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London, England, 1818-12-29 00:00:00

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DaustY-t.ista..--Last night, after the Tragedy of
Isabella, the new Pantoisime called Ifirlegstia and the
Deady Club was 4epeated; and received with mixed
disapprobation and applause. The uproar and con-
fasion between the contending parties at one tittle was
so great, that Miss Teas, in consequence of sudden
indispositism.suising from alarm, in the midst of het'
dance fainted, and fell lifeless into the arms of those
on the stage at the time, who fortunately' caught her.
Like did not appear for several scenes afterwards ; and
*sip she did again come forward, it was evident she
was scarcely able to support herself.—After the cur-
tain dropped a considerable part of the audience re-
mained, particularly in the pit, and called loudly
for the Manager. Mr. Ekraettze KEMBLE at length
appeared, and expressed his wish to know the plea-
sure of the audience? He was replied to by a general
tall of " Withdraw, withdraw the Pantomime.' Mr.
KessaLa then said, ;befit was always the anxious de-
sire of the Proprietors and Managers of that Theatre
to comply with the wishes of the Public. He hoped,
however, that as the bills announcing the Pantomime
for to-morrow, were already printed, and as there
was reason to hope that such alterations might be
made as would render it acceptable, that its repeti-
tion would be permitted. This address produced no
abatement of the corm. The cry of "withdraw"
was still loudly repeated, and Mr. KEMBLE again
rime forward. As soon as he could obtain a hearing
be observed, that he understood Mr. Baaoanavhad
on Saturday given some offence. If that was the
case, he was sure nobody could more regret it than
Mr. BRADBURY.--" Let Mr. BRADBURY appeai and,
aeswer for himself," was now the general cry. Mr.
KEMBLE retired. After some minutes had elapsed,
considerable impatience was shown for the appearance
of Mr. BRADBURY; and Mr. KEMBLE returned once
more to the stage to state, that when the pleasure of
the audience was intimated to Mr. Ilaanaurtv het
was changing his dress ; but that he would obey the
tall which had been made upon him as speedily
possible. Soon after this Mr. BRADUVRY came for
ward. lie stated, as far as could be heard, that hu
was sorry to understand he had been the object of
.the displeasure of some of the audience ; that it 'lever
was his intention to offend any individual whatever;
and that he should infinitely regret it, if any thing
he had done had given just cause of offence. After
this address, Jr. BRADBURY was spoken to from one
of the boxes near the stage, and a conversation took
place between him and some gentlemen in the box.
Ile was told that the Gentleman whom he had al-
fronted on Saturday night was gone- Mr. BRADBURY
replied twat he was ready to meet that gentleman, or
any other on earth. This was followed by considerable
applause, and he withdrew. Most of the audience
then retii-ed. A few remained for some time calling,
for the Manager,, but he did not again come for-
ward ; and they also retired.
CoVENT-GA no EN.-..:NitINC Shore, and the new Pan.
tominie, could net fail to attract an overflowing au-
dience last night. The Pantomime went off with
great eclat, till the hily aibiters of the stage, in the
passage after tb,... Ltadieg from Dublin Brty,
,thought
proper to call for a ving : Cries of " Off; 91," . being
repeated for st!veral minutes; and one or two rrisz,iles
having made ;heir way to the stage, Mr. GRIMALDI '
came forward and said—" Ladies and i Yentlemen, I
should be glad to know what you waist "—A .voice
replied, 6' .1 song r—He answered, " Whatever' is
ann:ainced will be performed; but no song is." This
produced no effect, the clamour _against the actors
continued, and was particularly pointed at Mr. Gfti-
MAI.Dt. After some interval he appeared a secood
time, with a bill in one hand, and a description o
the Pantomime in the other, and said, " Here is the
bill, and here is the Pantomime, and no song is an-
nounced in either—no song, therefore, can be ex-
pected!" This, however, did not appease.the angry
spirits, and the storm, continued, with more or less
violence, till the concluding scene, t! e Fountain
Lore, the beauty, magnificence, and. b:illiancY of
whirls silenced almost every adverse ninr;nur, and
elicited a burst of applause nearly universal.

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Mr. Gtorrn EY of Little Marlborough-s!reet, was
attacked on Sunday evening, at dusk, as he was re-
turning homeward through Russell-square, by thr:e
men, one of whom advanced up to him at the rail-
and inquired the way to &rues's-town, another
at the same time levelled him by a severe blow on the
head, and a third snatched his hat and watch, and
made off.

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CtlittmiAs Pnveasns.—Last week a fellow, pur-
porting to be a porter from the Inn to which the
Shrewsbury Mail comes, left a basket at the house,
of Mr. DAVY, in Tottenham Court•road, apparently
containing game, addressed to a-Mr. THOMAS, who
lodges in the house. The latter not being at home,
Mr. DAVy paid the demand of 7s. 6d. for the car-
riage; but when Mr. THOMAS came home, instead
of game, he found it to contain a dead dog and two
dead cats, all skinned. The case came before the
Court of Requests, on Mr. MordAs refusing to re-
munerate Mr. DAVY for the carriage ; but the Com-
missioners gave it against the latter. . .
Homr..--000ne of those attempts at wit, generally
called a hoax, the author of which, if discovered,:
would be well rewarded for his ingenuity by public
flagellation' was on Christmas Day played off on the
family of Mr. S----, a respectable inhabitant of
Walcot.place, Lambeth. At an early hour in the
morning, the house was alarmed by the cries and
knocking of three different chimney sweepers, all of
whom had received orders to attend at the same
time. These were scarcely dismissed, when two
post-chaises, provided no doubt by the same kind
friend, came to take Mr. S— and family out of
town. The post-boys, more in dudgeoa than the
animals they drove, reluctantly turned from the
door, the knocker of which, for some hours after,
scarcely rested a minute, from the numerous applica-'
tions of tradesmen anlying 'for orders and deliver-
ing goods. At one time Mr. S—, by a singular
coincidence, had in his house A surgeon, a liutche!,
an advertising genuine wine merchant, and an under-
taker, all attending in the way of their profession,.
At another period of the day, Mr. S. received by an.
errand-cart a hamper, out of the top of which pro-
-04 truded the legs and feet of a few turkeys, but u p
unpacking it the contents were found to be n '
but rubbish and straw. The quarter of the m
from which this came, holvever;-hsts "series} 41:41,
guide to Mr. S. s suspicion.