Star.
London, England, 1809-10-07 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

. This Theatre exhibited last night the usual scene
of riot and confusion. In the beginning of the even.
ity4 the house was rather thin; but on the raising of
the lights, the uproar partially commenced, and con.
tinued to increase as it became• more crowded, until
at length the din became intolerable. The pit, as
usual, was chiefly intnikreittai in the performance ;
and as they handed their placards up to the boxes for
exhibition, the latter for a time bore their full pro-
portion in the uproar, in consequence of some refus-
ing to receive them, and others tearing them as soon
as they got them into their possession. This was the
signal for the division of the two parties ; and
pugilistic c6ntests ensued by way of varying the
amusements of the evening. Every thing, in short,
was attended to except the performance. We noticed
the following inscriptions :
BewaYe of any disloyal allusions to mislead the public opinion.'
" To be or not to be—old prices or new—that is the question."
" Mr. &tome,
" Lower your price; for no erasion
" Will suit JOHN Butt on this occasion."
44 ci per cent. for six years !!!
" A Ik, an odious damned lie!
" Upon lily s'ul, a lie, a wicked lie !
" 0, John Bull,. John Bull, John Bull.
11 thou bast nature in thee, hear it not."
" No garbled Ettracts."

" The present entertainments having been received with un-
bounded applause, by a brilliant audience, they willte repeated
every evening till further notice."

All the performers were assailed on their entrance
with violent h'sses, groans, rattles, bells, &c. which
continued during their appearance on the stage. The
only difference which we noticed between this and t .e
preceding evenings was, that, on the dropping cf
curtain, the audience in the Pit did not sit down, ,s
usual, to rest, but, by way of variety, cuffed h
other until it rose again. Then, however, Ii e iie
ancient Romans, they laid aside their internal disp es
to unite against the common enemy ; and the unf r--
tunate performers had to sustain the increased imfteta
of their resentment.

The perfoimance concluded as usual at ten o'clock,
and the house was cleared as usual at about eleven.
There was no speechifying on-the part of the audi-
ence, and Mr. KE,MBLE did not appear: the whole
evening.
At no period of the evening did the Manar at;
tempt to come forward to address the audience: The
noise we think was actually greater than on any pre-
ceding night, bur perhaps it was increased by the
strenuous efforts made by the Managers' friends to
.subdue it.
During the scuffle, last night, in the pit of Covent
Garden Theatre, two persons were forced against the
spikes of the orchestra, and much hurt. One of them,
a fine young man, about 19 years of age, son of Mr.
Lorimer, silk-dyer, in the Strand, received two
wounds on the back of his thigh from two spikes,
which entered several inches. He was with great
difficulty brought out of the place, and carried home
in a coach to his father's house, where he was atten-
ded by Dr. Stanton, of the Strand. The wounds are
very serious, and the young man was in great agony
last night. The other person wag wounded by spikes
in the back.

A Turkish merchant sat in the front Boxes in the
habit of • is country. It was his'first visit to the British
Theatre, and he expressed the most striking -astonish.
ment to his interpreter at the rude conduct and inan-
net s of the English Assembly.. We hope the interpreter
explained the cause of the uproar, or the report of our
dramatic exhibitions will not add to oar reputation
at Constantinople. The Mussulman was finally
compelled to quit his seat and retire to a sofa In the
saloon. After the play ended, a calm succeeded, not
unlike the murmur which prevails at the last gust of
a violent tornado. • This was, however, but a prelUde
to a continuation of the tempest. When the Farce
commenced, the tumult prevailed :ant intermission,
until the curtain drcpped.
A person who was exceedingly violent in the p7t
at Covent-garden Theatre, last night, held his horn
to his mouth with one h Ind, wnilst with the other he
was observed to cut the covering of the bench with a
•
pen-knife.