The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-17 00:00:00

PRICE 7D.

THEATRES.

XING'S.
The Queen honoured M. Laporte with her presence ttt his
benefit last night, together with one of the most numerous and
fashionable audiences we have ever seen collected within these
walls. An ample bill of fare was provided, consisting of the
whole of I Puritani ; a new ballet by Deshayes, called L'Amour
et la Folie; and Gnecco's comic opera, La Prove d'un Opera
Soria ; the latter for the first time this season. The ballet is
a very pretty one, exceedingly well got up, and furnished oc-
casion for some very elegant dancing by the four established
favourites of the season—Mademoiselles Romain and Carlotta
Grisi, with Coustou and Perrot. Gnecco's piece is well
known as a great hit in its way ; and the audiences usually un-
derstand it so well, and enjoy it so much, that it seems throw-
ing away a great card to suffer so much of the season to pass
without giving it. Grisi and Lablache particularly were ad-
mirable. The entertainments did not conclude till near 2
o'clock.

Q UEEN'S.
Last night, Master Henry O'Connell had a benefit at this
theatre. The play was Douglas, Master O'Connell was the
hero of the piece, and Miss Courtenay was the heroine. The
play, " long, dull, and old," moved heavily, and was only occa-
sionally relieved by the interference of the gods, who expressed
' impatience of the protracted horrors of the scene. Between
' the play and the farce, the Irishman in London, a hiatus of
extraordinary length occurred, which was in part filled up by
the performances of several vocalists. It was, however, ap-
parent that all_yoas not right behind the scenes, and the noise
in the allery'and pit increased from subdued murmuring to
unmitigated yells, hooting, and noise. The orchestra was
shortly deserted, the row increased to a perfect hurricane.
Master O'Connell came forward and said something which was
not audible ; a person then came forward, understood to be
the manager, who said he had not been paid for the theatre,
or words to that effect, and that the performance could not
proceed. Master Henry rushed forward and declared he had
promised to pay ; that he would give security, &c. The
row increased, and the two litigants retired. The fiddlers
now emerged from a sort of hole at the bottom of the orches-
tra, and resumed their places ; they, however, kept on their
hats, and it was plainly their object to interrupt the perform-
ance. The gods, and the mortals in the pit, assailed them
with an extraordinary latitude of language, and the ladies
began to retire from the boxes. A flight of orange peel,
gooseberries, and half-pence began to whiz about their
heads. The curtain drew up, and a performer came forward
with the inquiry "Is it your pleasure the orchestra be
cleared ?" he was answered unanimously in the affirmative.
Nevertheless, the fiddlers were resolved, not to retreat. At
this moment a rush was made from the pit into the orchestra,
and a pugilistic battle-royal commenced, the assailants being
covered by a fire of gooseberries, and stimulated to the at-
tack by the yells of the gallery. After some minutes, the
fiddlers retired, and the performance proceeded, with the
occasional interruption of a head thrust through the hole
aforesaid, and a cheer given from beneath the stage fur Daniel
O'Connell.