The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-09 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

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"rhOugh fhe'r public in.. general mist be wearied
and disgusted with the daily accounts of the scenes
of ttirbulence which take I,lAce every, night, in thiS
Theatre,
,yet as we have readers oi all sorts; we must
submit to the disagreeable task of recording them.—
The Play last nigtit was lizke and Yaiico, and tht:
Farce The Mier. But very soon atter the b,:gin-
tting of he performance iymptoms-of disConte'rit.ap-
peared, and were continued till the period of half
price. A desperate band then broke in, -and fOrced
their way through the audience, utterly 'regardleis of
the `females present, 'till they reached the'middle of
'the Air. All the spirit of uproir then broke txth,
and confitMed• without interruption till the final
dropping of the 'curtain. The persons with 0. P. in
their hats were numerous, and some inscriptions
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were held forward, but nothing conspicuous for point
or novelty.—Horns aid rattles were, exercised as
usual,, but the vocal orguns• were chiefly prevalent,
and the most .hideous yeds rand bellowing were
beard through 'the night.' Offensie eXclairiations
Were diretted agatust 'some Ladies who 'appeared in
• the_priVate boxes. This conciffd 'is• truly shock 7
ing, as.it is Well known that the tai, sex of the Bri-
tish Empire are, as a body, the most virtuous females
In the world. Some sham .land some real disputes
took place in the Pit, but they were not attended
with serious conseqUences. On'the dropping of the
ctirtain, " God save the King" was reared with the
Usual regard to harmony and
.after. the :customary
Cheers for 'themselves and groanS for the Proprietors,
the malcontents retreated from the Theatre.
'An attempt to harangue the Enultitude was Made
-I)Y One 'person; whose accent was provincial: All
that could be heard Was some bask neyed stuff about
the right of the public hot to be deceived by their
• countrymen, however diey 'might be deceived by
foreigners," This wretches; trash wastoocon tempt-
. lore even for the malcontentsto bear,, and after a
few moments the Poor °rater sunk into- insiguifi-
. 'vance- The discontented party then sallied, forth,
'and having. visited, as usual, their favouriteilkWys-
-'taPer Offices, disPersed without mischief..;.:-

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TO tHE EDITOR OF. THE SUN.

EDITOt,

The Pioprie.tors of Covent-tarden Theitre have
6ked legalfy br illegally; in building pr►vate Boxes,
and raising their prices.
If legally; what right can the rioters have to Mo-
lest them ?

If illegally; why . not the law set the matter to
rights instead of a mob ? I read Many of the Paper,.
but in none or then-I have I seen it put in this
'
s L.,iir.Oincle says this triorning, that
-fly of their best frieti(6, thy lament to say,V.iffer
from thein with res Pea AO the dispotes.at toe hea-
tre, n 0
‘-'1) oaturday they use these words: in
speaking of Mr. Mash the chief Clerk of the. Laid
Chamberlain.. They say, that the ManagerS Lutist
yield to Me unii).eracil fieiiq of the Public:.
1:19w, Mr. Editor, ca,, the same man, with ttntli,
kay, that that feeling is universal which he knows is
.and:everi-proves hirriself tliat it is not in two
. day; afterwards.
The Chrortict; says they aTc supporting the libet-
tis'of their6Ohntry : I always thought that liberty
was a thing that we all shared alike in, and that no
trade, no canine,b, deprived a man of any portion
bl it.
Not. 7.
A CONSTANT READER.

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118
Etr.'lVl\---,This *as 'crowded in aft
parts last night tolhe representation 'of The School
for Scandal. Mrs. RDWiti Made .het first appear-
' ance in the part of Lady Teazle, and if the effea.
Upon the audiehce were
alone to be considered,? she - terformed the part With great, ability. ThSt;ll,4lre;'
; °M:'"1", general, Very few good 'ad es AOiiilg:
'IP • Eibl,vt ia-
mixed audience, and Mrs.. ,cerfalitly- -
does not usually
gra-
tify those Judgt,!&: in such a Manner as .tO
Slie evidently;too sOliCiions to
please
the eYe, Indeed she has'generally as many
attitudes as she has wards to deliver in every sea-
hence.
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19. trio much eftbrt in her Mode of
whi.ch giws an appearance, of laboured
to her ouetano.e,- such as nii^ght- be expected
in tragic declamation. After all, Ilowever, she :is-
Certainly an agreeable aaress, and plays with consi-
derable etfett, and her performance last night gar,
animation to every
,Scene„ Of Mr. MELvlys
Charles Surface we cannot slieak with much corn- '
inendation; His gaiety is too' stormy and labowi.
There i7r- ahvays a want of polish in his tnantiecti9riti
Le does not otter pt to soften and modulate,
- 'which is naturally bard.' He was, however, a fa-
vourite with .the Galleries, and received much ap-
WROUGHTON'ti Sit Peter Tedzle was Mark-
ed by the gobd
.sense and unaffeeted huMour of the
old.school. RUSSELL'S Joseph ,Surface evinced
sicierable imp_tuvment. The rest of-tie charaEte4s
'were tolerably wel supported, find the Play•went-0.5
With great spirit. .