The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1809-09-19 00:00:00

TifSATRE. -.-••••••ila • A•wle be from the inftenntatory mat. tar ~,,,,,Ag a ted by ton massy of the Metrooolitan fur seine time past. the uprising of this an look anti elega.st t re • seem. or sun..., contasion, doorder. scal tumult. as 11151Irlicelail to the perpetrators, who acre active rigouts ems the or vision. as In the initigassers a All outrage which re f.'. shame oted reproach upon the priblic taste and jottlgotest. Independent of the Wit ural curiosity and desire exci!cal by the sp,esidal external and in. Mewl decorative,* of the •riscatre, u still greater and more exiesiSive my/witty ens generated, to b e hold it net the , . the lirst td ht of its being thrown *yeti to the public. Before two o'clock, weren't thousands or the most curious besieged the various doors, and were clew h u ms for ad-, mission. At hint' post two, the insist forward broke over the railing its treat of the arcade. its Illow--treat, and forced their way to the ' , idealize of the Theatre. It W 45 thugs with much diffieulty that tire door-kerners cools! . po resit their further pro vos, till about live o'clock, al:en the donna were amereol, mid our huniesise rash ailed tile house.,—. Minelreds got lay/About paying fur their adsnsa auna ; and .1414 it war expected l'rons such gets try, th e y afterwards became the insist suesy stud tur bales( of the *adieu's.. U would, iadeesi , hose been very hard upon the pOnr fellows. who CAtillOt expect to obtain a seat often a l ai,' the sante easy term ,, g e e, they s hould not hate been allowed, for the. one uight, the flrjtish ayseslege of snaking • wiii.e. wad .total as they Wad! Previous to the drawing op tif 1./soca:toot, there were massy notice. t h ous ., 1 ,, 1 , 46641%3g Istria of the House, among a cer eals dev - riptiox of iielirithials. of • slispositiou to b e minty, rode, On the outside of the Theatre, in Bow-street, the elumour and tu. milt was prodigious, and a* many of the populace afterwards found the means to transfer their per aOlw from the street to the passages and [obis). ; the .soise to thcse parts incretesed to such a degree, that the voice of the red audience, seated in the hoses. was &termed in the ,cmirosion wine!) reigned behind thein. At leagth the orchestra struck sip.... mid Music, shish our inisiosital Bard tells us,' 14 nab einem to soothe the savage breast, T t i cur:.:," now failed to hush the cries of roily. After a short overture, Cod sore /he. liing" ono played ; and the whole stitc-itel strength of the company appeared on the stage, to mil the loyal and national air. no iocyterate were the turbulent few, that the statelicg up end uncovering of the respect able part of the asidieucc, served only to increase their exertions, and change. their cried of ()if! off! and hisses, into poises like the barking of ogs mud mewing of eats, Mr. gavots now appeared to sneak the Address promised to the public. amid shout. of liter! hear! and vociferation. of No! so.' CtS'! tll' r [We have glen a Copy of the Addrees its another part of our Paper.] A -rilel was sit 046 time made by the lovers of the drama, and of justice, and a very general ex. preanon of ap;senssation pervaded the Theatre. Mats and handkeressiefs were waved throughout the boxes, pit, and galleries, as en encourage ment to proceed ; and Mr. licssoce appeared by hi, gesture (for the nurse us some parts cost tinned an loud, that it 11114 irnistrealde to distill *unit what he mid) to express Isis . grateful ie.:- knotrlld_treatit fur the kistsbiese and flavour of the piddle. in vein, however. wits the attempt to speak the address iti such a manner LI, to be l wert i ; and, after eusleavosiring to dose four times without suer.'-., st paper gems handed to him front the stlinoi he seemed de-irom. of reading, hut retired Louise:, sifter soultMg soother ineffectual effort. The play of Maeleetk then cosnsueaced, and. sorry are we to say, that all the tire and imagery of our glorious SuAnseeaae, all the spleudour and eff-ct given to hut magic scenes, by the new dresses, exquisite scenery, and magnificent deco. rations; all the heart•reuding powers and pa tting of Mrs. Susumu; all the majestie acting arid energy of Renee.'; sod . all the cousin nations which taste, judginent, and ItbErality, added, to resider the spectacle Milescrilmbly attrac tive, failed to compose the enemy to rest, who, because they were inesiteible of the enjoyment them selves, were determined that no other should taste the delights of the scene. •nos continuing a mix ture of misplortse end opo , sition, the curtain de scended 03 the first act, without 't single passage of it liorteg been hearth by the spectsitors. WILli Mrs. SIDDON4 (the British Melpomene.) appeared. s!te seemed much affected by the recep tiou, w sli (Terra from what Mclue to her talents, and what she lees ever been lovirstoined to meet front a liberal public, satesfie:l with her exertions aiht en motored be her tragic powers. The laiseers, how. ever, we.ss slot to be driven from their purpose ; nod linked mine of them were either so ignorant, or so notch [Alluded by their occupation, that they ens tuoltdier foe and bawled most lustily Off Or No Catalan' ! No Foreigwers Spies! 'Foe a llorniug Print has asserted roundly that this poor Lady is a spy in the service of BoNap.utTa; forgetting that if there is any troths In the assertimi, that the Minieters it supports, and the Abets Otlior esteblis std by theist, are guilty of a gram and scandalous dereliction of their duty, in winking at a rid m notoriously known to their liforoloe Grieaa, as to he publicly declared nod vouehed tor. From what we have stated, it will be seen, that the miserable and, shabby opposi tion set up oohed the. Pmprietors of Covent- Girden, by Taylors. and Newspapers, dis appointed of free adinosaions and full prices fur theatrical advertisement", (which are as much tar. ticks of news, sad its acceptable to their readers as any matter vontaitied in their column., wheels they pay for). was chid's., Amon solely. confined to a number of persons, who broke into the House after every place was occupied from which a view of the performances could be obtained, and who therefore vented their spleen and ill-humour its the riotous and ridiculous manner we hare &- scribed. Five or six of the box-doors were broken down; and thus- CTonlit.. Hilo soothed into the boxes th u s were invariably disgustingly olistre perons clamors-sits After bawling themselves losalse in she ordinary way, nutty of them adopted a in .re characteri.sic Insole of expressing their 0EM...wi11,, suit liritoed like asses! Others Navin, es handed th e ir reside longs iu efts! and dried their croups with hisses, *ere seen at last amid the "" !~ ..~«~: noise of their trlina Mentor*, unconscious that they did lint add to it s gaping tied Inman their jaws, at fruitless effort,. to be still a e to such of the audienee as hail rile misfortune to be placed near them. This had a most lathe:roils effect, and af forded were entertatinnient to those who were pre vermeil Irons hearing Medical. The cominuai cesium from ' , coerce the gallery mid finites woe thrower open by antis means and Oita the gods from above descended among she Titans hehsw, arid the rebellious '/'dues ascended to the eiels --- 1 ! %nips trembled," and the terrestrial Ve , Wel of the lobby fled uppittled. The nproar oa the cainmencernent of the second act, was, if possible, greater; " W . ! off! of !" re-echoed from aril 'mite of the house, white many of the more judicious were compelled to resort to the m oor w ea po n , m aul approv e , by clamour, what, by clamour, was eoileinuert. Perhaps a liner panto admit scree was never represented before a British audience thins the Trsgeily of Macbeth, upon tins oceasiou. The gracefiel and digisitied moretnents, the expreasive and commanding counteirmice• of Mrs. Su:move and Mr lit:mat.e, were the °illy 'politics of those admired performers which the audience, or, more properly. the spectators, had an ooportuaity of enjoy:rig; even in the dagger revue, where winkle entertained hopes that taste would el fret a momentary triumph over the [risers, groaos, and excla t uatiome of the rioters, 1 here **a no iuternaissiou—lie addressed the " eirireal mockery" without being able to make one word intelligible to the house. The Oar scene that rotors bet wee., and I.adj Aiitelictb, after the eOunitlesiOn 01 the murder. shated. the same fate; horror war de picted in their Countenances—hut though not a word and heard to explain the react,,, there was display of menaciog glances awl threatening fists around them, thin would have satisfied many they were not depicted without a viable. Even the Witches hat all their charms for the galleries, they were hissed also—their spells and iticantatioris were, perhaps, as powerful as ever npon hut they lost their influence upon the trend mid vehement opponents of enloarreed prices.— The sleeping reelie itself was not exempt front noise : it was realty enoligh to wake Lady Marbeik, without the aid of the Ltoctor. Thorigh the hissing was very geoeted, (we use the word hissing here to a very enlarged settee, to signify a themearaid differ ent kinds of indescnbable miser') it was princi pally directed against Mr. KESIBLI; ;. Mrs. SI DOOMS and Mr. C. KeMILK were the next in preference; in whistevir scene they Appeared, the disturbance was marked by a peculiur force and dlatinetne.s, hut when either of them happened to be might in a orlilierig, it .was then the exultation eppeared,„ and every throat redoubled its efforts to .cake SHAK &CARS unintelligible. At leugth came the lift h act, in which poor Macbeth wart luckily to be' killed ; the -clamour increased at the entearsititea ; never, per , hope, did a tyrant fall amid such imiv e rs a l tean. monies of satisfaction as the usurper, Macbeth, MI the first opening of enverv-Garden •heatie. It re impossihle to give alle idea of the noise that accom panied the (lopping or the curtain; hissing, hooting, groaning, whistling, screaming, &c. were carried to their utmost pitch, and the human voice underwear every modulation reconcileable with discord. Tir play having concluded, some piece was ainionliced, for, we suppose, the following day ; but what the play was, we iielieve we may defy the quickest ears in company to have caught. 1 hen succeeded the Afterpiece of The Qrsaker ; hut comedy was as eis the Mom of this i t iinalience, a• trailed>. Mr. facaeoug, in the part of S'tealy, end Mr. ds. TON, is, the part of Soloman, were 4eatimil, for the first time, to grve a proof of their want of powers; nei ther the melody of the one, nor the true comic Im tnour of the other, could command the common justice of a hearing. They wen: through their respective character. without exeitiog admiration or good humour. Mr. Liston was hie.eal cult ot his pleas miry, and Mr. 114CLBOUN found too gene re! as acconipaeimeat for the display of his vol. e. After the curtain ,had dropped, the audience confirmed shitionery, and the noise and Up roar, if possible, inereesed,• with 4he cry at " M.aager " Manager "No seveir.shilligge. pieces!" " Old prices!" A youiroter, appa rently intoxicated, 'stood up on the front of one of the Centre boxes, and attempted to leiraligue the house. The galleries reqiiested the Gentle man might be placed on the. Stage. He we. im mediately passed Jerome the pit, from shoulder to shoulder, until he arrived at the oreheatra, which proved so great a barrier, that he' coedit not surmount it. He took off his neck-haudkerchief, gave a wistful look at the audience, and flouted. raway. wits not ngaiu teen during the night. The tumult increased; and the persons in the Pit kicked violently at the Orchestra {taillike.' ; whine Mr. RICO, sad Mr. NAab, Magistretes, of Bow : street, Caine forward on the doge, and attempt ed to addrear them, withont some*, from the cry of," Qtf,aff—no Me4lstratei—send the Massagers-- John heiable swore Auk." The worthy Magistrates then severally aeldresaerl the stage boxes: •thay stated, that they had tried to prevail on the Mana gers to conic forward, but without effect,' and they trusted the good muse of the audience would dic tate to them to depart peaceably. The outcry, if possible, became more violent than ever, with the cry of " Go it ! Go it r—" Dowse the thins" — That is, put out the lights. This, with the *attempt to break some seeds in the upper boxes, caused the interference of some of the Bove-street-Officers, who removed four of the most unruly to the watch. lonise. The house, for ten minutes after this interference of civil authority, was nt surly calm; lint, like all others, it was followed by a storm—tire gods began to coin plain of their situation, and cried out, "They would not he confined in pigeon-holes." which *galas set the house in mu uproar. Two Cyprians also joined the outcry ire the boxes; our of them had a whistle, on which she proved the strength of her lungs, by making the most hideous noise. The worthy Ma gistrates again came forward, hut with no better success. We understood them to have stated, that they had again applied to the Managers, but they still declined coining Gera Iced, and recom mended to the audience to disperse. The Magistrates then quitted the stage amidst hisses and gleans, with the cry of, " let them put their prices on a board, that will satisfy us, we 4114 Went to see the swindlers." In or very short time alter all noise subsided. God Sane the King, and Rule Brita.ario, orate smog by the aradierice staled- :e. . - • ing . op and uncovered". after which the i dispersed in the *Duo peacealide manner. The house was cleared of one o'clock. ... --i-- We gave, in a former Paper, • description Of tie interior of this splendid pile, bat it was incorreei in that part which stated that the:galleries were ol less dimensions than' those in the Old Theatre. • We omitted a very striking ailtuntage which the pit enjoys over tne old one, in the disposition of the benches, which rise above each other from the orchestra to the boxes, to a degree of successive ele vation that affords to every person in that part of the house a cs 1111 l *molding anal ion-factory siew of the stage, almost equal to that in the boxes. We also did nut stinicietitly impress upon the reader the msg. eider:we of the grand staircase and saloon. The former consists of a flight of upwards of twenty steps, w it Iv II colonnade of tirebtautiful granite pillars on each side. The *alarm is an *blon d , qunedrangle. The entrance into it from the grand lobby is in the middle of one of the larger sides, and in each angle is a coffee-siend, with endues.. as sup porters, on each side. As to the asap-rr-mil of tlse house, tin langnage, however glowing, can convey en . adequate ith a of the effect. The hacks of the boxes are scarlet, end the fronts .of a pale flesh colour, grotiod with dowers of gold, , with floret pilasters, white and gold. The blase of light A. the splendour of the lustros, the brilliancy and freshness of the colours, all combined to pro duce an effeet not to he renowned. Indeed it .rein ed that one of the enchanted castles, in the c. le bran:a Arabian Tales had been by sonic fairy inctionoinio or charm, trinsported to the capi. tan of Albion. The ourrisin sprite was wall calenlettol to prolong the delusion in a glowing ima ion, and make tot really believe I.lllWilfrol part . _f .a in-the aure G lrrs of Aladdin's enii ito corn Itneorap innl nos;. —gut ales ! alonse and riot dissolved thewuell. and brought us to the cop trinplutiva of • rot different and oh-gusting scene. The expeilltints, last night, against the new Theatre, Corsica:Garden, if not fitted out by Lord CAllTl.aßtAail i alWeertainly worthy of Iniw. It era gut up precisely in his Lordship's manner, and bore evident marks of a kiadred genius. The Expedition to the Scheldt was not aimounced wi>h more pcenp anti terror, than the menaced invasion with which the Goties and Vandals were made to llir.:zitit.i this ute sad imegaitheritt *lsocline.. The most sordid, base, and ou.sligeant passions. were win 4 lit to be rnlined no the cause. Every or4unient that could affect avarice or iiseinine,s ; every little artifice and intrigue, were- exhaii‘teil to produce riot omit disorder, And stir lip the populace to acts of via ' lance; but these weapons, In dangerous elicit wielded with ability, fell harmless frogs the imbe cile hands of those who held them. Two or three ladies left the hoar at an early hour, with heart ' aches, occasioned by the noise; said one gentlemau rot his fisger with the gloss of il 1 10%-door that he was endeavouring in force. Snell was the list of. the killed, woulideil t sick nod siiiiimig, ni the course of the night. The wounded thi4er certainly bled profusely, and the dt.:lst of it poread terror tool die mar ainosig the ranks of thi- assailants it the lobbies. In fact, however laud cod offensive the clamour that ' was keot . uoi, the acts of real violence did not ex . co-ed those of a 1ip,..10 of extraordinary interest in the replier course of a long-established Theatre. And yet it ratinot be said, that .the public mind had not, at !east in the lobbies, a full n:iport tttt ity to espress itself Wothout e-serve. The number of ..nwitahles. in attendance 111411 not extraordinary, and the Gentlemen Who outpoured anxious For riot, were suffered to kirk at the barks of the hoses notil they were tired. and to screech o ff . , . d r, until they were hoarse, without interrii.i.ina. Viscountess Ca 44 L. r, WWI un:tiro Misses Os 11.0w. sore, atyreiwnt. NI Wort'llasg. Comity's* Caokutitilo et.r.w interwls coming to town nil Thurailav, limn Thames Ditton. to go to eneent-g.tirdria Theatre, with a large party of Fe ehiannld. to. e lion. Tama tt Ksnx 'tinily retornell ou Sattriae to titeir letii4e, iu Lower iiroeveum- Otrert. fr.tin the I , 4e.rif IVegtit. Nlnt."JoaoAtt w t tit make her fiat antwirance last night, at the Liverpool Theatre, in Mist Peggy. in The I:.),sairy A t rtval.. or SA 31/1•I'IN• Mr. Trus.l.lk, Mr. and Mrs. Kettiirttrori and Amity, Col. awl Mr.. IJ,..rent.anil flguily, Dr. Crqm SlJahuirt, Mr. kill. Mr Mr.. Mira•. P.isae, Mu C.. 1. Hasilwu, Lieut. k Jettrepi, K. M. A. Mr. G. Jersegaa, fat. Sm. rsere are 54 hordes name,' far the St. Le t :er vt,t';es at I ) , •tteaster. Mad, hard mews i. expect ed, awl the comp.tily, it is .suPpose,l,, *ill be very numerous. Thirty-two Cet.itnl Prises will he drawn in one day, the .itch of th-st month; thew., with the smaller Prizes, making in the whole the iimtiense sum of two hundred thousand pounds, Will be dis tributed in the short %WICe of twelve hours. animeg the fortunate adventurer, in the present State Lot tery. as the whole drawing will be completed in one day. The scheme is highly approved, awl the demand for Tiek,-ts and Shares has berm greater than in any Lottery for many year* past. Monday se'nuight. the Prince of °stung, otter inspecting every • thing worthy of notice in Ply mouth, set Mimi his too through the ancient Duchy of Cornwall. to 'Moped the oat oral curiosities and mines. It is said, that he will visit Treinaton Castle, on the banks of the Tamar, the ancient ba ronial seat of the Dukes of CORN wau., where, in the 14th century, his Royal Hoghnesa rowan's tke BLACK PRINCIA, 1111 Duke of Cornwell, gave a grand tournament to upwrirds . of 3I of the prinripd No bility and Gentry of Cornwall. previous to his leav ing Plymouth on his memorable expedition against the French. It is feared that the Merino Sheep. ordered fo► diatribution by Ilia MAJZSTY'S commands, comfit be 41eliverrd to the persons in whose hands they are to he placed, till the Suring ; the 'Moller part of them fully have yet urrived ; the larger port is still at Seville, and cannot he expected for several weeks to come. The list of *sons desirous of °twin jib( them, and able to mauswe them to arivootage, is hitherto very imperfect. The number or opplice tious very great. Till this list has been rendered as complete as the returns of the business will ad mit, and the actual numher of Sheep to he distri , bated fins been titislly ascertained, no further titers is the business canbe takeu. ~,. _, ,- - LONDON SESSIONS, Gut LonALL, Sarni Bcfire the Reconosa 41.111.1 Beads sjAL i tnistri. CAtDI47II 'flu. 'wits a prosecution for an assault. Etardliter, the Prosecutris, deposed. that} en-the id of June, she was violently assaulted by the Defendant, a female of 70. without the least ' provocation. 'the Defendant lived in • court that led Mlle Union-court. Holtmrn, where the vritness resides ; ou the day before mentioned, the Defen: ip - 'dant swept a quantity of dirt from her court, into that of the witness, who remonstrated a ith her in tthe mildest mararer, which she returned by shoving a broom into the witness's eyes. wh i ch hischcii"d them, and also tore one of her hoary lock-. which was in a curl of paper, nut of her head ; she here pro. . dnced the lock of itair, which was quite grey. The witness said, she wits turned of Go. Mrs. Connolly, au Irish lady, corroborated the test' yof the last witness, and declared, if she had been at a christeitiii, ,, the last witness could not have ;teen more mild. 'three nitnesses were called on the part of the Defendant, who deposed, the Prmecatritt was the assailant ; she 'having given the Defendant ate& at the fi rst gr.ing otf; with her stint list, 1111 that the wsy the hrt;:.mi found issue with her face, was, that the Defendant hrwl it IT to defend herself, when the Pr..recittrix rag her roes against it, after which she forced rt fmrn the fendant, ent her head under her arm, end til had her with the other firma, and she cattfr! be on!y •eporated front her by main force ; arid the way the Prodiecutrix came to be the Planter in this eerie, wee, that she run Id ran fastest, and g owed the Maw sion-House first, and got a warrant. The /IL:CUR/MB OtnorrTed • it wig* • case for Jury alone to decide cm, which they would do, a,,• cur-ling to the eritle•ice they br hewed. The Jury returned a virdict of trot dalllyitata the parties hobbled out of Court. CLERKENWELI. SESSIONS. Sui. ia. This day the Sess;ons of the Peace for the enmity or biohilv....x commenced before Mr. Al walltlXii stud the Bench of Jostices. The Grand Jury were called over and sworn. Mr. :lilAlNWssisin, understaitding tied mnny of the Gentlemen summoned epon the 'melon G-nutt Jury, bed never attended in the disehar,„•-e of this duty before, thought it proper to remind them, that, in deciding on the castes that should come be. fore them, they would filed as trite hills,. each ouly as appeared to be supported by probable end cre. dihie evidence; rejecting all smelt as they should thick fotealed in uuslice, or attempted-to he main tained by prevarication. They would also remem ber, that their decisions were to be earned on, not as iu most other Societies, by a simple majurity; but that the law required, that twelve of theta, at the least, should agree in their determination for finding or rejecting the several bill. that saute be fore them. He was not aware that any case out of the common run would occur its the mune of the Sessions; if, however, any ditficu;ty shank' come across them, as they wou!el be stall% under the %erne roof with the Coert, they would eusily receive haformation, by appling to it. Serail Gitaffn, was confided of an assault open Susannah Potter and Sarah Knight. Tie Defends • ant is a maker of banters, and ewe of the Prose entries left a bonnet In be altered ; and thq swore that, upon railing for it, and thititeg it not dune seconding to direertinus, a depute took piece be.. twevn the portiere and the Defendant struck them both. On the other fiend, twit shop girls Ist loin 4 ing to the Defendant, swore that their inisttess wee the person struck by the ten women. Upon this eon. tradictray swearing, the Jury gave credit to the for mer. The Corirtstentened the Defendant to per a tine of six shillings and eight velvet for each as. Iseult, end to be then discharged. Curnelins Eleator his wife, and C.- therine Alnearthy. were indicted for au ala!ll t upon Bridget Mahony. The Protiecutrie some, that, previous to the 3d of June lase, a quarrel hay ing previously taken place between is child of Cornelius and her's, on the evening of that day. the three Primulas fell upon her, and Eleanor, encouraged and maimed by the other two. purlieu. lady the woman. beat her nswit nuns rdf,l v , and gave her a blurbs rye. She denied giving thun any pre s volition. On the punt of the Prisoners, u wit— ness swore, that, !envious to the aliegeil assault. the Prnseent ?ix had a black eye, which to believed was z.vett her by her letsltand. It was alert sworn, that she was in the habit, of aggravating anal provoking the Prisoner, Eletnior, by abusing tier, met chem. lug her with want of chastity. The huskand was acquitted, sad the too women foetid priPys Kase• tomer—With to he imprt oned fourteen days. Jahn Machu-ay wit" in•lieteil for as teminit an Mary Robertsmi. in tins cave there ea* s coda indictment between the parties. The ononahl on Mooted in consequence of a son of - Noy Robertson basing given evidence at tile Old Bailey against a son It'll:of-1mq, who was convicted, and stoat need to tratispanation. The question was, which cow. mitred the first assault? And II:, Jury enritN credit, upon the cmse swearing, to the evident... fur the pre sent twosecation, found the Prisoner halite. The Court sentenced him to be imprtsostesl for three months in the Coldhath-fields' Primati. The whole of the trials of this Joy wen. for ass fowl!' of the above descriptioLi without iuterest ow important*. LANCASTER ASSIZES. Br:l'7,re the Honorer',tde Si► GEO. WOOO. ASSAULT. trx NET r. RETIKIMIRTON. This was an action of as-cult. The virties were both in the cotton and brist trade, and permits of equal respectability ; but they were eery oneqnal in point of strength and stature. The befenriant was represented to be of xigent;c form, and at least six feet high : while the l'Utititf, on the eimtritry, was of very diminutive proportions. It appeare d. - that the Plaintiff was one morning 'tending at hia own door, near the Nlarket.plaer, wil,tn the De. feudant, accompanied by severs: of hi. friends, a '- sauced toward% him. the Defendant a.kert him if ha bad written a certain liner. .he iog him a letter lie held tit lies htmel ? The in the affirtnatiie upon which, the Delearcialit, - I ~ ;, ,