The Sun.
London, England, 1817-02-26 00:00:00

SECOND PAHTIO

StN-OFFICE, TNVo o'CLocm.

iircluive 'just received iittillii;eitce upon which
we implicitly rely, stud pledge ottrselves for its
authontititY, iinpcirtitig that on the 2241

eighteen persdns Were apprehended at Glasgow',
• ,
on a strong suspieinn Of litok TatsAsoit, by

the Civil Alithoritic's of chrit ‘`tthe have

tIICOISCIVCS infinite credit by thi's timely
and vignroos procee:ling. They taken into
custody at the moOi eta when. they were iu cloce
cons'ultation. We regret to say, 'that these per.
sons are not Of the lower class 6, IA form the

andiforio of Spa-fields and Palace- pet]. 'Can then
tiny inan catty attached to the Constitut inn,
lay his hand Upon heart, and say, that the utea-

Sures Alillisters arc now adopting arc host ile to

the liberties of the People, which are iotcmitti

to preserve those liberties,, to sccure the Go-

liernment of the Country, and protect it ugliiist
the secret artifices, anti open assaults of •those

who appear to have no object in view but its total

subversion, and to bring upon us all the wiieries
of Anarchy, and all the horrors of a general

Matilacre.

tl a pure of nntring !Innen Mr. Boo Tn. In Ow-
eourse of the day a hand.bul was put forth by the
landlord of the Coal hole*, declaring that the Su-
dety tneutioned as hating been in the habit -of
Meeting at his house, had for many months ceased
tea - On the other hand, hills a ere posted
containing the affidavit of an attorney) Mr.
t.Trt, of Norton Faigate. '!'hi, affidavit states,
that Mr. SALTER WOS present and did see SUNIUS
I.3owni, of the Theatreltoyal, Covent-Gar4len,
on Saturday morning last, about 13 o'clock,
when lie complained to Mr. SALTER of se-
vere indisposition, owing to the anxiety of
Atli mind, and 'fatigue during the last week, and
appeared to be so seriously indisposed as to
he totally incarable of performing that even-
ing. fir .
e pressed a wish to leave town intuit—
/hart ly, and- wrote a letter Mr. Hatt, of Drift y-
lane Theatre,statinu his intlisposition,which letter
Mr.BAut:Ett delivered'' to the Stage-keeper of Drury—
lane Theatre, about 3 o'clock on Saturday last,
after waiting some time in vain to see Mr. It*a.
Mr. SALTER immediately proceeded with Mr.
lioorb to the house. of a friend at Tottenham,
where they both remained until late the next day.
And Mr. SA LrElt farther deposes, that he the said
JoNIUS BOOTH altpeared to be extremely ill dur-
ing the %vitt& of the said time.

Iu consequence of Mr. 800-re, having been an-
notinced tor Richat'd, the House was last night
crowded to an.overflow in a few minutes after the
doors had opened ; and long before the rising of
the curtain, the tumult, which even at that early.
hoer prevaikd, strongly remioded its of the scenes
which marked. the first opening of this Theatre,
when We were nightly deafened by the shouts of
the boisterous .0. :lie curt air' drew up
about ball-past six, and Mr. Booio Immediately
nresent himself to the audience., dressed fur the
chareCter Ile wasiomortneed to sustain. Ilis ap-
pearance wits highly prepossessing, and promised
for a momerit, from the fervent plaudits which
were heart!, to gain the favour- of the' Hoese.•
liar the voice of resentment soon burst forth
(non several personal, chiefly in the pit, and the
marks at killtillVSS Which he received from the
great nu of the audience were'eneountered
by alt eoise sefficient to frustrate all his efforts ;
every appeal to their humanity to be allowed a
hearing,. though but for a moment, was in vain.
Inflexibly fixed
,to, punish, they wouldi not allow
of explanation or apology ; his senteoce had been
pre•determined, and they -would. not listen Cl). one
ttord in mitige lion, though in all parta, of the
house the plaudits were very. great, Liceompapied.
by the waving-of handkerchiefs roo-I..hatis by the
Ladies and Gentlemen. After some minntes, Mr.
Pathan how, d repeatedly to the audience an& re-:
t ired.— M r. FAWCETT now Cullle. lot Wiltd, but the
upiarar contieued us before. He patiently.waited
for the tumult to subside, but to no purpose. All
the usual means of procuring silence were resorted
to without effect. Several notes. were _thrown on.
the stage, which Mr. FANVCIiTT read, but could
not Le heard in return.—lt, wits How attempted to
begin the play, and sornething like the fit st scene
was represented in pantomime. The second
opened ; Richurd agaiti came on, anti tire storm,
raged with- eggravaied .fury, the applause. still
preikminating. The loed lie party seem.
ed to be more violent than before, amt. he could
find no ()ppm ttinity for reciting the soliloquy be
ginninggists---
" .Nilw are par brows crowned With
Our stern alitrwsate chart;i:d to moral, meetings ;
Grim-visaged war bath suoioth.d,,loSs wrinkled front.','
He again attempted to addreSs the audience, but
being still refused a hearing, lie, left the since
amidst the noise of tire contending parties.- lie
soon returned, attended by a standard-hearer, ex-
hibiting a
..placerd, with the words—", Grant si-
lence to explain." This, Iniwever, was ineffeeteal.
Mr. FAWCI.TT then again Caine forward, and, or.
tiering the standard bearer, to retire,' took Mr.
Bomar by the hand, and, by his action, seemed to
impiore a -hearing for him, but still in vain, and
they both soon 'after retired. The Hay proceedi.
,eel, and the first scene of niehard omitted, the
rest was regularly gone • through with ,iu dem!)
shew. During the first and second acts several fights
lank place ira the pit, of which it was impossible
to ascertain the object or the result. In the scene
where Richard appears with the eliddrew, a new was.made to pi6pitiate .the non-conteets.
A person suddenly entered, bearing a placard, in
scribed—" Mr. BOOTH trishes.to apologise" Ap-
plause and disapprobation followed. Mr. FALL.-
CETI' theft (Mole Oil, anti led • Mr. BOOTH to rite
front of the- stage. • The latter bowed with all-
possible humility, and .implored •permission - 'to
speak. The boon was not granted, and vino..
Aber placard wars upon this exhibited, which pot-
this question to the audienee--" Can Eargliali-
melt condemn unheard 1)" This was as -ineffectual
as the former, and again it was attempted to pro.
weed %%kir the play. - Mr. BARRYMOR“ afterwards
brought Mr. liooTti forward to address the House ;.
but this attempt ended like. those by which it hod
been preceded., .The Withal lasted .to the end.of
the play, of which not one worit 'coidil'be heard
from beginning terend. When theenrtain fell, the
malcontents put forth repeated shouts and groans,
but the applause, es before,- decidedly predomi-
nated, tint! Li general wave of handkerchiefs and
huts took place.
.NOW that the play was'ended,-
it was hoped a hearing would by granted, and Mr.
FAWCETT once more led on •Alr. 130 writ, who
seemed. almost heart-broken our :the oceasio4,:-.
Silence. was again solicited, but theletiit6t wll6.
Hustverrd as it hail so frequently been before,.wit h.
undinrittialted uproar and with orange-peel,
ceremoniously thrown upon ahe stage. All Iropers
'of success annihiluted, they both bowed,. and re-
tired. Mr. 800-eir bowed repeatedly, .and seemed.
overwhelmed with distress.-
The farce of ".Killing ee'ilierdert.' was then
-commenced. . A person in theboxes attempted to
address the House, and gave Mitch of to some,
who .weremear, ~.This led to refight, and some
efforts were made, to expel, the parties, but with.
little success. A.new cry was raised for the Ala-
Hager. Alter. sOttie. time Mr. FxweeTT came for-
werd, end at.last Was permitted to speLik.
addressed, the nudicitee ars 1-iirstys
• Leamcs _AND fixNTLF:44I2N,—If 1 at all understand the
call made on we, it is.bveanse an individual L
upon the decortini of the
He was Itere.interruitted by several persons,' wit, Witted
• Mine Hutt of the CoarH4Te-7;;;;;;717the
among the parties,, fur lie invites the Whole 'fawn to visit
'Las cur, where he will satisfy them I 1..-4,,l'his is pod pulicy•