The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-03-17 00:00:00

OR of THE STATESM AA%

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avg tr 7'IIEATRE.
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ins. the Lords of the Council, consisting of
Earl of Ay lei.ford, Earl Flarroil.b7. Lord
garter of the Roar, Sir William Semi,
!teri,l m-t for the parpose of hear-
,if of the Lord Mayor nod othen, for ia
Mr a third Theatre in Loa Inn.
, the Clerk of the Conoril, opened the
!he Petition of the Lord Mayor. &e. pray-
Counsel, against the Attorney nail Solidi-,
rt; and also to Sllpir if rum b, witty
iways. be rife as to any delft the Theatre
. rwolner also read the Attorney and So..
Report, which states, that if a Charter Naas
persons appl yitrz, it twuld he playing them in
Than the other legitimate Theatres already

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;now' In behalf of the New Theatre, ad.
ships at etinvider,th:e • length. Ile stated
Id if King Charles the defend, a borrow-
! taken he powe.-.wt of the hands of all
estlhlish Teeatres hr chaffer ur by pa.
pink prop_ur.. 'Chits, in fact. it `as ant
.tile patents were originally granted. that:
:wo Cheat reli, but merely to restrain PUY-
.at time. there were st least isetwecli 40 and
London :out its tariurlss. and the patents
the Secon.l were intenied that the Manta
attended to; as well for the sake of 2111.
amusement of the Pandie. Mr. W. then
tips' littentirm to the at increase of the
rountry. and rated that ft was n .1 only the
chits of I.ondon and Westnaiii.terthat vi-
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persons from all quarters of England.
yrhpulatioa of London to I ,0 ;Ind
heatres already estahlislied entertain
portion of that number? Many people
I'm ening to Cavent-('rarden Theatre,
not get room to hearat single word that
lires,qA their Lordships personallys and
,anted tops to the Theatre they had every
'ire places for them, but the middling alies
,se *ho ~to by chattre, erperienred every
dente. Is to there lacing no security to the
oway taut ditfirult,y, if their ',lordships
recornibend the grate big a clidltir,•rhey
theraselves tei deposit in the Bank, skr
.its the
-4, the sour of 40 or 50,0011. to pay at any
; Theatre, Arad+ it. not succeed, AttelPillan.
reverts; so *sibs ertsdieusi might have -their
,d 5y execution on the premises. Mr. W. then
w Theatre sbmild hu built so as tokcchtnnin-
. people; but n.it on so large a scale w. the
present day; lie aka, mentioned that all at-
: paid to the morality and good order of the
anicluded by prastiog that their Lordships
' to grant a ()hatter of lucoritoration fur.
lranias, secs Etc. •
then read a Petition presented by Mr.
dell that he had long had it in contempla-
Ti.e tire in Landon, rind as long ago as
to Mr. Pet cevaLon thesahiect..requestitig
e propriety of bringing a Bill into
irpose, who returned for answer, that it was
tvanced in the 'Session to present. any Petition'
' and that if it was presenteds he (Mr. Per-
ink it would Succeed. The retitinn Ipso
heriiiati wield give hi, assistance and that
non was eadeavouring to wrest front him a
`.y received fruit the Lord Chninheriain
.e Petitioner stntes he had bzett twisty-
Majest)'s service, and heinz of no active
thought, to the Drama and Polite Arts, and
InaVing that hiaiestv would not grant a
Petitimiets, lint Crat if a third Theatre vial
claim prior to their;.
:ilea read a Petition from Mr. Shei idan,
tor of the Theatre Itoval, Drurs•latie ; it
'iistory of the Theatre. 'fhe Petitioner
with astonishment and incredulity that a
fur taking advantage of the present site-
d:ate Theatre and thereby destroyitta the
risibility of reiatiktin.; the said Ttseatre, and
y mach etcecding the Sum of .9ty,),;) tOl. lisd
and that such a propoOtimi should have
lion of respectnble subscriWers. The Pell-
th.• presetnapplicants have abanditnied their
.louse of Conituuns, and prayed to be heard
Counsel.
read a Petition from Mrs. Sheridan. the,

'atimas Sheridan, to the same edeci.. which
Shecidan was in Spain on account ,of, ill
so be heard by Conn:lel.
l'etitioalmm Mr. Ellistan, of list
!his retititia stated, that Mr. Ellidon paid
the reritof the abaye Theatre i• and that by
heatre, it'would infringe upini h'w properly:
Wear, ufteur additional authority lately
Lord tibanaleettain, he had engaged it
at a cottsidstabterapeuee ; and pruyiug
trouldbafjpealit a Charter or Vutent.
then folloWedrdr. Warren for the ',naked'
I said,fhat what %collated by M t..
not n fart, tato is being taken by bur-
, it, that frequeorsrs•otattoirations had been
prietors of hothTheatres, from the Committee
New Theatre ; and as to 'their abandoning
th! noise of Centavos, the 'tight' lib.
to (Mt. sheridan) must know that it was
to get their Petition into the House on a
rlst. be eselmiled far the Sessions. Alter
Rutted t* Ceara.
o lh n ensued into a long history of the
rei uef Queen Anne ; and contendeirthal
do ba lon power, user the resent Thesis
-heard pottier of the Lord rionsherbrity
Amuses, originated by King Chalks hasiog a
rimers is pay as servants, who wore his lit
every cespeet as conch. Ile qu:ned a unlit-
to toe presstit application, concluded'
pr!'sent Clireat-ttaden Theatre was so•
to:it any of Optic Lordships, and the le.
(4,niiics. emtld pot go ow out cv,' the
heing annoyed by a certain description of
was the intentions of the arthiteet to build
‘o le uldy that great inconvenience. •
.ad,t,essed their Lordships on behalf of the
,yeot-garden'rlivairi, and %lr. arid Mrs. She-
slated, that what had been said on the fisher
snore of the impropriety of granting a
id Theatre, as his Learned Friends had i.ajd ,
base a rapttal of from forty to fifty thousand
Itaadt •and that therefore he agreed with
that it would be giving a
40 Inc New Theuttvireer the old cows. Mr.
with a pathetic address to their Lorthlaine