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tt would be absurd to enter info any thing like A
regular critique on a play, .of which we only heard
one half. Of The Busy Belly, performed last night)
we shall, therefore) content ourselves with saying,
that, for the three acts which were audible, the cast
of characters was admirably supported. Early in the
evening, the harmony was interrupted by a quarrel
in the second tier of boxes, The disputants were loud
and noisy, and the affray at length termiriated with
one of them being carried to Bow-street, minus a
lappel and skirt of his coat. Throughout the night,
the boxes were prolific in quarrels between the ene-
mies and friends of the house. Some persons were
turned out of their places. Some talked of exchanging
cards, and all talked loudly. Two or three orators,
too, started in the midst of these broils, none of whom,
however, got beyond the alpha of their speeches.—
Sevtral placards were stuck up, of which one was
a caricature of a personin the position of a pugilist)
marked D. M. and below 0. P.

" Be staunch to your cause, for Bow-street not caring,
" And you'll carry your point, in spite of Mainwaring."
" King Kemble, and Hari is, and Brandon,
' We boldly defy you all three ;
44 Our cause we will never abandon
Until you come down with 0. P.""
" Death or 0. P. and N. P. B."
At the end of the play, this party sat down in the
centre of the pit, and sang a verse of " God save the
King," which being finished, a person started up with
a rattle, and coursed round the pit, with the most per-
fect impunity ; followed by some of his party as a
guard, and sprang it for the space of five minutes.
One man in the Boxes displayed a caricature in his
hat, namely, a figure of John Bull, with a rattle in
his hand, exclaiming Old Prices ! At his feet lay a
man, whom John Bull was in the act of kicking.—
The Pit WAS not more than two-thirds filled, and the
vacant seats enabled the oppositionists to practise a
new dance, which they name the Rattle Snake Mi-
nuet. This nouvelle movement was performed by two
performers, each holding a watchman's rattle. The
first was followed by the second man, at the distance
of about six or eight yards, and by running over the
Pit, springing their rattles at intervals, they kept up
a continual noise, and were joined by loud shouts of
clamorous approbation from their companions. The
0. P. dance was not forgotten, and, in short, the
voices of the performers were completely drowned.—
In the farce of The Portrait of Cervantes, the comic
appearance of LisroN, in a shroud, which has fre-
quently produced involuntary laughter, was totally
disregarded, and all the mirth attached to the piece

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was superseded by the disturbance which prevailed in eluding the Proserpine, two corvettes, and a number
the Pit. . of brigs.
We were happy to observe, not only in the common Yesterday Sir DAVID DUNDAS held a public day at'
but in the private boxes, a greater display of female his Office in the Horse Guards, and gave audience
beauty and elegance than has lately appeared. to a number of Military Officers.
When there were not more than fifty people remain- The Earl of CAMDEN has been very much indis-
posed for about ten days past, which was.the cause of
ing in the house, some contention took place between
a party in the pit, and another in the boxes. They the Noble Earl not attending his MAJESTY last Wed-
assailed each other with the epithets of traps, hire- I nesday, at the Levee ; and also of his not being pre-
lings, rioters, and Jacobins ; but, after• a discharge i sent at the nomination of the Sheriffs, by the Lords
of bad language, the affair ended without bloodshed, of the Council and the Judges, in the Court of Ex-
After the curtain dropped the Pittites rested froth chequer, on Monday, as President of the Council.—
their labours, and sung " GOD save the King,"-:
The accounts which have appeared of the Noble Earl
" Rule Britannia," and " Hearts of Oak." They having attended several Cabinet Councils, during the
then left the Theatre and dispersed. above time, of course are erroneous. Sir WALTER
FARQUHAR attends the Noble Earl four times a day.
BOW•STREET.—Yesterday Mr. tiewetson, author of
the farce of The Blind Boy, charged Mr. John Arnett, Thursday the General Committee of the Roman
belonging to the Victualling Office, Somerset-House, Catholics of Ireland, met in Dublin, pursuant to
and residing in Clement's-Inn, with assaulting him in public notice, A Committee was appointed to revise
one of the boxes. He stated, that he was sorry to the draft of the Petition prepared by the Sub-Com-
make this charge, as he had been in hallits of inti- mittee, who are to sit from day to day for the pur-
macy with the defendant, and that he had accom- pose of carrying into effect the resolutions passed at
panied the witness's wife, with other ladies, to the the last meeting of the Roman Catholics of Ireland.
Theatre. The witness, after seeing them seated in box The Rev. HENRY WHITE, M. A. Sacrist of Lich-
field Cathedral, is presented by the Rev. Mr. BILERE-
No. 31, in the second tier, went to one of the private
boxes, leaving the defendant to protect his wife.—
ros, of Cdttesmore, Rutland, to the Vicarage of Dil-
horn, near Cheadle, Staffordshire ; and we are sure
He was but a few moments in the private box,
that this information will give unfeigned pleasur- to
when he perceived some persons in the next box from
that which he had left, who, from their gestures, the numerous friends of each Gentleman.
seemed insulting Lis lady ; one of them snapt his fin-
The contest for the Rtgistership of the West Ri.
gers in her face. He immediately went round, but ding of Yorkshire has terminated in favour of Mr.
was at first prevented from getting into the box; with BOUSFIELD. There was a kind of trial of political
some difficulty he got in, and was informed by seve. strength on the occasion, and the interest of the Las-
ral Gentlemen, that his wife had been grossly insult-
celles family prevailed. The contest, which corn-
ed by some persons in the adjoining box; one of them menced on Monday, closed on Saturday morning at
was then in the office, and his name was Walker. He, ten o'clock, when Mr. HAWKSWORTII declined any
the witness, being much agitated, said, they must be further contest, and Mr. BOUSFIELD was of course
scoundrels and blackguards who would insult a fe-
elected.
male ; on which the defendant said they were not ;
they were his friends ; and struck the plaintiff a blow Yesterday died, at his house in Seymour-place; after
a long and painful illness, JOHN GEORCHELord MON soN.
on the face which knocked him down ; but on reco-
vering himself he returned the blow, and a contest This young nobleman had just entered his 24th year.
ensued, which ended in an appeal to. the Magistrate He succeeded his father, the late Lord, in 1806, and
on the part of Capt. H. • the year following married Lady SARAH SAVILLE,
g
The defendant maintained, that the offence justified eldest daubhter to the Earl and Countess of Mom.
the manner in which it was resented by him. It how-
ROUGH, by whom he has left a.son, born in March last.
ever did not appear the epithets blackguards and
At the head of one of the tables, at Newcastle-upon-
.
scoundrels were intended to apply particularly to the Tyne, on the Jubilee-day, was a pauper, who, the
1 day before, had walked a distance of eight miles,
gentleman, but to the rest of the company in the box.
He was held to bail.—lt appeared in the course of
and who is in the 107th year of his age. On his right
the examination that Mrs. Hewetson is a constant fee- i hand sat a venerable matron, 99 years and a half
quenter of the Theatre, and very zealous on the part 1 old ; and at the side table another, aged 102 !
of the Proprietors. As her object in visiting it cer- Yesterday afternoon some mischievous boys let off
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tainly could not be to hear the play, it was suggested a small cannon in Oxford-street, while the carcarriage
that she might with more propriety stay at home. iof Mrs. Hineson, of Nottingham-place, was passing,
and one of the horses taking fright, run the chariot
1 against a coal
_cart, by which the chariot was over-
Mr. John Browne was charged with creating a riot'.l
in the pit of Covent-Garden Theatre, by wearing an
:urn ed. Mrs. timeson and her three daughters were
0. P. in his hat, and walking up and down the pit, 1 1
.. .
i in the c lin tot, and the youngest, about seven years
on the seats. . . old, was leaning one arm out of the window when
Mr. Brandon stated, that, before the first act of the accident happened, the carriage fell on it and her
the play, he saw the defendant in the pit, with an arm was shattered so shockingly, that amputation
0. P. in his hat, standing up and conversing with se-
must necessarily follow. The other young ladies•did
veral others, particularly one who had a newspaper
in his hand. In the middle of the act, the defendant ' not sustain any material injury.
1 CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, Nov. 15.—T0-day
took the 0. P. out of his hat, and left the pit, but •
the supply of Wheat is rather considerable, with se-
returned at the commencement of the second Act ; veral arrivals of foreign, and the sales continue to
support last prices—Barley likewise, and in short
supply—Malt and White Peas at little fluctuation—
he sat down, and mounted the 0. P. again; after
which, he ran up and down the scats of the pit, now
Grey are dearer—Beans, of both sorts, keep their
pfirniecess —a m tphlee r es ,
andare
thoseto l e r a
dexter--Flour
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and then looking up at the boxes, which drew the
attention of a great number of persons, and created .
a riot in the house during the performance.
Mr. Daniel Davis coroborated Mr. Brandon's tes- .
tin:1°1;114 . Cation—hne American Ms. rn L. "a- 1---- •
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andand sdtoavrteicll,otihi atitiehesehaatds
oofbsteirlevedpitthefoprrimsoonerer
Wheat, 90s. 925. 10.54. -
than twenty minutes. . Fine ditto, toss. 112 s.
Mr. GitAHAM, the Sitting Magistrate—" When Rye, 5045. 5.35.
you say he was walking on the seats, was it as a man Y
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wishing to change his seat, or to create a riot ?" 7441mr llt e 17} )61 B(s4lso"iiers°l) us. 85 I .
Answer. "In my judgment, it was to create a riot." Grey cum, ,;.,. se,:
The defendant, in his defence, stated, that he did Flat Flour, 90s.

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:t0 645. per barrel.
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Beans, 60s. 665.
Tick ditto, 50a. 565.
Oats, 36e. 306. 355.
Poland ditto, 38s. 401.01
Potatoe ditto, 418.0 d.
Rape Seed, 481. 531. •
.—Seconds BS& M.
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