The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-15 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR.

D►e it ISIt.

•
Ma—Shocked ael ant to be compelled to obtrude myself
on public attention, sod totally incompetent as I know my.
self to be to engage in ally thing like consiuveray with Mr.
Stephen Mesabi% I consider myself to be imperiously called
upon to us.tice his letter- taltich appeared in vowr pane
of this day, its which I am very unceresoonioosly 'crowd
of hairier attend • deliberate falsehood. I shall not an
far forget myself as to retort the siecusal tiptoe Mr.
Stephen Kentish.; I will rather, in charily, believe that
he must have forgotten the eirceenstences of my duct
eorrespeadesice with hint, when he ventures In impute ~,
me the unmet* of an ontruth. I will also believe that
Mr Stephen &cable wag ignorant of the nature of my
former engagement al Drury-lane Theatre, alien the sub.
loaned lettere passed between as, or be would have know,'
that the salary I received was fully adequate to my outmost
unites; but that salary was by no means the most essential
einistderation with me. In my former engagement I had ex.
rent, stipulated for an sloenre of six weeks to fulfil an en-
gagement in Ireland : and the hub Committee were falls op-
riled of my existing engagement at the Eoltlish Oseta
Hun-c. which preluded the passibility of my accepting our
which required, ass preliminary condition. that my services
• te• confined to Drutylaue Theatre during the irho'c
of Nu Seems. •
Thu offer. therefore, was no offer at all—it woe an un-
worthy Irsiftre to arm Ilse Ststi-Comusittee with a elefens.ve
saucer, in clarion, inquiry should ..e made by those oho ron.
descend to consoler my humble talents as of some conse-
quence to • Theatre Besiikc this, it will be (Atari, et!, th,t
Mr. S Keroble's letter to me is dated August hth, about
use smooth only before the usual period of opeoing the
Th. etre! The Sub Catapult. e (from wham I hail irecived,
denny the who!' past seas...), the most unprovoked
sults, wish • detail of which it is unnectissry to trouble
the pohlie,) were perfectly notorious that I had art-rived
my eenstfor discharge at the en.' -f the senson, together
1/11:1 utterer 1101 under ariieles ; and they must have been
will aware, that I had toot suffered more than half the sum_
mer In elapse. without making suck arrangements for COMO.
try .11gs:rem...Is, as might occupy a porticon of my fester,
tun.. seal whirl. I was ',waist Ilea to form by the natural
conduit n that they had oo intention to irises my services.
The following offer, through hlr. Steph es Keintihr, there.
fore, cosopkd with resurictioac, which tiny knew it to be
impossible Alf me to comply with, wu a were rockery, and
as such I considered it.
[Copy, No. I.]
" Theatre.ltoyal, Drurydane, August 5, ISIS.
" lime, it in command (min the Gentlemen of
she Siih Committee of Drury-lane Theatre, to offer yam fur
the u• at station the wins you had last se.sson; only I am
desired to observe, that they require your talents to be full.
fined 1.. this concern solely daring the whole of she SeB6oll.
The privilege of writing orders, I sin desired to inform yuu,
is ditemstinued. _

" I am, Madame, your obedient Servant.
(Signed) " 8. KEMILE."

(Copy, No. 2]

" Sto—Pressure of bueiuesa and some Muni have pre.
vented my earlier reply to your letter. From what I uuw
hear of the state of Deury-lane Theatre! pinume it will not
be requisite to trouble either you or myself with an answer
which would necessarily be at considerable I. ligth. It will
be sufficient to say at present, that the total mere of the
Sub.eunicnittee has driven one to form enactments else-
wheie, independent of prior ones, which they ale fully aware
of, and which would render it isapossibia for sae to have ac-
cepted the terms of your proposal.
" 1 have the honour to be, Sir,

" Your obedient Servant,
" F. M. KELLY."

It must also be noticed, that at the time I received this
•ffer, such as it was, an injunction front the Court of Chau.
eery bad restrained the Sub.Cumenittee, as I understood,
fnon entering into any engagement whatever; and it will be
seen, by my answer to Mr. Kemble, iliat I declined going
into portirsdare un rust account fur the present," but when
the injunction was removed, there was not the slightest in.
rimming' manifested by him to renew the negotiation.
The public have now my ease before them; they will best
deride %sheltie'. I ans nut justified in amercing that the Sub.
Committee hare not chosen to retain my sere/err," which
Ilse) might have retained bad they thought proper, as in
the formtr season, fur such periods as their Own elnitentpin.
Onil !Weer, had left at my disposal; and also bow far Mr.
Sieptirti Ketaible is justified in the chsrge of falsi hood
whith he has nut sernpleil to bring arminst me. I cannot
rum-hide without observing that Mr. S. Kembk, in his
Anxiety to prove me guilty of an untruths in sine respects
totally overtunheit the main grievance of which I have
C,,111111001/. The fact of my being deprived ~1 a liberal
~.•:..st• 'tient at Covent Garden Theatre, by the perverted
of r.rtion of an injurious monad remains isneontriidict-
"l "listever may be Mr. S. Kembles hopes and wiAlov sin
the 51.1 jet., the stubborn truth exists, in all its force, that I
the olefins of a cruel conspiracy—that by the tinjust
tr. (corner of the Sub .Committee, I am deprived of she films
"1 "iv Prefisio,,al laloma,—,old that I am compelled to threw
011011 my linvti.,l and hardly sl savings for the means
of present subsistence.
I luxe the honour to be, Sir,
" Yuur must obedient Servant,
" F. M. KELLY."

An eminent artist in liirminhatn is at this
tone execrating a great number of silver medals.
4.1 celebration of the noble struggle fur indeptui-
‘l4.l.ce made at the late general election by the free-
holders of Westmorland. On one side is a striking
A 'rtless of Mr. BROUGHAM, with the legend.
" HENRI BROUGHAM." and on tlw the fol-
"mg inscription To the patriotic. ineoprstpii-
tle, and aahuught Freeholders of the county of
Westmorland. Atlt of My. These medals
sre of the sole charge of a high-spirited Freeholder
of that county, whose intention it is to present one
of tltrtn to rail; of his brother-freeholders who voted
151(11 bun on that memorable uccobion.