The National Register. — London, England, 1812-10-18 00:00:00

R IP 4 1, Tlyr curt:on rises—Oliss toy Lord's Address. 11 . ou regard roarselves, you cala.st do less. The aranag rs, the to" n wad us to stale, cmosed it to he siNaken every' meat, net/wive put rat, tail s;,cll your vote • ; I will be repeated waif 1,,, her out ;et." LUDICROUS q.I2ETI'E On, THINGS TO BE 1..11:0IILD AI!! Sit. Benny, Avn HIS SON, V. THE or,rtlY LANE COMMITTEE. After the play onlVednesda v , one (dills. twist sle!tilar scenes °centre() Oita we evil wituessed on et. off the stage. 'file ctirtain bad scat cely descend( d. nht.R.o Gelato mail -alit , was in the pit, close to the stage, addressed the audience with cleat et rtie•tnest , . We Wahl* littcoti him ft) request tl.eir attention' to that which he It..d to state, and he was tcotidrot th %%Len the ere in poss.Asion of theseircum stat:ees of it!' he " lAirdto un it I l l ,his conduct would cease to create surpii-e. He was stlll endeavou.ing to s peak when the curtain was twain drdwn pp, which is it -w taxess-ry, fin the ahseoce e.f the stage rfoi•e-). when the play ef the text th,v nin ionhced. Holland ad taw td to girt fit riay. and alipeared quite confounded to find e-r" 1 ;t r P"e"itoi of the House. The unkn set:ined to insist t tee precedence, end exerted I ims•lt to the ininost to ob fun' hrtiririq bene - e another permi ted to speak. Holland came slid •it vo'is ,sidieult to determire which was must confused, the tit "c'"-n in ?hie ttr the Actor on the Stages The audience, as is usttel wlicte‘er a theatrical disputt- arises, toek different parts in tl:e cc:we p•ci . sy, and sowe wire c i matourmis that the one should be li tened to, slid sortie that the other should be Lea:rd. Holland now ppeat ed to rico( r f:4 An I is stir: rise. aid reflecting that it wet tint of the greatest importaece'th-t what he bud . to say should be heard, an utotince3 the Play in the ea:dst of the lisn ult, aid retired. The Gentle loan nein teitleavl . ured to make himself heard. but wi.hout susses. The tries of • 4 !" hie, , cc &c. vilich burst from all patts (if the, t!'catre, conpletely ovcrpow et ed his efforts, and we could not catch a sirs gst w-.rd. llc ?Lea dis;.la t v.! a twje r which it te, , s understood he washed to re. , d. The aud.etice now intiOnsted v.i.h that. be would 1 1 VI en the bll'Ke• and with this wish, r:ften vet sated, lie at length 1 effluldted. oh rill? .t hi. first apnearance rat these boards, he met eith " the man i indulgence," and ,was 1 udly applendcd. Ile walked rea , ly aerosu , the slag..., and made Ino4 prof.o„ind how to the so aienee, rind was atenit st-hen Mr. Haymond entered from behind. Ile Hilt-Juiced to the flow of the Seaga, and made a stand very itt-cr 11r nukt:t;ull, and halt steei 12i;w:ng to the audience for some time ; butts then atteietlett :0 rd,iresx the 'lndict ee, turd the an dlcncr, tireq of uSd re wx, his.ed both. Mutually clisappointed in they now addl ., sged each Other, and fermi the manner in which this ctmference commenced, with nrefuund hosing. it was supposed by part of the audience that they were :t„hoat to rehearse the first scene in "rain /Hunk Both• again vitennved n, speak, without being heard . TIT mice: of the andiente teemed to be in favour of the unknair , ,— end. R u yino t;t l perceiving thil. at length intimated. " that if it was the wish of the llouse to hear tiro Gentleman, 1;e (Mr. It ) ttauld g:te Wht. to iii 1.." This vr„s billowed by applanse, and Mr. 11., v ea7.n . l m'a'te his exit. The tit - intent:to once trio's endeavoured to im , ke Wats( If hr ard, but without effect ; !h. ugh, from his eartiest manner, and intlo 3 mure ,l fie=turt a, moll were as multi us to hear hint as he ens to be he rd. `hit nee, however. roord not be. obtained, and -the id. : ct.nfilsion prevail. d in the theatre, smite calling to him to " 0.14 " and eti c• to "gn dj." Matters stood thus when Mr. }turmoil(' tenle'red again, lie remained on the s:-ice but a very few moments, n:id after exelittiging w few words with the tinknocca; rt tired. The lattet 111 i. 4(.! a new ant ttl to the a u dience, l% 11101 was nut mare fortu nate than his filrmer efforts, and clasping hi• lia»ds with vexation, he ss , eme I at a 141:•S What Step to take, NV hf•fl the entrance of I%VO sllSritiekS characters (thgar.first appearance out this sine) attracted his attention. 1 ties prr•ooti, %%fin, lip a ROSenerontz and Gttil ituAtern, were " sent fir," like Basenctuni: and f/iiibleostria.clossed Hamlet (the unknown) "to get the %%hid t.l hou." One of them now approached him, and male some poihtrd obserratimic as wr guess, front his pahitlog to foie corner of the stage. These not being properly attended to he tidily seiz,ll the Grutit fittito, who, endeavouring to regain his tormer stmtput is the pit, found his retreat rut off by the other suspicious din t-Peter. ulio, am weft as the first, proved to be a Police Officer. These persons by re him froth the stave in custody, amidst a tumult of hisses, eoi :geed .i cssreisions of appitihation. • al k Force of " Pee Mire" ten:menet-a, and Mr. Penson, who,' . as Movie, first came foremrrt, met with it. rade a reception, that he WV , obliged to retreat, ..si.fter . a prim; of a tunnel. ot two,. he again made his appearance, nt,d the storm agaia * rose 'so high, that it was int- MT. 18. i I 1 1 1 I 1 , , , I 651 THE NATIONAL REGISTER: pos.sibleFTor him to proceed , in his port. He now appealed to the an. donee, stated terwelf :o be placed inn very : - .wkward situation, and solicited their indulgence. This had not the eft - oct of appeasing th e as . semblv, and he tient Left the stage. Mr; Ray mond once' more came fo7ward, and wss allowed to speak, and indulgence of which he availed himself in the following no;n:.er : " LADIES AND GENIT.FIiET:i "I wish most respectfully to ask what is yens wish ?" " Etp!anation."—" Bring ferward the' nias."—it Why did yeit seize hint !"- and a hundred other exclamations burst at once from the au dieticc. Mr. Raymond then went on—" An onknown person has this night attempted to disturb your entertainment — r Ilete he was interrupted by several persons in the pit, elm con. tended that the person was not unknown, and that he had art attempted to disturb the e:itertaiinuent of the audience. Mr. Raymond maintained, that he bad diteinbed the stated it to he his duty to prevent any disturbanve, and appealed to the house it it was regular ha any persAt so to leave another part e,f the hens- and come On the state to address them The Farce was then resumed, but experienced great oppo.itiun at first ; this, however, soot) died away, and the evenings perienmunce met with no thither interrnption. We understand that the Gentleman who attempted to address the audience, was George Frederick Busfm, Esq. '1 he subject of hee tended appeal was, we believe to vindicate the Tot Est of the co an. v from the odium cast upon it by the choice of the axisting Anna, Ns, Thisvobject he inteeded to effect bs the recitation of a 31tINO11/r•t . prerionsin seen by the Comanittee of Dru'y bole, wlitte it 1 1 11 " lath" , Dr. Busby. Thursday, immediatele on the conclusion of the Comedy of The Pi rals, Dr. Busbe, who was in the first seat of tie third tier 11l boxes, again pi ensiled himself to the audience, and howiog rest:eolth.% to all parts Of the flonse, attempted to address them. For some minutes. liowev'er. the tumult was so great, of ft leads and foes, hisses and plau dits, that nut a sinole sentence could be heard. As soon as any Om% like silence could he obtained, the Deena proceeded thus : " I am Dr. Busliv, 't lover, a member of the' Drama, and a friend to the 'Theatre.—( Loud cheering, hiws, awl hear hira !)—L dies aid Gentlemen, by some I may be blamed for takkg this method tf ad dressing rots, as being humiliatiog to a Gentleman ; but :1 can se e no greater impropriety 1 1 1 speaking from the public lox of a public theatre, than from a forum, or from the hustings at an election.-- (1 owl chen log. with sonic dkanprobotion.) " Ladies and Gentlemen—For the tale is and qualifications of rite Right Hun. Noble and Illustrious Lord, who wrote-the Address which you have heard this night recited to von, I have the highest respect— ( Applause and hisses.).- It is well kitown, that for seseial week., 'the Committee, appointed to manage the concerns of this Theatre, have, by public advertisemt nt. cot:tied the etre rifts of the Literary %stall, eu prtinre an Address to he spoken it the opening of•this truly ii aK nificeot structure. This was on their part noble and praisewerthy, but it must he allowed on all hands that however right they have been in norrnion they hose mist lament4b'y erred in judgmetit—" ( Here the noise and truntslt was so great that the Doctor fo- sonic :ni neties rotted not proceed.) Th e ""I"ber "f s iversons'whocorkseended to furnish Addresses, he believed. bud exceeded one hundred, and those who thought that tint of such a number a better could not have been selected, did nit think I ! so hi2lil7 of the poetical talent of the country as he did. Alan ij them it must be believed that some were very fine. He himself knew 11 of four or five of that description— (Cries of " Your own and your siq,'s wen...among, them.'!) Übe bell now rung for the first music, and tlie : voice of the speaker was lost in the sounds which came from the or chestra. When the music ceased he again attempted •to address the !muse. The curtain, however, at this moment rose for the Farce. Mr. Horn entered, bet was obliged, by the voice of the audience, to re tire.—After a short pause he again came on with Mr. Knight, and attempted to commence the performance, but the cries of "Oil 411, 1 were so loud, that it - was impossible fur theta to go on. Both left the Stage, and Mr. Rileniond made his appearance. Silence being ob tained, he addressed the ateliroce in - these words— " Ladies and Gentlemen, • - ' e Is it your wish that we should proceed with the Farce ?" The audience seemed generally to signify a wish t hat the perform ance should go on, and Mr. Raymond bowed and retired. The Face recommenced, but the tumult continued so high, that for some time nothing could Ise heard. It subsided towards tlie close of the.firstecene: and the Farce went en without interruption. Dr. Book! res.iilued - • 111 ' seat, having been desired by several persons to 111.143 what ..bad say till the eltertainturent was ove,r... At the end of the firs/ act elm goctoe rose again, but he'd net time -tit speak before the second c mmenced. - ' • M r I