The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-09-11 00:00:00

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COVENT-CARDEN THEATRE.
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The -New Theat-e-ltcyal, Coyest43anlen, will
open, at Mowlay next, with the tragedy of Nee-
l's:A. From dot athertineuent in the front of our
Paper. which anuoitisces the openiege we also tied
that there iv a staist!kailvalier in the, prier of •ad-
iiiiresion to crown parts of the house ; and, we
think, that the rea-ms assigned for it must
prove sattsfaetory lie every cemlid and liberal
mind. We melt to iiroartoe thi. eireunsetauee the
tilers forcingly, in comettureuee of having read,
iu toast of the paper's, lottlVlDitt% to excite publie
cbituoair and disemsteut against' the :41teretiou, al-
though laid on where it iisti4t be !toet telt. lt ecr.
Willy is lint very gracious iu newspaper., which
bore tei reecistly raised their price, to affect so
simelt alarm salami the present Itet'lltilltll ; MIA it is
:peculiarly diegoolug to final, that the meet clamor-
'lens num% them are those 14 iin hart ever inimifeet-
. 'eel the most sordid, ruiratoous, end itellieh 41181noi-
, lion, and never yet were known to act upon those
paid'. grounds, for *With they pretend to feel eo
trailer a concern.
A few private friends of the Propri, tors have
been &denoted to see the Mien°, of this traagnilicesit
erections, ale ut whom has epiniunuiciated to ue•
the following recount :—The pit is eery spacious,
and the two galleries are comparatively small, there
swat tieing etoneasinotlatiem its the limier for more
[hap too or ouo premiss. The upper gallery is di-
vided, wits eve conosertewntis, and may Le thus
weeseidemed Os tier of tive boxes., with a separate door
at the back to each ; these doors open into n epit-
omes !talky, rote role of which is the bick of the
gallery, and the other the exterior wall of the Thea-
tre, with the wineloweinto the street. The lobey
to the middle gallery hellcat!' it similarly situated.
Owe great advantage attends this construction : in
summer, the Metre orate gnllenes and the windows
of the lulsbies boo; left open, the iiiitheitoe in those
parts cannot be of ;in-sled by the hear, as in the
former Theatre. 1: utter the gallery is a row of
private boxes, constitutiog the third tier. They
consist of ' ( ill number, •with a private '4Olll .
behind ride. The rector to these boxes is by
beautiful '4*in:ism, exclurively :sprey' i uted to them,
and 'lot due stects-.i with any other patt of the .
house, with also a Malay, exclusively —spachoteed
magnificent iii the extreme. T• • carpetting• was
laftl down lie these boxes, on Saturday last; but the
furniture of each, and •also of the adjoining rooms
will be aceordieg to the taste of the several necu.
pout% annoy wham are sonse of the Royal Drakes,
and the leading protons of rank add fashiou in the
couetry. The lower boxes Hopeir to be upon the
same plan of those in the old hotter. There is as
additional mat; arch box will thus hull twelve
persons, bring three more than in the oat Wow:.
l'he goad at.ur-ca.w, from ilow-street, In the boxes,
is most superb. steel. w extent, greatly exceeds. that
of the opere-llouee.
The front of the Stege is surmoutited with the
Mat arena, and the pillars at the mini um plant aid
elegant. This is the eliaras•terietie stile of the
whole house. The artist uppeaes to have studied the
sineykr mu:duels: and never did artist more com-
pletely realize the prineS,de. An elegant simplieity,
equally remote from glare nndglitter, on the one side,
sud crudity and coldiseirs, on the other,- prevails
themighout. The fronts of the mixes are odour
between bronze rind etene, with a Chineeellowhr
tentionanose hetweea the tier', end pouf:rye' with
mama. There're no mirrors or reflector, mooched
the supporters, l,et i••• 11 the tiers ; and the !sotto. is
lighted by glass t handelters; holding tamps lighted,
with oil. 'they arc of a very peculiar emietriection,
and the effect is said to be very hiiiiiant.
There is not a point ot the house, before the cur-
tain, that dote not command a complete view of the'
state ; nor e point iii which a word- distie,ctly,
sookeit mu the stage is not perfectly endible to the
remotest extremity. The stage fs alseatlUipteit
a peculiar-degree, Mester display of 'critic promo'
woo, having extraordinary depth in the rear
also large Nowise at the sides, to all extent g
ezceeding those of the lute theatre.
The artist Mae berm elect 11:trtienlarty attentivii
the comfort and aceommodatiotoof the perforuirese
The gentleineit'e dressing-eon:tot ate on our sole,
and those of the lettere .in the other. There are
three green-rooms, all of them on the tide of Woe,
street. The werdrobe-roout is spacious and ett-
peels ; in the miner iv a square table, of immense
size--the surface mahogany. high,: polished ; the
praises which hue the room are itt wiiescoat, daisies
ed• with the :moat •extpiinte • tine.. coo;
atm:tine' of this splendid etlithoe 'the' Calamitous
fate of the late two great winter timateseolmospot
beam forgotten. eters means, of safety against
the, or other accident, that ineenuitp mieselie de.
vise, has been adopted. At aH convenieek iti-
tervals, are strong party walls, with iron doors. bye
which, if a tire were to break out, it would les
confined within that particular compertmelitt
and be prevented from spreading through the
house. The .firelthices are also made :pith the
grates turning upon a pivot, by which Olean/ the
front ease be moved motel to the back. and 'the
tire is thus extieguidwil, without she possibility'
of accident. Water-pipes are also inwitusited
into every part of the house, through which
they are spread, like veins through the human
body. Great brass reels, which, when tarned,
would pour the couteutio into the hotter, present
themselves to the eye, in -the lobbies, and other
open places. The flight of stairs to the tipper gal-
lery consists of ISIO steps. and the member $4
bricks laid down. its %even mOuthe, amounted to
seven Millions ; a eircuinistaoce winch may etto-1
au ideal of the magnitude, of the rdlti, e, and
the calenty with which it how been limit. The
materials are of the hest and the building
is most substantial anti arcs,,. Last week its
strength wall tried by immense leaden weights.
pleased on the several tiers, greatly exceeding the
weight of the most crowded audience that could be
compressed into the hotter, anti yet the Imilding
did tiot, foamy point, Kier way, iwthe slightest de-
gree poesitsly perceptible. Thin experiment was to-
-411) useless to any person competent to form an
teiiiiiieu of the work. To weok and tituid people.
it may, However, be WO to•folvtOrI• •