The National Register. — London, England, 1809-10-08 00:00:00

orT. S. parry in the pi ivate boxes, which obviously consisted of the ni.)st respectable Ladies and Gentlemen, with the younger brancbcs of their families, most of them delicate and in teresting To the credit of the company, we must r 'mark, that an universal sentiment of disgust and abhor rence Wil excited at this most wanton and brutal outrage upaii manly 8C1153 and female delicacy, and the cry of " 0. 7 i! •;I:anse ! shame Turn the Blackguards out!" pro ceeded from every. part of the house. In the midst of the uproar, Mr. Kemble, again made his appearance, amidst the mingled voices of approbation aad dissatisfaction ; but it was evident from the general display of hats, handkerchiefs, and clapping of hands, that there WAS a decided majority in his favour. He •addressed the House : " Ladi-s and Gentlemen—For the satisfaction of the pub lic, we have bubmilt: LI the irspection and scrutiny of tbe whole of our concerns to a number of tip! most honourable, disioterested, nud distinguished characters in the country. This truly honourable Committee, after the most strict investigation, h ive made their report ; this report we have duly submitted to tue public consideration, mud we humbly trust that the state ment has pro v ed satisfactory.—[A tumult of applause, and a general round of rattles, horns, tfc.] " Ladies and (ientletnen—(proceeded Mr. Kemhle, first hew ing to his right, then to his left, and lastly to the front of the 'Louse, evidently much agitated), if the result had been the re. auction of the price: , , the concern must have been inevitably ruined. [Here the confusion was renewed.] We appeal to the candour of an enlightenrd public for a ,justification of our can elect. [Great applause, cmnpletrly overpowering the divest.. lientl,,hut the latter did not fall, as usual, to call to their aid /he noisy support of their rotates, horns, Sce. and it was im possible for some time to hear another weitl.] " Ladies and Gentlemen, (said Mr. K. in conclusion), I feel confident in addressing an audience of the most enlightened and distinguished metropolis in the world, that justice will be done us. and that we shall have the happiness of receiviv your sane-, (ion to a measure which has been proved to be absolutely timer sary to save our concern from ruin." Mr. Kenible then retired, bowing most respectfully to *very part of the audience, amidst another tutn.:lt of ap plause and disapprobation, the contents, who were the slecided majority, waving their hats and handkerchief's, and clapping their hands, and the. enraged non-contents Navin;; recourse, as usual, to the aid of their several noisy wit] discordant instruments.—The company soon after began to depa,•., and about a quarter before eleven the House was completely cleared. On Friday night there was the usual scene of riot and confusion. In the beginning of the evening the house was rather thin ; but on the raising of the lights, the up roar partially commenced, and continued to increase as it became more crowded, until at length the din became in tolerable. The pit, as usual, was chiefly instrumental in the performance; and as they ;landed their placards up to the boxes for exhibition, the latter for a tune bore their full proportion in the uproar, in consequence of some re fusing to receive them, and others tearing them as semi as tl;f4 got them into their possession. This was the sixn;ll for the divison of the two parties ; for the Managers hzd eidentty their's as well is the public, and pugilistic con tests ensued by way of van jug the amusements of !Le ve n g Lvery thing- 0 is short, was attended to evept the performance. We noticed the following ii;scription s: " Beware of any dicloyal allusions to mislead the public opi nion." " To be or not to he—old prices or new—that h the question." `• Mr. K " E.na•cr your price ; for no evasion '' Will suit John Bull on this occasion." " Fi leer cent. for si years !!! " A lie, nn od;ous damned lie I " Unnn inV sOtti, n .I,e. a o irked lie I " 0, John Ball..leho Ball, John Ball, " if thou least nature in thee, hear it Dot." " No garbled extracts." " 'the present entertainments triving been recei%ed with ua bounded applau4e, by a brilliaut audience; they wilt he repeated every ebening till further notice." All the performers were mailed on their entrance with loud hisses, groans, rattles, bells, &c. which continued dur ing their appearance on the stage. The only difference which we noticed between this and the preceding evenings was, that on the dropping of the curtain, the audience in the pit did not sit down, as usual, to rest, but, by way of variety, cuffed each other until it rose again. Then, how ever, like the ancient Romans, they kid - aside their inter nal disputes.to unite against the common enemy ; and the unfortunate performers had to sustain the increased impetaw of their resentment. During one of these commotion, in the pit, the whole body of it was so shaken, that two y ount 311011, who Were stand* on the se:4 of the back row, were thrown front their balance, and fell on the spikes of the back of the pit. They were considerably hurt, and would ha%e been monk so had they not been caught by persons in the bores. The performance concluded as usual at ten o'clock, ant the house was cleared ay usual at about eleven. There was no speechifying On the part of the audience, and Mr. Kern hie did not appear the whole evening. Upon the whole, we think the riot was greater than ever ; the peace was of tener broken than it h as hitherto been. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. TO THE RDITOR OF THE N.ATION4L REGISTEL Ste,--The public has long been considered as a many headed monster, looking so 'many various ways, acd sti mulated, by such various wishes, that he must be indeed a coojuror, that could give universal satisfaction ; and there are none who feel this so much as those who" lips to please," and must also please to live. 1 have uot been an unconcerned, though an unbiassed spectator of their late difficulties, yet mindful of the old adage " atwai alerting partern," I suspended my judgment ontil their own State ment, or rather the report of those Gentlemen to whom the'r accounts were delivered for examination should fie laid before the "'Theatrical House of Commons" as it is stiled by your Correspondent "frirbitration." In his view of be case I will not deny.him the merit of candour, but I must observe that many of the points on which lie insists do not rest with the Managers alone, but are in fact im posed on them by a great mass of the Public, svho would be as obstreperous and vociferous if deprived of their usual amusements, as they are now at the sopplsed imposition " the rise of prices. I here particularly allude to the great expores incurred by PantomSnits, willch your torcespon &fit supposes might in a great measure be saver, by the sulostitution of new pieces; doubtless this arriegement might afford more rational entertainment to a few, hut then, Sir, we must remember, that it has been nu in% a ria tile custom to enliven the Chriitni; , s holiells t,y gtaro and glitter, for the entertainment not only of the antic, but alto of the grent children r. - ho frequent the house at th.tt s.!rion. An E.stbi' ition of this kind, tuts: - t , c , got up at great expence to give Satisfaction, ;Ind ipriA. hoc: ail entraOrdillary run in or d..,. to repay this expt•nre; it is not therefore to h siipposd that the Ilklanazers, whosn duty, even ;;ioir epponentg tocomuit, !v.! not t o th e taste of the public, will throw asfle an entertnin• inept whose attractions flit their itonsr..eveo overt!owin4, SI/ereSiiVC nights. Some of IN 1 - Ce( ) ;!:_'0 Et!i tor, when IW9 patitomirncl is a seaman, s ere nrcessar% for the s - ckly palate or John Full ; nor-is it yet 1 1, 11 . ;:oren - Ih4t althiniah the oh! Dritry-lane Co , :apaiiy opened their fii . st season at the Opera House v,7ith a d:.•chred intentivo i,f (tm. inksing Harley:in from their hoard--, they fcuni th em . selves obliged , soon lifter to. r e s c i n d th is reSt)!lleioi), wit hqtavding thitit hail been h .iled at first a' n syteptfon of the revival of ;t, true_na`jor,ll taste. f'o much Sir, for one enorinousarticie of ex;%lnlits.:re, an ariitic which ens, g m& aud the F44.lic voice, base almost' intei - vzolitus itb