The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-10-05 00:00:00

COMIT-0411.DEN MC:I77M.
This Theism opitned List night ezain, to renew
the petformauees so unhappily interrupted by the
clamour of an Interested !tarty, audaciously ralltng
itself the intielic. t%'e beer already etaLail our
°pillion pi the nature and object of this faction ;
the more we chat rye its on him, the atrouger li oar
co:oh:tom that nit British audience is
a very different kind of thin;:-..notscsieng very dif-
ferent characteristic. end different principles from
this spurious representative, which usurps its name
but to disgrace it. By the appuiutment of a Com-
mittee to iii.peot the affairs of the Theatre, the
Miteegrirs pail a doe respect to the eoininn or the
I,„l,fic ; opt. 0,...130ht. if the public waste declare
its seittiin,nit, is would he one of eittinfactien at the
tenth; fur, eau any .rite suppose that the Gentle-
ha ouilertuuk Gw 'At of arbitrators. acted
otherwise than fairly ? And. if they have acted
fairly, and given it tree report, upon what pretence
can thoue braelera tier.iwt dramatic
representation, itimo tha plea of imposition in the
price.? The fact, however. is. that we inert add
the last night to the many former ones, as an *tide-
taoost.instaoce of the tr'iuroph of nitrite • g
IMO? over Omer, groins, and underssitnisrig. The
perforramtee wes•rte Beggar's Opera, which was
represented, for the seeouif time this season, Man
overflowing house, ill pantomime. The crowd was
out so greet at the be •, of the night es on the
Kamer occasion., laud we were happy to behold a
greater number of tidies in the boxes. Tit? tn.
molt, ton, was cmissiti-rable abated, thoit4ll the
hissing. groaning. tr.savrting &c. &c.
commenced with th, mus le. It was ryident, from
the number of neutrals, and the comparative wes'a.
sess of the uprose, that the condikst of the Maas-
gers ha l produced its proper effect upon the rational
pert of the aedienee. As soon as the curtaidwas
drawn up, the ii.rty exerted its utmort powers
upon which r. Keinble Citric forward immediately,
with an attentina to address them. Tne tumult
increased on Ins appearance, and every effort to &s-
-tein a heeling was ineffectual : so deteriniiteJ were
they to ditipiienve, that they resolved to bear na-
Ono,: ; an captivated were they with the bound of
rattles, bells, aunt horns, that they agreed to permit
no interruption from reason ; they shrittik with In-
dignation from any thing like um appeal to the
oilier-tending. Mr. Keinble having remained for
a co:islet-table time on the stage. made some mo-
tiona with his lips, as if etistreming himself to the

House, after which ha retired. the clamour hay-
in, effectually prevented him hunt being heird.—
We may jadga of the nature of the opposi-
than, frog thui one eircumsteirce ; and rest nor
demai. that the public is .the party, upon the
fief of this condemnation without a Atoning...
The play proceeded with the usual interruption,
and the entrance and exit of each performer were
oiarked by an additional shunt •,f triumph. Nlrs.C.
was a,;sin selected for particular insult; the
moment she appeared, the uproar was redoubled ;
and some promos in the pit were so outra6teou., as
to ding orange peels at her ; she resented this
affront, by taking them off the ground, ahewiag
them to the audience, and flinging them away ; she
thou oil& is low courtesy to Me GeNtlemei iu the
from whom the insult proceeded.
The tonilt, we have already ob=erred, was not
so great at the conamenceinelit, as it has on
former occasions ; we coul.l, sometime., discern
the sound of instruments from the orchestra; but
when the hoar of 1..4-price arrived. the piny re-
ceived a co.itiderable addition ; and many new iu-

strametits wore brought to play against the per-
for.nnice with great effect. Tit. confusion was
now increased almmit to art equality with the for-
mer tii4lits ; placards were paraded, and several
rows took place, to make up for the want of inte-
rest on the stage. Perseus with watchmen's rat-
tles, w!iistles, catcalls, and horns, broke into
the hoses, to the great inconvenience of the COM_
pay, and seemed anxious to vie. with their bre-
thren in the pit and galleries, who should lie the
most intolerable. The play having coot:hided
without one word being heard, the 11,13:11 testimony
of self-approbation silealerled, and the curtain
drop. e l amid yells of victory.
After the curtain d ropped, M r. Inclelon attempted
to announce the entertainment for to-morrow even-
ing, but the uproar was tut great, that it completely
drowned his voice. The lovers of uproar and dis-
cord, after gtritig three cheers, became quite silent,
for a short iaterval, during which time a riot occa-
sioned in the box-lobby. and sortie smart blows took
place, which ended by a gentleman coating forward
and addressing then& us follows:
" I hope I have the hunom of addressing Gentlemen, sod,
if my hopes are fulfilled, I am sato:imbed at your derailing
}ourselves by coulnet that only beloup to ruffians." (A
cry grkaccit hint dvtee)-..TaiGentleinan cont11111(4" I And,
thee, I was mistaken, and ask your forpirencss-1 shall now
address you u mien—Have nut the Proprietors dune every
thin in their power to pacify vs Have they not one
whit 110 other concerti is this metropolis urnuld f Han they
nut laid before y.nt a Hater:Arai of their affairs' and that enr •
roborated by honourable melt e•yfi'r No so'')
He than continued, " I say they have, by honourable int-
ense... Will any semi stuonz you sly Sir Charles Price is
mut a t liononishle man 4 cry of "he it a serstreety.")
Are but the high L. Cho:Artery of the. Committee his.
men r Dias ~..t cie of then, tit in a situation that
requires miss greatest tscruninatina t Does he not wie!d the
Sword of J malice between the seemed and his coon try, and can
pro, far a moment, d iubt 114 Lupin-Lai decisiauf The other