The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-08-02 00:00:00

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nit URY-LANE TIigAME.

A meeting of the Proprietors of this concern took
piece yesterday, in the Saloon 'of the Theatre, for the
punante of *Oiling the accounts fur the last year, and
electing six Directors to serve in the room of six lien/
Henan who go out by-rotation.
Caleraft, M.P. having beet unanimously called
to the Chair, Mr. Ward read the Advertisement call-
ing the Meeting.
Mr. Catcaarr, after some prefatory remarks, ex-
pressed himself to the following effect:—He felt that
he bad little to do more than give to the Proprietors
an account of what the Committee had done. It was
well known that the Committee bad rotted the Theatre
oppressed by a debt of upwards of 92,000/. but *Web
t 1 as dow reduced to :99,9/10/.: and, having shown the
great reduction that had taken place nith respect to
the claims against the Theatre, he proceeded to reca-
pitulate the progressive march towards the solvency of
the concern. In the first place, it might be necessary
to state that the whole of the subscriptions bad not
been received; but notwithstanding this falling off
( 1900 the Committee had, waugre all the accidents,
*b:e. which usually attended subscriptions, been able to
dolours.. than they had held out hopes of accomplish-
ing. He could not sutler the present opportunity to
pass without expressing the great gratitude he, and he
con%inced all concerned must feel, for the most
gracious patronage of his gajesty—(hear, hear, and
great applause.)—lf his Majesty had nut come for-
ward as hr bad done, all the exertions that might have
b .co made on their parts, would have proved abortive.
It was not tile liberal subscription of 1,009/. he looked
rt : it was the patronage of his Majesty, which had
b,•en so liberally best overt, and which alone had placed
them in the gratifying situation in which the Pro-1
inictors then stolid. lie then noticed the great redne-
ttan iu the claim, of their tradesmen that had taken
pia, sr, and the punctuality with which Mr. Ellistoul
iti fulfilled every thing lie had undertaken : as also
the fact of that lientleman having laid out, over and
above his rental, a slim of .1,1100/. in decorations,
lie expressed his conviction that were the contract
with Mr. CH ,ton to be closed, utter ruin must ensue
to the Proprietor:, and proceeded to notice the great
increase of money received at the doors 'hiring the
last season, rompared with that of the preceding ones.
The inA in the hands of the Bankers had not been
suffered to lay idly ; it had been put out at interest,
and there was 4,563/. to be applied to the reduction of
the remaining debt. Ibis sum hr suggested :ht• pro-
priety of appropriating to the payment of the remain-
ing druisnils of the tradesmen, anti thus expunge
from their books that claim.

A Member asked if the debt alluded to was the old
one, and WAS answered in the affirmatime.
Mr. FAL. a trr then proceeded to state, that accord-
ing .tm the resolu:iumms come to by the Committee, any I
trades:awl actors, Ike.) who might have
any demand, as before stated, might apply on Wed-
nesday and Thursday this week, and Tuesday, Wed-
nesday, and Thursday, in the ensuing week, between
the hours e: ten and three, when his demand would
b • paid. Ibis metrics, which would now be pursued,
would reduce the debt against the Theatre, so as in
three years to wholly abolish it, and then the new
re iters and bond-hAders would come in as already;
awed.
A proprietor wished to know whether Mr. Ellis's
bill trail paid ?
Mr. roleraft said. that hid been paid nut of their i
(t!o• Committee's) own po;•hets.
I he
.Propr:ctor who had put the ipme,tion thought
this ought to Ir• refunded.
Mr. Cilo.9lAFr jocosely said, he had no objection to
r,•e:.•ive it back, but he thought they had better leave
th at uutil the proprietury grew richer, when in all
prabability those who advanced the money would get
it returned. As far as they had hitherto gone there
was every cause tu'expect a realisation of all that had '
hen promised, and in fact the Committee had now in
to•ir hands complete means to enable them to keep I
pee with their expenditure. One important point he
v.isised to call their attention to, namely, that it was'
toe intention of the Committee, in the event of its
in:.cting the approbation of the Meeting, to appro
priate the proceeds of the first sixty nights of the
'priming season to the payment of the interest on the
last loan. It might be necessary to state, that another
claim had beru suede agait s the property, but which
it had been thought more fur its interest to areornmos:
date, than to proceed to a ttial at law, since the
.` glorious uncertainty of the law was a dangerous
experiment" (laughter). He then proceeded to notice I
tl.e solidity on which the New Claimants stood, and
the advantage which justly scented to the Old Claim-
ants over the New manes; and also the advantage to be
derived therefrom by the New Renters', the value of
stliese.property mast rite its proportion to that ut the'
014 Claimants. He then noticed the great rise in
the market on the price of shares (111 per cent.), anti ,
ceagrattolated the Meeting on their situation. He
passed a high encomium on thiOentlemen compusiug
the Committee, and concluded by moving that time
acoonats, he. be confirmed.
o..oakley, Esq. was appointed auditor; Mr. Cal-
'eraft, Lord Yarmouth, Sir 'I homes Tartu's, Alderman
Cog, and Mr. George Lamb, were re-elected as the
first names drawn for the Oeneral Committee; as were
Mr. Robins, Mr. Roane. and Mr. Robinson, on • the
So h-Commit tee.
Mr. Csneasrr intimated that the paysnerts to the
tradesmen could not commence paying bef.'re Thurs-
day. as the accounts were not made out.
Mr. Rom xs coakinet allow the remit Meeting to
s.parate without eying a few words. He would have
hoes more happy to have seen the meeting mere fully,
attended, but when be re-collected the answer of their,
Worthy Chuirmaa to an observation of his previmia.bs
gulag into the present haslet's. he was almost intl.*
litt say. that his opiaiow had altered. That Gentle-
asan's answer was. that tits tidiness of the Sleeting
pre hint no seessiereg, akit wits a proof of the etuk,
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