The Sun.
London, England, 1818-09-12 00:00:00

THEATRIC T I'M ULT.

DUBLIN, SEPT. B.—On Saturday night Mr.
TionsoN was announced to perform Harman, in
Lionel and Clarissa ; but when the House opened,
bills in the passages stated, that Mr. HoDsoa had
suddenly withdrawn himself front the Theatre,
and that a Mr. BROAD would perform the part.—
This was received by the audience as a matter of
fact, and the Opera proceeded without interrup-
tion. However, yesterday, the following appear-
ed in a Morning Paper :
" From the kindness and support which Mr. Hodson has
received from the liberality of the citizens of Dublin, since
Ire appeared before them, he feels himself called upon to ex•
plain the cause of his not appearing on Saturday, in the cha-
racter of HUr?/1 'ln, for which he was advertised, and to con-
tradict the notice which was posted in the Theatre that even-
ing, stating, ' That he had suddenly withdrawn himself frosts
the Theatre.' He begs to a:sitre the Public that it was not
his voluntary act, but in consequence of the notice he took of
a pointed insult which Mrs, Hodson received from qtr. Fre-
derick Junes, jilt,. who desired him, in the most insolent mari-
ner, to quit the Theatre. After such inigentlernanly conduct,
he considered an apology from Mr. Jones necessary, before he
entered into any re-engagement under his management, or
before hr could have the honour of again appearing hefore
the Public. " G. A. HODSON, 5, Danre•street."
Last night, after postponement and disai,point-
ment, the Opera of The flaunted Tower was per-
formed—Adela by Mis, Stephens, in which cha-
racter she was advertised for several days to sing
" Haste, Idle Time," a song composed by Mr.
Hodson. 'This song she omitted, substituting
another in its place. When the finale commenced,
a call for " Haste, Idle Time" became general,
and the curtain tell amidst hisses, and demands

for " The Manager—Song —llliss Stephens—
Hodson% Song—Apology to Mrs. Hodson," &c.
The clamour continued, and Mr. Horn presented
himself before the cut tail), but he would not be

listened to, and he retired. The call for " Ma-
nager Song —Apology" was renewed, and
again Mr. Horn appeared, leading on Miss Ste-
phens, who was greeted on her entrance with a
burst of applause. Mr. Horn then said, that Miss
Stephens was so indisposed in the morning that
she was unable to rehearse the song. Having
said so; much, he instantly hurtled Miss Stephens
off the stage. This,.seemed to increase the storm,
and the call for " Manager—Sorg—Who is the
Manager ?" became louder than ever. Mr. Wal-
lace then appeared, but having persisted in his
endeavours to obtain a hearing ranch beyond the
point of prudence and propriety, be was pelted
off ! The storm continued, and Mr. Wallace once
more presented himself, accompanied by Miss
Stephens. Again she was generally applauded—
a proof to the Manager, whoever he is, that his
conduct alone was tinder consideration. Mr.
Wallace said, that Miss Stephens would sing any
song:except " Haste, Idle Time," but that she
was unable to sing. Here there was a cry of
" No, no ! enough as to Miss Stephens ; no song
hut Hodson's; your apology will do as to Miss
Stephens, but send the Manager—Off, off !"—A
few Gentlemen in the stage-box, on the right of
the house, encouraged Miss Stephens to sing.
She came forward fur the purpose, but the audi-
ence would not hear her, and she was obliged to
retire, evidently much affected. A person in the
Gallery now addressed the audience, and in the
course of a very animated speech, be said—
" Miss Stephens is perfect in the song ; I chal-
lenge the Manager to contradict the in this state-
ment. 1 also say, the cause of her not singing it
is the interdiction of Mr. Jones, merely because
it is of Mr. Hmkon's composition."
The tumult, and call for " Manager !" now be-
came louder than ever, and the thunder rolled till
the curtain drew tiF for the farce of The Review,
when no Manager appearing, the actors were or-
dered off; and, as they declined to retire, missiles
of all descriptions were thrown frotn all parts of
the house, and the stage was soon covered with
them. The actors continued, very imprudently,
to come on in dumb show, and, at last, mote
un-
fortunately (and we mention it with deep regret),
Miss Kelly was bit with some hard substance in
the face, when she fell on her knees, and was
carried off the stage senseless. This outrage can-
not be too severely reprobated. When Miss Kelly
was carried off, the curtain WAS let down, and did
not Ike again. Previous to this, those who had
occupied the pit retreated to the boxes, in conse-
quence of several missiles falling short of the
stage. A considerable portion of the audience re-
mained to a late hour, and when we left the
house, the tumult continued.

It is stated in The Dublin Morning Post, that
Mr. Hodson, when nismksed from the Theatre,
had taken the music of '` Haste, Idle Time" with
him, and of course it could not be sung by Miss
Stephens ; therefore, as the Editor of that Print
very properly pus it, if the apology offered by
Mr. Horn was not tit- trVe cause of the song
being omitted_ but was really owing to Mr. Hod-
son having taken the music away, was not Miss
Stephens made, either by Mr. Horn, or some
person behind the curtain, a party to a rank false-
hood ?

This morning the following has appeared in the
Daily Papers
Having seen in this day's Saunders's News Letter a
statement from 3dr. Hudson, late ut this Theatre, asserting
that the cause of his nut performing on Saturday last was not
owing to any voluntary act of his,' but solely attributable
to a violent insult offered to hint by me ; I feel it a duty to the
Public, to myself, and to the Establishment (in the conduct-
ing of which I sometimes assist), to declare that the follow-
ing statement of the transaction is a true (we
bad in the course of Thursday eveniog,

wlthmit any previous cause, given me notice that be would
break his engagement tor. g.ong to Cole uu,!L.., .1" "-
violating his written pledge to do so, unless he Was Tr-
errynced for the a,on at Crow-street, which I
was incapable of acceding to. In a subsequ,nt conver-
satimi that evening, concerning Mrs. Hodson's refusing
to perform a part vvhich she bad played but a few tights
before, and for which her name had already been t
to the bills, Mr. Hodson presumed to assert, in tits
most insolent tone of voice and manner, that 1 had uttered a
ful.whoorl ! and was pinceeding in this strain, when I inter-
rupted him (not Mrs. Hodson, as is erroneously inserted in
the advertisement), to desist from the use of such language,
or instantly quit the Theatre. This was the only cow se tat
me to guard my.s.c.ll• ogninst hit This expression
never intended to imply that I wished him not to perform
again ; ,in the contrary, on his telling me afterwards that he
conceived my words were intended to convey such a mean-
ing. I not only denied it, hilt on the following morning de-
sired the Pronipter to write to him, and state. that I would
expect him to perform the character for which he had been
announced for several days. With Mrs. H.,dson I had no
conversation hut of the most civil and friendly nature. These
are the facts of the case, and from this statement I submit to
the public, to whom Mr. Hodson has made the first appeal,
that if any parson concerned in the liansaction has any right
to complain, it is the individual who subscribes his name to
this reply, and that if any apology was necessary in this case,
it was due to him, and not to Mr. Hodson.

" FREDERICK JONES, Jun."
1-low far this is to be considered as an answer
to the cliatge of his having offered a pointed in-
sult to Mrs. lio.lson, tile public will judge; or
how fat- it is to he considered as an exploration
of the onli•sion of the song last flight, without
any previous apology, it will be no difficult miner
to (fete, mine.

The Freeman's Journal states, that Miss lidiy
was struck on the face by a bottle.

THEATRICAL CHIT-CHAT.—We hear, that
among the secessions from our Dramatic Corp,,
the ensuing season, are Mr. Foot, Mr. Butler,
Mr. Pearman, Mr. and Mrs. West. Mrs Hill and
Miss Poole. 'We understand our Managers have
been on the alert in selecting talent of the first
order to supply the vacancies thus occasioned ;
amongst those alteady engaged are, Mr. G. Pen-
son, an admirable low Comedian, possessed of
superior musical Abilities ; Mr. Conway, for the
whole season ; Mrs. G. Loder, and others, whose
names have not yet transpired —(Both herald )
Miss KELLY, we are happy to hear, is tiro-
nounced out of danger ; the disorder exhibited
the most alarming symptoms for some days.
Mr. DAvin Fl,tiekt is engaged at Drury-lane,
and Mr. C. FtsitFß will shortly make his first ap.
pearance at the same Theaire, as a Singer.
PHILLIPS, the Singer, has reaped a golden
vest in America, and intends leaving the United
States, for " the tight little Island" in November
next

The Shrewsbury Theatre, the interior of which
has been entirely new decorated, and new scenery
painted for it during the summer, is to be opened
for the race week, with the attractions of INI-t;
BARTLEY'S performances of six of her favourite
characters.

SPOR I'ING 1N I'ELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S.

ST. LEGF.R.

to 1 against Mr. Pcirse's h. c. by Canals, out of Rosette..
to 1 - D. of Leeds h. f. Octaviana.
to 1 - Mr. Cradoch's ch. c. by Con's.
to I - Mr. W'atts's b. f. Beggar Girl.
to I - Mr. W;itt's b. c. by Cerberus.
to 4 - Mr. Jacques's ch. c. by Comm.
to 1 - Duke of Hamilton's b. f. Sister to William.
to 1 - Mr. L inibton's ch. c. Manderille.
to 1 - !Sir. Cbiltou's b. c. Lightning.
to 1 - Mr. Gascoigne's b. 1.
DERBY, 1819.

7 to 1 agst any one.

Accounts from Batavia, dated the 4th April,
state, that Major Aleyer, who was wounded at
Saparana. died of his wounds at Amboyna, on
the 16th of January lost. The Commissioners-.
General have resolved to adopt some provisional
measures for the regular raising of the land-tax,
and the establishment of its sale upon a perma-
nent tooting. A public school is about to be
established at Saniarang, for the instruction of
youths for the army and navy, some of whom will
be selected from the sons of deceased indigent of-
ficers of the above professions, and others will be
admitted at their own expence. On the at rival
of General de liocK at Amboyna, he was installed
Governor of the Molucca Islands. The Commis-
sioner-General has for Java. It is confi-
dently said, that since the successful result of the
expedition against the island of Ceram, all ap-
pearances of insurrection in the Moluccas have
subs ;dud.

Fl UNA AT COPENHAGEN.—We learn from Co-
penlzagen thAt there were two alarming tires in

that city on the 26th and '27th of August. In the
first sugar refinery was reduced to ashes ; the
second broke out in a founder}, on which occa-
sion, by the falling of a wall, several persons
were killed, and many wounded. The King
Litnself was present at the fire to encourage the
people to exert themselves in extinguishing the
flames.

THE WELL OF SoPERSTITION.-At the last
Mold Assizes, a man was indicted for extorting
14s. 6d. front another, under pretence of resetting
hint from the well. It appears that a very profit-
able species of " incantation" has long been
practised by the wizards and witches in the neigh-
bourhood of Llancilion well. It is customary,
even at the present (lay, for people at enmity,
to write the names of those they wish to de-
nounce on a piece of slate or paper, which they
throw into the mysterious well ; and it is
implicitly believed, that so lo.lg as the name
remains therein, the person is at the mercy
of the evil genii, and consigned to ultimate perdi-
tion,—to escape from this worse than papal male•
(fiction, sums of money are given to have the name
removed, and thus restore the party to peace !
This indictment, it is hoped, will have the effect
of finally destroying this ridiculous and supersti-
tious custont.—About twelve years ago, al
poor tailor in Flintshire, was charged with
stealing a goose from an old woman ; she was
asked how she came to suspect the offender ;
when she observed, that having threatened
to throw his name into " the well," he confessed
Ole crime."

BATH A iiIIIYALS.—His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke
Michael and Suite, Baron Nicolay, Chevalier Franchie, Lord,
Northesk, Lady Rodney, Lady Staines, Hots. Spencer Cowper,
Sir Wu). Cungreve, Sir T. Jones, Sir W. and Lady Ranicay,
Sir W. and Lady Kol,inson, Colunel Conolly, Major Deane,
Majur Gartride, Majur Williams, Captains King, Nluure„,
Trew, Lieut. J. B.