Star.
London, England, 1809-12-16 00:00:00

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putes."—sHerr tie eagerness and imxitilonce -of scene
-of the audience destroyed that silence Which was at
this moment so highly essential. Anotber (Alm at
length took place, and Mr. tremble proceeded—
" l- have to ask pardon that an krelogy was not
Made sooner"-:--Here cries from different parts of the
Houk, of " Enough ! Enough !" and loqd applause
again caused an interruption. Mr. Kemble at length
resumed :
'"ln my oh-n name, and in the name of my fellow
Proprietors, I• beg leave to express our sorrow for
What has taken place; and to state, that our first care
shall be, that no such occurrence shall ever happen
again:"—Loud huzzas and shouts of applause now
resounded from every part of the Theatre. Mr. Kern-
•ble repeatedly bowed and retired amidst a thunder of
applause:
Tranquillity Was immediately restored, the troubled
ocean 'displayed all its wonted calm and pleasing sur-
face, the storm was allayed, and all that had passed
appeared to be by common consent buried ir. oblivion. '
The Orchestra struck up " Rule Britannia," which
-vas sung by the audience:
The second /act commenced ; all the audience who
-could possibly obtain the. luxury of a sear enjoyed it ;
ill were ranged in order ; the ancient custom: of the •
Thoatre, anti that politeness, Under the influence of
which orie individual accommodates another, and is
in his turn aeconithodated,wereimmediately resumed,
and complete silence plevailed. Mr. KEMBLE came On
in his charader of Parrueltioci, mid the approbation
of the audience.wai again testified by loud applatise.
The first words he had to utter in this act, "So lam -
• in London again," were immediately seized and loudly
applauded: Another expression shortly after Wards,
" The scythe of the law cuts close, and those who re-
" sort to it seldom profit by it," WAS marked in a simi-
lar manner. The entrance of each performer was,
as is the custom en the first night Of the thentri cal season,
'subsequently greeted with a distinct round of applause,
and each, in his turn, respectfully bowed to the au-
dience. CHARLES krssiii.E, on hi; :ippearante, was
received with loud and unanimous plaudits. A new
tile and spirit seemed to be thus given to the perform-
ance. Mr. KEMBLE was very happy in several pas-
sages of Pertruddoch, and was repeatedly applauded.
The other performers did their utmost, and received
their share of applause.
The second and third Acts thus passed off quietly,
they were heard with attention, and profound silence
prevailed in the house during the performance. The
hilt-price then came in, and there being already many
more persons in the House than could obtain seats,
the pressure occasioned by a considerable additional
crowd, endeavouring to squeeze in, occasioned, of
course, much tumult, particularly in the Pit. The •
pressure was .there so great, particularly towards the
back of it, that several persons appeared to be in
considerable danger,. and " Like care of the slides" was
repeatedly vociferated. Many efforts were made to.
restore order, but the attempts made by several per-
sons to relieve the uncomfortable situation in which
they were placed, and the motion which was thus
eommutitcated to the whole mass. at theback- of the
Pit, defies for some time every exertion to obtain si-
lence. A considerable noise was also made:by the
etvwd which rushed into the lobbies, and who encleaL
vouivd-in vain to obtain even standing room in ere
boxes. Great part of the fourth Act was thus mate=
rially interrupted, and the noise and confusion arising
from thll great pressure in the pit, also operated to
render ( considerable portion of the: fifth Act inau-
dible.

Towards tiv close of the lact act Mr. KEmBLE again
came forward, and said, " Ladies and Gentlemen,
those liars and fences which are found to be so in-
commodious shall be removed by Monday." This
address was, received with loud huzzas. • A placard
was then displayed in the pit, With the inscription—
We are tatiffia M. Kemlile bowed, and the whole
audience cheered. Previous to The Blind Boy, s Mr.'
Weinholt attempted to address the. Pit from the lower
boxes, but the-audience would not bear him.. Many
of the audience exclaimed" Mr. Kerhble has be-
haved with candour, and we are satisfied." The ..-uf-
tain dropped amidst reiterated ptaudit4.' Tie s ime
placard was again displayed to the different p.tr.s of
the house, and greeted in every part with wciving of
hats and loud huzzas.

The 0. P.'s departed with the unanimous opinion,
that, as their triumph might be considered coindlete,
it ought to be used with moderation.
We regret to have again occasion to notice that the
definitive treaty of Peace has not been concluded
without the dismissal of Mr. Brandon having been in-
sisted on. We have ai.ready called the attention of our
readers to hislongand faithful services to hisemployers,
nayeven to the public, for, previous tothelate unhappy
aifferances, we may venture to assert, he never once
subjected himself to public displeasure. His siturion
for the last sixty nights has been- truly irksome and
distressing : his duty to his employers (nay their ex-
press injunctions) compelled him to adopt the line of
conduct he did 1 and if their faults have been for-
given, why should " the great axe fall" on an
indivi-
dual, whose only crime was too zealous an attach-
meat to those by whose•mandites he conceived him-
self bound to be guided!
Mr. Brandon has discharged the arduous duties of
Box book and House-keeper tii the Theatre, for the
long period of forty years, hiving actually grown
grey in the service. He has been'always
.disfin-
gitished for the urbanity of his manners. We know
him to posseis 3 warmth and benevolence of heart,
which do honour to him as a man, and his claims
to forgiveness are enforced by a numerous family
of children, dependent on him for bread.—We trust
we shall not have occasion to expostulate again
on this subject with our Reader:-let Mr. Bran;
don be restored to his situation, and the sentiment of
Mr. Sheridan will be realized—" John Bull may be
wro ig headed, but he is never wrong-!tearted !"

Orders are received at Portsmouth, that, OR the
arrival of the 21 Battalion of the 10th, from Waiche-
ren, they are not to disembark, as first ordered, but
to proceed to Jersey, to relieve the 941 h, which is or-
dered to Portugal.
We heartily congratulate the admirers of true merit
on the appearance of Madame du DEEFaNu's Ci,rres- •
pondence with d'ALEsteEn r, MoNTEsQui cc, Madame
de Bram., kc. The brilliant style of these Letters
can only be equalled by their intrins;c merits; which
entitle them to a place in the Library of every friend
to Literature, and justly rank them with those ofthe
celebrated Lady MARY WORTINVY MONTAGC.