Star.
London, England, 1825-02-01 00:00:00

DRURI-LANE THEATRE.

Last night was Mr. KEAN'S third appearance this
season. The entrances were thronged an hour before
the doors were opened, though not by such considerable
numbers as on the former nights. The pit and galleries
were soon crammed to an over flow ; but it was evident
that the audience was not composed of men of that vio-
lent party spirit which manifested itself on the preceding
evenings. The boxes, which were filled soon after the
commencement of the play, were graced with the pie-
sence of a considerable number of the fair sex, and
amongst them many individuals of rank and fashion.
The play announced for representation was MASS! tacEn's
New Way to Pay Old Debts, and these who had pre-
viously witnessed Mr. KICAN'S unrivalled excellence as
Sir Giles. must have been greatly disappointed that so
much fine acting was destroyed through the inveterate'
opposition of a few individuals, who, contrary to the
glseral voice of the audience, continued till neatly the
close orthe play to interrupt the performance. The
.uproar, as on the former nights, commenced previous
to the play. Before the curtain rose, one man in the
lower gallery amused the audience by singing a song,
and at the coorclusicm he made a speech which excited
much laughte and applause:—

" Ladies and Gentlemen--I address myself to the higher circles
(he pointed to the one shilling gallery) on behalf of a persecuted
man (laughter). Will you suffer him to be destroyed by a malignant
set of creatures (shouts of applause)? No, no, lam sure you will
not suffer it (loud cheering)."
We could distinguish only two or three persons in
the boxes who expressed disapprobation. The leaders
of these were two dandified youths in one of the side
boxes on the second tier, who made themselves par-
ticularly obnoxious to the audience by their groans and
hisses. Many of those who were very warm in favour
of Mr. Kenn pelted these illuminati with oranges, and
two; of the chandeliers were broken in the contest. Two
Acts of the Play were reduced to mere pantomime, by
the conddetof these young men ; at length the whole
Pit rose, and demanded that they should be ejected;
they sneered and laughed, and by most offensive gesti-
culations bid defiance to the audience. Two young
men in an adjoining box went to them and said, " if
you disturb the performance again, out you shall go."
They cried " off, off," as loud as they could bawl, and
for their temerity they were ousted on the instant,
and carried along the lobby to the top of the stairs.
Steen after the curtain was drawn up, two placards were
exhibited, " let those who are without sin cast the first
stone," and " forget and forgive." Immense cheering
followed. The spectators in the pit rose from their seats
on Mr. KIIAN'S entrance, and gave nine distinct clieers.
The house was shaken by the tremendous noife. Cries
of " be silent and hear," succeeded, but during the first
act scarcely a single word was heard beyond the or-
chestra. At the commencement of the second act, two
elderly persons entered the left side boxes, and assailed
Mr. • KEAN with cries of " off, off," and the confusion
created in the house exceeded description. Orange peel,
biscuits, and whole oranges were thrown into the box
where the belligerents sat, and they were compelled to
place their hats before their faces to save them from the
pitiless pelting that came in` every direction. The
chandeliers in front of the box shared the same fate as
those on the opposite side of the house, and in the midst
of the tumult two oranges w ere thrown upon the stage.
One of them nearly struck Miss SMITHsON, and the ex-
pression of indignatirn in.the countenance of KEAN at
this unmanly outrage, drew from the audience the
loudest plaudits. The orange was thrown by one of the
elderly Gentlemen we before alluded to; and there
were general cries of " turn out," " throw him over,"
&c. Mr. Et.ustou was repeatedly called for; after
some time he appeared on the itage, and took up one
of the oranges which had been thrown at the performers,
and exhibited it to the audience. He attempted to ad-
dress them, but such was the continued uproar, that the
words " Ladies and Gentlemen" only were distinctly
heard. Several persons in the pit pointed out to Mr.
Eturroft the individual who had thrown the orange,
and Mr. ELLISTON went to the left side of the stage,
and requested him to quit the box. For some time he
pertinaciously refused to do so, but when be discovered
that preparation was making for kicking him out, he
prudently retired.
Mr. KEAN, as soon as this storm had abated in some
degree, came forward with Miss SMITHSON, whose ap-
pearance, as Margaret, was highly interesting, and
having bowed to the audience, he entreated a hearing
for the Lady by the most expressive action—(Cheers
and a few hisses). Another placard was shewn in the
lower gallery, " Let every man have his deserts, and
who will escape whipping ?" and on the opposite side
of the house was produced another paper, " Kean and
Acting, Clergy and Morality, and no Mock Mo•
desty"—(Loud laughter). During the representation of
the third act, a man in the back part of the pit rendered
himself very offensive to those around him; a challenge
to a pugilistic contest was given, and a " set to" took
place between him and a strong supporter of Mr.
Kearri The fight lasted for a few minutes, and
eventually the cbuoxious individual was turned out—

to 1 agst Rufus (taken)
9 to 1 agst Muleteer (taken)
IS to 1 agst Bolero
15 to 1 apt Duke of York's c.
15 to 1 agst Webb (taken)
£0 to 1 agst Spermaceti
2Q to I agst Canvas

6 to 1 agst Aline (taken)
8 to 1 agst Sorcery
1-0 to 1 apt Tontine (tak.)
11 to 1 agst Attica

25 to 1 apt Jenny
t 5 to 1 apt Diana
25 to 1 art Nigel (taken)
30 to 1 agst Sister to Nectar
35 to 1 apt Mittintua
40 to 1 apt Cain

11 to 1 apt Pastime
12 to-1 agst Waltz (taken)
14 to 1 apt First Fly (taken)
20 to 1 agst Z4leika
VER.

9e to I apt Memnon (taken) 50 to 1 apt Muleteer
13} to 1 apt Cleveland (taken) 40 to 1 apt Mandane (taken)
15 to 1 apt Redgauntlet 40 to 1 agst R 05111101,4
22 to 1 apt Homer (taken) 40 to 1 apt Brigand
22 to 1 apt Cow Boy (taken) 40 to 1 apt Cymbellne
2$ to 1 apt His Grace 40 to 1 agst Daredevil,
25 to 1 apt Androgens 45 t 7 1 apt Ttinculo
26 to 1 apt Crowcatcker 50 to 1 apt Skipper (taken)
RIDDLESSVORTHS to l agst Rufus (taken).
HUNTING.

His Majesty's Stag Hounds meet at Liter Heath on Friday.
The Earl of Derby's stag bounds on °Friday, at Warren Farm.
H.Jolliffr,Esq.'s lox hounds to-morrow, at Charlewood Park, and
Saturday, at Chipstead Church.
The Surrey foxhounds,Thurday, at Crown Ash Hill ; and Satur-
day at Westerham.
The barriers, to-morrow and Saturday, at Sanderstead.
Mr. Littleton's Stag-hounds meet on Thursday, at Four Crosses.
Sir R. Puleston's Hounds to-morrow, at Emral ; and Friday, at
Iscoed Park.

Mr. Warde's Hounds, to-morrow, at Tottenham Park; Friday,
at Stype ; Saturday, at White Hill.
Mr. Payne, of Salby Hall, Northamptonshire, is to take the
Warwickshire country after this season. From the well known spi-
rit of.this young sportsman, and the depth of his purse, great
things may be expected. .
Mr. T. A. Smith, the noted bold rider, has bad a very had fall,
in riding after the Duke of Rutland's hounds, in Leicestershire.
An extraordinary instance of thorough blood and spirit in hounds
was lately exhibited by the Anglesey pack. While pressing a hare
very hard near clan-y-Don. on the north side of the Island, poor
puu, in a fit of blindness or madness, threw herself headlong over
a high precipice, and was instantly followed by fifteen couple of
the hounds, which:fell headlong front a great height into the sea, and
several must have been drowned, had they not been fortunately
picked up by a boat belonging to a pilot at anchor in the Ray.—
Those that had strength enough to land on a shelf of the pt ecipice, •
were in still greater danger, and were only saved by the resolute
courage of some of the sportsmen, who, at the risk of their lives,
crawled dowit and brought them up one by one on their .houlders.
The hare was found smashed to pieces between the cleft of a rock.
—North Wales Gazelle.
PIGEON SHOOTING.

The great pigeon match for 500 sovereigns, between Major
Smith and six picked men from Hampshire and Wiltshire, against
Colonel Mountain and six chosen men, from ilertfordsh;re and
Bedfordshire, was decided yesterday, at Hadley Common Ox-
fordshire, in shooting off a tie. The first match, at :even birds,
each side bagged thirty-six on Saturday ; and yesterday, at three
birds each, Hants and Wilts won by killing eighteen, and their op..
ponents seventeen.
MATCH OVER THE SIX BRIDGrS.

Wantley the pedestrian, undertook yesterday morning, for £0
sovereigns, to go along the six bridges in 35 minutes, which is kin
time titan it his ever been done its. The task has been often at-
tempted lately, and-Wantley being a ten miles an hour runner, the
distance can be ascertained to be about five miles. From the Sur-
rey side of Vauxhall Bridge the pedestrian went along Westmin-
ster Bridge, up the steps and along Water!oo, down Fleet street,
and along Blackfriars, down the Surrey side and along Southwark
Bridge, down Thames-street, and then along London Bridge: The
match was performed in 34 minutes and f.. 0 seconds, but with muck
difficulty. The steps up the bridges were the greatest task.
TROTTING MATCH.
Saturday, a wager Was decided in favout of Traveller, a remark-
ably fast-trotting horse, in Ashley-Park, near Hugden, the seat of
Colonel Staples. It was to perform 36 nines in three hours, and a
carriage of the lightest description was made for this match. The
drives was George Skeen, a jockey, of t 4 stone, and betting was
five to four on the horse The ground over which the horse trotted
was a prepared circle of four miles, and he performed it in two
hours, 59 minptes, and 43 seconls. There were not more than
three seconds difference in his performance of any of the miles, e*-
cept in two instances, in one of which the bit was drawn, and in
the other there was a bred.

BOXING.
A fight took place yesterday, in the rear of the Rabbits, on the
&sex road, b•twecn two new ones, named January and Wood-
ford, which was attended by a host of the fancy. The object of
contention w+• a purse of £2O: after seven rounds, In width
boat were severely beat, the palm was assigned to Amory's.