The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-11 00:00:00

COYEIVraeiRDEN THEATRE.

We were indUc;iitfr hope, -.frpm. *hot passed rn
t he reortchision : of last season, Nyheti the aitAtitc..!
seemed- eoi;dially• to assent . ‘r es r; b.S.tiGn
:of the Proprietors;'` as eipressefd by • Mr: :KiNtilLE",
that the Pubic in general wou4 permit, the '.;-..xist-
,ence,ot as_.. many. Private `Boxes as were sane lolled
for three or four years in the. fOriner The-atre.' 13'ut:
it is with, much regret we found ourselves disap-
pointed last -aight, as the same, Or very nearly the
sante' degree of vehemence prevailed against the
Private Boxes, as appeared on :the. cotntnencement
of the 0. P. war last year.
The house was Completely hill, arid the visitors
of the boxes appeared highly to approve of the alte-
rations which had been Made. (alterations of the
most convenient nature) and by' theircondnat dur,
ing the whole. performance, to aCquiesCe in the
wishes of the Proprietors. We have so moth
re-
liance on the justice and generosity, oP our country-
men .in, general, as still to think that if the visitors
of the pit had been witness to theitnproved,accom-
Modation of ail iiie avenues, lobbies,' 84c. conneated
with the .boxesi-and*considered the great expellee
which must necessarily have attended them, that
they also, with very few' exceptions, would have
conceded to the desire of the .ProprietOrs, and that
harmony would have prevailed in the Theatre last
night.

We shall now content ourselves with relating the
events of last- tight, just as they occurred. •
The Theatt'e way -crowded at ati early hour, and
the visitors of the, boxes, before they took their
seats,.went through at the places where the alte-
rations have taken place.

The new stone staircases were much approved
'of,' abd theiniptorethents in the corridors were gc•
nerally admired,_ as giving an air of solidity to the
whole. The accommodation athirded bk- the new,
staitc.ises of inote'importauce to the frequenters
uf.this .lieatre thair any other improvement what,
ever. The twelve front boxes of the third d- (levant,
called the private circlo,... are thro Vn ()pill to the
Public, together %vitt) a spacious corridor and a
very, elegant Saloon': -Tie grand ',witty below' has
been stripped of us figures to ornamnt this saloon.
It is, be twitully carprtcd„ and contahis four scarlet
-ofas With other. acconmindations and, emlkllish-
ments; in a ;tyle of cerrcsponi_.ing splendour.
These arrangements app, aced Lo,attord general sa-
681Action, and the, company. in ,the boxes seethed
conttmted. A gieai number of Ladies were in each
circle; and the audience was, generally speaking,
very respeCtable .
On he appearance of the musicians, " God Save.
the King" was called for—the call was.obeyed, and
nearly the whole of the pit sting the song' standing
up and uncovered. Their performance and that of
the musicians gained, genera) 'applause. ''Rule Bri-
tannia" was then called for, :Ind aS usual received
4.vith enthusiastic bufsts of exultation. •

By this' ime the cry of " No PTloalc Boxes" had
frequently be.nvociierated from various parts of tlic
Theatre, but till the rising of the curtain, nothing
was seen that could tin regarded as any thing like a
formidable opposition. •

On the cbmwencement of the Perfo!marice (the
Beggar's Opera,) the u;sroar began w:.h adegree
of warmth '_t hat Feipitled. us 61 the opening of
the last carivaio. The ~,}pposition was chiefly con-
fined to the tot. The boxes generally. took no part
in the Contest. The feW that wereat ,all . disposed
to be active s. emed•to be aganht the O.
willing to lose the they. had promi,ed
tilemsulves tromtheOp,-ra, they clapped 4,oppo-
%llion to the hostiie--,,arty, ecaesionally exclaiming,
" Turn 'em. out.."—Wheu these
.l.ist ciapped,, the
other, immediately
_rested on their oars, and suf..
feted them to have it entirely their owti war, a:AI
when the word " Thrn 'em out" was given, it was
Immediately caught u,, by the 0. who loudly
r peated it in derision- of their opponents, to their
own infinite amusement, Their object was .ivi-
dtntly to mar the performance, and so this t‘as
fected, they cared not whether it was accomplished
by hisses or by claps, by yells of disapprobation, or
by maßifestailons of applause.

Oil the • entrance of Mrs. DICKONS, the applause
seemed universal .She was not, tio‘Never,
ted sing without,itoerroption. Not one of her
songs could be beard but tor a moment, .when her
sweet voice, burstingon the.earobrough short inter._
vats of clamour, secuiet.l like order rising from chaos,
and instantly lost again,. in she growing tumult, it
lett the tarnalisd ear to regret nit such melodious
sounds could beiteard no wore.

Thus passed the first at ; the exertions of the
aetors were completly ~,ovcrpoweted by t!.e audi-
ence, Who seemed to wish it to have the et'iect
monstrous melo drama, as they constantly made, at
the tainiings, suppliiatins, &c. a variety of discord.-
ant noises, which they intended should 4e consider-
ed as appropriate.
Between the first and second aas Mr. Kemble
came forward, and 0.. his uppearance wa, Ft:elect,
with applause. As usual on such occasions it was
some time before silente could be obtained. When
length the tumult subsided Mr. Kemble spoke
nearly as follows :
LAD:Ls. AND
. .

" Wtlell I had cast the Ininourol addressing myself to you.
[Here an interrui•tion was given, and he could not tie lie,ird
for some moments. He then proceeded. The pi opOsinoa
I then made on the part of the Proplietrs, relative to the
arrangements of the inicricr tat the Theatre, appeared to
meta tsitit yourapprobatitm:"

Loud cries of ". Yes" and " No" fiom'various
parts of, the Theatre.. considerable titne:eiciPs.ed
before he could again be'lieard. Somebody in the
pit forwarded a. paper to*ards the stitae, which,
when attempted to be throv, u thither. fell into the
orchestra. It was afterwards recovered,- and at
length reached the place of its destination, but tell at
some distance from Mr. .41014 e, who did 11Qt ap-
pear to see it. Several .persons called. out, " Read,
read!" but without making him cOmprehend their
meaning. Loud cries of " Perfbrnz Jour contra& V.'
and " 1-lave you forgot Oe: -Crown .and .Anchor
Treaty ?" rang
.thfaugh. the Theatre. Silence, at
length regained, Mr. KEMBLE Said, .:

" GENTLEALL.N, , • .
" r bc.; icoie to remind you that the treaty hat never been
attempted. to be denied."' •

" Then why atlijou'nOt think it tinding and
,f4l

tie conditiovs?'' -wls:h6re' asketi.-;—" Why was it
nd thought biuding?." was .velicgraently reiterated.
Mr. KaNIBLE ltnti'iln .once inure obtained sikiice;
rerliect— . .
- - , .
"'LADIES 'ANL) Glifi TLEit EW, • •
1 That ire.,ty was.lbotight binding, but it was likewise
tient;ht.that your candour..would.clispensewitlL its
,rigorous
:elibi,:eineiit, in consideration of tit ereetion or priVare boxes
,113 ring been legalised by the Att for rebuilding Drio,y_.lahe
• Ticatre." . - . - - • -.- • -

IMuch disapprobation Was-excited by this, and the
vevailing clamour was-such that all hesaid'could not
bldistirialy, heard. • ',He however -werwon to sayl
" The Proprietors ading under this persuasion have
hnuKht upon themselves a very gre,at .4dditi•unal expence."
• That was put 07,/, jaidt," w4s here onerved•frunk the
bixes:l"- •
Mr. Kv..ini.e-then enumerated the iMproveinents
which had brought on such em)ences.- " The eon-
s:ruction of the .'stone 'staircases,—;-the' paving
.and
arching of the corridors—the raising the roof of the
lower- gallery," &c.—but here the tumult a-rising
from-hisses- mingled .with applatise prevented
be-
ing properly heard, and finally, completely over-
powered his 'voice. To hear his concludieig words
was impossible: - appearod to'endearber to so-
licit their indulgence in•consideration of the efforts
they had made to' ailbrd the Public such .accommo-
dation, and retired -pursued by the hisses of one
partY and•the applaUse of the other:.
in this state of things the second act commenced,
but could not be heard, rough the- noise was not
o great as daring the performance of the first.
Occa•ionally,a few words could be distinguished ;
but to enjoy the piece, or even -to connect the inci-
dents'OrOhe scene; Was Impossible. • •
The remainder of Abe Opera, and the whole of the
Farce (Raising the 'Wind)•,. passed off ii the same
•.s ay. The noise seemed to• get lower towards the
close of the evening,.as though .the parties vivre
d, but the spirit continued thestitps.
" Gad save the King" 'was sung- during the
fortnance. The 0.P.. song and dance' were resored
-to and periormed with considerable' success. An
• attempt was inade to renew the spots in the pit
which were so prevalent last year; boWever,
could not be effected, a, it was so exceedingly 101 l
that a ring could not be formed of sufficient dimen-
sions to allow the performers any scope forahe dis-
play of their agility. ,
On the falling of the curtain a loud sheet closed
• tk_. performances. The Whole of the_audience al-
-4110gt creme 'lardy quttiied Theatre without
Calling on Mr. KEMBLE, or continuing the contest
in any other way. The pit was longer in being
:cleared than- any' -other part, in consequence of the
neck-of a quart bottle having been thrown-In:tin-the
gallery. A reward of one guinea- was immediately
.offered •for.the apprehension of the person by whom
it .was 'thrown. •