The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-24 00:00:00

COVENTGARDEN THEATRE.

The same outrageous scene took place at the end
of.fhe s,:cond aft Of The illoodni on• last night, at
this--Th;:!atre, as we have so long had the disagree-
4ble task of recording. Nothing could be More
peaceable and attentive than the cdndual of the au-
-dierk4 during the two first ',at:-Is,, and theTl4eaire
v. -a;sO well attended, that-we indulged a hope that
there
,would not be room enough for'such a number
of the half-price visitors as to disturb the entertain-
at. en t :of the people atlarge; but this appeararice wn.
wholly delusive, for very soon after these halt-price
visitors entered the Theatre, all was. again uproar
and, confusion. A base expedient was Praotised on
the-,King's side of the Theatre, in the pasige tO tfie
- dress-boxes. A struggle took place, for admissi9o
between some persons, in which-there was niyillter-
ference on the pan of the Police ciffiCers; or the
servants of the Theatre, yet two or't hree
diaries. in. the boxes addreSsed the peOle-in thopit,
and told them that the Peace Officers had broken a
Gentleman's arm in the attempt to seize ,hirn.- There
was not the slightest foundation for this flagitious
story; as the contest was. merely a struggle
into one of the boxes.

The discontented party were chiefly young men,
who were soon dispersed over the • pit . and in the
back-boxes.; but it must be inferred that their efforts
were not contrary to the sentiments of a great' iirt
of.t he audience, for otherwise the latter would have
found it an easy matter to put- down the opponents
of the Proprietors Several persons, in the second
tier of boxes threw down parcels of printed and ma-
nuscript papers into the, piti. but they were not read
to the zudience. A few inscriptions were held up,
but they did not seem to make much impreSsion, for
the malcontents chiefly direeled their attention to-
wards the,stage, and obviously wanted no incite-

meat.
person,
seemed to
bitt
nd on, who had
beAa •C
Okni t
otofokshapalale-fiesiinit.theOPniet,
manifested a disposition favourable to the Theatre,
was hustled out of the pit..,--As we knoW that our
Readers wish to see what. the wet and humour of the
opposition can produce, We'sUbloin the inscriptions
of last night.
‘• What do you want ?"--Ans: " Old Prices." -
rausvhave New !"—Answ. " d— d if we, do t"
" Old Prices,, or no Play..!"
" Insolvent Debtors No charity to Kemble 1"
- " No New Crimes I—No Hired Ruffians I
No Bow-street Desperadoes,!"
A caricature of Kemble, suspended from a gibbet, with an
inscription over it—.
" A Cure-forall my Aitehes."- , ' • :
" Lads in the pit, •
it be fit
. , To let oor King's
Be King John's Jubilee?
• Be Britons on the 2-th ,
And rally on the 26th I
fiuzza! nuzza P' '
4f Mendoza to fight—
• - Brandon to swear--
.
• jam Bull in the right,
Therefore Oon't fear."
" Only 6 per cent.--A- lie 1 a gross lie I"
" Bewatd of fured•orize-tightets."
• The third a& of the Opera, like the afterpilce,
Oscar and Malvina,' was a ri;ere pantomime in ar
pearnnce, .and. at the close of the laiter, atter the or
position had chaunted God save the King; and
duped themsehes in the usual practice
&c. the house was cleared about eleven o'CliiCk.

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TOE appearen last •
night at this Theatre, in the.part of Arclter—iik-ia,
as we have '.before stated, a bustling 7aaor7.lll.it he
wants gractaild ,The.hi4irer order .t comedy,
therefore is not suited -to, his potvers and habits,
iri•city smarts,.and characters of thai
lion, ire . sly be rendered very usettil. Miss 11-
cAN's Mrs. Sullen %Ae id have much
it hed been lessafF 'led. Mrs. URGER I-okect very
well its Durinda, and perf,rmed. the part respect'
ably. DuyvTOWS Scrub, .1 hough . hat. redqn-
d tn;, very diverting. joHNgTONEt§ Folgard
v; as .

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.PAST IpDLESEX WATER-WORItiS.--YV6terdaY
thisciLreat rAdeitakill was completed by the filling
of the two vast reservoirs, uhich will 4.nable the
works to supply all the eastern parts of the me-,

tropulis. •
According to the goo! old piety of times, which-
were at least as wise ,!s these are, the Di?eCtors be- • '
gan the'daY a9ending Divine Service at
rish Church of Si. Mary, Bow, where an excellent
Sermon. was preached to a con?,-.,regaton that filled
every pew and aide, by the Rev. tow'Arto Roasot.:. ,
Soon 'alter one they arrived in proceSsiiin at the •
groturd,.jn different parts of which two comrinies
..of the Tower Hamlets Militia were posted,. A de-
tachment of the • Royal
,Artillery, with two field
.pieces,-was placed between the .two reservoirs. The
Duke of CAMBRIDGE was expealed•to' attend, brit his ,
Royal Highness• sent an excuse. to the. Direkitors.---
The •.Lonn*voit:kras present, and obligingly raised,.
by their levers, the valves of the two reservoir,,
when the„-water of the river Lea immediately' rushej
into th,ln. His Lordship upon this gave the
for nine• huzzas, in which :he, was joined by a nu-
merons and •respettable cOmpany.' A, salute of f 2 t ,
ronnds .from the artillery tobowed ; and, atter the
reservoirs had been filled
,to about a fourth part of
their depth, ,the company were concluded to the WO
of the artificial triouna,to which the'water.is thro,vn
up from the reservoirs by a steam engine. `Did
water was here seen passing into the supply pipes.
The Royal Standard had • been previously hOisted,..
and a small' bell tent was pitched: Round this
Lettu DitAYOR and the company partook. of some re-
' keshotent., The. only, toast was " God bles;- 11(
....King," 'on which the company :uncovered and
three cheers,: the bugle: sounded, and the al'
again fired 21 rounds.
W!th-these ceremonies
,the .business of th
concluded. A covered scatWding with seat;
occupied by the Proprietors and their factOies.,i
ground was thront4ed with spectaiws, and the
Lea was eoveied with boats, but we hacithe
netts to-learn that no material accident occiirre,

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Thursday,night, about g o'clock -as M.
of Broad-:-strec.it,. in the City, as coming to
on' borse.,ack, from Noi scoo:1, he wa, .coost
two
.lello,NS 'near , P, nge Cobinum,
4ei4d-i he, horse by tIS,• head, whl t r
a piNtol moire r., but tlir'horse to
suddrn gallopoe away
,aL gull see,:u;
robberi were disappointed.

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