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noise of their trlina Mentor*, unconscious that they
did lint add to its 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
moor weapon, maul approve, 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 exclatuatiome 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 imiversal 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 it 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-