The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-12 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Dt:Surs, Eproiszie.

TIIi:ATRICAI. TUMULT.
Lost night erne-street Theatre exhibited another
of those *relies of diuucutitent mud disorder which so
frequently occur in consequieure of the nusittattove-
tnetit to long the thsgrter of the lrisult stage. We
*Stall endeasnor lousily to state the cause of the
tonoult ef last '6Ol.
Out Satnittic night %fr. Hodsnit was announced
to perform ilormitm, in Lionel and Clarissa, butt
when the llo,lse uprurd, hills in the passages stated,
Shut Mr. Masao had suddenly withdrawn himself
from ill.: Theatre, and that a Mr. Broad would
pet room the part. This was received by the sushi-
ever as a matter of faro. tool the opera proceeded
without interruption. however, yesterday the fol-
lowinz appeared iii a Morning. Paper :
" From the kindnem and support which Mr. Hodson hes
received front the liberality of the citizens of Dublin, since
be appeared before them, he feel.. himself called upon to
explain the cause of his nut appearing on Saturday, in the
character of Harman, for which he was advertised, and to
contradict the notice which was posted in the theatre that
1411'1161C /Wine.' That he had soddenly withdrawn him.
self (rum the theatre: He begs to assure the public that it
was 11101 his voluntary art, bust in consequence of the notice he
look of a pointed insult whit* Mrs. Hodson reroirrd from
Mr. Frmferkk Jones, jun. who desired hint, in the most
insolent nominee, to quit the theatre. After sects tingentle-
manly comlnet he considered ins apology from M.. Jones
necessary before he en. -seal into any re-eugagebient wailer
his management, or, before he could have the houtour of
again appearing b. fore lie
" G. A. HUDSON, 5, Dame.street."
Lest night, after postponement and disappoint-
mem, the Opera of The Haunted Tower was per-
foristed—ddrire by Miss Steplieits, in which chat.
raeter she ems advertised fur several days to sing
" Haste, Idle lime," a song composed by Mr.
Hodson. This song she omitted, substituting an-
other in its plays. Whim the-finale cotetnenced, a
call for " Mute, Idle Time" became general, and
the curtain fell amidst hisses, and drum& for—
" The Manager—Song—Miss Stephent—llodsoe's
Song—Apology to Mrs. Hodson," he. 4.c.—The
clamour continued, and Mr. Horn presented him-
pelf before the curtain, but he would not be
listened to, and he retired. The call for " Manager
—Sang—Apology," was renewed, and again Mr.
How appeared, leading on Miss Stephens, who was
greeted on her entrance with a burst of applause.
Mr. Horn them said, that " tMiss Stephens was so in-
disposed in the morass., that she was unable to re-
hearse the sung." Having said its much, he instantly,
and in • very ungracioux manner, hurried M:ss Ste-
phens off the stage. This teemed to increase the
storm, and the call for " Manager—Song—whe
is the Alisnagerr' became louder than ever. Mr.
%Vollmer then appeared, but having persisted ist his
endeuvours to obtaiu a hearing, much beyond the
point of prudence and propriety, he was pelted re!
The storm continued, and Mr. Wallace once more
presented hitnself, accompanied by Miss Stephens.
Again she was generally applatlded—a proof to the
Manager. whoever he is, that his conduct alone
was under consideration. Mr. %Vallace said, that
Miss Stephens would sing any song except " Haste,
Idle lime," butt Mat she was unable to sing. Here
there was • cry of " No, so! enough as to Miss
Stephens Songjut Hodsoer's ; yuar apoluey
will do us to Miss Stephens, but send the Manager
!" A few silly Dandies in the stage-
box, on the right of the house, very injuiliciouely
encouraged Miss Stephens to sing. She came for-
ward for the purpose, hut the eudience would not
hear her, and she was obliged to retire, evidently
much affected. A person in the gallery now ad.
d l d the audience, and in the course of a very
animated speech, he said—
" Miss Stephens is perfect in the song ; I challenge the
Manager to coutradirt me in thisetatensent. I also say, the
cause of her not slotting it la the interdiction of Mr. June",
merely because it is of Mr. Hodson 's composition."
The tumult, and call fur " Nlatiager," now be-
came louder than ever, and the thunder rolled till
the curtain drew lip for the farce of the The Review,
when no manager appearing the actors were or-
dered off ; and, as they declined to retire, missiles
of all description, were thrown from all parts
of the AWN!, and the stage was moon coveted with
them. The actors continued, very imprudently,
to come on in dumb show, and, at lust, most un-
fortunetely (and we mention it with deep regret)
Miss Kelly was hit with some hard substance iu the
face, whets she fell on her knees, and was carried off
the stage seuseless. This outrage cannot be too
loudly reprobated ; but not Ensure so than the con-
duct of the Manager, who would send on the stage
ttimlfetillisig performers under such circumstances:
they would not, we presume, come on voluntarily
to brave the intliguation of au irritated audience,
and their appearance must have been, it is to
he supposed, at the specie' order of whoever mis-
directs the affairs of the stage behind the cur-
tain. Here we think it rigid to notice an attempt
made in a Morning Paper (Saunders's News Letter)
to throw the whole odium of the tumult and out-
rage on the galleries, when, in fact, the missile that
hit Miss Kelly was throwe from the boxes. This
effort to implicate the humbler order of the audi-
ence alone. evinces neither good feeling nor common
justice. We never observed en audience where dis-
content and disapprobation was more general, and
as we have already said, that the missile winch tidos-
tunately wounded Miss Kelly, was thrown from that
part of the house supposed to be occupied by the
belief order of society. When Miss Kelly was
carried off, the curtain wen let down, and did nut
rise 'twilit. Previous to this, those who bad °cm.
pied the Pit retreated to the Buttes, in consequence
of several missiles falliog short of the Stage. A
considerable portion of the audience remained to a
late hour, mid when we left the house. the tumult
continued, mai we were apprehensive that much
damage would ensue, as pieces of timber, and other
heavy substances, flew in all directions.
It is stated in The Morning Post, that Mr. Hod-
son, when dismissed limn the theatre, had taken
the 1111 l eic of " Haste, Idle Time" with him. and,
of course, it comb/ not be sung by Miss Stephens;
thee lore, as the Editor of that Print very properly
puts it. it the apology ofl'ered by Mr. Horu was slot
the true cause of the song being omitted, but was
really owing to Mr. Neilson having taken the music
away, was slot Miss Stephens mettle, either by Mr.
Hoots, or some permit behind the curtain. a party
to a rack falsehood ?

This ((((( ruing the following has appeared in the
Daily l'aiwrs
Hawn:gismo is tbil, Jays Saunderis NAPO Lilly, a states

A true bill has been fuuud by the Grand Jury
of Middlesex monist HEN.r MA; fur au assault
upon Mr. Duwi.irts.