The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-10-17 00:00:00

COrENT-GARDILV COMP lINY.

TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE BRITISH PRESS.
St it—s.ts you and your Correspondents have fully exposed
the acidities of Mr. T111.W.11 agent., in their attempt tu ens-
!istort his Etarrimily Isiah the property of others, so the
Editor of 77n Jas tun, this evening, fully exposed liarerwlf in
a paragraph relative to the Opera-house, in easier, I sup-
pose, to the letter of D.P. P.S. The same Editor say., lie
has refitted the essertiou that Mr. Taylor wished to receive
rash frame Mr. Harris, for the are of the Opera-house,
" when he positively refused to have any thin tu do with
it, and postured that it shonlal be vested in a Banker's
hands " Now, without in the kart doubling the truth of
this assertion, I will wily ash, sh.i Mr. Taylor propose the
Banker appointed by the Lurd Chaacellor and the Trustees ;
ew was it his own prirate Banker that wn. to receive Mr.
Houvis's mammy ? All explicit naswer to this vanities' will
acetic the controversy. If the former, it is all very fair—if the
latter, as is must probable, ear, indeed certaia, I would spin
ask, what is tire moral difference (for neither Taylor, nor
The Sim Editor, are sal+ fools as net to know the commercial
diffevenceo hetiveris Mr. Taylor's using the awry himself,
or having it paid in to a Beaker 00 his ,is, account !
I beg leave, Mr. Editor, to state souther fact, which I
have learned from the Covent-garatrai Company, and which
The Sea Editor will not again dare to call hush-fighting
IMIICTOICUC.• that Mr. %Valets was really uo less
prompt and liberal than Mr. Taylor affects to be, in tender-
iog the Cu►eet-gsrdca Company every fair and just 'weeni-
est...dation. That Grath-min, I mm informed, immediately
after the fire, nrialonsed a letter to Messrs. Mirth and Legi-
ble, arena?. his willingness to accorniumlats them as far as
eaucerned him personally ; hat, adding, like as honest man,
that as the performance of theCorsa.t.garden Cesarean would
materially atfert the insurance, it was neither in hie power,
nor is that of MI. Taylor, tu permit it without the coru•nr-
retree of the Treratees, and that chattier reeruseratiou
might he deemed proper, shrill., he paid into the heads of
the freed Beakers, fur the general advantage of the Credatues
of the ()peva. This proposal appeared !Nukes' awl humor...atilt,
that Messrs. Harris and Bauble ~,old cut, fur a rum:scut,
twsjiansiassaupeiog it; hewn, the rause of their being taken
in soil treated or very differently from what the ltrory-latte
Company ware, it, a car of similar necessity. 0.. e word
MOM The Nora Editor has told us that Mr. Taylor has ene-
mies-4rd ►e also told as, that he ►as one truly independent
■nd honer! mail for a friend, there would Lave been inure no-
velty and less troth in the observatiou. the highest
respect, Mr. Editor, fur year 011iriOtIll and upright alischirege
of your deity, as a public Journalist, in the exposure of all
the &wet/twos of the people—l sin, your friend,
Bedford Oct. is, mos. V EAITAS.

Yesterday morning, the kussi, Prineetwes Au
Gil 111 A NIA A MELIA, attended by Lieutenatit-(;e-
-nem! Altuusr, General Firzaoe, Colonel DEs-
saosv, and Major PUKE, went to St. George's
Chapel, Windsor, and bean! a sermon, by the
Rev. 1)r. Gooost.t, from Paul's Epistle to the
Epliesians, ir!i chapter, I
part of 14th verse--
":brake thus that slerpest, and arise from the dead,
awl Christ shall glee Art
Saturday looming early, the Duke of loth
transacted l.usgaras with the KING, at Windsor ;
afterwards rode out with him nod the Pas NCIMEtte
stopped and diner! with the QuEsa, and in the
evening went to Ortlands.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of W*tee,
gave a grand dinner, yesterday, at her ►ouse, at
Blackheath.

The Hon. CHARLES ARBUTHNOT left Choi-
mondeley Castle last Thursday, and iw gone on a
visit to the Rev. Mr. SNEVD, at Elton', Dear
Litchfield, Staffordshire.

•
Viscount ANSOW is indisposed, at his house in
Atlingtou-street, with the gout.
Lady CHAILLCS RENWICK has been very ill, for
this fortnight past. at E. 41 email House ; her
Ladyship is now in a fair way ot recovery.
Earl JERSEY arrived in town on Saturday, from
Brighton; his Lordship set off yesterday inor ss ill g
for 'Newmarket.
The Fad ot Essex entertained& 1111memm party
of Nobility at dinner, yesterday, at Cushiobary-
house.

The two Misses Bt.aativar.t, arrived in town on
Thursda.% on a visit to Viscountess ANSON, from
~ finlkh ~, Norfolk.

Mr. Cons wits considered u very spirited per-
former; but it is fermi he will be in future very
tame, ;Is his better half 16 It Lamb.

Laay Jo ?Jut is daily expected at her house in
South A wiley-street, flour Wales.
Miss Lot SCAN ilia repeatedly performed admira-
bly well in the lioseynwom, and yet she has never
tasted the sweets of Mat imorly ; this is certainly a
bard case.

The Marquis of DOUGLAS arrived at Yarmouth,
oa Fri Jay, from thittenburgli, in a frigate, after a
pa.,al.4e of ric (la) a.

Au extrsordimi-y feat of pedestrianism was per-
formed. omm b4atorday mo g, by a man of time
n not of WU.I tANS, steward to Mr. Cauocn, of
reet Ile wa backed for twenty gin-
s. enty miles in two boors ; he start-
ed o If unnu r.unth. and dal the distammee in nag-
%costlier, -even minute* within the given
time. lii tract wa skintight to Colebrook, and to
return to nwar the Megrim
On Momily lost, Mr. Coonwta, shoeing-smith,
of Wily ImeAer city, 4%141-nook, for a wager, to shoe
horws seven hour., and snake the shoes and
°oils himp.rll complete ; which he accomplished
within tnewty-five inimmutc* of time appointed time.