The National Register.
London, England, 1818-12-21 00:00:00

,(Copy No 14

• Thoutre Royal, Lkury Lane. Aug.S.
NIADAIII—I hare it iu oat:mutant' fisma the Geode-
men ofthe Sub-Committee of Drury Lane 'Theatre to
offer you, for the next season. the *emu you bud last
season ; only I um dewed to observe, that they re-
quire your talents to be confined to .this concern only,
during the whole .of the reason. Thu privilege of
writing orders, I am desired toinform you, is discon-
tinued.—l.am, Atatlani, your obedient servant,
• S. KLMBLE.'
(Copy No. IL)
,s;lR—Pressure of business tied some illness have
prevented my earlier reply to your letter. From what
4 now hear of the state of Drury Lane Theutre, I pre-
sume it will not be requisite to trouble either you or
myself with an answer, which would necessarily be at
considerable length. It will be sufficient to say•akt
present, that the total neglect of' the Sub-Committee
has driven me to form engsgements elsewhere, inde-
pendent of prior ones which they are fully aware of,
and which would render it impossible fur me to have
accepted the terms of your proposabt.—l have the bo-,
'four to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
• F. M. KELLY.'

4' It must also be noticed, that at the dine" received
this offer, such as it was,-an injunction from the Court
of Chancery had restrained the Sub-Committee, as I
understood, from entering iutu any engagements what-
ever; and it will be seen, by my answer to Mr. Km-
lge, that I declinedgoing into particulars on that ac-
count for the present ;' lint when the injunctiOn was
removed, Acre was not the slightest inclination multi-
fi:sted by him to renew the ticgociation.
h, fire I'o6e have now my case before them ; they
will best decide, whether I am not. justified in asserting.
that the Sub-Committee have not chosen to retain my
scrviecs' which they might has-c retained, had they
lliought proper, as in the former season, for such pe-
Tiede as their own_coutemptuous neglect had left at my
disposal; amt also how fir Mr. S. limbic is justified.
in the charge of falsehoAl which he has not scrupled to
bring against Inc. 1 cannot conclude without observ-
ing that Mr. 11. Remble, in his anxiety to prove me
guilty of an untruth in one respect, has .totally over-
looked the main grievance of which I have to complain..
The fact nf my builtg deprived of aliheritlimi,ntgetitant,
at Covuut Garden rrieutt,, by the' pCreefied orratipn
of aft injurious Compact, remains uneentr:itliet;:d ; what-
ever mac he Mr. S. Kemble's hope:: and wishes the
subject, the stubburu truth usists in all its force, that

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interference of the t aln ariarivtd of the
fruits of Inv professienallllsThirs--and that I aic coin--
1,441 te;,448.‘,..pp0v Punited 91)51.
savings foss! thaw rarJtha o present stiliainsace. r lays.
ihoionailettokti.....str; vour must obedient servant, •
c•ipo ••.4 It FKLI.Y."
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•• A 'Cormwondent •expresses outtalk displeavere ut ;qr.
Kwtn's re-appearing 'on •t!* stage te.'ientioti nee the repe-
tition of the new tragedy of . iminediately lifter
the pathetic scene which closes the piece, and ha whit.h
the audience wonlal naturally atipp..se Mr.• Kean to be
as meult alfeetel us themselves. lie says, very 1101:i•
hl', 'that, Mr. Kean does injury to himself by breaking
tae illusion so soon ; it is betntylog his art, and show-
ing-bow little alliance it has with nature It admen
jasiftel Jcilmson's sarcasm, that " Pagel* has no feel-
A specimen of a•- new•forin intended to be given to:
Bank-notes has been shown at come of the public
utfices. The paper is of the same size as at present,
but the written anal engraved parts are all contained in
a'srnall oval in the Centre : at each corner is a sort of
stamp, of curious and singular appearance, which, it is
hoped, cannot be imitated.
A severe epigram upon Berke is attributed to the
pen of the late Lord Ellenbornugh. It was enclosed ,n•
a cover, and presented to Burke, as he was shoot to
Open one of the principal changes against Mr. flutings
in the High Court of Parliament.
Oft hate we wontler'il thatea /risk ;mend
No poisonous reptile has e'er yet bet.= found;
• !Revealed the sweet stands at biattoe's work—
She saved her mom to create a 81.101IC
This bitter effusion, on his perusing it, wns observed'
to have a momentary efiLet on the nerves and counte-
nance of the illustrious manager. With an air of blende d.
indignation and contempt, he tore it in pieties, and
scattered the fragments about the hall. The 5411111 t,
however, was impressed on his memory, and mese-
quently repeated by hint. to some friends witkan air of
joculatitv.. •
The Marchioness of Hastings has signillei to the-
Chairman of the Court of Directors, her intentina of
returning to Bengal, and that she has selected their •
ship, The Waterloo, to take the voyage in. Her La.
alyship and family visited that ship in the East India
docks.

The isuke.ef Wellington and Lord Castlereagh, im-
mediately on their arrival, will proceed to Brighton.—•
The Duke's baggage,. containing his magnificent ser-
vices of plate, with various other valuable articles of -
furniture, arrived oil Billingagate on. Wednesday, from.
Antwerp,
The Duke of Northumberland, Nem inspecting the -
Architect's and Surveyor's estimate of the expenses of.
the repairs of Northumberland-home, found, to• his
surprise, their estimate amounted to the sum of 80,0001.
His (?race, in consequence, declined having.tbein done,.
and signified his mention of pulling down the whale of
the house and rebuilding 'it. Their estimate of the-
repairs necessary to be dome to Sion-house, they calem.
lated at 20,0001., which his Grace has assented to.
The Earl of Bridgewater, on hearing of the melan-
choly situation of the ingenious young artist Clenne!,.
and his infitat family, immediately determined. to have
the picture upon which the artist litel'been einployeil, in
its unfinished state.. His Lordship was to here given
1,5001. for it,. when completed. At contaius marry
400 portraits of the Royal personsges, their suites, and.,
other distinguished characters, who were present nt.the
grand civic d,inucr in *Guildhall From this, *tore •
another, upon a very large scale, wits to hire-bees,.
painted by the same- Artist for the Cortosiktittetf Lott.
dun, to be placed up -in Guildhall.
Lord Cochrane 's steam veined; which war to have
followed him to Valparaiso, but. which disl, net answer
the purpose, has been again,taken out of dock, but her
new construction does not yet ullew. her it 'proceed:
with sufficient rapidity.: the engini has coliettptently
been taken out of her, and the ressernow lays AI the:
Red House, at Deptford..
A letter has-been insertedltis week in, the daily pa.
pets, written by a man named T. Ford, and date&
front Norfulk,, in Virginia, deserilfing the great sitcom
he had mex•with since his emigration to America. At
the bottom of the letter it is .tired, that the writer is
a poor briek/uyer, from Sussex, with a wife. an 4
childreu. lie was sent sorer to America by despariet:,,
together with another nem, his wife, and stolen chil-
dren, in order to relieve the parish of the.burden! ! !
Two single working men went with. them ; one or.-
them, an idle one, came - beck again. It took some
titne to ship them all off, which cost the pariah uptionds.
.of 2001.
The remains of Lord Ellettlamangli ere to be removed
en Tuesday morning next from his Rate residence in Si..
James's square, for interment in the Charter.brame ;
they are to be. depositediby the side of the remains of
Air. Sutton, founder, who was interred in this reign,
of Queot ilsabeth.
A uteutuucnt to tile toentury of the late Ale
der Thomsen, Chief-Baron of the Court of s:zoilequvr,.
was 'paced up last week, .in the chrir of the Abhor'.
Church at Bath. On the top of it are the coducets (;Ek.
Ijustias, and volumes of law lxioks tuatiy ezecutod.. •
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