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The Commissioners of the Northern Light.
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Lions :
Notice is hereby given, that on thelslh curt.
or first favourable weather thereafter, a line cann
buoy, carrying a gilded hall, 18 Inches diameter,
will be moored with a mushroom anchor and
chain, near the Nurth Carr Rock, situate off
Fifeness, in the Frith of Forth, in north lat. 56.
16. and west long. 2. 37.
The mooring will he laid down In 10 fathoms at
low water of spring tides, and the bearings by
compass, from the buoy, will be as follows,
The Carr Huck will bear from the buoy, W. f
N. dist. 200 fathoms.
Bairomie House, W. by N. dist. If mile.
Crail Steeple, W. S. W. dist. 3 miles.
Kilmenie Craig, seen over the low point of Fife.
ness, S. W. by W. dist. lf mile.
Light of May, S. S. W. dist. 6 miles.
The Colmmissioners of the Northern Light.
houses having ordered a survey of this dangerous
rock its the niootli of January last, with a view to
the erection of a beacon, and hating, in the mean
time, dir,cted a eaoy ta, be laid down, and a spare
buoy end moorings to be kept in readiness, in
case of drifting, all persons arc requested to pay
attention thereto, and give the earliest nutters
to the Secretary of the Commissioners, or to Mr,
K. Stevenson, their Engineer, and all reasonable
charges incurred in saving or recovering thus, or
any of the other blioiss or apparatus belonging to
the service of the Nurtheru Lsght.houscs) will be
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THE STATESMAN.

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LONDON:
. THURSDAY, SEPTESIBRIf 21.
ST. MarrltEw.—elitittday eel the Peatic-OAces.

Tut public expectation, which had been yester-
day wound up to the highest pitch with respect to
the change of Ministers, was disappointed. The
resignation of Lord CASTLEREAGH is, we believe,
decided—ho did not attend at the Levee. The
Earl of CHATHAM was, however, present, for thu
first time since his return from the Scheldt, and
ivas received most graciously. The other Minis-
ters were also present, including his Grace of PORT-
LAND, - who manifestly laboured under indisposi.
than, and retired in less than half an hour.—
Hls Grace itiieed attended, as. was said, from
necessity, rather than inclination, having been
requested to hold the seal of office one day
longer. The Levee broke up, and his MA-
JESTYIth town, without any definitive arrange-
ment having been concluded. The resignation
of Mr. CANNING is confidently anticipated ;
bc is said to have differed in opinion from Mr.
Pracer L,on the subject of the " Premiership,"
to which Mr. Psacxv A L is reported to have aspired,
while Mr. CANNING was unable to divest himself of
an opinion, that he might lay equal claim to
that honour. In fact, whatever report may say
on the subject of these changes, nothing is with
Fertainty known. at.
We lament the neeeshity we are under of an.
vouncing to our 11....3adi.q14 report, of whichakl
prevalence is BO geneAl2: that we can qatEtAy.
doubt its truth. In cou,equence of a potiticejorlifr,,
Terence, L CASTLEREAGH and Mr. CANSINEIV
are said to have met this morning—the consequence'4
of th it Meetiog is said to be a severe teatind iu
the thigh of Mr. C.tNNISG. Of the further parti-
culars of this rumoured duel wears ignorant. Our
political sentiments have long been in direct hos-
tility to those of Mr. CANNING, whom, as a Mi-
nister, we avowelly dislike. But for Mr. CAN-
NING, as a Gelid:Alan—as a Scholar—and a Man
of Brilliant Talents—we entertain a respect
so sincere, that no circumstance could to us be
productive of more heartfelt satisfaetion,than find-
thg that this revert is unfoundl,(l. We, however
fear that such an event has occurred, and can
therefore, only exi!ress our hopes that the conse.
quence's will not be fatal.

Lord ELDON had a long conference on Tuesday
'frith the Duke of COSIDERLAND.
We understand that Mr. Camels° has ten-
tiered h;s resi4oltiott to his MAJESTY; and thit

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- he continues to hold the Seals of the Furtign De-
partment only till his successor is appoin. ed.
Viscount C iSTLERE.Iop did iiiitlitten4 be Levee
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yesteril4y ; and the Duke of Pi4imarrn,appeared
so extremely infirm, that it Nair with didieuPy hey
made his ingress and cgruss to *pd. how ths.dityli. ,
ence.chamber. ,4, . 11.- •u v •, •
i. • ..tioujor:a4L
Mr. Hose, jun. is s§iblitlcti proceedw I: 1
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chereit in an i 4 "cial cat . * - -,,,.e6 M
Mr. Secretary CA arek'd has purchased WWI.
tester Lodge, and its 'elegant demesne, tteir
Iprompton, Lite the prisperty of the Duke of
GioucEcrvm. The preinaes aro now undergoing
a thorough repair.
A Gentlemau ki ho left WAlcheren on the lath

instant, says, means were eniploybing to place the
Island in the boot posture of defence, and a chain
Of batteries had beets established at the South.
eastern extrennty to oppose the enemy, who were
collecting in great numbers on the opposite shores
cd•South tieveland. He positively states, that a
Dutch Merchant, rrhotn he accompanied, per.
•uaded of the ignorance of the Commander in
;Chief, as to the weakness of the French forces,
solicited and obtained an audience of Lord CHAT-
• siAit. during whirls he assured his Lordship, that
the French forces in the vicinity of Antwerp did
nut exceed 11,000 men, of which fact he was
ba tisfi od on the evidence of his own senses, hay..
bog rviiiiied there daring the preparations of the
enemy.
Sir [Ulm, Deen as, the present Commander.
its-Chief, upon getti:ig the Villa Itegi,nent, imme-
diately removed the *gentry of it from .Messrs.
Gam/swoon and Cu. to his own. agent, Mr.
SPDOMIALD.

We are hippy to heir the whole of the crew
rad vioree of the Agamemnon (lately lust) have
-been saved-
A marriage between the h. it of Bavaria and an
.A;astrian Princess, is spoken of in the French
rapers in a manner that seems to indicate a design
to e,llO Anshia as her dower. The constitution
of Bohemia into.an intle.pendent kingdom, annex-
ed to the Conft•Jeration of the Rhine, is also
Spoken of.
The 12th Light Dragoons, although they did
not disembark till :lade rain; to Ram.egate, lost
1,1
only I 5 horses. yr
The Managers of Covent-gariflm Theatre assert,
. that theaverJi.,e profits fir ttio last ten years have
not exceeded six per cetii. on the capital empluay.•
ed. It would be candid In thearto state the whale,
truth. Did they separate ilbe actual etparneer
from the annuities and other payments for inen 1.
brances laid at different times un the establish.
taent ?
Mr. DcsnAYES, with D'Ectit.t.s and his Pu.
Ails, *ill shortly set off for Dublin, Whig. en.
gaged by Mr. llEwny JOHNSTON.
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To rout the opposition so decidedly manifested
by those spectators who had paid for their admis-
sions on Monday and Tuesday evenings, recourse
was list night had to every stratagem which eon-
ning, arrogance, and meanness could - devise.
Orders, fur gratuitous admissions, were issued in
such abundance, that 'they were absolutely
lysaiked about in the printing-offices, and other
places connected with this 'flit:etre. A uumerous
corps of bruisers was posted in the pit, and the
whole body of workmen employed in the
eonstruction of the Theatre was dispersed in
different parts of the house, pre-occupying, as
on the preceding nights, a great number of the
benches. The Bow-street 011ie.ers, together with
a strong reinforcement of Constables, had been
put in requisition, and were ready to rush
into the different parts of the !louse on a
liven signal.—At the doors directions seem to have
been given to exclude, as far as was practicable,
independent visitors—fur while admission was re-
fused to many who tendered their money, on the
pretest of the House being fill, those who pre-
sented orders were passed without hesitation.
To these precautions it, the interior, was added
that of circulating under the Piazzas, and at all
the doors of the Theatre, the following
" COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.
" It having been stated in some of the public prints, that
the profits of the late Theatre were sufficient, without any
increased prices for admission, the Proprietors think it their
deity to .Itate, that the average profits of the last TEN
YEARS have not been SIX per CENT. The Proprietors
cannot doubt but a liberal Public will feel the justice of
their present advance, particularly when the very precarious
nature of their property, and their heavy additional ex -
pence!, are consider: d." •
The Managers bad weakly flattered themselves,
that the resentment of the public might be absorb-
ed in their regard for Mr. CooKE, so justly and
pre-eminently the favourite of the loan ; whose
appearance in the character of Richard, was an-
nounced in the Advertisement—but in this vain
and futile expectation, they were deceived in a
degree more mortifying (if that be possible) than
on the two first nights of the performance. The
!louse was filled at an early hour in all parts, and
the number of ladies was consiiierable. The usual
overture, prelude, serenade, or by whatever
,other name this mope! 'xiiecics of performance
way be described, cute fenced some time before the
curtain was raised r anal the various parts of this
concert were nso,q,e.lily sustained by Boxes,
and GullerieiAti addition to the national music of
Tuesday, two fresh instruments were introduced ;
the bugle, now so conmionly blown by the fa-
shionable gentleman who guard our mail-coaches,
anti that small stentorophona: tube of tin, with
which the newsmen are wont to rouse the curiosity
of the western inhabitants of th;s metropolis to
the tidings announced its " Second Editiont."—
From the skill displayed on these instruments last
night, we apprehend that they were played by expe-
rienced performers; for the tones were alternately
a. deep and so shrill, as to be distinctly heard •
above every other sound, whether vocal or instru-
mental. A boatswain's pipe in the One Shilling
Gallery was played with much effect ; and a ju-
dicious distribution of Bartholomew Fair wooden
trumpets greatly enlivened the performance. The
Milers' elbows jerked away, as un the preceding
evening, at what was conjectured to be the over-
ture; but the performance of the spectators to-
tally overpowered every other sound.
At length the curtain rose, and every Per-
former exerting hisnaelf to the utmost, poor
Cooic.:-. was greeted, with a redundancy of sound,
which, had it been sliAteted against himself, we
'should have greatly lammed—but painful as was
situatiun of that Geode:Han and all the other
Performers, they seemed fully sensible of the real
objects of
.the unprecedented fulness of harmony
with which they were saluted. So excessive was II
the noise, that a discharge of musketry, although
it might have been heard, would nut have startled
arty one. Mr. Coast gesticulated his part with
his usual ability ; and the visiting performers vi-
sibly' lamented the necessity they were under of
contidtling the performance in his presence. Of
the concert there was nu remission, except between
the acts of this pantoniimical exhibition of the
beautiful and interesting Richard of our immortal
SuAKESPEARE. During the presence of the perfor-
mers on the stage, the greater part of the house
stood up, covered, and with their backs to the
Stage.
In the fifth act, the entrance of Mr. CHARLES
KENNA, as Richmond, was the signal fur an
increased effort on the part of the performers,
who almost outdid themselves. 'flue peal wilt
which this branch of the proud :loci: of " our
'6 truly and right esttirely beloved Cousin
64 and Counsellor--Julast Pump Kamat.E"
(to use to that representative of mcmarclis
who " Struts and frets his hour upon the
Stage ;" regal language) %S'34 received, cannot be
described ; it was tremendous, and continued with-
I out intermission till the curtail, stropped. In the
last Act a Pigeon was set at liberty from one of
the pigeon-holes, and made two complete circuits
of the Biome, in which it extinguished some of the
lights. Unlike, however, to the slave which re-
turned to the ark after vainly searching for a rest-
ing-place, it took refuge in the arms of a lady,
wnu tenderly enveloped it in the folds of her
shawl, and thus secured the little prisoner, whose
appropriate presence in the House was loudly
applauded.
The spectators bad leisure, after the curtain
dropped, to contemplate the various banners that
were flying in different parts of the House. On
those itiseribeal—" Old Prices—No Cata-
!ant—John Bull against Julius liemble--Native
kTalent---No private rtiottis....-Opposition pease.
were, slid you must succeed---No snug anti.rooms
Prices fur ever) never submit to the new
sines—Perseverance and no violence—No privi-
ieged orders in the third circle.--Resist the intpo-
tkcion every night till iliated---No Foreigners to
fait us, taxes enough' Ilivatly-.-No monopoly--
NO private accommodations before the curtain."
The farce was gesticulated in the same manner,
and with tlic same accompaniment which had Oil.

FS VAN.

rtinguished the performance of llichard....Of
O'Kearit's witty production, The " Poor Sol-
flier," not one syllable was heard ; and we verily
believe, that had even Juttm EnwlN himself arisen,
through one of the trap-doors, and appeared on
the stage in his favourite character of Dusty, he
could not have diverted the attention of the Per.
formers in the Holm front their purpose.
Tut Pantomime at last concluded, and at half-
past nine o'clock the eurtain dropped, but not a
single spectator 'hewed any disposition to depart
..." Manager" and " Kemble" resounded from
all parts of the House, and, at length, on came
Sir. Kemble—the uproar at his appearance was
extreme ; but silence was finally obtained—
and, addressing the company, he with apparent
humility requested to knew " of what the House
had to complain :?"--This insulting alli:c(alion of
I ignorance produced an effect on the people

" Sudden as the spark from smitten steel,
" From nitrous grain the blaze."
[" Off, off, d—n you, can't you read Old Prices
rcrilten up ;" hissing, groaning, and shouting
followed.]

Mr. LEIGH, the gentleman who addressed the
audience un Tuesday evening, intimating by signs
his wish to speak, silence was obtained, and he
addressed the company to the Idlowing elrect.—
Ite is, we understand, a respectable gentleman of
the city.
•1 I took the liberty of addressing you last night, because I
feel a comm.in interest with you upon this occasion; and, from
the attention with w high you honoured me, I am encouraged to
address you again to-night. Last night as well as this night
you acted as became a British audience, and as you are en-
titled to do. Peacefibly but firmly pm eterri-cd your right
to mark your opinion of those nho breathe upon your fa-
vour. Its the way admitted from tiow imine in a Ilri-
thh Theatre,lyou manifested your itylings, nod y'. acted
legally. It was, therefore. wit.! serprize, I the
conduct of those who are employed to thwart your wishes.
I saw last night a wirer! of Ho w-strret Officers insulting
every man who educed any disapprobation of the imposture
attempted to be practised upon you. In the Pit I saw
these officers, seconded in their releoess and violence by
a number of those who are notoriously hired—who are
io the regular employment of the Proprietors of this
Theatre. One man indeed in particular I notices', who
h. I am assured, a foreman in a particular department
of the work., and who with his coat off was striking
at every owe in his way. challenging any man to fight him
who dared to oppose the will of the Managers. lit this
conduct I lamented to perceive that he was encouraged
and supported by those Constables who were preessedly cal-
led to to keep the peace, bat who only distinguished them-
selves by protecti,s and caching every rioter in favour of the
Managers, an I treating with violence every one who differed
from them. Several Gentlemen indeed were dragged to Bow-
street, and some. I am told, detained is custody for the night.
Let m hope that among those Gentlemen one at least will be
found of stAcientspirit to make these °Meets account f or stitch
ostrageous conduct—to try the question at law with them. I
have no doubt that they have acted illegally. But however that
question may be decided, the public must ever consider it as an
aggravation of the misconduct of the Managers to attempt the

establishment of their imposture by such meats —to FORCE a
submission to it. I know of several of their espedients for
this unworthy purpose. I can state facts which I can prove.
Upon the Ent might the theatre opened, orders mere sent to
printing-offices and to trades-people w ho have many persons in
their employ, removing that buch orders should be chop .-cil
of" for the beneht of the Managers." But jt will amn-e you
to hear that many of those orders were used against them.
This ss as a trick of war, and not unfair. It was," bitingthe
biter." Last night, and to-night also, the use of orders was
glaring.—ladeed money has been refused, where ordtrs have
been admitted. I myself was refined adinittauee at one ui the
doors last night, being told that there wit no room, while
there wa- plenty, and u bile, at the same time, paper orders
were received. Probably the refusal was the cons..quenee
of my observations last night—but the object of the refusal
did not answer. lam here still, and shall he here again to-
morrow night, to assist your opposition, a, e and neat night
al-n, if the Managers will provoke time continuance of op-
-1,1,3ii ton —[/splartre].—The causes assigned to justify the im-
position a r complain of are insufficient, a hile the real causes
are at terly inadinissible,and the al naagers kilos% That, therefore
t hey do not venture to state them. You are told that this
Theatre hiss been long a losing concern. What do you not
icow that John Kemble paid twenty-five thousand pounds
for a Share of this Concern; and do you believe that John
Keruble does not know the value of moue) [o lame] I
wish that some Manager would come fora ard who does
know, or who would nit PRETEND to be ignorant of what
we want [a lame]. If such soon did appear, I would point
his eye to the placards about the House ; if he were so deaf
as not to have heard our cries since the opening of the The-
etre ; and if be were to say that the advance complained of
was r.ittlered necessary by du money burrowed to build
this Theatre. I world tell him that which I eau prove,
Gebtlemen, that the rent of the private boxes &Haw, upon
the appendages to which I shall nut ruse observe, is more
than 'edit ieut to pay the interest of the whole of the loan
raised, Hod also the salary of Madame Catalani. Having men-
tinned this Performes. ! hope 4 way be allowed to express
the general discontent at such aa exorbitant grant to a fo-
reigner, while native talent is overbooked.. But If the day
esauld eser arrive when that Stage is to be contaminatA by
Italian depravity awl French duplicity, I trust this audience
will feel and art as it ought."— [,L•atiplaustils.] The Gentle-
man, after requesting a clap for the Performers, in order to
shew that no ofeoce was intended to them, nhichrmiest was
promptly and universally acceded to, emieludeil with ex-
horting the audience to conduct itself as it had hitherto done,
prionaing. if it continued to do so, that he would attcrd this
night, amid frout alight to night, until tbeptiblic cause was tri-
umphant.
After this, a Mr. Sstrrn addressed the Com.
pany, and proposed that Mr. liessaLa should be
requested to attend, to hear the complaints of the
Audience, of which he had tiffecicd to bu ignu.
rant. This proposal was loudly applauded, anti
in a few minutes Mr. engage again came upon
the Stage, and said,
" Ladies and Gentlemen—l attend, with great respect, to
" learit your demands."

(You know what they are, resounded from all
sides.)
Mr. Luau, the Gentleman who had first
spoken, then said, I will tell you what they
are—"_7HE OLI PAWLS."

Mr. KEstaLs then addressed the Company as
follows
" Ladies and Gentlemen, I have of last comprehended that
'at roue of your displeasure commits to the small advaaer of
Opp on the Boxes and l'it : [cries of Yee, Yes.]-I.ad les
aid Ontlemea—ln the reign of Queen Atm the price of ad-
*NM .to the► Pit was three ebillinp. One leadred years
apt the Liialletie9l Ladies and Gentlemen, 1% ere at the same

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prices neat present. Really I throw myself entirely on your
aesterosity and liberality. For the last tea years the Pro-
prietors have not received more than sis per cent. for their
capital, which is certainly very trifling, considering the great
hazard of the property. The Proprietors have laid oat
150,0001. in building a Theatre which shauld be worthy
of a British Public, owl in making it the finest Thea-
tre in Europe ;—besides width, the enorm:ius expeace
of dresses, &c. and the getting up (as we phrase it) of
plays, in a style that shall be worthy of you, is beyond
comprehension. The exigences of dresses sod scenery have,
within these few years, doubled, trebled, quadrupled; sod,
indeed,there
and with which I am in fact inacqsalrited.—L 1 hotel
Suffer me, Ladies and Gentlemen, to speak a few words lb
reply to a Geatleman, who observed l'otAer eight, that not
one farthing of the advance would ever god is, way into the
pockets of the Performers. Now, is truth, I state to you
(and I am sure that no one will doubt of my speaking the
truth before you), that at the last raising of the iirkes, the
Performers were also benefited I and, I tun sure, all the
Performers are ready to come forward, to testify it. La-
dies nod Gentlemen, I have only to say, that I folly rely op
I vow. liberality; and, that on mature deliberation, you nil)
I not see any thing inroasocabk is the proposed regulation at
the primp."
To Mr. lionaLes speech succeeded execra-
tions, hisses, groans, and ekciamations of vario.
ous descriptions. One wicked wit shouted
1 66 f) —n your apology, decamp Joule PHILIP
1 KEMBLE, decamp." Such part of the company
as were within hearing of this expression,
immediately took the hint, supposing it to allude
to an apology once made by Mr. Kemblo on" the
I subject of a Lady of the• name of Do Camp—and
1 loud peals of latighttr were protracted to an im-
: moderate length ;—•-a person in the pit shouted—,
" No extortion, John Kemble"—this was all.
swered by another roice—" We hate all *ex.
64 turtion either tidal KING JOAN Of JOll,l KING"
: This play upoo the lIALIICS of two such celebrated
characters produced great merriment. No compa-
rison can however, with propriet), be made be.
tweets tw6 persons, n liu, although both posties%ing
considerable talents, are• certainly of characterp
utterly dissintriar. innumerable a:tticisms were
bandied about, and the house presented a continued
scene of noise and confusion, till a little before
eleven o'clock, when the visiting performers gave
three cheers, and plighted their mutual faith to per.
severe in resisting the imputation attempted to
be forced upon the people by the greedy monopo-
lists of this national Th..atre. At 11 o'clock the
House 1123 clear. We arc happy to say that the
number of fights was not greater than un the pre-
ceding eveniags. The skirmishes, scutilcs, anti
squabbles were numerous, but the °facets and
Constables were much more cautious in their be,
haviour than on the preceding evening. This pro.
bably arose from an idea that has gone abroad of
the legality of the proceedings of the Magistratea
and Officers being questionable.
A report was in circulation that the Marquis
Of TITCHFILLIi, who is the Lord Lieutenant of
the county of Middlesex, had made some parti.
I cular inquiries on this subject—but fur the truth
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of that report we cannot vouch, any more than
for one which was also prevalent, of Madame Ca.
TA..t ! haring thrown up her engagement. Tiss
resignation of Lord CA"ri.dotAc If at this moment
furnishes a coincidence of circumstances some-
what ludicrous, and induces malicious wits to en.
tertain themselves at the expence of these illus.
triuus characters-7-who, retiring with the'' otium
" cans dignitate,'' may now view the perform-
ances on the boards of Covent.garden from one
of those snug delicious recesses in the third circle.
A little Pamphlet, on dirty coloured paper, was
distributed at toe dour of the Theatre, of which
the following extracts may give some ideal—

" It may be said, that if the l'enprietor of ti Theatre be
allou ed to raise the pric•s of .olmi,sion to !lathe, agree-
ably to any capricious rc sea he may advance, there would.
be no knowing to word exteot he might every season carry
detnartd.on thr ieuhlii. Th;i•, however, cuuld not be the
rase, as he until ads once better rer.soot than arc usually given
by the Merchant or COIDIS3IOI trader; and if hr once attempt-
ed to unnecevanrily inerrasr the prie,! of admission► to his
Hoarse, the evil would cure itself by the immediate (Anita-
don of his visitors, and the consequent reduction of his ;tightly
receipts."

" I believe there is scarcely an article of ornament or ge-
neral eonsumptiop,• whiCh has not, within the4e 13 seary, in-
creased to double, I may say treble, of its former price; and
tee Proprietor of a Theatre canoot con.iuct hi* p operty
without an extensive variet3 of almost every articic that can
he mined, for the oecessiery ellect of his Mimic World; he,
therefore, of course, expends many thnn•nnrls more than he
did a few years baca, anhout any udditionul return from
the public.
.4 If I were to my,, that every article occeainry for build-
ing, besides workmen's labour. is iluuldr to what it wits at
that time, I should be speitkii,g coinidenio:ly nithiu the
truth.
"Fir timber. which was then about 21. 1(. and ii. per
land, is now Ibl. and I believe up to :fol.
Bricks; Which sere not quite a Aaffpenny a piece, Is 17.^1W
more than double teat mime) a brsck.
" Lime, soma, lato/4118115. an 1 indeed all kinds of dron end
Pais work, nu►e alai advanced In proportmo ; taus a
vlendid structure might, 1i years ago, uove hers atectt•d at
teatime half tar son the Proprietors of Covent-garden base
ht4si under the necessity of paying fur their prescut elegant
-and substantial house.
" The progressive advance in the price of every necessary
article of life, has made a considerable difference to the pro-
perty of the rroprietor4. 'Teo years ago, the principal Per-
formers were satisfied- with trot or twelve pounds per week ;
now they hate advanced tirrir dens-rods to fifteen, sixteen, and
even twenty pou.ats, in cutsizqoence of the high price of the
different articles of comma) consumption. I have before ob-
served on the high price of fir-tinther, but that' was in the
building of the Theatre. I now mention it as a very expel,-
sive article w hich they arc always wanting, fur the frames of
scenes, and the machinery of the stage.. Lucre are al-u other
thaws which are in constllA vulva:opt too, twat have evidently
risen in price within these few yei;rs.
" Oil, that was, a few years hack, three shill iogs and three
pence per gallon, Is now EIGHT shillings and pence.—
Canvass necessary foracenery to/ which they c ntaaror large
quantities), was TER Fever: per yard, is now one shilling
and nine peace. Cantles, that were to n shillings and sixpence
per pound, are now three shillings and sixpence. Coals that
were two pounds per cheldroo, are now tome postai tam
shillings.
" Colours, for paiating the screwy; cloth, fur the draws
of the mule performers, and th• imusberlemtapealin article,
and Gar the dames and decawatleas of the Ladies, have all