evert of ibis were cannot be distinguished in amino
appelpriate manner than by an het of general Amnesty and
I oreeraim, I have vecrived his moods to signify in you.
that all stenagorets maimed for Weems of a military metre
belsoglertostagirneot, serving in the district voice veer or-
ders, are. VIII this jovial tote:goo, to he released enr%
lhieeseilt Mt the 26tb or 'his month, the Aottivelsary of hie
Majesty's Accession to the Throne, and be allowed to return
to teeir duty. (Signed)
• ill. WYN YARD. Dep. Adj. Gee."
" Llest.-Gen. Nicoll*, (tr."
Orders have also been circulated throughout
the Military Districts, directing that the military
be assembled to fire a feu * joie on Wednesday,
as a signal commt•moration of the day. Similar
orders wore on Frid•ty dispatched to all the out.
ports.