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fitted up in another place. Colonel 

 Greville, who had them before 

 Mr. Slade, expended a great deal 

 of money upon them. 



Mr. Squibb had examined the 

 rooms, and the offices adjoining 

 to them. It would, according to 

 his judgment, be very difficult to 

 procure such a situation in any 

 other convenient place ; and it 

 would consume at least two sea- 

 sons before they could be built 

 and fitted up. The rooms he 

 valued at 1,000/. a year, the 

 stable and coach-house at 100/. a 

 year, and the other offices and 

 cellar at 50/. per year. The 

 whole value he believed to be 

 19,5.^0/. Mr. Slade's removal 

 would, he conceived, be the 

 entire annihilation of his business. 

 There was property on the pre- 

 mises which was at present worth 

 5,000/. to Mr. Slade, but which 

 he could not dispose of without a 

 loss of 2,866/. 



Mr. Dawson, a surveyor, had 

 examined the rooms, and esti- 

 mated their total value at 19,500/. 

 The loss on some scenery and 

 wardrobes would be very con- 

 siderable. He also spoke of the 

 excellence of the situation, and 

 the difficulty of procuring a 

 similar one in a convenient place. 



Mr. Cresswell estimated the 

 rooms to be worth 20,4'50/., with- 

 out including Xhe goodwill. 



Another surveyor estimated 

 theu) at 19,800/., with the same 

 exception. 



Mr. Henry Slade, jun. was in 

 the habit of assisting his father 

 in the management of the rooms. 

 He was acquainted with their 

 profits. The nett profits, after 

 deducting rents, were 2,463/. a 

 year. Irj his cross-examination, 



he said that the sum received 

 from the Philharmonic Society 

 was 174/. a year. 



Mr. Lequin, the conductor of 

 the assemblies, knew the receipts. 

 In 1817, they amounted to 3,308/., 

 and in the present year to 3,291/. 



Mr. Ward also stated that the 

 profits were very considerable. 



The Door-keeper and Money- 

 taker was next called. He stated 

 that his receipts in money on 

 some nights exceeded 100/. but 

 besides this there were a great 

 number of tickets disposed of in 

 several shops. 



Mr. Slade, jun. again exa- 

 mined, stated, that the shop- 

 keepers who sold tickets were 

 allowed Is. per ticket. They got 

 a guhiea for the ticket, and paid 

 back 1/. The lowest number of 

 persons at the assemblies was 

 about 350, and they seldom ex- 

 ceeded 500. 



The case of the claimant being 

 here closed, 



The Attorney General, for the 

 Commissioners, addressed the 

 Jury, and contended, that the 

 sum demanded by Mr. Slade was 

 most exorbitant. He went on to 

 show that the injur}^, if any to 

 the claimant, by the removal, 

 would be very little, for only 

 some of the offices and a very- 

 small part of the orchestra would 

 be touched. In fact, Mr. Slade 

 could carry on his assemblies 

 there when the new street was 

 finished as well as before. As 

 to the time required for fitting 

 new rooms elsewhere, it would 

 not at most occupy more than 

 nine months ; for it should be 

 remembered, that Covent garden 

 Theatre was built in less than 

 one year. 



He 



