The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-25 00:00:00

COVEAT-GARDEN THEATRE:

Though the proceedings of Saturday last,. .g this
place,.durilig the whole of the Performance , which
were The Ikpodmap and Raising the IPind, were even
More tumultuous, if possible, than on any of the
previous nights, yet we have now the pleasure of
infOrtning our Readers that they are suspended,for
the present, and we trust to the candour and.juStice
Pt the Public. at large, that they are not likely to be
renewed. 'We have before mentioned the itistru-,
inentS or annoyance:. which the opp,,sition party
brought to'the Theatre, and there was Obviously' a
considerable addition to them on Saturday last. lbe
opposition seemed to be more organized,,and though
turbulence- and 'uproar prevailed in ail quarters,
except during the intervals between the acts, yet
when the assailants began to be tired in one part of
the house, they were relieved in others. At length
the intended entertainments closed, and after a con-
siderable time employed in all possible variations of
noise, a disposition to attend to individuals began to
appear. As this event, atiogeth4r; is the most ex-
traordinary that ever took phice,in the metropolis, it
seenisn kind of duty to give an historical record of
what occurred. We thettstore insert the following
-placards, which were fixed in various parts of
theatre, and circulated among the audience

Six per Cent. only for ten years past ! —Who believes it ?

1\ :)Ili,"

" Further Profits, 38,00o1„—Pit vate -Boxes, 7,oool.—Profit
ai ulu prices, 62,0c01.
" No Hired Ruffians."
" The necessity' of Advance--
Salary of Mr. ICerribie - - k 6,300 r. 7,300
isenoa 4,,c, 75, t, &c. - - ,,
Do. of .vir. and Mrs. C. Kernble As, ;00 e 7,00.
Iwu iseudirs - ks,,oou 5 g,
Du. ct rirs. 6iddOris - , ,
4'3,v75 k 4,65
Le...dit, &o. - - A, ',coos
Do. ut ,iaciatine Catalani. -4, 4,200 k 6,2c0
.1. wo Benetas - - • X 6.2,000 5

Total to five individuals
Uh ! ! !"

C2s,i7s

" Britons ! a speedy Capitulation ! Delays are Defeats !"
Lct not the wanton and unnecessary taxation by ling John
oy the ineans'of rioters atlcitd to tltoae we wittingly pay
to King ‘Org.II "
oia.Theat re Profits, 38,0001..—New Theatre adds 751. per
per for 2.c0 11%1. ts. —A large and lull tlouse,
—P 11 vate iluxes more than in Lie old i ioase, 70001, total,
(;,,cool. income .it the old Prices; being sb per cent. ad-
Y,itceott the t'iolltS of the twiner liotbe t"

.4 lonti
hic cd,w,e ui tnis riot,
io.. cis it.A.S.
oe

biltobs, be firm, persevere, for
inubt Lunquer 1\A:111We."

" iias JC eh this 13ux and,rit,
I% AL, nvi lui6et

4, Vi nc.h the hurley• burley's dune,
Whc,, I tic: Battle's lust And %VIAL,

Cuvou-k:adcm,
- " h iiig eorge, but not King Kemble." •
•' The adjoining watch-house wild speedily be enlarged foi

the accAmunoLiation of

" Cease .riernble, - your unjust pretence,
A hti sikew ie4st JUlne continua sense';
our pride uu tUily cicarty borders,
IV.aness the Abuts that tow( your orders."
" No
.Itaisihg the W hid —till you lower your 'Prices, we'll
i:aise the Wiuth" .

" 16110 Bull's Oppsition.to King Kemble's Imposition."
"•,,enit)le! awai:e! alma! Vi ue for ever lichen 1"

" 'the Court of justice— lohn Bull against John. Keinble—
. Vero tur the

" Heie lieth theilocly of New Prices ; an ugly Child, base
.born, ~,vliu died c.n. the.-TWnooping'.-Couga-ot SaLurua'y
molt, th z3cl vt Sept.miber, aged si.t Ni ter,."
To this insciiption was atached the drawing of a
coffin with Crud bones. •

•• john was, aiid ever will be, a rewarder of merit,
but a net;inser ut AVA.EICC, and an inveterate enen:y of
" Au English Audience is not to be intimidated by Bow;
at ecL WilCerS." ,

" The Clerks of the Bank are forbidden the Theatre through
I win &emote."
" ltansing the Wind; the part of Jerry Diddler by john
Kernbie."
" LngiancL expeds that every. Man, will do his Duty."

" Repent, Monopollk.er;;;lrefore the just and determined In-
dimiatiun of au inkrited britisa- Audience overtake your
- career." -

" john Bull, John Bull, john Bull, be steady, bold, and re-
solute ; laugh to the pw.ver of Kemble, for none of
that tribe own shalt nrtr,n john Bull."
" The i'ublie were the best Arbitrators.--No Hoak—VJX
Yopul;, .-.supre:na Lex !"
' •
" Angels and ministers of grace defend us I"
louNbt,

!' 15C buitl and leioNZ.,,
c'car hot she.w chs,ipprpl:ntion;
" Be not unsteady in yuLa suet,
" but firmly keep yuut sttwil; •
ur rune ut I\.elnoie. burii
" Shall gull a 'eritish hatiun."
" National rf heat le— k air ilf ICCb—,Ell.6liSh drama-No Ca-
talaut."

These inscriptions of course made a strong im-
pression on the teefings ot the audience, and tor a
long time. they furnished top cs for bawlingdeciania-.
lion. At last an .orator, who had spoken.a nigat or
two be.ture,, but :not the person who had taken the
lead for the lust turee nights, succeoed in gaining
a hearing. His speech consisted ot the same topics
as hod thorn „lily, and iti betier language, been urged
14 the ,speaker alluded to. The orator of Saturday
last, dealt chie.ily.'m the most low and vulgar abuse
ae,ainst the propiietors at large, but was marked by
the roost despicable rancoUr against' Mr..KEmneE,--
When this orator closed his harangue., was;
in Parts so absurd as to eXcite. thelaUghter even of
those who, supported aher a tew minutes, Mr.
Kerinee appeared. He• was received Nvitli strofig
marks of: applause, futiy erideut al.pi(ii all the
cot-dant din by which they were aecompanieh.—
When order and silence prevailed,'he adiressed the
andience•in the-tollUwing terms

" LADIES AND GENWI;EINIEN, „ "
I am now, as I always gave been, proud to wait
An .'" ht. 'of 1 •
on your commands. unput laving treat-
ed you with contempt. has been.•made4tpun•rrie,
which, no doubt, oiay.be very • prejudicial td tne.
" If the imputation cast tip,,,n,,rne,
‘Ladies• and
Gentlemen, has had a tendency to excite a prejudice
against me, as 1 am perstiadeU you 'feel it has, .what
I shall have the honour to
say,may possibly do away
that prejudice I therefore do most respectfully dei
sire, and humbly beg of you, to consider of the pro,
priety of reWrring thiS matter entirely to any Gen-
tleman. , ,
" Ladles and Gentlemen, I might perhaps appeal
to twehty-five years of assiduous service, in which
have appeared before yoga as an at-tor, and of your
continually favourable receptio:i of those
.services.
",Ladies" and Geoti,-men, dyring that period, as
Actor, as Manager, I night appeal to 1114 fair

tribunal; and appeal with confidence of my =Finial
from that imputation.

Laili-s and Gentlemen, the Proprietors of the
Theatrq. ate'tnost sincerely anxious that permanent
tranquility 1)0.,:ild be restored to it. To pccomplis4
that end, LPies and Gentlemen, let me now rno.t
respeactilly„nirrept you to Lear to an end. what it is
I shall have the .honour of proposing. To attain an
end s,) very esk::.itial to their benent, as tills is, 'are
Pt: prietors have thought, and do hope, it id meet
y, ur approt?3tion, that a 101 l view of 'their books hind
their conceCus—(No nb !) •
" Ladies and Gentlemen, if the Proprietors knew
any other
,way in whiento acquaint you truly with
the state of their arfairs„ and mike yoil as yertea
...orasters of them as themselves, they would most read
dily adopt it.
" Ladies and Gentlemen, in proposing!this me-
thod, the Proprietors entertain hopes you will
der it the most, respeBful towards you, arid most
nefioial, to the,;_plahlic, who will thus participate eqw-
ly with ourse.h in a knowledge of the true state f
the Thea tt.
" Laditicand Gentlemen, a Committee of G
Gentlemen 'ot acknowledged integrity We ar,-.7
desirous to commit to the decision of such a tribu-

nal the question of the propriety or the impropi it•ty
of the regulations which we have adopted -on the
prices of admission. On the . opinion of such a
Committee on that subjea the Proprietors will e
bound, and by it they %till abide.
" Ladies and Gentlemen, as it appears to be the
sense of this assembly at large, and most heartily
I rejoice that it it Eo ; as it seems to he! the gen,rai
,opinion, that' until a Committee. shall deliver their
opinion, the Proprietors are not only willing, but de-
sirous, that the Theatre shad he closed.
f`..l beg leave to solicit tric honor of huinc!
one word more. With regard to,Mad, CATALAN
Ladies and Gentlemen, when Mr. HAitais,entelea
into an engagement wi!lt that Lady, he did it under
a, firm persuasion of his discharging et duty I,>
the Public, in endeavouring. to obtain for them the
exertion of such talents as he had hopes would pleaso
them:: • -
" OA Gentlemen, I h-we now the h inon r
to 'inform ycn,.. that as the, ettogemeutl of. IV 'dame'
CATALANI af;p(ars to he wiverse to the:general
nion--i.adics and Gen,deifien, since ibat
ment does not seem to.m,,et !he appronitioti of t his
•assetwdy,,l have the honour of apnytmeing to von,
that her rugagenwnt is withdro4n, 'and that this
Theatre will, for fhe,present, be.closLd.7
-[Tins speech met with frareatintetrufni,n.]

He then retired, rec‘iving: as he went obvions
proofs .of general approbition. We readily 1116,4
that a vast nnmber of the audience seemed to be
persons'whO'ttb?A' up for what they contei%ed to be
the righti'd 4tublic, but we rndst again affirm,
, .
that tasWe. bk ere most violent, were boys; and
low rutfilari P,.itllio had probably never been in' the
boxes befOre, and perhaps never maybe seen-there
again;': The • Pit also had a great proportion 'of &tic
description of visitors, but it nitist be admitted that
on-Saturday last the general Sentiment seemed to-be
more the 'Voice of the public.than on'any of the pre,
ceding occasions. • .
The whole cot-lnaa Mr. KEMBLE was respect=
ful, modest; and'firm. ' It is hardly-possible to con.'
ceive any thing more appropriate to - the occasion
than what he delivered,-and it had a powerful ope-
ration upon the majority of the peo;le, and fleetly
put a stop to all those instruments which had been
wielded with so muCh• fury. Here; however, v.ie
cannot help noticing. the inconsistency of the audi,-
ence, for when. lie quitted the stage, a.well-contes:-
ed battle took place in the Pi(,- between those who
wished that- CATALAN' should be' withdraWn, and
those who wished for her performance.
It is impossible to read the various placar Is with-
out feeling surprize-that KEMBLE, who holds but a
sixth part of the Theatre, should have been thus
'singled oUtlor'sPecial abuse and persecution, though
it is.evidett-kliat the measures which have excited so
much clis-oarbPnce must have been the result -of. a
:gencro concurrence of the. Proprietors. It is to be
.regretted that the proposal which Mr. KEMBLE sOb-
mitted to'the'pUblic, and which, it is to be hoped
will ultimately_ give satisfaction one way or . other,
'was not stated before; but it `is the fate of Theatni-
-cal Managers to be surrounded by a set of Parasi,
.and Sycophants, who dare not be sincere, awl who
are anxious to keep from them-;every thug but
what-is 6.lculated *to gratify them with a plei.,:;g
delusion,. After the advocates and the opponeits ot
CATALAN' bad settled their dispute in the Pit, the
audience qoietjr.withdre \.v.