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fondant from e withipt not teter
eke to those cops. pillar. and cllarges, which were
sq numerous in the dipositions 8f Mr. Welters. In-
dfed. his Counsel have wrselj iilbssairted froth all
cornfield's on those etiartes. Irteause they' were
aerate thatsuch complaints' ienf proie, mot an
incapacity to contiud, nor an inattention to thi
coecerns of that Theatre, but a sealous, and, in
their ()pillion, an over...same interference in ;teal-
fairs. In his bill the Plaintiff hai complained of
the number of engagements made with performers;
• and his having called in t/se silver tickets (from a
eonvictioti that he had or a very great number of
them being forget!) ; in a word, .he has complained
of every aift of the Defendant?* administration being •
unwite and injudi,.ious. And to what purpose
have these complaints been made ? Only to produce
a complete aeswer, anal direct refutation. With
respell to free admissions, the Defendant found, that,
to the amount of 1001. per night, they were uselessly,
improvidently, and prodigally hmed. and theretore
he diminished vie number. Nose, with reaped to th
charge of absenting himself front the Opera Hause,
in the first place, it never has-been ascertained that
the persanal atten .ance of the Manager wet absolute-
ly,. itecevilary ; on the contrary, it his been sworn,
I that it was the opinion of Mr. Kelly, on this point,
no mean authotity, that the less the ruler f this
little kingdom mixed in common with his sub-
istffs, proportionally did the interests of his ad-
aninistratiori increase and flourist. But another
at mind, in the opinion the Plaintiff. who cou-
eeives sn hiely of the dignity and pomp which
an Opera Manager ough. t.. assume, for the recto-
s:on of 1/Ir. Taylor from the ben-fit of his cutorad
is. that he borrowed money trim one of his ',lbw-
dinate officers. This injedinn appears of equal
weight with the allegation. that be. ause he does not I
understand tort ign languages. therefore he ought
to be diemissed. .It will at least be believed,. that
at the time Mr Gould stipulated w.th Mr. Taylor,
dlat the management should devolve upon hirn, on
the death of the former Gentleman. the Defendant
was not in possession of any foreign language.
which be has since lost ; nor will it be denied that
be was now leas capable of fulfilling the dints' el
Manager. with respell to these enines, than he was
prevous to the deed of 1803, when, for the spa..(
of 25 years. he coriduded the sole and et:l(l,ere
inentigement of this Theatre. The folly •ot their
allegations have been proved; by the result and con-
'sequences. Instead of the profits of Cie Oire
lei.ntse having declined, the receipts have coosult:ie
ably increased, in a great degtet from the judit.
I (toes teguiations introduced. by the Detetniaut
I since the death of Mr. Gould.. Indeed, itwatesaile
dt.t tut. when tits 41cup:1h:seers, to wine* alter
the fire, that theatre was subject, weer toes'.
dered, Ca rotted upon its persent •neleieect state ;
, at that yeriod it bad ineernlwanees tenon is sit
the amount of sortuty t.! emoted •pentl.ds. •T..e
ex,iense ut building was On (130 t. and the whole
arreiont of intumie ante, at t!•is day. upon ,Seat con!
cern, through the .u.letatigaate and succeseful veer, ,
lions of the )tie;.. ant, does not Onlostot to 171,4114
than .23.0e0. • Whit wen em. be •th• ug t•of tee
assertions et the mat oho could Say. Wit it was
probable, at some Autism wife. winch be dues use.
designate. dm steed 5. act. A el bMra well be to
desuoy the stWole pi. perty, of that fherats- I -And
from whemilises this ateresoOn proceed I PlooNti.ar
Plana if; she very preset:Ulm, it i• 'moan iii the
affidavit of Mr. Taylor, and widowed .by the Plane:
I. tilt, &distil made to the 13elendasit an oti.r of
giving up tobina, without etutroveisy. the whole
and reclusive • management;' terevided he woulst
take eft his hinOs !the Peitornters stilts whoa' hd .
fleshly, entered tout cyaid.. dad thus burden use
concern, nut cob with theeatipenest of the ekilloffra
intents made by the Defendant, as dee
au, with wow. woun, ur4J,er 30 .0354301,44
city, the Phi ..tiff had taken upoo .
elude. It wout.: De todithia to state the MN.- d. 41
tee ent maters nt charge exhibited iu the lliesiersi
bill; tueli as retaining a dre.s.maker. woo wed beau
convitted es the Agit' ovate,' co lose of steeliest ease.
dl-s ; or of Buff-ring Madame Catalan'. to .amPPll-
ance with me pertnatlar reetieuit ei thetioguisliedseee-
leers, to gravity them, by Au el.3tLiolt et ;set meinui-
uus slants, &WWI private houses. ludoed. quest' .ns
of pesuliqr Rica" nonfat olives .vain ;it a oust of
Justice, upon these allegations - svuu.d be. per-
haps, for his Lordsiitp, when invested with the mea
nageraent of this 'theatre, to conoder wreathes the
immorality of the theft *es not compensated by eh=
superlative tette which the dress maker :meta.
evince ip preparing the easiness of the heroes aed
heroines l and. in the latter case, wieetber it woul
not, in the encl. furil oat more profitable to allow
this faviitsiite to sing itu4 .agoia, to those
wtv'm we delighted,: by. tesuring 'ben at
tendance, wlnnever theit tavout ice appeared at the
Tbrafre ? tinder ell the ‘l3CUrDlitaliCCl4 it WS tins
possible, upon the bill. tot the Gan to make a ,ale=
cite, much less to gram the at der now sought alum
°is interlocutory case. Tne de d love tee tight
of management to Mr. IT:viol. L lie bad to hoed if •
qapaardie hens gaunt. But of all persous to ett*e
forward with the charge of iticapaesty,„ the Nitwit,
who had made to him sues an stairs was, 4:4 all
men, the most precluded."
Mr. LeAeli followed upon the same side, and
contended that the Plaintiff could not proceed until
every person baring an interest or claim on niat
concern were broagot before the Costa. 'fbe stet •
was not properly instituted. and therefore he would
not disgust his Lordship by an investigation et the
particu.ars. He would merely esufine hiiiiseli to
pore, that from the moment Mr. Gould died,
there arose a struggle between Mr. Waters and the
Defendant, for tne management of the 'Theatre.
It was upon this presumptiou that he hired Per-
formers and took possession of the Opera House.
But whets ha found himself unable to retain that,
then be formed the scheme of bringing Mr. Taylor
into the Court of Chancery; and as Trustee, he
Lis applied to this Court to nuespose for the
protrUion of the joint property from the waste
and extravagance of the Detend Ant. And, lut -
tooth. this was the application of a man, who had
endeavoured to induce ladle. Taylor to burden the
theatre with engagements to the amount of 7,0004.
in addition to his own of 13.0001. is order to release
the Planniff tem the difficulties he had got into by
his own officious pretentious. Fading in that expe-
dient, he has dragged the Defendant into Chancery,
and held him euktoithe Coutt ass profuse. taffeta-