The National Register.
London, England, 1812-10-18 00:00:00

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pos.sibleFTor him to proceed, in his port. He now appealed to the an.
donee, stated terwelf :o be placed inn very :-.wkward situation, and
solicited their indulgence. This had not the eft-oct of appeasing the as.
semblv, and he tient Left the stage.
Mr; Ray mond once' more came fo7ward, and wss allowed to speak,
and indulgence of which he availed himself in the following no;n:.er :
" LADIES AND GENIT.FIiET:i
"I wish most respectfully to ask what is yens wish ?"
" Etp!anation."—" Bring ferward the' nias."—it Why did yeit seize
hint !"- and a hundred other exclamations burst at once from the au-
dieticc.
Mr. Raymond then went on—" An onknown person has this night
attempted to disturb your entertainment—r
Ilete he was interrupted by several persons in the pit, elm con.
tended that the person was not unknown, and that he had art attempted
to disturb the e:itertaiinuent of the audience.
Mr. Raymond maintained, that he bad diteinbed the
stated it to he his duty to prevent any disturbanve, and appealed to
the house it it was regular ha any persAt so to leave another part e,f
the hens- and come On the state to address them
The Farce was then resumed, but experienced great oppo.itiun at
first ; this, however, soot) died away, and the evenings perienmunce
met with no thither interrnption.
We understand that the Gentleman who attempted to address the
audience, was George Frederick Busfm, Esq. '1 he subject of hee
tended appeal was, we believe to vindicate the Tot Est of the co an. v
from the odium cast upon it by the choice of the axisting Anna, Ns,
Thisvobject he inteeded to effect bs the recitation of a 31tINO11/r•t.
prerionsin seen by the Comanittee of Dru'y bole, wlitte it 11 11" lath",
Dr. Busby.
Thursday, immediatele on the conclusion of the Comedy of The Pi-
rals, Dr. Busbe, who was in the first seat of tie third tier 11l boxes,
again pi ensiled himself to the audience, and howiog rest:eolth.% to
all parts Of the flonse, attempted to address them. For some minutes.
liowev'er. the tumult was so great, of ft leads and foes, hisses and plau-
dits, that nut a sinole sentence could be heard. As soon as any Om%
like silence could he obtained, the Deena proceeded thus :
" I am Dr. Busliv, 't lover, a member of the' Drama, and a friend
to the 'Theatre.—(Loud cheering, hiws, awl hear hira !)—L dies aid
Gentlemen, by some I may be blamed for takkg this method tf ad-
dressing rots, as being humiliatiog to a Gentleman ; but :1 can se e no
greater impropriety 111 speaking from the public lox of a public
theatre, than from a forum, or from the hustings at an election.--
(1 owl chen log. with sonic dkanprobotion.)
" Ladies and Gentlemen—For the tale is and qualifications of rite
Right Hun. Noble and Illustrious Lord, who wrote-the Address which
you have heard this night recited to von, I have the highest respect—
( Applause and hisses.).- It is well kitown, that for seseial week., 'the
Committee, appointed to manage the concerns of this Theatre, have,
by public advertisemt nt. cot:tied the etre rifts of the Literary %stall,
eu prtinre an Address to he spoken it the opening of•this truly ii
aK-
nificeot structure. This was on their part noble and praisewerthy,
but it must he allowed on all hands that however right they have been
in norrnion they hose mist lament4b'y erred in judgmetit—"
( Here the noise and truntslt was so great that the Doctor fo- sonic :ni-
neties rotted not proceed.)
The ""I"ber "fsiversons'whocorkseended to furnish Addresses, he
believed. bud exceeded one hundred, and those who thought that tint
of such a number a better could not have been selected, did nit think
I! so hi2lil7 of the poetical talent of the country as he did. Alan
ij them it must be believed that some were very fine. He himself knew
11 of four or five of that description— (Cries of " Your own and your siq,'s
wen...among, them.'!)
Übe bell now rung for the first music, and tlie
: voice of the speaker was lost in the sounds which came from the or-
chestra. When the music ceased he again attempted •to address the
!muse. The curtain, however, at this moment rose for the Farce. Mr.
Horn entered, bet was obliged, by the voice of the audience, to re-
tire.—After a short pause he again came on with Mr. Knight, and
attempted to commence the performance, but the cries of "Oil 411,
1 were so loud, that it-was impossible fur theta to go on. Both left the
Stage, and Mr. Rileniond made his appearance. Silence being ob-
tained, he addressed the ateliroce in -these words—
" Ladies and Gentlemen, • -
'e
Is it your wish that we should proceed with the Farce ?"
The audience seemed generally to signify a wish that the perform-
ance should go on, and Mr. Raymond bowed and retired. The Face
recommenced, but the tumult continued so high, that for some time
nothing could Ise heard. It subsided towards tlie close of the.firstecene:
and the Farce went en without interruption. Dr. Book! res.iilued- •111'
seat, having been desired by several persons to 111.143
what ..bad
say till the eltertainturent was ove,r...
At the end of the firs/ act elm goctoe rose again, but he'd net time-tit
speak before the second c mmenced. - '

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