The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-16 00:00:00

COVENT-G AR DE N THEATRE.

• We augured too -favourably when 'we Stated that,
the-opposition to the,advanCe prices at this Theatre
seemed to be subsiding,. for except the ottensive
struments, which are now laid aside, there was as,
much -violdoce- on-Saturday last as 'on any of. tjitt,:
.former nights. The play was The Poor Gentlenzan,
:And the -entertainment The Flitch of Bacon.. The
.former piece was patiently heard through, nearly-
'four abis, and the Performers were severally ap
plauded. bu! tb,,iiards the end bf the fourill'abl, the
same turbulence prevailed, and con' hued withqut
-an,iteinew till: the final dropping.;ot the curtain.:
• . A con:,iderable number at paper:%, printed. and
written were spread through ine house, many of
Which were thrown from the Galleries by women,
'into the.,Pit and Boxes, and were held up 'with
shouts of applause.7-,Most of
,theSe papers were 41i-
retied against. Kt:mBLE," but certainly unjustly, for
as lie boids but a sixth part of the Theatre, .the mea-
sure which' has excited so much confusion, must as
we have before- obserted, have-been the result of a
general. concurrence on the part of the Proprietors.
The opponents
.of the. Managers -have resumed
the practice of datibing Ott the benches in the Pit.
They sung " God save the King," as before,. and,.
rkidered it imposible to heara word from the per-
formers, .

There were sbrne Struggles between those who
held op'the Placards, and those wh attempted to
destroy them., but no formidable contest ensued,
Two or titter. persorsi M) were most active, and. who
'...!3eemed inclined to. rni:ichief, were taken into cus-
tody. There werea:few iatempts to speak on the part
Of the audience, but whether they were ;fiends'. or
enemies of the Managers it is ditficult to: say,
as they could not procure attention. The hootipg;

whistling, Shouting, and every variety of voCal.an-
noyance, prevailed.for some time alter the dropping
of the curtain, •but the Theatre was eptitely empty
before eleven o'clock.

'We subjoin the labels, for the gratification Of our
country Readers

,4 Our yokes every nightwe'll raise
Keinble"s shame and Britain's praise."
temble's address (with a caricature of hirril a label corn..
lug out of his Mouth with these words), .4. what d, you
want ?" (and underneath) A nswe ,
6s. Pit 35.. 6d." r bold joint Ball.—" Boxes
figh
A ting earicatute, representing john Kemble and john Bull
" N
.o DistinEtion, no Innovation, .no Boxes, but such as
• are open to British Public." •
4 _
Nemble must ",Stoop to Conquer."
" Fair Play and Fair Prices." • •
Uhl MulklaY their Majesties' Servants will perfortn.the-
:heiv Comedy of Auvaticed 'Pr iceS, or Kemble's Triumph
• "'lt Kemble - did not deserve our support at first, he does
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tow. having brought forward a troop of
,ixers to arnuseals-
wilt Pl.trii,e taloa, instead of Madame Catalani's '7'
44 Conquer or die." Nu new Prices."

Eowtw, who hs long en.
irtyrd a high provkcial repute, appeated on Saturday
last at, ,this Theatre in the part of The Widow
the Cornetly of The Soldier's DauOter:
Report has not erred in the reprei,entati,t, of her-

Merit, as she is,a very animated and pleasing actress.
'''
- --Tier figure is small, but very neat, and herlace is
''' ,landso.-m- e.and-expressive. She . has very hoe eye‘4,.
and
.s • nd she knows bow to make use
~of them.. Her.
~
.. .
4*t•iice is i- lear and full tone:?, williauf being in the
least • rt,gii,e tiarsh.;-Her action i+: iiihrat'q plea4tngt, ~
~ .
.. but riot siwnyi apprOpii.lte to the .sentitnent Which-
iihe utters,
she is so and.
i ed
and' is indeed somewhat redundant. But.
..
T - easy, and playfril; that she may
defy the ohjeEtio of
ns rigid! criticism, ,
she is secure'
Of. the, general fay our ,1 the 'audience.
In some
passages she happily imitated the archness of Mrs.
1 ' joRrjAN, and in those-of :a pathetic kind, displayed
mottle touches .of . She was re-
• eeived
with the-genuine feerng.
warmest applause, and that ap-,
!lause ' prevailed throUgh - the whole of her re-
, .
presentation, She delivered the original Epilope,
with some additional lines by Mr. ARNOLD, appro-
priate to her situatinn, which were highly applauded.
.otitte passages in the. play, which had a refere:ice to_
Ler appearance in London, were caught by the au-
. 4ferice, and peculiarly well received. Upon the
whole,- this Actress is a powerful addition . to the
London ' stage, and is likely
_to become one of , the
thi6f favourites of the Public.,—Mr. Ktitorrr;.ano-
ther new lierf‘ rnier, Came forward in this.:COrnedy,
as Timothy Quaint. He is a little man; and is
something like the late Mr. KING' in his features.—
. He is rather exaa, than-luxuriant, hut there is a:
shrewdness in hts_manner. altogether that' indicates;
, . observation and
.humour, though rather of a dry
is.remarkably species. His voice t strong and II;gh,
..but when he becomes, more used to the size of the
T4e3tre, .he will doubtless modulate it with bettet=
effe6l. He was very well received, and be confirm,'
. .ed the good opinion of- the audienceby his perform-
ance of Robin Roughhead, in the whimsical Farce
of Fortune's Frolic,—Tile house was very well at-
tended.

STEPHEN KEMBtRis engaged 'to- perform .-a fewF. - Ilights with the Manager of the ShrewSbury, Here-
' t°4l, and other Theatres; and commenced his opera-
.' duns last week. He has dispoied of his Theatres at
'.
. Greenock and Whitehaven for Seven years, to a Mr.
. , MotsiroomE.RY, and CI;IPPENDALE, fbrmerly. of
', -Drury-lane Theatre, who-has risen into considerable
provincial repute as acoMic _.4440r. Mrs. S. '<EMMA.).
• *- whose health. had been long declining, but who, it
seems, is now thoroughly recovered, is engaged
,to
•• perform a few nights at Doncaster. Her merit as
an at4ess, in genuine simplicity and true pathos, his
never been exceeded on the London boards, within
.. her proper range of character.... - . Mr. SHERIDAN is expeEted in town, in 'order to
, hold a meeting for the purpose of adjusting some,
• ,pl;in for the rebuilding of Drury-lane Theatre forth-
. ~. - , with, as the Renters in general have manifested great
. : Warm lest the intended application to Parliament for
' 2 g new Theatre, to be raised by subseription, should
• - be•tnaterially- injurious to their patent. The , sub-
scription for the new Theatre is said to be full. ,
We were surprised to see the name- of Lady
CAsTLY,REAGII introdtked in an Oppoitiort Print 'of
Sat ill do), last.. Surely an amiable and accomplished
• fe4lale, who is an ornament to her sex and rank
might • have expeded
.to escape from.party spleen,-
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• particularly as nothing is. imputed. to her but a par-tiaihy for her husband.. Such attacks do not sarbur
oft,he'liberal spirit that ought to charaCterise a BratiSh
- opposition, however violent against the Objects of its
,tiv.rai hostility.