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7 IfEATRES.

DUUt7-LINt•

The comedy of The Provoked Hothead ; or, A
Journey to Loud in. Nati produced, last night, for the
Hest time this season. The only change in the re-
presentation was Mr. Russer.t. in Comet Bowel, in
the absence of Mr. PALMER, who is indisposed.
The performers have retained then usual excellence
in their several parts, and received mush well-me-
rited applause. Mrs. H. blossoms never appears to
more advantage than in Lady Grace. and was very
well supported by Mr. Puwect.. The Forty Thieves
followed with all their strength of music, song,
scenery, and dance.

COVINT-OARDIN.

Mr. CONGRZTE'S Tragedy of The Mourning Bride
was tevived last night, and gave Mrs. SIDDONS and
Mr. Ramat' an opportunity of displaying their
great talents in the parts of Zara and Eirmyc, the
hero and heroine of the play. Every effort that
judgment and discrimination could dinate, to give
effeft to the inflated declamation of the author, was
made by these great performers. Tara i. a part
composed of those strong passion, M.S. SIODONS
is formed by nature to vourtrity. Her retort
to Offers,, " &Per / was mown, than airs thus coldly."
was given with fine circa ; also her interview with
Oentyn, in the third VI, in which she was most ably
supported by Mr. KSSIIII.E. Miss NORTON was the
plaintive Almeria. the Alouraiog Bride ; a part for
which the author has dose so little. that, to support
its rank in the Tragedy, requires no small share
of theatrical tale: t, as well as dignity, to le .k
the Princess, and follow Mrs. CR•WFORD and
Mrs. Pore, her greet predecessors in the part.
Miss Nonni's'. Almeria has all the faults of her
Images: it wants strength and dignity; and her
afting appears the effort of study, not of nature.
Mr. Moasair played Alaauel with his accustomed
good sense and judgment. Mrs. SIODONS was
splendidly dressed, and looked extremely well. The
heaviness of the tragedy was relieved by the
humourous performance of Tom Thumb, which re-
ceived all its usual applause.

His ftlyal Highness the Duke of C tad moot left
town, yesterday. for Windsor.
His Royal I lighnoss the Duke of CLa Reece is
cif:6,de i u Hthney Park, on Sunday, from his tour.
Mrs. JO aD N was so much recovered, yesterday,
as to he per tylitted to take the air.
Mr. "lout:a takes leave of the Bit!t Audience, on
Saturday I,ezr, in the parts rf nang.r, in The Sulu
rives limi6and; and Panic/4N in the Tamissf Ike

The tragedy of 'Jane S69re was performed, on
Wednesday, at Brignton. It is esteera:d a favour-
ite part of Mrs. Meats; Mai.vsn played li'rd
Hastings. It was ten yeah since its last perbrm-
ance an that town.

His Mqjerty Rath holli his first Curt on thc
21 November ; and, on the sth, takes I' wig for his
handmaid.

Her Grace the Duchess of Go a non is enjoiying
the beauties of KinrAr4 Contr. after her late se-
vers indisposition, which prevented her from ac-
companying the hake sod Dueness of .111euroso.
with Lord Joss Russa Lt. to Aiserdeen. on Monday
~e'onight. who' they visited the Colleges, Pier, and
public buildings.
One of the most fashionable ornaments in Paris
paper hangings. is • border of Bowers, at once
clouded and embossed, of ranancolus, royal daisies
or tulips, or a foliage, also clouded and embossed,
of laurel, vine, oak, or olive.
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Tae emiu Ipoint is essential to a Tarlt;s:i klega,,te.
Nothing is more COllll3lOll than raelptli f M tattenit4
young ladies
Viscount and Viscountess CASTI.LREAGH Caine to
town, yesterday, from thir huase, at East-Sheen,
Surrey.
What an unfashionable place mast Margate be,
that the appearance of two Macs has (tightened
the Newspaper Letter-Writers there out of their
lenses.

Miss Lycra, the distinguished vocal Mutante, at
Drury-lane Theatre, is engaged at a rising salary
for three years.
Lady GUAM Csverintsa left Latimer, on
Sunday last, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of
RUTLAND, at Chively Hall, near Cambridge.
Mr. Groaos Rost and family arrived, on Tues-
day evening, at their house in Grosvenor-square,
from Portsmouth.
Major BATIAUWAT Heaysv,of the 14th Regiment,
is expelled in town, this day. and will pass a few
days with his mother, Mrs. Fa rata ant s, at En-
glefield-Green.
COOKS, the ailor, continues at an °Wage village
in Westmorland, in a state of vaccination, it is said.
whether to go to America, or become a Alethairt
P,foricr.
The Musical Farce of Rriirvt is in preparation at
Drury-Lane Theatre ; Miss LYON, Ite.ina ; Mrs.
BLAND, Pturbe ; and Madame DA PONTZ,
Wd-
lieas.
Madame CATAL All was to perform, on Tuesday
last, at Newcastle; and, on Wednesday. it was ex-
peaed she would appear in the scenic charaiers in
the Operas of Sentiransle and IP Farrntico per la Ma-
aka, which have deservedly gained her the most
distinguished applause.
A Rowing Match will take place at three o'clock
this afternoon, between Joan SWAN, of Hungerford,
and Youso Par R ICE, of Horsley Down, fur 5 gui-
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neat 4.,1de, odds are 7 to 4 on FATILICE.
A serious accident had nearly happened at the
Greenock theatre on Friday night. Whilst Miss
Wa ',roes was performing the coarafter of Fiori-
mongla, in the new Pantomime of ralentine and
Own, having approached no near the candles
placed at one of the wings, her robe caught are,
bat, by the timely assistance of one of the perform.
ers, was fortunately extinguished without doing her
any very material harm. She fainted upon disco-
vering het danger t but in a short time after was
able to go through the rest of her par:, much to the
satisfaftion of the audience, and iu a manner highly
creditable to her as giros.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.

SADLER'S WELLS.

As the curtain was letting down last night at this,
theatre, to prepare for thO water scene in Tee Wood
Dantoe, a quarrel commenced in the pit, and some
people cr.:el out n a
.ifght." The exclamation was
mistaken for a cry of “.fire." It was a benefit nig'it,
and the house WAS crowded. The effect of such an
alarm may be conceived, but cannot be adequately
described ; every part was terror and contusion; the
people in the gallery, pit. and. boxes. all pressed
eagerly forward to the doors) but could not obtain
egress in time to answer their impatience. The
pressure was dreadful ; thine next to the avenues
were thrown down and run over by those imme-
diately behind. without distinction of age nr sex.
Of those quite in the rear, some became desperate;
they threw themselves from the gallery irit.; the pi!,
and from the boxes upon the stage. A horrible
discord of screams, oaths, and exclamations. reigned
throughout. On the exterior of the theatre, tile scene
was not less dreadful; at every door and avenue
might be seen peisole dragging out the audience,
whose strength was exhausted, and who were unable
to effect their escape, but had just strength to Fair
the passage, er been forced forward by the crowd
behind. Not less than 50 women were fainting at
the same time, on the inside and outside of the house.
The performers, who had not heard the exclama-
tion that excited this alarm, came forward on the
stage, full of astonishment and surprise at :he scene
before them, and some of them catching the alarm,
ran away in their dresses. In this frightJui situation
the Manager came for ward with a speaking trumpet,
and assured the aud:ence, that there was not the
slightest danger or cause for the alarm ; that
there was no fire; that he conceived the alarm
was excited by a set of pickpockets, for the per.
pose of committing depredations ; and that one
of them was then in custody. At this time about
two-thirds of the audience bad edeeled their
escape from the pit and boxes, and about one-
halt from the gallery. The remaining company
in the pit and boxes recovered considerably from
their alarm ; but the assurance of the Manager had
not the least effeit upon the people in the gallery.
Finding the crowd not clearing away with a
rapidity equal to their impatience, they conceived
that their egress was obstruned, eel cried out that
the doors were fastened The Manager declared
they were not, and continued to aserre them that
there was not the slightest cause for alarm. They
were not, however, to he satisfied; they broke the
sides of the gall ry, and thus forced their way into
the house, and down toe private passages. 1600
persons were in the House. Of then., we lament,
18 lost their lives. They consisted cloefile of
women eat children, who leaped from tee gal-
lery into the pit. or were thrown down the gallery
stain. Amoog them were two beautiful girls, sup.
ptned to be slaters. Tae 1$ d.es are lying in
the house.—Many more, it is feaied, have been
killed ; as in every direltion might be met men
carrying away women and children in their
arms, with broken bones. or apparently litele•s.—
Two mos, suspeaed of being the promoters of the
alarm that led to this drea.lful catastrophe, *me
lodged last sight in Clerkenwell BridewelL A Mr.
D Olson. of COlrrilan-otreet, gave his address to Mr.
Wolin, one of the Manalers, and moralised to ap-
pear against them for riot saa behaviour during the
whole evening. It was impassiele for the Manager',
by any diligence. to have prevented this accident ;
every thing hat man could do they did to arrest its
progress ; ties, dew to every part of the Douse to in-
spire confidescr, and convince the audience of
their error. legardien of the havoc that was
making of their property; for all the girandoks,
musical instruments. Otc. were broken to pieces, and •
the interior of the house entirely destroyed ; they
thought only of allaying the fears of the audience,
and administering relief- to the sufferers. Medical
assistance was called in from all quarters; not fewer
than SO surgeons were present before 12 o'clock, and
by their exertions many persons were relieved. aed
some restored to life. A great number of con-
stables were also called in to preserve order by
keeping off the accumulating crowd, and assisting
the friends of the injured persons to find them out.