The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-23 00:00:00

O.P. RIOT AT PLYMOUTH-DOCK'.

Monday , night th,!
_Theatre at Plymouth-Dock
opened for the first time this season; with. ;be Tra.
gedy of Jane Shore, and the Farce or Lock drill Keg.
-The house having been newly painted and decorated,-
the Manager thought proper to raise the price of ad-
niission—t he Boxes from-3q to 4s. and the 'Pit frorrti
,•2s. to 2sAid. with.(in additional Sixpence on the halfin
'price admission to the Boxes. A great .number of
orders were distributed among the Manager's friends,
and the first three ads of the play went. off tolerably
tranquil ; but-on the admission of half-price, a dread-
ful scene of riot-and. confusion commenced, which
could not be exceeded by the height of the
war in the Metropolis. It was quite impossible to.-
hear a word of the performance. Apples, ofrinigds,
halfpence, sticks, and even glass-bottles flewittltiou:
in every diredion„ to the iminittent'rik of a 7nvenber
of lives. The most . naive among the' advoCateg of •
'O. P. Were a body of-sailors, beadedby:several.Mtd-.
shipmen, who all seemed determined -to conqber,or
die. Mattersat last began to wear so serious au as-
pect,-that a- military detachment Was , sent' for -and:.
introduced on -the stage. ,No sooner, howeVery had
they made their appearance, than the 'sailors Tug:lied
on - the stage in a. bo Iy4 and, regardless of the_ fixed
bayonets, they drove the soldiers from the stage, and
kept possession of it themselves for-a -considerable•
Otherparties of theM took their stations in
the Pit and Boxes, and there appeared every dispo-
sition both in thernl and the other advocates of O. 10..
to 'do seriens mischief to the house, which had al-
ready felt the efi'eas of their vengeance. At last the
Manager, finding the opposition to the new prices-
so general and strong, came forward, and having -
with difficulty Obthined a hearing, informed thb
audience that the prices of admission should be re.'. •
(tubed to their former, standard. This speech was
hailed with three cheers, and the audience shortly
after separated. • Several- persons were- severely
bruised, but no lives were lost.

The persevering spirit
,and laudable efforts of Mr.
HOBBS (the liberal projeoor and manager of the
three last annual Musical Festivals, which have
done so nutch honour to Bath and Somersetshire),
has succeeded in making the Lower Rooms the
very centre of brilliance and fashion. This very •
beautiful Edifice has been for sevetal months fitting
up in a style of first tats elegance, and opened on
Tuesday last with an edit unprecedented even in
Bath. The Ball-Ro.,m was filled by all the fashion
and beauty in the city, and upwards of 490 joi:.ed
in the festive mazes of the dancing, which com-
menced with the' Muth admired 'tune " Lord
Newark." The Ball-Room exhibited a scene of ele-
gant splendour, and is truly woithy of the triumph
of the arts, which this season promises to achieve.
The floor was chalked in a very superior style, ‘4 ith
trophies classically musical, and the.alcoves ins' the
upper 'compartments presented several beautiful
groupes of. Orpheus end Eurydice, Apollo and
Daphne; the Graces, Clio and Terpsichere; Sze.
from Antiques. At nine o'clock the Tea-Room
was thrown open, when the elegant arrangement
and singular effect produCed by the beauty and uni-
formity of 'the Tea Equipage' excited the warmest
admiration, while the elegant display of Jellies,
Ices, &c. did credit to the spirit and taste of Mr.
LANZA, the Proprietor. The dancing continued
with great vivacity, and it was with difficulty the
lively groupes could be -dispersed, even at the ex-
tended period of midnight, when every indiVidual
quitted the Room enchanted with the fascination of
the fairyland they were leaving, and (deeply pene:*,
trated by the ,elegant manners and unceasine.
partial attentions which were so unremittingly be-
stowed by G. F. GROYNNETTE, Esq, the Master of
Ceremonies. The Saloon, for the reception of Sub-
scribers, is furnished in a superb style, and, among
other elegancies, presents a capital Portrait of the
great RAVZZINI.

Doctor ROBEIITON, whoa few months ago fled
from his bail in England, and escaped to Amsterdam,
has been arrested there, , and sent to Paris as au
English spy. • •