The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-05 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

Yesterday a meeting was held at the Crown and
Anchor Tavern, of the new Renters of the late
Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, Mr. Hostas in the
Chair. Mr. SiItIIIDAN attended, and proposed
that each Renter should accept of 121. 10s. per an.
num, with a free admission, instead of 251. the
usual annuity, or 151. without a free admission.
This he offered to have guaranteed on undoubted
security, and that he would, before the lit of
March nett, have a fund to rebuild the Theatre;
consenting at the same time, to enter into an en.
gagement, that if he failed in providing the fund
at the time stipulated, he would forfeit all his in-
terest in the Theatre and Patent.

This proposal was listened to with the greatest
complacency by the Renters, and a committee was
appointed to commune with Mr. SHUMAN' (Am
time to time. It was also intimated, that the
Drury lane Company were to • perform at the
Lyceum Theatre, the ensuing winter season, un-
der the patent ; and that it uras expected that the
Renters would forego all claims, until the new
Theatre was built ; in which proposal they also
appeared to acquiesce ; there were about sixty
Renters present; and all the Trustees, except
Mr. GaAntais, who, we are concerned to state, is
ill at Worthing.

The preparations Our the grand expedition have
h' raised hopes which crT should be sorry to depress.
The- public, indeedv,:never looked forward with
mamma, .happier prospects; and if there was
ely a little gloom in the City, it did not proceed
plo much from want of confidence, as of turbot.
Had the embargo continued a little longer, we
know not what might have been the consequence!
The American ship Pacsfic is arrived at Li►er-
pool with a cargo of merchandise, after a very
short passage. Letters have been received by hoc
from New-York, dated as late as the 4th t f Julys
tuft their contents are uninterest►ng.

The Dutch letters which announce the Prelims.
rues of Peace to have been signed, represent the
following as the substance of the Treaty :---80.
WAPARTE is said to have wrested from Austria all
her territories on the right bank of the Danube,
and to have extendec the Bavarian territories to
Vienna on the East, and following a line along
the frontiers of Hungary to the Drau, to have
ascended to the source of that river. A line
is then described to List ruck and Bregena, and
this new accession of territory is given to Bava-
ria. All the territory to the South of the Drau,
including part of Carinthia, Carniola, Istria,
Trieste, and Fiume, is added to the kingdom of
Italy—The Tyrol is ceded by Bavaria to France
Wirtemberg and Baden are to get some accession
of territory in Franconia—Bohemia and Moravia
gre to be tetalacd by the House of Austria, as
weltailfentify—ftlissia is to obtain an increase
'6l iereitott in Anifitlin Poland—Saxony is also to
aluiliitu In bilease. c."^,'
Such his been the
. cmand for small arms for the
it
rand Expedition, t at an order has been made
7 the Board of Ordnance, fur 22,000 muskets
to be scut from the depot at Weedon ; this requi-
sition wen received on Saturday se'unight, and the
whole was packed in cases and sent off for London
on Monday morning, by canal boats. On this
occasion nearly two companies of the Bedford Mi.
hint, stationed at Weed on, were employed on
the duty. The arms will be replaced from Bir.
mingbam.
On Monday, early in the morning, before the
prisoners were let out, a duel was fought by a
i naval and a military officer, in Stapleton prison,
near this city, when the former was run through
the body, and expired. The duellists were attend.
ed by their seconds, and fought iti a room of the
pillion, with pieces of sharp iron fastened on the
points of sticks. A Coroner's inquest has since
sat ou the body, and returned a verdict of Wilful
Murder against the parties concerned. The mgr.
vivor has been In consequence committed to Glen-
alter gaol. The difference, we understand, ori-
ginated in ale= at marbles the preceding even.
ing, and the parties agreed to fight it out. So
common is the practice of duelling amongst the
Frenchmen in this prison, that not less than 150
duels have been fought in the course of the last
three years. The average number of prisoners
does nut exceed 5500.—Bristol Gazete, Aug. 3.
A vacancy of great importance has just taken
place in the University of Oxford. Br. CYRIL
JACKSON has resigned the high Office of Dean of
Christ Church, after Clime; it for above twenty-six
years, with a reputation and ability universally
acknowledged.

1 Adispensation has passed the Great Seal, for
analiling the Rev. Jost,' KIRK, M. A. Chaplain
Ito the Earl of Lowsast.e, and Vicar of Scerho.
tough. in.the county:mid diocese of York, to hold
with that living the 'Rectory of Thwing, in the
same county and diocese, to which he has been
Hordknted by the Lams HIGH CHANCELLOR of
Grote Britain. 1