The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-08-10 00:00:00

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111tiUkT1ON.—DRURff-6ANE TltftilltE
gir S. Rrisse Lt.! stated, thit thii nag a Minion
in Injunction, to reitrivits the Sub Con 'trier of
D'ury.laiie Theatre (mom ehiering shy nevi en-
gagements with performer., and 'loth ie-openirile obi
Theatre, till the Resoluti-ha adhpted by the tohjoi-ity
of the body of the Proprietors hail been C,iisplieri
with. He moved this on a hilt filed by Mi. G. it:
Rbbins, Mr. Caltraft; M. P. and the Hon, Mr:
Lamb, who filed it on behalf of throndelies Ind the
other Proprietors: it steied, that at the tithe ofthe
Theatre being deitioyed by fire it neat math knurls-
bored; and in *.short time as Act Of Parlisetedt Wei
passed, vesting the ;miser in trio person. of filature;
to raise fhb sum of 300,0001. toy. thsiOc of intl. each;
and giving to'each share-biddy.. yopoitionat; num•
ber of votes for their Shires. A wood Act If Pattie..
swot was obtained, authOriiirig a Sub.COminittee of
Management to be appointed by the (leveret &remit.;
tee; the Sub.Coasinittet to be rested *int flie onser of
appointiog a mapager; engaging plriformets. etc: bet
which engagellsents et Contret's they st ere to lei be:
fore the General Meisleg the for t' air •
altamobetitill. The Sub•Cornsitittie tit pistreni
LIMN or PAU**. Beg: M.P Lord Y.rni"ulh
'colootlPougleti -I". Winton. q "iota !beheld
;Wileirwl.l4.. The strairs'ef the Theatili not tiring
so prosperous as might have bean esipeCted, she I's co-
prletere held Peters' melting'; and a Comobtee Mai
appointed to enquire ibtb the a of thii, Theatre;
and Ibeyi by their It•pbti; reinetdrended a redue.;
tioa of the.expenditurei *arid also lof the dtffereni Si: -
'Writs of the performers; but the Out Mitre its pro:
mote4he Westin of the Theatre would he, &Wale to
keep sufficieut attruiloo brf..rt the Public. They
further recoMmemied that the Theatre sh..ufal bd
kept open longer than a hat was consideied fie neirly
the usual time, and that it should not Illottiroest
ensuing arasoll aithuut the content of vhf Pro:
pricier., and .that the system of mstingoment gloolll4
be changed. This Report oat appritied rt r G.,,ttea
rill Meeting of the Proptieters on she 8111 of June,
who oppointed a Select Comtnittee to enquire fir teeti
into the state of the Theatre, grid t.o make their. re.;
port. . .
The LORD CHARCELLOR•••." Yti. had better fur=
nigh me with the two Acts of l'arliament, iss it sill en.:
able me the better to .ascertain, with •icCurecy; the
authority with which the Sub-Cotornit tee are clotlved.'i
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLt, io cotitinriatioo, saist, that
a General Meeting was held at the Theatie; 64. tad
28th of July, which was numerously artended,:iinct
beforothe Report of the Select Committee was eethti
that of the Sub• Committee was, which svf fortli; that
the Sub-Committee of Management felt eitirketily
anxious to give elfectio the views of the Spechil
mittee, appointed by the assembly of PioplietoriOn
the Bth of •June ; that they had accordingty givese
them access to their documents, end to the emirate
and papers of the Theatre, at mock pentane(
venience ; they had made every effort to prover! a
satibtactory arrangement of the pecunitiek difftioitiet
of the Theatre, that they had gained the coontieht of
three-fourths of the creditors to a composition, et the
rate of 101. in the pound; the retostulug creditort
. held out in hopes of gaining better . feral. Tfiougif
many persons recommended that the Theatre ihould
toot be opened till all olitstacles were cleared 'My,
they could not accede to the propriety of that "[deice,
end as an eainest of their belief that it might suceriss-
fully be re-opened at the usual time, the Sub-Commit.:
tee were prepared to advance out of their own ;white
the sum of money that might for that occasion, an&
with that view, be necessary. No decision Was
come to on this Report by the Meeting, and they
proceeded to read that of the Select Committeeortficit
set forth, that by the arrangements to which the ma-
jor part of the creditors agreed, a saving to the Pro..
prietors of about 12,000'. may be now made; and
the Theatre thereby relieved from • pressure, which'
its general progressive receipts would be inadequate
to discharge, and which pressure, they have great
reason to believe, would otherwise be much increased
by the addition of law charley'. The Committee also,
ass the 16th instant, transmitted to the General and
Sub•Commitiees a. statement of their yogurt., end
suggested, that for the purpose of providing for the
immediate payments *hid) had been promised to
creditors, and to defray the nectwary "spumes erre•
vions to again opening thia Theatre," if wee delitaill
to raise the sum of 17,000Ieas a loan,-hy subserip..
(ion, amongst Gentlemen who feel interested In the
prosperity of the Theatre ; and the Select Committed
recommended the manner in which it should be re-
paid, and also the rate of interest ; amid it was theie
unanimous opinion, that the sole regulation, eon-
duct, and contritet of the Theatre ind its espeorii. are,
appointment of Stage Manager, engagemetit of per•
formers, aril selection of piece% for dramatic repre•
sensation, should be confided to George Colman, E-q.
and nod they wery ready and *de.birous to co•opea
rate with the General and SOli-Committees 'in all
matters.whirh might be requisite,,ds well for the per.'
pose of investing him with the necessary powers• as
for completing any arrangements which might be
deemed proper for the security of the Subscribers to
• the intended loan, and for effecting all the other ob 4
jects fur which they were appointed. But to this
proposal they had received ncianover from the Gene.
rat and Stib-Cortrtnittee.. They had been induced to
hope, that notice of the resignations of all the mem-
bers of the Sub-Committee of Management (nevi
the Earl of Yarmouth, who had bees' rectally spe
pointed, and whose talents, assiduity, and taste, ten.
der him highly qualified for that office), would have
relieved them frogs the painful necessity of recording
their opinion of the disqualifications of the four other
Gentlemen of whleb the Sob-Committee of Manage&
meld is constituted.' And they must farther ley, this
the debts of the Theatre have been greatly increased lit
consequence of the *lnt of a proper check to the fie
cility of obtaining articles from Irides persons by the
different artificers, and others employed in the
Theatre, who have been permitted to exercise the
power Of ordering Materials of seer prices, quote
ties, and quantltiet, as they thought fit. Whilst
elm resources have been essentually diminished tor
that general ill management and want of attraction,
which has been so long a subject of universal end
contirioed complaint; and also, as this Cotnatittee
Men fir
believe, by oho ODIfIDORI saber of •

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