Star.
London, England, 1807-11-21 00:00:00

CANTERBUA ; AGYEMBER 20.

Lieutenant General Sir Ganacc J. LUDLOW has
returned to his refidence at St. Stephens, near Canter.
hurt, and refound the command of the Southern

I menti.ned in my tall the debarkation at Ramf-
gate, of the Hi, 2d, and 3d, light cavalry of the
German Legion, tha difpofition of which regiments
has frnce been altered, and they are for the prefent to
be Rationed—the IR regiment at Deal, the 2d at
Canterbury, where the lad divifinn arrived yeflerday,
and the 3d at Ramfgate, Stonar, &c.
The artillery of the German Legion arrived in the
Downs on Sunday, and continued its courfe the fame
day for Portfmouth.

It is the depot of camp equipage belonging to
Meffrs. TROTTER, the contriEtors, which is to be
removed from Maidllone, part to Canterbury, and
part to Lewes, and not the cavalry depot, as erro
neoufly Rated in fome other prints.
The Ball given by the Folkellone Band on Monday
lag, for the relief of the Britifh prifoners in France,
was moR numeroufly attended. The amount of the
tickets fold exceeded 321. !daring the higheft credit
on the mufical party who propofed it, and who paid
all the attendant expence., as well as on the Ladies
and Gentlemen who patronifed it, amongst whom
may be noticed W.Hort Y wools, Erg. M.P. and family;
Rev. R. PRICR and friends ; Rev. D Ball ; the °M.
ccrs of the 9th Foot, Mr. KNIGHT, &c.
Tuefday fennight, during the high gale, a Rack
of hop poles near Wye, was blown down, and (even
fireep belonging to Mr. - LEGGITT, which had
fbeltered themfelves dole to the poles, were buried
underneath them, and were not difcovered until Fri•
day morning, when fix were taken out alive.
Saturday lag was run at Wingham, a foot race
of forty r'ds, for ten guineas, between Mr. JOHN
KNIGHT Of Wickham, and Mr. HENRY KNIGHT of
Seaton, which was won by the former with cafe.

The Supplementary Lottery finifhed laft night,
and the holders of the following Prizes fold by llisH,
may receive their Money by applying at either of his
Offices, No. 4, Coriihili, or 9, Chariog Crofs :
tz,194 -1, I ,oco 3.185 - Lsoo
..c.,9'07 1„a.0 I 18,523 - 500
7,575 - i,co.. 3,c72 - 500
Tickets and Shares tor the City Freehold Lottery,
are felling in great variety.
The Tickets No. 5127 and 9938, drawn yeflerday
136/P; of wool, each, were fold, Anted, and regif
tered by Sir JASIFS BRANSCASID and Co. at their
lucky Lovery Offices, No. I i„ Holborn, 37, Corn-
hill, and Nu. ;S, Flayrnaiket, Piccadilly; where the
Ticket No. 25-x, eiiii!lcd to 4.0.0001. in the prefent
State Lottery, was likewifc fstld in Green Sixteenthv,
and where the holder; of each refpative (tare may
receivz the amount of that Prize oft demand.

LAW INTBLLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, NOV. so.

OBERA HOUSE.
WATERS, EXECUTOR OF IifOULD, V. TAYLOR.

Sir SAMUSL ROMILLY, on the Ina of the Defeo
dant, was proceeding, when
The Loan CHANCELLOR obferved, that he bad per.
ofed the deed of 1803, with the greaten attention,
from beginning to erd ; and before any further pro-
ceedings fhould be had, he willed to fuggeft to the
parties the propriety of adjulling this matter by arbi
tration, according to the top fpirit of the decd.
After a (bort paufe, this propofitioa not appearing
to be acquiefced in, -
Sir SAMUIL ROMILLY refumed. He laid, that this
was an application which it was impoffible the Court
could for a moment entertain. It was an application
making his Lordfhip the vifitorial inquifitor over
this college of pleafure, not only calling upon him
to manage the Theatre, inftead of Mr. Taylor, but
to giVe directions to all parties concerned how it
fhould in future be condufted. His Lordfhip per.
Ifaps would be defirous, as in the Court of Admiralty
the Learned Judge calls in the affillance of the Tri-
nity Mailers upon nautical quellions, to call in the
aid of fome Italian Gentleman or Lady to affift him
in deciding whether 50001. a year was a fufficient fa-
lar for Madame Catalani.
Lord CHANCELLOR—" If I am rrquited to decide
between thefe parties, what might be a competent
falary for M ,dame Catalani I might fay, for my own
part, I would not give five fhillings to hear her ling
one half the year round. If I am to determine the
queftion, whether there (hall he finging all Saturday
night and Sunday morning, I would (hut up the
Opera Houfe altogether on that night, and of coorfe
there would be a decreafe in the Lady's emoluments."
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY again refumed. This was
not, he kid, an application requiring the Court to
grant any equitable relief, or clearing his .Lordfhip
to foreclofe a mortgage, to take an account, or any
thing of that nature ; buti the very important iffue
his Lordfhip had to try was, whether there fhould
be one or five watchmen guarding the Opera Houfe
—whether fuch and fuch performers fhould have
fuch and fuch falaries? and he was cleared to remove
Mr. Taylor, on the grounds of mifmanagement; not
for any negligence or omiffion on his part, but from
an over anxiety in promoting the profperity of the
concern. The objeftion to Mr. Taylor's manage
meet was, that he had made a number of engage.
ments ; that he bad Hared an order, requiring all
perfons who had free tickets, to bring them in, that
they might be marked, in order to deteft counterfeits,
many of which had crept into the houfe ; and that
he had greatly reduced the number of freeadmiffions.
The anfwer to thefe complaints was, that he cer-
tainly had made engagements from which the Thea-
tre had derived the greateft benefit; that by reducing
the number of free admiffions he had increafed the
receipts cf the houfe upon an average tool. per
night ; and as to his difcharging the watchmen, it
was a ufelefs, prodigal, and unneceltary expence.—
With raped to the difmiffal of Mr. Jewell from the
Treafurerfhip, that was the dying requeft of Mr.
Gould, carried into effeB by the defire of Mr. Wa-
ters himfelf; and thus the Learned Gentlemen on
the other fide, having got rid of all thefe charges,
confined themfelves to one point, namely, that of Mr.l
Taylor abfenting himfelf when his prefence might
poffibly bt neceffary. But it was evident this office
had never required the perfonal attendance of the
Manager—it was his duty to fee that proper perfons
were employed in the more important branches—
but it was the duty of the Deputy Manager (which
was an office that had always aided) to look after
the fubordinate Rations. It was alto charged that
Mr. Taylor had borrowed money of fome of the fob-
ordinate officers, derogatory to his dignity as Maria-
' ger ; but this was an acculation too ridiculous for
the Court to entertain one moment. It was alledged
that by thefe means the concerns of the Theatre had
been much damnified, but they were not able to thew
how they were damnified—cn the contrary, it would
be found to be more profperous under Mr. Taylor's
adminiltration than ever. During his foperin
tendance, the incumbrances, amounting to feveral
hundred thoufand pounds, were now reduced to
23,0001. But what was his Lordfhip to think, after
Mr. Waters had reprefenied Mr. Taylor as a perfon
fo unfit to manage the Opera Houle that ruin mull
enfue, when he heard that it was pofitively (worn,
that Mr. Waters had offered to give up the fele ma-
nagement for two years, provided he would continue
the performers which he (Waters) had engaged,
thereby increafing the expences of the feafon from
20 to 300=1. ? Another charge againft Mr. Taylor
was, his retaining a drefs maker in the employment
of the Theatre, who had (Men fome candles ; and
Ifuppafe the fad eflablifhed, was it for his Lordfhip
to fay how far he was to confider the immorality of
fifth a perfoo 1 Another difficult queftion :or his
Lordfhip to decide was, whether a performer fhould
ling at private concerts ; and whether Arch an event
might not induce perfons to receive that pleafure
again and again ? Under all thefe circumitances, he
fubmitted that the Court could not interpofe, or make
any decree in this cafe.

Mr. I.:Ascot, on the fame fide, obferved, that this
was nothing more than a Itruggle ever fince the death
of Mr. Gould, of who thould be Manager ; and Mr.
Waters had firft begun with threats and intimidations,
and then affumed the management, engaged perfor-
mers, &c. and now came into Court, having no inte-
tell in the concerts, requiting his Lord!hip to retrain
Mr. Taylor from committing wane. and making un-
neceffary expenditures, and other mifmanagement,
when he himfelf, without any authority, engaged'
(even performers, and then fay: to Taylor, " If you
don't unite flick performers with the others engaged
by you, and advance 30,0001. innead of 20,0001. 1
will drag you into the Court of Chancery, and de.
prive you of your management."
Mr. WSTHER AL alfo, on the fame tide, Paid the
real point in conteft appeared to him to be, who
thould be Manager ? On the one hand, threats were
!self' out to arrelt Mr. Taylor for 20,000 l unlefs he
agreed to engage thole performers (elated by Mr.
Waters,and then he is charged with ntifmanagement.
The office of Manager vial reprefented by line Gen
tleman as a place a great dignity, while another
compared it with that of a fhopkeeper—but under
whataver denomination it might be elated, it Mai

l evident the contell, on the part of Mr. Waters, via-
Oget the management bingelf. There wa•, however,
a diain& admiffion by the other liJe, that the deed of
'mortgage did not affe& Mr. Taylor's right of ma-
nagement, and that, on the death of Mr. Goul.t, he
became the fie manager. Having perufed the ori-
gi::al trufl deed, he did not find any thing which
required :bat the Manager fhould e'er let his font
inEde the Theatre. The other fide, therefore, could
not refort to any flipulatel rule. or eft ablilhed cuflum
to fix this propofition ; but it wai afrerted, that he
fhould be prefent at the rehearfal and fubfequent per-
formance, in 0r4.4.er to rift his authority, in cafe any
of the performers &mild b- capricious and refufe to
fatisly the audieriCe by repeating a long, &c He
begged leave to remind his Learned Friend, Mr. Fon-
blanque, of a poet of conliJerable eminence ( Horace),
wha commenced one of his Sillies with

Omnibus hoc vitium eft cantor: -us, inter amicos
Ut nunquans haducaut animuni car trc rogatii
!OWE nunquam defiltant."
Or did his Learned Friend mean to fay. that Ma-
dame Catalani was like the celrbra,ed Tigcllius, when
" Czfar, qui cogcre pont,
Si peteret per amicitiam patris, atque fuam, non
goidquaus proficeret ; fi collibuilfet, ab ovo
Ufque ad mala etaret, Io Bacche, modo lissom
Voce, modo hac refonat, gum cordis quatuor ima."

It was a thing too ridiculous fur a moment's con-
lideration. It was further charged againft Mr.
Taylor, that he had permitted Madame Catalani to
Ping at (,me private houfes of fafhion. Had he re-
futed fo to do, it might have created a siting and
rebellion in the Weft end of the town, which would
not be foeafily quelled; and this f. fltionable phalanx
might have done more mifchief to the Theatre than
he was aware cf.
LORD CHANCELLOR.—" If he does not dole to
let her ling, am I to make an order to prevent her ?
I remember, when I was Chief Jullice at the Com-
mon Peas, an application to reduce the falaries of
fome females, according to their different degrees of
intoxication."

Mr.WETHEZALTCrUMed.—Another. complaint was,
that Mr. Taylor had temoved the pannels on the
front of the boxes, whi .h reptefented a marine pro.
ceflion, with Neptune, Thetis, and other Sea Deities,
who might have been very handfame 25 years ago,
and might have caught the talleful eye of his Learn-
ed Friend, when he was a Student of Lincoln's Inn;
but now Neptune was nearly defaced, and the lovely
figure of Thetis was neatly obliterated. Mr. Taylor
wtthed to fubaitute more new and fathionable deco-
rations; hut Mr. Waters thought a little foap and
water would revive all their former beauties ; and
thefe were the ferious and important grounds of com-
plaint againfl the management of Mr. Taylor.
Mr. AGAR, and another Gentleman, appeared on
the part of fume of the Incumbrancers ; but not being
parties in the fuit, they were not permitted to pro-
ceed.

Mr. Foe/imams:Lye, in a long and able reply, urged
the Court to the neeellity of appointing a Manager
to preferve the property; snd fubmitted to the Court,
that the queftion was not whether Mr. Taylor had
managed the Theatre well or ill, but whether he
was now in a condition to fuperintend the manage.
went ?

The Loan CHANCELLOR, at great length, ad-
verted to the various claufes in the Trull Died of
1803; and commented upon each with great preci-
fion and perfpicuity. He confidered that the very
fubjed of the prefent controverfy was exprefsly pro-
vided for by the Deed ; and the parties appeared
moft anzioufly to have anticipated kch ttn event, and
to have provided a remedy againfl it. His Lordfbip
therefore thought the true conflrueion of the intim.
ment.was, and he had no cl;fficuity in laying, that
the perfonal attendance of the Manager was Come-
times, and perhaps frequently neceffary ; but this
was not a cafe which he could determine, and if he
was to interfere, he could only refer to the Mailer,
to Hate whether Mr. Taylor was or was not in a
condition to attend to the duties of that office? In
all Cush cafes as the prefent, it became the Court to
paufe before it paired any opinion ; hut, whatever
might be the view in which the parties confidered
this cafe, he knew they were calling down the inter-
pofitinn of a jurifdiElion which mull effe'l, not per-
haps their total ruin, but which mutt, at Leal, create
a great deal of mifc:,;ef. His ultimate with, there-
fore, was, that the patties fhould come to fume ad-
juliment by arbitration ; and, for this put pofe, he
defired the matter to fiend over for a week.

WHITE O. THE FAIL OF CARHAMPTotI.

Sir SAMUIL ROMILLY moved for an ininneion
to reftrain the defendant from proceeding at law
againft the plaintiff, in an aa ion at law inflituted by
him, grounded upon a bond for being part
of the purchafe money of Luttrell's Town in the
county of Dublin, which had been purchafed by Mr.
White, the plaintiff, in tflot, for the furn of 80,0001.
The fum•of zo,oool. of the purchafe money having
been left in Mr. White's hands upon his bond, for the
fecuring him againft all incumbrances greeting the
eilate, as provifions for the younger children of Si-
mon late Lord Irnham, the defendant's father, of
whom the Duchefs of Cumberland was one. The
Noble Earl had in London held Mr. White to bail,
for the furn of gfool. on the promife of this bond,
and the plaintiff, Mr. White, put in a plea to the de.
claration, and Lord Carhampton filed a demurrer to
the plea, which demurrer was &owed in the Court
of King's Bench. The Learned Counfel obferved,
that the Noble Lord had put in an anfwer upon his
honour to the prefent bill in this Court ; he did not
deny the plaintiff's charges, but contended, or fub-
mitted, that the plaintiff was the perfon bound to get
the incumbrances upon the eftate in quettion at the
time of tale removed, and that the fortune of the
Duchefs •f Cun-.berland, beirg 40001. was paid to
her on her firft marriage, and that the other incum.
brances did not affeEt the eflare in goellion. But it
appeared that an annuity of fool a year remained as
an incumbrance on this ettate, and that, with other
charges, the film of sisool. remaining in Mr. Whites
bands, was not too mt ch for his fecurity of the put.
chafe.

Mr. FirELD addre(red his Lordthip on the fame
fide, and nearly to the lame effeft.
RICHARD; was proceedi•:g f- T the defendant.
againft thi> injunction, when his Lardruip defied him
:crime his argument on a future city. Motisin
adjourned.

trurn Vrtf .