The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-10-14 00:00:00

DRURYLA.NE THEATRE: ,

Yesterday it meeting of the Proprietors or the New
Diory-lane Theatre, took place at the Crotare and
Anchor. .
On the motion of Mr. P. MOORE,
The Earl of Esscx was called to the Chair. The
Noble Chairman having called the attention of the
l'roprietors to the business of the meeting,
Mr. P. Moons stated, that six vacanci,s had oc-
curred in. the General Committee, and the first In.si.
ness of the Meeting would be to ill ~p those sAcati.
cies. He then nominated Mr. Dent and Lord Byron;
who were both unanimously re.elected.
On Mr. Brand being nominated, a rather lorig and.
uninteresting conversation ensued, on the subject, of
attending the meetings of the Committi e, and the
use and influence of certain of its Mem tint s. In thii
conversation Mr. COCKER, Mr. D. KINNAIRD, Sir
,T. l'otTolir, and Mr. PERRY took part. Mr. Brand
! was then re-elected, as was also Colonel M.Malion ;
' and after a few observation,: of no importance, Mr.
Ricarilo nod Mr. I'. Gte,Erell were elected Members
of the General Committee, making up the total num-
ber of vactocies.
i The CHAIRMsV then prepovcd the Auditors fek
the ensuing year. • ,
Mr. D. litxts slap said, as there had been some
inclination manifested, to elk; rife into the c:laracters
of the persons nominates, he a 'sited to say, that the
first rntler:'ati named as auditor, was J. Ilasier,
Eq. who had been hied to the law, and had since
been connected with the rropertc, is sue h a mauler
as to command the gratitude of a:1 those inter sled in
it ; and the second was Itichttrd Nilsen, Esq. also in
the law, and knottn to almost every one io a way
advattingeoui. Those gentlemen were
then unanimously elected.
! The Noble CitAlastAN slid, the nest duty would
he to submit to ac Proprirters the state cf the ac•
cOunts of the entice' tr.
The statement was then read by Mr. K!NINAIRD.
It began 11) advertinA to the loss !-ustsined in the
death of Mt. Whitbiesd, and cookitlersd,ll:4t respect
fur his memory could not be better expressed than by
followi.tg the course tie would have pursued under
similar circumstatt:es, by laying before the Pro.
p:ietors a fair statement of the actual situation ut the
concern. The Sub-Committee had first to sate, that
there would be no dividend for the last season; but
this would not operate as a disappoititment In any of
the Proprietors, as the most gloomy results hid been
anticipated from rumours which had been long in
circulation. The period had ti ow arrived when all
the original expenses and cl rims mip,ht be considered
as liquidated, and the Committee was in a situation
to state the results, and to enable the Proprietors to
form a judgment for the future.
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The statement then goes into a very minute detail
of all the financial relations of the properly, the lean:
log features of which, both expenditure and receipt,
rue as follow :

For liquidating the old claims, and obtaining pas
tents, licence:, &c. as estimatcd, 143,9351. This, to-
gether with the expences of Acts of Parliament and
either incidental matters, really amounted to 167,9801:
being an excess of 2.1,0151. The building bad been
estimated at 125,0001.; but eaclosite of alterations,
it had cost 117,3431. being an excess of 22,3131.
T., purchase the furniture and necessaries of tlin
Theatre 25,0001. had been allovrefl; but on this item
there had been an excess of 10,6151. The property
and old materilis had been estimated at a I!igher suin
they had re:lised ; they had been turned into
tnattey, and the lISSWS had faliew b.•low tt e estimate
10,0001. Thew hole of these stHo• roomed an aggre-
grte exeess of expenditur?, amounting to 68,2 t
This sum had been virtly liquidated to the amount of
f,5,5651. by the sale of p iri.te hose: ; in consequence
of u hit i tl.ere was a diminution of Mutual income to
the amount of 3i:001. t'er annum.

The proveny vested hi the concert; wits ns
lows:---The estate, patent, a:ttl licence, ss hich had
been estimated in the first It-port at 90,0001., had
cost t`25,7451.—The buthiing and cal-
; culated at 150.0901., had cost 183,2611.—The value
of the new renteis' annuities via + 70,0091., so that
the total value given fur the present property was
379,0291.

This sum bid been raised in the followire min.
Der :—Shares, bonds, rind private boxes, 297,47 W.
—\lr. %la, sh's annuli y, 3:/001.—New renters' annul.
ties, 7000 0 1 . —BuLtilce bupplied by t he annual receipts
to the original expet.ces, 40501. The aggregate re..
eipfs of the Theatre for the !eat three years had
been 222 9161., while the azgregate expenditure for
, the same period had been '2 12,1921. leaving an Px•
cess of expenditure of 19,5871.; this, with the
sum as balance of 80501. made '.'7,6371., beltic the
actual debt of the property. There had, indeed,
been advanced from the annual receipt 17,5001.,
but of this 90001. hued been r. raid by the sale of two
of the new boxes, and the other remained unliqui•
dated.

The Committee felt it necessary to inform the.
Proprietors, that they had receiver! no Report for the
I ist year ; in the absence of such a Report, the best
possible information would he afforded.
The expenses of management for t tie two last yearn
had been 58,1961. The receipts of the season of
tno hundred nigh's hail been rsti:nated at 6il,ooat,

and or this sum the 'Janney liken at ►he doors was
co►nputetl at 59,0f:0. r!is part, however, had ac.;
toally exceeded the est:mate, and was 63,0001. and
notwithstanding the abstraction of 30001. per 111111n:71

by the sale of pirate boxes, the whole rereip!s
were a little greater than tie evirnate. The

mutes contemplated this with satistrctino, and they
hirl no reason to doultt that the receipts would bet
equal in future. On the whole three years there,
lied only been i•lsi of from 3ln 40001. after paying

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the ft% peoce rauet and '24.00th. dividetog,
The Committee a mint, tired, Coat tittt!er the no* me-

tingomelit, they had MIT 'ay I).,ett alio to reduce the

expenditure bti more than 30001. and tney 104)kril
forbsattl to turilv•r rea:,ttian, as well as to all that
success Ithirti the zeal nail hearty co-fp-Woof!

of the Nlaingers and i.e:fortit-rs were calculated to
insure. The Crimniiitee convldered that if they had
not met the wishes of the Prnprietors, by declaring
a dividend, they had at least done their duty in af.
fording a fair statement of the situation of the pro.
vorty. The Report then went to advise discontinue

ing the practice of printing tl:e stltement, of their

concerns; and Mr. Kinniud eigni6e.l that the

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