The Sun.
London, England, 1809-12-07 00:00:00

I'COVE:NT-GA RD EIVi 'IIEADIZE.

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The disturbances it this. Theatre are renewed 'in
all their for Mer violence, most. of ,the in-
struments by which the general Clamour and confu
sion were before sustained and, promoted..
Theatre -was last fight 'well atteitf..ied, excelit in. the
pit, where the lovers of the Drafpa are, of course,
afraid to go, as it is the 'chief scene of uproar and
contention.

The comedy of The Man of 1)e World, with the,
`ballet'of Oscor and Malbina; wire the Intended en-
tertainments of .the night,, but soon_ after the fist
ad of the fOrmerthe storm began : rattles, .whistleg;
and' horns, were heardin various partS of the hOuSe,
and,t.he opponents of
.the NlandF,ers had evidently
detached parties all over:The Theatrt. The O. P.'s
.and Plycar'ds were nninereus. Attempts were made'
to seize and destroy the
.latter, but they succeeded
in very feW instances, 'as the hostile'party Nt' ere so
Along. sortie of 'these labels contained very' Oflen-
liive allusions to the Private
.BOXes, some retledea
on the, conduatof the Chief Jth'itice of the:Common
Pleas, some were triumi)hant, ensigns'in 'favour of
Mr. CLIFFORD, and others.paii, homage to the 'jury
who had decided in his behalf. Though the 'party
were 'So 'strong to the after the periM of 11;alf-
price, some friends of the Theatre had the resolu-
'tion to support the 'cause,•of the 'Proprietors, and
hence •sorne.serions contests took 'plice, Woob, the
fire-man of the Theatre, being discovered in the
Pit, a veliettlenrSit'nggle place to drive hint
out. aesnit.intained gi•;-.):And for Sonte tithe,, but
at length wasabliged to yield to numbers, pat-1164:-
larly as some men in the lOWer Boxes had, the
cowardice to strike him With their sticlis, while he
-was engaged in a scuff 1e with a lioitof opponents
below. But the unmanly praaice 'Ol pelting the
Performers on.the,stage was renewed, and among
other thitts a horn was throWn, at 13.OLOGNA.—
FARLEY took it; -made a 'silent appeal to the justiCe.
'of'ttie a'u'dience`, bowed, and handed it off the.stage.
Apples, oranges, and a variety of other arti,-21es;
covered the stage ; bur the Most 'offensive of these
Missile weapon'swere the 'penny and. halt-penny
pieces; which,are calculated to do great mischief to
the unoffending Perforiners, who are only employed
in the pradice of their cility. It is really astonishing
that a British crowd general should sutier such
"unmanly violence, to orevail, and however deter-
mined to accomplish the chief purpose in view, do
not; with their chart...terksic gvnetosity, indignant-
ly repel Such savage proceedings.
The Beiligeren4 rent iiiell in the Theatre. 'anger
than usual atter their dance, their groans, and their
singing, 'clatterirg their sticks, and pointing with
menacing gestures towards the Private foxes. ' At
length they left the Theatre,, and marched down the
Strand and neetrStreet, in 'two formidable bodies,
at Some distance f: omit each Other, exciting di-mray
'and terrtir in every person whim they efiCOuntered
.in their passage.

guise the trial of Lord GEOtioi (Soiborr , tio.caie
appears to have excited so much curiosity as that.
whichoccUrred Tuesday respecting CoVent-Gar
den Theatre; in the Court (t Common Pleas.
Court Was crowded, and the avenues completely
blocke,l up: The uproar was extreme, and the
proceedings experietiC7,.l several interruptions fioin
occasional bursts of c'llt-nottr. and Vociferation. Se-
irefal fights Ocqurred,„ and many persons were severe-
iy bruised by the ,presiure. Mr. litritti,E was in
the Hall, and was folloWed by cries of 0. P. tk here-
cver he went. When the verdict of the Jury was
make known, it was received bythe.people in the
Hall with a shOut of apprObtiOn, so lond, ,that
Lord ELLENBOROUGH was obliged to pause till it
subsided, in the. midst of his charge to the Jury, in
Mr. KiNd's action:

.
It his been thought somewhat adventurOns and
rash in Mr. KEN'hil.E.to appear in Westminster Hall,
pn Tuesday last, as he has been so cruelly persecuted
by the enemies:of the. Theatre, and th,:refoke it is
proper to state- that he'was obliged to .attend, having
been-summoned as a witness by the Plaintiff, though
he was not called on fdr his evidence.

WESTMINSTER Scnoo..--The young Gentlemen
of this Institution last night performed TEttitii's
Play of Phormeo. The p;iiletnn who distingnished
themselves, and ekciteti'Much
,applause on this occa-
inn were; Messrs. ToWNstieNri, MURE, VERNON,
BELLI, CRAW.LEY, SALTER, CREMER, LANGLEY,
PALMER, and STRANGE WAYS.
The veteran RAU.ZZINI• resumes his concerts this
season at
,Bath, aria Miss, PARKE gone ,to that
city for the purpose of assisting hint. • .
CATALANI has not beau announced in the Opera
Manager's list of vocal perforMers, but it is not
doubted that she is engaged for the ensuing season.
The case which' is entitled "the KING veb,4s
Watowr arid Others,' and Micih itandS for trial on
Saturdaynett; is thathetWeen Mr. Wiatitt on the
One hand and Mrs. CLARKE and M-. WRIGHT on
the oth6i-. BoivE very curious circemstances with
respe& to Mr.'WArtimE are expeCted to be disclosed
on the occasion.

Government is. in daily expe6tation of hearing of
the suit-elide- of.corfu; against which place an attack
had been arranged, ithmediately after the tall of Cep-
halonia,' Ithaca, Cerigo, &c. An insurance on an
American vessel; bound from Matta was yesterday
made with a clause in the poliCy• in these worda,
" With liberty to touch at Coati, if in possession of
the British,"

On Tuesday, Captain Hicks, of the Navy, a na-
tive of Norfolk, dined at the house of Mr. Vigets,
in. Southampton-street. He appeared in perfe&
health and spirits. He left Mr. Vigers's in a hack-
ney Coach,. accompanied by a Mr. Owen, who se-
parated from him at the end of Norfolk-street. He
appeared then to be in perfect health. The coach-
man drove him to Catherine=street, in 'the city ; on
opening the door of the -carriage,. he tOund that
Captain Hicks did not Move ; thinking he was
asleep, he attempted wake him, but without et-
feet : a.candle was then brought froni. the house,
and, on inspeetion, it was found that be was dead.—
Captain Hicks'had, the.day before, been appointed
to a ship,
A Statement has been published in some of the
Public Papers of the pretended contents ot:a Letter,
''written by Lord GRENVILLE to the Principal of
Brazen Nose College, in 'Oxford : we are authorized
,to,-.tsay, that the. Principal has signed, and eiteulated
to the Members of Convocation, resident in Oxford,
ade'xpress contradiction of that statement, which he
declares' to contain not only insidious mislepresenta-
tion, but positive falsehood.