The Haymarket season concluded on Wednesday. Mr. WEBurEst delivered an
address, in which he stated, with allowable pride, that this "most profitable season" had extended to "upwards of four hundred nights," without the performers having lost a single night's salary. The regard of the Company for the Manager is evidenced by two pieces of plate that they, together with the authors and artisans of the theatre, have subscribed for and presented to Mr. WEBSTER ; and the public appreciation of his management upon the whole is testified by the results of the protracted season. In alluding to the subject of the Prise Comedy, Mr. WEBSTER disclaimed any other motive in offering the 500/. than that of stimulating dramatic talent to produce a comedy; which, he says, he" could not obtain for love or money from tried hands at dramatic authorship during the last three years."
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