The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-03 00:00:00

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(Cheers and groans.)
Mr. Booth stepped 'forward, and addressed the
house hi the following words Ladies and
Gentlemen-, I have endeavoured all in my power
to 'atone flat the disapPoititMent of which I was
the cause in another plaCe. I have apologized
foe my condirct on that occasion, and have en-
deavoured to explain the circumstances. I now
again most humbly and sincerely repeat my
apology." , , . .
This
,speech -was but very •partially beard, and
produced no effect.
At the commencement a the third. net, Mr:,
Fawcett and Booth .came ford ard hand in hand,
accompanied by a person Who exhibited a paper
hearing this inscriptian Mr. Booth craves
your silence to explain and apologize. " The for,
user placard, of " Hear Booth of Old Drury in his
proper place," was displayed, amidst loud Shouts
and great contusion.
Mr. Booth then spoketo the following effect :
" Ladies and Gentle Men, I have done every thing
in my power to expreSs the sense I entertain of
my offence, and I am willing 'to do so again in
any way you shall suggest."
Having said so much, and finding it itnpossi-
hie to be heard, he retired once more. A person
in the Pit immediately hoisted a paper, on which
appeared the words, We pardon Booth."
The third act was then gone through, but there
was no symptom of abatement in the row, and
partial squabbles were oh.serticable hi all parts
of theTheatte.
The fourth act began under more auspicious,
circumstances than any of the former ones, and,
for the first time, the voice ut Mrs. Faucit was
heard ; she was loudly applauded ; the gleam of
peace was however but short, chaos resumed its
empire, and continued without interruption to the
end of the play. The curtain dropped, and cries
for Booth %vete renewed. A ready obedience was
paid to every offer of aecommodatio» ; and Mr.
Fawcett again came forward, leading Mr. Booth
by the hand : a'person came with them, bearing
the following placard, iniended to express the
feelings of Mr. Booth :—" I have acted wrong;
I have made a sufficient apology, and throw myself
on the earldom. of Englishmen.''
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The ft lends of Mr. Booth hailed this lest at-
tenti.t of their favourite to conciliate the public
mind -with renewed cheers, and at least seven-
eighths Of the audience_ were with them. The
opposition of the malcontents, however, was so
clamorous, that it was impossible to hear a- singly
word of the tew 'observations which,Mr: Booth
attempted to' add. In retiring, Mr.• Booth was
cheered in the loudest manner, and handkerchiefs
were waved in prodigious numbers in every part
of the house. lie appeared' completely exhausted
by the effortsahe had made, and the opposite emo-
tAotis. produced in his mind, by the favour of the
many', and the unmitigated virulence of the few
Who still continued their opposition. His friends
celebrated their triumph by -three times three
cheers, and the general good humour now became
so great, that the new piece met, with a very fa-
vouralile reception till it approached its close.

The Play had not been announced as usual, at
ahe end. of the Play. Whca.the Entertainment
concluded, Mr. Fawcett was• again loudly called
fur. He obeyed the summons. Numerous voices
made various demands about Mr. B 0011.; silence
being at fast obtained, Mr. Fawcett inquired—
." May I not interpret this call on me to be a re-
quest on your part, to know what the Play is to
be on Monday /"
" Yes," " Yes !"—" Booth,"—" Richard 1."
were the responses of the audience.
" Then," said Mr.,FAWCETt, " bowing as I
alWays do to your commands, I beg to annonnce,
that on Mcinday (with your permission), the Play
of this evening will.be repeated."_ A tiimult of
applause followed, interrupted by icry.freble op-
position, and the remainder of the audience, after
a few more shapts cat " Bon-rn for ever," (and a
few kisses only being mingled. with ht4zas) left
the Theatre. - .

TO THE EDITOR.
Clarges-street, March I, 1817.

Stn,--As the Sub-Committee of Deury-latte
Theatre, consisting of five Gentlemen, have taken
upon themselves to deny, through the medium of
the Public Prints, a, transaction of their prede•
ce3sors, to which only two of -their present mem-
bers could possibly be competent to speak, I so-
li :it the use of the same channel for submitting to
the other three the following letter, which ovhilit
it strongly confirms the statement which sin ho-
ourable appeal to my truth and. eandont ford
me to withhold; will refresh, no doubt,_ theme-tilt:try of the Noble Member of the Sub-CoMmitree,
to whose tes( iinony it otters so direet A contra-
diction. I um, Sir, your obedient servant,
DOUthalS

COPY OF A LETTER rnom THOMAS HARRIS, ESI2.
TO THE LION. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD.

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. Belteinuoll, Feb. '27,917.
Sipe—Not having the honour of being Pei-mm:111y known to
you, I ought to apologise for this intrusion ; but I consider,
myself as iniperionsiy called upon, by the unfounded attack
on you, annexed 'to the Drury-lane play-bills.of 'yesterday,
to state the follOWing facts:— ,
That an Agreement did exist, (drawn up- by Mr: Sheridan,
ancl'signed by us both) in substance such as described by you
in your note of 44th instant, to my son, recognizing the sub-
sisting Treaty between the two Theatres, which must have
been known py all who were in any way connected with the
conduct of Drury-lane Theatre. For the truth of this, appeal ,
need only be made to Mr. Gtaham,the Magistrate.
That Mr. Whitbread was made fully acquainted with it, and
seeing the necessity of it, mot heartily concurred in ratifying
't, on a full explanation, in an interview with Mr. Fawcett,
expressly appointed for that purpose.
That on the establishment of the present Sit b-Committee,
I had the honour of a visit, here, from Lord Essex, the in-
tent of which appeared to tne that establishing a thorough
good and friendly understanding between the twn Theatres.
A-short time previous to this, the Drury-LlneControittee had
engaged Mr. Cooke (although Mr: Cooke had, on the clay
before, settled with Mr. Fawcett an engagement for three
Yistaft for Covent Garden Theatre.) -
On my' warmly remonstrating to his Lordship on this breach