AS A NEW ROUND-HOUSE. [From the Morning Post.] S the following advertisement relates to a matter of great public interest at the present moment, we cannot think of allowing it to be paid for as an advertifement: we therefore think it right to apprife Mr. Sharp, that we have returned the money by the man who brought it, and are equally happy to fave the parifh fuch an expenfe, and to communicate to our fashionable readers the agreeable intelligence which Mr. Sharp's obliging propofal holds forth. Saturday, Feb. 19, 1802. VESTRY ROOM, ST. GILES's. At a meeting holden this prefent 19th of February, Mr. WM. SHARP in the Chair; Whereas information has been laid before us, refpecting a certain new fubfcription, theatre, without patent or license, being to be opened in Tottenham Strect, within our faid parish of St. Giles: And whereas notice at the fame time has been communicated to us from the police magiftrates, of their determination to take up and treat all fuch unlicensed perfons according to the rigour of the law, without favour or affection: And whereas further material information has been alfo received by us in faid vestry lawfully affembled; to wit, that the actors, performers, fcene-fhifters, door-keepers, candle-fnuffers, fweepers, fiddlers, and audience, in faid theatre, may probably all turn out to be perfons of the first rank, tafte, character, and fortune, in this kingdom: And whereas we of faid veftry are fully refolved readily to obey all lawful orders of faid magiftrates, but are at the fame time fincerely defirous to give every accommodation in our power to faid perfons of the first rank, rank, tafte, character, and fortune, in this kingdom, which exifting circumftances will admit of, thould any of them unfortunately be committed, to our cuf tody Now be it known that we are hourly ready to contract for a new, feparate, and additional Roundhoufe in our faid parish of St. Giles, to be finished with the greateft poffible difpatch, and to be furnifhed in a ftyle of elegance and accommodation hitherto unknown to any fimilar edifice. The particulars of the accommodations expected fhall be publifhed forthwith. We alfo give notice, that we are ready to contract for the erection of a new pair of ftocks, on a plan of fimilar elegance and accommodation;. the materials must be of the beft mahogany, fineered and inlaid with rofe and fatin wood. All perfons willing to contract as above are defired to fend in their propofals fealed, on or before Thursday next, the 25th inft. By order of the veftry, THOS. READ, Beadle. Addrefs fuch propofal (poft paid) to me, at No. 9, Tottenham Court. WM. SHARP, Overfeer. DRAMATIC PREDICTIONS; 03, THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE FOR 1812. DILETTANTI THEATRE, ALBEMARLE street. LAS AST night, Dryden's admirable comedy of Limberham, or the Kind Keeper, was revived at this elegant theatre, and received by the moft crowded audience which fashion has furnished this feason, with every expreflion of rapturous applaufe.-The fate of this inimitable drama has, till the prefent aufpicious ara, been peculiarly hard. It was produced by Dryden in the 16th year of Charles the Secd. Unfor tunately, tunately, the prudish manners and squeamish morals of that fovereign's court prevented this piece being received with that applaufe to which, from the gaiety of its wit, and the lufcioufnefs of its images, it was fo eminently entitled.-The increafing feverity of morals in fucceeding times continued to impede its progrefs to public favour; but, thanks to the public spirit that` first established the rights of Dilettanti theatres, there is an end of fuch contemptible fqueamishnefs.-The latenefs of the hour at which the play concluded prevents our entering at prefent into the merits of the performance; we referve our obfervations for to-morrow. The Sapphic epilogue was admirable; the PicNic was, as ufual, elegant and abundant. COGNOSCENTI THEATRE, TOTTENHAM STREET. We are happy to learn, that the original spot wherein our favourite company first commenced their elegant orgies, was last night attended by a crowded audience. The Bacchanalian glees were loudly applauded, and the fmick fmack repaft went off with its ufual eclat. SUBSCRIPTION THEATRE, QUEEN ANNE STREET WEST. Surely we ought not to be efteemed captious, if we venture to fay, that too much is facrificed to the ballet in this beautiful temple of tafte. We fhall be told, that fuch is the fancy of the Lady Patroneffes; and we admit that nothing ever exceeded the effect produced by the Pas-de-Trois of the three lovely fifters, the Honourable Mifs Jigits-the beautiful perfons of each, unfophifticated by fuperfluous ornament, and difdaining all covering but a gauze chemife!-the eldeft, rofe colour, with a white girdle; the fecond, azure chemife-girdle, fmall violet twift; the youngest, pure white gauze, without either folds or ceftus. Yet, at the fame time, we cannot help thinking that the eftablishment of this theatre is capable of producing much much to gratify the car and the understanding, as well as the eye. DRAMATIC SALOON OF COMUS, ST. MARgaret's, WESTMINSTER. Much as we approve the liberal license which people, now freed from vulgar prejudices, exercife with regard to time and hours, we cannot quite applaud the extreme latenefs of all the amufements of this jovial bower of revelry and riot. Our paper is going to prefs, and the fecond glee (Mr. Cantem's beautiful compofition, "Sweet are the hours of innocence and peace") was but juft finished when our reporter came away. The ball is not expected to commence before daylight. This is really hard upon the fiddlers. THESPIAN INSTITUTE, GROSVENOR PLACE. We must defer our critique to another opportunity on this new ally to fafhionable theatricals, which opened, for the first time, laft night. This is the feventeenth fubfcription theatre established fince the odious monopoly was affailed, and the vulgar spirit of the law fuccefsfully evaded-an event on which the. public cannot be too frequently congratulated.-Nothing new last night, either at the Cyprian Circus, or at the other twelve independent theatres, not noticed in our this day's theatrical report. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. This theatre clofed laft night (and we truft for ever) with Shakespeare's tragedy of King Lear. Though much infidious exertion had been made to intereft the public feelings, there could not have been a receipt fufficient to pay for the candles. Mr. Kemble, however, exerted himself fo as to extort confiderable applaufe from the few auditors prefent; and we are informed, that there was fomething affecting in his manner, when announcing the final clofe of the scene where Shakespeare and Garrick had fo often triumphed. But But the obftinate manner in which this theatre has fo long with flood the will and mandates of fashion, renders its fall defervedly unpitied; nor, if we are rightly informed, will the deficit be fo confiderable as was apprehended to the ground landlord. The extinction of the renters' fhares is a matter not worth noticing, the lofs being divided among fo many, and most of those perfons in affluent or eafy circumftances. In fact, we are allured that a celebrated architect has undertaken to turn the ftage part of the theatre into a tenniscourt; and for the audience part, it is known that advantageous terms have already been offered to convert it into a receptacle, for Wedgwood's ware, a lucrative branch of British commerce, which is well entitled to every advantage of exhibition. CI-DEVANT THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARden. The novelty of the evening was an extremely large elephant, brought over in the Lord Clive Eaft Indiaman, Captain Powis. He is certainly a beautiful animal of the fort, and his fkin is uncommonly white and foft. We have, however, feen others exhibit more dexterity with the trunk, which, after all, is the chief amufement to be derived from the beast.The tigers, leopards, monkeys, eagle, mackaws, &c. &c. remain much as before, but ranged, it must be confeffed, to more advantage than over Exeter 'Change. The ftench, however, is intolerable, and the more fo, as it cannot fail to remind the fashionable vifitants of the effluvia of the canaille in the pit, which fo forely annoyed the quality in the fide boxes, while this place was a theatre. ROYAL HAY-LOFT, LATE KING'S THEATRE. We are forry to learn that the difputes between the falefmen and ftable-keepers, refpecting the propriety of this extenfive building being converted into a fiorehoufe for hay, through the intereft of the late Lord Chamberlain,. |